The Statesman. — London, England, 1823-02-28 00:00:00

~~- ~r. and a consequent reduction of prices took plate. One eouvequence of that ass, that a great part of the poor lind was laid dawn as nnfit for cultivation, unless at an enormous expense, and any reduction of the duty et pre- Items would oily have the eff et of bringing back that evil—(hear, lie tr.) He could only profess, that as far • s lay in his power, lie would give every advantage that wea formerly granted, of extending the time of payment of duty, or any other reasonable assistance. Not so far, lion ,as to contribute in any way to stimulate the growth of hops in places where, from the admission of the parties themselves, the article could not be cultivated to a profit without much higher prices —(hear, bear.) . Sir E. KNATCHBULL expressed his apprehension that, from the declarations of the Chancellor of the Ex chequer, the hop planters had little to expect. He was ready to admit, very candidly, that the evils had their sources in a great measure in over production. But there was at present a greater pressure arisiog from an exces iive population, which was superinduced by the increased quantity of land under cultivation, and the difficulty of tingling employment for them in another way. He had Only to appeal to the liberality and justice of the Right Gentleman for a further consideration of the situa tion of the petitioners. Mr. CUILTEIS explained, and the petition was laid op the table. ROLCS' COURT. Mr. WILLIAMS called the attention of the House to the mode in which the business of the Rolls' Court was managed. The duties were performed by deputy for some time past, by a Baron of the Exchequer, assisted by two Masters in Chancery ; end be (Mr. W.) observed a notice which was likely to give still fug:titer inconvenience to the euitors by which it appeared that the Credit was to he c'osed fir three weeks, from the 28th of March to the 'l5 - 11 of April. Mr. PEEL said that the circumstances alluded to had not escaped his notice. The absence of the Master of the Rolle wes bawled by indisposition alone ; and with the hope that it would be merely temporary, no steps had been taken. Phu 'AT I'o EYX EN ERAL moved the second read ingot the Sorrortes' License Bill, which was ordered to be reads third tune on Monday. MR. Romantic). Lord it. HAMILTON rose, pursuant to notice, to move for the production of the correspondence in the case of Mr*. Bowri tag. Ile commented by observing that it was quite unnecessary to detain the House by many prelimi nary übaervetiot.s, other than that a great injustice Lad hero &me in a foreign land ; but when the House recol lected that that injustice was committed on the person of an Englishman under the protection of this country—un der the Protection of a passport, he was convinced it would afford its best attention to the case.—(hear.) He did not stiti.d theee with any intention of arraigning the cenduct, of the British Government, or bringing any charge against it; bu: he %watt! ray that a gross oppres sion and injustice had been practised upon an En gleh starker; and though the Government might Late dune somethieg in his favour, be was not re pair-a to admit that they had done all that might have been exrected• from it—(Hear, hear, bear.) he course he inteuded to take was, to state the particular act el op t ressiou of which Mr. Bowing complained, the suf ferings it hick hr endured in consequence, the means be took .o procure redress, and hat extent of redress he did procure, anti then be o would conclude by asking the house to concur a ith him in demanding that the several doeitmente of the cur be laid before it, whicludocuments be widied to have understood a ere at the Ace of the Secretary of State. Mr. Bowritl having occasion, on constuertial business only, to visit France, afteca reel deuce in Paris for a abort time, applied for a pasiport to return. Some opposition was, on the demand for a pan port, off, red, and an explanation gone into which was hut north repeating, but the passport was finally granted, a rid Mr. Boating proceeding to Calais in a French pub carriage. At Caittis his baggage was sent in as usual fur exa:nination, and he could not leave that place, from same trilliug mown, oa the evening of his eeriest. On the next day be a as informed that be must submit his pa pis for inspection, and he was then brought before the Mayor Lica informed that be should be detained as a pri weer. The first vesLion which Mr. Bowring, or any o her Englishin in under such circumstances nould ask, would mc itrelly he, of what am I accused? He did ask neat gees ion, hut the only answer he could procure was, tint a trite raphic dui:etch had been received from Paris, oriferinx the authorities, "to detain Bowring, and exa ni'ne ltie rapers." It might here be said, that whatever ti.at Gentleman had suffered was in conformity with the French laws. That, though substantially true, was es seritially tittle. there he begged to impress on the minds of the Bon. 6en . lernsn oppoaite, that when Mr. Bowring is as released, it was on the declaration of the French Government that his crime did not warrant imprison meat. There was on the face of the circumstances a gg 055 injustice committed in charging him with an of f Lee which could not justify an imprisonment. Mr. Bowling was thus arrested, his papers were examined, arid after two days 'another order came, in cansequence of which he was conveyed to Boulogne. Here amain it' might be asked, would it not be reasonable when a per. I sin was arrested, his papers taken from him, and when lie was removed frow one prison to another, that the accu sation against him should be made known, but he was still kept in tote' ignorance of its nature. He was not I ug in confinement at Boulogne, when another tele graphic despatch was received to "confine Bowring au secret —allow him to communicate with no person.* lie (hard A. /I.) hoped that the house would consider what the feelings of an Eueltshroan must be who was confined in utter solitude.deprited of the society and advantage of his friends; and what vies worse than all; deprived of legal saistance, and of the advice of a professional man ? How dreadful was it to he thus left, without the means of taking proper measures to avert the accusation; equally aboinleahle with the charge, was the subsequent conduct of the Government, contrary to good sense and to common justice, to allow an individual to languish under confinement, and to deprive him of the advantage of professional advice. He wished to know if such oppre otion was really the law of France, or if an indivi dual, a strenver, supposed to be ignerent of the lan. wage, could be so treated ? Could any man, un ler si milar circumstances, in this country,or cuuki even a na tive of this country, undertake to defend himself, or an swer interrogatories without legal advice. However, Mr. Bowring was detained in solitary confinement — nominally solitary, but even the advantage of solitude was not allowed, when persecution could be put in force. In the place lie was confined there were several 'other culprits of the lowest class in the extreinest sense of the word, and lie was neither saved from their inten sion, or the access at all hours of the bearer of tile in. teriogatories. If confinement was necessary at all, was it not incumbent on them to have found some other place? and was it not most unjustifiable to visit an indi vidual with such excess of severity in a case which, by their own admission, did not warrant imprisonment at all. He would only wish any individual in that house would put himself in the place of Mr. Bowring, in a fo reign landeein solitary confinement, and tlieu he collie safely call upon him for bis sympathy and compassion.— About the seventeenth day—and here be requested par ticular attention from the house, as he understood that the papers he was moving fur, would be refused—about mile 17tliday, when Mr. Bowring could not get an accu sation in writing, he applied to the English Ambassador, to Sir Charles Stewart. When the application reached the tared the French Government, i a Minister of Jos tice, or rather of injustice, devised some other charge t o warrant an imprlsoement. From all he could collect, - =a~---: THE S'T'ATESMAN. mach seemed to be the process at Paris. The panistoment seemed to have been warranted only by chicanery or fraud, and if that was not the case, the tonne of efnci dating the truth was easily had, by the prediction of the papers from the Foreign-office. In that place he begged to remind the Honourable Gentleman at the lead of that department, that before he brought on the present motion, he asked if there was any objection to it in point of time (hear), to which he was informed there was not. Well, in about 11 days, a fresh charge was made out, that of being (un accomplice) an aecom plice in treasonable practices. l'hat charge was an after thooght, and was intended to have a retrospective effect. After three or four days more, another set of interroga tories were sent down, and Mr. Bowring was told, that by the French law, he was required to go to Paris. On that point two letters have been since produced by the French Government from Mr. Bowring, ito one of which he agreed, and in the other refused to go to Paris. These letters were since brought against Mr. Bowring, and they were a strong proof - of the injustice of denying him professional advice, and then bringing his own declara tions against him.—(Hear.) In a few days more, an other despatch was transmitted from Paris, ordering Mr. Bowring at last to be set at liberty, because (he quoted the very words), the crime of which he was accused, did not warrant imprisonment. After that, who could say that Mr. Bowling had not severely suffered. It was ne cessary fax him (Lord A. H.) to be un Icretood that he did not bring any charge against the Hon. Gentleman (Mr. Canning) or the Office to which he belonged. He was perfectly aware that it was not for bum to arraign the laws of other countries, further than to tkinsplain where an injustice had been done to a British subject; but he asked him if it was not fair in him to call for documents in the present case, wbich showed in the execution of their laws a tissue of falsehood, tyranny, and inconsis tency. He was perfectly willing to give any argument founded on those documents, all the value they deserved, hut there was an inconsistency, at least in the opinion of lawyers, on the ease, and in Ate accusation and sentenre which demanded the production of the papers. One coot], at least, would arise, that every Englishman wonld know when he crossed the Channel, that he deprived himself of the rights of freedom, and because subject to arrest and detention in solitary confinement, without even the form of an accusation being made out. Their crime or guilt it seemed did not warrant iinprisoninent, hut suspicion did, and the British subject would discover that be was liable to arrest on the suspicion of one crime, and to detention on the suspicion of another, though the first might be abandoned.—(Hear, hear.) when he saw the grounds of justification which were resorted to in the present ease, and when neither Mr. Hovering himself, or Sir Charles Stewart 'on his heha'f could ascertain the exact accusation, the production of the documents was essential. And if no other effect was ;maimed by laying the papers on the table, they would at least ehow every Englishman what he was liable to, and the indignities that he ntiglt expect to happen, nut only to him in France, but in any other foreign country. There was only one point more which he lilt it necessary to discuss, but which, hottest; r forcibly it may be urged, generally could not apply to him or those who sat around him. It might be retorted, What are the laws to which every foreigner makes himself liable, on the moment of his landing in England, and how could yon place your self in the moral chair and reflect upon the lass of other countries, a hen you have a law, which yon renew every second year;—(Hear, hear,) an Alien Act, by which every Frenchman, German, or Italian, or other foreigner, not only is rendered liable to arrest and to imprisonment, but to be taken and transported, not to his own country; but to any 'Ace that appears necessary in the wisdom of Government.—(Cheers.) He gouda not undertake the I defence of either case, but he did not admit altogether their analogy, and he would he happy it the Hon. lien tleman's ingenuity could establish it. The imputed ne cessity of the one, that of preserving the safety of the country, could not be brought in comparison with the municipal lass of France. " I have embarked," said the Nokia Istwal, in conclusion " in this mule, not Irene any personal motive, and without hostility, or the desire of throwing any imputation on the Hon. Gentleman op posite; I have only done so from a feeling of justice, as .well to an individual as to the rights of Englishmen in general."—(Hear, hear.) He then moved, " That an Addre'S be presented to his Majesty, praying that be would be pleased to order Copies of arty Letter addressed by Mr. Bowring to the Secretary of State, the Bight Hon. George Canning; and also any Letter (with their I nclosures, if any) addressed by Mr. Planta from the Se cretary of State's Office, relative to Mr. Baserrin's impri sonment in France." Mr. CANNING rose and said, whatever his opinion was as to the expediency of the motion, he had neither the right or the disposition to say that the Noble Lord bad any improper ohjo-ct in bringing it forward, or any other titan the fairest motives. He hat not tither to complain of the part which was imputed to him of hav ing taken. He grounded his opposition to the motion on the general principle that the production of papers, without some necessary and immediate &jeer, was in x pedient at all tim e -, and that it was the dory of those who demanded them, ta show goad and satisfactory reasons for their production, witleint reqoiring an explanation of the motives of refusal from these who opposed it.-- With that ground hr ivould state his disinclination to the motion on other veiniest principles. He presumed that it was one of the first and universally recognized laws of nations, that strangers, on going into any foreign part, entered into a temperery and qualified allegiance to its laws; that he bound himself, however inconsisteut such laws might be with his min notions of liberty, and hav ing done so, he load no reason to complain of Gila opera. lion upon him, provided such fans were impartially ad ministered, with regard to him as they would be upon the natives of that country themselves. When he (air. Canning) heart of the arrest of this persbn, fog season personal character and talents' he hid the faillest ren pect, his first care, as a Minister of the British Govern ment, was, to see that the laws under which be was so arrested, were admihisteriJ, nut according . to English, hut French interpretaion, with the most strict impartia lity. In ortler to this, three quarters of ao hour after the intelligence arrived, instructions were sent off to our Ambassador at Paris, enjoining him to look closely at the case of Mr. &tering, and if upon inquiry there did .not appear such a prima facie case in hie favour as to warrant an appeal to the French Government, that be mould watch over the application of the law toe anis Lim -oaed ascertain, by the brat legal advice, whether or not it ass administered with strict impartiality and justice. (hear, hear, hear,) Ile (Mr. Causing) could not bring himself to think that Mr. Bowring's case was of such s nature as to induce this Government to respire that it should stand separated from that of any brencionan, or class of Frenchmen, who might 1w accused under similar circumstances. He did not think that a Habeas Corpus should be issued to release him from prism—that the Government should be called upon immediately to impound a Jury to bring him to trial. All that appeared incumbent upon him as the Minister of a country to which Mr. Bowring belonged, was to re quire that the Freucli law, under which he was accused, whatever that law might be, should be administered im partially on his person, and to state that any deriaion from it would be redressed by national interference. — (Hear.) Bu it was a principle which he (Mr. Canning) strongly contended for, that national interference was only called for when individual justice was delayed. It was no pa rt of his duty now to discuss h ew far the case of Mr. Bowling warranted each interference, or to fol• low the Noble Lord into any disquisition as to the causes of his arrest. One mistake, however, into which the Noble Lord bad fallere w. ) wished to take so opportuni t y of o orrecting. The. N ble Lord bad stated truly , tha t when Mr. B. was rele • ,he was so, because the crime with which he was originally charged did not infer the penalty of imprisonment. So 'far this was true ; but the Noble Lord had omitted a material feat which was necessary to explain this clreunis'ance. The first charge upon which Mr. Bowring nee arrested - . as appeared from his own exposition, as well as the statements of the French Government, was that of being a bearer of sealed letters —a charge of defrauding the PostOaffice of France, by carrying letters secretly. This was net a crime of very immoral dye—not very degrading to the moral chaise 'ter of any man, it not 'being a =alibi in se, but a ma ' Inm prohibitum. It was a crime against the law of this country as well as against that of France, punishable here by fine, but there by imprisonment. But out of this comparatively slight charge, the French Government stat ed, that there subsequently arose matter of accusation for ahe crier crime—a crime which inferred imprisonment. The result was, that for that ether crime, whatever it was, Mr. Bowring was detained, nut brought to trial, but r eleased ; and that when he was released, it was stated that he could not longer be detained, as the offence with which he was originally charged did not infer im prisonment. It was not true, then, as the Noble Lord stated, that Mr. Boring was released with an admission of his having le en unjustly imprisoned, but because the superinduced charge for which he was in fact detained having been abandoned, the original accusation was then naturally adverted to, and this woeful not warrant further detention. He hoped he haul nTadeliirdielf intelligib!e to the house, in making good the distinction between his statement and that of the Noble Lord. With regard to the statements of the French Government on the one hand, and those of Mr. Mitering on the other, lie (Mr. Canning) did not think himself called upon now to re concile their differences, or say which was right •or which was wrong. Ile set entirely aside the question of Mr. Bowel ng's guilt or innocence, for lie maintained that all that the individual could expect from his Government, was to require that the laws under which he was arrested in a foreign state should be impartially ad ministered in his person.—(Hear.) It was not necessary to refer to the part taken by this Government in the affair, after the ad missions by the Noble Lord, that every thing was done in the most kindly spirit to the individual concerned. Per haps, however, it might not be too much to add, that if Mr. Bowring had been on terms of the closest cennection with Ministers, or if he had been connected with him (Mr. Canning) by the dearest ties of individual regard, a greater anxiety could not have been felt for his safety and comfort under the peculiar circumstances in which he was placed; for Government did not give over their interference at the date of Mr. Boy/ring's retase. When the proceedings were brought to a cluse, as it was well known, they acre, by the intervention of the British Go verntnent, •who had certainly not pressed fur the release of Mr. Hovering, but oiily that he should be brought to trial, the next ease was to ascertain, by the opinions of the most eminent French lawyers, whether any reparation f r the imprisonment could be had, if it turned oat that Mr. Bowring's whole case was not discussed in a spirit consonant to the ordinary course of French jurisprudence. Accordingly Sir Charles Stuart received his (Mr. Can. ning's)order to consult too of the most distinguished French advocates in Paris—men to be chosen for emi nence in their profession, and one of them particularly fez his npposi'ion to Government—(hear.) and to draw up :in anonymous case, and have their opinions, whether, under the circumstance, the law Lad been duly and im partially administered (bear.) The answers of tbeseigen- Omen. ignorant of each other's co-operation, and differ ing as they did in all pelideal opinions, were in the most strict accordance in the declaration, that upon the case wade out, the French law had been most scrupulously ob served; that the person ii,.a been in every respect treated as a Frenchman would ; and that under such circumstances, a Ffelltik subject weld mike uo com plaint, further than that being accused lie was not brought to trial.—(Cries of hear, hear, hear.) And this was an inconvenience to which persons accused of crimes in every (estuary were subject. In this country, indeed, in the proceeding was malicious, the party air. grieved had his remedy by civil action, and the British Ambassador was instructed to tell Mr. Bowring that he should have the countenance of his Government, if such a remedy was practicable by the laws of France. But if it was not so, were the British Government answerable and did not this bring him (Mr. C.) back to what he se out with, namely—that the individual who, with his eyes open, consigned himself to the protection of Government, where lie knew there was lit le security for personal li berty, virtually abdicated the jurisprudence of Ene land, and submitted himself voluntarily to the lain of that country.—ln no case would it be possible for the British Government to go farther than in that of Mr. 800 ring. And really before Gentlemen came to sympa thize in the feelings of the Noble Lord, they should con sider how the British Governnient would treat anyforeign interference in a similar case of a Frenchman's beitigta. ken up here, and not brongbt to trial. Suppose a native of France in this country, ignorant of the language, had got into a emit& ' in which lie committed a viola tion of the peace; and that he was committed in Septem ber, after the Assizes, and not tried till the Spring Assize, following, would it be said that this was a case fur national interference on the part of the French Go vernment, or that the act should be justified by the rigid principles of the law of Nations by that of England (hear, hear, hear.) Would not the natural answer be, a reference to the municipal law of the coun try, to which any man coming into the country gave his assent, and elatedly submitted himself. --(hear ) berry in going to a foreign country, was obliged to putt up with all the inconveniences of the country—he was obliged to take the good and evil as lie found it, for he bed come there voluntarily. Nothing could be snore troublesome and inconvenient than this principle of national interference in the case of every Ettglislim in who had left his own shores. Wandering natives of these countries were to be found in all parts of the globe —in Syria, Aleppo, Algiers, and the must arbitrary states of the world ; and was it to he said that in places where there was avowedly no colour of law, the nations were to be called upon to interfere in the case of every English man who happened to suffer ineoeveniences which be ought to have expected ? It would be a most mischie vous principle, and yet this was die extent Iv which the proposition went, for if interference was gaud in Mr. Bowring's ease, so that it was in those to which he allu ded. But such had never been the prineice of, and such had never been required from any Ousel:eine:o. It was incumbent, then, on the Noble lewd to establish either of two propositions, that any Englishman, in any land whither he had gone voluntarily, could, upon general principle, claim the protection of the hung and out stretched arm of his country against individual oppres sion ; or that the case now Before the House %121 , 1 " sus geueris," and to be considered upon its own peculiar merits. Considering that the first was untenable, and the second incorrect, lie (Mr. C.) could nor, by his sup port, gave countenance to such propositions. and h e should therefore (reserving always an entire respect foi Mr. Botvriug), oppose the production of the papers now sought for.—(Hear,hear.) Sir ft. WILSON teas not disposed to withhold from Government the praise to which they were entitled for their zealous interference for Mr. Ilwering. The tr at meat, however, which that gentleman experienced at the hands of the French Government —the indignities which were put upon hitn as an Englishmen, a. merchant, a scholar, and a gentleman, were so opprobrieue, that in his (Sir It.'s) opinion some step should be taken to ex press a reprobation of them, lie did nut go to du. t length of saying that it wee a case to; national inter ference, but it was due to the safety of Englishmen on the Continent to hold out assurances, that breache. of the pab!ic laws of nations, would nut be viewed w i l e •etitile indifference in this country. Notwithstanding the inconvenience of interfering with other states for indi viduals, which had been alluded to by the Right Hon. Gentleman, he (Sir Robert) would contend, that whet- • ever there was an English Ambassador, his protection should be afforded to Englishmen in their difficnititte.— The visitations of arbitrary power should out be per. • mitted to individuals abroad, whilst the nation at home had the ;water of demanding redress. The Right Hoe. Gentleman had said that provided the law of France was impartially administered, Government were nut caged upon to interfere further. lint there was no protectiea to be found in French law, as was proved by the late pr., ceedings for the conspiracies of Salome and R The Hon. Niember thin proceeded to explain the sautes of hie having been ordered away from Paris by the French Government. He attributed it to ili4 harin i e written to Mr. Bowring, telling him that Sir Charles Stuart would protect him. His bon. friend the member for Cork (Mr. Ilutchin-ua) was also ordered away from the French capital, because he protected an English demo. There was then no security fur the individuals of this country, bat so far as they were backed by their Government. Upon - occasions like the present hr thoogate at least the language of firmness should be used toivards the French Government. The answer of Cromwell to one of the German states would be a model for them t o copy after. " If," laid he, "fair means and entreaty the not avail, it will be then necessary, according to the law of nations, that the severity of retaliation shall take place, which, it is to be hoped, you in your pre fence will avoid." Mr. HUTCHINSON was disposed in general to Ismer an amicable interference between one Groverntneut end another, bat he felt that there were occasions in whites .stronger representations would he sometimes necessary. --(Hear.) The case of Mr. Bowring, though not one to tall for national interference or general reprobation, was yet not to be passed over with entire indifference. As towards the French Government itself, it would be awful to notice, and it was almost necessary to the safety of Englishmen that it should not be overlooked. Ile was not disposed to apply to the conduct of the French Go vernment any harsh epithet, having made there some of his most valuable connections, such a course would be un grateful in him. At the same time he admitted, to the full extent, the criminality of entertaining any projects I against the French Government. Having said thus mock he was dOX;0:1S to correct an error into which the Right Hon. lien lemnan had fallen—unintentionally hemline. The Right Hon. Gentleman had said, that Mr. Bowling • was tried for the minor offence, but was discharged without hieing brought to trial for the greater one. He (Mr. H.) wished to know what was that greater offence; for so fir as he knew, theonly offence of which Mr. Bowing was i „ , eiii;ty, was that of being connected with the Liberals ct Paris. In fact, it was almon admitted that he was takes up, less for any offences of which he had been guilty him self, than upon suspicion of his having in his parts some evidence against other persons. Nothing, however, hail been fourei in these papers to commit either Mr.llowrieg or any oilier individual whatever. Under suspicion of such - crimes, he was kept for six weeks in the most loathsome gaol in Europe, not for any crime of his own, but be cause they wanted to fish evidence out of him agairitt other persons. The detaining of him without bringing a definite charge was not the bast oppressive part of the transaction. He (Mr. II.) spoke feelingly on this subject, fur when during the lri,h rebellion, he used to interfere for poor wretches who were kept in prison without being brought to trial, he was answered by the officers of the Irish Government by saying in confidence, - 6 we limes we have no evidence against these persona, but we alas know that they are dangerous, therefore they cannot be Id' at large.'"rhe Hon. Member then adverted to the " au secret," system under which Mr. Bowring tained, which, he contended was worse than the "L de Cachet," in their worst times. By the cut secret sy tem a man might be kept in prison indefinitely without being brought to trial. The hardships which Mr. R. ant fered under this system, he thought gave him a strong claim to the notice of Parliament. Mr. CANNING, in explanation, raid he wished nut 'a he utiderstood to assert that Mr. Bowring was releloed for the larger offence, leastthat shoald be construed int.. an admission that he hail committed any offence at all. As he could not presume guilt against any one till they were convicted, so as Mr. Bowring was never brought to trial, hr could not do bins the injustice to suppose that be was not entirely innocent.—(Hear.) Lord A. HAMILTON replied. The motion was then negatived without a division. The Weights and Measures Bill was rest the sewed time, and ordered to bit com•nitted to—norrow. Sir J. NEWPORT obtained leave to bring in a Bill to reg.ilate the amount of presentments by Grand Jories,ao.l for the payment of public officers in the several counties in Ireland ; and another to take more effectual certain re. confirms with respect to Grand Jury Assessments iu Ire land. SLAVE TRAM -- - Mr. WILMOT moved for Returns from all the Colo nies of the Weet Indies, the Island of Mauritin+, the Cape of Good (lope, &e.; of the number of Slaves iin• ported under license and otherwise, and also the notither eaporte I since the year ISO.!; ; specifying the number in rarh year: all mannmissionsetfrcn•.l ; nauses.time of bit t h. in Ird:we', tic. and a variety of other particulars Loa nected with the Registration of Slaves.—Ordered. Mr. WILMOT then laid on the table, the said retiiriet. Adjourned at half-pad 7 u'cl.)ck. • A LIST OF TILE AIINORITY OF C TWENTY-FIVE. WHO VOID WITII Mr. W. WIIITNONIC, ON WIiLDNEsOAV Las r—" For leave to bring in a Bill to ameosi the Cure Laws, by reducing the Import Price of Wheat tothts. per yr. instead of 7Us. as it now is." John Sallie, I.ord Cranhnurne, Charnlverlayne, Col. Craddock, Wia. Evans, Roht. Farrand, Sir It. Ferguson. M. FitzfTerald, John Gladstone, J. C. Hohhouse, W. James. 6. N. Jcrvoise, John Jones, Sir E. Knatelibult, J.B.Motich. C. E. Rumhold, David Ricardo. T. S. Rice. Stanley. Col. Wood. Capt. Wernyss, Wm. Wilberforce. Alderman Wood, S. Wortley, M. Wyvill.—Tecutits.—W. W. Whit more and Jos. flume. AWFUL INSTANCE OP SUDDEN DEATH.—The Ref. John Madam, of Aleeston, in W.tr.vieks'iire,laving al pointed the Honourable Mr. Eardley to meet him at Mi. Lloyd's, bookseller, Marley-str•er, at two o'clock vestel day, Mr. Eartiley not having arrived at tote time at:- pointed, the Rev. Mr. liarthim sat down to wait his a:- rival, but be bad not remained in that situ dicta ten mi nutes when he fell from his chair in an apoplectic tit and in s tantly expired. Mr. Lloyd's shop was ve r y fall a.n Xoblenten and Gentlemen at the time, ail of whom af forded the utmost assistance, and inter-sted *helm - telt:rt. exceedingly upon the occasion, but notwithstanding their t•tfoets to res'o.e animation, and the a totinistra iuti of th • heat ineilititi assistance, it WAS snow perceived to be un availing, the vital spark l i sting lied.—The friendshi t t between the dec.:Lard and the lion. Mr. Karat/ ha I been of very longs an& ng, asd nothiu; could ot.ertl th • •nental sta.-ring of the Inner Gentlettiwt. when :%Ir Lloyd broke the melancholy intellig-tice to him. ' Rev. .1. Bantam was one of the tnost distinguished icholirs of the age. A Coroner's Inquest will sit nem tits body this day. •