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! I I !.irlered as his. This was a sample of an inde peinkiit Parliament chosen to represent en inde periiielit State. There was nothing worse ever hesttl of, except a Scotch borough. But now for the mariner of carrying this Constitution into effi-ct. 'the Assembly was convoked 29d April ; forty Members opened. The forms of swear ' rig dirt not allow much time. of course, for pub _ _ . _ the Cou.titotion, is 32 pages folio, was put before them; which they were required to subscribe next mornitreo . s goon let they met. The - third ehty -of thrit meetiug ;accomplished this great constiflational tTratioa. Tliiey .bod tokeu oaths presitsualy mot to divptgexhia 49uk place in the couroe•of these pro ceeJimr. Oa the sth May the Deputatiou sailed for Eugland to announce the termivatinu of this gloripu,sisbour, pod the Deputies figured sway in London, tieing for some time the lions of the day. Tins woo the leocastitution which. his Majesty's N w istera tooctiotied as fittiug the lonian Islands. 'rhe articles or it were so contrived that the .Lord High Commissioner, alter at , • lting all the chief .Ippoinl officers. of the institutious, had the 'rower reserved to Imo of revising the judgiuroutss and revoking the 'osentruces of all the trilqmals. Ile way to have the tight of beiug present at the sittiugs of the Senate, mid this eireotustauce .would iccouut for his bed loom and sitting-room bring situated beat to the .10011: of the assembly. Ile appointed also the Si ert-hey of the h'esinte, the Tieusurer.General, and several other of holding considerable poaer who were to he responsible to oo quo but himself. There mien, feet soothing for the Selene-to do; the l'reeideut copal stop all judiniel pteeeedier,s nod reverse inilgentoti . being necouutoble only to the Lord Mi l li Connunisiouce Nato .eppritiolost owl. The whole Liurerietnent aunt hike that of, IV 1(001111 Pro-001,50, with die istleisoMme of Melding the power through the ogeocy•of intermediate prams, dependants on die chief auttiorny. lu 1819 serious disturbalices took pirce at Santa Mourn; riot's and arrests, bloodshed and executions there, were in shocking abuinheuce. He had on a former occasion. stated, that their disturbances were to be atirilosted to the impositiou of oppressive taxes. The Under Culunial.Secretiory had denied it, cud said that they were fomented by some reports respecting the es- Nblishuient of the notate. He now pledged him self to prove Ihr accoracy of the.statrinvots 'wheat • had been .o resolutely drilled. Ile found from ditto ments for which lie would couch the truth, • dirt the pea-entry of Santa &Lora •hail es.prescsi their A% 01111g11e$11 to sited their blood for their country ahrl the Constitution ; that they were willing to pay the mutual coutiihutions, the tithes uud the customs, tiut that they could lint ufford the high imposts NV hid) were wade for a mole and canal, which were to be wrought, and for which the country had no need. Colonel Robinson, who held ten places in the islands, win appointed to enforce the • contribution. The appeal of the suffering people w a s answered by the arrival of two transports, and they immediately rushed to arms. For the blood that weir shed. fur the esecutions, in. some instances of priests iu their canonicals, were all to be mini , lusted to the officers of the Lord High Commis. sioners. This was the way in which the British name was stained by the misdeeds of officers abroad, olielteredes long as possible by the defence . .tof their friends or p limns at home. There .were taxes paid un oil, wine, and grant, and others were added ou hire, and honied cattle, to• Mike . goal 30.90 dollars for •the construction of the . works which be bad meritioued. The municipal+ officer was to make out the list of the contributors. It-was afterwards (ossid that no less. than 45 sl 7 *WM were wholly incapable of coutributing their , weseosmeuts. Fur this injustice the Lord Hight piCommissioom. •whp wits present when the Act' passed for the 'surprise, was blameable. the blouse ifseskl grente Coluthittee, or a Commission. ~olsould siApoutted,he would prove all that [mend,/ .111 there was an faith to he put is stalernesse _the Gazelles, (kr 4) Any olkial signatures. He would • state one or two facts to shew the manner of admit sistering justice :—Valeriu Panne was suspended fro, )lis office, cod denied the trial which fries have a right to.deessud by the new constitution. Alessandro Batagho held hoods in Corfu, which two liuudred years before belonged to an abbey. lie . wps deprived of them, and the case was submitted to a tribunal connoting of two English. appointed • by Sir T. Weigand, and two natives, involuted by the Staple. The Engliell were referring the quest lion of right to the Lower Courts, the natives pro- . psrsed refer it to the decisional* Sir I'. Maitland, 101 9(4004at length agui cat the right of Batsglio, wfirritto to a law of Venice of 14N, which dreier red that An property of tile church cunuot be alie laced. Frees this sentence be would admit no av oid,. though Baugh* was prepared to prove, that . whey is me family took possession, the lauds were not in a stite of cultivation. All the public documents of tbe*tate were foil of professions or justice—all the sets,. of the Governor were equally full of injus tice. T. bisitituid had been in India, and ostght to have observed how carefully all the Go yerinne bed avoided meddling with the religions . nffioirsof the people; instead of which, in May, 1880, uppoiated tut Admjuistrator-General of all church property, whether of laud or moveables. this P.erSOlt Was the same ltobiusou, of the marines, whom he (sad before utentioued as holding ten • places. tic decided, that when the public officers phoald (lava prude their returns respecting the pas.' perty of the church, its religious usages and appose, - grisliest, he (Sir Thomas Maitland) should ad* juclicatp the cases arising out of them, fermi which judgment there should be uo appeal, lie as.tupati the entire superintendence of thi, church affairs. If there were found less dim four • venom ip • couveet, he Look upon himself the power of ikitrOYittg it, and immediately after those p •riAtrisry proceedings the disturbences commenced. Ssro,ipeogo, our of ilie roost important and re- • speetptsle meal iu the island, because he would not .101 11 411/X le ssch !pumice! conduct, or tacitly col►- sxttt of his country, was wease led mot ft the object pf epeeist persecution. He •ss • *OO3 fittalt, his bpd at night. lois, wipers liken front . Itigt s pet tie brispd an English /note. and seta to fTe iIPI/41914 ins ilVitgeeu on the island of Corfu ; pod the Lippe apight judge of lite slisposisiou to elemepcy op thos pert of ills Government, whes a suegaorisi Ouch he prevented woe rejeci.td with 'corp. All refusfil 10 go into is Coen 01 Justice, pa by denied gheir right to try him, and was fen -6494d to twelve years ippriffressettt. Sp that one • • w owing, was sent tu ••..,-.._ Corfu and a Member of the Legislative Assembly aidered to stand his trial for hi f ,ot treason. The Moo. Gentleman then recapitulated his various statements and complaints against the Goierntnent of the island. The monopoly of grail' under the all-powerful management of Colonel Robinson, the enormous increase of salt, and the employment of foreigners, were grievances which weighed very heavily on the people. A system of espionage bad been established little better than in the time of Bonaparte; taxation had increased to an enormous amount ; Leigi/. was paid in salaries to inspectors and clerks, the creatures of Sir Thomas Maitland. He was paid himself 10,0001. a year, 5,000/. of this fur bring Governor of Malta, although he was only there a month, and his absence was very much complained of. He was sorry •to feel obliged to speak of Sir Thomas Maitland hi the manlier he had done, hut, public justice anti a sense of his duly demanded it. Of his private character he arid nothing, but hie pahlic codtiuct was open to sunned versioti.—( Hear, henr.)—The Honourable Gentleman concluded by moving, " That •• humble battery, be presented to his Majesty, praying that be would be graciously pleased to •ppoint • .Commissiti In proceed to the looms Weeds, to inquire into the state of tbeGoeernmeol there, the conduct of Sir T. Maitland, as Lord High Commissioner, the causes of the dia turbasices that bad lately taken place, and the bad followed." • Mr.-Goueettam hoped the House would make -allowances for a person in an official situation, call ed• upon to answer such numerous charges upon the uncertain notice that had been given. On these swbjects he found himself unable to cope with the Hon. Gentleman (Jr. Hume), for this was the third time he had come down and repeated the same • charges, which he (flr. Gouthurii) thought he had answered to the satisfaction of the House, to which he had now superadded charges against hith , namely, of a disposition to quibble and conceal facts from the House which had come to Ins notice. He bad commenced with the Treaty of Paris, which was the basis of the coustiteition of the lonian Islands, and was tae instrument by which the conduct of the Government was to be judged, and before the Hon. Gentleman had brought forward these accusations. it might have been well if he had read some of the terms of this Treaty. The Hon. Gentleman then ieeil au ex tract from tile Treaty, to shew that it was the in tention to establish a constitution under the Ali-. fish Government, upon the principles which had been before established; but fie denied it ever was the intention to make it 'as free as the Clover ttttt eet of this country. And here he should say, that although we might be able here to see the defects of their constitution, it by turmerns followed that if we tranepkented our contritution there it would immediately remedy these defects. It was with states as with men ; its their infancy they required restraint and (-Genital, and when they were more matured, they had capacities to enjoy and sppreenste their freedom.—( Hear, hear.) Ile *drained that if the mode of electing the members of the Legislative Body here and there were compared, it was essentially diflCreirt, but that was uo ground of imputation on Sir Thomas Wait. . Feud. The Hon. Gentleman hied attacked some in dividuals by name, and he had stated that one was notorious for. his hostility to Bonaparte; the fair • inference is be•druwia from that was, that he enter. . trained opittions comonent to the feelingrof English. meth He advised the Hen. Gentlenum to compere the mode of election not with any other country, but . with that which they bad under the Russ an Government, and •he • would •soon see that that which they had under the • British Government was the preferable mode ; and again, the powers of the Lord High Commissioner is compared with those of the Plenipoteutiary of the former protecting Power. large theiugh they were, he would Iliad them sink to nothitig in the com parison. At all events, those power* were defined, which would be allowed by all who knew any thing of government, to be a principle of control most -esseutsal to freedom. The Hon. Member had en larged on the case of M. Mariiiiengo. That person was eentenced to death; and the lion. Member, found matter of complaint in his intinsliment bee isig commuted to one year's close confinement, and eight' years in irons. This punishment was less than the Hortourable Gentleman oppo site desired to see ioflicted ou persons convicted in this country of forgery, and surely it would not be imputed to • Sir Thomas Maitland as $ crime that he had so •comintried it. The Hon. Member disclaimed any personal reflections on that officer, but:he had not acted np whit decla ration, for he was not content with imputing acts to Sir Thomas Maitland which took piece *halo he was resident un the island, hut hod charged him also with transactions occurring in his erecter. and of which he afterwards disapproved. If there were any blame for the proceedings at Santa Mauna, it could not attach to Sit Thomas Maitland, fur be was not there at the time. not that lie meant to allow there was any ground of blame at all, the part which Sir Frederick Adam bore there was the only our which a British Officer could here performed consistently with honour awl liumaiuty. He hoped Hon. Members who heard him bad read the letter of Sir V. Adam, which am yesterday laid on the table ; that alone would, be Was assured, be a -sufficient answer to uuy sugges. tioa to his prejudi ce , t h oug h to dome whe knew' him it was sionecessary, as he had too high a cha racter to give ground of suspicion that lie would linellantself to any false statement, and besides, st the time there was no motive for ins • tending laity hat a true account of the transaction.-- The Hotiourable Member (Mr. flume) bad charged hint -(l4r. Goulbetio) with fulseleateenente, but be would reaffirm what he had before stated, that the insurrection at Saute Moore was occasioned b r the dread which the asilithr hid of being sent to the West Indite. There wee no desire•whatever to act against those poor people, but. on the contrary, evety forbearance was exercised towards them.— They had as staled iu fever with arms in tngiF - sokli lei/ Milker Ilegmi . - What - . -- and afterwards on ly f our in dividual s, who had been the ringleaderi, were executed, and their property conliscuted. The Hon. Gentleman complained because lie (Mr. Goulburn) had not furnished him with a return of the killed and woutided s but in a popular dirturbance that was obviously impossible. From the best information (that of respectable persons on the spot), he could state that the total was not more then fifteeu or twenty persona killed and wounded ; but that information, though he believed it to be correct, lie could not embody in a formal return. He had before denied that Sir T. Maitland wished to confiscate the pro perty of the church to swell the revenues of the island, and he denied it still—the intention was, to rescue that property from those who bad im properly obtained it, and restore it to the church to which it rightfully belonged. The Ho nourable Gentleman had referred to the case of Aleiisundro Bartaglio, which came before the Court there, and the questiou turned on the operation to be given to so old Venetian law. A division arose between the Jedges, end two voted one way atid two the other. Here be begged the Houle to ob serve the inconsistency of the lion. Member's . stetements and inferences : whilst lie accused Sir T. Maitland of exercising ouch a predorninetiog and tyrannical influence that no sentence of a Court of Justice could be obtained contrary to his wishes, yet on this questiou, about which, ac cording to the Hum. Member, he moat be knows to feel great interest, the Judges were divided iu opinion. It was afterwards referred to Sir Thomas •Maitland, and in the decision which lie was corn• pelted to come to dine could no imputation be Ilsed, whether that decision was or was riot coned ' inn p . t of law. He denied that the disturbances at Zente or Santa Mauna were occasioned by the decrees of the Government. The Honourable Member (Mr. Hume) objected to the arrest of Martiiitogo on two grounds :—first, that it was uusutleiritied by the law of the States ; -sod secondly, that his treatment was deficient in that regard which Sir Timms. Maitland ought to ' 'have paid to 'Gentleman of his high considerstien. The lion. Member went much at length on both ' these penile; on the ti:st contending, that as by one article of the Constitution all those powers which had heeu enjoyed by the Venetian Govern. anent, under the head of high police, were reserved to the Lord nigh Commissioner, the proceedings taken against Martitiengo were fully justified. It i should be remembered, that that iudividual pro tested against the triboruil appointed to try him eltugether on different grounds ; namely. that be kid petiliourid the King of England, and claimed not to be tried till that answer were received ; ' but shit deka could not possibly be granted.with oot overturning the whole criminal jurisprudence of the country. The Tribunal proceeded on the evi deuce for the prosecution, sod possibly much of the Iseitilit of pinvielinrent was • to be attributed to the !taut of a defence which he had it in his power to acike if he had choseu, but which, us he refused. be left the Court the bard task of proceeding to udgment on the evideace'whieb had been laid be im them, With. respeckto the second point, the /Mesh ttrogment of Martineogo: he was not con fined clonty,..bal permitted to take exercise daily, • accompanied by a military oflicer. lie admitted that he was riot permitted to correspond wire , atesieedly with his (ritual'', on account of a dis position he had sliewn to tamper with the au thorities. Again, it was stated es a hardshi p, that . be should b e confided to one udvocute; but it *elite role of the Court to allow only one advp ; hahe for the prosectilipar, mid there could be no hardship in allowing oue only far the prisoner, more particularly so he was not limited to oue ad aerate, though only oue could be allowed to plrad for him. He instanced the indulgent conduct of the Court to another prisoner, named Pater, who way arrested with Mortineugo, as a proof of the disposition of the Court to afford every fticilite to them fur their defence. lie denied that the island of Santa Mama, where &farti near° was confined, was particularly unhealthy ; on the contrary, with the exception of Cerigo, it was the most healthy climate of all the lonian islands. Mr. Goulburn then proceeded to vindi cate Sir Thomas Maitland from soy imputation with respect to the conduct pursued towards Signor Flatoheriani. That person had libelled the Legisla tive eteenobly, charging them in a printed petition to the King, which he published, with venality and cerruptiou, for which he was expelled by that Assembly, who afterwards Instituted proceedings spinet Lim for,. -perjury. The Honourable Member justified hip former statements as to 1111 g Islay of the [.ord High Coausissiouer ; and defeassied the monopoly of grain as necessary to preserve the islands from famine. lie would not reply to the personal imputatious which the Hon. limber had cast Olson Sir Thomas %tit letd. 1/s, chersieter amid derive no additional Notre from. any thing which he could. state; all therefore that lie should say . was, *het the whole of the - charges a gainst him were totally devoid of foundation. The Hon. Member (Mr. flume) might ;whir io his reply bring forward fresh uccusations, as he wet iu the habit of doing, or the accounts published iu the daily press to-morrow might ma ntis stateanente on one side without the counter acting:lents of - the other side ;. but let the Hon. Member's conduct be what it might, be thought he hail Mid eueeigh to convince the House that the CeMPlatute against the Gallant Oliver ware nothing -mute then the malignant spirit of eal umny, which at tended on all eminent persons, or the consequence of the hatred of those who folded his power or were desirous of paitakiag or it- Mr. BENNETT referred to the Treaty by which . the locator Ulm& were to be considered am s free mud independeut State, though the Hon. Geotle tuao (Mr. Goulburn) had argued as if that Treaty t weets only intended to revive the old tyranny of att„ . :Yetteliso Goyim:meal. - The constitution they hind gives to the loMan Islands well to the eye, bat it was of no sub. something like the the late Goren 4 d had upif 4.sf, ) )pposite • w I the riddle' Siab... imoirst. He, for one, would would not recommend it r any country as it was now rpt red to him that .the Lord High Commissioner took his rule of government Isom the burgh of Dunbar, and wished to make the loniuu Isbirids • family burgh, according to 44e fashion of Scotland. The Hon. Gentleman than alluded to the absurdity of a Captain of Marine* having the inspection of the church and the •Ir., ',ointment of its abbots. He was ready to stlmit, the Commissioner wished to retrace his steps; but that was nut sufficient to stop inquiry. After seve ral other observations, lie concluded by observing it was absolutely necessary that the power of the Lord High Commissioner should he controlled, and cease to be under the law of one man. In. it.•' Mr. EVANS supported the motion for inquiry, as the power of Sir Thomas Maitland could nut be &filled, if lie had the power of arresting and im prisoning as lie pleased, Mr. E. F. MAITLAND, in a speech of some length, defended the conduct of Sir Thomas Man toed, mid observed, if the law of Venice was the law of the lonian Islands, the Lord High Com missioner was bound to carry it into effect. He was far from sling or upholding that such • law should be continued in any place where Great Britian had the control; but the fault of the law being that of the lonian Islands belonged to the Government at lionie,and not to the Commissioner. If the inquiry went merely as to the conduct of Sir Thomas Muiditid, he would vote fur it, but when it went to make him ancwerahle for the laws lie administered in his high office lie would protest egeimit it. Mr. BROUGHAM begged to be understood as not wishing to attach any blame to Sir Thoinas Maitland in any thing that might fall from him ; but he had heard enough of what his fellow-sub jects in the lonian Islands were suffering, told lie had to thank God that the same sufferings were not experienced by any other place attached to the elll pire. What particularly struck hum was the case of M. Martinengo, and the charge that was brought against that individual no one could find out. It was, that he was charged with c • a and offences against the State as principal actor. Here, mid the Hon. and Learned Gentleman, one would have expected to lean the nature of his crime, but not a word of it was staled. The charge goes on to slate that he was principal or accessary in the offeucc which took dace at the island of Zinte in the mouth of July last, or with having riegjected to give notice to the Government of the same when it came to his kuowledge, and of limit% scattered discontent and suspicion by seditious means. The offence was carefully wrapped up, although there were allegations sufficient. He would then ask, what was the crime ? Acccording to this record, every lawyer would answer, None; but the punish ment was every . thing. Was _it to be borne that Otrii should be put on their trial for en indefiiiitentfenre ? It might certaially be the lee of Venice, and the galling officer (Sir Thomas Maitland) might be vetted with the power of the Doge of Venice; but if it was so, it ought to be known to . that Houio— as they might, by the legitimate power they pos sessed over the Servauts of the Crown, obtain re dress fat the sufferers. He offered no charge against Sir Thomas Maitland ; he acted according to the Venetian law, and lie believed by his official duty lie was bound to Jo so. He would repeat, his ob jections were not to the UM4I, but to the system, to the state of the law which prevailed there ; a law inconsistent with justice, and which it was tilting that Parliament should abrogate as speedily ua possible. Sir K. Mums said. that lie heard sufficient that night no convince him that there was, he would not say ground for stir proceeding to criminate or involving censure on Sir Thomas Maitland, but the strongest ground for inquiring Muslim system of WIN winch prevailed in the lonian Wends, and if lie were in the situation of Sir T. Maitland, he should feel most anxious for the clearing of his own character in the eyes of this country and of all Europe, that such inquiry should take place. Ile was aware that the iuhabitaiits of those islands might be found difficult to govern, more particularly on account of the difference of religion ; but whatever their conduct might be, whether correct - or other wise, they were entitled to justice, and had a right to demand it of the protecting power, Th, m*, Secretary of State had stated that it was not the in tention of the Treaty of Paris to give the Egllish constitution to the inhabitants of the lonian Islands ; he (Sir K. Wilson) firmly believed it was not, for lie believed that it was not the intention of the framers of that Treaty to give freedom tither to them or to any other people whatever. . • Mr. MONET admitted that much good might re sult from a revision of the laws of the lonian Islands ; but be contended thin Sir Thiamin Maitland, acting only as the agent of this Government, which was merely a protecting power, was bound to admi nister the laws as he there found them. The Marquis of LONDON DERRY said, the ques tion had been much narrowed by the Honourable and Learned Gentleman cad the gallant Officer, whose observations were directed solely to the aye. tern of government prevailing io the lonian Islands, and not to the particular conduct of the individual by ilium that Government was administered. It was unnecessary for him to enter into the defence of Sir I'. Maitland, which had been alveady so ably and completely established by his Honourable Friend near hint (Mr. Goulburn); therefore is the few observations he had to make he should conaue himself to what had fallen from the Hon. mid Learned Gentleman ' who had taken a scope o f argument to which he (the Marquis of London den) could by no means anent when he supposed that the lonian Islands were in any wanner to be regarded u a colony of this camas! He was ready to admit that these did exist w the proteetiug power invested in this country loch en authorities enabled her to watch over the interests of than re public; and where there esiated a ease sieetti enough to call for its interference, that it might be proper that it should exert its in forum to effect such • change in arty pert of the system of govern. went there prevailing at that eircurnstenCee might of the first men in the country, sixty-six ears of bands, and though the first, the natural suggestion stance ; it was so' age, witbo t crime or fault, was treat • , ~ . . .uld be, to re . • by tot* y thAtilitary ti. - . i .3 , the manner h e' . I eed hp u I,• "r o . er had se. _.. j,lw . 0 ' lied the Coven :•711 . 4 . 4 _ 4 „,,,...... 8 .,,,,. 11, . : .' i II It" r • • the three year . olpan •ba r /g/ . . , cer of over - ill ' lc t 1 •• ' the day - 11 " ,_. n . 1 , i •D. L• i Mb 1 e I , I ' 1 ' .. an opi - ••ly in they li,. - o 114110 Ishatoptit o - .. they thought -he should submit to • dr_ • . Ire an order was - • at Corfui remove the regimen the false of Cowl compromise. A*Petition was signed by some's/ of militia, an. was only after the insurgents had answer no, as he .the *test etapeetable men on his behalf , - anstrsignhe burst into the t o w n ; eftlrria lirel• -See -piff enirlp . be . sdojrtat'* --. Rossi, for so doing, was sent to be imprisoned in that the tollitery officer illeputtsiallt agrismitilten.o formed. It appearet _ . seem to country i r s e i s t require. e o r u f re er es ed, ri o i;t l t o n h b :s e rs ro t: o e s b i s e r a y t P 6 4 l fi l t a l e d i l l i triC t b l e u r i l e t i n all r t t i l e he l. : internal and found deficient, which he submitted had not been the case. With respect to the form of the Constitution, it never was contemplated by the Government of this country that it would be von. ferring oA7.ll,lcosjog Or any bt.utlit by it!ayaihig oft the faullis 'Lund. the Buitish Constitution, of any other particular form of Government on the eo n . *rush by.Sfea-Tteaty ef Polio the urx-raisting arras might still have beets xolatiselly if it had appeared to the protecting power to be for the advantage the islands. The pretreat form had been only three years in practice ; it was too early, therefore, for the Hon. Gentleman to come forward, and maw: the it ought to be changed. The Hon. and Leurned Oeutlernan had endeavoured by ilia coal _ menu to show, that the forms of the proceedie, t a against Martinengo were extremely absurd soul d e .: fective. He presented the Learned Gentleman had read the document in the original Greek —{Laugh. ter, and hear, heir)—because he had been giveu tot understand that it had been translated from the Greek into the Italian, a n d then from the Italian into English, and it was really too ranch to special liked upon the terms of a doettineut so rendered. He was reedy, however, to admit, that there was roots fur improvement, and in point of fact Sir T. Maitland was coining home, attended by the law officers of the government of the country, to assist by their suggestious aunt recommendations in toe pariog a new form of criminal process. Indeed, very improved system of criminal procedure had already been hotrod aced in the islands since the esteblisbnient of the British protectorial power. Ile would not pursue the stiltject easy further, his hi-- N.l;lton its rising having been 'solely to she* that those in whose hands the subject could alone pro. petty be placed, were already eogsged in endue. vouring to anwiiorate the state of the law, the form of procedure, lend the entire achninistratious of jos lice its the 'sleuth, and that every dispotition ex. isted on the part of the British Government to effect every possitale amelioration. Mr. 1-ENNhlttr ligeorglit it rather extraordinary that all those gentlemen who repressed their entire conviction of the iiinocence of Sir T. Maitland, and the advantage to his character of ally in quiry that could be instituted, should oppose the motion of the Honourable Member for Aber deen. [The Honourable Member proceeded to sup port the mutton at some length amidst continued cries of " Question P' and other inanifestationa of impatience, chiefly from Members under the gal. lery and below the bar.] At length, turning towards that part of the House, he said, whatever attention he sui t ht be disposed to give to such expressions of (reline from gentlemen who haul heard tile arguments of those who had preceded him, when he found that they came from those who had not taken the trouble to be present during the former pert of the evening, who had heard no part of the debate in which the House had bee n seven hours engaged, he could not but feel that they betrayed a settled and precourreived deteratinatiou to get rid of. the question without any attention to the argument.—(Hear, hear.) Sir I. CO-FFifli said, he knew the highs character and distioganshed services of Sir T. Maitland, and therefore be should vote against the motion of the Hon. Member for Aberdeen. Mr. HUME replied. He had never known any charge brought against any part 41 a man's con duct, which was not immediately met by upprals to his general charac►er. He had shewn that all the power in the State was twirl by Sir T. Maitland, and that great injustice and confusion hail taken place under his government, while he had Otani. Cul antimony either to prevent or redress it. H, had offered the proofs, and undritook to substan tiate them, and whether Sir T. Maitland we►e in nocent or guilty, his conduct ought to undergo rite Home &sided— For the Moticia Against it Majority Mr. CBETWYND obtalued leave ill bring in a Bill to facilitate summary proceedings before Justices of Peaca and others; Also to bring in a Bill to regulate the transmiseal of de. positions arid recognizance. from Magistrate. and Justice.af Gaol Delivery. Tbe'Dills were brought is, read a first ►ime, and orderti to be reads second time on Thursday or xi. The other Order. alba Day were thew divesed of. sad the House adjourned at HALF-PAST ONE O'CLOCK. "THE S H PRESS. LONDON, FRIDAY, JuNg 8, 1821. THE DUKE OF CLARENCE'S ALLOWANCE. The HUM of Commons will this evening resolve: itself into s Committee of the whole House, to take into its consideration the Resolution of the Committee of Supply, of the itillt of April, ititH, relative to an additional grant to his Royal Hightiess the Duke of CLaaaries. As the subject is one of considerable importance. not ouly to the illustrious individual principally concerned, but to the publi , at large, we shall enter at some length into review of the situation of his Royal Highness, ate' of the claims which lie has upon the considerate at tentieu of Parliament sad of the country. We rig net indeed anticipate that much opposition con be sffered to the motion which the Marquis of LON DONDIRIT submits this evening to the House of Commons, neither ass we iu the slightest degre, apprehensive that the consistency of our character, asfidrocstes for ecoaomy and retrenchment in the great.deportments of the State, shall be affected by our contendiug for the propriety of Parliament's seceding to the present application on behalf of the Duke of CLARENCE. It will, we think, be unnecessary for us to argue 'pop the weoeral principle, that in upholding the digetity sad opleodooe of the Royal Family are deeply involved the heat aced watt valued interests N