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P.l RLIAM ELLIGENCE. HOUSE OF LORDS, TUESDAY, 3lir 25. SILK TRADE. The LORD CHANCELLOR presented a petition from the silk wravers of Dublin, praying that no alteration may take place 15 the laws regarding the silk trade ; which, after a few words from Lords Lauderdale and Holland, was laid en the table. COMBINATION LAWS. Lord ROLLA a petition from the Magistrates of the twenty of Lancaster, praying that mi alteration may trike place in dill Combination Laws—Laid on the table. MESSAGE FROM THE COMMONS. LAM ALTHORP, Mr. 11100 DEN, tnd others from the Com mons, bermight op the County Courts Rill, the Composition of Tithes (Ireland) Amendment Rill, and several private• Bills, which were read a tint time. SEPARATISTS' AFFIRMATIONS. Lord CLIFDEN presented petitions from certain Separatists of the counties of Wexford, Limerick, Cork, and Ennis, in the county of Clare, praying that they may be placed on the same foot ing as Quakers, as to awaking affirmations in Courts of Juotice, in stud of taking oaths.-The petitions were severally laid on the table. STANDING ORDERS OF THE HOUSE. ... _ The Earl of LAUDEItOALE said, that he rose for the of inuring, that the Peers be summoned, for the purpose of taking the standing Ovders of the House into consideration ; and he did to have the opportunity of proposing a remedy to what he con 4:tired a great and increasing eviL He alluded to the instances of persona coining to that House to solicit Bills for the formation of in. corpora ed rminpsnies. The dare his resolution would conteen plate would be, first, that of a Company applying to Parliament for a new charter of incorporation ; and the second, when a Company came to their Lordships House to extend the powers of them. O n these cases he should propose that the apphcation should be re. ferred to a Committte before the Bill was read a first time, and that tt should not be read a second time until the Committee reported that four-fifths of their capital i was in the Bank of England, in vested in Exchequer Bills, or n the funds. His object was la I make this apply to equitable Loan Companies and Corporations of that description. He should propose that Canal Companies, Turnpike-road Commissioners, those having the nionagement of navigation aqueducts, railways and arches, mooch, bridges, ports, and harbours, and all Commissioners under local Acts, fob lighting and Poring towns, should be exempted from the operatics+ of this resolution. The Noble Earl concluded by moving, that the Lids be summoned for to-morrow. OA TM_Or OFFICE. The Marquis of LA NSDOW N stated, that he rose for the pur pose of moving for certain Returns which would show how often the operation of the Acts Of Charles 11., to which he alluded last night, had been suspended, which enacted that no person should intertutddle to ith the Excise without first taking the oaths of tau-, • premacy and allegiance; but of late those Acta had been practically dispensed with, and officers of Excise had been admitted without the thligation of taking theme oaths. He was desirous of %bowing their Lordships the anomaly that existed with regard to the laws that he had the honour of bringing under the consideration of the House I tat night, and that whilst they shut the door against Eng lish, they admittedirish Catholics to revenue offices, by the partial austenstin of the Acts in question. He should therefott move, that there be laid before the Home copies of all instructions under ' the 11:th and 11th of Charles 11., and also for copies of any new in- , unctions that have , l+een given since /822. The Earl of LIVERPOOL should like to ham how the ques tion alluded to by the Noble Marquis stood. By the Act of Charles 11. chap. 22, all persons holding offices in the Excite. were cannoned to take the Oaths of Allegiance and Supremacy. When the Acts were considered for the purpose of consolidating the Cus toms nnd Excise, it caused an alarm. In Ireland, amongst r rains who lied been adnr.tted to hold Mikes under the revenue in that , emu 'try, when it was intimated to them, that, in consequenceof the union and consolidation of the Customs and Excise, their services ' might be required here, they were apprehensive that they might be compelled to take the oaths, or give up 'heir offices. But no re-' toiler instructions had been given, in consequence of this alarm. Ile !ad however wished that some alteration should take place in the Act of Indemnity that passed annually, to meet this new case. and the Act of the present session had been framed accordingly. The Marquis of LA NSDOWN said, that the Noble Earl knew Chit any alteration that bed taken place in the Act of Indemnity of this year, would not affect individuals of former years. lie should br glad if the Noble Earl would state what alteration had taken; place. The Earl of LIVERPOOL replied, that in the Act of :helve soot year the Act of Charles had been recited. Lord KING hoped that the Noble Earl had obtained the con. , sent of the Noble and Learned Lord on the Woolsack to the mea sure ; because if he had not, he ?night consider the Protestant A sesedancy in danger, and wish to get rid of an Act which screened Catholics trom perils and dangeee. In former times a First Lott!, of the Treasury might count upon carrying any measure with ea unity ; bat now things were altered, and he could with correctness Imply the quotation used on a former night by a night Reverend Prelate, " Dirisum Imperium, cum Jove Cesar hula." lie would take the liberty of giving this said Jove some advice, which was, to enforce his authority in that Ilou.e, and render to Cease the votes that were Cosar's (a laugh); if he did not do so, he would find this COPT coning forth, not as a giant refreshed with sleep, but as a giant refreshed with two victories. (Laughter.) The Noble Earl must take care of this minister dispelling Chan cellor. for he had called the Ministry together by a stroke of his pm, mad might dispose it with the same instrument. He should be glad to know where the power of the House was rested: Scotch men were looking for that power, Irishmen were linking for that power, Englishmen were lo power, that power—but they did not know where to find it, so muchbad it been of late bandied about. Lord HOLLAND observed, that this anomaly, that gave to Irish Catholics the privilege of holding offices in England, and de r ied it to those of England. had been repined by the Indemnity Bill ; but he was wonderfully 'itemised that those guardians of the, law and the church, who were always talking of Protestant ascend ancy, should have paid no attention to this Act. The great stones were not suffered to be touched by that Rouse; but the pebbles had been pulled out by clerk, in offices. who might ultimately sap th e eery foundation of Protestantism, by continually nibbling at it ; fur Ministers allowed that to be done surreptitiously which James I I. was repined the throne for endeavostring to do publicly. A Noble' Friend of his (Lord King) had inquired where authority existed in that House; and indeed it appeared se difficult to ascertain that now as it was to find out where the seat of the soul was. Some had said it was in the banter the house, but that he denied ; others had said it was to be found on those benches (the Minis terial t opposite, now so empty. It might he on one side or on the other, or probably it might be in the centre of the Douse; hut so uncertain was it to ascertain where it lay, that be believed that they would be compelled at last to come to the Epicurean doctrine regarding the soul, and say that it dwelt some. when: bet -tit! lie could not help thinking that, Id media re tome, it might by pos-ibility be Mond. To the Noble Earl, however, this inquiry, anti the authority of the flown, must be anything but di version and pleasantry. That which had been considered an anomaly by his Noble Friend (Lord hanedown), and who. fot the purpose of doing away with that anomaly, had introduced a Bill to their Lordships' emend...ration. which bad been rejected last night, lest danger to the Constitution should arise trier it, now appeared in all its deformity. The majority of the House were tremblingly alive. for the lolety of the Church, when his Noble Friend's Bill was under consideration ' • but now the First Minister of the Country told them that Clerks in Office were undermining the Church; they were vastly good-natured and happy. Ile should wish to know what was become sf the Noble Lard's Oath of Supremacy, that he last night guarded with so notch real. lie should imagine it could hr very agreeable to that Noble Person to have hfs farm rite oath dispensed with by this notable contrivance. Their lewd ships would do well to put the laws on a regular footing, for at present there was nothing but a system of contumely and perjury prevailing towards those who were indenmilled, and others also. It was neither more nor lees than allowing Clerks to my, " f have a little short authority, and 1 shall do as I like with it, to the an noyance of every one that is under me." The Earl et LIVERPOOL was as mach amused with the Noble Lord's speech as any of his friends near him could be, but it would only be necessary for him to ray a Very few made en the point to tibia the Noble Baron adverted. With regard to the indeninite...g persons for not taking oaths, it had been done every year tie. a century. He was not going to argue the point now. sf the propriety of granting these indemnities ; but he would only ask why wAs nut the law of Excise to stand on the same footing ae the. Customs ? Under those circumstances, he thought the insertion of, that luanel. of the revenue in the Indemnity Act was a measure that ceide !ex be objected to. In the Revenue haws there was sow, more particularly since the Engli and Irish revenues bad teen urt.ted, a constant interchange of offices, that made it abso. burly ne.:esestry to have some measure of the kind adopted. Their leArdships must be aware of the intricacies attendant on the framing of Indemnity Acts, and the necessity of protecting all persons who were innocently exposed to the operation of the laws. Lord HOLI.AND was too well acquainted with the intricacies of Indemnity Atte, wantonly to find fault or cavil at their enact_ meets. This Act, if it afiketed the oaths to be taken, did not apply to the !-Iscrantent of the Lord'w Supper; and, moreover, the lest Act allowed a time fee these forms to be gone through, but this Act e llosed no time; and therefore person* were liable to pains end penalties before the annual Act could pass. But, supposing that not to be the ease, how did the Act affect persons dispensing with these oaths; did it not affect the Commissioners, Mr in. stance ? for lie had no Mat that it woulel cover the latches of those who dispensed with these forms. But their Lordships must see how the case stood ; if the laws in question had been acted upon in mine instances, why should they not be acted upon in all r and if they could be dispensed with, they were not necessary. Not to be allowed to serve his King and country, was a punishment that ought to be inflicted on no person, het fur the most detestable crime; so said Lord Somers, and he (Lord Holland) cordially agreed in the sentiment; but still the Roman Catholics of Euglaud suffered that pun i s hment, as if the worst crimes attached to them, which was a most crying and disgusting injustice. The Marquis of LANSDOWN was not satisfied that the Act of Indemnity, although it might cover those filling offices, would protect throe dispensing with the oaths ordered to be taken by per_ runs C.V.J. .011/1 *MIL !le had seen very high opinions, which de. elated that if sechose ditty it was attar (semis-ince of these fans, suffe individuals, whom thew knew to be Patsies to take office, they were guilty of a high iiiisidocanour. Ile would ask their Lordships if a doubt could exist in tile most doubting mind- at to the propriety of treeing perste., holding affice Rom the trammels of these Acts, when they cannot conscientioliall,maaode to thrill ? tar whether it was decent to net rid, by a side fin"- far Ada that wow famed su inconvenient and oppressive that Cal could not be always acted urn ? Ho shoula persevere in rearing his motion, for he felt the necessity of it. After a few words from Lord ROSSLYN, the motion was agreed to. NEWFOUNDLAND. Earl BATHURST postponed his motion relative to Newfound land till Friday. Adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS, TVCIDAY, MAY 25. Mr. MA NSFIE D presented a petition from Leicester, praying that the Equitable Loan Bill might not pees into a law. Mr. WHITBREAD presented a similar petition from the pawnbrokers of London and Southwark, praying that they might be heard by Counsel against it before the Committee. Sir J. GRAHAM objected to the hearing of Couture] before the Committee, as their labours had been already brought to a close, and that would tend to protract their proceeding. Ile hoped sonic strict limitation would be placed to the hearing of Counsel. Mr. WHITBREAD persisted in his motion, and hoped that Mr. Rune's motion would be pressed, to Fever% Members from sitting on the Committee of Bills in winch they had a private interest. Sir F. BURDETT supported the prayer of the petition. Ile viewed companies of this sort with great suspicion, and indeed so regarded all companies who set out on principles of benevolence. They generally made their benevolence profitable to themselves, and he observed that this company was selling their shame at pre miums. A strong prejudice had been raised against pawnbrokers. Be (Sirfrancis Burdett) , thought, that, like other tredes,tm vase open to competition, ant. this prevented their profits from Wier we exorbitant as they had been by some persona supposed to ba The petitions were then brought up, referred to the Committee, with leave to be beard by their counsel, or their agent, if they thought proper. After a short discussion on the St. Mary Islington Bill, in which Mr. lionsiouss, Alderman BasnuEs, MI. HUME, and others took a pert, SWF. BURDETT proposed the introduction of a clause, that all persons possoseng houses assessed at 161. a year should have one vote for vestry._ SW J. GRAHAM opposed the clause. After a few remarks from Mr. T. WILSON, Mr. H. Sustarea. and Me. Bt era. The *we divided—. Sr s 7; New, 47; Majority against it, 10. Whilst wen excluded hens the pllery, the House di vided on a las IPS undentood)relating bathe election of go. 'croon retry7third year— A es, 41 t Non, Mr Majority in favour of it, 22. Mr. Altman BRIDGES moved for a new writ for the bo ra:o of 'Oskhampton. The Bill of the Forro;gn Alliance Insurance Company was read reed a third time and pained. Mr. 8. RICE moved the third reading of the Patriotic Insurance ICI of Ireland. The object of the Bill was to enable the Com fa tTy to sue and be sued in the names of their respective officers. Mr. G RENFELL *averted to what had fallen from the Right Jlon. Gentleman ( Mr. Hissktsson) as to the formation of joint stock societies. He understood that the names of the holders of shares should be registered at the Stamp-office. Now he was desirous still further of knowing if it were intended that, in the event of transfer of stock, the names of those persons thus registered at the Stamp ' office should be still held responsible, if not those persons whose names were registered would leave the concern when they found it a losing one, and salt their shares to men of strew, to the great in jury of public credit. Mr. BERRIES, as we understood, said he was not prepared to answer on a point of law. After a few words from Mr. Ater and Mr. BRIGHT, The Bill was read a third time and passed. ST. CATHERINE S DOCKS. Mr. 11(731E presented a petition from the occupiers of houses in the precincts of St. Cathtrine's, against the St. Catherine's Docks Bill—Laid on the table. BUTTER TRADE IN TRF:LAND. Mr. WILSON gave notice, that on Thursday next he should bring forward a motion for the better regulation of the butter trade lb Ireland. CATHOLIC EMANCIPATION. . . Mr. DORlCliffpre;;;;;tetra petitionfrom the Roman Ca tholics of Rosa, in favour of Catholic Emancipation—Laid on the table. TILE LATE AIR. SMITH, THE MISSIONARY. Sir J. WROTTESLEY al two petitions from the Dia. xenon oftitafford and Wolsg , praying for an investigation into • the mode in which the late Mr. Smith of Demerara was treated.— Laid on the table. Mr. Poertree presented a similar petition from Stockton ; Mr. S.Woa eLEit presented .*Millar petition from Bradfirrd ; Mr. •Rtes EeeK Wilts) presented fire similar petitions from Dissenters of various denominations in the county of %Vilts.—Laid on the table. SLAVE TRADE. Me trlOFSTEß 7 erern 7ed ;pett iion from Shaftesbury, Winn the alive trade Laid on the table. TAX ON ATTORNEYS. - • Mr. BRIGHT presentedspet itMOiroo the attorneys of Bris tol. prying that the Act of the 41st of Geo. 111. might be revised. so the table. TANNERS IN IRELAND. _ _ Ms S. RICt presented a petition from the tanners of Coleraine. praying that themate of the tanning trade in Ireland might be taken into oonaidwation.—Lakl on the table. scofeii AND gicaLiWli SPIRIT TRADE. Mr. ii present — a — pet — iiion — f;or — tc Yaifir for dui free intercourse of spirits between England and S cotland. • DUTCH TREA't Y. .......... Mr. TIUME, seeing the Right Hon. the Foreign Secretary in his place, begged to put a question to him rewire to the Treaty that had recently been entered into with the Dutch Government, regarding the Spice Islands. The Hon. Member observed, that he had seen a grad deal on the subject in the public prints and elsewhere, and be wished to know why the Treaty and the papers connected with it were not laid on the table of the Hou s e ? Mr. CANNING said that it was not the practice in this country to lay any treaty before Parliament until it had been ratified and contludea. Ile was aware that a different 'moat was followed In different countries; In America, for instance, the consent of the Senate was necessary for the conclusion of a treaty, but accordiag to the institutions of this country, it was not the etiquette to ac. quaint the House with what was going forward until the treaty was brought to a termination. Considerable inconvenience certainly resulted from such a practice, as it was desirable that the first and most authentic information relating to them should be gained through the communications made to the House. Ile could assur the Hon. Member that it was from no want of courtesy to the douse that the information had not been given to it, but for the reasons that be had stated. (I dear, hem.) IMPRESSMENT OF SEAMEN. Mr. 111'31gtiatclthai1;;Iiada petition to present, to which he requested the serious attention of the House- It was from the sea faring men of Greenock, praying the House to take into its con sideration, and to provide some renirly against the pr. sent system of impressment, as the petitioners felt assured that was within the control of legislation. The Hon. :Member said, that he should make no remarks on the petition then, as he intended to bring the subject fully before Parliament on the Ist June neat.—The peti tion was then ordered to lie on the table. . _ Mr. BROVHHAM said, that hearing his Hon. friend behind him name the Ist of June for the purpose of bringing on his into- Lion, begfed to remind him that the West India question stood for that erening, and he therefore hoped he would postpone it, as the two questions would be too much for one evening. Mr. HU3IE at first objected to this arrangement, but after a shmt conversation, in which Mr. CANNING, Mr. BROUGHAM, Sir J. NEWTON?, and Mr. HuME took part, it was agreed that the I West India Question should stand for the Ist of June, and that I Mr. Hume's motion relative to the impressment of seamen, should Gunn on on the 7th ofJune. \KW BEER BILL.. Mr. BENETT prtiOnie , il apetii;;n from ihe licensed victuallers of Warminster, against the New Beer Bill. RIOT AT FERSIANAGII. ...... Mr. J. SMITH said that some time ago be had presented a pe tition from a person of the name of 11PCuster ; he had not then moved that it should be printed, because the Honourable Member, the Secretary for Ireland, had requested that time might be allowed to investigate the circumstances contained in it ; he wished now toast the Right Hon. Gentleman' to whether he had received any information on the subject? Mr. Gocusr RN entered into a statement that lie had received from Ireland, by which he contended that the whole of the iallegs dons advanced in 31 , Ctister's petition hail been disproved. Me. J. SMITH remarked, that taking the circumstances as they bad been admitted by the Secretary for Ireland, it still appeared that the petitioner had been attacked in his cottage by an armed force: that he had been stabbed, and hail bad hi. arm broken. He thought that the Irish ffovernment were to blame for not sup pressing such outrages. When the Ili men, who bad attacked the petitioner were acquitted, three of them applied to the Seneschal for a warrant of distress against the prosecutor, in order that they might reimburse themselves in their expenses, and they actually,: %nuke the authority of this warrant, took away his cow. Thin, he contended, was an oppressive and an illegal act. He must still maintain that the petitioner was borne out in the main points stated by him In his petition. Ile should therefore nun- that it be pritiro. Mr. S. RICE begged to add hi. bumble tribute of thanks to the' ' Hon. Gentleman for his exertions on all subjects connected with, Ireland, and he only regretted that the Committee then sitting above stairs, inquiring into the state of Ireland, had hot the advan tage of his talents and services to assist them in their labours. Mr. PLUNKETT begged to observe, that it was iniposaible for the riovernment of a country to be r esp onsible for the actions ' of all its subordinate officers. He confewed that he at first doubted the monstrous act of illegality in seising . on the petitioner's Low, for the discharge of expenses on a criminal prosecution; but he regretted to say, that from inquiries which he had instituted, la had found it to be true. The cow had, however, been restored, and measures had been taken to prevent the recurrebee of such disgraceful transactions. (Hear, hear.) Sir J. NEWPORT moved that the Hon. Member for Medhunt be added to the Committee sitting above stairs. Mr. J. SMITH objected to it, as lie apprehended that the great pressure of private business then upon him would prevent hies paying such attentiun to it as the great interests connected with it required. After a few words from Mr. UOULRURN, Sir J. NEWPORT withdrew his motion. EQUITAIII,E IA)AN BILL. Mr. DENMAN presented a petition from the pawnbrokers of Nottingham, against the liquitaide Loan Bill—laid on the table. MR. BUCKINGHAM'S PETITION. Mr. L.t3ISTON rose, pursuant to toxic eit . a present the petition of Mr. Beatinglues, late editor of the (.....maa Jou; ucl, w Iles notice of the House. The petition was mainly concerned in the' protection of a free press, the existence of which was essentially necessary to the safety of our empire in India. The petitioner corn • plained of a series of cruelties and oppressions prectised agaiust hint which ended in the ruin of his prospects and the destruction of a profitable esiablishinent. The petition was long, and he would therefure briefly refer to such parts of it as were necessary to lay the use fully before the House. In 111 the Marquis of Hast ings resigned, and 31e. John Adam succeeded to the supreme command. The first act of his administration was the revival of a criminal procedure against the petitioner, which was of so cruel and oppressive a nature, that Sir Francis Slacnaghten positively refused to bear it. .Me. Buckirglinm, he most repent, was in one case a plaintiff, in another a defendant, and at such a time he was deprived of his licence and summarily ordered home to England. The cause so improperly assigned for this step was, that Mr. Buck ingham made some severe remark.: on the conduct of a Dr. Bryce, which conduct was subsequently disapproved by the Directors of the East India ( 'annpany, as well as by the Presbytery of Scotland. Mr. Luckingham had been guilty of no offence against the lawsof England, or against the East India Company's laws, but still he was left without redress. After sensing in England, Mr. Buck ingham next applied for a licence to return to India, and this was refused—nothing could appease the fury of the parties against Mr. Buckingham. Mr. Adam, kg one stroke of his pen. annihilated the freedmen of the press, which dm Governor-General declared to be so Mall. .The inhabitants of Calcutta, remonstrated against this irseammest of Me Buckingham, but in vain. Mr. Adam was not amient with thin, fur be put all circulation of books or =sit of this power of any party, and that too under M 4 how penalties. Mr. Buckingham was prevented •• 1111pagy t hamp his being placed at the head of a cannier- n r:y • Ind iresnediately after Lord Ainherst's arrival, fresh ' Wets esmmencgd against a British-born subject, Mr. Arnott (the friend of Mr. B.), who was confined in a fort, but who having applied foe • writ of Habeas Corpus, through Mr. Surton, an ornament to the bar bore and there, the result was, that Mr. Arnott was rele.uted. He left Calcutta, but was pursued; and when taking shipping at Bencoolen, was prevented doing so by the order of the Government there. Next followed the total suppression of the Cokartio Junrisal, and that for printing the address previously voted to Lord Hastings, with his reply. Ile (Mr. Lambton) wished to do Lord Amherst justice s and he certainly made • pro posal to allow the continuance of the Journal; but under whom ? Under Lord Amherst's own surgeon 1 That gentleman did not answer, snd the relative of a Member of Connell was appointed, at a sa lary of 1,0004 per annum and the bowel Mr. Buckingham! Persecution in his case was carried to its utmost extent ; but the Governor was not satisfied with the conduct of his own servant, and the Journal was a second time suppressed. He had given but a brief outline of the cruelties practised against Mr. Buckingham, and he now declined saying more than this, that in the nest SOF lion he would move for a Committee to ascertain how far a free pros would be usefubor prejudicial to our interests in India. If such conduct as this passed unnoticed, it would be a stigma on the Government of India, and eminently demanded the prompt atten tion of the British Government. ft was in vain to say that we l d et/al hold the empire of India if oppressions like those he bad stated could be perpetrated with impunity. The petition being read in part, I Mr. W. IrYNSI said that he would follow the line marked out by the Ilea. Member, and confine himself to the case before the House The subject of a free press in India was too extensive to be incidentally noticed, but he would be prepared to sap, that If the principles laid down by the lion. Member were emilad late Meet in India, they would be highly p rejudicial. He het some didiculty with respect to Mr. Adam, inasmuch as Mr. Buckingham could obtain redress before another tribunal. Mr. Buckingham, in fact, had almost bound himself to prosecute Mr. Adam in an English Court of Justice, and that under a aunt equal to a suns of 1,20Uf. This notice of trial was not yet abandoned ; quite on the contrary ; for on the 24th Jan. last 31r. Buckingham's solicitor wrote to the Court of Bisectors, stating that proceedings which were instituted against Mr. Adam, would be followed up. So far there was nothing to stop Mr. Buckingham in proceeding against 31r. Adam, and was it fair to call on his friends to defend hint now, particul arly when any such defence might be turned again.. Mt. Adam when he was legally called upon for his de fence ? He (Mr. NVynn) could say, from all he knew, that Mr. Adam could successfully defend himself. The lion. 31embar (11l r. lAmbton) had said, that no measures were taken against Mr. Buckingham before the resignation of the Marquis of Hastings ; whereas the fact was, that he was five times warned not to continue the career in which he had so long travelled. On the sth of Sep tember, 1822, the Secretary of Local Hastings wrote to him, that if he continued to write as he had done, hislicensc would be for feited, and his departure from India forthwith ordered, in pursu ance of the Act of 11113, which gave that power to the Governor and Council of Calculus. In tact, the whole of the Council agreed in the conduct pursued by Mr. Adam, in the use of Mr. Buckingham. The House would feel, while this important subject was in agitation, that it would be desirable not to enlarge upon it until it came before a judicial tribunaL With respect to the conduct of Lord Amherst, he (Mr. W{' nn) confessed he had but very imperfect information. particularly as respecting Mr. Arnim; and the Hun. Member (Mr. lAmbton) had not stated whether Mr. Arnott had or bad not a licence to reside in India. The question decided in India was, that imprisonment .could not follow between arrest and being sent home, and Mr. "tnott was consequently released. As he already said, he had but imperfect inforrestion, but judging of Lord Ambentes character, be consi dered him one of the last persons likely to do anything which the good of the service with which be was entrusted did not require. At present he weald say no mare, but reserve himself till that time whemi the more general question was brought before the House. Slf W. DE CRESPIONY said a few words, which were inau dible in the gaßery. Mr. HUMS said, that the observations to character were mis placed, es no one's character was assailed. The question was one of a detail of facts, which was not denied. inasmuch as they were not contradicted ; but the fact was, the agent of the petitioner, who, it was stated, could obtain redress, was dead; utter ruin followed every ore who expressed a favourable opinion of Mr. Buckingham, and such was the force of arbitrary power in India ' that no man was safe. it was high time that such pow er s h ou ld be linitted, as in other of our Colonies. The case of Mr. Adam was b, fore all his friendm = before the Court of Dircenses ; he (Mr. Hume) . . had carefully read it. and he had to hesitatiim in saying, that to him, with all its colouring. it was no safe, or full, or proper de fence. Mr. Adam acted en his own views, and. upon his own no tions; his conduct was wrong and improper in the extreme. Was there any hilr play as between Mr. Buckingham's treatment and that pursued towards the editors of other newspapers ir. India? It was any thing but fair. Mr. Buckingham, he contended, was highly useful to the Indian Government, and his jour el did not, for four years, contain one half the scandal of the Joh, Bull; he meant the Indian John Bull, set up by the Secretaries of the Public Boards there, and supported by Mr. Adam. The abuse of Mr. Buckingham was the constant theme of the Julia Bull, and, because he retorted, his licence was taken away. He, forsooth, must suffer every calumny, and he was to bow down in mom. Mr. Buckingbarmhowever, when accused, was brought to trial, and he was acquitted - ; but the mune= he instituted & proceeding against theJtdie Bull, means were taken to deprive him of his licence, and send him home as a felon. Such was the conduct of the Indian Government. He (Mr. Hume) . believed that a great majority of the East India Directors wishet. for a Censorship of the press in India, and that the order of Lord Hastings should be rescinded. He had no doubt that a copy of the order was forwarded to the Right lion. Gent. (Isle. Canning), but he feared it never was mad by him, and yet remained in his bureau. As the question, however, was to come forward again, he would only ask what would become of England without a tree press ? It was high time to put a stop to the arbitrary power so long exertised over the life and Property. of an Englishman in India. Such summary power should not be entrusted to any man, much less such a mats as .Mr. Adam. He hoped the petition of Mr. Buckingham would be carefully attended to, as it deserved to be. There was no gene ' cal rule relative to the press in India in Bombay the restrictions were now removed ; in Madras they were also to a certain degree removed ; at Calcutta alone they were contirucel in futl force. lie (Ale Ilume) augured badly from the commencement of Lord Am.. Melia career; for by adopting such views as those of .1(r. Adam, even the perusal of the Edialinrgit or in fact any oilier work, was prohibited at Calcutta. In conclusion, he implored the House not to spree the continuance of such arbitrary power in India. Mr. ASTE the Conduct of Mr. Adam, and denied that Mr. Bucking was the victim of his premeditated malice, as stated by the Hoot Member (Mr. flume). Mr. Buckingham was not the injured man be was represented to be. Mr. Bucking ham obtained the Reefer '6l' a free mariner, but that did hot enable him to reside on shwa. In October, 11118 , Mr. Buckingham be. came editor of the Caltalla Juarstol, and, in Inln, he received notice not to continue his mode of writing as he had dune, on pain of being ordered home. In 1820 Mr. Buckingham wit called oo apologize to the Government for abusing them; and la the No vember miaowing he coninlitted a similar offence; and in July, Ite2l, another warning followed. Then next Castle an attack on the Bishop of Calcutta. In tact, there was nothing which escaped hits attack. All this happei.al uring the government of the Marquis of Hastings, and yet the House was odd that 111 r. Iduckinglham was not censured daring his adniiaistration of the Indian Govern mum Mr. Admit only acted as became him in the situation which' he then held ; and snsit the fasts would prove to be. With respect to Mr. Amon, lie bait no licence whatever, and therefore he could not complain tat being sent away. The general liberty of the press was no large ■ subject to enter into now, and all he would M 7 was, that although the Honourable Member Ole. Lanibton) lard India was the first place in which time liberty of the mesa ought to exist, be (Mr. Audi) was prepared to say it was the laat. l He should state the mtbstance of a communication which he had received front a gentleman well acquainted with Mr. Buckinghalti,i in India, and fee whom he (Sir C. Forbes) entertained the highest passible revert. The letter to whitli be referred came from Air. Farmer, a guillemot whose name was nod unknown to some Merit. bent of that House. Mr. Farmer, in his introductory letter of Mr. Buckinghain to him (Sir C. Fuebes) stated, that without the fear of being considered either an incendiary or a rebel. iious pe son, he recommend testy good offices Mr. Bucking. hart : he added, that he believed he C'okuffei Jemmied had done much good. sod was cskulated to do mute; and that notwithstanding various eoluinnies, he believed Mr. Bucking ham to be a very worthy and a very able man. (Hear.) He did not mean then to go him the question the liberty of the press in India. Ile might, however, be permitted tomb that recently re strictions had been laid on it whieb, in his opinion, were beds im politic and unnemesary. Indeed, the power which was pnasessed in that mantes by its Gevotioni was perfectly monstrous. He return,. hexed a case in which a native of India had been threatened to be expelled from the country, because he had succeeded in making a good bargain with our Goeunnient, and he refused to abandon hi contract. The native luaus, with a spirit that would have done honour to an Englishman, replied, that he had heard of such an if:tendon—that he believed the rumour to be untrue, he he:supposed the Governor was much toe well acquailiwtl wit!: :he laws ut hes own country to think re putting in practice such an arbitrary act Ile wished, in conducting, to obsiree, that in his opinion the power which the law of India so wisely gave, was meant to apply merely to cases where the safety of our East India possessions might be tampered with, by Europeans getting into the interior of the rennin , and tampering with the natives. Sir FRANCIS BURDETT could not withhold, in the grit la. stance his extreme gratitude to the Right Don. Director who hid spoken last, for the manly part he had taken on this question. But his principal object in rising was to induce his Hon. Friend (11r. Lamblon) who had introduced this subject to the considers. tion of the House, in a statement plain and level to the apprehen. hension of every man who heard him, that he would not be %ens iled by entering at a future period into the discussion of that gene ral question of the free press of India, but that he would in this Session bring before the House the hardship that might be im imposed on an individual by a temporary Governor of India. The question now before the House seemed to divide itself into two considerations—first, an to the fact of oppression personal to Mr. Buckingham ; secondly, uto the liberty of the press in India. A very common place argument had been used in this former qua-! tion, to which he was anxious to call thelattention of the House, by the President of the Board of Contract (Mr. Wynne), viz. that the petitioner, Mr. Buckingham, should not apply to the Parliament fur redress, seeing that lie has appealed to a Court in India. Mr. W I'NN—No not in India—in England. Sir FICtNCIS BURDETT—IIe it so. In England, at an events, the appeal has been made to a Court of Law to obtain redeem'. (Heir, front Mr. Wynn.) But that appeal had nothing to do with the question of the violent moue adopted by a Governor of India in his treatment of a British subject. An Honourable Member opposite, a Director too, had talked a great deal to very little purpose. He had spoke of the repeated warnings given be Mr. Buckingham. But what was the origin of these warnings P pethapis he had laudably called in question some of the acts of the Government, and indeed upon the very face of the proceedings it did appear that some motives of suspicion attached to his dismiwl. It appeared that he found fault with the appointment of Mr. Adam. '1 hat appointment was subsequently rescinded, and thus it Was prayed that the observations of Mr. Buckingham were not without foundation. A Presbyterian Clergyman was not precisely the person to invest with the situation and Mr. Buckingham had ventured so express his disapprobation, as a public journalist, of such an ap pointment. It appeared, too, dust by the regulations of Lord 3loirs, there was an actual inducement to Mr. Buckingham to settle at Calcutta ; the liberal policy of the Marquis of Hastings was clearly an. inducement to that effect. He hoped his Hon. Friend would bring forward this question of oppression in its simple form as it regarded the treatment of Mr. Buckingham. 111 r. Seaetaty CANNING said he certainly did not intend to detain the House by entering into a discussion of any of the topics which by coins/ion consent were deferred to a distant opportunity. That large subject concerning the press in India, and the other points equally important, referred to by the Honourable Baronet, it would not be for the convenience of the House now to discuss. The queatiim before them was, whetlice the petition should be per. mitted to lie on the table, and to that he certainly could have not the slightest objection. Should the Honourable Gentleman who had, with so much calmness and ability, brought forward the pre sent petition, persevere in the motion of which hr had glees nuke for the next Session of Parliament, he should be ready to meet him upon fair grounds, for he had no earthly prejudice to overlay his feelings and his deliberative judgment on this question. But his objection to this petition arose, nut to its reception, fur to that he said nothing—from its interfering with a question now pending in a court of law; and he was perfectly convinced the interference toast prove prejudicial to justice. VI Nether it was originally wise to revert to those measure% which placed the Press of India under peculiar restrictions, might be a tit subject for discussion. He certainly could not agree with the wide policy which would throw open India to the advantages of a free press, in her present unen lightened condition. If the system now established by a deliberate and relent decision in that great anamolous and astonishing empire, acted wrong, let that system he altered, but let not an individual be charged with iron deficiencies. The course which Mr. Adam adopted was meeted out to him by the law. It was just the case of a Go vernor, fixed in the unquestionable exercise of an undoubted au thority, apportioning to any person offending the exact conse quence, as the law defined it, of his delinquen. If the Governer had executed his authority for the abuse, the house had also pro. Tided a remedy for the suffering party, and of the remedy, it ape peered, 111 r. Buckingham had haunt to avail himself. Mr. Buck- Ingham had now an opportunity of removing his case fnlin that sis much depreciated tribunal—an Indian Court of Judicature, to • British Jury. With what semblance of equity, then, could a Parliament interfere under such circumstances ? When that suit was decidttl, he had, for one, no objection to enter into the discus- Rion. The Hon. Member for Aberdeen had stated that he (Mr. Canning) appeared to express some surprise at the statement of facts contained in the petition. He certainly had felt, and very possibly indicated surprise, at hearing tyranny ascribed to Lord Amherst. The change of climate might work wondrous changes t but from all that he had known of Lord Amherst, the air of Bengal was just as likely to convert him into a tiger as a tyrant. (Hear, hear.) To dust part of the petition he had listened with the greatest incredulity ; but even there he was open to conviction. if, however, hoed Atuhent's nature was made savage and ferocious, he could only say that a more extraordinary physical phenomenon had never yet been pm ' dnced. Ile was now anxious to disclaim the praise which had been so kindly, but somewhat too lavishly, bestowed on him. There seemed to be some mistake ask, the policy of Loird Eluting* being connected with the press of India. It seemed to be supposed that he gave the greatest latitude to its exertions, and almost threw down prises for the constant discussion of the mut dangerous sub jeets. It was quite true that he withdrew one mode of retaining the press, but he RS certainly substituted another, and the question submitted to him es President of the Board of Con trol—he was not mentioning it as the betrayer of secrets— was whether the old system of censorship was not preferable ? The directors submitted to him the propriety of renewing the old power, and abrogating that established by the Martinis of Hastings; but from that document he certainly withheld the approbation et the Crown. This occurred in the year 1819. The draft he pre served until the co lusion of the year, at which period I e went s of office. B tt'•e regu a ions, it' viewed in contrast with that._ which preceded them, vete not of that peculiarly mild character which they wen represented. The former regulations were to this effect:— " Ist. Every proprietor of a newspaper shall place his name at the bottom of that newspaper. " ?Ally. The name and abode of the editor shall he made known. " 3dly. No newspaper shall be published on a Sunday. " 4thly. No paper shall be published previously to its being Inspected. " And all persons offending againt any of these regulations shall be destined to immediate embarkatis ." —lion! Hastings, it was true, abrogated these regulations; but what were thole which he introduced?— " The Editors of Newspapers are prohibited by the Marquis of (lasting: sreg,ulation front publishing any matter under the fol. lowing beads : . . . " fst.—Aniroadversions of the Court of Directors, or the public officers conremed in the Government or India. " matter of a political tendency, offensive to the Pre- mier, the Judges, o► the Lord Bishop of Calcutta.--(A laugh). •` 3.11 y. From copy extracts of any newspaper under the above heads •• ithly. From the publication of private scandal." —These were the regulations on which such panegyrics had been passed. and they certainly did not leave the press quite so free as ' air. The Right lion. Gentleman, in conclusion, called on the House rot to pre-judge the question now pending between Mr. , Adam and the petitioner. Mr. DEN MAN stated. that unless he were perfectly utisfisl that all proceedings were at an end in a Court of Law on the sub ject, he should not have supported this petition. But as he had professionally been consulted, and given an opinion against the suit of Mr. Buckingham, he was desirous of stating that his opi. nion proceeded not upon the want of merits in the petitioner's case, but from the difficulties which the Legislature had purposely thrown in the way to guard the conduct of their Governor. lie wss not ' , winked, however, at the hacknied argument. It had been discisimed on the part of Mr. Buckingham that he meant to pro ceed beyond this appeal, but still that assertion was discredited and disregarded.____ 3IBTON, in moviog that the petition He on the table, was anxious to advert to one or two topics which had fallen from the Right Honourable Gentleman. If he (Mr. Lambton) bad made any statements which were incorrect, and contrary to facts, let ehem be contradicted by the Coen of Directors. The Chairman had (lettered that warnitigs bed been given to Mr. Ruckinghant, and that afterwards the proceedings against him were justifiable. Ile (Jr. 3 Lamben t ) would state what some of those warnings were. One of them consisted in an application which had been made to the Advocate-General, to know whether an action would lie against them for certain publications relative to the late Queen; but the Advocate-General had said, that there would be no chance of a vcniiet. An r warning was. respecting charges against the Lord Bishop of 1 Wen ta. which charges were not against the Bi. Own, hut against one of his curates, for neglect of duty. The Bishop hail asserted that they concerned himself personally. and appeaied on thesubject ; bat on inquiry it was aacitiuued that the charges Well. well Mended, and a remedy was provided. For him. self. he (Mr. Lambton) would say, that if he could discover and remove abuses, he would do so in spite of the Goventor-r ietteraL Another of the warnings was, for publications relative to military statements, which. it had been asserted, were calculated to promote military insubordination. Sir J. Malcolm had declared, that free doicession in India was absolutely necessary, and more particularly as it related to the army ; anti that such free dif(1111Ai011 was Impossible, except through the medium of the public press. He(Mr. Landrum) would prove, If die noose walk! only grant him a I tommittee, by the testimony of several Officers. that In the am, of India there was no such mwenign remedy for abuses as the public press. lie never espe'ted that the nouse would grant redress to the individual who complained ; his sole object in bringing it forward was to give publicity to the case. He would repeat, that he did net expert redress to the petitioner from the Ilottse; and unless he received a distinct pledge that redress would be given, he should think it criminal to excite the hopes and to trifle with the feelings of the Individual, if he expressed any such idea. Ile did not know 31e. Ituckinehant, nor Mr. Adams, nor the Marquis of Hastings, new Lord Amherst; he could not tell whether the latter were a tyrant or a tiger; he might be what an ' Hon. Member had described hint, the gentlest of human beings. Bet when he saw such statements as were then laid before the ', House, confirmed by the testimony el many unexceptionable per., sons, he thought it his duty, as a Member of Parliatticat, to place the matter before the Commons of England; and if they did not inquire into it, on their heads be the conacquetices. The petition was then ordered to be printed. FIRST FRUITS OF IRELAND. Sir J. NEWPORT said. Coat, front the earliest period in English history, a se.all sum was paid by the clergy called first fruits. From the tiu:t: of the Rzformatiun to the reign of Queen I,na11•t:u: I Frenc h. Dui: I Lisbyn, 1 linnenburiti, 2 Hamburgh. Letters received yesterday from Zitite, anncnnced arrival at that place on the 21th ult. of M. Itlaquicrr tt board the Florida, hating performed the voyage in Iv clays from l'oruunouth. Itlaquiere, who had with Innt epwards of 4.0,000 pounds in ppecie on aocour.t of the Greek Loan, instantly dispatched a courier to Argos to L i:- nounce his arrival. Thule letters report the taking t f Arta by the Greeks, but no official account of that nature has been received. It'e are happy to find, however. that the l.reeks of Candia have resumed dreoffeueive. and that the Greek cause proceeds favourably in every quarter. Anne it was paid to the Crown, but it was bestowed by b et the hurch. This grant in Ireland hat produced be m... 300 f ( a-year. and Isis object was to ascertain how and the case. During one period, when eight bishop and o s, - .`""• bishopric became vacant, only LIAO. was paid into ics the the first fruits, when the suns, by • moderate caleulatioo,'4, oo l have been 30,00111. During six years, when th e clergy aw 2,f100/., the public had 'lead:lo,ooK, and he thought thie matter of inquiry by the Home, in order to ascertain culties were in the way, atal now to remove them. It app eare d fee twenty-two years only 3.7001. had been cornributed, W.; a great number of the benefices had nut o . ntributed at all. Th e Primate of Ireland only paid to the first finite the own or 404, while the Archbishop of Canterbury. whose inconte was n ot leas, 3,8001. The Bishop of Derry paid 2.101., and th e s et ., Winchester 2,1.00/.; the Morse of Cork and Ross 041, a-year, and the Bishop of Norwich 3igf. lie thought theee' eee — u . be but one opinion as to the necessity fur inquiry into the p h , so monstrous an inequality. The 'tight Hon. Bart. ex c h. ! , by hinging several reaslutitms, which recapitulated his aehtilh7. 3lr. PLCNKETT considered the question as one of Very gw, importance, not only to the interests but to she charaeter ,h e Protestant Church in Ireland ; and he trusted that he shodd able to prove to the Right lion. Gentleman and the Ifouse that the charges brou.ht forward against the 'church were in MT, Di titular unfounded. There were two statutes of the 2lkh , of Henry VIII. regarding the first fruits in Wood; s e 4 t h; Crown was entitled by those statutes to the produce of the int fruits, which must be 6 3 , a valuation of the actual amount. ( tk . missions were to be appointed to make this valuation on oath. R.( to record it in the Exchequer. It was material to understand it, law on this subject, and it the law were understood, it siteltl f t . seen that the clergy had not bean guilty of any misers:dun. Ile might be wrong in his interpretation of the law, but if he were so, he erred with all those who hod erred foe three hundrol ye a back. The Act of Parliament says, that this valuation should be made front time to time ; but the last valuation that was node', Ireland was made in the 10th of Charles I. He believed tha h $ Hon. Friend new enough of the law to know that the best 00.. ment on it was usage and experience. James I. made an e'en new regulation with respect to the province of I 'lster, and is u p orders to the Commission to let the valuation there be as soral.k. possible. From that time to the present no new valuation had been made in any part of Ireland. In the at tack now made, it mum only the unprotected church of Irela n d that wan to " bide M e De l, ing of the pitiless storm," but the character of the Church tt England was involved in the charge. The Honeuribl e Baronet was aware that the 2d of Elisabeth restored inn fruits to the Crown. The principal number of valuation were made subsequently to the passing of this Act. The fair commit_ tion of the statutes had been acted on, and the amount r e ly paid in the Exchequer. In the reign of Charles 11. for project, were resorted to foe the increase of the first ?rune, bit these were resisted by die clergy. The first fruits, both in England and Ireland, were paid according to their original valuation, IIVIII. Why then Should the clergyathed in th of irelan e reign dbe of singlecl ilen ou r t y for reprobation, Mien they seed on t same principle as th e E ng li s h c l ergy ? He thought his Right Honourable Fiend had said a great deal ad raphuithwn : the incomes of the Irish clergy did not exceed, on an average, 2hg. per annum ; and it was hard, after 411 or 30 years 'mice, that a clergyman appointed to one of these livings should be called on to pay 4401. for first fruits. The opinion that he had given en a for. oar ocess;on, he could not, as an honest man, have given any other, and he had this night stated his reasons fur it. Ile had adverted the other night to the L3I non.resilents, which the Hon. Manlier for Aberdeen had numbered them at. He then stated that the d I was an exaggeration ; he was now enabled to confirm what he then raid. Therefrom no set of men who had bete so much calumniated as the Irish clergy, but they were by no means inferior either in seal or education. lie begged pardon for having occupied the at tention of the House for so long a period on so dry a subject. Mr. S. RICE observ e d, t h at t h e L earned and Hon. Oentlemin bad charged his Right Hon. Friend w.th making a stretch infra. tandem. lie mustily thought that the charge might be retorted. In giving the motion of his lion. Friend his hearty support, he did not mean to east a stigma on the Clergy of Ireland, or t o char7e them with a ny i mpropr i ety of conduct, - but he was of opinion the the Clergy ought to be more connected with the great mass of the Irish people. If the statutes were as they had been represenud by the Right Hon. Gentleman opposite, it was surely in the poser a Parliament to alter them without being charged with spoliation. He thought that the whole of the subject ought to be re-considertd. Mr. GOCLBURN thought that it was the object of the Right lion. Baronet to make it appear that the Clergy of England wire liberal, and that the clergy of Ireland were niggardly. Mk in his opinion, was v er y unfair, as the Irish clergy had done all that they were required to do. lie was content to leave t'.e legal an:e inem in the hands of his Right lion. Friend. The clergy of Ire land evinced a zealous anxiety in the performance of their clerical duties. and there was no charge against them as to the misappropria. lion of their funds He concluded by moving the previous question. Mr. '3IE said a few words. Sir J. NEWPORT replied. The House then divided— Foe the motion, 711 Against it, 8.5 I Majority, IL The Law of Merchants' Bill was ordered to be read a third time on Friday next. The Exchequers' Bill was read a second time; the Report was brought up, and was ordered to be received to.morrow. Mr. lira. airs introduced the appropriate clause. We unclaimed this to be the last financial measure of the Session. Mr. BROGDEN brought up the Report of the Newfaandlard Fisheries Bill, which was ordered tithe takes into mosideration on Thursday next. The M'ool importation and exportation Bill was read a third tune and pissed. The Beer Duties' Bill was ordered to be reed a tiled time on Monday next. The Bankrupt Laws' Amendment Bill was ordered to be re."l a third time on 31onday next. The New Churches' Bill was read a second time. The other Orders of the Day were t h en disposed of, and the • Home adjourned at half-past Ohre o'clock. NOTICES OF MOTIONS. Sir Robert Shaw—Correspondence between the Post-office and Mr. Watt. relative to the Boilers of the Royal Sovereign Ste:int Packet, and the Report of the Engineer thereon. Mr. Alderman Hergate--To repeal the Forfeitures and Penal ties incurred under the Usury Laws, and to substitute others in. stead thereof. ORDERS OF TILE DAY. Coumy GaolslL—Furtber comid •ration of Report. Land Revenue Sale of Sock Bil —Third Reading. Tenants' Relief (Ireland) lidl--Com Impounding Distresses (Ireland) Bill—Committee. Poor Regulatiou (Scotland) Rill--Second Reading. PRICES OF BRITISH Bank Stock 2324 3 per Cent. Reduced, 1144 1 3 per Cent.eurre.Orti )I I Old 34 per Cent. lel New 24 per Cent. 101 1001 .3 per l ent. 1011 len 10114 107/ lue.tg Ann. 2 Imperill 3 per Cents. Bank for .Ict. Coni. for Act. 964 1/51 India Sock TOCKS YESTERDA Y. India Rotas. India roe Account South Sea Stock South Sea Old Annuities South Sea New Annuities I.R. Bills. 1.0)001/. 30 3'2 30 nm Diu*, SM. 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