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r subsisting low, both in the construction and lime tire of the Court. One alteration was to give • a power of examination into the affairs of the in solvent, previous to his going into prison, and also to empower the creditor, after a given belle, to com pel the insolvent to come before the Court, in the same manner that he compelled them to allow him •to have the benefit of tar Act. lie Itad also pro . posed .to alter the cotostitutiom of the Court. by snaking it consist of three Judges ',tetrad of one —and that all the property of the insolvent thpolel be bottle to he act up by the assiggsees for *le, for the getters' beitett of his tzredimrs. The Mull, with these alterutioni, had pasiedthroogh that House, hut waslost in its thrOgreva ellewberr, nod a temporary Bill possrd to Continue the Acts then in farce until February tteXt. lie was not in towii at the time, or else Me should have opposed the pa... ing of that temporary Act, fur he thought the pre sent Issas in 111 constructed, that however able 1.114 itidefotigahle was the Commissioner, it was im possible for him to administer them so us to *give general satisfaction. Since the passing of that Act, the former Commissioner (Mr. Seijeant Autmistgton), and all the clerks, except one, in the office of the Court, hail been dismiss ed. Ile felt it his duty to stale, and he did so Without meaning to cost any particular reflection, that this alteration was moat proper, fora complete change had become necessary. The result of this change had been he I Mitthe preeent COU missioner (Mr. Reynold.) had done every thing that persons in trade could wish, to give the effi " - e;elicy to the existing laws of which they were soli cyanide. Last Sesaion he thought it was totally impossihte to conduct the business of the tuurt as t ought to he conducted with a single Judge.— He had now changed that opinion, and was willing that the business should rest sting one Judge; but he should propose, for the previous examination of the afro; re of the insolvent, that an examiner be oppoiot el by the Commistioseser. And he meant further to propose, that instead or the clear property of an insolvent being liable to sale. it should be merely placed under sequestration for the benefit of the ge neral creditors. Such was the general outline of his Bill—the details could be considered in e Coitign:t tee after the recess. The preaein Act would ex pire on the CV February. But he was not :noxious to hurry his Bill, so as to inert the actual expira tion of the oilier; lie was alone anxious for use titre and deliberate discussion. and he might as well riow state its on any forum occasion, that unless the previous examitoitiou i n t o the a ff a i r s o f the and the power of the creditor to compel him sifter he MOP iii custody a certain time to take the benefit of the Act were admitted, he should oppose in lifnine the introduction of ally new Bill. The Nu hie Lord then obtained leave to bring iu o Bill fur the relief of Insolvent Debtors, and Intivielf and ,Ir. George Lamb were ordered to prepare and bring iu the same. PETITION OF THE HOOXSEI.I.FRS RESIDENT IN THE METROPOLIS. Mr. Jon Skim !sev er! Irate to call the atten tion• of the House to a Pa-litmus of very great Mt patance iiitrueted to him for presentation. It w as served by 5' of the most eminent Booksellers, Publishers, sod Printers in the metropolis, and complained of is clause in the Bill twee before the House, for the more effectual Parsenti (((( of Blas p'temous mud Seditious labels. That clause pin - voted, that in cake of a sacond offence, meaning. of r minor, the publication of a second libel, the party *tumid be subjected, at the discretion of the Judge, to a punishment of tither banishment or traospor tuition for the term of severs years. The severity of this clause had occasioned considerable said just alarm among those who were eitilmiked Mil the or c;lsation of booksellers—a sotirty composed of very many of the most respectable men iu tier 'country, whose station, whose property, attaininemos and qualifications, entitled them to the highest censideration.—(Year, hear, hear.)—They were in the greatest alarm, its con.rquencr or the xtraordinary imrovisioes of the iompendMeg mea sure. it was not, lie thought, necessary to remind the House of the so igne sod uncertain import of the thing called " a libel." ‘Vitat one lawyer (termed Machines, another did not—what as London July considered no libel, and founded an acquittal upon, 111 Joey in the country held quite the reverse, dm— chireal it a libel, and theta convicted. In nature there was nothing which had as wider latitude; of elefinitiou than libel. The Petitioners were as de. serous as any other persons in the community to put down the very extensive circulation of Mass rimentoos and seditious Imbals—they were most anxious they should be prevented by all effectual meanse-('s Hear, hear," from I.u , d Castlereagh ) —but they can never concur iu the application of that sentence of transportation which is only re served by law for felons and criminals whose guilt is of enormous die. Such a sentence for the offence of libel, they humbly c ntcetred, was analogous to the other penalties prescribed by law for general offences, and they conceived that its affect, if evicted, would be to deter from following their trade niany of those who had now embarked in it immense capitals. Among the Petitioners were several whose disbursements no their business antonnted to enormous sums. Ile may within bounds say, that they had several hundred thou sands • year embarked in their trade. Was it possible, then, that in concerns so extensive they could conduct their affairs with that dispatch re quired by learned bodies and the public, sod that security which every man had • right to look to for his person and his property, if on a second con viction for eke vague offence of libel they were liable to transportation to New South Wales ? (Hear, hear.)—lf it were possible the House unsold feel itself justified in time enactment of so severe • law, there were Geotirmen of the drat re speetability who signed this Petition, who would then have no other alternative but to abanden business which hitherto they had been enabled to conduct with character for themselves, awl exten sive advantage for the commueity. Even thawe who were doomed to mutant iu this tonic after the passing of such a law, could not possibly promote the general benefits of literature in the manner ,fry had hitherto dour. Ile therefore most eati,roly hoped that some other idiom of punishment for ltba I may be devised than that which bad created so much universal complaint. It was quite impossi ble for the booksellers to protect themselves against the severity of this penalty, were it once adopted, fur et would Bleu be to the power of any chacnitteut- . T..:io-., _, ed indiviJnel who resided in a t oaselles's shop, and who had any ill will or malice *gehapt his viu player, to pet him in jeopardy. Fie `concluded by imploring tire Nelsie(tOrd opposite To oconsider the strocturevif the plespered Bill, and contemplate what most be its evesiressi result twos the affairs of so respectable a body as the Petitioners, avid upon the general literature of the cowry. If any Ann could ed to the strength of the Govern mem, or to the individual character of the Noble Lord li ' self, it would be a reviaion and twiddle:l - of the provisions of this I:SOL—Men, , hear.) The Htiu. MeasLer then presented a Petition, agreed to at a Meeting of Booksellers and Printers resident in the City of 1. loss and the neighbour. hood there'd, held at the London Coffer-lim as, Ludgate-bill, 'on the IStli of December, 1819 ; to consider the provisions of a Bill now before Par liament, for the more effectual Prevention nod Punishment of Blasphemous and Seditious The Petition was to the following effect : That we have observed with Collearo the Mereased and extensive eircillation of certato seditious and blasphemous libel* which have of late been printed and pnblistreil, and are maxims* that such remedy may be provided as to the • wisdom of Pat 'lament shill seem fit ; but that we hews rthe. less view with great apprelien and alarm the provisions of a Bill now under the consideration of the Howie of Cum mmis, eritiinled " An Act for the more effectual f'revestiou al d ruillstinsent of Blasphemous and Seditious (Alicia," as, far as it is proposed that it should be thereby enacted, that if ally person shall, after the passiug of that Act, he legally convicted of having composed, printed, or published, ally blasph , mous libel, or any such seditious libel as therein meutiontd, and shall, after being so convicted, offend a se cond 11113 r, and be thereof legally convicted, such person may, on a ►eemul conviction, he adjudged, at the • of the Collet, either to suffer such pi 3333 shroent as mar now by law be inflicted in cases of high misdemeanors, Of to he lissuislud (sum the United Kingdom and all other parts of his Majesty's dominions, fur such term as the Court, in which such conviction shall take place, shall under, or to be transported to such place as shall be appointed by him Majesty fur the transport:ol4M of offenders for any term not eseeethug years; and that it should be fortlito enact ed, that if any offender who shall be au ordered by any such Court as aforesaid, to he banished or tounsporled in manner aforesaid, shall be aftirwaida 31 large within any pail of the Unit, 41 Kingdom, or any other part of his Majesty's dominions, without some lawful cause, berme the capitation of the trios for which ►od, offender shall have been so or. tiered to be banished or transported as aforesaid. every such offender bring so at bilge as aforesaid, being thertuf lawfully convicted, shall suffer death a in cases of felony without benefit of clergy. That the punishment of tramp°. t•tion and of death, are punishments applicable only to frluisies and offeuces, PO Ilpfelfie cad certain in their stature, as to exclude the cam. mission thereof thiough ignoralice or Madverlesice, sad use ceases sly to include the evil intent iss the felonious or illegal bet. But that the offence of lib. I is not specific and cer tain, and is incapable of Niue /colleted previously cell:On by say specific definition ; mud that libels may be, and fre quently are, published by prrauns having no commuoity of intentitni with the authors or compusirs thereof; and bring, from the nature of their business, necessarily omit quatuted with the contents or probable effect of the same. That qiiestions of Ithel , Loth in law and fact, are de tertuitord by a duty vii the prosecution thereof, std that the verdict of the Jut ) upon a trial, is the sole criterion of jsidgiorm, as to the I. gal or illegal 'later, and t fleet of a publication; cud that such yea-dicta, &pending 1113011 lads. volual opinion, are always 1310WIRIII NMI frequently contra. sheistry, ill so far, that the author. :tad composers and first publishers of political and 1.11.er publicali .. s have, in some instances, bteu siesprilleil upon In 110 T 41 nlllll for libel; aud subsequent treaders, 110 way 33/OCCI seed in the priatisig or first publishing thereof, have been convicted by diffeleat dlll . os for tie publication of the same libels, and punished upon such conviction by fine nod imprisonment. That a verdict of acquittal, sin a prosecution for I, a betchy the publicat somplailied 0r is declared it, the opinion of the jury to be muusious, dips slot legitimate I lie continued safe ibercuf, but that the same defemhost is subject to prosecution fur rack subsequent act of publica tion of the same wcrk, and in &rban! cases, is liable to probable esentual conviction au.l IIU is imheheut ; and that a prostctsimis fur libel, even in eases of acgnilual , does there (Ore generally °penile it. rvglraila the cunt mused circulation of the utt..u.i., gok, and 01 some cares to suppress the same altogether. That as Criter,l Mut:sellers sod Publishers, we are more especially aaecteri by the proposed Act, and Met the more extensive and respectable tins trade carried on is, the more prUbilhir it In 1.t.1111.4 that we may, innocently and with pout fall mlts the censure sud puuistraseut of the proposed Law. That instances are nut sranting in which flookaellers hare heel. convict, at, and have evil , red punishmeot, for the sale of libellous works, by a without their privity, and, it may be, carts culinary to their command; and Mat as nu eircuinspecitou can good against the malice of an ntTenited, or the negligence of a careless, tit, we shall be liable to iscur the ultimate penalty of the psi/posed law, for acts of which we are not tyro cognizant, and against which prmtrnet• would be unavailmr. Twat from the torture of our trade, we are daily em ployed to execute orders Goal 4:11$10111C1 s as intro mediate hands, in the disirtboti ~,, of new *sotto., of the contents and Justine whirruf we are nisar.tidahly 'cum-ant, ■nd that for each cup, of sorb wolks 141 dianthus. d by us, we are now respoucable upon an indictment or iuformation, and are liable, no: withstood' nig the perfect lately sty of our latent ions, to punishment, as in raic of a misdentramir; and that if the mnpuaril Bill *humid 111..1 into a law, we •nay in such caws tweorne liable 1•• transportation for s• veu years, and to the punishment of death an cue of return from trauapor tall Ull. That ta very great numlier of historical, political, and religious works, are etrucu Knit compesrd and published in 1. 100 at stated periods, atiel that most of such works are of temporary and tm:nB diner publ c mteBcsi, soil that such winks assist. (torn t h e puce*, and paes through the hands of several different learkselkrs, and rosily ilsousauds thereof me delivered to the readers thereof within a very few hours after their first poli'teeti.m, and that a previous perusal ur considerasiou of such W1.1k., by such veudeis of she same as are ■ot the original ur first publishers of the 91111.1 e, is lois practicable. That dimly standard work, upon historical, phitotophi cal. sod political subjects, which have now obtained a cis,- akal reputation, and arc daily sold by respectable Book sellers, ender the license of a long prescription, may be reasonably considered to be liable to question as libellous by analogy to more recent works which hare been sub jected 8u verse cutlets, and that such standard works sherr ies., do aunt present any criterion for judgment as to the effete of New Publiestiosts—but may themselves be the subject of future prosecution, and may subject the ven ders tbefrof to the ptemslimetils proposed by the said Bill. That the igunininy of a puuishme•t which it is pro. posed to make common to Authors. Priuters, Booksellers, and felons, while it operates to deter learned soil respectable writers of she most virtuous prieiciples, from treating on po litical or ►eligious subjects at all, will especially prevent them from raga fin in the compost* of Reviews. Magazines, and other vehicles of periodical dtscussiou, to the great and per. mimeo detriment of learning; nod will seriously injore the trade of Booksellers and Ptintei s, in which thry have large cepitslit embarked; especially in that extensive branch of it which embraces the my-t re.pecialtle Periodical Works in the covets y ; and will tend to them" them auto the bands of reckless and despei tie use.. 'flout although we hate the greatest confidence in the wiseitos suit ititegrity of the peseta Judges of his Majesty's Courts of Law, yet that the vines. to expatriate sad trans port fur • crusty nut rprcific but indefinite is. its wittier, which retorters ignotsere and m telset trace, equally with in.. le:dismal guilt , is of tiro exteus.ve anti dangerous • nature so be confided to •cry 1411:1,ri i'y whatever, to be exercised at Ju t eretiou ; ■ued that, in tritium) to • clime whose turpitude is lirighicurd ur tlito.us4w4l by the political aspect of the `tante, such a Nearer. cep ally if 1. - a tt*l - na prcrlhaseet 'need bream, the cognac of great htiwilke sad wit.wrogie% against wlsidi 150 character, however ptetwei o Wool/ be a per leellop. th.tt final the eirealartawees stated, oar trade sad Meson of liviec, if eet totalty destraft4 by Ott intruded Bill, would be carried ea under a state of hazard and iesreartly, productive of constant mental ieguiriinte, amid destructive of the Cowl r Ort of ourselves sod ear resailita. ib.y therefurr pray That the Bill ray u 4 is i word Mate passiutto a law. . . . The Priitif is was signed by the nsost continent book•elleis to L tts. Oo the unutons that the Petition do tie on the table— Mr. B€fth at. begged leave to say, that he was not afraid w avow the close uoion which subsisted between the literature and dignity of the country the one was ontoo4 ststisnatelY and inseparably inter woven with the other.—(fieur.)—Any injudici ous restraints 01)011 the one may tend to endanger their union. lie could, were any confirmation lie c y of so self-evident a fact, bear testimony to the great respectability of the Petitioners ; they fumed it great mass of persons no the tuost mot respectable walk of life ; they were a body whose sentiments and rrmou.trances, when couched, as lie believed they would ever be, in the must proper and respectful language, were en titled to the very seri o us attention of the Legisla ture, and demanded fruits the. Noble Lord the deepest coustilsration which he was p►epanrd to else, to the opinions of so loyal and intelligent a burly us the principal booksellers of this great um. hear.) Lord Casci.utcaott said, that though he meant to state lila view ..f this subject ',lieu the question came more regularly under their consideration in a C 00000 muter. be was tit perfectly willing, if it we►e now deemed convenient, to apprise the [louse of his intentions upon the particular subject to which this Petition had reference. In the Committee it was Ina intention to propose an alteration, which, he trusted, would give satisfaction to, and meet the view of that must ►expectable Class of persons who had signed the Petition. lie fully admitted that there were uu persons better entitled to the consi derate attention of the Legislature, or whose mo tives were less liable to any improper construction. It was mot hula inletilioott, is: the Committee, to press the clans, which, for a second offence. imposed the penalty of transp o rtation—(Hear, hear)—but it was his determination to urge that Ihe great prin. ciple of the Bill ci Id be carried into effect. and that the sec 1 cotivictiois should be visited with ass accumulative psiu►ahmeot. For this (the second otletice) he meant to propose the penalty of banish ment, 'latest' of transportation. tit either case of a conviction for sr seditious or blasphemous libel. Ou more mature reflection. lie we, willing to acquiesce in the opiiiion of lire Petitioners. that the felonious punislinieut of I raiisportatiou carried with it a greater weight of moral obloquy than perhaps ought to be applied to offeo.crs of this kind in g►aduating Ille ►cale of punishments. These offences were, how. ever, of the mo►t serious, soul. when repeated. of the must aggravated character ; still, however. lie thosight that the punishment of bairishment, to be iollictei I the discretion of die Court, ni;glit soffit:l.loly profs et the country against the evil of such mints. Transportation. therefore, not bring the alternative, it of course followed. that the pr natty of destli upon rtturu [whore the expiration of the term of the sentence, was done away with.— But the party returning from bani►hment before he had fulfilled the terns of his sentence, was to be liable to transp ortstiou. lie hoped that this altera tion would calm the apprehensions of the respect able body who presented this Petition, and at the same time doi , over every purpose required by the justice of the c tttttt iry. Mr. M. A. TAYLOR said, that lie for one was not to be iippeam-41 by this modification of the Noble Lord, and miless he could shew that the p►esent law was 111 , 11fliCiellt to put down and punish the publi. cation of blasphemous and seditious libels, the cir col:dime of wlu. h every good into in the empire steeply lamented. mid moat sinuously wished to see adequately punished—utiles., he repeated.. this could be 'Mewl', lie would not give los concurrence to the proposed Bill.—( I/ear, hear.)—llelure this Hill could be rum:till. they ought to be satisfied of the iiiefficiency of the existilig law, and further, that an occasion existed, by the notoriety of the oti;:ttet., to, call for and justify more rigorous and • untie penal enactments. Let ilsat.and the pressing necessity be proved, and then only ought the dis cussion I/retorted into. which hr was sure it would with one voice. lie was not, like other Gentle. men. ready upon any idea of alarm to change the law of the land ; he saw no reason why, fur the sake of allaying the apprehensions of such persons. in three weeks mea►ures were to be pressed through both Houses of Parliaineat which went to change the ancient constitution of the couutry.—(Hear, I:ear.)—tholes* the imperative necessity to which ite lied alluded were shrift,. lir could never assent to the proposed Bill.—(Hear.) . . lu :master to an observation from the other side of the !louse. Lord CASTLTRIRAGII said. that that was not the time to apprise the House of any alteration which might have been made in the Bill. The Petition was then ordered to lie on the table, and be pnntrd. NEWSPAPER STAMP DUTIES BILL. lord CASTLIME•OII faild, that in rirloK to move the order of the day toe the second reading of the Newspaper Stamp Duties Bill, he rather hoped that his intended course of roceeding would not tall for any protruded discussion this night. lie trneted that from what had been intimated before by the Hight llon. Gentleman (Mr. Tierney), the Bill would nut lie 'source:warily delayed iu its proems. The CL,llfir he had proposed would allow the Howe full time to examine its nature and pinvieions before they came to it. diecuseion. Ile hoped, therefore, that the Bill would be soldered to be read s second time to-eight without any opposition, and to he committed to-morrow night pro turner, in order to seitioduce the alterations %Inch had been deemed adrisahle 'Mee the measure had been tint frit tttt d. The primed Bill, with the sumo& went.. might then ler placed ill the hands of Mem here no Friday morning, end uu the question for recommitting the Bull that day, they would be full y prepared to discuss its enactments. That ben e lg 41.84 appeared to I the more convenient coinve procerding, ii the Right lion. Gentle- Mina conaeliteil. he *isotild DOW COUtilie himself to au esp!atuation of the alteration', node in tlxe ongi- . , I ,11143.1:.• 41441 3 tlia nal Bin. tJpon comMenicatirMs to hie Majesty's Ministers from persons in the country, it had been teprelsented that there were two clashes of publica tions with which this measure ought not to interfere, istasurtsch as soy interference would causes great in convenience to those connected with them ; without producing an equivalent benefit to the revenue. The first of these included occasionel publications of a local uature, which did not lottch The ate:awl, periodical publications which came out at inter valv.treating of subjects in literature, science; or religiou.on both which the impoaition of a stamp of four-pence, it was said, might he a great hindrance to the sale without promoting the purposes of the measure. Accordingly, his Majesty'. Ministers had resolved to embrace within the provisions of the Bill those publications only to which the addition of the duty might be held absolutely necessary, and to confine its operation within as smell a compass as portable. ‘Vith this view it was intruded to limit its operation to such periodical publications only as should come out within periods of 96 day.. In order to guard sgaiii.t u very obvious evasion of the law which might he put in practice by the pub lishers of such tracts, and an infringement on the rights of newspapers, which did pay the duty, it was required that they should bring them out at a witiforni pert of the month.. This was necessary fur the purpose of protecting siews.venders, and balling the arts of periodical publishers, who, by comb g together, might invade the rights of the former. Anil it was thought to be ■ fit object of the law tu reach al( those publications which en deavoured to escape the *temp on newspapers, and by possea.ing as great circulation as newspapers, did both them and the revenue • great injury. It had been judged a prudent precaution, and his Majesty's Ministers had thought it to be their duty to require n security from all persons pnbli.hing tract* of two sheets and under, and under sixpence price, and which might contain matter of the nature de scribed in the preamble* that t h ey should be forthcoming to answer to the laws of their country for giving publicity to any thing which might on trial be determined to be libellum. The next alte ration regarded the amount of these securities. These at first looked for were 500/, hour the printer, and an equal sum Irons two, three, or four persons, who should engage to become re sponsible for him. In consequence of communi catiomi to the Government, they had been taught that it would involve in great danger persuns dealing in small publications. His idea was, that iii these times all persons so dealing ought to be, if not possessed of wealth, at least of an much substance us would be a pledge to the public they would nut rashly hazard its peace and security by the diffusion of their tracts. But the repreeematious made on this head had caused a re duction tu be made in the value of the securities. And the Bill, as now modified, only demanded security from the printer iii Loudon and a certain district round for 300/., and w the country for 200/. and recognizaoces to the same extent from two, three, or four other proems. He was aware that a certain difficulty might be raised against the principle of this provision, and that it might be stated that many persons originally of small means, and mimeo uo capital, by trading io such publica tions, rose to wealth arid respectability. He admit ted the argument had weight ; but lie was sure it would be ecktiowledged that capitol should be ap plied and distributed ii, such • mariner as public convenience required, though it might occasion some hardship to the individual. IVhen it was a question whether some individual injury should be sustained, ur the trade of ioamplilet.aelling extended to u degree detrimentsl to general morals and safety, he thought the cruse of the country would prevail. But this wield be a quest lon hereafter. however, he thought it his duty to apprize the House, that in all the futuit stages he bilOUid cling to the pro priety of requirtog reaaaotiamicest. He should now propose, that the Bill should tie suffered to be read a second time—that it should be commitied to morrow pro forma, in order that the ulterations he had described might be introduced. if that were agreed to, it might he printed, amid iii the halide of Members Am Friday mousing. That day he should move for the Speaker's leaving the chair, for the purpose of a recommittal, when the provistone might be fully debated. Mr. Ts mese' ohierved, that as the Noble Lord had amid that the Bill, as altered, would not be in the hands of Membeis till Friday morniteg, it was imposaib!e to say what course was proper to be pursued till their, when there would be an opportsre uity of knowing what the Bill was. He was now ready to chore with the propowition of the Noble Lord; at the same time, lit did not pledge himself to admit one atingle dance. Mr. Beouese.tm entirely agreed with his Right Hon. Friend. He was anxious to shoe why he ac ceded to the Noble Lord's proposition at present. Ile wished distioctly to say it was on this ground-A.- not that the Noble Lord had removed his objets. lions to the measure, lint on this, that lie had in troduced these alterations. In debating the nice. sure, much would &pew! 013 tilt nature of these new provisions, which could not be properly un derstood till the Bill should be presented. It was on this ground akm.s. ta*t he suffered the Bill to he committed. even ps3 forme, without opessatiou ; because lie saw it revolved • principle, new in the law of this or any counsty, that • man dealing in cheap publications moue be possessed of a certrito fortune. Ti le Pill was their read a second time. and on. dried to L: rot:insetted to-morrow pro forma. 81..t4'Pl3EKOITf.lBfil LL. Lord CAStLIELICAG”.r.:,: that the Bider•lsemollts Libels Bill stood Ur getut.il readalg this night; Lut as it did nut requi-e to be recommitted, he had ol„sction, it it -sus areeahle to Gentlemen owe. site, to pustpoi.e tt ti!l Moodsy. The securd rew.iiiig %visa then postponed fiIISDENtgANOItS Lord Cirri:mem:a find. that hoping from what had taken place in :mother place, Gentlemen oppo. site would feel no repugnance to the general prin ciple of the above Bill; he trusted that no ob jtetion would now be made to the second reading. Mr. Timm EY said, that the antendrhente which had heel, made in :mother place weir owvig w a Noble friend of his (Lord Holland) of the first Whig iteseriptiou.—rd fittouGicest übterved, that that was the mire necessary to be stated. bee 4use ou t of dean s •t • •• ; ' least, the credit of the amendments seemed to Ire given to another Nuble rod Learned Lord fti - Lord Chancellor, we presume),not of fire tirstWO.i description. Lord CANTLERCACII said, he mas ;ippy to he w it admitted, that the Bill hail merit, from «Wins°. ever it orocreded.—(,4 laugh ) Mr. MINA , said, dust Lis Xohle Friend }rid in vain endeavoured to introduce rrmrldr improve ments into the law five yews ago. The Hilt was then read a second time, awl or dered to be committed to.enirri.w. SEIZURE 0FA1,0,, R31:4 1 B I LL. Lord id. 0.. Lord CASTLERZ•GIi H Day for the bringing up the Report of the Sczurt of Arias Bill. Mr. BILOGCOEit brought up the Report. On the question that it be received Mr. POWLETT expressed s hope that the Ni;his Lord might yet he prevailed opoto to admit alterations into the 1.1i!l. Hr believed the 00411.-r. Irons of his county (Durham) wet e the thirst of turbulence—!rut tlw.e part. alone; t:e trusted. them that the other pasts of it would exempted from Its Opeeinloo. Lord CAStLEREAGII raid, that if they toured to levee out will, I;it'ety, 001 i y ratty county. but the Inrrlictilar tracts of county adapted fir the provisions of the Bill. it w„. possible that the will of the Legislature be executed. He admitted that ; it was ors eisCro 011 constitutional right ; hint for loirvorer of pro. teetioti, Parliament was bound to ever unt note the discused part, hut also the sound, awl prevent it from bell% contaminated with filtrable. He thought the proposition of the Hon. Meintwr would be attended with int onvenirnce : it war nui , e ittir possible to demarcate with exretness 111 ( t aw Mr. LAMB lON professed himself extvelling!v obliged to his Him. Colleague, for the character he had given of the northern inert. of the comity. lie (Mr. Latnbton) reully believed flat Ilse uonit deserved the ayphcatieen of the Mrisbule just .. mach us the west—anil that was 15 1 .1 at aii. The question having been put-- Mr. LASISToN moved , u• an amendment, that the Report he received this 'lay six The Howie divided on the Auseialment. when the panthers were— Against the Amendment In favour of it Majority The Report was then received, awl the Bill or: demi to he lead the third lime to-morrow. The other orders of the day were then disposed of, and thy House adjourned. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCt. PARIS PAPERS. PARIS, nrcEmr:Fit 1?. tt was yesterday whispered in the Ci.sinher of Deputies. that some schisms es4ted in the Ministry. The opinion is generally entertained, that the pre sent state of thiturs will undergo further Owl', and that new actors will shortly figure in our poli tical scene.—(La QuolidieNne.) MADRID, 110VESIB1l O. The yellow fever has not emirs-1y ceased at C ac e ; From ilir 19th to the 23d inst. 73 individuals died. and the number of sick on the 431 was 113. At Port St. Mary's there were only 343 sick on the 20th. anti the mortality was Dine deaths daily.— rrom the 29111 of August to the 7th of November. there died at Suit Fernstido (Isle of Leou) slc-ce 5,306. I The Spanish corvette Los Ramancitia. which sailed from Puerto-Cabello on the 4 0• I or Septem ber, arrived at Cadiz on the 19th inst. She has brought to Europe Colonel Leon dr Ortega. Ma— rillo's first Aule-tie•Cump. It iv said he it charged. with dispatches of the highest importalice. STOCKHOLM. NOVWSIBFK 24. As our granaries ure well rtured, the E;uveruntent. jut it:creased the duty MI stuinuted foreign. corn. THE RAFFISH PRESS. LONDON. THURSDAY, DEcsuerit 16, itt!9. We apprised our readers yeeterclay that the. threatened meeting did not take place at Nlanches-- tee on Monday last. About ten titled: tin that they the Requisitionints who had summoned the meeting notified, by a placard, that the ineriiiir, Iran, (Or prudential reasons, postponed to future <lay," end the people in consequence did tart ensemble. What the designs of the Requisi tionists in ceiling the meeting may have been, it is impossihk to determine; but we know that the Magistrates avowed that they thought them danger ous, not only to the people of Malichenter, but to the State iti general, and yet these Magistrates never thought of preventing the tneethig from being held, but left it to the R.quisitionists- 10 these men whose projects are said to have been so desperate and dingeronn•—to save the town of Manchester mud the country from the imminent peril that threatened them. The temps indeed in the town and the vicinity were uuttaerous and well. organized, end might in an instead e xecute Vrti.“ KellOCt with stream), of blood u, l a m the deluded ruffians who would venture to di Ame the general tranquillity ; but we cannot beli eve that the Ma. girtrates of Manchester could in this consciousness of Menu a rbul a ntlawrhttiY h ch mightave lookedha ve led to i t t othe ndif s i lisu e ; ne slaughter of some hundreds of their wrete Iled fellow-subjects. The use of the exprelaiwn " prudential reasons," in the pecerd puetitowieg the ssorting, is perverted by a Monasterial Journal to er :press the doubts of success in their deepeme forty ,eet, with which the