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ii IF K x 4.. , Orr 4' tr. , ,~ ~ ~~ OW .' 4,71 Won with whkk lut was elnospal, and yet, as far did the prose- Onion of Bann nom* that his papers weft marched to try and ties over if he was the aathor Odds libel, which could be the pro em :don only of an individual, wicked enough to commit the &booti e able of which it imputed to the Governor. Who then slid it ? =eon every way worthy of it. A person well known . ..ha this . maned *en% eke inns hole ano th er name r'it turned but ri7h,a.ForeiroSini oni a Mr. Oliver. (A laugh.) Qtr. HUM E'aid In a low tone, that he was much favourel by the Gooornmen) . laphimetill blr. BROLIGIAAM) he than favoured by the Go o*, he his always been patronized by the Govern inemilolo,l4, lurk Ws good-lasll sus attended hien . to the Care *end and doubt l a m t. r was ia: si,. th set t tt at E t d• ao f hese shoe and be 1 41116 Ice the case of Oliver, that he, who ~ 4, , ,. ise Millt a eanlMenre of hit Nacelle:lcy, should remitt er . a s. ... MM. sic= take I tt run sa h ce app (a y l ta g t h i . t ) i A s ge fter neral som ly e , low mink the .. Gent. went oo to uy that the petition ez igpfl ,Irrrd ameba with removing one of these ware ',giro gnat s" of the public' , establis hed by Sir Rufane Shaw „ ....drita, and that la ilis . ' ' t Depar:Ment, contracts s 1 k er* .RIA Pr' mat •Pg/ lehiklwrlale. .but that it was done by • 'private tender; and teat one comma was made for 32 stivers, whereas, he, the getkinner, wspeld optlertake to furnish the . alMkr erlielee for I The petition, slop stated, that the Go, . . v s e as in the habit of drawing table y when the rate of qx si nge was low; and, on the lielee/ band, when , the rate was he remitted aMece of pramasdlog which was certainly not , • lik t p . produce injayinus eitigesAsa hhoself. Now, in all these bi lir • i .c 9 o ."lf ima ls tillfinst the Noble Lead, there was one sameness—a 1 , asaistrem which he (Mr. Brougham) disliked; they had all a lu- I , .cratire complexion (a. laugh) ; they tended rathet too much to' profit. tHear, hear.) The petitioner then added, that in cases of appeal he was opt contented with the mode in which the law was administered. lie diatisctly stated a fact, fen which the House ; ought to punish the petitioner, if it. be false, far it imputed an im . pesebable offence to Lord Chubs likimentet—it ass that a Dutch- . 111/31 named Ure, shortly aftcr. be em ippaaL bed the • good sense to purchase a homeroom big far 111,110 dol lars (Hear.);, he was the deesteot knee Mews heard of; there was perhaps no parallel in historylk such • horse ; the celebrated Trtoan berme was nothing to.him ; and though he had no armed . . in him, he ought to be equally destrueuvo with the Trojan . „, • . 7 -destructive to the Governor if the charge were true, and as ctive to the petitioner if it were false. (Hear, hear.) To be , vote, this home was not made of wood, but as far as the IN= A n cencerned, he might as well be wooden. for he died i • after he was hallo. The Learned Gentleman. after mom „ato remarks. appealed to his Hon. Friend the Alember floe Yorkshire, whether be ever heard of • horse that cost 2 or &NU incept a race horse.--certainly not one just about to die ? (A laugh.) , Aria to comfort the Dutchman whilst the chap was grunting in kw Dutch, he might he told that the cause was decided in his favour. : Tim Learned Gentleman went on to say, that lie believed the Noble . Lord Incapable of niromenths of the charges brought against hire, • Am one of which ought to furnhth a ground of impeachment, and if he (Mr. Brongharn) believed he had committed them, impeached .. lie most certainly should be. (Hear, hear.) Of these charges he , knew no further than that the petitioner had told him a consistent . ,spry er ,There were Commissions, It wsote appointed, but where was Moir report 9 It was stated that Mr. Bilge. NM of those Corn. solorionen, a very intelligent worthy man, win under the hands of wsurgoon, thmugb indisposition, but that wooM not prevent Major • A r aby, the pther Commissioner, from going ob with the inquiry, . gni waking some report on the alleged grimness. It was of great inthOrtance that something should be done to nor even the chafer . 44e.ofthe Commissioners themselves, by some report on the subject . of these complaints, as they had been themselves charged with a di,inclination to lisen to the complaints of persons aggrieved by the Lolooial Government, or rather to have discouraged those com plaints. He should, for these reasons, keep a very watchful eye Oeit them, and recommend the House to follow the same cautious moduct. and now moved for leave to bring up the petition. Mr. W. HORTON said, though it was not positively binding on any Member to accord that courtesy, he had to regret the dis. courtesy with which the Hon. and Learned Gentleman had drawn the attention' of the House to the subjects so amply detailed In the . speech just delivered, without giving him any previous information of such being his intention. If the Hon. Member sought to have any correspondence which passed between the petitioner and the , Colonial Government, why did he not .move for it ? The peti :ineMee was at this period of time prosecuting his charges and ' complaints, as others also were against the Governor. He was ttorty, however b to perceive that the lion. and Learned Gentleman was disposed even to arraign the conduct of the judicial establish. ADM at the Cape. It was well known that 3lr. Biggs and ethers • "Tad been sent to the Cape in order to see how far It would be pant. ticable to assimilate the law and its practice to that of our own lege). 1* our Courts. The delay, which hod illness, was a circumstance rather to 'mod for inveighing against the Cotta. against the conduct of the Commissa ought, if there existed grounds for it, But he had never heard of them be-1 :lief to them without positive and din. a which had certainly arisen out ash' exchange at the Cape, a late regulatin which must prevent the possibilit of it had solely arisen from the ~ a in respect to trade with this the Governor, that too was the ease of Mr. Ure and the all connected with the decision given case, it would require very s I give credit to a circumstance . 4 hinted at. He toald not at it misconduct on the part of this Noble in, but, if one of them in twenty were i advise an inquiry. (Hear, hear.) (accusation which he had seen, he could oured much of a conspiracy against that mission had been appointed to inquire into elvagea, and specially to report upon the at there was • wide distinction between and going about voluntarily to collect toting out evidence against the Noble desirable. Hon. and Leurned Gentleman.anpeared I to think would be d _(Hear.) The principal object of the inquiry would be, whether there had been any improper interference with the administration of justice there, and, if it were purred, there was no doubt but they would make a correct representation oo the subject. 111 r. HROUGRAM explained. He was happy to hear the Aforiourabk Gentleman say that he would second any motion on Abe subject He would shortly give hint an opportunity of doing so, as he should like to see some papers on the question—some of . the correspondence; he alluded partumbuly to the representations that bad been made by Sir Rufane Donkin. Mr. W. HORTON did not see what possible object the pro duction of any papers could be of, if the Honourable Member for Wirt:helm would explain his motive for calling for papers, he was sure there would be DO objection to produce them. hlr. BROUGHAM said, that Sir R. Donkin had made a direct witoplalnt -- - - ' Charles Somerset—that was the paper which r Alr. Iliiiin principle, and the practice of , o occurred through Mr. Biggs' ill be regretted thy, made a grout Inisatoe. The charge made age mat was a serious charge, and of to be "trimly examined into. fore, nor could he give his belie tinct ..f. As to the evils 1 , 4 .leness of the rates of excl. the Government at home, w • Rep again recurring ; and i obtained new relations it /! - to the office of the • • present. As to the a . * bine, and Its being tonne r ea this person's cas indeed le induce him to • • beget heiburd before even • ;• . • • diem dierges Of cairupt • Lord ro bale any foendation, peeved, he :we t himself ad hosis Ibeeknatariels of accu not help dilating h savoured Noble"Lerd. The Comm ission the alleged abuses and charges, matter referred to them ; but ti the performance of that duty am materials of inculpation, or hunt Lord, et it would seem the Hon -Mr. W. HORTOg did not see what possible obje .iliquton of any papers could be of, if the Honourable I tnehelses would explain his motive for calling for ilea sure there would be no objection to produce them. Mr. BROUGHAM said, that Sir R. Donkin had in Olinplalnt against Lord Charles Somerset—that was Irr he was desirous of seeing. W. HORTON denied that there were any pi iligl on, of the nature described by the Honourable a though he would not conceal that there wee Member, of acrimonious feeling existing existing between Lord I and General Donkin, (hear, hear), still the Colonial Of mired no specific charge against the Governor. Mr. BROUGHAM remarked, that what had fillet lion. Gentleman relative to the terms on which Lord I and General Donkin lived, confirmed all his impressio conduct of Eord C. Somerset. Mr. BARING rose, but was for some time inaud Gallery. He considered that the system at present vverning the Colonies, was a bad one; he did not English Colonies treated as if they were Spanish ones. *gement 9f nearly the whole of them were despotic: ii 'Se principle on which England has originally coloni, Ivied the Home televise and re-consider the mode it (pdonies . weanfiggulsted. Instructions to that effect o "g Bibb the (liriirousioners, who were now out at the they should reteive directions to sea how far the ref goon ought be established there. Ile did hope that a *Sold be demised to prevent a recurrence of the abuses Already taken place, and which . were sure consequences !seise of arbitrary power. Mr. HUME sate that if the Hon. Member opposite 'Merton) woo ignorint of the complaints, he was &loos other person so. The Hon. Gentleman went on to ai bunion were made out themubject, the answer wo u ld be " ' she Report of the Commissioners is made." N o e h e 1 .that no Report had been made. He saw lately a persor I just returned from the Cape, who assured him that t P.' public had no ilea of the enormities perpetrated in th Tt was notorious that the simple expression of an opinio Government was taifficient to subject a man to opprc wished to know it' the Governor had sent home a copy e amend, for presenting which Mr. Bishop Burnet was F live years transport tion ? He (Mr. H.) never before /I vele a crime in a Bit ish subject to complain to Governs 11Mag .s which affected hi, interest or property. The Hon. *. Berton) ought to inqure from some of those persons Oen that colony, and he most certainly believed tha if the 'Dutchman end the horse was generally .slew it was obvious that if horses were bought at su 1 which were worth not more than 2' or 300 dol th e transaction could be viewed in no better li, 411rtibe for the perversion of justice; and he had no Ii baying, that the impression produced on the minds cf di the Cape by each proceedings was, that they were living folluenee or a corrupt Government. He had a very hi, .of , the members of the Commission sent out to invest Antrum.; but if it was Me, as it was asserted, that th sinners held DO sittings nor made no inquiries unless Aides. de-Cansp of the Governor was present, he thought amid arise Won such inves:igation, in a country where were liable to be banished immediately for any attempt t ,IVINDO the Governor or his agents. If it was proved alleged, that the Commissioners were only to inquire sues of which this country had knowledge by document .awe were not to take notice of a great number of acts of Sell injestlee which had been practised in the interim h Yeeerarding of the emnpinints and the sending out of iii 0600 of Inquiry, he must say they were proceeding tar II ereiderge, and overlookin g , as h e w as informed, nianyc aikido, k..twor maladministration, eases of w r o ng qu u e sswp sista:led In the atettments of Burnett or the others. Ilkillhiliflon.._' papers in his and Learned • - _ _ ?ties thould sot, he agreed with Ole firm. hilt, he governed solely by a militety man. their 'phi's, the least fit to - because di , • aill6 constant! " MP Gold Such were, a great deal I C. Somerset Office had re- fallen from the ord C. Somerset impressions as to the • inaudible in the -t adopted, in t like to see ones. The Go tic; that was not colonizol, it be le in which the , ought to be the Cape, and representative • some meant abuses which had consequences of the ex. opposite (Mr. Wm. • almost the only • say that if a " Wait until complained person who had •hat the English that Colony. opinion hostile to He of that me sentenced to knew that it cernment on anv Hon. (lent. (311. perihelia lately mine —4 that the story credited.— ..itch sums— dollars at the light than as hesitation in the people at tying under the • high opinion testigate these at the Commis artless one of the thought little good •e indivi use to complain too, as was into those document sent hen. of oppression between the the Commis. upon partia ly of the most mite as great an • The cols. tleman who spoke men Were, from in the er' . to rule, . they we.,, course t their te,. Aldine and education, t. ,ntly paying nt receiving im plicit obedience, and habituated to the cootemplation of despotic authority. Unless a momething was done to place the colonies at the Cape of Geed Hope more tinder a government resembling the English at home, he was confident that no prnper:y could be ern ' barked in trade th re with security; and he spoke the sentiments of every man engnged in that trade when he said that it would he impossible mon:Moue ennneetiona with their correspondents there if the prment system continued. Year after year they had been promised redress. Three or four yews ago, when he mentioned the subject, the Government had promised inquiry ; and he would ask now whether it was possible the House or the douhtry could go on sanctioning such a system. supported at ouch an enormous mipense, upon tile mere preen* of an inquiry protracted to such an lade fluke length. While he was in possession of the House he would just mention that the man Jones, the noted Oliver the spy. is tpe Hon. Gentleman Willi knows, and an Mr. Parker, who was for some time at the Cape, undertakes to prove., is now in a situation in the sa n r;foraltip of lands,- and nossessed of great powers, which he grovel y abates. Upon such a:tuses, or any . other, however; no man dare..nrite or complain. if the oppressor is in favour with the Go vernor; and he felt himself hound to ssy, that from all he had head-earn he knew the facts or the caw well--the case loudly de manded an inimtry. which could not take place toe soon. Mr. MAIILRLY said there were twn ranee in this proceedinn, one the Governor of the Cape aed the other the country, and he thought it was for the interest of both that an inquiry should—se the Honourable Meruher for Montrose observed—take place as aeon as possible. They must wait nix or twelve months for the pro. duction of the Report,,and it was his opinion that it would be both justice to the Noble Lord (Somerset) an4,to the country if the Inqpiry took place immediately. He hoped therefore his Hon. Friend would not shrink from the performance of his duty. Mr. W. HORTON acknowledged that if there prevailed such a system of Government as was represented, the sooner it was changed '• the better. Government could not however do any more than they had done Already., by sending out a Commission to make full in quiry. As to the Honourable Gentleman's (Mr. Hume) charge of ancontmlled despotism, he could only say that there had been for some time a Council, somewhat in the nattier of the India Council, for the administration of the affnirs of the Colony in con. junction with the Governor, so that the accusation could not appl Mr. y . ELIACE complained of the general conduct of Govern ment towards its colonies, and alluded particularly to the practice of frequently altering the Orders in Council. In Trinidad the late Orders in Council had not been in operation for six months before they were succeeded by new ones. Some digest of laws should take place for the governMent of all the colonies. But what he wished at prteent to ask was, whether there had been any Report from the Commit...inners sent out to St. Lucie and Trinidad. Mr. BROUGHAM objected to the question at that moment ; he was sure the Hon. Gentleman would see the propriety of not breaking in upon the discussion of such a serious question. It was not treating Lord Charles Somerset well to introduce any ex traneous subject which might have the effect of withdrawing the at tention of the House from the consideration of his case, and the op portunity of doing him justice. The lion. Gentleman would be either screening a delinquent, or preventing the House from doing justice to an Injured man. The Petition of Bishop Burnett (as we understood) was then read, praying that the House would take his cane into consideration. and extend him such protection and recompense as in its wisdom might seem fit. Mr. BROUGHAM said, instead of pursuing the usual coarse. by moving that this petition be laid on the table of the House, he apprehended he would best discharge bin duty, in a manner most consistent with the observations which had been that night made upon the subject, and the most just to Lord Charles Somerset and the person whose petition he had presented. by moving that the pe tition should be referred to a Committee of that House ; he also thought that in pursuing that course they would prevent a eecur rence of the practice of presenting petitions at random, and by Med tutirg an immediate inquiry into the charges preferred against the individual, protect at once the privileges of the House, and punish thou who might be tempted to mislead k lay complaints which could not be sip ported . If it was said that the course he proposed wan unusual, he had no objection to give a notice of his intention ; but as he understand the question had been frequently agitated before, and that the petition had not come upon the Gen tleman unawares. If, however, further time was required to make inquiries oat of door,, he had no objection. Lord Charles Somer set ought, after what has passed, to challenge instant inquiry, and he must deny that the House, in the present case, had any thing to do with what might be contained in the Report of the Commis sioners. Mr. W. HORTON intimated his wish that the Hon. Gentle man should give notice of his motion. The petition wan then laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Mr. TIUME asked whether onv measures were about to he adopted with regard to Edwards, wine had been banished to New Sours Wales. Mr. W. HORTON said, in a low tone, that inquiries were be. made into his case. Mr. 'BROUGHAM then gave notice of his intention to move that the petition he referred to a Committee on Tuesday next. tar 'W. HORTON observed, with relation to Edw an le„ that I* undetlltood he was a nmaway convict, and therefore much of thie • ulterior proceedings must depend on that fact being proved. ROBERT GOURLA Y. Mr. STUART WORTLEY presented • petition from Robete Gourley, on the subject of the Poor Laws.--Laid on the milk. SLAUGHTERING HORSES. Mr. N. CALVF.RT presented a petition from Ware. in Harts, la favour of the Bill for regulatingthe Slaughtering of Horses. Laid on the table. COMBINATION LAWS. Mr. T. WILSON presented a petition from the Furriers of London and Southwark, against the re-enactment of the Combina tion Laws.—Laid on the table. Mr. HUME presented a petition from the Journeymen Coopers of Dublin, complaining that the only evidenee taken before the Committee was that of the reamers and the police officers, and they therefore prayed that they might be examined before any measure of a penal nature was enacted upon the subject of combinations. The petitioners further prayed that their petition might be referred to the Committee, but that he feared was now impossible, as they had clewed their labours. Mr. WALLACE, in defence of the Committee, asid they had examined but one master from Dublin. If they did not examine the men it was because they felt it their duty to obtain evidence of the state of the country generally, not of particular acts. Mr. HUME then rend a part of the petition, which prayed that no measure might be adopted without the examination of the' journeymen, and assured the House that all the evils complained of had proceeded from the conduct of the masters, and other ceases unconnected with any action of theirs. The petition was then laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. COMMISSION AT ST. LUCIE AND TRINIDAD. Mr. ELIaICE again pressed his question with respect to St. Lucie and Trinidad. Mr. W. HORTON replied, that one of the Commissioners died on the Islands, and the other returned home, but a second Com mission had limn sent out, and he believed that before the end of the Session a very voluminous Report would be presented. IMPRESSMENT OF SEAMEN. Mr. HUME presented a petition from certain seamen, on the uubject of impressment. The Hon. Gentleman repeated his Ms* f the evils of that system. Mr. SYKES said a few words on the same subject. Laid on the table. _____ DUTIES ON WOOD. Mr. SYKES presenter' • petition from the merchants of Hull, praying an alteration upon the duties on wood. CRIMINAL IMPRISONMENTS ANL/ CONVICTIONS. Mr. C. WESTERN, in moving for an account of the number of commitments in the different Circuits. excepting the Home Circuits during the last seven years, distinguishing the number convicted, acquitted, and against whom no bills were found ; specifying also the time when committed and discharged: re marked upon the very long period which sometimes elapsed be. fore individuals committed for felonies were brought to trial. Not withstanding all the Laudable (Albite of the present Home Secretary, great defects still existed in the administration of justice; and he hoped that Ilk*. Hon. Gentleman would see the necessity of taking some measure to procure a third Assize its the other counties as well as on the Home Circuit. He understood that in the lasi seven years, although there had been 62,000 commitments, more than 30,000 had been acquitted or discharged, because no bills had been found against them ; 12,000 was indeed the number against whom no bills had been found. When they reflected that of all the individuals committed, one half, on an average, were ac. quitted—and when they considered how long • time intervened be. tween the Summer and Spring Assizes, during which the probably innocent were confined in those hot-beds of vice and crime—our gaols, he thought it must be allowed that some measure should be adopted to shorten the duration of that time. The lion. Gentleman concluded by a motion in the terms expressed before, Mr- Secretary PEEL had no objection to the motion, foe the purpose of throwing light upon the due administration of justice. He was not without a hope that some arrangement might be made which would enable them, without inconvenience, to give a third Assize to the country; and he was sure that no considerations expense, even from an addition to the number of the Judges, would prevent them from doing any thing which would promote a due administration or the laws, or prevent the evils of a protracted inn. prisonment. He we. not, however, quite satisfied that there were not son:e serious difficulties in the way of such an attempt. It might be a matter of consideration, whether justice might not be administered with less satisfaction on a third Assize, from the un avoidable absence of those Members of the Grand Jury who might happes to be Members of Parliament. Such evinsiderations might oppose obstacles to the plan, btu yet he hoped it might shill be carried into effect. Alt. IdEN MAN agreed in all that had been said by thealtight Hon. Gentleman, but he doubted whether the frequent appearance of the array of justice might not diminish the respect in which it was now held. .Ir. H. SUMNER complained of the manner in which the - time was distributed for the trial of causes at present on the third Circuits, and of the sending two Judges fur criminal eases on them, when only one was allowed for the Spring or Winter. Mr. Secretary PEEL said, there might be some consideration applied to the state of the office of Sheriff, the expense and the duty attendant upon it ; and at the same time they ought to direst their attention to the office Under• Sheriff, the emoluments de. rived from it, and the duties that oaf eer was called upon to perform. (Hear, hear.) The motion was then agreed to. BRIT PRESS ob., nt fill: JOURNALS OF Tie,E HOUSE. Mr. BANKS moved for, and obtained, a Select Committee, to examine the progress made in the execution of an Index to the Journals from the Union with Ireland to the present time. COMBINATION LAWS. Mr. IVA LLACE, in bringing up the Report of the Committee upon the Combination Laws, expressed his most anxious desire that the Report should be printed and in the hands of 3femtem, with a view of carrying into effect the recommendation , ' of the Committee 'during the pm ient Seaton. He intended to present a Bill, upon which it wouhl be advisable that the discusemo should take place as soon after the printing and distribution as possible. He would' here take tiff opportunity of tooting, and he was the more desirous to du to (Orly. because he understood unfounded reports had got abroad ups.n the subject, and been very widely diffused, that there was no Intention whatever to re-enact the penal statutes repealed by the exertions of the Hon. Member for Montrose, end that no such suggestion was contained in the Report of the Committee. • Mr. MANSFIELD said, he could not consent to the reception of a Report which proceeded a holly on the information of the DM. Sent, without any examination of the men. Ile. IVALLACE defended the Report, and assured the House that every one who thought his evidence of importance had been examined by the Cominittee. Mr. HUAIE deprecated as much as any person, the outrages that had been committed in Dublin and Glasgow ; at the same time he had to complain, that in the Committee the operatives themselves were not examined. He did no think that that Committee had not performed all that it was in. tended by the House it should perform at the time of its formation. The House last year carried a resolution for a repeal of the sth of George IV. chap. 95. and this Session it was proposed I to re-enact, if not all. at least a part, of that which had been before repealed. Befo-e that repeal the fullest examination ought to be entered upon. Upwards of otie hundred petitions had been pre. aented to the House from the operative classes, praying to beel amined. A deputation for that. purpose had come from the opera. tires of Sheffield, hut they returned without being examined, and on being told by the Hon. Member for Yorkshire (Mr. S. Wortley) that if it were necessary they would be sent for and examined. It was not sufficient alone to ascertain that combination existed, the extent of it, the causes of It, and whether it was the fault of the masters or of the men should also be Welshed Into. (Heat, hear.) There had certainly been strikes for wages in several parts of the country, but these strikes had not been, as formerly, accompanied by threat, intimidation or violence. There had been meetings certainly, but they were open and undisguised, and not an before secret. As to the outrage complained of in Glasgow he had letters requesting him to assure the House, that that was not the act of any body of workmen, but the act of a few, one of Whom suffered, and the other was arraigned. These persons too, who it was stated, were suborned to commit assassination, were reduced to a state of star vation. He begged to call the attention of the House, however, to another case that occurred in Glasgow. Mr. Dunlop had a number of workmen (he believed 40), who struck for wages. A meeting of the masters of that City, in conoequence took place, and they came to a reaohnion that they would discharge all their work men, amounting to ten thousand persona, unless Mr. Dunlop's workmen returned to their work ; they did not, however, return, and the consequence was, that ten thiMaand persons were dis charged, and left without occupation for four months ; and so they might, had not the community cried " shame " upon them. This was an atrocious combirotion on the part of the masters, sad it might, perhaps, on inquiry, be found that in many instances the masters were more to blame than the men. As the House had repealed the former laws, it ought not, in his opiniOn, alter it hastily—it ought to wait until the propriety of the alteration had been fairly tried by the test of time. He wished to offer no obstacle to any measure that would propose a beneficial change; but he disapproved of any measure of change without having testimony of the persons who would be most affected by that change. 3lr. PEEL highly disapproved of any discussion at present as to the propriety of the Bill which his Right Honourable Friend moved for leave to introduce. (Hear, hear.) Befote ouch discus sion took place, he wished the House to be in possession of the evidence given before the Committee. For the present he (Mr. Peel) would not say a word in favour of the Bill ; but he would protest against the statement made by the Honourable Member. He wan prepared to deny that the Committee had refused to hear any evidence consistent with the objects which it was Instituted to attain. (Hear, hear.) Let the merit of the Bill of his Right Honourable Friend be estimated by the evidence before the Com mittee,, and by the justice and necessity of its provisions, and not by the statements of the Hon. Gentleman. (Hear, hear.) Sir M. W. RI DLEY admitted that every Honourable Member had a right to express his own opinion. His (Sir M. R.'s) was very different from that of the Honourable Member. He hoped. however, the House would judge of the conduct of the Committee by their acts, and not by what he must call the unfair statement of their proceedings by the Right Honourable Gentleman. The Report was then brought op, and leave was granted to bring in a Bill to repeal the Act of Parliament of last Session, respecting combinations, and to substitute such other regulations as might be deemed expedient to prevent the evils toning therefrom. THE DUKE OF MANCHESTER. Dr. LUSH INGTON having risen pursuant to notice, to bring forward his motion respecting the deportation of two persons of colour from the island of Jamaica, by order of the Duke of Man chester, Mr. W. HORTON, in a low tone of voice, expressed his tin cquaintante with the course intended to be pursued on the present occasion. Dr. IsUSHINGTON was at a lose to know how that Hon. Gentleman could be ignorant of the course he intended to pursue, as from the discussions which had already taken place upon the subject, the Honourable Gentlemsn might have perceived it was his intention to move that the petition and the papers connected with it should be referred to a Select Committee. Any other course, he was apprehensive, would fall shorn of doing that justice to the peti tioners which he was desirous to obtain for them. in bringing forward this motion at the present advanced period of the Session, be hoped he would be excused, as the motive that prompted him not to introduce it at an earlier one, was an unwillingness to discuss the subject until the papers to which he would have occasion to refer were printed, and were fully before the House. The motion was one which he thought was intimately connected with the happi ness, and even the safety of our West India Colonies—more par. titularly with that of die island of Jamaica. The case to which he was desirous of calling the attention of the House was one of the greatest outrages that had been, or could be perpetrated. As the house wax not familiar with the discussions on this subject he would take the liberty of stating to the House the amount of the population in the island of Jamaica. There were three classes of inhabitants—the first, and the most numerous part of the popula tion, he meant the black population, consisted of 360,000 pennon Besides these there were 36,000 men of colour, :on 25,000 whites. To the second class he was anxious to call the attention of the House, as the persons' whose case he had that night to being foe ward belonged to it. This class formed a principal part of the in hahitanta of that island. Previous to the year 11113 this class, suffnred under severe disabilities ; until that period a white person could not make a will bequeathing property of larger amount than 2,00 d. to any person of colour, though that person was his own son. Neither could he nerve on Juries nor give evidence against a white person—he was obliged to contribute his proportion of taxes—to contribute also his proporion to the funds for education, whilst he was shut out from all places of trust, and deprived of the advantages of those institutions which Ile mainly aided to maintain. He was also debarred from exercis ing the elective franchime, and from various other privileges. Such was his condition in 1813, when some of the disabilities under which he laboured were removed, but' any of them were permitted to continue. In 1822 they resolved on a petition to the Legislative Assembly of Jamaica for a removal of the remaining disabilities under which they laboured. And here he would take an opportu nity of stating how important it was to conciliate this important class of the inhabitant,' of Jamaica, as they were a class in Jamaica constantly increasing in population. To the ordinary increase amongst themselves was superadded the increase that arose from their intercourse with the white portion of the population. As to their character all writers concurred in the highest testimony to its integrity and to their peaceable demeanour. It was said by Mr. Ed wards to be unimpeached and unimpeachable. The House of An. sembly in Jamaica also bore testimony to their character and con. duct. In one of their Reports was to be found a passage to the fol lowing effect :—" We cannot conclude this Report without bestow. ing nor meet of praise on the people of colour. By their conduct they have identified themselves with the interests of the island, and have shewn themselves sealleve supporters of its internal weltare." And this testimony it should be borne in mind was given at a time dial the island heti just recovered as it were from a storm, and that an opportunity of testifying their peaceable deportment had been recently afforded them. It would be right to state that there were four orders or degrees of persona in Jamaica, who were recognised by a particular shade of colour; first there was the black, next to him was the mulatto, third die auntie, and fourthly the munaphee. So that disabilities were determined and arranged by shades of complexion, and the West Indies was the only part of His Ma jesty's dominions where this difference was recognised : as in this country there were two persons, one holding a high place in the army, and the other had formed a connection with the family of a Meinber of the House. The petition to which he had before ad. vetted was in the first instance intrusted to OIL Hector Mitchell, a Magistrate and a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Jamaica. But it was subsequently placed in the hands of Mr. Barret, from a suspicion, he believed, of the zeal of the former Of the latter Gentleman he was disposed to speak with the utmost respect for the integrity of conduct and firmness of purpose which he evinced throughout the whole of these proceedings. The Bill was Introduced, mid on a second reading was rejected. For pro moting this measure, and for being members of the Committee that prepared the application to the Legislative Assembly, these two persons, Lacine and Escoffer", were tom front their families, and forcibly deported front the island of Jamaica. The pretence of expelling them from the island was under the Alien Act. They were then aged, one Viand the other 35, and they were called upon instantly to prove, that they were not aliens, a proof that from the distance of time it was not easy on the occasion to supply. He (Dr. L.) was prepared to prove, that this was solely a pretence. that the Allen Act was never intended to be so applied and that the sole ground for expelliog these individuals was their ob noxious remonstrance to procure a removal of the disabilities under which they and the class to which they belonged laboured. The Allen Act was intended to facilitate the removal of those ad , pitted to be alines from one place to another, and was not ever in.. tended to be applied to the oppressive purpesea for which it was intended in the present inasance. in the papers which were now dere the House. 3f r. Hector Mitchell, a magistrate of Kingston stated that those persons, who were men not of wenn origin or con. dition, but who had been extensive dealers in the wholesale trade, who weirs married and bad children: be-stated that they * trassiting . . persons amongst the class they belonged to -thatilicy exercised great influence over that class, and that did were members of a society which professed to be, formed for charitable purposes, but was formed swear, and for purpmes very different from those of charity. Now he ( Dr. L.) was prepared to show that the purposes to which the funds of the charity were devoted were laid before the subscrib ers in an annual account ; and as to their being leaders of that class to which they belonged, that was a circumstance highly to their credit, as that dins was stated by the Legislative Assembly to have identified themselves with the interests of Jamaica, and to have zealously promoted the welfare of the Wand. Although these in. dividuals were not proved to be aliens, and although they were sir. geants in the local militia, which was a recognition of their not be. ing aliens. yet were they, upon the order of the Duke of Stanches ree„ forcibly deported front the island. acid taken to St. Domingo. Besides, we of these were admitted by this' very Mitchell not to have been as alien. On the occasion of taking out his privilege Mr. Mitchell was one of the magistrates who attended at the time, and he in the latter instance rejected the evidence which or. a former occasion he had admitted to be a foundation for their being native. born Indians. The Hon. Member having proceeded to show t e st these individuals were not aliens, complained of the harshness with which they had been treated by Mr. Barnes, the Mayor of Kings ton, whose conduct towards them was rather that of a prosecutor than that of an impartial administrator of puplic justice. A motive for his conduct was to he found in a verdict which (as we under. stood) was obtained for the payment of 4,000 f. to one of them. The decision had been made in the first instance in favour of the Mayor, hut was subsequently reversed by the Council. What he stated to the House was founded on the most satisfactory documents; and he maitre(' the House he had taken the utmost pains to be occur ' ately informed of them, and had seen the parties themselves, more ' than thirty individual:, with the petitioners, Lacine and Escoffery. It should be noticed that the individuals whose petition he pre sented had employed most respectablesolicitoes. Their attorneys were Messrs. Stephenson and White. Mr. Stephenson was him self a member of the local legislature. and was it likely that these men would hare employed such individuals to defend them if they had been guilty of any crime against the Government ? Imme diately upon their committal the accused had a petition presented to the Legislative Assembly. This petition was signed by thiriy persona. Amongst them was Mr. Hall, a Magistrate. Mr. Hall has since come over to England, he was now here, ind he has confirmed every allegation in the petition. Painful as it would be to him, as he intended to return to Jamaica, where such an hos tility existed against people of colour, Mr. Hall had manfully come forward, and agreed to give his testimony in support of the petition. Five Magistrates signed the petition, and one Member of the House of Assembly. This confirmed the petition, and Proved that the petitioners were not only good and loyal subjects, but that they were free from a shadow of blame. Would it be be lieved that amongst others the Provost Marshal of Jamaica had signed the petition, which the Duke of Manchester was inclined to treat as nothing. The Duke of Manchester states in his de spatches, that the affidavits in favour of the petitioners were made only by creditors, hut it so happened that no creditor had made an affidavit. A few creditors had signed the petition to the House of Assembly. It was stated in that petition that the petitioners knew the accused individuals from their infancy. That they were re markable for their good conduct is: trade and in the militia, that they had acquired the approbation and contidencenf the petitioners, and had cr ed it with several eminent merchants. The petition also stated, that the accused had all their property in the island. The strong facts and expressions contained in this petition was treated by the Duke of Manchester, to his disgra:e, without the slightest regard. Well, the petitioners took means to bring their case before the Supreme Court; they moved for a writ of Habeas Corpus, and were ultimately discharged. To prove that they were British born subjects, the testimony of the mother, of various friends, of their schoolmasters, and their schoolfellows was resorted to, as well as the baptismal certificates. Besides these evidences ie bill of the accoucheur was now in his possession, al though it had not been produced at the trial. The adverse wit. nesses swore only to declarations. He begged the House just to refer to the evidence of one of those witnesses, Eleanor Hynes. Ifer testimony as to the period of their arrival in the island was falsified by the certificate in the Custom-house books. She had distinctly, and beyond a shadow of doubt perjured herself. Now it was not the false oaths in this case, but from whence did these gross perju. rim arise? Wu it from private pique, or was it frotn the undue influence of individuals ? Another of the Crown !Witnesses was John Steward, the Alien Officer. This man swore that the pe titioner had not declared that they were British born subjects fur several days after their apprehension. Now this would certainly ' lead one to believe that the declaration of being British born sub jects was made only as a matter of defence; but what was the fact—the petitioners were committed on the 7th October. and on the 6th their petition was presented to the Parliament, distinctly stating that they were British subjects. It was enough to make the blood boil to see an officer holding even a subordinate situation under Government, then lending himself to a deliberate, decided, and flagitious perjury, as Steward had done. (Hear. hear.) From circumstances connected with his situation, he could not be igno. rant that the petition contained this declaration, and yet he was barefaced enough to swear that no such declaration had been made by the petitioners for several days after their apprehension. Ano ther fact must be added to these—the petitioners themselves were assailed both by threats, and seductions to induce them to confess themselves aliens. As he had before stated, the Court of King's ' Bench had Ordered the men to he discharged. They offered bail--. they took with them six freeho'ders to give bail, but the Chief Justice of the King's Bench said he required no bail as there was no charge. In the House of Assembly, Mr. Hector Mitchell moved for a Secret Committee. This Committee was to inquire into the guilt or innocence of the parties, and decide thereupon. Now, would it be believed they bad decided without examining a single witness for the accused. Such • mode of proceeding was disgusting . to English ears, accustomed to the forms as well as the reality of justice. The Secret Committee made a report in which they stated that they had takes the evidence of certain individuals inhabitants of Kingston, who had stated that seditious meetings were held amongst the people of colour, that the petitioners were natives of St. Domingo, and that they were persons of dangerous character. 11'ell, upon these statements the Select Committee or dered the unfortunate men to be deported to St. Domingo, and the order was executed with a severity proportionate to its injustice. This sentence was passed by the Committee after the peti. timers had been discharged by the Court of King's Bench. He should be glad to hear upon what principle of law or justice, a Government could take upon itself to overturn the decision of • supreme Court of Justice, and substitute a practice abhorrent to every principle of justice. He was at a loss to know what pallia tion, what extenuation could be found fur such a line of conduct ? Not a moment was allowed them after the order had passed, though they had offered bail to meet the charge—they had offered the bail of Magistrates. There was no pretence to prevent them from being tried. The law of Jamaica was, that a person of colour may be convicted upon slave testimony, although a white man could not. The Attorney-General's report on this subject was most disgraceful to him. He need scarcely say he did not mean his Hon. Friend the Attorney-General of England, but the Attorney-General of Jamaica. He (Dr. Lushington) contended, that the Attorney. General's opinion as to the admissibility of slave evidence, was most disgraceful to him. for it was clear as day that slave evidence could be admitted against the petitioners. Well, notwithstanding this circumstance, the order for the deportation of those individuals was immediately carried into effect. After the deportation of the petitioners, some curious evidence was produced against then. A slave, named Cuaborn, gave evidence against them. Them was a variance in this man's testimony, which plainly showed how little it ought to be depended upon. In one part of his evidence he says, he was introduced to Lamm in September. 1823. for the first time, whilst in a subsequent part he swears he knew Lacine since he wan a little boy. It was painful to see the facility with which convic tions were brought about, as well as the ability used to produce them. Three days after conviction individuals were deported. He should not leave this part of the subject without observing, that Corbon had since broken from gaol, and was declared a dangerous person by the House of Assembly. This was the only evidence relied upon against these individual*. It had been stated that, upon the arrival of the petitioners, they had been received in the most friendly manner by the Authorities of St. Domingo, and were supplied with money. This statement was refuted by the testimony of Captain Dawkins, who states that he found them to St. Domingo, where they were repudiated by the Government in consequence of the proceedings at Jamaica. They were in a state of destitution until Captain Dawkins tcok them to the English merchants at St. Domingo, amongst whom a subscription was made for them. It was so small however that they were reduced to the necessity of selling their clothes and watches, and in this state of destitution they returned to England. Captain Chalmers, who brought them over, was under the necessity of supplying them with clothes on the voyage. The petitioners had no sooner left St. Domingo, than Mr. Hector Mitchell arrested two slaves who were in the employment of hacine. lie offered them 300, and afterwards 000 dollani--lie even promised them their freedom—if they would give evidence aguinst their master. Upon their refufal so to do, he confined one of these slaves fur nine months. and another for six months in the condemned cells. When the Slave Court was held there the slaves were discharged by proclamadon, as no charge was made against them. One of these men had arrived in England—he was ready to be produced—and nu one who could look upon his emaciated form, after an imprisonment of six months, could doubt the veracity of his testimony. These details were horrible, for every principle of humanity was grossly and rudely violated. There was also a poor Irish boy, a servant of one of the petitioners, with whom an attempt was made to tamper. This boy was found wandering about the streets oLKingston, afflicted with an ague and fever. He was taken home by one of the petitioners, who treated him kindly and took him into his service. For six years he re mained under the roof of this master. When the master was or dered to St. Domingo the boy followed him to the vessel, and asked to share his banishment. This reqlest was refused ; Mk the grate ful boy no sooner heard that his master had returned to England, than he took ship and actually worked his passage over. (Hear, hear.) There was no Jury'before whom this boy . might not be Pte ; there was no examination or cross-examination to which he (Dr. Lushincon) would fear to subject hint, for he was a boy of wonderously quick comprehension and much talent. It was pain ful, but it was his bounden duty to state, that in these proceedings much blame devolved upon the Duke of 'Manchester. He had not blirdly acted under the advice of others, but had made himself a party and approved what had been done. His Grace had stated that the petitioner were aliens...and that their witnesses were credi. tors. Ile concluded by observing, that he would not have troubled the Government with any details on this subject, but that he under. stood it was their intootion to apply to Parliament. What ! was it unnecessary, except under the Pert of investigation, to acquaint the Government with a case, in which, under pretence of sedition, two men, subjects of Great Britain, were sent from their home and fa milies, their property destroyed, and their persona subjected to the most dissilful bardshipa. lie really trembled et the (wad= ofa such a system, and at the utter heartlessness which eemed to exist in this island against persons of colour. He therefore submitted that the proceedings in this case were wholly unjue itied, that the conduct of the Duke of Manchister was unjustifiable, and die re. port of Mr. Berge, the Attorney-General, was a disgrace to any ore having claim to a character tot integrity. The littlish Parliament 'could not be better employed theh by affording redress to the peti tioners. (Hear.) If abuses such as henhad detailed were peon erred in, the mind of the free people of colour would he alienated, and the situation o' the English in the island would be endangered, as well as the stability of the British power. Under these circum stances, no objection could exist to the appointment of a Select Committee to inquire into those proceedings. Mr. W. HORTON said it devolved upon him to offer tome ex • planation di what had fallen from the lion. and Learned Gent', . man. He labnured under great disadvantages, Lithe subject ie. volved many judicial questions, with which the Hon. and Leaned Gentleman was, of course, better acquainted than he (Mr. W. Horton) could affect to be. When he had the honour of a mover tuition with that Hon. and Learned Gentleman he distinctly stated, that the case did not rest upon she papers' before the House. This the lion. and Learned Gentleman might have mentioned, and might also have intinmed the House, that he (Mr. W. - Honon) was willing to consent to the appointment of a Select Committee, who would inquire into the subject and do substantial justice. In common candour the lion. and Learned Gentleman was bound to mention those facts. He (Mr. W. Hortont did not come forward to defend the proceedings complained of. He would defend the Duke of Manchester as time as he had power. (Hear, hear, frau the Opposition benches.) The Hon. and banned Gentleman bad commenced by an allusion to the free people of colour, butehis was a subject which the House could not now conveniently enter. upon. The people of colour were certainly exposed to certain diequalifies. tions, but this did not absolve them from their allegiance. The only question worth considering was, whether the charge of sedition brought against the petitioners was well founded,. (Hear.) The entire evidence on which this charge was founded could not be pro duced to the House and the public, because much of the evidence was given in confidence, but the whole could have been laid before a Secret Committee If the proposal to appoint one had been acceded to. It was Notorious that feelings of alarm existed in Jama'ca at the period alluded to. There was mush excitement amoart the people of free colour, and they expressed tbentselvm an co very measured languages. The Honourable and Learned Gentleman had commented with great force on the conduct of the Attorney-Genets' (Mr. Butte), but he (Mr. Horton) was authorised to mate, that the opinion of that Gentleman was quite in unison with the course adopted bmtha Governor. Persons were not to be accused of improper motives, and of knowingly and willingly practising the most monstrous scenes of injustice, without there being sufficient evidence to justify such accusations. The Attorney-General said, that he not only con curred with the Duke of Manchester in his determination to deport those persons, but that he Was so strongly inclined to such a Mea sure, that if the proposition had been onposed by the Secret Com mittee, he would have brought it before the Council himself. Sup ported arid appealed to in this manner, the Duke of Manchester thought he was called upon to exercise the power given him, and to deport those aliens front the country. The evidence taken be fore the.Fecret Committee was of that nature, it having been taken in confidence, that public expediency would not admit of its being produced ; but if the House should think , proper ti institute an in quiry, he would then say, that in justice it must suspend its opi. noon, and hold the judgment in abeyance till the whole we should came before it. He begged, however, not to be under stood as offering any opposition to a full investigation ; and if the case whirls had been stated should be proved against Michell, God forbid that he should stand up its his deter.ce. But this man must have had ability enough to have blinded the whole of the Committee, the Council, and the Governor also, if all that the lion. and Learned Gentleman had stated against him should be verified. But was the lion. and Learned Gentleman prepmed to show that these aliens never were engaged. in commerciel inter. course or consepondence with the island of St. Domingo, and which was expressly forbidden by the laws of Jamaica v The pe titioners sated that they never held any correspondence with St. Domingo or any other place except Great .Britamn (Hear, hear, from the opposition benches.) But he knew the contrary to be the fact ; it w a peeeetly clear sod demonstrable that they were in cam municatimi with St. Domingo. The whole case then turned upon the intentions of the parties, whether they were traitorous or not. If, in NCI, they were not so, but that they had been treated un justly, God forbid that he should attempt to reaisetheit hfforts in gaining redress. All that he required the House- to do wan, to keep in mind that the evidence of the Secret Committee was not before them, and that he was not in a condit•on to analyse it fur the purpose of meeting the statenneet of the Hon. and,.Lemaci Gentleman, and that therefore they ought in fairness to suspend their judgment till the case was more. fully known. The Hon. and Learned Gentleman had mated that ose of the most mitten:al points which he had to bring forward was respecting the privilege papers which were supplied to one of the individuals. He had seated.that these papers were supplied to them upon any occamion, .whectreer application was made tor them. and that dry had.got these papers which could rot and muld not have been o,ritved to,hem,tls sh ins, if any doubts remained on the minds of the Council on that autb ject He would beg, however, re read irons a document which bad been furnished hint, in which it was stated, that. although these privilege papers were only granted to those persons who were born In the islaed, yet certiflatres wero frequently granted to persons who were known to he all ms. He only mentioned this in confir mation of the testimony of the lion, and Learned Gentleman. . Dr. LI'SHINGTON asked from what dccement it was the Hon. Member was reading. Mr. HORTON.—He was stating this from a letter, and upon ,the authority of the A ttorney.Generai n Mn. Usti*. •(ttese, tear. bear, Lent the Opposition Benches.) Rut did the' Hon. and Learned Member mean to deny the authority of Me. Burge ? Was it true or not that these privilege pipets w.re given as matters bf course or not, till after the birth of the parties had been inquired into? It had been stated that with respect to the evidence given before the Court of Justice, many of the witnesses bad been me rested in the mitten to which they had to beer bestimony. This, however, was an assertion of the Hen. and Leaned Gentleman, to which he (Mr. Horton) had to oppose the assertion contained in the document before hint. In that paper it was represented that on the trial the opinion of the Chief Justice was, that the testi. mony as to the parties being aliens or not was conflicting, and ac. cordingly be thought it proper to allow the evidence in favour of the prlannere being flat wee to p evail. With regard to the manner in which these incividusla had been conveyed to St. Domingo, and the treatment they had experienced when there, all that he could say was not at present sufficient evidence belbre the House to enable them to speak with certaimy. But the question after all resolved itself imo Mies wee it or was it not necessary for Ih2 Duke of Manchester to act upon the advice of the Secret Committee and the Council to put in force the Alien Act? and would he not have In. tuned a responsibility if be had refused to do so, which a person in his situation ought not to incur under any circumstances, much lees when the evidence upon which that advice was given so strongly favoured the presumption th a t th e p art i es were aliens ? If the Hon. and Learned Gentleman choose to say that the Secret Committee of the House of Assembly, consisting of nine indivi duals, had agreed to encourage false testimony, with a view to bring down the judgment of the law upon these parties without hearing evidence—if he meant to pay that the Council would give way to that Committee in a manner without parallel, and then, and above all if he intended to say that the Duke of Mancester was also induced to bring in the aid of the executme power, and acting upon the alien law to deport them individuals, then he would say, that the Hon. and Learned Gentleman had made out a good case, anti proper to be inquired into. But leaving the opinion of the House in abeyance upon these points, for want of sufficient evidence, and considering the state of feeling which exis ed in a colony where there were no lese than 36,000 men of colour forming part of the free population, and only 20.000 whites ; and considering, the consequences which a want of vigour on the part of the executive power must have produced, he must infer that if the House did not take into considtraticet all these conflicting points, it would be an act of injustice to the parties concerned. Under these circumstances, and aatisiied with the diepoei.io I of the Duke of Manchester to exercise his authority prope ly, he could not agree to any censure upon that Noble individual. tie relied upon a full and satisfac tory answer being furnished when the whole of the evidence should be before the House, and in the mean time he would le..ve it to the House to determine whether the lion. and Learned Iletitleman hid established the least crimirali y on the part of the Noble Duke, on whose honour and conscie: tious regard foe the discharge of his pub lic duty no direct imputation existed. Mr. SCARLETT observed that the Hon. Gentleman who had just sat down had spoken as ifs personal charge had been brought against the Duke of Blanchester; but the pronesition of his lion. and Learned Friend (Dr. Luehington) was oily f • inquiry. It appeared to him that the Duke of elancheeter roteht prolati y have been misled, but he understoed the argument ot hie Honourable and tamed Friend rather applied to other individuals than to the Noble Duke, who, he was sure, could not have any other desire than that of doing justice to all persons. The Hon. Gentleman opposite had said that the documents upon which the Duke of Manchester had acted were not before the House, and therefore they could rot cone° a to faoirbsanervdePrtrthoopsienidooneuuPomennttshewchaieh case; but he o bet mast appeared to throw great suspicion as to the manner in which the Duke obtained the other additional evidence. He had taken the pains to look over the proceeding s , an d t h e affidavits on both sides of this case, and he w as not as h ame d to confers, that as one of the individuals concerned was a near relation of his own. he felt a ast be allowed thrum great anxiety to see whether he had drawn a correct conclusion on the case. The evidence, as it struck hint, was very strong io fa vour of the prisoners (hear, hear). The strongest evidence against ',seine was given by his sister, who stated that her brother was born out of the island. There was the affidavit of Rose Manly. who stated that she met the sister of Lacine, and asked her how it was, as she knew her brother was born in the island she had sworn that he was an alien ; to which she replied, she had been induced to do so by Mr. Billgrave, who hail, offered her money in order to prevail upon her. There was mat the affidavit of 11 , rancts Robert Palmer, who stated that in len Billgrave informed him that 'Anne was a native of the Island. The affidavit of Billgrave wax the only one in the Court which opposed the rule for a Habeas Corpus to bring up these individual', and yet, although the affidavits of Rose hi y and F. Palmer dis closed the above facts, how came it that those who opposed the do:- charge of these persons dui not explain the contents of those affi davits ? They never got any affidavit of Lichee herself, although she had charged Billgrave with a most serious silence, that of offering her money to make her swear against her own bro ther'; and yet upon these tarts the Attorney-General—whom lie had not the pleasure of knowing personally; and he should he extremely sorry that any thing slintinl Mom from Wm which should seem to nupute to that Gentlemau any ill-attention ; ha should suppose, tberoisro, that what be salmi Mn the paper