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Ir fr Y wukers of Timpani, against the Watch and Cleric Regula t“sii Bill.—Laitl on the to►k, sail ordered to be printed. ROCK SALT DUTIES. The Rork S.lt Holies Rill was resit a Fermin time--eorn rt.tted, ru.m.tered iu the Committee, and the Report order ir I forlo.anorrow. GREENWICH PRIZE MONEY. The rereenwieli Pr ise Mowry Bill passed throat% a Corm sn'tire.—Report to-morrow. EXCIIEQUER 'The Eaehegner Bills Bill rammed through a Contsitlee.-.- Report to-morrow. N EGOTI RI.E SECURITIES. The Negotiable SeenrAtes Bill was read the third dine, and pasted. TiteilISURY RI LLS—(IRELAN D). The Trea.nry Bills Bill passed throngh a Coale' keport to.wiorrow. COUNTY INFIRMARIES—(IREI.ABD). The Comity Infirmaries Bill pissed &noel a Commit. tee.—Report to-morrow. VINEGAR DUTI ES. The Viatica, Duties Bill was read Ike third filar, 6.4 passed. ToRAccO. The Toloseeo Importation Bill was read Hie third tittle, and passed. AUCTIONS. The Report on the Auctions (Ireland) Bill, was brought tip and receiVed. FUNDING-. Mr. Malii*Or TOW to ask a question of the Right HAI Gratleman (Mr Vansittait), relative to a einivermiton that took place in the Hoene last sight on the subject of a new loan. He bud understood that Right Hum. C. utlemais to say that be did out intend to fend any Reeheiter Bills this year, *or probably next. Now, he believed, Slott at present there were feety.fuar mafioso of Eacheereer Bills anfesisded, tail drat funnies millions more must be leaned nest year, which would leave a total of Afty...ight atillion• rinfoinleil at the rent of that year. He wished to know whether be had tier. city understood what us, said? The Cursen.t.oa of she Exearouva answered, the lie bad lent been an rash as to promise any thine for nest year ; he bad ugly said that it would net be necessary to make any sew loan this year. (The explanation r. speetirce she filo). eight willies, unfunded Exchequer Bills was perfectly iii andible to us). MINES. Mr. Mistime moved that the Committee on the Mines Atmessineut Bill he postponed is this day three mouths Agreed to. BRITISH MUSEUM. General Tooaxvon rose to make his motion relative to Ike adesimien of potions to the British Museum. The How General described the requisites her admission by the present v.-collations, and engrain' w the inconvenience awl trouble hemmed by them Oh the public, particularly on persoiss coin tug from she country, who were thereby often precluded (suns visiting an establishment kept up at the expense of the public. lie proceeded to contrast the faribsy of animis ts ~,,, to She Royal Institution with the feats required by the British Museum, and concluded by moving, .6 That there lire laid heftier the Howie a copy of the Regulations cello blsheil by the Ts asters of the British Musenns, relative to general admissions to that liistitu'ion—of she directions re. *retitle she reading.evont--snil of she order for the aiusis t one of Students to the Gallery of Antiquities " Ms. Badges professed himself well (baptised to endear is any so give the public greater facilities of ailinission into the Museum etiostessient with sloe so-tinily of ite !no way ; but he ap prehended, that to make the ailmiseitin rr 'Petty open mid indiscriminate, would hitters-re with the 'safety of die books and other property, and that many of the visitors would then guru depredators. Depredation hod W armly, a usher !iodisation,. been found a consequence of zodiac.' ate adsui.siou. The Trustees at preseiii granted wlniession in ties Library to all respectable penults also etatsd that they had a desire to read there. Tile rule of iiiiliserineenate admission would cause notch trouble and in eisultenielieft, and hider* additional expense from the 'Acct.*. city resulting from it of appointing a new officer. A Member (we believe Mr. Gvuwrv) alluded to flit slaw grr sos which tier setausiactiloss in the Museum titre *Oa ex posed its easeot Ere—wais wished that mesas of fnitlwr seen. vitt for them were provided. Mr MVOS was averse to iscurriagaay sew expeuse is the t.tlblishm. al. The minium was then pat stud carried. he It Ft.naussee moved, that a certain Petition presented it) boa on a formate day be priuted —.Agreed to. BANKRUPT LAWS. Mr. J. SMITH rose to bring forward his ni'llion ;or leave to Ining en a 801 l to alter and amend the Banktopt Liras. lie apprehended lie should be uloligctl to trespass smuething longer on the nolo!. genre of the Roust than he had lumen in the habit of dunig ; but lie would a-sure them he should not say a wend inure than was iirceloary to express the reasons of the motion lie isiteusicsi to propose oil a %rely importaut subject. The Bill it was Ins object to obtain leaner to introduce was lOUisited 011 the opinion and recommendation of the C iiiii miller ou the Ilaok lulu Laws. The grievances of the batik runt system h lad long been matter of complaint ; the existence of old ones bad bt en proved to the •atiala, tom of the Committee ; and new evidence of the iisatinty and inconsistency of the present laws au the subject had come out rifler their appoint. mem. As the Report of the C 'lice hail beets ii i ii ted, lie should not trouble the !louse by going into is. But the Rouse would suffer him to state shortly the opinions of certain individuals the COM. illittee (tad VII opportunity of ritamiusiag, who, fiom their high professional character, must be supposed excellently qualified to take a correct view of the subject. Mtwara. filuitiligue, Cooke, and Cullen, concurred in thinking that a n:atenal change in the Bankrupt law was indispensably mces. Bury. The first of these Gentlemen, who had been a C tttttt nisitioner above twenty years, gave evidence before the Connuittee to this effect : that there were persons its the City of Loudon who cot. eased too io sr^ul •r trade of pup. ins,; the debts of fictitious that the entire a) strut of the batik uptey was a combination betneeti the petitioning creditor and the bankrupt. Ile could adduce a further authority in the Lord Chance Ilur of Englund. fluting occasion to offer some Ft marks of censure s.ii ii very gross emir that donne before him, is, iAul, his Lottlsltiv t eluded by siting, that u:is I. ss the Court kept it tight hand over bank punt-, baukruptcy would sour become as great a tuissolice as may Ili the land. After this it would toot lie cwoosiotereol isecrusaty to product stronger tastimmit . The first opittion of the Committee lie would allude to„ related to the narrowness of the exi s ti n g laws, its the nirails of making bankrupts. A persuit might pass bills fur hundreds of thous:ma, of pomisols in certain eases, without a possibility of being mails r bankrupt. To extend the remedial influence of the Ida* in that respect was one of ri le recommendations of the Committee. The Reptot next proceeded to con-iiler the acts of bankruptcy. Th e m ay one heard of now-a-days was Slit bankrupts' alealy.tag laisivarlf to one of hi. etediturs, roil as that was e+.-i'y dour, rod as hitiet3-iiisse Look' Weir.' out of a tou..dred were precoiacerted [relicts-is the debtor soil prtstiouing cittlaur, this gave the loarokrupt the power, at any lassie after the proceed ing* had Leen co iiiiii esactol, of oversew% any thing 'loot, sod rendering a!I iuvulsd. Reasonnig hum this, the Commute g.vu it as their (+pignuts, that it was exceedingly improrr there was not seise *node of making bankrupts d fferent from the pie rent. Another act of bankruptcy was, bring ar rested fur debt, 311.1 lying la prison two months without finding bail. But the mischief in that cats was, that the debtor had it ill 1115 110 We, to defeat the object of the arrest, by goitig to gaol and dia. posing of his property beyond his creditors' reach before the two months expired. The Committee were of opinion, that whin a man with honest iutentions found biln4ell' to be insolvent, be should bare a power to make himself a bankrupt. TO effect this was one of the provisions of the Bill—sod it directed that a trader, being insolvent, and desirous to have • fair distribution made of hit property, should lodge with the Secretary of the Ilsookropt Commis stoners a paper Oath% that fort, which should have the same effect es the striking of a d ocket.by a cre ditor. It was adv;sett also, that keeping a shop shut for seven ei iya together should lay a foundation for a bankruptcy. us should remaining in prison on civil process fir fourteen days. A noother great defect under the existing laws was, doe lionfoility of asecurisig the bankrupt's hooks, papers, Ste. fly the law there Wall an offi •er to adroit to that, call ed a messenger ; but he els Noprinderl by the soli citor to the bankruptcy, mud was lint a free :igen'. The duty, beside", was stover owrformoal lay ▪ but by some poor fellow otio of she street, •or a fee of a few shillings, who hied with the bank rupt's 11MTV111114, sod Mat 110 sort of check on their master. 'll5l. Bill made the 01-Sarner intlepentletit of the solicitor. Gutlelh.ill, where the Bankrupt Laws were administers if for boohoo, was inure a place of coolie; than nor hi for the traits:loom of storms busino at. The Co e thought it was quite tarcessioy that some other building for the purpose al Id be immediately erected. As a rr airily fur the greatest mischief, they rerioninetol eft, that ti iv debt to be proved sh oust lot &glared by the creditor to the isolictior four Jays before the day of proof. The Boil con ferred on the Commissioners a power of r. jectiug debts discovered to be frandoolent, after supposed proof, which thcy did mot at loreseirt possess. The bankrupt business etas conducted tit Scotland ar. 4:orillug to the provisions of oil Art passed in the year 1813, and the system there was perfection itself to what it was in Eirglaml. There au officer, called a irmstee, collected the debt-, ;sod g rye security for the due perforairitice of Isis duties. The Car tree moat st gly r e c o mm e nd e d the appit;iitii sent of as officer a far to the trustee, to be called an ageht. The 801 l required the bankrupt to attend all the ineetisigs of the Cuitimi..stmeis nod trot. agent, node'. doe ptatisliy of iii as% the lirOlectiun of the Commissioners. To operate Hs a check gill and eatta 1141illee. the C moire ICI 0111111elidell that 110 debtor .1 11l lie allowed a ecrtilicate, unless, at Was fortneily reipired by I ow, fetio.fitilis of the one-doors ill number and valor signed it. •rhey thought, ton, that it would be very lwitethoul to make it pad of the duly of the Cousinisrerinerri to inquire tido Ilse eundosot sit the b iiiki not. — A htlVe all thin..., they recommend this, that nu cer tificate sluoild be signed by the Cominissimiers till the whole of the lithos of the Wok' upt were ruby Investigated. There woos nor other subject to w litch he a Word palt.cidaely to call the attention or the Mouse. It was tile 11411Cliull 01 Cali/ilia lilluil.lllllelet me fraudulent b rok rums. That enactineid, so far from having airy good effect, did, by its Petit-rat, prevent, no many instances, the ii fI•C of ally puoislimesit Whatever on the flip!. Wllll re spect also to the ill!raWalire 1111411 e to 6,111101111 1 11, it Opprored to the Conitilitire that stone . alter: diem 5551, necessary. II w oa at present is mere trifle-- and Ile ens cuovinreJ , 111111, by graiotilig a mute liberal allowance, much good would be ellee•ted. The Cu iiiiii Mee coin rived, that something (shout 5 per cent. should be gratited Si the bankrupt but the altos/store, in uo itottaore, to eXercti That 'ow might appear very large—hut, when it was considered, that, 11l 111.IIIy hellPlLrtivicier, the individual had ins uppurtiiiiity of assisting the assiguers to au to.linitely gteater UOVOillit, till lair 01:jet:Item could lie advanced egionst it. 'I lie C . nutter were also of opinion, that bother protection should be granted to assignees, who were, at ',re sent, exposed to harassing Nll4l VeXalti4,lls suits. It most appear plain to tire House, alter ii.e evi deut:e of Mr. Cullen, and other (ieod.-men. that a considerable alteration ought to lie tousle ill tile constitution of the Board of Comini-sitmeis of Bankrupts—which, it was admitted, Will lit pre. arid most ill-constituted. Toe C ttttt noitoer were of oinition, that Cm 111 l ',farmers should be rips led in large districts throughout the count' y —all idea that had beers thrown out la) find Chatocellor num lyso, who made an order fur that litirpoior. To this U was objected, first, that the appointment of Com missiotiers in piatirular districis would give a pin. ority of proceeding to the c iiiiii tr) over the than bankrupt; and 'lest, that it would give to the Lord Chancellor a 41,-gree of I,alrollllge that ought not to be conceded to Lim. Ile, however, asa Con • that the priucil.lr of this Order might he advatitageously acted on, 111'01111rd cerium tooth& cations were adopted. 'Floe !loon. Gentle-mato hav ing gone over the points coutinared lit the Report, stated, that lie hull a debt of honour mod of gratitude to pity to those profess' I nob' irlaals who had given evidence be fore the Committer, said who bad au:Wit . ..4l the 11111 e Wlitellulllelalve r. wild have Istria devoted to their prodessio(sal avocations, ill affording information on this List i 111141141111. subject.—/ Hear, lieur.)—The flint. Gentleman concluded with virovihg our leave to bring in a Bill to alter and 11111elill the Ilankropt Laws. Sir J. NEWPORT obsri veal, that it was 016414.101e1y necessary to snake saute efficierst thereunto 111 the liatokrupt Laws. As tin iiw now %Root, it ass, lit fact, worn than no law at all. The (moils latteily cofounded under the existing system called loudly far the noterpusition of the Legislature. Mr. WItOTTEfet.EY paid I. high complinsent to the Committee on the Bankrupt Laws, tor the ta lent anti perseietaliCe they rlts h .l..vash 111 C Net Illg tills most important inquiry. Ile st, however, observe, t h at, without the assistance of professional men, they never would have hero aide to arrive at the result they had dime. lie 41141 sort tirilik the constitut ton of the Board of C iiiii errs sins so defective us had hero mooted. If a 41111tehlrIll 'dace were apponited tor theta to meet its, their duties would br 111'0113141y executed, and the publ.c would be greatly benefited. The Corponiti tttt of Loudon believed Uuddloall to be the best place fur meetings of creditors. Hut, iu his opiujou, tf souse place, boo fatten Guildhall and I.hicol.i'.-I.ln, were purcliiisM for the purpose, it wonld he much better. Fiarni vars-liin appeared to him to be N iwaper place, rod it could ba procured at a moderate expense. Mr. LOCKHART elan here teatimoily to the ri tietice o:.d ability displayed by the C • tire, with most of whose suue,tions he entirely leveed. 111, was happy to flint, that the true principle, that of rendering it, on the whole, advantageous to the bankrupt to nuke a full disclosure of his affairs, instead of proceeding against him by a crim•stal prosecution, the a-v.-pity of which defeated the ob ject the I-egad:lmre h.td in view, was recommended as proper to be acted on. Mr. FINLAY said, the copying of the Scotch Code, respecting the trustees and creditors, would, he was convinced, be blond to operate mood lieut.- licially.—Lruve was then given to bring in the Bill. MESS.IGE FROM THE LORDS. A Message limn the Lorcli. etnionew4d that their Lordships had agreed to the Bank Restriction 1:111, and the Regeni.y Act Amendment Bill. Lord CASTILEREAGn said, lie meant In move the first readisig of the Regency Act Amendment Bill, and that the Rill should be riiatt.(l, ou ttttt etitittely. Bu•iurs *kiwi for to-morrow, which would render it inconvenient to debate the Bill on that slay, and Friday would be a holiday. lie Outbid, therefore, loopiwe that the second reading should take place on Moogloy next, 11r. Baut:Gita‘t said, he nowt call to the re collet lion of the Noble Lard that au important motion, relative to public t parities, of which he had given ileillue, aloud fir The was Own read toe first—ordered to hr trial the second taut on Monday—and to be . _ . Mr. IlitoucHmis wi.l in rostarquence the or. mow-sorsa wink by ihr N(11 . .• Lord, Ile was uoilrr the orerbsny of wilting 01 liu 1110110 U till Tun(l:l3. DISSOLUTION OF I'A U LIAM ENT. .Ir. IlitiauGll AM 1.1111, 6r !scot a letttrto his hand, purism lii g to come from u person 1110111Cfl Juhn 11101111/11 ~,,, unit allirr's4rii to ilut novallor* of Ilse loud-tax for the tliattict of Kendal. It u•us couclitd ht these words : " Take nosier , You err 11.11 to rfllCtell With the assess atesstur taci..adt..%, atoll faribrr urd.•ta. " Sandal, May IN. " JOHN THOMPSON." This appeared to him to be it direct attempt to dis. franchise certain swum, l.iulrsr had registered his fseehohl Art ii before au elec. ti tttt fur Members of l'•rliamcut, he could aunt vide. Now. it might be amid. that the intended &swirl. t would tke place to 00000 edtately. Ile did not know that this was the case—it might be delayed for a vety con►iderahk time —and this was our way in which such ass girder might be rendered effectual in mtvesaing an individual front using his elective franclusw. Again, a person who had retleettsed his bind-biz could out, moiler the Act, exercise• his right of voting, unle►s the register was made within at reliant numb rof days. flew aguiu, thr order ovr rated to revels! persona. under particular circum stances. from vainly!. Viewing the em.e in every posslbie light, it appeared to hint that this was ass evident attempt to (I 4ratuelitse a number of indivi dual*. Hot there were other objections to the mea sure. The laud -lax, 11l order to be as productive as possible, should be collected with the utmost ficility—kut bete ate authority waa usurped. by which ilt4t collection was put off to au Mils finite perid, and thus the revetsue was injur.d. Ile should thett-Coe move. " That then: he rclureieti to this House Cooks of ally Letter or Nutter "rot to the A...y.0r or other Otlit - er of the Land..tae Department, in Ike district of lirtottl, relative to list collectiuti ol tlr stud Tax, issued within the last three months-151.110 r %ills the 'motes of the Cu • slaters by whose aullmurit) the said lA-tier ur Notice *as lulled." slr LustitNwros did not mean to oppose the mot . Ile inertly wished to itate, that the sub ject load never been before the boils of the Ttea sury—tlwy had taken no part whatever in the trusisaction. The fact was, that, when the tax oil certuni cottages, of the animal value of 401. was a b ou t to Ise ass,sseil, near bimodal, Alr. Thompson, a doubt having been iiitittiated to liiin by the es sessor, ar plied tb the Tax-olliee fur information— it wits ttwis found necessary to go into the title of those coltu.:es, us well us their value, which rendered delay necessary. 51r. fluor t;if tit said, it was quite evident what was intended by this order. An election was up pouching. Then. Hod not till dirt,, it etas drror rd to go into Ilse title of all those 49.. cottages, which might take up two or three months, so that Or votes ciositectral with thesis were nippily useless with rt fereisce to the approaching election. Mr. LUSIIINGION denied that soy such inten tion existed. Mr. Lowntles, of the Tax-office, was applied to, by letter, on the 1 lib of April, in which Mr. Thompson requested to know how lie was to proceed with respect to those CitilHgVii. The answer was, that. miller the :still' the king, the assessment would not give the right of vidttig. Mr. Ilttoucti.tm confidered the conduct of :11r thus gratuitously giving his els: on N lu.iut with %%Inch lie had tiothilig to do, as highly blameable. It was sitigular that this grit tlessium who was kuuwo to be so usixtous for the prompt Cull Irelloll of the taxes, should in this in stance, Imve so l'ar hirgotten his Mood lottelice. Mr. Let•IIINGTON tlitt opinion givro was merely all iocidrolul our. The CHANCELLOR Of the Exciii:QuEn said, Mr. Lowlides had soeiely answered a question, eararly connected with die subject refilled to lion. Mr. IlnouGuA it was out the busiiirps of Mr. Lowodes to tra erl out Dr illebt 11/11% rela:iog to 111 his way, to ale , wer atters quite unconnected mall his sit MI 1011. I.0“1 LOW IHER did not mean to oppose this isissiioti. !laving braid that the letter lu quin•tion had been pUbliblued in tine of the tl.nly Imo*, lie traced it In a 'm.6,11441 'taper. awl tibitirdiely found that it Lail been tacked to the rod of an tleetionorriing stissill, printed for the purpose of 11,- 'ars i•sting a ceitain detcriplinta of voters, in order in injure hint and his colleague, the AltusLos Ivor 11 . , , tinureland. Mr. BROUGHAM declared that he introduced thi• two.tissis till 1 , 1.11111 C growls's. Mr. W. ‘‘. VNN c to lss) ,(1 the comlort as i y pr sun coullected *silt the its ea opinion. Hsi the sight of individual* to yule bur 31raulterb of I'.o liantrat. - •-> a, ••4 %6: -"" •-•• •1 4 .4 k N • bad 'wen read in tia IT 'use cou'ia Only Ise n pot of ft. Ile widird that the, whole eorrespuotlencr, tatty such there were, t.linuld le. produced. That would prol.rtlily explain the matter satitfaciorily. After a few word, from Mr. IiaOUGIIAM, tile motion win agreed to. lieu were now actually prepared to add two rn..re, whilst the Scotch Commission, at the expense of 10,0001. had also iasued four to/vend Reports upoii the same subject. The Secretaries of the different tttttt issions had also been unequally reimbursed. Amongst other things, lie understood that the Se cretary of the English Commission hail, besidei this appointment, a very considerable situation uu der Government. In corroboration of these facts, so stated, he referred to the Report of the L' incur Cotninittee, from whence lie rend an extract rrirr— iug to this subject, which also stated, Ihat it w.,• the opinion of the Committee, that the !moles thus more amply remunerated, could not possibly du their duty to the public as to this invessigatioti, owing to their being engaged professionally for their clients, at the same time that they were occupied in the business of the Comutisvion. lie then moved— " That the Committee of Finance having reported in their tenth Report, that it was must desirable and expedient no , nuneressary delay should be suffered to - take place its the ad , jusoment of the subjects submitted to the investigation of Cominissi )))) ers appointed to inquire into the mode of en furiing fees of office, nr the subsequent management of the public funds, the House did, therefore, agree in the sauna opi nion with the said Committee ; and that it also appeared to the House, that parties engaged as Masters in Chancery and Barristers in considerable practice, alell diacritic havinx little leisure for any thing but professional pursuits, were not calculated fur the purpoats of investigation in such cases." Mr. BATHURST said, lie should not on this oc. coition enter into the question whether the public service was likely or not to be advantaged by the labours of !remits competent to the iiivestigution of these difficult and partly professional pursuit.., although considerably occupied in the service of their clients, Or rather by the labours of persons having more time, but less knowledge of the sub ject. If the motion of the Hon. Baronet had been u motion to substitute other twines in this Commis mission, lie should perhaps have enterrd on the merits of this quertin, as to the propriety of ap.. 'whiting such persons to iiivestigiste subjects which, strictly speaking, were utmost altogether orofes. sional. But as luck had nut heen the course pur sued, he should confine himself to prove that the labours of the English Coinniirsioners to the case alluded to, had been much more extensively use- Ail that) those of the Irish or Scotch. Conuitissumels, This might be easily ascertained by a irtetence to the number of cases repotted us subjects where abute had been detected by the English C 41111116. riiiiiers, which he could pledge hinuell were cases of greater interett to the public, or reflected greater credit. upon the exertions of the Cominittce, thins the discoveries of either the Scotch or hush Com missioners. hle tirertfare moved the irrevious ques tion, upon the motion Of the Ilon. Baronet. Mr. COURTUS AY felt it imperious ou hint to state the team' ally he avaid not coincitts with the I Baronet as to the expediency of the Resolution proposed by him. The only Mist:nice 1 alleged over-charge in the office of the Masters its Chan cery, consisted in the charge of 1/. on the admirsints of attornies under certain circumstances, to prac tise in this Conn. Thus charge had hero usual through the greater part of the last century, arid had been sanctioned by two Acts of Parlirment. It was more particularly unfair inn argument to con demn the English Cominissiotiers for net having discovered us many instances of abuse as those of Ireland, or perhaps of Scotland. it was piobable Cley had not the Paine opportunity, and it war %hete t...re no matter of charge against the Commissioners, although this country had to congratulate itself' on the circumstai.ce. Mr. ‘VIEBITER assured the Muse the most tusk fatigaLle attention had charuetetit.ed the conduct or the Irish Coluatission, stile!), notaith.tanding consisted of men iu great practice at the bar, not unfrequently devoted whole evelliogs to the iiive.ti— gittioia of the abuser it laud had the good fin -tulle, us well as satisfaction, to detect. Mr. BATialltsT disclaimed ally intention to throw any ►light upon the labours of that C ot o rn i,,j ui ., The Sol.lciTort-GEN En A t. s•iw nothing In the observations of his Right lloth Friend sublet should be interpreted as disrespectful to the Scotch or Irish Commissions of a siinif:r nature. e COlll. parison had originated with the Hight Honourable Baronet. The custom of taking a fee of 1 !i).., 01 , the induction of atturnies to practise in other Comma, of Chancery, had been established by the prileilce of forty years, although an Act had been passed to restrict the Court's reeuitiog more than t'. on the administration of the oath to such parties on their admission to practise in Chancery. The tinsappte hension of the Commissioners had been explained in the Supplemental its port of the E-glisli Com missioners themselves. No credit was therefote due to the lion. Baronet fur the discovery. The law was now happily established with reteretiee to this practice, and us he conceived there was no ease wade out fur passing u resolution reflecting in such such strong terms on the conduct of the English Coliumissiohers on the slight grounds alluded to. lie should therefore vote fur the previous question. Mr. WEIMER. explained. The ATToaN EY-C ES ERA?. hoped the Ilorse would be of upiuion with hint, that the English Connuis4ion had performed its duty to the public, at least equally as well as the Comosission for Ire laud, although they lied been guilty of the crying sin of overlooking the intent of the td of George 11. which, by th e bye, might have been mistakeu by any lawyer its Westiniuster-Hall, as it only contain ed four or five words applicable to this subject, and its preamble contained nothing which had the least reference to the subject. Ile entered into a general defence of the conduct of those appointed upon the Commission, many of about had tilled the highest situations on the Colonial ur Home Benclits r-f Judicature. Nothing having, therefore, been pun - - ed against the character or the utility of the laliotsts of the English Commission, be hoped the 11011,0 %oarl nut sutler the present motion to pri , s, which contained within it much vituperative matter re specting time conduct of the English (7ontutission. Mr. LocxliAu•r thought the omission or inad vertence of the Conituissruners was one to which almost any commission, so eiicumstanced, would have been ►ubject, had they been ever so vigila,,t. Time. Act wherein the subject had been last tree eft by the Legislature, bad been, no doubt, one passed at the end of a Session, which was often framed ill earlier days, so as to contain several subjects ex tremely incongruous, and apparently improper to be connected ill the saute Act. In every other resin ct the conduct of that Committee had reflected the highest credit on its labours; and its character 11AIS-PAY orricutts. Mr. I.Yrrevrosi stated, that he did not mean to bring forward the motion of which he had given notice, yesterday, relative to the affidavits to lie t iken by half-pat• officers, as; he understood, the Noble Lord (Palmerstoii) had the subject under con•ider.mot,. Ile wished, however, to reel ice some explanation from the Noble Lord, run aliree points Ina, whether it was intended to continue the re gulation which prevented front rei'eiVing pensioon, the widows of officers who married whet, on fkalf pay %—second, whether a regulation existed by which the pens' was taken from an officer's willow who married again ?—and third, whether the carrying into effect the principle of raising to rank and pay, not higher than that of Major-Ge m-rid, a certain class of officers, an advised by the Finance Committee, was stall to In vested in the hands of the Crown, instead of conceding the promotion to officers ..1* the longest standing Lord PALMERSTON said, an to the first point, it was at presets' under consideration. respect to the second, such a regulation dot exist, and was found to Ire necessary. As to the Learned Mem bratber's best question, lie had merely to observe, that it was found most beneficial to leave the discre tioiriry limner of selection it, the hands of the Crown, instead of lettiog the promotion go by se iiiiirily. lir illis means, the Crown was enabled to assist those iiidividual* who stood u►oit in need of sapport. I.vrtti.Tom said, the great points to which he had whetted were answered bati•lliciorily by the Noble 1..01d, and he should militant no Motion to the Muse till the subject. ('M•I: PRET6N. , t ft Sir J. GRAHAM ww. continCetl, iliel if, in fact, any truer woe writtru Tioainvaou. that *lnch Mr. lIEN NET r ever, pursuant to notice, to move for ropers relative to the colony of Cape liretois. TJxes kid !wen levied SO ►l►at colony, by the Go %ei nor and Couticil, which way directly in the teeth of the King's regn Wiping on the subject. It was a xiiliject of cotisoler.►ble importance—and resnlu t•uu+ had, from time to time, keen passed by dilNr•- cult bodies in the colony, condeinniiig this ',oilier. Ile utiderstuoil Cope Breton to lie a stat.on of great importot►ce in a .iiiihtary point of view—and it was reculiarly rrluablr on account of the extensive coal . • there. The papers he shntild move for would temd to throw a light out certain arbitrary proceed tags, with respect 14 the levying of taxes. w►thnut au%• couveutiu►t of th>± tiouse of Assembly, which ought to be noticed by Parkinietit. He then moved— " Pur Minutes of Council of the 2411 t of June, and 27th of July i 181 i, for convening the Agit 'tlly at Cape Breton-- dorturenta relative to ilie iniputteng a lax MI Npirlii liquors, and to the revival of the tax, by the (dart into- and Council, in June. Ilil6—a variety of papers relative to digitate between the Coliosial Secretary and the Got...vivo— also a statement of the illegal levying of a tax of Is. per tun on plaister-olparig found in Cape Briton—lii;iether with an account of the produce of hie lajcaty'g coal-untie there, fur a certaiu period." Air. Gotmutntx would oppose only the produc tion of those papers which related to a dispute be tween the Colonial Secretary mid the Got erlitlr. That dispute had been settled to the satisfaction o f both parties, and it would be inexprilieut to lay papers before the !louse which would renew the memory of the transaction. Ile was aware that a duty hail been laid 011 ruin—but, as that was the only article illegally taxed, it could not be said that the inhabitants bad been very greatly oppressed. It was decided by the Chief Justice of the colony that the tax was illegal, mid measures had been taken to restore to Cape !Ireton its local repre sentation. He then moved for certain copies of ritalvr. issued by Governor Ainslie and the Council, respecting the duties tin spirituou► !:►lours, at Cape 'lreton, which was agreed to. Nlr. BEN N Err then presented a Petition from Sir Cln.►rlea Monck, rsspecting his tight of common oil llainault Forret, which be prayed he 'night b e allowiti to substautiate by counsel rind evidence at the bar of the House.—ltrail, and laid un the whir, nod ordered to be printed. Ile al-u moved for copies of rill correspondence between the Cutettuissioners of the Lind. nix and their A s-esmtra in the Comity of Ctinilreilvinl, oitli respect to the bind-tax during the la►t two mouths. ARUM: IN C.I.IINIMISSIONS (W INQUIRY. Sir Jotirs N F.W POUT kit it tiectssary to draw the utteittiuta of the !louse to the subject of the mode uf appointing Con aaa issioners for the examination of abuses. it hart hitherto very generally been The prill'ilCe to Ul/1/01111, fur the must part, racial persons to the situation of C iiiii noissioners. hi a late Cam. Ihe COMitlieltnees of this mink ul 11U111111:1 11111 1 1..111 been trust prejudicial to the interests of tlte ',utile. Ile alluded to the t iiiii tioutinti of Ofi cial persun3 to it-x:1116ov into the propriety of de. 111Elhdlllg, u 1 the l.flice of Masters in Clialicery, err. min fees, upon Ilse rithuission of anomie. practising ios other ('curt., to itractlYe ill Cllalleery. In this the Masters in Chancery hail tic:118411y been appuiuted (7o iiiiii issioneis to investigate into those t Mill arose 1:1 their own office. It was inseparable f• the character of bum:roily that thie-e persons. liinsescr lir Whet Irsiircts and upright, should 1401111111 y heat Wall is 111 - UlOsttiollate spirit 1.1 1 11illtigelll'e abuses %ditch 11s iginateti in their own offices, and tinder their own eyes. The result was such us might have h fell expected. Tills CUM.* 1016,1011 11.14 t's•tablitkol, by its decision, the pro. priety tub drlll.llichitg ill tillise isihecs the Ililylliellt of a fee of •20s. on such an admite-tost all attorney, respecting tilitch there had been doubts entertained, whereas ill pima of law, as Ita.l been since: confessed by the Commissioners, these tummies were entitled to piactise, tot au unth ill this office, fur odminis. tering n hods the cheeks %err entitled to charge 110 I ore thin one shilling. That 111111 deter 11l ill ation dot nut proceed Irum haste, but great negligence WI the part a the Commissioners, nitglit be proved from the comparison of the progress they hurl made 111 list rXIIIIIIIIO.IIIII of fees payable in Courts ofJ us. tree ii. Eisgland, with lilt labours of similar tom. titissionets apt led for Irish and Scotch Courts of Justice. English Commission had pro ceeded at :in expense 01 31,0001. to make but tone licpurt —to which hod been afterwards added what bail been de tttttt iinated a Supplemental iteport. The !chit, at 1111 expense hut exceed. tog 16,01 1 0/. hal issued four Reports, to a hich If • CUnrICCLCUru LUC DRUM 1111 CYCIy i ouici Ica cc. lisilig awl rtudering 4 1 .1 iiivulid. It tam o il i og believed Guildhall to be the best placr fur meetings Sir J. CILIIHAU ow. convinced, that if, in fact, Report. The at au expense hot exceed. k tu es this, the Committee gist: it as their opinion, of creditors. But, iu his opinion, if wore place, be. any letter woe written Thompson. that *lnch log 16,0 M. issued four Reports, to a hieh the conduct of that Committee ha d reflected t highest credit on its labours; and its character