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hle, but that he was enfficienily advincea in yeah to resider him folly competent to discharge the dirties of the office to which he had been op. pointed. THOMAS FLANAGAN. Lord A. Hasitvron pat • question across the table t. the Secretary of State fur Ireland (which was nut distinctly heard) respecting the dismissal of this individual from prison at the sole discretion of the Judge. M►. GooLiman said. that it would msttrially ;retest, the laborious duties of his office, if he were to be culled upon to explain all the circum stances connected with every petitioner who should armeer before the linguae. We understood the Right Hon. Gentlemen In say, that this individual had been convicted of a robbery is the county of Allen and committed to prison, and that an appli. ration had been made by him to be dismissed on the ground of innocence. That upon • commoni cation with Judge Mayne, before whom the case was tried, that learned personage answered that the Joey had done their duty in finding him guilty, and he should be only discharging his, in recoup wending that the law should take its course. Mr. R. Malmo said, that of this individual he c old say, that it was possible Mr. Thomas Flanagan might tell troth. bat that no statement was en titled to credit as coming from him. CALCUTTA BANE ERS. Mr. T. CODSTIN•Ir laid on the table • large heap of papers respecting the claims of the Cal. coma beakers. ADJOURNMENT OF THE HOUSE. Lord LONDONDENtIf pre notice, that he would tomorrow Wove that the House be adjourned to Monday ant. SCOTCH BURGHS. Lord A. FIAISILTON gave notice, that he would ea arrow move for the production of certain papers rthitiug to the Royal Burghs in Scotland. BEER RETAIL BILL. Dr. PhrtAtitoaO pre.enterriiEtition from a itireveve in Berkshire, named Francis Head), against the Beer Rated 13111.—Laid oo the table. PIRATES. Mr. MARIYATT presented a Petition from cer tain Merchants and Ship-owners iu the City of Lon don, complaining of the capture of a British ship by pirates off the coast of Chili ■od Peru. The lion. Gentleman then read some extracts of letters received from Captains of different vessels. In one iiistsitee a ship had been taken and plundered, and the Captain and mate were. both hung up. He could not •void remarking upon the extreme su pineness of the British navy, and the activity of the American navy as compared with ours, in suppress iiig these strocities. The American navy not only defended their own ships, but those of other na tions, and he thought the Government of this coun try were bound to take some effectual steps to re. sn•rly so great an evil. Set G.Coccou an said the Hon. Gentleman must know that those vessels which had pipets and cre dential• to produce could not be dealt with as pirates who hoisted no flag. The British navy have clone all that could he expected, and the navy of Chili end Peru had exerted themselves in the most extraordinary manner. The British witty bad con siderable difficulties to encounter in consequence of the disagreements of young rising Powers. For the merchant. of this country and underwriters he bed great respect, but he must say that they fre quently consulted their own interests without re gsrding the general benefit of the country. Lord LONDOIDCRRY said, the Petition which had been presented this evening was the counter part of that which had been presented on a former ocension. He was sorry to Slid that the merchants of London had followed the example lib ch was set them by the merchants of Liverpool. It would be better for those gentlemen to open the eyes of the Admiralty. than to be giving their information to those to whom they were opposed. He lamented as much as any man the existence of these swarms of freeboo'ers in those seas, but he doubted very much the propriety of these discussions in the House of Common.. They could not expect that our men of war were to be made rolling Courts of Admiralty round the world. All the injury these pirates could do us would be only as a drop of water in the sea compared with the injury which seov i ld follow the adoption of the course which had t wen recommended. lie had carefully examined all the cases complained of, and out of the entire eighteen eases lie only found one complete case of condemnation. If pirates were met with, thou they could be netted as such, but it was quite dif ferent in the other case. And he would recom mend to the Hon. Gentlemen {Mr. Marryatt) and to all others interested hi the matter, to remove from their minds the idea that there was any su pineness on the part of the naval administretroo of the country. If they had any complaints, to them they should be made, for little advantage could be derived from coming to that House with complatuts which must only lead to explanations of the diffi culties in which we were placed. Mr. BRIGS? could not agree with the Noble Lord as to the disadvantage of bringing these cases before Parliament. He did not acquit the Admiralty of supineness, or, if he did, he must suppose them ignorant of the transactions which were going forward. The Noble Lord had said. that tf they could meet with pirates, theu they would know how to deal with them. But he should be glad to know what was meant by pirates ,t Did pirates mean a party springing from a vessel, armed with pistols and other offensive weapons, and making an attack upon other ships! Sir G. Comma' said, That if a vessel west out with the colours of Spain, or other countries,' then it became a question between these nations. Mr. BRIGHT said, if that were the case, then there was no security for any vessel et sea; then any vessel might be plundered without redress, if the vessel by whom they were attacked carried no colours. It a vessel went out from any country, ',rider the pretence and simulation of business, and afterwards attacked other ►hips, then that coun try lies not responsible. If such were the doctrines, then indeed it was worse than useless to come here to complain. The proceedings had ell the marks of fe teeny and daring which history had sttriblited to the early Buccaneer.. It was noneenee to suppose that trade could go on if this were out put an end to. If the Spanish Government could not secure our vessels protection, the British Government ought to take rusting measures to prevent the aggressions of time enemies of' all mankind. He thought that do vernmensought to lose no time in remitting in structions to their officers to take immediate steps for preventing the recurrence of these aggressions, and to secure the commerce of these countries from the ravages of the pirates. Mr. CIOZER thought it a great advantage to know specifically what the Hon. Gentleman wished to have done by the Government and the Admi ralty. He did not know how it came to pass, but the wishes of the Hon. G-toleman happened to coincide very remarkably with some transaction! which took place in the Admiralty as long ego as March lust. The Hon. Idember.then proceeded to read an instruction which laud beets sent oat to Ad. miral Rowley. on the West India station. wherein the various outrages of the pirates on British com merce were recapitulated, and the remonstrance made by the British Governmeut to the Court of Spain, et the instigation of the Lords of the Admi ralty, were described. Then followed the answer of the Spanish Government, which deprecated the outrages in the strongest language. In the course of this negotiation, the Secretory of State fur Foreign Affirms took care to observe that the establishment of the pirates on the shore of the Spanish territory. in the Island of Cuba, would justify the Spanish Government in taking the most signal vengeance on the marauders covering them selves within their coast. It was intimated at the same time. that the British Government expected that in awe the Spauish Court felt itself unable to do justice to the merchants interested. there would be no objection urged as to the rights of nations against Great Britain taking on herself to annoy and disperse that hive of robbers. The instruction remitted to the Admiral was in the same spirit ; he was directed to pot a ship or ships of war to cruise off St. Antonio, and to press upon the pirates as far as possible without violating the Spanish territory, and to do all in their power to cut off the communica tion of the pirates with the shore. He considered this as an answer in full to the speech of the Hon. Gentle. man, which was something like an accusatory tirade against Government for not doing that which they had actually done. Ile objected to the notions laid down by the Hon. Gentleman, as tending quite op positely to his avowed intention. to the most direct effusion of blood. He would have particular in structions given to the officers on the stations to proceed in their own way to put down the aggres (-ions of these pirates. There could never be peace in the world if the officers of Beets were in trusted to judge in every case of what were the rights of flags. The law of nations was deduced from expediency. and was at ell times sufficiently difficult of explication, and still moreddificult to en force. Pirates were enemies of all essokind.and there could be uo difficulty in dealing with them if these aggressions were committed by known and avowed pirates; but there were none such among them; they all had the simulation of national character. They were at war with all the world. it was said, but then they were all under independent flags, of which there was now a con►iderable number in those seas—two of them at war one with another. How then could the British Government take on itself to detain and seise vessels belonging to en iu dependent State, and possessing a flag which most be respected, and proceed summarily with them as with piracy declared and known ? He thought it would be much better if Members, instead of pro voking discussion in the House by seeming attempts to amuse Ministers, would give the particulars of any case which fell to their knowledge to Govern . went, and leave it to do the best it could with the power or state chiefly in question. With regard to the frequency of these cases, it was to be observed, that as yet there had been only two condemnations in the Courts of the Colonies of British merchant men. against one of which Government had seat out orders to Admiral Rowley to appeal. He con. eluded by again entreating Members to give their information to Government in preference to agitat itig debates, which, in result, were only likely to have the effect of increasing piracy. Dr. LWHINGTOS was not surprised that the mer chants of Luudon and Liverpool should complain of the danger and loss which they felt, though he admitted that the evil which caused them to do so was necessarily and intimately cooected with the present state of things. It was almost impossible to protect from such accidents as things stood at present. There was • war existing between Spain and her Colonies, while it continued vessels naviga ting those seas must be subjected to visitation and search. That being admitted. the other mischief, were merely incidental. The march would of neces sity, in some iustauces. be carried on vexatiously, un law fully, and improperly. Then followed the liability. as • consequence of that, to condemnation, if the Trott was found to have violated the laws of war. Besides which, all vessels going to a port de facie in • 'tate of blockade, would be detaiurd as matter of course, sod if acting in contravention of the ' rights of belligerents, condemnation would follow. These were mischiefs, however, which he hoped never to ace done away as far se the principle was concerned. All he wished w•a, that England would exteod the same right to other nations which she claimed for herself; it would be of infinite benefit to her maritime power iu case of any other wars which might take place. A great difficulty "time on the present question as to which of the Chveruments should be held the legal one—Spain or that of the Colonies. The Noble Manion' denied the legality of the Colonial Guyon sent, bat admitted that the British Govern ment corresponded with the agents of it in a certain necessary degree. From hence they be came involved iii an inextricable dilemma, es to whom belonged the right of conveying the territorial claim. South America claimed the right to give territorial claim on one hand, which was disputed by Spain on the other. Spam held it de jure— Soisth America de facto. Both of these rights must be vested in one Power to give a complete claim to the territory. He was quite certain of the rectitude of his opinion, having taken some pains to determine it. Though where • Member had profes sional mesas for forming his ) )) ion, and correcting it, he held it to be in the *cost taste to dole out to the House the small particles of learning of which such judgments most be formed. He could not, how ever, in the case of St. Doiniugo, wrested from the arms of the French in 179.5, and yet as a judgment wherein Sir W. Grant was concerned. they were compelled to treat it as a hostile power in 1908, nearly 13 jears after. Undoubtedly ;rest chScul. tits surrounded the whole queslioo, which Would be removed in some degree hy that step which he was most anxious to see taken by the fiavernment, of acknowledging as soon as po.sible the independence of the Suuth A merkan States. He lamented the course which had teen hitherto pursued in regard to Spain sod her Colonies. By the Treaty entered into by the Noble Merqui., the British Government was bound not to give any kind of assistance to the Colonies in resisting the power of Spain. while a desire was expressed on behalf of hm Britannic Majesty that the Colonies might be speedily re stored to obedience to the mother country. He could not but recollect that in 1797, Gene ral Picton had urged these very Colonies to re. volt. promising assistance, amid soliciting them by every possible kind of inducement. He admitted that after the pacification entered into, the British Government was not at liberal , to take soy other course thus that specified.. Yet consideriog the high spirit excited in the Colonies by the former in stigation of the British Government, and the re ceptiou of the independent agents by the British people, he hoped that the first opportunity would be seized on to give public recognition to their in dependence. With respect to the particular case in question, of the island of Cuba, if the Govern ment remained de facto and de jure with Spain, the application ought to be mode direct to the mother country. But if, in fact, the Governor of Cuba denied the authority of Old Spain, though the compliment of application would be due to Old Spain while the power was in question, there should be no time lost in waiting, but the British Government would have a right to go directly to the Governor of Cuba, and assume him to have received proper instructions from Spain, call upon him to assent in putting down the pirates sheiteriug themselves in that territory, and in cm of necessity, enforce complisoce. As to the dispatch which had been read to the House, he thought the discussion would be highly satisfactory to the British mer chants from having produced it. He was not in the habit of praising the Hon. Gentlemen opposite; but the dispatch seemed to him to be the very best for the occasion. It was one thing, however, to is sue rigorous orders, and another to take care to have them effected. He hoped the Admi ralty would be is careful for the enforce ment, as they bad been judicious in the issuing of that &vetch. The fact was that the opportunities to the pirates for this Lind of plunder were endless, nor was it easy to come at them, ex cept in the way of prevention. Suppose the Eng lish man of war fell in with a Spanish ship—she could not touch that ; suppose a vessel with an In dependent flag—the Noble Marquis said, " You most not touch that;" suppose the obnoxious ves sel bore the British flag—most not she also go free ? —(Mr. Bernal aid, " No.")—His Hon. Friend said No; but be maintained that the man of war could only make her a low boW and bear away. He admitted that there were difficulties every way. The only course would be to make a solemn appli cation to each of the Governments to exert itself for the suppression of such outrages. He trusted that the British Admiral would act up to the full scope of his orders. He observed that this was not a new question. It was a difficulty which had been felt sod discussed for more than a hun dred aud twenty years past. It was one which he was altogether incompetent to remove, and to which he could suggest no remedy. There was one other circumstance to which he would allude, because it had been mentioned—lie meant the necessity of protecting commerce generally. It cettainly seem ed at first view hard to say why the British convoy should not extend protection to fureign ships trad ing in the same track. But here again were other difficulties. It was not customary fur British con voys to allow the exercise of visitation and search in the ships under their protection ; and there were the strongest objections to Great Btitsin entrench ing in the slightest degree on so valuable a princi. ple of her maritime rights. He hoped that the sub ject would engross the attention of Government during the winter, because it was of the greatest im portance to trade generally. It was not the loss and the danger only felt from the particular casts, but they brought an increase of insurances, and the wages of navigators, all of which rose in proportion to the danger of the voyage, and by that means brought • serious iojury to commerce. Mr. Omuta explained, and read the dispatch sent to Admiral Rowley on the 18th June last, to notify the strot g disapprobation expressed in the answer from Spain of the detestable series of vio lence 'complained of in the note of the Noble Foreign Secretary. Dr. PIIILLIMOIR explained the difficulty of dealing directly with the marauders as pirates, while they claimed and were allowed by us the rights of belligerents. Dr. LUSHINGTON explained. Mr. Foetus, in reply to the remark of the Hon. Geutlemau (Mr. Croke?), maintained the right of every Member to bring forward any complaint of a public grievance iu Parliament. Mr. MARRY ATT said, that all the speeches yet made had gone on the supposition that this was • Petition of the underwriters. It was no such thing —it was the Petition of the merchants. The un derwriters never yet complained to Parliament. The reason was uhvious—they held the memos of security in their owu hands ; they could protect themselves by raising the premiums ; they had done we in this case. A valuable vessel had teceet ly left this port to proceed to Valparaiso. Tile ordinary insurance was two trainees; they were obliged to raise it to four. The vessel touched at Gibraltar to finish her cargo, aud before she left that port, the news which arrived from South America compelled them to ranee the price to eight guineiiii OA the rest of the voyage. The sea ri.k of • veia.el sailing between nava 1111 l ih mid Jamaica was out more than los. while the preseiit iosursoce was raised to ten guineas. It was natural fur those who had to suffer the payment of three iusurances to complain. Sir G. Commas explained. The Petition was ordered to be • ted. Kr. WETHERELL rose to give t►o.ue of a motion ►especting the form of proceeding on amendments made to Bills, mid seat down from the Lord.. It happened lately with a Bill to amend the Marriage Act, that it came down quite iu another form trout that in which it was sent up ; and yet such were the ♦ules of proceeding in the tiouse, that there could be uo deliberation by Committee upon the amendments, thnngh they entirely altered the Yon` stitution of the Bill. Mr. CAUCNAFT spoke to order. Mr. WETHERELL was proceeding to justify the course he ores taking. The SPIASER pointed out the inconvenience of this course, seeing that if the Hon. and Learned Member persisted in submitting the reasons for giving his notice, it must be competent for any other Member to offer reasons to thew that there could be necessity for the notice. Mr. WiTmeRELL then gave notice of a motion to make it competent for any Member of the Kruse to move for a Committee on amendments made to Bills lent down from the House of Lords. The Marquis of LONDONosaav intimated that the motion should be to repeal the standing order. Mr. Hume wished to obtain two or three returns witb a view to spreading the information contained in them during the vacation, that they might he more fully discussed on their next meeting. The first papers he would move for were returns of all persons now held in confinement in the British Provinces in India, excepting those committed for trial to military or judicial Courts ; @hewing the names and qualities of the parties imprisoned, the dates of their caption, the authority under which they were taken, the places of their arrest and imprisonment, sod the offences alleged. Or dered.—The next papers for whit* Ise would move related to the capture of some piratical Arabs, who had committed depredations in the Persian Gulf. The village in which they sheltered had been taken, and the whole party brought down ; some were let loose into the desert, others were delivered to the Emaum of Muscat, among whom all the boys from five to 14 years of age were detained—for what reason he could not guess. The remainder were conveyed to Bombay, where they were still in confinement, as he under stood. He moved for returns of all the Arabs taken prisoners at Beni 800 Ali, distinguishing the number mid description of those delivered by Gene ral Smith to the Emaum of Muscat from those conveyed to Bombay or otherwise disposed of. Mr.C. WYNN defended the Indian Government from any charge which might be implied in the mo tion of the Hon. Gentlemen. Mr. G. BUNNY? wanted to know what could he thermion for General Smith delivering all the boys between fire and fourteen years of age to the Emaum of Beni 800 Ali, and leriug the women loose into the desert, while their male relations were conveyed prisoners to Bombay ? Mr. MOM offered to produce documents from General Malcolm to thew that the Arabs at Bom bay had expressed high satisfaction at the treat. went they received. Mr. HUMS denied that he had given any opinion, •r made any statement hostile to any individual, or entered at all into discussion on the subject ; he had confined himself entirely to the mention of facts as a foundation for his motion. If the Right Hon. Gentleman had any objection to the production of the papers be should not press for them this Session. Mr. C. W. WYNN said it was impossible that such a return could be made without a communi cation from India. He should ingest therefore to the Hon. Member that it would be better to give time for the procuring of such informatiou a► could be got upon the subject, which he would pledge himself to take every possible means to procure, and for that purpose to postpone I►is motion to the next Session. Mr. Hums withdrew his motion. CANADA. Mr. WILMOT obtai n ed leave to bring in a Bill to unite the Legislatures of the provinces of Upper and Lower Canada ; which was then brought in, and read a first time, and ordered to be read a second time to•morrow. Colonel WOOD postponed the motion of which he had given notice, of certain Resolutions relating to the Poor Laws, and stated it to be his intention to bring them forward at an early period of next Session. The Stamp Duties (Ireland) Bill was reported. and the amendments agreed to. and the Bill or. dered to be read a third time to-morrow. The Report of the Barill* Duties Bill was brought up and agreed to, •nd the Bill ordered to be read a third time tomorrow. The English Militia Pay Bill was read the third time and passed. The Report of the Deed• Registry Bill was brought up and agreed to, and the Bill ordered to be read the third time to-morrow. SESSIONAL ADDRESSES. The House then resolvisd itself into a Committee on the usual Sessional Addresses. which were *greed to. and on the House resuming. ordered to be re ported to-morrow. and that of the latter, ■ll hut nne disliking the SyLoony in which they found themselves, ceased 1• attend altogether after the Ent or second dal•• He could not, therefore. feel surprised to learn, that under such circumstances the inquiry should have been conducted in any meane► rather than in that which was calculated to sid his Hon. Friend (Mr. Hume), who then found himself alone tit throwing light upon the subject under investigs. lion. Lord PALMBRITON said, the same imputation had been cast by the Hon. Member (.tlr. Hume) in the Committee which he now our:opted to reeler. and had on that occasion been repelled, eves, by those Members who usually sat on the smite stile. Mr. Hues fitlialeaded that the thciting of the truth had been prevented by a Resolution pas.ril in the Committee — " That oo docuweiii as pspee produced before the Committee should he /OW% or submitted to any person who was not a M. ISO het ' of the Committee." There were many topic. of inquiry suggested by s uc h d ocuments . w hi c h coal . only be satisfactorily got at by showing the docu ments to the parties who were acquainted with the matters contained in them. and applying to them for explanation. That he had been in the habit of doing without any objection being made, iu ewers , inquiry of which he had been on the Committee; and he had thereby been able to point to evidence to be brought forward whtch could not otherwise have been gut at. He had dune the seine to thee Committee until the passing of the Resolution which be had mentioned, though he ceased to do so afterwards, because he conceived himself bound to abide by the Resolutioo of die Committee. He was not, however, aware of any rule of the House on which that Resolution could hate been founded; he was not aware that any rule of the House pre vented the use of papers laid before • Committee is the way which he bad mentioued. Mr. C. W. WTNIN doubted not rutrely the right of a Member to take the docuturots out of the Committee-room, bet whether the Committee even had the power to let any Member take them out of the room. It was certainly desirable that all pos sible information should be had upon the subject of the documents, but that was not to be done by private commuuicatioa between a single Member of the Committee and any other private Individual, but by calling such individual before the Cow. mittee, and examining him there oil the subject. The &FEMUR said, that it was quite clear that by the rule of the House uo documents or papers produced before sCommittee ought to be shewn to any person out of that Committee: oat even to any Member of the House who was not also • Member of the Committee. That was a restriction constantly applied to evidence of every kind taker io a Committee, on the application for the coast nience of the Committee to have the evidence printed, by coupling with it the words , t for the use of the said Committee." Mr. LUSIIINCITON said, the Hon. Member for Shrewsbury was misinformed respecting the cosi struction of the Committee; and in order to sus tain that assertion, he proceeded to read over the list of the names of the Members of the Commit tee. nioe of whom were admitted to be Members usually sitting on the Opposition aide of the House. As the Hon. Geodesist° repeated the names, Mr. Hume, from the other side of the Hoare, followed the first three or four with the observation, " Never attended ;" to which Mr. Lushington answered, " That was their fault." and contended that it was impossible (the other Members being, as far as we could collect, equally taken from the Mims terial and neutral benches) that a mote impartial selection of a Committee could hove been made: ♦fter a few words front Mr. Moues', which were inaudible in the gallery, the Report was or. tiered to be printed. The other Orders of the Day befog then dia. of, the House adjourned at a Quarter helm* fight o'Clock. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. GERMAN PAPERS. FROM TIM TURKISH FRONTIERS, JULT 6. It is now very difficult to obtain from Coustanti. nople information that can be drpeitikd upon. It is affirmed, that since the eveuts at the close of the Itamasan, when the Sultan is threatened to leave the city, a general alarm prevails, and the letters are opened. Only those who have a eorrespondeocr with diplomatic persons can depend an autheatte intelligence. The mercantile letters received by the last post are written with the most anxious twine«. Only those letters *lnch are allowed to be put tote the packets of the Araliasesdors of Austria sod Eaghand can give antiseptic information. ammo, JULY LE. It is true that the students who hive been edited to account fur criminal intrigu.a. have received their final sentence, hut the Gureri.naeat has not published any thing official either respecting the real nature of the affair, or the sentence and grounds on which it is fuuuded. It is thought that such a statement will soot be published, and till then we must leave undetermined the accuracy of the cur cuunisucee published in several journals, rrlatise to the supposed assomatiou of the Arinessie, with other secret political societies ; fur titstance, with the Panda, with which the ringleaders, it is ..ted, desired to fraternise, &c. We Item, l i ossr..s, (rum pretty good authority, that the misguided )(mug men really had very eatelisive plool of a chimerical union and amalgamation el the States and people of Germany, Ike. which are the less to be denied, as the woofs line beets found in several copies in writing. many warning., and the declared will of the reigns, to defend their people from such a propel.. any to revolution, there can be uo doubt that as* emplury punishmeot will fall on the guilty, mud I.e a security 'gaunt relapota.—(Aligenieime Zetung. July 510.) CORFU, JrNI 15. In consequence of • report of she MusicTsi Council of Santa Maws, stating that prescribed Persons. who have takeu refuge on the adjirrsi Continent, which is in revel.. imk advantage of the proxissulty of the situation to pear Over iulo Riot Iblood, and by this steam exposed the inhabitant. to the dangers remain from the violation of the saoitary laws, stud facilitated the sufraction at the regulmisas lately adopted relatively to 'he P°'" SILO mud carrying GI arm, au Act tam barn Hula PRINTING AND STATIONERY. Lord PALIIIILSTON brought up the Report of the Committee on the Printing and Stationery ex penses of the House. _ _ Mr. Huse took that opportunity of protesting against the Report and proceediugs of the Com mittee, which, in his opinion, had tended to prevent the elucidation of the 'object referred to these for their investigation; for, instead of proceeding at once to the evidence, they began by inquiring into the conduct of those who were to give it, and by putting the aitne.sts on their trial. That was par itenlarly the case with respect to Mr. Jennings, the individual by whom the charges were first brought forward, which had been suffered to remain fur two years after having been printed without being in. (limed into. Lord PA LSIESSION defended the proceedings of the Cononottre, which he deMed to have had any tendency to prevent the eliciting of truth, the at. taistmetto of which was in filet the first object of their 14hours. The lion. Member, of all who be- In ged the Committee, stood stone in the 001/1011 VII)10) he had exiirewed. lie was really at s luso to know what the lion. Member meant by witnesses being put on their trial. Mr. Jeuniogs had been examined as to his knowledge of matters connected with the subject under investigation, and what be btaird had been taken in evidence. Mr. H. G. BIIIMETT said that, not having been • Member of the Committee. he knew noth►ug of its proceedings but what he had learned from his Hon. Friend. He understood. however, that the Com mittee was composed of Member. nearly all from one side of the lisuae, seventeen being taken from among thoee whu usually sat on the ministerial side, sod only three or four from the other aide; .t