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should be looked to with great jealousy. Upon thcse grounds lie would oppose the motion, The Maniocs! of TITCHFIELnsaid, lie approved of the principle or the Bill. Ile wished to see the Game Laws expunged from the Statute Book, became he . cons,idered them to be founded it) in justice. Their tendency was nothing less than to oppress the poor for the convenience of the rich. Tbongh such were ltis satiments he would 11ov:ever Oppose the motion tar going into a Com toittee, because theme was a clause in the Bill to v,hich lie felt the strongest obitttioll, that tor le— pliziog the sale of : game. Mr. SCARLhTT rose, Onlong, mingled cries of Question, anti Mr. Scarlett.!' He did not mean to detain the House more that) a few [ninnies, lout he flit it his duty to offer a few observations in support of the Bill. He was sorry he had not been in the House tally enough to hear the argu ments used against this mesure, as it would Lave given him an opportimity of replying to them. It was gentrally allowed that poaching was a great evil, and ooe, that ought to he re- 1 , pr e ssed as much as possible. If the Bill in goes- ' tion tended to increase that evil, be would un doubtedly oppose it ; but it was because it would have a contrary effect that he supported it. If the tenant had » property in the game, he would have an inducement to prevent poaching; but at present the tenant had no such property, and he bad an interest in destroying game, and encou raging others to do it. It was found where game was preserved, the tenant ,allo , ved his labourers and servants to destroy it with impunity; and he had himself known tanners who allowed 'heir labourers to repay themselves in game when wages were low. The Hon. Member proceeded to state the advantages which would wise front the adoption of this Bill, and concluded hy ob serving that It had his most chrdial support. Air. Alderman HEYGATE and Mr. H. SUMNER opposed the Dili. Mier a few words from a Member tinder the gal I ry, , hose 'Lime conk!. not he le,oned, Mr. BRAND rose to npiy.—The Hun. Member proceeded to answer the several arguments used by the opponenrs of the Bill. He hail heard few objections to the principle ttpon which it Was founded, and he thought that &great number of the objections might be obviated when the Bill wasivaConttuittee. It was urgel that l'arliatneut ought not to take away the inducement which Gentlemen had to reside on their estates ; bat surely the relief and encouragement given io the poor by Gentlemen residing in the country, were much greater amid more noble inducements, than the trilling, Ise might add contemptible ones of bunting and shooting. He hoped he should never again bear similar arguments used for simi lar purposes. After having mentioned several in stances of the depravity and clime which had oil gioa,cd in poaching, the Hon. Member con eluded by hoping the [loose would consider seri ously the oature,! of this measure ; be kit it to ahem to decide, whether it shook! or should not be adopted.—The House then divided, For the Amendinent .. Against it Majority .%;:linst the 'notion MAD-HOUSES REGULATION BILL. o+c entering the Gdtdery we lottod the House'in Committee oil the Mad-houses Rt.gulation Bill. The Mad-houses Regulation Bill, and the Ante_ riean Convention Bill, were severally committed. Reort on Monday. _ _ In a Committee of Supply, the, proposition of Mr• R. `VA RD., for the grant of IMO& on account, for the service of the Ordnance, was agreed to without any observation.—Rerrt ' on Monday. ITNRYN ELECT CON. 0n the motion of Sir C. BUkI4,LL, the House resolved into a Committee upon the reoryo Bri bery Bill, and proceeded to examine witnesses. 'The first witness called was Thos. Trelove.—He' stated, that he was ac quainted with the conduct of the Elections for Pent yn for several years. To a certain question the witness denim red, observing that he was un willing to make any answer that might commit himself. Witness was ordered to withdraw ; and Sir C. BURRELL said, that it ought to be inti mated to this. as well as to other witnesses, that the answer of a man at the Bar of that House did not expose him to prosecution elsewhere. 'Mr. MARTIN Oh Galway) maintained, that no man should be there, or any where else, called Upon to criminate himself. The CliAlkilAN (Mr. Brogden) observed, that that House was uot restrained by the rules which pyrvailed in the ordinary Courts of Law—and that it appeared the sen , e of the Committee the wituess should answer the question which had been put to him. Ti:e witness being re-called to the Bar, stated, that be, slid not call upon Sir Manasseh Lopez %vial any authorized statement from the Electors of Penryn, that they would elect him for - money. Being asked, • whether he would say that he made no such statement to Lopez, lie declined, to an elvcr pie4tion, iebt hp should .criminate him self. iVithess was again ordered to withdraw, and Mr. MARTIN (of - Galway) rose again to enter his protest against any attempt to extract from the witness any answer that might serve to crimi nal himself. Sir J. NEWPORT remarked . , - that there was a decided difference between the examination of evidence at that Bar and at any other place, land for :his- plain reason, because no an swer given by a witness at that Bar could serve to commit or criminate him elsewhere, no such answers being producable elsewhere—l►e in ea t in any of the ordinary Courts of Law. Mr. MARTIN asked whether, although the state ment of a winless at that Bar was not, as the Right lion. Baronet had said, produemble in evi deece against J►im in any of the ordinary Courts of Law, it would not still be unfair to call upon a wit tress to make any reply that might operate to disparage his character in general society ? Mt. C. WYNN thouglit the witness should be caned in, and told thp in any answer he might give he was under the protection of the [louse, and chat if, after being so informed, he persisted iu retusit►g to aiiswer any question, the blouse wou ld ( k i d with him accordingly. Mr. G. LAMB said, that if a witness in this case were alfowen to refuse answering a question, upon any al ► t trehension, real or pretended, that be crim;nate himself, it would be as well fur the I.4otise at once to pot an end to t'►is inquiry altogether. But, aceordiug to the Honourable Member for Galway, - a witness should be at libery to decline giving any answer likely to disparage his eliaJaeLer. He submitted, however, that it such a role were established, the inquisito lial powers of that House must become perfectly nugatory. Mr. MARTIN still maintained, that the witness f , hould he to!d not only that he was' not to give anv ansVer to criminate himself, but that it Avas discretionary with him to give or iiefuse any an swer likely to disparage his character. Sir J. NEMPt;RT observed, that the rule urged by tie last spe.iker, as 6 1 ,iepersons at the Bar being c.-dlec! upon► to give at►swer likely to criminate themselves„ was not :it all analogous to the ge ovrai practice of the House ; for it must he in the ru collection 0 - t'evet yone who heard him, that the answers of printers as to their connection with publications 'in which libels upon •the House or any of its Members appeared, generally formed the ground for the committal of such printers. The witness being recalled to the Bar, was in formed, that in any answers which he might give he was Wider the protection of the House. Wit ness declared that he never said to Sir M. Lopez that a portion of the Electors for Peuryn would vote for him from any consideration whatever ; did believe he never said to Sir Manasseh that he could carry the Borough fur any price ; be could not, however, deny that money was mentioned, and that he might haee 'said the distribution of 20001. among about 200 person , would serve to carry the election ; for such a representation, however, lie bad no authority from the Electors Pentyri ; he always consi►iered the Ineakfasts at the Penryn Election to mean a promise of 241. to each voter. John E{l yards was the next witness.—He de scribed hiitiself us an Attorney at Truro, much in the lti;bit of attending the Elections for Cornwall. He was pretty generally consulted as to the ught of voting according to the Constitution of the several :Boroughs in that Coif v• Anion g Whet pl:Aces, he had been at Penryn at the last Elec tion, where lie had heard that Sir M. Lopez was invited to become a candidate. The Pettryn breakfast he understood to mean a pledge or pro mise 24 guineas to any voter whb - would sup port two candidates. Had heard of some (limit tistaction v:ith respect to Mr. Swann for not giv ing any public breakfast ; but he did not believe that any candidate could be returned fur Penryu by means of mo,nry t-(A laugh.) . --11 such a man as Mr. Sewell, however, could introduce a can didate with moncy to the Electors, this introduc t ion wOuid, no doubt, have great weight. Wit net;s belies ed, but he could not-state with cer tainty, that there were from 8 to 900 Freeholdeis in :he two adjacent Hundreds. Witness was or dered to withdraw.- Edward Butt was next examined.- lie was Edi tor of the Newspaper published in Cornwall, call ed The West &Ron. After the Election of Pen ryo, Mr. Anderdon had an interview with him, and a conversation took place, which the witness, throwing himself on the candour of the House, begged to say Mr. Anderdon never expected would be revealed. He was, however, in the bands of the House, and should obey their orders. The witness then read an article from the Newspaper, highly complitnentary to the conduct at Mr. An denim', and to his popularity at Penryn. This article was given to him for insertion by Mr. An derdon. In the course of conversation, Mr. An derdon talked of the bribery practised at Penryn by the returned Members. Witness remarked, that any man who knew Penryn, knew that no thing could be effected without. money. Mr. An dcrdoo admitted the fact. and said, that all his engagements should be fulfilled when he could du so with safety. On the motion of Mr. GEORGE LAMB, the ex• tract from The West Briton was expunged from the Journals, as irrelevant to the subject before the Committee. Win. Richards, J. Reynolds, and E. Coode were ;e-examined, after which the Hatise result]. etl, when the Chairman reported progress, and obtained leave to sit again on Monday. ROMAN CATHOLICS Mr. V. BLAKT;;;e(llo7liave to bring in a Bill to amend the Thirty-third of the King, with a view to providing for the more easy assertion of the right of Catholics to become Freemen in Ire land. He observed, that though the Bill of 1793 rendered Catholics eligible, the practice of most of the Corporate Towns excluded them from the bcnefi!. The object of the present. Bill was to enforce the right thus granted. _ . Sir G. lIILL expressed his surpvise that a mo tion which went to alter the existing laws of the several Corporations of Ireland ihoUld be brought forward in so thin a I-louse,, and that it should have been preceded by a notice which gave no idea of its ohject—the notice, as it stood in the paper, 'Timing merely to - a. measure respecting. the manufacturing classes. • . Mr. R. MaariN observedi-thavrhe notice %vas given in the usual way of general description. ' 1111% V. B L LE denied that his-motion went to subvert the original constitution of the Corpora linos, but, on the contrary, to restore it. Sir J. STEWART objected to the'tnotion, on the ground that it went to make the admission of Ca tholics imperative in the Corporal - low , . - Mr. J. SMITII said, it was discretionary with the Hon. Member, whether he would give any notice or not, but 'suggested that he should withdraw it until there was a fuller attendance. Mr.''. BLAKE consented to withdraw his motion. Mr. MANSFIELD moved for leave to bring in a Bill to prevent Frauds and Abuses in the Manu facture of Stockings. After a few observations from Mr. PARES in support of the motion, leave was given. Mr. MANsrist.n immediately brought in the Bill, which was read a first time, and ordered to be read a second time on Thursday next, and to be printed. The \Vitnessrs already examined on the Penryn Election, were ordered to be discharged. Mr. V. BLAKE gave notice, that on Monday he would move for leave to bring in a Bill to ex plain and amend the Act of the 33d of the King, to provide for the more easy assertion of the Rights of Roman Catholic Tradeocaen in COl po rstions.—Adicurned at Midnight. 3 A V A. ALIEN LAW. (Continued from our Paper of Yesterday.) Requisitions on entering, and of discharging and • loading Goods. • • Art. 29. The captain, chief-officer, and -super cargo (if there be one), must, within 24 hours Alter their arrival in the roads, deliver at the cos tont•house, or to an officer who may be thereto appointed, A signed declaration or certificate, con taining an account or list of all goods on board, and expressing their sort, quality and quantity, according to the following form : We, the un4rsigned, arriving from with the ship decht-ee under oath, that to the best of our knowledge, we have not brought within the juricdiction of Java, any other or more goods, stares, aNd merchandise, than are fonwi expressed in the fol lowirig general statement, that no deception, with our knowledge, is practised, no goods concealed, nor any plans formed, or exertions made, to defraud or evade the public dues. Goods oil board are the following N. N. N. N. Art. 30. The above-mentioned persons must produce at the custom-houie the original ships papers, viz. the register, the sea letter, the com mission, the man►fcst, the clearance, the invoice or invoices. Art 31 rt may discharge imported goods, nor lake in intended for exrttatiou, nor transport them in any vessels, before they are en tered at the custom-house, and a permit is re ceived. Art. 32 The regulation of the last article has referent , also to sncn goods as pay no duties, for the tra• spot-ration of which a consent-billet shall he obtained. Art. 33. The entry must be made in writing, signed by the captain, supercargo, or merchant, or their agents, for which act, however, the prin cipal remains answerable. Art. 34. The entry, and the request to dis charge or load, must contain an exact statement of the goods which are wished to be loaded or dis charged, with their proper names, and expres sing the sort, quality, quantity, weight, or mea sure of the same, as also the marks and numbers of each park Age. Further, the name-of the ship and captain,where with as well as the place wherefrom, or to which the goods came or are to be sent, and finally of the merchant zo whom they are consigned or by whom they are sent. Art. 35. The payment of the duties must be made to the collector immediately on their being regulated according .o the entry, unless he sees fit at his own risk to accept security, while at all events the payment must be made within a month after the discharge. Art. 36. After the payment is made or security given, there shall be granted to the person enter ing, a loading or discharge permit either for the whole cargo or for a separate quantity, and upon which permit the time be expressed within which the goods must be loaded or discharged. Art. 37. For goods nor subject to duties a con sent-billet will be granted. Art. 39. There may be no loading or discharg ing on Sundays and Holydays, except by express permission of the water-fiscal. Before sunrise and after sunset, all loading and discharging is forbidden. At t. 39. No one may transport any goods to load or discharge on other than the usual waters. The masters, &c. of in auws, chiampangs, tjuniers, and other vessels, are particularly forbidden to transport in or out of any rivers, creeks, or other streams, goods which they take or bring from on board any ships, or even to take in or unload such on the beach. _ _ Art. 40. No goods may he discharged, loaded, or ttansporten, unless accompanied by the permits or consent-billets. _ . . Alt. 41. In case R permit to load or discharge is given for a whole cargo, the same, in case of transportation, must be accompanied by a sepa rate statement signed by the captain or other per son, who is charged with taking in or unloading, containing the exact account of the goods sent by each prauw or vessel, with the marks and num bers of each package. Art. 42. These permits, and before referred to statements, shall he given in at the custom-house, and countersigned by the collector. Art. 43. The custom-house officers are obliged to visit the, transported goods, and to compare them with their accompanying papers, and in case of the breach of laws, to seize them. They are also authorized to be present at the loading or discharging of cargoes, and to make such examinations on board the ships as may be necessary for securing the public tights. They are however most rigidly forbidden to vex, annoy, or oppress •the merchants, captains, or seamen,but on the contrary are admonished and bound to render prompt assistance to each, to give every useful information, and do. all in their power for the promotion of honourable trade. Art.- 44. With a view to rendering every pos-. sibie assistance to commerce and commercial men, it is permitted that these may amend or correct abuses they may have experienced so long as the permits are not given up, or any seizure of goods been made. , Art. 45. They are further at liberty (to the end of preventing abuses,) to require, that the goods entered by them be counted, measured, or weighed,, by thereto sworn individuals, while themselves sustain the co - sta. s • _ . Art. 46. The captain or merchant, after having regularly entered goods for exportation or im portation, may leave the calculation of the duties to the public officers, and it shall suffice him if he pay accordingly, unless they have com bined together to defraud the public, and 'in ell cases, the accountability of the public officers is maintained. Art. 47. Duties on goods damaged on the voy age of importation, shall be paid on a value, to be estimated by capable judges. The departure of vessels for sea. Art. 48. A captain wishing to put to sea, shall make it known at the custom-house, and give over in duplicate, the manifest of his cargo, and with all the permits received by him. Art. 49. The collector is bound as speedily as possible to compare this manifest and the loading permits thereof wick his books; and finding all to agree, he shall affix to the manifest a certifiee t° that all public dues are paid, and further, that 8 " is performed required by the laws. Art. 50. The collector is further bound, tEI e 3s° the captain had arrived here before .with a care d to give him a certificate of his having also pal 4, the import duties on the same, and performed o' requisitions relative thereto. The collector shall give for ships clearing n ut _ for Netherland, a certificate that to the folfilme nc . Of the requisitions of Article 22 of this vet, nie tion, there has been deposited at his office surplus duties which a foreign ship, bound else' where, would have to pay. Art. 51. To commanders bound to the Neth er ; lands, shall be given certificates of their .11avi ln r . paid the ekport duties on those particula r g oq ovhich are noted in the manifest, to the end tila these may be entitled to the advantages of th g goods free of duties in the Netherlands. t se Art. 52, The commander is bound to lay me,; „ papers before the water • fiscal, who will ac t 111) ' them according to his instructions, and sig n) 9. having seen them. Art. 53. Ater these papers shall have bee!) re' turned to the captain, he and the chief-office; with the supercargo, (4 there be one,l shall gi v e in to the Magistrate or Resident, under oath, tlt follow ink affidavit We the undersigned departing for ilia with the ship certify under oath, best of our knowledge, nu other or more goods, Ivaresf:ei nierchandize, have been shipped on hoard the ve. s ,,,s under our charge, than are contained in the nun r ' made up by us, and examined by the collector and we„ e e r o fiscal, and that so far as we know no fraud ha' ", - ,4 practised, no goods on board concealed, nor aol Prio formed or exertions made to defraud or evade the OIL.; dues,—forther promising sole ,nly and sincerely' • we will take nu other of more goods on hoard o ur mentioned ship, without giving the requisite '- , c (G : l t,f . thereof at the Custom-horse, and which shall at , P(', l 4l the permits to be received for snch alter ,Wpmen' to the best of our knowledge without therebyditai ni-0 7 the public dues, that to N. N. • •N. Ni r - N. n j Art. 54. After this certificate is given i" 14 0 sworn to, the magistrate or resident shall O il the captain a regular passport, after which b ar 1111-Aly to proceed to sea, previously howelta attending at the office of the harbour-mas 7 e o _fulfil there the existing rules and regulations. e Art. 55. A certificate shall be granted by e proper officers to all vessel bound from one f' l ' it to another on Java or Madura, ( , rhose ca'o s e ; according to Article 8 of this regulation , a re , tr ly of duties,) of the export duties having beet) Lid deposited or secured. las e This certificate, after the discharge at the of destination, shall be countersigned, ,Bod t r , e , amount which was deposited by Ow captain ' h a : funded, or in case of his having given security bond cancelled. (To be continued.) MELANCHOLY SUICIDE.--An InqUisition taken lastlight, at 8 o%lock , before T. StrE o.° l l Esq. Coroner, at the Mitre Tavern, Ali:re-oil:1g Fleet-street, on the body of Mr. Thomas 1 0 , Gregson, a Gentleman of considerable literg3l, acquirements, formerly Master of a Boarding M ho demy, near Kettering, Northamptonshire, .rbt put an end to his existence on Saturday last, by cutting his throat,—Mr. Henry, 6 "g s- 0; the brother of the deceased, was examined" a said, the deceased fiad been melancholy t" r years, and some time ago was confined in a str t, waistcoat ; he was thirty years of ae,—Ari"l" t , " Cut his throat in a state of insanity." , SHOCKING; ACGIDENT.—Yestet day mortnne‘by fine girl, about ten years of age, Was pill ovt r es , a waggon at the corner of Duke street, M130' 3 .4 ter-sqUare. It appeared she was endeavoariv to reach at sometbing• in th e waggon, I. diet what the children call " squeakers," whe n :j e ll foot slipping, she fell under the wheel, going over her neck, caused her instant deat'i;ho The body was taken to a public-house iii neighbourhood for a Coroner's luquest. t bC A fatal accident occurred yesterday near Stockdale Arms, Black Lion-lane, A man was driving a cart, the horse took It o ,' and pitched him out while on the full galloP' b ini the wheels passed over his heads, and kilica on the spot. t ho SUDDUN DaATll.—On'Sunday last, wino- ere passengers of the Hereford stage-coach 4. taking their breakfast at High Wycombe , °r o e them (Mr. T. Barnet), who was returning li° o‘ l from London, suddenly fell from his cha ir, n ' o d expired, Ile previously appeared to be i n g health. rte BIRTH. Yesterday morning, Lady Milton, of a daughter, a t OA r°r4 House, Grosvenor-place. MARRIED. Ou Tuesday, the nth inst., at Clapham Chortobter Thomas Watney, of Wimbledon, to Ann, the only da of Mrs. Count bee, of Clapham, Surrey. DEED. el On Thursd4v, the Gth,ar an advanced age, in Milsolo;9„' Bath, Mrs. Allen, relict of the late Philip Allen , Bath-Hampton, in the County of Somerset. I 'll oe4P. Of inflammation upon the chest, after 12 hours , Ann, the sife of B. Sharpe, Esq., of Fleet-street. A CV' On Tuesday last, at No. 7, South-street, King's - r? a " sea, Mrs. Rose, iu the 69th year of her age. Al 1 --!--- rid PROVINCIAL BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND r) , • 0. BIRTHS. . 0 1$ . Lately, at Wcmhury-House, Devon, the Lady ot f Lockyer, Esq. of a son. c IP l3ili • Lately, at Cairuhill, Scotland, the Honourable Ik-154, ton, of a son. —...........m..........-. MARRIED GeOrgt Saturday last, at St. Peter's Cathedral, Exeter, ri r • j o seP Player, of St. Martin's, London, eldest son of Air hg 04 Player, of this city, to Miss 'Lille Bowman. g o b.. -4 0 Lately, in Birr Church, Cork . Captai a TiIOID3 S sii ve Highlanders, to Margaret, third daughter of Hackett, Esq. Rivers Town, County Tipperary. DIRD. 14 /* Billing, Lady of Lieutenant Billng, of the 81 81 Lately, at her father's house, Patrick street, Cork, Lately, at Edinburgh, Lereson Douglas Stewart, s‘l;olai'd third son of the Honourable Admiral Keith Stewart, o' Berton, deceased. mi . Grsll Latey, at Edinburgh,. Mrs. Marion Gray wife of ' ' , lii • Gray, solicitor at law. Ma cu- Lately, at Fort William, aged 82, Captain Ang;.: b 1 0 ' nald, of 'rulloch, the oldest branch of Sliecbd-1 g Duibb, of the Keppoch fancily. 0 - - Gre . „ 9 ~ LONDON: Printed 43. B. CARSTAIRS, of I". ' 'Mi. , Ormond-street,' Queen-stplare; and pabliOed , !,),Y , till'', SCRIPPS, of No. 7, South Nlolton- street, at 1 f l oi derf r ~, ()Ace, No. 112, Strand ; where Adrettisetnenti) Letters, &e. (post-paid) must laz aldressed. 9cots. jog, (/ ......, ,_ Pr oi tP 6( 'nfty a n d ried ?Tr it e tithe Ite