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; ~.p 1 Court ~t clic]) Aril" .:19ser , P t ol 3llßr a 5 111050 the p er : coo' l ' tell the b il l t [lone" a s, 1E0 , 15 01 : rio l)ed at es.itre" )o,ables' land, Ft', statiov et ri reed 11 ,,h fi n ed ince J -e ; ,dyg, sto re E%cei • WO" 0 Wilt , a ce , g „• 0. 11 4 o c i ; „ccas i( ":: e ro, ct cu d " 40 11 . ( , Ir , , I r • ( lallC hes ierl,:t 10 ,5 firee ed. : ourt 1-101' ns riAge bf .1v avo o.- • colrYi F.. 01 iy , 0 0-c c dos f o f basi‘; d re t 111i,"1- o f ent bt tle ss •11 Snip NEWS. tivilli g° l 9 . l‘TAY I9.—Arrived the /tries, TAN tIB4, ( "Hu Rio Janeiro 3. sailed the ith M itch ; ! )1 1 the 10th April, in lat. 9. S. long. 34. W. was hoarde d' by the brig Valiant, of Baltimore ; they ad captured a P ortuguese s hi p an d a bri g ot \ h v " - -the latter aftei an engacement of h alt an 11311 ". On the 17th April, in I,t'-16, N. long. 39 ' 50 . NV. was t war d e d by his Majesty's ship TT beAL, MAY 20.—Arrived, anti sailed for tte l iiCfr 8 °:•, the Catharine, GRAHAM,' from the ' a pe . of Goorl +lope. PLYMOUTH, MAY 19.—Carne in the Vallenia, eu,Ass ' from Rio Janeiro for flamlitirBh, for water anti provisions, 90 days' passage. The non; Company's ship William Pitt wps spoke on the 25th March, in lat. 4 0. S. long. 19 . 42. w ; also the slip Neptune,, ot Calcutta, Low' troll Liverpool to Calcutta,' on the Ist 01 Ahtil, in 1:1(. 0..6. S. long. 20. 0. W. ; also the 414 1) Cadmus, APPLEBY, from London to the-Isle uE Prat".',.otrilie. 3d April, in.lat. 1.31. N. 0 ' 1 V• l iy the IndisUensable, arrived froin the taouzh Se4S. ► cusTom s' LIST. ni Z:774p, ert Inwarris, 3frzy so.—Amelia Joliana, Fravte, . I :liberty, I 3mtge, Wate.l4t,n; ; lVaterford.Clarl:, Water- Ut , yerliamp, Worcnm ; Neptune, St raziack, Uttson ' Ostend; Sims, Trinatiad; F tigg, Airxantlria Hauln.rt, Oa'unril4, 20.—Vielor‘ia, Schultz, Stettin; Prctnt n ; Sincerity, Clitistie, Antwerp. Gut . rtirds ,I: a,/ c:o.—Regent, 1.1110, Rotterdam ; 11 11 ,1 Th ";e, Bell, LI n ' clso , i'S Bay; Prince of Wales, baridson, • Award Iletv ; John and Efizaiietli, Rustler, ilaniburgb ; Salt; m .. ll panic ; t ry, Ite, Quetwcli ; Quebtek;S, Letyig~ ' Harmony, :,;`l.),;ugall, St .yeterstturgh. TuE MARKETS. • '" 14 16E, MAY 21.-;-We have had no fresh supply since Monday, but a tolerably large quantity was "''r from Wednesday'S Market, which met a heavy sale fee n " 11111 2:, in consequence of the price of Flour having 1/ w , l'ed ss. per sack, and what }ittle was disposed of )4 .' 1 t decline of full is. per quarter. Barley, Pease, and tire 4n, are n t arlv unsaleable, except at very low prices. Oats 112141 4 '. e hraper, th e su pply being very great, and the con rs unwilling to purchase. • S‘.l .11. liFtELn MAY P.l.—Our Market this day was not over ltue 'ed with a fine show of prime Beasts, but the Tradt, was ih ie" '"“ ) t) dull, and prices cheaper than on Monday; the pri W . Sheep was pretty good for this day's , Market, and "S were rather cheaper than last week ; Veal was cheaper, Th(l,:"rli remains nominal in price as our last quotations. hr e i`,.. r ' i de in the Hay Market still continues dull, and few % vii;h,l % !is at Market ; fine samples of the above . artu e tp4,llloohciilty got off at Monday's prices; the infer i or• sa mples 1 1;a q :• to :is per load cheaper; Clover has fell in pr i ce, as 5 ""v, but in tie latter article little or nu business N n „ HOP INTF.I.LIGENCE. 'kej,CcEq•Ett, MAY 19.—0 n Saturday 20 podiots were the prices 51. los. to 61. 15s. • .I',..ice of Hops in the Borough. /i t e m Bav s Pockets. *1 11s tx "••• • • 51 128 to GI 15s Kent 61 Os to 71 15s ...... 51 Os to 61 Os j Sussex, 61 Os to 61 )4s lEsex 6l Os to 71 Os Farnivain LAW INTELLIGENCg. COURT Or. KING'S ,BENCH, MAY 21. This dal; !kir:WARREN moved to make the Role which he lately obtained, to shemeause why an Information, in the nature of Quo Warrant°, siiould not be exhibited against Mr. JOHN MEEars, the Mayor of Petersfiehl, absolute. • Mr. SCARLETT and Mr.MARRYAT stiesvett cause acainst the Rule-;;•4nit the COURT made the Rule absolute. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. CAMBRIDGE, May 20 —We. bear that their RONEI ElitAnesses the CHANCELLOR, the , Dochess 'of- GLOUCESTER, :v.41 the Princess SOPHIA- of GLOUCESTER, Will be attended at the • enstit•ng Corm-net:cement, by Lady ISABELLA THYNNE and Lady MARY ERSKINE. The Marquess of Buckingham, the Marquess of Lansdowne, Earl. and Countess of Hardwiche, Lord Braybrooke and his fami;y, Mr. Neville and Lady Jane Neville, Sir Watkin and Lady Harriet Williams Wenn, the Countess of Dartmouth, the Ladies Legge, Lerd iolin Townsend, Lord Palmerston, Mr. Rawl), and-many. other personages, we understand, also intend visiting the University upon this occasion. The Musical Festival, we are informed, will commence with an oratorio at St.. Mary's Conic)), on Monday , ' he . sth of July, being two or three days later than on previous occa sions.—This we consider 'a judicious arrangement. as the performances hare hitherto begun before the arrival of most of the iLsthiguished visitors. - At the Congregation on Wednesday last, the following De grees 'were conferred : HONORARY MASTER OF ARTS. The Earl of Bresknock, of 'felony College, son of the Mar quess of Camden. • MASTERS OF ARTS. • William Hall, of Trinity College, ,' • John Addison Carr, of St. John's College. BACHELOR of ARTS. James G. Murdoch, of St. John's College. The examination for TyrWhitt's Hebrew Scholarship com menced on Wednesday se'nuight. The Candid rtes were ; Mr. Skinner of Jesus College, Mr. Hodgson of Trinity, Attwood, Mr. 'Prendergast, and Mr. Alt, of Pembroke [fall. They all acquitted themselves in a mariner highly creditable, and obtained the approbation of the several learned oea usiners,.viz. Dr. Lloyd the HebresY Professor, Mr. Lee thi 'Arabic Professor, Mr. Leeson, and Mr. ll'ard. The suc cessful Candidate was Mr. Alt, who was unanimously elected on Monday last, being the first Scholar on the fonojation. Indeed we were led to anticipate the success of this Gentle man, front the favourable opinion which his Teacher, Mr. Leo, formed of his indefatigable ap:4lication. , The flee. Henry Wiles,,NLA. Fellow of Trinity College, was on Friday last nominated, by the Master and Fellows of that Society, to the perpetual Curacy of St. Michael's, in this town, Vacated by the death of Rev. John Shepard. The Rev. Joseph Kirkman Miller, M. A. Fellow of Trinity College, was on the same day presented, by . the Master and Fellows of that Society, to the Vicarage.of Walheringham, in Nottinghamshire, also vacated by the death of the Rev. John Shepard. REGISTER OF FASHiON. FASHIONABLE PAIIIIES THIS EVENING. \ . Lady Lonisa Her vey's grand rout, in Clitford-street, Bond street ; the Dowager Countess of Clermont's party, in Berke ley-square ; the Marchioness of Salisbury's card party, in Arlington-street. Tuesday and Wednesday the Prinre Regent honoured the Mat guess of Choimondeley with visits. The Marquess, we ate extremely concerned to say, is extremely indisposed.' The Duke an&Duchess of \‘ ellington entertained a large party of distinguished persona?Jts-yestertlay at Apsley House. The Duke of Norfolk gave a grand entertainment yester day to a large party of distirxtion. The Duchess de San Carlos' concert last night, in Portland place, was very elegantly. attended. The Earl Brownlow entertained yesterday the Ambassador from the Netherlands, and a large party of thstinctionytt Ins house, Carendish.sqoare. . . The 'Earl mid Countess Grosvenorsgave au elegant enter tainment yesterday to a large party of distinguished fashion ables, at Grosvenor Hui se. The Archbishop of Canterbury entertained yesterday the nulse and Dueness of 'Northumberland, and a party of dis tinction, at Lambeth Palace. KEAN.—This Actor has, we find, highly endeared himself to the Theatrical Community, in general,, by his proMptitude on all matters that call for benevolence and generosity, as well as for testimonies of private It iendsliip. It may be said, in the words of the Poet, that " he is 'no Actor here," but obeys the impulse of a truly liberal nature. He la►ely presen►ed a very va luable Gold Snug-flux to Mr. STEPHEN KEMBLE, nu which was a represeirtation of the last scene in the new Tragedy of Brutus, well designed and elegantly chased. We mention this'eirchmstance with pleasure, as it is honourable to both parties, in shewiiig that the one has not only " borne his faculties meekly " as Manager, but has so con ducted himself as to excite the' esteem of the whole theatrical fraternity, and that the acknow ledged Chiet of the Drury-Lane Company was so impressed with this conduct as to make the hand spine present which se have mentioned. Mr. 'CAMBIA inconsequence sent the following. I MPROM PT U., TO MY DEdR FRIEND KERN, ON HIS PRESENTING ME WITH A GOLD SNUFF BOX. Thy gift, my friend, I value—not the ore, Or yet the Artist's masterly design; But truth and talent love I ten times more— And these " rare qualities" I know are thine. STEPHEN GEORGE KEMBLE. Theatre Royal, Drury-Lane, May 19, VBl9. BUTING AT TAM: DE ' , ,ALL'S YESTERDAY. RBY. • 2 to 1 agst Pledge 6 to I agst Louisa 6 to I agst Sultan ,7 to 1 a6st Dwaine. 11 to 1 agst Topaz 13 to 1 agst Quail 14 to 1 axst Eoplirates 15 to 1 agst Iris. 2 to 1 apt Dorlona 5 to i a:lst Blur Stuckings tu 1 asst liarossa. 6 tot agst Penny Trumpet 8 to I agst Catgut. LONDON; or', A Month at'Sterentes.—This new Satirical Novel continues to form the subject of conversation among; a large number of fashion able devotees.—The ant bor justly observes in his irs dace At a period when gentleman-like dishonesty in the shape of . greeking, 'lad:l-like infidelity in the form of cries, coil. trials, laxity of principle, abandemnent of morality, and public bad example, under the garb of fashion, corrupt our youth, and disgrace high-life, there cannot be a More inipe• rious dote than to point out the evil, and to apply the power• fui remedies which freedom of thought, and equally useful freedom of the Press, offer. Palliatives have never cured wide-spreading corruption. The.y may remove inflammation, change - appeaiaoces, conceal the deep-rooted evil, and give a healthy appearance to the extei ior, under which gangrene and the foulest 'Honours Inrk. , The amputative knife., and the caustic's biting property, coo alone eraihc.ite the disease: Satire and exposure furnish these remedies. The rap of folly, with its bells, is freliesome. and ridiculous; it might suit any head ; and he whom ‘,‘ the cap fits may wear it." But the case becomes quite different when we feel it imposed upos, our own, and looking in the- glass, little.imagine that it eon appear so frightful to uu my Lord or Lady betty, or Mr. oc Airs. Such-a:4k. FLANDII(S rslntlers Mail arrived last night with Buis ls 1 - ) .ip is t o 'rifestlay The tollowlog are :•4xtraet, P RANKFORT, MAY 8 —The most impenetrable 3 e nntiu nw i iles to cover the egociations which, it 11,' 1 "etted, are cArrving ott between Russia and RrePtt-sent Govertment of Sweden. Conjectures ipn ec l a d znlinflum. It is said, that the or o f Stockholm has asked the mediation b, Intervention of Eogland ; and a report has Yrttl circulated, that Danish Agents bad been sted o u the frontiers of Norway. .t a ` ItaOssees, ,MAY 17.—Prince Schwartzeaberg 3just arrived here ,from Vienna. Brussels. May 14.' " SEC tIND CHAMBER OF THE STATES GENERAL. la this Sitting the projet.ot Law for impos- Nt , r a C onstimptiou Ditty Sugar, caused a very ti{ - x /11 . debate. Many of the must distiognish the-rtnhers spoke with great vehemence against, ed - ; IV * Count Hogendorp, in particular. paint !! 1 1:he (Host gloom COlow s the situation of '`ingdom. You have inflicted a . severe ti fi , w ' lie tried, on commerce in general ; our n ' s . t n 'antifactories,are sapped in their tounda 4:C' You are on the brink ot the, precipice, %" are going to.- throw yourselves down Ir y You.ate resolved then to stifle indus 'yoz;t: a nd you assassinate the same people to whom r i e n - ,, lei krb to hold out an assisting head.'—He ;'"lled by s o l emn ly con j u ri n g the Assembly, ', eh i t o name of Heaven, to suspend its decision, 130sittion,eritreat his Majesty to reconsider the Pro' -the Direetor•Generet defended the propnstd and the general system of the Government, ',L ain " the atta c k s o f t h ose w h o o pposed the •The question being put, it was carried by ntajority ot 50 to 34. HANOVEit, MAY ' 7.—On the lit of this le . n " 11 ), the Co unt y of Spugelburg, ceded by the f o i g of the N et h er l ands to the Pr i nce R egent, t . j the Kingdom o f FLinover, was deflected to tly °l lt l ;* Nntneyer, th e llanovarian Commissioner, -ths • De Hoffman,. CommissiOner for the foetherlands. The County of Spugelburg was Ti rnl erlY an appanage of the . House of Hanover. lu als the report that this domain had been ceded :,ount Mon ster i s wholly unfounded. t i~ !" }lAiteuttott, MAY 11.—A Courier has ar -4,,. at Lisb on , sent b y the M i n i ster o f S pa i n , . tic luu/ g i " the United Slates of North Ame ile is goin g to Madrid, with the Colwell httweeli Spain and the United States,. for te„ C . "'inn of Florida. .The United States re of 7 1 - , ll e the King,of Spain as, the lawful Sovereign 6 - f ; ,:e_ P.-ovitices South America, now in a state sui t "rte ctine, and 'promise to do, their utmost w es ale Present system of pira4y.".. PARLIA IENT. HOUSE dF COMMONS, MAY 20. The SVaAKOt'acquriuted the House that Sam. Ebriogtott i Petitioner.against the itettutt for the 13Orotigh of Cantelfortf, 'oat _ , havittg entered into recognizanees; the order fortaking the said petition into consideration was discharged. The Snits Removal Bill Was read, a- third time and passed. Mr. Cu Ftw EN presented_ a petition from John Dafreine, at present imprisoned tinder the exist ing liniikrapt Laws, praying to be heard at the BAr of the House- on the subjeet of the Bankrupt Act Amendment Bill and the Batiltrnpt Regnlalion Bill, which after some observations trout Sir J as. Graham, Mr. Brand, Genoa! Gascoigne, Sir John Newport. and Mr. Cur wen, •was ordered to lie on the table. Mr. GRIFFITH presented a petition from Den high, in favour of the Menai Straits Bridge Mr. FINLAY pre.ented a petition from the Iron Alasterl and Iron Founders of Scotland, praying for mrAlteration in the Coal Dhaies. Mr. STUAHT WORTLCY withdrew his notice of motion respecting the Stamping of Woollen Mr. BANxes gave notice,- that he should, on the second reading of the Bill to enable Govern ment to accept the snrrender of the surpluS fees of the Tellership of the'Exchequer from the Marquess Of Camden, move the Thanks of the House to the Noble `i'larquess. Lord ThLTON moved the Order of the Day for resuming the adjout ocd debate on the petition of Charles Pitt, Esq. relative to the late Guildford Election. _ On the question, that Charles Pitt, Esq. be or tiered to attend the House this day, Mr. C. WYNN said, on the fullest'consideration whict he could give to this, subject, he was of opinion, that the Hhtise had not (,ewer to accede to the prayer of the;petition.—Even if.the House had the power, this was not a case in which it nould be expedient (or the House to exercise it. The question was then'put and negatived. The (pestle.), that the petition do lie on the table, was afterwards put, hnd negatived. COURT OF CHANCERY. Me. M. A. TAYLOR rose, pursuant to his notice, to submit to the house ti ,motion, on a sub• feet which he must confess wAs not very enter taining, namely, the delays experienced hy suitors in the Court of Chancery. The mischiefs occa sioned by these delays had come to soch a height, that, the interference of Parliament was become necessary to prevent their extending to such 'a de gree as would be absolutely intolerable., ,The Hon. Gentleman then repeated the statements which he has at vatious times matte during. the course of this and previous Sessions, relative to the aec”nitliation of arrears in the Court of Chan cery, contentliog that tne appointment of f•I Vice- Cloncellor, instead of facilitating the dispatch of ,business, the arrears of causes, and the mit - ober of appeals, had gradually increased. lie dift out , blame Lord Eldon ; no man had ever held the office of Chancellor with endowinents more emi nently tilted for it : nu man tvestioned his abi lity---nor his . itidustry—nor his uprightness ; but the truth. was, - the duties of the office, iticiudiug not only the inimeose weight of general' equity cases, but also those matters of exclusive jutis dietion—tuatters of lunacy—infants—bankrupts— were more than one man could attend to. lie repeated his opinion, that it was absobnely.ne cessary that the jurisdiction in bankruptcy should be removed from the Lord Chancellor, The Crown ought to appoint by patent , a new Judge, for cases of bankruptcy. The information on which he founded this opinion was derived from the hest sources—from men of the highest rank- at the Bar. But it might be asked why some of the Gentleniereip the Profession, who from their ability'as well as information and experience were best fitted for that task, did not bring foriyard this subject ? The tinth was, that these Gentlemen found it an ungrateful and disagreeable task to aP. , - pear in the House to agitate , questions relative to the conduct of the Court -in which they were daily exercising their profession. This it was that left 'so important a question in.the hands of so humbie` an individual as himself. Bit he was tho roughly convinced of the necessity of some measure being adopted • to remedy the great evil which he now brought Under the consi deration of the House ; that it he could not .on this occasion persuade them to agree to a motion for appointing a• Committee, he was resolved to bring it forward again and again, in every shape which he could devise. The. great 11010 t OR which he insisted was the necessity of separating .the, Bankrup,tcybosiness from the Great Seal. Many men of competent learning' and ability could be found . to preside in a Court wholly devoted to Baokrootcy business. if this was not done the present arrears most continue, and they would probably go on increasing.. An instance of, the effects produced by the delay in this Court had • lately come to his know ledge. Two old ladies had an interest in some leasehold pro perty, about which a question arose which re quired the decision of the Court Of Chancery.--- A suit was commenced. The ,remainder of the lease was twelve years. it was thirteen years and a halt before the cause came on to he heard; and by that,titne the lease of the property had ex pired, and both the ladies, the patties interested, were dead. Was this the administration of jus tice ? Was it not rather. an absolute denial:of, it ? Another point ao which found it his duty to call the attention of the House war, that in point of fact, there was no- appeal from the Court of Chancery. There was a norninal : appeal to ,the House of. Lords, but it •was well known that all appeal was - even there decided by the Lipid Chan cellor. The remedy which he propo. , ed was in the first instance very plain7•-••aiamely, to 'appoint a Committee to inquire into the facts, and report their opinion. The in q uiry should he instantly commenced. for it 0,114 produce no possible jury. With the view of giving full. time for on sidering, he only intended to move on the pre sent ocrwq . on, that a Committee be Appointed, - o consider so mu.,11 of the Statute, 13 Eliz..chap. 7,', as relates Us Skil% • the Lord Chaucullor ju rivliction in maters of I?..inkroptcy. Ile accord. ;ugly concluded by a motion to that effect.' MV. , SINtLAIR Said, that he - rose to second the. motion, not only beeause he believed that it , vould be productive of great public benefit, but also he,- cause he . felt convinced that it, might, indirectly, prove essentially useful to Scotland, in particular, by enabling the Lord Chaocelloieto devote a larger portion of his time and attention to the consi deration and . decision 'of appeals from the Coin's of Session. The delay which now occurred in respect to these Appeals was considered, from one end of Scotland to the other, as a most serious national griclvance—it is-the, source of great loss to individaals ; of rivatiou and embarrassmeot to private latniliez.., and of set ions - mischief and inconvenience to the Community at large. Noe only do many 'Sessions pass. over, befote these eases are heat d, hot, even when the pleadi ng s have taken place, whole years are suffered to intervene without any decision; so that many cases must be nearly forgotten • before they are .determined. He did not mean to east the slightest imputation upon the Noble.. Lord on the Woolsack, whose unsallied integrity and unequalled legal knowledge could not be sod highly panegyriseti ; bat he had more business to go through than the human powers are,equal to, and sinless, he, were cotiowed With supOlvitutal übiquity, and Could mit only sir in several Courts at' once, bust have a separeie mind for treasuring up and considering the pro ceedings which took place in each, .he could not possibly do justice caber •to the conntry. or to himself ; he should therefore give the motion Its, cordial support. • The Soucyron-GENEnAt, remarked, that the great object of the Hon, Gentleman seemed to he, not to do away with the office of Vice-Chan cellor, against which he so much complained, btit to superadd to the Court of Chancery a new Court, to have exclusive jurisdiction in matters of Bankruptcy. His first objection to the motion now before the House was, that it was founded. on statements which did not agree with. the true state of facts. The hearing of Appeal Cases had been very much expeditel since the appoint• meet of the Vice-Chancellor. So far was the Hon. Gen:lemma Mistaken, respecting the arrear of causes now 'unheard in the Court of Chancery, that in fact almost the Only causes now set (lowa for hearing, and not yet heard, were those which had been set down within the last tenth—(lhat !) —There were now 206 causes set down Nar hear ing, all at which were Set down for hearing itt Hilary Term last, except about 70 or (Hear !)—As to bankruptcy,' it was ,an absolute fact, that there now was no arrear whatever, a thing which had not happened for many years.— What then became of the Hon. Gentleman's rea sons for erecting a new Court for Bankruptcy ? He'was astonished to hear it said that bilaktuptcy cases i were all strictly legal. The truth was quite the reverse. For it so happened,. that titer, was not a single hankrtiptcy case in the Court of Chan. eery which did - net involve a question stria Iv equitable, which none but a Court of Eq !y ii couhl'decide. l3nt'to talk of relievidg the 'Count of 'Chancery front the pressure of business, by removing the, bankruptcy business, was •ii:!icu ' lons ; for the great ptessure of business in coat Court was not occasioned by lianktnptcy cases, but by those, of a general nature. The tracts was, that ever since the appointMent of the office of Vice-Chancellor, the pre'ssure' of busiiit;s been diminished ;• and this great advanta. , ,e had acettred, that the Lord Chancellor was able to devote snore time tit Appeal Cases. Teat Noble Judge was now enabled in sit in Out! h 1 s of Lords three days in the week o dispatch Appe Cases. On the whole, the Hon. Genthqnan snit not made any sufficient ground for his toOtion. lie concluded by expressing his sense of the merits of the present Lord Chancellor, venom he (IC- I scribed as one of the most consummate Jud,es whO haul evrr sat on the Bench. Mr. M. A. TAYLOR made an able reply. kiter a general review of the Subject, and entorckg his previous arguments, he_ pledged himself that he would tot relinquish the tenerv3l of his motion, should he now lose it, till the Rouse Consented to a Committee of Leartie! Gentlemti•to inquire into the merits of the allegatio-s. In case of the resignation or death of the present Lord Cbao 'cellor, which no man lesg wished than he did, alt the causes now in progress must be renewed de novo. Such renewals' would entail upon the par ties an indelible expense. The- Buccieucti and Roxburgh (or Queensberry) cases, could not be less than. from 5 to 60001. each, in addition t', the expellees already incurred. Give him (Mr. 'Taylor) but a Committee, and he would show, that the Vice-Chancellor transacted all the bu- Siness of Chancery, and the Lord Chancellor no thing. The appointment of the former had its many instances superseded, and totally altered the constitution or office of Keeper of the Great Seal. The Vice- Chancellor's appointment toOk place in 1813, and notwithstanding this great auxiliary to the Chancellor, the Chancery business was stilt in great arrears, and the suits delayed, to the pre.. judice of the parties. It was not his (Mr. `l%.'s) opinion alone, bot,the general language of Gen tlemen at the bar. Whatever might be 'the sen timents of some Gentlemen, he could easily prove to the cough)? .that .he was - right, and that he was \ in the Willful diseiarge of his duty when he sub mitted his, present motion to the Hotise. A division then castled, when the numbers were- Ake' 49 Nins 77 Majority — 2B DUTI.:T.S ON C(MLS. Mr flocmo SurlN ti, iir introducing his motion for s Repeal of the Coal-Daties, so HS to render them` more equal, acknowledged that if any thir4 could more than another justify taxation, it was certainly a duty on coals. Rut then he (bought that it should be, ona.principle of egnalization, g nd not by the oppre3.sion of one part of the cam /nullity at the expellee of another The lion. Member then went into a detailed historical ac count of the rise and progress of.the c;oal Duties, :acing them to the most remote period on record, namely, to the reign of Richard the SecOnd, iu 1379, the inhabitants of Newcastle and Sunderlanil, being threatened with some enor mous tax or contribution, petitioned that Mo narch for leave to fit'out his then intended arma ment, provided be would be 'graciously pleased to ~~