The Sun. — London, England, 1828-02-13 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. MOUSE OF LORDS, FElcitunty 2, 1828. Their Lordships met to-day at half-past three o'clock, -,vhert The Earl of SuarrEssuar presided, in the absence (51 . the Lord Chancellor. 'The Marquis of WaLLESLEI: and the Earl of IlAtiNon took the oiths and their seats. The noise then adjourned durin.- I" ascii .1 • HOUSE OF COMIONS, FrantlaY ' * !he . 94xcELt.ox. ui the ExciteauEn . and tik *HARD fitcr took the oittha and their setta... • Best, from" the Bank of 'England, brought' up an Atconnt of the CeruPOsitive paid upon the Stamp 'Duties Arrest' their" Protniftorr'Netes• General GASCONONB brought up a Report of the L. "rroir ,l Dock Conamittee. The Committee found that the .Stamling Or4ers.had not been complied with, Gen.GI J .6OOIGINE brought in a Bill lot the credtide of more v.invenient places for the election of 'getters of Parliietaent in the county of Lancaster; ainialsotirlilayors ant, other Officers in the toWn of Liverpool. Mr.-C. HASTINGS broight iu a till-for repairing the •roads front ; Hinckley to other plaetn'iu the'counties of Lei - tester and Derby. • Mr. MANNING preented a petition front . ' the toulltvr. Dock Company, • which was referred to the.Conunittet Mr. C. IIALUDIER presented a petition in f avour of the 1111 for the Roy a l Clarence Bridge t from the inhabi t...iota of the--patik of Lambeth. , • Mr. KART' DAVIS presented a petition f rom the Mayor and Corperation't Bristol, praying for the removal of tl..e Bristol Cattle market. petitiOn frollord George 13ANKES presented 'Rivers and otliei~owners of land, its ti l e n e i g h bour hood Crantrourne Chasc,'relatii , e to its proposed enclosure. General KING said he bad to presenti petition,' praying for Unqualified Emancipation feint' the Catholics of Enron- Irsh, in the county cf• Sligo, and in presenting it be had only to observe that he by of the petition. no tneawepproved of the prayer - Mr. JONES present e d a petition from the Protes-tant Dissenters in a parish in (. I .inuarthen, praying for a repeal of the Teat and Corporation Acts. Mr. C. BARCLAY moved for a return of the quantity of spirits distilled during the last year'in England, and also the quantity of threign imported during the same period. I J. S.IIITH - presented-a. petition from the Protestant 1 Diasentern of the Unitarian Chapel, in Soatir-platir, fins bury, praying for a repeal of the Test er sd Cf.ieperation Acts. Col.. CHICHESTER preseuted a Petition from the Parch of St. James's, iu .Ireland; pray iogfor a repeal of laws.hy trhicli they are aggrieved. • - • Sir JOHN NEWPORT presented a Petition from the. Catholics of the parish of Trinity, in the county of Wa terford, in favour of Emancipation. Mr. SPRING RICE said he felt it his duty to tuak t , an'cbservation on the present occasion. It' his Majestyl Ministers bad been present he intended to:bave asked tircm, whether it was .in their contemplation to renew the A ct • commonly - ealled•the A ct to put down the Catholic Aaso tiatieti. He shot:lt:Lori friday next- endeavour to oh - irr the tutirrrnatien; because the- subject was one not only ;of ,the deepest _interest: in that House,' hut was in Ireland, a mea - .Arre, the interest of which was interior only tt•O that of emancipation. it elf. If it was their intention testily that„ act, he thought it eras only fair to give to those interested,, on these grounds lie should etideac:tu:., a: a matter of justice and fairness, to have the' information elicited. Sit' J.• NEWPORI' previntal a petition from l a temp in the eounty of 'l:`,7nterfe. rcl; in - farcur- of the Catholk. SUB-LETTING 'ACT. V ILLIEB.S7STII-4.ItT gave notice that oh T uc - day next: be .rvuttki present 2. petition against the Sub it=tting ..k et, previous In A. - 6 - cher,il Illation ell the same O. th e motio n oe Avr6Ots, t4Etetkitter Bills 13ill ‘7. - at read aSecond time. , 'fol3e committed.tognerrow. On the 'motion of Dlt Direo* , die transfer of Aids ills wait alto reati.a ece..yed time and oi•dered to be` con,_ to-morrow. In the absence of AI r. Tennysnit,' Ir. Jon); Wooly moved that the issuing of writs for members'foi the borough of .EsXt •Retfurel,lic postpoued until after the 25th of this morale . Agreed to. • )Jr. D. VT:. lIARYEY„ruovce. for return:, of the tete', - ..e.enourit of Ar' etion Duties pzitl in the 4-99 easy, upon which petitione•were rejected by tlte Continiesikwyers.of Ex.: tiee during; the levet:l - year's preceding, the year 1827, specify 3ng.the ea,use- of non-colt yliance in eta!' case, the: amount • vfmacly payment, and tbo appropriktion thereof. Ordee e 4, . • . COURT Of' t HANCER.V. • 1. ?sir. -7MICHAP.T. 41 , rCIELO . i IAYLOf then pro . .eeeded with hiel roe tioe - stelitiVe :tektite it'ou re' Of 'Chancery, Ffe WEL., deeply itnpresettivitlV tWtlifficulties or the tasli .he had under taken-, ',ilia disclaimed any , : personal h ost ili ty to the individual nove t Att the! head Of the-Conet'Or Chau eer.,,,„ or who hid been akar/ titrieplacerl at the best of that 'Court. Ife'ivis sure „ihclieeple. of England were with 'Aim, AN 11 . 04 4 tstated that tke a4usra 011ie Court of Chen-'' Very had grown to an intoleeetit height, and thattlYAUsands were 'tined in property by its tildelaVs..----(rilet'!4:4r,,l'ear') When the'l a t e Mr. Porisonby, -- tlio r Clancellec - Ire: , latni moved a resolution"to itiquitt • into the'reei of the. Chancellor of England, he (3fr. "told' by Hon: , Members of the other lionise that it atita 9/111ek ing at teuipt to briog forstiardbe'Fnre the public . to Private financee of any. individual... Another , itripeditnect itt the way (4 slack an inquiFyeas that. which was •proposed wag,tha t mess lonked - fa.vow.-ably upon old eistctus,'lnd. considered old sy i. fenis ap - old Anutiter inkwilitflent was:the patronage, ;led anti did - not like.t.O.giveup entolunteht, • but patronage was one thing and croolument was,:anotherA cbu.t if .by any tor his Ofr:T.) 'the iticenie nfthe Chaneelloe of England Nhould be' rendered - insuflicicut , ; the: public. was nut !=o niggardly' RS tint to pay_arilply; prOvided justice . .vere well adu.tinieftreth - in"the lirtfsent_initative,; be v...otitendect: that . 3 Enuld *1173t firieluced: :'anther iropediiireut that people • did not be ein the-3evi V 4( i'ebelreat, -- - -. end - et•ter if- it were great, they, (lid not thing} ilowohld. -ever totne hoiue to their own *loots. There was e n hep e e a u& a f II in that. Ilob?e , si . Or no ma - Intent: Eepan'y - roi.dit be filed against, liiin. Probayy We 3I be either guardiaue.Uritifauts, ,truitees under eettlenferislts4:eorCi• of inttiVl4ll gentln ieo h ow I.o)nii they ctitild they would remain, notWithatand, ing every- extirtioti rein s * made, f ree f rom heiue. the 'loly ieCt of a Bill iti:Egnit3'. This - Was :au - obieftettiOn , up-1 on this subjeet, Witch, as it 'cane: trim' high att.. ~ tltocity, Ire did not like to trust' his • - meinory, and there -5.V', tie,elisilti take it fur the lic.oks , :. 'He could ' assure the . Tkouse that it leas well worth their•altentioni 'The obser vation, was I to be. foutiel .‘.` Plutarch's Lifil,of,:lF,olon."7. Speaking of lays otlSekne the author saya:,--" It wutS. wise law ordained by So Bit to accustom his fell ow : citizens to he sorry"for. the Lott of another, andsto feel it ty' , part t,l'tliejr. own .body were injured. It its said that Golan, on - being asked what city vas well gov erned, ni a d e answer,"That city wheYe such as teceire any wrong arel seraestly defended, an d w h ere wrong:! (dieted to oth ers arc 1 considered as wrouge and injuries done to themselves." He -had ma wish to indulge in debate; and he should coinprise whet he had to gay_ in as narrow a compass ea possible_ is e e ere h e -began the subject, he wished to state distinctly, that a lth o ugh he knew that pane few thi ngs w ere to be al. ?:e..red,,a n d, that the . Lortc ha,ocellor said yesterday, ire the L-ourt of Criincery, drat a variety of res9 l : l ;!iQus and order. ptir B 4 4,l ce Oftl l ,eetonuesiori granted In he shot / 13 11 - ot be lulle . nit° eectivity by any sueil -` i nitit• It w as a n Are one made in the year 'tt4 1512, by the - lat e _Lord - Charie-eltit . ry....eolwhen the Ttestion was- eani e d ) 1 ; 1 die of Coutinon_, but net until then til e eh en een a e -St-deed, that he toad nut go tin with _the busines:ii of the Court; but he might to have stated - that fluting the course the Session he intendai to su e a4are e to the Coneideration of,the 11$4&se ilo tiejthsta Q ,l; b o . resolutions spoken of t4C42:ne.elk k 43au: g h t se . a ti a tied that if they — added 9) to a l rea dy adopted, •in. C'Ourt, they Feurd • . tua l yeraetty, . • t la b e 40 . vi t i4C - ° v,,„„_a n Y a l;'; lei of ehtia although have - the' "ette - ct Seethe earliei.tl4il ; ll7 ' e- -1 %10 'gentlencei.weulto e suit tu.J`3l4e a, let; not think firtil.-11t.2a°16°titil.,viitii..,.eliti,itide,eja.peti eirerie not relax in his of the Court of Chancery is ..ou tt them. -selves that without die which theyP - Pglit to be pla6ed• Gr-p tittlie ''.. n " sueasure.3 he proposed, :trig rt,unght be 'emended. TO • iitutintotgotrnav4-vateeliade.thb! ki b e too rc : 'haat:mu.> man such Let the ;,,,4 beep dune in the wayot autendme Ha ase see what ,t . , • . •, • • sn jecArew ateentuye o f t h e , tarty the n A .1:194 ii. ott ttechicevoo7.,rs,llYol° feel, reasen,•that Loid Eldon Was part of the Gtiverntuerit, cut! Lard Elden then declared that if T!)..knoek.eded it, • his object he (Lord Ehl on )-wonlil be r'C'hilicillor ° Pngland.--,th a t teas its -other . wortN, tha.t - it l ie V II ? .1 - should suc cee d i n finding".out the-cause o f the delay in th e Court of Chancery,. ate (Lord E.) shotild-rcsigu -. tbe S teals. and therefore th e .11.1iuist e r o f t h at day.would lose his (L 4! E.'s) services in o.e Caltiuet. In -what be , had to state to the House respecting the practice-of that Court he should not state any thing inaceurately, he tibould refer lionout - dole Members to what appeared in print, and thus g;v them -the opportunity of contradicting him. In 1811 he succeeded in carrying his motion for a Committee of En (fairy, which accordingly sat and reported arrea rs o f causes in that Court. In 1812,' the Committee was renewed ; but how renewed ? Why, renewed with an influx of Mas ters in Chanbefy, which was brought into 'it tar Mr. Perci val. MasterlOin Chancery wer e very t,r o p er persons i n their own jurisdiction- hitt, 'eeeitredly, the last people in the world' wit . * `elaild have been imported into such a Cominiseirierla this. The consequence of this addition to it Was; that the late Sir Samuel Ronailly, perceiving its incompetency, at once protested that it was impossible to proceed. Whenever it Was proposed to that neitimittee to -examine into- the causes, which, connected With The hank -ruptcy jurisdiction, might hake Win:111101'0 ilie delay complained ofse-the -ready answer Was, • " Oh, .ho, the turd Chancellor is imnieditely dasn'eCted with . . thatele rrartment—it is sacred 'grosind•—and must not be touched." Under these cirCamstatrces, he (Mr. Taylor) was forced to I apply to this House for further instructions, and accord; ingly moved that it be an instruction to the Committee to ..examine papers,. persons, and records. TheMirriShe'r hp'e posed th e mot i on ; the House divided tafrotits' and 'lie la mented to state that it Wts lest I bl, a large majority ; ayes, 24, noes SO, ha 1810 the Hon; Member moved for an account ef tire tlitnis' effeeta.:.that was of course granted: Ile then. MOVed that the House should, early next session, 1 tikr into the consideration of the Court of Chaneeryoeite this motion ho was in a minority • but so tensible was t h e House of the importance of the et;h!,ect, that the minority consisted of only four-'.the ayes being fifty-two, and the noes. fifty-sia... Mee Williams, Whn was fit that time a Member rit the House, then 'moved_ h.:enquire into the 'arrears of business—that motion was negatived. The Hon. Gentleuran'aßight Hon. Vriend (he being absent on some unfortunate business) then got a commission to issue frort the Croton, which Commission issued in 1826, the. &port noon that was made in 1827, but since VIA :Period not one vestige .of any thing had been done. Two Bills had been brought in, the one cottprising less than the other. One of those Bale wee brought forward by the present Lord t ' Chancellor up on w hi c h the Honourable Member tool. II thy liberty of-stating his opinion, and of conNiding that it was utterly impossible it could beet any effect. The present Lord Chancellor thee Said he would consult him upprethe subject, bit Mini that time to this the Bill had dropped, and ' the business remained precisely in the same _state in which it , then was, though. the tionsta was told that the provisions of the tilt there to be revived by . order. Upon that Bill the San. Member stated, that, with the exception of the payment of theMasters' Salaries, there was - nothitag .Whatever but what the Chancellor's order could Honourably carry into effect..-.(Hears heat; '', Uporathat Lord Eldon slept for a whole yeate the Mlicitor- General (Sir'J. Copley) thinking thole things had better be:continued by Act of ParlianYent, though now, in 1828, the present . Chancellor thought there was no occasion • for such a step.ese.(Hear, hear. )—This showed the man ner in which the business of this Court was carried on.. .It.beppened that the late Lord Chancellor felt the becomes:- taienee arising from the proceedings in Chatiteery. Ile felt the arrears pressing upon hins.=-(Attile the Honourable Member begged to he understood as hot stating any thing unfriendly, though he telt bOund to state the fact, beeause, if Gentleinto of- that House were to be led away by fine speeches, and cempliments were to be paid whets entleseeved, 'there would be an end to the prisceielinge cat Palliament.)—(Hear, hear.)--The Honourable MeMber knew the good qualities as well at the failings of Lord Eldon, and could 'assert there was not a greater lawyer in existence, If Lord Eldon had been placed in - the - Coat of king's Bench, where there were three other Judges, he would have come, on being pressed, to a detision. He felt sonic delicacy ita relyitieg oil his own judgment, and being told there 'sat grninbling in the Cabinet, the was obliged to shot ki'l his note-book ; away he went, the eases were fottitten, and judgment lay over for years. ;Lord Elden, however, pressed by the arrears of the busie eases of the - Court, persuaded both the House of Lords nand the Commons that -there should be a Vice. Chancellor appointed. Oft that occasion the Hon. Member took the sense. of the Hinise whether it would nut be wise to sepa 'rate the bankrupt 'lntsihesS from the other business of the Court, in which view of the case he lied the assistance of one of the' :moist powetftil and ablest men that ever sat in that 'House, he mitet 'the - late Mr. Canning and also the ' assistance of Sir - Samuel Romilly, who [distinctly 'Cold him, that if another - Judge were to be appointed, the only way of relieving the Court would be by dividing its business in the manlier to which' he had al luded. He had also the opinions of other -Judges in his favour, whose' names he Was ncit'tt - liberty to mention, but in the end the vice-thaucellor's Court was erected. A Speaker also in the House of Lords was appointed to trans= set the businese of the Scotch, appeals, in order , that r_ the Ch ance ll or m i g h t devote three more in th e week to the a e Court re... h . e a o ri ng feh s a , n c 5 e 9 r y than exceptions he e couldand I , d have detn u rre done r m , ___ had ai t t l ( at , a_ Speaker not been app o i n t e d. Th e H ouse would then be pleased to mark th e ass i s t an c e the lord Chancellor had; tfeiugli' at the time he would n o t perm i t hi m (the Mon. Member) to say he required— an d yet h e ga i ned it -by hisown motion. The questio n now was, bow all this ha d . improved the Court? He would state w h at i t was thee, and: what from all the papers it w as • now , b ecause the House was not to suppose that he ca m e t o as k f or the pro daction of papers, because he- kneve. net . their contents— he came to ask for them that th e H ouse 'might be Thoroughly in possession of the nat ure o f t h e procee di ngs. In the year 1811 there stood in the Ch ance ll or ' s paper, 114 '-eauhes—the year in which the Ilon. M em b er ' s C omm i t t ee -is* granted. There were 114 causes s e t d own , 35 np ; a gether amounting to 213. Then, with all the assist sience the Chancellor had had, there were now in the 'Kluiricellor's paper three hundred and twenty-six causes, forty-four appeals, thirteen exceptions and demurrers, and forty.nine rehearings, and further directions. From this he thotightehe had 'a right to say the Court had' gained nothing. After he had been persevering for'-seventeen, eighteen, or nineteen years, to have the proceedings of this Court corrected, he had not got one step forward, becauee the Judge who sat in the Court of Chancery was a political Judge, connected with party, and governed by party feelings. Whatever the Hon ' Gentleman's own political opinions were, he had an utter abhorrence of a Judge being a political' judge, 'and . he . believed from his heart that the business of the Court -of Chancery could never be carried on for the benefit Of hie Majesty's subjects, unless tome court of equity were established such as, when the Seals were in commission, having a Judge totally uncon nected with any thing like political views.—(Applause.) Such a commission, in all probability, would not be corn ,posed of the immediate servants of the Crown, nor in- Silenced by it. Of the advantag e s whi c h h e an ti c i pate d ' from such a coulee, he could give, he thought, a striking eiemplification. Mauy years ago, when he himself was a young man practising at the Bar, the seals were in com mission; and the commission was composed of these Judges—the Lord Chief Justice Eyre, of the Common Pleas, a man of the utoseconsurnmate ability ; Mr. Justice Ashhurst, and lilt. Justice Wilson. Under these Com missioner!, the business of Chancery. proceeded with ra pidita, and to the general satisfaction of the public. So the case:femained• until the late King's Government ad vised him to give the Seals to Lord Loughboreugh. Be fore his Majesfy could be persuaded to take them again into his own hands, he caused inquiry to he made as to what business remained to be discharger by the - CominiSsion ; and to this inquiry Lord Chief Justice Eyre returned, that. had he and his fellow Commissioners not been sent for, for another hour and a half, there would have remained not one cause for judgment, and one only set down for hear ing. If this motion - of his required any fairthee . confirma tion, lie should find it in the case' of Lord Loughborough. When that individual wasrLord:ChiefJustiee of the Court -of-Commo n Mai, sitting with Mr.' Jaiitice Heath and Sir 'eptorge ?area, no Judge ever gave more signal. eatisfactiod An_going- through the business of his. Court; but in a ssingle,day he might be Sairte have lost the high repute: - 44orr he had acquired. • When he accepted the Seel., he got' [ mixed. up in political matters ; his mind was turned to i the conce rnment: of 'party broil s , a nd h e b ecame ; in the :strictest'sense of. the words, a political or party man. .When he gained the Seals he lost himselG It - was per iettly evident,' Won! theinereasioe ratio .in which the bu i.lnes- s avliich came within the furisdicte . 'onof Chancery 'was going on, that sinless it were constituted anew, it, 'would be impossibl e for it' Light 'thr o u g h it s causes.— As the Court was -ref p rei eist'eefistituted,_ he was perfectly 'e se ll s fieSl that it.. Was corupeteut for 'any men to hares', another during any length o f -line; e ' - and expensivePrOeee(Kngs.:. 'The case of • " heurentioueth o n'th e 'Brown and De ,I'asteti" which i ule e : ee e ese , woah illustration - of, these preee‘diotie. ""ritY of a Counsel and a . proof, that unless bo rn e additionaLpower Wait . ' green to the • the . trieka . 'Of the practit io ners;. t' ' • ' , Court, to restrain , , , . p e itioners, no relict vo • - i t r t i be: afforded ti - the suitor. . In "Brown V. li t . ~- - Billled been amended and -re-aniend :d • -lastet," A 1 - . t ~. and a Supplemutal Bill . , had been added, and then a re-arneuded • I Bill, all of which - had been answered • an d Supplementa , heard, and yet the cause remained undetermined. - In 18'16, an action was commenced by the plaintiff; but in consequence of the absence of a material witness abroad, the trial was, at the request' of the defendant, postponed. ' lii 1819, the Vice-Chandlor granted a further delay; hut the Lord Chancan., upon being applied to,' reversed the order of the Vi ce - Chancellor. The defendant, upon this, turned round, and declared with indignation, that he would net be so tricked; that he did not care a farthing for thaerti Chancellor, mid that be would keep the plaintiff for the next 10 years in the Coin% and out of his money, and and here he must say of that Noble and Learned Lord, perhaps for his life, or until he was totally ruined. It was' that from the time of his elevation to his present situa now 1828, and the cause was still pending ;so that the tai:- tido, lea. had . beetoWed the most laborious attention, and fendant bad kept his ward:;ele(lfear.)—After stating that had exhibited the utmost zeal in the discharge Cif the d'atiee the inthiber of folios of the bills in this cause amounted, in of-his office. " two years, to 1,497, the Hon. and Learned Gentleman went i - on to observe, that w h en ot h er . e x pe di ents were exhausted, , 4s t . l a r ;: : l - e S :o cr p e os ta t r p y on P e E a E ny L d l i e s ci a u s s o s f i o o n p o i nT f h e e, that question i s ti t o n w r a L pe very e. the defendant's solicitor actually attempted to gain time, by melting a dead man a party to t h e suit.—(Hear, hear, tin; the Court of Cha ncery unt il t h e papers move d f or b y the Hon. and Learned G en tl eman h a d b een p ro d uce d. So and a laugh.)—Wh en the solic i tor Was reproached_ With this proceeding., he admitted he knew t h at,'4 Costa r;i ii iv e ti ip ie: f L o ti iii rcl i p il iatic ,li el i l z o li t fr h4 om hi h d arta d a il l4n 4 do i n ri et tti l tii th; was eked Sni'n years ago ;fi tint attG . l4li lie in 'acid . ," Said er r - -- it -'" - '; fifty ' ..ouse, that was his present intention to issue or hee - friiimpheiiifi, "ite 'O3lll live in my hill."—(A:laugh.) • ' ' e a ' • ' sixty. orders fount on the recommendations of the Com till's bill of tEe dead man, after serving the purpose of its author for fo u r or fi ve mo n ths, was o f course ordered to be mission. In his (Mr. P ee l' s ) op i n i o n, i t was b etter to taken off th e fil e ; b ut t h e part i es had t h en recourse to the ' look forward to far furs amelioration, than to revive the expedient of making the assignees a party to the suit, al- discussions to - 'which the Report of the Commiesion bad though the commission of bankruptcy had l,?eettstlPdri 1 gleen rise. Thare taae -olie Mattel' cf ghat iinietahce in This bill, in the name of tye,a6Sitti4's, , ed, til; ! tlA . 'e Fr,... ala4 . 'a rr:ed . dentieman's . speech on which he ''''''''' z "" t "aglY' L Would not at 'present touch, namely, the expediency of di tiled; and the nalate evea now in Court ; but although the 'all 'Vesting the Lord Chancell or o f a ll political character, and these Vete, and Many m ore a pp eare d i n the p rogress o f , Ofconfinieg him to his duties as an Equity Judge. Whea suit, the solicitor who had lent himself to such practices was still upen the Rolls o f th e C our t.—(H ear , ther it was not desirable th a t th ere s h ou ld b e i n t h e Cabi hear. hear.) net an officer of great judicial importance ; and if desirable His name had 'not been struck off, although all the shifts icient pioo that whether it would be advantageous that that officer should and evasions were known to the, COUr t and the tesorld e ee. be g (Hear, silhe "is le* elqatik than the Lord Ch a nc e ll or , Weiiqtitse -hear,) This ttea a lf realer tibici on which le WoEld not then touch. r.tor Would he poivers ought, to Ito given to de judffe„ for the.purpose of, eay a word on the subject -of separating the Bankruptcy • speeding the business of the Court. A.te, 'observing, that from the Chancery jiiiisdiction. The Confession of the all thc , legal ability , 4 Sir ?J o h n L eac h could not prevent I Hon. and Learned Gentleman with respect to the Conopli the liesineita etflhe Court froM accumulating so as to render I cation of the business imp ose d iip on th e L o ad Cha nc ell or, it ihepossible that a cause cou ld b e h ear d i n l ess t h an nine- l' Rele t fl e e impossibility that any one Mali 'could satisfactorily or twenty mon th s , th e Hon.. Gentletnr e d ec l a i• e d I get through It, would at least serve to acquit his Noble and his conviction, that it was in the *min. ',4f 414 execu- Learned Friend by whom that high situation had lately toe Who - did - oat thb'ette io confess assets, to keep a been held of the charges which had been brought against' lea b etee !" ~ .a. vi - h isMoney for full seven years.---tat 1 k -.ear. / i. him. He mentioned this in j us ti ce t o one t o w h om j ust i ce there was a case to which he wasnowabout to allude, upon I had hitherto not been done. Which there was no probability of a final decision being •Afr . given before 1830. The case was " Green and Jaehotee' ' ori'ofCt . BANKES. denied that the bileitteee of th:e and the matter in dispute. related ):.) a be'rjuest made to a P 3 • .Chancery was inereasing,:and protested - against Charitye ' " .A_ bill .713 filed, first in 1816, against the 'diction.. the separation of the bankruptcy .from the equitable juris riltree's. tbe will ; this bill was answered ; leave was afterwards granted to amend the original bill ; then there Mr. M. A. TAYLOR said a few words in reply. All that he was desirous of was, that the Co u rt o f Ch ancer y was a rejoind er , an d su b poenas i ssued for other parties as • " 'defendants to'th e rejoinder. The ' at bough cl for further directionaeelt w'lit . various oth er ' lie 6ti iitowafir . .shotitllley i lsced n suck a start that jtietice should be dont. to . its suitors. He .felt most strongly that the system re -stagtesof prafee'drnk, such as dire c ti ons t o . fi n d t h e next of quire& some remedy; and he should never rest satisfied kin--.to give an acc oun t o f th e amount of property, &c. until that remedy was furnished. These proceedings • Were scattered over, at The motion was then agr e ed t o . and occurred IRISH ADMIRALTY COURT. several times during the years 1819, 1821, 1828, and , , . . (viii Sir A fe 4 e peefatoty obeereltiotie feoni Sir JOHN 1825 ; and were now arrived at 1828, *abet re de- - After ' ' • cision either being 'given, Or iikely ii Ica given, upon a case fiEWPORT, an account was ordered to be.laid before the House -of the Arrears o f B us i ness i n th e C ourt o f Ad which wet td 'plain that almost a c hild— t h at t h e merest miralty in Ireland, of the number of daya they haeriet to &Weller in the law, might be able to give a judgment inue diately upon it. ' The Hon. and L earne d Ge nt l eman next transact business during th e l as t s i x y ears , & c . Ali o an Account of the Warrants that . had been issued by the said proceeded to a d ver t to t h e l ate Chancery Commission, whose report was now theown aside, and literally laughed at. Court, &c' l ib t ; • ti, • *; ' • ' C RII ttg Or IRELAID. To Mr. Robert Smith's nomination to. that Coiernittee hi - -•- ' ' 4. 4 . , would have no objection: He *ea, he believed, a very ' Sir J. isittVPORT then moved for an Accofint of all Chuech Rates levied in Ireland, from the year 1817, with • 1 - 1011 . ..Ltatne'd tintleman ; hut his practice Was principally ib thdia. Then there was Dr. Lushington, brought from ' their application tti the building and repairing of Churches, the civil law—why, h e h a d to l earn h i s business anew. It and to other purposes.—O r d ere d t o b e pro d uce d. was usual, in the appointment of Committees of that . SUPPLY—.: REPORT. , House, to app o i n t as members those with whom an y The CHANCELLOR. of the EXCHEQUER moved measure originated. But in the instance of Cie Chancery the better of the bay for bringi ng by this Report: Commission this practice had been departed from. Masters Mr. HUME objected to its being brought up. lie in theakeiy, and various persons connected with the Court, said, that he had last night objected to the passing of the *ere appointed, bUt they all said let us not have that vote in the Committee, on the ground 'that there had not litigious disputant character, Michael Angelo Taylor.— been laid before the House a full account of the services of (Much laughter.) —Then there was Mr. J. Williams—he the year. As he had then done sowithout effect, he now 'proposed measures, relating to this subject, to Parliament; wished to re-state theta. The Honotirable Secretary for he made excellent speeches, and filibataed ample qualifications the Admiralty had last night attempted to vindicate the "Of knotededge ffir being a member of this Commission ; yet Proprie t y of granting away the public money. without him *as not included in this Commission. Lord Eldon, it notice, on the ground of a sixteen or eighteen years' pre 'appealed, did not take the Chair at any of the Sittings of onient. He (Mr. Hume) could not admit the propriety the Commission, but then he sat by; and there could be of resorting to the authority of precedent to sanction • . no doubt buthie presence and his counsel had great weight abuses. He now called on Ministers to state what reduc ' -Or the reeomnientlations which proceeded from the. Corn- tions they intended to make in our establishments, and mission. He would now call attention to the wise retort) • if they did not 'deign to make any .reduction how they mendation of Lord Bacon ; who, after he had accepted the proposed to provide for the. expense. It was pro- Great Seal, made a sp eec h a t t hel taking of his place in Posed to vote 30,000. men now, for the service of the 'Cliancity, which contained' four propositions, cone- Navy, on the same scale as_leet year. He deprecated the at prising a recommen d at i on w hi c h h e hoped to see tempt under the existing circumstan ces o f the country. Last adopted. The first duty which Lord Bacon de- night he had not pressed his opposition to the Speaker's leaving the chair, .beca u s e it was understood Ministers dared he had t o p er f orm was , " to g i ve a n Account to the King of his commandment." That. great man- then would give satisfactory explanations in Committee. No proceeded to statee--" The King's charge, which ie my explanation ) however, had been given. On the contrary, lantern, rested upon four heads:.-The fieSt was, that I the House was told that they had nothing to do with the should contain the jurisdiction of the Court within its true establishments of the country. If Ministers intended to acid due litnitS, without swelling or excess ; second, that reduce the Army at ,the same time that they kept up I should think the putting of the Great Seal to Letters Pa- the strength of. the : Navy, he might feel disposed to ap tent Was not a matter of course after precedent warrants, prove of their intention, but no pledge of that kind had but that I should take it to be.the maturity and fullness of been given. Ministers should explain to the House why they the King's intentions ;" the third point was that to. which required 30,000 Men for the Navy at a time when we were he (Mr. T.) was desirous of calling the attention of the at peace with the whole world. The Hon. Member then Hoirsea--it was, "that 'I should retrench all unnecessary' proceeded to review the state of our establishments from delays, that the subject might find that he did enjoy some the year 1792 downwards.to, the present - time)• and drew a remedy against the fainting Of the soul and against the con- favourable contrast between the comparative'li g htnea s o f the - public burdens during these two periods. - He: , corn suinption of hi s means an d est a te, wh i ch was speedy jus lice." The fiiiirth lecad was, "that justice might p ,„ plained that so far from keeping our expenditure within our income, we were outrun n in g it, a n d concluded by express with as easy a c h arge as m i ght. b e, and that those same ing his opinion that it was absolutely necessary either t o re -, btambles that gr ow ' a b out j ust i ce , of needless chare and duce our outlay, to impo se n e w taxes, or to incur a fresh expense, and a ll manner o f exact i on, might be roote d out, so far as might be." In the same speech, Lord Bacon burden of public debt. pronounced concerning speedy justice, "I am resolved that Mr. J. W. CHOKER said, that the Honourable Mem .my deCree shall come speedily, if not instantly, after the her bad not accurately stated what had fallen from him hearing and my signed judgment pronouneed." This was (Mr. Croker) in the Committee of Supply last night...—. an advantage which the suitors iit the Court of Chancery What he bad stated was .not in relation to the expences, the were not at present much accustomed to. He wished that vote, or establishments, _but solely, te the form. of notice the Right Hon. Gentle Man (Mr. Peel) would turn his upon the notice.booka the,. form of .the present supplies attention to this subject. The principles laid down and having been observed for nineteen years. So farfrom Go reconimendecl by Lord Bacon would be a sufficient vernment intending to keep up the present scale of este guide to his Right Honourable Friend (Mr. Peel) H e blishment, the vote was proposed for only six months, hoped that, under the direction of. these principles, we which was a proof that Ministers contemplated a reduction, should see the due observance of that impartial awarding of and to the extent that circumstances would justify. The justice which was laid down in Magna Charts, " Nulli vote implied that the subject was to be kept open for the vendemus, milli negabinzus aut difi r eremus rectum eel Finance Committee. The Hon. Member for Aberdeen had Justitiam."-- 7 Tbere was one other subject connected with stated,. with approbation, that, in 1817, the establishment this question to which he was desirous to advert; namely, of the Navy had amounted to only 19,000 men ; but he had the continuance of attaching jurisdiction in bankruptcy to then made more violent speeches against that establishment the Court of Chancery. There were many reasons which than what he had this Session made upon the subject. rendered this jurisdiction in bankruptcy unnecessary to be Mr. HUME rose and said, "I beg the Honourable Gen attached to the Court of Chancery. It was not originally tleman's pardon. I was not in the House then."--a(Loud connected with the office of Lord Chancellor. Formerly laughter.) it resided in the Lords of the Treasury. The Honourable Mr. CHOKER :—This mattered not,—(laughter)—for and Learned Gentleman then stated, that he would perse- the Hon. Gentleman had entertained the House with such vere in the labours which he had so long prosecuted, with speeches before that period. the view of separating the present unnecessary connexion Mr. HUME said he never did before the year 1817.-- subsisting between a jurisdiction in Chancery and the office (Laughter.) of Lord Chancellor. He concluded by moving for " a Re- Mr. CROKER :—He begged pardon ; but the Hon. turn of all the Appeal Causes set down for rehearing, and Gentleman had made so many Finance speeches, that it for further directions, before the Lord Chancellor, the was impossible to remember when they were delivered.— Pilaster of the Rolls, and the Vice-Chancellor, on the first Not a single Naval Estimate had escaped the Honourable day of Hilary Term. Also, the Petitions in Bankruptcy, . Membei'S censure. If commerce spread itself into ,new set down for hearing on the first day of Hilary Term." channels, the British merchants would require a larger The SOLICITOR-GENERAL said that he had no naval force for its protection. Out 'of the 30,000 men objection to the motion, as without the information sought voted, more than 20,000 were employed abroad. England for, it would be impossible for the House to form a judg- never had a less disposable force at home. . The system of meat upon the measures which. the Hon. MeMber had it the country had always been, to keep guard-ships at home, in contemplation to submit. - . • and it was by this meanie that, the country was recently able Mr. FERGUSON did not concur in the expediency of . to send its troops to Portugal with such rapidity. If the separating the jurisdiction in Bankruptcy from the Court Committee were called open ,eo vote the establishment for of Chancery. He was sure that if the jurisdiction did not the whole year, Ministers would hare been prepared to give rest with the Lord Chancellor, the parties who had such the details, but the vote was foronly six months.. : large interests frequently at stake would not be satisfied Mr. BERNAL said,' that the Estimates being voted for with any less than an appeal to the first judicial authority only six months, had perfectly satisfied him ; but he had in the country. He did not concur with the Honourable been by no means satisfied with the assertion of the Right and Learned Gentleman. in what had fallen from him re-. Hon. Member. for Liverpool, that the projected Finance apecting' the Report of the Chancery Commission. It Committee had nothing legally, and would have nothing should be remembered that the inquiry of the Commission effectually, to do with the amount of the Naval or Military was limited. It Was limited to inquire into the practice of. Establishments. An Hon. Member on the tiller side had the Court. Powers were not entrusted to it by Perlis- distinctly told them, that they were to have nothing to do ment to make such extensive changes as were proposed and 'with existhigeestablishments. .The Hon. Member - then recommended by the Honourable and Learned Gentleman. arena on to discuss the state `of Finanee, and observed that Some of the suggestions containedinthe propositions of the. it required . not a Mere:salve btit a caustic: ... Commission, would be, in his opinion, very salutary, if . Mr. Secretary PEEL, after the appeal made to him, they were adopted. The Hon. and Learned Gentleman felt it necessary to say' a few words. The lia'stimateanow proceeded to specify the recommendation of the Controls - under discussion were made out under the AdMinistration psion, which greatly abridged the process in filing bills, and of Lord Goderich; "they wereaprepired With - 4 view alike in the replication given to them. Another salutary ling - to the service. of the Navy, and the economy Whicti'the ,ge - stion of the Commission, was one which would prevent country required. • Every reduction had been Made, 'which ,the multiplication of' appeals in the first instance to the was found compatible with the - 'public 'service . --( Hear, •. More-than this he Was n o t at t h e present moment Lord Chancellor, r.tul then from the Lord Chancellor to h e ,,,..) . , - prepared to say, - The appointme n t o f a F i nance Corn - the House of Lords. The Report of the C omm i s don re- ' commended, the allowance of a ria,ht of appeal to a party inittee, which would take place in the course of three - once; and •geire him th e e l ec ti on ef the Lord Chan - ' days, would a ff or d hi m an opportunity of entering more celtore or of the H ouse o f L or d s ; b ut he., certainly did fuller into details. not approve o f permitting th e c i rcu it ous resort o f a , ee ~ double app ea l; which entailed such vexatio us expense and 1r Mr . MABERI.Y objected tothe expression of the Mu. delay.' Thei e w h o h a d d u l y exam i ned the state of the e ent . Der , (Mr. Hu s ki sson ), thafe". the. inquiry was not to Court of. Chancery, m u st be f u lly aware t h at an accession go the extent of p u bli c est a blish ment s . " , of 'Ridges woe indispensible to the accomplishment of the Secretary , _,, as s ured th e House ,. . n Mr. PEEL j t esty s•teovermitent meant to give the Comimttr e . i F. quet business which pressed upon it. Sueb was the unequivo was I'L;f:ntnreel'ltFeoussefoa';obilli7tylBud6te..ablylail7-tr.9e67;rnbe'del7granted h cal opinion of - mailer - corn per sons . The Way in to ( Hear I i n e 4 a n r ce which Appeals were heard in the House of Lords, i , he had no objection io ) most reprehensible. . Any one who:went in to witness the enter more into but lu as h is motiOn was fixed fur proceedings, would find the Lord Chancellor alert enough certainly,. but aitiroiiiided by two, or three old Lords, half Friday, •he thought e it' ' wou'lei be most advisable to dela; • entering upon the subject until thee. asleep, and paying little or no attention to what was going . .. , the Secretary Mr. BERNAL h a d di st i nctly un d ers t o od on. It was satisfact o ry to learn that th e L or d Ch ance ll o r had lately Siren notice that he would hear all the Appeals for the Colonies (Mr. Huskisson) to say, that the Finance Co . Co mmittee were to have noth• ~ am to do with the extent of twin Scotland. Last year, the utmost uncertainty pre vailed with respect to the judgments that it was likely the Naval Mr. H. GURNEY, would be pronou nce d _ u p o n those App ea l s . O n one d a y After a few words from . Mr. MONCK if theyresent system continued, it and Military Establishments. they w ere h ear d b y t h e M as t er o f th e R olls; on anothe r sa id, by th e L or d Chief Baron'of the Ea - cheque r ; th e one ver y would, h e f eare d, l ea d to a d rea dful cr i s i s . active, the other very profound ; and both excellent Judges, Sir 13. MARTIN was glad that this discussion had but differing in th e i r opinions. There they sat, and it taken place, as it had afforded opportunities for explanae was quite impossible for any man to anticip a t e w h a t wou ld Lion. The f ac t was , that the Naval Establishment was be their decision. All sc a ndal of that kind was now, how- out of funds, and hence the present vote. ever, put an end to. by t h e n otice of. the Lord Chancellor ; Mr. Alderman WAKTHMaPrethoold not exercise his ' duty to . the public if he voted a single shilling of the pub lic money before he knew whether the Finance Commit tee was composed of men w_holeserYed the confidence of te country. • After d A:* ,torrid from is r;• ROBERTSON, Mr. Secretary PEEL repdafed that the proposed Finance C;ommittee was to have every facility enjoyed fy atiy ether Committee of the same deseription. - • • • . Mr. KEITH DOUGLAS said a few words in support of the motion. fIIbMPSON distinctly . remembered the words of the Honourable Member for. I.43+efpool (Mr, Hnskisson), and lie appealed to those about him as to his turretineo, - when he described those ivords to be " that the" Finance Committee should not go to the extent of existing establish- It was somewhat singular that one Minister should 6orne demob ttd say Utte thing; and another thing. Mr. Secretary PEEL had made no , ettfemeirt on the subject. • - • • • • Mr. THOMPSON said that statements had been made, which, unless they resorted to the twisting used upon a late occasion; could bear but one interpretation. He would now say one word upon the ansiver which the Right Honour able Secretary opposite had given to the Honourable Mem- be. ter Aberdeen, ana he - must declare, that a more tttaat , factory dr a ftiorii bepobritical speech he had never beau'. The Right Honourable Gentleman Stated, that he asked the both of a grant for six months, heedtid'd there would be an opportiinity to enter into the discussion of the iixtent of the meaiis limper is s?apply the amount of the grant. The . staternent varied from cue made the other night by another Right Hon: Gentleman (lie not whether the Right Hon. Secretary's superior or not), who then declared, that " in such cases - as the present, : it was usual for the House to 'repOse'a*Certain confidence in the responsibility of Ministers, and to consider that they that, be the Judges of what force, , , under existing circum stances, the country requir e d.“ the Hon. Secre tary now told them, that they could not do Wilt tewei• than at presenta declaration which left the HouSe no hope of reduction. Now:he thought that statement was founded in mistake, 'and that reduction could take place, find {hit withdut danger. He could not but think that the argument of the Right /la. edietEtr7 in favour of keeping up the present body of men was veiy.iiiisaiisfac tory. In the first place, that Right Hon Secretary ap pealed to the experience of all'comMercial Men, to bear him out in' the assertion, that there were calls from all parts of the world fof ships to protect the commerce of this country. He knew how unfashionable it was to quote the example of America in this country, and IN: 'fakir it was to cite the example of a Republic in that House; but he should not be deterred from stating• the fact, that to protect the whole commerce of America, there were but twenty-eight vessels, and these were maintained at an ex pellee of not more than one-eighth or one-ninth of our own. He appealed to all commercial men connected with the American trade, to bear him out in the statement of that fact; and if it was, ahe believed it, true, then the calls spoken of by the Right Hon. Secretary, for the pro tection of our trade in foreign seas, showed that Otrr sys tem itself was had, and that the fault lay in that system, gird not in the want of a number of ships sufficient is afford, protection. Mr. Secretary PEEL must apiiiai to the House whether from any thing he had stated there was any reason firr the allegation of a difference of opinion between, him and tfit Right Hon. Secretary for the Colonies. He did not re collect,that that Right Hon. Gentleman bad said "that a knance Comtiiittee had nothing to do with considering what ought to be the Naval arid Military Establishments of the country, and he therefore did not km* What con tradiction existed between them. As to himself, he should only remark 'upon the Hon: Member's questions, by ex pressing his hope that the House would not deem hire(act ing disrespectfully, if he declined going into any explana tion as to the nature of the Finance Committee until Friday next. This much, at least, he might say, - that no linaita tionswould be put on the power of the Committee beyond those which guided the Committees in 1786, 1797, and ' 1801. Mr. MABERLY said, that if the Right Hon. Secretary did not recollect the expressions referred tit by the Hon. Member. for Dover, he (Mr. Maberly) did ; and he could assure the Right Hon. Secretary opposite, that the Right lion. Gentleman had distinctly said, that a Finance Com mittee had nothing, whatever to do with the extent of the establishments of the country, and he had; therefore, asked the House to go into the money.vote without entering on that discussion. Now, however, the Right Hon. Secretary stated that which is-as, in substance at least, different front the former statement of his Hon. Colleague.' On the lass night the Right Hon. Member for Liverpool had. been , pressed again and again on the subject, but had remained silent. - The* Right lion. Secretary hid been pressed on the same subject in the same manner, and had then ob served the same Conduct as his Hight Hon. Colleague ; ,bitt to-night he had stated a little more, but little as it was; it was important; and if the same statement had. been made before, much of the present diseussion might have he4ti saved. He was satisfied that the statement then 'made' l?y the Right Hon. Secretary, that the ,powers .of the Com mittee were not to be limited by those of former Com mittees, and be should have been doubly pleased had that declaration been made in the presence.of the Right Hon. Secretary's Colleague, so as to receive his express concur rence. There was one other question on which he wished to say a few words to . the Right Hon.. Secretary. He trusted that on Friday the names Of the Committee would be pointed out to the House, in order that they inight-have some means ofjudginuf the Committee by the names of which they saw it Was intended to be composed.. He re commended that the Committee should have power to probe the whole system of expenditure to the bottom, in the same manner as was proposed to . be done in 1817. --As the Right lion. Secretary had now taken a different view of the subject from that which was stated the other night by his Right Hon. Colleague, he (Mr. Maberly) hoped that his Hon. Friend would withdraw all opposition to the mo tion, trusting that the conduct of the Right Hon. Secretary would'be as frank and manly as his explanation had been. Mr. WARBUR'TON did 'not agree with the Hon. Member who spoke last, ' the the House -or the country would be satisfied:with the pledge which the names of the, Ctimmittee afforded; -He should-look to the powers pro posed to be given to the Committee, not to the names of its Members. • - Mr: SPRING RICE should not have said - one word in this discussion, had not the declaration as to the powers that were to be given to the Committee appeared to - hini both vague 'and unsatisfactory. The earlier' powers he should feel - himself entitled to OppOse, as they excluded many Subjects of importance, while the later ones embraced every object that could be devised for any fair purpose of inquiry. He thanked the Right Hon. Secretary for the explanation which he had kiven, and he thought the House would not be of opinion that the discussion which had been this night entered into was unnecessary. He was con vinced, that if the - Finance Committee was intended to do its duty honestly and fairly, all.expences, civil and Military most be open to its examination. He was now satisfied, that, although the word was considered at' present rather awkward (hear, and a laugh), a guarantee," or - an " un derstanding," call it what they would, had been given that the Committee, should have power to examine into the causes of the expenditure. Mr. PEEL stated, with respect to the words of the ie . - ference to the Committee, the Right Hon. Secretary for the Colonies had seen them, and entirely approved of them. He had not referred to the earlier Committees for the purpose of limiting the powers of the plesent. The Report was ordered to be brought up. On the question that this Report be brought up being moved, • .Mr. HUMS repeated the arguments he used on the pre vious night, relative to the continual increase of our esta•• blishments and our debt; the cheapness with which the Americans managed their affairs compared with ourselves ; and the possibility of returning to the state of things e x _ .isting in 1792; • and concluded by moving a resolntion of great length, expressive of these sentiments, by Way o f amendment to,the motion. Mr. lILTME stated, that as it was his intention to take the sense of the House on the pr i nc iple of th e resolution which he had just put, he would not now divide it. The resolution was put and negatived. The original resolution was then Put and carried. Mr. HUME then Moved, " That it was the duty of the House, in the present state of th e fi nances o f t h e country, before passing a vote tor th e employment o f 10,000 seamen and marines, for the ensuing six months, to take into consideration whether the peculiar circum stances of the country warranted so large a vote, when it app ea red that no more than 16,000 were found to be necessary in the , year 1792, an d no more t h an 19,00 0 in the Wear 1817. Sir. JOHN \ VROTTESLEY should not oppose the grant under the present circumstances of the country, be cause he thought the intention of the Governmest was to act up to the spirit and letter of the Treaty of July last. He would, however, hold the Government responsible for carrying into e ff ec t suc h- measure s us would ensur e th e safety of the mercantile interests of this country in all parts of the world. A Member, whose mune we could not learn, stated, that the vote was proposed to be limited to six month with a view to give the Finance Committee an opportunity of judging as to its expediency. The House then divided on the amendment of Mr. Hume, ti when the numbers appeared For 'the Amendment Against it 52 • Majority —44. The other resolutions were then severally , put, and agreed to, and th e ,H ouse.ad j ourned at Ten o'Clock. LIST OF THE MINORITY . . OP EIGDT, IVIIO VOTER 1 , 91 t Mc Ittpwa.s W4TZON. "MAT 711 t RV PORT VOTE FOR SEAMEN BE BROUGRT OP TB AT DAY WEEA..." 1 Dawson, .A.. Palme r , C. F . TELLERS. Maherly,• J ' Waithrnan, AK Hume, Joseph Marshall, W. , Wood Ald. Warburton, H. Monck, J. B. Wood, J. PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS. gOeSi.; OF COMMONS. ofthErts OF THE hAY F'ol4 'SKIS D4S. 1. Supply-:-Committee. 2. Ways and Means—Committee. 3. Exchequer Bile (12,000,0001.) Bill-...Conunittee. 4. Transfer of Aida Bill—Committee. NOTICES GIVEN YES7ERDAY. Thursday. Feb. 14. Mr. John Sinith—PetitiOn from the body of Catholics in Ireland, for repeal of.the Acti against Dissenters. Tuesday,. Feb. 19.' 1. Mr. Villiers Stuart---petition on the subject of the Te nantry Act, flt the purpose of sub-letting and assign ing of land and tenements in Ireland. Sit Jamei Gtalram—Bill to alter and amend so much of the Act 11 Getr..l ! c. 5, as relates to the passing and removal of Scotch ttgraritse 3. Sir James Graham—Bill to auttoriic the Devise of real estates held by customary" Tentire:- FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. .ia, FRgNCH PAPERS. (From the - . Gazette de:Wrance, dated. Monday, Feb. VIENNA, FEB. I.—We have not yet any news of the arrival of M. de ilibeaupierre at Trieste. It is still reported, .that the Prince Philip of Hesse Hombutgli Wig go-on an-extraordinary minion to St. Pe , tersburgh. 'fte Coproittsee,of the Hungarian Diet, sitting at Pesti), is now eiteged . in regulating the late'Resolutions of the Diet. Its labours will soon be terminated. Metalliques 90 -a; . : Bank . ..Shares. 1,045. P;a:fs, FEB; 'lo:—.:Fiear Admire Bergeret arrived in the Antilles in 'the - heginning of November last; he had three , frigates - undct his command. He landed 709 troop at Martinique, where as many more had arrived by various ships. One Regiment was to quit Martinique, to return to France. The squadron which is tinder the command of M. Be beret is compiried of four frigates and- several smaller vessels. • The Gazette de Fr - inte has no news whatever frons Greece or Turkey. . • (From the Journal des De?iota of Sunday.) PARIS, FEIN lo.—The radical vice of the Ministerial position consists in the complete and sudden change of doc trines. All the men in. power at present said and did, n ot two months ago, quite the contrary of what they pretend to say and do now. He who was known only for his hatred of thOttstitutions of Louis XVIIL, now supports the most liberal principles. Such sudden conversions, produced by the joyous attainment of a portfolio,- are a little suspicious. The Ministry necessarily places itself between the accusation of insincerity. and the fame of peni teute..; and_repentance is very humble for power. If they stop, it will he said that they are about to recede ; if they go on, others will say they are advancing too far, and that they are outstripping the monarchical bounds. The French are confiding and credulous,. they pay themselves in two words, and are amused with boys. At first there was only one voice to say that the Ministry was incomplete.' Now would not one imagine that it is about to endure, and that it is suitable to the wants and opinions of France ? Yet it remains now just as it was at. its birth. NEW CATHOLIC ASSOCIATION. From the Second Edition of the Dublin Evening , Post of Saturday. I A. C. o'DIVYRIi ESQ., IN THI/EIIAIIt. A number of letters were read, from among which, from the peculiar interest attached, we select the following:- - • Bryanstone-square, Feb. 7, 1828. My Dear Sir,—A rumour appears to have gained , very general circulation in Ireland, that I bad been officially in formed that Government intended to do something for the Catholio. I have never bean honoured by any official in formation, and it is highly improbable that if Government b c nha a a d vo se : h i: had the permitted • t h a t , at intention• me di umyis official ffio m t ifle p l u al t e d more,e o t communication,rni wr k .p t ü b r mia ,_ t i t , 0 fele atha tn would n fla ;:n hoet would have they would have communicated their intentions at ail ; a d such consequence, to steal into public notice through en unacknowledged paragraph in the public newspapers. If you think a report, bearing such evident proohnf inac curacy about it, is worth contradicting, I shall b e o bli ge d Pt h r e es C en alo i l ts ic el :err i t to you to do so, when an o sa c y ca t s h io a n t my dear friend, very truly your's, EDWARD BLOUNT. . Emits Mac Donnell, Esq. Dublin. Flom the late hour at which the Meeting broke up,' viz. isv t s h ev is en wee o'c k loc a k in , cip w ri e tii3tlntoonhlysll. iECOND DAY'S This Day. Total. Major Weyland l7 2 Edward B. Sugdent Esq. Our Cavalry Barracks are to be occupied, about he Ist of next month, by that fine regiment, the 4th or Royal Irish Dragoon Guards, from Dorchester, where the seb'Dragoon Guards are to match from Leeds ; the 17th Lancers are to go to - Ireland; and it,is said the 12th Lan cers, 'on their arrival from Portugal, will be stationed at Hounslow,-.Areter Alfred. ELECTION, WEYMOUTH POLL, MONDAY, FED. 11 :-..- It is currently reported.this day, that Dean PoxsoNay is to be Bishop of Xillaloe, and that' the Hon. and Rev:Mr. Ptunicarr will beiDean Of St. Patrick's. Dublin Evening Post of Saturday. g r) y; , was light, left anadt of f r a l A specime n o f t h e potatoe b read made b y a lady in this c i ty ( according to,the d i rect i ons given by Sir JOHN SIN CLAIR, and publish e d i n a recent number of ,his ppatipael ceexcilent r l yes e teday a7 . o 2 r. t_w ir as a w ke h n i ny te, a Moderator. 41rGiftAlt it 0B B ERY..—Last week, Mr. JOHN Ntcuoisosr, the Yorkshire poet, - was s topp e d on the King's highway, between Bradford and Bingley, and rob bed of his own portrait ! Happily the original escaped.... Leeds Mersssry. ' At an early . hour yesterday morning a duel ivas fought' by a Mr. B. and a Mr...L., at Killemery. After the diecharge of two shots a-piece, without effect, - the psrtiet espierated, but, we fear, without being retonedeL Neither of the gentlemen are of this county, nor, we be lieve, of -Ireland. The • affair- was managed - with great ii s en e c c tt r eh e fi c is y th . netigh T lie h b e o. o liu n Th l a y lood ie ea :s n o li ns tsdo i fei nt c h ites e field gre a w t e i r n e xi th et e y,ar princip als rsee and their seconds. Even the . chaise-drivers were left at a wdihst:nhcenefrnoomt t u h n e d a ergo rena ne ofbon pr ou e r ve .—:i inrr. n . s: i er t In Jo n u r r isea,ln.. use ful _ The small pox is raging with 'f a tal malignity ful to remind the incau t t h i e tuh o g l tclrha as eat e . , daf a nit o YM' a Psiltme' s ri to cli en 7w da bl: :er eist t oh h : i i others, is inoculates with the matter 4 , :d . small p ox , or exports aily guilty of an indietthle Independent. c p o a i t n ie ni n a t n a ic fli at i j e o t u d ow-ib ALIVE and d his wife, were, en vela offence.— He reford charge of conspiring to defraud oR BURIAL-M(5271M k' . on a Ts Contribution, Sick, and Burial Society." It _. tha t '.xe male prisoner became a member of the *o bis wife received a letter, purporting to Inn appears A ug ust, 18.6 ; and in the, latter end of January c la i s e t tY h e j went over-to Dublin, from whence, in t few days nafitcaeire arils, melancholy tidings of his being drowned in the ' Li ff e y. This letter she presented to the stewards of the so ciety, claiming payment of 61 . due to her as the widow of committed, ) the :'beTHEsFT r Friendly L e I, ' 7 1 i . A:ial .. the deemed." The stewards demurred to the claiin . tintil they had satisfied themselves of the fact, and they accord ingly wrote to Dublin, to make inquiry of a friend. whose address she gave them. The answer being satisfactory, they being the balance, after deductingser their supposed deceased mem- On Wednesday last, to their d turned out that the letter received by the stewards had ba p ta se li r i tai a l l : si r t vi r . i r e e m ars s ae l ni : dt d 9 , u; i e h . e aet2yrodt discovered 3 . th e in C l L u b i r . erpo 0 1 ; . and, upon i nquiry, i t been written by the same person who sent the eriging feigned account of his death, and that, upon obtaining the 35 the wife released from paWn thence, with wth yv tin h i ic t ia . shesecmenorecayl larticles repaired,n iimpudence, h t p o e u h d 3o i e i m f : e t e Januar y, cloth ingn th D u e a yurbr returned r nt ed i and n g t 0 , Li 7 e 400 i ill_ the beginning of the week. .....ziverpoor Albion. r,. _._ _ - __. ILftm,.. 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