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FROM LAST NT-tHT'S GAZETTE. Crown-Office, July 1.2, 1625. Days and Places appointed for holding the Summer As . sizes, 18E8, viz: HOMt CIRCUIT. (Bel Are Lord Chief ,ustice TENTERDEN and Mt. Baton GARROW.) Hertfordshire—Tuesday, 'July 15, at Hertford. Essex—Monday, July 21, at Chelmsford. Surrey—Monday, July 28, at Guildford. Sussex—Saturday, August 2, at Lewes. Kent—Thursday, August 7, at Maidsmne. MIDLAND CIRCUIT. ( Refute Lord Chief Justice 13E91: and Mr. Justice 13t ROUGH.) Not thamptonshire—Monday, July2l, at Noi tharnpton. Rutlandshire—Friday, July 23, at eakhain. Lincolnshire and City—Saturday, July 26, at Lincoln. Nottingham and Town—Thursday, July 21, at Nottingham. Derbyshire—Saturday, August 2, at Derby. Leicestershire and Borough—Wednesday, August 6, at Leicester. Warwickshire—Saturday, August 9, at Warwick. Coventry, for the City—Same day, at Coventry. NORFOLK CIRCUIT. (Before the Loan CutEr BARON and)lr.Justice HOLROY u. ) Buckinghamshire—Monday, July 14, at Buckingham. Bedfordshire—Monday, July 21, at Bedford. linntingdonshire—Thursdar, July 24, at Huntingdon. Cambridgeshire—Saturday, July 26, at Cambridge. Suffolk—Saturday, August 2, at Bury St. Edmund's. Norfolk—Friday, August 8, at the Castle, Norwich. City of Norwich—Same day, at the Guildhall. NORTHERN CIRCUIT. (Before Mr. Justice BAYLEY and Mr. Baron 111.1.L0cK.) County and City of York—Saturday, July 19, at York. County and City, ofDurham—Saturday, Aug. 2, at Durham. Newcastle and Town—Wolnesdny, Aug 6, at Newcastle. Cumberland—Monday, Aug. 11, at Carlisle. Westmoreland—Saturday, Aug. 16, at Appleby. Lancashire—Wednesday, Aug. 20, at Lancaster. WESTERN CIRCUIT. (Before Mr. Justice PARK and Mr, Justice LITTLEDALE.) Southampton—Monday, July 14, at Winchester. Wiltshire—Saturday, July 19, at New Sarum. Dorsetshire—Friday, July 25, at Dorchester. Devonshire—Tuesday, July 29, at Exeter Castle. City of Exeter—Same day, at the Guildhall, Exeter. Cornwall—Monday, Aug. 4, at Fella. County and City of Bristol—Saturday, Aug. 16, et Bristol. OXFORD CIRCUIT. (Before Mr. Justice GASIELEE and Mr. Baron VAUGHAN.) Berkshire—Monday, July 14, at Abingdon. Oxfordshire—Wednesday, July 16, at Oxford. Worcestershire and City—Saturday, July 19, at Worcester. Staffordshire—Thursday, July t 0.4, at Stafford. Shropshire—Wednesday, July 30, at Shrewsbury. Herefordshire—Tnesday, Aug. 5, at Hereford. 3loarnouthshire—Saturday, Aug. 9, at Monmouth. Gloucestershire and City—Wednesday, August 13, at Gloucester. CHESTER CIRCUIT. (Before the Hon. CHARLES WARREN, Chief Justice, awl the Hou. THOMAS Ray's, Second Justice.) Montgomeryshire—Monday, August 11, a Pool. Denbighshire—Saturday, August 16, at Ruthin. Flintshire—Friday, August 22, a Mold. Cheshire—Thursday, August 28, at the Castle of Chester. NORTH WALES CIRCUIT. (Before the Hon. JONATHAN RAINS, Chief Justice; and the Hon. WlLtrAm KENRICK, Second Justice.) Merionethshire.—Thursday, August 7, at Dolgelli. Caernarvonshire—Wednesday, August 13, at Caernarvon. Anglesey—Tuesday, August 19, at Beaumaris. SOUTH WALES CIRCUIT. (Before the Hon. NATHANIEL GOODLNG CLARKE, Chief Justice; and the Hon. ROBERT MATHEW CASBERB, Se cond Justice.) Radnorshire—Monday, August 11, at Presteigne. Breconshire--Saturday, August 16, at Brecon. Gilaniorganshire—Saturday, August 23, at Cardiff. CARMARTHEN CIRCUIT. - (Before the Hon. SAMUEL flEy wool), Serjeant-at-Law, Chief Justice ; and the Hon. JOHN BALG UV, Second Justice.) Cardiganshire—Monday, August 18, at Cardigan. Pembrokeshire—Saturday, August 23, at Haverfordwest. Carmarthenshire—Friday, August 99, at Carmarthen. Commissions signed by the Lord Lieutenant of the county of Somerset. George Rous, Clerk, to be Deputy Lieutenant. April 17, 1825. John Hammond, Clerk, to be ditto. May 1. DECLARATION OF INSOLVENCY. Henry Saker Leach, Wimbledon, Surrey, baker. BANKRUPTCY ENLARGED. Dated Samuel Richardson Fagg, St. Andrew's-hill, builder, from June 3 to July 29, at nine, at the Court of Conemin- siotiert , . BANKRUPTCIES SUPERSEDED. A ldebert Hass, Manchester, merchant. John Allen Prudence, Miles's••lane, Cannon-street, grocer. BANKRUPTS. George Lever, Nottingham, lace-manufacturer, to sur render July 24, 25, and Aug. 26, at twelve, at the Black's Head Inn, Nottingham. Hurd and Johnson, Temple; Fearnhead and Campbell, Nottingham. George Howarth, Liverpool, flag-dealer, July 25, 26, and August 26, at twelve, at the Clarendon-buildings, Liverpool. Chester, Staple Inn ; Finlow, Clarendon buildings, Liverpool. John Mellanby, Stockton-upon-Tees, Durham, ship builder, August 11, 13, and 26, at eleven, at the Bridge Inn, Bishopwearmouth. Blakiston, Symond's Inn ; Reed, Bishopwear mouth. William Dodge, Sherburne, Dorset, linen-draper, July 22, 25, and Aug. 26, at eleven, at the Court of Commis sioners. Humphrys, Church-yard-court, Temple. Thomas Lancaster, Leeds, ironmonger, August 1, at six, 2, and 26, at eleven, at tke Court-house, Leeds. Makin- Non and Sanders, Middle-Temple; Foden, Leeds. James William Glass, Liverpool, commission-agent, Au gust 4,5, and 26, at nine, at White's Hotel, Manchester. Ellis, and Co., Chancery-lane; Lonsdale, Manchester. Thomas Venning and Thomas Tucker, Truro, coach makers, July SO, 31, and Aug. 26, at ore, at the Com mercial Rooms, Bristol. Poole, Greenfield, and Gamlen, Gray's-Inn-square ; Cornish and Son, Bristol. Thomas Manby, Algarkirk, Lincoln, butcher, Aug. 4, 5, and 26, at eleven, at the Peacock Inn, Boston. Holl way and Jebb, Boston ; .Dawson and Hawkins, New Bos well-court, Carey-street. Caleb Crookenden and George Spilabury, Bermondsey, Surrey, tanners, July 18, at eleven, 25, and Aug. 26, at ten, at the Court of Commissioners. Alliston and Hundleby, Freeman's-court, Cornbill. Emerson Archer, Wood-street, Cheapside, warehouse man, July 18, 29, and Aug. 26, at eleven, at the Court of Commissioners. Bowden and Walters, Aldermanbury. Edward Allier, Wigan, Lancashire, iron and liquor mer chant, Aug. 7, at six, S, at eleven, and 26, at twelve, at the Eagle end Child Inn, Wigan. Armstrong, Staple Inn; Lord, Wigan. Joh:t Beeston, Betton Coppy, Shropshire, drover, Aug. 7, 2 t five, 8, and 26, at ten, at the Phoenix Inn, Drayton in Hales. Homing and Baxter, Gray's-inn-place ; Stan ley, Drayton in Hales, Shrepahire. William Bryon, Turnham-green-terrace, Middlesex, dealer in hops, July 29, Aug. 5, and 26, at nine, at the Court of Commissioners, Templer, Great Tower -street, London. DIVIDENDS. , - T. Barnard, Strand, silversmith, Aug. 15, at ten, at the Court of Commissioners—P. Charman, jeweller, Aug. 1, at ten, at the Court of Connissioners— W. and J. Devey, Coal Exchange, corn-factors, Aug. 5, at one, at the Court ofCommissioners--W. and F. Devey, Albion Coal Wharf, Christchurch, coal-merchants, Aug.s, at one, at the Court of Commissioners—J. 3lalpas, Stoney Stratford, Bucks, coach-master, Aug. 5, at ten, at the Court of Commissioners—D. Terry, Spread Eagle-court, Thrzadneedle-street, tailor, Aug. 5, at eleven, at the Court of Commissioners--W. Anderson, Portsea, oilman, Aug. 7, at two, at the Office of Mr. Way, solicitor, Bristol—R. Collins, Chow Magna, Sontersetshire, surgeon, Aug. 7, at one, at the White Lion Inn, Bristol—W. Sharp and T. Askam, Leeds, iron -founders, Aug. 26, at eleven, at the Court House, Leeds--). B. Taylor, men. and. J; B. Taylor, jun., Stockport, iron-founders, Aug. 2 at. three, at the Warren Bulkeley Arms Inn, Stockport..—J. and W. W. Young, Bristol, coin-factors, Aug. 6, at one, at .the Commercial Rooms, Bristol. • . CERTIFICATES—Ann. 5. • T. Browne, Little Ea. tcliesp, ironmonger—S. Gafford], Ovendon, Yorkshire, merchant—T. Fisher, Deptford, tailor—J. Iceland, Cattistock, Dorsetshire, farmer --A. Welsh, Leeds, common-carrier—J. G. Galbreath, Hough ton-le-Spring, Durham, grocer—W. Thompson, Hamden, Yorkshire, merchant—J. Yates, Bolton-le-Moors, Lanca shire, bookseller—C. F. Bullivant; Ripley, Derbyshire, dealer. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. R. Dart and R. Freston, Terceira, Azores, general mer chanti—E. Hawke and S. Sheppard, Deptford, market gardeners—H. and E. Perkins, Reading, corn-merchants —J. Hallowell and R. Douglass, North Shields, white smiths—G. Grimshaw, A. Barlow, and M. Swart, Over , Darwen, Lancashire, bleachers—j. and Adattts, lareat Pulteney-street, Golden-square, ethinet-itiakers— Moore, W. Johnston, and W. l'ason, Wandsworth, calico printers—L. and 1. Marscku, Wigan, Lancashire, hit manuracturers-,--C. Grayson and A. Leadlev, Liverpool, ship-builders—R. Brigham and J. P. Sowerby, Stokesley, Yorkshire, attornies—W. and 'l'. Emett, Staple-hill. GloucestetAire, Corn-factors—R. PU.,:gts:, J. Mitchell, and J. Swanwick, Bollington, Cheshire, silk-throwsters— J. Carwardine and 'Woodward, Thornbury, Glouces tershire, st ap-tnanufacturers—W. B. Rich and J. Kites Macclesfield-wharf, New North-road, Middlesck, coal merchants—J. G. Meyer and 1% (let gnry, Basingliall.. street, wool-brokers. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, TUESDAY, JULY 15. The Royal Assent was given by Commission to 37 Public and 10 Private Bills, among which were the Stamp Duties Regulation Bill, the Scotch Small Notes Bill, the Corn Laws Amendment Bill, the Packet Vessels Regulation Bill, the Church Briefs Repeal Bill, the County Lunatic Asylums Bill, the Malicious Injuries (Ireland) Bill, the Con sebullary Acts (Ireland) Amendment Bill, the Manchester Improvement Bill, the Registry Office ( Ireland) Bill, the Alehouses Licensing (Scot land) Bill, the Cities and Boroughs' Polls Bill, the Pri2e Money Appropriation (India) Bill, the Administration of Justice (India) Bill, the Larceny Laws Amendment (Ireland) Bill, the Liverpool Charities Bill, the Surrey and Sussex Road Bill. The Lords Commissioners were—the LORD CHANCELLOR, the Earl of SHAFTESBURY, and Earl BATHURST. The Earl of SHAFTESBURY presented a pe titio3 from Newcastle-under-tyne against negro slavery. The Duke of GORDON presented a petition From the wool-growers of Inverness, praying for protection. SicALEx. GRANT and others from the Commons brought up the Pilotage Bill and the Savings' Batiks Consolidation Act. The Bills were read a first time. Mr. Shipden presented the Accounts of the Com missioners of Dover harbour from October 1826 to Oct 1827. The Charing-cross Improvement Bill was read a third time and passed. The Watching and Light ing of Towns (Ireland)Bill, and the Holyhead-road Bill, were read a second time. The Marquis of WELLESLEY presented a pe tition from the Chamber of Commerce of Dublin, against the Bill for making Promissory Notes in Ireland payable at the place where they are issued. The Bombay Marine Bill was read a second time. The Disembodied • Militia Bill, and the Insolvent Debtors' (India) Bill, went through a Committee. The Duke of WELLINGTON postponed the third reading of the Irish Promissttry Notes Bill till Thursday next. FOREIGN WOOL. Lord WHA.RNCLIFFE reminded their Lord ships that when a Noble Friend of his (the Duke of Richmond) moved for the appointment of a Se lect Committee to consider the propriety of placing an additional duty on foreign wool, the Noble Duke at the head of his Majesty's Government then consented to the Committee, stating at the same time that in his opinion an additional duty was not only not necessary, but that it would be absolutely injurious. The Committee collected a large body of evidence on the subject, and he (Lord W.) was now anxious to know from the Noble Duke, who of course had made himself acquainted with all that evidence, whether it was the intention of his Ma jesty's Government to propose the imposition of a fresh duty on foreign wool; if the Noble Duke should refuse to answer, it would greatly embarrass many large manufacturers, who had embarked capital to a great amount in trade. The Duke of WELLINGTON felt bound to say that, as far as he had perused the papers which the Noble Lord opposite had alluded to, they had not caused him to change his opinion in any degree whatever. Indeed the opinion he had formed pre vious to the meeting of their Lordships' Committee on this subject, had been confirmed rather than otherwise, by the perusal of the papers since laid upon their Lordships' table. At the same time such a mass of information had been collected, and he having had so little time carefully to peruse and con sider those papers, lie felt it would be improper in him to pledge his Majesty's Government as to any particular line of proceeding on this subject hereafter, from such perusal and consideration. It was very improbable, however, that his Majesty's Go vernment would do any thing: as far as he had been able to collect, the papers proved clearly that there had been a great fall in wool. They proved clearly that the lighter and poorer lands of this country, where sheep were usually fed, did not yield the rent they formerly did. But he thought likewise, that the fall in British wool had been occasioned greatly by the improvements in the agricultural state of the country, as well as by the steps taken to increase the quantity of sheep, and the alteration in the breeds. The farmers had endeavoured to increase the size of their sheep, by that they had increased the quantity of wool, and by having increased the quantity of wool grown they had gradually deteriorated its quality. Meanwhile the taste of the country had changed; men who formerly wore inferior cloths insisted now on wearing superior cloths, which could only be manu factured from foreign wool. Under these circum stances, to lay a tax on the importation of foreign wool, with a view to what was called protecting English wool in the market, which wool was not fit for the manufacturers to make the common wearing cloth of the country, would be neither more nor less than to protect it for the sole benefit of the grower, and to encourage a course of smuggling contrary to the law of the land. These were the opinions the Noble Duke had formed, from a perusal of the documents laid on their Lordships' table by the Committee, and from which Noble Lords would feel that he could not be supposed to support any measures calculated, as it was said, to protect the British wool. He would not enter further into details on this occasion,• having said what he thought sufficient to satisfy the Hattie what his sen timents were - • Earl STANHOPE thought the . sooner the coun try knew what the NOble Duke's sentiments were the better.. He sincerely hoped that the farmers would. find 'other means of protection, either by throwing up their leases, or demanding a reduc tion either of a great part, or of the entire of their rents. He presented two petitions from farmers and wool-growers, praying for protection. Lord REDESDALE- thought the Noble Duke had taken a very narrow view of this question. The real question he conceived .to be, not whether the wool-growers, but whether the corn of this country should be protected. He was surprised that the Noble Duke ,should have answered the question, deeming it impossible that he could have read through the mass- of papers laid on • the table with the at tendon they required. Dr. PIIILLIMORE and others brought up the Cinque Ports Bill. Mr. Spiller presented the Fourth Report of the .ComtitisSioners for building Churches in the High latulf;, • • . The Dtike:of•RICHMOND having just entered the House,. complained of the want of courtesy on -the ',part • -of the Noble Baron, who had introduced this , subject in his absence. He had beeti -ektretnely unwell for thelast ten days, but the Noble Baron might have expected that he would have appeared in the House to-night. He had been informed with extreme regret of the reply which the Noble Duke had made to the question put to him, which he was sure would cast the deepest gloom on the landowners throughout the country, as it would lead to their total ruin, and cause the- labouring class to fly to the work-house of the different counties, that they might not die through sheer starvation.—(Hear.)--He contended that the wool trade was of late materially deterio , rated ;*and to prove the correctness of his asser- The Marquis of LANSDOWNE, without giving' his opinion upon the subject before their Lordships, wished to state his conviction of the necessity which appeared to him of watching the proceedings of Committees, and what the Noble Duke had just remarked was calculated in no small degree to strengthen this conviction. The benefit arising from information was often greatly deteriorated by altera tions, arising sometimes from mistakes made by the persons examined, and at others through clerical errors, and therefore a careful examination of all the minutes of evidence received before Committees ap peared to him to be in all cases absolutely necessary. The Earl of ROSSLYN confirmed the observa tion made by the Noble Marquis (Lansdowne). The Marquis of SALISBURY, in allusion to what bad been said respecting a deterioration in the wool trade, contended that wool had not deteriorated in value in consequence of the importation of foreign wool. He, however, did think that the agricultu rists had established their grievances sufficiently to call the attention of Government to the subject. Lord CALTHORPE presented a petition from the Merchants and Traders of Birmingham, which was read at length and laid on the table. SLAVE TRADE. Lord HOLLAND held in his hand a petition, which prayed their Lordships to take immediate steps for the amelioration r , f the Negro Slaves, arid finally for the abolition of slavery altogether. It was from Tewkesbury, in Gloucestershire. Lord CALTHORPE made some remarks, which . were inaudible. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE presented a pe• titian from the Builders of the City of Dublin, against a Bill for regulating the duty on Glass. Though that Bill had already-passed, he was not out of order in presenting the petition. ELTHAM CASTLE. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE rose, in accord ance with the notice he had given on Monday, to move for the production of the Lease of the Crown Lands and Castle of Eltham ; and also for such Re ports of his, Majesty's Commissioners and Woods and Forests as referred to it. The Castle to which he alluded was connected with some of the most in teresting historical records, and Was also a monu ment of the most finished specimen of ancient archi tecture. On these grounds, he hoped their Lord ships would direct their attention to this subject. He did not know what might be the amount of the expenses which would be incurred in repairing the Castle; but if these should be found too great, he thought the least they could do was to leave the ruins standing. They should not actually destroy them. He should move that copies of the papers_ to which he had alluded should' e . laid, on the table. The Duke of WELLINGTON held in his hand .all, the papers relative to the building, to which the Noble Marquis referred, and he could have no pos sible objection to submit them to the House. It , had, however, been ascertained that the repairs ne cessary to preserve that building, could not be made under 600,000/. ; and, much as he respected all mo numents of antiquity, he must say, that in times like the present, he, as a Member of his Majesty's Go vernment, could not approve of such an expenditure. Lord GODERICH agreed with the Noble Mar quis in the propriety of preserving those ancient relics ; but it appeared from all the reports they had received concerning them, that . they could not be preserved without expending 600,0001.; if there was a disposition to expend that sum, he for one should be glad to have a monument connected with so many historical recollections which it was desirable to keep alive. Lord DARNLEY thought that to refuse to spend 600,0001. on such a building was being penny' wise and pound foolish. • The motion was then put and carried. GAME LAWS. LOrd' WHARNCLIFFE moved the Order of Day for the second reading of the Bill for the regal. form. w t lation of the , G ame Laws. H e was anxious their Lordships inshotUhl: present understand When s n ß t i h ll e was fil in troduced'l al ready passed by tha t House had been sent down to the Common s, i n co n sequence of the penalties im posed by it, they (the Commons) had objected to it, as e xercising a power not vested in the -House of Lords, of imposing what they called taxes; they had in consequence framed another Bill —that now be fore their Lordships. He (Lord Wharncliffe) thought those assertions were rather strange ; and if it was supposed that the House of Lords could not time, he would refer their Lordships to the evidence originate or repeal any Bill which included pecuniary whith had been laid by the Committee upon the penalties, the sooner the two Houses came to an table of the House, and he felt confident that if their understanding the better. He could not admit that Lordships read over attentively the entire of the their Lordships were not to take any steps further evidence, they would all come to the same conclu- I than merely sanctioning what was done in the other sion: The Noble Duke, in order to skew the igno- House. If such were the case their legislative power ranee of many of the wool manufacturers who were would be very slight indeed, and they would be examined before the Committee, referred to the ter- ; deprived of that part of legislation to which they, timony of some of the witnesses, who he contended !as certainly the first legal officers in the land, were were inconsistent in their statements. On one occa- ' peculiarly qualified. He hoped that, whatever might sion, having Oared a sample of South Down wool be the fate of the present Bill, this question should itpoiithe table, he (the Duke of Richmond) asked ,be settled. With respect to the present: Bill, he the witness who was examining, what kind of wool was well aware of the efforts made by some Noble it was—to which he replied that it was good Merino, I Lords to defeat it, but he could inform them that and on his subsequently asking him its value, the though they might be successful in this instance, reply was, 8 d• per lb., at which the Committee their labour would not even then be over ; for such could scarcely suppress their laughter. He certainly l was the general feeling throughout the country of did net intend to have introduced the subject to the necessity of making the alterations which this their Lordships' notice during the present Session, Bill proposed, that if it were thrown out this year it and particularly at so late a period of the Session, would come before Parliament next year in another when so many Noble Lords were out of town; but shape, and again and again until it should have he felt assured that if the Noble Duke had attended passed. to the plain honest statements of the country farmers, The Earl of WESTMORELAND should move and compared them with the theoretical, evasive, and that the Bill be read a second time this day three prevaricating statements of the delegates of Leeds— months. (A laugh)—he would have come to a different con- I Lord FALMOUTH was opposed to the principle elusion upon the subject. The Noble Duke had only lof making any change in the law unless it tended listened to one side of the question, without attend- to promote a great public benefit. ing at all to the plain honest statements of the The Marquis of SALISB URY supported the country farmers. He, however, should not feel that Bill. he had done his duty until he had brought forward The Earl of CARNARVON said, there were some motion on this subject, and never should he some objectionable clauses in the Bill which might be believe that the House would refuse protection to altered in Committee. There was one clause to British growers until such appeared by the report which he was so much opposed, that if it were in of the contents and non-contents, regularly taken. the Bill on the third reading, in its present state, he Lord WHARNCLIFFE apologised to the Noble doubted whether he would not vote against it. W Duke for his want of courtesy. He confessed that What he allnded to was the mode of enforcing the he had not, as, he ought to have, looked to see penalties imposed. Sixteen shillings was the lowest whether the Noble Duke was present ; but, he penalty, and W. the highest. He thought those pe assured the Noble Duke that it was entirely owing nalties were too small, but the mode of enforcing to want of thought upon his part. He thought them was by imprisonment, and the rate of impri that the imposition of an increased duty on foreign sonment was one day for every 25.; so that, in de wool wsould tend much to the deterioration of the fault of paying 10s., the offender was to be confined wool trade. As to the importation of foreign wool, for five days. The period was so short that it could not excite terror, while it carried with it all the de he looked upon it as a great advantage to this country; and if the quantity of wool imported was gradation of a long imprisonment. The principle of greater than on an average it is at present, the the Bill had his most hearty concurrence. country would, he thought, receive an additional The Earl of ROSSLYN said, one of the objec advantage. tions urged out of doors to the Bill was, because it Lord TEYNHAM was of opinion, even from permitted the sale of game; for if that were granted, the evidence, that the wool growers of the country it was said every thing else must follow. But if that had made out a strong case for protection. were permitted to great holders, would the country Earl STANHOPE expressed a hope, that when endure that others should not have the same power? the question.,,was brought before their Lordships in (Cries of " Question ! question !") the more definite shape of a motion, it would meet The House then divided on the Amendment, with all the consideration, and be discussed in a when there appeared— manner that such an important subject appeared to For the second reading, present........ Proxies 7 61 him to demand. For the Amendment, present.. 36 Lord ELLENBOROUGH was unwilling to say Proxies 5B-94 a word upon the subject, but as a Noble Duke had alluded to the evidence received before the Com mittee, and in consequence of his being himself a Member of that Committee, and he trusted as im• partial a one as even the Noble Duke (Richmond), he felt himself called upon to say, that the manufac turers seemed to him to give their evidence in as fair and candid a manner as others of an opposite inte rest. He really thought the term " incorrect reason ing" would have been at least better applicable than " prevarication." The Duke of RICHMOND acknowledged that he had used the term prevarication ; and, while he felt surprise at men of education, as the manufac turers examined before the Committee certainly were, having given their evidence -in the manner he had stated, he certainly did not think that he was guilty of a mis-statement when he said they did pre varicate. Majority against the second reading... 30 The Jill was consequently lost. —Their Lordships hen adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS, TUESDAY, JULY 15. At four o'clock the Speaker's presence was re quired in the House of Lords, to hear the Royal Assent given by Commission to several Bills. Upon his return he informed the House that his Majesty had been pleased to signify his Assent to the Hotel Licences Bill, Criminal Justice (Ireland) Bill, and various others. Mr. SUG DEN brought in a Bill for consolida ting the laws relating to the property of infants and lunatics, which was read a first time, ordered to be printed, and read a second time this day three months. Sir J. MACKINTOSH withdrew the considera tion of the petition of Mr. O'Reilly, until next Session of Parliament. Sir J. MACKINTOSH presented a petition from Aberdeenshire in favour of the abolition of Slavery. Mr. F. BUXTON presented petitions from Dub lin and Altam against slavery ' also similar peti tions from Rodborougb, Ban don, and Market Bosworth. Mr. C. GRANT presented a petition from the Freeholders, Heritors, and others interested in the growth of wool, and resident in the county of Inverness. The Right Hon. Gentleman, in present ing this petition, said it was not at all necessary for him to state his opinion on the subject of the wool trade ; all that he then felt called upon to do was, to bear testimony to the respectability of the persons by whom it was signed. He then presented another petition to the same effect from the sheep farmers of the same county. Mr. F. BUXTON rose to move that an humble address be presented to his Majesty, representing that the House had viewed with great satisfaction, that the inhabitants of South Africa had always been considered as free subjects, and praying that his Majesty would send out such instructions to the Cape of Good Hope, as would secure to them the enjoyment of the privileges of subjects of Britain. He originally intended to contend at some length that those people had been treated as slaves, although entitled to their freedom, but as he understood the Right Hou. Gentleman opposite (Sir G. Murray) did not wish to give any opposition to the motion, it would be quite unnecessary for him to dwell upon the necessity of the address. Sir G. MURRAY said lie certainly had no ob jection to the motion, for he entirely concurred in the views of the Hon Member towards the British sub jects near the Cape of Good Hope. Sir R. WILSON expressed his satisfaction that the Right Hon. Gentleman had acquiesced in the motion, and said that the Hottentots were capable of fulfilling all the duties which might be imposed on them. The Address was then agreed to. Mr. HUME said, that he felt it necessary to post pone his motion, relative to an individual, owing to not having had time to read the affidavits which had been sent to him in support of that individual's case. The case to which he alluded reflected on the conduct of a Learned Judge, whom he saw opposite to him (Sir J. Nicholl), but he regretted that he had not had time to satisfy himself of the truth of the charge, and therefore he should postpone the motion until to-morrow or Thursday, whichever was most convenient to the Right Hon. Gentleman. Sir JOHN NICHOLL said, that having had no tice that the Hon. Gentleman (Mr. Hume) was about to present a petition respecting his conduct, he was there ready to meet it : as to the affidavits which the Hon. Gentleman said he had not yet re ceived, if they were important the Hon. Gent, ought to have made himself master of them before he gave notice of a serious charge against a Judge forimproper conduct in his judicial capacity. However, he (Sir J. Nicholl) was ready to admit any affidavits which the lion. Gentleman thought might be made ; lie was ready to admit also, that all the facts contained i n the affidavits were true and correct, and with these omissions he was prepared to justify his eon duet.—(Hear, hear, hear !)—He intended to leave town with his family to-morrow, and he hoped the Hon. Gentleman would now present his petition. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said he did not think any affidavits could be necessary hi- the case. This was not -a Court r equ i r i ng p ro of by affidavits, the regular m e di um o f comp l a i nt was a petition. The Hon. Gentl eman h a d t h ere fo r e shown no grounds for delay. Mr. HUME was sorry t h e course he had pur sued should h ave g i ven any cause for complaint. He only wished to read the affidavits to satisfy him self that the allegations of the petitioner were true. If he- had brought forward the petition, and any one of its allegations played to be unfounded, the Hon. and Learned Member (Sir J. Nicholl) would have more reasonable grounds for complaint. Mr. HUME then proceeded to present a petition from Peter Watson, a shoemaker, at Chester-le- Street, in the county of Durham, complaining that he kad been served with _a citation to compel the ray- Ment of Easter Offerings--that after. an attendance of seven days upon the Court, he had been directed to answer the citation in writing, which, in stamp duty, would have subjected him to a charge of five shillings, for the purpose of defending himself against a claim of tenpence halfpenny. The petitioner was imprisoned for a contempt Of Court, because he omitted to put in an answer upon a five shilling stamp relative to a charge that originally only amounted to tenpence halfpenny. He was after wards discharged from prison on the ground of some informality in the proceeding. Having brought an action against the Clergyman for false imprisonment, he obtained a decree in his favour, but, through want of money, was unable to have it carried into effect. In 1821 he was again summoned, as in 1822, for payment of his Easter offerings, and not being able to appear, judgment was pronounced against him. He appealed to the Quarter Sessions of Durham, where the judgment was confirmed with costs, for the amount of which he was thrown into gaol in Oc tober, 1821, and had remained there" ever since. The Hon. Member proceeded to argue, if the Clergy possessed any such right with respect to Easter offerings, as was asserted, it was only fair that the Bishop of each diocese should publish the amount of dues payable in ea c h par i s h , i n or d er t h a t th e people might know how much was legally payable. The Hon. Member concluded by expressing a hope that the House would take the subject of this abuse into consideration in the next Session. Canning being then Secretary of State, concluded I a treaty on the 12th of March that year, which pro vided that all the just claims of the British upon Spain should be determined by a mixed Commis sion, appointed to decide upon those claims in Loa' don, and to decide, be it remembered, according to the words of the treaty, " in a summary way." The Connuission then met in London in October, 18231 arid the number of claims preferred amounted W about 300. Several individuals put their cases into one claim, so that the number of claimants amounted to 1,500, although the number of claims were only 300, and the whole amount of the s um claimed was between three and four millions. The Commission sat, and it was impossible to describe the various niettus resorted to, to prevent that " sum inary" fulfilment of the Treaty which had been re solved upon. lie believed the proceedings o f the Court of Chancery might be charged with rashness, compared with those of the Commission which sat , in 1823 and 1824. The result was, that in eighteee months, out of the 300 claims, eighteen only had been heard; a certain number had been reje c ted, either because 'they related to a period not within the Treaty, or because they were not contemplated by it, and four of the claims only were allowed to be Just. He would leave the House to consider the case of a number of unfortunate individuals thus de prived of their property and reduced to indigence. Out of 300 cases then, 18 only were concluded, and four only of these 18 admitted to be good. The object of the delay was soon very apparent. A sug gestion was privately made to the claimants, by person high in office, in what was now called the Government of Spain, to the effect, that it would be better to have a private arrangement, and he advised them to agree to receive 800,0001. in lieu of their three Millions. This proposition turned out to be no advantage to them, and they subsequently met with as many difficulties as ever, for the only object of obtaining the proposition was, that it might be subsequently quoted as a proof, that no more than 800,0001. was actually due ; and when the agent, Mr. Cock, subsequently went over to Madrid, to his utter astonishment he found that the Spanish Minister stated that this sum, and no more, was due to the claimants. The agent was also told, that as the claimants had fixed their claims at 600,0001. they would only be reduced to 500,0001., and that this stun would be paid in liquidation of all demands. The next step was, if possible, still more disgraceful. After a long negotiation, the Agent was told by the Spanish Ministers at Madrid, that although they saw no reason for increasing the 500,0001., yet, as o proof of Castilian generosity, they would agree to, increase the sum by 50,0001., an d ma k e t h e t o tal payment 550,0001. Nov, had the House ever heard of such pitiful conduct—under the pretence of generosity ? After this, the agent, Mr. Cock, was invited to go to Paris, to negociate with two Cone missioners there; one of whom was the Duke de 10 Villa Hermosa, the then Ambassador from Spain to France. After a long series of negotiations those two Commissioners entered into an agreement ill writing with the agent of the claimants, in February' 1827, by which they stipulated to pay a sum lo Spanish money equal to three millions sterling' They entered then into a written agreement, and one of them said in a letter to Mr. Cock, that he v 0 .4 fully authorised so to do. The agent returned to London confident of success, and a month after wards was informed by the two Commissioners that the Spanish Government considered they had Cr ceeded their powers, and that the Count D'Oftilie was going to London with instructions how to ac c with reference to those claims; the written door meat was, therefore, to be considered null and void' The Duke tie la Villa Hermosa had declared that be had been authorized by his master to make the ar l rangetnent lie had made, yet he remained in the ser vice of that master, who had set aside his agreemen t, ' as if it had never been. He (Sir J. Mackintosh/ did not envy the feelings of such a man, howeYt. high might be his rank, when thus insulted, and, 1 1 might add, thus dishonoured. Yet, the King Spain bestowed upon this very Duke the orde f of the " Golden Fleeee,"', within a month after h d had thus dishonoured him. Thus the m a tte remained until the Count D'Ofalia arrived re England, and at one time the Count D'Ofahli Or► the question that the petition be brought up, Mr. Secretary PEEL said, he knew nothing of the individual, and should suspend his judgment as to the merits of the case till he was able to make in quiry into the particulars of it. Sir J. NICHOLL expressed his opinion that the demand of Easter offerings was perfectly legal—on which the Clergyman•had a right to enforce, and on insisting upon which he had only adopted the usual course. He could not avoid taking that opportunity to make a few further observations on the case in which he himself was concerned. The Hon. Member gave notice of a motion for to-night directed against him (Sir J. N.), but had postponed his motion on the ground of not being prepared with affidavits to substantiate his statements. He could not help thinking it hard that he and his family should be obliged to remain in town► in order to meet the convenience of the Hon. Gentleman. The lion. Member ought to have satisfied himself that the allegations contained in the petition were well founded, before coming forward to impugn the character of a gentleman who had filled a high public and judicial situation for twenty years,with out the slightest imputation upon that character.— (Cheers.)—lf the Hon. Member did not think proper to bring forward his charge to-night, he (Sir John Nicholl) should not consider it necessary to attend on a future occasion, but would leave the matter to the judgment of the House. The petition was then brought up and read. Mr. HUME fully believed the statements con tained in the petition, but wished to substantiate them before presenting it. He supposed he might have a family as well as the Right Honourable and Learned Gentleman—(A laugh)—and might suffer equal inconvenience in his attendance of the House. He considered his time .►s important as that of the Right Hon. and Learned Gentleman. lie should state the facts, and the Right Hon. and Learned Gentleman► could defend himself. Dr. LUSHINGTON said he was present at all the proceedings on which the charge was grounded —he was conversant with every part of the subject —and, lest any idea should go forth that this was a serious charge, he avowed it, on the credit of his own personal honour, that never was a charge yet brought forward more totally destitute of foundation. —(Cheers.)—The fact was, the petition came under the name of a person who was not the author of it ; it proceeded from a pettifogging attorney, steeped in perjury, and discredited by attempted -extortion.— (Hear, hear.) Mr. HUME gave a flat denial to the assertion of the Hon. and Learned • Gentleman. The affidavit was signed by the petitioner, as well as by his soli citor. The Hon. Member concluded by moving that the petition be printed. Mr. Secretary PEEL objected to the petition being printed. It was the petition of a person who had failed in litigation, and it would be prostituting the privileges of the House to permit the printing of a petition containing allegations that might be totally untrue. Nothing could be more unjust- than the course which the Hon. Gentleman had pursued with respect to the Right Hon. arid Learned Gentleman (Sir J. Nicholl). After giving notice of a charge against the Right Hon. and Learned Gentleman, was it fair in the Hon. Member to say he had been out of town, and was unable to make himself master of the accusation ?—(Cheers.)—The character of the Right Hon. and Learned Member was a sußi cient protection against vague and groundless accu sations.—( Cheers.) Dr. PHILLIMORE censured the conduct of • the Hon. Member for Montrose, in giving public no ' tice of his intention to prefer a grave accusation against the Right Hon. and Learned Gentleman, and then not being prepared to substantiate it when the time for doing so arrived. Mr. HUME, in giving notice of his intended mo tion, had acted according to the constitutional rule of Parliament. With regard to the petition now be.; fore the House, if the Right Hon. Gentleman thought it calculated to inculpate any man, he (Mr. H.) should be the last person in the world to insist upon its being printed. He should move before the Session expired that it be printed—giving the Right Hon. Gentleman time to inquire in the interim as to the accuracy of the statements contained in it—at present he was content that it should lie on the table. After a few words from Mr. W. SMITH, and Mr. Secretary PEEL, the petition was laid on the table. Sir JAMES MACKINTOSH moved for a copy of certain returns relative to the gaols in the various districts, cities, and towns in England and Wales, which have local or separate jurisdiction.—Ordered. MILITARY PUNISHMENT. Sir FRANCIS BURDETT expressed himself anxious to notice a communication that had been made to him, and wished that the Gallant General (Sir 11. Hardinge) had been in his plaee. That communication bad been made to hint from Glas gow, and stated, that a few days since eight soldiers of a regiment there had been most unmercifully flogged, and that one young man had died in conse• quencc, and was buried yesterday. He did not in tend at present to enter into this matter, and would content himself with observing that, early in the next Session of Parliament, it was his intention to bring the subject particularly before the House. Mr. Secretary PEEL was not aware of the way in which the communication had been made to the Hon. Baronet, but thought it right to state that two privates of a regiment quartered in Glasgow had re cently propagated reports which on inquiiy turned out to be altogether without foundation. It was possible that the information of the Hon. Barone might have o riginated from the same source. Sir F. BURDETT admitted that this was pos sible. CLAIMANTS ON SPAIN. Sir JAMES MACKINTOSH had to present a petition to which he begged the most serious atten tion of the House. It was the petition of certain claimants on Spain, and it was sufficient for him to state, that to that petition were affixed the names of several of the most respectable merchants in this country. The claim had its origin in the commence ment in that long-continued state of hostility in which France and Sp a i n were involved, from 1808 down to a consid era bl e period afterwards ; and dur ing which m an y B r itish subjects were in duc ed to furnish Spain with a variety of arti cles necess ary for carrying on a defensive wa r ; man y others of them being acknowledged by the S p anish author ities, and sorie others certainly hav in g carried on their eriperiod ‘ transactions lraos f executed; xBeobct 1808 down td l.‘ o r di v a l y 1 ofanother to a 1f 803 grievance iedev -when aloliacne had arisen . the From the Conven tionp Spain being engaged in warfare wi th the Spanish Colonies of South A merica, durin g which conflict several British ships w ere seiz ed upon by Spain„in 2 r violation of the law of nations. All these circum stances had taken place between 1808, when the revolt in Spain occurred, and 1823. In 1823; Mr. after twelve months residence here, raised th e offer of 550,0004 to 700,000/. It was in this manner the system was carried on, and carried on in! way that would disgrace a pedler, in a way of whic h the meanest shopkeeper would be ashamed. Since this, he had heard that the offer had been raised t° x 00,0001., and after the unfortunate claimants had been for twenty years exposed to the utmost indigence: he would not say that it would be prudent in theml lo ' to reduce their demands; but if the agents did a gree to receive this sum, what would be the close' quence? What, but that their abatement would be quoted against them. Fortunately for them, no on e could deny the general justice of their claims, no 4 0 could even throw a doubt upon it. T o hi s M a j es ty '° Government 110 blame could be imputed, and 11 ! hoped they would act wis e ly i n no t res i st i ng t h e of Parliament to give some mark of support, in code to enable them to gain the fulfilment of the Treaty' He was the more disposed to press his motion for an Address, because he had been informed and be' lieved that there were certain persons in this coon, try—Spanish agents—who had dared to assert do' Great Britain was not in a condition to enforce, ,bi an appeal to arms, the claims for justice of any pot' tion of her subjects. The Right Hon. Gentiond concluded by moving that the petition be brought or Mr. Alderman THOMPSON could state w ith clear conscience, that if the Government of tbi country—if the late Lord Londond err y—h a d 10 , manifested a determination to obtain justice for th' petitioners, which manifestation was followed up bi Mr. Canning, we should never have been able t 0 have effected the Convention of 1823. (Hes f ' bear.) For these reasons he was convinced th such measures would be t a ken on the part of hi s Majesty's Government as would enforce the per formance, by the Government of Spain, of the pr°' visions of that Convention. Mr. FERGUSSON supported the petition. Mr. Secretary PEEL said it was quite impossibl e to deny the undoubted justice of the claims of tile petititioners—claims recognised and ratified by g solemn Convention, concluded by the representativ e/ of both the British and Spanish nations. His Nob° Friend who at present presided over the Foreig 4 Department, had been so much occupied by 0 1 , portant affairs since his entrance into office, that b g had not been able to attend to that particular subjec t ' He (Mr. Peel) nevertheless believed, that nothia was more on his Noble Friend's mind, than to retitle!, justice to the petitioners.—(Hear.)—lf, having ser e thus much, he (Mr. Peel) should offer any opp oe tion to the motion of the Right lion. Gentlemall" he, trusted it would not he attributed to any into ne tion to oppose claims, the justness of which he hb already proclaimed. He th oug h t t h e Ri g ht Hol l ' Gentleman himself must see th at t h e manifestatie; of the opinion o f the H ouse o f C ommons would b i s ufficient for his object. He hoped, therefore, tilt the House would not b e ca ll e d u p on t o pl e dge itif t to ulterior proceedings by' the motion of the Rie, Hon. Gentleman, on a subject respecting which n` o gotiations . were still pending. He was enabled say (wishing to speak with all that caution winc i under every circumstance it was his desire to observe) that a greater probability existed at the present tov., ment of an am i ca ble and final arrangement anti settiri ment of the matter before the House, than at former period, and it was only an act of justice the Count D'Ofalia to declare, that he was 01t/ot anxious to bring the affair to a conclusion:. The C° u /I li d D'Ofalia had full powers for that purpose, an d ' tee made a proposition to him (Mr. Peel) the differ t 1 b e t wee n the sum, mentioned • in whichi..and Oto claimed by the petitioners, was not so material O bi , forbid the hope that the affair would be arnica o.lf s ettled. Reference had been made to the Courthat Spain on the subject, and he (Mr. Peel) hoped tA it that Court would feel that its own honour bowl' • to make the reparation sought •by the petitioners - Sir R. WILSON supported the petition. , Mr. HUSKISSON had heard with pleasurewit had fallen from his Right Hon. Friend, the Seer` Pain pile t xcl term artic did 1 kelp alkal imp / circu his i Mr. moti 'Act, place hom, CU M St Al IlleNt M dut y Ntet th M e c Al Nut dent 4 thi