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SINCLAIR, begs leave respectfully t o acquaint his Friends and the Public, that his BENEFIT fixed for TO-MORROW, June 3,.(being his Last Appear ance this Seaion, when will be performed the New Opera of NATIVE LAND ; after which a CONCERT; in the course of 'the evening, a variety of Songs, Duets, &c. by Mrs. Sal nion Miss Paton, Miss Love, and Miss M. Tree, Mr. Sapio, and Mr. Sinclair.—To conclude with the Farce of CENT. ?ER CENT. Tickets and Plates to be had of Mr. Sinclair, 93, Charlotte- street, Fitzroy...square ; and at the Box Office, Hart-street. THEATRE OF ANATOMY, Blenheim-Street, Great Marlborough-street. THE SUMMER. COURSE of LECTURES on ANATOMY, PHYSIOLOGY , and SURGERY, 161 1 be commenced on MONDAY, the 7th of July, at Seven 1: ( lock in the Morning. By JO SH U A BROOKES, F.R.S. •LS. Soc. Cms. Nat. Cur. Mosq. 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St. KATHARINE DOCKS. • THE PROMOTERS of the BILL for con structing certain WET DOCKS, WAREHOUSES, &c. i n the Parish of St. BOTOLPH WITHOUT,..ALDGATE, and in the Precinct of. St. KATHARlNE,:entCrtaining but telt hopes, from -the advanced period of .th..Session,.of ob 14ing the sanction of the Legislature to th e m eaSure in the sent Sitting of Parliament, .do- hereby. giv e Notice z for the L of all parties concerned, that it -is not their inten lon to pr ocee d further with the said Bill , but that a renewed _ _l ) Plication will be made to Parliament the next Session, for *eaire to bring a Bill for the like purposes. WILLIAM TOOKE, London, May . 31, 1824. Solicitor for the said Bill. TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, I r. SOTHEBY, at his House, WELLINGTON-STREET , WATER.LOO.BRIDGE, STRAND, on TUESDAY, June 8, and Two following Days, at Twelve o'Clock, A. 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Merchants, Captains, aniothers, cannot b e . too careful in the p urc h ase o f th e above Articles for Exportation, as spu rious imitations are generally in circulation. Messrs. BUTLER have constantly a supply of Medicine 4'hestp completely fitted up, and adapted to all climates. — \ hey 1. ) 0 to state, that every Drug and Chemical Prepard te.on - sold by them is warranted free from adulteration. SUSPECTED MURDER.—CORONER'S INQUEST.—Yester 4, ay ate I nqu est was held at the Swan Tavern, ()Treat Dover-road, before C. JE BENET T, Esq., Coroner for Surrey , on view of the °ody of a male infant, supposed to have been murdered, which waft discovered on Saturday morning, as stated in THE SUN of Monday. The Jury having been sworn, , proceeded to view thebody, D which was in a shell, at Mr . Dunn s, the undertaker, in Great over-road; it presented a shocking spectacles being in such a state of putrefaction as entirely to preclude its recogni tion. When first discovered,it appeared to have been mangled about the head, which was separated from the body ; the fin gers were also quite flattened, and it was tied in a cloth. Mr. T. Hardy, surgeon, of Walworth, deposed, that about half an hour before the Jury were empanelled he saw the body; it was that of a male infant, about mo nth old, and appeared to have been dead about the same period of time ; it was k$ very putrid that it was impossible to discover the cause of its death ; although the bones of the head were divided and se parated from the body, the witness could not tell whether these effects were produced by violence or by putrefaction ; indeed he never, saw a human body in such a state before. John burtenshaw deposed, that on Saturday morning, as he was Passing Swan's-terrace, about ei g ht o ' clock, he w as called to b y . two women, who get their livelihood by picking up old bones ; and on going to them they pointed to something in the water, which they requested him to reach out; one of the feet was above the water; he pulled it out, and found it was a body wrapped in a cloth and some straw. The head was separated from the body, and several pieces of skull were lying in the water, which witness picked out .. The water was very shallow, and it •/:)peared as if some person had stamped on it to bury it i n the mod.—The Coroner addressed the Jury, and observed, that there was,no evidence of the Child having been born aliye. :The 'Jury returned a verdict, "That the deceased was found d ead, with his head severed from -his body, but bow it was occasioned was unknown." PARLIAMENT, HOUSE OF LORDS, JUNE 1. ROSCOMMON PEERAGE. The Earl of RADNOR presented a petition from Henry Dillon, Esq. a claimant for the title of Earl of Roscommon, praying that his claims may be taken into consideration.—The petition was referred to the Committee on the subject. RECOVERY OF SMALL DEBTS. The Earl of FALMOUTH presented a petition from the towns of Falmouth and Penzance, praying that the Bill for the Recovery of Small Debts may pass into a law.—Laid on the table. „ THE STA FFOR D.PE E RAGE. Lord REDESDALE presented. a petition from Richard Stafford Cook, praying to be heard by Counsel at the Bar.of the House.— Laid on the table. _ , The Noble Lord, whilst on his legs, moved, that a message be sent to the Commons. requesting that that House would furnish theft Lordships with a copy of the Report of the Cota.- mittee on the Bill for the Recovery of Small Debts.--. Ordered. COUNTY COURTS' BILL. The Earl of SHAFTESBURY presented a_ petition from the Registriti of the Choncellor of Durham, praying for com peniation'in case the. County Courts' Bill should pass into a law.—Laid on the table. MESSAGE FROM THE 'COMMONS. Mr. Courtenay, Sir Win. Congreve, and others, from the Commons, brought up the Bankrupt .aws Amendment Bill, the Fifteen Millions Exchequer Bills' Bill, the Commissioners of Charities in England and Wales Bill, the Scotch' Distillery Bill, the Law of Merchants' Bill, the Hides and Skins' Bill, the Equitable Loan Bill, and several Private Bills, which were all read a first time. - INSURRECTION ACT. The Earl of HA RROWBY brought up the Report of the Committee, appointed to inquire into the state of those districts in Ireland at present under the operation of the Insurrection Act. The Report stated, that it was the opinion of the Com mittee that the Act should continue in force another year. The Noble Earl informed the House, that, in conformity with this opinion, a Bill would be brought in to-morrow (this day), to continue the operation of the Act. On Thursday he should move that it be read a second time ; and on Friday he should propose its being committed. , Lord HOLLAND observed, that although he should not, by any remarks, provoke a debate on the second reading, still he wished it to be distictly 'understood, that he did not agree with the principle of the Bill. BANKRUPT LAWS AMENDMENT BILL. The LORD CHANCELLOR, with reference to the Bank rupt Laws Amendment Bill, remarked, that it was a measure of great importance, and that some time must elapse before the second reading took place, to give Noble Lords an oppor tunity of considering it. SCOTCH HERITABLE ESTATE BILL. The Earl OfABiIIDEEN, in moving the third reading of the Scotch Heritable Estate Bill, stated, that he had postponed the measure in the last Session, in order that the enactments of the Bill might be understood in Scotland . , where it had re ceived due consideration. At any time it would . have been a wise and just measure, but now it was a necessary one. The Noble and Learned Lord on the Woolsack had said; " that tbe situation of certain parties. in Scotland, who were prevented froM receiving property in consequence of the.present law, was intolerable; for, as it now stood, persons possessing entailed estates could not dispOse of a part of it for the younger, branches of their familie s . Th e N o bl e E ar l con cl u d e d by moving ti e third reading of the Bill. The LORD CHANCELLOR supported the Bill, which would give greater relief to the Chancellor than almost,any, Other measure that .could he devised. He had always felt the hardship of the law of Scotland on this point, and in re:- vcrsing the Queensberry leases, he had felt 4reat distress of mind ; but he was compelled to do so in conformity with, his . judicial duty. . The Earl of LAUDERDALE complimented the Noble Earl (Aberdeen) on bringing forward the measure, and thought it might be necessary to go further with the prinCiple of 'it at a future period. The Bill was then read a third time and passed. MESSAGE FROM THE COMMONS. Mr. Blackburn and oth6rs ' from the Commons, brought tip 'the Irish Mines' Bill, which was read a first time. . • COAL DUTIES REGULATION BILL, &c. The Coal Dpties Regulation, the Assize of Bread, and the Assessed Taxes Com position Bills, were committed and re ported.—Adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS. In consequence of the intense interest excited by the motion of Mr. Brougham, relative to the trial of the late Mr. Smith, the missionary at Demerara, the avenues to the House of Com mons were crowded at an early hour by 'persons anxious to hear the debate on the subject. The' doors of the gallery of the House were opened at half-past twelve, and immediately the gallery was filled.—The SPEAKER took the Chair at four o'aock. EQUITABLE LOAN BILL. Sir W. CONGREV E moved the third reading of this Bill. WHITBREAD opposed the motion. The number of Pawnbrokers in London was not more than three hundred, and the capital they employed was LOOO,OOOl. Their pro fit's wore by no means exhorbitant. The only difference be tween them and this new Company was, that the Pawnbrokers charge one halfpenny for the loan of 2s. 6d. for a month.---This new Company proposed to lend 2s. 7. for the same period for a halfpenny. He understood the heads er the undertakirg were already aware that it would not succeed, and wished now merely to sell their shares without aloes. Under these circum stances he moved that the Bill be read a third time that day three months. ... Mr. HOBHOUSE also opposed the Bill. There were plenty of Companies already, and the admission of another would only lead the way to many others. Sir W. - CONGREVE defended the Bill. Sir W. DE CRESPIGNY said a few words which were in audible in the gallery. Mr. DIONCK said that this new Company was Christian in principle, but Jewish in practice. He did not wish to encou rage the employment of large masses of capital to the detri ment of smaller ventures. The trade was quite open for any Company to benefit the public without applying to Parlia ment. Let, them lend at one per cent. if they pleased, they would have the thanks of the public and of the poor man. Mr. ROBERTSON spoke against the Bill. DI r. Alderman WOOD strongly, reprobated the conduct of the supporters of this Bill, who in a pamphlet now upon the third reading, put into the hands of persons at. the door, grossly impugned several respectable individuals. Why were not all these charges brought before the Committee, where they might have been sifted ? He could not avoid say ing this in favour of a most respectable class of persons, the Pawnbrokers. Colonel DAVIES defended the Bill. The company were actuated by none but the purest motives, to lend money upon more equitable and moderate terms. The arguments against them were too futile to require refbtation. Many ' , Hon. Mem bers had an interest in the concern, and he was to observe one who had a large interest, which he had disposed of at a profit now turn round and abuse the Company. Mr. WHITBREAD asked whether such Members as had a personal interest in this Bill could properly vote upon it at all. The Speaker said nothing was clearer th a n th e ru l e of .Par liament, that no Member who had a pecuniary interest in any Bill could vote upon it. Mr. H. SUMNER proposed ageneral motion, that all Mem bers interested should withdraw in the first inStance. The SPEAKER said that such a motion would be prema ture, as Members interested might not think necessary to vote. The mode was to - challenge the votes which were consi dered to be improper. Dr. LIJSHINGTON said that he was Vice-President of the Company, and should certainly not vote. At thesame time.he must declare his conviction, that the Bill Would be most bene ficial to the most distressed part of the community,- - viz. tra ders who had goods to give as security, which they did not wish to past with. The House then divided : For the Bill • Against it - Majority in favour The Bill was then read a third time. Several clauses, we understood, were .brought up by W. CONGItUVE, during the exclusion of strangers from the gallery. - 40 '32 . 8 —On the question that the Bills should pass, another division took place. In favour of the motion Aagainst it_ Majority The Bill was accordingly passed. The Manchester and Salford Equitable Loan Bank Bill was read a third time, and passed. The Hiternian Mining Company's Bill was read a third time, and passed. SOUTH LONDON DOCK 'BILL. A considerable discussion occurred upon the presentation of the Report of the Committee on the South London Dock Bill, .but as it chiefly turned upon questions of form, relative to pro ceedings in the Committee, we do not think it necessary to re port it. The Report having been laid on the table, Mr. H. SUMNER proposed that the Minutes of Evidence taken before the Committee be laid before the House. Mr. CANNING, fearful that the discussion might be apin opened upon this motion, moved that it be postponed tilt to morrow. . -19 H. SUM ''ER Orsisted in his motion,and strangers were twice. ordered . to withdraw, before it was agreed to adjourn'the discussion. _ PETITIONS. Mr. CALVERT presented a petitiOn frOM - Hertford, pray ing for inquiry into the case Q' the late• Missionary Smith. Colonel PALMEIt presented a petition from Bath on the same subject. Similar petitions were presented from Stowmarket, Ashton under-line, Blackrock, Barton, Greenock, Bridgetiorth, New castle, Hanby, Plaistow, Shepton Mallet, Peterborough, Ports mouth, the County of Gloucester, Yeovil, Merionethshire, Devizes, Witham in Essex, certain Protestant Dissenters in and near London, Hindon, Huddersfield, Selby, Plymouth, Devonport, Sidrnouth, Kirigsreach, Romford in Essex, Thet ford,.Harsham, Knaresborough, town and neighbourhood of Worthing, Wootton Bassett, Swindon, .Uxbridge, East Grim stead, Nuneaton, Unitarian Society of Christians at Bolton-le. Moor, Southampton, and other places.—Ordered to lie on the table. Mr. GOOCH presented a petition from the neighbourhood of Ipswich against the Bonded Wheat Bill.—Ordered to be . , printed. A petition - . was., PY_Senterl from the, Butckis of Bury St. Edmonds against the 'Hides and Skins' Bill.—Ordered to lie on the.table. Mr. C. W. WYNN presented a petition from Merioneth shire; against Slavery in the West Indies.--Ordered to lie on the table. Lord J.,STUART presented a petition from. certain Free holders in the County of Caithness, praying that the distillation of Spirits in Scotland may be put on the same footing as in England.—Ordered to lie on the table. Mr. WELLS presented a petition . from the inhabitants' of Melconibe, against the Bonded Wheat Bill.—Ordered to lie on the table. similar petition was presented from. certain Land Owners near Croydon.—Ortlered to lie on the table. Mr, S. RICE' iitesented a petition from the Chaniber of • Commerce at Lime ' rick against the Warehousing NlL—Or dered to lie on the table. Mr. SYKES presented 4 petition froM Certain 'Holders of Corn at ,Beverley, praying that Bonded Foreign Corn might be admitted into home consumption. The HOM . Member was of opinion that complying with the prayer of this petithin would be a benefit to the agricultural intereSt'Or this country, by ve lieiing the market frOm the present overhanging load of corn which oppressed On the, table, CASE OF THE MISSIONARY SMITH. Mr. BROUGHAM confessed that, in bringing forward this Motion, of which he i bad lit,sti ' k notice, he felt some difficulty oppress him from the. intense interest which it had excited out • of doors, and the view taken of' it-there. lie ought.perhaps to feel more, embarrassed than D c ,dia, for he could not disguise from himself. that there seemed to aversion ~to this subject, where he' butt .least expected that. such ,a , feelkng would pre vail- He had licard men who were alive to every case of .individual hardship—to every unjust Or Opp . resive exercise of power ' or to . the smallest infraction of ;Constitutional rights; ,Ate had with astOnishment_4ard treat this as a - matter which had better not be agitated. They seemcd anxious to avoid tin tering into details, and to. find excuses for not doing their duty, It had been asked, what did that signify which had occuned at Demerara ? As if injustice being Committed at a distance, beyond the scope of' that ' House, did not furnish one of the best reasons for taking, up the subject. Then, it had been said, " .:alt those Meetings out of doors, and the petitions received froth so many places, are all about an obscure.individualof the naine of -Smith, who was connected with, to make the . th,ing,still there unpalateable, the Methodists." It was the first. 'tine lip had heArd'in that House, that because a man was tinnroteetc4--because' he stood single and alone who.. were poWer, that that was a reason for shutting ho their easy to the h against ardsliip of his case. Ile, would suppose that the complaints which reached them were only those of the Methodists. Unpleasant as that name might sound in some ears, he would use iconce to avoid cireinnlocu tion, and would suppose Mr. .Smith to have been of the Me thodists' Society. Assuming these things, he had yet to learn Separated as they were from the Established Church, that they were not to be attended to when they laboured, as to their great lt himour they had now done, to int eres t their epre4entauves in a cause which they believed to he a just one. But Mr. Smith was no Methodist,, nor was the Society which ethployed him of that persuasion. It was by the Church Mitc:iionary So ciety, which was composed individually of Members of the Established Church, that had sent him out. He was'a Mem ber of a respectable and enlightened Society of Religionists, who wer e entitled to peculiar veneration f rom th e u niv e rsal tolera tion which they favoured, and t o w h om i n a ll ages , the country. generally had owed a debt of gratitude. Ile belonged to a Society which, if at a former period it had fallen into some excesses, had seen its Members in latter times distinguished by the purity of their lives, which rivalled those of the early Chris tians, by the zeal of martyrs, anti by the skill and perseverance of warriors who had largely contributed to the conquest of those civil and religious rights which the people of England now en joyz.d. He repeated it, that the Society to which Mr. Smith behinged deserved in a peculiar degree to be venerated for the glorious eminence which it had gained by its principles of uni versal toleration. This was so decided, that not the most . amiable and enlightened of other Societies exactly reached the same point, though he rejoiced to say, that many had made near approaches to it. He hoped Gentlemen would not let reluctance to go into details like those connected with this case prevail ,upon them to withhold their attention from it. Without further preface, as abridging his observations as much as possible, he should be obliged to trespass on the House for a considerable time, he would at once bring before them the tharge which he had to prefer. He would under take to shew those Gentlemen who honoured him with their attention, that from the beginning to the end of the trial of Mr. Smith, there had been a violation of the most common forms of law, as well as of sttbstantial justice, such as lie had never known in modern times, to be connected with any thing that Was galled a judicial proceeding. He had tried the character of them en almost every ope he had met with out of doors, as well members of the profession to which he had the honour to belong, as others, and he had found none who, on look ; ing. into the details, ' did not assent to this proposition, that a 'breach of the law had taken place, a violation of justice, atntgenl English of on of the House and w a a n s onieiatreasgsae4onferthheimfortienseaolfl theee to matters alluded to by Governor Murray in a proclama ," tion, which when issued had tilled the' Colony with just and reasonable alarm. In consequence of certain resolutions which . had pa ss ed unan imously in that House,,,new instructions been sent out to the Coloniesl genera lly, and ainnnl the e had to the con quer ed Colonies. Whether th ose i nstructions w e re . the best that could possibly have been devised to fulfil the intention of those who sent them out—whether they did not . in some instances go too far, while in others they fell short of the point to' which they ought to have reached ; whether being 'tramed in reference to West India Soeiety, where there were few freemen and a numerous population of slaves, who had hithertd known their master, and recognized his autho rity by the symbol of punishment, it was well to lay that in merara early in the month h it ed to i s )e, ay the instructions i n ques ti on ,struntent wholly as id e —these were questions which lie should' i w io e t te no e - d t isc a u u s ts; a S nd uifi re c a e' c of July latt year ; as it appeared, that on the 7th day of that month they were acted upon. Great alarm was innutdiately excited ; a meeting was called, and an adjournment' took place ; ,a second meeting and a second adjouinment followed; and a Ih;rd,rneeting W as called. Considerable discussions took place at those meetings, and the ,NegrOeuartook of the general anxiety which prevailed in the Colony. unhappily it did not occur to the Authorities there (lie could nirike every allOWance for them in the alarming state of things which they witnessed), to do - 44 what be should have thought would naturally suggest itself; namely, to promulgate the instructions which had been receiv ed at once. This was delayed week after week, up to theperiod of the fatal occurrences with which the House was acquainted, and rio authentic communication of the instructions received was made either to the white 'or to the blaCk'population of that colony. The interval was six or seVesi weeks, the instruction's being acted upon froin the 7th July; the revolt breaking out on the Illth August. There were thus two points of alarm= the whites being as anxious with regard to their property, as the blacks were on the subject of their future fate. The ques tions asked by the latter, were, " Has any thing come nut for us ?` Are we free? Has a paper been brought out with free; dom in it? Is not the King of England our friend, and about to make us free ? Is not the Parliament for us ?" Now it was dangerous thus to talk of freedom in spcli a state of society.— It was an opinion which he entertained before he had a seat in that House, and which he still retained, corrected perhaps in the manner of its expression, from his experience of men and things, that it was necessary, as well from justice to the White Proprietors, as from regard to the welfare of the Negroes themselves, to maintain the present state of society in the West Indies. This could only be done . by a than hand. No thing, in his judgment, was so bad as, a dark meaning poli c y, which created doubt where none should be allowed to exist.— It was justice to the Whiff's and mercy oth rlcyte Slaves—he totshelyßla_clshe n Blacks, never to'allow the former to *theist', 'Or the l a tter to hope, that 'Perlin meat would sanction the ernanci ti pati their sudden, unjust, unqualifie ernanc i s :ation, inasmuch as to do this would be Cruelty to the Blacks, and tinder the naive of it would not fail to inflict on them the severest misery. The course which he had described to have been taken created na turally 'and inevitably great alarM, and led to those distur bances Which all concurred in deeply lamenting. Mr. Sniith had for six years officiated in the colony; his unnnpeached moral character obtained for him the love and veneration not only of hiS flock, but of others who were attracted by the propriety of his deportment and the purity of his life:. 'The papers before them contained only a part of the proofs whith he could offer of the high character of Mr. Smith, but these were sufficient for his purpose, as they established' Ihe fact that those who knew him best esteemed him most. Mr. Smith was dragged from his house about three days after the revolt took place, when its violence was not only exhausted, but' when the disturbance was substantially .quelled. He was dragged from his house without being allowed to provide himself with -those accommodations which are comforts else Where, but which, in that climate, became absolutely necessary for the Presers ration of health. For him these were peculiarly necessary, as' his life had recently been attacked in one of its principal seats. He was, however, hurried with indecent haste to prison, and there shut up in that sultry and unwholesome climate for many weeks. He was then removed at a time, ,when his life was in great jeopardy, to another prison, which was only fitted for a place of torture, where he was exposed to the damps arising from a piece of stagnant water. Mr. Smith.' Was seized under the hollow pretence that, by the declaration of martial' law, he was required to' serve as a soldier. If from ignorance of the fact 'that this was required, lie had re-. fused to 'serve, surely there was some excuse for his so doing. Mr. Smith` as however hurried to prison, and his papers were seized.' With these waahis private journal, part of which was intended to be sent to his employers, but the greater portion of it was intended to meet no -human eye but his own. He was kept in confinement after the disturbance had sub sided: General Murray had written home, that on' the 26th things were quiet, and after the 31st there was no movernent.at 'all. The Colony was 'thus, barring the possibility of a relapse, as tranquil as it could be, and as much so as it had been' be fore the new instructions were sent out. Mr. Si - oth was kept in prison fOur calendar months. On the 9th of No vember he was confined in a room called the' Garret, where he was subjected to many privations, and it was finally re solved to bring him to "a Court-martial. lie called on the House to pause, and survey as it were the outside of this pro ceeding. He believed it would puzzle the most learned mem-- bets of the Court to say Undef what law this was done. As a laWyer, he 'could not understand how Mr. Smith could properly lie tried before a Court Martial. He would not say, that in had times there had been no example of the kind in England, but he would say, that nothingof the sort had been atterepted Mace. we had beets in possession of any thing that deserved tiie awne d a Constitution. Formerly, indeed, the Crown would , order.by Proclamation, that 'civil offence's should be prosecuted be fore a military tribunal. The nearest precedeneffif - what lied been done in Demerara, was to be found in the august and liberal decre.: issued in the reign of Phillip and Mary, which ordered to be tried before a Court 'Martial, those guilty of the rebellious offence 'of holding .heretical (Protestant) books in their possession , and not giving themup 'to the Public Authorities, without first reading them. Similar-proclama tions perbaps, but not so extravagant, were issued in the reign of Elizabeth, in that of James the First, and also in die time of Charles I. ; till at length the evil was thought unbetireble ; and thence arose the celebrated - " Petition of Rights," one of the best', if not the very best, of the legacies left by Lord Coke, to entitle him to the gratitude of his coun trymen, The Petition of Rights declared, that all such pro ceedings should thencefOrth be put down, and that no sub ject should be bound in life or limb but according - to the law of the land, " lest" the petition went on to say, " any of the subjects of your Majesty should be put to death contrary to the law of the land. Since that time martial law had not been used in England, and was declared by .the Courts to be contrary to the law of the land. The' evil complained of, had been much mitigated in the time of Charles, and that which the-petition aimed at was to prevent military persons, and those connected with them, from being brought to a court . martial for offences not cognizable before a military tribunal. At'that time a standing army, in time of peace, was riot known ; but when the Mutiny Bills came to be brought in annually, certain offences were made punishable by martial law • and mar tial law, as administered under the 'Mutiny Zcts, was all that now remained of it' in England. If the proceedings in Demerara were to be justified on the ground that they were sanctioned by a Dutch law, he would answer to this, that the Crown bad no right, constitutionally specking, from conquer ih to import into our Constitution laws which' were unknown to it. Were this permitted, the Crown, from con quering one colony, might introduce the bowstring ; from a second, the practice of paving court yards with skulls of those who offended against despotism ; and from a third, the prac tice of scalping and the tomahawk. Were the principle ad mitted, these things might all be denizened in our Constitution without consent of Parliament. But it was unnecessary for him to dwell on this subject, as the proceedings which had taken place professed to be founded on the law of England. The Dutch charged could not plea d t hat they took place under a Dutch law, as it was under the Mutiny Act, which was often cited on the trial that they affected to 'act. Now, how did this bear in the case of the poor Missionary ? He was tried by a Court Martial, and Governor Murray wrote home that this was better for him, as, had a different course been taken., he might have been brought before a more prejudiced tri bunal. He, however, had no hesitation in saying, that had he been the accused, or Counsel fOr him, he would have preferred being brought before a Civil Tribunal to appearing before that anomalous Court to which the Missionary had been sent: —ln the first instance there world have been delay, which alas in all cases an advantage for the accused, but which, in a case like that of Mr. Smith, was an inestimable benefit. The Ro man law, as administered there, offered many advantages of which a lefendant might avail himself; and the proceedings necessary to establish - the admissibility of slaves to give evi dence, if that course were taken, presented chances in favour of the accused. By the rules of' the Civil Law, two witnesses were necessary to each fact. Let any man look at the evi dence given on the Court Martial, and say if this would nothave been of importance to the accused. Last of all, there was the advantage in a trial by common law of a lammed person pre siding a s Chief Justice, acting on his individual and profes. sional responsibility, in the face of the Bar of the Colony ; and under the observation of that Bar to which he went and to which lie may- return, whose favourable judgment, if he retained the common feelings of an advocate and a man, he could not but anxiously desire. But the same individual took quite a different character when he became a memberof the Court Martial to qualify him for which, he some days before had taken upon.himself the rank and state of Lieut.-Colonel of the Militia. This was done for the express purpose of enabling him to sit on the Court Martial. Coming there partly a lawyer, partly a soldier, he saw all those forms broken which, surround ed by a Bar, and administering justice in his black robe, he would not have failed to protect. Passing from this mockery, he came to another. The Judge Advocate, who, 'on thes.' occasions, was said' o be a prosecutor, was still generally regarded as Counsel for the prisoner. It had been laid down by a reve rend Judge, in the middle of last century, to be the duty of the , Judge Advocate,' when a case was_ doubtful, to incl ine towards the prisoner,,' ',He was sorry to say he saw nothing of the kind in the Conduct of this Judge, or of those Judges he might say: , They displayed all their parts to oppose the accused with vehes silence ; and the attempts made to confound - the prisoner were such as could never have been made in a differently: constituted Court. The specific charge had been concealed from the pri soner. It had been drawn Up in a short, brief, vague man ner, and the Opening- speech veiled the subject still more. Half a page sufficed for the opening speech, but eighteen pages sciecely e contained his reply. After the prisoner's mouth was closed, 'when' .he could not be heard' again; then was elf his subtlety and twisting let loose against the un happy man ; and this Was carried to the e monstrous extent of introducing new facts—the names, the dates, the places of which had not been hinted at or alluded to in the 'course' of the preceding twenty-seven days of the trial.—(Hear, hear 0 He therefore again said that if he had been the party accused; or his-counsel, he would have preferred a thousand-tbld being tried before a Civil tribunal. As to the other Members of. the Court-Martial, he should remark on one who; though the high est in rank next to the Governor appeared to him unfit to assist on that occasion. The individual was Colonel of a Regiment in the. Colony. It was known that Officers commanding West India' Regiments had generally a connection with the Colony in which they held such rank. Of the President; Lieutenant-Colonel Goodman, lie wished to say a single word. That Gallant Officer, than whotn e as he understood, nobody could bear a higher character, besides his commis sion; held the .office of Vendue-master to the Colony, an office which pointed hint out as.the last man who ought t o s it upon such a trial.lt was the -observation of General Murray that it Was necessary for Mr. Smith trot only to have a fair and impartial trial, but the full semblance of one. How then came lie to appoint an officer to be President of the Court who held such a situation as he had mentioned ? It happened that only nfew days previous to this, there was a great sale of Slaves, a circumstance naturally calculated to excite great sorrow in the hearts of those unfortunate people, fifty-six of whom were to be . torn from the place of their birth and residence, and many from their dearest ties and connections. He had in his hand the advertisements of these sales, and every one of- them was signed •" S. A. Goodman." These poor creatures were. described as being orderly and industrious, and well worthy the attention of masters. Another advertisement was for the sale c.f a mother and her three children and another for that of a young female, who was pregnant ; altogether they amounted to 76, and the whole of the advertisements were 'sign ed with Lieutenant-Colonel -Goodman's name. Let it not be supposed that he meant to say the holding of this office would 'be au-inducement to Lieutenant-Colonel Goodman to act can- , trary; to his judgment, but it gave him a manifest interest in the system, and every body must suppose him prejudiced in its favour. -But the Chief Justice he could not leave. He must again advert to that monstrous and unheard-of injustice. He, to whom lay the right of appeal, was appointed to this tri. bunal—not as President, where his acts would'stand forward sold attract the eye of scrutiny, but hidden amongst the common and irresponsible members of the Court. One word more upon the jurisdiction of the Courtitself. It could not be denied that in any sudden and. urgent emergency, such as foreign invasion or rebellion against the State, justified the proclaiming of mar tial law, andthe suspension of Civil Courts. But necessity alone justified it. And the very fact of that justification proved that martial law could no-longer exist when such necessity should cease. But here it continued' for five months, and it was two months before the Court-martial for the trial of Smith was assembled... Upon the lapse of that period of time he was triedeas a. soldier.. The most favourable way of putting the ease forthe opposite argument was, that every man became a soldier under martial law. And if Mr. Smith had been brought before what was technically called a Drum-head Court-martial„ which sits for an hour, and in the moment of rebellion he should _have nothing to complain of in that respect. ;But instead of that, all necessity fin maintaining a auti,e of mar tial law bad ceased, and tranquillity had been every where restored. Vct, In defiance of this, after two months had elapsed, the Court-martial was assembled and sat 28 days'. He would now tied the House to look for a moment at the course of the proceedings on the trial. And if he had slieWn that the Court hadno jurisdictionover the case of Mr. Smith, if he had proved that his jtidges .were interested persons and disqualified L....km.01;kt office, he could equally shew that their proceedings .Nltera-,geialq sanctioned by the maxims of justice, nor . jusj by7th.e. principles of law—even if there had been nude ', fect:wthe original construction or power of the tribunal. He begged to observe that the Minutes laid before the House, were by no means full, although he did not say they con tained any thing false. They told nothing which was untrue, but they omitted much that ought to be told: First, as to what legal Gentlemen well understood by " leading ques tions." The objection to this species of examination was, that it put answers into the witness's mouth, and was not so much his evidence as the statement of the person examining. This was peculiarly the case when the evidence was afterwards written in substance, and not with the question and answer. The Hon. and Learned Gentleman then read extracts from his Report, where leading questions were put, and the witnesses affirmed them.. In the papers before the House, the Substance was given as being the evidence of the witness. It was well je known that hearsay eviden ce was not perm i tte d to b e re ceived in Courts of Justice, not even upon Courts Mar tial. But, in this case, witnesses were asked, " Did your hear SO and so tell so and so that he had heard this or that ?" " Did you ever hear any body insinuate," and questions of this. monstrous and unheard of description. This was ten times worse than what was usually termed hearsay evidence, and as being such rejected by the Courts ; so much worse, that to compare them would be an absolute injustice to the lat- , ter. Yet this was what the Court thought proper to admit in ,ante dhucear,thaein Honourableioint which an h d e Learned Gentleman then read various passages of the evidence some shoul parts d presently f t t l h y i this ch tr e i w al to where leading questions had been put, and evidence to 1) to House. a imputation and hearsay had•been admitted. The same thing was to be found In the cross-examination of the Prisoner's wit nesses. Mr. Austin, the Curate of the Colony, was asked if he had never heard insinuations that Mr. Smith stimulated the negroes to revolt. This question Mr. Austin declined answer ing upon the ground that he was a Member of a Board of Inquiry then sitting to ascertain the causes which led to the re volt.simaft.or their mabaodme,t.eaanbdl abominable h o s e purposes. ep e t which had passed before the Board of Evidence, or elsewhere, must be stated by the witness. Ace rdingly he nswered that It was, however, decided by the Court that any thing he had heard such insinuations. Thus the ,vulence taken before other bodies was brought by insinuation to bear upon the trial of this unfortunate man in addition to all the other injustice and oppression with which he had to contend. If he (Mi. B.) had been Counsel for Mr. Smith (but he had no Counsel at that stage of the proceedings, and therefore, by pleading,' acknow ledged the jurisdiction of the Court) he should have chalknged their jurisdiction, but much more should he have objected to all persons sitting on the Court, who had already sat upon the trials of the Negroes. Could they, he would ask, come to the trial of his guilt or innocence with unprejudiced minds ? rley who had extorted from those unhappy persons evidence against Mr. Smith. One of these, a slave named Paris, had been bable, but such a wild and impossible tissue of stories, that :it in duced to make a statement so wild, he would not say so intorebsier would be idle to think of shewink their contradictions and tielse. hoed. It was altogether so wild and incredible; that even these soldiers' sitting in judgment upon Mr. Smith would not bring_ it forward ; whilst his prosecutors summarily der slaies who had gone so far in their confessions. This was the same with Sandyand other slaves, who told too much woriitlfeietcur pose of their judges, were led to instant to bring forward Pans brought forward. • They did not , w w , teereeßco l in ts p r e e l m le a d ine t d o I . l — i Ll t i l ea yss: and Sandy, because the hear l falsehood )_ b w u a t s th b 'e r e o fia ti o l o f nb ri e t s a h f : t ef s h d et a ial or re cu s :jitytteitxfithievgelenusitth.i:miolaniwnvsepestahsthec dispatched 0 t , lt ( sao C i l i tee e nd e t r l s teo le — tahwne i w n o h oin v e aa r htp y leew s , jashooltillotele:uiii:ttliilitedl not l a db who told more credible' tales against Mr. Sinq ), ece saved a 'a n s . e e l insinnation, an m d o y c fl ov ag er r e a d nt the in m ju , s b t u ic t e y t t ore t name, but the letter mentioned a letter which was wt.' 1' e they mee their evidence availableshadow .of crime could be charged against Th . to shew that not e a . t a i r th ' enticate the contents: The' Gentle: written poor o i hno t n ar sei to i b so e tni n ffi e a r y beneath the e should .14 would d M Austin wh so name was r. . , was Ito Methodist ; no sec ' m a y, but a member of the Church, as by law established.s— The letter stated that the negroes. who accused Mr. Smith sin their confessions when throwing themselves upon the. mercy o f the Court, denied those confessions just before they• were launched into eternity. Their last statements were then taken down, 'read to them, arid signed up on t h e i r oa th s , P ar i s , in particular, made this disavowal, and prayed God To"for give him thelies he had told against and 'a4riti that he did it at the instigation of a personrwhOse ,naine heihould not mention. Sandy made a similar recanYatiOn • anal QttlerS I •