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Of whom may be had, The former Volume, on the same Subject, price ss. anxious that this matter in particular should undergo the fullest investigation. The CHIEF JUSTICE —If Mr. Heath wishes it, you may go into the answer to the application, but it seems to me that the rule must fall to the ground. Mr. SCAULETT then proceeded to detail at great length the contents of the affidavits filed in answer to the rule. These were the several affidavits of George Heath, Esq. the County Clerk, Edward Du Bois, Esq. Barrister at Law, his Deputy (and a more honourable or correct man, as Mr. Scarlett said, did not live), and Samuel Al sep t, t h e Registrar of tke County Court, the three suitors who composed what was called the Jury in the affidavits in support of the motion, Joseph Brock, the plaintiff in the cause in question, and Theodosius Prince, the bailiff of the Court. These several affidavits gave a complete answer to the several grounds of complaint alleged in support of the rule. As to the complaint that Mr. Hulme was refused to be heard in his defence, it was distinctly Sworn that the case was fully discussed; that Mr. Hulme, in his defence, asserted, that he had turned Brock away for drunkenness, and in proof of this called his servant Perry, who, instead of proving the fact, stat ed that Brock was afflicted with a liver complaint, and, on the occasion in question, was indisposed, in consequence of such disease; that he was a sober man, and not addicted to drink ing; whereupon .the Jury immediately, found their verdict for the plaintiff. As to the second complaint, it was also distinctly sworn, that in the suits in which Mr. Gent and Mr. Griffin were plaintiff's against Mr. Hulme, those -cases were fully dis cussed, and determined on their meriti. Then as to the sup posed extortion. of illegal fees, it was sworn that since the in stitution of the Court, in the Reign of George II„ the same fees had always been taken as were taken in this instance ; that those fees had been sanctioned by the determination of Lord Ellenborough, and the Lord Chief-Justice Gibbs, who, upon a petition presented to them, complaining that Mr Heath's pre decessor in office had demanded more fees than were allowed by the statute, entered fully into the subject, and gave their opinion that the fees demanded were justifiable under the 23d George 111. chap. 33 ; that previous to and since that deter mination no alteration had been made in the scale of fees, ex cept that in many petty cases Mr. Heath forbore to' take fees which by law he was entitled to demand. As to the last ground of complaint it was stated, that since the institution of the Court the practice had been for three and not twelve suitors to sit and determine causes brought in the county Court. Upon these affidavits the Learned Counsel prayed that the rule might be discharged with costs. Mr. BRODUICK, on the same side, was stopped by the Court. Mr. FRENCH then addressed the Court with considerable energy in support of the rule, and urged that the Clerk of the County Court had no right to demand the fees which had been taken in this instance. It seemed that by the practice of the County Court, a summons was first-issued, and - if the party did not appear, then an order, Nisi, for paying the money was made, for which an additional fee was charged: Now he in sisted that this practice of issuing orders Nisi, and charging fees for them, was contrary to law. Then, as to the practice of three jurors sitting to determine causes, lie insisted that it was contrary to the terms of the Act of Parliament, and he re lied upon the authority or Mr. Justice Blackstone. The COURT intimated, that the fees demanded by the County Clerk, were justified by the Statute, and had been sanctioned by the determination of Lord Ellenborough and Sir Vicary Gibbs. Nothing could be more reasonable than the practice of issuing orders Niri, because otherwise the GENUINE PAT ENT NI E ----- plaintiff. in the plaint might be concluded by a peremptory SOLD by 13UTLER'S, Chemists, and Drug- order without having an opportunity of being heard. No in stance' was pointed out in the affidavits, spewing that an excess gists, No. 4, Ch e apside, St. Paul's, and Retent- of fees h a d b een d eman d e d. Then as to the Jury : it was a street (near the Argyle Rooms), London ; 90, Waterio()..place, mistake to call the persons so attending by the name of jurors ; Edinbur g h ; and 34, Macke:lle-street, Dublin; appointed sole their proper name was suirors, not jurors. But supposing Agents for Dr. James's Fever Powder and Analeptic Pills, in the number ought to be twelve, instead of three, still as the the place of Nlessrs. Newberry and Sons practice had bees established of sommbning only three suitors Cheltenham S a lt s H e nry's Calcined Magnesia for fifty years, that could be no ground for-a...criminal informa- Sodaic Powders Vinegar tion. It might be ground for applying to the Legislature, but - Lemonade Powders Seid lite Powders not for 'proceeding criminally against the County Clerk, who Ginger - Beer PoWders C r owlanti's Lot ion had acted upon the usage of the Court.' EssencePeppermult,Juniper's I Godbold 's Mikan' A long desultory arguthent then followed, in which - Mr. Husbaufs T w o- ur ea Bark Veltio's-Syriip FRENCH addresied himself with great zeal to the points in- Anderson's Seut'i Pills' i Ruspini% tended to be brought under the considerktitin of the Court. Dixon's Antibilious Pills I Solomon's Balm of Gilead Mr. Co or ER followed on - the same side.- • BISHOP DEHON'S SERMONS. Lately published, In Two Volumes, Bro. price 11. is. in hoards, a New Edi tion, of SERM ONS on th e PUBLIC MEANS of KJ/ GRACE;-the Fasts end Festivals of the Church; ou Scripture Characters, and various practical Subjects. By the late Right Rev. THEODORE t)KHON, Rector of St. Michael's Church, Charleston, and Bishop of • the Protestant Episcopal Church in the Diocese of South Carolina. Together with some account of the Author ; and a Sermon preached on occasion of his death. Charleston—Reprinted in London, for C. and .T. 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Atrhoid: Chings %Vora) Lozenges Steer's Opnileldoc 'furlingtort'S Balsam Kcyser's Pills Clout's Marking ink I. mon Acid for Punch The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE said, that this was an appli cation for a. criminal information against the :Clerk of the County Court, and his Deputy. And in order to induce the Court to file such information, it was necessary that some corrupt motive should be proved; but on a mere mistake such an application could not .be ,acceded to. It appears• that Hulnie was desirous of examining a witness of the name of Perry, with a View to prove that when Brock was' paid his 'wages, he. did not complain, but expressed himself quite satisfied ; but there was no dirs.' tinct allegation that the Court was aware of the , defence. is, that the statement is not true, that the allowed to be heard. It apriears that the New, the defendantdefendantanswer alleged; was o t o t3 he had a right to dismiss the plaintiff ad , but that p because-he was drunk, an d veitnesS r that had called a ;witness to prove that he h arisen, been not so from drunkenness, bu o t ved from a his liver sickness complaint. It has been stated that Ilulme was turned out of Court, but. such a measure might have been necessary on account of the manner in which he had conducted himself. Ile thought that an inquiry into the fees was unnecessary ; but even if it were, it turned out, that even on the most minute calcu lation, the fees were not more than the Act allowed, and that Court could not deal with those parties criminally on the facts which had been disclosed ; a complaint had been preferred a few years ago of a similar nature, against the then County Clerk, when the matter was heard at considerable length, and Lord Ellenborongh an d L or d Chi e f J us tice Gibbs gave it as 'their opinion that%the fees. then demanded were allowed, on a fair construction of the Act. He, therefore, thought the rule should be discharued. At the time he had had some doubt, as to whether it should have been dis charged with costs, and that doubt arose from the circum stance of the register of tile Court having stated that he was not bound to skew his accounts, when an application was made to him, but it did not appear that Mr. Heath or Mr. Du Bois had sanctioned such a proceeding ; and, therefore, upon an investigation of the whole case, lie thought the rule ought not only to be discharged, but discharged with costs. Mr. JustiCe BAYLEY said, that this was the first time he had ever heard of an application to file a criminal information, when the offence was stated to have been committed either by the individual himself or by some body else. The Court, in granting the rule, took upon themselves the functions of a Grand Jury ; and what Grand Jury would find a bill against a person, when the crime with which lie was charged was stated to have been committed either by him or by somebody else ? So likewise with a Court of Justice; before an application was made for a criminal information, it should be ascertained by whom the act was done which was complained of. This was a charge against two Gentlemen of the Bar, members of a pro fession in which, above iihl others, character was of the highest value; and if it had been suspected even that they had carried on a practice of drawing little sums out of the pockets of the poor people, and if this proceeding had been stopped in limine, it would not have vindicated their character. The Court had therefore acted properly in allowing the question to be sifted to the bottom, and he was satisfied that the feei taken had been filly warranted by the Act. Ile therefore thought that the rule should be discharged with costs. Mr. Justice HOLUOYD e xpressed hi s concurrence i n t h e opi nions which had just been expressed. 31r. Justice LITTLEDALE also concurred with his Learned discharged with costs. Brethren.—The rule was accordingly Stoligliimes Bitter Elixir Italian Salt of Lemons Cephalic Snuff Es►ence of Ginger And curry other I Merchants, Captains, and ot the purchase of the above Arti dolls imitations are generally i Aromatic Vinegar lby's Carminative atirnt Medicine. .hers, cannot be too careful in icles for Exportation, as Tn. in circulation. Messrs. BUTLER have con! Chests completely fitted up, an They be;; to state, that every tO)i sold by them is warranted Istantly a supply of Medicine id adapted to all climates.—• P Drug and Chemical Prepara. fret from adulteration. The extensive new works of the Aire and Cal der Navigation CompanY of Goole (which corn. menced in 1822) have proceeded with such sur prising rapidity that alr eadythey e ar e e rali com pleted, generally although it was t supposed,i ea r ry frfrom their immense magnitute, it would take at least seven years to exectttethen.trheyoalereaarct, c omakitow cot plete m o dell of acknow ledged to b e a billing every essential. The new line of canal connected with t h ese works, which runs in a di rect line across the country to Ferrybridge with its many bridges, culverts, and locks, is also in a very forward state, and we understand will be finished by October next, although the contrac tors (Messrs. Joliffe and Banks) only contracted for the most of this part of the undertaking last summer.—`Leeds Independent.) LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT or KING'S BENCH, MAT 13. THE XING V. THE . COUNTY CLEW: OF MIDDLESEX• This was a rule Oiiiaiied, last Term by Mr. French, calling on George Heath, Esq. to shew cause why a criminal informa tion should not be filed against him for supposed corrupt con duct in his office of County Clerk of Middlesex. • Mr. ScAnLETT (with whom was Mr. BRODIIICI) sow spewed cause. The rule was obtained on the joint affidavits of James Hulme, a pawnbroker, of No. 55, Museum-street, Bloomsbury, and Charles Perry, his servant. From this, it appeared that a person named Joseph Brock, who had been in the service of Mr. Huhne, at a, salary of Xi/. per annum, and having been suddenly dismissed, in December last, summoned his master in the County Court, Kingsgate-street (appointed by the statute of 23 Geo. II.), for a month's wages, on the ground that he was entitled to a month's warning. The sum claimed was 11. 19s. Ild. On that occasion Mr. Hulnie and Perry attended for the purpose' of disproving Brock's claim, but George Heath, Esq. the County Clerk, or his deputy, who then presided, prevented Mr. Hulme, as was alleged, from entering into his defence, and upon persisting in his de sire to be keard, he and his servant were desired to hold their tongues and quit the Court ; whereupon the County Clerk or his deputy, or the Register or Clerk, made nut an absolute order for the payment of IL 19s. Ild. debt, and ss. 6d. costs; and on the 24th of January he (Hulme) was arresed, and he then paid the debt and 63. 10d. cost, for which he obtained a receipt from the officer. The affidavit then stated, that in two other instances (dates not mentioned), Hulme had been summoned twice in the sane Court, by two persons, named Gent and Griffin, respectively, for debts, and that, although in one instance, he had been summoned before the Commissioners of Requests, in Castle-street, Leicester: square, who determined that there was no pretence for the de. mand, and in the other be had been summoned before the Ma gistrates' of Marlborough-street, who also determined, that the claim in that case could not he supported, yet G. Heath, Esq., or his Deputy, then presiding on those occasions respectively, refused to hear Hulme in his defence, telling him that the County Court had nothing to do with any other Courts, and de siring him to hold his tongue. From this statement three headi of complaint were to be collected. First, the supposed refusal to hear Mr. Ilulme, in his defence, to the summonses taken out by Brock ; second, the supposed refusal to hear him in his de fence to the summonses of Mr. Gent and Mr. Griffin, respec tively ; and third, a demand of more fees than were authorised by the statute, by which the Court was constituted. The affi davit mentioned a fourth complaint, namely, that the cases in question were determined by a Jury of only three persons, in. stead of twelve, as required by the same statute. Now, in an swer to this case, there was a decisive objection in point of form, which, as Mr. S. thought, would be alone sufficient to dispose of the rule. The rule was obtained against Mr. Heath, where as the supposed misconduct was imputed to the Deputy County Clerk, for whose supposed criminal acts his principal could not be liable. It was curious that the affidavit imputed the sup= posed misconduct to G. Heath, Esq. or his Deputy then pre siding ; the fact being that the Deputy alone had presided; and, in conclusion, the affidavit alleged that Mr. Heath, in the con duct adopted by the Deputy, was actuated by corrupt motives towards the complainant. The CHIEr JUSTICY—Then there is no ground for calling upon the Court to interfere against Mr. Heath. The affidavit in support of the rule shews nothing which he can be called upon to answer. Mr. SCARLETT said, that although he was entitled to dis charge the rule upon Mr. Hulme's own affidavit, yet Mr. Heath was anxious that the whole matter should be sifted to the bottom. Several persons, it seemed, had been very indus trious in circulating reports that improper fees were taken in the County Court, and therefore Mr. Heath was naturally PAR LI A ME NT. HOUSE OF LORDS, MAY 13. The Earl of SHAFTESBURY, having move the second reading of the United Gas Company's. The Earl of LAUDERDALE eXpressed a wish to have it postponed, as he had objections to the measure, arid intended to propose some amendments.-The second reading was post poned without any day being fixed. The Alien Bill was committed, reported, and ordered to be read a third time to-morrow. The Transfer of Diiitlends Bill, the Flint Glass Duties Bill, and other Bills, alSo- passed through Canniittees.— . Adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS. Colonel WHITE presented a petition from the Inhabitants of the parish of St. George, Dublin, against the Bill for a New Valuation of Houses.— Referred to the Committee on the said Bill. • Mr. Alderman WOOD presented a petition from the Water men of Rotherhithe against the Thames Tunnel • Bill.—Re ferred to the Committee on the ssid - Bill. Mr. BAGWELLpresented a petition from 2,000 Inhabitants of Carrick-on-Suire, in favour of .Catholic Eitiancipation. Mr. LOCKHART presented a petition from Oxford, pray ing for the reducticn .of the Assessed Taxes. Lord STANLEY presented a • petition from the Tanners of Manchester against the Hides and Skins Bill. • BEER BILL. Lord STANLEY also presented a petition froth Bury, in Lancashire, against the Beer Bill( Similar petitions were presented from Worcester, the Staf fordshire Potteries, Alloa, Gainsborough, and Kettering. Mr. SYKES presented a petition from Hull, against the Bonded Wheat Bill. _ Similar petitions. were presented from Carlow and Ennis. corthy. HIS MAJESTY'S EXCISE OFFICE. Mr. WATSON TXl 7. .l4ollceitTest;d the particular atten tion of the House to a petition which he had to present from the Principals, Clerks, and other Officers of his Majesty's Excise office. The object of the petitioners was to be relieved from the contributions at present taken from their salaries, for the support of a Superannuation Fund. They were small before the provisions of the late Act for this purpose, and still more so in consequence of a previous Act of Parliament, which ope rated a diminution for a similar object. The Hon. Member dwelt upon the injustice of a second time taking a fine off the small stipends of the petitioners, who were thereby made to pay double the rate paid by others for the same advantage. lle need not descant on the respectability of the parties to this pe tition. Their vigilance and attention to the interests of the State, as well as the connexion of their important duties with, the great question of Revenue, were well known. Ile sincerely hoped the Chancellor of the Exchequer would see the propriety of taking the prayer of the petitioners under his special care. Sir JOSEPH YORKE admitted the meritorious services of these petitioners, but feared it would be a bad example to accede to their prayer. The petition was then read, laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Mr. MABERLEY presented a petition from the Curriers of Feversham against the Bides and Skins Bill.—Referred to the Committee on the Bill. • • IR IS II ASSESSMENTS. Mr. GOULBURN presented a petition from the Noblemen, Gentlemen, and Occupiers of Land in certain Baronies of the County of Tipperary, complaining of over assessment. In one barony the assessment hail been raised, since 1809, nearly 4,0001. He thought the case well deserving attention. After a few words from Lord A LTIIO tip, Sir J. NEWPORT, and Mr. GRATTAN, the petition was laid on the table, and _ordered, to be printed. Mr. BEAUMONT presented a petition from Hexham against Negro Slavery. Mr. HUM presented a petition from several inhabitants of Beverley in Yorkshire, praying that the House would initiate some law for the promotion of free discussion. The Hon. Member also presented a petition from the Tan. ners and Curriers of Aberdeen against the Hides and Skins Bill ; from the Journeymen Printers of Salford against the Combination Laws; from the County of Kincardine, praying for. the equalization of Duties on Spirits. 11r. LAWLEY presented a petition from the Parish of Fur. aivan, in Warwick, agairiat Negro Slavery. Lord FOLKESTONE presented a petition from the Cur riers of- New Sarum against the Hides, and Skins Bill.—Re ferred to the Committee on the Bill, JUDICIAL OnsIIS. Lord ALTHORP presented a petition from an Individual Dissenter, called a Separatist, praying for an exemption, simi lar to that enjoyed by the Quakers, from the necessity of tak ing an oath in a Court of Justice. The Noble Lord said he hoped this petition would meet with a favourable reception. Mr. ELLIS supported the prayer of the petition, and bore testimony to the respectability of the body of Separatists. Lord A LTI-lORP presented a petition from the Inhabi tants of Burnley, in Lancashire, in favour of the County Courts Bill. Mr. CURTEIS presented a petition from the Agriculturists of Lewes, against the Bonded Wheat Bill: Mr. V. FITZGERALD presented a petition from the Se paratists of Carlow, praying an exemption from oath-taking in Judicial Causes. _ . 111 r. STUART WORTLEY presented a petition from John Hardy, Eig. Barrister at Law, in favour of the County Courts Bill. _ The lion. Member also presented a petition from the Butchers of Bradford, in favour of the Bides and Skins Bill.—Referred to the Committee on the said bill. _ _ The above petitions were severally read, laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. f. *.TURNS. On the motion of Mr. KENNEDY, a return was ordered, chewing the amount of Beer Duties in Scotland, for the last two years. On the motion of Mr. FUME, a return was ordered of co pies of the last annual accounts of all the Turnpike Trusts in the kingdom. CORN LAWS. Mr. CURTEIS moved for an account of the several persons who had made returns of sales of corn in the markets of Lon don, Liverpool, and Boston, during the six weeks previous to the 15th of May next ensuing. The Hon. Gentleman stated, that he moved for the papers in question with a view to check certain most fraudulent practices connected with the striking of the averages. A system of colourable bargain and sale was re gularly organized, by which the nominal prices of grain in the markets, and consequently the declaration of the averages quar terly, was almost controulled. Such practices, it was unneces sary to say, were entirely subversive of the intent of the exist ing corn laws, and placed the fair dealer, as well as the grower of grain, in a situation of great uncertainty and clanger ; and he (Mr. Curteis) trusted, that when the documents moved for were before the House, some course might be hit upon which would put a stop to them altogether. Sir THOMAS LETHBRIDGE warmly supported the mo tion. The system of influencing the averages was most mis chievous to the landed interest; and on one occasion it had nearly succeeded so far as to occasion the opening of the ports. Mr. HUSKISSON, if he requested the lion. Member for Sussex to withdraw his motion for a while, certainly did not do so from any disposition to withhold information on the subject of the corn averages, but because he wished, before the papers were ordered, to ascertain how far it would be possible to ob tain them. For himself, he had not the slightest doubt that the practice alluded to did exist ; and he agreed fully in the mischief and danger which it produced ; but there were cir cumstances of difficulty in the way of putting a stop to it with which the House was not, perhaps, acquainted. In the course of the last year, finding reason to believe that nominal sales had been taking place in the corn-market, with a view to influence the averages, he had thought it right; to call for the bills of par cels of those particular sales, and also for the books of the dealers. Now, he was free to say, that lie had not a doubt that the bargains to which he alluded were colourable, and en- theto b th oo e k s s p a ir n i d t of p th er e s c o orn btai la n w a s i as they e rb x e is l t a ed w. ad ; buttihre syoa wasnert contraryil laying g e Crown, those advisers we r e of opini o n that the as they appe a r e d, were p er f ec tly legal. In fact, , is obstacle to s t o ppin g th e p rac t ice —th a t it was tt r aev e nr l isecisth th next to impossible to fix a bargain or sale as " colourable." In the cases which had been examined, he had found all the regul?r forms preserved ; they were transactions between persons of n st_l u a stance and character ; and though he had no doubt as to :11 t t inned) was the truth was, yet it was quite impossible to make it ou t. Intact, his own opinion (the Right Hon. Gentleman eon fbunded uptin the statements of practical dealers, as well as legal men, -that it siould - he . ahnost impracticable to prevent thi - s,sort of jobbing, the interest in it *as's° great ; and the market (as lOng as the present Corn Law continued) would b e 'constantly (he 'thought) kept •for the six weeks previous to the taking the averages, in a • State of feVer 'and uncertainty, most prejudicial both to the grower, .the consumer, and the regular trader. A general disposition athong thoSe who were most interested' in the state of the Corn Laws, to belieVe that they required revi sion, would be the readiest mode of checking the deceptive Fear_ gain's complainer] of and he had felt great pleasure on seeing a p'etition from .a' part of the empire peculiarly alive to 'ow - merits of the subject, requesting Parliament to adopt the system of free importation,' guarded by a sufficient Protecting (Isar, is preference to the la* at present in operetidn. On the suggestion Of Mr. PEEL, the motion was withdrawn. Punic CLERKS. Mr. S. WORTLEY rose to present a petition front the Clerks of the - Public Offniesi nomplainnig that they weresuf , Perin(; front a tax which applied to no other class of his Ma jesty a subjects. They referred to the Act of 1822, by which they were compelled to pay five per cent. upon their income towards providing a Superannuation Fund. They stated, that the House had passed the act under erroneous impressions, and prayed that it might be repealed. lie th oug h t t h e pet i t i oners were making no idle appeal. to the Hou se , a m that their case ought to be favourably considered. The Ilan. Member. re ferred to the letter of Lord Sithuouth, protesting against the measure, and which he thought did that N o bl e L or d t h e greatest honour. He had further hopes that the application of the petitioners would be attended to, because the Right Hon. Secretary for Forein ' m Affairs did also prot e st aga i ns t t h e MCA.: sure in much more forcible language than he could use. He thought such a measure was not worthy of a great country who ought liberally to reward its public servants, and that its was highly impolitic. He took shame to himself for not having given his strong opposition to the Bill when it was before the House of Commons. He should bring up the Peti ,tion, and earnestly recommended it to the attention of his Right Hon. Friend. Air. CALCRAFT had nothing to reproach himself with .upon this subject, because Ile opposed the measure when it was before the House. He took exactly the same view of it as the Hon. Member did now, and thought it a great hardship 'upon that highly meritorious; and hardly sufficiently paid class of. persons. - Mr. Secretary CANNING remembered that be did object to this measure when out of office, because he thought it unwise and unjust. He still was of that opinion. Ile thought it un• wise, because it altered the relation in which these officers stood with regard to the Crown ; unjust, because it imposed a tax upon a particular class of persons. The House had no more right to select the Clerks of the Public Offices for such a tax, than the Officers of the Army or Navy. But the case was now come to a very different state—the mischief was done, Ile could only say that, as an individual, he held the same uPinions as when he opposed the Bill. Taken by surprise as he now was, lie was not prepared to say what course should be pursued. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER was not sur prised that his Right Hon. Friend should retain his opinions upon this matter. He supported it himself at the time, but certainly not without that pain to his own feelings which every one must feel, at curtailing the comforts of a large and meri torious body of men. The Right Hon. Gentleman took a view of the state of public officers, and the means by which officers were formerly made. The system of fees had been nearly done away with, .and the evils. which arose out of the facility for granting superannuations and retired allowances had called for the attention of Parliament, and the Acts now complained of were the consequence of various investigations by Vain-. mittees. Undoubtedly a sacrifice was required by this mea sure, but lie could not help thinking it gave them a quid pro quo in strengthening their claim to retired allowances. Neither could he allow that the principle of the measure applied exclu., sively to the parties.. The seamen in our navy were required to give part of their pay to Greenwich Hospital, by which they acquired a claim for support upon that Institution under par. , ticular circumstances. He certainly was not surprised that those who were obliged to contribute to the fund, or that his Hon. Friend should feel differently upon the question than those who were responsible for the expenditure of the public money. He could only say that he did not feel disposed to in - troduce any change himself. Mr. F. BUXTON said, that he had some time ago been ap plied to.by Some Gentle Men in the Public Offices, desiring that he would make himself master of their situations. He con sented to do so, but certainly with the feeling that he should find them most liberally dealt with. The result was, however, that he now believed there was no class of men in the kingdom who had more just cause of - complaint. A contract had been entered into with them, that their salaries should be continued to them for life, or as long as they perthrmed their duty ; yet since that time they had suffered a reduction of 25 per cent., and then this further'reduction waS made an 1822. Ile certainly hoped that upon public grounds the House would remove this unjust oppression from the Petitioners. Mr Secretary PEEL_a gi e ed i n n btcei a eo l niii l n: ise tk uirdae a ,tu t ri oAelntliasaotnilil.ntbi alluded l e e n , said ai d of the diligence, ability, and integrity of those who held the subordi nate situations in the public offices. He was therefore disposed to give this petition the most unprejudiced consideration... Ijie was peculiarly situated towards the measure of 1822, for when he came into office the plan was already decided upon, and lie saw no groUnd upon which he could claim an exemption from his own office when it was to be applied to all the rest. tut the House must recollect that this was its own measure, and that it had been forced upon the Government. If something should be proposed to relieve the petitioners he was willing and desirous to give it a most unprejudiced consideration. Mr. GRENIELL bore testimony to the zeal displayed by all Public Officers, from the highesk offices to the lowest, in the discharge of the public business, and said he thought they were not adequately paid. Mr. NVATSON TAYLOR made some observations to the same effect as those which fell from the last speaker, whick were not distinctly audible in the gallery. Mr. H. SUMNER considered this to be most strictly the measure of the House, and he hoped, after what had fallen from his Right lion. Friends, steps would be taken to remove so pal pable an injustice. Mr. HUME thought that the House had run away from the . question, and that it deserved a closer attention. He referred to the system which preceded the present, with regard to the regulation of public offices, and maintained that something was necessary to be done for the protection of the public against the abuses of retired pensions and superannuations when this measure was devised. In one department alone, the Customs, the superannuations, and retired allowances, increased in one year from 10,000. t 680,0001. . It was this which called the at tention of Parliament to the subject, and out of the inquiries subsequently made, this measure arose. The House hail run away from the question in assuming that this was a tax ; they seemed to forget that it was a contribution which no one could tontineperso ns t i h n a a n k malting t g a x i t . ; and, , w i i n s hfact, everyit of the . public offics, tion to be made for the petitioners, and particularly tiithe wa c s on m si o tl r era- e of theo v e d lower from offices the risen i fs i a C e a l T n liie e t e n) ;: . r o b rr e r i. pnrueemiib)ielte-oifndeciding persons) utsv"erec e d n ie jo n y atu bt r i e t of th a e il a H leae g e rt u di t ° e - r lw a u l t s o i t t o ro e n k d si e t n t h e h g a e t e t hl H e d e nr e o l n c u sr s a ei e j mn ld w eodu serious would n o t his Right Hon. Friends, that he s houl t . e lion. men b r some observationa that had fallen fro , n Mr. II USKI SS 0 N so fill e y sirc a i e g en r rat ee s d :a i nt n e, iAncomplete to in which IA the subject Aberdeen. The Right Hon. 6 the Customs. of the great increase in the P business was carried on• This arose out of the very t to the labour to by the „, a ge and infirmity had rendered so feehle thenemployed, Wilt and of the co n sequ ently a e required. It 'asto be wholly o , • to rein place efficient persOna'in found necessary ove these and was the • • their stead ; u i ', er al' Of the zeal and assitlu•t • ' ' i y • displayed by those H o n . , m ei--- now carried onthe' Gentlemen who laborious business of the . o ffices, none could so well judge (and he was sure none public highly appreciate it as could more • - with them.. ___ ), those who were in daily un ication i em. He was convinced that nothing comln ~ h e nce arose wh i c h the House could' do would diminish that faithful dis charge of their duty ; but undoubtedly any act of kindness would operate as a fresh stimulus to their exertions. Sir F. OMMANNEY supported theofthe petition. Sir T. ACKLAND was favourably prayer (isosed tci tt.e prayer of the petitioners, but he hopd the Hon. Member . . for Yorkshire would give them a further • opportunity of discussing it, by introducing a Bill on the subject. o - Sir T. BARING had hopedthe • • that petition would have been received with unanim o us f a vou r by Tl' the House. , The Hon. Member had said that • it was not a tax, but a tontine, in )011r, phis iu saw sur ored opes tid Os &I Os Od 5s ad 3s Oil NIMINI•1 10 ..__..._......... lon el rrey, J. 13- ~~, land, :er 0! :~fCT+. ugh- :lap -1 an lisq, ;f eta age, wife iux-