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STANIFORT 14," THE CREDITORS of WILLIAM POLE, late of Wavertree, in the County of Lancaster, Esq. deceased, are personally, or by their Solicitor, to cone in and PROVE their DEBTS before JOSEPH JEKYLL, Esq. one of the Masters of the said Court, at his Chanibers, in South ampton Buildings, Chancery-lane, London, on or before the 30 th day of October, 1822, or in. default thereof they will be peremptorily excluded the benefit of the said Decree. SLADE and JONES, Plaintiffs' Solicitors, No. I, John-street, Bedford-row. • THE Right Honourable the LORDS 'COM MISSIONERS of his MAJESTY's TREASURY having appointed Money for the Payment of HALF-PAY to SEA OFFICERS, from the Ist of April to the 30th of June, 1 842, according to his Majesty's Establishment in that behalf :- These are to give notice, that the several Payments wilt be - gin to be made at the Pay-Office, by the Treasurer of his Majesty's Navy, at Ten o'Clock in the Morning, on the fol r lowing days, viz. • On the sth,. Gth, and 7th 0f41101.4, Ao.Admirals,-Cap7: tains, and their Attornies. On the Bth, 100, 12th, 13th, and 14th of August, to Lieu; • tenants and Chaplains, and their Attornies. tin the 15th and 17th of August, to Masters, Surgeons, and Pursers, and their Attornies. After.which the Lists will be recalled the first and th ird = Wednesday in every month, that all Persons may then and t here attend to receive what may become payable to them .and bring . with them an Affidavit as .required by Order in Council of 30th July, 1819, the Forms of which were publish ed in an Advertisement from this Office , dated 15th Septem ber, 1 819, and maybe procured at the Office of the Treasurer °f the Navy; and in case. any of the said Officers should not be able to attend themselves, but employ Attornies for 'that purpose, the said Attornies are to produce.similar slants from the Persons they arc employed by. • Where Officers are Abroad on leave, their Agents are to Produce attested Copies of such Leave before the Half-Pay can b e pa i d. - • And as by Act of Parliament passed in the 35th year of his • l at e. Majesty's Reign, entituled,- co An Act for establish 'cipr a more easy and expeditious ,mttliod for the Payment of ificers belonging to his Majesty's Navy," it is enacted by the 20th Clause of the said Act, " that if any. Commissioned or Wartant Naval Officer, who shall be entitled to receive • al t .- Pay, and shall be desirous to receive and be paid the at or near the place of his Residence, he may apply to Hal Treasure r of his Majesty's Nary in - London , to have such Pay . Paid at or near the place of bis •Residence, &c. ' t a li : l. ll e manner p o inted out by the :said Act." And by a fur 11_, Act pas se d i n the Stith year of his late Majesty's Rri gn ~ entituled, ".An Act for enabling the Officers in •his Majesty's Navy, and their Representatives, to draw for and teeeive their Half-Pay," it is enacted by the Ist and 3d , k les of the said A c t, " that if any Officer in . his Majesty's • 6 ; *Y. who shall, b e ent i t l e d t o rece i ve any sum of money for w, 0 ," account , of his Half-Pay, shall be desiroui of drawing a ‘ ,7i e .of Exchang e f or t h e same upon t h e. C omm i ss ion e rs of his sty's Navy, instead of receiving the same by ReMittance sill, he shall signify such desire by Letter to the Treasurer of his , Majesty' s Navy and that it any Officer in his Ma . iesty-s Nary, who shall he entitled to receive any sum of mo ;)'9' for er on accoun t of Half-Pay, shall be desirous of having 's Half-Pay paid to him by Extract, at any of Isis Majesty's jo c•4 Yards, where Clerhs.for the Payment of Wages for the Navy shall reside, instead of receiving the same - by Remit tance Bill or Bill of Exchange, he is to. apply either to the Prop er Clerk at the NaVy Pay-Office in London, or at the N a _Y.ollice at such Dock Yard,. signifying such his desire." " I ' h cv is hereby further given, that the Half-Pay ending the ufA u " f June, 1822, will. commence, paying on the sth haeij?,st. anti all Persons desirous of drawing for, or of clit,,, t ' e ,reir Half-Pay remitted to them, may apply as above Em. • Act abo ve of Exchange drawn under or by virtue of the persons recited, are not liable to tito Stamp Duty. titled residing out of his Majesty's Dominions are en 0. the privileges of this Act. FOR MADRAS. • ".‘—‘,,,, THE YORK-(500Tons), JAMES tt. • TALBER.T, Commandcr„ receives her Pas. sengers on board, at Gravesend, on the 10th of August, is now lying in the City Canal. Po- S~AKb,rreight or Passage apply to Mr. HENRY BLAN- No I Old Broad-street. be in the Downs on the 20th September, having the greatest part of her Cargo engaged and Shipping, FOR MADRAS AND CALCUTTA, 4 ,4 pr THE Fine SHIP WOODFORD, t v. 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St SAVIOUR'S PROTESTANT UNION, Instituted in the Year 1821. -VLThis Day was publisHed, price Is., APPEAL from this SOCIETY to the t he B„I;:4OTESTANTS of the UNITED KINGDOM , on *ith luJect of the ROMAN CATHOLIC CLAIMS, together . atid ,11.eir. Declaration and Address, and Lists of the Majority • ti n • . t .. ority in the Divisions on the late Bill. 1 4 14 '9 4 little work developes the origin and objects of this As- I ltge ( l l° , 4 - It embraces a brief abstract of the topics usually Pati or ,'.or and against the measure of Roman Catholic Emanci q tt,;. , and is intendd to excite a spiri of vigilance on the art ,j'rotestants, against the renewal t of any ssimilaratta p cks Res t i ot gl ' e a dvocates of Popery in future ; it also contains a su eg - of the m eans w hi c h th i s Soc i ety j udge to be the most neot to preserve and perpetuate our Protestant Establish 'ta Sold tiC 'Y R• w3r 71 High-street, Southwark,- W. 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JAMES'S ANALEPTIC PILLS, - 'Avi their tendency to promote the natural 4 4 tisN, ` eer etiotis, are the best Remedy for Colds, Rheuma ,4l' Nlight Fevers, and all those Disorders which arise I t,,l'lill4lstoebstructed perspiration, so c o mm o n in a cha ngea bl e • ,gt , .;• They are strongly recommended for Head-achs and pe . s to - 4 " 1 0 1); and for Gouty, Bilious, or other Complaints of .4,4) ach and Bowels too often the consequenct. of Free 4 11 ( i.g• As a general Family Medicine they have no equal; hiiier.e particularly convenien ' t for persons travelling,• being Nq°pi 'ii their operation and not requiring any confinement. eAnaleptie Pills continue to be 'prepared by Messr!. li t. 4 lid r Y fr om the onl Reci ie existing under Dr. James s (Jr. j , and are sold hitt] l at the Original Warehouse for 'rlr-, srles's Powder, No 4 e s m in St. Paul's Church Yard, and 1i '14 41 rig " , MI, Oxford . -s ' t ' reet. As Counterfeits afe fre tii4 3 ' offere d for sale, Purchasers must observe, the Ge 'Nali' , °nant each e the nam e ,* F. N ew b ery " engrave d i n t h e Bl ac k Box. HOUSE OF LORDS, MONDAY, JULY 29. ROYAL ASSENT. At a quarter to four o'clock, the Earl of SHAFTESBURY, the Marquis of WINCHESTER, and the LORD CHANCELLOR appeared' as his Majesty's Commissioners, and brought the Royal Assent to the following Bills : The Charge of Funded Debt Bill, the . , Receivers' General Bill, the Silk Bounties Bill, the Royal Scotch Biirghs Regu lation Bill, the _Annuities Memorials Bill, the Thames Lastage and Ballastage Bill, and the Surrey Road Bill. Mr. TIERNEY, from the Tax-office, presented papers con nected with the Redemption of the Land Tax. in 1821.—Laid on the table. The East India Company Loan Bill,, the Countervailing Duties Bill, the New South Wales Duties Bill, the late'Queen's Servants Bill, the Irish Salt Duty Reduction Bill, die Stage Coach Duties Bill, and the Scotch National Monument Bill, were read a third time and passed. .IRISH CORONE RS. The Earl of L/11tERICK,presented a Petition from Robert Barry, Esq. one of the Coroners for the County of Tipperary, against that clause in the Irish Coroners' Regulation Bill, which provides that in no case shall a process .be awarded to Coroners, except when the Sheriff' should be a party.—Read and laid on the table. Lord HOLLAND presented a Petition from certain Uni tarian Dissenters, praying for some alteration in the Marriage ceremony. The Court of King's Bench Business Bill went through a Committee and was reported. NEW BILLS. Mr. BROdDEN and others brought up from the Commons the Canada Trade Bill and the Superannuation Act Amend ment Bill, which were read a first time. Lord HOLLAND presented a Petition from the Lord Mayor and Common Council of the City of London, against (it was understood) the Orphan's Fund Bill.—Laid on the table. IRISH CONSTABLES. The Earl of LIVERPOOL having moved the third read-' ing of the Irish Constables 13i11, Lord HOLLAND admitted that the venom of the measure had certainly. been much mitigated, from what it was when ori ginally introduced into the other House ; but it was still so anomalous, and contained such contradictory principles, that at this time of the Session he could neither explain it to the House nor to himself. He had no hesitation in saying that the Magistracy of Ireland required much alteratimi. Many unfit persons had been made Magistrates, and the whole Ma gistracy of the country ought to be re-appointed. He ob jected to the wording of a clause in the present Bill, which seem ed to delegate to the Lord Lieutenant the power of repealing three Acts of Parliament, whilst the real meaning was that he should be authorised, if he thought fit, to remove certain indi .viduals, and to appoint others in their places. Such an Act should certainly be revised before it was passed. With respect to what had taken place in Dublin on the 12th of July, he had heard with satisfaction all sides of the House express the disgust excited by the continuance of a 'ceremony calculated Only to insult the feelings of a whole people. But it had been said that the Lord Lieutenant did not possess the power of preventing it ; now, as long as a Noble relation of his' (the Duke of Bedtbrd) had been at the head of the Government of Ireland, he had found the means of preventing that ce remony (the dressing of the Statue). He wished to ask whether the Noble Earl opposite would consent to lay befOre Parliament the pounds on which the Crown Lawyers had come to the opinion that it was not in the power of the Lord Lieutenant to prevent Orange. Processions, and whether he would have any objection to adopt some measure or resolution to provide that the same should not happen on the 12th ofJuly next year. If such a power did not really exist, let Parliament confer it on the Lord bietitenant. The matter might appear to some of little importance, but there was no circumstance of real injury or oppression which had ever harrassed the public mind in Ireland so deeply as this annual insult. When the Noble Duke opposite (the Duke of Wellington) commanded the Al lied Armies in France, he would have had too much respect for the feelings of the people to allow his soldiers to celebrate publicly the battle of Waterloo. The Irish felt precisely the same towards the celebration of the battle f the Boyne, and he hoped , that that cause of disturbance arm a heart-burnings would be effectually removed. The Earl of LIVERPOOL had no difficulty in assuring the Noble Lord that, under all the circumstances in which Ire land was placed. no man could reprobate more than he did the continuance of that ceremony. The Noble Lord, however, had been mistaken in thinking that it had been altogether pre vented by the Duke of Bedford, during his government. The fact was, that before his time the procession was a State pro cession, attended by the Lord Lieutenant, the Lord Chancellor, and all the other State Officers. What the Noble Duke had done was to put it down as a State procession, but it was still carried on by individuals and societies without any par ticipation on the part of the' Government. This example had been followed by the Duke of Richmond, who had succeeded I , the Duke of Bedford, and from that day to the present the pro cession had never been a State procession. lie repeated that every thing had been done by the present Lord Lieutenant to persuade individuals not to have a procession, and that lie would have succeeded; had not some provocation been given which had, frustrated his intention. The Noble Marquis had tried to ascer tain how far he could put down processions by law, and had certainly found that it would be attended with great difficulty. The same would happen if they were to legislate upon the sub ject : as the prohibition could not be confined to Orange pro cessions alone, but must embrace other cases. Communica tions, however, had passed between the English and Irish Go vernments, as to the means of preventing thht procession from taking place in future, in consequence of when he wished that nothing should be undertaken by the House at present, as, if the disposition to avoid mischief was real amongst the par ties concerned, he \ believed that the object in view could be attained. As to the Bill, it was true that it (was very different from its original state when proposed in the Com mons, and lie regretted it, as he thought the original would have been more effective, but even now it provided a ma terial improvement. Was it not founded on a right prin ciple, that the appointment of Coristables, so important to the peace of Ireland, had hitherto been made in an abusive manner, and that a change in the system was necessary ? He admitted that the mode practised in England would have been more constitutional, but it would have been less applicable to the circumstances of Ireland, where it was necessary to bring in the influence of the Government. The benefit of that mode had been proved by the example of Scotland, whiCh was in as great a state of disturbance as Ireland until the heritable Ju risdiction had been repealed, and the Magistracy had been car ried on by Sheriff's Deputes, nominated by the Crown. Since that time, there was no country in the world where justice 'was more impartially administered to the Poor and the Rich. The present Bill left the appointment of constable to magistrates, but the Government had the power of removing them, if they were improper persons, and of appointing others in their stead. Ile wished that power had gone farther, but as far as it went it removed an abuse, and he therefore thought the Bill entitled to their Lordships' support. The Earl of LIMERICK was willing to accept this mea sure as a partial remedy, but could not agree in the panegyric passed on the Bill, as introduced in the Commons. He was convinced that if the measure had been persevered in such as it was when proposed, not a single respectable Magistrate would have been found willing to accept office in Ireland. Lord ELLENBOROUGH thought that the reverse would have happened. He should say non-content to this Bill, with the view of forcing Government to bring in a better and more extensive measure next session. Justice must be administered, and peace preserved by magistrates, .11' ." possible, but at all events they must be administered and maintained. What was wanted in Ireland was one general system of Government, and the present Bill, together with the Acts of 1809 and 1814, pre sented no uniformity whatever. The Earl of LIMERICK explained. The Earl of DARNLEY objected to the manner in which business was hurried through Parliament, and especially through that House, and wished for-fairer opportunities of discussion. He thought the present Bill was an insult upon the Magistracy of.lreland ; an insult not less gross than unnecessary, as there were many Magistrates of that country. who 'discharged their duties as faithful as the most respectable of them in England. Even if this measure were to pass now; it must certainly be re-considered next Session. Lord ELLENBOROUGH said the Bill offered a premiuth for disturbance. The Constable was allowed 1001. a-year, while the barony over which he presided was in a state of peace, and. 1501. while it was in a state of disturbance. The Motion was then agreed to, and the Bill was passed, after some verbal amendments proposed ly_the Earl of Liverpool. ALIEN Lord HOLLAND presented a Petition from someof the Inhabitants of Ipswich against this bill.—urdered to lie on the table. The Earl of LI VEReOOL then' moved the third reading of: the Bill. .He considered the principle of the Bill as sound, and as forming a part of the Constitution of England. It was impossible for th ose who owed to this country only a tempo rary allegiance, not at times to have conflicting duties inter fering with that temporary allegiance. The protection given by the g.reat .Charter to Alien :Merchants, and which had been so muc h . relied on, iipopoositiOn to the Bill, was intended for the benefit of the English community, by 'encouraging traffic with foreign' merchants.. It certainly could be rlo • are-at:tient ' against the Bill, as far as regard e d the question•Of the King's prerogative ; because it was intended to restrain the-general prerogative. The Bill itself was, he contended, conformabl e , - in :principle, to national justice; and with respect to its powers was nothing but an enforcement of the King's pre rogative. This was clearly to be deduced from many cases in our constitutional history: but especially, in a case which occurred in the ,reign of Q ueen Elizabeth. In the reign' of that Sovereign a foreigner was - ttpprehen,cied. on a eitarge. of sedition, and examined bef ore the Prify Council. -The Council declared that had the offence been committed in England, the accused would haVe been anienable to • the laws of this country ; but it being committed abroad, the Queen could only, in virtue of her prerogative, send hint out of the kingdom. Indeed the present legislative provision did nothing more than., assist zthe. exercise. of the prerogative, •by giving a summary pow6i to the Privy Council, instead of the more dilatory proceeding by proclamation. The sole ques tion, therefore, , for their Lordships' consideration was, whe ther, in the present state of Europe, this power ought to be withheld from the Executive, after it had been entrusted with it since 1792 ? It was likely to be' the means of preventing this countryfrom being embroiled in disputes with Foreign powers, but it was not on this account that he asked for their Lordships' concurrence with- the Bill ; for he' wished it to be considered solely on English grounds. He would ask their Lordships to consider the revolutions which had- recently taken place, and were now apparently in prospect on the Continent. He did not mean to give an opinion on the quekion who was right or who - was wrong; whether liberty had been indulged to excess, or whether Monarchy had grown into despotism. In either case, ittwas equally just that a power should be given to the Executive of this country to prevent Foreigners from coming here and plotting against the Governments of their own coun try ; no matter whether those Governments were. fre'e or arbitrary(' He might. 'here remind their Lordships of what took place shortly atter the peace of Antiens. The then Ruler of France had made a demand of this country for the expul sion of the French princes.—The government of this country refused the demand from a regard - to the principles of national hospitality; but it, at the sante time, took means to preterit the individuals in question from plotting against the existing - Government' of France.. He mentioned this, not only to illus. trate the principle upon which Government had acted under the. Bill ; but to shew also the moderation with which its powers had been exercised. In fact, there had never been any . dispo- ' sition to abuse. those powers. Since the peace only 15 indivi, duals had been affected by it ; and of these, only four during the last. two years. . On the whole, he.submitted that the Bill was a fair and C ons tit u ti ona l measure, forming a part of the . ' security of the country. lie was well aware that those who . asked for discretionary power should be vigilantly watched, and that the pewer itself' -ought not to be, granted but for rea sons the most solid:and well defined. In the belief, however, 1 'that their Lordships would consider the presen't measure able to bear this examination, he begged to move the third reading ! of the Bill. . The - Earl of DARNLEY said, he should give every pos sible opposition to the Bill. It would, he said, . disgrace the country in the eyes of foreign nations ; and in entering his pro test against it, he could not but express his hope that this was the last time he should have occasion to do so. Lord HOLLAND said he had hoped this odious measure, this monster inlegislation, would be allowed_ to die a natural death. It had been called a Bill tending to secure peace ; but since its first adoption in the'year 17:12, this country had been involvedin- war which was unparalleled in extent and dura tion. 'He begged their Lord Ships to recollect the conduct' of the States of Holland, when they were applied to by King William to send the great Mr. Bayle out of their country.— They answered, that they disapproved of his writings, and regretted the part he had taken in politics, but they neither would nor could violate their national hospitality, by fordng him away. He (Lord H.) denied that there had been no abuse of the power given by the present law. The seizure and treat-' ment of Mr. Las Casas at St. Helena was an instance of gross and shameful abuse. His papers were seized- in a. manner which made the transaction a downright robbery. The pa pers, it was true, were afterwards returned, but this did not alter the .nature of the injury. The existence of Napoleon had, on a former occasion, been made a pretext for the thin titmance of this' power, but that pretext was to be urged no longer ; and , now the power was asked on account of the situation of Europe. In this view of the subject he should like to ask the Noble Earl opposite, whether he would en force the provisions of the Bill against any natives of Greece in this country who might be enaged in the dissemina tion of 'principles calculated to deliver- their country from the tyranny of, the Turkish Government? This would bring that part of the argument to the test, and the answer would probably have seine influence in the decision of their Lordships. But his own objections to the Bill were general and perma nent ; and not confined to any time, or any particular country. • It was considered by the people of the Continent as a proof that our Government was connected with ,that system of depredation, which was how carrying on in every corner of Europe. Earl BATHURST denied that there had been any severity in the treatment of 'Mr. Las Casas. - His papers had been re turned to Mint, as soon as they could be with propriety. The Noble Earl then proceeded to support the Bill, which he contended was necessary to enfbrce the King's prerogative.' The principle of it, he contended, was to be found in many of our treaties with foreign countries. We had often called for the expulsion by them of English traitors who had taken range among them ; but our demands had been invariably refused, except on the condition of our admitting the principle of re ciprocity ; and this, as he before observed, we had frequently done by treaty. Lord GAGE begged to submit a clause to their Lordships, which he had offered On a former occasion. He then moved the clause, but, from the noise which prevailed at the mo ment, it could not be heard below the bar. It was negatived without a division. ' Lord HOLLAND had two clauses which he wished to move. One went to enact that the name and description of any alien ordered to be removed should be laid before both Houses of Parliament within one month after the said removal, if Parliament shbuld be sitting, and if not, within one month after the next meeting of ParliaMent. The second went to provide that the charge on which an alien was to be removed shculd be made known to him at least twenty-four hours before such removal should take place. The Noble Lord took occa sion to say that he had not complained merely of the seizure of the papers of M. Las Casas, but of the circumstances under which his effects were detained. These, thOugh not authorised by the Bill, gave an argument against it, as they pioved, that under this Bill an alien, sustaining such a wrong,was left with out a remedy. The two clauses were then negatived without a division. On the question that the Bill should pass, the !louse di vided, when the numbers were— Contents - Not Contents - Majority - - The Bill accordingly passed —Adjourned. - - - - 22 - - - 6 - - -16 HOUSE OF COMMONS. The House were summoned to the Lords to hear the Royal Assent given by Commission to several Bills (for which see Lords' Report). The Brimstone Drawback Bill, the Exportation of Spirits (ScOdand) Bill, and the East India Sugar Bill, were severally read third time and passed. The Irish .tamp Duties' Reduction Bill went through a Committee. Report to-morroi. THE SUPERANNUATION BILL. The CHANCELLOR 'of the EXCHEQUER moved the third reading of this Bill. Mr. CALCRAFT said, that his, objections to the Bill re mained as strong as ever. The Hotaimrable Gentleman, after Sir F. 011111IANNEY warmly opposed the Bill. • The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER then moved the following clauses as riders to the • • • . The first Clause stated, that no-person who should be super annuated under the terms of the Act, Should'. be entitled to claim any benefit for any period of service after the sth OfJuly, .1822, except for such period as he had contributed to the fend, save that the Salary of suchperson was of an , amount that did not subject lihn'to such contribution. • The second Clause stated, that accounts shoUldbe made up to the sth of January in each year, stating the amount of the su perannuation—the allowance payable under the Act—the names of such superannuated persons as - might die since the sth of January preceding—and the amount paid to such persons—the namekof persons to whoth superannuation allowance 'might be granted, and the amount of alloycance granted to such persons. The third Clause stated, th'it if any persons should hold trio or more offices, and who might be entitled to make a claim for superannuation allowanee-:....the amount of the .contribution of such pers;ms should be calculated according to 'the amount of stnns.received forlioth offices': :11r. A BERCROM BY complained of the Obsciire manner -1 in which the first Clause was-worded. Mr. CANNING said, that his strongest objection to the Bill remained unaltered. .He trusted 'that it would be 'revised and amended in another place.. • the clauses were agreed to, and Bill was read at third time, an& passed. .‘ PETITION OF TIM CALCUTTA BANKERS., Mr. B. BATHURST brought up the Report of the , Com mittee on this Petition.' On the motion that the Report do lie on the table, • Mr. CANNING rose, and said he would take the opportu nity which this motion presented him with of offering a few ob servations on-a matter Mainly connected with the subject of the Report. He was anxious not toisay any thing which might pre. judice the Committee in their consideration of the case, fen. the Report was not final; but subject to the judgment of the House. Ile had abstained from attending the House when-the case was under discussion, for two reasons ; first, because the case was unler his consideration some years ago in his official ca pacity, and the result of his deliberations was, that it was not a case which he ought to bring before that 'Lime. What might be his opinion of the case now that it was brought forward dpon firent grounds, he was not able to state. The - second reason was, that, in-the event of the opinion of the House being fa vourable to the claimants, he might by possibility be the person that would have to carry that decision . into effect-- a thing painful to him in -the extreme,—,should he have pre viously expressed an., opinion Unfavourable Tr) the claims.— He kneW not what. were the opinions of the Committee; but it was • obvious that the Report must be considered in . another Session—so. that,_ by ordinary calculation, it would 'take a year to decide the claims, and another year must elapse before the final decisions could. be known in India. The House ought well to consider that there was a mural dffect to be produced in India by their decisions upon questions of this nature, which would go a great way in weakening or strength citing the power of those who were to adminiSter the - Goyern ment of that country. It had been always observed. that that House had exercised greatjedousy about loans.of British Sub jects to native Princes. He did not mean to say that there Was not in the.case before the House enough to take it out of the ordinary cases, with respect ,to which the vigilance of the House had been at all tunes . so properly exerted. But then the misfortune was, .that a multitinie 'of those who were inte rested in their decision would not make any distinction, and it was now clear - that all that was to be known in India . for the next two years was, that the ,House of Commons had thought so favourably of this loan, that they sent it to a Committee of their House for inquiry. Ile knew it of bit own knowledge, that there were other claimants who might think that their claims were as just as those of,the present petitioners, who would derive animation from the success of these persons, and, no doubt, would take the speediest opportunity to press their claims on the Government there, in defiance of those old prin ciples which for time past has been acted on.. He for one was friendly to tho'se old principles ; his gen . al feeling and ge neral rule would'be'to discountenance such-claims.—(Hear.)— He was the More anxious to state thus much upon this occasion, because he was aware that the result of the aplications of these Claimants would be to raise hopes which he already had the painful duty of repressing ; and he was-sure that he would have to meet various claims • in another capacity, which for five years he had with difficulty suppressed. Ile had turned to the law on this subject. In 1773', the first law respecting the -rate of interest in- India passed. It ,was pro hibited by that law for any one to take more than 12 per cent., under a penalty - of forfeiting principal and interest. As doubt had arisen whether .or not this law was to have opera.: tion with respect to loans made to persons not in the Company's territories; and he would submit to his Right Hon. Friend,. the Presient of the Board of Controul, that it would be right to have a declaratory Act introduced with A view of settling this doubt. In 1797, an Act was passed rendering it criminal for British subjects to niake loans - , to native Princes ' - except where there was a .written permission granted by .the Govern merit at home or in India, thereby implying that it was only in cases of political emergency that it. would be prudent to allow loans to take place 'from British subjects to native Princes. A , case he knew to have occurred, in which the Government of India raised money without - difficulty at 6 per cent., When a native Prince could not obtain it under, 30 per cent.' The in ference then would be, that it would be the best course, in all cases where a native Prince wanted to borrow, that the Govern ment should raise it for him.. But unfortunately it was now decided that the Government could. 'not by law pursue that course. Ile ventured to diflin. from -that construction of the Act, and thought that the i Government might act as the agent in that behalf for the native Prince. However, he, only alluded to the' state of -the law on ihese • two points, with the view of suggesting that it would be proper to have two deelara, tory Acts introduced, which would settle the existing doithts. WYNN said, that it had been determined that the doubts to which his Right Hon. Friend alluded should be sub mitted to the Attorney and Solicitor General, and the standing Counsel of the Company, for their opinions, and this opinion being sent to India, he apprehended would ,render a declara tory Act unnecessary. However, he could assure his Right Hon. Friend, that neither of these doubts had the remotest con nexion with the claims of the petitioners whose case was now before the House. Mr. FORBES expressed his astonishment at the doctrine laid down by the Right Hon. Gentleman (Mr. Canning). lie was satisfied the case of the petitioners was entitled to the consideration of Parliament, as well as if they were British subjects. Mr. HUME said that he entirely apprOved of what was said by the Right Hon. Gentleman (Mr. Canning). 'When the petition was fiist" presented, he (Mr. home) was the first to caution the House against the entertaining of such claims. He then pronounced the same opinion as wag given that night to the House by the late President of the Board of Controul— namely, that the present case, of attended to, would be fol lowed by innumerable other demands, front such persons as had, or pretended to have, similar claims. He would not dis pute the justness of the debt, but he contended thy the House ought not to entertain it,.and he thought it wrong m the Board of Controul to sanction the claim in that House. Mr. CANNING explained. Mr. PRENDERGAST strongly supported the claim, and said, in allusion to what had been said on a former night by the Hon. Member for Coventry (Mr. P. Moore), that he was surprised at the particular opposition which that lion. Member had given to the claim on account of vague reports, as there was no Gentleman respecting whose rapid acquisition of a for ture there were more reports in India tnan that Gentleman. Lord LONDONDERRY rose to order, _and observed, that the Hon. Member was wandering from the point really in discussion. Mr. P. MOORE said, he was sorry if what he had said on a former night gave the Hon. Member (Mr. Prendergast) any pain. What he had then said was, that several persons were recalled from, India for similar practices. He, however, op posed this measure. The Marquis of LONDONDERRY again rose,, and de precated any further discussion. Mr. HUME begged leave to say one word in explanation. • In what he had said on that and a former night, he did not mean to throw out any reflections on any person. The Report was then ordered to lie on the table. • The Marquis of LONDONDERRY- presented _certain Pa. ,pens relating to the Appointment of Consuls in the Brazils. The East India Sugar Bill was read a dial time and pass= ed ; as was also the Spirits Exportation (Scotland) Bill. BARILLA DUTIES. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER moved the Order of the Day for a Committee on the Barilla Duties Bill. On th 4 motion that the Speaker do leave the Chair, Colonel BALFOUR moved that the House resolve itself into a Committee this day three months, on account, as we understood, of the injury which the Kelp manufacturers would susfain frtini Bari/la coming into competition with them at a low duty._ - Mr. ELLICE said, the object of the Bill was to.regeal apart of the enormous duties on Barilla, and to leave that duty at the same rate that it stood before the war, the article itself having fallen to the price at which it Stood before the War. It was quite impOssibie, without wining the export trade,. to alio!, the high dutie,s on articles which entered largely into our manufactures to continue. He did not, however, wish to prevent-the obser •vatiops of the Hon. Gentleman in favotir of the poor people gaged,in the Kelp trade from having their weight. Tht‘CIIANCELLOR Of the EXCHEQUER said, when tho proposition for the reduction of the Salt ' Tax had been agreed: to, it was obviously necessary to reduce the Barilla duties, astlic alkali manufactured from salt Weald otherwise 'completely exclude it from the market. Mr. W. SMITH. said, he Should be disposed to give the manufacturers of Kelp a preference in consideratiormo the itiiporteri - of barilla, because V-ith the latter it was a question of more - or less money;: kit with respect to the hip marm-: facturers, it.was a question of exiStence.• But he was persuaded that even if the duties on barilla continued, the kelp manufac ttirerS Would not stand their ground against the manufacturers of alkali'from salt. . Mr. R. M.anTix and Mr. R. MACDONALiI spoke in favour of the kelp manufacturers. Mr. 'l'. WILSON supported the motion for a Committee. The Ainendthent Was negatiVed vitthout a division, and the House went into a Committee. The CHANCELLOR, oc the . EXCHEQUER proposed to. fill up the blank left for the time when the Bill should come into operation with the 10th October. ' Mr. MIME proposed, as a relief to the poor manufacturers pf kelp, that the Bill should not come into operation before De cember. . Mr. Alderman WOOD and Mr. C. CALVERT supported the original koposition of the Chancellor of the Exchequer. Mr. CHARLES GRANT spoke in behalf of the kelp ma nufactUrers, lobo, he obierved; were a very meritorious and or derly.body of men, whoSe ordinary lot was extreme poverty, but who now were sufferiog pritAtions almost amounting to famine. He hoped; therefore, his Right Hon. Friend would agree to the suggestion, to substitute December for October. - Mr. BRIGAT said he felt deeply for the poor peopleatrect ed by the Tax ; but it was not possible on account of the suf- Tering to a small number of individuals to deny the public the advantage of the remission of taxes: He should hope, how ever, to see a portion of the remaining duty on salt applied to the relief of these persons. Mr. - W. SMITH said the real competition would be, not be tween the manufacturers of kelp and the importers of barilla, but between the forther and the manufacturers of salt • from . alkali.-11e, however, saw no reaion why the duty should be 'reduCed before January, the time Of the cessation of the High Salt - Duty. After a few words from Mt. T. Wilson -and Mr. R. Mac donald, the Chancellor of the Exchequer agreed to the sugges.: tion of,Mr. Hume. The'Report was ordered to be teeeiifed to-morrow. SMUGGLING PREVENTION BILL, On the motion for the thin', reading of the Smuggling Pre- N'ention Bill, Mr. RERNAL complained of the hardships to which sea faring men were exposed under the provisions of the existing laws for the prevention of smuggling. They *ere liable to be sent abroad ter five years, on the oath of a single custom-house officer, who received a reward of 201. on the commitment of the party. He earnestly pied upon the attention of Hon. Gen tlemen opposite, the expediency of making a digest of the ex isting excise law's. more effectual in their tendency, and more constitutional in their principle. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL admitted that some of the provisions of the existing laws appeared to - press hard upon sea faring men ; that, for instance, which rendered them liable to be impressed and sent on board ship for 5 years on commitment, without conviction. The Judges had, however, so construed the Act in favour of the liberty of the subject, as to require that the -commitment should set out all the facts necessary to conviction, and this had been found a matter of such extreme difficulty, that a great number of persons had been discharged on being brought up by Habeas Corpus before the Judges. Mr. LUSH I NGTON suggested the propriety of introducing a clause giving a discretionary power to the Lords of the Trea sury to remit the penalties, whether the parties were seafaring men or not. Dr. LUSHINGTON said it *as contrary to every principle of justice that a man should be liable to be committed, and sent abroad, without conviction, for five years, merely becaufe he was found on board a vessel liable to forfeiture. Mr. BRIGHT objected tc. the form of the conviction, as set out in the Bill. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL said the form was precisely the same as that adopted in every other Act of Parliament, giving a power of sununary conviction. The Bill was then read a third time and passed. A Message from the Lords announced their Lordships' as sent To several Bills [for which See the Lords.] The other Orders of the Day were then disposed of, and the House adjourned. . PARLIAMENTARY PAPER. An Official Return of the gross and net amount of all the astessed - taies, payable and paid in Ireland, except the win dow and hearth tax, for the last seven years, distinguishing each year, has been printed pursuant to an order of the House Of Commons. It presents a melancholy reduction in all the ar ticles connected with the superior classes of society, thus evinc ing a diminution in their numbers, their means, or both. The amount of duty paid for carriages within Fe. s. 1. . • 117,570 7 7 . . 58,363 10 114 ForD i t t h t o s e e , Y a v e n a a t he i B n re i a B w r: 6 l 2 B22 . ' .., . . 54,471 0 (P. Ditto in 1822 . • . . 36,607 17 , 5 04,577 1 2 . 56,886 9 5 For es in 1816 Ditto in 1822 For dogs in 1816 Ditto in 1822 Coachmaleers in 1816 Ditto for 1822 . Total in 1816 104,577 1 2!) 15,1;59 19 8 515 18 01 734 1 24 284 18 4- 293,273 11 9i Ditto in 182 . . . 160,f150 14 2' - . The falling off in the last six years thus appears to be nearly one half. The decline in the intervening years was uniformly gradual in'almost every branch. We are assured that the following is an ac curate account of the state of the Wool Trade :—The best flocks of South-down Ewe and llogget, where there is an equal quan• tity of each, are selling from 38s. to 425. per tod (owing to two houses at Bradford, that are now buying in this country, to see which can make the best yarn for Norwich market), when they are not worth more than for Southdown ewe 28s. to 30s. and the Southdown hogget 325. to 355. Norfolk ewe and hog get 21s. to 265. for the very best crop by the Southdown ewes and Leicester tup. The sheailing wether 245. to 275. and Lei cester ewe and hogget is not worth more than 24s.—(Bury Paper) The late heavy rains have done immense da mage to the growing crops in this neighbourhood, in many of which the sprit has already made its appearance. Indeed the general appearance of the weather very much resembles that of the autumn of last year.—( Chester l e).Chroni, _ The flannel trade in Montgomeryshire is good. This trade is considered the greatest means of support among the small farmers in Wales; it enables them to pay their rents, which otherwise many of them could not do, under the heavy demands for tithes and taxed necessaries.--(North Wales Advertizcr.) - • i n . Fruit is so plent i ful th is town and neigh bourhood, that fine cherries are selling at -three feelings rer lb. ; gooseberries the same price per quart ; and apples at from ls. to ls. 4d. per hundred.—( Plymouth Paper.)