The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1821-02-22 00:00:00

TIMBER TRADE.

General GASCOYNE preeented a p, Blinn from tole !tip-
metiers of Liverpool against any alteratiou in Hui ditties un
timber ; and runlet ked upon the inconio menet tu the trade
of the state of suspense in which they were at peered, held.
Mr. WALLACE said lie bait before stated that Ike Com-
mittee who writ eligueell in inquiring into ilustesbject were
folly aware of the inconvenience, and he was confident. they.
uric desirous to rt move it as soon as possible. fle moved.
,bat all Petitions relating to the Timber Trade.'now on the
table of the House, should be referred to the Oeihasittee on
Foreign Trade.—Ortlerrd.
Mr. H. G. BENNETT snowed for refutes-0106e nitather of
Persons convicted of uttering Forged Bauk.of England Notes
dining the last three years; alma of She atsinVer of Persons
executed for the saute; end of the number of Persons
transported fur having Forged Notes in their possession
during the same peitud ; and likewise fur similes relines re-
spectiug Forgeries in Irelasid.—Ordered.
RECOVERY OF SMALL. DEBTS.
Lord A LTHOR p said, that when he wee emptied in the
inquiry into the lusolrent Debtors' Act, he bad received.
communicatioue from several persons *doming the expo-
dieucy of some alteration in the laws by which persons
might be better enabled to recover debts of small smolt's?. •
He had felt himself al first unequal to the subject, bra
having communicated his views of the subject to a No-
ble mad Learned Lord in the other House, be had een•
lured, under the guidance of his expetieuce, to filing fur.
ward the present measure. The Noble Lord then entered
into a detailed history of the coustitution and practice of
County Courts front the time of Edward I. Their jurisclie.
lion bad hitherto been confined to sums under forty shil-
ling; he proposed to extend it to sums not exceeding ISt.
But although cheap justice was desirable, it was necessary
that it should be justice; he, therefore, proposed a con-
siderable reform in the emetitution of County Caurle. He
cositemplated the appuiulment of hatrlsters of five years
standing as Judges iu those Courts; that hides should le
empanelled in the same matinee ere in the Courts of West-
osiesler ; that the Coto ts alsoeld adjourn from place
to place fur the convenience of Om suitors; and that the
forms of pleading should lie simphfied. He moved, there-
foie, for leave to bring in a Bill to enable Omni), Couria
to enforce the Payment of Small Debts.

Mr. CAMPBELL it CJllded the notion, and after a few
words fro= Mr. C. W. WYNN, leave was gives to hriug is
the Bill.
RIVER THAMES.

Mr. C. CALVERT gave notice of a motion for Monday
next, fur leave to bring in a Bill to repeal so much of the
Act of the 22d Chaska 11. cap. 7, sec. 26, as prevents the
proprietors of wharves between London Bridge and the Tem-
ple from raiaiug any wall or paling, or other erection, ou the
bauks of the River.
Mr. HUME presented a Petition from a person named
• Henry Mackintosh, staling that he ass sonic time ago bird
at the Old Bailey fur forgery, when the Jury acquitted him
by • general verdict of nut guilty; that be was however
committed afterwards to confinement in Bedlam, as an ia-
sane persOn ; and complaining of the contiumnee of his
confinement, notwithstanding his return to • sound •ud use
state of mind, and hoping the House would devise mine
means of relieving him from such confinemeot.
Mr. C. W. WYNN thought ibis was a case in which the
House could sot iuterfere.

Mr. HUM E thought otherwise. The terms ails* Peti-
tioner's commitment welt " duriog his Majesty's pleasure:.
which be uuder►tuud to torso wily so long as it might be
dangerous fur the individual to be at large. lf, therefore.
it cuolil be proved, and he was prepared to prove it, out by
the Ism dizit of the Pctitiuuer, but by t►e certificates of
Playsiciaus, that the iadiridual was in • perfect state of
sanity so lung ago as the 15th of July, 18111, be should
think it was n case calling for the interferenee of lbe Howie.
The Petition was ordered to be printed.
Mr BROUGHAM said, that having bees applied to by
I persons, Members of that House, and others, fur
iufortuation as to the time wheel it was probable he should
bring forward his proposed Bill oo the subject of Education,
lie would take that upporiunity of stating, that it would
be impossible for him to introduce that measure till b.s
return Gum the Northern Circuit, but that he would brine
it forward as shortly as possible after that Circuit ass
concluded.