The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1821-05-29 00:00:00

HOL!SE OP COMMONS. Mos oar, May 18.

The spit:AKER took the Chair shoat three o'clock, and
anon afterward*, having been senvinsoned hy the Mousy
Usher of the Elsa End, in the sisal form, procreated to
so. H"or of Lank. to how the Royal Austell Fiver by
Cusnissaassan so several politic sod private Bills.
Lord BELFAST peseosed a Prtitiass from certain labs.
boons* of BOtast. easiest she U.ury sea Repeal Bill.
ths the resolute of Nr. D. BROWNE. the Intausl Native.
lima (Ireland) Boil cos read • second time, and ordered to
br rtterre.l to a CIAN6IIII.ICO of the chute Hoare us Wed.
siesday 1/4
The Itii.l6 Election Expellant Bill was KW the third time
and paa,ril.
Ali. %V ROTTEALEY alstoined travels, bring in a Bill to
alter and mascot., the Art rirloling.l. Awrressiler of Bank.
sups, w.sb n .sec ish fraud: Tom; lbw saesse truss,
%1.. JOHN MARTIN Mission' leas* tu brut( in a Bill
to u,lhurlse the Enolisuse of Charitits4 Trust Landa.
INLAND OF NEWFOUNDLAND.

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Air MACKIPirOsH pi...sewed a Pttiet,iu, bigned by a
ateuereasta•ad highly respectable betty at the lahabitaiiiii or
Si. Juba'', is the !eland of Plealuou.lautl, cumylcuiag of

Mr. GOVLBURN, mid that upon inquiring into the
history and proceedings of the colonial -Legislator's, it
wuuld be funisd Ilion if they had in some inhumes rendered
beneficial services to the Colonic.% they had also, on the
odor hood, produced such as accaniolation of cultures/tee-
ing evils, as should induce Parliament to pantie before it
decided um the adoptiou of any similar ehals!istitesect in
any new instance. With respect to the adiniiiistration of
justice in Nerrommilland, 111. th• moth desciaord by the
iluu. Centleniast who presented this Petition geuerally
prevailed, he was ready to solemn that it was nut ore mlmoch
ought to be continued. The Hoe. Gentleman entered at
south length into • history of the origin of the Sum rogate
Commits. The population of the island, which might amount
at present to about 6001)0, was divided into email awl Mau-
lat. d societies, deprived by their Mem, annulus" and time pe-
culiarities of the climate, of allmesus of comnsnuication
with each other, except at •pariiculti periods of the year.
The lulimbitauts consisted f two classes, having lutenist.
opposed to and chishiug with each other, namely, the me,-
chant: mod the pennon employed, by them. Disputem fre-
queutly atom be-tweets thesis, and it was impossible.isi such
a stale of society to provide Justices of the Peace who could
try impartially the laded that arose. On that ground it was
that the Naval Olftiee's were selected, an twist men of high
honour, said out likely to be itollitencod by soy of the local
prejudices to which the inhabit...its of either class' must be
liable, sod %/hese no 'heal magistracy •a. istablislied, they
were authorised to exercise a judic,al pacer; amid lie was con-
fldent it would be foetid, that, its reheat, although they were
out much acquainted with law, justice had by them brut im-
partially:lnd satosfacturily adoositstand. lie was sorry that any
minima should at this time have been made of the particular
case which the flow Gentleman hail introduced, as the par-
ties were now in th:s country for the purpose of prosecuting
an appeal agaiust the decision of the SleilllVM! Civil Court.
The mode of punishment naturally arose out of the 55510,0 of
the judicature which the state of the society in the is!and
Ind reudered necessaty. In the case of Lanigan, however,
it was indicted by urd, r, Out of the Naval Officer only, but
also of the Nlissionary of the settlement, who was associated
with hint in the exercise of the functions of Sure ogste. Erma
thy evidence before them, they judgcd him to have Arco
guilty of a gross contempt and Artistice of the authority of
the Court. They, however, al'ierw•rda subscribed slid pin-
chuird fur him .he property of which be had berm legoliy
divested by the outer is, disubidience of which lie had mucus-
rid the posiahowni.

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1)r. LUSHINGTON commented pith much Severity on
the ioflictiou of curlicuel punishment in ahrease of LAlMerit,
fur cuntimpt, Wearied by disuhediettee to ass order of the
Cum t for the resiits.tiou of property. In sock a case the
Course to be pui•ued should Live hero .to take hiss into
custody, sisal proceed to give legal possenaion of the property
le the party claiming the ristifittion ; instead of which he
had been loutish. before the Coonninader of a ship of war,
loud the Clergymen, sentenced and punished on the spot ; a
species of proceediug whirls so man with the common fed-
logs of lisintanity could speak of but io terms of the strutiseit
reprobation. The Hon. and Learned Member then rs tiered
to the judgment of the Supreme Court, which, we sindrr-
stood hint to say, had dismissed the suit for damages, solely
us the la gal quaslsun as to the eiteut of jurisdiction ; de-
precating, however, such a anode of puuishiog fur contempt,
■ud pronouncing it to hare Leen in the particular case (wish
and uncallsd fur. The Hon. Member added, that after
fourteen lashes had hewn inflieted, lend the oast had (stilted
■way, a propos:taws was made to him to g vs lip the question
in the still to lee exempted from the r. installer of the punish-
silent. As a farther proof how all ailapteol the Suirogate
Coots ware fur the promotion of justice, he mentioned a
mote which bad come to his knowledge, in ikhich the father
was judge and the win plaintiff, and the brother regedrar of
the Court. Ile hoped the aboversimesis would snake the
strictest alimony into the state of the clad sod judicial
milsistrasion of the Wood, sad cause them to be placed we
a proper and equitable footing. He concluded with °bw•ty-
tug, that it was matter of Iry al surprise, and also of sestet