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London, England, 1819-06-23 00:00:00

PVBLIC ACCOUNTM.

tir. LuSHINGTON obtained lcave to brio": ioi
801 l to repeal two Acts fur lying ceetain accounts
Wore Parliament.
CAM ELFORD ELECTION-11R. HALLETT.

. Mr. Hume said, in the tilmetice of the Cloistarto
of the Cam{ lford Election Committee, lie 'tidied
to Itatc, as shortly as lie could, the ground an
which they came to a resolution, that Mr. Without
Hallett hid wilful y id-witted himself from that
Committee. It appeared cleetle, by evidence gives,
berme the Committee, that Mr. Hallett hat) taken
so aciie part at the el. cti-n, in June. 18t —and
every &At was resorted to, in order that he might
he screed with a 'variant of attendance, to give his
testimony heroic the Committer. It was riillll.l
nu-
possible to serve the wittier, and the Committee
were. he believed, unanknoosly of opiniou, th it ,lr.
Hallett lied absented himself wilfetlly. Tiwy were
*curious for the atteaolance of !hector four itillie
of whim Mr. Hallett was one, none of whom hail come
forward to give testimony—and the coo.. got bee
was, that the Committee were obliged to proceed
to decide op die gam, in the absence of the brat
evidence that could be adduced.- They, therefore.
thought it necessary to report one of the indivitluela
who had acted in this manner, in order that the
House might have an opportut:ty of assert tag its
dignity. if iirdividuals refused to come forward on
such occasions, it would be impossible fur Com-
mittees of this House to perform their duty sattis-
facturily.
Mr. CALVERT wished to know, whether the ire(
dividual was its covtuily ?
h/r.,Huus amid, the Soenker hail -teased his war.
not for the apprehension of Mr. Hallett. and he
had been idkeri into custody. Under all the tine
eunivianceo of the cue. he should tuove....
N That Witham Hallett be committed to his Mlesly'a
gaol of Ntagate, he tiering wilfully abiented timed( in
order mu avoid giving evidence before a Cusonnuce of this
Wage."
Mr. S. LOURNE objected to this proceeding as
too precipitate. lie conceived it would be. wrong
to commit this Individual to Nrwgatr, without tyro
apprising him of the offence with which he was
char;. d.—(Hea'r.)
Mr. Hume said, lie bad consulted an lion Mem-
ber, not then present, a• to the course which it was
necessary to pursue. Mid was informed by lam that
the regul.er mode of proceedit:g wool(' be to make
the motion which he had now submitted to the
Won. It was not dictated by shy titivate or per.
*Anal frelnig.
The SPEAKER Hid. the anc:ent practice was, for
the House to put full confidence t i the !tenon of
any of its CominitteSS, and in act on tlrat Report.
The individual had afterwards an opponniisty of
being heard an his ortimoi. This cosrom bad
Ltely beers departed Iron—partirolarly lit ii very
repent case, where the individual war, to the first
*stance. exanvien-d :it the bar.
Mr. Coolt:e moved, that the Report or the
Committee, as far as it related to this
should be read.

The Clerk rests—" RcPolllfll, 1110 Win. fl..l!rtt,
of St. Mary Axe, druygist, has wilfully Atm:oll.lrd,
in order to •void g:aing evidence before this Com-
Itaillee."--(liefr, Afar.)
Mr. SCARLET? IN OP or opinion that the indivi-
dual should be brought to the bar, that the Howe
might bear obit ha loid to Day. with revret to his
absence Gum ho an ',Mich the tlecitiosi of the
Committee was founded..

Mr. hhcounaLo thought it was hot Ur th:it
Mr. Hallett should be brought to the b,r, 1,1 ~r,i,r
that he might offer an explanation of I.is co.,tluet,
if it were in his power to do so.
Mr. S. llounne said, it was iindoni,t,-41ly trite
that the Committee hed found Mr. 1-I,llht.t
yet, he conceived, an individisul ought, beh.re he
wss committed, to be allowed to trice aoy expla-
nation which lay in his power, with respect to his
absence from his own home. . .

Mr. CDOKLIt whaled the 11-u. Member to with-
draw his motion. The person now to custody
would then have BSI oppoittniity, if lie thoiight
proper, to petition ; and, on the facts stated in that
petition, the Douse might act as the vise required.
After a hew words f Mr. D. %V. flattvLY,
Dir. MACDONALD, slid Mr CitOKEtt—
The SPEAC ea auggeated the propriety of leaving
the prisoner lit the custody of the &draw-at-Arms,
until some future day, Friday, for instance, when
the evidence on which the Committee founded their
Report would be in the hands of Members, and 'lie
tuner would, in the Meats time, have au oppor-
tunity of retiiiiming.
r. I It9mE then withdrew his motion.
BANERUPT ACTS AMENDMENT BILL.
J. Mtitl biought up the Report of the
tokruiA Acts Amendment Bill, which wa. re.
ruminated—the Report received, 111111 ordered
to be taken into further consideration on Thursday
next, and the Bill to be fainted.
LAWS AOAINSF COMBINATION.
Mr. lit. mc rose to call the attention of the noose
to a Petition of considerable importance. Ile be-
lieved much diversity of opinion existed as to the
facts stated in minty priruoa CooCettred that
the prest•iit period was not a proper one F. enter-
tain the subject ; but, the very reasons which !rd
those permoil to support: the present an improper
time to investigate the cause of complaint, were
those which induced him to think that It ought now
to be looked into. The Petition was signed by
10,000 tradesmen and artisans of the City of Lou.
duu, who couiplained of the existing lane relative

to prevented ttirrn trip re,
crivitig the full remtioeritrion for 'lvor I Omura: All
Taws, they otierved, which interfered with the rate of
wcre hostile to the 110.4 Intel pods of trade, awl
we're the snorer of constant torrtpl.ti.st and
Ile (sir. name) Conceived that thistle lIAr Writ
iniachievoini. lie would put it to the feeling.; of
every Gentleman ',resent, whether it wits just to
Five In the rich 'rower the power of comtniiiiig
014 the ion-1601.mm, a.td lu pnuialt the latter,
if hr attempted to procure what h+ conceived to lie
f kir rernimer.stion for ? The coo 00000
I.lw of the I old trot sufficient to check any
unpro-
per conduct nn the part of the lahour,ing arti•no
and, hr conceived 8 sneioure ought to he intro.
illiced fur the purpose of ttltrting or repeahlig liie
idatnoes that hart been enacted on this tot In

t tom then Lrouglit up owl r• ad.
Al,. Et Lt. ►ln•kr in reenter uI 11► r and
paid lie would :Airport ■ It►ll calculated to reu.edy
the evil, when it it 111 brou{tl►t its.
Mr. WILLIAIis pm:kr us§ the mine ai.le.

LIM EURINGICCIand, be hoped moue mestlittre
*Gold he brought to, ►n the course of the oral MCP.
on Ulu lUbjtCt,
The Petition sins then brought op, read, •ud
()Merril to be printed.
31r. Iloorae Pert. presenteJ a Petition front shaven
111.igistr,tes of Latirmiter,rlieshisr, and Yorkshire, in I.vuur
of tlo• Bill for rectilattor the boor.: lahoor of Chrl•lreu ji
the Cotton MAniefactorit —Of-aired to lie ,n the table.
BANK ADVANCI.S 1111.1..

tin lb.' trillion of Ile. HOSIIIIT Pert., the Itnu prrtrtlrrd
1111 elf tutu .1 Committee on Ilse Busk Advanerd DIN whin
Ilse bevel 11•1110e11 0/err SMITH in.—The 11.,11.• sts.umetl.
MA Ilse Report watt ordered to be ltiouiz,st tip lo otos sow.