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ISLAND OF OCERNSET.

Mr Btalivrt said-he had, previous to the recess, present-
ed a ['CiliaWl from a respectable individual, relative td the
present state of a portion of the law (we believe that of
debtor and creditor" in the island of Guernsey. He 're-
flood the subject bad been taken up by his Msjestj•'s Minis-
ters, and, in moving fur the papers e . which he had given
notice, he did not mean to triterfere with their proceerlings.
What be wished was, that the Report of the Commissioners
appointed in 1811, to investigate the Mate of the law in
Guernsey, should be &mimed. Mr. tiobhouse was at the
lead of that Commission, which, he understood, had übtain-
ed mach inform:mom on this interesting municipal subject.
Somethiag ought to be dupe to ameliorate the barbarous
Mate of the law in that The Commission was op-
poitilted 141814. the Report was made in 1816, and they
were now its Julie 1819, Wilhout any eflicieut step having
bees faked lb alter the sj :Wm. One case of peculiar hard-
allip bad horn stated to I . It was that of a young man,
who, having Mane -a reminciati .... of all hie property, accord-
ing to the establoilerd practice of the island, was afeerwards
tuudised. The Hon. Geneknoto concluded by moving for
the Report of the Comniissitmees appointed to Inquire into
Hoe jurisprudeoce of the island of Guernsey, dated the 2d of
May 1816.
Mr. BATHS/UST • said, the present stibject•was one of eon-
siderabl.. Mimes Noce. The law whikb was objected to wee
the old ',twins,. law, and was, be believed, cousedered wills
the utmost attention by those who admiulstered it. It bad
existed for many years, and was (midi applicable to a place
where cuosidenible consosertfial dealings were circled on—
therefore, in altering it, they might to peutead with great
delicacy and eleliberation. The Commissioner' in qutw►inw
had examined all the individual cases that were submitted to
them, and had also Memoir:steel the state of the general la*.
In a long Report, they hart ►tated their view of the whine
questiou. This was ht May 1816—and, is the Fehr:laq
following, their Report wit referred to the Court, which ass
sought Ile he altered, fur its upiaion ou Om suggestions of the
Commission That opinion ass oat received until the
curl of the year 1817. The next step taken wow, to lay the
urgival suggestions of the Commissioners, and the opinion
of the Cuurt thereon, before the Law Odicerrof the Crown.
They did out determine on I1w• care-natil the 11Ith of April
in thnpierebt year. The aosiver tif the Lae thaws of the
Coolest, stating what they thought might be dose with pro.
gaiety, Was laid before the Privy Council, which bad pm.
milted to the consideration of the subject. They bad found
it impossible to come to a air chime yet, as the question in-
volle.orresse tar twelve different brad'—but In hoped they
*wand be able,salty iu the twin Straiten, to lay before Parka.
uncut the virw they might be disposed to take of the sub-
ject. The Hon. Gentleman had unveiled to a particular
case ; but lie emweived that was nut ajust way of arguing
the pitraiuit, which ought In be eunaideicd on general
In thin state of the busbies', he did not thick it
would fee mover to lay the Report berme the House.
Sir W. k mess was happy to inform the Hum Gentleman
who biunizlit finished this minion. that no peculiar hardship
existed in the este' ofOlienney. In consequence of what lead
Ines) siiil al t the gaol, he got admission into it, and found
that the is wife as lrippy as prisons iu such a sillies.
time usually ser re. He knew the Hon. Manlier was ►ery
resider Oa the antdect.iif 'MI6, Unit therefore 1w was glad ics
pill Iht• Huse•• of this fact. the a Serowe oc-
casion, the Hun. Gentleman had stated, that the brown
Isitael whir le was used in Neirgaie, and which In (See William)
C4.11.11h I tel a %VI v grist treat, was mil, in fact, fil for the use
of (*hi esti:due But he WKS (pile misenkeinues that pubis.
II r. Bfa a ITT said, he had not, in the rourse of his speech,
made a ley alleisi .... whatever In the easel at Guernsey ; lie
hail rout hi... 1 himself to the state of the law. The Ilms.
Batumi ■tlsdld en the hilt-lest which he took, Wills relic!!!
to public gaols —hut Ire creel.' assure him, that neither aneer-
iug s, our doing attacks, shunts prevent hied
from pursuing the soma course ise future. The Honourable
Bailout also ■dluded to the statement made by him, with
reference to the berm' used its Newgate. The fact was,
that, when lir visited the tiod, the bread, he saw was such
as be had described. 'l•he Repent of the Commiefee bore
him out iu his statemeut. It sat forth, that our bawls of
the bread (that which lir load seen) was unfit fur use.
Alter a few words hone Mr. Doust..as and Sir Coal's,
the MUillla pas withdrawn.
CROWN DEBTORS.

• Mr. Asuacaostair presented a Petition from 6
number of Crown Debtors, confined in the Castle
of Lancaster, praying for relief from the House. 'The
Learned Gridltrnan said, the hardships of which
those individuals complained, called loudly for re.
dress. Our of them, a ratan of 39 ce.irs of age, had
been imprisoned for six 3 curs and ten months : hid
debt was 5001. A second, uh.. litlS 36 year. of age,
had been imprisoned live Vicars and six mouths :
his debt was 4,000/. A 7hiid, .r ho was 68 'ears of
age, with a %tie and six .chilititti, had been itn-
paisouril four years : (Wit aas 4,000/. There
were ninny oilier CaSes of the Lone deseriptibh.
Sods a 'yawn ought to be examined send revised.
it was thocking to think that men, at a very early
age, should •he thrown lota priton, and kept there
during the prune of their
The CHANCELLOR of. the Excitrgtma said, he
aras not prepared to go I.1117CW:lily 100 the cases
state:l by the Learned NI. n. her. Perhaps it 33ouki
be fottorl, uu toquity, that the persons oh* owls.
plaitird of their protracted itultrommoteul, heti'
Leda goihy of Lakati, the parishes in which they
✓eseal as collectors, and thus drew down upaa them.
selves the displeasure of the Court. If the Learned
Grath solo chose to c,.1! for any papers cusiticetesi
with those (-irks, lie w.,ii!,l Le willing to grant them.
Mr. iil:l.l44,itulibY *Litt 'list lie did oat Li). any
pestsoll.a.mArus-on those ci-es.• Ile addirased
ortr to she ennead priiiespla, o Inch was west objec..
tiottablr,:a4d lot to the tzat-► whreli.we-re detailed

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in the Petition. Tlicle persom nri. ht hove iteeit
guilty of 'borne *mud &the parkins with which
they were cosinectrel.• Bpt, lie, would ask, wisellifi
it was fit to !owlish ouch fraud+ in tin* manner ? It,
alto a sirere owl ii.convenivit mode—opposed to
principle NIA to jastice.—Tfie Petition was laid on
the table.
BMA: OF t
Mr. C;OLEPI rem. inovrd for-
-16 An aCCOIIIIi shewiag the average aihouni of *S of
England Notes awl florik•Post Bills in eireMetion for three
years pi-stilling the sth at April, 109, as appestat by the re-
ten whirls the Governortuul Csiropeiy of the Bunk or Ent.
land are avowed by the Act of Geo. tit. to derit,er lly
tia Ow CA day of May, to the Coopoitasiotora of 3itaialss."
Mr. MANNING awed, that the amount, on an
@Verse, fur nix years preceding the month of April.
last, was t 27,000,000/. a circumstance which proved
that the Bank had dealt with an egnal hand, both
with ASpect to the country and to the mercantile
int .
The accsatnt was ordered.
M r.43R611i PELL then snored fir—
" Ass Arrant of the attiouut of Book of &Wand f!dIW no
the Wood ISt!' of each month, from May 1815, to MO UK
ititlusive; distinguishing the various classes of !totes, from
those of the value of Zif. to those or the value upward.
of 1,0001."-Ordered.

IVIIV DOW TAX.
Mr. S. WiIRTLEY prevented the Report treat the
Se!wet Committee, appointed to inquire into the
operation of the Tait nu Shop Windows. •
lu mositig that this Report Ire printed," the
Huts. Clentlettiao said, the Committee found that
tradesmen did not suffer any very great inconve-
nience frotop the tax, as it applied 14 shop windows ;
but that, with respect to dwelliog•houaes, having
shops attached to them, it hose very heavily.
_ CLERK OF TUE PLEAS IN IRELAND. _

Mr. DENMAN *Felted to know what steps his Ma-.
jesty's Minister.: intended to bike, in consequence
of the decision of the house et Lords, that the Chief
Baron of the Court of klelsequer in Ireland had
no right to nominate tb. the situation of Clerk of
the Pleas? An Hon. Member, but now present,
had given notice of his intention to move for the
abolition of the office, ahould the decision of the
Lords be against the Chief Baron's claim. He
should be glad to know whether any, and what steps
bad been takers on this subject ?
The CHANCiaLOR of the EXCEPQUER, did not
understand last any Intention existed to abolish
the office; it was merely meant that it should •be
regulated. The mode in which that object could
be best regulated was now under considsration.
cOMINIStiIOICLAS OF BANKRUPTS.
Mr. WitdTTEsr.Ex ruse to move fur a grant of
20,0004 for the purport of erecting a suitable build-
ing for the transaction of business in cases of bank-
ruptcy. A Committee had b(eh appointed to select
a proper site fur a building of this nature, and had
fixed on the spot, adjoining Guildhall, on which
Blackwell-hall at present stood. Other alterations,
connected with the Courts of Law, were about to
be carried into effict, at the same place, which-ap-
peared to be very convenient in every respect.
'File money now advanced would be retutoed to
the public, by means of feet, in a very few years—
they would no longer be called on to pay those
large colas which were now demanded for the ee-
commodatiou they received in' Guildhall. The
Holt. Geo-election poved,
That mg Irons* AdAdders*.be presented to his Itoyal:
Highs/w., alk Pfiallt Regent,_prayiag ifiat 'Sr will be itro-
eiutisly pleased to order that a sum out eiweedlog 20,000/.
be oautedi fur the pwv(wee of erecting a cootrerneat buntl-
ine for the transaction ofhastness in cases of bitairuptcy—
sad that this Boise will make good ihe same."
Alderman WOOD bald, the House must seethe
necessity of making the alteration, now contem-
plated, for the arcommodatiou of persons employed
in bankruptcy bit:Mess. At present the accom-
modation to Guildhall was by•tro means sufficient,
and it was proper that a place should he selected
where the Commissioners could conveniently meet.
The spot chosen by the Committee, who sat up
stairs, was, in every respect, suited to the purpose—
nod they could not, in any other part of Londmi,
procure a place equally convenient, for double
the expense. It was theintentron olthe Corpora-
tion to build a Court of King's Bench and a Court
or Common Pleas, near the Bankruptcy Court.,—
(Hear, hedr.)-Wheit the Corporation did this, at
their own expense, he hoped they would not he ac=
cubed, as he had sometimes heard them, of wishing
to eau-outage jobs. He hoped, by the next Session
ufl'arliar neon, those different Courts would he cotU•
!tiered.
General itsqoittd Whether the sum
militias(' was to he takers Irons the public taxes,
When the tax hills were in progress lw heardi
great deal about economy, but that subject seamed
to be forgotten now
" The devil was sick—she devil a monk tumid
-The &tit grew well—the devil a 'nook was he."
Mr. WROTTAALEY thought he had distinctly
stated that this sum would nut come uliituately Out
of the public purse. The fees, in the cuursesof
few years, would repay use loan.
After a few words from General WALPOLE, the
tnotiou was agreed to.

ufflice of Ibis linil to vtr can lo,suqrhfut-ssaislret tin
Obis Ile object in view, and Ike koilittiewhicti
*llO if:**l terminate, is tisilizin *Web It twit lei lll this
.lisslawite, to bring ill 'kis *LI tisitishmetit person
*bit is illiilly of it. mi. r all We pecutisr c gintlances
of your cast—lnking jute euswilleration the present state
of your !width—the assnrspee yott have ;rivets of future
Obeilienre—the pledge loss-ltreit to ibis" Must. itsit sop will
readily and cheerfully Strprat Wore _it, if .calleil. oft-tamale'
'Shim all, the wise dllfiriliistalioia into have formed to give
(mill, fair, and own:served lest impati,ajevevinjisfed—tbrac
• eareoasetaneew einobiutol, bite imluteil do- tioium to se-
. .levee puss widusitt furdwr ptitiishintirt An- gabediroce itaihe
miler* of the Ilois.e I mow re In intatol yiusisiltl Anther le-
rtnaiin tmtiollit you lite now amtheitartk,tto poignant of
your ftrtr."--(Thwte.)
the t..lllAtil'CF.l tots or till ylOl4lOl moved,
" 'that what has Lira acid by• Mr. Speaker. tit se.
- IniuGatittitig- AVil.itant Ilallett,i be entered au the
Journals of this Flouse."—f_hdered.
CA USTOh'S DI R COWRY.
Alderman %%root') rose to preiWiit a Petition from
John Keit Cativo'', one.of hill vonsaittrenis„coisia
iduining that the patronage of Ills Post Office was
used to his prejudice. On exam.. • w, into thetas',
he found, that what the Petitioner complautill of as
ell injury to him, was a very great benefit to the
public. It upprartd, 11.,:tt the Post Office, by tbs.
Geminating the Pt ice ('urrent dud other publications'
'fal

of that kitid, served the public in a very consider-
able degree. The Petitioner, Itotvever' cothplain.:
ed. that, by meting in this way, the "hell Office
injured the isle of hi* Directory. It might here
be proper to observe that the
.resenue was also
increased by the course pursued by the Post °tar,
►iiice the conveyance of those .•Price .Carreats,
predated a sum of 700/. a year. The
Peutiocer. also complained that he was ill-trerit-
ed by the 12.ornntivisiorierS of Stamps, who had
not' cathied certain persons to be prosecuted fur

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hawking Priee.Carremie, latattaekt, dec. about the
streets. These persons, he insisted, ought to be
noticed by the regialar informers employed by the
Stamp Office; but that had ntit been doue,•and
he was left to prosecute in line own persons if he
thought proper. The pres Ant Petition, he begged
to states was differently worii.ed from that-which
he before introduced on this subject. He had eh.
deavoured to persuade-the Petitioner not to persist
in laying his Cilie before the House, since lie was
sure Parliament would not interfere. He had, how-
ever, persevered in his"inteution, and declared if
he (Alderman Wood) did not choose to present
the Petition, he would, get mottle other Member to
lay it before the House. He hid, therefore, un-
.dertaken the task, although he' did not give the
Petitioner hopes that lie would speak more enor,
ably of his claim than he had now done, and he did
not think be had said much to its support.— (
laegh.) . • - •
The Petition was then btonatiit up sod read.
On thb motion ." That it do lie on the tchle,/'
Mr.. M. A. -TAYLOR suggested to the House,
whether this was a Petition that could with pro-
priety lie on the table. It appeared that the con-
duct of the Post-office "vas mat Correct—that the
public were benefited by it—and further, that it
tended to en increase of revenue—and yet they
were Called on to receive a formal complaint against
system which produced so much good. He
would give every just latitude to the right of lie-
litiiiiiing—but.certaisily this, like many otlwr Pe-
04nos that be had teem laid on the table, did not
imitit out any circumstance with which the Muse
Mid any business to interfere. .
• Mr: LUSHINGTON could not are the difference
between the Petition now-introduced, and that
which had been formerly presented tidtn the setae
person, and which was rejected. It was-found to
complain of private loss—and the House reerpro-
perly left the Petitioner to seek his redress by law.
Aldermen WOOD said, the present Petition was
considerably altered train that which had been be-
fore introduced. He hoped, therefore, it could be
suffered to lie on the table. The Petitioner Was
one of his constituents, and very MUM in his sup-
pot,. He shoOld be sorry, therefore, if his Pen-
non were rejected.
The motion was negatived without a division. -
COM MISSARIAT DEPARTMENT.
agr.c. HuToturisax postionisd his vomitus relative to lbe
Auditor of Aeroutits at Lisbon, misfit Friday.
Mr. flertmatuas moved the further conlideration of she
Report at the Slave Registry Bill.—The amegilments•wrire
agreed to.—Thirst reading to-morrow:-
Mr. littouctiam pretreated s Petition from,teirtain
sewers of the icati of Cueltermooth, in favourbf the Mar-
riage Ari Ameadineal Rill.r—Laid on the lahle.
The New :4.44%1'41ra Dtitiev Bill was, on the motion of
Mr. Gota.mix, read t_l4.accund time, aad Jodi-red to be
committed tai Friday.
The New South Wales Thole Bill was resd the second
time.—To be committed to•morroir., •
• • PREVENTION OF roßbEgy.
-Mr. CALCRAFT, seeing iu :flit place any Hon.
Geutleinan (Mr. W. Couiteintey) who was at the
head of the Commission to which it had been re ferred
• to consider of. the best mode for preve eee itt g or ren-
dering more difficult theforiery of Bank notes, was
anxious to put a question to Jim, of cousideiablo
importance. It would he Most satisfactory to the
Home nod the country to kiiisw, whet* they were
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AGRICULTURAL INTtftEST. - : . likely to have the .bewelit or the lc. ..• of that
Consmisvion, in the present Sea...um—and what steps
Lord H. Sikatfitsv.v presented a Petition from
hog. I hitherto born taken to catry iuto egret the ob-
oe/lain °coopers of land in the County of Glou-
_f for which it had been appointed t—(ifeas..)
center, praying for protecting.duties on the impor- jeer
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M vv. I;OURTEISAY War obliged to the lion.
tution of foreign grunt.—Laid on the table.
BREACH OF PRIVILEGE.
:fietitleniati for making the inquiry, since it afforded
RM. II ALLETT. i libu en opportunity of stating to the House how
the Courtnission had been employed. The Com.
The CHANGELLOR of the EXCHEQUER moved
the Order of the Itay for bringing William Hallett tuissioners had considered a fast number of experi.
Merits, iu the atle..eto. of one of which they were
to the bar, in order to his being :tepriu.Juded end
discharged, disposed to plate the utmost confidence. They had
conferred a great deal 041 the ~tiliret,
Mr. liallett having been placed at the be,
The SPEAKER addressed him as foitows:--
assisted by individuals of the hist skill and ability "
William Hallett, the offence for whidi you nu* Stan&"—
-"Ilds from all that had occurred, he fouLd the
committed to the custody or the Serjeant al Arrns3-is one of opinion he lied formerly given, as to the efficacy of
the most serious sod grave de,erionon—iket of iosoltiug • ofte of the plans subniitted to the Comnsisvion,
to dignity of this House, and endeavouring, as far es folly borne out in every resPett.—filear, brut.)—
you could, to impede the course of justice. You allege w.l
in
your Petition, iii
exteu..tio a
your
°truce, that 1.1 trSpeCt tO the ezpresainik of au opinion. as to
e you were out served with soy .urdcr of atiesole the timi when th mwohinerY,-kohnected with the
atv.—..
That statement is ilunbiless correct. But you were reported I hew plan wottid be in complete operation; so as to
try the Committee of 11119 House as bottom wilfully abscond- enable the iisnk to niter the whole itistie of its
IA forlife purpose of avoiStug that ottoiCe• Be not, gbos'o- notes, it woo very difficult to speak decidedly On that
fore, misled yourself, nor think ibis House will be ago..
• 'tit. The parties on whom they relied were; how-
whether
cis
led, by any such disillusion. The tabsate you committedt
whether it were by abaeotodios wilfrattjt, with a. view to over, proceeding in the furination af the 'machinery
evade die service; or whether it had ham an opec &babe. itith all priasticaUfe dispatch. Tsvu of throe Machines
otienee of she order of this House; trails, fa its result, to then were in great forwortiess—n fourth, In a less for;
some thing—a moat at tearaways liitutrairce to the pruguess of word sure, but still in coriiirletable progress—slid
justice. It ill WO esiebiaaricsa therefore of your uffesibe, and i i • -
tern! others to different atage• of their forsribtitnt..-
tin repsration for ihrt insult yes. hove committed (al you l
shunted yourself that you might not be aummoised to at.ut when hg rioted that it would be uecestury to
trait), to say, now, that the OMIT of the Moue weer had . have eight et vine of these trachtitte, Compeers! of
been screed oa pia. I will out, mid knitter, that aa jexert-dully compliested tvoilti belbti ciiiilNViit,'
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