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PARLIAMENTARY INTELLIGENCE.
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HOUSE OF LOADS. Tussnev, lines 21. .
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mu ohm Members of the House of
tap the We= Ship Canal Bill, and several
eljelbsiphiara
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a( the Bart India Company,
of 1.11.t.1 Of Iblertdbibibre Ms Majesty'. Attorney.
Basis riot 12 111. entitle": Aet boi:tbovtlerter Rego-
Sf'imallasins in I with the spialem et le ilejloty'i A ttOr.
and 946111041eneral thsrespen.
sauxy Smiesid a petition from the Merchants of
-"Nt is aliport of dif western Ship Canal BilL
81YLIAWAN'S DIVORCE BILL
_ 1% RAllll6Ox vile bawd at their Lordships' bar is support of
iv Sallen'eDiveree BBL

After i ftw ebserstillios turn the Loan ClitaSCltt.oe, the
.burl Of Lanmettortirt, the Earl of Laterite', Lord BEXLEY,
-orl Lord StrweraLen the Bill was reed a second thne.
LOANS IN INDIA.
_ be Marquis of HASTlNGS,observed, that as the case and
opinion to which he had referred upon this subject were now laid
tpcm their Lordships' table, there did not appear to be any neees-
eity for further delay ; be would therefore give notice of his inter-
NMI tf move the secood reading of the Bill tomorrow, and also
blast she Judges be stuntotowsd.
QUARA/INE LAWS AMENDMENT BILL.
The Faeri of L ERPOOL moved the second reading of the
Quarantine Laws Amendment Bill.
The Earl of DARNLEY said Mat it was not his intention to
oppose this Bill; on the contrary, he was ready to admit its propriety,
and to acknowledge that the Quarantine Laws, as they formerly ex-
isted, materially clogged the trade of this country. He wished,
however, to earl the attention of their Lordships to the fact, that
geode of various kinds, and cotton lo particular, coming from
countries where the plague was prevalent, ware permitted to he
landed with eau little airing, and sometimes without any airing at
JUL the clause in this Bill to which he wan most anxious to
diiatslloa Artie House, was that which gave a discretion-
ary the Privy Council of altering or enforcing. or elute- '
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me the Quarantine laws, and which discretieowry
power be hie epleion, been of late much abused ; for vessels
arriving . Egypt, which he might call the very locus of the
Piellort, •1016.30ye0 permitted to be landed without any airing. He '
woad meow that be apprehended any imminent danger on this
subjost; but if it were acknowledged that infection might be ton.
tuned fa cotton and other goods, he confessed be thought it err y
extriutditimy that vessels, under such circumstances as those he
had described, should be permitted to laud such goods. In the
year 1119, a'Comminee of the House of Commons had beep en.
gagodle the itmeiry. ,whetter or not the plague was bilkidows 8
and It appeared by theirßeport that they had head., dallibute of
many eminent persons of the highest authority awl 11l own to
the conclusion that the plague was infectious. They did sot, there-
for*, teeonsmend any thing, and had merely expressed this opinion.
But ht the Report of a Committee of the House of Commons of
lam year, a considerable relaxation of the Quarantine Laws was re.
commended. It appeared by the evidence of the Consuls in the
Levant, that there was very little difficulty in vessels procuring
clean bills of health. He thought it therefore a very hazardous
thing in the Government to act upon the recommendation of the
House of Commons.
The Earl of LIVERPOOL said that it was not necessary to'
trouble their Lordships at any length upon this subject. especially
av the Noble Lord who had just spoken did not oppose the Bill.
He was sure that the Bill would not meet with materiel opposition
trout any of their Lordship*. The subject of the Quarantine Laws
bad been taken into consideration by his Majesty's Government,
chiefly In consequence of the desire of those merchants who traded
with all parts of the world, that those laws should be revised, and
shut theirseveriry should be refixed. Many parts of Europe, and
particularly Holland, had had considerable advantage over this
country because their Quarantine Laws were much milder than
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ours, t wasmot correct that the Committee of the House of Coro..
mons had last year adopted an opinion that the plague was not
contagious; but the whole tenor of their Report assumed that the
plague was contagious ; and they did not say that there should not
be sny_security against its effects, but what that security should
be. He admitted that the duty of the Government and the duty of
Parliament, wan to err rather on the side of safety than on the side
of policy. The Government then had deemed it proper to give to
commerce the benefit of a relaxation of those laws which had been
formerly so severe. The Bill rested the power of altering those
relaxations where it should with propriety be rested—in the King
in Council. The Council certainly had relaxed, but only to a li-
mited extent. By the law of teuo. the expenses incurred by qua-
rantine were borne by the ships undergoing such restriction. This
yes not only a restriction on trade, but was unjust in Itself; be-
cause this quarantine was borne not for the benefit of ships, but
Pr the benefit of the country : and, therefore, the country ought
to bear the expenses. The penalties also had been in many cases
so severe, as to 'render it impossible to inflict them. They were
now mitigated. He admitted that some alarm had been excited on
"ins....RT. in rov,,lan countries and this alarm was the conse-
quence of the advantage or tree discussion which was enjoyed in
this country ; for reports had gone Furth which were nor digested,
and which would have caused no alarm if they had been rightly un.
&mood.
Lord K (NB thought that the greatest alarmist in the country was
his Noble-Friend (Lord Darnley) who he supposed would have
been equally anxious to prevent the abolition of the laws against
witchcraft, if he had lived in the days when those laws were in
lora, on the ground that many Learned Judges considered witch.
craft to exist.
The Bill was then read a second time, and ordered to be com-
mitted to-morrow.
The Earl of LIVERPOOL gave notice that he would move the
second reading of the Excise Duties Bill on Thursday next.
COUNTY•COURTS' BILL.
The House resolved itself into a Committee on the County
Courts' Bill.
After some observations from the LORD CHANCELLOR, Lord
REDESDALE. and Lord ELLEWROROUGH. on the motion of the
LORD CHANCELLOR, the House resumed, and the Bill was
ordered to be re-committal this day three months.
The Irish Currency Assimilation Bill went through a Commit-
tee. and wan reported.
The 31aurilius Trade Bill alum passed through a Committee, and
was reported.
TFe House adjourned at half-past seven o'clock.

MOUSE OF COMMONS, MEVDAT, Juxs 21.

HOLYHEAD ROADS BILL.

On ihe motionWl Sir H. PARNELL, the Holyhead Roads
811 l WWI read a thi-d time and passed.
IRISH RANK TOKENS.

On the minion of Mr. BERRIES. the Irish Bank Tokens Bill
was read a third time anti irt,,td.
FRIVOLOUS NVRiTri OF ERROR.

Dr. PR ILLI3IORE brought up the Report upon the Frivolous
Writs of Error Bill.
Several verbal amendments were agreed to. the Report was then
received, and the Bill ordeied in be read a third time te-morrow.
UNIVERSITY POLICE BILL.
On the motion of Mr. Secretary PEEL, the Univeteity Police
Bill was read a third time and Devised.
MR. KENRICK.
Mr. DENMAN said he bail presented a petition on a former
()cession from a person named Camfer, complaining of the con-
elect of a Mr. Kenrick, a Magistrate of Surrey. and on the same
evening moved for the production of certain affidavits which had
been printed and laid before the House. On Saturday hut, he had
also moved for the production of a letter written by 31r. Kenrick.
' which had been slime laid on the table, and which he now begged
leave to move should be printed likewise. His object wee, that tnese
papers should be in the hands of Honourable Members, prepare.
tory to the examination of four or five witnesses, fur whose at-
tendance at the Bar ni the House on Friday next he meant now to
submit a motion; from the testimony of those witnesses, he be-
geved hr would be able to prove, that the letter written by Mr.
Keurick to a gentleman in Lincoln, purporting to explain the
transactions with Franks, was ...tinily inconsistent with the affidavits
already produced, and as wally inconsistent with the real truth.
From the interrogation of two or three of these witnesses, lie
thought indeed it would be found, that the account of certain ma-
gisterial transactions relating to Franks, were totally destitute of
truth. It had been suggested to him, that instead of pursuing
that course, he should first have preferred some written charge
against Mr. Kenrick. He, for his own part, was quite indifferent
bout the course which might be prescribed to him, but he would just
take the liberty to observ, that although the letter 'upon which he
founded hisaccosation iinst Mr.K enrick wasgrosstylibeMmts,itdid
not eonstiweany lein4otrence. nil view was, that although theresults
of the inquiry miff • show clear malversation in office, partiality. I
and a denial of jektice in his capacity of a Magistrate, on the part
ot Ir. Kentiee, followed up by a letter reflecting on the character
ot the object of his persecution, still that there was nothing beyond
the libel of teal offence. There was quite sufficient, however, in
the pet'otan thtu substantiated and supported to enable the Crown
to %le^ measures for depriving Mr. Kenrick of his situation as a
l'ingistrate. and he thought that aDcr the admission of a person
being unfit to •ncretee the magisterial duties, it would be very dif-
Scuk to conttect that he std continue to administer 'make as a
Judge. He did not mean to say that it was a consequent which
must follow; but that there would be good gronnds for an address
of the Ilinese to the Crown, in consequenre of the information it
would be in poosassion of with regard to the want of those qualities
is a magistrate which were indispensable in a Judge. The Hon.
and Lamed Member then moved that the persons abate names
were mentivied in the motion be aommoned to attend at the bar of
that Monsoon Friday next. If the House thought he should state
anything la writing he was in their hands, and content to follow
their inggestions; for he had no feeling upon the rase either one
way or the okhcr. The individual accused, he was fully aware. had
am yet been heard in his defence, and they were as yet proceeding
on one site cf the Tiestion.
Mr. Secretary PEEL apprehended there was some difficulty in
the conesesboOt to be pursued by the Learned Gentleman. They
was going to establish a bad precedent of making inquiry by wh-
itest, at the bar upon mere implication. The House was not in
prole—inn of the eitar7e. The (cue, had not been read, and be
thoole., it would be much more consistent with Parliamentary pro-
modinga. and mach more just to the individual, it' the Learned
bletalansaa would put his accusations in writing, and give the per.

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