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London, England, 1821-02-25 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REGISTER

side to side. He was a political judge, and he lied tra-
velled in all directions, till he arrived whet e he now was.
—Hu repeated his opinion, that Justice Best was an in-
temperate judge.
The SOLICITOR-GENERAL condemned the there.
I hat had been preferred of the judge having been actu-
ated by resentment.
Mr. CREEVEY.-1 disavow such language. I said no-
thing about resentment. I declared Justice Best to be an
intemperate judge, and I am of the seine opinion still.
The SOLICITOR-GEN ER AL said, whatever might
be ten arked of the judge, what road they think of the
member's temperate cominet ? Was tht•re no intem-
perance al t r—(Cheers.)—As to the case of Sir F.
Burdett, what part of it showed the intemperance of the
judge ? All the judges had immleinned the libel as being
of a malignant character. In the instance of I)4v koti,
the legality of Just ice Be•st's conduct bail beet) admitted
by all the judges; and that being the fact, would it not
be a most inconvenient course fur the house to revise the
decision of a court of taw.
Mr. SCA ItLET r had no doubt that a judge might flue
or imprison for contempt, and that a defendant might be
guilty of contempt; but he considered that a dt•fendaut
ought to be allowed great latitude.
Lord CASTLERRAG II said, that the petition might be
brought up and read, but as to the pr, pt iety of receiving
it, would it he useful to have a pylon it regarding which
the judge•, who had revised 3I r. Justice Best's conduct,
hail unanimously admitted to be legal. The right of pe-
tition could never be brought into disrepute, except by
the abuse of it; and there was a growing disposition—
which was not discouraged by lion. members—to drag
every question into that house. Since the house had as.
sentbled this st ssion, more than one half of its time hail
been t: copied by petitions—(Cheers from the Opposition)
—he meant respecting points of a legal nature. (Hear.)
Mr. J. P. GRANT protested agairst the noble lord's
language, the tendency of which was, that membets were
to admonish the subject not to present petitious of a cer-
tain nature. If petitions were I especttully worded, how
could anti• member refuse to present them?—(Cheers.)
Mr. BRIGHT said, that the noble lord wished the right
•f petition to he alnidged. Justice Best might be war.
ranted by the law, but he denied that it was justified by
any practice of the law The Commous of England ought
to intro fere. (Cheers.)
Mr. C. HUTCHINSON supposed that he most have
misunderstood the noble lord (Castlereagh) in what he
had said, tie understood him to say that he (Lord C.)
was not in the house when the petition was presented, but
that lie had understood (loon 41111011. friend, that what had
been said of it was sufficient for him to object to its being
bi ought up. lie (Mr. H.) was not in the house when the
Pennon was pi esented ; he had nut heard any of its cote.
tents ; and, lor aught he knew, the language might justify
i•a rejection. lie supposed, however, that if it wet e
objectionable in its general character, it would not hare
been introduced : but was it to be endured that a tuinis-
ter of that house, one of those who had acted as ministers
had dune with respect to the Continent—men who had
tyranny and not liberty in their hearts—was it, he asked,
to be endured, that such a minister shutild, on what he
had heard from another member, declare that a petition,
complaining of a grievance, and which he had not heard,
'Mnd not be brought tip ? Was it not too intuit that the
petitions of the people should be thus treated? that it
should be assumed that the petitions of the people were
s• immoral, seditious, and blasphemous, as they ought not
even to be heard? What was this but saying to the pt
ple,—.. I will instill coil by my conduct on the Contiumit
of Europe—l will, by my management in this country,
goad you to madness, and then I will not listen to your
petition? I will, Isom what I have been informed by
another member, or limn what 1 have fancied in my own
wild imagination, maintain that your petitions must not
he heard." He (Mr. H.) was as ignorant of what the
petitioo contained as the noble lord had stated himself to
be, but lie would never suffer a minister in that house
thus to declare against hearing a petition without express-
ing his strong condemnation of such conduct.
After an extended discussion on th question, the house
divided on the question. The numbers were, Ayes 37—
Noes ; the petition was accordingly rejected by a Ma-
jority 0121.
Tile further consideration of the repot t of the Grain-
pound Disfrauchisemeut Bill was postponed by Lord J.
Russell.
Mu. 111 NIE then brought forward his motion on the
subject of the expenditio e of the lonian Isles, and tor
eill I of die civil and military establishm.
Upon this motion a lung discussion took place, in wide).
31r. Goulbtarn, Lord Castlereagh, Mr. Bernal, Sir IL Par-
nell, and others took a part. Thu motions of Mr. Hittite
were agreed to without a division.
The souciTOß-GENERA L obtained leave to bring
in a bill to enable a Judge to sit out of'fern to dispose
of certain motions which could now Inc taken only nil erni
time. _ . .

'I lie orders of Ike day, and the remaining business
Ile% ing been dispos, 41 of, the house adjourned.

There has recently been a considerable demand
for particular kinds of manut'actured goods, and the
prices of weaving have accordingly been somewhat
advanced. We can scarcely venture to say the
improvement has been general, for a great variety
of goods arc not at all advanced, and some descrip-
tions are even lower than they were two months
since; but considering the very low price of yarn,
we take it to be a favourable indication of trade that
goods are not materially lower, and the reduction in
price, where it has taken place, is not equivalent to
the prices of yarn. About the end of last year, in
Manchester goods maintained their prices, notwith-
standing the depression which usually takes place in
that rea,nn. The demand there has been steady
throughout the winter. The weavers have been
all employed, at tolerably Mir wages, which, with
the low price of provisions, have placed them in
comparative comfort. It is to be hoped that the
*orcign demand, which has been considerable these
lust two months, will continue ; and perhaps it is
nut too touch to expect that, as the spring advances,
it will increwe.

FROM TUESDAY NiGlii".4 GAZETTE.

This Gazette notifies, that the King has been pleased to
Nominate and appoint Vice Admiral Sir Geo. Martin, Knight
Commander of the Most Hon. Military Order of the Bath, to be
a Knight Grand Cross of the said Most lion. Military Order,
vice Admiral Sir George Campbell deceased.