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London, England, 1825-06-21 00:00:00

COMBINATION LAWS.

Mr. HUME presented a petition from the operative cotton
weavers of Leith, against the re-enactment of the Combination
Laws —Laid on the table.

RIGHT OF ELECTION IN WEST LOOE AND

B.‘ `BURY.

Lord NUGENT said, a petition had been ' placed in hie
bands by the resident householders of West Looe, in Corn-
wall, and Banbury in Oxfordshire, relative to the state of the
elective franchise in those boroughs. These petitions :Vert,
in the subjects they euibrsced. and .the consequences which
attended upon them, important not only to the elective fran-
chise in general, but important to that . House, and to the
representative system at large. He had mentioned these peti-
tions together, but it was his intention at present to consider
only one of them—the petition from West Looe ; because,
although their object was identified, their prayer and case
varied with the different state of their Representative Con-
stitUtion ; and as they both prayed an inquiry into the right
of voting, and into the manner in which Members Were re-
turned, and both complained of an invasion of their elec-
tive ftanchise, he thought it might be better, for the sake
of perspiCuity, in the few observations he was about• to • sub-
mit to the House, to examine only one. of them. It might
be very easy to, show that a custom of voting resting 'upon a
variety of writs, precepts, and returns in the borough of West
Loot, from time immemorial constituted a suflicient law for
'the regulation of that borough ; but it was added" Co that, that
the custom had never been in any case, broken through, and
was uninvaded by.any.Charier, he thought it might tie pre-
sumed that the common laa right of voting was unielienably
attached to the inhabitants of that borough. He believed in-
deed that it was ruled that in the absence of Corporations. the
common law vests the right of voting in all the inhabitanta-Pay-
ing scot and lot. So it was decided by the famous Committee
in the 11th of James I. of which Glanville was a member, and
which repOrted upon the Abingdon case and five or siz others,
a Committee composed of Selwyn, Lord Coke, and some; of the
ablest men of the day. In its Ituport the common lasi right
W.I. distinctly stated ; and in the famous Pontefract caeelt was
distinctly laid down, that the Crown had no power to limit that
right of voting. It may be asked why he mentioned cheat cases,
because the Charter neither limits nor attempts to limit that
right. He only mentioned them because he took them its a
ground for piotesting against any attempt to restrain these
rights, or introduce limitations .which were contrary both to
law and custom. This was no Petition for Parliamentary
Reform. The petitioners were content with that they pos-
sessed. They asked for no change—no extension. They
were content with the law as it now stands- NVhether he Agreed
with them or not was not a matter of consideration. it "was
his duty to state their desires to the House.. -He thought he
could not take any better course in explaining *Mai:Use, than
to read apart of the petition. The Noble Lord then referred to
the petition, which stated, that by an ancient Charter; if any one
resided for a year and a day in the Borough, he became, ips2
facto, a Burgess, according to the custom of other fret boroughs ,
and entitled to vote for the election of 3lembersof Parliament
and that so it continued daring a vast numbez of other Charters:,
down to the time of the 16th of Elizabeth, when the town watt
incorporated by a petition of the whole of the inhabitants, as ..
free body corporate, of burgesses and inhabitants, or common-
alty. Both before and after that time, continued. the Noble
Lord, the burgesses, inhabitants, or commonalty. were always
intended to mean the name 'persons ; but in the years 1070 .
1676, the first usurpations began ; then they fait found free
burgesses and inhabitants under distinct names in the books• of
the Corporath:in ; and in three years toe-Sir John St. Aubyli
and several others were introduced furtively at the bOttom o!*
the list, they being now resident bUrgesses ;. the manner in
which they were introduced, by a kind of collusion, beinr
a proof that it was considered a thing:
,new, unusual, and .
contrary to law and custom. In consequence of • the names
of persons being thus furtively, introduced, a_ jl4- of the in
habitants of Court beet determined that no one be sworn
a member . of the Corporation unless. he was .entered by e.
ury of the burgh. . That presentation .was afterwards ac-
tually
cutout of the book, and new insertions of the original
charter. grad,ually.introduced. They came now. to the proceed-
ings which had,been at last taken by the inhabitants for the rt.-
covery oftheir rikhti under the Grenville Act in 16'22; At th,i
time a petition was plesented to the . House by one of -tire can-
didates (R. Stephenson, Eeq. we believe), and. 47 of the inha-
bitants, for the purpose of heving, the neerits of their case trice
by a Committee of the House, there being then seven, out of
the twelve capital burgeiies resident out of the borough, one
of them not having• been in the place for ten yeere.e, Tb,t pro-
ceedings under that petitiOn having been at length carried by a
mandammi before. the King's Berta- . The Lent chikf Justice
Abbott stated it as his opinion, that.the case involvedequestioes
eo complicated and so closely. connected with the righteof elee-
(ion in other boroughs, be was afraid,. without some decision
from tbat,flouse that a detertninationeof the question; would
injure the right Of voting elsewhere. Ale was aware this was
a case of very singular perplexity without, proper. reference ,to
the documents which supported-it,. but he t'o'ted be had made •
ft at least intelligible as to its outlines.--(Hear, hear !)--Tbe
Petition went to maintain three propoiltiona ; firs•thiit" all the
resident buriesses should be summoned to the Court -beets ;
secondly, .that all the burgesses were considered of ,PUZIIC
class, being called sometimes kurgessette communes/ prubi
bornines, liberi hotiames, and equally entitled -Mader. those.
names to vote'for, the return of themselveetio that Houle ; and, •
thirdly, that 12 burgesses were not to .cboose out, of the' whole
borough those who were to. be entitleit• to matte that return.
'Tbe Noble Lord, after a few other. observatione, concluded bye
ohserving, that the petitioners: prayedtthe• Hodge to Juke their.
case into consideration, and .adopt such measures as May seem •
• fit to h for the restoration of their Citaiter... At that late period.
of the, Session, he would not ,press the soneiderationrof the
questiOzi on tlygx attenticio, butlagave noticenow,. thAt in an
Orly period of :LAW; **sic», he. iwosd4 blow *IA ,b914-the pe-
titiontai refereed to a Select Contanittetteefon nbe.purparie ef W., •
pairing into the right of voting in those boroughs. „
Mr. D. GILBERT felt himself incoMpetent to -fo/lbw the
Noble Lord through all the inttieeseiels of this case;-antall the
tetras of liberi homines and commonaky; the case, as he under-

Mood, TM to be tried to-morrow in the Court of King's Bench,
and he thought the Courts of Law were best calculated to settle
que.stions of that kind..
Lord J. RUSSELL had no wish to enter into the case, be-
utease he did not see any great improvement likely to arise from
the extension of a privilege which could only descend to a num-
ber of men who were almost paupers. But he thought it was
worth consideration how far an Act could be devised which
might afford relief to those who were deprived of their political
- rights, without such, alarming expences. The Grenville Act
waa only intended to afford relief to 3lembers, and he had known
that relief cost 8,000/. in the case of the inquiry into the Gram
pond election ; but there was no remedy for the constituents
deprived of their rights from the expenditure of large sums by
the-candidates. •
Mr. STOURGES BOURNE thought the present petition
coght not to be referred to a Committee. He was already be
fore the regular tribunals of the country, to whose disposal he
aii.,4ght it ought to be left. It was-:not a matter of fit consider-
ation of a Committee.
31r. DENMAN said, that besides the-parts of Lord Gren.
- 'ilk's Act which had been adverted upon, there were others at-
tended with considerable inconvenience. He alluded !union-
- --krly to to the case of the Westminster Election in 1788, where
certain parties obtained the elective franchise without any proof
of their qualification for it.. The question that then arose was,
whether the inhabitants of St. Martin-le. Grand were qualified
to vote; and on their qualification the return depended. It
was referred to a Committee, who decided that they had not a
riAt to vote. Lord John Townsend was returned to Parlia-
. leant. A fterwarde„ however, they petitioned to be admitted ;
eral as there was no person interested in opposing their claim,
their petition prevailed, and they were accordingly admitted to
the enjoyment and exercise of the elective franchise; and this
- they were admitted to without any proof being tendered or M-
quired as to their claim to the right that they obtained in this
manner. In the ease of- the disfranchisement of Grampound,
' the matter was left to a. select-Committee; and it was, in his
opinion, the most proper tribunal to which to refer the present
petition, in order that the most satisfactory inquiry into the facts
. . • detailed in it.

Lord J. RUSSELL explained; and, after affew words from
Mr- WWNN, Mr. ROBERTSON', and Lord Nudp(.7, the pe.;
dtion was ordered to be printed.
CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. :
' Mr. BROUG !IA M rose to move a postponement of the re-
*olution of which he had given notice for to-morrow, relative
_so The administration of Lord Charles Somerset. If it were in-
landed to offer no opposition to it, he would move it formally
to-rnorrow, and would suggest that the inquiry he *posed to
found upon, should lie over until next Session. He wished to
• know if it were intended that the motion should be opposed ?
Mr. Secretary PEEL suggested a desire that the motion
s.hould be understood to stand over for the present until
Wv'..nesday next. •
Tri r. BROUGHA3I acquiesced in the suggestion ; and the
motion was accordingly postponed until Wednesday.
tiir F. BURDETT presented a petition from certain occu-
uiers of wharfs on. the Thames, against the Thames Quay Bill.
The lion. Baronet presented a petition from the parish of St.
I.ittorge's, Hanover-square, in favourof the treatment of Cattle
_Bill! 3 The Hon. Baronet presented a petition also from Cardiff,
favouruf the Catholic Claims.

. • UNITARIANS' OATHS.
• Mr. W. SMITH gave notice, that he would, to-morrow,
'pr:serit two petitions, calling the attention of the House to the
• aftuation in which the Unitarians stood relative to certain oaths
onilged to be taken by them,
DUTY ON WOOL.
Mr. WESTERN moved for a Return of the,quantity of
Wool exported from Great Britain and Ireland, and also the
inantity imported from foreign countries to this country, from
ire 10th of September4.lB24,..tchhe present period'.

WRITS' OF ERROR.'
Xi% PEEL moved that the House resolve itself into a Corn,
mutes on the Writs of Error Bill.
Ma J. wiLmAms did not rise to oppose the Bill which
told been introduced by •the Right Hon. Secretary, and which
was in his opinion likely to be attended with great beriefit in
opernting to the prevention of delay. What he (Mr. W.)
rose to propose was :in conformity with the plan of the
Right' Honourable Gentleman. By obliging parties to
peosecute the Writs of Error, by entering into recognizances
to do so much good would unquestionably arise in doing
away with , the frivolous and vexatious suing out of Writs of
feirree. ; but many perions would find it easy to procure recogni-
sr.zce, and would find a greater interest in delay than in the
omsecutions of Writs of Error ; the would therefore to gain a
• il.•-.. isillingly enter into the required recognizance. What he
proposed therefore, with a view -of - diminishing the evil still
-.further, was that a power be vested in the Courts of the Writ
of .nor, appeared to be instituted for vexatious purposes, to
- &ruble or treble the costs, . and that the party should not be
limited as at present merely to the payment of tax costs. .The
Right Hen. Gentleman would, therefore see, that what he pro..
per.ed was in conformity and:in furtbeiatee of his plan. The
~- othel: point to which he was_desirous of calling the attention of
• ale Committee, was what were called sham pleas. These sham
....14251S were resorted to for the purpose of delay, -and consisted in
.;ratting upon die record what-was-not-a matter of factand which-
enad no-foiindation but infection. For instance, it Was put upon
therecord fro-paently, that a horse had not been given in sada-
fac&.i fur the demand, whereas a horse had not been given,
,•.g! had not any more to do with the transaction, than he (Mr.
'.V.) was a horse.—(A iatieh.)—Againhit was 'pleaded that
judgment had been entered upon a former action, whereas judg-
-mcnt had not been entered up, nor bad any former action taken
- place. These were subterfuges merely-resorted to; for purposes
--it' deley. He would, therefore., suggest to the Right Hon.
-Gentleman that in order to 'discourage. this practice the
••••''Cotizt should in this instance also have the 'power 'Of doubl-
ing the coifs. He could not anticipate any objection to the
--additien` to the Bill of what he proposed, is it 'lasi fortherance
-40.17.7 of his own plan to prevent; the- suing out of vexatious
Writs of Error: - - - ' -
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sMr PEE I, said, that as-usthe first point to which'the Ilon.
and Learned. Gentlemen had called his attention ; namely? in
addition to entries or recognizance to empower the Court, if it
thought preper to double the costs, e was not prepared to say
Neat it might rintjseptpediern to do 'he
For the present, how_
ever, he thought it better to confine lhiliropoeed 'alteration to
the extent he had already stated-vets-sec what effect the altera.
:inn would prodUce; 'and if it failed in producing all die good
e(Thcts exPectedAlfloirtheinelPtfienl-to:puipose any further re-
rile4y that might bo necessary. .' AS' in the second point of con-
sideration to which: the .attention of' the Committee had been
culled, relative: to.tise doing away with Mani pleas; be it not
caned to his (Mr....,Peerel notice tintfl after- the introduction of
she present Bill; he:would not'say that it was desirable- that
they should' he'done away with. The subject was, however, a
distinct one, and he (Mr. P.) had not made sufficient inquiries
tube prepared to recommend any alteration at present; .but as
his attention had been directed to the subject, he would institute
s diligent inqtrity to ascertain what change, if any, it Would be
desirable to adopt respecting these sham pleas.
Sir F. BliftllErl' thought the most efficacious mode of
doing away with frivolous writs of error, was to,facilitate the
hearing of appeals:` ' ' - ' - .
hi.r. PEE•li'replfekr, Viet they could not hope to afford a
greater facilitylothi,hearing of appeals than by discouraging
:frivolous ivriteielrerKif, and by doing ,away with shame pleas.
The several ellitfieiiiVfetheri, agreed to, and elle report was or-
dered to be' i 3 ' '''C'hi:i. day.
reillt
t 1141.. rEstTrEs POLICE MIA,
lair. J. WIM .f.'/VMS:'44ia the bringing up of the Report of
Owl Uritversitieeralfebtitr; suggested a verbal attention in one
of the clauses of the `Bill,-limiting the authority of police offi-
cers,,to be'eleipoililed'irtilihr the Bill.
A.fter. a &ion ennirtirlisort between Mr. Secretary Peel, Sir F.
Burdetc,,Pr. ellitrinicire„th Serlicitor -General, Mr. Abercrom-
bie, Mr. A Iderman i ißey dgee, .Nir. flume, and Mr. Monek,
strengeraviereordedd toVithdraVe. The Howe did not, how-
eve:, divide. :r. -.....i.' ' •
Mrr 'CI:IAA llashein mowed, as an amendment, that the
power gveo to constables be given according to words of the
ex kiting I.Va„eran i.e.% des •
A.ftei•„a few Words !from ' Mr. W. WY it ze, Mr. Secretary
PE',4, and Mr. Pt tiitaerr, the House divided.
~For, the Ametidnettit 9 I Against it 371 Majority 28.
T(ts.nineodtrienabaingnegatived, the Report was ordered to
be fetoUghtti-p.'• • .I.teroe.i. '
SHI)9,TiNG ArDifk4II'ABBING 'tSCOTLAND) BILL:
liflie,LOut),AAftwilivrEindved the' Order of the-Day for
the third reading of the Shooting and Stabbiog.BilL
Dlr. J. P. GRA4olsald . he' had'no abjection to the eaten-
simfof Lord E11en.,,,,.) ingk's Act to Scotland,' but the bill now
before, the HousetQl-h" Oa :new, offence. Ile objected to the
provision which ':ptinielecksicateitally persons convicted of throw-
ing vitriolic acid,ioeptieek nexious substance;,. on the persons
abbllajesty's sithjents - This clause 'hail grown out of cer-
tain proceedings at fildlvi, and he objected to the system of
g.'.• ioral legislatioillo ' et. local districts. In conclusion the
ilon. ea entlemart ny,tciil kbe omission of the clause to which he
And adverted.' 4 •,.
Tame LORD AblrOttlirE said, be had a great objection to
...introduce any law tepth, elds;-subject, and resisted various ap-
• plicatians made to him, but during -the last three years the
77earence had latterly become so frequent, and was attended with
such calamitous eff4citig',lsipecially in the west of Scotland, that
et became absolutely necessary to:apply some legislative remedy.
Hon. Gentlemen hate no {dew to what an extent-this practice
bad gone. Dr. Cotkiridlile had made affidavit, describing the
state of two personiewho were- brought into the infirmary at 1
filasgove, their faces burned and disfigured, and their sight-i
naisch injured by having a portion of this corrosive substance
thrown in their facet.' W this clause was not agreed to, he (the.
Lord Advocate) wolildhetthar the bill was thrown out altogether.
ekie. Only ileaired, howetrier, that the clause referred to should'
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have a temporary operation. Re hoped that this abominable
practice would not continue to exist. He should therefore pro-
pose that the operation of this clause be limited to five years.
Mr. Secretary PEEL said he was about to propose some li-
mitation to the clause adverted to, but he was glad he had been
anticipated by his Noble and Learned Friend. For the credit
of the country it was desirable that such an enactment should
be temporary, for the practice it was intended to affect was most
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disgraceful to the coun try.
Mr. HUME said, the moderation of the-Noble and Learned
Lord, during the late proceedings in.Scotdand, were most-cre-
ditable to him, And had been prodncfive of the most beneficialeffects. He trfated that the disgraceful proceedings to which
he alluded would not again be repeated,
Mr. Was. SMITH made a few observations in support of
the Bill, after which it was read a-third time and passed.
DISTILLERY BILL._

The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER 'moved the
Order of the Day for the third reading of the Distillery Bill.
Mr. C. H. HUTCHINSON complained of that Bill as a
violation of the Act of Union- between-Great Britain and Ire-
land. The parties interested had laid s case before Counsel of
eminence, Mr. Common Sergeant and Mr. Shadwell, and the
opinion of these gentlemen, decidedly concurred with those who
thought the Bill a violation of the Act of Union, which Act
was express in declaring, that the produce of their country
should pay us duty at home, when it was-intended for exporta-
tion to the Sister Island, but merely pdy a countervailing duty
on its arrival at the place to which it WAS consigned.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER had read the
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opinion of which the lion. Gentleman spoke, and of course felt
great respect for any thing coming.from Mr. Shadwell, his
particular friend, but he was not aware that that Gentleman
nad paid much attention to matters not immediately connected
with the business of the Court of Chancery, and besides he
doubted whether the facts of the case had been fully. laid before
Counsel,—in a word, he was persuaded that the opinion in
question had been given on an imperfect representation. It
would he quite a different matter if it were proposed to defend
the distillers from the probable consequences of shipwreck by en-
titling them to the return of the duty in case of such a casualty;
but is was contrary to the essence of the Act of Union to esta-
blish an inequality between the two countries, and. such unques-
tionably would be established if the 'lrish distiller were exone-
.rated from the payment of duty. To obtain that exemption
was, however, his object, and to acquire thereby an undwe ad-
vantage over his.competitor in this country ; for the .English
distiller, in sending his -spirits to Glasgow, for instance, was
obliged to pay dutyr He repeated his conviction that the dis-
tillers had not fairly and fully represented their case, and added
likewise; that what .success they might have elsewhere, it was
not for him to determine ; but if they did succeed in carrying
their object in the other. House of Parliament, he was of opinion
that the House of Commons ought in thenext Session to introduce
such regulations as the proceedings of the distillers might have
rendered necessary. He thought that the distillers that night
came before the House with as bad a case as ever lie remem-
bered, and he hoped the Hon. Gentleman would not press any
proposition on the Subject in favour of the views of a
_set of
.men who were taking every petty advantage to forward their
own purposes. .
A conversation then ensued between Mr. W. SmlTlLlNor-
wich), and the CE A s ci:F.toa of the Exon F:Q,uni, respect-
ing certain alterations in one of the clauses of the Bill; and.,
as we understood, the difference arose from changes made be.
tween some of the stages of the Bill. .
Mr. W. ,SMITH then-mod he wishd to save millers from
the seventies of a penalty Which, he conceived would unjustly
affect them and proposed, a clause for the purpose ; before it
was read, however,

The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, that
they were obliged to be very strict. If the clause were only to
have the effect of exempting those who united the trade of
miller with that of distiller, before a certain period; he should
have no objection, bat if it were' to have reference to such as
might hereafter be engaged in those trades, he certainly should
oppose it. With that sort of understanding relative to the
clause, he would not object to it; but otherwise he should con-
sider it inexpedient and dangerous, as greatly calculated to-..x-
-pose the Revenue to fraud.
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL gave it as his opinion.
that the clause would be decidedly productive o; fraud, as
affecting the two trades of miller and distiller when united.
The CHANCELLOR. of the EXCHEQUER, under the
opinion of the Attorney.General,'lmust then object to the
clauses.

After a few words from Mr. EVANS,
Air. T. WILSON expressed strong apprehensions as to the
operation of the clause ; arid

lIERRIES made one or two observations; when
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER rose to say,
that he thought the apprehensions Of the. lion. Member quite
visionary, for the clause as it stood only prevented the party
from having corn in the 'same -premises with his distillery, he
being at the time about to distil either from sugar or potatoes.
After a reply from-Mr. W. SMITH,
The question was put and negatived.
Mr. W. SMITH then proposed another clause the object of
which. was to save the distiller from the penalty which would be
-impondon,hirn..under the Bill, for haying two separate houses
for carrying on his business.
This was also lost.

Mr. W. S3I ITU. proposed another clause, for granting the
use of rutu to the distiller, as it had been heretofore used by the
rectifier." • .

The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER. considered
that clanse.one,olgreatiMPortance,-and regretted .that lie had
not heard of it,before.. His then view of the question was, that
it would.be dangerous to allow the use of rum to the distiller,
without sevcral. qualifications. - He was -not, ltoweyer, against
the principle of thesroposition, if on ConsideratiOn it could be
effected-with-safety. There was clearly no motive for-pressing
the question at that %dine-upon the consideration of the Gouge.
It should.not belost,sight of that. the proposal then 'suggested
wduld'has4 the effect f placing the Scotch and. Irish distilleron
a disaclvatauageous foOting. -On a third reading he could not
but object to the clauie,, whatever he might cloaca, future time.
Mr. lIUME aopported the clause, fOr he had heard titcsufE-
Cient argUthent against it. • • , , .
Mr. H}. RRtES made-some -observations in confirmation of
whit hadfallen. froth the of the Exchequer, and
strangers were ordered to withdraw ; 'eventually, however, the
clause was lost without a division.
-The Bill wa,i then read a third time -and- passed.
SMUGGLING PREVENTION BILL. -
The Report, of the Smuggling Presention Bill was brought
up by Mr. limo: IE3.
After a few word from Mr. NVARRE'and Mr. litratx
['he aniendinents proposed by the Committee were agreed to,
and the Bill was ordered to be read a third time on Thursday
next.

PARTNERSHIP SOCIETIES (SCOTLAND) BILL.
The House resolved itself into a Conunittee on this Bill.
Mr. J. P. GRANT observed, that when this Bill was first
introduced it was proposed to be a Bill to regulate the law re-
lating to the partnerships societies in Scotland, and the mode
by which thOSe'parties sued and were sued ; lie was, therefore,
much surprised •to find that the Bin was so shaped as to be in
effect a declaritorYlaW. The lion. Member then made some
remarks upon the present state of the law of Scotland respecting
partnerships,- and Contended. that the present Bill was by no
means calculated 'to answer the purposes for which it was pro.
posed.
The LORD ADVOCATE of SCOTLAND denied that
the Bill was a declaratory law, and contended for the necessity
Of its being passed as framed.

The several. clauses of. the Bill were then agreed to. The
House resumed; and the eport was ordered to be brought up
to-morrow"(thii day).
ASSESSOKS AT ELECTIONS BILL.

Mr. H. TtiFlSS*Moked, that theßill for the appointment o
Assessors at Electio be read 'a second time.

_Mr. LOCKHART objected to the Bill altogether, and
thought that the present mode' of appointing assessors was
quite satisfactory tootle cnuntry.. The present Bill went to dis-
qualify all thoSe Perstiiiie Who were now found sufficiently com-
petent to the duties of assessors; and as he, had not heard any
argument to"convltliethat elections would not be conducted as
well without -fts' With assessors proposed by the Bill, he
should trove tht'ff‘gßill be read a second time this day six
months.

• Mr. HORACE TWISS said he should be glad to have the
Bill read a secOncktißk4nd on the third reading he thought lie
• should be able to siiiltfy his Hon. Fiiend and the House not
only of the fitness but the necessity of. the Bill being passed.
After a few words from 31r. MONCK, Mr. u-sxissoisr, and
the ATTORNEY-f4NOAL, the Bill was read a second tiwe,
and ordered to beeonimitted to-morrow.
- (WASS .DUTIES- BILL. •
The House went'iritd- further consideration of the Report of
the Committee on the Glass Duties Bill; when, after a few
words from Mr. H. HUTCHINSON and Mr. HERMES, the
Report was agreed , tov'and-the ..bill-Was ordered to be read a
third time on Thursday next.
ABOTHECA-RIES' BAL. •
Mr. BROODEN brought up .the-report of the CoMmittee on
the Apothecaries' Bill.
Mr. HUME said,- that as atl he had said respecting this bill.
had had no effect, he had a clause to propose, which be hid
submitted to his Pen. and Learned Friend (Mr. Brougham)
who was not then preient, and who had expressed his appro-
bation of it. As the law now stoodi„ it was -doubtful what was
and what was not to be considered a shop ; the consequence was,
that the Apothecaries' Company entered and examined the
shops of those who• kept • triedicineS for the use of their own
patients only, as well as the shop of 'those- who vended medi-
cines generally to the public:
,Thedause, therefore, which he
had to propose 14-xi, " That wiiireits doubts'.had arisen As to

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the right of the Apothecaries' Company to examine the drugs
of medical practitioners not keeping shops for the vending of
medicines and drugs generally ; it was therefore declared, that
it should not be lawful for tpe said Company to examine the
drugs or medicines of anypraclitioner who did not keep drugs
for public sale, but only- `for the,'"purPose of his own private
patients."
The chime was then put. and agreed to.
Mr. HUML observed that at present the Apothecaries- were.
prohibited by- law'frem charging for attendance, the conse-
quence was that in order to compensate themselves for the time
and trouble t 6 which they were- put, they were obliged to
physic their patients, for which only they could charge. He,
therefore, begged to move a clause for their being at liberty to
charge a fair remuneration for their attendance where no.physic
was The Hon.- Member then moved a clause to the fol-
lowing effect, that whereas Apothecaries were often called upon
to attend and advise for patients when medicine may be but
little or not at all requisite—(alaugh)—and whereas doubte
existed as lo the legality of any.charges in such cases be made.
It should therefore be lawful for the said Apothecariettrit'any
time hereafter to charge and receive a just and reasonable charge
for advice and 'attendance, instead of over and above their
charges fonmedieitie only.
Mr. J. P. (:RANT said that this clause seemed to legislate
for an additional charge in our Doctor's bill without any addi-
tional benefit. He thought,- the Hon. Member for Montrose
ought to have added a proviso, that the .Apothecaries should in
such case serve as only with half die usual quantity of meth-
cine.—( A laugh.)
Mr. HUME said nothing could be more absurd than the
present system,: and he considered the present clause to be
really necessary.
After a few words from Mr. Goulburn, Mr. Gordon, the
Chancellor of the Exchequer, and Mr. T. Nilson, the clause
was agreed to.
Mr. GORDON asked the Hon. Member for Montrose whe-
ther he really believed there was any law existing to prevent
Apothecaries from atarging for attendance.
Mr. HUME said there certainly was.
The Report was then -agreed to, and the,Bill was ordered to
be read a third time on Friday next.
TALE CUSTOMS BOUNTIES BH,
The Report of Committee on this Bill was taken into
further consideration, and a 'few observations,froin Mr. Ho-
/IEI6'SON, Mr. T. IVII. ON, and Mr. Hume:, respecting the
-remaining duties on English shipping, the Report was agreed
to, and the Bill was ordered to be read a third. time on Thurs-
day next.
HORSES SLAUGHTERING • BILL.
'Mr. R. M ‘RTIN moved the further consideration of .the
Report on the horses Slaughtering Bill.
Mr. F. PALMER. objected to the Bill. -
Mr. R. MARTIN expressed his surprise that any Ho-
nourable Member could object to a Bill calculated,- like the
present, to,fibolieh a great and most detestable nuisance. He ,
.did not see what reasOnable objectionecould be urged against'
placing houses for the 'slaughtering of horses under a proper
and salute.y -contronl. But if any lion. Member thought
otherwise,
.he (3lr. Martin) Wished him joy of his opinioneand
countenance of ,cruelty.. Ile-understood a Petition in favour of
the Bill, front the place (Reading), represented by the Lion.
Gentleman (Mr. Palmer), and signed by upwards of 3-01) fined
repectable individuals, had been forwarded to the lion..,Mem-
ber for presentation. 'He (Mr.• Martin) was less interested in
the present 13171 than many others, hut he thought that every
person who sent an old horse to a Knacker's to be slaughtered,
—andehe had no -doubtsomeAonourable-Membets were in
that situation—(A laugh ).—should through motives of huma-
nity be -desirous of securing- for the animal- as speedy a death
as possible.— (A laugh.). —The amendments meant to be-intro-
duced into the .Bill were not of his (Mr: M.'s) devising, but
merely in accordance with the suggestions of several individuals
in the neighbourhood of SVhitechapel. Among others, persons
connected with the hospitals in that part of the town felt the
noxious effects of those houses, as at present conducted. They
eves asserted, that the recovery of ;patients in the.hospital was
thereby materially' retarded; nine months being required to
effect a< cure,' which, but for these nuisances, might be com-
pleted in three.—(A laugh.)
Mr. F. PALMER never heard any thing of the Petition al-
hided to. except from the Hon. Member himself.
The CHANC EL LOR of the EXCHEQUER thought the
Honourable Member had himself risigned the best possible
reason for postponing the further consideratien of the Bill; be-
cause here (on his own shewing) was a most important Petition
upon the subject, which certainly had not yet been presented to
the House; and perhaps it might be better to wait till it came,
before they proceeded•any farther.—(hear, and laughter.)
Mr. Tu and-Mr. Alderman Wool) supported the Bill.
The Athendments were Then read a second time, and the
Bill ordered to be engrossed, and read a third time on Thurs-
day next.
COURTS OF JUSTICE. OFFICES 'BILL. .
.The Courts of Justice Offices Bill was read a third time and
RC:USE OF GOM.MOMS TAXATION OF COSTS BILL.
The House then resolveditielf into Committee on the H 01.136
of' Coennione Taxation'of Costs frill • and the Bill passed
through the Cenelnittee,' and wee ordered to be reported to.
marrow. •

EDINIIIIROII BONDS BILL.
The Edinburgh Bonds 11 went I.l:rough the C,ommittee,
tied was ordered to be reported to-morrow.
CUSTOMS TEMPORARY DUTIES DILI,.
The Customs Temporary Duties Bill passed through the
Committee, and the report was ordered to be received to=
11101T00.

NEWSPAPERS BILL.
nn the Order of the 'Day being moved for -thedeconctread:
ingot the Newspapers Bill,
Mr. expre*d his ,intention on the occasion Of the
Bill being connnitted, to propose the reduction of the duty Upon
newspapers to one half the present amount ; and heArusted he
should be ahl;..to demonstrate to the Right Hon.-Gentl:man
opposite (the Chancellor of the Exchequer) that such an ar-•
rangement.would be productive of benefit to the revenue. The
Bill was they read a iscond time, and ordered to be committed
to-morrow. ,

WIDE STREETS (DUBLIN)-HILL.
The Wide streets (Dublin) Bill was read n second time, and
ordered to be committed tomorrow.

The II ouso Olen, adjour.ned_at Eleven o'Clock till Tuesday
(this day.)

FRENCH PAPERS.

(From the Afoniteur of Saturday, June le.)
NON-OyFICIAL PART.
Pants, Jurrs 17.
The Journal des Debuts contains to.day an article relative
to the opening to • public competition the conveyance of the
mails from Calais to-Dover. It will suffice to quote the terms
of the intended contract to appreciate .the accusations made
against the administrations of the Post-office. The third arti-
cle says--4 The mails shall be accompanied on board each
vessel by an agent of the Post-office, who shall be commissioned
to deliver them at the English post-office at Dover, or at any
other port which the vessel may be obliged to put into.'
Thus the rights recognized by the treaty of 1710 have not
been destroyed, since the mails from Eng,land will be delivered
to the English office at Dover by the French officers, as has
hitherto been done ;'and hent;e we may infer also that the se-
curity of the correspondence will be no more endangered than it
was before.

In this twofold point'of view, therefore, there is no founda-
tion for. the observations of-the Journal des DeLats. The
measure which gives rise to theni can have no other result than
-o render the service more speedy and more economical, by
entrusting to private persons the management of the steam-
boats which serve to convey the mails.
A 'telegraphic dispatch anti Ounces the arrival at Brest of the
Constance frigate and the corvette Adour, both from the
An tilles.

• ( From the &vile, dated Sunday, June 19.)
. PARIS, JUNE 13.
The Austrian -Observer of the 9th contains further extracts
from the Hydra Gazettes from the 22d of April to the thh of
May.
We must observe that we have given much later news from
the:Morea, and that if the Greek OSzettes do not mention the
burning of the Egyptian fleet, it is because it happened two
days later.

The Friend of the Laws, No. 103, relates the taking of
Odysseus, -who, at the head of a Turkish corps. was compelled
by Genre to lay down his arms at Artalandi. This traitor has
been conducted to Napoli di Romania.
The Gazette of Athens confirms this important news, and
adds that the Turks, in their rage, massacred all the Christians.
The Fiend of the Lamt.of the 6th of May, publishes a letter
from. General Goura himself, dated Dania, 25th April. He
says that 800 Turks surrendered with Odysseus. On the 21st
there was a severe action, in which '.the barbarians lost many
qy
men in the. plain of Turcochosi, which is the famous plain of
Leuctra, immortalized. by a victory of Epaminondas.
On the 24th, the e Hall fatuous .plain of Cheronea was the
theatre .of a new victory of the Greeks. The barbarians had
many killed and wounded.
The Gazette, of Leghorn and Genoa announce the arrival in
those ports of vessels from the lonian Islands, which confirm all
the accounts brought to Trieste by the Corfu packet-boat, viz.
the destruction of the Egyptian 'feet, and the shutting up of the
remains of Ibrahim's army in Motion. • '
FIIENcn
102 f. 30c. • Three per Cents., '7sf. 45c.-11.0yal Spanish Loac,
; Bank. Stock,
FUND .-- PARIS, JUNE .18..-. Five per Cents.
2 •
100 50 —(Etoile, dated Juie 19.)