The Sun.
London, England, 1825-06-17 00:00:00

FROM JAMAICA.

Dr. LUSHI.NGTON rose, pursuant•tunnece,'tc, present a
Petitionfrotn two persons of the nein es of Elcoffery and Leceane,
complaining of having been, without any-just cause, sent ont• -
of the.lsland of Jamaica, in 1823 n by the Duke of Manchester..
Mr. W. HORTON wished to know what motion the Learned'
Gentleomn meant to found on that Petition ?- •
, Dr. LUSH INGTON was at a loss to know how that Hon.
Gentleman could be ignorant of the course lie intended to por- •
sue, asefrom the discussions . which had already taken place'
• upon the subjectethellonourable Gentleman might have per-
ceived it was. his iutention • to move that the petition and the
'papers connected with .it ..should be referred to a Select Com-
mittee. cry other course, he . was apprehensive, would fall',
short of doing that justice to the petitioners whiCh he was desi-
rous to obtain for them. In bringing. forward this motion at
the present advanced period of. the ..-Seasion, he .hoped he
would be excused, as the motive that prompted hint not to
ttoduce it at an earlier one, was an unwillingness to discuss the
subject until .hapapers:to which he would have occasion to refer
were printed, and were fully before the House. The motion was
one whichite thought was intimately connected with the happi-
ness; and sivenehe safety of our Nireet India Wonies,•more par-
ticularly with that of the island of Jamaica. The case to which
he was desirous of calling the -attention of the Molise was one
of the greatest outrages that had been • or could he perpetrated.
Asehe4iouse was not familiar with the' discussions on this sub-
ject,• he would aake the „liberty of stating to the -House the
amount of the population in the island of Jamaica. There
were three classes of inhabitants—the 'first, and the most nu-
merous part of the population, he meant the black population,
consisted. of 360,000 persons. -Besides these there were
36,000 men of colour, and 25,000 w h iteee To the•second class
, he was anxious to call the-attention of the ]louse, as the per-
sons whose case he had that night to.bring forarard belonged
to it. This clays- formed a principal part. of the inhabitants
of that island. Previous to the year 1613, this classeeuffered
under severe disabilities ; until that_ period a white person
could not make a will bequeathing property-of a larger amount
• than 2,0001. to any person of colour, though that-person Was
his own son. Neither could he serve on Juries, nor give evi-
dence against_a white person-:-henvattobliged to contribute his
proportion of taxes.s-to contribute also his proportion to the
fonds for education,. whilst be was shut out from all places
of trust, and deprived 'of the advantages of those institutiona
-which he mainly - aided- to -maintain. lie was also debarred
from ; exercising the - elective • franchise, and from various
other privileges. • Such was .itiS•: condition in 1813, - when
some of the disabilities under which --he laboured were
removed, but many of diem were -permitted- to continue........
In ..113:12, they resolved on a petition to the Legislative As-
semblyirof.Jamaica for a reinovalcrflhe remaining disabilities
under which they laboured. And here he- would take an op-
portunity of stating how important it was to conciliate this irn-
portant crass of the inhabitants of jamaican as diey were a 'class
in Jamaica constantly increasing in.population. To the ordi-
nary increase amongst themselves was superadded the increase
that arose from their intercourse with the -white -portion of the I
population.. As to their character- all writers concurred in theH
highest testimony to its integrity and to their peaceable de-
meanour. It was said by Mr. Edwards to be unimpeoched and
unimpeachable. , Thallouse of Assembly an- also Jerre
testimony to their character and conduct.- _ln. one of their Re-
ports was to be found a passage to-the following effect
, cannot conclude this. Report .without bestowing our meed of
praise on the people. of colour. By "their conduct they have
identified. themselves with the interests -of the island, and have
shown themselves zealous supporters of its internal
.welfare.."
And this testimony, it-should be borne in mind; was given at 'a
time that the island had just recovered, as it were, from a storm,
and that an opportunity of testifying their peaceable tleportment
-had been recently-afforded them. It would be right to state,
that there were four orders or -degrees of persons in Jamaica,
, who werarecognized by a particular shade of: colour ; first;
there was the black, next to Min was the mulatto, third the
mastic, and, fourthly the mussaphee. So that disabilities were
• determined and arranged' by shadessof complexion, and the
West Indies was the only -Fart of his Majesty's dominions
winre this difference was recognized.; as in this country there
were two persons, one holding high place in thaarmy, and
the other. had formed a connexion with • the family of a
Member of the House. -The petition to which he had before
adverted was in the' first instance intrusted to Mr. Hector
asMitchell,.Aemblr of •u
jram
ylagiaiscatrate and a Member of the - Legislative
. hands • of Mr. Barret, he believed, of the
from
ita was subsequently placed in the

zeal of the former. Of the latter Gentleman he was disposed
to speak with the utmost respect for the integrity of conduct
and firmness of purpose ethich he evinced throughout the whole
of these proceedings.esTire hi l wasintroduced, and on a second
reading was rejectetV.Tor 'pdesiaistifig this measure, and for
being Members is,thesCatirtitteset that prepared the applica-
tion to the LegiitatiV..o AssehiblFehthese two persons, Lani&e.
and Escoffery, -were .•:kaifft- froqn etheir - families, and forcibly
deported from the Isltirls norejaisealea. The pretence of Ex.:,
pelting them .from the iellanit Wat;ioneler the Alien Act. '.1,11;y,
were then aged, one. twe'retyselgliE years and the other th, --
five, and they were called Upon 'instantly to prove, that theta
were not aliensa-a proof that from the distance of time it was
not easy on the occasion to supply, lie (Dr. Lushingaon) was
.praparad-to-provertitat this Was solely-n-prereneNllbillEeArien
_...1
Act was never intended to be- so applied, and that the sole
ground for expelling these individuals was their obnoxious
ratuonstranceeto -procure a ,removal of -the edis'abilitieti undir
,whith they ihil the class-'td irhich they' belonged labourecL
The_Alieh Act wassinteaded-to-facilitatatht removal-. of-:arose
admitted to-bealleirS'frefn-76.fie place to another, and was not
ever intended to be atpplieddo the oppressiire purposes for which •
it was intended in the present instance. In the papers which
were now before the House, Mr. Hector Mitchell, in Magis-
trate-of lijngstwi.stateti
,that those'percerrs, Who were men not'
orniean origin or co:idition, but who had been enctehsive dealers
in the wholesale tradee who were married ' and- had children :
he stated that they were leading persons amongst the-class they
belonged to—that they exercised great influence over that
class, and, that they were. members of a society- which pro-
fessed to 'be formed for charitable purposes, but was formed
secretly„ and, for purposes very, different from' those of cha-
lity: Now he . Dr.-Lashing-ton) was prepared to show that the
purposes :to which the lends of- the .charity were deioted were
laid before•the sidoscribets of that class to which they. belonged,
that was a circumstance highly to their credit, as that class was
stated by the Legislative .tssembly to have identified themselves
with daaintereets of Jamaitta, and to have zealously promoted
the welfate of the-island. -Although these individuals were not
proved„ to lees alien's; and although they were sergeants in the
local rtilitia, which was a recognition oftheirnot being aliens,
yet were they, upon the . order of the' Duke of Manchester;
fOrcibly .deported.,from the island, and taken to St. Domingo..;
Besldes, oae.of these were 'admitted by this very Mitchell not
to have beea an .alien. Oa the occasion of taking . out his pri-
'vilege Mr. Mitchell was one of the -Magistrates who attended
at the time, and he in the latter instance rejected • the evidence
which on a former. Occasion he had adMitted to be a foundation
the their being native-born Indiana. The ,flon. AI ember ha%-
big twoceedechto showadhat ilaese daulividuals were not' aliens,
complaieed, of-the harshness with .which- they- had been treated
by dir. Barnes, the Mayor of- Kingston, whose conduct to-
wards them Was rather that of- a prosecutor. than - that 'of an
impartial administrator of public justice. A. motive. for his
conduct. warsto he found in a verdict, which (as we. understood)
was obtained fur the payment of ‘l,OOO/: to one of them. The
decialort had been _made. in tile .first instance in favour of:the
Mayor, bet was subsequently:reversed by the Council.' What
.he stetted to thd House was founded on the most satisfactory
docunientae aud he assured the house he had taken . the
artnuatt *IS to be Accurately informed of them, and 'had- seen
the parties themselves, more than thirty individuals, with the
petitioners, Lacine and lecoffery. It should be noticed that
the indiyidaals whose petitlon lie presented had employed
most • repectahle solicitors. - Their attornies were Messrs.
Stephenson died. White. Mr, Stepheeson was himself a
member of_the Local legislature, and was it likely that these ,
men woald Lave employed-such: individuals. to defend them if 1
they had been gtillty of any trirte against the Government ?
Immediately npuenneir cormuittal the accused had -a petition i
presented to the Legislative Assembly.' , This petition was sign-
et by thirty pefsens, Amongst them was Mr. Hall, a dlagis-
trate. Mr. Mali leis since conic over to England, he was now
here and. he I:3:: cenfirrned , every allegation in thepetition.
Painful as it would he to him, as he intended to return to Ja-
Maiea, where such en luistility existed against people of colour,
Mr. Hall bad Manfully come forward, and agreed to give his
testimony in support of tliapetiiion. Five Magistrates signed
the petition, and one Mete:her of the House of Assembly.. This
confirmed the petition, and proved that the petitioners were not
only.good itild.loyal subjects, bet that they were free from a
shadOW.of blame, 'Would it be believed that amongst Others-
the Provost Marshal of Jamaica had signed the petition, which
the slake of M a/wires-ter was inelioed to treat as nothing. The
Dui': C of Mateirester stateiein his dispatches that the affidavits
in favour Of the petitioners were made only by creditors, but
it so happened. that, no. creditor .;isad- matte -an affidavit. A
fdtv creditors had signed the petition to- the House of Assent-
, Lily.. It was sated in that petition that the petitioners that knew
: the ,soused individuals from their infancy. That they were_re-
Markalelefor, their good. conduct in- trade and•in the militia, that
tit 4- hadiicquirectabe-approbation and- conlideoce of the peti:'
tionta•s, ead hatletreditt;ith.several eminent merchants. Tile
petitien also-stated, that die aostu'svd bati all their property in
the Waif& - Tht strong facts-and expreesions contahired in ethitt
petition was treated brahe -Hake. of Manchester, to histlisgracee
without the's] halite-A regard. Well; the petitioners took means
to brief; their case before the Suisreme Cottle; they moved for a
writ 01 Ilubcus Corpus, and were ultimately discharged. To
prove thatthettavere British hornatubjects, the testimony of the
inother,eOf Various frientia, ofetheir,schoolmasters, and their
seleroli'elliays, was resorted to, as well as the baptismal certifi-
cates. „Besides direst: evidenceKtheisill of the--accoucheur was
nov/lat* his possessioa, althOugh it had not been produced at the •
truth.:-The ad' erse witnesses-swore only to declarations. Ile.
-begged the House just to rsfaa to the evidence of one of
these witnesses, -Eleanor Tlynes, lier, testimony as to the
period of theiairrivid In'atie island Was falsified by the certifi-
cate in the Custom.house . books.. She hail distinctly, and
beyond a shadow of doubt, perjured herself. Now- it-cvas not the •
false oatiatin this case, but from whence did these gross perjuries
arise? ' Was it from titivate
,pique, or was it from the undue
influence orindiViduals ?' Another of the Crown, witnesses was
Jolla Steward, the Alieh Officer. This man. swore that the
petitioners had net dechired that they were British horn subjects
for several days after their apprehension. Now this would cer-
tainly-lead one to believe-that the declaration of being British
horn subjects tetis'ttiade Only as a matter a defence ; but what
Was the fact—the petitioners were committed onthe 7th -Octo-
ber, arot,on the Bth their' petition was presented tot)* Parlie-
ments distinctly statiog that they -were British subjects. It Was
enough to reake the Wood 'boil to See an ofEcer• holding even
a subordinate- situation under,Uoirerritnent, then lending hint,
self to a deliberate, decided, and flagitious perjury, as Steward,
had done: (H ear, hear !)--Frem circumstances coeneeted with
his situation, he could net„ he ignerant that. the petition earl-
iainid4 -this tied:natio/iv and yet he was barefaced enough to
swear that no such declaration had been made bythe petinenera
for several' ays atter 'their apprehension. oother tact-must
be added to these—the petitioners themselves were assailed:
both by threats and sedactiohs, to induce thou to confessa them-
selves 'aliens. As he'lutd belbre stated, tlie Court oft King's
Bench had ordered the: nen to be discharged. They offered bail—
they took with them six freeholders to give bail, hut the, Chief
Justice of the King's Beneh said hG required .no bail, as there
was no charge. in tile House of Assembly, Mr.; Hector 111 itehell
moved for a Secret Committee. This; CoMmittee was to inquire
, into the guilt or imercence of the parties, and decide thereupon.
Now-, -would it be believed they harl decided Without exaMiniog
a• single witness- lbr the 'accuTetd. Such a modeof proceeding
was disgusting -to Englislatars, accustomed to the forms as well
as the reality of justice. 'The Secret Committee made a report,
in which' they stated :it they had taken the evidence of certain
individuals, inhabitants of Kingston, who liaa stated that sedi-
tious meetings were held aniongst the.peoPleolcolour,-that the
petitioners we're natives of St. Domingo, and that they were per-
sons of dangerous cliaracter. Well, . uphn -these statements the
Select Uomtilittee ordered the unfortunate men to be deported to
St. Donlingo, andthe order was executed with a severity pro-
portionate •to its injustice. This sentence was' passed, bey the
• Committee 'after the petitioners had . been discharged by the
Court of King's Bench.' Ile should be glad to hear upon what
principle of law or justice, a Govermnsht could take upon it-
' self to overturn the deciSion of a supreme Court of Justice,
-and substitute a practice abhorrent to every principle of justice.
'He was at. a loss to know what palliation, what extenuation
could be Finind for such a line of Or-Add? Not a moment was
allowed them after the order had passed, though ,trey had offered
bail to meet the charge--;:they had offered the, bail of Magis-
trates. There was no. pretence to prevent them from being
'tried. The law of Jartraica was, that 'a person of colour may be
convicted upon slave testimony, although a white man could
riot. The Attorney-General's report on this subject was most
disgraceful to him. He need scarcely say he did not mean his
'Hon. Friend the Attorney-General of England, but the Attor-
ney-General of Jamaica. Ile (Dra Liishington) contended,
that the .Attorne.Y.General's opinion. tts'to the •admissibility of
slave evidence, was Moit disgraceful to him, for it was clear as
day 'that slave evidence could be admitted against the peti-
others. Well, notwithstanding this circumstance, the order
for the deportation of those individuals was immediately car
Tied into effect. After the deportation-of the petitioners, souse
tairioug evidence-was produced against them.. A slave, named
,Coi6bern, gave evidence against them. There was a variance
in this man's- testiMony, which plitinlY showed how dittle it
'ought to be depended upon. In one part of his evidence he
Says, he was introduced to Lacine in September, 1823, for the
'first time, whilst in a subsequent part he swears he knew La-
cine since' he was a little boy.
.It was painful to see the fa-
cility with which convictions were brought about, as well as
the ability used to *produce them. , Three days after convic-
tion individuals were deported. He should not leave this
part of the subject Without observing, that Cozbon had since
broken froth gaol, and was declared a dangerous person by
the House of Assembly. This was the only evidence relied
upon' against these individuals. It had been stated- that,
Upon-the arrival of the petitioners, they had been received in
the most friendly manner by the Authorities of St. Domingo,

and were supplied with money. This statement was refuted'
by the testimony of Captain Dawkins, who states that he
found them in St. Domingo, where they were repudiated by '
the Government in consequence of the proceeding,s at Janiaira.
They were in a state of destitution until Captain Dawkins took
them to the English merchants at St. Domingo, amongst whom.
a .aialatscriptirs. for alberuk, . haps so small, however,
that they we ', • alt to thenecasegty lif selling their clothes
4tht.watches '% i : is state otaihstittition they returned to
England. r-d C ' iers, who ttifitight them tater, was under
the'laiecesait ; 'en))
'
jtina- them with clothes on the voyage.—
The'petitioli's tia. -per sooner left Domingo than Mr.
Hector Mitchell arrested two slaves who were in the employ-
ment of Lacine. He offered them 300, and afterwards 600 dol-
Tat;;lie even promised them iheli•—fie,edem' if they would give evi-
dence against their master. Upon their refusal so to do, he con-
fined one of these slaves for 9 months and another for 6 months
re `the- tiondemned cells. 'When the Slave Court was held
there the-slaves were discharged by proclaination,As no, charge
watt rhade-qttinit'theni.47iiilif-thesemen had arrived in En*
land—he was ready to be prodticed-4nd no one who could look
upon his emaciatedlorm, after an iMprisionmeit Of six Mb *.r.,
could doubt the ferocity of his testimony. ;The details W7ere
horrible, fot every prindiple of hinnanity was grossly and
rudely violated. There was also it poor Irish boy,. a servant_ of
one of the petitioners, With whom an attempt wasmade to tam-
per. This boy wati'found wandering about the streets of hint;-
awn,' afflicted with an agile and, ferer. He was taken home t y
one of the petitioners,. who treated him kindly, and took him
into his service. IFori'six, years he remained under the Mot' of
his Master. When the master was ordered to St. Domingo, the
boy followed him to the vessel and asked to share his banish-
ment. This request was refused ; hut theterateful boy no sooner
heard that his master had rethroefl to England, than lie took
ship,' and actually-worked hiS paSsage,oier.—(Hear !)—There
was no.' ury before when' this boy might not he produced; there
was no examination or Cross-examination to . which, he (Di'.
Lushington) would fear to subject. }inn ' for. he. was a boy. of
worideroaaly quick comprehension and much talent.. Ite was
painful, but it was his bounden;duty to state that in these pro-
ceedings muchblamedevolved upon the Duke of Manchester„
lie had not blindly acted- under the advice of others, but had
made hirnself aparty, and approved what had been done. His
Grace had stated that the petitionerS were aliens, and that their
witriesscsavere crediuira." _He concluded by observing, that he
would •nOt have troubled the Government with any details on this
subject, but that he Understood it Was their intention to apply
to Parliament, What..!- was it unnecessary, except under the
fear ofinvestiaea.ione to itcqnoint the Government with a case,
in which, Under pretemie Of Sedition; t we men, subjects of Great
Britaiti;vere sent from their-diorite andfamilies, their property
destroyed; and their persons subjected to the mostdreadinl hard-
ships. He really trembled at the operation of such a syStem,
and at the litter heartlealineSs which: seemed' to exist in this
island ag,ainat persona of colour. He- therefore submitted that
the proceedings la this case .were ,wholly unjustified,-that the
conduet of the Duke of Manchester *was unjustifiable, anti the
report of Mi.' Berahe, the. Attorney-General, was
~a disgrace to
any one having a claim to a .cfiaracter for integrity. The British
Parliathent could not..be _better emplowed-than by affording
redress to the petitioners.—(Hear !)—lf abuses such al.he had
detailed were
.persevered in, the mind of. the free. people. of
colour,wciuld. I* -alienated,•and the situation of the English in
the island 'would. be endangered, as well as the-stability of the
:British power. Under these circumstances, no objection could
,exist to the appointaient of a Select Committee to inquire into
those proceedings. '
Mr. .WILMOT .HORTON rose for thepurpose of offering
to the llotie some exfilanations, as front the office he held he
would be expected to'do, on this subject. He had, inthe first.
place, hoOever, to observe,
,that he thought his lion.. and
Leatned4iend had not stated this case with.his usual candour,
hecausete bad omitted to inform the House of a material fact.
—(Cbeers.)—ln. a conversation with - his Bon.
;and Learned
friend, he had .informed'hint 'that it was not upon the papers
before the-House that the case rested in any degree-whatever.—
There was oilier evidence which it was not considered consistent
With the duty of the Secretary .of. State. to give out for_ general
publication: Surely Mi. Hon..and Learned Friend ought to
have stated this as well as the further one,*thar he ,(Mr. W.
Horton), sofa!' from objecting to the institution of proceedings.
-which should he likely to obtain substantial- justice; had told,
his Hon. and Learned Friend' thathe would consent to the ap,:.
pointment of aiSecret Committee, before which all the.vapers
might be laid. Ilia Hon.'and Learned Friend bad said, that
be (Jlr. -Horton) was there to defend the proceedings which had
been taken aghast these petitioners ; but he,begged to disclaim
any such intention: Ile was there only to defend the Duke of
Manchester for the course which he, had idopted.—(llear !)-
1 Thattourse had been founded mainly on fact of the .peti-•
tioners being aliens, which the evidence he had alluded to would
establish beyond all doubt: He passed by the topics'which his
I Hon and Learned Friend had introduced into the beginningof nis
1 speech, respecting the condition of the. free- coloured people-of
I Jamaica. It was enough for liini tatake things as he found
Ithem. :The free coloured people -of that island-were under. eel.,
tain.dinualifications, but _that circumstance did not free them
inane their allegiance to the Government. The leopztantqtres,.
tion, upon which• this ease turned was, whether a Onspiracy ,
I against the: Government actually existed -; and Whetliereflleept
titioners Were parties to that conspiracy. This question: could
only be decided by the -production' of the 'evidence he -hadal-
luded to before a Secret Committee; because it was impossible
for the House, or any Committee of the HOdse, tedecideupon
the conflicting testimony now upon the table. At the'Period to
which the transactions referred, a strong feel iigofalarm prevail-
ed at Jamaica. 'lf any body doubted the reasonable grounds
of that alarm, he could' refer them to a letter written by:
Mr. Samson and: Mr.: Smiler, the Chairman and Secretary of
a Committee of free coloured people, ,to Mr. Wilson, in Lon-
don, in which they spoke of their " king ttruluratice -under the,
oppressive tyranny, which oneenergeticellbrt-oftheiroWn would
suffice to overthrow or destroy."—(Hear, from the OppOsition 1
benches.)—Was it unreasonable to suspect people avowing these.!
sentiments of being engaged in a treasonable conspiracy ?
( Hear ! )=The groundS, however,, upon which the Duke of Man-
chester took the step of transporting the petitioners proved to be
aliens, were those of an overpowering public necessity. The
House of ASsembly and the Council had reported, without one
dissentient va'ce, that the petitioners were engaged in a treason-
able conspiracy. What ought the Duke of Manchester then to
haVe done. with persons so
,dangerouS—and howegreat, would
haVe been the responsibility he must have incurred, if he asked
otherwise ? This course was sanctioned Mao by theadvice of
all. the ()Hirers of the government in the island n and .although
his Hon. and Learned Friend had not scrupled to apply: to them
terms of reproach, he was wholly at a loSs to know upon what the
charges his Hon. and Learned Friend had brought against them
werefonlicled. The Attorney-General, whom :his- Han. and
.Learned Friend had charged, together with Others, with having.
put into action that monstrous scene of iniquity he had detailed to
the Ileusei lied always hitherto been, acknowledged to be a person
of ability and character. He strongly recoMmen-ded the course.
whichithe Duke of Manchester bad adopted, and hiS opinion
:had been borne out by that of every other person on the spot
who had means of forming a correct judgment upon the sub-
ject. -If- the petitioners were innocent of the charges against
them, there could be no doubt that they had been very.hardly
uses!, and-that they were entitled to redress. But he must re-
nnind the House and • his Hon. and Learned F riend, that the
opportunity for obtaining this redress had been offered to him,
and although not in the exact manner he wished, yet it was in
a warcalculated to do full justice..:.-(bear; iicar !)—Until this
-was done, the opinion of the House must Of necessity be suspend-
ed, and its-judgment in abeyance, because .the marts of the case
were not before it. if-111r. Hector Mitchell had been guilty of
the atrocities laid to his charge, God forbid that he (Mr. Horton)
should say-one word in his justification ; but to believe that he
I had done so, Would be to believe that; all' the persons- whose
duty it was to wateh'over the administration of. justice in Ja- I
inaica had neglected theireduty in a most extraordinary man- I
ner. ' But whilst' the charge of falsehood was thus copiously
inane against others, was all that the petitioners had stated
tine ? . They had said that they • were- never engaged in any
illicit trade with St. Domingo, and that they . had never carried
,on treasonable COrrespondence—staternents, the utter falsehood
of which the evidence be had alluded to would establish, and
prove, on the contrary, beyond-a doubt, their traitorous inten-
tions. , Ills lion. and Learned Friend laid .great stress upon
the petitioners having obtained their privilege papers, and had
inferred that they could nor haVe done so unless the fact of
their birth- in the island had been satisfactorily proved..—
He
held, however, in his hand a pipet, in which it. was
distinctly stated that the certificate in -question had been
granted without any inquiry into that fact.' This was upon
the authority of the Attorney-General.—(Hear, hear ! from
the-Opposition Benches 1)—If the House were prepared to, be-
lieve that the House of Assembly and the had con-
spired to falsify the evidence on the Case of the petitiimers, and
that the Duke of Machester had lent' himself to aid intheirde-
portation out of the country, then something like- a case- might
be made out; until then, and he thought there was no present
ptobability of any such event, the House must iMSpend•its opi-
nion. The evidence of which he was in possession was so sa-
' tisfactory to his mind, and hisitnowledge of the private charac-
ter and 'amiability of the Duke of :Manchester was such, that
he would not concur . in any censure,' implied orotherwise,
which, upon-grounds like those before the House, it might be
attempted to pass upon him. He would never advoCate (in the
present- instance he had done directly the contrary) the keeping
back any evidence which was necessary for the•ends of justice.
He left it to the 'House, without hesitation, to decide whether
the statement of his Hon. and Learned Friend bad established
any thing like criminality against the Duke of Manchester.—
(Cheers.)
Mr. SCA-R.LETT said, he thought it appeared probable
that the Duke of Manchester had been misled by the persons
whose duty it was. to 'advise him • and Ile understood the ar-

guments of his Hon. and Learned Friend to apply rather to
those individuals than personally to the Duke, who could not
be supposed to be actuated by any thing but a desire to do
justice in the administration of the trust reposed in him. The
Hon. Gentleman (Mr. Horton) had alluded to documents not
before the House ; and without intending to say more of them
than he was warranted in, he could not help observing that
some circumstances connected with the evidence produced
tended to throw discredit on the sources whence the other must
be drawn. He. (Mr. Searlett) had read the whole of the evi-
dence attentively ; and he had been induced the more parti-
cularly to do so, because a near relation of his own (Mr.
Chief Justice Scarlet* to whose learning, capacity, -and
integrity, he was glad of any opportunity of bearing tes-
timony, had sat in judgment on the subject. There were
some circumstances in the evidence which. exciteal7 strong
suspicions in his mind. On• the application_ ibr Jrabeas
Corpus,. it appeared the strongest evidence against-Lecesne was
the.affidavit of -his sinter" 'who swore that he was born
-at PoTteinePtince. Leeeane ineiuOlit three Persons-to swear that
Lucille told them she had been induced to swearto this;"*hich
she knew to Iv at the pefsti4Aioti4 of-'a Mr.
who her if hetbrother was shipped of as he would be, in
consequence of her affidayit,_ she would become entitled to one-
half of her father's property; and threatened besides, if she
did not make- this affflavit,• that she shOuld be imprisoned.--
Now, although the Court had in -the first instance granted a
role ;to- shove. -Cauee;
,BQ attempt had ever been made, .either
by Lucille Lecesee, or. byerilre Villegreinee to contradict the•
very heavy statements" which were. made against them.: '. -The
observations -of the Attorney-General .on this .subject (wore.
somewhat singular, for -he expressed his astonishment that
the Court hid iii, their 'decision paid no more attention' to
the affidavits -of MroMilthell, who_was well known to them
to be -it most respectable- person, and -.of 11110 'lnnis, a tee-
lice-officer; as if it was -the practice- of judges to be in-
fluenced by the charaCter of witnesses who Made affidavits,
instead of by the facts which 'those affidavitsecontained.—
While this imputation of Mr. Villegyerne's•having. suborned
perjury against' the petitioners remained, he Mr. Scarlett should
suspect whatever came from the same.- source. The Hon. and
Learned Gentleman-sat down by conteridin'g, theft.; Wliateirer
objection might exist to-producing the evidence as to-the ttedf,
tion, there could be no Mischief in publishing that (if theresfaa.
any)'which related to the question of alienage. It was impos-
sible for the HOuse to pay too. much attention -to;
.appealsof o
description like the present; as if it was 'well known That, in
the colonial assemblies, the enlqured pOraLtion. was_ far from
meeting with any thing like liberal consideration. .
Mr. CANNING said that, under all the circumstances, how-
ever he might have been
.dis Posed tO prefer the course suggested
'by his 110n..-Friend (dir. W. Horton) he 'should' not now op-
pose the appointment of a Select Committee. The short clues-.
tion upon the present charge, as it applied to.the conduct of the
Duke of Manchester; was, whether. the.bulte.had or had not •
treated British subjects as aliens only could lawfully be-treated.
That was a simple question,- and one 'easily capable' of'proof,
• but one which certainly- was neither proved nor disproved by
the evidence, before the House. In• one admision, however,
all parties" must akree that- Wheo
chester came ft:it:ward, cifering to waive the.priyilege, which his
absence•gave. him; and. submit-to clear_ his conduct-'by atrial
by law, he did .entitle himself; ;so -long as the question WAS
peading,:tp the suspension of every thin ;;like severe. or unki:oa.
judgment against him. The 1161.1. Member.,.for•peterboiough -
:observed, that if. the Duke of Meeehestaer had, dOnewronea. _lie
.had tirobably been misled. In- thiseopinion :lie (dir. Canning)
entirely concurred; but it was yetao -he shewn that • the-Duke•
in what he had done,- had. exceeded his authority 't• and that. he
himself entertained no apprehenSion as to the result of his con-.
duct, was at least to be presumed front the readiness with which
he courted inquiry into it.. The main feature in the case then
came On. to be• considered—to wit, 7what•there.had been in -the
conduct of other persons. epart'frorn that of • the Duke of Man-
chester, which afforded ground for complaint ;.and upon that •
point he was free to say that. Government had at least see
far thought there- was ground .for investigation, that- the
Commissioners in the West Indies. had received - instruce-
tions (and in. about a month ;hence they, would be .in Ja-
maica) to examine --into all the circumstances, and --report
generally upon the transaction. In this situation, therefore,
be was not prepared to deny that further elucidation upon the
subjett.was due to the satisfaction. of the -House ; bUt if the
motion of the Hon. and Learned Member for a Committee was
agreed to, it ought in fairness to be understood that the Duke
of Manchester's offer with respect to a trial at law ought not to
taken advantage. of.- It was farther to be -recollected, that •.
at so latex
.period of the session; and considering the _distance
front which all evidence would have to be obtained, no Com-
mittee•cOuld be appointedwith'any advantage until next year.-
If it -was agreed. to defer the Cgilunittee until next session, the
Report of the Connnissioners, and. all other .necessary evidence,
could be procured in the mean 'time, -and 'ffiere would ,be no
difficulty then in instituting an inquiry as ample as the Hon-
and` Learned Member (Dr. Lushington) could desire.
Mr. BROUGHAM rose to request his Hon. and 'Learned
Friend-(Dr. Lushington) to accede to the,propositien of the' •
Right llori.:Gentlenian oppplite4' which lie thought, the state
'of the Session considered, was the - best calculated to do sub-
iteretial jitelfee."-'ereaahe-eeidende stood, the transaction wax a !:
most iniquitous .one, And he' totally- differed from the gigh,r
Hon. Gentleman as to the view which he took of the conduct
of the Duke of .Mancliester.
_These three points :would litve
to be-made cut—first, that. there had .been proof that the. come'
plainante were alien's ; secondly that there had been the seLlk•
lion imputed ;• anti_ thirdly, Onet there, bad been ground far,
Sending them away withuut_ being heard in _their defence/'
Nov,' as the case. stoad,- it was nonsense to bilk of core
flicting evidence; ''the' proof of the birth was as .CleardV:.
Could be-desired. What might arise out of the papers
titer to be produced, -he could not judge ; but. tlie. mateer .
stood as he tleicribed it at present. With reference to aw
i,ostpon6ment -of the ',Committee, he would farther • jto't
observe, that ahem' were two witnesses whom would be
necessary to- produce, end 'Who had been in ..england sont°-•
time. Those periens had hitherto been
.supported by rhe
charitable contributions of individuals ; but certainly, -as 00
delay was to take.place, some means of existence ought to 1,6'
afforded them by Parliament. For, the other point .to
the Right lion. (ientlewian opposite ;had adverted the 111)-
staining (as inquiryewes to take place in a CoMmiitee),froto anY
prOceeding at law—he (Mr:Brougham) agreed. that such all
arrangement would.. be mest convenient; but it.tmisOde-penr`
upon the consenloof`the complainants concerned.
dlr. CANNING_ apprehended that that was the case; be'-.
cause it was only upon the Duke of Manchester's own offer to
the House that any law proceeding could be taken against hi 10:
while he remained in Jamaica. •
Mr: BROUGHAM -observed, that that offer of. the -Noble -:
Duke's had only been made lately. •He trusted, however,*th6!•:
no other prejudice would go forth than what the circtimstancee
of the case would warrant. . -
111r.•CANNJ,NG and Mr. ScARLETT said a few words in e%' :
planation. .- • -
r. DICKINSON complained of the harsh terms in which. • I
the charges .against. several gentlemen had been brought .r
forward.
Sir,F. OMMANEY spoke.from under the gallery;- burliis
'observation's did not. reach • • - •
Mr. SYKES would not object to a proposal which seemed" to • -
give general Satisfaction ;.'but if the. complainants were 13'
carried over for another session, rosin taieed as they were bY ••
private charity, he did think that something ought to be dor'e
by Parliament for their support.
Mr. GROSS F.TT said a few words, but in so low a tone that
it was impossible precisely to collect their import: We tinder'
stood him to deny that the complainants were entitled to be .
provided for.
Mr. W. SMITH deprecated observations which would le-Iti`
to a premature discussion of the question.
Dr. LUSHINGTON; in reply, called upon the House tc:'
consider the condition of the .nijured parties, and what they
were exposed to, in their destitute condition, by this netycle
Ile was ready to adopt. the proposal of the -Right Hon. Gentleru
mail opposite for the appointing a Committee next Session.; beer
he did that in the reliance .of every facility being- afforded
the obtaining and production of evidence. For the sentinielt!.
Which. had been expressed_ in a pamphlet written upon Clew,
qUestion (as we understood the Hon. and Learned Gentleteoano.
by the Hon. Member for Chippenhain)—foe such sentiments ,la
would deny men justice oil-account of a prejudice against dr' /-
Colour, he thought that could excite no feelings in the tninderi°„
any civilized being but those of disgust and unmitigated.
tempt.
..M.reGROSSETTsaid, that whatever contempt the HOn• 'tra,
felt any dislike or hostility to the welfare of the-people of colotirir,
Learned Member. opposite might feel for Iris opinion wag Po',
.enqouna.llaenddbLy
etahratitesdlifeltrillbieer(,MrueGdroessnieetdt)
fartherloolted a(tasthwaet
collect what fell from the. Hon. Gentleman) that he ha:ci°e,:vii-Cf.'
Mr. CANNING, with reference to the question of Pr°:jer
ing for these petitioners,. entreated Hon: Gentlemen to cons', it
what would be. the danger of seen a precedent. In any cabect„ .
would be holding out a premium' for light and frivolous • aeoa
sations ; and in the event of the • present- charges turning 011
be unfounded,'the House would have been maintaining P 1 • .
ca
The
iators at the üblic expence. . ' at°
The postponement of' the. Committee was then agree
without a division.
The to
of Currency Bill was read a- third tiUle'
ai me,The Tow aasnsded passed.
n-landsr BoUndaries Bill (Ireland) was read s third
i
. .
. OFE S' PENSION IL.
On the motion t FhatlC the Houee resolve itself into a Corninitte°
on:the above Bill,
Mr. HOBHOUSE objected to the-principle of the Bill'ougta'
After a few words from Mr. VAN I N the Bill went o. -

a Qomrnittee, and the Report was ordered to be received to-
morrow.. • •

•' -r- "BUCt:INGHAM-HOUSE •
The CHANCELLOR of die EXCT —IEQUER. 'moved the
second readina orthis ran. •

. _
. . Mr.' BA NI ES did. rot rite, with the intention of oppoeing
this Bill; but he Could hot -avoid.ekpressitig.his 'regret, that,a.
situ lad riot been 'chosen' on which-a palace might behuilemore
accordant with the, opulence of the country, and mere consistent
with the dignity Of the Sovereign. • He thought that Hyde park
or the-Regent's-pat Would belnuch more eligible fee.tne erec-
tion of a palace than which was tioW- fixed, upon ite:Pitneico.
Either of ;the forintiWriold be more_consistent with the opulence.
of the rotititry and the personal comforts of the Sovereign.
The- CHANCELLOR .of the. EXCHEQUER admitted,
that it .wouid be desirlble to have a Palace in which the dignity
of the Crown end the personal comforts of .the Sovereign might
be consulted ; . but . it was be' could assure the llouse, not the
wish of his '.l.lajegty; tn the arrangements now in contemplation,
to infringe in any degree upon the conveniences of the public,
by any encroachments on the-parks. - It would no doubt he-dee
sirable to have a site fbr a paldce, in which accommodation might
be Ifforded, not only for his Illajeaty, but fin . the different
branches of the Royal Family, the Ainbassatlors, and the gmat
Officers of State. All-this, no doubt; might be very desiraWe ;
and he had Seen the splendid plaris . or Inigo, Janes, fur a royal
palace, which he could 'wish to see erected? if it eottld be done
With convenience to the public; 15eat .it could not.he aecom-
pliihed in Hyde-park, or any other of the•lloyal parks, without
infringing very materially upon Ilie.coMforts of.. the public,
which was in the habit of using thlige parks.. Hyde-Park, would.
therefore be an injudicious selectiOn, as far as the public, was.
concerned, and particularly so far as respected the sovereign
himself; for though it might he desirable tci have the residence
of the King pnblt to a Certain -degree; it Was- elso-necessary
that it Should afford the Means ore privacy. as -far as respected
the personal comforts of the 111oriarch hiMself. If .the, palace '
ev, ere built in Hyde-park, it would be .tiecesary to lia;ve. enclo.
. esoures round it, andif plantations Were now Made, it would take
euniree
sirabl:,!TY Years-before they were Of sufficient grOwthite SO..
-* degree of privacy whiehit would he admitted was de-
e ja the precincts of a royal f-...sidence; and even. this, if it
c°otl be acquired; would-be a great ncioachnientac-
Tl_4lthodetion of the public, whether it was, in Hyde-park or
',-ensington.;.garclens. He could, in his einset, puha out twenty
'plans which-would-be extremely desirable for a royal palace,
but !hey would each encroach in seine measure; either , upon
'ublic convenience with respect to the use of the Parks,
or on the-convenience of the printipel -Officers of State ; for,
one. yearasith another, it would be found that-the Regent's, j
park would' be at rather an inconvenient distance for. the 1
park
public busire33. Stith, respect ,to Buc.kinglutm- '
House, it niight be saiti that there were inconveniences attend-
ing it, but there were aelvantagcs belonging to it which could
not he found in the other places that had been named. In .the..
erection of a Royal- residence, he aid not hope to reconcile the
opinions of all; for on matters of taste, it would perhaps be
difficult eat leitet it was so found in
onions of }try, two ; peactice) to rectincile the
but he did hope that on the geteri. I.prin-,
ciple of haVingionie place-More eonvenicut aid inure consistent
with the personal comforts of the . Sovereign-, ell would- be
"'greed. . A 3. to -the abandonment'of Carlton HOUK, he, could,
teats that it did not arise from any capricious' 'taste on ti
Ilan ot: his- Ai.:l,tjr. -It beinht - be --said rather,' iftat- In: mead -or his 3LtiestY
that.ltouse, the House
di-spina ::to'. liafit.; M e: hajesty. • Tike lowef • part of
the house consisted originally ot; Aces but was now changed
to apartments where liise3laecsty resided,l and it so happened
that the lower partS orthe house (tip hen his Majesty' had coin-
. Pang in the upperbeere ohligedeoke-proppO, which it would
e "inlnc,' :was not very. convenient for ins Majesty's-comfort
---(Hear-2-The hoitsehad not been furnished for these thirty
Ygar*, an any one who had had,the !brume of loitering there
'ltpublic business must recollect the,tact of its being covered
e...w h London dirt, and have seen how unfitting it was in
"uthY other respecti for a Royal'residence. Ile did not give
,anOY opinion, for the subject was not befere, him,' on the ques-
, I of expendieg a million, or a millio-n and a- half, on a suit-
able
r*palace for his Majesty ; but supposing such a measure.were
ime_ Proposed, what was to becoMe of leis Majesty in the inte-
ttn_;_ And supposing the proposed imprwienients to take place,
senUt 11)1:t a itclal palace were to be afterwards erected,. the
pre-
. buildings would not be lost to the country. It was not an
labyrobetik thing that we might have a Queen Dowager, or an
heir ' apparent, each of whom would require .a residence suitable
rto.theirrenk in the country. It had been seen, betbre the late
eeign, that some of the Boyal Family were lodged hi Leicester-
'llite, and other placeg the names of which he did not know,
but.s.,twhich were greatly below their exalted rank.in the country.
eta to Carlton-house he would say, that by its removal (if it
Z„....tchlt be removed an open view would be obtained from Re-
i".e.c
srte_eot to the Patk and the Horse-Guards ; and on that
ortiqZ_t_i !, buildings might be erected which would be highly
reettt
rneriu..V to the metropolis ; anti at the same time Govern-
xeißhbiirilitos° dispose of part of the ground situate in that
tie cxpence of as- to produce an income sufficient to clefray
!Jere aelext , some of the-projected improvements. If he
House e•
shouldit!;e would dispose of part of the site of Carlton-
niont .4,„ti
,he !vimseed; he ivould _sati that it might be
recttirnedatiegee",.slY applied in the erection of buildings for the
ere.......eu -- ce• the a
ivtiv.t was most in Yal Aeatlemy.and the National Gal-
triin 1 car most
the former, it would be admitted that the
_ .%t...,teien, which l)rivehient;' and. for the latter, the British
Publicpi
R as "e Part'' Y' which w 4-3 intended to be open-for the
__ oyal Acadee, .;ctilar hranch of the arts. Welch respect to the
sitrand, nearly 100
had to ascend, at its present place in the
rooms.
This, i (.)'4oPs betbre ,they carat: to the exhibition
greeoueoe t•He : leo regretted, threw the exhibition in a great de-;
suc.;?, they
del net
xee ;ire eh oftheeld, the asthmatic, and gouty; and he
del
toa should be deprived of the facility of ad-
lblezn°va of the-t‘ree'
hailed lie lookforwardd with pleasure to the
with
(iteleitien to som apropriate place, and
i"-e, that the site ollfght.
_ amongst other
the expression of his Majesty's plea-
that. Carlton-house should he appropriated for
ihenle-wee; it
w.,er Public purposes. Witheespect to Bucking-
lvereign, that .•3 absolutely necessary, for the comfort of the
et, its recent
stst:oine improvements should take place. It was,
'Otis ntteitild enae" des orate dirty," but the proposed altera---
rein; hia corn l'ie Sovereign to have. the opportunity of
,ace in the
Wont!), instime of the finest apartments in any pa-
Oe letet th,1i1.,, The expencee, lie would admit, might not*
Inahent eesie_‘_!.u,uol• ; but even if it Were not to be the per-
oatneet .., nence of the Sovereign, it would still be an orna-
eleeation,oofLonl rar VrpVpilS, and highly desirable for the.acco-
,. AIL-Ret,,, -handles of the Royal Family. - . • 'lon °eh ".'-'IIOUSE said he would not object to the proposi-
arid the oavnl,g a residence beAtting the dignity of the Sovereign
Pere! etoe?...utenee of the country ; but he wished, as those im-
42aine..trN were 4alketi -of, to take the present opportunity of
i:I:01er 'teorrßight II oneurable the Chancellor of the Exchequer,'
prote . Le of the reports in circulation with respect to those
Atittle, c'llents nd e t' '
he„ on`' were great- ra lens were correct? - Some of his con-
the oa ehe 7.y alarmed (and in tact meetings had , been
:tr, Nam,': which, in consequence of some plans drawn up by
]lave
f F, c 7( it was said had for their object the erectioo the
oof buildings in the Bird-cage walk, which would
.e.iete
oc eye
exCluding the view of the Park from the occu-
leteee will'euttbouses in that neighbourhood. Now he wished to
i 'Mprovere ner aV such intention was to form part of the " new
1` The , enter
linr such rp',A,),N, cEL-LoR of the EXCHEQUER said, that if
He
1 turd nos existed, it did not tbrm pan of the present Bill.
tnr,roe. t deny that' he hid seen various iirgencius plans for Po • Ting and or - • 'that. rthe ark.h
mibi, _ I-lamenting art o. e lt was tm-
. vim oato,roaiptroevent,such plans from beinwdevised. Indeed, it
'il s
uch sobjecetxP•ect that tasteful ingenuity should be exercised.
teat he lee, o
.that to W 3 , but this he could assure the Hon. 'Met:lll)7.e
~0.! aware of any protect forcattyiug any inch plan
Ar. which he alluded into effect..
et" rnoeee'-'Lli COLBORNE was sorry that so-large a sum
lihe„o:irtiiglitnitt,ri, Her,iisere T.
Uelo , Wan to be ei.pended on such a wretched site as that of'
hVitymey- which had been. expended on
fave been ''' at " intlao.r, Virginia water, and Brighton,would
crehe
..,_.. seurfficient to forti:a splendid and magnificent Palace
, &Ir. liuev,„.ftneif the country.-
;ettteie.±.`.l.t•ESeeen., said, ehatehe plan of .the.Right-Hon.
non. -i-;!4" was liable to one . serious objection. The Right
eay4 `zentlentan said he intended to leave en open space where
beeeen p
VOI,A Palace now , . . '
stood, and yet he talked 'of deriving a
itLiitte--te'eknott jr.orn the bbildingii erected upon it. He should
thatlng hn i w noyr the, Right lion. Gentleman reconciled so
satBoo,ooZil'istetlcY. cur his own' part, when he ,knew.
20!ht palace
f!eotild enable the country to build a magrii-
-4°l°o/. to theprre'the e
,;overeign, !le was averse to granting
tell'y,e e-airs ofei peltry and insignificant palace. -
ht el conei.e.:et CHANCEL.I,OII, of the EXCHEQUER, said, that he
voil'l%ilit a manc-of hie.llenourable' Member frit Corfe Castle, if
Sit i ',„ra„..61,e ttrotj 1-
ground , mope, that e could derive a
, • groull-,,itoeti n.ci.rent from Site of Carlton-house, with-
lee nd non, c ng It with 'buildings. • There were portions of
, ;. bull to
,_oetr,ered with old' inconvenient houses, which be-
reaitnee, tiulutr _ nt officers of the King's Household. . Theie
4 1 ti "e the n co-The down;-ift-aTiy rate. It would be easy to
t eraide 'Pace mor
~.. The ~R;rouretee. e. open,
.and ‘xet to derive from it a conei-
glitt =Jill e.,_ ~,•
, the te_toorarsothen read a second tone, and ordered to be corn-
' '4: Bubble j w.-
udicature Bill was read a thit a time, and passed.
to b - '-'obbl
ue tete, e Act went through a Committee ; report orderedpa
11 e teed wen 'her Lne nate! i throw. ; - - •
ot! • (2. 1i,,,!)0 that the Glass-blowers bill be now committed,
The tiro of i--,-)4-ec....I_II.NmSON said, that he should reserve the de-
e, Alettoukti v.ae ot.'eeen_t.li ems on•this bill till the third reading.
has Ithaicailareee such linportance that a deputation of Glass-
Ord I'l then come over.fromireland on the subject.
1 tree, e Passed through a Committee nd the re rt
'`' be receivetl to-morrow.—Adjourneda at Oatz.pe

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MnisX6E froth' The LORDS-That they have agreed. 'to—
Pirates Head liloneyAill:,, Deceased Officers Effects Bill:
, • Canada' Tennies Bill; , Limerick 1 i'at;:r Bill ; and Stratford
-and Moreton' Railway Bill, without amendment ; and to
Juries Bill ;.Se.ttlemeni of the Poor Bill;
.nrovenient Bills ;
Baybridge Navi-
: • gation Bill; Canterbury, end--",.ightoll lin
• .tan
Iron and. Coal Company Bill ; Atlantic .Steani Na- !
.vi;.,ration Bill; .and Devizes Paving. and Gas Light Bill,'
. with aniendinents.
'CANAL—Berks and Hants Junction—Petition of Earl of Falai,
• mouth, Se 4. against—referred to the Committee sift . the 11111,
Ctninsl ordered. _ . . • ~ , . , .
ESTATES-,-Earl of Itadnor's,.. Niles, and 'Lauder's—Bills
• lead.a.third time, and passed-..- LeitcWs—Bill read a second
time, and committed.
IMPllOVEMENTS—Brighton—Petition of Magistrates, dis-
' elaiiiiing a former Petition in their name—to lie on the table.
• Abingdini—Bill read a third, time, and passed. : •• '
lirattEawoaics—Paisley-L-Bill reported, to be ingrossed. • .
RECTORY—St. Martin( Birmingham):-.Bill ree4 a third time,
and passed. St. Mary-le-bone—Notice, taken that such Bill
ought not to have originated in. the ,Houseof Lords—St coati
reading put off for six months. ...
Dlvc) it c E—Wiseman's •
ASSIILATION or CUttIiENCV
Tows LATtallo UNDArtil.s (Iceland)
BRITISH CObiSIII.S •
JUDICATURE, (Scotland) , ...
OAT irs QV NATURALIZATION
IVAIIELIeit;SED CORN
I CANADA CORN
lloitsEs SLAUGHTERING BlLL—Petition- from Ware,.in fa-
vour—,to lie on the table.
COMBINATION LAWs—l'Aitions from Gurriers of London,
&c. in favour; anti Coopers of Dublin, against—to lie An
the table. Bill to repeal Act of last session, and to make
other provisions in lieu thereof, ordered. '''' - • .
FoatrttN TlMBER—Petition -front Kingston-upon-Hull,
• •against an increase of the Duties on Deals—to lie on the
table. ''
' EDINBIIIIGIT -BONDS' •
Bills read a first time
'('-us•rosis T F.: MP oit Alt Y DUTIES t• • • ' '
it oa u.- II olyh ead—l tesolu tiOn.for the advance of 16,00 W., 94.
of the Consolidated Fund,- to be repaid out of the teals, re-
ported, and agreed to.
~Sir.vEll.COIN FOR' Inyr-Arin-.;-Ttesolu-tion for a sum of !no-.
1 ney, not exceeding 600,009/.. to: be issued out of Consolidated
Fund, for forwarding. SilVer Coin to Ireland, for exchanging
the Tokens now in ciretriation.thcre, reported, and agreed' to:
STAMP DUTIES :Ac.r 1.55 -(..;e0. 3, c. 18x1-'late following,
Resolutionsreported and agreed to, and Bill ordered
I. That it is-expedient to repeal the restrictions on the pyint-
ing of Newspapers On Paper above a ecrtairi site.
2. That for every Supplement to any Newspaper printed in
Great Britain containingAdverasements Only, that - is to say,
litfor every-sheet, half-sheet, or other pike Of pdßer, there I>e
icharged the sum of 2d. -in lietrof any dutrnoW payable thereon.
I 3. That for every Paper printed in Ilreat-Britain; weekly or
softener, * at intervals not. exceeding 26 days, containing only
or principally Advertisenientil, and not containing public news,
;intelligence, -or ocetirrerYces, for every Aileet, . lialf-shect, or
lother piece of paper,• theie be-charged the sum of 2d.. in lieu.
'fof - any deity now payable thereon. • •

Bills read a third time,
and passed.

ORDERS OF 'THE DAY FOR TIIIS DAY.
1. Wrongous Impriionment Bill-Further, consideration, of
-Report.
2. Poor Relief ( Ireland> Bill-Second reading. .
3. County Transfer Orband
4. Universities Police D _ , •
5. Customi Consolidation Act-Further consideration of lit:-
port. -
6. Court of King's Bench Bill-Third reading. •
• 7. Court of Common Pleai Bill--:Third reading.
8. Judges Salaries Bill--:-Third reading.
9. Felonies Counsel Bill--Xothinittee.
10. Indictments Removal Bill-Second reading.
11. Customs Bounties Bill-Portlier consideration of R.o.port.
12. Passage Vesseli Regolitionl34l-Third reading.
13. Writs of Error Bill-ComMittee. . • ~ •
14. Bank• Tokens (Irelandi Bill-ReporL
15. Apothecaries Bill-Committee:
16. Surplus of Grants Bill.:Xonniiittee.
17. Church Lands Exchange Bill-:-Comm:ittee; •
18. ColoniesVradellill-Committee.
19. Public Roads (Ireland> Bill-Second reading.
20. Horses Slaughtering Bill-Further consideration of Report.
21. Of Pensions reading.. • . . •
22. West Indies Clergy Bill-Committee.
23. Buckingham House Bill-Conintittee. • •
24. Holyli md.Roads Bill-Committee.
p 5. Goods ‘rarehousing Bill-Report.
26. Isle of Man Trade Bill-Report.
27. Bubble Act Amendment
28. Pilotage 'Bill-RepOrt. . • .
29. Courts of Justice Offices 13111=-Report.
30. Smuggling Prevention Bill-Committee.
31. House of:Com-Mans Taxation of Costs Bill- Coir:niei e•
32. Linen: Trade (Ireland) Bill-Committee.
33. Wide. Streets (Dublin) Acts-Report thereupon.
34. Supply--Committee'
35. Ways- and MearisL=Committee.
36. Gold and Silver Plate Licences- Acts-Report thereupon.
37. Edinburgh Bonlis readitig:.
38. Customs .TernpOrary -Duties Bill-Second reading.
NOTICES OF MOTIONS- FOR THIS DA Y.•
1. Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer-To insert Appropriation
Clause, ill Committee on Surplus of Grants Bill. • •
2. Mr. Spring :Riceßill to . amend the Laws . relating to
Foundlings in Ireland._
NOTICE GIVEN YESTERDAY. • '
= - Tuesday, June 21.
-•- - - -

Mr. Brougham--To refer''io a 'Select CoMmittee the Peti-
• tion of Bishop Burnet, -complaining of" the conduct of the
Governor-of the Cape of Good -Hope.

- PRIVATE
Second Readings for This Dray.
Christ's . no4pital., St. Bartholomew's Hospital, Bridewell
tiospital, and NVaddington Hospital Estates. -

r
LaUNDO)I• ORPHAN' ASYLUM.—ThP opening of
the new Asylum at Clayton, in the parish of Hackney, took
place yesterday, and was attended, notwithstanding the over-
'Powering heat of the weather,- by a numerous assemblage of
highly respectable persons of both sexes. In the grounds,
which are very tastefully laid-out, marquees were pitched in
different places, and seats were arranged within them, and in
the open air, wherever it was possible to enjoy the advantage
of shade. The Duke of Yol'k's band-was stationed in the centre
of the lawn, and played 'various popular airs front tine to
timt.,, while the-company promenaded about, or examined the
different portions of the edifice, which is both handsome anti
eXtremely commodious. It was expected that the buildingwould
have been opened by :he Duke of York; but his Royal High-
nes was prevented front attending, perhaps,-by the iatigues'of
the preceding day. Shortly after two o'clock, however, the Duke
of Cambridge arrived, and was received at the gate by the Stew-
ards. His Royal Highness walked up the lawn, accompanied by
the Dowager Duchess of Richmond, the Marquis of Salisbury,-
' Lord Rolle, &c., leading Prince George by the hand; and pre
ceded by the stewards, amidst the cheers of- the children, who
were drawn up in a line on either side of the gravel- walk,
.the
band playing ‘4
God save the King." -After resting a short time,
hit; Royal Highness was conducted to the refreshment rooms, and
f st, prepared by Mr.
followeda by tile company,' who partook of a sumptuous break-
- and
aGeovoedraalllo,tiSleirgneouirinDenetl3.veogricalisa;a
succeeded a concert, by Miss Stephens, the Misses Caws-S,' Miss
Kay, Of the -Albion Tavern.' To this
con-
ducted by Sir George smart. alldni
which, the company departed highly detsnlsesrdtsru.grbliarteaiilnfihitearadm.l
eiVrtcarnua
Ing7letersain:
day; and excellent arrangements •
inks of the.the proceed;.
—The ;Royal Duke and Prince George wereoflotuhdeitceliveaerrdesd
at*. their departure. -

•
REMARK TILE n D.E D Yesterday
an
Inquest was held on the body- of -Redmond Barry, a blind
man, who died in indigent circumstances,: in Buckridge-
street, Saint Giles's, a few days since. It appeared that
the 'deceased was brother to the late celebrated painter of
the same name, and had been- reduced to poverty from
the failure of some speculations. -A subscription was some
time since made for him by some of the Members of
the Society of Arts, in respect to the memory of his brother ;
but its amount having become- exhausted, he had since lived
chiefly by begging at the door of a Roman Catholic Chapel,
an# some trifling earnings of-his wife at an Army Clothier's.—
Nit-being able to pay the rent of the room in which he lodged,
WS landlord threatened to-send him to prison; in consequence
of which herremoved by invitation to the house of a friend in
the same street. Allutling.to the threat of his late landlord, he
exclaimed, 44 May the curse of Jehovah fall-on his cruel head."
and falling at the same tine upon his knees, instantly-expired.
The Jury returned a verdict—" Died by the Visitation of
GOd."—The body of the deceased is now lying at St. Giles's
`Workhouse for interment; and the destitute widow is the de-
pendant of some poor
working people residing at No. 10, .Bel-
to-street, Long-acre.

THE' S
- U.N.,

.SOLEM QV IS DICEI3.I; AUDE.IT

LONDON,
FRIDAY EVP,NING, JUNE 17, 1825.

German Papers, ‘vhich a rriveo this morning-,
du lot contain any news of importance. Letters
froth Mayence complain of the depression of their
trade, .but represent Rhenish wines as improving
since the duty in England had 'been lowered.
Large quantities of it had been sent here. The
quantity sent to England last year was 993 ohms,
and this year.itisl7so. - Shares in the Elberfteld
Mexican Mining.kssOciation Cannot be obtained,
even at the premium of 20 per cent. The Shane-
holders look forward to large profits.

The Allgemeinc Zeitung, of tln 10th Jane,
gives us letters from Napoli de Romania of the
3d. and from Hydra of the sth of May. These
letters represent OnyssLus as•having been cap-
tured, and sent to Hydra for trial, together with
CoLoco ruoNrand his party, who were sent there
some time hack. OnYssEus was abandoned by
his followers, whom he had seduced under the
pretext of lighting for Greece. Ile was taken
in his cavern at Mount Parnassus'.

Extracts from the French Papers will he found
in another column.

Two cases of grievous oppression and charges
of abuse of pow.er in the Colonies, were brought
before the House of Commons last night. The
one by Mr. BROUGHAM, against Lord C.-SOMER.
SET, the Governor of the
,Cape of Good Hope ;
and the other- by Dr. LUSH INGTON, against the
Duke of MANCHESTER, the Governor of: the
Ilsl4nd of- Jamaica. The latter case is, we. are
happy to say, to undergo investigation in the next
Session. it referred to the deportation of two
free men of colour, L. C. LEcEsNE and J. EscoF-
MY, from the Island of Jamaica, • by the
order of the Duke, as aliens, 01(1 being
suspected of treasonable practices. It is
proper, however, to remark, that the Supreme.
Court of Judicature discharged both these per-
sons from custody, on being brought up by a
writ of Habeas Corpus, thus declaring their de-
tention illegal and establishing the fact of their
being natural born subjects of the Crown of
England. A Secret Comtnitee of the House of
Assembly reported to the Duke 64 that these
persons were natives of St. Domingo, and that
they were considered persons of a most danger-
ous description to remain in that colony, from the
very active and prominent part which they
have severally taken in the communications
which were proved to have existed between
that island Si. Accord-
ingly by an ,-order of the Duke of -Man.
Chester, dated 28th Nov. 1823, they were sent
out of the Island. Although this recommend,_
tion of the House of Assembly'may serve to re.
move from the Duke of •MANmEsTErt any charge
that his conduct originated in a wish to oppress
and ruin these individuals it lays him open to a,
, heavier and far more serious accusation, and one

:l -.1. t; I ,14
PliLat, in i,lits coottsrx,yr 0,.u,41.Me deented an.
'of power at once 'hostile:Ay ourLibe.rties and:
ei`
destructive of 'No' leis—an ac'cosaLion
.•- . - •
than this, v:z.—tiint he, acted in Oliance of the
law, and had pro.:;ceded to deport. from 'ihe.
island, two individu.als,whOn the SuPreme CpUrt
loal.deeltfred it %vas illegattOdetain. Pr he .cittes-,
thus c 1 itsfealuiresitiloto, and instead
Vision of the po'int,l
of being Mit, resting' on the de
whether LEEI:sN E. and 11,scOqEttx were aliens or
not, it hectnttes One iti.V`OiVing consider'atiOns'ofa
constitutional `nature;
.the highest
port nice to tile I,ilierty of tln: subject,
whether the inere recommen`dation of
...the!,
of Vss:•mbly 'is be considered a
House sufli;
2 •
I.cient authority to supersede the solemn' judicial
'acts of the Courts of Justice, and on which to im-
.prison and depOrt those whom the SupretneCouft
.have discha'r4e4 from custody, as blivin, been il-
Fegally and inproperl;: Whateverina
:be We fact as. `to die birth-plaCe of theSe per-
sons, it has now. nothing to do with the point,
, I
'for even 'taking it that they:are. (as alleged)
aliens, still *they haie :been declared by
'judicial authority to be natural born stibjects.o.,l
I the .and We (16 say, • that ;HAIR).-
•• • -
city, •or prer'ogative, exists by NV hiCti pro:.
leetion that -character gives the,n could be taken
away, until the' fa.et of. their foreign birth had
been, properly established before ,a competent,
tribiinal. We wisli to see the supremacy of the
'Law vindicated in the first instance, and Oen'
iiiiquirt; into the li-4ality of , the Duke's conduct
'as far as' it regurdsthese two Men.
With reference to Lord C. SONIERWr„. .the
;charges' art' of a.nature. to reflect; the. highest:dis,
grace upon him. The acts. complained of are re-•
presented as ;prittging:frotp a feOing So mean and
so sordid that wehope,•for,the sake .of-the :British
Peers in general,: for the sake of. the Noble and•
liOnourable Family Jo: whichlie..ris allied, he will
court inyestigatiou, and, thus stifle such. di.sparag-
ing reports, and ,ptit.o stop to, simila ruccusations.
The Peerage demands it a.t his hands ;. it imperi-
ously calls:upon him to clear himself:from charges'
witich so greatly tend to degrade the.noblest, roost
'enlightened nod most honourable Aristocracy in
the world. This is the second petition this Ses-
sion has produced froM the Cape, and both corn-
plaining.of the Jovernor. if we.coulti trace•these
alleged oppressions. to the workings of 'a proud•
heart—if we could set that they priginated in a
106. of power, for the sake, Of ,power only—evil
and unjustifiable as they then would be, still time
motive is more noble, more in truism) with what
we might naturally suspect Ivould arise in
our breasts, if placed in a similar situa-
tint), that • we should
_seek for palliatives
Whilst we felt ourselves obliged to condemn.
But when we see nothing but petty, spite and
nialiee on the one liand;and'avatice on the
utid. all that theSe eppre;,SsiOns are done apparently
with no other Motive but a fear of iliicovery or
to .gratify a vindictive spirit, we feel our hatred,
contempt, and disgust, all excited"against 'the
perpetrator 'of them. So utterly opposed are
theseschniges to all' those noble and honourable,
feelings that soitS' of British Peers ought, and
-iieneral, we hope,' do possess, that wp can-
nut Otte Credence. to thenr,.consi:tent arid true as
the statements would otherwise appear.

NEW ENGLAND COFFEE-HOUSE, ONro'CLoc

We have received by Express the American
Papers to tie 25th May. The follo%%ing are
extracts:—

From the Commercial Advertiser of the 23d May)..
The Colombian frigate Venezuela, Captain Navaro, arrived
beloW on Saturday evening, 30 days from Carthagena ; paSsen-
ger, Dr. Francis hopes, bearer of a treaty of commerce and an
arrangement for the suppression of the_slave'trade. The frigate
came up yesterday and tired a salute, which was answered .by
the furl at Governor's Island. ' Sheis English built, and carries
32 guns and 213 men. •
MExic o.—The New York Advocate recently stated, that
there was no truth in the reports from Mexico of an intended
invasion of Cuba. The Editor is misinformed,. at least in'part:
We have just conversed with a very intelligent Genileman, a
particular friend, to whomwe are indebted for some important
'letters from Mexico durins the late winter, whO is just arrived
float :Alvarado and Tampico.; he -assures us that the expedition
was- in a state of preparation, but there was no. doubt that the
chief object was to create a diversion that would have a favour-
able effect upon the operations of the Republicans against the
Fortress of St. John d'Ulloa, which is still held by the Royalists.
Immense offers have been made to buy the Governor. - Every
thing in Mexico is improving, and the Country is becoming
prosperous.

Papers relating to the East India Affairs, and
containing the; discussions with the-Burmese Go-
vernment,:have,been•laid upon the; table 'of the
House of, Commons, Lnd .are :now printed. They
are somewhat.voluminous, and we are therefore
obliged to defer any remarks, the subject may call
for, until we shall forte had an opportunity of
reading them., ;The perusal of them-wilt enable
the public•to judge how far,the present war with
the,Burinese was necessary to defend the -inte-
grity of the ~British dominions in India, or,
whtther it- resulted from the .onjustitiahle aggres-
sions of. the, Indian Government in the Burman
territory. , ,

. .
Yesterday afternoon about two o'clock, the
of WELLINGtON
KING left his ritlacie in Vall-Mall, in his travel-
..
ling cari4.iige for Kew.
• :
The Duke of YORK and.the Duchess of GLcu-
1111hKetrhEil:iraiokteMitiisters assembled yes
hid an
c EsTrrevisited his 21.1..A3E5Tv yesterday.
..,
sY audienceotnste6o f:
):
fti
terelay afternoon about two o'clock, at .the Foreign Office, to
meet a number of Gentlemen on official business.. Ainon,,,, the
day Ins Ma-
'Ministers present Were Earl'l3attuirst, Mr. Secretaiy pm; mi..
Secretary Canning; the Chancellor of the - Exchequer, Mr.
Wynn &c. The Meeting broke up about half-past four
and suite. . ..
o'clock."
LwacylyziN to Lon-
Le Prince MAXIMILIAN of NirREDE,
the HereditarrPrinCe of SALms BRAUNFELS, and the Prince
BoRGIIERSH, and
.inti:.wEitlb6h.—iVerived this day his
jPesntlyil:lprVaoEcfkitel:towENsTElN WI:R.I'IIEIm, on their,way
don—Arrived the Medusa steam-bodt, from Bouliigne, with
tfhanelißlyig,
ALEXANDRIA, MARci! 29.--,oii account of the
I iE. tn
dli In; Rijil'grhdt 13-
Hon.uß HI 1 EERz.st it
13t.
great demand for indigo the Viceroy has ordered the cultivation
of that plant in the Eastern provinces. He has resolved on the
construction of a new Canal, which is to pass through Cairo •
it will- cost 20.000,000 of Talari, and require four years tO
complete it; 3,000 houses must be pulled down in Cairo. The
owners are to be indemnified in land, which they must plant
with indigo. The work is begun.—Frankfort 'Papers, Jutie 10.
'TlE.Anmy.—This morning the Second Bat-
talion of.the 3d Regiment of Foot Guards,' under the command
of Colonel COCHRAN, were inspected by his Royal Highness
the Duke of Yon*, in-Hyde-Park. The men 'performed the
various movements with the greatest precision and well-diiciP
lined manner. On his Royal Highness and StafFrething frorn-
the ground, he was followed by a numerous concourse of persons
1 who all appeared highly gratified at the grand Military spectacle.

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:

•
• ,THEIKING'S EVENING PARTY.' '
The Party given by bis,MplEsTv., on Wednesday evening,
was extremely splendid. Coinpany.' began, to arrive at, ten
o'crock,. and Appeared their glittering costume, particu
larly the:l4adies, :as 'at a .Dttiwirig :Room: The. company Were
received in the same state. -forms arid ceremonies as the nume-
, ,rotis and -distinguished PaifY 'dinner.; they were conducted.
:across, the,Grand Iltill and tire Octagon Hall to the State-room-
•tstijoining: the, liang.'s Clos*4 His Majesty and his, IlluStriocui
and Noble Guests roe' from the dinner table,. in the Crimson
Drawing,rdom 'sock after the evening party began to arrive.—
The whnld ..the State-rooms , were opened for the occasion,
and in addition to theirinagoificent appearance and splendpur,
Iltheir; effect was inerfti;e4.by a display of very choice growing
'trees, plants,' andifloweit,'brntight from the Royal Gardens for'
the occasion. = The King gratitidd his distinguished assemblage
wjith a choice -concert by the 'most eminent performers, both
,vocal and instrumental; Which WaS performed in the Throne-
roont. 'Soon after 10 O'clock the concert commenced, and
finished about half-past,. one; the vocal performers were—
Madame Carraori, Mademoiselle. Garcia, Signors Veluti, Gar-
cia, CuriOni, llegrez, Rchiorini, Crivelli and De Begids. The
`instrtnnental department, `consisted - of Sir Geo. Smart, -Messrs.
i 4.ttwootl and,Scappa, who alternately presided at the pianoforte,•
I.Nicholson,, 'Labatt?, . Lindley,. I)ragoneti, and Kramer, (the
'Master of the King's unrivalled Barrd). The music was se-
lected from Foreign Masters, with the exception of one piece
by our native composer Attwood, which he and Sir George
'Smart accornpanied 'on the Pianofore. His 'Majesty appeared
delighted with the whole performance. The Quintetto
in .11 7'aryo,rias encored.—The refreshments were served in the
Octagon Room, being the best adapted for the purpose in the.
Palace ;. the massive and splendid ornaments were displayed
with the greatest. taste. It is scarcely necessary to say, the re-
freshments were the most.choice and rare that could be pro-
cured, prepared, and arranged by
,his Majesty's confectioners.
The Band attending the King's Guard played occasional:y
during the n igh The -following were among those present :
Dulces—Leeds; (4ortlon, Argyll. •
'Bedford Rutland, Argyll, Dowager.
of 11utl'and;

~.klafguisesa-Hortford,: Winchester, Chohnbndeley, Con yng.
ham, I'almella,llastin4. • „
Ilar.elti on esses Salisbury-, Winchester, Cholhiondelei,
llaktings, Pahnella. • •
• Earls—Bristol, -Westmorland, Shaftesbury Winchelsea.
Nrrulam, Jersey, Lauderdale, Cowper, Lonsdal .
ei. Clarendon,.
31 nun teharleA.

CoaiesTces—. Clarendon, 'Cowper,"' jersey, Al ountcharles.
Liexen; Lonsdale.
riscoutts—Melville;Dunwich, Lowther, Palmerston,

Vis.ctitintesses—Alelvilld, Clive:

laorils--.=Maryborough, Lovaine, G. Beresfnrd, • O wyd yr,
Bingham, Itzvensworth, A. Conyngliam, C. Hentinck; Howard
de Walden. •

Ladiesl-2Charlotte Osborne, -Ann Beckett, Jemitrra Pon.
sonby,-,Ravensworth,.Grantham, Sarah Robinson, J. Thvnne,•
Panlet (two), Hervey (two), Gwydyr, Ponsonby, G. Bathurst.;
Paget (two), Long, F. Hastings, Manners, C. Seymour, Jane
Houstoun,- Emily Ponsonby, C. Manners, Maryborough, Ann
11:. Gordon. •
The Ambassadors and Ministers of the Netherlands, Spain.
and Russia.

•

• ,
Baronesses—De Spaedth,•Arlefehlt.
Right Honourables-,,Y. Beckett, Sir Charles Long.
llonourables-11. Lascelles, Agar Ellis, Misses Cooper (twos.
Mrs. Hope, J. Tolletnache, illisses Liddell (two), Misses'
Robinson (two), W.•• Ashley, :Miss Dundas.
Sirs -W. Houstoun W. Davison, A. Barnard, 11. Turner,
C. Long, W. Keppel, 11. Torrens.
General4-:-Baily, Upton, Ponsonby.
Colonels-.;.Ponsonby, Higgins, Thornton, Anson..
Messrs.—Hope,e. Arthur Stanhope, Ashley, Luttrell, Anson,
drvui

'Mistresses--Agar Ellis, Arthur Stanhope, Lasalle:, '
buthnot,' Peel.--Misses —Long, Robinson.