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London, England, 1822-07-25 00:00:00

THE LATE PROCEEDINGS IN SCOTLAND.

-*Lord A. HAMILTON rose for the purpose of proposing a
',question to the Right Hon. the Secretary of State. It would
..he recollected that, during a .late discussion, the Right Hon.
• Gentleman and the Lord Advocate declared that Government
Intended.to dismiss from his, office the Sheriff' Substitute of
'Lanarkshire; and that the proceeding was only delayed until a
person should be selected to succeed that individual, who had
made himself very conspicuous in recent transactions. lie now
wished to know whether this individual had yet been dismissed,
'or if the Right`Hon. Gentleman had changed his determination
on the subject? • •
Mr. PEEL said, the-Noble Lord appeared to have misun-
derstood whet.had fallen frOth him on the occasion to which lie
affected. Until .that debate took place, he (Mr. Peel) had never,
'heard- of the individual who filled the office of Sheriff Substitute
of Lanarkshire. In the'cburse of the -debate; .he stated that he
understood the Lord Advocate to have said that he knew .it
'was the intention of the Gentleman who had been appointed to
the office of Sheriff Depute to dismiss the. Gentleman who
acted as Sheriff Substitute; but he certainly never asserted
60 from his own knowledge. He had no objection to inform
•the Noble Lord that .he had given no hint for the removal of
"this individual.; that he had received no communication
the subject .from .Scotland since the discussion took place ;
and that he .believed the matter rested just as it did at that
period. '
Lord A. HAMILTON hoped the Right Hon. Gentleman
would excuse him if he questioned him in order to obtain fur-
ther inforniation on the subject before the Session closed.
Mr. PEEL said, he should certainly ev,use'the NOble Lord
'for proposing any questions to him that he might think' fit ; --but
he did not think it probable that he would be prepared with
any other' answer than that which he had now given. •

THE' LATE QUEEN.
The House. having resolved; itself into a Committee of
supply,
Mr. LUSHING.TON rose and proposed a vote of 8,2471. to
complete the sum of 12,2501. on account of the allowance
which would have been due to her late Majesty on the sth of
'October, 1821, to be applied to the discharge of her Majesty's
debts.

'M:. HUME sUbmitted that it would be proper for Ministers
at once to vote a sum, exclusive of the proposed grant, adequate
to the 'discharge of all her Majesty's debts. He recollected
that the Chancellor of the Exchequer and a Noble-Marquis not

now present had declared in tliat House, that in case "ale pro-
secution against the. Queen should 'not succeed, her Majesty
should be treated in evtry respect as the Queen of England,
Ile
receive. every attention that her rank might require.
Ile remembered that the Chancellor of the'Ekehequer particn-
lat.!), stated, that her Majesty' should receive an allowance for
an outfit. Notwithstanding these dr.clarations, however, her
Majesty had hot received , a single shilling by way of outfit:
The few debts which the Queen owed were not contracted for,
any ektravagances, but were incurred by purchasing carriages
and other articles necessary to her.establishment. Alinisters
would abandon their duty, and throw discredit upon the crown,
if they suffered any of her Majesty's debts to remain unliqiii-
dattd. The total amount of the Queen's debts Wns 34,0001.,

. and the assets were 26,0001. ' 7 •
IT.e-CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER assured the
• Committee, • that he felt . great pain in speaking upon this sub,
ject, hot be.could not avoid stating that the Hon:, Member for
..Montrose was not justified in stating that he (the Chancellor of
the Exchequer) gave any pledge of the nature which 'he had
described. Re was surprised. that the Honourable Member
should complain that Ministers had not 'dealt liberally towards
• her Majesty. Her Majesty had received every allowance which
Parliament had thought fit to grant, and- the present vote was
proposed in addition, to discharge her debts.
Mr. HUME observed, that by the present vote Ministers
•did no more, than was usually -done when any Member of the
Royal Family died—=namely, to pay the . quarterlyT allowance,
...as if that event had not taken place. Was this the liberality
• which Ministers displayed to the Queen, who gave up 15,0001.
for five years, and' when she returned to this country, never re-
ceived a single shilling for arrears ? • •
The CHANCELLOR. of the EXCHEQUER made an ob,
servation which was inaudible.
Mr. Alderman WOOD complained, that the promises which
had been held-out to the Queen, that she should be placed- in a
. palace at the expense of Government had never been fulfilled.
It was matter of astonishment to him, when, the Queen died, to
find that her Maiestyowed so few debts; .and. he was convinc-
ed that if she had lived over the quarter, she would have paid
every shilling for which she was indebted.
Mr. T. WILSON was .of, opinion, that if it should appear
. that the present grant would not cover all her Majesty's debts,
• :Ministers ought to propose a further suin.
Mr. 'HUME would rest his proposal on the candour of the
Right Honourable Gentleman himself, and for his informs-
lion would put into his hands the letters of -Lord Liverpool
on the subject. The servants attending. on 'Ler.' Majesty could
net, out Of the small sum now to be gcanted, obtain from the
~;Queen's executors more than 'a.quarter's allowance, if the claim

of right were not conceded -; he -rested it upon the ground
of mere liberality, as the paltry sum of 7,0001. would be
sufficient.
Mr. Alderman WOOD alluded to the deductionsmade in the
Queen's account, and to-the sending of a person on the part of
(iovernment from the Stable-yard to ascertain whether the car-
riage onlered was worth the money charged. .
Mr. 1.138H1 NG TVN apprehended that the sum proposed
would cov:r the whole.of the demands on the late Queen m.this
country. The foreign creditors had security in foreign property.
The resolution WAS then carried.
Mr. GOULBURN proposed the two following resolutions,
which were agreed to :-
30,0001. for completing the works at Kingstown, Ireland.
7,2001. for the salaries of the Commissioners of Courts of
Justice in Ireland.
Mr. WILMOT proposed the following, and, after a few
words from Mr. Hu ME, it was agreed to— •
20,000/. to defray the. charge of forts on the gold coast of
Africa. •

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OPHTHALMIC HOSPITAL.
Lord PALAIERSTON propsed that the sum of 4,0001,
should be granted to reward Sir W. Adams for his services in-
attending the Ophthalniic. Hospital. The House was suffi-
ciently acquainted with what led to the appointment, of Sir
William Adams; and, when they considered that he'llad at-
tended for four years gratuitously, with Out-any remuneration
whatsoever, he was sure they Would.he of opinion that-the sum
of 4,0001. that is, -1,000/. a year, was not too much to give him.
He had attended with the greatest zeal; he devoted three hOurs
a day, and that part.of the day too-most valuable in his own
private practice ; and he was sure That if he had been so-em-
ployed, his private emolument , would have been much greater.
Mr. H. G. BENNET said he could not help lamenting
the late -vriod of the SessiOn at which this vote was brought
on. The question for the House to consider was, what was
the claim of Sir Wm. Adams ? The Noble Lord was bound
to make ~it appear. that these claims rested upon services
alone, for as to any. thing else, it appeared to him that all
his pretences and letters of service were unavailable. His
claim to invention was entitled, to no credit. In 1813 Sir
William Adams tendered his services to, the Government on
• certain conditions. - He stated that he would be able to cure
one half of the pensioners who were pensioned on account of
complaints of the eye, and that by this means they would be
rendered fit for employment, and an annual sum of 50,0001. a
year would be saved to the public. These conditions were ac-
eepted by the Government.. He did not mean to say that Sir
William Adams was bound doWn by his bond to fulfil these sti-
pulations, or that the curing of one man more or one man less
would have been very material, but substantively he was pledg..
ed to effect a considerable saving. The invention of Sir W.
Adams was in fact nothing, because Dr. Veitch had used it in
his practice froth 1806 to 1813. - lie referred to the minutes
taken before the Committee, • from several. surgeons who had
seen the same mode of practice long before they heard of Sir
W. Adams. .Ne entered.briefly into the early life of Sir W.
Adams, his appointment to the office in the Ophthalmic Insti-
tution, his unsuccessful practice, the inquiry which ensued, and
the determination of the Medical Board thereupon; 'and his dis,
missal consequent upon that. He explained the nature of the
operation on ophthalmic patients, generally used, and chewed
,that there was only a very slight diflerence between the practice
of Dr. Veitch and Sir. W. Adams, in which the plan of Sir W.
Adams was accompanied with a much greater degree of useless
severity...:He complained of the mode brselection adopted to get
the experiments tried. Instead of gathering subjects from 20
miles about London, they were brought from distant -parts of
Ireland and Scotland. When collected,' the operations were pro-
posed to them, and in many cases where they refused to
submit to some which were of the most cruel torture, they
were turned out; and threatened with the loss of their pensions,
and in some instances actually deprived of them. 'Whereas the
rule of the service was, that there could he no operation perform-
ed on a patient except after a medical ,council. He paid a tri-
bute to the great humanity shewn by the Duke of York to these
sufferers. He contended„tiom the whole scope of the evidence-
taken before the Committee, that there was nothing in the plan
of Sir W. Adams which could entitle hint to the reward of in-
vention. All that was praCticable and useful in it was obvi-
ously taken from Dr. Veitch, whose practice was exactly that
of the present day. Yet they had the greatest difficulty in get-
ting a single compliment paid to that most deserving practi-
tioner, who still had -the painful and arduous charge of the eye-
patients upon him. He then referred more particularly to the
complaints made- of the Opthalmic Institution to the Com-
mander-in-Chief, and the remonstrance addressed .in conse-
quence to the Secretary at 'Var, in which his Royal Highness
gave direetions for the reduction of the hospital. He also read
the letter of the Duke of York, which determined against the
practice of Sir W. Adains, and his claims to any reward either
for invention in his, plans, or, for the conduct of the esta-
blishment under, him. Upon this letter the Committee of the
House. was appointed • the rest was to be taken from the
evidence. He thought that he-might rely upon these particulars
for the case.he undertook to make out—that there was no merit
in the invention of Sir W. Adams—that his conduct and practice
had been reprehensible, and had incurred censure and condem-
nation from the Commander-in-Chief and the Medical Board.
To these censures and condemnations, others ought to be added,
on account of the gross and illiberal scandal circulated against
the Medical Board. in papers and p.amphlets by the partisans of
Sir W. Adams. Ile was ready to admit that Sir W. Adams
was entitled to-remuneration as usurgeouat the head of a me-
dical establishment. lie believed that there was no practi-
tioner, however eminent, who would not be glad of the situa-
' tion. There was fatigue and lost of time attached to the office.
But there were also reputation and professional fame ; so that
no commission in the guards would sell for as large a sum as
• that situation, if it could be offered for sale, •Upon all the evi-
' dence he was inclined to believe that 2,0001. would be a'sufli-
' cient remuneration for all the services of-Sir W.-Adams. H.e
moved that stun to be substituted for the 4,0301. in the Re-
, solution.

Mr. WILLIAM PEEL observed, that if Sir Wm. Adams
had not succeeded hi curing cases which.were deemed incur-
able, he had at least devoted a great portion of his time in at-
tempting it, and therefore deserved a compensation.
Mr. DAWSON regretted that the Hon. Gentlemastopposite
(11.1r..Bennet) had followed the course unfortunately pursued
in the Committee,:viz. making this a party question betwixt Sir
W. Adams and the Army Medical Board.- The House could
have no conception of the ireful manner in which the contest
was carried on in the Committee, in which the Hon. MeMber
(Mr. Bennet), and the. lion. Member for Tavistock, seemed
rather to act as counsel or nominees than as Judges. The ob-
ject of their inquiry was really lost sight of in the contest. The
Hon. Member talked of their keeping back the minutes of .evi-
dence. He really did not think :hal. the House could'he much
assisted from that book, which contained as many contradic-
tions as thefe were pages ; nor did he think science would be
much benefited-by the publication of that which was scarcely
any more than. the details of a most virulent' dispute. The
real merits of the.present question before the House were very
easily pointed out. Sir William Adams, in the first place,
distinctly disclaimed the credit of having made any discovery.
in his mode of treating this disease of the eyes. He ad-
mitted that he obtained the first idea of it froth Mr. Saun-
I -
1 ders ; but had himself made sonie improveMent in the mode
of treating the third stage of opthalima,. by looking at the
lids of the eye instead of the pupil, and removing what lie
called granulations. This being the case, he offereil his ser-
vices to the Commander-in-Chief, having'adopted an improved
mode of treatment, and suggested. that an hospital should be
established. ' To spew, however, that this was not done mere-
ly at the caprice of his Noble Friend, he need only remind the
House and his Honourable Friend, that it was done upon the
high commendations of a number - of - Medical Gentlemen ap-
pointed to report their opinion on the „ nature and efficacy
of his practice. The opinion these Gentlemen gave was
most flattering to Sir William Adams, and - he believed it
.was nothing more than he deserved, considering the sur-
prising cures he performed upon those who had been given,
up as incurable, by bther medical men. . His success in clear-
ing the Pancras Poor-House was also most wonderful and
creditable to himself. It was upon these substantial tes-
timonials of Sir William Adams's. competency that he had
been placed at the head of the Ophthalmic Hospital. His
exertions there •had been uaremitting and successful, and
on that ground alone. the Hous,e,he was sure would. readily ad-
mit-that he was entitled to compensation. The medical spirit
Of controversy of his. Hon. Friend, prevented him from seeing
the merits of the case in a clear point of view. He claimed no-1
thing for discovery, but for loss of time and labour. On that
ground .he was sure he was fully entitled to the vote proposed I
by his Noble Friend, ' and in voting for it,. he would say, that
he never voted'for any thing which he thought was snore just.
Mr.C.ii.nutcHiNsoN complained that his Hon. Friend
(Mr- Bennet) had upheld in: the Committee which had been
alluded to, a personal. contest which had nothing . to do with
the object of their inquiry, but which could not but be very in:
junous to the feelings 'of an individual. He must also ob-
serve that the tone of his Hon. Friend in that House was of a
nature to be detrimental to what was most dear to Sir Wil-
liam Adams, viz. his character. 'For his own part' he,sincerely.
believed that there was a conspiracy against, Sir WT: Adams,
by which the amount of his success had been diminished. He
thought him a most meritorious individual, and fully deserving
of the vote proposed by the Noble Lord opposite, as compensa-
tion for his loss of time and trouble.
I- Mr. HUME .canturred with the Hon. Gentleman who had
proceeded him, in deprecating the introduction of party spirit
an ,a -discussion of a scientific nature. Setting aside all other
considerations, he...pposed the amount of the proposed coinpen-
; sation as being three times as much as was given to a retiring
/ surgeon, calculating the of time Sir W. Adams bestowed
I length
his.attention. ' • '
' Lord PALMERSTON replied. Ile ..regretted that the

Hon. Member for Shrewsbury had renewed upon this occasion'
that warmth of party spirit,:-which had so much interfered with
the labours of the Committee. - A more revolting expression
of personal hostility he never witnessed, than that displayed
by the Army Medical Board towards Sir William Adams.
That Gentleman had,. from the beginning, declared that he
claimed no merit fol. invention, but that he derived his know-
ledge of the mode df Treatment adopted by him from Mr. Saun-
ders. But it could not be disputed that he was the person who
introduced it into notice and practice. This controversy, how-
ever, had nothing to do with the question. The Medical Board
complained of the charge made against them, but, in his opi-
' nion, there was nothing that had ever been urged against them
half so strong or condemnatory as the evidence of Dr. Vitch
before the Committee. It appeared that that Gentleman had
priority of knowledge-of the treatment adopted by Sir William
Adams, and he' atated to the Committee that he had frequently
urged, in conversation with the Board, the expediency.of putting
it into effective and general operation, but he had never received
any encouragement, but, on the contrary, to make any direct
official communication. •It was the knowledge of that circum-
stance that justified. him (Lord Palmerston) in forming the
Oplithalmic'E.Aablishment under Sir W. Adams ; for he was
convinced, that if the Army Medical Board could spew that
want of liberality towards one who was an army surgeon, they
would in a still stronger manner oppose a civilian like Sir
Wm. Adams.. The sum he proposed as compensation to that
Gentleman was not at all disproportionate to the time and at-
tention he•had bestowed. Ile had been the means of restoring
many individuals to the possession of sight which appeared lost.
forever, and he should be extremely satisfied in giving his
vote for the original proposition. -
After a few- words in explanation from Mr: BEN NZT, Mr.
TrltE, and Lord 'PALMERSTON, the Amendment was put
and'ilegatived without a division, and the original Resolution
was then carried. . • _ _ _ .

The House resumed, and the Repoitof the Committee was
ordered to be received. to-morrow (this day.) •
ANCIENT HISTORIES.

The Order of the Days being read for the House to resolve
itself into a Committee upon
.the, Address for publishing 'the
Ancient Histories of the Country,
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER rose to call
the attention of the House to the Records of the History of th'e
Country, which had lately been•carefully collected by order'
of Parliament. Being now collected it was evident that the
work would be only' half done if they were not uniformly
printed. He rose therefore t 6 make a motion to that effect.—
He need not enlarge on the value of such a work, which
must be obvious, at the same time that it was an induce-
ment for them to adopt such a course, that this country
was, perhaps, behind all the other kingdoms in Europe in
what it had publicly done in this respect. Private enter-
prise and learning had no doubt done much, but the Govern-
, Mont had no acts of the kind to record. The whole of the an-
cient histories which had been collected would make, when
printed, about twelve folio volumes. . These histories were
now scattered about, and not even, he believed, in the public
Libraries was there a complete set. He proposed that one or
two volumes should be completed each year, and the expence
of that, lie conceived, would be about 29001.. a year.. A consi-
derable part of thiS would be repaid by the sale, besides the
public Libraries, and the Crown 'being furnished with sets. It
was a work which had hitherto been ,much wonted, and the
House, it appeared to him, would not,' by refusing his motion,
spew themselves disposed as they grew old and passed away, to
leave the country without the knoviledge of their ancient history.
(Hear !)—The Right Hon. Gentleman then moved an Address
to his Majesty, representing that the editions of the works of
our ancient' historians are very defective, many of them being
still in manuscript, and that the collection of them now made
by order of Parliament, forms a body of valuable historical and
constitutional knowledge, and praying that his Majesty will be
graciously pleased to order the same to be printed, and upon
the House undertaking to provide for any expence arising
therefrom.
Sir J. MACKINTOSH seconded the motion. He said, the
statement of the Chancellor of the Exchequer had made the
importance of the object in view so clear, that nothing remain-
ed for him to add on thai. subject. It had been'said that no
Government had done so little for Literature as that of Ting-,
land. This might be true, but perhaps it was the result of the
happy state of our society, and the advantageous situation in
which the country had been placed, which had enabled indi-
viduals to accomplish in this country what could not be effect-
ed elsewhere without the interference of the. Government.—
Highly approving of the present undertaking, he did not pre-
sume to recommend any person to superintend it, but he beg-
ged to state that Mr. Petrie, the active and learned keepers of
the Records'in the Tower, had devoted a large portiou of his
life to labours connected with our early history. Unless the
House hastened to enable him to give the nation the benefit of
those labours, it might soon be too late, and a long period
would perhaps elapse before another person equally qualified
to conduct such an undertaking as that now to be commenced
would be found. He mentioned Lord Grenville and other

persons of high consideration who had borne testimony to
the merits of Mr. Petrie. The collections made of the His-
torieS of France under several reigns he thought the, great
model for imitation. Forty years ago Mr. Gibbon, in his
great work on the Decline and Fall of the. Roman Empire,
had considered it a reproach to the country that it possessed
no complete collection of the works of its early historians.
He considered money to be well laid ()It which went to
advance knowledge, and especially that of the ancient laws
and constitution of the country; and he _was persuaded,
that with the materials which we possessed, when the work
now • contemplated should be completed, we might calcu-
late on possessing a more complete history of our early
institutions than any other country in Europe could boast.
He had mentioned Mr. Petrie as a Gentleman eminently
.qua-
lified to conduct such an undertaking, and he thought it right
to say, having been permitted by the liberality of the Right
Hon. Gentleman opposite to have access to the State Paper
Office in Great George-street, that he had found in the De-
puty. Keeper of the Records (Mr. Lemon) a Gentleman of great
ability and intelligence,
.who appeared well qualified to fill a
higher situation. He had further to state, that the assiduity
and civility with which that Gentleman (Mr. Lemon) exerted
himself to further the views of those who attend the office for
the purposes of study, enabled such persons to pursue their
inquiries,in a very ,agreeable manner. He thouhgt it not im-
pertinent on this occasion to notice the meritorious conduct of:
that deserving officer.
• Mr. HUME remarked on the expense incurred by the Com-
mission for inquiring into the Public Records of Ireland, which
had exceeded 70,0001., one fourth, or one fifth part of which,
he-should have thought, would have been amply sufficient.—
He should not oppose the motion, but he was of opinion that
it would be desirable that an annual report from the Commis-
sioners should be required, that the house might be acquainted
with the progress made in each year, so that according to cir-
cumstances they might increase or diminish the grant.
IIIr.IGOULBUIiN briefly explained the circumstances which
had caused the expense incurred under the Commission for
inquiring into Public Records of Ireland. Though as yet
all the fruits had not been reaped, which might be looked for
from that inquiry, though, he thought, )vocild he•found in the
Report to prove that the Commissioners had not been idle.
'Mr. H. GURNEY approved of the motion, and was of or

nion that Mr. Petrie waVerninently fitted to 'conduct the 'con-
templated historical work.
Mr, BENNET never felt more satisfaction in giving a vote
than he did in voting for this motion. He hoped the work was
not to be made unnecessarily splendid, but that it would be got
up in a way that would fit it for general circulation.
Mr. C. W. WYNN begged to :say, in answer to what had
been throWn out by the lion. Member for Montrose, that if the
undertaking about to be commenced were placed under the Pub-
lic Records' Commission, the object of the Hon. Gentlethan
would be accomplished, as that Commission had been regu,
larly in the habit of making an Annual Report, which could at
any time be brought before Parliament. Ile had long wished
to see such a work commenced, and he was glad that he had,
lived till the day when it was to be entered upon. It was in-
tended that the work should comprehend the writings of all the
ancient hiStorians,, omitting only those which repeated what
had bedn stated by other writers who had preceded them.
Mr. 11. BRIGHT thought in getting up such a work ex-
pence ought not to be an - object. He hoped the whole of the
ancient historians would be preserved in their proper-places.
Mr. WYNN stated some of the Monkish historians to have
copied-verbatim a considerable portion of what had been writ-
ten by, their predecessors. In such cases it was intended to take,
that which was furnished by the earliest writers, and to omit
such matter when it occurred in the works of,others.
The resolution was then agreed to, the House resumed, and
the Report was ordered to be received to-morrow.
SUPERANNUATION ACT AMENDMENT BILL.
On the motion of the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER,
the House resolved itself into a Committee on the Superannua-
tion Act Amendment Bill.
'pie CHANCELLOR Of the- EXCHEQUER stated it to
be his intention to propose that the Bill should come into ope-.
ration from July, instead of from January last.
CALCRAFT did not object to the principle of the Bill,
provided too low a scale were not adopted. It provided that
salaries of 501. should pay.iwo and a half per cent. This he
objected to. He thought incomes under 1001. per annum ought
not to contribute at all. Salaries front 1001. to 2001. per annum
ought not to pay more than two and a half per cent., and those
front the last mentioned sum upwards he was content should
sustain the charge of five,per cent.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER very cheer-
fully 'adopted the ideas of the Hon. Gentleman. He had
thought the scale taken was too low, but it had been made to
extend to salaries of 501., per annum, that it might not be ob-
jected to as not going low enough. In such cases he had always

found that the pressure was most felt by those who received
the lowest remuneration, and he therefore willingly consented
to alter the provisions of the Bill so as to meet the views of
the Hon. Gentleman. He then moved that the word " fifty"
should be omitted, and the.words " one hundred" inserted.
The motion was agreed to.—The other clauses were then
agreed to ; and the House having resumed, the Report was
ordered to be received to-morrow.
THE LOTTERY.
On the third reading of the Lottery Bill, some opposition was
II offered by Mr. J. SMIT Ix and Mr. IlumE. The House finally
divided—

For the third reading
Against it

Majority - - -19
The Bill was then read the third time and passed.—Adjourn-
ed at TWELVE O'CLOCK.

PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS.

• HOUSE OF COMMONS.
24° die Julii, 1822.
Bann r. A—Act [5O Geo. 3, c..s2l—The following Resolution
reported and agreed to, and Bill ordered to be brought in
" That the Duties and Drawbacks of Customs now paid
and allowed,on Barilla imported into the United Kingdom
shall cease and determine ; and that the following Duties
and Drawbacks shall be paid and allowed in lieu thereof ;
that is to say, Du- Draw-
Barilla,. not containing a greater proportion of ties. backs.
-Mineral Alkali than 20 per centum. s. d. s. d.
In a British. built ship, the cwt. - - 5 3 2 7
In a ship not British-built, the cwt. - 6' 10 2 7
if containing more than 20 per centum,
and not exceeding 25 per centum of such
Alkali,
In a British-built ship, the cwt. -
In a ship not British-built, the cwt. -
'if containing more than 25 per centum,
and not exceeding 30 per centum of such
Alkali,
In a British-built ship, the cwt. -
In a ship not British-built, the ewt. -
- •
if containing more than 30 per centum,_
and not exceding 40 pa. centum of such
Alkali,
In a British-built ship, the cwt. •- • -
In a ship not British-built, the cwt. -
- if containing more than 40 per centum
of such Alkali, •
In a British-built ship, the cwt. - 114 617 3
In a ship•nOt British-built, the cwt. - 'l5 2I 7 3"
KING'S BENCH BUSINESS BILL Read a third time;
PUNISHMENT BY HARD LABOUR BILL and passed.
ALEHOUSE LICENSING Br LL-4,ords amendments agreed to.
POUT or LONDON—Copy ordered, "of any Commission is-
sued since 1815,: under the provisions of 1 Eliza. c. 11, s: 2,
and 13, 14 Cha. 2, c. 11, 14 Cha. 2, c. 11, s. 14, for ascer-
taining and setting out the limits' of the Port' of London ;
also, ofißeturn to the said Commission, including the parti-
culars of the lines drawn for the said purpose,- and the limitS
of the Port of London, as determined by the said Return."
COAL-METERS—Petition of Thomas Bradfield, complaining
1, of negligence in the performance of their duty ; to be printed.

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