The Sun.
London, England, 1823-07-17 00:00:00

SLAVE TRADE.

The Earl of command of his MAJESTY,
Livßiti(3bl,, i)---
laid on the table certain papers relative to the Slave Trade.
Mr. TOMLYNS, from the Treasury, presented the 6th Re.
port of the Commissioners of rnqutry into the Revenue of
Ireland.

Mr. BROGDEN and others brought up a message announc-
ing that the Commons had agreed to the amendments made by
their Lordships in the East India Trade 4341.

THIRD READINGS.
The Cork General Sessions Bill, the East India Meeting
Bill, the Irish Lew Expences, and the Milbank Penetentiary
Bills were read a third time and passed.

SCOTCH JUICY COURTS.
The Earl of ABERDEEN, in order to show that the state-
ment which he had made on a former occasion respecting the
want dimmest, of Jury Courts in Scotland, moved for Returns
specifying the 'Wes of the several Triats during the last cit.
.cuits of the Civil CourtsOMstice in Scotland..-.-Agreed'to.
Mir 'WEAVERS. •
Lord E IJLE NBOROU Glt presented three Petitions against
the Silk ManufactUrers Bill = the first signets by 6,000 silk
weavers of Coventry, the next by 2,000 weavers of Maccles-
field, and the last by two or 300 weavers of another place, the,
name of which was not heard.—Laid on the table.
Lord BEXLEY, in moving the third reading of the Silk Ma..
nufacturers' Bill, said that before proceedingto pass that mea-
sure, every opportunity had been properly, given to the parties
whopetitioned against it, to establish their case ; and indeed no
body of petitioners had ever deserved a more attentive hear-
ing, or more patient investigatiOn, as none had ever displayed
a more peaceable disposition, and more constant loyalty. HA
Lordship then• went into the history of the and contended
that it would be unjust to keep the Silk Trade. in London un-
der restraints to which other trades were not subjected. ' Since
the commencement of the present century that trade had
more than double itself, and the quantity of raw material con.
sumed, had risen from 800,000 lbs. to upwards of two millions.
But that increase had taken place chiefly in the country where
the trade was not subject to any restrictions. In London it
had rather diminished, as many manufacturers had quitted town
and formed estates in various parts of the country. Between
one-third and one-fourth of the looms in London were em-
ployed in' making articles that were not subject to regulation.
•It had been said, in favour of the existing restrictions, that,
since they had passed, 60 years ago, the weavers had been quiet.„
whereas there were previously constant disturbances amongst
them. This assertion, however, was not borticliat:by facts.
There had been considerable disturbances in 176114.1'biiethey had
been atmeased, and the weavers, had grown perfectly tranquil
in 17b9, fourteen years before• the laws which it was now
intended to repeal had been enacted. Their peaceable con.
duct was theretbre not dependent on the existence of those
laws. Vain attempts having been made to effect a compromise
between the masters and the men, which would promote the
interests of both, the question that now came to their Lord-
ships was, whether die whole of the Acts were to be repealed
or to stand, and he thought that there could be no difference of
opinion as to the injury which they did' to the matitifiteturers.
With refit to the protection which the men conceived they
derived from the interference of Magistrates, in the regulation
of their waged, ft might at any timerbe rendered illusory.br an
agreement amengthemasters to limit the quantity of work put
into the men's', handi 1 for by reducing their 'work, thzir re.
ceipts would be his effectually reduced as if their wages had
been lowered. In ,effectually
the present Bill, their Lordships
were called upon to take a Step beneficial to all branches of the
Silk trade, for it was impossible that the trade should flourish
without a proportionate. irhyrtremedt in the tftnditibn of the
Men. The lowering of the duty on the raw material *Quid
.be
made up to the Revenue bir.a duty on the importation of attic
cies of foreign manufacture, for without the introduction ofa
certain prOportion of foreigd Minufacttfres _effective conipeti.
tion could scarcely be expeefeil. He rigreited that the:meso
sures should be Viewed with attforehensioN bose *hoed
benefit it was intendesl, but as he iya convinced that theft oh=
jectlon to it arose from a false impreialon, he should move that
the Bill be now read a third time.

The Earl of HA RRONITBY Contendea. that tii6 existence of
a great body of manufacturers in the Metropolis Was In itself
an evil, which must be increased if that body ceased to be
subjected to strict regulations. For a popillation.Of that kind,
subject to sudden alterations of distress by the want of a-
demand, of the rise of the necessaries of lifel,must 'fade..
:Jelly endanger public trancjtiillity. This was proved by• what
bad taken place before the, , passing of the Acts which it
Was now proposed to repeal. There were then frequent dia'
turbances whilst since all had been universal tranquillity, and
that large body of men had exhibited to the metropolis an ad-
mirable example of peaceful conduct and loyalty, at a time
when almost every other class of manufacturing people in
London and in other places had giten. way to the seductions
of political. agitators. It had been said.. that whilst silk ma.
nufacttirers had encreased in every part of the country. the
augmentation had been less considerable in London in con-
sequence of the restrictions to which the silk trade was sub-
jected in that city. Now inst:ad of 'Considering that to be a
disadvantage, he looked upon .it as a positive good. Even
had silk manufacturers in London diminished from the same
cause, he should not be sure that it was not an advantage ; fof
if, by not repealing the Acta a greater proportion of silk
manufacturers were driven to the countr, he thought that
a desirable object would be attained. It had been urged
that as the attempts made by the Committee to precure a com-
promise had failed, the 11111 must be passed as it was. Ile did
not see the necessity of that. Why should not their hardships
enforce the corr.pronnse which had been reftised ? If the Bill
should pass as it now stood, instead of having fifty or sixty
thousand silk weavers carrying on the manufacture in the bo-
som of their families, the metropolis would see large buildings
erected, with three or four hundred workmen shut up with them,
exposed to greater sufferings from the failure of a demand, arid
to the certainty of their morals being in time destroyed., The
effect might be to increase our exports; but if that augmenta.
don were counterbalanced by the destruction of the morals of
-our weavers, by their exposure to more frequent distress and by
greater danger to the peace of the metropolis,. he could not con-
ceive
that any good would have been obtained. It was im,
possible that the feelings of men should be expressed with
more respect than the Spitallields weavers had displayed the
House had met them with corresponding attention, and he
trusted that even if the measures in contemplation were not
abandoned, they might bean modified as to produce a gradual
Ind not a sudden change in their situation. The Noble Earl
concluded by moving that the Bill be read a third time that
day three months.
The Earl of LIVERPOOL did justice to the loyal and
peaceable conduct of the great body of the petitioners. He
knew as much of their conduct as any Noble Peer in that
House l • he knew that in the most critical times no body of
men had ever displayed more patience, more loyalty, and more
attachment to the Crown and the country than the poor Spital-
-fields weavers. But feeling that they were in the greatest
possible cranes as to their own interests, he could not allow his
opinion of their loyalty to prevent him from doing his duty.
—All the Noble Lords who had attended the Committe, with
the exception of one, had unanimously declared thatit was
proper and expedient that the present Bill should be passed.
—llia Noble Friend had objected to the increase of manufac-
tures, but what ferined the strength and power of this country ?
What bad raised us to the height which we occupied, and en-
abled us to carry on the long war in which we had been en-
gaged P Was it not our manufactures ? Nay, 'had they not-even
contributed to render apiculture prosperous ? And was there
a Noble Peer front Ireland or Scotland who would not hail their
establishment in his country, not only; for purposes of trade, but
because of the benefit which they yielded to the landed interest ?
AS to the apprehended destruction of morals and loyalty, by
the spread of manufactores, he could not agree with his Noble
Friend. Ile knew not of* body of inhabitants' at all times more
loyal, orderly, and peaceable than those of B irru in glum, Neither
ditihe know of a more loyal place in the kingdom than Manches-
ter, although persons who did not know the circumstances. of
former events miht have conceived a different opinion. He
should
.not therefore easily accede to reflection thrown upon
manufacturers, as necessarily leading to the infringement of po b --
lie tranquility or to loss ofloyalty. T h e real ground on *hich ,th e
Ilill was opposed was one which could not be very agreeable
to die petitioners sgainat It; . for it was this: that a large-body
of manueeeteeces in the metropolis Was a bad thing, anti= that
the existing regulations having a tendency to drive them into
',...the country,,,oushcnot mate repealed. His NA& I,ietkit,hul

said, that previous to the enactment of those restrictions, there
had been frequent disturbances, but none *Ante. Now the
origin of the silk. manufacturers' country was due to the
emigration which tonic place, frOm France, in eonsequence of
the revocation of the Edict of Nantes. Nobody had proved
more loyal cinder trying situations than the Spitalfields sills
weavers, until after the peace of 1718. At that period a great
importation of silk goods from France materially injimed tht
manufacture, and the, disturbances which arose were deeply
Mixed with political feelings: The Duke of Tedford, who
had signed the treaty, and vas 'unpopular on 'that account,
happened to live in .a part of the town not very distant front
Spitalfields, and- was often threatened by the weavers fdr hav-
ing brought that evil upon them. . Such ; was the chief cause
of the distfirbances which had preceded the existing )tct.4,
and that cause was political.. 74%threspect to the nattire of
thOse A. it must be prejudicial to' one branch of trade to
submit the reiculatiOns of its Ways td MagistratO, unless" the
same restriction should extend to other trades; and then could
it be proper td make the Government, for Magistrates were
the Government pro Nutt', a party In the doni es tic arrangethents
of Workmen and their master* The regulatidlis also said,
that no silk manufactory should be established within ten piles
of the Royal Dxchangt, but as only Lotidon and illidalesel
were mentioned in the Act, there was a silk manufacture now
forming at Streatham, in the county of Surrey, ishin five miles
of the metropolis. • Theiie acts operated In the' most .injurlous
manner to the manufactures of Spitallieldi, and the only reason
that could be urged ai,rainst the Bill for their repeal was not
the necessity of protecting the weavers, brit; the propriety of
driving the Silk trade from bontiori. He alkiiied, however,
that it would have been preferable to obtain the object in view
by regular approaches, anti should have been glad had it been
possible to eftect a compromise. One party were willing, but
the other had refused. Under these circumstances he should
say content- to the third reading of the Bill, because it stood
on sound principles ; and if against the wishes of the silk roe-
nufacturers, would nevertheless; he was convinced, promote
their.real interests. _ L ,

The LORI) CHANCELLOR, though he lamented the ne.
cessity in which he was placed to differ from his Noble Friend,
anti should do it with infinite pain, considered that it would be
inconiistent With his duty to give a silent vote on this subject.
He saw it recorded on the fact of the Bill that the policy of the
Act which it was proposed to repeal had been three times en-
forced at the expiration of nineteen years, each time, by ano.
titer Act, so .as to be confirmed by the sanction of nearly
half a century. During the same penod two Irish Acts of a
similar nature had Ow been passed. Now all these five Acts
were to be wholly and suddenly abolished. If this were neeea.
nary to be dune, let a policy of . such long standing bo at least
changed gradually anti not suddenly. It had been acknow.
ledged that if a compromise had been'accepted, and he lament.
ed that it had been refused, their Lordships would have been
contented with an Act carrying that compromise into effect
what could they do better now than to enforce that compromise
which had been rejected,'lnitead of passing the whole Bill.—.
Such a coast would secure to Parliamentthe means of making
any other gradual change which might be, thought-pteper, end
would give time to remove many objections, and to reconcile the
feelings .of the manufacturers to the.proposed alteration. It
was not only necessaey to consult thointerests of men who had
always been distinguished for order and loyalty, buts.they must
be made to feel that those interests had really been consulted.—
If !the question he to enforcd the third reading or the Bill; .lie
should not conscientiously be alile to say
.content to the motion:-
Earl itossrxN suggested the propriety.of repealing only
so ,;much of the eXisting Acts av wouleallow the free employ.'
nient of capital on the part of master manufacturers wherever
they might think proper. Ii this suggeition Were adopted, the
Bahl mitt be read a third dine, on the ttntlerstlintUng that the
, amendment should aftetwards be made, and that the only part
of the ancient Act repealed, should be diet festriction Which
was must abtOrd and. monstrous. 'This would be better than
throwing out the Bill; with a certainty.that it must be brought
in stain -next Session, and that irritation rould oily be kept
up instead of being assuaged and pacified.
Atter a few remarks from Lord lit the Earl
Of WEelisidni.ionti., stud Lord II V', the suggeition of
the Earl of Rosatt:e
.teastiederastaer to be adopted, and the
third reading of the Bill to he postponed till to,movrow, to give
daft to prepare the arocialitieetiottroed.
//OUSE COMMONS.

'VEL 1 E tLEV presented a petition from the frebboiders
of the county. of Inverness, praying fur tile repeal of the Bailie
nutlet—Laid on the table.
AvEeisici from the Treasury, presented accounts of
Customs, Dutiets'dcc.—Ordered to lie on the table.,
Mr. Jour:STOW, from the Office of Chief Sec:rotary for Ire-
land, presented account* relatiCe to the COUnty of Galway.—
Ordered to he on the table. '
The Report of the Committee on the Poor Laws was brought
up, and agreed to, and ordered to be printed.
A contract for Mice montha.Clothing for Seamen waS Pre-
sented from the Nary_ Ofßee.—Ordered to be printed.
COMBINA'fION LAWS.
Mr. HUME presented it petition, figned by 180(1 of the I"-
habitant:it of Nottingham; coMplainlhg of the inconifeniences
arising from the Combination Acts..:-Ordered to lieon the table.
CASE OF TRESPASS,
n ON presented a Petition from John Cohely, of
WhitchaVen, in the Count?. of Camberlinitl, setting forth, that
under, the Act of the Ist George IV., for the, more summary
punishment of certain oft'ences, he had been eirinnioned before
a Bench of Illagietmtes For a trespass, and sentenced by their(
to pay aline of ono hitlfpenny. rue costs, ,hoiievt.r, atnonnt.
ed to 75., being times the amount of de'fin'e imposed.—
'rhe fiell on which the Petiticmer had trespassed was the pro.
petty of the Earl of bonsdale, -and the Petitioner was only one
of some hundreds who had passed through it. The Petitioner
therefore prayed for the Repeal of the Act of the Ist of George
the 'Fourth. The petition ,was ordered to be printed.
YEOMANRY CORPS.
Mr, HUME presented a petition from Oliver Hayward, of
Mtulford, near YeoVII, which set forth that the petitioner, nfler
serving for fourteen years in the yeomanry corps, had been
assessed to the hone-tits for the last year, became, two day*
were wanting to complete the allotted period of service. The
lion. Member said he had communicated with the Magistrates(
of the County, through the Hon. Member for sotherset, and,
from the it formation which he had received, was afraid though
the case was a hard one, that what had been done, was within
1 the strict letter of the law. The petitioner then complained,
that though Government provided for considerable allowances
being made to the Yeomanry Corps, dating the fourteen years
in whiett he had served, he had never received one farthing.—
He therefore prayed that papers might be laid behire the House
showing the manner in which the money granted for such pur-
poses had been appropriated.
Mr. DAWSON said, the allowance made to the yeomanry of
31. per annum was for clothing and equipments, and had never
been given to individual members of the corps, • but to
their commanders. If Properly. clothed and equipped,
pence of such clothing and equipment had mostmivalikeeltyllebiteeesit;
chiefly borne by his commander, and in that case the Petitioner
had no reason to complain of the appropriation of the Govern.
mint allowances,
Mr. HUME thought the accounts ought to be
as to make the members of the yeomanry corps acquainted with,
the limner in which the approptiation was made. -
The Petition wax ordered to lie on the table.
DRY ROT IN TUE NAVY.
unthellereiforeMr. MIME presented a Petition frontl.he
p3o,etchtnionTert
re-
specting the Dry Rut in the Navy. The Petitioner stated, that
up to 17112, till timber for the Navy.had, been felled in winter,
attention had been
so that it had time to dry before it was used. Since the testem
and coat cochaatnatee ,cotltlientdryryitmnitnhertsitintshiatende
v.:lllPeara"ce in
thelavY
called the attention of the House to this eircumetance,: and
pressed upon them the importance of adopting different
system.
Mr. USEASSON • said,
paid to this subject both by the Nov)! grad and the Admiralty.
It was certainly true, that at ona period the dry rot had pre.
veiled in the Navy to a considerable extent, but the Admiralty
were of opinion that the itystern of building ,ships under cover
had done more than any thing else to cheek the evil. With re.
spec to t,that was stated in the Petition .of I'4 deviation from
the former practice of felling thuber_ip winter,, he could say
that the greatest care was taken hi that ' respect, and the timber
hefore
was allowed to stand one year after t heti een harked
it was 'felled, to givelhe sap time toed ry out of it; that it might
be properly seasoned.
Mr. HUME had understood mat Lexieriments had been
Mr. lIUSKISSON 'said, It could not be eXpeered that eyery
ne:dtletriWmetith::lolinuldd veprOithVeC°;llsucwulh.)caTuhaaut noto Zelulettlise.
ntfratty principally relied was, the buildingul shipie under 130.,

Mi. HUME., in the absence of hie on. Friendi the Mem-
ber for Winchelseat nioved that the Petition presented on the
7th of JOY, reepecting Mr. Plunkett, should be printed;
OOULIIURN remarked the Petition in question pre-
fermi a grave charge against an indiVidual, at a period of the
Session' when it was iinpossible for it to be answered. It would,
therefore, in his opinion, not lie just to print it, as it must
stapd ;Over till next year. Ile was satisfied that when the
proper time arrived, a satisfactory antwer would be supplied.
He hoped he alight take this opportunity of saying a word
on the Vetitiort Which bad been presented from a .alr: Win
a fevr evenings back, who complained of having suffered
great injastice from the conduct Of Judge 3111-len:intl. Ile
(Mri Goulburn) had communicated with the Learned Judge
on the etibject, and hot for the . circumstance of his being
then on the circuit, and not 'teeing the minutes of the trial
with him; a complete answer would hale been given to the
charge. " Some of the facts, hoWever, he had contradicted.
One complaint was, that the Judge had gene out of his ttelal
Coarse to sit in the Criminal instead of the Civil Court; ,It
however appeared, on referring to the Gentlemen of- the tar,
that Judge Doty (the othsteircuit going Judge), was ill at the
time, and the Learned Judge, otlidord Mr. Quin had eon.
plained, was in consequence obliged to sit In both Courti. It
had been said that, in charging the Jury, the Learned Judge
had declared that if an assault had bum cob-minted the plaintiff
had no claim to redress, as he himself wa) at the time guilty of
an illegal act in not taking off his hat while s Clod save the
King' was being sung. The Learned Judge declared that tie
bad never in charged the Jury, nor said any thing like it : but
lie (Mr. Welborn) did not rest on his declaration, but he had
the authority of the counsel 'on both sides, the counsel for the
Petitioner, as well as for his opponent, Who concurred in de-
claring no such charge to have been made by the Judge. Ile
would now tell what the Judge had really said in his charge.
He had told the jury, that, " if they believed an assault to
Wave been committed, they must find for the plaintiff: butt if
they were of opinion that there had been no assault, their ver-
diet must be for the defendant." He would pat it to the House
if it were possible for more inipartial language to be used.
These facts be had thought it right to offer, as he thought the
Session ought not to be allowed to close without giving some
information on this subject.
1 Mr. HUME remarked with respeet to Mr. Quin, that he
had declared himself ready to prove all the allegatiobs contain-
led in hit Petition. As to the other Petition, he should not
urge the printing of it at present, tinder all the circumstances,
and lie therefore begged to withdraw his motion.
Dr. LUSHINGTON moved an Address to the Crown,
praying for a copy of a Proclamation issued respecting the Mus-
quito shore in 1776.—Ordered.
- RADICAL REFORM.
_ _

Mr. 11011 HOUSE presented a Petition, sighed by upwdds
of five thousand Freeholders and others, inhabitants of the
County of Somerset, voted eta County.Aleethig in the city' of
Wells, in favour of a Radical Retina ih the House of Coni-
mons. This Petition had been put into his hands by his lion.
Colleague, who, up to the last day,, had entertained a hope of
being enabled to present it himself. He should hovever not
enlarge on the subject at present, as the Hon. Baronet would
be able to institute any proceedings on this Petition next Set-
'aim, which he might think proper. Ile expressed his convic,.
Lion; that however Parliamentary Reform might be delayed for
a season, it *Dula ultlitately triumph. Every thing that had
hectirred in the cotniiii of the present SesisiOn had strengthened
this impression on his mind,' and he believed the time' td lie
Forcing when that House would be glad td attend to Petltions
like the present.
Mr. S. RICE brought tip the ll,cPort of the torrithittee an
the State of the Frier of Ireland..:—...Ordered to be, printed.
A 31esittge frotn the Lords announced their Lordships' eon,:
eurrence with the Unlawful Oaths Bill, the East India Trade
Bill, the liiineritk 'Filiation Bill (with amendirients), and other
Bills.
The Lords' amendments to the Lfirierielt Taxation Billi arid
the East India Trade Bill, Were agreed to.
Mr. Secretary CANN/ Ntli presented Nees of all Correa.:
JAndirice wbielt had taken plc e...with Foreign Powers on the.
• -itilkjeet of Ma StwEe 'Tea lie on the tehte.
I Adjourned.

SCOTLAND.

CONVENTION OF ROVAG IWROUS.

EiliYllololl, JuLir it.—The Committeo air.,
pointe4, to inquire into the duties of the stitious
Officers receiving salaries from the .Convention,
iiade titeir report, which having been read;
mr..3IAcKENzIE, the. Merobei for Irvine; said, 116 con:
sidered the' subject of so much hirportance, that he wished it
had fallen into abler hands; but the report. had set it in so
clear a light, that it required but 4 very short statement an his
part: lie then. went over the substance of the report, and con-
chided by moving Resolutions for aboliihint the office or De...
pate: Clerk and certain other offices, on the de4th or demission
of the present bblders.
_ _ .

On 'the first? Resolution being read, which went to abolish
the office of Depute G7erk,
Mr..WALTZWCOOK moved., as an amencluto nt, that the
office be continifed.;

Mr. V•Vsr. beams said, that certain ininutiai appertained to
every office, and it was not becoming that those should be per-
formed-by the principal clerks, fie thought, that the Conven-
tion would best consult the dignity and respectability of it esta-
blishment, by retaining the officers upon their ancient footing,.
and, if he were allowed, by the Orders of that Hou*, he would
move a previous question, that the report stand aver till the
next. Convention of Royal Burghs.
Mr. 3PlCE)trat rose to wave the necessity for any amend-
ment, by consenting that the question, on all the Resolutions;
,should remain for the Consideration of next Convention.
Mr. Coot, in explanation, said, that his mind was so far
made up on the subjeci, that he Was disposed to come to a de-
cision on one and all of the motionsl rather than if shodld be
circulated among the Royal lluri,4lo, as a Matter of doubt, whe-•
ther the* offices were necessary or not. •
Mr. JAMES S'rUAUT begged to remind Mr. Cook that the
Report of 1811, which recommended that the office of Deputy
Clerk be abolished, had never been acted upon. lie alto pro.,
rested against the doctrine of the lion. and Learned Member
(Mr. Inglis)" dust, the dignity of this Convention •• would' at all
be sUpported by its continuing to uphold, at the public ex.
pence, offices which its Committee had reported to be useless.—
(Hear, bear!)
Mr. fVoitir said, the Lord' Provost of Glasgow, and the
Members for the most respectable burghs, had declared yesterJ
day that they were unable to give 6001. in aid of DUnifries,
while th'ey expended annually 1001. on their officers for three
days pilOreetlings.
Mr. llrrett le thought one person adequate fa perform
all the duties here, and that an agent in London Was also rte.
cessary,. .
The Lord Provost of Gl.asoow said, it did not appear
to him that the salaries of die principal office-bearers were too
high.-
After some further remark', it was agreed that the. Report
and Resolutions should be printed, and transmitted to the dif-
ferent burghs for consideration.
The ,Comutittee on the Grant to St; Andrew's recommended
that the remaining 11101. should be paid, which, after: some un-
important discussion, was agreed to.
Mr. Ivo ur then broughtforward his motion relative to the
stamping of linen. It had been objected to yesterday, that
.111 embers could not decide aft such a motion mime day's notice,.
but he could not perceive any difficulty .in the matter; there
was to be sure a difference of opinion as to the expediency of
the measure, but as the law of the Legislature enjoining the'
staniping of linen wee nowiabragated, it should, be withdrawn
front the annual missive,: and he moved that it be referred to
the annual Corniriittee to revise the missive.--Agreed to
Mr. NV.!ltiTctart, in proposing a motion-approving of the
measure adopted by his Majesty's Ministers for the benefit et
trade and for the reduction of taxes, said, that though not one
of those who believed in the ••proprlety of every thing done by
• his•Maitstrietiovernment, but who was frequently led to find
fault with them, yet when ha New the Government do their duty.
'he winild be the first to give them praise for it., Ile WoOI4
mention some of their measures, of which he atirrovoil "
th'
were the Navigation Lows, Reciprocity of Dudes ‘-tlilltthe
Teal of the Duties on Stone,- Vie Iniproyataant of the Criminal
AW, and that relating to the Linen Trade. From thus it itp.
neared that the eyes- of enlightened men 'hold litsw penettatill tie
congratiaattli
';-.Sitillecrcoillunntdryatna°t"iiipsf thMeejleirsltytilhluideltliedinet' sites In
round

Mr. Wei. Itchit,tt had not Studied this subject sufficleatly'
to qualify him to write on it, but he did not concur in the 1.1t0...
pian theory of flee trade—it was impossible to proceed on the
principle of free trade. Mr. Robinson was no doubt an meet.
lent financier, but there were. sotrte of hie,tneasures to which
he (Mr. 1.) hadi decided objections. Ile approved of the meet
of the duty on stoned, and wished it extended also to Slates';
but as to the stamping of linen, if, as It was staid, it was mien-
-lated to hurt the email- mannfacturers, it WO decidedly wrong.
But the Chancellor of the Exchequer had gene far wrong in re.
gard to one material article, which was that of kelp ; anti it the
Englishgentlenien had known its importance. they would, pot
have permitted it. The Chancellor of the Eichequer had again
imposed a duty on barilla, but he did . not thank hint fur it
for what did he say on that subject Ile said he did not care'.
if.the High/ands and 'shingle ofd let:otittreil were t'.--
11* 1.) said, he did not thank him for his spirit of 'free
trade—he would say more, his policy wail extremely narrow.
Without kelp or berme the soap anti ghee manufactures would
be extinguished. If the production of kelp Were not encownsgrel,
the London 'soap Makers would have a monopoly, and in the
event of a war with Spain, no barilla could be procured from
that quarter, and our soap and lags rnantifiteitiree would dun
be completely destroyed. Ile therefore opposA tile motion.
Mr. W. boon gave Mr. Ritchie credit for his Motion, se
strongly expressiee of approbation of Minhiters ; and though
generally approred of their measures, he would not 'cry out
that any thing was right merely beeenseMitilsterg had done it.
'lie opinion on the principle of free trade was the-same as
Ritchie's, and he thought It indicative of a wise and enligh.
tend policy; bht he hail lately the Opportunity of coneersing-
With some of the most respectable merchants in London, who
thought these principles were eirried too fitri and hetleech tbeee
contending opinitins he could not decide ; and conceiving it did
not properly tome under the cognisance of the Convention, he
wduld therefore move thepievious questiOn.
The 1.06 Petovost of °law)* said, as the. queition
volved a subject on which great difference of opinion. prevailed,
it had better lie over till next meeting of
Mr. li,OKY said, it was a situation entirely new to him,
that of enforcing on the House a Resolution approving of the
measures of his Majelty's Ministers, and find himself opposed
by' all those who generally appieved of their ineastires, al.
though of far lead importance. He then showed from the acts
of the Convention itself that the subject was one which conic
properly under Its notite. If he looked to die policy adopted
towards Spain—( Here Mr. Ivory was called to erdet, as he
was not speaking to the question, but expressing an opinion on
the foreign policy of Ministers.)-51r. Ivory said, he was not
expresaing any opinion on foreign policy, but even if he had lie
contended he would still hate been in order: Ile was astonish-
ed at Mr. Inglis opposing the motion, as the present Chancel;
for of the Exchequer had in fact remedied the error with te-
gaid to the- barilla duty, Mite which the former Chancellor had
been seduced.
Mr. Itecititt • eiplained, and Undertook to go farther into
the history Of the opposition to the barilla bill. He said the
reluctance of the Minister to give way to them, was occasioned
by his fear of losing the little popularity he had gliirietby his
political econerriy.-4A -smile from Mr. Ritchie.)-.....11e pro.
tested againet gentlemen ,laughing; he did,net see what they
lid to laugh at. The Hoff. Member having'concluded his ex.
planation,
Mr. RITCIIIIZ tote to reply. He first disclaimed all inters.
Jinn to laugh at any thing which had been said by the Hon.
and Learned Member who had just spoken. Ile smiled diet
Ministers should at last be charged with acting against their
own tense of a right, from a desire to be popular. The
Learned Oentleman had told them that they were not to put.;
chase commodities where they could get them cheapest, but
to obtain thent frown our own manufacturers. 'l'lint was its
wait to erect a wall round the island, and to pit an end to that
foreigo commerce which had 'rendered this country great end
lilts, merely becausie we will call ourselves independent of
Weta
, ilirartviti alsigovi,.*i'..;' Ittglle, nod Iltr. Ritchie, se.
venally explained, and it Cook's Anieinitnent wag carried by
a large mouthy.
The Neither fOr Dunbar then proposed an addeess to his
Majesty Lon hie recent visit to Scotland, condescend-
rag mention of it in opening the S o:40n of PArlienient.
'The motion was agreed to, and the Annual Committee in.
structed to forward an address accordingly.
On the motion of' Mr. Coos, the House instructed the An-
nual Committee to inquire into the statutory regulations rela-
tive to the salmon fishing.
After the routine business, the thanks of the Convention
'awe voted to the Lord Provost, on the motion of Mi. IVORY;
and to the Itev. 1)i. Ritchie, on the motion of Mr. COOK.—
The Convention was theddissolved.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

VICE,CHANCELLOWS COURT,, JULY ie.

Ili.V HONOUR net having yesterday finished ate seal, firq.
ceded to hear *notional the whole of the clay.

BLAWSUARU V. TUE EAST INDIA CUMPAWY.

It will be recollected that this was a caw which respected••the
transmission of a number of hasears to India, and that a dis,
pute hail arisen between the parties as to who should pay' the
expenees of such transmission.
Mi. Svubxit now applied to the Court to direct that the-
East,lntlia CoMpany be ordered to pay within ten dayttop Mr.
11radshaw, the sum of 164/. Ite believed that this motion was
assented to on the other side ; the object being to ,pay* Mr.
11radshaw•thla small stun, in order that he might be put out ol-
die case.

Mr. Roitie;' who appeared al Calmed for the other party,
objected to the application.
3lr. BEL L, Gir the East India Company, observed, that his
clienti had no interest 'in tho Ovation, 'as the were make.
holders only. The whole %w$ now in their flan& was BM.
The MOUOII wail refaced.
ixoct V. tilltV4loX.

Mr. Br:Lair-toyed that the injunctlon in this case lhould
dittsolveti, unless cause were shewn against it.
Mr, HEALI) chewed cause. The plaintiff was tenant for lif
in an estate at Winchester, anti the defentlarit:vrae a Soli‘'itor
at Durham. The latter was in possestion of a great variety of
documents connected with the estates, and uPon being request.
ea to give them up, hedechined to surrender them until hes bill
of costs, to the amount of 53111. was paid in, full. It was ulti-
mately agreed between the parties that a band should be eie-
cuted by the plaintiff, in which the hatter subjected hitnielf to
the payment of 1,09/i. the event of the defendant's bill. not
being discharged: This, however, was considered' only as a
collateral security, and the defendant was to be paid out of
the funds of clip estate. An action, however, hail been brought
upon the bond and it war to restrain the further proceed pig
in this action that the present injunction had been' obtithle4l.
The VicieXitaiccELLorec..--Ilecietise you, are it, surety
only,' you. cannot compel the defendant to go against the prin.
clpal.
liEetri observed, that the estate war more than euiff;
cient to pay the debts with which it was incumbereth
The VicE.Cirancti.ton said, he would diasolie the ht.
junction, the defendant mideataking to go before the Miister
'lot:•rnepirro%th,i.6anddeTri3tnitnditatelbmisthientesentatit:ii offleisonlicretujgto'tise.it

Yesterday the itgeottottn- triode his Iltport to
the King in Council of the Casuist: Ogricirtli, under Pentorice
°"enth, in Newgatet—Frrtieriels Jain ittilli.on Nreteil, ngo,l
Thomas Connor, lit, Thews* Conllo7, 17, Thatnas Fen.
ga, John llenaerson, lts. (4°ttrgC 1/"rib, lb, -Charier*
Evans, Wells, MI Kitt? *wet, 18,Sur4h
wood, 311, Hannah.tb, ft)?„'it,,t4l4) jag. iutlirellln
}unisex to gin AntOulat shays 4" Ornin emOnli 4e, anti i 'how.
Tibbs, Ift, fin. wrgisry ; Jain Morn. lti, Ina Ito4ert Hos,'
'A, fur licnixeltrenkistg; and Slliziuel Mat* 17, fur
tittering forget) tuint notsx,—wlien Join% Wellfseti, Kober'
Ittte, gust *Arnim' ?ellivo, wert ordelo fits execution
an Moodily uest. The other Gonrieti Wit vstkiitztl lti.s
Usiesty's vitaitue,

lIARIS PAPERS,

( From the 111Oraitelfr.)

ARMY OF TUE PYRENEES.--(Foryni Coin's.)
At PORT or TM: MARSHAL DUKE DF. CONEOLIA,NO TO

1113 ES.CI7I.LEN CY Tar MtiMITER TOR. WAR.

" 3IAT4no, July 8, Midnight.

" Monseigneur—The sth and 10th divisions will commence
their movements on Barcelona to.morrow, July 3. ThO
division will, quit its position at Mataro, Parpes, and Granol..
lens, for the purpose of taking up quarters on the left bank of
the Boos, from her it empties itielfinto the sea, opposite to
the point at ,which it receives the tipollet ; its right wing will
extend itself along this last river.

" The 10th division, which liceupieti Galt* t e Monhuy and
prigtt„,will take ponension on the right of the bth, and will
extend toviattist Martorell.

" Milans has assembled his division on the first of these,
points Liobera occupies Martorell with his corps : dff..;rters
state that these divisions have received a large reinforcement
from the orrison of Barcelona, and that their joint forces
amount to about 7,000 men.
" Donnadieu will march on the 9th July for Molins del Rey,
with the greatest part of his forces. Ilia right will march upon
Martorell. Count. Curial will nn the same day give orders for
the troops of the f)th . division to occupy St. Girons-Valvidrera I
and E). Creu. He will at this last point join his troops with
;host of the 10th division, whose movement on 31olins del Hey
he will support, if the enemy offer any resistance.

" The investing or Barcelona will be completed on the 10th
of July; the orders relative to this operation will be given ac-
*cording to the result of the movements which are to be effected
on the Bth and 9th of July. -

" Two battalions of the 60th regiment•or the line will be as
sembled to-day at Cardedeu ; the 3d will be there on the 10th.
" A battalion of the 16th will arrive to-morrow at Mataro,
with the cannon in reserve ; the two other battalions in the
course or a &T or two.

" The VOth and 16th regiment!) united, will form'n'brigatle
of reserve under the orders of General Tromelin.

" I shall go Myself in person, tomorrow, to the centre
of the line, and on the 'following day shall follow its move-
ment.

" I have the honour to be, &e.
MONCEY, Marshal Duke de Conegliano,"
On the 15th of this month our troops will be before Cortinrot
and- Ferrol Monileur.)

( From Vw Constitkaonnel.)
VII3VAIT CORILESPONDENC E.]
" Prttmo:4Al.r, Juts 6...--Whi)St in die Penintiola we
arc occupied in restoring the edifice of absolute power, the re.
volution has been completed at Palma, in the Nand of Ma-

joica, by the destruction of tile Palace of the Inquisitions
which had hitherto escaped. It is tlitts stated in the official

Report :

" GENERAL COMMAND-OP THE 12TH DISTRICT.

" 111stio-sw;utt—l have nothing new to communicate to
your Excellency relative to our correspondence; I have only to
render you MI account that yesterday evening wtt. proceeded in

with the greatest solemnity, the pulling down and destruction
to the foondatioo of the horrible edltiCe of the
which wll never be rebuilt. This ceremony, at which an im.
mense population, tilled with eraliOsittarn, were present, toge-
ther with flit. authorities, and corporatirms, and piquets from all I
the corps, was solemnbred by salvoi of artillery, and nets which
it will be always pleasant to recollect, and which orewotthy of
being enrolled amongst those dictated. by the purest love of that
liberty, and those wise institutions which haie• delivered us
from. the melancholy effects of that tribunal. •
Ood preserve your Excellency many years.

" Palma, June 10. " ANTONIO DE ZEA."
n KONA kt, Jup: G.—General Mins, who, besides having
'l4 font fFozep, is still troubled, with the consequences of a fall
trim his horse, was carried into Ilsreelona, on tie Ist of July,
in a litter, and lodgerkthe house drhfitiriend, Pedro Gil, a
mardiant.

gents, JULY 14.e—For some days neither the 411ortitear our
the'Ministerial Journals have publiehed any thinz official re-
specting the war in Spain; they contained nothing yesterday
but insignificant afFairs.--4'hete is a general surprise at hearing
nothing aaid of the Proetametione of General Nordic); aited
June 21,' published by. the Afoniteur front private letters from
;,'Madrid 9f the 2d of July. The Ministerial Journals give let.
ore of the Bth, Which make no ftirther mention orthem, and
width leave us even to suspect the results which have followed
the new attitude assumed by the General. fleve his propos'.
tions been accepted or rejected ? Have they given rise to ne7
gvciations ? We remaln -in this respect in the most complete
ignorenee. elt is ,Terwirkahle that letters troth Vigo, of June
21i, received by the English Government, make no mention of
the Proelametions of 11Iorillo, which were dated the 21Ith, and
Must have 'been known.
The Arojte yesterday evening stated that the submission of
Okla was delayed by the regiments of Arragorr, Burgos, and
PoPtevedra, which did pot wish to separate themselvesfrom
Gectral Quiroga.
Nothing is known with certainty of the army of General
IViolitor ; it is not even said where that of General Ballasteros
; •
isoeor are Om journals agreed as to the positions which it
occupies. It was said on Saturday that he had brokehup to
proceed to Cadiz, and that subsequently to his departure he had
been defeated by General Rlolitoie but neither the place nor the
data of combat is given.
Two days since the Affenieterial Evening Journal and the
T3essury Journal announcA parleys between the Genorals
commanding, the blockade of St. Slitnnitian, and the spahhili
Govereor, which, it appeared, concluded with a proposition for
4;apitulation. These Journals have said no more about it,
and the letteie front ilayonne of be lith,inatant„ which we re.
Leived raterday, say nothing restiectingit. They merely state
that tl..e 111th e, after being reviewed by Merettal Jeattriston,
had gGoo to relieve, bufure St- Sebastian, the 11th bight, which
has adyariced. The 41st, which fin-itied the garrieon of Ba-
yv,-,t,ne, has also set out to reinforce the cups which observe;.
that fortress.
Although nothing is publishA rcspecting the events in An-
dalusia, there appears to be a belief in all the ::Ministerial
saloons in tio prompt surrendee of Cadiz, without the necessity
of beeleging Some say that the city will be taken by means
, •
of famiee ; others, that its prompt occupation will be the result
of very powerful and very active negotiations. The journal
des Deb,", however, Heys, that the artillery of the fortress is
most decided democrat. This
commanded by Gen. Alava, a
twist decided 4emocrat, however, has alwayi voted in the
Corms with the moderate party ; he was in the lea war, aiti.de.
'mini!) to the Duke of Wellington, whom he accompanied
tit
Pate in 14 he has since been the Spanish Minister at the
Court of elite Netherlands ; he has never had the reputation of
being a man =were, but tUi he is not a friend either to absolute
power, the hitpitsition, or• tithes, he is a most decided democrat
in the eyeslif the Jo:marl des Debate.
The l'plinietry have published niething for some days respect.
init; the doge of Baealone. There is a certain degree of slow.
nee; in our operatiorre in Catalonia; but perhaps they may he
reeterdeds as of a secondary importance, and the nearly ape
preaehing surrender of Cadiz is waited for, which the Ministers

regard as certain. It is.doubtless calculated that that event
'Would either cause to cease, or at least much weaken all local
tesistance, which it would afford greater means to combat and
triumph over. As to the war policy the end-cannot be antici-
pated. We seep frptn all the private correspondence, and even
semi-official communications, that party hatred beguiles niore
and more envenomed, and is in danger of becoming irrec9n•
cileable. The pacification of the country, however, was the
avowed object of the war ; but it seems to. uilliat the means
most likely to attain that object have not been adopted.
We on Tuesday copied a phrase from a Journal importing
that negoeiations had been set on foot Whit the most influential
Members of the Cortes. On this subject the Drapeau Blanc,
which does not wish for negociatiops, said yesterday that it
was persuaded the political affairs of Spain were in a state of
stagnation in consequence V several illiaiste4a/ disappoint-
ments. It especially blames us for giving some consistence to
the intelligence published in the OrJlarnme, which we blamed
when it applauded the prosecution against the Drapeau

(.Prom-the Pilate of Tnesday.l
The following are the names of the persons arrested at Cadiz
for the late conspiracy:—
General Dorrue, Dona Paula Patios, D. Joseph del Castillo,
D...Cassimir Barrio, 1). Fernando del Orbe, D. Manuel Cam-
posa, D. Miguel Zafra, P. Miguel Burracazal, D. Manuel
Calvo, D. Joseph Piedra Buena, le Baron de Itipara, D.
Joseph-Maria &tan, D. Joseph-Maria Virues, D. Fernando
Medina, D. Andres. Urruita. D. Joseph-Maria Valenzuela,
D. Miguel Bornes, Linares, D. Andres BriOnes, le Colonel de
Santiago, D. Leoneio Tejetior, almost all Officers of the Palace.
(From the Journal de Paris. )
MADRID, .1 tyLY ti.—lt is not
.true, as Foreign Journals an-
nounced, that,the Regency has declared mill and void the loans
contracted by the Cortes with Parisian Bankers. However,
the distrust occasioned by these reports gave, rise to important
discussions on this affair, .in which en August Personage, and
High French Functionaries spewed special solicitude in favour
of the Capitalists interested. The Regency, whose authority
is proVisional, did not think, fit to decitie a legislative question
of such importance, and adjourned it until the deliverance of
his Majesty,
The Restanrador, a new Journal published here, and looked
on as demi-official, contains the following article :
" VALLADOLID, JUNE 25.—Yesterday, in consequence of
the news of the nomination of a Regency at Seville, and the re-
moval, of the 'King to Cadiz, the people assembled in the
square, and demanded that the persons noted for their affection
to the Constitutional system should be arrested as hostages.—
The Authorities acceded to this demand. It is five o'clock,
and already more than two hundred and fifty individuals have
been shut up in the College of Santa Cruz, without, tranquillity
having; been disturbed. We receive news of similar arrests at
Valencia, Avila, Segovia, and several other Communes of
Castile."

BAYONNE, JittY A.
Marshal Lauriston, who arrived here the day before yester-
day, reviewed the Pitch regiment, which is going to Spain, and
is to relieve the sth regiment of light infantry before St. Se-
bastian, which is to advance further into the country. An
express that arrived yesterday from Cordova and Madrid,
states that the country was pretty tranquil, but that this
was in fact owing to the flight of the majority of the Con-
stitutional inhabitants. Our troops complain of the dear-
ness of every thing, and though their pay is high it is barely.
sufficimt. •
The approaching arrival of Marshal Lauriston was much
talked of at Madrid ; and it was thought the Duke of Angou-
ieme would soon nfter return to Paris. Should he do this, it
would confirm the opinion of those who think that the war will
be protracted.
The populace of Madrid are still extremely enraged against
the Constitutional party, and were not, the -police of the. city .so
strictly enforced by the French, there would be frequent scenes
of disorder.

The letters from Madrid to-day contain hardly any thing but
the Proclamation of Iklorille, which we knew before. They
mention that according to letters from Ctullz, the Cortes having
restored to the King the full exercise of his power as soon its he
arrived in that city, are taking every means to defend their
cause, in the difficult circumstances in which they are placed.
M. Valdez, whom they have appointed Commander in Chief
of the forces by sea and land, is a distinguished officer, who re,
ceived many wounds in the battle of Trafalgar, where he com-
manded a vessel. Cadiz was said to be perfectly tranquil, and
to be in want of nothing, and that the supplies which it re.
ceived from all quarters, would enable It, with the_ bravery of
the garrison, to hold out a long siege.
A. drove of WO oxen, on their way to our army in Andalusia,
has been stopped in Ist Mancha by a detachment of the army
of liallasteros ; 350 were, talten, and the rest dispersed In aU
directions. Sonte apprehensions n ere entertained at Salamanca;
the garrison of , Cunha Rodrigo makes frequent exenrsions,
which it extends to a considerable distance, and frequently with
advantage.
Accounts from Coria say that the Empeeinado entered that
place after a successful engagement, and had impased a large
contribution on the town, and etpecially on the Chapter of the
Cathedral, which was immediatily paid. Some deserters front
his army, and some persona who attempted to disturb his ape-
rations were shot on the spot.
Since the proclamations of Morilln, we haVe not heard that
his army has Joined .the opposite party, and it is now said that
letters have been received from ()Alicia, announcing that 110 R
rill°, having learned that the King's power had been restored
to him, had harangued his troops, and declared to them, that
he was ready. to resume offensive operations,. and to defend the
Constitution with more Beal than ever.. Other letters announce
to the Royalists' the entrance of' the French into Corunna: It
is , stated that an account of the French -army having been'
lately taken, the result was, that not including the ;corps in
Catalonia, there was a deficiency of 10,000 men. is not stated
whether this deficiency was owing to sickness, desertion, or
actual loss in the field, or in what proportiott It is to be
crihed to each of those causes.

A, Splendid fete Is to be given to-day to the young ladies who.
formed part of the suite oilier Royal Highness the Duchess of
Angotticine on her visit to this ,city. The gentlemen of' the
Guard'of Honour on horseback Nlefray the expense of this fete,.
for which they have chosen to-day, as the anniversary of the
King'a return to Paris in 1815.

lIOBAR'I'.TOWN,VAN DIEMEN'S LAND.