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London, England, 1823-03-27 00:00:00

EASTPR AD.TOI.7IIMIENT.

Lord A. MILTON said, nothing had -yevbeen -said In
the House of the adjournment for the Holidays. lie had heard
that it was intended to move an adjournment till to-morrow
fortnight. If this were intended, he should Oppose the motion.
He thought it right to mention this in the presence of the Right
Hon. Gentleman, ache was of 'opinion, so long an adjournment
in the present.state of thingsought not tobe proposed.
Mr. Secretary CANNINO, after what had fallen from 'the
Noble Lord, thought he might now as well give notice, that
to morrow he should move that the House, as it risesohall ad-
journ till that day fortnight.
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COTTON MANUFACTURES.
An Hon. ME hlllElt beggAl to ask the Secretary of State for
the Home Department if it were his intention to bring forward
any new measure for the regulation of the Cotton Manufac-
tories. If he did not, the Hon. Gentleman gave notice that he
3hould submit a proposition to the House on that.subject.
Mr. Secretary PEEL had nothing at present on his mind

which could induce a wish that the lion. Gentleman should de-
fer the motion of which he had given notice.
SCOTCH C 03151 ISSA 11 Y COURTS.
Lord A. HA 31ALTON moved for leave to bring in a Bill
to abolish the inferior ColllMisury Courts of Scotland.
The LORD ADVOCATE of SCOTLAND had pledged
himself last Session to bring forward a ineasnre on this subject.
,He was now prepared to redeem that pledge. He, however,
had no objection to the motion of the Noble Lord, as he did
nut care in what way the necessary change was effected.
Leave was given to bring in the Bill.
- - SCOTCH B U ltl S.—CROW N -WA RRA NTS.

Lord A. HAM I I.TON, pursu;uit to the notice he had
given, called the attention of the House to the case of the
Royal Burgh of Inverness. An election of Magistrates had
taken place in that Burgh in the year 11117. Three of the per-
sons elected were ineligible to sit as Counsellors. In come-

quence of this legal proceedings were instituted, and the elec-
tion was set aside by legal process. As"soon as the election
had been declared void, managers were appointed, as was the
custom, and subsequently a Crowp Warrant was issued, by
which the same persons were returned to the Magistracy who
had previously been turned out. Ile did riot mean to say that
under this warrant precisely the same individuals were nomi-
nated who had been improperly elected before, but the bulk of
them were the same. 'Vie principle thus anted upon he thought
most injurious, anti one that ought, not to be countenanced.
What he complained of was, that no sooner did the inhabitants
,of the Burgh gain a legal triumph than the Crown warrant un-
did all that had been dune, and reinstated the parties objected
to in der situations from which they had been removed. He
.complained. of the hardship of the case that the Royal Burghs
of Scotland, .when they gained legal redress, had to pay first
their own law expemea, then those of their opponents, and
after,thus paying for both sides, the Crown warrant came to
make all they had done useless. He supported lds view of the
subjeut by referring to the authorities of Mr. NVhite, Lord
,Kilcurron (a Judge) and Lord Arniston (a Judge also), and
proved front them dint the practice of which he complained
was illegal, or, .if not illegal, unconstitutional. He thought
he had a right to ask why the Act of the 16th .George the Se-
cond, which had been framed to afford the Royal Burghs redress,
when they were aggrieved, should thus be set aside ? To spew
the conduct.of the 3lagistrates.of these Burghs, he would state
one fact, which was not only known to himself and to the
.Learned Laud, but which was even admitted by the Magistrates
themselves. The Magistrates of Aberdeen, had been in the
habit of meeting once a year to read over the public accounts,
and they had had the audacity, year after year, to state the
debts of the town as amounting to 6,000/., while their actual
amount was 330,0001. (Hear, hear !)—}Le mentioned this to
introduce a commentary which had been furnialual by the
Magistrates themselves, on leaving office, after •the truth
had been discovered. :They had stated, front feelings
of repentance he hoped, that the evil which he had men-
tioned, grew out of the system of concealment which had been
acted • upon, and no body of men could honestly administer
the affairs of the Burgh so long as the present system conti.
nued. He would now state a fact which had mccurred at t:din-
burgh. Some years ago a faulty election took place—a* pro-
cess was instituted to set the election aside, as at Invernesa—
A fter three years of litigation, in which an expense of four or
5,0001. were incurred by ,the parties prosecuting. A similar
expense was incurred .on account of the opposite parties'
•
which the inhabitants of the Burgh had also to pay. It had
been provided that a summary decision should be come to on
such questions. But ,what was .the summary
,proceeding ?
Why, after four.years of litigation an appeal was made to the
House of Lords on a preliminary point, the principal subject
not having yet been got at. it was in the midstaif these pro-
cetslinge that the case of Aberdeen occurred. The legal
susses of the inhabitants of that place was punished by a
Crown warrant, which , reinstated those who had been ousted
by a legal process. The people of Edinbugh upon this said,
`‘ If we succeed, we shall only get a Crown warrant to restore
those who may be turned out ; and so, Ox alight be expect-
ed, they gave up the case in despair. A comp's:anise was,
effected, and the 41agistrates of Edinburgh paid ,110 W. to thet
parties .to forego other proceedings. If the .:11agistrates had,:
been properly elected, by acting
thus instead of bringing tbe-
case to a trial, they squandered the public money. But the
fact was, they knew they were wrong, but having the power
of putting their Magisterial hands into the public; purse they
time disposed of the funds at their command. Wishing to
bring dits.subject fully under the consideration of the Bouse,
he moved an humble Address to his Majesty, praying,that lie
would be graciously pleased to give directious that there should
be laid before the limusest copy of any wartent issued by the
Crown in the year ,111,22, authorising any person or persons to
act as Magistrates in the Burgh of Inverness, ,in the room of
those recently displaced by process of law. •
The LOUD AnvocArrt: said, that in rising to object to.
the motion of the. Noble Lord, 1w did not mean to oppose the•
production army document, whieli, could furnish hint with in-,
formation on the subject-which lie had brought under discussion,
The Noble Lord seemed to object to the right of the Crown, to
issue a wurraut, butlie (the Laird
.Advocate) maintained, that
the .Crown had theright to secede .to or refuse the petition of.
the Magistrates for a new election, anti that the Crown, in,
the exercise of that right, lout used .a sound and wise discreti*
in -issuing .the • warrant. The ;Learned Lord,then adverted to
the petition •of the two Youngs, and contended, that the
Magistrates were perfectly justified by the law of Scotland,
In-the course they had adopted towards theta individuals, in sup.
port of which be read the opiniou of an eminent Scotch barns-
ter. Thievery warrant, said the Learned Lord, the legality
of which the Noble Lord now questioned, was at this moment
placed before a Court of Law in Scotland, and it would
*be there ascertained, whether it was there or not, without
the necessity. of making it a subject of discussion in that
House. The right of the Privy Council to issue this warrant
was not novel. The same power sits exercised by the Privy
I.Council of Scotland, between the Alevolutioaand the Union.
—ln the application to the Privy Council for issuing
theseavarrants
i there was no opposition but in two instances,,
that of Perth, n 1746, and that of Aberdeen in 41317 ; in both
of which it gas, lio.wever,renuirkable, that the applications were
acceded to, thus clearly • showing, that the right was vested its
the Privy Council of Scotland.
Lord ARCHIBALD HAMII4TON.denied the fact.
The LORD ADVOCATE said, that not expecting the Act!
would be denied, he had not etmie prepared with the documents
which would authenticate it,bu the ni iglu appeal tothe Hon. Mem.;
leer for Aberdeen for the accuracy of his statement. The practice
then, on the whole, did not support the case of the Noble Lord.'
The law ,:of Scotland, with some exceptions, 'gave the Masis-
, tratet the privilege of electing their successors, and the Kingwould, therefore, exercise a wrong discretion, if lie deprived.
them of that right ; anti why should there beg deviation from
this principle ni the present,case ? He did ,not expect to hear.
the case tit Aberdeen mentioned on the present occasion, be-
. cause he was given to -understand that the foots of that case had,
been disputed and contradicted. If any .other course were
adapted than the practice which nowpreVailcd, the whole town'
would he a.state,of constant commotion.
Mr. G.-COMYN said he represented ..the Borough in goes-
don ; and lie thought it necessary to.bear taaaindaY to what
had been stated by, the Lamed, Lord.
Mr. HUMS maintained that the Learned Lord was mistaken
' as to the law and as to the tact.--(hear, hear, and laughter.).—
lie was informed ,that the conduct of those Magistrates was
.censured at the Couvention of Scotch Burghs.; and therefore
tbe•Learned lord was erroneous .in his statement. (Here die
lion. Member read :several .documents to show that what had
:fallen from the Learned Lord wawitteorrect.)
Mr. GORDON defended the Magistrates of Aberdeen from
the charges made' against them, And declared that they had
brought about a state of impruvement and prosperity in that
town.
Mr. Secretary PEELconceived it highly improper to throw
out imputations against Magistrates,
_whose conduct Mould not
.be connected with the.question immediately before the House.
Mr. FORBES defended the conduct of the Magistrates, lle
wished the Noble Lord and thellon. Member near him would
find out some other hobby horse than that .9f eternally driving
.at the Counties.and Boroughs of Scotland.
Sir R. FERGUSSON supported the motion.
Mr. W. SMITH supported the motion. Front the year
17,84, down to the present moment lie did not recollect a single
instance in which the LordAdvocatedid not oppase the infusion
.Of s.popular Principle into the elections in Scotland.
Mr. FOItBES explained.
Lord A. HAMILTON replied. contended that there
could not be a more gross case than that of Aberdeen. The
Corporation had become bankrupt to the amount of 130001.
yet for years they hitti declared the debt to be only 6,0001.
The gallery was then cleared for a division.
.Ayes. - .
Woes 49

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Majority ..- • —,lB
MONUMENT ?...co „EARL ST. VINCENT AND LORD

DLOU of the Excitt4trylt on
UNCAN.
his legs, moving the Order of
. On our re-admission to the gallery, we found the CUANCEL.
the Day for the House to resolve itself into a .Committee for an
Address to the Crown, .to erect a.Alonument to the memory of
Earl SL Vincent andiJord Duncan.
The House having gone into the Committee, the Right Ho-
.nourable Gentleman proceeded to observe, that Addresses
.like the present had not been moved for of late years, in
,consequence .of the memorable events of the war, which
'left 'scarcely any thin to our naval heroes to accomplish.
At the same time, he thought that the principle ought
never to be lost sight of, for the country was bound to offer a
marked tribute of respect to the memory of those brave men
who signalized themselves in her service. The Right lion.
Gentleman then entered into some details respecting the ex
ploits of _Earl St. Vincent, and dwelt particularly on his Aex-

vices in the Mediterranean in the year 1793, when Buonaparte
had achieved such extraordinary deeds in Italy, from which he
had totally routed the Austrian army. Ile next adverted to the
signal victory which Earl St. Vincent, then Sir John Jervis, had
gained over the Spanish fleet in 1797, when he had but fifteen
sail of the line, while the enemy had twenty-seven. The
Right Hon. Gentleman concluded his observations respecting
Earl St. Vincent, by pronouncing a high eulok,rium on his
merit as a naval officer and as a man. -He then referred to the
achievements of Lord Duncan, as peculiarly brilliant—those in
particular at the memorable battle of Camperdown, where nine
sail of the line had surrendered tothe British Admiral, after a
most obstinate resistance. Lord Duncan, on that day, re-
ceived the sword of the Dutch Admiral, who was one of the
bravest men that ever went to sea. In conclusion the Right
lion. Gentleman urged the important services which both Gal-
lant Officers had rendered to their country, as entitling their
memories to the tribute now sought,
Sir I. COFFIN bore testimony to the transcendent qualities
of Earl .St. Vincent, whom he had known long arid intimately.
Sir GEORGE COCKBURN spoke briefly to the same ef-
fect.
The motion was put and
.agreed to,rem. dis.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER then moved
" an Address, praying his Majesty would be graciously pleased
id give direction for a monument in the Cathedral Church
of Saint Paul, to Adam Viscount Dungan, in testimony of his
'distinguished exertions in the service of the country, and as a
memorial of his victory gained over the Dutch fleet in October,
1797."—Agreed to, nem. dia.
The House then resumed, and the Xteport was ordeFell to be
received this day.
• ARMY
.AND NAVY PENSIONS.
On the motion of the CIIANCEIiLOR of the ..',XCHE--
QUEIt the Military and NaVal Pensions' Bill was read •a se-
cond time, and ordered to be committed on Thursday, the 10th
of April.
_ The House went into s Committee on the Acts respecting

the Registration of Ships.
IJUSKISSON stated, that it was his intention to bring
in a Bill for the benefit of the Shipping Interest. His object
was to consolidate the law respecting the Registration of
Vessels, and to introduce new regulations which would save
expence. The Right *lion. lientleman moved that the Chair-
man.be instructed to move for leave to bring in a Bill for the
better Itegistrationof Vessel*.
Dr. 14USIIINCITON approva of the Right lion. Gentle-
Mates intended
.measure, and only requested.tbat time might
be given to consider this importantaubject.
Sir U. COCKBURN took the opportunity of stating a fact,
•for the information of the House. The Admiralty had receiv-
.ed intelligence diet five piratetehad been taken in the \Vest In.
and sent to Jamaica, where three had been sentenced to
'death. Two had been executed—one respited in consequence
of good behaviour to a
,passenger—one pardunned, and one
proved ,an alibi.
Mr. IIU3IE asked if they were resent depredates ?
Sir O. COCKBURN said they were part of the depredators
spoken of in a late debate.
Mr. II usktssow's motion was then carried.
The House resumed, and the Cuasitatas of the Committee
moved, according to his .instructions, for leave to bring in the
Bill.—Leave was given.
The other Orders of the Day were disposed of, and the licntse
,adjourned at o'Ct.ocir.