The Sun.
London, England, 1835-05-14 00:00:00

IMPRISONMENT FOR DEBT.

The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, in the
absence of his Learned Friend, the Attorney-General, post-
poned his motion for the re-commitment of the Abolition of
Imprisonment for Debt Bill to Friday next (as we understood
the Right Hon. Gentleman).
HIGHWAYS BILL. _

The House then resolved itself into a Committee of the
whole House upon the Highways Amendment Bill, Mr. Parma
in the Chair.
The preamble having been postponed, the clauses of the
Bill up to 13 were agreed to without comment. On clause
14 being proposed,
Mr. BENNETT wished that it should be amended by
making the guardians of the poor, the guardians or inspectors
of the roads in all parishes joined under that Bill.
After a few words from Mr. LE FEVRE, the clause as it
stood in the Bill was agreed to.
The other clauses up to 22, inclusive, were agreed to, with
verbal amendments.

On the motion of Mr. JERVIS, clause 23 was postponed.
Clauses 24, 25, 26, and 27, were passed with several verba
amendments.

Clause 28 was postponed.
The various other clauses ware agreed to.
PUBLIC CARRIAGES (METROPOLIS) BILL.
Mr. Alderman WOOD moved the second reading of this
Bill, and should afterwards propose that it be referred to a
Committee up stairs.
The SPEAKER called the attention of the House to the
fact that this Bill was now in the possession of the House,
by whom it had been read once, and was now proposed to be
read a second time. But if it were after that to be referred to
a Select Committee up stairs, in order to hear evidence on the
subject, it might, in the insult, be so altered in its substance
as not to remain at all the same Bill. He threw out these
suggestions merely for the consideration of the House.
Mr. WARBUitTON could not consent to the proposal
made by the lion. Member to alter his Bill, after the second
reading in a Select Committee.
After a few observations from Mr. Jervis, Mr. Warburton,
the Speaker, and others, the Bill was read a second time and
referred to a Select Committee.
Wood, Alderman Fremantle, Sir T. Tooke, W.
Gladstone, T. Guest, J. Young, G. F.
Chichester, J. I'. B. Heathcote, G. J. Stanley, E.
Egerton, hord Fran. Hume, Joseph Maule, Hon. Fox
Beaucicrk, Major litunphery, J. Whalley, Sir S.
Biddulph, R. M. • Mangles, W. L. Barclay, Charles
Cave, Ot way Harvey, 11 W. Hawes, B.
Clay, W. Miles, P. J. Duncombe, 'l'. S.
Copeland, W. Handley, H. Hodges, T. L.
Crawford, W. O'Conned, M. Bainbridge, E. T.
Evans, Colonel Sibthorp, Colonel Stewart, P. M.
Mackinnon, W. A. Ord, W.
Captain PECHELL obtained leave to bring in a Bill to
repeal several Acts now in force, relating to bread sold out of
the city and liberties of the city of London, beyond the Bills
of Mortality, and within ten miles of the Royal Exchange.

EAST INDIA MARITIME SERVICE.
Mr. ROBINSON, in pursuance of notice, moved that the
two petitions (presented the 11th of March and the 18th of
April) from certain maritime officers of the East India Com-
pany excluded from the compensation granted by the Act
3d and 4th of William IV., chap. 85, should be referred to
a Select Commitee. As he did not contemplate any oppo-
sition to the motion, he would content himself by merely
stating, that his object in moving for the Committee was
to have it ascertained how far the spirit and meaning of the
East India Act had been complied with in the case of the pe-
titioners. When the report was on the table it would be time
enough to state what further intentions he might have.
After a few words in support of the motion from Mr. Buck-
ingham, Sir S. Whalley, and Mr. Herries,
Mr. PR AE D had no intention of opposing the motion, but
while saying so, he thought it incumbent on him to state that
the late Government would not, had they been in power, have
taken the course which he understood the present were about
to sanction, namely, that of acceding to the motion of the Hon.
Member. As far as he had been able to investigate the sub-
ject, his opinion was that the motion could not, consistently
with the interpretation of the Act, be acceded to. Under the
provisions of the Act the Company were allowed to make
compensation to their discharged servants, and the only
controul the Government or the House had over their
arrangements was contained in a stipulation that every
resolution embodying a grant of money should lie on the
table of the House of Commons for two months before it
became law. This prudent arrangement was framed to
prevent the Company from squandering the money of
the people of India ; and the House he was sure would
see the great advantage of abiding by it. The Com-
pany, then, having this power to make compensation, proposed
a certain scale, which, having been considered by the pro-
prietors as too small, they at a general treeing proposed and
carried a resolution' suggesting a much larger one. Upon
this latter coming before the late Board of Control, it ap-
peared to its members far more lavish than was justifiable, and
they accordingly rejected it, and adopted that of the Court of
Directors. That regulation had, according to the provisions of
the Act, been laid before the House, and, having remained
the stipulated period on the table, it was to be considered as
part of the Act, and not cognizable by a Committee of the
House. Of what use could a Committee of the House of
Commons be ? The only thing a Committee could do, would
be to recommend that which, if competent for any tribunal to
do, rested entirely with the Board of Directors. The proper
course of proceeding, in his opinion, would be to bring before
the House a resolution, declaring that the regulation of the
Directors was an improper one.

Sir J. HOBHOCS E‘ as yet had not made up his mind as
to whether any compensation whatever ought to have been
granted to the Company's maritime officers. But that ques-
tion having been determined upon by the tribunal to whose de-
cision it was left by the Act of Parliament, the question was,
whether or not the limitation laid down by the Court of Di-
rectors did not require some revision ? The Honourable and
Learned Member who spoke last seemed to say that the two
months allowed by the Act having expired, the case was taken
out of the jurisdiction of the House. But, surely, it would
he acting unfairly towards the petitioners to say that an adjourn-
,:,navoidable Lc r,-;litical events, should plaoc
it' wore., .11ari they oilici-wise would
have been in. He would give his vote for the motion, not as
the head of the Board of Control, but as an individual Mem-

ber of the House. He would be glad that the whole questioa
as to whether any compensation whatever should be gives, 4
could be opened by the Committee. But, considering that.'
question already decided, he feared they could do no more ; •
than consider whether the scale of the Directors might be '
enlarged.
Mr. G. F. YOUNG in allusiOn to an observation made by •
the Hon. and Learned Member for Yarmouth, begged t°
observe that the House was not now legislating for the Indian
people alone, inasmuch as if the territorial revenues of India
failed in producing adequate funds to meet these compensation,
claims, the proprietors of East India Stock would be liable compensation,
them—( Hear, hear.) •t
Mr. C ARRUT HERS protested against the case of those
officers whose claims had been decided upon by the Court or
Directors being interfered with by the Committee.
Mr. S. MA-CKENZIE declared his intention of opposing
the appointment of any Committee which should have power,,
to enter into the question as to whether compensatiose
should or should not be granted to the Company's marl'
time Officers.
After a few words in explanation from Sir JoHN C. 11°B"
HOUSE and Mr. PRAED,
Mr. CL AY would support the motion.
Mr. ROBINSON, in reply, observed that all he sought
from the appointment of a Committee, was to prove that thea
rule laid down by the Court of Directers had an arbitrary
partial effect. He did not wish, in the event of the Coin"'
mittee being appoiated, and from the feeling displayed in the
House he was pleased to see that it looked favourably tiP°::
such appointment, that any case should be decided opt:T.
unless the claims were made evident. One slight arnendlos°o
in the resolution he should propose for adoption, suggested
the Hon. Member for the Tower Hamlets (Mr. elnY):.i
namely, that instead of the words " certain maritime Officers, "l'`
the words " some Officers" should be inserted..
ape
The resolution, as amended, was then put and carried,
the following. Committee appointed.
Robinson, G. R. O'Connell, D.
Hobhouse, Sir J. C. Strickland, Sir G.
Peel, Sir It. Clay, W.
Gordon, R. Geary, Sir W.
Praed, W. M. Talfourd, T. Noon
Fergusson, R. C. Evans, Colonel
Alsager, Richard Stanley, Lord
Mackenzie, J. A. S. Chichester, Arthur
Smith, It. Vernon Mackinnon, W. A.
Barclay, C.
On the motion of
Committee was appo
proving the situation
Labouchere, H.
Graham, Sir J. R. G.
Oswald, J.
Parnell, Sir H.
Herries, J. C.
Hume, Joseph
Murray, J A.
Scott, Lord John
Grote, G.
Mackenzie, J. A. S.
Leave given, and
second time.
The House then ac

Parrott, .1.
...
Young G. r,
Crawford, W.:
Hume, Joseph
Carruthers, Q.
Labouchere, 0
Herbert, Hon.
Steuart, R.
Angerstein,Jolin
- I Marjoribanks, S . ,
' Mr. LABOUCHERE, the folloo'll6
Hinted for inquiring into the means of
of Leith harbour. .
Fergus, John Clerk, Sir G.
Wood, C. Hay, Colonel L
Chapman, A. Dalmeny, Lord_
Lefevre, C. S. Rae, ,ir Willini,,,,,
Ashley, Lord Codrington, Sir P
Campbell, Sir J. Ord, W.
O'Connell, D. Denison, J. ..,
Adam, Admiral Hawkins,
Bethell, R. Loch, J.
11 read a first as

Bill brought _in, al

Ijourned at a Quarte

to Ten o'C lock.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE• _

ADVICES, ARRIVALS, AND DEPARTUR
THE SCOTCH WHARFS, MAE 13. ,foro
HOARE'S WHARF.—Advices : the Bubona, Alexander '-t-tie;
master, left Banff for London on the 7th of May with ea ar-
the Peterhead smack Margaret, William Begrie rallster'doo
rived at Peterhead the 9th instant ; will sail again for ilcd
the 19th inst. ; and the Courier, John Ross master, si; or
from Peterhead for London the 13th inst. N. arriva
departures. ; bead
pany's WHARF.—Advice : the Peterhead shipp.n. rbeP"
pany's smack London, J. Robb master, arrived at Pete",,yl
the Bth inst. Arrivals : the Bridport Shipping Colgikfo,
smack Busy, R. Angel master, from Bridport ; and the „ter,
trose Shipping Company's smack Hawk, J. MurraY 1117 the
from Montrose, both with general cargoes. Departure_,„,,by
Dundee, Perth, and London Shipping Company's step
Dundee, John Wishart, commander, for Dundee, wit° e'
and passengers. sd°i/
MILLER'S WHARF.—Advice : the Aberdeen sod Laster,
Shipping Company's smack Bon Accord, James Ker, eral
sailed from Aberdeen for London the 9th inst., with a gecor
cargo. Arrival : the Leith and Edinburgh Shipping froo
pany's smack Robert Bruce, William Anderson, master,
Leith. No departures.
r iband
f
LEITH AND GLASGOW WHARF.—Advice: the ,e-t tide'
Glasgow Shipping Company's smack AbercrombY, .41e7;3c315°'
Strut, master, arrived at Leith the 11th inst. No foli
departures. 65a
LEITH AND BERWICK WHARF.—Advices : the Londe'',a ce,
Leith Old Shipping Company's smack Sir William alloo it,
John Tulloch, master, arrived at 'Leith the 10th just' Oil'
rival : the Berwick Shipping Company's smack Cer6s'eargo.
Liam Hildreth, master, from Berwick, with a general seed,
Departure-: the Berwick Shipping Company's smack
John Crow, master, for Berwick. the
LEITH STEAM-SHIP FROM BLACKWALL.—DepaFtUre
Monarch, Capt. Bain, with goods and passengers.

VESSELS ENTERED INWARDS AT THE CV
HOUSE, MAY 13. Whit'
The Sophia Pate, Stone, from Odessa ; Clarenden, rsco,
ring, St. Kitt's ; Merchant, Hansen, Sines ; Eagle, Pa,tt„corto;
Mauritius and Cape of Good Hope : Lownes, Batten, ,vrria'
Latina, Goble, Bermuda ; Richard Brown, Dunlop, toll3°'
cent's ; Eliza, Harris, Mauritius ; Briton, Parker, 01.1„-artb,
Ceylon, and Cape of Good Hope; William the ciotiot,
Thompson, Berbice; Hive, Luscombe, Canton , ' 4t.
Cromartie, Canton ; Minerva, Templer, Canton ,-,513
Helena; Fairy Queen, Douthwaite, Madeira and tg,)„eri'
Louisa Campbell, ;Mcqueen, Linton and Madeira;„
"
ment, Scott, Grand Canary, &c. ; Queen, Cox, St. Al, osen
Four Sisters, Tremayne, St. Michael's ; Henry, AL'oicleb
Terceira ; Alexander, Goodridge, Terceira ; Jean, p'sjitoo 1
Singapore ; Australia, Lobban, Singapore and \irright'
Lowestoffe, Cook, Smyrna : Black River Packet, ~seder'
Jamaica ; Sophia, Bindeman, Memel ; Newcastle
Jorveson, Villa Nova ; Admiral Lake, Rodd, Palermo. 13,
ENTERED OUTWARDS FOR LOADING, Sewell,
The Lady Nepear, Griffiths, for Nantes ; Kingston, 1),00e.
Antigue ; Saucy Jack, Farrant, Corfu and Zante Ana'
Dye, Lisbon ; Will-o'-the-Wisp, Clark, Lisboll,,,
e ' ;miglit'
Thompson, Elsineur and St. Petersburgh ; Gode "al
Wcerness, Bergen ; Harriott, Page, Ostend, Brug:sn
Ghent ; Lord Hawkesbury, Overten, Ostend, Brug'yer'
Ghent ; Amity, Binto, Dunkirk ; Portland, White' sS
seilles ; Bell, Antonietta, Vassala and Gibraltar ;
helmina, Vander Veer, Amsterdam. 11;
CLEARED OUTWARDS WITH CARGO, --81;Tilli!ei;

The London Merchant, Mowl, for Rotterdam u'ogekl'
Joliffe, Downie, Hambro'; Heppograph, Hoson, Are prig'
\Varblington, Crosby, St. Helena and Mauritius ; 01;
Smith, Figueira; Chieftain, Moore, St. Vincent; Jan,,ehtoo
St. Lucia; Halifax Packet, Foster, Quebec; 11°14-

Spring, Brown, St. Petersburg.
MA Y 13.
The Crusader, M'Donald, Launceston, Van 'Apra'
Land ; Protector, Buttenshow, Calcutta ; Houghton, 'PO
Brown, St. Petersburg : Ceasar, De Grave, Osteon;
Sanderson, Gibralta and Mogadore ; Attwood, Mnrflesitai'li
werp ; Ceylon, Battey, Montreal ; Henry,
Messina.
CLEARED OUTWARDS IN BALLAST, AilOrelif
The Emanuel, Oestmen, for Baltic ; Maria on
our
Baltic ; Enterprize, Ward, Miramichi ; Prynees,
bec; Union, Waller, Baltic; Christian Endreseo,
Norway ; Ann, Smith, St. Petersburgh.
MAY 13. 301°°'
The Dundee Merchant, Fife, for Constantinople ;
Isachsch, Baltic ; Constance, Brettevillor, Cherbourg.

--------
101°
DIED. Artillif
On the 12th inst., at Blackheath, the Hon. Sir , of
Leoggnet,he K.2C3.d80.f J
, Admiralanuary, oaftthcealßculuttea,,inagheids 6693 th, year. ce* Se
Fran of
Colonel Sir Joseph O'Halloran, C.B , Bengal Arm A.
fits to
the Bth inst., at Headley, Anne Katherine, nilgh°l.to
the late Rev. John Parson, in her 23d year. t ve_illet to
On the 3d inst., Mr. T. H. Cook, for many yea" A-rasta
Messrs. Baldwin and Cradock, Paternoster-row, an - de,
Messrs. De La Rue and Co., Finsbury, aged 37. 1110;0
On the 9th ult., the day following his departure from
tarp
on board the Braganza, Henry Edward Hoare, late CaaPtaici pre'
66th Regiment of Foot, and second son of Peter Bich° late
Esq., ofSouthfield, Somersetshire. of the
On the 28th ult., at Oporto, Joseph, the eldest son t
Mr. George Charles, of Wigton, Cumberland, aged 34.
aiie, id°
On the 11th inst., at Linden-grove, Bayswater, RIS f
O daughter of T. M. Fild, Esq. the wife o
n the 3d inst., ate Budleigh Salterton, Ann Hada, it
John Salter Halsey. ofte
On the 11th inst., at Lower Phillimore-place, l‘ednssolitt
Theyre Stephen, infant son of the Rev. Theyre Townse° , Door'
On the 11th inst., Hannibal Sandys, jun., el,
letn-square. g O°
On the 9th inst., in Upper Bedford-place, Major JS. r
of Berkeley-cottage, Aldenham, Herts. Civil Seof
On the sth of January, at Negapatam, in the Madras vol.,
i(eate, --
vice, aged 22, Charles Robert, eldest son of R.
Albemarle-street. tatter*
Di
On the 9th inst., at Kempton-park, Middlesex, Farsan
- • btri
Esq., aged 56. , "Orlig
On the Bth inst., Elizabeth, relict of the late Mr.. 10,1
of the
of Hatton-grange, Shropshire. .c.,:wareta, -
On the 10th inst., in her 79th year, Anna Illaria -Du
Crown Inn, Chesterford.
. ' I—' ~il'tl,li '- ' , I,IUILDO YOL.,,‘, _tot
Esq., late of
- tha cv

rmt,tl ato..t
11'2, Strand, at The Sun Office, No. ltl, Strandp.4l
of Middlesex.