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the. Noble Earl. He had no hesitation in saying he looked
fora permanent system of Corn Laws preceded by inquiry.
The . Noble Marquis had not been able to see the necessity
-for: reposing the- power required .in the King's Govern-
ment. Similar power might be claimed in every emergency
of the country. Knowing that an' artificial system existed.,
not only with corn, but with other commoditieS, Which drove.
persons out of all their calculwtioni, he thought they should
look to the Legislature for . the 'protection of their interest
upon a permanent system. He - thought-the interests of the coun-
try could not be deposited in safer hands than those of the
King's Government. The great men in Lord Chatham's time
held that a discretion might be reposed in Ministers for the benefit.
of the subject. ReSponsibility in- the present state of things
would he less dangerous than Sounding a previous alarm of :amine,
which no man thought of some weeks ago. All extraordinary
exigencies should be met by the determination of the .moMent..---
If his Majesty's Ministers were in possession of dangerous infor-•
mat....n, and declared that to be the case, he should not oppose
them, but he could not believe there seas any ground for appre-
hension. .If-a tine; should ever come for taking a calm review of
all' the circumstances connected with the question,. they,would see
the distinctions between the agricultural and manufacturing inte-
rests of the nation gradually disappearing. It was indeed
im-
passible so to disconnect them, • that en injury inflicted- on one
should not affect the other also. If unfortunately the Legislatime
of this • country happened to be composed of .Memhers entirely.
in the interest of one class, and if they, forgetful of their duty,
shoal conspire to impose burthena on the other class, be was sure
'that those 1)110111.os would, with an effect as certain and unerring
as the laws. of gravitation, force their way, and fix upon the
shoulders of those who originated them. It was plain, from the
points in Mr. Jacob's Report, in which all were agreed, that
where there were no manufactures, the landed proprietors were
stript of all the enjoyments of life; and it was equally clear that
the manufacturers were fully as dependant on the success of the

landed interest. It was to a fair adjustment of burthens between
both those classes of the community, that he looked for the sound
basis of a Corn Law. So far as any thing artificial could be per-
manent, he thought that an Act, founded upon such-principles,
was likely to he so.. -
The Earl of M.si.misaintv and the Earl Of LivEnrocit Paid a
few words in explanation.
The House then divided on the previous question—
Contents ----,-,--Present 96—Proxies 70—Total 166
Non-Contonts—Present 49,-.Proxies 18—Total 67
11Iajority for the previous question - - 99
The House adjourned et Half-past Twelve o'clock.

'HOUSE OF COMMONS.
Mr. Alderman Woon begged leave to withdraw the order for
the second reading of the Thames Wntermen Bill. The Hon.

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31ember.regretted.that owing to the Bill being considered private,

be would be unable to carry it through this Session.
Mr. HUSKISSON presented a Petition, signed by upwards
of three thousand Roman Catholics of Liverpool, praying that
they might enjoy those privileges in this country as the Pro.
testants

CASE OF COLONEL BRADLEY.
Mr. HUME presented a Petition from a Gentleman, nnmei

Bradley,- who had served for twenty years in the Army, and dur-
ing that time had been exposed to all the dangers attendant on
a military life. This Gentleman bore the rank of Colonel, and
was stationed with his regiment at Honduras, the Civil Superin-
tendant of which place was a Colonel Arthur, whose regiment
(27th West India), had been reduced, after which reduction be
had been appointed Civil Superintendant at that island, :nd re-
ceived his half-pay as Colonel of the 27th.. It was the custom in
the army when an officer received half-pay, that he-forfeited the
command of his regiment. Impressed with this idea, when Col.
Arthur retired from his regiment, and took a civil situation, Co-
lonel Bradley presumed he had a right to take the command
of the troopi stationed there, as lie had served as • a junior
officer under Colonel. Arthur. It Ices to lie recollected,
that Colonel Arthilr arrived at 'Honduras ,s Civil Superin- •
tendant of that place ; shortly after Colonel Bradley, re •
ceived a summons from that Gentleman to attend a meeting at
the Government-hOuse to answer for his having taken upon him
an authority which" he had no right to assume. Col. Bradley,
however,. did not think it his duty to attend a summons of a junior
officer (for in that light only Could, Cel. Arthur be viewed since
his returning: on half-pay), and accordingly he declined attending.
He afterwards received an intimation front. Col. Arthur, that if lie
did not attend he. would be immediately put under arrest. This
summons he still refused to attend to (impressed with the same
idea as before), and was accordingly put under arrest, and re-
mained in that state for ten months. During that neriod be wrote
several times to Sir H. Torrens but received neither ft direct nor

indirect answer. Upon his release he however found that bis
name had been struck off the Army List, and he was merely al-

lowed to dispose of his majority. Thus was he thrown npon the
world after a service of twenty years which had materially in-
jured his health, On the refusal of his' Racal Highness, the
Commander-in-Chief, to grant him justice, he brought an action
against Colonel Arthur for false imprisonment. The Court had.
awarded him damages only for the time of imprisonment, when
he was rot in the army, for it was during his imprisonment
that he was deprived of MS Com Mission. Government, how-
ever had sent Colonel AOhitr 'out of the country, so thakhe
(Cal. B.) was thus deprived of the iiittna of further redress, in
addition to his not obtaining the &Aliso) awarded to him. Col.
Arthur had been. defended thtioughout this action, at the expellee
•of Government,, and be (Mr. Mow) did not see why the public
monaypshould hp wade use of in the partial trimmer it bad been
in this ease. • There Could be ne'deuhi' as to Colonel' Bradley
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s;iiitirAor offieer,'• Since it Was'the'rulei that no officer on
half-pay could take npoo him to: coil:inland 'troops wider the order
of a Commanding.:officer: ,Afe,knew full well, it had been stated
that Colonel Arthur luareceived: a counnis,ion to that effect from
General Fuller, but that commission was invalid,. because it bad
never been declared at. Jarintica or Honduras. • Colonel Bradley
(he said), could. prove that he had no such ,commismion at the time
he put him (Col. B.) under arrest, and that it was merely an ex
post facto arrangement to prevent Colonel Arthur being sued at
law for putting olonel Bradley under arrest without authority.
He hod not entered at length upon the details of this case, but
shown enough to convince the House how the power that was
placed in the hands of persons, 'under Government was abused.
The Petitioner humbly implored•the House to grant him that jus-
tice which had been so long withheld from him. The Hon.
Member concurred in the prayer of the petition, and hoped the
House would do something for the petitioner, who had served
twenty yeari in the army (eighteen of which had been under a
tropical climate), to the satisfaction of all 'his officers, with this
single exception.
- Mr. BUTTERWOBTH opposed the petition.
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL was surprised at the insinua-
tions thrown out in the petition. A CoMmission had' been pro-
&red in Court on the trial of ColoM4'Arthnr; Which commission
the petitioner boldly' asserted to' be a forgery ; and not content
'with this assertion, he went on to *ousel two Hon. Persons

fully periuring theMselves. The simple case was soon stated—
Col. Arthur, in 1814, had been appointed to the situation ef Civil
Superintendent 'of the Honduras', it the same time he had a coin-
Mission from General Puller, which empowered him to act as Com-
mandant also. ' Col.' Bradley, upon hearing that Colonel'Arthur
was upon half-pay, assumed the command. Colonel Arthur
upon this sent him a message, requesting hint to wait till furthrr
orders came oat from England (since he was in doubt as to the
right of commanding). The reply to this temperate message Was—
" No, I have submitted too long ; I am Commandant, and have
nothing to do With Colonel Arthur."— Upon this, Col. Arthur
was obliged to put him under arrest. So far from being under
arrest for ten months, he would prove, by a document, which was
produced in Court, that he was only confined for two monthi.—
(The Hon. Member here read a paper, which proved that the
period was but two months). The Petition further Stated, that
he had not been tried by a Court Martial, but had been-removed
by the representations of Colonel Arthur. This, however, was
false, since his Royal Highness had deprived him of his commis-
sion from his own statement. (The Hon. Member here read a
letter from his Royal Highness the Commander-in-Chief to Col.
Bradley, in which he assures him that from his Mvi'statement he
was obliged to suspend him'from his duties as en officer.) Col.
Bradley brought himself before the House in a Petition, in which
he states that the commission was a forgery, for the purpose of
depriving him of his rank in the army. Ile hoped the House
would pause before they received a Petition of this kind. Had he
merely complained of the hardship of 'his cite; he (the' Attorney-
General), would not not have said any thing, 'but he felt himself
called on when two individuals of such high rank as Sir H. Taylor
and Si; 11. Torrent' were accused of falsely stating`. facts' to his
Royal Highness the Commander-in-thief, for the purpose of re-
moving Colonel Bradley from his rank' in. the He would
not "PP6se the'bringing up of the Petition;, but he certainly would
oppose any 'steps being taken further on the subject.
atkvles supported the Petition.
Lord piLmErtsTON said, that if the Petitioner had confined
his 9tatemt.i:t to his'rOngs, althoUgh he (Lord Paliiitititon) dif-
fered from him, ' w
lie would notititv6 said any thing:. 'Ho had. read.
the Petition, however, and found that.it contained charges against
two Hon. Individuals, which were grossly libellous. He wonld
therefore oppose the printing of the petition, so as'to prevent the
House becoming the channel of such libellous and slanderous re-
marks as those contained in the petition. The simple fact was,