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London, England, 1829-04-07 00:00:00

HOUSE OF COMMONS.-(LAST NIGHT.)

Mr. WARD presented a petition from the Graziers at-
tending Smithfield Market against certain clauses in the
Bill for the removal of Smithfield Market.

Mr. MOORE presented a petition from the Protestant*
of Cork against the Catholic claima.

Mr. BROWN LOW presented a petition from the PIT •
sicians and Surgeons of Armagh, praying to be relieved
from the persecutions to which they are at present expotsedr
by being compelled to go to Dublin to be examined by the
Court el Apothecaries, although they had previously take
out their Degrees at Edinburgh and London.
Mr. DAWSON presented a similar petition from the
Surgeons and Physicians of Londonderry. There were
250 surgeons and physicians scattered through 1re13039
under liability to the Apothecaries' Company. He believed
the object of the Apothecaries' Company was to get the
penalty annually front these individuals, and thus to pocket
5,0001. a year, and not prevent persons from compounding
medicines. Ile was the more confirmed in this, been°
the Apothecaries' Company sent certificates to these who
paid the penalty without requiring them to stand Of
examination.
Lord LEVESON GOWER said, that a prima facie
case had been made ont to induce him to believe that the
power of the Apothecaries' Company was not fairly axe'
cued, and he should be meet happy to give every Welt'
tion to the subject.
Mr. DAWSON brought in a Bill to repeal the Zzei"
Duty on Auctions.
The LORD MAYOR expressed a hope' that e lay
would be fixed for the second reading, in order that those
parties who were interested might have an opportunity Of
expressing their sentiments upon the manner in which it
would affect their interests.
Mr. DAWSON brought in a Bill to enable the Gl,'
verninent to carry into effect the Convention between Oh/
country and the King of Spain, fur the purpose of seem'
ing payment of the claims of British eubjecte on Spain-
Mr. M'LEOD presented' a petition from the Journey'
men Silk Weavers of Sudbury, in the county of Suffolk,
praying the House to take into consideration the present
distressed state of the Silk Trade. •
The LORD MAYOR presented a petition from the
Hackney Coachmen of the Metropolis, praying the 11000
would take into their consideration the present mode of
granting licenses to cebriolets.—The petition stated that,
the present system of granting a great number of cabriee
let licenses to one individual operated in the most oppreee
sive manner upon them, and they therefore trusted the
House would only allow one license to any person.
Mr. HUME said, he was sorry the Chancellor Of the
Exchequer was not in his place. The present 'Mein 0
jobbing in hackney coach licenses was most disgraceful,
and he hoped some Member of the House would take ur.
the subject. He knew it was common for one individual
to obtain from 20 to 30 licenses, by which they wattle
obtain a profit of 20/. per day, whilst the tinfortueete
coachman, who, perhaps, had a large family to cup'
port, could not get a respectable living. In cabriolet,
there was a complete monopoly. No licence ought
to be granted to one who would not drive it Maned'
He hoped, as " Free Trade" was the order of the day, the
Right lion. President of the Board of Tiade would give
this subject his attention, and not allow the present Wu°.
poly to be continued.
The LORD MAYOR said nothing was more con:lo3°
than for one individual to obtain ten cabriolet liceot7
and it was well known by each license they obtained 10"
per year ; he sincerely trusted the monopoly would be dens
away; it ought not to be thrown into hands that made such
an unfair profit of it, it ought to go to individuals.
Mr. V. FITZGERALD said he had not received aoT
particular information on the subject ; but the case wits 0
the present time under the consideration of the Chancene:
of the Exchequer, and he was sure, if it wax as represeete't
he would think it his duty to propose an alteration.

The petition was then ordered to be printed.
Colonel SIBTHORPE, understanding that a Noble
Lord opposite (the Chief Secretary for Ireland) bad post-
poned moving the grant for Maynooth College to so ne
day after Easter, wished to know when he proposed bring-
ing it forward.
Lord L. GOWER said, the first convenient day ■fir
the holidays he intended bringing it under the considers'
tion of the House.
Colonel SIBTHORPE wished to know the particular
grounds on:which he had postponed that vote to so un-
usual a time.
order.

The SPEAKER called the Gallant Officer to
and the conversation dropped.
Mr. V. FITZGERALD presented a petition froltrib,
ribbon-manufacturers of Coventry, complaining of the de'-
pressed state of their trade, and praying interposition for
their relief. He could conceive that some part of their. It
presentations might be reasonable, but as it was intendea,,
to enter into the subject at some length on Thursday
he thought it unnecessary then to detain the House.
The petition was ordered to be printed, after a felt
words from Mr. FYLIA.
Mr. HUME presented a petition from the brewers 'of
Dundee, complaining of the present state of the laws affe!t
ing the Beer Trade. •
Mr. HUME presented a petition from the RontSo.
Catholic inhabitants of Callan, praying that civil distOk'
lilies affecting the Jews be repealed.
Mr. CROKER obtained leave to bring in a Bill for OA.!
better Jegulation of the Payment of Pensions to it!"
Widows of Naval Officers.
SUPPLY.

Upon the motion of the CHANCEELLOIL of the Excilf"
QUEIC, the House resolved itself into a Committee of the
whole House, to consider the matter of Supply.
Tire Speaker having left the Chair—
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, after
.
few observations, which were quite inaudible to us, move"
that a sum not exceeding 22,5001. should be granted t°L. •
his 31ajesty to make a compensation to the proprietors °I, •
property in Bimcoolen for the loss which they had sustain&
in consequence of the surrender of that settlement to the
King of the Netherlands.
Mr. HUME thought the sum voted by the Committee
quite inadequate to tepa) the loss which had been sustained
by the settlers at Bencoolen. The House, perhaps, would
allow him to state the circumstances under which these'
tiers, to compensate whose losses this grant was now pre'
posed to be made, had been induced to settle at Bencoolee•
After the capture of the Molucca Islands, from whence
was well known the Dutch had long maintained a moth
poly in the spice trade, supplying the whole of Europe lit'
whatever price they chose, and, indeed, frequently raising.;
that price to one or two thousand per cent., the:Englilibo.
were anxious to establish a settlement of theie.noliniitt ()P.'
der to compete with the Dutch, said to rethiCe the 00

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of spices. The East India Company was willing to
second the Government in this undertaking, and Ben-
"°l"lt'as 'fixed upon as the only place in which the
spices could be cultivated with success. When this
placehad been determined on, a number of persons were
alqueed to settle themselves there, and to embark the whole
of their
PFeperty in the cultivation of spices, and more parti-
cularly of nutmegs, which, from the peculiar nature of the
Plant, is more expensive to cultivate than any other de-
ecriPtion of spice, taking twelve or fifteen years to grow
before it produces any quantity of fruit. These persons
Would not have risked their property in this undertaking
sbut for the solemn promises which they had received
'r°te the Government of assistance and protection, and
of remuneration in ease their endeavours should prose un-
alete4f4l. Under these circumstances and with these as-
olttees the persons who went to Bencoolen were induced
Ho
lay out large sums of money ; but I will leave the
c°use to judge of their situation and feelings when, after
°jug laid out 300,0001., they found that the Covet n-
Thent had deserted them, and had reverted to the monopoly
of the Molucca islands, surrendering the settlement of
Reneoolen to the King of the Netherlands. He (Mr.
Alittle) considered it, therefore, the bounden duty of the
sfivernment to make a full and ample compensation to the
tulividuals whom they had deluded. It had been admitted
uy the Board of Trade that a total loss of property had
taltiu- place. By a valuation in 1821 the property in the
Irt ettlement was estimated at 80,000/. ; but in 1825, when
Wits transferred, it was found to have increased in value
to 130,000/. He called upon Government to fulfil the
Pi!edge given to him in that House by the late Mr. Cort-
ina... •
, sad,, in conclusion, had only to say that, unless the
Can-
grade
Proposed were made, he should consider the Go-
vernment as having been guilty of a deliberate robbery.
M.rl SYKES agreed in opinion with the Hon. Member
17 Aberdeen, and expressed his decided concurrence in the
view which he had taken on the subject.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER—It was
toe that the treaty had been negociated by the late Mr.
Canning, and that that able statesman had assured the Hon.
Member that a fair compensation should be made to the
settlers for any lose which might be occasioned by any act
°if. the Government. It was now found to be exceedingly
(1:1 %cult to ascertain what the actual amount of loss has
In but, at all events, he thought the country was bound
L°
Make' uP more than the loss which had been sustained
tiZde,r,ftnY provisions of the treaty, and which he believed
b:u„"1 he met by the amount of the grant now proposed
"oe•Committee.
After a few words from Mr. HUME, which we did not
dittiactly catch,
Lord GRAHAM said, that Sir Stamford Raffles, who
had been appointed to inquire into the losses of the settlers,
444 Who had made a statement generally supposed to be
nteedingly favourable to them, said that 60,0001 would
sufficient to compensate them for all their losses.
kr. W. WYNN did not understand that the settlers
CrZe entitled to a full compensation for any losses which
12—hei '444 have sustained ; on the contrary, he had always
0-o;erMoOd that they could never have any claim on the
eminent further than for losses sustained under the
treiiitt alluded to.
°tr. HUME thought that, both in equity and in fairness,
ZeY Would have done no more than they ought to have
""rte if they had awarded a compensation for the whole
kotount of the loss.
The queation that 22,500/. be granted was then put and
tarried.

In The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, iRI
(wing for the vote which he was about to put to
tin 11" W, was desirous of offering some explana-
ti with regard to it ; and relative to the appointment
ti_Ze commissions of inquiry into the claims of Spain
st' this country and of this country upon
thPlin• It had been originally proposed by Spain that
i•An'a claims should be submitted to the arbitration of two
-"tilviduals, one of whom was to be a Spaniard, the other
„4 Englishman, and, if any difference arose between them
ila difference was to be determined by lot. But the
ttish Commissioners refused their assent to such a mode
Jri'oceeding, and all negociatione were for a time laid
4-4'. A compromise was, however, subsequently en-
into. The question which involved the vote which
: nous. would be called upon to give was as to the just
v4lPensation of the claims made by Spain upon our Go-
'ene-tent under that compromise, Now, the valid claims
1214 de by this country upon Spain amounted to 616,0001„
the
doubtful claims to 318,0001., and the bad claims,
The
were of course altogether rejected, to 1,134,0001.
t, sum of 616,0001. was, therefore, the whole of the
%nil decided to be valid. The treaty, however, pro-
°i`ltd
that Spain should pay over or become answerable
7 the sum of 032,0001., in order to cover the doubtful
the many of which might he proved to be ood. Now,
ticlaims of Spain on the British Government was
'°o,ooo/. ; but of that sum a claim of 200,0001. only
waa declared to be valid. It had been determined that this
"1M of 200,000/. should be taken out of the instalments
.
the sum to be paid by Spain. The House would, he
ought, see that the arrangement was just and advanta-
geous to this country. He believed all the parties inte-
rested in the matter were perfectly satisfied with it. He
had, therefore, to propose
that " a sum of 200,000/. be
granted to his Majesty
with his to fulfil a convention entered into
Catholic Majesty, bearing date the 28th October,
1828, for the settlement of British claims upon Spain,
and Spanish claims upon England."
Mr. A. BARING observed, that the Right Hen. Gen-
tleman had not informed the House as to the precise nature
°ftlse claims of Spain upon England, but he would take
them to be well-grounded claims, and, if no, the indivi-
duals who possessed those claims would have reason to
h~.plain if they were transferred from this country to
thr own Gorernnaent, if the King of Spain were made
their debtor instead of the kingdom of England, notorious
ty that King was as not being very remarkable for the
Nulty of his arrangements.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, in all
taties a Government must be supposed to have the inte-
'Nt of the subject at heart.
A After a few observations from Mr. A. BARING, Sir T.
'extAND, Mr. Hume, Mr. ROBINSON, and Mr. MA-
gttty,
The resolution was agreed to.
The House then resumed. The report was read, and
;ittlered to be read a second time to-morrow, and the same
'altnittee appointed to sit again on Wednesday.

MESSAGE FROM THE LORDS.
Score private Bills were brought down from the Lords.
A Mr. Secretary PEEL gave notice that on Tuesday,
L_Pril 14,, he would move for leave to bring in a Bill to
'oprove the police of the metropolis.
The Report of the Committee of Supply was brought op.
°ll the resolution that the sum of 10,5521. be granted
Ihe Protestant Charter Schools of Ireland,
tb.Air• HUME understood that the consideration of all
grants of this class would be deferred until after Easter.
h l'°rd F. L. GOWER said that, in answer to a question
0t he Hon. Member for Mallow some days since, he
~, stated that the consideration of three grants respecting
milleation in Ireland, regareing which there was a differ-
e''ee of opinion in the House, would be deferred until after
Oster. The three grants were for the Society for the
suppression of Vice, the Kildare-street Society, and May-
eaoth College. As to the grant to the Protestant Charter
thools he had not anticipated any opposition to it.
Mr. HUME said his object was reduction.
tikr. Secretary PEEL thought it had been agreed that
t! charter schools should be abolished as soon as the
upon the establishments should be provided for.
this was still the intention of Government, and he thought
ere was no necessity for going into a Committee upon
e grant.
Ile CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that
,train of the schools were already abolished.
The
resolutions were severally agreed to.
The Order of the Day being read, for the further consi-
I:ration of the supply voted to his Majesty for the pay-
et't of pensions in Ireland,
air, HUME objected to the pension granted to Mr.
th:lLtrlt Carmichael Smith as a retired Paymaster from
the. z•reliequr Bill-office after thirteen years service, on
,ae ground that Mr. Smith was only forty years of age and
teeble of service. The Hon. Member also objected to
otle) Pensions proposed to be given to the inspectors and
er Offiters of the Linen Board in Ireland.
After a few words from the CHANCELLOR of the Ex-
"tt BROWXLOW, and Mr. G. Dwso, the
ti,.„,ques., Mr•a. x
ulutrun was agreed to.
1(34 the resolution being read that the sum of 11,45 W.
qarited to the Society for Propagating Christian Know-
Lin the Canadas and North American Colonies,
'
g. HUME objected to the grant. Ile thought money
644t.en for such purposes only tended to keep alive religious
th°ositiea in place of creating the peace and harmony
4,t 'ought to 'exiit.
it G. MURRAY said that the grant at present pro-
tqce'7 el the House was not to much intended for the
liplrkement of any particular religion as for that of re-
ott in general.
of
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J. DENISON said, if he thought that the object
(4,7 rant was to maintain the Church of England in
it 7414, lie should not support it, as he believed that the
potti of that viz:trunnion bore but a very small pro-
-11" te the population of Canada.
to 0. e- CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER was sorry
"rye that the Hon. Member who had spoken last
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had so great an objeciion to granting pecuniary assistance
to the Church of Eiit;l mil in Cm el.}.
Mr. J. DENISON did not obji.ct to the grant of money
to support the Church of England in Canadi, but he
hoped that the support would not be given exclusively to
that Church. . _

The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said
that there was nothing in the amount of the present
grant from which the members of :any other church
could feel any jealousy. The fact was, that the society
to which the grant was to be made now had for a long
time supported, out of their own funds, a body of Mis-
sionaries in that country, from pure motives of charity,
and to diffuse the principles of religious education ; and
the passing of a grant of money in the way now pro-
posed was calculated better than any other means for pro-
ducing the greatest quantity of pecuniary assistance from
other quarters.
Mr. TRANT was induced to say a few words in con-
sequence of the tone of approbation in which the Hon.
Member for Aberdeen talked of what he called the great
work which had been lately effected in regard to Ireland.
This declaration of the lion. Member for Aberdeen in-
duced him (Mr. Trant) to regard with suspicion his move-
ment in reference to the Church of England in other parte
of the world. He was at a loss to understand the grounds
of the Hon. Member's assertion in this vote, or why it
was that he recommended that the amount was to be par-
ticipated in by other bodies. This society. consisted of a
great many dignitaries of the Church, and how could it be
expected that they should propagate any other form of
Christianity than that which they professed ? He should
watch narrowly the proceedings of the Hon. Member, be-
cause he thought that he discovered in him an inclination
to discourage as much as possible the Church of England
in the colonies. He had no objection to granting support
to the church of the Hon. Member for Aberdeen, (the
Presbyterian we believe.) But be must protest against
the principle that the Church of England was to be dis-
couraged in the colonies.
Mr. ROBINSON was of opinion that there existed in
the colonies a very general want of religious instruction,
and he would remind Mr. Hume that it had been the ex-
pressed opinion of the Dissenters themselves in Canada,
that the granting of pecuniary aid was of the greatest ad•
vantage to the propagation of religion in that country.
The Hon. Member supported the grant.
Mr. HUME said that he did not wish to discourage the
church of England, but he did not wish to see large sums
laid out upon it to the exclusion of the churches which
were as laboriously employed in propagating the principles
of religion. In Nova Scotia 7,0001. a year was given to
the clergy of the church of England, whilst twenty•five
Presbyterian clergymen bad only 1501. a year, 50/. of
which they got from the Government and 1001. from a
society in Glasgow. This was not putting the two reli•
gions upon equal terms.
After a few words from Mr. STUART WORTLEY
the motion was agreed to.
Upon the question, that 163,000/. be granted for de-
fraying the expense of improving the water-carriage be-
tween some parts of North America,

Lord SANDON asked Sir George Murray to state to
the House the nature of the scheme of administration
which he intended to pursue in the Canadas. Evils of
long growth existed in that country, and required the most
serious attention of Government.

Sir G. MURRAY agreed in what had been said by the
Noble Lord, that the evils of Canada grew from seeds
which had been long since sown in that country.—
But this circumstance rendered it more incumbent upon
the Government to proceed with caution in the measure to
be adopted. Since the report which had been made
last year he had been in assiduous communication with the
governors of that country, and he hoped to be able in the
course of the present Session to lay before Parliament a
plan for the administration of that colony, which would
have the effect of reconciling opposite interests and restor-
ing to this country the affections of the colonists. What
was principally wanted was information ; and this want
would, he hoped, very soon be fully supplied. All he
could say at present was, that matters looked better than
they had done for a long time, feelings of unkindness
were abating, and the ground was laid for the erection of
a better system.

Mr. J. DENISON should be deserting his duty if he
did not call upon the Secretary for the Colonies to give, in
answer to the Noble Lord (Sandon), a more explicit deve-
lopement of the principles by which his colonial policy
would be in future conducted. He should at the same
time say that the conduct of the Right Hon. Gent. since
he had come into office was such u to entitle him to the
thanks of the country. He (Mr. Denison) had always
rated in support of the grants for the support of the mili-
tary defences of the colonies ; but he thought that a patri-
otic, able, mad public-spirited Minister in the Colonial
Office would do more to preserve the tranquillity of the
colony than all the regiments which could •he raised—
such a Secretary as they now had, and he had no doubt
that the greatest advantages would follow from his ad-
ministration.—(Hear, hear.)
Sir G. MURRAY said, that when the subject was
formerly introduced incidentally, he had given the pledge
which he now repeated, namely, that he had the strongest
desire to forward a system of Administration upon the
report which had been presented. The great want, how-
ever, under which he laboured was the want of infor-
mation ; and this, he believed, would very soon be at an
and.—(Hear, hear.)
Mr. lIUME said that the people of Canada had been
very improperly treated. He concluded by opposing the
grant.
After a few words from Mr. S. WORTLEY and Mr.
Maas:m.l' it was agreed to.
On the question that 160,000/. be voted for civil con-
tingencies,

Mr. HUME objected to the item of 20,000/. as extra
allowance to foreign Ambassadors. It would appear as if
'here were to be separate outfits every year for some of the
Ambassadors. There was also a charge of 7,600/. for
chapel plate for Demerara, Berbice, and Sierra Leone.
The Hon. Member went on to complain of the expense
incurred for the jackets of the trumpeters and hautboys of
the Life Guards. The whole of these gewgaws cost
5,9001. When so much money was spent on such
things we ought to be a eery wealthy people. He hoped
that the time would come when we should get rid of this
frippery. The Hon. Member then proceeded to complain
of the Royal yachts costing between 20,000/. and 30,000/.
a year,;;ol grants for robes and collars for Knights of several
orders; of 5,000/. for the entertainment of Don Miguel ;
of 6351. for lighting St. James's Park; of 3,000/. for
watering the streets of Whitehall; of 3,682/. for the com-
mission to the Cape of Good Hope and the Mauritius ;
of the fens payable on Commissioners of the Board of
Controul being appointed, saying that the office ought
not to be political ; 3,6261. being paid to Mr. Plate for
work done under the orders of the Commissioners for
Weights and Measures ; of the expense attending the at-
tendance of witnesses, &c. at the Penryn disfranchise.
ment Bill ; of 1,35/1/. being granted for the support of
Crown Slaves in Demerara ; and finally, of the grout of
17,000/. for payments in Ireland.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, that
with respect to the diplomatic expences every exertion was
snaking to reduce them as low as possible. With respect
to the service of plate for Sir F. Lamb, on his appointment
to the Lisbon Embassy, that was a charge which would
not again appear, as a service was now appointed for each
place where we find an Ambassador, instead of, as for •
merly, each Ambassador receiving a service for himself.—
The grant for the clothing of the drummers and trumpet-
ers of the King's band was not so extravagant as the
Hen. Member for Montrose seemed to think, when it was
recollected that this 4,0001. was to clothe and provide in-
struments for the band for three years. The charge for
the Royal yachts was larger than usual, as the William
and Mary, one of the ♦essels stationed at Dublin, had
become so old as to be unfit for service, so that it was ne-
cessary to fit up the Rvyal Surereiyn to supply its place.
With respect to the lighting of the parks that was snore
a matter of police, and for the gratification of the
public, than for the gratification of the sovereign, and
those who lived in the neighbourhood could testify
that offences in the park had been much diminished
by the gas lights having been placed there. The
grant for watering Whitehall was for the payment of the
arresr of a former year, the regular annual charge for whirls
the public offices were liable coming under the care of the
Board of Works. With respect to the commission to the
East, he could only say, that the Commissioners had
finished their labours at the Cape of Good Hope and the
Mauritius, and one of them had now proceeded to Ceylon
to inquire into the administration of that colony. The
commission to the West Indies had also nearly brought its
labours to a close. With respect to what had fallen from
the Hon. Member relative to the Board of Controul he
thought it necessary, for the good of India, that the indivi-
dual at the head Of that Board should be a Cabinet Minister,
and, of course, that his views should be seconded by the
rest of the Cabinet. This made it absolutely necessary
that it should be a political office. With respect to the
fees in the account they were greater than usual on account
of the frequent changes that hail some time back taken
place in the' administration. The Crown Negroes could
not be turned adrift, as many of them were unable to pro-
vide for themselves, but exertions were making to reduce
the expense of muintainiig them. With respect to the
grant for Ireland it had ariters from the necessity of giving

the hospitals some assistance on account of the fever which
broke out there in 1827.

The Resolution was then agreed to.
A grant of 700,0001. was then proposed for the Army
Extraordinaries.—Agreed to.
The Report of the Committee of Supply of the 16th of
March was brought up and read. The Resolutions of the
Committee were agreed to by the House, after one or two
objections from Mr. Hu 31E.

The Reports of the Committee upon the Acts regulat-
ing Madhouses was brought up and read.
Mr. NUDE thought that the payment of the Commis-
sioners recommended in the Report should not be defrayed
out of the Consolidated Fund, but that an assessment should
be levied upon the establishments themselves.
. _

Lord GRANVILLE SOMERSET said, that it was
doubtful whether the establishments could pay. The
smaller establishments were not those which they wished
to put down.
NEWFOUNDLAND FISHERIES.

Sir GEORGE :HURRAY moved the second reading
of the Newfoundland Fisheries' Bill.

Mr. ROBINSON said that when this subject was be-
fore the House last year he gave notice of his intention of
moving for a Select Committee to take into consideration
the general state of the Colony, and before which he ex-
pected to have been able to bring evidence that would put
the House in possession of such information as would en-
able it beneficially to legislate for that colony, which hail
no legislature of its own. The present measure was for
the renewal of certain Bills, which had been tried for five
years, and the House should not rashly proceed to re enact
them without hearing evidence as to the feelings and
wishes of the people themselves. He wished strongly to
recommend the appointment of a Committee of Inquiry.
He was glad to observe that a better system was beginning
to prevail in the government of the colony. The Hon.
Gentleman dwelt:at considerable length upon the impor-
tance and value of the Colony of Newfoundland, and ex-
pressed his apprehension that if the Bills were then agreed
to no committee of inquiry would hereafter be consented
to by the House. He had no objection that the Bills
should be renewed for one year, provided that he had some
pledge that in the next session of Parliament a committee
of inquiry would be agreed to. They were especially
bound to respect the interests of the people of Newfound-
laud, seeing that they had no representatives in that House.

-After a few words from Sir oEORCE MURRAY and Mr.
HUME, the Bill was read a second time, and ordered to he
committed to-morrow.

Sir GEORGE MURRAY moved the second reading
of the Swan River Settlement Bill.

After a few words from Mr. HUME, Sir GEORGE MUR.•
RAT, and Mr. H. Twiss, the Bill was read a second time,
and ordered to be committed to-morrow.

Lord LOWTHER moved the third reading of the Com-
pensation Monies' Bill, which was agreed to, and the Bill
passed.
Upon the motion of the CHANCELLOR bf the EXCHE-
QUER, the Annual Inuernnity Bill was read a third time
and passed.
Upon the motion of Mr. KENNEDY, the Scotch Tailzies
Bill was also read a second time, and ordered to be commit-
ted on Monday next.
Mr. S. WORTLEY moved the Order of the Day for
the second reading of the Game Bill.
Mr. LEYCESTER thought that this Bill, if it should
pass, would serve rather to increase than to diminish the
number of poachars, as, by rendering game more valuable,
it would increase the temptation to obtain it. He thought,
therefore, that it would be productive of no good unless
some means were adopted for the regulation of preserves.
As the Bill stood at present, he thought it would be pro-
ductive of benefit to the poacher rather than otherwise, and
that technically speaking, he would soon drive a ga►ns-cart
through it.
Mr. LOCKHART, although the Bill was not exactly
what he could have wished, thought it would be well to try
the experiment of whether, by creating a competition be-
tween the poacher and the fair dealer, the public would
support the latter and forsake the former, by that means ren-
dering his trade so unprofitable as not to be worth pursuing.
Upon the motion of Mr. S. WORTLEY, the House
then resolve,l itself into a committee to consider the clauses
of the Bill.

Several verbal amendments baying been agreed to, the
House resumed, the report was received, and ordered to be
taken into further consideration on Friday.
The House adjourned at Twelve o'clock.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

BO W-STREET.

Yesterday having been appointed by Mr. HALLS for a
second inquiry respecting the ownership of an emerald
ring, alleged to have been presented by Lord Audley to
Miss Eliza Levy, the parties appeared before the above-
named Magistrate in one of the private rooms.
Air. Scotland, a barrister, stated that he appeared for
Mr. Neumegen, who had claimed the ring in question as
one which he had had in his possession for the last year
and a half. His client, however, begged to be understood
as not meaning to prefer any charge either against Mr.
Levy, jun., or any other person. He was merely deli.
rous !hat the affair should be sifted to the bottom, not only
for the Hake of public justice, but for the credit and cha-
racter of the seminary over which he presided.
Mr. Harmer said that Mr. Levy was equally anxious
that the matter should be properly explained.
Mr. HALLS observed, that the parties at both sides had
evinced a little more warmth than was necessary, and he
hoped that nothing would be said but what was necessary
to ascertain the precise facts of the case.
Mr. Harmer then observed, that his client, Mr. Levy,
had shown every disposition, from the first moment, to
afford every information in his power respecting the ring
which Mr. Neumegen had claimed as his. '
Mr. HALLS-If Mr. Levy become possessed of the
ring improperly, it certainly does seem extraordinary that
lie should have gone with it on his finger to Mr. Neu-
megen's house, and show it to that gentleman, with the
observation, " Perhaps this is the ring you have lost."
Mr. Scotland said, that Mr. Neumegen, upon finding
that the ring was his, immediately asked Mr. Levy how
he had become possessed of it, to which Mr. Levy an-
swered, that his sister had had it from his father, who
had received it from from Lord Audley. Mr. Neumegen,
upon this, immediately wrote to his Lordship about it, and
received for answer that lie (Lord Audley) had reason to
believe or know that the ring in question was not the one
which lie had presented to Miss Levy.
Mr. Harmer said, that a good deal had been said about
the value of the ring ; now he had ascertained that i❑
point of fact it was not worth more than 10s.
Mr. Scotland replied, that it was not the value of the
ring which Mr. Neumegen was so anxious about, but the
character of his school.

Mr. Scotland.—lt is perfectly clear that this is not the
ring presented by Lord Audley to Miss Levy.
Mr. Harmer. —I must repeat, in answer to that re-
mark, my firm conviction that it is the identical ring.
Mr. llALLs.—That is the very point which we are
anxious to ascertain.

Mr. Harmer.—lt is quite impossible that the Levy's
could have been mistaken ; besides Lord Audley stated it
was just such a ring as he had given to Miss Levy. Now
it appears that the ring had been for a fortnight in the pos-
session of Lady Audley, who had worn it on her finger.
I should wish of all things that her ladyship were present
to speak to its identity.

Mr. HALLS said that Lord Audley had waitad upon
him on Friday last, and showed him a letter from Lady
Audley, who was in the country, stating that one of their
children was very ill, in consequence of which her Lady-
ship would be unable to attend the next examination.—
His Lordship requested therefore that the further hearing of
the matter should be postponed for a week or fortnight.—
At the same time, continued Mr. Halls, his Lordship told
me that the ring which he had seen was not the one he
had given to Miss Levy.
Mr. Harmer—His Lordship's denial of that fact renders
the presence of Lady Audley doubly requisite, for she hail
had the ring in her possession, and no doubt could at once
identify it.
Mr. Scotland said he did not see any necessity for the
attendance of Lady Audley. Mr. Clarke, from whom Lord
Audley declared he had purchased the ring, was now pre-
sent, and ready to prove that this is not the ring which his
Lordship had bought of him.
Mr. Clarke accordingly stepped forward, and having
been shown the ring in dispute, declared at once that it
was nothing like the ring which he had sold Lord Audley.
He never sold his Lordship a ring with a green stone in it.
Mr. Harmer.—Yet Lord Audley declared hero that the
ring which he bought of Mr. Clarke had a green stone in
it, and that the ring which he gave to Miss Levy was one
of that description.
Mr. Clarke—The ring which J. sold to Lord Audley
was an antique ring, similar to those which I now hold in
my hand, and of which the value is about l Os. each.
Mr. TIALLs—It would appear from this that Lerd And-
ley has completely blundered with respect to the descrip-
tion of the ring which he bought of Mr. Clarke and gave to
Miss Levy
Mr. Harmer—There is a young lady now present,
Miss Cohen, who is willing to be sworn to the fact, that
Miss Levy received the ring from Lord Audley. If this