Star.
London, England, 1830-12-01 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCI.

Mans Altana) Tau Day—Dublin, 1 ; Waterford, 1; ilambargh, 1
Lisbon, 1 ; Malta, 1.

The Spencer, from Hamburgh to Pernambuco, was spoken with=
the 14th ult. In let. 53. long. 14.

The Mars, Gibson, from Cardiff, was towed into Kinsale 25th ult
with loss of topmasts, bound to Limerick.
The Mary, Pippard, from Dantaic, to Harwich, with loss of anchor
and cable, bound to Newfoundland.
' Dem., Nov. 50.—Wind RAE. fresh breese.—Arrived the Woks,
—, from St. Petersburgh.

Postenoove, Nov. SO.—Wind E.
Estasnoms, Nov. 29.—Wind S.S.E. to ES.Ee.—Arrived tbe Stam-
mer packet, from Lisboa—sailed 21st inst. Sailed the Cygnet packet,
for Lisbon.
SI. Ives, Nov. It—Arrived off the port, the Hermes steam-
packet, from the bLditerranean, left Corfu 13th Nov. and Gibraltar
Ithe 22d.

STANDGATI CRUZ, Nov. Ml.—Arrived the Eliza, Gusb, from
Messina.
Hata, Nov. 29.—Arrived the Neva, Cherry, from St. Petersburgh;
Vigilant. Wood, from Buckturar; Cupid, Hunter, from Riga;
Helen, Wilson, from Gottenburgh ; and Arno, Smith, from Memel,
leaky, having struck on the Lemon Sand, bound to London.
Gramm:ran, Nov. 22.—The Aurora, arrived here no the 111th inst.
(ro-u Bahia, sailed 7th sly. report, that an American brig, from Bar-
celona to that port, was burnt about 200 miles from her destination,
and that the master and part of the crew had arrived there ; but
another boat, with six men, had not been heard of.

The Duchess of Ct:at t:n LAN u, the Duchess of GLov-
cESTTR, and the Princess SOPHIA, visited the QuEatt
yesterday.
A conference of the Ambassadors and Ministers, on the
laffairs of Belgium, was held yesterday afternoon at the
Foreign Office. The meeting was attended by Prince
Err L a HAZY, the Austrian Ambassador; Prince IA EVEN,
the Russian Ambassador; Prince TA 1.1.EY RAN D, the French
Ambassador; Mons. FALCK, the Ambassador from the
Netherlands; Baron Bt:Low, the Prussian Minister; and
Viscount PA LMERSTON.
The conference lasted about three hours.

Mr. Pov T. ETT THO M PSON , Vice-President of the Board
of Trade, arrived in town on Monday night from Dover.
Mr. T. attended yesterday at the office of the Board of
Trade.

Sir JA Mes Ktxtrr (late Governor-General of the Cana-
dits) transacted busiuess•yesterday at the Colonial Office.
During the officiation of Emil Lyndhurst, a period of little
more than three years, upwards of 120 benefices fell to the
gift of the Lord Chancellor.
The Marquis of Hertford, with big extensive suite, sailed
last week from Dover to Calais, and from thence would
travel through the centre of France to Marseilles, where his
Lordship will remain during the winter. A Right Hon.
Secretary manages the immense parliamentary influence of
this nobleman until his return.

The Secretary of the British lastitution has paid into the
bands of the executor of the late Sir Thomas Lawrence up-
wards of 3,0001. the net produce, after deducting every ex-
pense, resulting from the exhibition of his pictures in
Pall-mall.

A divorce is now in progress in the Scots Ecclesiastical
Cour; between Miss Paton and Lord W. Lennox.

So complete was the delusion of the Duke of Wellington's
party as to the nature of the division on Sir H. Parnell's mo-
tion, that intelligence haring been brought to Mrs. Hope's
assembly of a majority, it was announced by Lady Jersey,
as a matter of course, to be in favour of ministers. Many
members present, who were wholly unprepared for an early
division, had been o■ the point of starting for the house to
give their votes, as usual, in favour of his Grace's Adminis-
, tat*.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.
HOUSE OF LORDS, Nov. 30. •
SLAVERY PETITIONS.
Lord NAPIER. in presenting a petition, stated, that from his long
residence in many of the West India islands, he was possessed of consi.
durable information on tile subject. lie was persuaded ill I, great mi-.
representations, relative to the condition of the slaves in the Colonies,
existed; to counteract the effect of which, no step mote cflici,i:! could
be adopted than the appointment of a select committee of their lord-
ships, by whom the question could be investigated in all its hearings ;
and he doubted not but a very different conclusion would ht. come to
than that of the self-atyled politicians by whom so much, of late, had
been stated on this important subject. The Noble Earl stated, that
though he presented the petition, be did not concur with its prayer.
The petition was read, and laid on the table.
Petitions to the same effect were presented by Lord Bexley, the Earl
of Carlisle, Lord King, Earl Grosvenor, the Archbishop of Cmterbury,
Lord Roden, Lord Farnham, and Lord Winchilsca.
NEW POLICE.
Earl GROSVENOR presented a petition from the parish of St.
George, in the county of Middlesex, praying for a r 'NA! of the New
Police Act. The noble Earl considered the present watch better than
the old watch, therefore could not concur in the wish expressed by the
petitioners to repeal the Act.
The Duke of RICHMOND presented a petition from an individual
at Brighton (Matthew Phillips), praying their Lordships would inquire
into the state of the agricultural poor.
POOlt LAWS.
The Earl of %%INCH I LSEA expressed s wish to have 10: name
withdrawn from the list of peers forming the Committee movtd by a
noble Marquis (Salisbury) to inquire into the state of the poor laws.
He did not wish to be in that committee, unless he could do justice to
the inquiry by punctual sod constant attendance during the present
disturbed slate of Kent, all his attention was required in that quarter.
The noble lord considered the cornmittve highly Important, and his hope
was that the result would be advantageotts to the country.
After a few words from Lord ELLENBOROUGN, the name of
Lord Winchilses was withdrawn ; and on the motion of the Marquis of
SALISBURY, Lord Sawa was achltd to the committee. The noble
marquis also moved that a message be sent to the House of Cumtnors,
requesting the attendance of Mr. Ilodges to be examined as a witc...ss
before the committee on the poor laws.—O:d .led.
Other witwe.ses were ordered to attend the Holes on Monday next.
LAM:WRENS' HILL.
The Earl of WINCIIILSEA adverted to a bill in the other house
for the employment of labourers, and withdrew his bill on the saute
subject until he could ascertain the effect of the measure then in the
Commons.

The order for the second readinz of the noble lord's bill on the 7th
of December was accordingly wilidrawn.
LAW REFORM VILLA.
Lord TENTERDEN moved the second reading of his bill for the
better Administration of Justice, so far as relates to sessions and terms.
The noble and learned lord stated that this bill was brought in last
Session of Parliament, but at too late a period to be carried into a law.
Having stated the object of the bill, which is technical and chiefly in.
teresting to practioners, it was read a second time, and ordered to be
committed on Friday,
REFORM IN COMMON LAW PRACTICE.
Lord WYNFORD, pursuant to notice, rose to present to their lord-
ship another bill for the better Administration of Justice in civil process.
The noble and learned lord, in a tone of voice not always audible below the
bar,alluded to the reports made by the low Commissioners,and observed
that those learned persons had been the means of makir.g considerable
improvements in the commas law practice, yet much remained to be
done. In the bill he had the honour to introduce, he had endeavoured
to bring under the view of Parliament a remedy for defects, which had
made a strong impression upon his mind during the whole of his profes-
sional life. He was anxious to have the bill read the first time, but did
not wish the second reading to take place until after Christmas. In the
interim noble lords would have an opportunity of seeing the provisions,
and of making up their minds upon a subject of so much importance.—
' The noble and learned lord then entered into the details of the bill, of
which a brief outline will suffice. The two great causes of expense in
the courts of justice were special pleading and the examinatlon of wit-
nesses.
well calculated
pleading, in ancient times, was founded on good sense.
It was calculated to convey information to dig judge • but the de-
viations which bad taken place, made special pleading, at the presets day
answer no useful purpose. Many pleas, so far from being useful, gave
no information to the judge or the parties in the suit. Another source of
expense was the numberof counts put in a declaration, and he proposed to
render such proceedings totally useless by bringing the plaintiff and
defendant to agreement upon the character of the question at issue.
The next great cause of expense in Westminster Hall was the
number of witnesses brought up to prove a fact which might be proved
by:one. The noble and ksen lord recommended, as a correction of
the evil, that ponies should be examined upon interrogatories. In that
form of proceeding an immense expense would be saved, and a cause
might be tried at one-fourth of the expense usually incurred. It was
true a person, as the law stood, might be examined upon interrogatories
in Courts of Equity, but It would cost 2001. and it was his desire its
have witnesses examined upon interrogatoties in Courts of law, at tit:
lowest expense. His bill would diminish the expanse of law proceed-
ings. The object was to render trials cheap ; but the noble and learned
lord went further. He had endeavoured to prevent the evils arising
out of proceedings upon Writs of Error. It frequently happened
that a defendant put the plaintiff to two hundred pounds expense.
by sham pleas, and then ran away. The provisions of the bill would
save both pities costs, by giving Judges the power to allow time for
payment of debts to a judgment creditor. If a man would say he would
pay the debt in three months, and give security, the Judge would have
the power to allow that time. The Judge would then do openly and
legally that which was dome secretly as the law stood. The bill also
applied to common recovery. The recoveree, or plaintiff, upon a writ
of entry, generally took possession of the land without making allowance
for improvement ; that was not the law in Scotland, France, Holland,
or Spain. If a tenant had improved the property, he should not give
it up until the improvements WIC paid for. In such a case, the law
should allow a Judge to suspend judgment until compensation be
made. The object of the noble and learned lord was to improve the
practice of the law, and be only proposed to read his bill the first time.
It would not be committed until after the recess, and during that time
be should have the assistance of some of the learned Judges. He ac-
cordingly moved the first reading of his bill.
lord TENTERDEN did not wish on that occasion to enter upon the
details of the bill. He did not object to it, on the contrary, be was
ready to pay attention to every part of it. He should only say.. Lime
from the noble and Learned Lord would involve more con,i,le.
ration than be could give that night to the subject.
The LORD CHANCELLOR concurred in what had fdllen t.:oitt
the noble and Learned Chief Justice. The noble Lord (Wynford) had
gone over a large space, and material indeed would be the alterations
proposed by this bill in the law of the country. It was impossible tc
legislate upon the subject without mature eonsidesation. Tile last pro.
position, on bona fide possession of persons making impuvernents, W. 114
subject to much inquiry. Improvement might be nettle by persons who
had no right to possession. Ike tainly the noble ai.d Learned Lordo
bill atoned not be hurried, but remain upon the table long enough t
afford ample discussion upon its merits.
The bill was then read the first time —Adjourned