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London, England, 1829-05-26 00:00:00

DECLARATIONS OF INSOLVENCY.

Thomas Clark, North Shields, Northumberland, master.
mariner.
Thomas Allen fletterton„konpney Crucis, Gloucester.
shire, serdsmaii.

CORN LAWS.

Several Bills were read a third time and passed.
_ SION COLLEGE.

The Bishop of LONDON rose—He had no
power to interfere in the administration of the
affairs of the Fellows of Sion College, but believed
that he had information enough to vindicate the
line of conduct they had adopted. lie be-
lieved that the great body of the Fellows
would be extremely pleased at being released from
the charge of these books altogether. But under
the circumstances by 'which they had been placed in
their hands, they did not think themselves at liberty
even to permit a copy of them to be taken. Whe-
ther they were right or not in pursuing that line of
conduct, their refusal was to be attributed to a
strict desire on their part to fulfil in every particu-
lar the former agreement. There was one point at
issue between the Kirk of Scotland and the Fel-
lows of Sion College, a most material point,
namely as to the originality of the documents
of which they were possessed. It had been
stated by some that they were the original
documents; by others they were called original
copies. Their oillnality was extremely question-
able. There was no clause empowering the Fellows of
Sion College delivering a perfect copy to any body.
The correspondence that preceded the deposit of
those books in Sion College Library, prevents any
copy being given to any body but to the Bishops of
the Church of Scotland, if even they would pay
the expenses of it. By that correspondence the
Noble Prelate thought they could not deliver them
up, except by an order of the Legislature. •At the
same time he thought, if his Majesty were to order
his Law Officers to make inquiries with reference to
these documents, and ascertain to whom they be-
longed, if the Fellows of Sion College were told by
such authority that they were the property of the
Church of Scotland, he (the Noble Prelate) thought
there would be no difficulty—nay, that the Fellows
would he inclined to deliver them over to them.
The Rev. Prelate read a portion of the terms of the
covenant under which the Fellows held them. Since
the Noble Lord who presented this petition had in-
timated his intention of doing so, he (the Rev.
Prelate) had had an opportunity of communicating
with the President and Fellows of Sion College;
and the result of that communication was that, as
Mr. Campbell had said, a copy of the volumes might
be delivered to the Bishops of Scotland upon their
paying for the transcript ; they had no objection to let
the Kirk of Scotland have one new on their paying
for the transcript ; at the same time they disputed
all legal power to compel them to deliver up the
volumes themselves, or indeed to act respecting
them at all.

Lord HADDINGTON moved that the petition
might lie on the table, reserving, after what had
been said, to himself, the future opportunity of
taking whatever other step he should deem expe-
dient.

Lord LAUDERDALE held that if the Church
of Scotland could identify the volumes to be theirs,
that as original records could only belong to the
Court of which they were such records, the Church
of Scotland could compel Sion College, or au), other
person
or body of persons to deliver them up. The
only doubt was, whether they were not copies, and
he thought that measures ought in the first place
and forthwith be adopted for the purpose of ascer-
taining for a fact whether they were originals or
copies.

lord ELDON had applied to Sion College on
the subject during last Session, and he was
-
then informed that there were objections on
the part of the College to delivering them
up, which they could not get over. He
agreed with the Noble Lord who had spoken
last, that the College could only retain them upon
the ground of being a property in them. If they
had even a property in them, and were at liberty to
detain them, if he were their adviser, he should
recommend them, not to deliver them up.—(Hear.)
Lord MALMESBURY presented three peti-
tions from Woolgrowers in the neighbourhood of
Salisbury, praying for protection against the im-
portation of Foreign Wool.
Lord CARNARVON presented a petition
signed by 1,800 of the merchants, manufacturers,
and tradesmen of Birmingham, complaining of the
distress of that town, pointing out what they con-
ceived to be the causes of the condition into
which they had been brought, and representing the
means which in their opinion would be calculated to
relieve them from their present existing dis-
tress. Though the Noble Lord could not in
presenting the petition bind himself to support
the whole of the st itements it contained, yet
there were statements and truths in it which
well deserved attention;
and which, if their Lord-
ship's meant to discharge their duty to the public
they would well consider between then and next
Session. The Noble Lord earnestly hoped that
the Noble Duke who had contended so successfully,
on a late occasion against the enemies of his count-
try would endeavour to meet the prayer of his pe-
tition, and in that attempt to resort to measures
calculated to wipe off the national debt. The
petitioners attributed the greater part of the dis-
tress to the alteration that had been made in the
currency of the country since the peace. The

S:.4:COA EVITION. -day next, he shou'd draw the attention of ti-e House
to three standing orders which- were ul•ealy on
SUN OFFIC E, Seven o'Gork. their Lords!iip,' Table.
ANATOMY BILL.
Lord MELVILLE presented a petition from the
Royal College of Physician of EdirOntrgh,
against the Anatomy Bill.
The Earl of ROSEBERRY had been requested
to support the petition, which honour he had de-
clined, as he firmly believed, when the Bill %Sent
into a Committee, it would he so altered and re-
vised as to obviate every objection raised to it by
the petitioners.
The Earl of HADDINGTON was placed in the
same situation, and took the same view of the sub-

ject.
Lord CANDOR presented a petition against a
Private Bill.

Lord KING presented petitions from S'one,
Staffordshire, and several other places, against the
Corn Laws.

The Duke of NORFOLK presented petitions
~.tram the Wool Growers in Suffolk, and several
other places, against the importation of Foreign
Wool.

The Eal of HADDlNGTON,according to notice
which he had previously given, presented a petition
from the Kirk of Scotland, relative to certain ancient
records belonging to that Church. This petition
would have been presented before now, had it not
been for an understanding that the Noble Prelate
opposite (the Bishop of Lo►adon) and a Noble and
Learned Lord now in his place, would make a com-
munication to Sion College. A communication was
made by the Secretary of State, the answer to
which was, that the College neither could give up
the books required of them, nor allow them to be
copied : nor allow them to be seen in consequence
of the existence of a trustee. The Kirk of Scotland
had adopted the only resource they had left for the
recovery of them, and applied to Parliament. The
books which the Kirk of Scotland wished to get from
Sion College, were three vols., entitled " The Book
of the Universal Kirk of Scotland." The Noble
Lord here went at some length into details of a na-
ture precisely similar to those stated when an ap-
plication of a similar nature was made to the House
of Commons.