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id earthen Batts.hod—Lieutenant Thomas *MIA WI the elk
Foot, to be Captain of a Company, vice Brown, appointed to The trade in this article had suffered less vaeration
the 85th Foot ; lieutenant Henry F. launcey, from *IA* than aiMost any other, as it had been steadily. in.
Foot, to be Lieutenant, viCe Brown, who exchanges. •.; ' - . creasing even during the war.
4th Royal Veteran Battalion—Ensign Robert M`Mounteef tithe Lord ROSSLYN said, it had been increasing in
Quarter Master, vice Alexander, deceased. some measure owing, to the war. The tax,• be con-
sth Ditto—Ensign Miles Kewia to be Quarter Miter, vice
Morton, pitted on the Ritired List. . tended, would fall peculiarly heavy on the lower
6th Ditto—Lieutenant Robert M`itipin, from the Itch Royal and would be as oppressive and unequal as
Veteran Battalion, to be Lieutenant, vice Roy, placed on the it must be unproductive. He was sorry to object to
Retired List. classes,
any tax brought forward at present, but this was one 1
Royal Staff Corps—Ensigns Edward Boyd and James Horton t• of the worst that could be devised.
be Lieutenants, without purchase. i The Earl of ROSSE supported the measure, and
The King's German Legion.
ed Battalion of Light Infantry—A. Roell, Gent, to be Ensign, contended, that it gave no unfair advantage to Ire- .
vice Egmont, promoted; J. Tulleke, Gent. to he ditto, vice land, since, in fact, all the finer leather, manufac-
Biedermann, promoted. cured in Ireland, was imported from England.
4th Battalion of the Line—Paymaster-Serjeant William Lewis The Earl of LAUDERDALE had never known
de la Farque, from the 3d Light Dragoons, to be Ensign, vice
Cradle, promoted, a tax so improvident in principle, as the one under
7th Ditto—Ensign F. Leopold, from the Duke of Brunswick consideration. It seemed to be the only legacy of
' Oers Light Infantry, to be Ensign, vice Bachelle, promoted ; the last, to the present Chancellor of the Exchequer,
Ensign Blottnitz, from the Duke of Brunswick Ode' which the latter chose to take. All the other tnea-
' Light Infantry, to be Ensign, vice Foto°, promoted.
Clarrison•Compeny—Serjeant Rumaou, from the Ist Light sures of the late Minister had been, one by one, sa-
' Battalion, to be Ensign, vice Berne, appointed to the 6th Bat- crificed and abandoned.—(Hear, hear.)—lie should
talion of the Line. be glad to know what measure of importance they
The Duke of York's Greek Light Infantry Regiment—B. We. had not abandoned ?—(Hear).—The tax on leather
:nova, Gent. to be lieutenant, with temporary rack.
Bourbon Regiment—Ensign Thomas Gordon, from the 2Sth had been often proposed, but always given up.—
Foot, to be Lieutenant, without purchase. • . Respecting the manufacturers of Ireland continuing
• IIOSPITAL STAFF. • ' much behind those of England, he had heard of ho
To be Hnepital-Mates for General Service: ' reason, except the necessity of their getting oak-bark
Hugh Mulholland, Gent, vice Bolton, promoted; John Richard- from this country. Now Scotland manufactured
son, Gent. vice Smith, promoted; Wareant Bospital-Mate
Cohn bievewright ; Warrant Hospital-Mate Thomas Lewit. much leather, and could compete with the manufac-
DIEMORANreIe. i.turers of England, yet she procured almost all her
The following Appointments, as stated in the Gazettes of the 25th : bark from England. The Scottish trade was a young
June, 1811, and 19th ult. have not taken place, iz. • one, but it was- fast growing. The present measure
I. Henderson, Gent. to be Ensign in the sd Foot, and Foieler gave a bounty to the Irish manufacturers of shoes,
Price, Gent. to be ditto in the 48th Foot. . I
The undermentioned Officers are superseded : at the expence of the English ones. His Lordship
Quarter-Master— Murray, of the i Sth Foot ; Ensign R.Dixon' then condemned the practice of bringing on such
of the 71st Foot; Lieutenant and Adjutant .--- Jeffreeof the matters in a hurry at the end of the Session, when '
6th West-India g egiment . there was no time to discuss them fully, and receive
ERRATUM in the Gazette of the IStk ultimo. the evidence of persons most chnterned at the Bar of
For James Ogilvie, Gent. and William Gauntlets, Gent. to be
Deputy Assistant-Commissaries-General, read Assistant Com- the House. The proposed tax, he contended, must
nussaries-General James Ogilvie and William Gauntlett to be affect the exportation of leather, which amounted to
Deputy Conunissaries-General to the Forces, one fourth of the whole manufacture in this country,
County of Hants. and there would be no want of skilful emigrants from
North Hants Regiment of Militia—Frederick Coventry, Esq. to hence to Ireland. He seriously.. implored Noble
be Captain. Dated June 18, 1812.
South East Hants Regiment of Local Militia—e William Thomas, Lords to consider the matter fully, and not send back
and John Joyce, Gents. to be Ensigns. the manufacturers to their starving and hallemploy-
Western Regiment of Essex Militia. ed journeymen, to carry on their trade at a loss till
William Adair M‘Dougal Gent. to be Lieutenant, vice Foaker. the next Session gave them relief. After' aba.ndoe-
pated May 29,1812. ing their Orders in Council, on which they stated
Adjutant Francis Russellto be Captain, by brevet. May 20, 181 e. •
the salvation of the country depended, Ministers
w. st Norfolk Regiment of Militia—Joseph Deighton, Gent, to
be Rnsign. Dated June 5, 1812. would have, r.ext year, to lament their perseverance
County of Derby. in this tax.
Derbyshire Regiment of Militia—Thomas Briggs, Gent, to be The Earl of LIMERICK supported the measure;
Lieutenant. Dated June IR, 1832. •
and the House divided,
Chatsworth Regiment of Local Militia—Emanuel Parker, Gent. '
For Lord Spencers Motion, 12 —Against it, 32.
to be Ensign. Dated June 24, 1812.
Belper Regiment of LoCal Militia—Ensign Samuel Harvey to be The Bill was then reported, without an y amend-
Lieutenant; and William Harrison, Gent, to be Ensiga.— ment.—Adjourned.
Dated May 27, 1812.
OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, JULY, 1.
Royal Regiment of Artillery.
Second Lieutenant Alexander Ramsay to be First Lieutenant,

fact, and he would ask if the respite had been wit
writing
Mr. W. POLE said, the respite must hive been
writing, as that was the common practice. Boit
the time of this transaction he was attending his d".,
in Parliament ; and the first information be had ci i
was contained in an anonymous letter, thr ~e.•
him with assassination if the man should he readola
1 ' Mr. TIGH E then moved for Copies of any Res*
Reprieve, or Parlon, granted by the eord Lim..
nant,of Ireland to Walter Hall, convicted of
in Dublin. . .
Mr. W. POLE asked, why the motion for Pam
on this subject had not been more correctly woedd
before? - Great and shameful misrepresentatioso hal
gone abroad on this subject in Inland. It was irk
the man had been pardoned, because he was ant
Man :—the fact was, that the Judges represented's
the Lord Lieutenant, that this uneortunate man h.
boured under a temporary derangement of mind,
, that he was not a6t subject for execution. It
appeared he committed the murder on a young.'
whom he met, without any-malice; and chile help,
boured under violent intoxication, and temporary•
sanity. But as no plea of insanity had bee*
he was convicted and sentenced. But the da,
conviction, the Judges Osborne and M'Lelaad,,Tota
to the Under Secretary, staying this fact; sad the
Lord Lieutenant could not, of course, do less tin
extend mercy to him. The roan WAS now on his Ipq
to New- South Wales. Not knowillg what rocs
ing the Hon. Gentleman meant to adopt, lie had en
course now to pursue, except to gnat this elwans,
Con.. The motive of :thp Hon. Gentleman uns, wet
this question hang over till neat Session ; by tiiti:k
great prejudice would exist in no-public mind.
• Mr. WHITBREAD did not 'seewbareeeak
the Hon. Gentleman hid to hike up this spina •
warmly, and to enter on a defence bet-Mean; thus.
was made. From every thing that now appocue
thought great blame attached to the Iridillettra
ment. Because a man was subject to infolirmak
and because in that state he committed A rautdon
must be pardoned, although the law of the
allowed of no such defence. Many other men
had been ex,:cuted for murder could have set op '
much better plea.
Lord CASTLEREACH said, it was impar.
for the House to decide as to the conduct of the his
Government, who acted solely upon the report olds
Judges who tried the man, and the Judges were slut
persons best qualified to give an opinion.
Sir FRANCIS BLlRDETTagreedthat the.ledp
were the moot proper persons to give an opinion; kst
it was the duty of the House to investigate the ccii,
duct of the Judges, against which he conceived tine
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jr HOUSE OF MMONS.
Sir THOMAS PLUMER to the oaths and his seat.
Mr. W. POLE moved that t ere be laid before the House co-
pies of the Correspondence wren the Lord Lieutenant and
othcn on the subject of the Du lin Police.—Ordertd.
Ihe Levant Irade Bill. the Wood and Ashes Bill, and the
'-,1 tin uuslithsed.

were grounds impeachment. And he believed.,
public were greatly indebted to the Hon. Gen**
who brought this question forward.
Mr. W. FITZGERALD justified the *Ahead
the Irish Government.
Mr. MARTIN (of Galway) acquitted COaft

vice Hammond, resigned. Dated June 15, 18i9..
JULY 4.—Corps of Royal Engineers.
Second Captain George J. Harding to be Captain, vita Squire,
decea►ed : and First Lieutenant John N. Wtlis to be Second

Captain, vice Harding. Dated May 20, 1812.

Starch Bill, were read a third
'1 he Report-of the Poor Returns Bill was brought up and the
Bill ordered to be read a third time to-morrow.
Mr. WHARTON obtained leave to bring in a Bill to remove
Goods from one bonding house to another.
Tire House went into a Committee to consider the prevention
of Smunlitig, and leave was gives' to bring in a BLI.
The House went into a Committee on the Isle at Man Trade.
Report to be received to-morrow.
Mr. BYNO brought up several Petitions, from the pariaus of
St. Pancras, St. James, St. Andrew Holborn, St. George the Mar-
tyr, and St. George Bloomsbury, against the Nightly Watch Bill.
'I he SPEAKER informed the House, that the Lords had made
an alteration in the mode of raising money in the Irish Grand Jury
Presentment Bill, an alteration which the House of Commons
never allnwed; upon which Mr. PA an cu. moved, that the Bill
Di takes into further consideration this day three months.---.
Agteed to.
Mr. GIDDY brought up the report of the Committee on the
Civil List Expenditure Bill. Ordered to lie on tie table.
Mr. WHITBREAD objected to the Printing, as an useless ex.
Per

ment for pardoning this loan, because it was *OIL
sequence of a recommendation from the Mr. 4t
at the same time he could not approved&
of the Judges. And if the man had lieeriesem,
oughtnot to have been sent to Botany Bay. Alto
Jttages, their recommendation w4l illegal and
Mr. BROUGHAM said, it was difficult to my
the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland did not stand so*,
ted, after the reasons given by the Judges'. hail
the-conduct of the latter, then, the House watwit
vestigate ; and, with so little information as the Wig
had before it, he deprecated rdirctrssion•that impel(
a very high crime to two Judges. k was well WWI.
'thattintoracation was. no proof of insanity, led eadi.
be no defence for a crime. He was inclined to thwt
there must have been some error in copying tbe kt
fers of fhe Judges, who, he believed, had good Ilb•

PdIRLIAMENT4Rr PROCEEDINGS.

HOUSE OF I.ORDS, JULY 7.
On the motion of Lord ERSKINE, the farther consideration
of the Banbury Peerage Claim was postponed, till the second
Tuesday of the next Session.
The English Local Militia Bill and several others were brought
up from the Commons, and read a first time. •
The Earl of LAUDERDALE moved, that the Irish Stamps
Bill be ['minted ; and upon an objection to this by the Earl of
Liverpool, on account of the extent of the Bill, Lord Lauderdale
said, that this was a reason why it ought to be printed, that the
House might the more easily examine it, u the Irish Bills had,
in many Instances, been fotind full of errors. •
The Earl of LIMERICK said, that the Noble Earl was always
attacking Ireland. He did not see any necessity for printing
the Bill.

The Earl of LAUDERDALE asked whether the Noble Earl
(Limerick) really considered It as a proof of hostility to Ireland
to take care that the law for governing that country should be as
clearly defined as passible ? It might be a proof of hostility to
those who drew the Bills,—to Gorernmeatof Ireland; but to
the country itself it was a proof of friendship.
Lord HOLI.AND said, that if the Noble Earl (Limerick)
would suffer bins to speak of an Irish Bill, he would,rnendon,
that there was a great error In the Irish Popularion Bill,not, how-
ever, attributable to Sit John Newport.
Earl STANHOI'E laid, be was half an Irkhman, and it could
not be imagined that he wished to speak against Ireland ; but
there had been an Irish Big on the table, enacting, that the names
of certain anonymous peMbs should be set forth at full length :
but be had detected many more monstrous absurdities In Eng-
•ltah Bills. The Bill was ordered to be printed. • s
I.ord HOLLAND gave notice, that be wouki, on an early day,
=ova the secontlre-ading of his ex-officio lufotnution Bill.

.nce, hut it was ordered.
I.ord FOLKSTONE postponed his motion respecting Captain
Jag till bur. day.
The Mauure Bill, after being read a second time, and corn•
oitted, was wihdrawn for amendment.
'1 he Committee on the Malt Bill, after some observatlous from
Mr. Baring, Mr. Brand, and Mr. Wharton, was postponed.
The Frame-work Knitters' Bill was committed, the Report re-
ceived, and crilcred to be taken into consideration on Friday next?'
The Chancery Affidavit Bill was read a second time, and or.
dered to be committed on '1 hursday.
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AUCTION BILL.
Mr. VANITTART stated, that being awark_elsat several eae.'
fel alterations Might be made in die Auction &IT, be shosidarme
to postpone the second reeding till this day fortnight..
Mr. SHERMAN observed, that he bad expected, after the
information which the Chancellor of the Exchequer bad rectilved,
Semail•

sons-for their recommendation. He thought it soil 1
strange proceeding, to inflict :mother punishment's ,
a man cordoned on the groui.d of insanity—peril.
the law and rractice of Ireland was different*
what it was here. At preseru, every thing appig
unintelligible, and must remain so, until tulle
mation was given.
.Mr. TIGFIE, in reply, said be could,if an is
tigation were entered into, prove the greatest WWI
prepense on the part of the convict ; for thus Ate
morning, when he took up his firefock, he
that before night he would take away.theliteoflr
Papist. After the parade, he deliberately lodollf.
musket with bell ; in the evening besot
in
i ' into she middle of &SP*

MARRIAGE ACT.- I that he would have postponed the Bill . _ the next , _ , man the streets stept
The Earl of RADNOR rose on the out* for the second read,- the Right-Hon. Gentleman been as ready to listen to hafonneJon I took a deliberate
ing of the Marriage Act Amendment Bill, and observed, that k lon the-Leather Tax, he woakl not have carried It with a majo- 1 at the same time, that he had killed %event Net
aim, and killed the man; ;Heel
Would be desirable, by some Clause in this Bill, to guard spinet 1 rity of only eight. He trusted it would be a lesson to the Right '
the practice of taking out licences for the marriage of minors, 1 Hon. Gentleman. .
lother
pers.
the illegality of which led to the most serious consequences. In Mr. VANSrI'IART would not penult Rebels before.. He had, at the time, the hopes of lIS
In pressing the Bill i punity before his eyes, 'because many 0 "
a recent ifistance, a young man who had obtained a license under through this Session. .v ,
a false representation, had come forward himself to annul his Mr. BROUGHAM congratulated the House on the abandon- who committed similar offences got off vs, .P.'
, nishroent. His object, then, in bringing the
marriage, and the Eitleslastical Court bad accordingly set Mk meat, observing that it would have proved an oppressive tax.— ,
It was then ordered to be read this day two months. forward, was, that an enquiry might be In4a:
marriage aside. His Lordship conceived that such abuses were .
diegracefel, and that some remedy ought to,be applied without . STONE BOTTLE BILL. • • the distribution of criminal justice in Irelands
delay. On the question that the Stone Bottle Bill be committed,
was necessary, in this case, to have the notes
The Esti of REDESDALE said, If the offence was to be pr./. Sir S. ROMILLY objected to the tax, as it would operate to :' Judges laid before the House ; and when dletLs,
et.
vented more effectually, it might be done by taking care that the 1 an increase of SO per cent. price on the article. done, sir
he was confident there would appear or
fact of the panics being of age should be clearly ascertained, or ! . Mr. WHARTON interrupted the Honourable and Learned ' ' ARd _
the parties taking a false oath punished in a manner to prevent I Member to state, that the Bill had been considerably altered and been no ground for a plea of insanity.
the thing from ever happening. modified since its first stage, and no longer applied. had been insane, why not pardon him altogelhar.
The Bill was then read a second time. ' Sir S. RpMILLY proceeded to observe, that he understood ' Why inflict a lighter punishment on him ?
" LEATHER TAX. - the tax was not so much intended to benefit the revenue as num The motion was then agreed to.
The Leather Tax Bill was committed. - other rival trade.
Mr. WHARTON said that the tlass-bottle trade was muck
The Duke of BEDFORD strongly objected to the ' - 1 a. that he would be pleased to direct that dorm
1 injured by the manufacture of stone bottles of, two quarts, for Mr. TIGHE next moved ate Address to *el,
tax, as injurious to the agriculture of the countrre Spruce beer, &c. • and that it Was found necessary to balance this laid before the
and as falling upon the poor more heayily than on I mischief by an im' position laid on those bottles.
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House the notes of tbe Jodie 44
the rich. .• I After a few words from Sir C. Puce, Mr. GIDDY, and Mr. i Mr. W. POLE gave his assent to the SWUM
WHITIMILAD who hoped that sufficient time would be allowed
Earl SPENCER followed on the same side, and ' before the third readir to consider the subject more fully, the assured the House there should be gives to thridilli
stated that he was informed, there were about half a , Bill was committed, and the Report ordered to be received to- every opportunity of giving the Lord liesterlagy
million of people engaged in trades in which this nlcuT°W• the information necessary to elucillate this ems.
formed the chief article ; and 18,000 were employed ; CRIMINAL LAW IN IRELAND. I Mr, BARING could not seewhow.
inathe metropolis as shoemakers. He was told that ' Mr. TIGHE rose to put a question to the Minister .
was exculpated, in a Coe where they tniscred 4 PIP
imlss
one-fourth of the vast number of people he had men- for Ireland relative to Walter Hall, convicted of nishment on a person repreaented to umn as .....,
aimed would be thrown out of employment, if this murder in Ireland, and afterwards pardoned, Walter In this country such a traasactioil wPuld 1101 " r
tax should be agreed to. This was a serious consi- , Hall was tried for murder on the 16th, arid sentenced ted surprise and indignation, • "
deration in the present state of the country. He also to be hung on the 19th. He had received a respite, INDIA.
.tinderstond, that by means of this tax the Irish leather however, to the 25th of the same month, on which Mr. CREEVEY called the aucntionef the MIT
manufacturer would, have a great advantage in the day he was reprieved.—He wished to know whether to the subject of his East ID& Re solutioast._o4l:oo4
market. ' His Lordship concluded 13y moving, thai the man's respite in the first instance was the act of conversation took place, as to Wher..ssr 7
all the cfauses in the liill relating to Hides and Lea- the Lord Lieutenant or of the Sheriff ? • should be postponed or not ?
chef should be left our, ' . I Mr. W. POLE did not conceive himself bound to. Mr. CKEEVEY said, he would *then
The Earl of LIVERPOOL said, that it was im- answer any questions put in a peremptory mannerA.- state his Resehttiops without comment sr ' ;,,,g
PrS'lrd°
possible to find any tax to which a plausible objection He would, however, satisfy the Honourable Gentle- -They were three in number. The first wilagini%
"sight not be stated, but this tax was as little objet- man, by gating that the man in question had been the increase of the Company's 4rbt ia fa& allsr.-
Wheble as any. The trade Wis. a growing one, the respited by the Lori Lieutenant t that he was after- cond, we nature p( the frequent appftesstss'' .;
revenue had been increasing, and be thought the ar- wards reprieved ; and this was done'on the recottk• had bt,4l4p4de to the House fur bus IV4 41`
gument as to the tax falling heavier on the poor was mendation cf two Olthe Judges. was cite impolicy auendegiLthe sever* Sr!"
If t„..h.; —..u•ther in the shoes. •.. . ,
Mr. TIG4-iE saidt he had no intention of banguourawf
1 rit much t9O strongly.
9fl4e rsT w? 4 *Yill,ri it Tim gap ire durablehad been Rude to th.enu The H" . 4 isti
?eremeorT. die wis4e4 to know the ewe of The glen nrocecod 1,0 react *Se gnSON
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