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London, England, 1825-06-23 00:00:00

PARLIAMtNTARY PRUCZEDIAGS.

the fact that Country Banks stood exact y in thesans: situation as
the Bank of nigland. antler the last •l,eration of the law.
Sir J. WROTTESLEY wished to ask the l luu. Metnber for
Aberdeen whether he knew the individual on whose behalf he
presented the Petition. or whether he h.itl inquired into the
truth of its svitements? If he had not, it appeared to him that
he ought to have taken that course before he presented a Petition
calculated to do considerable injury to the parties whom it accused.
Mr. EIUMR had not thought it necessary to apply. to this Bank-
ing-house, because he meant to treat the question as referable to
all Country Winks.
Mr. T. WILSON said, that unless the Hon. Member knew
the Petitioner, ur some one who had introduced him. the Petition
might be false. and only proceeding from sense mischievous motive.
towards the Banking-house. He, therefore, thought that the Hon.
Member ought to withdraw the Pe t tio ti until le had ascertained
the correctness of the facts.

HOUSE OF LORDS, JUNE 9!.

The Lam CHANCELLOR, the Marquis of Wu:curs:in, and the
Earl of Smarr:swim:, appeared as his Majesty's Commissioners,
and brought down the Royal Assent to the following Bills :
The. Duchess of Kent and the Duke of Cumberland's Annuity
rut., the B:chequer Bills Bill, the AE1%500.000 &chequer Bills
Bill, the Colombian Postage Bill, the Newspaper Conveyance, the
Backe Duties, the Juries' Regulation, the Scotch Peers' Oath, the
Convicts' Property, the Bonded Corn, the Articled Clerks, the
Scotch Prisoners'Aliment, the Deceased Soldiers' Effects, the Steal-
ing in Mines, the Canada Tenures, the Scotch Leasing, the Scotch
Small Debts, the Irish Grand Juries Presentments, the Irish Seal-
ing of Writs, and a great number of Private Bills.
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Mr. Baoomor, and others, from the Commons, brought up seve.ai
rat Private Bills' which were read a first time.
The Duke of BEAUFORT presented Petitions from Neath,
Swansea, Cardiff, Pontypool, and Carmarthen, in favo..r of the
Western Ship Canal. Id on the table.
Lord ROLLE presented similar Petitions front Langport,
Bridgewater, Eset,r, Axminster, Colyton, and eleven other places.
Laid on the table.

Mr. lIU ME aisentecl,;nd the Petition was withdrawn.
GENERAL DEVEREUX.

Mr. BROUGHAM asked the Bight Hon. Secretary of State
for Foreign Affairs whether he was aware of the . mat of General
D.:veretts' a British subject, by the Austrian Government, hi the
Venetian States?

The Marquis of LANSDOWN also presented a Petition to the
same effect, trom the Merchants of Newry.—Laid on the t..ble.
On the motion of Viscount DUDLZY and Wnen, the Western
Ship C.nal Bill was then read a second time.
The Earl of LIVERPOOL gave notice, that be should move
the second reading of the Bill for augmenting the Salaries of the
Judges, to-morrow.

Mr. Secretary CANNING said, that be was aware of the fact
from prorate information only. He had it upon no official Autho-
rity upon which any steps could be taken. He also underitood the
party to be under the American passport.
Mr. BROUGHAM said) he should only now state that the fear
of doing injury to individuals who were in the power of these
States—he meant Austria, Prussia, and Spain—had alone induced
kincto refrain from bringing their conduct before the House for
the last two years.

t eßight blO
• INTEREST ON MONEY IN INDIA.
plCCthe
The Order of the Day having been read,
The Marquis of HAS I'INGS said, that he had al-
Mr. BERNALwishedwished to N
ask
PRIZE
Excheqr whether, and when, it was MONEY.
The el-Incellor of the
w-
le that there would
ready explanied the subject of the Bill of which he was
beadistributilit of the Dect-m Prize-money?
The about to move the second reading; but as the Judges CH ANC/Ma/It of the EXCHEQUER said, that the
of the land were in attendance, and there were also Agents were exerting themselves with the tititust
vigilance,
an
many Noble Lords present also had not heard his ex- preparing li.ts of distribution, in which they had made c id
pl inations. he should briefly rectpitulate what he had able progress. cr..
Mr.s 14 LitN AL said, that if something were not done between
said on a former night, in order the this t they should know and the next Session, he should take whatever parliamentary
the necessity which existed f:r the tn-asure. The obi ct course might then appear most advisable.
of this Bill was to explain the exact meaning of a clause SHIPS REGISTRY EMT..
in the 13th of George 111. relative to the interest of .Mr. UUSKISSON postponed the third reading of the Ships
money in India, on which their Lordships would see, by Registry 13111 until to•morrow, and gave notice that he should the
' tnaho;Re
itvoerad.d a clause ofli great importance to the shipping interest in
the papers on their table, that his Majesty s Attorney
and Solicitor-General had expressed in 1822 an opinion in cases of combination neffeemct tvgoetuldwboerktnoi' empowerfo iu his Majesty,
contrary to the practice established for fifty years in Council to enable ships to go for repairs to foreign p
s eret • ( dile
er sa
ric.
It would also extend equally to combinations in other trades.
India. The Noble Marquis then repeated most of the
Mr. BARING thought the clause of great importance, and a
statements which he had made on bringing in Vie Bill.
He sheaved the difficulty of subtracting some meaning Leaaitureshi advantageng added to t the shipping
os hal ppi izf ianttertehst.
thirdßut he.objected to such
from the clause as it stood ; the impossibility of axe- course had been taken last night witheres respect to dtthaeg.WeAstitlan-diar
cutingehat part of it which directed transactions carried Clergy Bill, which he very much disapproved.
on in the independent States to be prosecuted as offen- The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said
ces in the Courts of British India ; and the necessity he agreed in the principle of the Hon. Member for
which existed therefore for a Bill which should declare Taunton, and had frequently had occasion to argue in
in distinct terms that the i perdition of the clause did not favour of it; and in the ca.e to which the Hon. Member
extend to individuals living in the territories of the in- alluded he thought he could exempt himself from any
' dependent Sovereigns. If their Lordships and the portion of the blame. When he brought in the Bill, it
Jueees looked to former Statutes, they would find that was not intended to contain the clause in cnestion,which
the Legislature confined them distinctly to the territo-
in fact originated with the Hon. Member for Aberdeen.
That Hon. Member conceived that the Government was pledged
ries of the East India Company. In the papers before
toa su.chFraiepnrdovtihseion Inretthe BLit:. by what
Affairs,had fallen front his Bight
the Hvi House a reference as made to the 3Sd of Ueo 111.
but that Act had been passed to repress a different kind and stated his intention to oppose theeg
111 illatthe
iseti a former Session,
htrdre.sditlg tftba
of evil. There was also a reference to the 37th of the clause was not added. He therefore thought that he was not enti-
tled to any of the blame—(Hear).
same Monarch. This Act prohibited all pers ins from •
having any money-dealings with the Native Pa. ces, LORD CHARLES SOMERSET.
unless with the special-permission of the Governsr-Ge- Mr. BROUGHAM said, that a notice of his stood for
nerat. But it would ea.ily be conceived by their Lord- that day, in reference to a Petition which he presented
isbips that eases might arise in which the aid of the a slim t time ago respecting the conduct of Lord Charles
'British Government would be given indirectly for the Somerset, as Governor of the Cape of Good 'Hope.
benefit of the Native States. However, tlae purview of He knew not how to proceed with: his motion, it being
that Act was limited to persons within the territories of understood, in consequence of what passed in the diS'-
cessiohn of the other night, that the Noble Lord ought not to be put
the East India Company, and was very different from
the usurpation of the other, which claimed a tight of irpritiryi.. trial,
suntuuld,therhwereerfeorien a
perhaps
eion to oreteedwith the
save
the the
ma troubletter ioflm eotuhido
action in the dominions of an independent Prince. The House, by stating his willingness' toili postpone
Act for preventing money-dealings with Native S:ates hear that there was likely to be a fair enquiry; as his motion would
would never have been passed, or it would have been only go to pledge the House to inquire.
Nit-. Sect etary CANNING said, he was not present
wholly nugatory, had the Legislature considered that when the Petition was brought forward, nor was :2e ac-
there existed any restriction on the amount of interest
quainted seth what to _dc place upon that occasion; but
to be taken from foreign Princes; for it would have
he bad since found, upon inquiry, that ell the statements
been impossible to find a single. individual in all India relating to Mr. Burton himself were already under inves-
who would lend money at 12 per cent. to a Native
ligation by the Commissioners of Enquiry sent out to
State. It was fair, therefore, to argue that the Legis-
the Cape of Good Hope. There were other circum-
lature contemplated no such restriction on interest when
stances chrrged in the Petition wish which Mr.-Burton
it agreed to such an Act as the 37th of the late King.
had nothing to do ; and he would ask the Hon. and
It was impossible, indeed, that it should frame laws to
Learned Gentleman whether the House could take
bind individuals in the tees itories of independent Prin-
cognizance of those matters at the request of a third
ces, or to restrict them from doing that which was con-
party ? He had to inform the Honour ,ble and Lear mai
traty to the.usages of those countries. It would be un-
Gentleman that leave of absence had been sent out to
satisfactory to himself to have the queriou decided on the strength
of his own recommendation alone. He, therefore, committed it Lord Charles S .merset, under tee presumotionthat he
to the wisdom of the House and of the Judges. He should now would wish to meet the various charges .
made against
move the second reading of the Bill, and should follow up that him •in this country in person. If tne Noble Lot tl eid
motion by another, for putting the following question to the Judges not choose tie avail himself &f
that opportunity, the Re-
a Whether or not the construction stated in the Bill with regard
orts of the Cemmis:ioners would be before the House
to the clause in the former Act, did truly set forth the intent and P
meaning of that clause?" . in the nxt Session, and upon them the I-1- use could
The Bill having been read a second time, the Noble Marquis act. With respect to the immediate question of the
moved that the question be referred to the Judges. Honourable and Learned Gentleman's motion' whatever Its object.
The Marquis of LANS DOWN rose merely to observe that, might bri office
he could assure him that his did not possess --
the
according to the regular forms of the House, the question ought to means of
furni,hing any information upon which could
. an inquiry
have been referred to the Judges before the Bill had been read afounded. Under '
be these' circumstances it would be worse than
second time, and its principle bad been voted. wasting the time of the House to go further into the subject.
The LORD CHANCELLOR said;that that would have been Mr. BROUGHAM said, that the character of the
the proper course, but the Bill having now been read a second time,
case was materially changed if the Nob e Person ac-
tin notice taken of it by the Noble Marquis was sufficient to pre-
vent its being assumed as a precedent. cased was on his way home, or at least that the order.
The question was then referred to the Judges, who retired to far his return, or the leave of absence, had been sent out.
take it into consideratit.n, and the House adjourned. He had no hesitation, under these circumstances, to withdraw his
HOUSE OF COMMONS. motion. It would be manifestly unjust to institute any proceed-
The Semmes, attended by several Members, went to the House
ings in that House against the Noble Personage in question until
he was here.
of Peers, to hear the Royal Assent given, by Commission, to
Mr. Secretary CANNING begged
various Bills. d to say that it was
Mr. BACIOT presented a Paper, which was a copy of the Charter not an order which had been sent to Lord Charles
of the Apothecaries Company. Somerset, but a leave of absence, for the purpose of removing any
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER presented a Pe- official obstacle to his return,if he should desire to meet the charges
'Won from certain Linen Manufacturers in the Qty of Dublin, at horns in person.
praying that the Linen Hall may not be appropriated to any other Mr. BROUGHAM said that if the Noble Lord did not return,
purposes.—Laid on the table. . then undoubtedly his seruplei would be removed.
• PETITION OF FREDERICK JONES. Mr. HUME alluded to the cases of other persons who had been
sent out to the Colony by the Governor, and hoped they would be
Mr. HUME presented a Pe ition from an individual
o. to
allowed to return, and tot made to wait here until this case was
named Frederic k Jones, of Bristol, complaining of the
existing state of the currency. The Petitioner stated, that he bad g Mr. WILMOT-HORTON said, there was no ground
been refused geld in exchange for the notes of a Bristol flank, and forinterference
in these cases. The question was put
prayed that the HouseVould remedy the evil. The Hon. Member
proposed that a Bill should be brought in, to place Country Banks to him the other day, insinuating that a former spy was
Lt the same situation as the Bank of England, so as to give a check now at the Cape of Good Hope. Upon inquiry Le
to the over-circulation of country paper, which an prices up to had found that the man alluded to was a felon, who
their present high amount. had escaped from Botany Bay to the Cape. He mentioned this
Mr. J. SMITH neve:. remembered to have heard a to sheer how cautious the House should be in believing the rumours
snore singular Petition than tb's. Country Banks Were already so industriously circulated.
compelled to pay their notes in gold by law, as well as the Bank u Lord EDWARD SOMERSET said, he did not in-
-England. lie could not understand how any House could venture tend to detain the House upon this subject beyond a
to make such a refusal, which had any respect fur its credit. very !eW observations. He was not present when it
Mr. BROUGHAM concuired in the opinion of- his
was broughtforward
by the
Honourable Friend, that there was no ground whatever for the
Geitileman, and lie wished to take this opportunity 'to
Petition, as the law placed Country Banks in precisely the same
situation as the Bank of England stood. say a few words, deeply interested as he must be in
Mr. J. SMITH explained. the charges preferred against his Noble Relation --
Idr. 11. DAVIS bore testimony to the respectability of the _
( tlear, hear). He assured the Hon. and Learned
Bankers to whom the Petition related.
Mr. 11 USKISSON said, that no doubt could be entertained of
Gentlemen that it was not the inteotion of his Noble