Star.
London, England, 1822-07-27 00:00:00

!MUSE OF COMMONS.

The Sreaxea was summoned to the House of Peers. On his
return he stated the Royal Assent to have been given by Com-
mission to several Bills ; for whtch see the Lords.
The lri.h Commercial Credit Bill, the Isle of Min Postage
Bill, the Greenland Fishery Bill, and.the hat racks Estates Bill,
wer_ severally read a •hird time and passed.
The Militia'Pay Bill, the Irish Militia Pay EiII, and the Ap-
propriation Bill, went through Connuittees ; the Reports of
which were ordered to he received on Monday.
The Reports of the East India Sugar Bill, the Brimstone
Drawback Bill, and the Scotch Spirits Exportation Bill, were
brought up and agreed to, and the Bilk ordered to be read a
third time on Mond ty.
flu the motion of Mr. Lwow:arose, it was ordered, that the
floa e, at irs rising, should tdjourn till Monday.
fIUME prese..ted a Petirion from a parson of the name
of .Ni.-trhew A:kles, who had been employed for nearly twenty j
years an inland letter carrier, but had been discharged last
Novernher. on an alledg..d charge of drunkenness. He had
now hr.:Alm use of one half of his person, and was compelled
to subsist OH parochial charity, having been denied relief from
a fund established tor the • relief of letter-carriers, to which the
Petitioner, in the course of twenty-one years, had contributed
from his income of 14c. per week, more than £lOO. Ile ( Mr.
Hume) wished to know how the fund thus formed was appro-
priaed, as some degree of mystery attached to the way in which
it was managed?
Mr. LUSIIINGTON said, had he been aware that the Pe-
ti:ion was to have been presented that day, he might have been
prepared to give some answer to the allegations which it con-
t.:hied. As the case at present stood, he was •totally unac-
quainted whit the subject.
After a few words from Mr. CALCRAFT and Mr. Hiram, the
Petition was ordered to be printed.

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Mr. 1112 ME moved for a Return of the amount of the Tnland
Letter Carders Superarnuation Fund in 11107, and the amount
of the contributions given in id of it, specifying how the same
has been appropriated, and the present amount of the fund.—
Toe motion was agreed to.

Mr. nu NI • said, be had another Petition to present relative
to a case which he thought a very hard one. It related to the
Captain and crew of the ship Charles, of Aberdeen, whose suf.
feting he had, on two other occasions, brought before the
llouse. These persons had been charged with murder, and in
cowtquence had been long detained as prisoners by the Spanish
Authorities. Ile acknowledged that Ministers had not neg-
lected the case. The Noble Marquis had written in very for-
cible terms to the Spanish Government, but, as yet no redress
had been obtained. He was of opinion it would not be impro-
per for some remuneration to be afforded by Government to the
sufferers, and on this point he had been referred to the Chancel-
lor of the Excht.tquer.
The CIIA NCELLOR of the F:XCHEQUMI did Not object
to the Petition being brought up, but he could not admit the
pri.lciple that this Government was bound to remunerate indi-
viduals who might sustain loss from acts of violence or injustice
committed by a foreign Government. It was the du yof
Ministers to endeavour to obtain justice for those who were in-
jured, hut, failing in this, they were not bound to compensate
the p inks themselves.

:itter a few remarks from Mr. C.W.Wvtot and Mr. Isvoto,
The 51arquis of LONDONDERRY said, he understood the
pat ties to have been detained on a charge of murder. 13y not
going into port when the circumstance on which the charge was
roxl‘!ed occurred, and clearing themselves of the crime by a
declaration, they had brought on themselves the inconveniences'
which followed. Ile bad recently received an answer from
Az.lrid to a very strong remonstrance which he had written on
the subject, which stated what was very fair, and, in fact, what
be apprehended could not be got over (as we vary often gave
the same answer ourselves), that the Spanish Government did
not ftel themselves bound to look into a case while an appeal
remained open to the aggrieved parties. There certainly was a
tribunal in Madrid to which an appeal in this case night be
carried. Ile commiserated the situation of the patties, who he
believed to be very poor and very innocent, but did nor know
tbar till Government could do more than had already been done.
—The L'etition was then read.

Mr. IRVING describ:d the hardship to which the parties
had been subjected. They had been confined for nearly three
years, and six months had elapsed before they were enabled to
communicate with the British Consul, Mr. Bruce.
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Mr. lIUME stated no blame to attach to \;r. Bruce. ate
su,:gested the propriety of taking a few thousands from the
D.Mts of Admiralty to remunerate these poor people for the
Lsrilships thy had embiretl.-I'.titiop ordered to be printed.
Mr. S. RICE presented a Petition from the Vice-President
of the Irish National Society for promoting the Education of the
Poor iii Ireland, praying fur legislative assistance.
After a few words from Colonel Taiiscri, the Petition w
ordered to he printed.
Mr. S. RICE presented a Petition from the Inhabitants of
the Parish of St. Michael, In the City of Dublin, praying fur

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thaw i'arh st. miehAei, in the City of Dublin, prAyai;f;;; , the Legislature for support in old age ;