Star.
London, England, 1826-12-14 00:00:00

HOUSE OF COMMONS.

The SPEAKER announced that he had been before tho
House of Lord; and that the Transfer in Aids' Bill, the Exche-
quer Bills' Bill, and the Corn Indemnity Bill, had received the
oyal Assent.

Mr. CRATER, from the Treasury, presented several Papers,
which were laid on the table.

►Mr. CHAIM/EA, from the Exchequer, presented Returns relating
to wpiehts and Measures in Scotland.—Ordered to be printed.
Mr. JOHNSON. from the Mace or We Clact °Meta. r fatr Ireland,
presented a Certificate filed by the Lord Chancellor of Ireland, and
the Report of the Chief Baton.4-Ordered to be printed.
The SPEAKER acquainted t'ke House, that William Cobbett,
F.sq. who petitioned against the Return for the Borough of Pres-
ton, had not entered into the proper recognizances prescribed by
the Statute.—The Order for taking the Petition into consideration
was accordingly discharged.
Mr. SH A U WELL presented a Petition from Archibald Doug-Il
las, of the Middle Temple, Gentleman, as Agent for John 'leaden,
Esq. complaining cif an undue Return for the Borough of Denbigh,
and stating thatthe recognizance. required byStatute 28 Geo. 3, cap.
59, bad beet► duly entered into; but that those prescribed by Statute
53 Geo. 3, cap. 71, had, through mere inadvertence, been emit-
ted. The Petitioner therefore prayed the House to extend the
time for entering into those recognizance. from Friday to Wednes-
day next, the 20th instant, inasmuch as it would otherwise be im-
possible for Mr. Headen, who lived at the distance of two hundred
miles front Itridon, to comply with the forms necessary according
to Act of Parliament.

Mr. C. W. WYNN said, that it was too much to grant the re-
quired extension on the mere allegation of an Attorney, If the
inadvertence of the party were admitted as a fair ground for the
indulgence claimed, it would at all times be necessary_ to grant a
similar indulgence under like citcunutantes,which would obviously
be productive of considerable inconvenience. Under the Act, the
power of the House in such a case to extend the time, was limited
to special circumstances stated by the Petitioner, and verified
upon oath.
Mr. DOUGLAS being then called in, appeared at the Bar of the
House, and verified the facts stated in the Petition.
The SPEAKER said, that the particular point of enlarging the
time, or not, lay in the breast of the House. But before they de-
cided on the subject, they should recollect that this Petition related
to a double return ; and if they refused to comply with its prayer,
they' did not, by so doing, preclude the Petitioner from goggg before
the Committee. If, however, they gave leave to extend the time,

'the Petitioner then beeasne liable to the mulct or fine imposed fo
vexatious or &Meow proceedings.
Mr. ABEACROMBY thought that mere inadvertenee was not
a sufficient reason foe mot enforcing the Statute.
Mr. W. SMITH said, that if the claim were allowed, the Pal.
tioner would profit thy his own wrong.

After some further conversation,ibe question of extending the
time was put to the vote and negatived.
Mr. HUME presented several Petition foes repeal of the Corn
Laws, front Northumberland; from Wilsby and Silsbridge, in
York:hire • and from a Parish in the neighbourhood of Brentfurd.
—Ordered to be printed.
Mr. GRATTAN presented a Petition from the Roman Catho.
lics of the Parish of Arkiow, in the County of Wicklow, praying
for Emancipation.—Ordered to be printed.
Mr. R. MARTIN begged to say one word as to a misstate.
ment which appeared in an Irish Newspaper respecting him. The
paragraph to which he alluded was calculated to injure his character
in the Sister Island, inasmuch as it intimated that he bad disap.
proved of the conduct of the Irish Catholic Clergy, and the part
which they took in the course of the late Elections. Now this was
so far from being true, that be had spoken in terms of the highest
commendation of the very persons whom he was thus represented
to have censured.

Mr. J. WILLIAMS moved that there be laid on the table a
comparative statement of the British and Foreign Tonnage which
entered the ports of Great Britain from the sth of January, 1826,
to the sth of January, 1827 ; and also foe similar Returns with
respect to Ireland.
Mr. HUSKISSON had no wish to oppose the motion; but it
was quite unusual to make an order for a prospectite Return of
the kind now sought. The terms of the motion required a Return
of all the vessels' which have entered the ports up to the sth of
January next. Now, if the Hon. Gent. would defer his motion
until after the Recess, every exertion should be made during the
Recess to meet it with promptness, but at present it would be pro-
ductive of great inconvenience.
Mr. J. WILLIAMS said be would be content with Returns up
to the 15th of the present month. He only wished for the fullest
information that could be procured on the subject.
Mr. HUSKISSON said that this did not cure the anomaly of
calling for a prospective Return. It would derange all the pro-
ceedings of the department to which application should be made, to
require them to furnish a Return beyond the 10th of October,lB26.
Air. J. W ILLI AMS agreed to this restriction, and the Return
was accordingly ordered.
A .Mitsisaa presented a Petition from the Minister and Chapel.
Wardens of Grindel, in Yorkshire, praying the House to resist,
step by step, every attempt made by the Catholics.—Ordered to be
printed. _ _ .

Mr. VENISON presented two Petitions from the Surrey Auxi-
liary Anti-Slavery Society, praying the House to abrogate those
duties and bounties on Sugar, which formed a great bar to the free-
dom of the Negroes. About ,Et 8,000,000 it was alleged bad been
thus paid out of the pockets of the public within the last ten years,
for the benefit of the few individuals who had an interest in West
Indian plantations. The lion. Member hoped that as by the vote
of last night, Portugal was to be protected by British forces, that
Ministers would take measures to prevent the Portuguese Flag from
continuing the sanction which it hitherto so shamefully afforded to
the Slave Trade.

SLAVE It =ELATION&

Mr. BROUGHAM took occasion to ask whether any intima-
tion had been received by the Coloidal Department as to the man-
ner in w►ich the propositions from Englaad respecting the Slaves,
had been recognised?
Mr. HUSK ISSON regretted the absence of the Secretiry of
State: but—(as we understood him)—he said, that no decided inti-
mation on the subject had yet been received.
Mr. BROUGHAM was sure that communications had been
made to the Governors. Ile only wished to know the sort of re-
ception with which they had met. In Jamaica he understood that
no decision was yet come to on the subject.
Mr. HUSIEISSON said that in Jamaica they bad promised to
take the communication into serious consideration.