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AMERICA.

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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, MAY
SLAVE TRADE. •
Mr. MERCER, from a Select Committee, made a
Report on the subject of the Slave Trade generally,
as brought to the notice of Congreis by the Memorial
of the American Colonization Society, which Report
was referred to a Committee of the whole House.—
Mr. MERCER also reported a Bill to incorporate the
American Society for Colonizing the Free People of
Colour of the United States.
Resolved—By the Senate and House of Representatives of
the United States of America in Congress assembled, that the
President be requested to consult and negotiate with all the Go-
vernmenta, where Ministers of the United States are or shall be
accredited, on the means of effecting an entire and immediate
Abolition of the African Slave Trade.

Resolved.—. That the President be requested to enter into a
stipulation, or formal declaration, with the several Diaritime
Powers, recognizing the independence and permanent neutrality
of any Colony of the Free People of Colour of the United States,
which shall be established on the Western Coast of Africa.

Resolved—That the President be requested, in such use as he
may deem it expedient to make of the public ships of the United
States, to afford every aid, not inconsistent with the public wel-
fare, to the efforts of the American Society for Colonizing the
Free People of Colour of the United States upon the Western
Coast of Africa.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

' COURT OF KING'S BENCH, JUNE. IR.
THE WING V. C. WHITWORTH.
The•defendant was brought up to receive the judg-
meat of the Court, having suffered judgment to go
by default, in an information charging him with pubi
lishing a certain seditious and inflammatory libel,.
The defendant, it appeared, was a schoolmaster at
Birmingham, and was Chairman of a Society, called
the Union Society, and the libel in question was con-
tained in an Address agreed to at a Meeting of that
Society, and was published, and the walls of thetown
placarded with it, the defendant's name being signed
as Chairman.

The SOLICITOR-GENERAL now prayed judgment
on the defendant ; and the Court sentenced him to
six months' imprisonment, and to enter into security
for two years, himself in one hundred pounds, and
two sureties in fifty pounds each.
The defendant said, he should not be able to find
sureties; the sentence would, therefore, operate as
one of imprisonment for two years.
The Cows" observed, in the term of imprisonment
which the Court had named, they had also taken into
consideration the security required.
The defendant then enquired whether the court
would not allow him his expenses from Birmingham
to. town?

Me CWEIP Joanna-4' Oh, by no means r

TO THE EDITuR OF THE STAR.

PATILNT CRAM CAILK offiCto BILLITER-SQUALL
" SIR—By inserting the folloWing letters in four
Paper, at your earliest convenience, you will oblige,
your obedient servants, " SAM. BROWN and Co.
" June 111, 1820."

" JOHN KNOWLES, WAVY-OFFICE.
" Reavrlce, June 10, IWO.

" Sin—Observiag in the Star, of the 26th of May, the Pee&
Ledger, of the '27 th , and in other Papers, an account, stating to
be a report of a trial, Brunton v. Harks, respecting the right of
a Patent for Iron Cables, in which my name is introduced much
to my disadvantage, especially that part of the evidence said to
be given by you respecting a trial which took place in May,
1816, before the Commissioners of the Navy, between twisted
Cables made by me, and plain link Cables made bj Messrs.
Brunton and Co. from the result of which it was insinuated,
that my twisted Cables having proved deficient in strength, the

Commissioners had discontinued their orders to me; may I re-
quest that you will have the goodness to state, as nearly u
the substance of your evidence, and to say whether the
Board did discontinue, or haie discontinued their orders to me;
and whether my Cables' are considered inferior, either in form
or quality to, or are in imitation of any that are made.

. .

• " I am, Sir, your obedient servant,
• " SAM:. BROWN."
" TO CAPTAIN SAMUEL BROWS,

" Sta—ln answer to your letter of the 10th inst. I beg to in-
form you, thet the evidence stated in the Public Papers to have
been given by the on the trial of Brunton v. Hawks, is (whether
designedly or not I cannot say) but a garbled account of what I
said upon that occasion ; but if you wish to Wave it word for
word, I must refer you to the short-hand writer` who was em-
ployed. I never, however, could have said or insinuated, that
the Navy Board has at any period discontinued their orders ko
you, for nothing could be further from truth. Indeed, the
form of the lirjts of the Cables now supplied to his Majesty's
Navy Was submitted by yet*, and I have never heard any other
Opinion, than that your Cables are at least equal to those manu-
factured by any person.—l am, Sir, your obedient servant, •
Navy-Office, June 16,1940. "JOHN KNOWLES."

!'ARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS.


PRICE SFA'EN -PE ‘' t. E.

In compliance with the wish of Messrs. Bacown and
Co. we have given insertion to the foregoing letters.
We have, however, to remark that our Report of the
Trial was perfectly correct. We have nowhere, in
that Report, made Mr. knowLss to say, that the
Commissioners of the Nary
Shad discontinued their
orders to Mr. Brown; but that they had ordered
" that no more chain cables on his construction,
" (composed of twisted links) should be adniitted for
" the service of the Navy, but only, and exclusively,
46 chain cables, with broad-ended stays in the links;
Is and the links having their substance in the same
es plane." This we gave, as stated by Mr.KNOWLES,
and this we say is correct. We did not say that the
Commissioners "had discontinued their orders to Mr.
BROWN ; but the faCt is, that all the chains ordered
from Mr. BROWN, since the experiments of the com-
parative strength of these two modes of construction,
have been ordered to be made with broad-ended
stays in Me links, and Ilse smAis....— ..4-.l_ .• ,•

Ni isle Friend been taken, which was to ascertain; in
.the first instance, the opinion of the other House, the
Nouse would have been sped from those embar-
sussing circumstances, out of which it could' not
now escape without disgrace.
,The Order was then discharged, and the meeting •
of the Committee appointed for Tuesday. _
ROYAL MAILI3IAGR ACT.
Lord HOLLAND rose to move the first reading of
ake Bill for repealing the Royal Marriage Act. -1-le
said he was anxious, that the first reading should take
place without delay. According to the usages and
courtesies of that House, he was aware, that no oppo-
sition could be given on the first reading of the Bill.
He would not, therefine, choose that time to enter
into the discussion of its merits, but would be con-
tent with merely explaining acme points, which cir-
cumstances made necessary, and he would do it in a
few words. The Bill, which he had the honoar of
leeseating, went only to the simple repeal of a sta-
tute, which was now the law of the land. That sta-
tute was passed in tl:e 12th year of the reign of his
late Majesty, and was commonly called the loyal
Marriage Act. Their Lordships knew, that the Act
to which he relined, had a preamble, that recited a
Message from the throne; "Whereas Royal Marriages
are of great importance to the State, ancrit is proper -
to regulate them as they are hereby regulatesi." It
then went on to say, that no descendant of his late
Majesty, George 11. should be allowed to marry,
without the donseot of his Majesty, or his heirs and suc-
cessors, or if such marriage should be contracted,
without the coasent of the reigning King, it was to
all intents null and void. Next came a provision,
which said, that if any of the descendants of George
11. should attain the age of 25 years, and it; with-
out the consent of the King they made-known their
intention of marrying to the Privy Council, in case
their notice lay one whole year before the Council,
without the interference of Parliament, that the mar-
riage after that term should be valid. There was
another clause, which enacted, that any person, so-
lemnizing er assisting, or even being present at such
marriage, should be liable to the penalties of a pra-
m:mire. Such was the substance cf the Act. He did
net mean then to give its history. He would reserve.
that and other considerations tor a future stage. • He
would, however, state, that the Act passed through •
that House with extraordinary precipitation. In the
Commons it was not even printed ; yet it was severely
debated upon ; and more was said against it, and less
for it, than was recorded of any other Act upon• the
Statute Book. This argument he did intend to press.
But he was sure that lie should be able to prove to
their Lordships, that the Act was ariunnecessary in-
vasion of natural rights—that it had a dircct ten-
dancy to produce immorality, and to involve the Na-
tion in both foreign and 'civil wars. Another objec-
tion, and one still mote deserving of being dwelt
upon, was, that it was calculated to render the mar-
riages of the descendants of George 11. unhappy._
This was one cf the reasons for presenting the Bill
now. When he originally gave notice, he thought
that circumstances would have obliged him to dwell
longer upon it than he found they now did ; but the
same reason which had induced the Noble Lord- to
postpone the Committee beyond to-morrow, induced
him (Lord flolland) also to defer entering into those
arguments which were connected with the very pain- '
ful basinessa which he hoped would disaprear from
Parliament altogetber. lie would merely add, that
if their Lordships found his assertion to well
founded, in saying, that the effect of the Act was to •
render Royal Marriages unhappy, they would, of .
couvse, perceive, that in the necessity of dissolving
such marriages, their proceedings were not to be re-
gulated exactly as in other cases. The peculiar effect
which the Act had on such marriages talc them out
of the-reason of the general rule, and mate the pro-
per mode of treating them particular, and not such
as any Sovereign could afterwardsvote as a prece-
'dent. His Lordship then said, that he had been in- •
duced to give this explanation on account of various
rumours which had spread out of doors, connected
with the subject of his notice, and which proved that
his iutention had been completely misapprehended.
He concluded by moving, that the rill be read a first
time, and by stating, that he would afterwards move
that it be printed, and that in about 'eight of nine
days more he would introduce it for their Lordships'
farther consideration:
Lord LIVERPOOL said, he wiihed to correct an
error into which the Noble Lord had fallen.. It was
not the case, as he seemed to think, that a Bill might
not be opposed on the first reading. It bad been, no
doubt, • the general
*practice and courtesy of the
House to let the first reading pass without opposi-
tion ; but thak did not take away the right to oppose.
Upon that oiSurtesy, however, he would always act,
unless where the case was so gross and timpropei as
to excite immediate hostility. But although he
would not oppose the Bill in its frit reading, be had
a decided objection to its principle, and Would feel
it necessary to state the reasons of his objection aia
future stage.
Lord HOLLAND, in explanation, said dust. bi
had not claimed any right to having the Bill read a
first time without discussion; be had distinctiy-h..
pressed himself, as relying upon the usages and.cour-
tesy of the House.
'The Bill was then read a first time.—Adjourned
to Monday.
• HOUSE OF COMMONS.
This day ate Gallery Was opened at Half-past Two o'clock,
and idle Senecas took the Chair at a Quarter to Four.
The Qerk of the Crown was called is to amend the Writ
for Ipswich, substituting the lame of T. IL Leonard, Esq. ia.
further
eer return
attends n Committee
for appointed
abredouthsa‘to
the room of Crickett, Es_q.decLuednottobedulyebtete4. •
cs
On the motion of Mr. N. CALM; Lord Maton vas
tryexcusede nit.
kit the
portf momsn
anda toile adn
thes Petition
order
tl2;uardagbayi
in consequence of the death of a near relation, whicliTequips
his absence.
Lord FRANCIS OSBORNE brought up the Report o f tbe
Select Committee appointed to inquire into the merits of
Petition complaining of an whin return for de Bengt of

HOUSE OF LORDS, JUNE i6' '44 ••
Lord Mtnnerraft and the Bishop of Roomy:stook the MIAs
led their seats.
Counsel were finally heard on the Appeal Calm, "
v. Cahill."—Judgment postponed.
The Mutiny Bill was brought up from the Commons by Mr.
Dunne:nom and others, and read the first time; as were several
private or local Bills, presented by Mr. Bassoon, Mr. Fissure,
and other Members.
Lord ALTMORPE and others, brought up the Insolvent Debtors
Bill.
Lord GROSVENOR made some observations upon the ne-
cessitrof introducing a clause into the Bill for the purpose of af-
fording relief to persons suffering long imprisonment, under a
committal for contempt of the Court of Chancery. He was aware
of the legal difficulties in which the subject was involved, and
mentioned some cases of great hardship, more especially that of
one man whose confinement for contempt lasted 35 years. Ile,
therefore, wished to have the opinion of the Learned Lord on
the Woolsack as to the practicability of constructing a clause so
as to meet cases of this peculiar severity, and give them also the
advantage of the humane Interposition of the law.
The LORD CHANCELLOR said, that he would be al-
ways willing to receive from the Noble Lord, or any other per-
son, such suggestions, and information upon this subject, as
Night tend to relieve it from the difficulties with which it was,
la some respects, at present connected. He would briefly state
hie own opinion, In compliance with the request of the Nobie
Lord. It should be observed, that contempt of. Court was of
two kinds, essentially different from each other ; one arose from
the non-payment of a sum of money ordered by the Court, the
other from a refusal to do some act fixed by the judgment. The
committal in the former case, was to be looked en as in the light
of an execution for the non-payment of a debt, and be hail no
objection, that those who were imprisoned for such contempt,
should be provided for by the law in the same way as debtors
Is colter Courts. With respect to the other sort of contempt, he
scarcely knew how to look at it. There were cases to which
ti could not see how relief could be extended ; suppose, for in-
stance (said the 'attuned Lord), the testator gives me an estate
le trust, to convey it to the Noble Lord. He calls on me for
the conveyance, and finding me not willing to execute it, de-
saands it in a Court of Equity, having no remedy in a Court of
Law, the estate being judiciary, and not legal. If then, instead
of conveying the esette to him, according to the intention of the
testator, I refuse to execute the trust, and neglecting the deci-
don of the Court enforcing the performance of this judiciary
obligation, keep possession of the estate, and receive the rents
and profits, how could relief be extended in such a case, without
giving to the offender the _benefit of his own wrong' As long as
he continued in contempt against every principle of conscience
and justice, so long it was right that the Court should make
him feel that he could not be unjust with perfect impunity.
But even after a committal on such grounds, if the prisoner ex-
pressed his readiness to relinquish what he had no right in equity
to retain, then there was no doubt but he would be relieved.
There was always, under such circumstances, even an ener for-
wardness in the Court to give all the relief that was conststent
with justice; but there was no remedy when a man chose tuse
justly to per sin in withholding ftoaranother what he had only
received for his benefit ; such a person had no right, while con-
tinuing to disobey the law, to complain that the process of law
was too rigorous • but still be (the Lord Chancellor) was al-
ways glad to receive: information on particular cases.—The Bill
was then read a first time.
On the motion of the Earl of ROSEBBRRY, the Order of the
Day for the committal of the Bill for regulating the Election of
Scotch Peers was discharged, and the Hill ordered to be com-
mitted on Friday next.
The Marquis of LANSDOWN moved for certain. Papers re-
lative to Foreign Trade, for the purpose of being laid before the
Select

s in Me links, and the substance of the link in the
None plane, instead of being twisted, and with sharp-
"(tinted stays, as he nude them beforethat period.
We have now the Short-hand Writer's Report before
is, add it agrees with our statement.