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London, England, 1816-06-29 00:00:00

P4RLIdtMENTARr PROCREDINGS.

HOUSE OF LORDS, JUNE 211.
The came of Whillas v. Lorimer heard. In Col.

dough v. Bolger. judgment of the Court below re•
versed. Cause of Majendie T) • Caruthers affirmed as
to the point of legitimacy; remitted as to the rest.

REGIMTPS CANAL.
The third reading of. the Regeat's Canal Bill being
Moved,
Earl STANHOPE stated, that he was friendly
• to this project—that it was bis interest to be so, as
be had £5,000 embarked in it. He only insisted
that a prudent and proper plan of management should
IVe followed. If this was done, they could not ruin
him, but they might ruin themselves. Adverting
to the sp%ch of the Lord Chancellor the other night
on the subject of the law as In Canal Companies, he
characterised it as an admirable, exquisite, and prin-
cipal speech ; And tiff repeated p in of that speech
as to the plan and estimate requi►ed to be laid before
Parliament. Unless such Companies kept within
their Plans and Estimates, they might dig ditches,
and leave them full of stagnaut water on the property
of individuals, without doing any good, or being
able to carry their plan into execution. This Com-
pany might in that manner dig such ditches on the
property of a Noble Marquis (Camden) who was
very much interested in this matter. But the Noble
and Learned Lord on the Woolsack had pointed out
how they were to be dealt with; and had stated,
that unless they could spew upon their oaths, when
called upon, that they had sufficient funds to com-
plete the work from Paddington to Limebouse, the
Noble Marquis, or any other Proprietor in the line
of their operations, might have an injunction against
- them, and prevent their making these stagnant
ditches. The Noble Earl, after some further obser.
rations on their proceedings, repeated, that he wish-
ed well to the work ; but if they began their foolish
and expensive operations, be would consult with
the big wigs, and bring them. into the Court of
Chancery.
After a few words from the Marquis of CAMDEN,
Lord SHEFFIELD, and the Earl of Moarow, the Bill
was read a third time.

Earl STANHOPE then proposed an Amendment
'relative to the Locks, which he conceived to be for
the advantage of the undertaking. That Amend-
ment was negatived. His Lordship said that he had
at any rate no objection to the passing of the Bill, as
he had it in his power to get the work stopped by
the Court of Chancery, unless the Managers pro-
ceeded in a proper manner.
The Bill was then passed.

WEST INDIA RELIGIOUS INSTRUCTION..

The Archbishop of CANTERBURY solicited the
indulgence of the House for a few moments, while
he adverted to some part of the statement of a Noble
Baron (1101,tad) on the subject of the diffusion of
Religious Instruction among the Black Population
of the \Vest Indian Elands. The whole subject had
been troited by the Noble Baron with his usual elo
quence and ability, and he had ascribed to the matter
of religious instruction that importance which it de-
served : but the Noble Baron had said, that the dif-
fusion of Religious Instruction among the Black Po
pulation had been neglected by the Church of Eng-
land, or at least that the Church of England had
not done every thing in furtherance of that object
which it might have done, and which the Public had
a right to expect from it. As far, however, as his
information ex:eaded, the charge of the Noble Baron
against the Church of England was not correct.—
The matter had been generally understood as falling
within the jurisdiction of the Bishop of London. It
bad at one time been subjected to the jurisdiction of
a particular Bishop of London : but that authority
had ceased with the life of that particular Bishop ;
and since that time the West Indies had not belong-
ed to the jurisdiction of any particular See. The
object of communicating Religions instruction to
the Black Population of the West Indies had not,
however, been neglected. The only fund they had
for sending out Missionaries to the West Indies was
that which was left by the will of Mr. Boyle, orl
Boyd; and they had kept a Missionary at Barba-1
does, another at Antigua, and a third at Nevis.--1
The Barbadoes Missionary was dead, and they had
only two out at present. The stipend allowed for
each was 8800. But from the manner in which the
Missionaries had been received, or some other causes,
they had found very considerable difficulty in pro-
curing fit persons for that duty. The fund, at pre-
sent, amounted to £2,000 a-year. The Church had
not neglected thjs part of its duty, and would cer-
tainly give it all proper attention.
Lord HOLLAND disclaimed all intention of
casting any imputation of neglect upon the Clergy
of the Church of England as a body, or any parti-
cular member of that body. He himself had known
some eminent men Bishops of London, who had
paid great attention to the religious instruction of the
black population of the West Indies, especially Bi-
shop Pot teus. The way in which he had introduced
that subject was this—he had been pointing out the
importance of having religious instruction communi-
cated to fhe negroes in the shape or form in which
the Christian religion was professed by the master;
and on that account he thought that the Church of
England Missionaries could dtamost good. He had
stated his opinion, that neither the Legislatures nor
the Church had done all in this point of view which
might have been done—certainly not meaning to cast
any particular imputation on the Church. He was
happy that the Learned and Venerable Lord had
communicated to the House the circumstances which
bad been stated ; and he was glad that the fund was
in a state which would enable the Church to do a
great deal Of good in the important particular of
communicating religious instruction to the negroes
in the West Indies in the form best calculated to render
it highly beneficial. He again disclaimed all inten-
tion of imputing any particular blame to the body or
any individual of the Church of England Clergy.