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London, England, 1827-06-22 00:00:00

CATHOLIC CLAIMS.

Mr. PEEL rose to present sic Petitions against further entices.
'tons to Roman Catholics. These Petitions had been for some
time in his hands. They were front the Minister and Protestant
Dissenters assensbled. at Grove Chapel, Camberwell; the Arch-
deacon and Clergy of the Archdeaconry of Huntingdon; the parish
of Walton; the Inhabitants of the city of Litchfield; the Diocese of
Cloofert and Kilniacduagh, in Ireland; and one other place, the
tame of which was not audible. These Petitions were severally
bro.* op, and ordered to be laid on the table.
Mr. PEEL then said, that a Petition had been put into his hands
by a Roman Catholic Gentleman, and although he was not ac-
quainted with him, he had every reason to believe that he was per.
httly•respectable. This Gentleman stated, tllat he was an Attars
y, that he had made an application to be admitted a Master Es-
tfautdinary in the Court of Chancery; but that, in consequence of
an oversight in the Act of 1791, it still remained necessary for Mas-
ters Eatraordloary to take the Oaths of Allegiance and Supre-
macy. The Petition was signed John Wilson.—lt was ordered to

be printed.
Sir C. !BURRELL presented a Petition from the Owners and
°misters of Land in the neighbourhood of Shipley. in Susses,
praying lior agricultural prestectiati.—Ordered to lie on the table.
Sir J. W ROTTESLEY presented a Petition from the Protes-
um Dissenters of Wolverhampton. praying for a repeal of the Teat
and Corporation Acts.

LAWS AFFECTING LANDED PROPERTY IN INDIA.

Mr. FERGUSSON rose, pursuant to notice, to more
for a Select Committee to inquire and report upon a
subject of great importance to the administration of law
in India. The first topic to which he would direct at•,

teatios, was the state of the law as respected ptoperty
in land, and the liability of such property in the hands
of executors and administrators. The question arising
out of this really resolved liself. Into one of, whether
there was any reel property at all in t under the
existing law ?—rehethee, in short, all the landed pr.titerty
in India was not chattle, or; in other words, could any
person in India bold an estate in fee? This question
had been raised before tke Supreme Court at Bengal,
and though a difference Of dpinion'esisted amongst the
Judges, it was decided, that landed property in the
hands of executors and administrators, was liable to the
payment of simple contract debts. An inquiry into the
state of the law on this point would be one branch of the
subject which he should propose to submit to the con-
sideration of a Committee, should he prevail on the
House to agree to his motion. It was tine that te law
might be declared by Bill, but he saw no objection to
the appointment of a Committee, and he trusted the
House would agtee with him as to its expediency, the
more especially, as the opinions of the Judges in India
were not uniform upon this question. The next point
to which he would call the attention of the House was
a matter of much greater importance, involving the
security, in person and property, of every British sub-'
ject in India—affecting the population of a gigantic
empire that encompassed nearly half the globe—that
stretched limn the Cape of Good Hope to the Straits of
Magellan. By the first Charter in the reign of George I.
these Courts were established independently of the
Civil Court, and the Governer and Council were con-
stituted
Justices of Oyer and Terminer. As the law at
present stood, a British subject, tried in one Court.
might be subjected to a capital punishment ; when, if
tried in another, the offence would be pronounced a
misdem an Air. If two persons were concerned equally
in the same crime, at the same time, and in the same
place, the one might be oiled capitally, the other for a
misdemeanour, according to the respective Court in
which the parties were tiled. Another question which
he hoped to set at rest through the instrumentality of a
Committee, wruld be the individuils who could come
under the designation of British subjects. There were
subjects of his Majesty—there were subjects of Great
Britain, and there were British Eumpean subjects
Even as regarded civil pteceedings them distinctions
were most ma esial, and should be accurately and defi-
nitively settled. One other point remained to be n
deed, on which an alteration in the law was most or.
gently required—he alluded to the condition in which
persons of the mixed b:ood wee placed. A Christian
the son of an Englishma 1, (not legitimate) could be
tried and lint to death, according to the Mahometan
law, any where in India beyond the boundaries of Cal
curia. In the rules of succession in marriages, in plu-
rality of wives, arid in the division of property amongst
children, people of the class to which he alluded were
all subject to the Mahometan law. He trusted-that the
House would not understand him as meaning to cast
the slightest imputation upon the present Government
of India. Na one knew better than he did the mi'd and
paternal character of that Government, nor could at.y
one feel wetter pleasure in beating testimony to its ex-
cellence. The Hon. and Learned Gentleman then con-
cluded, by moving that a Select Committee be ap-
pointed'to inquire and report upo:t the laws relating to
landed property held by British subjects in the tetri-
tories of the East India Company, and whether and
how far the same was liable when in the hand, of exe-
cutors and administrators to the simple contract debts
of its deceased owner ?—also ts hat cl .saes of iudiiiduals
were amenable to the Courts of Justice in India, as se,
spected person and property, together with what sta
tutes did or ought to extend to t::ose tmitories, so as to
'produce uniformity of siecisions.
• Mr.C.W.W.WYNN, however Battered by the f .vor-
able view which the lion. Gentleman had taken of the
Administration of Indian affairs, could not agree to his
motion. They were then at the close of a Sesston, and
a Committe.., if appointed, could not have time to carry
its inquiries to such an extent, as even to embrace one
of the branches of the subject broto4ht under the con
sideration of the Notre* by the Hon. Gentle oils. Bu.,
even though there were tufficient time for such an in-
quiry, he still would consider the mottos objectionable
—even though it were at the beginning of a Session, he
could not but see great obj •ctions to such a pr-cee.!ing.
What was proposed to be d..m. ? To appoint a Corn
mince to inquire and tepoft upon what the law is. That
was a question, not for a Committee, but for the Law
Officers of the Crown. The Hon. Gentleman had been cor-
rect in stating, that a difference of opinion existed in the
Supreme Court—the Chief Justice was of one opinion,
and the twoPuisneJudgeswere of another. What they held
to be the law, is the law at the present moment—but if
doubts existed on the subject, the proper made of setting
those doubts at res' would be by an appeal to the Privy
Council. Was it right and fitting, that the House of
Commons should appoint a Committee to decide a
question that properly belonged to a Court of Law T
He was perfectly free t 3 admit, that, for many pur-
poses, a Committee of that House conducted inquiries
with much advantage to the public: but he thought,
that a question respecting what the law was, or what
it ought to be, was very unfit to be referred to a Cons'.
mime. It would be impassible to arrive at any fair or
beneficial-decis'on upon such a question, without hearing
arguments on both sides, ax well those who oppose the
opinion of the Chief Justice, as those who are favour.
able to it. He would again put it to the Hon. Gentle.
man to say, why the question could not be submitted to
the decision of the Privy Council? Even the other
House of Parliament could dispo-e of the question better
than the House of Commons, for they had the Judges to
consult. It was highly desirable that a uniformity of law
should be established,hut it did not necessarily follow from
thence that the appointment of a Committee 'of that
House was either desirable or necessary. In his opinion,
the occasion did not call for any thing that might not
be effected by individual labour. Balls, he thought,
might be advantageously introduced on the model of
those then passing through the Houses of Parliament,
'for the improvement of the Criminal Laws, and he
hoped that, early in the next Session, it would be in his
power to submit to the House Bills for the consolidation
' of, and amendment of, such laws as the evils com-
plained of might require.
Mr. FERGUSSON would not press the subject at
present on the consideration of the House, hut begged
leave to withdraw his motion, reserving to himself the
tight of rein-Aiming it at a future opportunity, tf, in
the interval, the subject were. not taken up by some
individual better qualified than himself to do justice to
it. His anxious claim was, to render the administration
of justice in India as pure and perfect in its nature as it i
was in England.—The motion was then withdrawn.

NAVAL PROMOTIONS.

Mr. HUME rose for the purpose of directing the at-
tention of the House to the subject of Neval Promtions.

It wt .one which he dia not now intro 'ace for the first
tirocto shale -notice, having on two former occasions
availed Mabel( of an opportunity- to enter into various
details connected• with the state of Naval Promotions.
On those occasions he had satisfactorily proved, that
promotions were frequently made through the medium
of family. and Parliamentary influence, without any re-
gard to the benefit of the service, or the exigencies of
the country. Since the period of his last formal m:-
ti .n on this subject, he was bound in candour to say,
a considerable number of old and meritorious Offi.
cers had bees promoted. But, however, the evil might
be mitigated, it was not remcived, and many unnecessary
promotions had taken place. It was far from his wish to
endeavour to impair the efficiency of the navy which he
always desired to see powerful and paramount, in this
country, and he was the last man who would set his
face agaii.st a proper and legitimate degree of promo..
tion, but he confessed he could not but consider our
present expenses in that department as alike excessive
and unnecessary. In 1822, a unanimous address was
agreed to by the House, and presented to his Mak ty, in
which the King was requested to direct every prac-
ticable reduction to be made in our establishments, with
la view to an approximation to the expenditure of 1792.
To this cddress his Majesty had been pleased to return
a most gracious answer, expressive of his willingness to
attend to the suggestions contained in the addicts,
and stating his royal determination to order all pos-
sible reduction! to be made in the various branches
of the public expenditure. Now, he conceived he
was fully warranted, by the terms of the address,
and his Majesty's most gracious. message—when he
considered these documents, and looked at the amount
of our present expenditure, he repeated, he was war-
ranvid in declaring that the House had not done its
duty; for, so tar from any reduction having taken
place, our expenditure must ere considered as rather on
the increase. He should, for the present, content him-
self with directing the a•tention of the House, more
particularly, to one branch of our naval expenditure--
the rather as it was one under the immediare controul
of Government, and which. it was in their power to
check, w ithout reference to the Huth°r it y of Pal Hameln.
From the naval dead weight which was introduced in
1817 by a Noble Lord then at the head of his Majesty's
Government, the best, he might say the most rxtraor-
donary, results had been anticipated; but the expectation
was not fulfilled. 01 the contrary, the effect of the
scheme was to continue the load of taxation, which
pressed so severely on the country. The Hon. ifembeil
here entered into several details connected with the for-
mer and present state of the Navy, and concluded with
rioting the following Resolutions:—

" First, That, according to Official Returns now on the table of
the House, it appears, that on tbr lat of January, 1817, there were
5,558 emistrissioned Officers in the Royal Navy, front the rank of
Admiral to Lieutenant, and that of this number only Sea were at
that time employed afloat, the remainder being on half.pay.
" Secondly, That a sum of X 718,00 t has been expended in half.
pay of Nivel Officers for this year, exclusive of £.578,359 fur half.
pay of Marines, Widows' Allowances, &c. and A 450,000 voted on
account of Greenwich Hospital; making an aggregate of £1,547,359
devoted to this bran; of the Naval Service during the year.
" Thirdly, That is House is, therefore, of opinion, that an
bumble Address should be presented to his Majesty, praying, that
bit Majesty would he graciously pleased to take into his Royal con.
aideration the great number of commissioned Officers employed
afloat, and on half pay, In the navy, and having a due regard to the
depressed state of the financial affairs of the country, the decrease of
the Revenue and the heavy load of taxation under which all classes
of the community labour, may direct that no further promotions
Mall take place except on extraordinary occasions, and under re.
markable circumstances, when the striking merits, and long and
gallant servlces, of the individual to be rewarded, may be such as
.hall authority promotion, and render it alike in justice due to the
individual, and beneficial to the public service."

. The first Resolution having been put fr. in the Chair,
S'r G. COCKBURN allowed that there were morel
Officers in the naval service than had employment, but
many of them were on half pay, ready to return to
active service on the emergency of a war. Were all
tho e Of c, r 1 to waste their days without promotion of
any kind? W.hat would be the condition of the naval'
defence of the country, if no promotions had been made
in it since 1815 ? Why, that there would be nobody
but old men in the service, who, from their years and
infirmities, would not be competent to the performance
of their arduous duties in case of a war. For this reason
it was thought fit to bling in young Officers. The
greater numb r on the 11-t"of Captains, were nearer to
70 years of age than to 60, and many of the Li.ute-.
nants old in proportion. This made it necessity to feed
the profession with young men, and thus it happened
that promotion must go on. There were twa ways in
which promotion took place_ one was, by rewarding
the services of old officers whir had distinguished them-
selves in the profession—the other was, by bringing
younger men info it, to fill the vacancies occasioned by
the promotion of the old officers. The introductidn of
young officers caused a great improvement in the
service. In the list of the young officers brought in
would be found for the mit part, the sons and relatives
of distinguished Admirals in the Navy--of Generals in
the Army—and of distinguished public officers in the
civil departments—whose public services gsve them a
claim on the Admiralty for the promotion of their young
relatives. On the List of Captains, most of the officers
had past their examination for Lieutenants in 1815 ;They
must, therefore, have been many years in the service be-
fore that period of their examination. He hoped the Hon e
would never discou►age the promotion of naval officers,
particularly when promotion was, in this time of peace,
the only means the country possessed of rewarding
their services. He assured the House that he had no
duty more painful than the task of reading the memo..
rials of meritorious officers, and the necessity of refusing
to them (which, in most cases, he was compelled to do)
that degree of advancement in their profession to which
long and useful services had equitably entitled them;
but when the Honourable Member for Montrose corn.
plained of the number of promotions, he must have for-
gotten the number of squadrons we had in various
parts of the world. We had now a fleet of twenty
sail in the Mediterranean, which was scarcely con-
sidered sufficient for the purposes; several ftigates,
beside two or three line of battle ships on the coast
of South America to maintain our Commerce;
then, a number of vessels among the West India Islands,
to put down the pirates, in which service the Offi.ers
distinguished themselves by leading on in person against
the pirates, and cutting ►hem out of their haunt•. Did
n-t these gallant services demand promotion? It was
indispensable, in of der to effect the proper performance
of such dangerous duties. Nothing tended like promo
tion to inspire an honourable emulation; one anecdote
would suffice to prove its beneficial consequences. The
Admiralty, some time ago, promoted a young Officer
for having jumped overboard to save a man from drown-
ing—and for the next three months they heard of nothing
but of Officers jumping iota the water—(A laugh). For
these reasons be would oppose the propositions of the
Hon. Member for Aberdeen, which he trusted the House

would reject—the grit, by dm. preirlons qtrfetton, and
the other two (if the Hon. Member should persist in
moving them) by a direct negative.
Mr. Muses first proposition was then put, and met by owl
previous guidon, which (tatter) was carried. 013 the Hon. Maas,
bees pressing his second proposition,
Sir JOSEPH YORKE concurred in the opinion that
promotion could not entirely be abolished; but fek
hinstel bound, as a Member of that House, to declare,
that, in the present appalling condition of the Onancet,
a great degree of caution ought to be used in checking
unnecessary promotion—it was a source of enototoot
patronage, and, if not restricted, would swallow np an
immense amount of revenue. If the Right Hon. Gen.
tkman now at the head of the Treasury would apply
his great power to lessen the expenditure, and replenish
the finances of the country, he would win the most s, lid
fame and powerful influence of the public; but if he
did not act so he would sink, not from his pewter,
but to the level of his predecessors in office, There
was one point to which he wished to call the attention
of the Ilse, as he had often before (thtugh
iir
vain) called to it the attention of the Honourable Mein-
ber for Dublin (Mr. Croker). namely, a psoposition for
publishing the Naval Promotions in the Gazette. Such
publicity would be a check on any smuggling conduct
on the part of persons iii office. Another point on which
he a fished to say a word was, the appointment of second
Captains in the Navy. That regulation he did not
ascribe to the Lord High Admiral, as he doubted whe-
ther his Royal Highness's patent gave him the potter of
making such an important alteration in the system; but
the regulation itself he (Sir Joseph Yoskt) quite disap.
proved of, as tending to introduce a sort of spy on the
person of the Commander, and thns to breed ill.blood
and discord among the ship's Officers. The plan oat
borrowed, he believed, from the French, among whoa
it was considered by their beat Officers as a blot on their
naval system.

Sir d: COCKBURN was rather sruptised to perceive
his Gallant Friend opposing promotions, particularly
when he recollected to have seen him not lung since at
the Admiralty, soliciting promotion for some of his
worthy young relatives--(A laugh.) Auto the system •
of appointing two Captains to the same ship, it was by
no means a r ew measure, but had been in existence long
before. The Lord High Admital bad received the
suggestion of a renewal of it, and brought it before the
Council, by whom, after due consideration, it was ap.
proved and adopted. The plan was practically thi•—
Lieutenants who had distinguished themselves were
usually made Commanders—now, as Commanders they
rarely received employment, in consequence of the
small number of sloops in the service, to which eau
of vessels they were commonly appointed. By the
present regulation, every 74 gun ship and flag-ship
was to have a Commander as well as a Captaiii ; that,
the Commanders who, by the former system, got rarely
any experierice of the working of a line•of-baitle ship be-
fore they were appointed to the command of t'em, would
now, in the event of the Captain's illness or death, be
able to succeed to the command with a suffici,nt On.
tity of experience acquired on board the line-of battle
ships. while they had been acting in them as Coo-
mandets. This would be a most important advirtage
to the service, as, after all, the power of the conairr
depended on the operations of the line-of-battle skips
While on his legs, he begged, leave to say a, word re
another matter, important tithe Navy—he meant fie
sale of commissions. The suhj et had occupied moth
of the attention of the Admiralty. and the ollosing
was a plan, which had received their approbation—
namely, to offer to old Officers wishing to retire, A
pecuniary compen. ation, equiva'ent to the value of their
pay ; or to allow them to seil their commissions to
younger Officers, who should have served a certain
number of year-. Thus, the old Officera would be sop-
plied by the young, without any additional expense to
the public, and with great advantage to the service—
The only objection to the adoption of the plan, was the
rrejudice existing against a practice that had never be.
fore existed in the Navy.

Mr. KEITH DOUGLAS said, that the grtem of premodern
bad produced the most beneficial effects in the Navy.
Sir JOSEPH YORRE explained.

Mr. CHOKES felt himself called on by the Gallant
Officer's allusion to him, nn the subject of gazetting
navy promotions, to state, that he entirely forgot that
the Gallant Officer had ever made any communication
to him on the subject. Indeed, if the Gallant Other
had made such a proposition to bins, and had asked
him why he did not adopt it—his (Mr Croker s) an.
swer to the Gallant Officer would be, " Why did you
not introduce such a regulation yourself, is the nine
years yon were in office !—(Laughter). But, .to the point
in question—the fact was, that naval promotions were
published in the Gazette quarterly in time of peace,and
monthly in war, and from that were copied 4100
public newspapers. . .
Sir JOSEPH YORKE mid, belmiiiinell it pdvately te the
Hon. Secretary.
Mr. CROKBlL—Privately ! Is it wet Wm. Mat a Lord die
Admiralty should have confined himself to whispering such mat'
teration to min (Mr. Croker) who was but a Swam of the Ssirli
and never proposed it to the Based themselves.
Sir JOSSP Li YORK FL—The Hon. Member may be a &twig
to' he Board of Admiralty new, bet in my time be ttrM directly Ibl
remme—(A laugh.)
Sir J. WROTTESLEY said, be had not understood
the Hon. Member (Mr. Hume) to hate meant to cast
the slightest imputation upon the Admiralty of either
the present or former days. The Hon. Member had
only expressed his opinion, that some limitation should
be put to promotions in the Navy, in which proposition,
he (Sir J. W.) fully agreed with him ; at the same time,
'he did not mean to state specifically where that limita-
tion ought to commence; bat he trusted that the Admi.
ralty Cruncil would themselves feel the necessity for
coming down in the nest Session of Patliatnent, and
propose some measure with that object. He apre-
hended not that any improper promotions wo'ild take
place in the interval, for be was convinced the Illus-
trious Person at the head of the Navy would in the
performance of his duty, follow the example of his
Illustrious Brother, who had so long presided over that
Army, and who had never suffered political consider.i•
cloth co influence him in that most important
recommendation of officers to his Majesty for prow*
lion. (hear, hear, hear.)
atived
The question on the motion was then put, and neg with"'
*division. point, the

Mr. HUME. in movies his third proposition, trusted the antirn
pation of the Honourable Baronet would be realised, and that us_
promotions would take place in the interval between the close efb
the present Session and the commencement of the next, except
as should be called foe by extraordinary merit.
The question on the third proposition, for an Address to his /la'
jesty, was then put. and negatived without a division.

WAILUIOUSED COIN )ILL.
Mr. HERRIES moved that the House do resolve itself into a
Committee of the whole House is the Warehoused Cum 044
which was agreed to.
On the mama that tbe Speedier do new leave the Chair,
—tit• E. KNATCHIBULL said, that he wAI ccurinc:J

Ity tidings, am not rentanstrating . price; Not.
:attatanding the frequent discussions which the pro-
,ilions of the Bill had undergone, and notwitiatanding
ot it • as not hi. intention to divide the House upon
the question, still he could not suffer that opportunity
to past without ea pressing his decided disapprobation of
the measure as it then growl' He admitted undoubtedly
that the principle of the Bill was Lord Liverpool's; but
be was convinced that the details were not those which
bad been drawn up or approved of by that Noble Lord;
sod, until convinced of the contrary, he should oppose
the Bill. His opinion on the subject rested upon the sub-
stance of a conversation he had had respecting it with
the Noble Earl, in Kent, a short time previous to his le-
gated indisposition. In the course of that conversation,
Lord Liverpool stated to him the nature of the measure
laic% be intended to propose, and said, that it had been
calculated that 60s. per quarter would be a proper point
st which (with reference to the interests of the agricul-
twist) it would be proper to allow of importation, and
asked him his opinion on the subject. He (Sir E. K.)
replied, that if 60s. would afford- to the agriculturist a
remuneration, no opposition ought or would be offered
to the measure—that he had doubts on the point, but
should. nevertheless, acquiesce in fixing the importation
price at 60.. tither look ng upwards. The crops of the
present sear were most promising,which, added to other
circumstances, rendered it impraable that the farmer
would obtain a remunerating price. Should that doubt
prove to be well founded, and should the Bill be c 4flied,
he trusted ihat.in P the next S:ssion, arliament would
wake such alterations in it; as would be called for to
use the British agriculturist from irretrievable ruin.
Mr. CANNING—Th'e statements and observations
tithe Hon. Baronet, and the questions implied by them,
being of a nature requiring an immedia e reply, 1 lore no
time in rising for that purpose. I do astute the Hon.
Baronet, in the m"st Solemn m iniser, that, in my under-
standing, all the details of the Bill were Lord Liverpool's
_(Hear). But I will not undertake to say, that there is
notone clause in it which was not mentioned in the Ca-
binet—l mean that whiOh enables his Majesty to prevent
the intercou rani with Fareign Powers, under the provisions
stated Mahe lisil;-(Hertr). The House will recollect that
the speech its which I.brodght forward the measure, was
spokeitf Om a memorandum of Lord Liverpool's as
from brief; onlL amplifying it for the purpose of ex•
planation-'-(liem). With respett to the fixing of the im-
poliatiOn price at 60s. per quintet, I can assure the lion.
Baronet, that hot only was that Lord. Liver pool's own
proposition, but that, in consequence of a conversation
he had had with the Hon. Baronet himself, he (Lord
Liverpool) anticipated but a very limited, if any, op.
positi-n to it. (Hear, hear.) My Noble Friend told me,
that he hail met the Hon. Baronet in Kent—that he had
awed to the Hon. Baronet his plan, and had motioned
to him his intention of fixing the importation price at
60s.—that the Hon. Baronet had expressed himself
content swilliA it price, ai looking upwards rather than
downwards*L.-and on that decLuation (for I specifically
remember he made use of those words) did he found his
anticipatios of little or no opposition to the measure in
the House of Commons. (Cheers.) I hope I have answered
dui question of .the Honourable Baronet—'but it any
fieher tie requited, I am ready to give it. (Ilear,
hew; 'War). With respect to another observation of
rhea flibh.:Barotler. I can assure hint and the House
64fii4e' i Consideration Of Ae.mCasure by his Majesty's
illeutet4,,die object of their greatest solicitude was, to
(halm.* between all parties--and that there-was as
Ame!iiinn paid to the interests of the agriculturist
as tn that of the manulacturet—( Hear, hear.) And I
atnlcohrinced, that even the Hon. Baronet him di • ill
limit, ')aid, considering how much the interests of the
masalacturing ;class were affected—that consideting
the recent rod great privations they had enduied—and'
theapprehensloos they must have entertained, should
the Bill be rejected,r-they had displayed great forbear-!
auce—(Heal )—for never was there a period at which
the House had been less vexed by importunate applia
cations, than during the progress of the discussions on
fhisaitattion—(Loud cheeting.). I trust that the for-
bearance thus displayed on the par; of the manufaci.
mils, will be met by a corresponding feeling on the
pan of the agricultui ists—and that nest year. whatever
may be the result ef themeAsure now before the House.
Ise shall c,me to the consideration of the question, and
maintain the discustioh throughout, without anything
andel in ti e slightest degree to the excitement of angry
Posiiins.:alCheers). There is ontpoint only remaining of
the sperdi-'of the lion:Bart. to which it is nett ssary to
"Pit. He seems to fear that 'the price of coin, in con. I
'Nome of the were promising 'appearance of the har-
vest, may 'be aletwessetd i that &it measure will have the
efect of Anther redskins thb OA:sea:and has expressed
bis hope, Wet, should the resit' 'Owe unfavourable
to the faratfer.ille circa Instance would receive due con-
sideration. The Hommrable Baronet, however, ought
to recolliit that 'Whin' the Bill was brought in, t e
prices of opal, steme.lower than at present; for, if-I
recollect right, •the price of wheat when I opened the
BSI wait from 535. to 545. per quarter : it is now 58s.
and that it was, consequently (when the Bill was in-
%twined), considerably lower than the point (605.)
with' 'which the Honourable Baronet said, he would
• be content—and, therefore, before any argument could
be drawn from any depression in price at the future dis-
cusion of this measure, the price of corn at the period
/hen it was originated should be borne in mind, rather
than 60s. the price which the Hon. Baronet himself as•
lames, would afford a remuneration to the fernier. and
one with which he himself said he should be satisfied—
(Hear). I shall not further trespass on the time of the
House, than to repeat my hope that-we shall come to,
the discussion of toe question next year, with the same
good temper which the Hon. Baronet has displayed, and
in which I am luny disposed to participate—(Cheers.)
Mr. BANKES said, it was quite a delusion to sup-
pose that, by the proposed measure, the price of
nun would be kept at, or fluctuating a little above
Or below 60s. pet quarter ; for, on the contrary, should
the Bill pass in's) a law, 60s. would be the maximum,
which the price of corn would never rise,
'low which, he was convinced, it would always
,d. " I am glad (continued the Hon. Gentle•
iat the bill which passed this House has been
elsewhere—(Hear, hear, from Mr. Wool' yche
'more). I repeat, that I am glad it failed in the
INlae—(Hear, hear, again, ft om Mr.W. W.) I do
idetatand the meaning of those cheers. • Does the
.r'entleman mean to say, that any persons who
min him are ignorant and selfish ? If he does,
one, will not submit to hive such obloquy cast'
me, or to the arrogance in which it is conveyed—
bear, and order, older). I shall add, that my
a,' are, I oust, as enlightened—l am sure they
n nest—as those of the Hon. Gentleman, or of
otter* Ilon. Member of this.HOuse—(Heat). The
Intlettsau concluded by saying, be should not

SLAVE ws COWSOLIDA7IOI. SILL
Mr. WILMOT-HORTON wished to explain why he did not
mean to •roceed with the Committee on this Bill. Hiss Noble
Friend (Lord Goderieb) had so lately succeeded to the office of his
Noble Predecessor (Earl Bathurst), that he had not bad suMcient
opportunity, hitherto, to render himself master of the details of this
Bill; and there were some, in the working of which particular
difficulties bad arisen, that requited to be dealt with by the Secretary
for the Colonies specially. Under these circumstances, he (Mr.
W. Horton) was under the necessity of postponing the further pro-
gress of the measure until next Session; and, therefore, now moved,
that the order of the day for the House resolving into a Committee
on the Mil, be read that day six months.—Agreed to.
The third reading of .he Mutiny Act Amendment Bill having
been pr,
Mr. all./.bellg rose to ask who was at present responsible for pro-
motions made in the army, and for other duties which devolved, at
other times, upon the Commander-in-Chiet?
Lord PALMERSTON supposed the lion. Member was aware
that, by the constitution of the country, the King could do no act
without a responsible adviser—(Hear. hear!) Now, the consti-
tution of his (Lord Palmerston s) own office ut Secretary of W.ir.
rendered hint responsible for all such matters at those times
when there happened to be no commander-in-chief. He conic-
qoently would have to answer, whenever she Hon. Oentlemen
might please to call upon him—(a laugh)—for all promotions and
other acts which be might haft felt it his duty to advise his Wiwi!

further trouble the House, being only anxious to state,' to order In respect en the army, duties the 1120147 Ofebbepost o'
that his opinion on the measure remained unchanged.' Cornmander.insChletHear).
Mr. WARD said, that he had not heard one ate louse adjourned at Hair rave act ds - The other Orders of the day were. &en &wood 'or, and the
ivi me. t that could be called valid in favour of the dec.
t: inv that any particular class of his Majesty's subject;
were Li be ensured a remunerating price. ((;heels.)
Merchants and tradesmen made speculations which
sometimes did, and sometimes did not, turn out fortu
nate ; and why those who glebe c. rn should be ex-
empted from the same risks he could not conceive.
(Hear, hear.) It was evideqt, that many of the sup-
porters of the argricultural interest were utterly
unacquainted with the subject on which they
spoke, or they would not argue as, they did, for
the breaking up of the warehousing system, which
bad proved so beaeficial to this country ; yet, in
spite of the knowledge they must have of this, they do
not hesitate to drive the bonding system to the other side
of the water. It was a maxim with Buonaparte to pursue
British property wherever he could find it; and they
might depend upon it, that in the event of another war,
the corn of British merchants, which they would have
been obliged to warehouse abroad, would be seized,
upon the same maxim, by our enemiei. If chit system
of warehousing, which had been found to be so just in
principle, and to work so well, were for the first time
broken in upon by Noble Lords unacquainted with corn
mercial ma tens, i: would produce an alienation of feeling
on the pa:t of th- rest of the community with respect to
them, which the Noble Lords themselves could uot but
ultimately lament. With regard to the measure that
hid been lately lest in the other Hone% al hough it must
be matter of regret to the Right H ,n. Gentleman a; a
patriot, yet he could n hilt rej- ice thy the responsibi.
lily of such a step was taken off his shoulders--(Heat).
Mr. HUSKISSON begged to offer a few words on
parts of this measure which seemed to be mi.under•
stood. He had alieady, in submitting a certain cor-
respondence to the consideration of the House, explained
his views on this subject; but as an Hilo. Gentleman
opp .site seemed to have misapprehended them, he
begged briefly to recapitulate them. The .plinciple of
his measure was to give th, pre•erence, in point of ad.
mission, to the corn already in bond here; whilst that
of the amendment proposed to the B 11, in amther
place, was to prevent corn not yet imported, and to
exclude what we had in warehouse already from coming
into the market till the p:ice reached 60s. Some Hnn.
Member had expressed their joy at the failure of the
'Bill in the other House, and, at the same time, expressed
their approbation of t!;e measure now before the House,
on the ground of its being an expel iment, the result of
which would give them ground to determine as to which
party was right with respect to what would have been the
effect of the late Bill. This certainly might be called
an experiment ; but it was n:.t a fair one ; for to be fair,
the present measure ought to be upon the same princi-
ple with the late Bill, which it was not—(Heir, hear).
In the present measure only half of the original plan
was adopted; and yet there were those who would
call its result a fair criterion of what would have
been the effect of the late Bill. It was like sending
out two experimental ships, and fitting one of them
with only one mast, whilst the other was fitted up
with three, and then comparing the results. . The
main object that his Noble Friend (Lord Liverpool)
had in view when he prepared this measure was, to pre-
vent, if possible, the admission of foteigo'corn when*
price was below 60s. by the imposition of a, duty which, be thought
would be adequate to aceoneplis that ohjici, without, however,
entirely prohibiting the importa on ortinsAgn wheat, if subject
to that duty, it was wished to brought into this country. The
average of the price of the laat seven years his Noble Friend had
found was 57.. 4d. and tie thought upon that. that 60g. was a
price at which the farmer could, without much hurtg bear the
admission of foreign form With respect to the provisions of the
Bill, which barred fineign v.irn, totem' after the Ist July, from
the benefits of the Bill, he did, not think niuch injury would
arise Irons it. TI4 amount in bond, on the lit June, was 560,000
quarters of wheat, with 180,000 quarters of barley, which
latter were much wanted. and which it would be well to
have let out as soon as possible—(lfrar). The day before
this Bill wni in rodueed to the House, he bad received
a letter of an important na•tire, as bearing upon this subject, from
the Consul at Rotterdam, who stated, that the price of wheat was
Hang in that port, and that it could not be delivered in the Thames
Wader 4.55. If to this were added the duty of 24a. it would have to
pay before it could be brought into the market tor consumption, it
must be obvious there would be no great temptation for speculator.,
as the price being at sixty, to buy alp corn at Rotterdam. He did
not either entertain those apprehensions with regard to the Trans
tity that inlet be brotight from Canada, that seemed to be felt by
Mete Hon. Members. About two years back a Bill, imposing
ditties something like the present, was imposed upon wheat
coming from that country, and the year after, although there had
been an accumulation, from the trade having for some time been
prohibited, only 94,000 quarters were imported; and last year,
although freight was exceedingly cheap, front the number of ships
,seeking employment, the quantity of wheat Imported from the
whole of our North American possessions, amounted to the alarming
quantity of 27,260 quarters—( Hear). No evils need then be feared
Iron that or any other quarter, and they need only rejoice at being
able to liberate the barley, which was so much wanted—( Hear.)
Mr. S. WORTLEY expressed his approval of the measure.
Air. CANNING thought himself bound, to consequence of
something that had fallen in the course of the night, to say, that
that part of the Bill which related to the warehousing, was as much
his Noble Friend's (Lord Liverpool's) as any other; moreover, he
did not Initiate to say, that if he had a favourite part that was it.
Sir E. KN ATCH BULL explained, and begged to say, that he
bad not pledged himself in his private interview with Lord Liver-
pool to give his support to the late Bill.
Mr. CANNING said, that he bad merely understood from
Lord Liverpool, from his report of the conversation he had had with
the Hon. Baronet, that he (Lord L.) had found hint (Sir E.K.) more
favourable to his plan than he bad expected.
The House then went into a Committee, through which the Bill
having passed, the House resumed; and, on the motion of Mr.
linemen, the Report was brought up, received, read, and agreed
to.—To morrow was then appointed for the third reading.
The Customs' Dill was read a third time, and passed.
Mr. TENNYSON moved the third reading of the Game Bill.
Colonel SIISTHORPE opposed the third reading; but, upon the
question being put, the Ell was read a third time and passed, with-
out a division. The title ran thus:-0 An Act for enabling qualified
persons and others to authorise their servants to kill game, and
otherwise to remedy the Game Laws."
The Canada Clergy Reserves Bill was read a third time and paslied.

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FRIDAi', JUNE 22. 1527
STOCK SXCIIANGK, TWELVE O'CLOCK.

Tip to the present time, little Is doing in the Consol market.
Console, which left nf.yesterday at 861 i for the Account, opened
this morning at 86j ; since which, they have receded to 861 to 1.
In the Foreign market there Is also little or nothing doing;
South American Securities at present remain steady. .
Current prices: Old Spanish 111. Mexican 701 Colombian
Sej 1, Brazilian 591, Russian 9311, Danish 821 f, Oreek 151 16.
PRICE OF STOCKS AT TWO O'CLOCK.
Bank Stock India Stock Shut
3 per Cent. Red. 85/ j Ditto Bonds 84 as
5 per Cent. Cons. Slant. South Sea Stock
31 per Cent. 92 Old Annuities '
3/ per Cent. Red. 021 91{ 99 £lOOO F.zchasq. Rills SI 50
4 pee Cent. New Shut. £5OO Ditto SO 52
4 per Cent. Scrip ' £lOO and 1200 Ditto 50 52
4 per Cent. 1826, 1011 I Advertised
Long Ann. 191 13-18 Consols for Acct. sae 86}
FORKtiiN FIINI)S, TWO O'Cl.. WK.
Cnlnnibinn lIQn t., 6 p Ct. so Mrz. per Ct.
Do. Account 26j D6.8(1..8025 8 p Ci. 70h
Ditto m1%1624.301 f Do. Acct. 70j j
- o. Ac• t SOf 31 501 4 Peruvian Bonds spC. 23
Ilaoinb Rd% Sp 14. 621 1 Pron. Lids. ip C. 991
Do. Acct. 621 Russ. ilds, 1822,S pe. 921
Cif 11.14.18v5. 5 p Ct. 16 Da. Acct. 93
Ditto Acct. Span. Ws 5 p Ct. 111
BRITISH AND FORRION SIIAIIKS, TWO o'CLOCk.

Anglo Nlexican
United Xlexican

40 4211
14

FILVICM Fums, Jima 10—Five per Gins. 102 f. lee.—Three
per Cents. 70f. 33e. Neapolitan Re m% 76f. 50c.

List night in the House tat Lords the Corn Average
Regulatinn Bill was read a second time after a few observations,
it4l is to be committed this evening. Lord Alaten.l.l renounced
his tutention of extending the operation of the Spring Guns Abos
lition Act to Scotland, as the Lords of Justiciary had unanimoudy
decided, that the act of setting Spring Guns, or other engines of a
deadly nature, was illegal according to the law of Scotland.

In the Commons, Mi. Hoses motion respecting
Promotions in the Nary, was negatived without a division. The
Warehoused Corn Bill went through a Committee of the whole
House, and was ordered to be read a third time this day,—The
Customs Bill-was read a third time, and passed.

We received this morning Brussels Papers to the 20th
inst, Oa the anniversary oC the Battle of Waterloo, ie
Devise was performed in the church fSt Gudule in that
city, at which the Patricifc Club of Waterloo attended.
There was also Divine Service, as well as Thanksg.ving,
in the Protestant Church, to commemorate that signal
victory; but the military marceuvres and Court gala
usually held on that day, were omitted.

The manufacturers of Turcoing, in France, announced
on the 2d inst. to theirworkmen, that they were obliged
to reduce their wages. Also at R"ubaix, there was an
extraordinary meeting of the Council, called Prue'.
Honer:ea, at which it was decided, that, in consequence
of the great depression of trade and of the manufac—
turing interests, no workmen should be employed its.
future but such as had a fixed residence in the place.—..
Things must be in a very bad state, when such mea-
sures are resorted to ; and it is rather tuitions that
no nc cite of them has appeared as yet in any of the
French Papers.

An Austrian Messenger passed through Biussels,on
the 18th, with dispatches for London.
Oil the 13th of this month, *blot 800 Germans, men,
wemen and children, pars.ed through Utre.ht, on their
way to Amsterdam, to embai k there for America.

We also received this morning Amsterdam Papers
to the 20h instant. They contain news from Batavia
to the 22d of February, stating that Deleo NROORO had
assembled a force d'ahout 1200 men between Kalie,
Dynking, and Djocjncarta, where he was joined by the
Princes and other Chiefs of the Insurgents; his designs
had not transpired. On the 28th of January- an expe-
ditinn, sett from Socracarta, made a general attack
1
Inprin another body of Insurgents who were posted be-
tween Boinclalie and Dilangoe ; and, according to the re-
ports of General de Kecx, this extedition had ire several
respects -.maimed its 01-ject. It is said that the Dutch troops
were cordially supported by the native auxiliaries of
Singosarie, and other neighbouring districts. Two
small cannon, which had been captured two daysbef,;re
by the enemy, were recovered •on this occasion. On
the 14th of February, 31ajnr VANDIVITK drove 500
rebels from Karang Kopeck, which he afterwards burnt.
We have entered into these details, to chew that the
insurrection rages as fiercely as eve-,
There is no other ueas in these papers. •
We have in like manner received the Algenteime Zei.
tang and Frankfort Papers, both to the 15th invent.'
They contain no news from Greece, and no intelligence',
of any description worth noticing.

New South Wales Papers were received this morning
at the North and South American Coffee House to the
12th of February; but they are destitute of interest.

We learn from the American Papers, that a Procla-
mation was recesre.l on. the 14th April in Laguira,
requiring all foreigners to comport themselves accord.
ing to the existing laws, and, in case of infraction, the
Governor is authorised to send them out of the country.
Another Proclamation, according to the same Papers,
threatens with death any man who shall speak ill of the
existing Government.

The LOltD CHANCELLOR, the Duke of P, RTLAND.
the Marquis of LAMBORN, and Sir Hawn? TAYLOR, visited Mr.
CAMPING yesterday.
The Itsg:,t Hon. C. GRANT, Vice-Presiders% of the
Board of Trade, transacted business yesterday with VIICOMM
GOONIICII. _ _ _ _
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- ••His Grsee the Duke of Beck t NOttAit intends leaving
his seat at Stowe in a few days for Southampton, where he will
embark on board his yacht fur the Mediterranean. His Grace
Intends being absent (mm England about two years: -The Marquis
COIANOWI will be Vice-Lieutenant of the county of Mucks during
his ablnce.

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The P.arl and Countess of Clare, at Whitehall, from Rkhanowdt
General and Captain F4en, at Fenton's Hotel, St. Jantessrstreet.
from Brighton; Mr. and Mrs. Stephenson and Family, at ditto,
front their seat in Sornersetshirei Richard Norris, Esq. at ditto;
Mr. Mrs. and the Misses Brown., at Jordan's Hotel, St. James's-
Krell, from Ireland rCount Castiglione and Monsieur and Madame
Castiglione, at the Brunswick Hotel, Jermyn-street, (ram Paris;
Sir Charles Saxton, Ban. at ditto. from his seat in Berke; 'Mr. and
Mrs. Turton, at the Pulteney Hotel. Alhernarle.street, from their
seat, Brastead Park, Kent • the %all of Fife, at ditto, front the
Royal Lodge, Windsor; Monsieuri llnar and Family, at the Ber-
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