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London, England, 1819-05-28 00:00:00

GRAMPOUND ELECTION.

Upon ;he Motion of Lard Jonzikussexx, the House then
again resumed itself into a Committee on the Grampound Elec-
tion Bribery indictments.
Mr. Alexander Lamb was again called in and examined, and
after a short time a question was put, which was objected to, on
the ground that it would compromise the interest of his client.
On this the Committee divided, when there not being more than
28 Members present, the House adjourned till Wednesday neat.

The Paris Papers of Tuesday arrived this.
The Chamber of Peers met on Monday, in
The Bill brought into the House of Commons by assembly, for the particular discussion of th,
the ATTORNEV-GENERAL for preventing the Enlist- of Law respecting the Prosecution of Offen(
ment of British Subjects in the Service of Foreign Press. Several amendments on different arti
States, without the permission of their own Govern- moved, but rejected ; and the Chamber pro,
ment, has been printed. The following is an abstract:
adopted the whole thirty one articles cf th
The first clause repeals the several Acts of the 9th and 29th
Geo. 11. and the 9th Gcn. 111. which were passed fora purpose as passed by the Chamber of Deputies, wil
similar to the present, but which, from their wording, could not
alteration.
be made applicable to the existing case of South America. The
second clause enacts, that any person who shall enlist, or engage The Chamber then proceeded to vote by
to enlist, in the service of any foreign " Power, Prince, State, on the whole of the law. The number of v
Potentate, Colony, Prvrince, or Part of any Province, or People, or
of any Person or Persons awn-joint, or assuming to acrcise, the 167 ; and of this number 153 voted for the
powers of Gotternment;' without previous permission from his own
and 34. for the rejection of :he law—Maji
Sovereign or Government, shall be deemed guilty of a misde-
meanour.—{By the above-recited Acts, such offence was de- The Chamber then adjourned.
dared capital}—The penalties of the present Law are not to The Chamber of Deputies finished on the
have a retrospective effect. Offenders may be apprehended by
warrant of a Justice of Peace, on information upon oath, and the discussion of the details of the Projei
either committed for trial or held to bail. All vessels having
respecting the Financial Acoluits, pt for to .
persons on hoard engaged in Foreign Service maybe detained at A ,_
r,,
the Ports from which they are about to sail, by any of the Prin- On tne RESIDENT announcing that he w
cipal Officers of his Majesty's Customs ; or if there be none such,
about to proceed to put the question on the
by any Governor, or Persons having the Chief Civil Command,rt
at the said Pos. The Masters of Ships, &c. knowingly having this
long-debated affair, a general moveme
on board persons so enlisted, to be liable to pay a penalty for faction ran through the assembly. Out of I
each individual. Persons fitting out armed vessels to aid in mi- , • .
litary operations, as aforesaid, without license, or issuing coin- bets present only• 11 voted in the negative,
missions for ships, upon conviction thereof, to be punished by majority far passing the Law of 182.
fine and imprisonment, or either of them, and the vessel, with
every thing on board, may be seized, prosecuted, and eon- On Tuesaay, the Chamber of Deputie.
demned, in like manner as ships are proceeded against for any commence another discussion, which prom
breach of the Revenue or Navigation Laws. Any persons aid-
ing or abetting in any way the employment of vessels of war, nearly as long, and (to foreigners) as unint
for the purposes prohibited by this Act, to be liable to fine and
the one which they have just terminated.
imprisonment, or either, upon conviction thereof.
An Abstract of the Bill (as amended on re-commit- the discussion of the Budget of Expenses 1
ment) to amend the Laws relating to Bankrupts : A letter from Weissemboz:rg, of the 1'
A debt not due to be a sufficient foundation fora commission. states, that an extraordinary recruitment
Commissions to issue upon a debt due to one creditor or commenced in Rhenish Bavaria. The
partnership.—Contingent debts to be proveable.
a nroportion three times greater than in E
All powers possessed by a bankrupt, coupled with an interest, i
to vest in his assignees. I will be recollected that the Bavarian Arm
Capital punishment imposed by 5 George TI. repealed, and fused to take the oath of fidelity to the
various offences by bankrupts to be punished. I tion, and it is thought efat the Governmet
Provision in case bankrupts do not surrender.
Punishment of bankrupt fix. detaining or destroying books of
in view to recompose the Army entirely
accounts, &c.—Transportation or imprisonment. soldiers more disposed than the old ones
Joint debts to be proved under separate Commissiorta. constitutional principles.
A joint commission may issue against two or more partners
The Sittings.of the Bavarian Chamber of
constituting part a a firm.
A joint creditor applying fora separate commission to receive have been Prt+longed by
the KI .NG till a
a dividend of the joint estate only. June,. in the hope that its labeurs still by
Assignees under -separate commission may use the names of be brought t•' a satisfactory termia turn. I
. the partners in certain cases.
which has been already presented, est im:i.
Assignees of one or more partners may tms the Came' of the
' assignees of the remaining paittier or partners, ligt:r.st whom a .dispettcable e k pt.:ant:re 0
subsequent commission may have issued. 30 tg.-:
Act not to weird to Ireland. ' • i y e.t: at :30,634,-Ilei ti,n.l., .1.: .evez:uc 4 ,
the S.a..c lot t