Star.
London, England, 1827-06-09 00:00:00

by Mid rolkstone, from the Independents of Henley.
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rel.ln New N Sarum, and from the Dissenters of Bolton k-'
time; by Lord Milton, from those Dissenters who exercise the
;gee of Ministers In the County of Kent, and from the Baptists
Hunsden and Greta Bridge, in Yorkshire; by Mr. Stewart,
hem the Dissenters- of Beverley, In Yorkshire ; by Mr. John
wood, from the Elders and Congregation of Worship.street,
lobe by Mr. Robert Smith, from the Dissenters of Wingrove,
Awn Abbott: Great Horwdod. Great Brick Hill, Long Creo-
offl and Woobttrtt, In Buckinghamshire; by Colorise* Home,
Abbott:,
froo, the Dissenters of Conway, In Carnameonshire ; by Mr. Ho-
tortoom Maidstone.; and by Mr. Littleton, frost Alton, Tam-
worth, Shelton, and other plates in Staffordshire.
Thew Petitions were laid on the Table, and a few ordered to
le printed.
gr. G. DAWSON presented Petitions from two Parishes in the
Donn of Down and Donegal!, against any further concessions to
the BolunCatbolics.;....Ordered to bi printed.
Demme you. Mantua presented a Petition from the Incorpo.
'nod Trade of Shoemakers of the Oty of Dublin, against any
tgeru,,e, in the mode of Wetting Sheriffs foe that Qty.—Ordered
is be Printed.
A Petitiso was presented from the Provost and Town Council
.0 meting, praying the House to resist any concession to the
to be printed.
Er. FERCIIYAL presented Copies of the 6th, 7th, and Bth
Berets of the Commissioners of Rducation.—Ordered to be printed.
OA IL HUTCHINSON presented a Petition from Cork
against the Salmon Fisheries Bill.
lilt O'NEILL withdrew the motion for Monday, of which he
oa wefjoesday gave notice, relative to the Catholic Claims.
Mr. MARSHALL moved for certain Returns from the Stamp
face, for the year ISOS downwards.—Ordered.
Mr. Alderman THOMPSON presented a Petition from certain
Tradesmen, Inhabitants of Bishorgate Ward, complaining of the
Bill y.,r preventing Arrests for Sums under 20f. The Hon. Member
though, the provisions of the Bill would bare an injurious tendency
to increase had.
Mr. HUME regretted that any Petition should be presented to
the How, the object of which was to continue the law of impri.
sconsenc for small debts. He was convinced that such a law only
traded to the ruin of the parties imprisoned, without enabling the
creditor to OD one farthing of his debt.
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After a few words Crum the Soucreon-Gmsaaat, the Petition
reordered to be printed.
yr. HUME presented a Petition from an individual named
Conan, late a resident in the Cape of Good Hope, complaining of
Kee act of the Government of I.isrd Charles Somerset.
AIL W. HORTON said, that the case was one which had already
tem under the consideration of the House. The Petitioner had
hecomovicted of aiding a felon in his escape, according to the jolli-
est' Woe of the Cape, and he had appealed to the Goveronsent to
reverts a judicial decision. Whether those forms required altera-
owl, and when it would be advisable to adopt changes, were imps-
rue questions; but, as long as the present system remained in
ham, it was impossible that the House should attend to complaints
dais nature, or that any interference could take place with the
regular deci.ions of the existing judicial authorities.
Lord E. SOMERSET said, that the Petitioner had been con-
victed of an offence against the laws, and that complaints to the
GOVITIOIeht from •such a person ought not to be attended to.
Mr. HUME said, that if oppression had been exercised towards
this individual, his being in an humble station was no reason why
his prayer should not be attended to. He bore a respectable cha-
racter in the Colony, and if its inhabitants were polled, ninety-nine
out of every hundred would prefer him to Lord Somerset.
Lord E. SOMERSET protested against the course taken by the
Hon. Member, in traducing an Officer high in the service of the
Government, by a comparison with a person convicted of aiding
the escape of a relon—(llear, hear !) He trusted the House would
net allow the character of Loid Charles Somerset to be traduced
is this manner—(Hear, hear!)
Mr. HUbl E said that he had spoken of the Petitioner's cha-
racter op to the time of his committing the offence, until when, it
meta, fair as any mass in the Colony.
Mr. W. HORTON- said, that the Hon. Member seemed to
hold Lord C. Somerset answerable for every verdict given or
eery Raceme passed in the Colony. This was a most unfair
more; it was not common justice. We had taken the Colony
with the Dutch lave in force, and as long as that system re-
mained, those who lived there must submit to its consequences.
Every practicable means had been resorted to for effecting an ame-
locution of that system ; bot changes of that nature were not to be
made with the dexterous celerity which the Honourable Member
seemed to look fur. General Bourke, the present Governor. bad
Mond the difficulty of introducing changes so grear that he had
deemed it necessary to rescind an realer of Lewd iathurot's, for
the toe of the English language at a particular time, considering,
that step a. beirg too prematurely taken.—The Petition was or-
dered to be primed.

COLOSIL BILADIALY'S CAI&
Mr. HUNK presented a Petition from Colonel Bradley, simiJar
to that which has been so frequently before the House. The Hon.
Member said that this case Involved the weal= of what be coo-
seised to be the very improper power of the Crown to dimness Of-
hem from the Arnoy without assigoing any reason for doing so.
Be objected to that power as being wholly unconstitutional.
Lord PALMERSTON said henhould not now follow the Hun.
Metaberinto the details of this case for the third tions—( Hear).—
Ile vas somewhat amused at the lion..Gendeman introducing the
hence as coming from " s Individual natuad Bradley," as U the
Home bad never heard of the matter before. The rase of Colonel
Ersaey was one in which a simple dismissal/ was richly merited ; yet
le bad been permitted to retire with the advantage of selliog
mounisiions which he never purchased. Throughout the affair
Colonel Bradley had been treated with the greatest indulgence
ird consideration. With regard to what had fallen from the Hon.
Member upon the Constitutional port of the question, he could
not conceive a principle more fatal to the Constitution than that
tithe Crown not being at liberty to dismiss its own servants at
13 noun ple
Br. BROUG HA M said, he did not rise for the purpose of &n-
-il& word upon the merits of the case. It was well boom) to Colonel
holey', friends that his judgment was not so good as his sense of
Lwow we. high, and that his case was one of error, though in judg-
asest ally. His object in rising was to call attention to a circum-
enteonnected with all subjects of this description. It was the
ormice when any military or naval Wooer was prosecuted, to de-
fendant at the public espeose by a best of Counsel and the Croton
Solicitor. This naturally increased the dillimeties and the expense
4.0411 prosecutions' and when the individuals who originated them
*toed to succeed in gaining a verdict, they supposed themselves
tO be at least safe in having their damages and costs ensured in the
less quarter (root whence the defence had been provided. But
Is, this Was not the cast. As soon as the Government found by
*verdict that they had been defending the wrong-doer, and that
was beaten, they turned round upon the parties, and would have
*Mug more to do with them. 'lhen when the prosecutor sought
*individual against whom the verdict had been found, he Ire-
lenity found that the party had been sent out of the country on
lung° service and that he was left without any redress whets°.
ever. This happened in the case of Colonel Bradley. They suc-
ceeded in one point 'gaunt Colonel Arthur, and when they came
to enforce it, he was gone to a Local Government in New South
Wales, This was the general practice. and he mentioned it in order.
that it should receive anemias from Hie proper quarters.
lh. C RORER expressed his dismal& from the statement.
BROUG H A The Hum GendeMsh says T am
mis-
talen. It is very easy to say that; but I happen to Imam that I
tin OW'

Lord PALMERSTON said a few words as to the necessity et
protecting otter, in the execution of their orders.
Mr. BItOUGIIAM explained.
Mr. PEEL aid that the rule which he would take in such cases
was that of distinguishing such prosecutions as were either mali-
cious or grounded upon the acts of officers done in the strict execu-
tim of their duty. }}artif the parties were prosecuted for acts of
their own, then there could be no justification of defending them at
the public expense.
Mr. CROK Eft said that tbe practice of the Board of Admiralty
unto let ollicors defend themselves, and to defray tbe expense if
the facts of the case turned out to be such as warranted that course.
Mter a few words from Mr. BSOUGMAIII, Mr. A. DAMSON, and I
Mi. Rums, the Petition was ordered to be printed.
A Iltsoge from the Lords announced their Lordships assent to sevrt.l Nips
Mr. POWLR rr presented a Petition from Senallwell, in the rvonty of Durham, praying the repeal of the 'rest Act.
CAPE OF GOOD Hope.
Mr• BARING had a Petition to present, to which he
begged leave very shortly to call the attention of the
h"°use. It was signed by nearly the whole of the in-
abitants of the Cape of Good Hope. That colony stood
14 wry singular predicament as compared with the
s3thtt colonies of Great Britain, inasmuch as it was not
admitted to the benefit of the British Constitution. Our
°the,. colonies had as speedily as possible, after they
"me Into our possession, been converted into comtnu•
of free men ; but this colony, and he knew not
%.r what teason, WAS a solitary exception. The colonists