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1. FOREIGN POLICY. Mr. THOMAS: ATTWOOD, on Wednesday, after expressing his delight at the recogn;tion of Donna Maria by this country, said he wished to put some questions respecting our foreign policy to Lord Palmerston.

The first question was, whether the noble Lord was aware of the existence of at treaty lately entered into between Holland and the United States of America,. which he understood was very ominous to the interests of England ? Secondly; he wished to know what were the reasons which induced Government, in Au- gust, last year, to refuse assistance to Turkey, which had been asked by the Porte? Thirdly, whether the noble Lord was really aware of the offers made - to England on that occasion by the Pacha of Egypt, which he understood were of a very extrordinary character. Fourthly, what was the object of Lord Dur- haM's -late mission to Russia, and with what success it was attended ? And, lastly, as Count Orloff was soon afterwards sent over to England, what recep- tion he had.met with at his Majesty's court?

Lord PALMERSTON said— With regard to the first question, he had no official knowledge of any treaty lately concluded between Holland and the United States; so that lie could :ive no information on that. subject. With respect to the second point, the reasons which induced Government not to comply with the request made by the Porte for naval assistance' he was happy to .correct an error as-to dates. He was.re- ported to have said on a late occasion, that that request had been made in-the month of August last year —he said, however, in autunan.last year : in fact, it was in the month of October that the.application was made. Without giving any very detailed explanation :ofthe matter, be would remind the House, that we were then embarking in naval operations in the North Sea and on the coast: of Holland, and were under the necessity of keeping -up another naval fame on the coast of Portugal; and withoutan application to Parliament, it would have beet imporuible M sendto the Mediterranean such a squadron, as wovId.have waved the purpose of tie Porte, and at the same time have comported with the sawn dignity of this annoy; and, as Parliament was not then sitting; it was impossible for Goverment to aequiesce in the request made by the Sultan. With respect to the oission of Lord Durham, great inisapprehens:onF had pre- vailed on that subject. The' person who .was Ambassador at the mitt of St. Petersburg left it in consequence of ill health, and it was before another was appointed that his Lordship went out. He.did.not go with any specificinstruc- tons—he was charged with the whole general.busineas of Europe for England at that court—his instructions embraced all points.' The manner in which the noble Lord had conducted that mission had obtained forlim the unqualified ay. probation of his colleagues and..his Sovereign—his mission was perfectly suc- cessful. Then with regard to Count Orloffi he was not in this countrron a mission: he had been sent to the Hague on one, but in this country he was more in the character of a distinguished traveller.

Mr. Arrwoon spoke a few words, and the conversaion dropped,

2. BANK CHARTER BILL. The report on this bill was received on - Saturday in the House of Peers. On Monday it was read .a third time and passed, after an ineffectaalattempt by the Duke of Wmaalso- Tow to fix ten instead of five pounds as :the limit above which.. Bank

notes are to be a legal tender. •

2. CHANCERY REGULATION BILL. Lord BROUGHAM moved, on Tuesday, that the amendments made by the Commons in this bill should be agreed to. At the same time, be stated. his disapproval of them, especially of that which made the salaries of some of the higher officers in the Court of Chancery wholly payable by fixed salaries and net by fees.

Hitherto the practice had been to pay them partly by fees and partly.by Bala, ries. For his own part, he approved of the principle of paying the greater part of their emoluments by salaries, and a small part by fees ; for he thought that allowing a portion of the income of those officers, even though it should be only a small one, to be derived from fees, would be a benefit to the public, as it Would be some sort of stimulus to them in expediting the business, which had to passthrough their hands; and the more so, as,. from the nature of their situa- tions, those officers were removed from that togilant control which the public bad an opportunity of exercising in other instances.

For these reasons, he thought that the Masters and Registrars of the Court ought to be paid partly by salaries and partly byfees. Still, wifh respect to these offices, be did not think the conduct of the Commons so very objectionable.

But the Commons had made another amendment, to which, with all deference to the intentions of those who concurred in it, he must say that his objections were insuperable,—he meant that amendment by which it was enacted that the clerks to Re,gisturs and Masters in Chancery should be paid wholly by salalies, and not by fees. The salaries of the Registrars' chief clerks were 8001. ; , of the next, 600/. ; and so on down to 3001. a year. , The salaries of the chief clerks to the Masters were 1,0001. a year. Now, it appeared to him that. the plan of paying those officers wholly by fixed salaries, to the exclusion. of any . benefit from fees, was bad, as it took away one of the greatest stimulants to the due. despatch of business. He did not mean to cast any imputation upon the very respectable persons who filled those offices; but he thought it but natural to as-. sert, that business would in general be more expeditiously despatched by clerks in those offices where a certain fee was to be paid on its performance, than it would where a fixed sum was to be paid, which sum the parties were certain to receive, whether the business were well or ill done. He hoped he might be mistaken in his view of the matter, and that the working of the system under the bill as it had been amended by the other House, ight turn out differently from what he apprehended ; but he feared it wouldhave the effect of impeding the velocity of the public business through those. courts. It might work well at first; yet, in the long run, he believed it would be necessaryto alter it. Though be bad felt it necessary to make those remarks, it was not his intention to move that the amendments of the Commons be rejected; but it was with the under- standing that, if the working of the system shoUld turn out to be as he antici- pated, he should call the attention of Parliament to it early:in the next session, with the view to amend the bill in this respect.

The amendments were then agreed to.

4. DOWER AND INHERITANCE BILLS. • On the motion. of Lord BROUGHAM, on Monday, these bills were read a third, time, and passed.

6. FACTORY BILL. In the House of Peers. on Saturday, the re- port on this bill was received ; and on. Monday, on the motion of Lord AUCKLAND, it was read a third time, and passed.

6. TEA-DUTIES BILL. This bill was passed by the Peers .on Monday.

7. DECCAN PRIZE-MONEY. • Mr. WARBURTON moved on Wei- nesdayi

" That an humble address be presented to his Majesty, praying that he will be'gracionsly pleased to permit the petitions of Generals Hislop and Smith to be again referred to the Privy Council." He strongly urged further inquiry before the final distribution of the prize-money was made.

Colonel EVANS, Mr. CRAWFORD, and Lord ALTHORP, opposed.the motion ; which appears to have been withdrawn.

8. ram" TITHE Btu.. Lord MELBOURNE moved, on Monday, that the House of Lords should go into Committee on this bill.

The Duke of WELLINGTON generally approved of the measure, but objected to some of its details.

Lord WICKLOW, feeling the necessity of some grant to the Clergy, Would not oppose the bill although strongly objecting to many parts of it.

The Archbishop of DUBLIN and Earl GREY spoke in defence of the bill:

The House then went into Committee: .

Orr the motion of Lord MELBOURNE, a clause was inserted tore vent defaulters in the payment.of tithe from receiving, thebenefit of the 25'per cent: deduction to which other tithe-payers were to be entitled. 'under the provisions of the bill.

The several clauses were then gone through,and the House resumed.

On. Wednesday, at the early sitting of the House of Lords, the:re- port was received ;• after an amendment which the Duke of Wellington. bad proposed in Committee was struck out, on the motion of :Lord: MELBOURNE. The bill was then read althied time, and passed..

Wheethe Housemet again, in Ahe.evening,..the Earl of WicaLOw and the Duke,of Wat.unarou complained athat.therhad not hadAlne, notice of Lord Melbourne'aintention:tonunve thothirt' Ereadimpadahe bill in the morning. The proceecfing was extremely irregular.

Lord MELBOURNE said, there had been no irregn'a-it. A Royal Commission had been fixed for the morning; and it was customary to go to other business after that of the Commission had been disposed of. They all knew, that when amendments were made in that House to measures sent up from the Commons, it was necessary that the assent of the Commons shoultilsa given to such amendments. The bill had, therefore, been read a third time. and sent to the Commons for their concurrence to the amendinents. Had it not been sent then, the Commons must have had another sitting. After a few more remarks from Lord Wicxt.ow and the Duke of WELLINGTON, the conversation-dropped.

The House of Commons, at their morning sitting, agreed to the. Lords' amendments to this bill.

9. TITHE PRosEctrrroiss. In the House of -.Commons, on Satur- day, the Tithe Stay of .:Suits Bill was read a third time, and passed.. It was then carried up to the House of Lords, where it was read a first time.

Lord WESTERN, on Monday, presented petitions from Cumberland and Yorkshire in favour of the bill.

The Bishop of LONDON spoke against it..

Though it was quite true this bill went only to delay the actions corn- menced for tithes till next year, yet the effect of the measure would be to defest..! the, claims .of the prom ietors of tithes altogether. A more unjust bill than this. `t was,. never had heertsent up from the other House of Parliament ; and. he most.I express his surprise that such commendations should have been bestowed upon it by the Law Officers of the Crown. He stated, that Lord Tenterden had ! wished to extend the period to a longer date than three years; but he had not, done this under the impression that the House of Commons would notsanction a longer limit prior to the operation of this act. Lord Brougham had at that si time declared, that it was fitting the incumbents should have ample time to re- cover their claims ; yet now it was proposed to stay the suits which had been commenced. He would here say a few words in justification of Trinity College, Cambridge, the -lay impropriator of the tithes in the rectory of Kendal, where a great number of suits had been instituted. The Vice-Chancellor had given a decision in favour of the College, which decision the Lord Chancellor had con- firmed. The respective issues were tried, and the Solicitor to the College found, that although all the other cases were bound by one case, the parishioners met . . and refused to he bound thereby.

The petitions were laid on the table.

Lord WESTERN then moved the second reading of the bill.

Lord WYNFORD was certain that the number • of suits had been, greatly exaggerated. They did not exceed between three and four hundred.

He was at a loss to conceive on what principle of justice amen could be pre- ... vented going on with a suit which the law authorized. Why had not the bill ,.. been sent to them at an earlier period of the session, when they would have had time to consider it? A number of cases were quite ready for trial. Under sA these circumstances, he felt that he should only do his duty to the Clergy of England, by moving, as an amendment, that the bill be read a second time that day three months. Lord BROUGHAM allowed that the hill was liable to.many objections, . —as, for instance, the case of Kendal was one to which it ought not to apply. If the amount of suits was not greater than was stated by Lord Wynford, then the Legislature ought not to interfere ; but if that amount were excessive, some legislative measure must. be re- sorted to.

But would there he any great mischief in allowing the matter to stand as it was at present ? Having brought in the bill, would any harm result from postponing any further proceeding with respect to it until the next session .04' Parliament? Those who were apprehensive that in the five or six intervening .. months the suits in question might he brought to a close, knew very little of the ' nature of our laws, or of the cumbrous proceedings which must be necessiri: Nothing could be done before Michaelmas Tsrm (the 2d of November); and bes twee,n that and the probable opening of the next session, very sleniler piogreas.,, could be made in any suit. So that, although lie by no means regretted that the subject had attracted the attention of Pal liament, he thought it might be as well to wait, in order to see whether any legislative interference was advisable; and, if advisable, what course it would be ino-r expedient to pursue.

The Bishop of LONDON said, the r umber of suits commenced by the Clergy was not one tenth of what bad been stated: a large propor- tion of suits had been brought by lay impropriators.

Lord Wynford's amendment was then agreed to ; and thus the bill is lost.

10. WartwicK ,ELECTION. The Earl of WARWICK, on Monday, ap- peared in the House of Lords, and made some observations on the charges against him relative, to his interference in the late election for Warwick.

He regretted the circumstances that would delay a full investigation into this , matter, as it was his wish to meet such charges Os soon as possible. He had re- ceived a letter from Lord Melbourne on the subject of these charges, and he had at once returned to this country. He most positively denied the truth of these charges. He was perfectly ignorant having been guilty of any illegal or improper conduct on the subject. lie denied together that he had interfered with the election. He declared most positively that he believed there was no Peer, of the realm who . had personally interfered .in elections less than Ilimselfi He knew no more of this matter than any of their Lordships. (" Hear, hear!") He denied having fin nished money improperly, for the purposes of the election. He un- derstood that there were expeuses juatified by law, such as those relating to the., registration and the scrutiny: atteudaot upon it ; and with rev to them he had stated, that as far as it was proper .he should be happy to assist his relative, but he had done nothing more. He had not interfered during the election, and he h id not gone down after. the election ; but hail, at some inconvenience to himself, remained away, because he would not do any thing that might appear to be likely to create excitement. Yet, notwithstanding all these things, attacks had been made on him in the newspapers, and not only in the newspapers here, but in- fiweigniorrnals. He noticed these attacks, thus publiely because they hail been publicly made. He had been charged with persoual interference in the election, and he value here to meet these charges. He was sorry that they could nut now be examined into, for-as to himself be was perfectly ready to meet them. He should now say no more than to express his obligations to Lend Melbourne for. writing to him, and enabling him to come over at once and declare that the at-.. tacks.which had been made on him were unfounded.

In the House of Commons on Wednesday; Lord ALTHORP, in reply 'to a question from Colonel Evaies, said, that Lord -MelboUrpebad re- .no= answer. to his letter from the Earl of Warwick; and there: fore:he could:not state .what proceedings Government.might adopt, . In the coarse of the same morning, Mr. PETER saidy thatiacoase- quence of what had fallen from a noble Lord in anotherplace with re. die subject into their own hands. which have been brought under your consideration.

de borough of Warwick, that the right honourable the Earl of Warwick, Lord- The hostilities which had disturbed the peace of Turkey have been tenni-, lieutenant ofthe county, and a Peer of the realm, in violation of the resolutions need ; and you may be assured that my attention will be carefully directed to and Standing Orders of this House, and of the law of the land, is deeply impli- any events which may affect the present state or the future independence of that cared by his agents, and the application of large sums of money, in various car- empire.

rapt and illegal praetices during the last election for the borough of Warwick, . " An investigation carefully prosecuted during the last session has enalaed sett that Alexander Brown, the steward, and various Aldermen and es of you to renew the Charter of the Bank of England, on terms which appear to he de borough, were implicated in various illegal practices, the Attorney-General well calculated to sustain public credit, and to secure the usefulness of that hn- lin detected to prosecute the Earl of Warwick, and all others named or described in the Report of the said Select Committee, as concerned in die pro- e unlawful p " The laborious inquiries carried on by Committees of both Houses of Par-

eteedinge aforesaid." - liament for several successive sessions, have also enabled you to bring the affairs hrougfit. forward, and without notice, on the last day of the session. India • whilst, by the opening of the China trade, a new field has been affordest Colonel Evans called upon the House to prosecute without affording it for the activity and enterprise of British commerce. an opportunity of investigating the merits of the case. As to his reply, " The state of slavery in my Colonial possessions has necessarily occupied a: which was given only yesterday, having caused great astonishment portion. •of your time and your attention commensurate with the magnitude and sthangst a great portion of the country, how could that be ? It might difficulty of the subject. Whilst your deliberations have been gentled by the Be known in London, but it could not have been read in a great portion proprietors have not been overlooked. I trust tliat the future proceedings of the- of the country. Assemblies, and the conduct of all classes in my Colonies may be such as to give It was nut the with of the Government to protect any person guilty of a vin- full effect to the benevolent intentions of the Legislature, and to satisfy the just lotion of the rights and privileges of the House : on the contrary, the Govern- expectations of my People. mon was determined, whenever a case was brought before them, to examine it " I observe with satisfaction that the amendment of the Law has continued carefully, and would he perfectly ready to deal with it next session. Co- to occupy your attention, and that several important measures have been IWO Evans now asked the House to give judgment upon a ease not beard, and to adopted ; by some of which the titles to property have been renderea more direct a prosecution totally unprecedented, without any means of discussing the secure, and the conveyance of it more easy ; whilst by others the proceedings in Mr. CORBETT said. there was information enough in the Report to which while it Materially assists suitors at home, will, I trust, afford substantial proceed upon. He felt great satisfaction in hearing the remarks of relief to those in my foreign possessions. You may rest assured that there is DO Lord Althorp, whom be believed to be sincere in his declaration to do part of your labours which I regard with a deeper interest than that which toads, justice-to the dignity of the House. by well-considered amendments of the law, to make justice easily accessible to Sir S. WHALLEY wished the motion to be postponed till next session." with this his view, I have caused a Commission to be issued for digesting into.. Mr. C. FERGUSSON said, that if the facts disclosed before the Com- one body the enactments of the Criminal Law, and for inquiring how far and. mittee could be made out, it would be the ditty of the Government to by what means a similar process may be extended to the other branches of our take- the subject into. its consideration. The high rank of the noble jurisprudence. I have also directed commissions to be issued for investigating Earl was an additional reason why, if guilty, art example should be the state of the Municipal Corporations throughout the United Kingdom. The- made. - result of their inquiries will enable you to mature those means which may seem air ROBERT INGLIS opposed the motion. solid fuuudatiop, in respect of their finances, their judicature, and their police. C0.1011e1 EVANS rose ; but was called to order by the Speaker, in In the mean time, two important acts have Leen passed fir giving constitutions, consequence of the appearance of the Usher of the Black Rod to sum- upon sound principles, to the Royal and Parliamentary Borouglis of Scotland. sou the House to hear his Majesty prorogue the Parliament. Your attention will therefore be called to the expediency or extending similar H. SEA APPRENTICESHIP BILL. The Duke of RICHMOND, On the right of returning Members to Parliament. Monday, moved the Order of the Day that the report of the Com- " It u-as with the greatest pain that I felt myself compelled to call upon you mittee on this bill be read. Lord 1VYNIOliD wished the bill to be for additional powers to control and punish the disturbers of the public peace in postioned till the report of the Poor Law Commissioners was oh- Ireland. This call was answered, as I confidently expected, by your loyalty:Ind rained. ' The Duke of RICHMOND consented to drop the bill for this firmness. I have not found it necessary, except in a very limireiLdegree, to use / %MONO- SITTINGS OF THE Housp OF COMMONS. Sir ROBERT alai flung an extent, has been in a great measure subdued. I look forward with 1-4br kra, on Thursday, upon presenting the Forty-first Report of the anxiety to the time when the painful necessity of continuing this measure of I Committee upon Public Petitions, called theattention of the House to great but unavoidable severity may cease ; and I have given my assent with un. I the length of its sittings during this and preceding sessions. qualified satisfaction to the various salutary and remedial measures which, during - It appeared from a statement, which had been prepaid with great care, that the course of the present session, have been proposed to me for my acceptance. :be House, (luringg the present session, had sat inure than twice the number of t"f he act whicha in pursuance of myrecommendation, you hare passed with Ian and nearly three times the number of hours that were occupied in the ses- respect to the Temporalities of that branch of the United Church which is este- :canon of 1826. during which the House sat 64 days, or 457 hours. Even the Walled in Ireland, and for the immediate and total abolition of Vestry assess. great Reform session of 1831 sat only 93 days, or 418 hours ; while in the pre- mutts, and the acts for the better regulation of Juries both as to then civil and sent session, the House had, up to yesterday, sat 142 clays, or 1,270 hours. The • criminal functions, afford the hest proofs that full reliance may he placed on the session of 1806, it appeared, had occupied 123 days, or 645 hours, giving an Pas liament of the United Kingdom fur the introduction of such beneficial ho-

ar 434 provements as may insure the welfare of all classes of my subjects, and thus of • average proportion of 5 hours each day ; the see-inn of 1807, 86 days,

hours, giving also an average proportion of 5 hours each day. in 1811, the l fectually cement that legislative union which, with your support, iris my deter. Parliament sat 135 days, or 588 hours, which pre an average of only ai hours initiation to maintain inviolate." sot 4 houre each 41a . -Tr was a cruel •kery to compare factory ,labour with • OhellsseErvOiFceCor the each day ; and in 18 4, the sittings occupied 127 days, or 478 hours, which WaS r_c4 t hours o t e nose ; for from these statements it would be seen, that, you by dining the whole session, the House had been occupied 9 hours a day on an ?oil leave wisely applied the savings which have thus been effected to a dintinu- averege ; and for the much larger portion of the session, namely, since Easter, tion of the public burdens. • In this course of judicious economy, combined with very considerably more than 12 hours a day. These facts had not been col- a due regard to the exigencies of the State, I am persuaded that you will per- lected by himself, but by one of the moat able and intelligent officers of the severe, and thus confirm the title which you have acquired to general confidence, House, whose presence prevented hint from saying more. ; as the faithful guardians of the honour of the Crown and of the true interests of 13, ROYAL ASSENT. On Wednesday, the Royal assent was given : " alv Loans AND GENTLEMEN—In returning to your respective counties by Commission to about sixty.bills ; among which were the East India - von will catry with yifni the gralifying. reflection that !your labour. have been Charter, China Trade, Colonial Shivery, Irish Grand Jury, Fines and u.•ssiduou.ly employed for t le benefit of your fellow-subjects. During the rem., !recoveries, and Chancery Offices Bills. i your attention will be equally.ditected to the same important object. And in THE PROROGATION. On Thursday, the King entered the under the blessings of Divine Providence, I confidently rely for the encourage . Roust= of Lords about two o'clock, and took his seat on the Throne. . meat and support of my People in that love of liberty and order, that spirit or The Commons were then summoned to attend ; and time Speaker soon indostry and obedience to the laws, and that moral worth which constitute the mad.; his appearance, accompanied by several Members. He presented

the Appropriation Bill, praying his Majesty's assent thereto ; and : • de- livered the speech usual on such occasiol.s, taking notice of the pro. ' minent acts of the session. . 31st October. .- - The Royal assent was given to the bill, and to several others. The Commons retired ; and the King left the House.

The Lord Chancellor then, on beaded knee, presented the King with - In the- House of Commons, the Speaker, as usual, read the Royal a copy of the following Speech, which his Majesty read with a firm Speech ; then shook hands with Lord Altherp, Sir Jams Graham,

apridtstinst voice. and other Members, and the whole separated. .

freIt " Y LORDS AND GNTLEMER--in opening the present Parliament, I te a motion of which he had given notice relative to the Earl of N E sevriek , be should not bring forward that motion this session ; but stated, that never at any time had subjects of greater interest and magnitude culled for your attention. The manner in which you have (Recharged the meta if it pleased God to spare his life and health, persevere in the

duties then committed to you now demands my warmest teknowledgment, and

motiMehe had given notice of next session. enables me to close a session not more remarkable for in extraordinary duratinia Ceilene/ EVANS did not think the motion would meet the exigencies than for the patient and persevering industry which you have displayed in of Ile case, and trusted that the Law Officers of the Crown would take many laborious inquiries, and in per fecting the various 'legislative measures Colonel EVANS, on Thursday, again called the attention of the House " I continue to receive from my Allies, and from all the Foreign Powers, es- te tbe conduct of the Earl of Warwick ; which he felt his duty to no- suranees of their friendly disposition. tike even at that last hour of the session. " I regret that I cannot yet announce to you the conclusion of a definitive arrangement between Holland and Belgium. But the convention which, in al was aertainly matter of astonishment to a great portion of the country, that conjunction with the King of the French, I concluded in May last with the It ord Altliorp should not have stated What course the Government intended to King of the Netherlands, prevents a renewal of hostilities in the Low Countries, plume on the subject. In consequence of the answer given by him yesterday, he and thus affords a fresh seem ity for the general continuance of peace.

tIonght itovas due to the dignity of the House, and to the rights and privileges " Events which have lately taken place in Portugal have induced me to renew of the Commons at large, that it should be stated what was to he done in the

an fitter.. Without impeaching the conduct of the Peer alluded to in the Report my diplomatic relations with that kingdom, and I have accredited a minister to melee Select Committee, but with an earnest hope that he might be able to the court of her Most Faithful Majesty at 'Liabon. You nay rest insured that melee Take good the.statement he bad put forth in another place, he should move the I look with the greatest anxiety to the moment when the Portuguese Monarchy, knowing resolution— That it appearing by the Report of the Select Com- so long united with this country by the ties of alliance and the closest bonds of Jaime appointed to make inquiry into the circumstances of the late election for interest, may be restored to a state of peace, and:regain irs former prosperity.

rapt and illegal praetices during the last election for the borough of Warwick, . " An investigation carefully prosecuted during the last session has enalaed sett that Alexander Brown, the steward, and various Aldermen and es of you to renew the Charter of the Bank of England, on terms which appear to he de borough, were implicated in various illegal practices, the Attorney-General well calculated to sustain public credit, and to secure the usefulness of that hn- porton t establishment. in the Report of the said Select Committee, as concerned in die pro- e unlawful p " The laborious inquiries carried on by Committees of both Houses of Par-

eteedinge aforesaid." - liament for several successive sessions, have also enabled you to bring the affairs Mr. CORBETT seconded the motion. of the East India Company to a satisfactory adjustment. I have the most con.

fident expectation that the system of govetnment thus established will prove to

Lord,Avriloar was surprised that such a motion should have been have been wisely framed for the improvement and happiness of the natives of hrougfit. forward, and without notice, on the last day of the session. India • whilst, by the opening of the China trade, a new field has been affordest Colonel Evans called upon the House to prosecute without affording it for the activity and enterprise of British commerce. an opportunity of investigating the merits of the case. As to his reply, " The state of slavery in my Colonial possessions has necessarily occupied a: which was given only yesterday, having caused great astonishment portion. •of your time and your attention commensurate with the magnitude and sthangst a great portion of the country, how could that be ? It might difficulty of the subject. Whilst your deliberations have been gentled by the

paramount considerations of justice and humanity, the interestaof the Colonial

Be known in London, but it could not have been read in a great portion proprietors have not been overlooked. I trust tliat the future proceedings of the- of the country. Assemblies, and the conduct of all classes in my Colonies may be such as to give It was nut the with of the Government to protect any person guilty of a vin- full effect to the benevolent intentions of the Legislature, and to satisfy the just lotion of the rights and privileges of the House : on the contrary, the Govern- expectations of my People.

He therefore would oppose the motion. The establishment of the Court of Privy Council is another improvemeist,

all my subjects.

best fitted to place the internal government of corporate cities and towns upon a advantages to the unincorporated towns in England, which have now acquired

n,• and the Order of the Day was discharged. the powers thus confided to me ; and I have now the satisfaction of informing you, that the spirit of insubordination and violence- which had prevailed to so the length of its sittings during this and preceding sessions. qualified satisfaction to the various salutary and remedial measures which, during - It appeared from a statement, which had been prepaid with great care, that the course of the present session, have been proposed to me for my acceptance. :be House, (luringg the present session, had sat inure than twice the number of t"f he act whicha in pursuance of myrecommendation, you hare passed with Ian and nearly three times the number of hours that were occupied in the ses- respect to the Temporalities of that branch of the United Church which is este- :canon of 1826. during which the House sat 64 days, or 457 hours. Even the Walled in Ireland, and for the immediate and total abolition of Vestry assess. great Reform session of 1831 sat only 93 days, or 418 hours ; while in the pre- mutts, and the acts for the better regulation of Juries both as to then civil and sent session, the House had, up to yesterday, sat 142 clays, or 1,270 hours. The • criminal functions, afford the hest proofs that full reliance may he placed on the session of 1806, it appeared, had occupied 123 days, or 645 hours, giving an Pas liament of the United Kingdom fur the introduction of such beneficial ho-

ar 434 provements as may insure the welfare of all classes of my subjects, and thus of • average proportion of 5 hours each day ; the see-inn of 1807, 86 days,

I my direction were considerably lower than those of former sessions; and

dining the whole session, the House had been occupied 9 hours a day on an ?oil leave wisely applied the savings which have thus been effected to a dintinu- averege ; and for the much larger portion of the session, namely, since Easter, tion of the public burdens. • In this course of judicious economy, combined with very considerably more than 12 hours a day. These facts had not been col- a due regard to the exigencies of the State, I am persuaded that you will per- lected by himself, but by one of the moat able and intelligent officers of the severe, and thus confirm the title which you have acquired to general confidence, House, whose presence prevented hint from saying more. ; as the faithful guardians of the honour of the Crown and of the true interests of ' the People. 13, ROYAL ASSENT. On Wednesday, the Royal assent was given : " alv Loans AND GENTLEMEN—In returning to your respective counties by Commission to about sixty.bills ; among which were the East India - von will catry with yifni the gralifying. reflection that !your labour. have been Charter, China Trade, Colonial Shivery, Irish Grand Jury, Fines and u.•ssiduou.ly employed for t le benefit of your fellow-subjects. During the rem., !recoveries, and Chancery Offices Bills. i your attention will be equally.ditected to the same important object. And in THE PROROGATION. On Thursday, the King entered the

this useful and honourable discharge both of your public and private duties, .

under the blessings of Divine Providence, I confidently rely for the encourage . Roust= of Lords about two o'clock, and took his seat on the Throne. . meat and support of my People in that love of liberty and order, that spirit or The Commons were then summoned to attend ; and time Speaker soon indostry and obedience to the laws, and that moral worth which constitute the mad.; his appearance, accompanied by several Members. He presented safety and happiness of nations.7

The Lord Chancellor; at the conclusion of the .Speech, by the : King's command deilared the Parliathent prorogued to Thursday tho

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