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j eARLIAMENTARY IVOCEEDINGS. --~- - - lIRUSE OF LORDS, MARCH 31. tams' wens 'finally heard sespecting the Soots cause Paton ot. Heebner and Haddon.-'Judgment postponed. ~Aftkerhich, Counsel were partly beard on another eye.— Artther hearing to take place on Frida . The Royal Assent was declared by Csetml>rioeto the Cones. 3tJated Fund Bill, the Exchequer in Aids, Wellington Estates, lEisbandry Horses, Netherlands Slave Trade, Nassau Salt, and tu a few other Bills. The Lords Commissioners were, the Loss OKAIICILLOI4 the Earl of Snanestioar, and Earl BATRD/aff. Mr. Hsawoon, from the Exchequer Office, presented an Ac. count of the Income and Charges upon the Consolidated Pond, fer the year ending the sth of January last. A foot Rills ' mostly Private or Local, were brought up front the Conunonsby Lord STANLZY, Mr. 7. Per, and others.—The Gas Light and Coke Company's Bill was brought up by Mr. yomtrs.—These Bills were severally read the first time. A Copy of the Rules and Regulations to be observed by the Governor of the General Penitentiary at Milbank, was pre :tented by Mr. Toass, from that Institution. The Earl of LONSDALE presented a Petition from Kirkby- Stephen, in the County of Wesunorland, against the continuance of the Insolvent Debtors Bill. The LORD CHANCELLOR presented a Petition from the Debtors confined in the County Jail of Donegal in- Ireland, in favour of the Insolvent Debtors' Act. Some proceedings in evidence took place at the bar relative to Thomas's Divorce Bill, the farther consideration of which was postponed till Tuesda% mat. The Earl of IDNif IS presented Petition from the County of &lop (Shropshire) against a Tcz Lynn Coals at the pit's mouth. The Earl of SIIA FTES DU it Y presunted a Petition from the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, awl Cor.anon Council cf the City of London, praying relief with resper t to the Duties on Coals. 'Rh,: Windsor Establishment Bill was read the tbird time, and passal. - Earl GROSVENOR, in 'statute* of a former notice, and' after a few introductory words, moved an Arldrgis to his Royal Iliehuess the Prince Regent for the production ol an account of the °Dices in his Majesty's Court. of Law, pranced in reversion since the Ist of January, ihi ; which was ordered accordingly. Ilis Lordship again rose for the purpose of making some ob servations upon the Royal Household Bill, which be understood was to be read a third time this day. His Lordship was pro ceirding to say, that he was yet very far from being reconciled to all its clauses, when The Earl of SIIAFTESLIURY gave him to understand, that the Bill had already gone through its last stage in the House, rod was by this time put beyond all discussion.--/A /nigh.) GROSVENOR said it had passed him unnoticed, and he doubted much whither it had not been done premati.rel:r, f.it, in his mind, tle• hour had not arrived when the House was to enter on public business. The Karl of Sll A t"I'ESULTRY assured the Nnble Earl, that at the time of its third reading, it w.e. precisely seven minutes past five o'clock.—* Loteghing.j—Adjourtied till to-morrow. HOUSE OF COMMONS. ...,Latibre was given to bting in a Bill to authorise the raising •Idoefey for supporting death IZospital. hie. M. A. 1 AILOI: presented h Petition front the Grand Janetion and V'irst 7)lnitilescx Water Caroyanies, praying tar loan to prelent a Petition for a bill to enable them to supply London and Weettuitoter tr.ore tlfectitally with Watzr, on a p-incildt . which would 4<P:tit a fair competition.—The Petition was brought up, read. and referred I) t Commi:tee. The Sotatrrs of Lormott pre.;:ntil a Petr.ion front: the Lord Yator, Alder:nen, and Common ( ouncil, of the City of Len doe, prniug the loose to take into consideration the heavy tate: on Coals raid in the City of London. Yr. Alderman A 001) said, that tite only tax 04 Coals paya ble to the Corporaslxt of Londeu ^ rz ICd. a thalciross, antbmat was appropriated In such a way,-that if it seontioned tiU the year WI, they would be eeituard to an annual expense of £ll f,OO, out of the funds of the Corporation. It was a great misrepresentntion to soy, that the ch.-ty on Coals in the ( ity of London was bfreitZtai to the (:oryui . sti(.n.—The Pe:itioa was read, and ordered to lie on the table, and to be printed. :fir. LITTLETON presented a Petition from the Agricul twists of the County of Wot cestrr. praying that the House w mid impout a duty on the Importation of Voragn Corn, el racis an amount as would be equal to that of tithes and taxes payaiqe by Agriculturists. He said that he tliouelst the Peti tior.ers were entitled either to a compliance with the prayer of their :'etition, or that the duties imposed on the articles indis p:r.sthic to Agrieoltare should be rvealed. As the llouse had *hewn a disposition not to foetid any in-asure on l'etiticen et this kind, be should not now further press this matter utas the Ifouse.—ThiPetition was read, sod ordered to fie on the table. 11:r. LYTTLET ON presented a Petitita signed by many re svotOle Aviculturists of Woreest=shise, praying for the repeal d! the Tax OA Lisabandry Horses. He expressed himself eery strongly as to the iztpolicy of this Tax, and begged the atten tion of the House to this Petition. Th e: Petition was brought up, read, and ordered to lie on the table. 2'!r. S.INCLAIR presented a Petition from Thurso, prying that no additional Doty r. - ight be laid on Cetus at the pit mouth. 8.31, and ordered to lie on the table. The following Petitior.r. were then presented :—Frotn Stan:- fn.l i praying that if the In:ft:vent Debtors' Act were renewed, it might be modified—from the Burgesses of Barnstaple, prtiy ins that they might have an opportunity-if justifying t'aemstlees against the imputations east epon them by Coe Report of the CAssmitter which Was appointed by the to er7 the metiss of the last Election--front tLe l'arith of All-lianows, against the London Clergy I.lill—nand front the Borough of Las: Loo, in the Count, of Cornwall, for the Rape:! Or liqualization of the Duty na Cuals.—These Petitions were severally brought up, read, and ordered to lie on the table. ICkitiNEDY brought in a Bill to rogu:ate the relief granted to the Poor in :i:otlanci, war read a first rim:, and ordered to be reads second time to-morrow. On the Position Gata the l'nrisn of All-Hallows, apinst the London Clergy belt); presented by Mr. Hat.vxv, Sir J. GRAIIA SI said, he thought it necessary t obs:rve, that snarly mis-statements had been it Lade by 'lw oppor.ents sif thi, Bill. Wnether the statements in this Prtnion were true or L.lie lit did not know. ler. Alderman WAITIIM. 0 0; hoped th. Hoes.: would net agree to pass the Bill to which this Petition related, merely on the i'stama.tats of the Honourable Baronet. Almon every in- ILIA:v.: is the Pariah had subscribed to the Petition now pre s..l.t.sl, ant th.: trut% of the statements might he hiquired into. Itc. ruiLLlmoitv. gore notice, that he iv,tald to-morrow rave far an account of all Ships or Vessels, and thCir Cargoes, saiced for breach of the Customs or ]incise Laws, :And restored sa:::: cundetnnation, by ceder of the Lords bf the 'freasuty. Th.: raises of the delimiters at the Ballot of yesteiday were ca l 4 ovvr, mtd they ware respectively ordered to attend the Boliat toarnoaccete. . . On es =al..* of lilt. BLI.;NETi $ Committee was ap poiitui to to.amine Ilse Journals of the House of Lords for atly pr*treddcp relatiatecito i Ijill tot file regulation of Mint /.2 a-Sweepers. : Ile adjourned D*bate cinch* Petition of James Then, Poh l:tan, relative ta a .rifesel to grant him a Licence, was p05t p3r...,1 to ble:td*v. 1441, Y.: - . ?Alt NEI, moved for leave to bring iii a Bill to rego t:f Co 'r6 in Ireland. 'PORT he understood the object of the Bill Coroner elected by each Barony ; but he did not ' remove the evil complained of.—The motion irons rhe Lords requested that the house would and W. )1. Pin, Esq. to give evidence -dships' Committee on the beate : of Jails. message an answ.,r was sent that the llou.se would Acme:into - of its own. the Committee ancintod toe:amine the Lords' to the procezdings of their Lordships on the •eapere Begulatlou Bill was pee:tilted and read. NE:3: then said, that he would move for leave to for the better regulation of Chimney Sweepers Apprentices, in which he would *Mit the clauses which the loss of the other Bill is, the Other 'louse. lie leave to bring ir. the Bill, which was granted. DU of Mr. WYNNE, it wai ordered that no intervene it tween the Ballot to-osortow and the bleutbera being called crier, of Mr. BROUGUAM, there was ordered to House, a Copy of the Digest of Legg; made .e on the Education, of the Lower OtdertiXl4l g. MILTON presented a Pritient Irma the !Royal in Scotland, praying for a Rehm is the C.a.. stitution of that ilbrgh.—The Petition was brought up and read. Mr. I ii; ME begged to call** attention of the 'louse to this circumstance, that the Proiodi lor Mayer) "Of the Burgh of Porres, ha 181? and 18j4, .did vociteilde to the'Srath, and wan at the very same time, Provost of two other Birch*, viz. Nairn -gad Co/ien. • The Act of Pallaiheat am this subject, though II 1 provided that cbe °mond. shosid Atet themselves, yet it also provided that they shout be. clanged annually. The far-1 Our provishos of the Act wet hi full force; whiie the latter had fallen into complete desuetude. The Petition was ordered to lie on the table. _ BREAM OF PRIVILEGE. . Lord ALTHORP, referring to the case of Thos. Stinton,the soldier who had been taken into custody while withinn - the precincts of the House, rose to move ,that the minutes of the Court Martial be printed. — He observed that it appeared from those minutes that the Court Martial had found Stinton guilty of all the charges on which he was tried, except that of steal ing the piece of cloth. He had therefore been toured guilty on the charge of absence from parade. He moved that the minutes be printed Mr. 13ECKET said he had no objection to the mo tion, and was quite ready to second it. But he was quite sure, when this matter was fully investigated, that it would be found there had been no breach of the privileges of the House. Stinton had certainly been found guilty of being absent from parade.— The excuse which he made was the production of a warrant to attend the Committee of the House— which warrant was dated on Thursday, and the day of his absence was Snterday. Of cenr:,e the Court had no means of knowing whether an obedience to this warrant required the soldier's absence on the Sa turday, and they had therefore no option but to find him guilty on that charge. Mr. TIE NEY—When the last discussion on this subject terminated, he thought there was nothing in the case which required to be taken'notice of. But what was now said by the Right Honourable Gen deman made him change' his opinion. It appeared that the justification pleaded by the man was the warrant o f the House. But the Right Hon. Gentle- , man said this warrant was dated on Thursday, and how were the Court to know that it was any excuse for the man's absence on Saturday ? To this he re• plied, that it was the duty of the Court Martial to have inquired, and, if they had made the proper in quiry, they could soon have ascertained whether it was Gr was not an excuse. The neglect of this, he mainteined, was a breach of the privileges of the House. He did not say that it was such an offence against tloir privileges as ought to be visited with severity. Put :t ought to be distinctly underst9nd, that the House was feelingly alive to any infringe ' mcnt on its privilege;. In any future case, a soldier summoned to attend the House might recollect the cae of Stanton, and think that if he obeyed the sum moes he might be punished for his absence. Lord F. 111:NTINCIC wished that the Right Hon. Gentleman iMr. Tierney! should be aware that this mar. had been distinctly told, that if he was obliged to attend the Reuse. of Commons, he had only to give uutice of it to his serieant, and that it was the negket of this notice which had occasioned his being tried by a Court Kartial. Colonel F/AP.P.Y observed, that the man ought to, have asked leave to attend the Ilouse--(Hear, hertr.) Mr. TIE.P.::EY was astonished to heir any Mem ber ttlk of leas e being asked to obey the summons of this House--(lfear, hear, hear.)—.lie insisted, in the broadest terms, that any soldier in his Majesty's ser vice having received the .warrant of this House, re quiring his attendance, might say to his officer that .he would.obey it, whether that racer gave him leave to do so or not--( Hear, hear.) • Colonel BARRY and Mr. BECKET explained.— They admitted, that if the man had been refused leave to attend, hemight have come without it. lint the offence of this man was, that he had not given a notice, which he was ordered to give. Mr. BROUGHAM said, he understood it to be said, that the man should have asked leave to attend the summons of the House—(Hear, hear.) Against this doctrine he must enter his protest—Oear, - hear.) When any man, whether a soldier or not, was sum moned by the warrant of the House, it was his duty to attend, without askingeleave of any 111411. Mr. WINNE said, that notlerel could be more clear than the position of his Learned Friend (Mr. Brougham), but at thesume time he must say, that there might be that attention to other duties which would require the person summoned not to ate: leave, bat to give notice that he had been summoned— ( hear, her.) The confusion on this point had arisen. from using the phrase •e ask leave." This man was not required to ask leave, bet simply to give a notice. Mr. BECKET—The men had been distinctly told that, it was only uecessary• for him to give notice when his absence was eecessary, in ohedience to the summons of the House. _. • . _• • . _ _ .... _ _ Mr. W. Vi INNL said, there could be no doubt that the principle was that which had just been stated by the Honourable and Learned Getttlem.ch. On the other hand he must say, that a soldier so summoned ought not to ask leave, but to- g . ive notice th•it tie had received such a summons, and intended to obey it. _ _ Mr. BIiOtTGIIAM perfectly agreed with the Ho nourahle Gentleman that there could be no impro priety in a soldier so summoned giving notice-of the circtimetarice. His objection was to his " asking leave." Sir J: SIACKTNTOSH was persuaded that • there had been no intention of infringing the privileges of the House. ' The expression of a asking leave" had. originated on the other side of the House. and it WAS highly necessary to protest against such doctrine as it implied. Mr. BENN}T, as the subject was under diccus sion, wished to correct a mistake that had crept into the public reports of his remarks on Friday evening. He had been represented to say " that it was proba ble the soldier solicited the Court-martial beCause he would have been flogged without it." The word he had used was 4 , punished," not "Aoggfd.". He knew very well that a Commanding Officer had not the power to order a soldier to be togged Without a Court-martial. The Minutes were then ordered to be printed. Mr. BOS' to move Acts of ' greatest he woul4 oil that . jecticatab, been lab Law of thought was a mistake. It mnst.certaim`y be advan twalobuilsadis rem beco o me ve f ahbo rom ie t t h e e aid Sta u tutl e A si tttb desn ose ru A de. cts did. not wish for any innovation. But he was tressised to find that those Crientlemen of the learned ion whom he ljtad consulted on this subject Were *verse to the tiesubre which he now wished to propose. Yet he thiught be must certainly have the support of those who - bad expressed an opinion that the Court of Session could not decide that any Act I of the Scotch Parliament bad fallen into desuetude I without the authority of Parli.tmcnt. In a very valu able collection, now deposited in the British Museum, he meant in the Harleian Collection, there was a very curious paper on this subject. In the year 16:4, Lord Bahnerino was brought to trial under certain Statutes passed in the reign of Henry abomina- Me Statutes which declare that the speaking only against the person or government of the Kiiig is high treason. On the one side five of the most eminent and skilful Counsel cf the day were retained, and on the other, a celebrated Lawyer, who published a very able legal book. The case was most elaborately entered into ; and after a very minute investigation, it was d by the Lord Advocate that no prescrip tion eo a tr e run against a statutory law. That a sta tutory law coals& at no time be repealed, but by a judicial decision, and that no decision would be good Against an existing Statute relative to high treason. lie (Mr. Boswell) must admit that it was not usual tOr the Court of Parliament to repeal Acts ; but - in the reign of lIL the Parliament repealed all the Acts passed under James U. In the present state of the law in Scotland, it was not only neces sary, but very proper that the Judges should have a power of deciding what laws had fallen into desue tude; for what ease could be done, whea there was no interference of the Legislature, and yet Statutes were allowed to remain on the Statute-bock totally at variance with the present state of society ? lie wished such, however, to be gradually done away with. klis object in asking for leave to bring in the i3ill this evening was to take only one step of those which would be. necessary. The Statutes of Scot land might, he thought, be divided into four classes : 1. Those which were altoetlnT obsolete. 9. Those which were partly dead, and partly operative, 2. Those which were at prerent in force : and 4. Those which were of a very objecdonable nature. By one of these Statutes it was provided, that the punish ment should he inflicted for sending a challenge, whe ther a duel followed upon it or not; and that if a duel did take place. both parties, if they survived, should be executed, the challenger being put to some more ignominious death, at the discretion of the King. In one of the Statutes against monopolies it was enacted, that no butcher should hold above an acre of land for grazing. Ile might easily quote other laws of an equally absurd and inapplicable description, but should conclude at present by moving for leave to bring - in a B il l to repeuLecrtain parts of the Law of Scotland relative to duck Mr. 'l'. MACKENZIE thought some of the Ho nourable Gantlematt's observations calculated to pro duce a wrong impression with regard to the proceed ings cethe Court of Session, and the present state of Scottish jurisprudence. The practice of regarding some Statutes as fallen into desuetude, and no longer obligatory on the subject, was dictated by the first principles of the LaW of Scotland. • Ile was not de- 1 sirous of opposing the motion, but must protest against the doctrine, that established contrary use could not outweigh an unrepealed enactment. These' partial repeals operated as ez post Ado laws, and might serve to revive other Statutes which were at this moment sunk in oblivion. Whether the princi ple of desuetude was originally good or bad, it was' now too late to inquire; it was a principle interwoven with the whole theory and practice of the law, and could not be abrogated without producing the most injurious effects—( Near hear). Lord ARCHIBALD HAMILTON considered the course now pursued as extremely inconvenient, ; with reference to the general object in contempla tion. The Honourable Gentleman proposed to re peal one or two particular Statutes; and leave to any other Honourable Member the task of proposing the repeal of others equally obnoxious. The effect must in the mean time be. to give new valiay to all those which, though fallen into desuetude, had not hitherto been repealed. H e mask these observations in order to guard himself against the charge of incon sistencv—a charge which he thought might fairly be brought against the Honourable Member himself who made this motion, and who, although he had spoken in favour of, had voted against the motion of his Right Honourable Friend (Sir J. Newport) a few nights ago. He should not be much surprised, there fore, to find the Honourable Member voting against his own ntotitoon the present occassion. Mr. BOSW ELL explained. His reason for voting agaipst the Right Honourable Baronet's motion was - not itk object,' bur the words in which it was framed. Lord BINNING observed, that had the motion been of a general nature he should have wished it to he postponed, but he felt no objection to the particu lar question before the House. He did nut mean to pledge himself to the support of the measure. Mr. BROUGHAM thought the repeal of Acts fallen Rao desuetude unnecessary ; the question whe ther a Statute was so fallen was as fairly within the jurisdiction of the Court of Session, as the question wliether one man was the heir of another ? The motion was agreed to. EX OFFICIO INFORMATION. On the motion of Sir C. HAWKINS, there was ordered. to be -laid before the house a copy of the Verdict of Acquittal entered on the Trial of the Lx Officio Information filed by .his Majesty's Attorney- Getteral onthe 4 22d of April, 1907. i : II ! ' 1 A1 ;t? 1 i I . 1 . • ' I ' , ~. . 1 • i , . e • . 1 . i . / ( \ . l il 1 . 1 `.: • , . . I. ch.: ()ti. v. of ..r J. NEWPC vVii to base 1 Cor think Cie would i is AS sr ccd to. A Me:4.v f: ore ahoy/ T. G. 11..v0~ b?fOte their I.ordi I '.. ' TO this carriage ''.l t :Si t* it by a 1.1 TPs port port of ti i A:::a:4 t Aat:%e t G...mney Sweeper :•!:. BENNET t :: -~g in a Bill fill i ,I ( d th;:ir Apprent had occasioned thi tl.en moved for lei t ()n the motion 1 . fr.istocsa shouid Lai r names of Member .On the motion he laid before the by the Cottunitme Lord A. tiAlii Mirth of YorrSs t •••• 17:Er..VEN IN tDVENS IN IRELAND. F Mr, BL AK said, in moving for leave to bring in a Pill to explain the laws with respect to the admis sion and election pf rreelien in Cities and Towns in Ireland i le l wished to observe that his object was to prevent she system of desuetude which prevailed in extended to treland Ireland, the twelve provisions of an Act of course of usage din. 'mat by the Law pf administered the Legislature: The to State a:.cose Mles limb, and oatar 4 respecting the Pr i onnfre Mrtotl by ellartit to a placela‘ paptilatlon of WOOD iuhabnants, and in whic 4 laid down that the Act of Henry the Seventi 'Abrogated and repealed by opposite e Ti,„ Pourable Member c onc l u d e d With grieving ct n . :, tco bring in a B:11 to amend thig Law in I re i at i ,specting, the eligibility of Nr,n•reTiden:s a:(1. is the Cities and Towns ia Sir JOHN NEWPORT, though nct terfere: with the object of the liolott-a:Ac Atilt thought that some ground should be to prove prove the necessity of . the r neasticc• If nion had been given by the Judges, befgrez:l position was made to Parliament, it shouid Lv. the House. further and r s o v n a fr om it'. Sir Ajutty t o N m E e Po a motion was ultimately withdrawn. xxetst LAWS. Mr. AldermanwArnlNl AN obserred, mitting his motion he wished to make nee c.•;. servations respOcting the Petition which oa night he had presented, from a person cf e• e , of William Wearer. He con s id ere d it his dut y occasions to . endeavour to ascert-fn the rn; r : every Petition which he presentee!. In the t; t : case he had made inquiries into the stateniera;,,, Petitioner, and the result was favourable. ti::••• he had learned that he hadiiten engaged i n t . . ling transactions. But at n il events he did nn:t . that even if these charges were true, E.er a reason for the sufferings zed persecution la L.: dergone. He had seen the landlord of the and from him he learned, that even after the first Ccized in mecutiou were, purchase(' they were :12•atli seized as belonging to Weave:. was, in consequence cf his present iniptim wholly unable to mat his honest enqar his criditors, and had ay laid his r.t. - • the Insolvency Ccnt, in crder to he His tinnily were de;readent itpoa prceen for their support, and he ;.Mr. Waitante Gentleman, who was inenced, from the; give five pounds for temponiry soil; main obj ect in th e present motion was , whole of the system—to slier: the coer.tr - the party toed in the Exchequer was ti sources of the coentry were misapplied the expenditure. Ile had therefore to there he laid before the Hulse an ;mow pence; incurred, and the aincnrit of penal in the case of William Weaver. Mr. LUSHINGTON agreed with the derman in his View of duty as to th( ascertaining the truth of a Petition. Oi the Worthy Alderman bad yet to learn, allow his credulity to be less imposed ui he would undertake to say, was a comp! bcfure that House under more comnilseration of o.:at Douse, he woul. most umniestioneble documents, was the Worthy Alderman for a most note; —for one who had been twice cnvi4e Excise Laws as an illicit trader, who h; times convicted at the Thames Polio twice at Shadwell, for smuggling oie whose house smuggled tobacco was found few days of the reseetation of his petition—; Isar.)—He had no objection to the motion Worthy Aldeiman; bat at the same ti. his duty to move for, in addition, all the of William Weaver to the Treasury, ceedings thereon. Did he believe that the motion could convey any censure ot. Of Eicise, he would - ink consent to it ; but that the more the subject was discussed, I integrity, talents, aqs.bsinwearied zeal of able individual. would be evident, he tion to the production cf the papers move the additions he had specified. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL entered particulars of the proceediugs against ,showed that it was on the suggestion of and a molt dexterous Solicitor, that he fdrl4oo. Had he (the Attorney-General, time acquainted with his character, he here consented to the compromise. Mr. W. HARVEY felt how such a the conduct of Weaver unfolded prejudiced neral principle. But what he complained that men who, without any intention to r inadvertently entrapped into a viohltion were treated with equal severity as notoricer ders. If such men petitioned the Excise only answer they received was a never at the time told what compromise the would accept. When, however, all the expenses the prosecution were incurred, and the trial about to proceed, the Solicitor of the Excise appea with his list, and stated the amount of comprorr.;• he would accept. That was sure to cover his cos*, for these he was determined to have pe, fas ct act , The ATTORNEY-G E NEL AL positively state. that in the course of his professional practice in • Exchequer, 'he had never seen or heard of such V. as the Honourable Member alluded to. Mr. HARVEY, in erplanation, said he had thl fact from pea .authority. ; but be could also at'.; that in three cafes in which be was professiona , employed, and which Would probably come befor the House, he had seen the sums which the Soliciw of the Excise would take, specified previously in list ; and in one instance, where a lesser sum was of fered, the answer of the Solicitor was, that it weltic not cover the costs. lie (Mr. Ifarvey) tcok the op portunity of giving notice; that after the recess ?r should move for a Committee to inquire into to manner in which proceedings under the Excise La -, were carried on in the Exchequer. Mr. Alderman WAITIIMAN briefly replied ; 2`-• after a few words from Sir ISAAC COFFiN, who gretted that the time of the House was so leng tak: up on so unworthy a subject, the motion was agreed " MISCi:LLANI S. Mr. D. GILBERT brought in a Bill for the reg lation of t'he office of Lord Justice General in to.. land. The Bill was read a first time. Second rea f. ing fixed for Friday next. The Honourable Menu stated, that it was his intention to pestpcne the cot ' tnittal of the Bill until after the recess. Mr. W. HARVEY moved, that there be laid" fore the House a Return of the Number of C d ret . o r Debtors charged in execution, and committe.tt; want of bail, and when each debtor wavesomnu ordered. The motion was agreed to, and-the pap Mr. FORLIES, adverting tp t . ,4e great i . nce k 4 Sclaii.; afr --- .be' -7-- SCOTCH ACTS OP PARIAATATNT. . 11P'___W• - 11 OM int exit BOSWELL. rose; in pursuance of his notice, , a 44 .lin44n.d. la a certain .case in In 'e for leare-to iningin a Bill to repealienain Judges had decided. that the provisi4 'the Parliament of4:tetlasid. He praeiied the parliament were set aside s by a cour t veneration foe the -Uwe of *it eonistrii-whieft 'itttri cally' opposite. He denied, the id not change! fei antkeltlien 9n eirthi' 'BO, England and Ireland-any mar. who very siceotint Ile WS iM. •th‘nt - ' .. ' . ionr.souldsubstitute hirnself.tO the l ible sltntild tintaio 4bese la y - • ' HOtioußnble -C'stonlanan-procencieel. itely *Med litliAo. ' d orth* . Stflkie 7iielet was.decilled ln the Court, of X f Scotland' -4%-in' '1" le. Welk* be After.viircli'fernovcd to tie Court of 1 • . 11 I):n)aead l ti::: . i .s n::; :t aw: :i cihe Ti li:ell'i : l4.4446l. usag e; I net ansio, 3s 15 losira'A c onld be read; isnre. !f Dirt s. hety re it should be Is; from her iset - ted, ;. lake one t , which on Mon (.1 the hi it his ditty t.fti the ritz t i z .!. In the tio tc statenier.t s Durable. mg:l; 4 rd in It!: he did not!' sedition IA L... dofthelejj 'en :icier the purchase(' tri ing to I ‘'cave:. slut iniprlscrz engageirei.:. his pet: ion be re.iered— prelarlons tit.imanl had nn their distnt, suppcn. Hat s was to b et • en..intry, fax tpplied in de mi !fore to more, I account cf the. ,f penalties roc.» pith the Worth L to the proprie:- in. One other learn, naritelv, losel upon. Sim L complaint b-0... eptive grounds." wool.' prove fi' was culled for t notorious offea :.)nvicted under who had been th. - Police Office, a octences, and was found witlim his petition—l': the motion of ame time he fel: , all the Merncri' siry, and the e that the assen: sure on the Sa- oit but cons': 'ussed, the more zeal of that re,: , he had no ers moved for, entered into 3.. :7 rai ai ota n h s eo t fc % o S T L s a p v cr e oo r iti ,.. i.:: :.. ieneral) been at r. ,er, he would no. e. ich a disclostuT • prejudiced the .. omplained of sv:. tion to fraud, v:?: I.ltion of the Ex;:- as notoriotis - on. - . Excise Board, refusal—they w. promise the 8.- all the expenses. and the trial w die Excise appear . , unt of comp royal his cos!' J3~ '