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. PROPERTY TAX. SOMERSE MICR/I COUNTY MEETING. To um High Sheriff of the Canny of Someratt. NvE. the nodersigned FREEHOLDERS of the calm of Somerset, request you •wouM name an early day to cal & County Meeting for the purpose of taking into con sideration the propriety of pedtloning Parliament against the re newal of the Property Ts: and War Malt Duty. Charles Reilly* Kemys Tynte, C. P. Anderson, role Tyndale Wane,' William Jones, • George Henry Carew, M: Blake, William Henning, Webb Stone, William Jones Burdett, Sweet Estee% Richard Beudon, Francis Wane, John Evered, . John Gale, John Hutton W. Y. Colter, E. Jefferies Ekale, Wm. Ayshford Sanford, Jonathan Elford, . George Edward Allen, E. Taylor, . . _ Edward Clarke. In compliance with the foregoing Requisition, I hereby ap point a Meeting of the Freeh Men, of the County of Somerset, to beheld at Wells on Friday, the let day of March nev at Twelve o'Cloek at Noon. JOHN GOODFORD, Shea Yeovil, February 41, tit in. SAINT LUKE, MIDDLESEX. AT aMEETING tit theCHURCIi WARDENS, OVERSEERS. and VESTRYM EN, convened pursuant to a Requisition signed by MEW'''. BA'IrMAN, BAss, CHARD, GANNON HORLOR, MOORMAN PENN, Powatt, and STCL• two, an d held at the Parish auras, on February CO, IHIA, " :I'o consider the Propriety of Pe itioning Parliament, and of ‘ Adopthie other Proceedings against the Continuance of the " PROPER'L'Y TAX:" • Mt. RICHARD WRIGHT, Upper Churchwarden, iu the Chairs IT WAS UNANIMOUSLY RESOLVED, 1. That the Inhabitants of this Parish, inferior in Population twenty sit Cities and Towns in England and Wales, renew their declaration of patriotic and loyal attachment to their Country and to their King, and of their disposition to submit with retie nation,- and even with cheerfulnes., to any sacrifices which the teat onal security or honour could requite. S. That they adiere to the opinions they have formerly ex. pressui, that the al called the Pitorairrr TAIL is UOUNt, un equal, vexatious, inquisitorial, and incompatible with individual independence and with public liberty. S. That although they havti thus disapproved of the principles of this inipoiitioa have bent beneath its weight, and have b...en galled by the mode or tot efillection, they have endeavoured to mitigate their impatience alk :heir sufferings, by recollecting the reiterated a:suratires of every &tweet/tee Administration, that the Devils, if great, were temporary, and should terminate on the ter mination of War. 4. 'fiat they there ore cannot but fed and express their esti). stishment, that the present Administration should have ventured to intimate their intention to violate a pledge, which duty anti interest repaired them to rialeem,—and to continue a measure so Intolerable and o!Jiiiixious, alter the attainment of a Peace, yea ch they have assured the British Parliament, is wise, and bouonrable, and si'cure. 5. Tina their local cireurnoances have Increased their aversion to he Tax, ;rid their alsein at its projected co-tinuance;—as, bout negket in the Conlon isioneri, or fraud in a Collector, se se:-al of the inhabitants of one poor district, within the Parish, are at this mimetic thr...tened wi.la Distresses or Wilts trout the E‘chetrier, to compel the rr-i:ayment of the Tax for the preseut year, to the amount of oy:a I housand Pounds, which those persons have actually paid with the Lreat-st difficulty during the last two months, to the Collector, acting (111-i! , g the Lit and cc. Vera' former yea;' , :—and M1L4,4 receipts the Com:iti , e-ios:er4, sv ho tiintitsd to I:l,:ify t. is sup rondos, and dclaitd to appo.iit a succi wo, now refuse to a:low. 6 ritaz their antipatt..y and alum are augmented by ibeir kniwlesige of the cs , reme sltstress of the lower c1..:4-es itt tkc in,alwatits, of whom, even the most industrious and deserving arc either totatly destitute of employment, or can only obtain pa air! employment, tuadeqursa to their support : —and that ' , ltch stal l atliy awl alarm are increased by Wir belief chit it the Tax be re tiny cd, the impnsit ion will be patntatient,—atid that the tont:nil:wee will prevent those econom cat re snick:news which the pubi a exigenc.ti demand, and will pet petl s e those tntlitary establishments and that r,eueral po (trusties, which ere incompati ble with pre•sc:t+ pro-peti y, and with the long-cherished hope of bet er tintes—atid of returning plenty with returning ream ?. fh.tt against any attempt to perpetuate this l'as, they will make every possible legal and constitutional exertion,--they will prevent the Petitioa to Parliament, which they have now read sod approve,—atid will co-operate with the Corporation a Lon don, and with the rest of the Empire, in their endeavours to ft ustrate the execution of this disastrous design. -- a. Tbatthe Petition be immediately signed by the Vestrymen attending the Vestry ; and byany o•her inhabitants of the Parish who concur m the sent invents it contains; and be preacuttal to Pal lianient without any avoilibledslay. 9. i hat the Churcliw..r.lers and Overseers, and the twelve Vestrymen, be appointed a N. e to superintend the at 3i9r swat of t!ignatur,s, and the presen,atioe of the Petition : and that they be atrhorized to adopt such measures (or that purpose as di. it distreconasalt soggess. _ . 10. I hat Out Vestry siliTz their acknowledgments to the Gen semen tt Int signet's Requisition for t Meeting—to the Church warders by whom it was inins•diattly convened—and to thy Chairman who has presided— •far the prompt attention to it , - ge. &sal nits tit of the inliabttaz,:s, and :or the laudable for Me publ:c and parochial welfare which they have severally dis played. JOHN WILMS. Vestry Clerk. CANDLEIVICK WARD, LONDON. A _ T a MEE t ING of the INH BITANTS of this U'ARD, held at the Parish C.urch of St. Mary Abchurch, is Abehureh lace, on the 21st day ot fehruarr, let is, enlivened at the Itequ , sit , on of several lahahi (LUIS I.f the said Ward. The Right Worshipful SAMUEL Ens Alderman of die said Ward, iu the Chair. Resolved Unanimously, That this Meeting learn with much concern that it k the in teutton of his Majesty's Ministers to recommend to the Com. mists House of Parliament, the continuance of the Tax upon contmon:y called the Property Tax. That the experience of many years proves it to be a most par tial and unjust I az, inasmuch ass it exacts from the trading part of the community a pieportion of income derived front great in. ,o.y, beyond the capital they must necessarily employ with much r.sk and auxiety. '1 t:at nut withstanding we are Informed front high authority, that the trade of this Country is at this time in a mat Int. nisi in qi'e, this Itleeting bed eve to the contrary, and caimot shut (Heir c; , :• to tile melancholy situation in which Commerce is at this time placed, and thc daily sacrifices makiog, of real Pro per; y by multipded and unavoidable losses. That t he Mode practised by coatinual surcharges for the purpose of wringing from the Hand of Industry, the utmost curia of the casual -access that may atte chore efforts, while it wounds the feelings of the Individual, is not only unconstitutimal but de grading to the true character ut Englishmen '1 hat this Country has submitted to the operation oethis most obnoxious 'fax, in full confidence tilat when the blessing of Peace was restored, it would be totally annihhated ; and had a . right to expect the pledge male to the Public would I), :ctly adhered to—and the attempt to continue. it under any nunlifica- Sons whatsoever, would be a violation of that pledge. 1 hat the present distressing situation of Trade has a claim upon the Legislature to give it all possible encouragement, by enabling tli! Manufacturer to send hia Goods to a Fortige Market at pr;ces that wiil bear some competkinn with other Countries, and then , by afford hint the means of employiug the Thousands of Mechanics that must otherwise be discharged. !'hat it is the duty in this Meeting to oppose, by every legal means in their power, the renewal of a Tax so oppressive to the Commercial Interests of this and the Country at barge, and that a Committee be forthwith appointed to prepare a Petition to Parllameut, and to take such further steps as may be judged ue aessary for carrying the 'same into effect. That the Deputy and the rest of the Common Councilmen, together with M e ars. Bets, AiItROYD, LACOIII, PAESTUM. bets, and tlitvwouti, be such Committee. t hat when such Prtitiou shall be prepared, it do lie for Signs. lure at the Vestry Room of St. Mary tibchureh, from tee hour of l-' to tour o'clock, on Hives ay, the ULicl day of February, Mu. i hat the 1 bunks of this Meeting be given to the Right Wor lh.ptul SaltUlll. Esq Alderman of this Waid, foe the rva..11:e6 5 with which he has cotiveoed this Meeting ; for his pu lite and impartial conduct in the chair; for the great zeal and ability he manifests in the discharge of his Magisterial duties; fest .. the unshaken loyally, inderaudencr o aid parasitism" ise.s.. weft ',beta tn At high mai apidaa station et tAtd Mar w' Loadoo g sod upon dila and every Aber neca • no. Mat the proceedloga of this Meeting be Insertr4 'Three of the Months*. sad Two of the Evening Paper% eig.keil by the Ward Clerk. THOM4B SMOKE. Ward Clerk. _ _ - - 6AIN 1' MARY, ISLINGrTON. Fasauwat si t 11148: AT a MEETING of the I NHABITANTS of this Parish In Vestry assembled this day, to take into considered= the propriety of petldonlog Parliament against a aintlasante or renewal of the Property Tax;" Mr. WILLIAM GARTON, Churchwarden, in the Chair, It wu Unanithonsly dited rhat this Meedng Ree * observe with horror and indignation the avowed Intention of his Maieety's Ministers to propose to Par liament a continuation of the Tax upon Income, called the Pro =Tax, notwithstanding the solemn pledge made by diem and nned by Parliament, that the same should be diicontiuuse; on the return of Peace. That wilt inducement for the people of this country to submit to a Tax so obnoxious in its principle, was a conviction that it was resorted to only as a temporary expedient to relieve the em barrassments of Government, and this Meeting cannot consider the present intention of Ministers in any other lizht than to ren der the Tax a,permanent squrce of Revenue, and thereby to esta blish a system of inquisitorial oppression, the operation of which is a direct violation of all the rights and privileges of any people who have the least pretensions to freedom. That having eontributed to the supplies required for the sup port of a long and arduous war, which has been carried on for a period unparalleled in history, this Meeting, with a full confi dence in the fal:h of Parliament, justly anticipated, that after eti during so many privations and sacnfices, whenever the causes cewied to exist, under colour of which the Tax was impend, no further attempt would be made to renew the same in any shape, or udder any mortification whatever. That by the Constitution of this country, and the uninterrupted practice of the Legislature, no revenue has ever been provided, except from year to year, for the support of a single soldier thus happily guarding this country envied for its freedom, against the possibility of the ests.blishment of a standing army; but if the Property Tax is continued under any modification Whatever, this invaluable bulwark of our freedom, happineas, and prosperity, wiU be lost for ever. • That Petitions be presented to both Houses of Parliament, praying them to reject any proposition that may be made to con tinue or renew the said Tait. That the Petition now read be adopted. That the Members for the County be request..d to present the Petition to the House of Commons, and to support the Prayer thereof. That to Joan BeNTLIT, Esq. this Meeting offer their acknow ledgements, for be very able manner he has brought forward thew Resolutions. That the aLtregoing Resolutions be published In the News papers called the Christiele, 'limes, Post, STASI, Traveller, and Conrier. The Chairman having left the Chair, Resolved Unanimously, That the Thanks of Chili Meeting br given to the Chairman, for his polite and intpartlal conduct on this ocea-ion. R. UI.L)ERSIIAW, Vestry Clerk. AT a MEETING of he MERCHAN l'S, TRADERS, and others, Inhabitants of the City of Ba lA TOL, assessed to the PROPk it i hoiden at the Guild• hall, on Wednesday the gist day of Februaty, convened by tit- Right Worshipful the Mayor, in pursuance of a Requisit on to him: I he Right Wig-444Ni Sir W.l. o : LI, M4yer, in :he Chair. _ _ Reoolved. That this Meeting has heard wAli extreme rtgre., that it is the iinention of his Majesty's Ministers, to propose to Parliament the renewal of the Property 'Pas, which expires by Law on the sth of April next: I hat this Meeting has been con ieened tor he purpose of conveying to the Legislature, a respect ful Renhinstrance against the injustice and impoLey of resorting to so vexatious a node of raising the revenues of the State in times of Peace. " Resolved, That the Country having pa•iently borne this burden, during a period of national peril, upoii reiterated asiui ratices that it should be discontinued as sonu as Peace WA3 rehired to the Country, it is the opinion of this bleating that it would he highly impolitic to disappoint t:te just expectations of the People, theteby loose/Luz their well-grounded confidence in the sal h of Parliament. Resolvei, That a Petition be presented to the House of Com mons, praying that they woul'4 be pleased to reject any propusi • tion for renewing this unequal and itigaisit•vri:el impost under any form or nmdific.rion or with any abatemeht whatever. Resolved, That the Rtght \laps, Al Chair Man of this Meeting, be revectfully entreated to forward this Peti tion to the Members in Parl.ament for the City of Bristol, re queviog that they would present it to the Howe of Commons, and support the prayer of it by every carrion to their power, as the unequiaocii opinitiu ut a vnerat body of their Constitueots. Resolved, That these Resolutions be puldished In Tug STAG, Cow ier, Globe, Morning Chronicle, Morning Post awl limes London Papers, audio all the Bristol Papers. _ _ W. I'RUI H, Mayor. Resolved, That the cordial Thanks of this Meeting be given to the lti4ht Worsi.ipful the Mayor, for his kindness is taking the Chair, and his very able condacttherein. Resolved, That the Thanks of this Meeting be gives to the Gentlemen who s gnel Ike kequisilon. P HOUSE OF LORDS. FEBRUARY fit. Earl Cow Eles iiiikesunty 1341 was read a third time and pained. The Cochineal Bill pass. d through a Committer, mad was re ported. Eh: Marquis of LANSDOWN intimated his intention of moving to morrow for some information connected with the freatits un Table, to which, however, be believed there would be no objection. He did not make the motion sow, be. cause the Noble Lord at the head of the Treasury was not preseat. ... STATE Of THE NATION. The Duke of BEDFORD said, in consequence of the rejec tion of the Amendment of his Noble Friend (Lord Grenville), and conlidering the immense Peace Establishment now in con. temriation—the great pressure of taxation by wh•ch It was pro posed to support chat establishment—and the Internal distress of the Cowrrf, particularly of that part of the United Kingdom called Ireland, he felt it his duty to call tie attention of the House to tl,lState of the Nation, and therefore gave notice of a motion for that purpose for Thursday stinnight. His Grace moved that the Lords be summoned fur that day, which was ordered. PROTEST (P LORD MOLLAND, AGAINST Ttii ADDRESS IN Arritowiriou OF TUR TOUTERS, ON IbIONDAT TMt 19TH IN&T. " Because the Treaties and Engagements contain a direct guaranty of ctic present Government of France against the People of that Country; and in my judgment l i mply a general and per. petual guaranty of al European Governments against the Go verned. I hold such a design to br unlawful, 'I believe k to be impracticable, and, recollecting the principles on which the Re volution of 1688; and the Saeces.lon of the Howe of Hanover were founded, I cannot give the sanction of my vote to a sycent which, if it bad prevailed in these times, might have deprived this Kingdom of all the benefits that have resulted from a Na tional Government and a free Constitution. (Signed) a VASSAL!. lIOLLAND." Adjourned tin toquorteer (this day). HOUSE OF COMMONS. Mr. LOCKIIART brought in a Bill for tumor regulating the &ale of Fanning Stick. Mead a that time, and ordered to be read a second time to-morrow. Mr. SYNG presented three Petitions, one from the Inhabi. tams of tl.e old Artillery Ground, the other from the inhabitants or the Ward ut Alderagats, and the third from the inturbitants of the Paribh of Heston, in Middlesex, against the reueersi of the Property Tax; and praying the House to look with a jealous and Constitutional eye at expensive Establishments in a um. of Peace, as well as to the existence of unmerited Pensions, and , useless 0111 cm or Sinecures. Ordered to lie on the Table. General IiAKT preseared a Per dun from the Grand Jury of the County of Donegal, complaining that tbe Laws now in force against illicit Distillation were ineffectual, and praying that some efficient remedy might be adopted. After a few remarks from bir JOllll STILWAILT it was ordered to lie on the Table. Mr. H. SIIMNBA brought in a Bill for Increasing the amount of the Stipend paid to the Curate of St.Saviclues, in the Borough of Southwark. Read a first time, and ordered to be read a as. and time to-morrow. A Message from the Lords Informed the House that their Lordabips bad agreed to the Glass Duty Bill, and to Lord Gower's ludtasuity sill , without any amendment. Mr. UOOCH presented a Petibon front the Land Owners. ',timers, and other occupiers of Lead in the County of Suffolk, complaining. of the distresses under wiic► they laboured. The • - Honourable Member dint br *lull astute the House that the Petition was signed, not as Petitions were sometimes sighed, by person. Who would put their name; to any thing, but by up wards of oho thousand of the mho resiertable inhabitants of the county, county, who were absolutely weighed down by the pressure of the tlines.—(l - ira , , he.st.)— I hey alleged It the Petition, that it would . be impostibie fur them to gn t)11 it some relief was nut afforded. They c.oulil nether pay the tares nor their I indlords, and they pointed out the Malt Dozy and the Agrical oral Horse Duty, as in things from which relief mi 6 ht be given to them. — Ordered to he on the table. Mr..I . IEINET , from the Tar-Office, presented an Account of the number of persons assessed for the Property Tax in the City of London. Ordered to lie on the Table. The Grand Junction Water Works Bill was read a second dine; and ordered to be referred to a Committee. A Petition was preserved from the town of Tiverton, against the renewal of the Property Fax. At the suggestion of the Sea/tete, the dropped orders of die preceding diy were disposed of. Mr. DARING enquired, if he was at liberty to bring on his motion respecting the transactiune in Ceylon, without another notice? The SPEAKER said, be apprehended that a dropped motion was gone, until revived by a fresh notice. The House, if ir taw fit, might resolve upon letting it ',meted, but no Member was entitled as a matter of right to do so. Lord CASTI.F A tEAGH observed, that if the object of the Hon. Member's motion was merely Crt information, which the Government wool! willingly give,li should feel disposed to let it come on then, but if it was intended to raise a discussion upon die question, lie should prefer another notice being given, and as a matter of personal convenience to hinatelf, should request that it might not be to-niJrro:w. Mr BARING then gave notice for Wednesday next. Sir C. MONCK ninved for a return of various accounts con nected with the management of the estates bdunging to Green wich Hospital, which we: . e. ordered. The CIiANCELLOIt of the EXCHEQUER renewed his notice respecting Lord Petition for tu-morrow. Mr. TIERNEY fired his intition upm the Austrian Loan for Monday selmight. ABOLITION OF THE PUNISIINIENT OP THE PILLORY. Mr. M. A. TAYLOR sail he should not feel it necessary to trespass at any letiath upon the attention of the House, because the fill wnich he intended t: move for leave to bring in, ;NIS precisely the same as that which was unanimously pdssild during last Ses sion in that House, thought it was thrown out in the other. The wily question of ditterence between him and those who opposed the measure, was as to the extent to which the punishment should be abolished —some persons wistUng to retain it In cases of pa ' jury, and frauds connected with perjury. For his own part, he sh..utd certainly prefer, and he meant to propose, the cutize of it, substituting in minor °Truces. the ettuisliin:nts of fine and impri sonment. IVicli :cspect to a p irticular crime, now usually pitni,hed with the pillory, he intended', ` in case the presciit measure should be carried, to bring is a lilt for the purpo►e of punishing it with trans. portation. The Hun. Mettisier then moved for leave to piing is a Bid to repeal all lie Acts of Parliament i n tfi ct i , g th e vtio.dimr-It na the pillory. Sir R. i - lERON neaie a few observations upon the propriety tit still retaining that punishment Jur ccriain Ofences. Mr. M. A. TAYLOR replied, and urged the in efficacy of it as a punishment, even in the cases alluded to by the honourable Baronet: after which leave WAb Spiv n. Mr. TILRNEY enquired whether the Army Esti mates wire to be brought forward on Monday ? Lord CASTLEREAGH replied, that the general subject would certainly be then brought forward, but that his Nobie Friend would be disposed to defer the consideration of any partictshir estimate. Loitus Or sEssinst. • Sir JOHN NEWPORT said, that on the 20th of last April the House agreed to an Address to his Royal Highness the Prince Regent, praying that he would be graciously pleased to give directions to the Lords of the Court of Session in Scotland, to lay before the House an account of all the Fees and Du ties paid or payable to the Clerks of the Ordinary Judges in the Court of Session, from the institution of the Courts of Justice down to the Ist of August, 1789, as also all acts cf setkruni issued by the same Court down to the • same period. On the 25th of April a most gracious answer was-communicated to the House, stating that his Royal Highness had given directions accordingly. No return, however, making its appearance, another Address was agreed t on the 24th of May, praying that his Royal High ness would be graciously pleased to order that the account should be laid belore the Hoene forthwith. Another gracious ansxer was received, purporting that his Royal Highness would give the necessity directions. But although the Sesssion of Paili.i. mint continued until the twelfth of July, the Lords of Session did not think proper to lay the required statement on the Table of the House.— This neglect he stronyty reprobated, and it was with a view of asserting the authority of the House, and of convincing every Court in the United Kingdom, that when the House requited the production of Pa. pers, it was that Court's bounden duty to produce them, that he should now move .06 That an humble Address be presented to his Royal Highness the Prince Regent, stating chat on the 20th of April last, &c. etc. (here the object of the original motion was repeated), humbly representing to his Royal' Highness, that although the Session of Parliament did not terminate until the 12th of July, the Papers were not Lid on the Tabie of the House, and pray. ing therefore that his Royal Highness would be gra., ciously pleased to give directions-that they should be presented forthwith, together with a statement of the', reasons, if any can be assigned, which induced the Cutut of Session to fail in conforming to the &rec., tions of his Royal Highness the Prince - Regent, ex pressed in his gracious answer to the Address of the House." He was the more suspicious, as to the' motives of the delay, because he well remembered -that on a former occasion great reluctance had been manifested by the Court of Session to produce a re turn required by the House, which return, when it WAS produced, proved that the Court bad set at nought an Act of Parliament. He was afraid that the person at the head of the Court of. Session had not forgotten the doctrines which he broached when he was Lord Advocate, and that he did not know to what his powers extended, or where they terminated. Mr. W. DUNDAS declared,' that if he thought the Court of Session had any disrespectful intention towards that House, he would be the last man to de fend them, but he was convinced that that w.ts run the case. The fact, he believed, was, that the Ho nourable Baronet, not satisfied with having in 1814 moved the appointment of a Commission to inquire into the subject, in 1815 made the motion which the House was now called upon to enforce, and that the Court of Session Conceived that it would be suffici-nt to submit the required automation to the Commis- oen, Ai to the Ads or &Arno', M sN A l inen made by the Court, wily :tad o w; 1.. no return. He allowed Om it mi g h t bmter had the C tart of Se i `s- Teturn,j „' the order of the House : hot he w.ta p ettui t . there was no intentional di.res i t •ct therefore,t..rii wished,r that the H onu ri b i ' „;; wodd erase those cens..riotts expo-w on , i t n tion which had a tendency to degrad e I and he had further to state, on the a n d luti , Right Honotv able Friend of hi s , the ti, , 41 14 t,try of State fur the FL:me Dep•tromns ,nme accident or other, the s econ d Addr,s„.l missed its way, and never re.ech:d e at ,' office. re ..... . Mr. HORNER, while he expressed hiss at the last circumstance mrnitiimed by I able Gant - tem:in, allowed that it tettl,d great part of the odium Dom the C 0 ,, 1t He however denied the accu, ars. of the ' • Gnntlennati's statement, that there hid . Act of Sakrunt on the part of t•l e , c olt; 10 - 1 , ing that there had heen an Act 1::e mrntingthe Fees of the CI Tics, Art:l tft.tt a to that eff:ct ought to have Le an in ide to t b e by the C Mr. WYNNE thought the dignity of implic ited in this subjezt. lie was at '4 I w c i ceive how the second Address of aCt Rl Vit ta have missed its way to the proper rLCC t• ,ij relenting to tha journals, he t t1ie3 1 .4 111 of his Royal Highness the Priac e ite m 4 Mr. 13ROUGH.‘ olrierved that this % matter of ordinari importance, inuA r t ogille. qui nor ial function , of !Parliament wiiich s,:rupuluisly guarded. He hoped it woolit ti , ac the Honourable Gentleman opparteeepj.: cat vittion it would be a f. n it d t id n , nt th i a n t ;lest of the C•iurt of Se ir s , s i i:i i n sit i o na r d i4 : r c ise:p, pension on pant of the learned p t . n , 4 in a distaste (1t Jthige► of that Court, 4 T4Citt House of Cominons—not in that ific• I .flce of t i w hi indocttl them to consider t:tstraeir.s free from Parliamcntary contloill,, at tile 4, 01 which they sat from the seat o f Legiiimit% times happened in Courts of Justice, 6 411 4 44 severe sarcasms were uttered against the m jqiel functions of the Legislature. By some goad ti tune, however, those expressions had bean isv e4 allowed to pass without notnee. When x pivo t ventured to say any Olin. , against the es 3 . 1 a, Parliament, he was visit!) by an iaip.,,, altl three months ; hut when p-rsons !.0 in 0 tE.. 4; , 1 the most important in of the 1...0f, it was to maintain the r ghts of eve' y Sra.ctrtt: Constitution, spoke with freedom i•f the prich a that H o use, they did so with perfect impunity. Lord CASTLEREAGH condemned M pitatiou with which the I - I:mem-able and Lon G:ntleman had taken an opportatii:y to inic charg .5 against ernini in individuals, by no ere convicted of having treated the orders ut thnt/N with disrespect. It appe tied that they migtr entertained a misronception with resiwt to tie order, and that the second, in f.robebility, reached them. It was for the 11w:se, una ;e 6 circumstances, to c wit_ diet they w 001,1... eofiirce an immediate c , mphanee ill the orLte, go be) ond the necess , ty of the case. andassoce. disrasp.:ct had heen sheven, where, tronitherap. able chit- Aver of the Le toed Body in Ir e * could not be supposed to be entertained, ni6 no motives could ex's, for withholding detect information. In his view of the subject, tie nourable and Learned Gentleman's addrins • House did not seem to be :n t'te true spirit oh) valence ; and he trusted th .t the louse sex,: prefer a course calculated ts) re 1. et on a body of individuals, and ebe to iliminisktla t!iority which it was the duty of Pailiamrotto tain. He hoped the Hoiioor:b:e Barone, purpose would thereby ba atewere,f, wotdk . duced to shape Iris motion in the way bF. ( Castlereagh) had suggested. Sir J. NEWPORT ohs:rived, Ilia the Lord seemed to think that it would be qua cient if the House got the papers. He (Sir J. pont) was by no means of that opitiion. He • that the I-louse were boutol to inquire, vif . papers were not produced last year ? was due to the authority of Parliament. His pose, therefore, would not .be answered by g r. the Parrs. His purpose was to get the pare. to know why they had not sooner been prnd and where the blame lay it It had been saiddie second Address missed its way to the proper i• How was this statement to be reconciled with tket that an Answer from his Royal Highness to the dress appeared in the Journals ? It his alio feu that the Court of Session imagined •hat therm communicate the information required to Oa mission previously appointed. No Cuero ci • ever rank, had a right to a discretion on soda' ject, but were boun%' to obey the orders 0 111 . ° ment. He would not forego any part tit hat Lord CASTLEREAGH said, that he 41 objection whatever to the clause in the Hair Baronet's motion requiring the reasons iba: occasioned the delay, in complying with thee' of the House. The expressions he o bjected to those which, without any knowledge int the pe the House of these reasons, described the delara offence. . Mr. W. DUNDAS moved, as an Amer,' to leave out all the words of the HotrurAble net's motion after the words " together witl!," the purpose of substituting the followieg—" 114 sons that delayed the return of the atorati3Pa Mr. PONSONBY observed, that MO deny the propriety of his Honourable rr.cad's ing on a prompt obedience to the or.'rrint ment. At the same time he thought it nilo well to omit any expressions implying Leasure, the cause of the delay should be ascertained. Sir J. NEWPORT then said, that he had co jection to the alteration, pleAting himself tuft . motion on the return made by the Court e should it prove unsatistactory. The ow'. amended by Mr. W. Dundas, was then agr!ed t4 Sir JOHN NEWPORT moved that a Itert:, l laid before the House of the Return of H.., riages, and Servants given to t Caecto t) Revenue in Ireland, as disco.ttintwi !or th e On the motion of Mr. CROKEIL C was appointed to search the Journals of • - I , .1 h• • I s 7 iu b, bo+ ibt U it Ms"' I 10 olts ode 6:1 I Is rll