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PARLIAM.ENTART PROCEEDINGS. . HOUSE OF LORDS, MONDAY, -FEB. 6. LORD,ZORILINGDONIS DIVORCZ BILL. About half past four o'clock the LORD CMANCELLOR arrived I, from the King's Levee, and seated himself on the Woolsack. The Counsel and Witnesses who were in attendance to support the Bill, were called to the Bar. Mr. PAIR, as leading Counsel, brielly stated the case to the House, and then called the following witnesses to prove it. The witnesses were examined by Mr. DAMPIER. 3. Sphink proved the servite of a Coprof older of the House upon Lady Borringdon upon the 4361 January, and also of a copy of the Act. arish of Mr. Sinunonds produced a copy of the registry of the p St. George's Hanover-square, by which it app eared that John Earl of Borringdon was marriedto Lady Augusta Pane on the 20th June 1804, in presence of the Earl of Westmorland, the Honour. able Mr. Villiers, &c. The Hon. M rs. Villiers (sister of Lord Borringdon) stsied that she had been present at the marriage—that she had frequently ' seen the parties since—and that she had every reason' to believe they entertained the most perfect affection fpr each other. Mr. Sphink produced a copy of.the JudgMent of the Court of King's Bench : and also a copy of Lord liorringdon's declaration in the case, which, among other necessary points, stated in the usual style, that Sir A. Paget did wait au assault upon Aug.ustas the wife,of the said Lord Borringdon (A laugh at the expression made an assault). The damages were stated at X. 10,111. Mr. Lowten, the Solicitor, states that he !Ad received that sum from Sir ' A. Paget, and had paid it into the bands, of Lard Borringdon. Mary Stockwell stated that she lived at the Crown Inn, Lynd hurst; that on the 22d May last, a Gentleman and Lady came there in chaise and four. It was on a Su nda y , at four o'clock in the afternoon. The Lady ordered a bed-chamber and another room as a dressing room. The Lady went to look at the •bed,l and afterwards called up the Gentleman to look at the curtains. There was no bed in the dressing room. From what she observ ed of the bed the next day, she could not doubt but that two per sons had lain in it. They remained there till Wednesday the 25th, and slept every night in the same bed. On the Wednesday three other persons came to the Inn, one of whom she since un- ' derstood to be a Mr. Slotmonds. On the 18th of July following, she saw the same Lady and Gentleman at Fulhani, and the was positive that they were the same Who ' had slept to g ether at Lynd burst. James Burdon said, that he was a Groom of Lord Borringdon, iqd went to Lyndhurst with Mr. Sinunonds in May last. They went to the Crown Inn. He saw Mary Stockwell there, and also saw Sir A. Paget, and likewis e his late mistress, Lady B orringdon. On the 18th of July they all went to Fulham, viz. Mr. Simmonds, the last witness, and himself, .and they there saw Sir A. Paget and Lady Borringdon together. Ann Bosville, who lived at =inn, Popping-lane, Hants , also deposed, that a ' Lady and Gentleman came there and ordered but one bed-chamber with a dressing room, She lighted them up at n ight, and left them together. On the next Morning the bed had every appearance of two persons having slept in it. She had also occasion on the same day to air some limn for the Lady, and ob aerved it to be marked A. B. under a coronet. She afterwards went to Fulham with Mr. Malmo:ids, and a servant ctf Lord Bor ringdon, and there she again saw the Lady and Gentleman who had ordered the bed at Popping-lane. T. Burdon was again called to the Bar, and stated, that the last witness had been with him at Fulham, and that the Lady and Gentleman they saw there were SirA.Paget and Lady Borringdon. The Hon. Mrs. Villiers was again called in.—She stated, that the only issue of the marriage between Lord Borringdon and his Lady was a son, born on the 28th of May, 1806. The LORD CHANCELLOR alluded to one of the clauses of the Bill, where a certain sum of money was said to be settled on a second child. He should, however, forbear putting any question to the Hon. Lady who had just been at the Bar, of any probable knowledge she could have of the then situation of Lady Borring don. Patting it, however, hypothetically, were a child to be born of Lady Borringdon this day, would it be regarded as a legi timate child ? But by a saving clause in the Bill, the possibility of such a child being born was not supposed. The Bill was then read a second time, and committed for to morrow. The Earl of Liatettice presented a Petition from Lady Bor ringdon, praying to be heard by Counsel in support of certain of her rights and interests affected by the Bill. A Petition was also presented on the part of Lord Borringdon: pot both were ordered to be heard by their respective Counsel. The Committee of Privileges on the Roxburgh and Banbury Peerages were deferred from to-morrow to a future day. Accounts were presented from the Bank and the Commissioners of the National Debt ; alio the Fourth Report Of the Carnatic Cemmissioners.--Ordered to he on the table.—Adjourned. Orrice of limn CHIEF SECRETARY. Mr. WHITBREAD rose to make his promised Motion respecting the office of Chief Secretary for /reload, and it was one in which he thought it was .. . inspoisible for the House not to agree. A s at isfactor y HOUSE OF COMMONS. 1 The Accountant-General of the Bank prese nted an Accou n t of i explanation had been given by the relation of the the Unclaimed Dividends and Lotter y Prises at-present in the I Noble Lord opposite, with respect to the office of Bank; pursuant to an Act of the 48th of the King.r-Ordered to Under Secretary of State. But this was not the case lie on the table. - . with the office of Secretary for Ireland. The office Mr. Huse, from the Bank, presented the Annual Aeaollat a the Sums received and expen ded b y the Commlisionere for the reci aired the greatest and most COriStant activity , and Reduction of the National Debt.—Ordered to lie op the table. if at could be held by. an absent person. the case of Mr. DUNDAS moved for and p resented the Minutes of a/ Ireland would apply to all. Every thing that eon- Committee appointed to consider of the propriety of making i . 4tuted and adorned the chatacter of a soldie r, the an Alteration in the late Distillery Act.—Ordeted to lie on the '!' table. gallant Officer (Sir Arthur Wellesley) undoubtedly Mr. PARKHURST presen ted a Report of the Commissi— oners poesessed (Isear,./sear 11; and he was moreover an ex for investigating the late Nabob of the Carnaties Deihs.—Order- cellent Secretary, an he could not but look back ed to lie on the table. with achairation upon the assiduity with which he Mr. HYAM presented the Annual Account from the Commis- ha d diieliar ed sinners for the Reduction of the Na tional Debt, sh.ming the pre. i g • the duties of the office up to the gress made in that object up to January 31, 1509. -Ordered io moment of his departure for Portugal, when his mind lie on the table. must halve been Occupied. in a great measure with the In a Committee of Ways and Means, Mr.HU SKISSON moved app roaching campaign in Portugal. But, however the usual Annual Grants toward rai-ing a Supply, on Malt, Pee- ca able the Honourable General might be, it was ins. simile Tobacco and Snuff £10,500,000, and X1,500;000 in Ex chequer Bills. The Committee was ordered to resume on Fri- , possible that while fighting the battles of country day next. I in Portugal .he could 'perform the duties of his o ffi ce Mr. HUSKISSON presented certain Accounts relative to t h e iin Ireland. ' And he was sure the gallant General him- Revenue of the Isle of Man, pursuant to notice, which were or- self must be too much alive to the glory and lustre of dered to lie on the table. LAND-TAX LISTS. his name, to be regardless of the effects that would re - Mr. YORKE called the attention of the House to an alteration I suit from this becoming a precedent. He mi g ht a pp eal . of Names, which had been made in a List fo r Commissioners fur to the S p eaker both with respect to. the emoluments the Land -tax, which he had delivered in for the County and and the duties of the office: The emoluments were Town of Cambridge. ' Great complaints had been made in cow ! considerable, but not more than the discharge of ills sequence of this alteration, but upon examination he found that I duties this had arisen from the circumstance of on e of the Members fur required. But he who could not perform She. the Town having given in another List ; and he also found, that-1 duties, ought not to receive the emoluments. He did for the Towns it was customary to take the lists of their Mem- i not wonder at the stipulation made by the gallant Ge-. bens, in preference to that of the County Members. He advert-' neral when he accepted the office, that it should - not ed to the inconvenience that would result from this, for in towns I stand in the way of his appointment to any military it often happened that the Members w ere chosen b y the Corpora- I dim, and to give the Freeholders of such towns their just consi- : service, but he could not pursue two careers at once. deration in the matter, he had understood thet the County Mem- 1 The gallant General had said, that it had been left hers had a concurrent authority, except in the cases of such towns entirely in the power of the Lord Lieutenant to ap as were counties of themselves. B ut if this was not the case, it , • point another when he pleased , bot h on his going to was a circumstance that well deserved attention. He moved for ' leave to bring in a Bill to alter the list in questio n. 1 Zealand and to Portugal. The voice of the country The SPEAKER said, that whether convenient or not, it was I sanctioned the propriety of appointing the gallant Ge the practice for Members . for Towus to present the lists for the ' neral to any military service ; but he wondered the places they represented, and these were taken in preference. 1 t Honourable General had not refused to accept the Mr. HUSKISSON wished that the motion should be with ;irawn for the present, as the case might be considerel when be ! emoluments of the office at home. He told us of brought in an intended B:11 for tr.4king several amendments in the ; the expences of that office ; but he could not be Acts of last Session. i liable to these expences till he returned. He had said Mr. YORKE, however, desired a speedy remedy of the parti- '. that he had not 'been military the full amount of the cular grievance, and hoped that leave would be given to bring in , the Bill ; and if he afterwards found tht s o o the Bill alucled to by i allowances of his mill situation while in Porte . the last Speaker would came forward obe would then con- I gal, That, however, was a very improper mode of - alder whether it might notbe proper to drop his own Bill. 1 proceeding. He said he was not richer for the office; . Leave given. that he believed ; but still, that was no answer to the THANKS TO GENERAL FERMISON. +tuntry. If he had been allowed , by the forms of the . .. The SPEAKER comm unicated the Thanks ! W I ouse, to express his opinion the other night , he per - the House to Ge neral Fer g uson, who appeared in 1 . nnecessary ha would not have thought it to trouble •• his place in uniform, i, i terms to the following effect : th e Molise now ; but, however, as he had brought for- General FERGUSON.•—" Among the many high attic distin- • ward the motion, he hoped it would be entered on the guished privileges of the Free Constitution of this Country, I t is ' not the least that those whose occupation it is to fight the battles Journals, as a warning. He concluded by proposing. of their country, have ati opportumty of contributing to its in- " That the office of Chief Secretary of Ireland is an efficient terest by the assistance of their counsels in the Senate; and the pffice, of the highest responsibility ; and that it ought not to be` Members of this House see several of their body depart for a • held by any one who was unable to perform Sul duties," &c. 1 'WE *Lx . w hile to serve their countr y in the field, and return among them li Sir ARTHUR LLEs ir observed, that he had never pleaded his inability to afford the expences ' again with incr ea s ed re p utat i on. When our fleets and of our armies forth, t he nation looks with co nfidence for the display of all , the chief comman d in Portugal, which had been g o the thill required for modern warfare, combined with the tin- 4 ' , i •. • • . • daunted courage of our ancestors. In neither of these erpecta- Cons have you disappointed the nation—and. the country wall I long remember with admir at i on, the j ud g ment and valour whicb I you displayed at the battle of Vimiera. For this the House has thought you worthy of its thanks, which will be received by you Ito less as a proof of its gratitude for the past, than a s.an earnest of what it expects from you at future periods. I have now to communicate to you the Thanks of this House, for the distini• guished valour, judgment, &c. by which you have rendered yotir own name illustrious, and added to the glory of your country — ( Hear! Hear!) • General FERGUSON replied, " Thinking that the approbation of his country is the highest reward Which a soldier can receive, I cannot but feel the warmest gratitude, and the most _Lively- ,i;aolsfaction, at the high ho.. nour now conferred upon me. But lam well aware, that little of this honour is doe to me with such offict.rs and such men, under my command, and myself under the command of a Gene ral, whose judgment, decision, and valour, secured the fullest o, c nfidence and the best exertions, of the army--; Hear! Hear!) If any thing could add to this honour, it wouldbe the very hand. some, but too flattering manner in which it hue beta conunulal . cated ' by you: Hear! Hear!) 1 The usual drder was then made, that the ;address I and reply should be entered on the Journals. FRANKING. Sir ARTHUR WELLESLEY rose to move for leave to bring in a Bill to permit the Archbishops and Bishops of Ireland, who have not a seat in Parliament, to send and receive letters free of postage, within their own dioceses—and also to grant a similar privilege to the Military Secretary. 'He stated that the increased correspondence rendered this a very expedient measure, of which not only the Bishops but the Clergy in general, would feel the ad vantage.—Leave given. IRISH MILITIA. Sir ARTHUR WELLESLEY next rose to move for leave to bring in a Bill to amend and consolidate in : , ne Act the several Militia Laws of Ireland. The chief object he stated to be, to re=` move some confusion which had taken place in consequence of a discordance between the several Acts. Another object was to remove a doubt which existed, whether by the oath as it stood at present, the Militia were obliged to serve more than live years.— Another was to introduce more precision into the making up the Lists—the mode of raising the men—with other amendments. Leave given. PAPERS RELATIVE TO THE SPANISH EXPEDITION. Mr. TAYLOR moved for an Address to his Majesty, praying that he would order to be laid before the House, Copies or Ex• tracts of the Instructions to the Commanders in the late Expedi tions, together with any Dispatches received from them, as far 1 as it was consistent with the public service.—Agreed to. THE LATE EXPEDITION TO SPAIN. Lord TEMPLE, pursuant to notice, brought for ward the following motions, which he did not think it necessary to preface by any observation, as he un derstood there was no objection — That an humble Address be presented to his Ma jesty, requesting that he would be pleased to order to li.id before the House, ist, R. return of all the Officers, Serjcants, Corporals, Drum mers, and Rank and File, of the Infant r y embarked for Spain and'Portugal, from the United Kingdom, or sent from Gibraltar in the year 1808 ;, together with a return of all. those of the same description, who had arrived from Spain in - Great Britain or Ire land not disabled, &c. 2d, A similar return of the Cavalry, their Horses, &c. 3d, A similar return with respect to the Artillery, Drivers, Soldiers, Waggons, Draft Horses, Ordnance, &c. 4th, A similar return of the Staff and its Expences. sth, An Account of the amount of Tonnage of the Tratuipnrta, contracted for and used in these Expeditions, with the Rates cif Freights. 6th, An Account of all Money, Ammunition, Stores, &c. sent to Spain, from the Ist of May, 1808, up to the present time—to gether with all the dispatches transmitted from our Officers, ac credited Agents, &c. notifying, the receipt of the same. 7th, An Account of ail the Monies raised for the use of the Spaniards, or the Expedition, on the credit of this. Bth. An Account of all the Baggage, Stores, &c. iist in these Expeditions, as far as the same can be made up. — A ll a g reed to. Mr. HUSKISSON observed, that a very errone ous opinion appeared to prevail with respect to the money lost during the retreat. It could not exceed 30 or 40,0001. and probably it did not amount even to that. MOTION S. 1 In consequence of Lord Castkreagh's stating that the papers relative tOthe Cintra Convention would not be ready for delivery until Thursday, Lotd H. PETTY postponed his promised motion upon that subject, from Priday to Monday ne z s. Mr. PONSQPIBY postponed big motion ;among Spain from . Mondiy tiliVuFsfiay. ,Assd • • Mr. WHITBREAD postponed the Motkm of 'Which he had given notice, relative to the Orders in coitucil, fron► Tisurlday Monday seunight. e" t • Tug DOKE OP YORE. • bpo'n the motion of Mr. WARDLE, the follow. 'in' persons were ordered to attend the House as t%it tiesses to-morrow, namely, James Comrie, Esq. \V Stoker, Pierce, Esq. and William Towler. On the motion of the SOLICITOR GENERA T., COcu3o . Lorraine was erdered to 'attend to-muncv. 'the. Cbrinnittee of the whole . House,.for investigating the't ()Induct of the Commander in Chief. _ . . alledged and argneteiffitileiairedbr . 'looerted to the expences of the offii-e`of askf Smithery in Ire land. When he was first appointed Chief Secretary. it was clearly understood that he should not be pass:, eluded from any military service that might offer..— He had been employed on the expeditions to Zealand -and Portugal, and finding the office vacant' 'on 'hie return, had resumed its duties. But it was well un derstood at both times that his power over the office had ceased, and that he would have had no reason to AMBASSADORS. . complain if another had been appointed ; and the-only 4 Upon the motion of Lord FOLKSTONE, that a reason he understood for that not having taken place new Writ should issue for Poole in the room o f te r was the assistance which the Lord Lieutenant was Jeffery, who ht been appointed Consul General t t pleased to say he derived from him, which rendered Portugal, it an object to -continue him in the office, if he was to Mr. BANKES took occason to observe, that the be absent no great length of time. The motion went consideration of this subject led his mind to another to say, that there ought •to be an efficient Govern- .point, with which it had a natural connection. i t 'ment in-Ireland. This was true ; but before the : would be recollected, that in the Third Report of the Bouse came to a vote, it would be worth while to in- Finance Committee, which he had the honour to lay quire whether there had been any want of efficiency before the House, there was a suggestion with regard in the Government of Ireland. He would refer to !to the future appointment of persons to reside at ,the gentlemen of Ireland, whether any business had fi reign courts—possibly it was that suggestion, cote. been delayed. He would 'appeal to the records of bined with other remarks contained in that Report, this House, and to all the departments of the Go- which prevented his recent 'nomination to than Com. vernment. The largeness of the salary was owing mittee, without appointing eight or ten guardians cf both to the nature and extent of the duties, and also the Constitution to watch over him ( Hear ! Hear i to the circumstance, that it was necessary for the per. upon tla Otpositiw: Bench.) The suggestion to which son who held the office to maintain an establishment he thought it proper to call the attention of the House in a country where he did not generally reside. The was this—that persons appointed to the offices alluded gallant General observed, that the ,Honourable .to should, iv future, be selected from regard to their Gentleman (Mr. Whitbread) might be assure& that . official experience, and - as much as possible, with a he would not have accepted • the emoluments if he view to economy, from the list of retired Ambassa . . had not thought himself entitled to them. He would • dors who are receiving pensions from the country. much rather have wanted the money than have so - Now it appeared that, notwithstanding this mgr. much said upon the subject ; but at the same time, as tion, five appointments had since been made, two ot he considered it as his due, he did not think fit, hay- , which were gazetted on Saturday, not one of whom ing once received it, to restore it merely for the pur- ! evinced any attention to the recommendation of the pose of avoiding discussion, I Finance Committee. Of the propriety of such conduct The CHANCELLOR of the . EXCHEQUER' I the House would be enabled to judge when told that professed his ability fully to confirm the statement 1 there are at present between forty and fi fty per.clis which had been made by the gallant O ffi cer, if, in the upon the retired list, receiving pensions to the 411101.1 a opinion of the House or the Country, any confirma- i of :50 and 60,0001. a-year. These pensions, toe, lie don could be thought necessary. • As a Member of ; observed, were generally given to those other with. hi Majesty's Governmentthe felt it right to say, that 1 out any regard to duration and service, by which, es when the gallant Officer accepted the office of Chief ; the Finance Committee suggested, tuch - stants Ought • Secretary for Ireland, it was understood that such .1 to be regulated. Upon the qualifications,of the Gen. acceptance should not 'preclude hi m . from any mili- i tlemeo recently appointed , he did not feel disposed to 'nary appointment thatoshentld afterwards offer. But ! make any invidious remark, but certainly they were when such an appointment did offer, he was bound ; not recommended by any experience. This his sense' in justice to add, that the ;gallant Officer's retention i-Viduty impelled him to observe, notwithstanding the of the Secretaryship for Ireland, 'was by no . means i personal. respect he entertained for some of those gen the consequence of hiiaosdo desire, but of the urgent ; tlemen, who possibly never would have an opportte desire of the Lord Lieutenant of that country, con-; nity of acting in any diplomatic situation, and yes curring with the wish of the Government here. There: would become a burden to the country. It was im• fore, if any blame attached to this retention, that : possible that the public could see with indifference blame was attributable to hisMajesty'sMinistera., That I new places of this description created at a time wheft the public business of Ireland had not eufferedlysuch 'we could hardly find a place in which to exercise the retention, he could appeal to. the . Gentlemen fro m duty., (Acey of Hear, hear !) These considerations Ireland—and upon their testimony he could eenttiret pressed so particularly upon his mind; that he hoped to found an assertion, that at no period had the duties' the House would 'excuse his haying trespassed on its attached to the; Secretaryship for' that 'country been time in declaring them. more ably and diligently exercised than since his gal- , Mr. Secretary CANNING, while he thought that taint Friend had held the office. If any disadvantage there could be no difference of opinion on the present had been found to result to that office from the ab- . fleption; for so far as the orders of the House and the - sense of his gallant' Friend, unquestionably a succes - I practice of Parliament went, he thought there was a s or would have been appointed, and it was perfectly } vacancy, but in a different sense from that in which . it was considered by the Noble Lord (Folkstone) , well understood that if such absence could be c alc u. end his Hon. Friend (Mr. Bank-es). As to Mr. 'lated to continue for' any material period, such an I Jet appointment would have become necessary, a p c l), frey's appointment to o ffi ce, he was not now - likely to would have taken' place. Under theseoonsiderations I derive much benefit from it, and he might have made .he did not think this case a fair subject of censure, a very wrong choke ; but certainly his appointment \ nor did he see. any "necessitr flor. the adoption of thee' could him no claim whatever upon the public. Hon. Gentleman's proposition. At the same time, His Hon. Friend had stated no less a number than however, 'he should not think it proper to give that between forty and fifty pensioners of this description ; proposition a direct negative, and therefore should he could assure his Hon. Friend that the number la .d move the preview question. . • not been augmented by him, for. since his coming into Lord HENRY. PETTY did not consider the ex- .office he had studiously avoided any changes in tho planation given by the Right Honourable General or diplomatic department, nor was there one instance (i the Chancellor of the Exchequer as satisfactory. Be- his havinz removed a single individual upon his cause no inconvenience had arisen from' the absende , coming into office, with the exception of the ivlarqui; of the Secretary of Iceland, was that an excuse why 41 Douglas, who was 'recalled from St. Petersburgh, a -post of such importance should be left withoutssisa. because it was highly necessary, under the then exist efficient person to execute its duties in such , times•as ing -circumstances, that he should have some person the present ? Would it be any excuse for the Cliaik.. - ,, at' that Colin in wlrom there might be *mutual and cellor of the Exchequer, if he were to cause the re- i unbounded con fi dence. Ldrd LevesouGower;beiug gular troops to be drawn from Gibraltar , and to sub- I in his utmost confidence, was seat to St. Fetersbu r g h stitute a garrison of invalids in their place , to say of-; in room of the Noble Marquis. With respect to the terwards that no harm had occurred ? However , as appointmeut of Consul-General to her Most Faithfu l the 'Right Honourable General had expressed his in- Majesty, it was not possible that that appointment tendon to resign his appointment , should he again be was likely to cost the public one farthing. called abroad, the Noble Lord declared himself sa-. Mr. BANKS, in explanation, referred to the ease tisfied with that assurance. • of Mr. Grey, who vr'A Secretary of Legation to the Lord CASTLEREAGH *said 'that the houses and ; Court of Dresden, as one 'of those who received a e s tablishment of the Chiefs Secretary of Ireland were }pension, besides several Charges des Araires. highly expensive, which made a most _material dif- I Mr. Secretary CANNING, in explanation , sail ference between that this was the only one solitary instance of a Se- , ie caseof an Honourable Relative of his (General. Stewart) Who resigned the emolu-1 cretary of Legation receiving a pension ; but it should , ments of his o ffi ce (that of Under Secretary of State) be recollected, that Mr. Grey was upwards of fifty. , years of age, had been a long time in theiservice, end when he went abroad, and that of the Rig h t Hon. General's under discussion. The Noble Lord said, was old and infirm. He had also been several times he thought it his duty to urge that no other person Charge d'Affaires. should be appointed to the office of Chief Secretary Mr. ROSE thought the seat vacated, but could not consider the.appoinunent as giving the individual a for Irele.nd.in the-absence 'of the Right H onourable General e lsecanse.he felt that the public service suf- claim uPunehe public.- ' • . . fired netittOneenience from that circumstance, and Mr. PuNSON BY conceived, 'the only que stion 'his absence was not likely to be of long duration. It before the House at present was, Whether accepting had occurred before, that men held ef fi cient o ffi ces the office vacated the seat ' and this, in his mind, while absent • and as an instance.of this, the Noble was as clear a proposition as any in the world; bt,t .Lord cited the Case of Marquis Cornwallis, who held he observed, that in the words of the instrument the o ffi ce of Master-General of the Ordnance during the appointment was " Consul-General to a!! tie the whole time that-he was Lord-Lieutenant of Ire- European dominions of her Faithful Majesty, to re. land • he could not therefore concur in the Honour- i side at Lisbon, or elsewhere, where his Majesty able Member's proposition, but must support the mo• I should think fit." He is to have a salary of £igie . don of his' Right Honourable Friend. `per annum, which by this instrument may be more, Mr. WHITBREAD replied to the Noble Lord • that, in the case -of Lord Cornwallis; much as he but never can be less. Now, as the Ho nourable I Gentleman could not at the time of making out this respected that Nobleman, he should have thought it his duty, had it happened to catch his attention, to i appointment (December last), nor since, have .all. , s l eet prospect of residing at Lisbon, and as part ot take a similar proceeding to that now before t h e iHer Faithful Majesty's dominions in Europe an House. With regard to his.motion, as the gallant . partly continental, and partly insular , if the Hono u r : Officer had himself recogn . ieed the jnstice of itsprin. ; able Gentleman (Mr. Jeffrey) was ordered to reside r ciple, by declaring that he would not again accept 1 at one of the islands, he would still have his sal:tryd a military appointment without suirendering his pre - £l5OO pe r annum, althou g h the duty must need ' sent office, and after what had passed upon the occa - s t udy be diminished. sion, he should not think it necessary to press its After 'a few words in explanation by Mr. CO' adopiion.The motion for the previous question was 1 o' NING, and some observations from Mr. Attellot° eccordiogly carried, sir, Mr. JOHNSTONE, and Mr. HusetssoN , t he g I don was put t and carried without a division. MILITIA inee. Lord CASTLEREAGHVOLUNTEER moved the Order of d!! Day, for the House resolving itself into a Coinraitt. on the Militia Volunteer Bill. Sir THQMAS TURTON renewed his c hje;ti . to the passing of this Bill, until the Noble Lord gal an account to the House of the disposable force "111' it voted last year. i i rrtr , the 1 the 1 ,iras. :no! sic lat b I b