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I , 0 0 - 1 : 1• . .„ 1 ; Y ,. a 1 ' 1 fi • I N ti it • • t • .1. , is t: f l i 1 I ' • 1 .:il a •:,. 1 I . . t 1 1 4 1 II 1 4 • i • 'ARY HOURS OF LORDS, APRIL O. earl MAlEVERElpeeemmtod a Petition from TlAmmt,•ln Derhyshbe, against the condownme of the Insolvent Debtors' AM The Report of Thomases Mom BM was received, speed to by the House, and thrill mend to bee:sitcoms& Mr. Laressecet brought up the Canal Feloodes' Bill, as did Mr Gnome Cams the Aberdeen Court House BM. A few private BiniVire brought by Lord sTaw, Me &Ana:orgy, and oduiettemhers, which, with the tenpins Idle, were severally read the lest thne. The Earl of LIVERPOOL moved the emend nod* of Irish Bank Restriction 111. which accordingly took plebe. Hies Lords , thus, puissant to the notice, moved the app, ipension of the &knot Sanding Orden ' s& 6r undated to illsi said 13111—which was mimed monerigfly The Irish Bank &Midis; BM (the * commitment of which, being negatived) was then.read a third dine and paced, sod a message ordered to aelremlot the Comatose therewith. Their Lordships then adjoined ffoe some time, during sure preparatory to the -dmi of the Royal p ien Con:Mission, to the above-menden' and certain other Bills. Shortly after six o'clock, the Lane Onevoma.oa, the Earl of Wes:mottoes, and the Earl of listorminear, being robed, took their seats, as. his Majesty's Commeiselomene en the Bench in front of the Throne; GONINii heft in attendance, the Revel ANNA icedo in the usual fa 0%, to the Irish Biz& Rani-Wen Ilikette Inplearsre ROM; the Freight Die. tribudon, and to five Bills of a private or local description. The Commons having retired, the Carlisle Gas Light, and a few other local Bills of inferior note, were read the third dine and passed. On the motion of the Earl of SHAFTESBURY, the House then adjourned, for the Easter Recess, until Thuradaf, the sod instant. HOUSE OF COMION& Mr. S. BOURN E presented a Petition front the Parish of St. George's, Hanover-open. wheat the Parish Chnhe ferred to the Caiman's on the Bill. Mr. WiL DOUGLAS brought up the Report of the ClOl. Entine on the Scotch Savings Banks, which was ordered to here committed on the sad of April. Mr. GRENFELL presented a Petidon Iron the Parishes of St. Bennett and St. Peter against the London Clergy on the table. Mr. S. WORTLEY presented a Petition from Wakefield the renewal of the Insolvent Debtor' Act.—Referred to salt on that Bill. Mr. S. WORTLEY then presented a Petitionfrom the Mer chants and Manufacturers of tile West Riding of Yorkshire, prying for some alteration in the laws for stamping Woollen Goods, which was laid on the table. He then inquired of an Honoursble Member below him, who had moved for Returns suspecting Wool, whether he intended to propose any measure on the subject? Mr. H. SUMNER said that he had no reason la moving for those Returns but to thew the extent of the distresses of the Agriculturists. Their complaints had hitherto received very little attention from the House, and he wished to make a case which would command that attention. He had so Intention of making any motion on the subject, in consequence of a conversation which he had had with one of his Majesty's Ministers. Mr. WESTERN gave soda, that after the holidays he should submit a proposition to the House to increase the fre qeency of Jail deliveries. Mr. HOLME SUMNER gave notice, that on the Silth of April, he should move, that certain Acts imposing Ditties upon Coal, be The TM ea w ie ney i Divorce Bill went through a Committee. Lord A. HAMILTON presented a Petition front the Owners and Lessees of Coals in Lanarkshire, again: any alter. *Aso ithe Duties on Coals.—Ordcred to lie on the table. A Msien was presented from the Borough of Milford, praying for a Revision of the Criminal Code.—Ordered to lie on the tattle. The third ) reading of the Members' QUalificadon Bill was postponed till Friday, April eltd. The LORD ADVOCATE obtained leave to bring in a Bill to prevent the sale of Church Patronage in Scotland. lie after wards brought in the Bill, which was read a first and ordered to be read a second tint. on the sad of April. F 1 Mr. CALCRAFT wished for an Account of the Amount of Geld Coin that had been drained from the leek of Ireland in coasequeoce of their ag:eeing to pay notes eta certain date. Mr. C. GRANT could have no objwitlitit w a motion for such infiirmation. CAUF.I,TORD SLECTIOI r Mr. MANNING appeared at the Bar with the Re port of the Committee appointed to try the merits of the election for the borough of Camelford. The Report was then brought up and read. It de clared Ralph Milbanke, Esq. and John Bushby Mait land, Esq. to hare been unduly elected,' and the whole election to be null and void. It then added, that it appeared to the Committee that most corrupt practices prevailed in the borough of Camelford, but that distinct acts of bribery had not been sufficiently established by evidence to justify an appeal to the in terference of the House. The Report having been read, Mr. MANNING moved, that the Speaker do issue his *arrant for the election of two burgesses for the bordugh of Camelford, in the room of Ralph Mil banke, Esq. and John Bushbr Maitland, who had been reported not to have been duly elected. Mr. H. SUMNER, in a case of this kind, objected to the House not putting itself in a situation to try its merits. He should therefore adopt the regular course, and move an amendment, that the Speaker do not issue his warrant till the 26th of April, intend ing to follow up that motion by a proposition for ' laying the Minutes of the Committee before the House—(hmer.) Mr. MANNING said, that there ought to be a stronger ground than that which the Report of the Committee afforded, for adopting such a course. Mr. GRENFELL hoped the Hon. Member would .withdraw his -motion for postponing the issuing of the speaker's warrant, as he saw no practical good likely taloa* from such a postpouemeats the Committee having declared that no act of bribery had been suffi ciently established by evidence to call for the inter ference of the House. Mr. P. MOORE thought that =rase of this na ture ought to receive the indignation of the House, and to be folio up by the strictest inquiry. It was not the borough of Camelford but the cha racter of the House that was at stake. Mr. MACDONALD was of opinion that the Cern triittee ought to have presented a specific Report to the House—it ought to have been specific in order to be a guide for finsue-preceedings in such cases. It really appeared to him to be the most intim thing that ever came into that House. The Committee said, " we are satisfied in otsirerwensindsthar certain corrupt proceedings here existed in this borough ; but there are no facts us justify such a step as askini the interference of Parliament." He believed that there was no precedent for such a proceeding as this. Same of the Members of this Committee, who were present at the drawing up of the Report, lied said , Ira sup posed, " There are no pre cedents for this, bit why should not we establish one r Btu for himself be had a great respect for.precedenta. With masled:to to the motion of the Member fix Surrey, goe delay s the writ, what good would that effect, unless there , was a h o pe of being able, in the mean time te estab lish a very struts case 'of corruption,. s u c h as might, passed in evidence. it was prOPosed too by tamable Member of great experience and when it was so proposed, the. case was most distinctly made oat, that corruption did exist in that borough to such an extent as had been described. The whole number of voters was only 23; and the House would easily perceive, that in a small body of s like this, the power of corruption, if it exister at all, would be very considerably merelsed. It appeared that the influence of corruption was so great, as stated in the Resolutions of the Committee, as to connect the ro , turn of the Member to Parliament with the extent of the corrupt influence employed. There were cases, extremely strong ones, which called for that resolu tion of the Committee. The Committee thouit f t o t though they had theie cases most distinctly them, that at the same time the evidence of briber/ was not such as to enable them distinctly to name specific acts, so as to bring them before Parliament,and that therefore it rested entirely with the House to take what steps it thought propel): Mr. MILDMAY said, that the system of corrup tion was so nicely kept within bounds in that Bo rough, that it was impossible for the Committee to take hold of any separate circumstance to bring it before the House. There was but one single.vote of which they could take hold, and it was considered to unimportant to call for the interference of the House. Mr. S. BOURNE saw no reason for delaying the warrant, as it appeared• that the Election had not been declared void on the ground of corruption, and that if the Members returned had had a clear majo rity of votes, their election would haveheen confirmed. Mr. BOOTLE WILBRAHAM contended that it would be useless to send a case like the present to the House, who had no power to examine witnesses, upon oath, when a Committee; having that power, had not been able to make out a clear case of bribery. Mr. MACDONALD said, that only two witnesses had been brought forward to support the charge of bribery, and their evidence had been such that they had both been sent to Nnvgate. After a few words from Lord F. °noes . , the House divided :—For issuing the Writ 103—For the Postponement IS—Majority for the Motion 88. PRIMA RICATION. Mr. MANNING presented two Petitions, one from John Eveleigh, and the other from John Chapman, now confined to Newgate, where they had been sent by a warrant of the House, at the recommendation of the Committee appointed to try the merits of the Camelford Election, in consequence of prevarication in the evidence before that Committee. They ex pressed their deep regret, and claimed the indulgence of the House.—. The Petition having been read and laid on the table, Mr. MANNING moved, that John Eveleigh and, John Chapman be brought forthwith to the Bar of that House, to be reprimanded by Mr. Speaker, and discharged.—Agreed to. Mr. P. MOORE then moved, that the Minutes of the Select Committee on the Camelford Election be laid before the House; which motion was negatived without a division. motion, kor shouldle give after the recess it would dap to submit some pro this subject. the English Committee evidence yet. If the coo were referred to them, the c would be consumed in procuring the neon / witnesses for Ireland would, he feared, cause ,oth Acts to be lost for the present Session. He re commended the appointment of a new Committee on the Irish Insolvent Debtors Act. Mr. DAWSON spoke in favour of referring the Irish Act to the Committee now sitting on the Eng lish Insolvent Debtors' Act. _ _ Mr. BROUGHAM said there was no indisposition on his part, or on that of his Honourable Friends to extend the benefit of the inquiries made by the Conunittee.to Ireland, but it appeared but justice to the subject itself to refer the Irish Act to another Committee. This, on various accounts, he sheaved to be desirable. Many petitions, he remarked, had been presented, or were about to Le presented on this subject from Ireland ; and the Irish Petitioners would not be satisfied if the same attention was not paid to them that the English Petitioners were thought entitled to, and a proper inquiry instituted. PEEL thought the only point necessary to be particularly inquired into with recpect to Ireland, af ter the inquiries that had already taken place, was as to the •ttranner in which the different jurisdictions there established might operate. He therefore thought the inquiry- might be very short, and was of opinion that whatever general principle was preferred for England, the same might be safely adopted for the sister kingdom. Mr. Alderman WOOD was in hopes such a Re port would be made by the Committee now sitting, as would apply both to England and Ireland. Mr. CALCRAFT said, when a Bill, the result of the present inquiry, should be secured for England, he, for one, should have no objection to serve in a Committee on the Irish Act. After a few words from Sir H. PARNELL, the Pe tition was ordered to lie on the table. ADJOURNMENT TOR THE HOLIDAYS. Mr. ROBINSON moved that the House, at its ris ing, should adjourn till Wednesday se'nnight, Mi. BROUGHAM did not mean to object to the Motion, but he wished to offer a few remarks on the cause of their not adjoutning at the time which had 'been first mentioned - . A measure had been intro duced, which they had been given to understand ought to pass with the least possible loss of time ; which measure had since been subjected to an un necessary, if not highly prejudicial delay. They were told that they must pass this Bill without ob serving the usual forms, the observance of which, if not fatal to its utility, would create an obstacle to its successful tion, of a most formidable nature.' When the Vsters in that House first determined on bringing in the Bill to restrict the Bank of Eng land from continuing their partial payments in cash, they forgot that a similar measure would be neces sary forlreland. Thus one day was lost. Then a second day was lost on its being brought in, owing to their colleagues in the other House being igno rant of its existence. Two days were thus suffered to pass, which, with one day which could not be avoided after the Bill was introduced, left the Bank of Ireland exposed to a drain on it for three days al together,_ two of which might have been saved. The arrival of the USHER of the . BLACK ROD here interrupted the speech of the Honourable and Lear ned Gentleman. The DEPUTY USAIR of the BLACK Ron sum moned the House to the House of Peers, to hear the Royal Assent given by Commission to the Bank of Ireland Further Restriction Bill. • On his return, the SPEAKER stated the Royal As sent to,have been given in the usual form to that and to several other Public Acts.—(See the Lords.) The StRAKER called on Mr. Brougham to proceed. Mr. BROUGHAM had no further observations to make, but had thought it right to take this opportu nity of noticing the delay which had taken place through the course pursued by his Majesty's Ministers. The Motion, that the House, at its rising, should adjourn toWednesday se'nnight, was put and agreed to. REPRIMAND FOR PREVARICATION. JOHN CHAPMAN and JOHN EVILER:IH, loving been brought from Newgate, were placed at the Bar, when The SPEAKER addressed them as follows: " John Chapman, and John Eveleigh, you have both been reported to this House, by the Select Committee apri..ted to try the merits of a Petition complaining of an undue Return for the Borough of Cantelford, as having given false evidence. By that Committee you were ordered into the custody of t Ser. jetzt at Arms, and you were committed by this House to New gate. • Your Petitions have since been received, praying to be discharged from coaftoement. You both express deep regret for the misconduct of which you have been guilty. Much is it to be lamented, that the feelings with which you are now im pressed did not earlier manifest themselves to inspire you with some regard for a fair character, and more respect for the oath by which you had sworn to tel the truth. You, John Chap man, in excuse of your conduct, have pleaded your youth and ignorance of the forms of this House; and you, John Eveleigh, hxve pleaded that you prevaricated from not having correctly sinderstood the purport of the questions put to you. But these circumstances, neither in the one case nor in the other, can either account for or extenuate the offence which you have com mitted. If, however, your repentance and regret be sincere, your own reflection will be your bitterest punishment—they will remind you of the disgrace which you have brought upon yourselves through deviating from the strict path, and the broad contrast between the lenity shewa you by this House and the depenvity of your conduct, ever present to your minds, will, I kepi, mum to you both, that truth and honesty can alone fur the means by which this stain can be removed, and your chnittears matablhhal. lam now to inform you that you are both dietbarged, paying your ha." The SPRAKER'S Reprimand was ordered to be en tered on the Journals. RBKOVAL OF SKI HAY-LAREET. Mr. G. LAMB brought up a Report from the Com mittee on the Petitions praying for the removal•olthe Hay-market. It recommended that public notice should be given, in the usual way, of the intended alteration, and that leave should be given to bring in a Bill to remove the Hay-market. FRIENDLY AND PAROCHIAL BENEFIT SOCIETIES. Mr• ESTCOURT moved that the Order made on the 25th of Marcl, for the second reading of the Parochial Benefit So ' this Motion in had brought would be more both the oh. Order was then 1 , leave to brisig • 01 end in the House's determining that the writ should task. He should m ake no n never be filled uiagain? 101k such hope of *. . / notice at .present, but . oustsuth,i case messed, however , to be en • onquelstico,oably become his Mr. Kr. DOUGLAS thought it necessary to say a few position , t 0 the House on th wards in consequence or what had fallen from t he Mr. C ALCRAFT said, : Ho,. Gentleman on thits subject. The House would got through their own recollect that the resolution of the Committee Was skies:llion of the Irish Act nnannel ;n onielminen_ It was °reposed too by an Ho- time that would be consume BOROUGH OF ABERDEEN. The LORD ADVOCATE of SCOTL AND beg ged to ask the Noble Lord opposite, when he intend ed to bring forward the motion of which he had given notice, for the production of the opinions of the Law Officers of the Crown on the case of the &woos+ of Aberdeen. Lord A. HAMILTON said, he should bring the motion forward in the week after the holidays, or withdraw the notice almether. The intervening time he should take to mike up his mind. Mr. KENNEDY had some time ago been told, in , answer to a question which he had asked respecting the state of the Courts of Justice in Scotland, that inquiries were then in progress, the result of which would soon be submitted to the House. He wished to know if it were the intention of Government to bring forward any meas are founded on those inquiries? The LORD ADVOCATE of SCOTLAND re gretted that this question 'pad not been asked while some of his Majesty's Ministers were present. He could not take upon himself to answer it. ALIEN ACT. lON moved for Returns of all , Persons employed in Great Britain and Ireland un der the Alien Act, and the Salaries paid to them ; and also a Return of the Number of Persons sent out of the Kingdom under it. Mr. ROBINSON though a notice ought is have been given of a motion of this kind, and submitted to the Hon. Gentleman the propriety of giving such notice before he brought it forward. After a short conversation, in which MT.BROUGHAM and Mr. Hunan/sox participated, it was agreed that the motion should stand as a notice for Wednes- Mr. day se'nnight. ITEM INSTITUTIONS IN IRELAND. Sir IL PARNELL having heard that much greater sums were expended on the salaries of Officers, and in erecting costly buildings, than the several %stip dons in Ireland required, wished for information on this subject before the usual grants were toted. He moved for accounts of all salaries, pensions, and other allowances, payable in each year, and of sums ex pended in buildings, in the ten years ending January 1, 1819, for the House of Industry, the Foundling Hospital. the Protestant Schools, the Linen Board, —The Papas wetwordefpd. Mr. CHICHESTER *seated a Petition, signed by seventy Debtors in Leitrim Gaol, in favour of the renewal of the Insolvent Debtors' Act. Mr. C. GRANT took occasion to remark, that the Irish Insolvent Debtore Act would mire this year, so thevestion whether or not it should be renewed must necessarily come before the House. The most natant course of proceeding seemed to be, to ap point a Committee, as hid been done with r eo the English Insolvent The on theTanglish Act minds en the general , adopted, he thone a tt nitti o. Act to mune add to their' labour but a ao set of Gentlemen could s bid been dose with respect io 'the 25th of Maras, for the second re D.ibtors' Act. The Committee Friendly Societies' Bill and the ParochL ha7ing_ nearly made up their. cieties ' Bill, be discharged. He made t pr 0d.% of the measure to be the absence of the Hon. Member who t might be best to refer theirisis in these Bills, and who thought it we unitise. tie thought iv-would 'convenient to mate one Bill embrace tat a few arys, and he wen save facts which he had it view.. .The Ors could be mote competent to the dodtatzed, and Mr.Eanovat obtained in a Bill for the better protection and reph Friendly Societies and Parochial Benefit Suc The Bill was afterwards brought in, read a fi and ordered to be read a second time on 2 the 26th of April. MISeELLANEOI39. A Message from the Lords informed the 'louse Lordships had agreed to the Irish Bank Restrictions out any amendment. Sir E. KNATCHBULL presented a Petition fro, copiers of Land in Kent, praying for farther legi,kt: to He on tie table. ;He. WESTERN moved an Address to the Prim praying his Royal Highness to gitie directions that a the total number of Prisoners tried at the last Epi; Michaelmas Quarter Sessions, in England and Wales; numbers discharged through no prosecutor app, zr i them, or no bill being found, should be furnished The Motion was agreed to. Colonel BARRY presented a Petition trout the 1 the Marshalsea Count, and in Monaghan !ail, in Tre your of the Insolvent Debtors Act-. Laid on toe Mr. BYNG presented a Petition front Tottenham Parish Clerks' NlL—Referred to the Committee or. Mr. CHICHESTER moved for a etieg of Paperi Informations and Convictions for Illicit Distillation i and for a Return of the number of Licenstl Stills.— On the motion of Lord &Bauman:4, a Rettirt;of toe made on account of the Haibandry Horp Dutiei sth April, 1818, to sth April, 1819, were,ardnec before the House. . Sir 1% ILLIAII BURROUGHS presented a n the Inhabitants of the Town of Taunton, on the set Insolvent Debtors Act—Referred to the COMlllittr Sir CHARLES GRANT brought up wine Pap to the General Assembly of the (lurch of Scctkud. Lord EBRINGTON presented a Petition from against the Poor's Settlement on the tth Lord OSBORNE presented a Petition front Roy any alteration of the Duties on Coals.—Laid on the Pipers containing the evidence taken before the on Breweries were brought up, zeid ordered to be p A Message from cite Lords acquainted the Hoes Lordships had agreed to se.....eral Private Bids. At seven o'clock the Ilouse adj'. treed till Wetireq: THE EVENING STAR LONDON. FRIDAY, APRIL 9, 1819. GOOD Fainay.--Holiday at the Fttli: Oft A report was in circulation yesterday that a fresh supply of Exchequer Bills ha ceived at the Bank from Government; and would be issued to the public at ss. prerniu of 20s. as formerly. This had an immot: upon the Money Market, and Consols, v doing at 74f, suddenly fell to 74i, at wl they left off. The Market was very flat at and the opinion is, that a further depn take place. , We this day lay before our Readers sor particulars respecting the state of the Reve the tables it will be seen, that in the pros the Excise Duties there has been a considl provement, chiefly in articles relating to 1 beer, malt, and hops ; and which may be, least, ascribed to last year having been a as regarding the growth of malt and hops. cipal decrease in Revenue has been (as she 'table inserted in yesterday's STAR) in Star cellaneous, and Assessed Taxes. In the Qt ended the charges exceed the Revenue £148,300 ; but among these charges is ne 'millions for the National Debt—which, plied by the Revenue does, not go in liqu oar current expenses. The result from thi that there still remains an excess of charg receipt of upwards of six millions, to be pr The Paris Papers of Tuesday arrived thi The Chamber of Deputies had a public Monday. Among several Petitions, rep( one from a Sieur Dion; of Paris, who that he might be permitted to combine to t of 1200 francs, his military pension and granted under the title of a national re The Petitioner, added the Reporter, is the who, on the 18th Brumaire, at St. Cloud, life of BONAPARTE.. However better mil recollections connected with the tyrannic tion of BONAPARTE, it was impossible to out interest, the devotion of the soldier wl serving the days of the General-in-Chief, h Ibated to a salutary revolution. A pensi( francs was granted to this grenadier, and sular Government had declared that he sh l it along with the pay attached to the rant taro, which was shortly after accorded The Petition was, without discussion, re the Commission on the Expenditure. The Chamber afterwards commenced t sion of the Project of Law for regulating poly of tobacco. M. MAGNIER GRANDPREZ spoke in str( against it. The laws, he said, of 1814 which kept up the monopoly of this am both deliberate violations of articles two al the Charter, which declare that all French me in the eye of the law, and that property is M. LAISNR de VILLEYESQUEWOUId not principle of the monopoly; but observe brought forty-one millions into the Revenue such a sum could not, under existing cigct be given up. He therefore propose(' the tion of the monopoly for five years. M. REIBELL followed against the Projec de LESAY MARNEZIA, in favour of it. The discussion was then adjourned. The Chamber of Peers was to assemble a to receive the Report of the Commissio with the examination of the Project of La ing the opening of auxiliary Books to the G of the Public Debt. The Dake of Monson (Jerome Bei