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PARLMALEYIIeffir PROCEEDINGS. HOUSE OF LORDS, JUNE 14. The Royal Assent was riven, by Commission, to the Esche w Bills Funding. 'Lord Nelson's Estate, the Irish Promissory Notes Stamps, the Irish Goods Importation, the Irish Newspa pers, the Irish Prosecutors Charges, the American Timber, the Foreign Vessels Exemption, the Irish Stamp Duties Regulations, and several private BM.. Pic Irish Equity Courts, the Irish Spirits License, the Irish Stamp Duties, the Stirling and Ciarkmannan Gaul, and the Paper Duty Bilh, went through Committees, and were ordered to ice reviled. The Iri-h Excharge Bills Stamps Bill was read the second time, and ordered to be cottiontted.—Adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS. The House went to tae House of Peers, to hear the Royal s-nt given by Commission to several public and private Bills. (tor tvh:ch see the Lords.) Petitions were preNtao,l from various places against the Poor Removal Amendment Bill. 'J'he Neutral ships Bin was read a second time. Mr. Edwards, front the Navy Office, resented an Account of captured Negroes taken under the Act.—Ordered to lie en the table. '1 he County Bri.lges Bill was read a third time and passed. LORD ROSERERRV ' S DIVORCE BILL. The Roseberry Divorce Bill was committed : Coensel was heard, and evidence examined at the b.ir. The several clauses were then read, and on the clause making a provision for Lady Roseberry being reed— Mr. M. A. TAYLOR objected strongly to the chute., as not giving her a sufficient provision (MOO a year) for her bare maintenance. He contended, that this sum was scarcely sufficient to provide her a bare subsistence, and certainly was not sufficient to keep her above temptation of forming improper con nections. The Honourable Member concluded by mr.ving an amendment, the object of which was to charge Lord Roseberry's estate with a further sum of 4C200 a year, to be paid to her Ladyship during bet life. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL wished that his Hon. Friend w( nld postpone the consideration of this clause till after the last clause of the Bill, relative to the marriage of the Countess of Roseberry in future, bad been considered. Mr. M. A.TAY LOR consented to this suggestion, and the other clauses were read and agreed to, with the exception of the last clause, which restrained Lady Roseberry from contracting marriage in future. On this clause being read— Mr. M. A. TAYLOR rose to oppose it, and ar gued at considerable length on the cruelty of thus restraining this unfortunate female from firming an: otker connection in the worn. A clause of the de scription of that in the present Bill had'been attempt •ed to be introduced into former Bills, but had inva riably been rejected. It was argo_d, however, that this case was tine of an extraordiaary nature, and of a most aggray.ved description, since Sir H. Mildmay had seduced his wife's sister, and therefore had been guilty of a sort of nicest, and ought not to be allowed to nraray. That the Canon L isv was agtinst • the mu.: iag:, and therefore: this clause was only to have the of of strengthening the Canon Law. He, for one, could not see any extraordinary aggravation in this cake. Certainly there was nothing of Incest in it; and it the Canon Lew wits against this utifortunate Laity marrying her seducer, to the Canon Law let it be lift. He could not consent that the Common Law should thus be called in to aid and assist the Canon Law, and therefore he should oopose tais clause. The ATTORNEY-GENERA 1, defended the Clause ; and conterisfesl, that this was a case of a roost atrocious and aggravated nature; and one, to a certain degree, incestuous. Tbe Honourable Mem ber observed, that in the common cases of seduction the seducing the wife of a friend was an atrocious crime; but here, where every tie of friendship, every connection of consanguinity, every privilege'of con fidential intercourse, which admitted the offender to go unsuspected almost into the bed-chamber of the wife (fir it is not by Our jealous fears and watching', but by the general state of morals in this country, that a husband can preserve his dearest treasure), had been violated by the adulterer. He should almost as soon have expected Sir H. Mildmay would have seduced his own sister as the sister of his lately l deceased wife, as he had done in this instance. He 113,1 no hesitttion in saying, that this was the most atrocious case he bad ever met with in the whole course of his practice. And he was persuaded, it the Clause preventiag Sir H. Mildmay and Lady Rose berry from intermarrying was rejected, it would do more harm to morality than any Act which had ever passed the Kase. Mr. M. A. TAYLOR replied, and again con • tended, thit for the House now to legislate on this subject was unnecessary, since, it the marriage of the parties in this case was contrary to the Ecclesi astical Law, the Ecclesiastical Law was sufficient to prevent the marriage taking place, without any in terference on the part of the House. Mr. LOCKHART argued strongly against the doctrine advanced by Mr. M. A. Taylor. Mr. C. WYNNE spoke on the same aide; and said; t h tre was a case In point in which the House bad agreed to the adopti , n of a situ Tar clause in precisely a similar case. He meant in Campbell's Divorce Bill, in 1801. Even. if the House should now adopt the cluuse, it would nut bind them on-any future occasion. Mr. W. SMITH was in favour of the clause ; not because he considered a marriage would.be at all iu- GefallaUEO but because of its aggravated nature. The House then divided—For the clime, 111— Against it, 90—blajotity, 91. • Mr. M. A. TAYLOK said, the House having decided that these unfortunate persons should not marry, he cyed the Comm tree wou'd row think it right to make such a provision for the unhappy wum•in as should keep her above want, and enable her to live virtuously in future. Mr. Lgatimur wishe4 to know what fortune the lady had. As A. TAYLOR said, 1;e was not able tov answer tbisquest , on with caltatinty ; but he believtml not more than 116,000; but he thought •this (night pet to bouusi her preseut settlement, even it it WOO 110. Mr. PRESTON said, the Countess of 'Row:heir y 's o.6T4l . 4o ll settlentent - w . A h k 1,4500 a. year. mr..11 ['HURST. •ii•ought, thl acittitipnal praviseifi lot' Lady Rosebetat shoo d be left to the 4 "" gesOlity (Oki Lord. sind not b. forced upon him. iieijkant BrAirthlrgbi, thai in justice, Lady Retain:Sri Vat .•1140.4111 lAA n thing; and evils ;1, 04 *hi alp's& ass waial) fat her could pa giatend. .'';:.' that she vas etitithol to any thing more than her own ' fortune from the House. From what he knew of I Lord Roselierry. howeVer, he was convinced that: noble person would never elluw his unfortunate lady 1 to suffer 'want. . . Lord A. tik:ttlL.Tc)N and Mr. Aszacaouste spoke in favour of the Amendment. The Committee again divided—For the Amend ment, Co--Against it, 39—For the Increase, 21. The , :it•tai other clauses were then agreed to, and the Report ordered to be received to.morross. Tli E BUDGET. The House went into a Committee of Ways and Means. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, he had now to perform what was at All times a difficult task, namely, to prnnosu the Supplies neces. sary to meet the exigencies et the coming year. It was but a fen short weeks Jsince the House had been cOngratiriared on the prespect ef a long peace ; hut scarcely was the wax colt on the Treaties entered into between the dfferent Powers, when he was again called on to state what were the supplies necessary for A new warfare. This country had made a very con siderable reduction of her establishment, though a very large arrear of expend i t ure was y et to provide , fur. lu consequence of which, as well as the es pences of a new contest, it would necessarily he felt that a great end extraordinary effort must now be made; but he trusted, though the sum asked for was large, it wouldbe seen that there was no wish to in. .volve the country in a lavish expenditure, or one be yond the absolute necessity of the case. And the cl out which we were now about to make would, he was persuaded, stand a proud monument of the wealth, exertions, and resources of the country in future times. The Right Honourable Gentleman then pro. cceded to detail the sums which would be required for the service of the present year, as follow : For the Navy - . 414,1107,000 For the Transport Service NaiieelLuseons - NI c ,00t) • • 2,00:1000 Army - . - 13,855,000 Arrears of last Year's Extraordinarles - 11,983.000 Extraordinaries for the present Year - 12,000,000 Barracks - • 99,1:00 This last item, the HOnonrable Gentleman 0b... ' served, would appear small ; but in fact the whole expenditure of this branch of service was about 0250,000 ; by the produce of the sale of old store,, &c. hoWever, it was so far reduced that no greater sum than that which he had mentioned, s (And how be wanted. • The Right Honourable Gentleman then proceeded to state the other items of service, namely, The Commissariat . Xi , i 00,flin The itorukteper . - 01,00.) The ordnance '. . . 4,43)&10 Subsidies to the Allies . - 5,0t:0,000 Atter this last vote there would still remain ot the' Subsidiary Treaties the following sums to be pro vided tor: On the Treaty of Chaumont . sCS.iO OW, To complete the Treaty with Aus t r i a • 400,000 Bins of Credit . • 2,500,1e1 To Russia - . 200,000 . - 100,48 , 0 To Spain To Portugal - - 100,4 8;0 These latter sums, to Spain and Portugal were the ba lances of subsidies granted during forriter wars; and something . more, perhaps, would st.ll be found due l on adjusting the accounts between Great Bli. fain and , these countries. There was also a fur. the/ sum of one million to be given to Sweden, in lieu of Guadaloupe ; making altogether a fur-, ther grant of four millions to foreign Poweri, in ad.,' dition to the fi ve millions already granted. ISe• sides the items he had already mentioned, be should have another Vote to ask irons the Committee; that was—of o, sum for compensation to the army of the Duke .of Wellington, for stows taken by them at the capture of different places, during the campaigns in the Peninsula, in the course of seven years service. This could not amount to less than RSOO,OOO. And he should also have to propose a further Vote of £140,000 for the Army employed at the taking of Java. These were not uurecedented Votes, but rather matters of course. 'l. he Board of Ordnance, however, although all the accounts were made out, bad not thought fit to pay any thing upon them till sanctioned by a Vote of the House. The last item he had to mention was the Miscellaneous, which would be about three millions, a great part of which, however, had been already voted. The accounts would then stand as follows : The Navy and Transport liervlce 415,640,000 The Army • ti . ettooo,ono The (Ordnance - . '' 4,429,000 Foreign nutty, • , • 9,000,000 Miscellaneous . . . 3,000,000 Vote ui Credit . - - 8,t;00,000 Ditto for Ireland - - . *OO,OOO Prize Money to the Army - 1,000,000 Total, £41,369,000 The Right Honourable Gentleman then stated, that, Unless any unforeseen circumstances should arise, he would, on a future day, propose a Vote of Credit for six millions. It was necessary to propose that Exche quer Bills to that amount should be redeemed. This, including the three millions outstanding of last bear would, altogether, make a total amount, of that spe cies of supply, of 18 millions. Toe amount of the sum to be provided 14, for the year, would be 089,729,000; from which sum was to be deducted , ',C9,76(.0,000, being the proportion to be Erne by Ire land, which would leave a sum of £79,969,000. The sum to be raised in the year, from the spirit and mag. nanimity which was evident in the nation, he con ceived might be obtained, by resorting to the means employed on former occasions ; and , accordingly those means were put in motion. He had now to state the Ways and Means to meet the demands.— There was a surplus sum of something. more than two millions of the annual duties, which was avail. able for the esigenciei of the current year.-.a vote of ance tuillittns trom the surdas of tile Consolidated Fund, which he should not call for this e veni n g ; and a further .um, arising from the issue of EXClie quer 11:111, which he had already stated. • '1 he onituated amount of the War 1 axes would be taken at - £YS 000,000 The produce of the Lottery shoot 1/50,003 Sam ailing bolo the Sale of Nava .Stores ac m o t win amount of Eschiloer bins • . 18,1 55,000 the Loan contracted dui zooming . . • 57,000,000 Grand Total, .C79,893,00Q With respect to the Loan, it Was proposed, thin, in order to prevent confusion to th e rublic Creditor, it ritionict be guaranteed by the different Stocks. The five per Cents. in consequence of the previous Loan oh AC18,1: 4 5,000 by MAchequer fills, was ovorbur dent.d ; it Vas judire4 expadienf to (lir* the other •11 et , • .1 i• 1 - 0 • • t • • • • • • • Stocks, and be proposed that a larger sum should be raised en the tour per Cents. • Upon considerasim his Majesty% Government A submitted fo the option rs of the Subscribe to told slil3o three per Cents. Re 'cluced, for - every £lOO sobeiribed. Mat was not a little singular was dui, that the mistime/eh or tather tvescivonv, proposed by the Thasury, was the same as proposed by four different calculators. 'viz. 44. per Cent. in Bank Annuities. The bonus was estimated by him (the Chancellor of the Eichequer) and it was agreed that the SO should be taken at 544. Upon this bargain the Contractors would receive a bonus of 2s. per Cent. It would be been trom this state ment, that the bargain was a good one, and he hoped it would not turn out unusually unfavourable to the Subscribers. The Honourable Gentleman then stated that the produce of the Revenue for the last year was (taking a disposable surplus of £1t3,536,000) total of £38,702,000, to which was to be added the War T.ixes aC2,706.000, making in the whole .1:11,4•08,(XX). From this slim was to be deduCted £37,58800, which would leave a surplus of £5,890,000. The whole amount of the War Taxes in the last year, adding the estimated produce of the Property Tax for the present, was £32,9'25,000. From this sum was to be &ducted, to complete certain grams, &e. rit10,711,000, leaving, as he hid before stated, a sum of £22,213,000, applicable to the service of the pre sent year. He should propose, on a future day, a grant of that sum. In 1813, the Revenue produced sixty millions. Last April, the total produce was ,C6S,S;i4,(XX), being an increase of nearly six milliorls. The charges of the Loan on the five per Cents. for interest, £1,06),000; on the Sinking Fond, £331,000, making a total charge of ,C1,z;')7,000. - - . 1 he charges of' the Loan contracted this day would be, tor intet,ist ' - £1,527,080 01. the hiultios Fond • . - - 758,700 ---- Total charges, ,E 2, 291,700 the Total of the Loans of the present year would be £70,448,0f* the interest on the Funds - • 2,197,0 , 0 On the Sinking Fuud • ,090,00 u Whole total of the charges, Xsfi39,ooo A much larger amount of Stock, he observed, had been received into the market this year. In 179:3, the Limn was raised at a ch.trge to the Public of £l. 14s. 6.1. per Cent. At the end of 1797, in con sequence of the depression of public credit, there had been an incrtase in the charge of about £l. 15s. per Cent. In 1813, the charge was R 5. 17s. and this year, only £5. 14s. 2d. Consequently, there was only a diffeience of about 3s. per Cent. In order to defray the cearge of £3,689,0(x0, Parliament had made provision in part, under the heads of Stamps and Post-Odice, which he calculated would pro dace about 8t,2,A0t10. This sum, with £600,000 in the hands of the Commissioners for the Redemp tion of the National Debt, would make if 4800.000, teaving a deficiency of about hall the charges.- - Vile Right Honourable Gentlemen teen entered ono statements to shew tha , the expences of the pre. sent year, in the event of a continuance of war, would not be so great as former )ears, especially in the Commissariat and other departments on the Con tinent. He observed that the price of gold, 'which had r.sen in April to £5 7s. had now declined. and ,vas ht. ss. Dollars were 6s. sd. The amount of Naval Lspences would also be very considerably reduced. The expence of "Transports across the atlantic formed a great kern in that branch of the expendituie. The estim tied reduction in the gavel expenses would be from 21. to 15 millions. He calculated upon a reduction in the Loans next year, at le ist tuenty millions. He was justified in the calculation. because he had reason to suppose the contest would be a short one. The Government of Bonaparte had either been imposed on the people of France by a mutinous army donineering over the nation, or MA person had been called back to the throne by the n dice% In respect to the issue of the contest, the sense of France would sheer itself in a ,/ very short time. The cisnilsined efforts of the R rya lists and the Allies would put the matter to the test. (Hear, hear !)—Pile state of France was different to that state which some persons supposed. At present murmurs against the dominating' of Bonaparte were halt suppressed—discontents wiuld arise. There vies nut a cordial co-operation, and therefore we might look at the contest as a short one. But on the oilier hand. supposing, for the misery of mankind,, that the French Nation should aid the Frei.cli Government, and, Wished with desire of conquest and a wish to extend the poster of their arms, combat with increased ardour, then the struggle would be protracted : that, however, he did not apprehend. He was unwilling to think that the French Nation had wilfully rejected a peaceful and moderate Government—a pacific, a ma &rats, a legal and just Prince—to reinstate Bonaparte.' It, however, such had been the will of the French Na. Lion, nothing remained but for the Allizd Powers to combat with all their force, in order to preserve the security of other Governments. The Right Honour, able Gentleman then moved a resolution- 44 That a sum of thirty.sis millions be granted on annuities foe the service of the year—twenty-seven millions to be paid by Great Britain, and nine million, by Ireland." Mr. T N EV considered the Budget which had been ()peer,' by the Right Honourable Gentleman as one oh the most alarming which the country had ever been put in possession of: at the same time, he must do the Right Honourable Gentleman the justice to say, that it had been opened with clearness and pre cision, and in its component parts the fairest he had ever heard. With respect to the arrears to which the Right Honourable Gentleman had alluded, and which he .had stated would not arise again, there was no proof how long they had been growing, nor any con solation that they might not be growing arrears. No accounts were before the House on which they could form a judgment. The Right Honourable Gentle man then referred to some papers to shew that there had been exceeding) in the Army Estraordinaries and contended from thence, that these exteedings might again at.crue. There had been a slim of 41,400,000, composed of odds and ends, for the Powet s, which might be a growing excess; this brought Emperorwas he hkiis etawt o t ieff4:Rres forward s amt s ro i d a y t , ke . ana w sor hiwf earlier rr v rwtr:a: the composed of sC4OO.O(X) to the Emperor of Aus tria been aly t s g y s e llu ad; t y M hui t sd o si rece ive . th uw ese ot su th n e is But the Right Honourable Gentleman thought the ti l p o o r to o v u o g t l ew it osiu t x o ltdy be see r hio t o t n e ws h ci a 4neo p m p pos y i i t vna tti bta w li ere esecre c sup a t l m l i ed as; Gentlemen year after yeas, until the debt bad "maw d so the present enormous sum. In 171113, the debt under thi, particular head Was forty.five millions: in 1815, it was seventy-two millions. He condemned the prae. ties of raising money but upon the plan adopted by ' Mr. Pitt, who always desired to lessen the Loan.—.. He drew a comparative statement, to shew that tha plan of borrowing by loan had increased every yea and the Sinking Fund debt had ceased totally i. 1811. The exceedings at the end- of the last to years was thirty-three millione. With respect to tt present Loan, he thought the rate of Consols, bein r 54, was a bad contract, at the commencement of tl - war, for the country. It was impossible to go on , a financial point of view, in this manner; ruin mu be the consequence. What was the situation of - naparte ? He had returned to France, and the m ; • Declaration of the Allies, which he regreo,a it been signed by one of the patties, had united Irma The country was again, therefore, plunged into w by the unfortunate return of this miscreant ; and little did the Allies know what to be at, af ter t . Declaration of the 13111 of March, that the Treat; were not signed till the 19 Ii of May, g;virg hi m opportunity of preparing for the fight. The views - the Allies were nut known even to the ttirin Ilc Gentleman ; nor did his colleagues make their vie known until lie was to provide for the expenses of war, by calling upon Parli uncut for aid . contended streatiou4 that the last month hid ; lowed France to consolidate its force, apd to p , ‘ the Government in the hands of Bonaparte. r. Right Honourable Gentleman might say, that the had been murmurs against it : but Le was afraid t; would be m.tnnurs also in this country against present Bud et. His firm conviction wa , i, tbAL would be n 1 military (it potism in France, contributed to establish it : he was also convince, that the majority of the people of France were d:. tons of a tree Government; and that she was deft 'mined to have such a constitution separated trim t. House of Bourbon. Ills wish was that this count y should stop before a blow was struck, and see if peace could not be made; for, he contended, that , France were now attacked on the abstract princif that Bonaparte should be put down, it would mu the people of France to desperation. But the Et was, that the Chancellor of the Exchequer wished plunge us in a new war with France for the restote don of the Bourbons. He beli.ated, that if Fran. • was satisfied that this war was commenced with(); provocation on her part, not all the Powers of tf. world could defeat her. He implored Ministers pause before a blow was struck, when, for the fir time, the Budget amounted to nearly ninety million. Every day they were increasing the national del instead of keeping it down. It we went on with t.. : war, France was justified in continuing icterminab' war against this country. France bated us, as It feared did other nations for Our ins'ilence.—(Kw-, hear I from the blitsisterial Benches.) —The Noble Lni.f cheers at the word insolence; but he gave the world a tolerable proof of 110 great modesty, when he hi.. medals struck to a large amount for the differe.t. Courts of Europe, on one side the Prince Regent's head, and on the other Britannia, raising Euroo from a reclining posture, with this motto, « Se • conwantia exenolum Europa." He deprecated a cit . l war in France, which would be equally injurious to the rest of Europe. He defied Ministers to go on f r two years with the present expenditure, and conclul 1 .with expressing a wish that we could secure the ble. • rags of praco.....(lfety Mr. A.RBU rkiNOT contended, that there was pan of the Continent of Europe on which we wi:o. not respected. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUE . c said. that we had not now the s ime d.fficulties, of pecuniary nature, as to the Commissariat and oth:f departments, which existed during the Peninsula war. Estimates at home had been diminished, to cause the Militia had been dish hided, and the greater part of the regular forces had been sent abroad. he defended himself from the charge that h • hid_ devi.. ted from Mr. Pitt's plan of finance. in not exceedir; the amount of the taxes and income of the curre n t year in his expend.ture. He e t. trio ti.e terms of the present Loan, with that of 1797, we wre very neatly three-tourths per cent. better. in r(g, si to the finances of the country, the Honourable Ge tltnian maintained. that he had the example of all r ; predecessors in office. The Right Hon. Gentlem had charged him with diminisfitag the Sinkito; Fu nearly six millions ; the delenc:. lie must set lip ►- that was, that he was enabled thereby La avoid fur thening the public with siz millions of new taxes. — Besides, his present plan was calculated to oecre.oc toe National Debt, by keeping up the progress of ti r Sinking Fund, more than ally former plan. its t~ the part of the Right Hon. Gentleman's speed which applied to the general policy ot the countr : , he would not reply to it, because be had no hopes( liiakin,4 a convert of the Right Hon Gentlema I ; but. he could not :rvoid congratul ulna the Houa that by the Right Hon. Gent.eman's stateniaai , t. armies of France were likely to be encountered tearful odds oa the part of the Alli s. Sereiy it u: people of Prance really wished t have a free Gor,l l mein, Bonaparte would be the last man they wouli. put at their head. The Resolution for raising the sum of 36 million for England and Ireland, was then agreed to ; 3 were the other Resolutions. The Report was ordere.: to be received to-morrow. The Barracks, and Irish Estimates, were then tti (erred to a Committee of Supply. Mr. A R BUT HNQ moved a sum of 099,996 for the Barrack Department of Great Britain. He said there had been no new buildings ; and that there would be a saving of 480.000 me the Barrack F. 4 1. mates of the year. He next moved 41,999.961 fa the Commissariat Department ; the last years weir for this Department was upwards of there milbrns He then mimed for 4910 0 for the Storekeeper rieral ; and 4470 for toe Usloa of the l axi...equrti sm. In answer to a question from Mr. W• N he said, that he believed the ()dice was het ado ry, was now held by a Lady. The vote oaf to giro. the Court with stationery. said,Th eheChELANaCivEenLoLrOdeßrs,otfhat:te other cakes should b e 4,opplied with s tationery if° l4 the Statitburry•oeice. tri99. 1U lid. feta Stationery alit go ur Mr. A RBUTHNCfr moved several other Gtas . ,.. ts ' collet of Xs i chequer ; 42178. M. 6.1- for the I t A er .: 3l o clf We Court ut I t schequa ; &AO& 10; 074 ' inEiXtuCuliteEUQnsUEni_Rd