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The Noble and Learned Lord concluded by moving, to defer the farther consideration of the Case till Wednesday next, when he should be prepared to sub mit some nkerior propositions to the House thereon. Mr. SHIPMAN presented at the bar certain papers relative to Chamberlain's Divorce Bill.—Ordered to lie on the table. ROMAN CATHOLICS. The Bishop of DURHAM presented a Petition from the Dean and Chapter, and Archdeacons and Clergy of the Diocese of Durham, against the Ro man Catholic Claims.—Ordered to lie on the table. Lord KENYON moved for a return of those Ca tholics who had, within the last ten years, taken the oaths and subscribed the declaration required by an Act of 31 Geo. 3. c. 32. In moving for this return he was not disposed to suspect the assertion of those who had declared that the Roman Catholics had taken these oaths, and on that account were entitled to further indulgences, nor was he induced to suspect the loyalty of the Roman Catholics, than whom, in his opinion, no class of men in this country were more loyal. But the assertion he alluded to having been made, and as it was assumed to be a ground of increased favours, he thought it his duty, on such a grave and solemn subject, to make this motion for the purpose of ascertaining the extent of that fact. Lord HOLLAND suggested the propriety of also including in the motion the return of such Catholics in Ireland, according to the 33d Geo. 111. Lord KENYON said, there could be no objection to the return proposed by the Noble Lord, but it would be better accomplished by a separate motion. The Earl of RADNOR observed, that the return might bebbtained from the Council, where a return of their persons was made annually. Lord KENYON remarked, that return would not include those who had made such oath and declara tion, since the period of the last return delivered to the Council. The Earl of RADNOR thought it was the more desirable on that account, as many might have lately complied with the directions of the Statute, for the purpose of forwarding their claims. Lord HOLLAND considered this motion not applicable to the precise object intended to be ob tained ; because it would not distinguish those who bad acted cn this subject voluntarily, and in some sense unnecessarily, from those who had complied with the Statute, necessarily 'from holding offices which required them to do so. Lord REDESDALE was induced to think, that in respect to those who took the oath the first and second years after the Act, it might extend to a number of persons who expressed their sentiments on that occasion. But in regard to later years, he be lieved, generally, that few had thought it necessary to subscribe such declaration, who were required to do so, on account of their offices. _ The motion was agreed to. INSOLVENT DEBTORS. Lord HOLLAND presented a Petition from the Debtors confined in Carlisle Gaol, and also a Peti tion from the Debtors confined in the Fleet, praying for such relief as to their Lordships should appear most expedient.—Ordered to lie on the table. The Earl of MOIRA said, that a Petition had been transmitted to him, for the purpose of his pre senting it to their Lordships' consideration, but on account of an informality, it would have been neces sary t• have sent it back for revisal ; however, he saw no necessity for this proceeding, as the relief prayed for, he had no doubt, would be extended to the Petitioners by the Bill which stood for commit ment this day, and on which their Lordships' deci sion would, he was persuaded, be satisfactory. Upon the Order of the Day being read, the House resolved itself into a Committee on the Insolvent Debtors' Relief Bill, Lord REDESDALE said, this was precisely the same Bill which passed their Lordships' House last Session, and he had no intention to propose any al teration, excepting a few verbal amendments. The Bill, after receiving the few verbal amend ments mentioned, passed through the Committee, and was ordered to be reported on Monday. Adjourned till Monday. HOUSE OF COMMONS. The Starch Bill went through a Conaaktee; the Report was ordered to be received on Monday. The second reading of the Cornish Miners Bill was postponed to Monday. _ 'The Revenue Prisoners Bill was committed. Report on Monday. The second reading of the Irish School Bill was postponed to Monday. Lord CASTLEREAGH brought up a Bill to Repeal certain parts of the Act which gave to Magistrates the power of settling the Rate of Journeymen's wages. Read a firer time, and or dered to be read a second dine on Wednesday next. Sir CHARLES BURRELL, after adverting to the disadvan tageous manner in which investments were now made by the Accountant-General, by order of the Court of Chancery, signi fied his intention, at i future period, of ealliog the atteation4 the Howe awe pordoolorly to ibis subject. r -- VLIECTIOn Mr. P. CAREW reported to the House, that ) the Committee appointed to inquire into the merits of the Colchester Petition, had met for that purpose, and after due deliberation, had come to a resolution that the sitting Members were duly elected, and that the Petition was not frivolous or vexatious. Mr. BLACKMAN, Ch a irman of the Shaftsbury Election Committee, also reported that the Committee after due inquiry, had come to a resolution that the sitting Members were not duly elected, and ought not to have been returned ; and that the rejected can didates ought to have been returned, and were duly elected. Lard G. BERESFORD reported from the Has lemere Election Committee, that they had that morning received a letter from Mr. Maitland, one of the Members ballotted, stating his inability to at tend his place from the effect of a severe cold ; in consequence of which the Committee had adjourned. Mr. Armstrong, a medical gentleman, was then called in and :morn. His testimony went to confirm the statement of Mr. Maitland in his letter, and, on the motion of Lord G. &REWORD, leave was given to adjourn the Committee to Tuesday next. EAST-INDIA CHARTER. Mr. WILBERFORCE presented a Petitinn from the President of the Society established by charter in Scotland, for the propagation of the Christian Reli gion, praying, that in case of a new Charter being granted to the East-India Company, arrangements might be made for facilitating their objects. Ordered to lie on the table. Lord G. L. GOWER presented a petition from the inhabitants of the town of Walsall, against the monopoly of the East-India Company. REPORT OF THE ADDRESS. Lord CASTLEREAGH appeared at the Bar with the Report of the Committee appointed to pre pare the Address to his Royal Highness the Prince Regent, respecting the American war. The Address having been read, Mr. HERBERT, in a short speech, signified his assent to the arguments which had been urged in support of the war. Convinced as he was, that war with America was inevitable, from the conduct which had been pursued by that country towards us. The Address was then agreed to nern. con. and was ordered to be presented to his Royal Highness the Prince Regent by such of the Members of the House as belonged to his Majesty's Privy Council. DEBTORS IN THE FLEET PRISON. Sir SAMUEL ROMILLY presented a Petition from the Debtors confined in the Fleet Prison, praying that they might be released upon delivering up an their property. The Petition, he said, was signed by 150 persons, the greater part of whom were mar ried and had families, amounting in the whole to be tween four and five hundred persons. Ordered to lie on the table. PENAL LAWS. Sir SAMUEL ROMILLY then brought up his Bill for the repeal of the 11th and 12th of Wm. HI. respecting privately stealing in shops, which was read a first time, and ordered to be read a second time on Wednesday next. The Starch Bill went through the Committee. The Cornish Miners' Bill was read a first time, and ordered to be read a second time on Monday. MR. CAN i. MG. Mr. CANNING requested the indulgence of the House while he corrected an unintentional misrepresentation that had gone forth to the Public, of a passage in the speech that he had dune himself the honour of addressing them last night. He was sure the misrepresentation was wholly unintentional ; but he had been described as having said, that it was not impossible that the con quest of Canada might not have been disagreeable to many of those who called themselves our friends In Canada. Now what he had actually said was, that the conquest of Canada might per haps not be very unpopular among those who called themselves our friends in America. The effect which the misapprehension of the sentiments of even such an humble individual as himself might have on the Colonies, would, he trustod, be a sufficient apology Co the House for this intrusion—[Hear, hear l] COMMITTEE OP SUPPLY. On the motion of Mr. WHARTON the House resol. ved itself into a Committee of Supply, to which the estimates of the Barrack, Commissariat, and Store- keepers' departments were referred. The following sums were then voted: £330,026 to defray the expences of the Barrack Department foe the year 1813. £2,226,223 to defray the expences of the Commissariat Depart ment, for the lake period. £131,' 00 for the Storekeeper's Department. £8,000,000 for paying off Exchequer Ms outstanding and un. provided lot. And £75,000 to defray the charges of maintaining and employing con victs in this country. The House resumed, and the Report was ordered to be brought up on Monday. COPPER EXPORTATION. Mr. WHARTON brought up the Report of the Copper Exportation Bill. Mr. P. GRENFELL objected to the Bill, as ten ding to create manufactories in America, to the in jury of our own. Mr. ROSE said he could not see the force of the objection, as the Americans had already means of getting copper. Mr. A. BARING was averse to Legislative inter ference of this nature with manufactures and com merce. He could see no positive objection even to supplying America with muskets. He noticed the inefficacy of the prohibition of saltpetre to France, and asked if a single gun the less was fired by the enemy on that account ? Mr. F. ROBINSON said it was not intended to make the prohibition absolute and unconditional ; but to leave the modification of it with the Privy Council, according to the exigencies of circumstances, for the purpose of preventing the supply of naval stores to an enemy, which was done on a still greater extent with respect to all other naval stores. He was not prepared to go the length of the Hon. Member's general principles, and provide an enemy with im plements of war; nor could he see the fairness of allowing so great a benefit to the copper manufac turers, which was not allowed - to the other manufac turers. Tar, flax, turpentine, &c. were under closer restrictions than were proposed in the exportation of copper. The discretion was to be in the Privy Coun cil, and the object was to prevent exporting what might be converted into naval stores ; and not a mere question about exporting kettles and articles of domestic use. He could not agree to forego pressing the Bill. Mr. WHITBREAD felt inclined to go the whole length of what had been stated by Mr. Baring, as more commercially useful, a nd no t p o li t i ca lly injuri ous. Experience ought w €oAviuce cyery body that IWatcit: the scheme of crippling the enemy by sneVmesnsws 4 futile. Once we had a project of keeping corn from France, and starving that country; but what did we make of it We had the same experience of the saltpetre prohibition ; for the French found out some. how to make saltpetre within themselves. Then we had recourse to the miserable measure of prohibiting Jesuit's bark. America, by such a system as this. would be set upon doing that for herself which we had been in the habit of doing for her; and the great misfortune would be, that, conclude a peace as woe as we may, we should not only have interposed e check on our manufactures, but that the ecpectatiost of many would never recur. The professed object was to check the growth of the American navy; bit did any man conceive that one frigate the less would go to sea through the operation of this Bill ? Sup. pose they were left without copper : did not Lord Hawke fight his battles without copper The qiies• tion was not whether the ships would swim without copper ? sheathing was the particular article ; but iron could be used in many respects. As for the Privy Council judging, they would just arrest the trade when America was pinched and wanted to buy the' copper ; it would then be stopped, and stopped probably for ever. Leave the matter alone, and the trade would continue; stop it for a few months, and the enemy would soon fill up the void that had been created. We should, in fact, hurt ourselves, and confer ultimately a benefit on America. Mr. W. DUNDAS said, that if the Americans had the rolling-mills themselves, they would hardly apply to us for copper sheathing. Why should we furnish America with that which would be of almost immediate use to her in warlike objects against us ? In June and July our exports might put their vessels in readiness. It was as well to wait for what they could do for themselves, as to do it so very liberally for them. This sort of candour exceeded all he had ever hear,lof. Had any nation ever thought it wise to send arms to their enemies ? After furnishing them with arms, we might as well send them ships, and every thing else of a warlike nature which they might want—( Hear.) The Bill, with the amendments, was ordered to be engrossed, and read a third time on Monday. REGISTRAR OF THE ADMIRALTY. Mr. H. MARTIN said, that as he did not antici pate any objection to his Motion, he should very shortly state the reasons which had induced I el to bring forward the present Bill. Although the mea. sure Came from him, who was not in the habit of supporting the present Government, he could assure them, that this measure did not proceed from any feeling hostile to them. It had been recommended by the Committee who reported on sinecure places. At the time that they were enquiring into the nature of his office, the Comnissioners had summoned tha Noble Lord (Lord Arden) who now held that situa. tion, to explain the nature of the office, and its emo. luments. That Noble Lord, however, conceiving his place to be his freehold property, refused to an. swer any questions abouT it, but „referred them for information to his Deputy. This Deputy, Mr. Jen. ner, had very candidly answered the questions put to him ; and from his evidence it appeared, that a great part of the emoluments of the office consisted in the use of the Suitors' money, of which Lord Arden had, generally, on an average, it - 200,000-ia his hands. Of the other emoluments, arising from fees, he had also a net income of about £13,0Q0 per annum. Now, it was not at all in kis contemplation to trench upon that part of the emoluments of the office which was de. rived from fees; but as to that part which proceeded from the use of suitors' money, he thought that profit could not be fairly considered as belonging to the office. He thought it evidently unfair that the suitors' money should be put to risk, or that they should have any delay in getting it, in consequence of the Noble Lord's making profit by the use of it. He wished that the suitors' money in this Court should be put under regulations similar to those of the Court of Chancery. When this Bill was first proposed. Mr. Perceval (who had a great interest in the office s as having the reversion of it) was disposed to go much farther than him, and materially reduce the emoluments arising from fees, saving always the rights of those who had vested interests. He did not wish to touch the fees of the office; but for the pur. pose of reforming the office as far as related to the use of suitors' money, he moved for leave to bring in a Bill 44 to regulate the Office of Registrar of the Court of Admiralty, and of Appeals, in the same manner as a similar office had been regulated in the High Court of Chancery." Lord CASTLEREAGH would not oppose the introduction of the Bill ; but if it was the same Bill which he had formerly opposed, he must meet it a future stage with his opposition. Leave was then given to bring in the Bill. IRISH MILITIA. Mr. PEEL moved for leave to bring in a Bill to continue the pensions which had been given to dis charged militia-men out of Kilmainham Hospital.— The fact was, that those pensions had been given from a mistake of the law, as it never was in the contemplation of the law, that the same pensions should be given to militia-men, for length of services as was to be given to the troops of the line, who ex- posed their lives in every part of the world. At the same time it was conceived, that it would be a hard. ship to take away from the men who now enjoyed them, pensions which had been originally granted from a mistake of the law. Mr. W. POLE objected to the Irish militia being deprived of the benefits of Kilmaigham Hospital, to which, from the first institution of the Militia, the/ had conceived themselves entitled. Mr. LONG said that this Bill would take awl from no man, any thing which he now possessed, or to which he was entitled by the present law. It would be evidently wrong, however, that the Irish Militia soldiers should have pensions, like the trour of the line, from length of service. If they were to have pensions, it would be absolutely necessary to give pensions to the English Militia, also, in sinula circumstances. Mr. PEEL said, that the law of 1793 gave the benefit of Kilmainham Hospital, for length ,A ser: vice, only to serjeants, corporals, and drummers the militia, who were considered the only p iss permanently employed: As to the privates, it gave it only in the case of their being actually maiinel wounded in the service of their coulitry. Leave was then given to bring la the joanacil Wl Monday.. ECCENTRIC TALES IN VERSE. This day was published, in One Volume, small Svo. price 6s. in boards ' ITCENTRIC TALES in VERSE ; ascribed to . 11 --. 1 GEORGE COLMAN, the younger, Esq. and forming a New Volume of his Broad Grins. The Second Edition. 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