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tOt*.zi ~:.~:. tAR I.I,IMENTA lir PROCEEDINGS. < HOUSE OF I.oRllq, JUNE 16. The Judge.: ht irg present, Counsol w.ere heard on both sides upon the • iihj c , or the Airly Pt,..rage, and the Oise was referred to the farther anon of the Judges. 'i he C.lpe Wine Bill, arid the Apprenticeship Bill were brought up from site Con:mons. itead a first, and ordsred to,.bc read a second :ion% IA M:Esk.te from the Commons stated that Mr. MELLISII and Mr. TiloaNTaN were granted leave to attend the Corn ConUllittre. the Britis!) Fire Office Bill, the Wood Removal Bill, and the It i,ll .quer Bill, were read a second time, and ordered to be commiztul. iitisil JUDGES SALARY BILL. On the !notion' for the second reading of the Irish Judges Sitiaiy Bill— Lord REbESDALE moved, that it be rejected, because it contained 4n inaccuracy which it was ne cessary to Tr Ct;fy. Lord ST:OIHOPZ approved of the motion.— Let, said he. the salaries of the Irish Judges, and of the English Judges also, be advanced, .provided no fees be alloweJ. Nay, let these salaries be even more than those fees could by any means produce, in order to gunrd .against an opinion which had gone forth, th.it the existence of those, fees had served to prevent or iinpjde the improvement of the law. Such an opinion ought not to prevail, and the best way to re move it was, in his judgment, to set aside all fees, and to grant an ample allowance to those who held an cflice which, when its duties were adequately dis charpd, entitled them to most liberal compensation. The Lai. was rejected. GLOUCESTER GAOL. Lord SiTANHOPE said, that he felt great pain, and he said so without affectation, at being obliged to present any Petition complaining of gross oppres von. The only alleviation of that regret arose from the hope Nat much good might be done by investi gation. He had now a Petition to present complain ink; (+oppression in the G ioler of Gloucester from a ptisoi.ei for debt e 1 the name of Perry (or Perrin). —"File ptititi alledg,ed that the gaoler had denied access to his -iegal .adviser. He had informed the gaoler that he wished to consult a•solicitot about the wording of a pttitinn xhich he intended to have pre sented to :heir Lor:lihips' house. The gaoler rc;used to all •w tl:e :.olieitor access to the prisoner. This was so strange an allegation that he had doubts at tirst isitt.ther it was correct. He enquired from the pet on who brought the petition, who was the legal adviser ? but the person was very unwilling to state this, on account of wh:t was called the system of terror in the' gaol. But he had contrived to get the proper information. he fund that it was a respect. able Attorney at Gloucester, and wrote to him, de siring him to call again dt tile prison and request to be admitted to see the debtor. The Attorney wrote in reply, that he had called; and had, as had often happened befote, been refused admission. By what authority did the gaoler refuse ? It was impossible to even as the law now stood, that such conduct was legal, The Petition stated another fact, that the whole of the must privAte correspondence of the pri soners, debtors as well as others, was examined by the gaoler, who took upon him to open all their let ters. This was another circumstance so strange, tart one could not but have some doubts about the 'cor rectness of this allegation. But he had it under the hand of one of the Magistrates, writing about an porition. thnt ctirh teams Pornmon •clicrom the gaol, although it had been dispensed with in one instance, when a prisoner wrote a. letter to him (Lord Stanhope), as a Member of their Lordship • S' House', and dared the gaoler to open it. This was clearly illegal. Though one who presented a petition was not ,answerable for the allegations, yet he should be sorry to present one of which the allegations were unfounded, as the Petition, when received, was (ltered on the journals for ever, and the indivi. dual might be injured. Bot two of the allegations here were - made out to his satisfaction. The petition aas then presented and read. • The LORD CHANCELLOR said that it might be fitting, considering the impression which such a statement was calculated to in .ke, to say that he understood the Magistrates of Gloucester deserved great credit for the cof.dition of their gaol, and that the gau:er was one of the best officers in his situation Great Britain. There might be a regulation of ••tke ,v - lagis:rati.s al:out letters which might possibly be wrong, but the blame could not at any rate•attach to the gao:er. • Lord STANHOPE quoted a letter which he had received from one of the most respectable Magistrates at Gloucester, conveying an ol)posite impression to that stated l y the Learned Lord. This Magistrate, • indeed, in vain advised the Gaoler to let the Peti tioner's letter to him (Lord Stanhope) be sent with out examination or interruption. It was also to be observed, that there was no rule or autl.ority from the Magi•Arates relative• to the opening or intercep.. tior of te.tcrs to or from prisoners. In tact, no such rule could be ItTal. Therefore the Gaolr.r did that which was contrary to law, and which the Magi. strafes never sanctioned. The Pe:iticu was ordered to lie on the Table.— Ajourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS. ' The Registrars attended from the Six Clerks Office, the Cur altor and Petty Bag Office, and other Offices, to give in their re turns of Fees.—Laid on ;he 'fable. 'l . llx Deeds Attestation 1341 WAS read a second time, and order ed to be committed to-morrow, Several Petit . oita were rectivid :Isaias! the Corn Bill. :in. JOHN NEWPOIt gave notice of a motion for to-mor row, that the King's Remetittrancer of the Court of Exchequer should be oidtred to attend at rue liar of the House. On the motion of Mr. LUsHINGTON the Loan Bill was read a seCul:titlLie, in order to be Contmitted. 'life Resolutions of the Committee of Supply and of the Cont- slit tee of Ways and Meatis, were read and agreed to. • Mr. M ci.ttsu, and Messrs. H. and R. Isttoits;ToN, were ap pointed as Members of the Commons, to be examined before the fit.uie of Lords on the Corn Bill. In coos' flutnce of a question from Lord A. H AMILTON, the zecovtl reading of the llighlaod !toads Bill was tired for to• morrow. A:r WILBERFORCE moved for .a Return of the quantity . of Good, imported Tutu pt. Domingo in the la. ! t five yedus.— Ordavd. POOll SETTLFMRNT DILL Sir EGERTON BR 1' DOES moved-the Order of the Day for taking' the Itepdrt of the Poor Settlement Bin into further consideratuin. ' . Mr. LEIGH KECK wibbed the•Honlifrable Er: Tenet t pr..tpone the farther cortsiderAtion of the Ed: 01 neat S.-sskn,. %set to the whole law n! s .-•i•••• yet•it w ts rldetiiorifing thit r , !. 1 0, , :t M. utier, A more impel. feet Bill hi had never "geol. It went materially to affect the agricultural labourer, and wis fraught with inhumanity to the poorer classes in general.— Theie were two or three good clauses in the Bill, but these, though without the direct sanction of the Le gislature, were already .carried into effect by the county Magistrates. He wished the Bill to be cir culated for their inspection and approbation.' Time was absolutely necessary for a further consideration of its provisions. He should therefore move that it be taken into farther consideration this day three months. Mr. THOMSON approved of going into the dis cussion of the Bill. He thought if the last speaker had had more time to examine its contents, he would have entertained a better opinion of it. _ Mr. ATKINS WRIGI-iT objected to several of the provisions of the Bill. • Mr. DAVENPORT was for the postponement. Mr. JOHN SMITH did not think it necessary to ?et the Bill stand over till next Session, but he thought some farther time for consideration would be advantageous. Mr. SHAW LE FEVRE was for postponing the consideration of the Bill altogether till next Sessions. In two or three weeks most of the country gentle men, who generally took the onus of such questions upon them, would be out of town. He thought the Honourable Gentleman's Bill had met great lenity from the House, it had been so often altered as to be scarcely known for the same Bill, and in its pre sent state it had not been twelve hours in the posses sion of the Hbme. Sir SAMUEL ROMILLY thought the term 66 lenity". s had been exceeding ill applied to the treat ment of she Honourable Baronet's Bill. He was well entitled to Ike gratitude of the House. Though all the clauses in it might not be equally beneficial, yet the good so. far preponderated over that .which was doubtful, as to induce him to vote for it in its present state. There were two clauses in the Bill, of which he entirely approved, that which prevented the re moval of paupers as soon as they b4!came chargeable to the parish, and also the provision for affording medical assistance. The clause which raised the rate of settlement from ten to twenty pounds-; ap peared to him the most objectionable, as wen as contrary to the general spirit of the Bill, every thing in which. tended •to facilitate the settlement of the poor. Mr. STEWART• WORTLEY objected to the double clause :elating to settlement, whirl[ he thought would lead to much litig ition. He agreed in what had fallen from the last speaker respecting the in creased rate of settlement. Mr. PAI ; I. sari a f,:w words. Lord M I,LTON agi eed with the Hon ilurahle and Learned Gentlenon (Sir S. Rornillyl in his objec tions to the clause altering the rate tf hettleniclit. He approved of the B:11, vi•hicii he t:ionght %you'd mate rially diminish the pours rates of the country. Mr. WI - lITBR EAD r :se for the purpose of ex pressing- his general of the Bill. He was surpiized it thins in which it h,id been sr!lcf.,n I.:y an Honrlttrit!)le Member. He. sug gt the propriety of hi iriging forward the different provisions of the by point, as there were several, he Nvis confident,.. which would meet the unanim . ee col:etirrynce 1, the House. One in parti cular was that relh:ing aid. If, however, the Honourable Bari)net pressed the general question to a I (Mr. Whithicad) should curt:Linty divide with him. Mr.. W. SMITH did ntt see why those parts of the Bill which seemed to be universally approved of, -should not now pass into► a law. Sir EGERTbN BR YDGES confessed that he should have felt overwhelmed by the many objec• tions which were at first made to his Bill, it be had. not been cheered by the encouragement and approba tion of other Gentlemen, who had spt•lcen later in the debate, and for whose opinions he felt the Inghest deference. He'was liy their colictuienee convinced that his Bill was not quite so stupid or abscrd as it had been represented, and that he was not guilty i f the precipitation, or of something worse than pre cipitation, of which he had been accused in bring ing. it forward. He was indeed induced to hope that he might tie indulged in going into the Com mittee on the Bill. If there were objectionable parts in it, they might there be thrown out. There were two features in. it which he thought highly inapor tanf--I. The Clause which ordered temporary relief' without removal ; and 2. That which made the real parish of the pauper responsible for the reimburse ment of the expences incurred by that in which he immediately resided. These two Clauses alone would prevent a great deal of sulfuring to the poor, and a great deal of expence to the Parishes in litigation and removals, and he could not consent to deter the be nefits which he prrlmised himself in these respects for nine or ten montht longer. The frequent alteratims in the Bill, 'of which an' Honourable Member .had complained rather haishly, did not go to affect any one of its objects or principles, but were merely tech nical. After the struggle he had made, after the time and pains which he had bestowed upon the sub ject, which had occupied his mind night and day, he trusted he should not h.. thought guilty of stupid per tinacity in adhering to his original motion; or even if he fail _'d in that to-night, he should never lose sight of his object as long as he had the honour of a seat in that House—( Hear, !mar.) Atter a few words from Mr. SflAtv EEFEVRIC, in the way of explanation, disclaiming any intentional severity in What he had said, Sir E. Brydges con sented to withdraw all. those clauses from the Bill to which any oLjection had been made. Mr. LEIGH KECK, upon the understanding that the objectionable clauses were to be omitted, withdrew his amendnieut. The originhl questien was then put and cattied in the affirmative, upon which, Sir J. NEWPOR 1' moved that the Bill should be I recommitted. • Lord MILTON thought that before they went into the Committee, the House should be informed what clauses it was intended to retain and what tt, dispense with. It worth] be better, he apprehended, to leave out every chute to which any ohjoction had Been made. The last 'clause, beinN entitely inreign to the Bill, world of course be omitted. Sir E. YDGES said that he certainly meant tr withdraw 'all the clauses whith Lad been deemed ex ceptionohle, but reset ring to himself the iqilit . to pros: e o :iitted clauses at ally future palm', upon the at. claim of Parli'ameat. The House Lbw resolved it►elf into a C• tninittet., • • .•• when the several objectionable clause* were with drawn. and various amendments suggested, with re spect to the remait.ing ones, some of which were adopted. The Report was forthwith received;the further consideration of it fixed for Friday se'nnight, and the Bill ordered to be printed. Mr. TIERNEY presented a Petition from the in habitants of Wapping againt the Bill which had just passed through the Committee, but observed, that the provisions of the Bill had been so altered, that he scarcely knew whether or not to submit it .to the House.—Ordered to lie on the Table. THE PRINCESS OF WALLS Mr. ARBUTHNOT, .seeing in his place an Ho nourable Gentleman who had given notice of a mo tion forao-morrow relative to her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales, begged leave in the name of a Noble Friend of his, to say that his Noble Friend, un derstanding that it was nor intendad, under the pre sent circumstances, to press any business of import ance, had communicated that intention to many Ho nourable Members of the House, and he, therefore, begged leave to request the Hon. Gentleman to post. pone his motion. Mr. METHIJEN declared that he should he most happy if the requested delay were of an auspicious nature. He W3S sure, indeed, that any delay mnsr be favourable to the object which he had in view, because the more the subject was considered, the. more evident would the necessity appear for doing something to ameliorate the situation of her Royal Highness, by affording her an allowance more ade quate to her rank, and placing her in other respects in a condition different from that in which she now found herself. He had no objection whatever to postpone his motion to Monday. Mr. WHITBREAM reminded the Hcinourable Gentleman that Monday was a day fixed foe a mo tion by an Honourable Gentleman (Mr. Wilberforce) on the Abolition of the Slave- Trade. Although he need not say that he partook of the Honourable Gen tleman's selitiments as to thtshope that any delay might prove auspicious, yet lie must observe, that it was a subject which would not admit of touch delay. It would be highly improper to delay the moti,at untilliftur the nest drawing room. He did not .see why the Honourable Member might ni.t t..ke posses- % sion of Monday, that if the Honourable Member for Bramber should nut bring forward his motion he might proceed with that of which he luid given notice. Mr. AR BUT HNoT suggested Tuesday. Mr. TIERNEY protested against postponing the, motion from to-morrow. It did not appear to him ti be at all necessary to the accommodation of the Royal and Illustrious Personages now in the country, that the Chief Ministers of the Crown should be run ning about with them wiiithersoever they went. Ho lidays had been given on the occasion to most of the public schools, and' now it seemed a 4oiiday . was to be given to Parliament. What necessity was there, because the merchants of London thought proper, very handsomely and munificently, to give. a dinner to the Royal StratTers, that the Noble Lord should withhold his attendance from that Hpuse. -He (Mr. Tierney) took it..that the subject about to be brought torward by the Honourable Gentleman was one of the most important that for many years had been . agitated in Parliament ; and he contended, that it ought not to be treated in such a way :411 must render. all duc dischssion of it impossible. On Tuesday the review at Portsmouth would take place, and after tha: other occupations of a similar kind ; so that it the fianourableGentleman's motion were not brought on by'Monday ne7ir, it must he put off till the week, after next, and he..should be glad to know what at tendance was then to be expected in Parliament Mr. Al? PI ITHNOT denied having stated, as a moth , : for postponing 'the motion, any engagement of his N• plc Ffiend's. What he had maid was, that imagining no business of importance was to be dis cussed under tilt- present circumstances, !iis Noble Friend had signified that understanding to many Ho nourable Persoi!s. ' Mr. CA LC it: Fl' thought it would be expedient to defer the discussion of the subject until the week after next. He &tiered altogether tram his Honour able Friend (Mr. Tierney) in supposing that the at tendance would then be thin. On the contrary, as tiler: were so many great questions to be considered, he was persuaded that the attendance would be full. Mr. WHITBREAD observed, that the motion to be made by the Honourable Gentleman, although extremely important in its natufe, was not likely to extend to such a,length of discussion. as that respect ing the abolition of the Slave Traife: why not there fore fix it for Monday, in order that, should the tlcs. nourable Member for Bramber not persevere' in his motion, the Honourable Gentleman might bring his forward? Mr. CALC R AFT deprecated the uncertainty which would be produced by letting.both the motions stand for the same day. He was happy to see the Honourable Member who had given notice of the motion respecting the Abolition of the 'Slave Xrade in his place, and he would take the liberty to entreat him to postphne his notice. Mr. WILI3ERFORCE said it certainly had been his intention to bring forward his motion an Monday. He was extremely desirous to do so, and he knew it would be extremely inconvenient to many Honour able Members if he did not. When he .1)4 given the notice, he had observed, that he did not think the motion was likely to lead to much lettgth of discus sion, but that if it did, he should have no (dejection to adjourn it. Under these circumstances , , he mt. doubtedly wished to bring it forward; he wo u ld . be the last man in the world to stand, in the \V ,y any other arrangement which the tiouse expedient. Mr. METHUEN expressed his anriety to nice: the general wishes of the House. It by any tettipat delay it were to be supposed that his motion %mac' go off entirely, nothing on earth would tempt him tu postpone it tor a sirigie day ; and he would not now consent to defer it, mita it was distinctly und..rstond that it should be duly discussed, un_ I ess sot It at range ments should happily take place as might tea ler 11,41 disciission nntteces,:try. Mr. TIERNEY thonght that the Noble Lord win , wa-. in the house yesterday, when the ctinver.46.ll, took place between the Secretary at \Val ain't hirpselt respecting the postponement of the Army Estimates, might have taken the opportunity of s i);11 .; that which Ise had now sent down the Right lloooutahlt Gentleman to say for him. if the I:otiniirahn G-trtlettian's ttu.tir,n were nr.r bioiTht on 1. utcl-1 row. it could net be brought on for a considerable time : On Monday se'nnight the Treaty of Peace was to die discussed. On Tuesday, after the long de. ,bate of the preceding night, nil much attention could be expected to another question. Fur WednescLiy, it was wet). known that questions of great public im portance were always fixed. He implor.d the Ho nottrable Gentleman to press his motion to-morrow. It was the day'ior which he had urginal y given his notice—iv was the day on all accounts the most pro per. If the Noble Lord, whrse Wrest had been made by the Right Honour&ble Gentleman, had in the most distant manner lainted'that it wrs the inten tion of his Majesty's Ministers to take the pleasare of his Royal Highness the Prince Regent on the impor-. cant and interesting subject which the H(an ,, ur ,ule Gentleman meant to bring before the Kiuse, he shobld he one of the first to recommend- him to an. stain from his motion ; but as nothing (4 the kind had taken place, he begged of him not to be a party to any procrastination. Mr. METHUEN and screral otheillembe:s rose. The SPEAKER said that the H(.n. Gentleman vas master of his own ni lice. He mast chome tor himself, and make that choice known to the House. Mr. METHLTEN then fixed on Tuesday. The Irish Auction b.ll, and the Irian Land Burniug Blli, went through Committees, the Repot:* of which wire ordered to bt received to-morzew. The Highway Bill was real a third time, but, at the suggtt. don of Mr. H. SIM N au, the farther ptocee dinp were adjogracd to Tuesdly.—Adjourned. FRENgIi PARIS, JUNE IS. The processions of the Fete Dieu, whic,h had been 25 years discontinued, took' place yesterday in the differeht parts of Paris. They were equally edifying and imposing. In the streets through which they passed, the inhabitants had decorated the fronts of their, houses. All the populatiOn of the capital had assenbled to assist at this Christian solemnity, and never was there mote perfect order and decency. • titiVAll4 CORRESPONDENCE. Pains., low is, fatit t 44 From ninny circumstancts, we are led . to holie that a commercial treaty will be - really concluded, on terms Mutually advantageous Co toglaird And to this country. " The princiParoppolition Its the entrance of your cottcfri goods into Freach ports may, of CfelllrSe, be expected from the people of Rouen, where„.. and in its neighbourhood, immensemanotactories baye'neen long established, and into which, for se 4 seral wevks, large cargoes of raw cotton have been pooredirdara every pant of the adjacent. Coast. Buctlii; mono poly of the French market by a simile district, is a sa crifice of the general interests of fraiice,. • sei.cti the Government are by eomeansclispottedtocouotelia.ice, and against which Talleyrand himselt has b bu.llv et. claimed. On the samiprhici pies ns those whcli have settled thequestiOneftero in.Eligland, the c •iisumets here insist on their long privations and iniseries. beieg at-length assuaged, by giving them. the, c.naf its of life at thelowest price at which they 64 he'll id from any quarter. 41 At the Theatre Feycleati, on Saturday Louis XVIII. • made his fins appearance. He sat :opposite the stage, in a box prepared with, ,grcat .magnficence ; the whole. Royal Family, except sietir, who does not.yet venture out ? being prest:nr. His reception was me warmest that heart mold Was!. —shouts of 4 . V.ve le Roi I'—' Vive to Dthhesse d'Angouleme !' being reiterated an , hundred. dines the coutse of the night. The King, vitu always stood up to receive :sod acknowledge the congratula tions of his people, seemed greatly touched by their enthusiasm—and his emotion reactng upon their's, produced new testimonies of affection.' The coin parbion was in every body , : mouth, between these spontaneous marks of attac,hment, and the coutrot applauses extorted by the Police under Bonaparte. —The music and acting at this Theatre are both so good, and the size and form of the hoes itself so agreeable, that no wonder it is a favourite with the Royal f ami]y, and particularly with the belles of Paris, who in the best boxes are visible from top to We. “ Yesterday was devoted to the Fete de Dieu—A procession designed, wt must suppose, to comfort the Parisians for shutting up their shops. That measure has excited incosceivible discontent k but this giddy people will soon perhaps think no more of it.” • " Hasisintos, 14.a4[ 7. Every body here , begins tb breathe again. The devastations, however, ;ironed our city have been of the most dreadful kind; nothing is to be seen but heaps of ruins, and proofs of the most frightful ty. ranny. The interior:of the city is pre;erved, though • very much injured. Every measure is taken ttipie. vent the spread.of epidemics, in consequence of the number of- sick French who are still here. The French Karrison which has left Hamburgh, the ersisloSes, and all, those attached to it, .was not lys% than 20,000 men, !honer, such numbers of them dicd during the winter. The Russian troops now in nur city, under the command of General Bennigsen, amount to some thousands; they were received wiJi enthusiAsin as nurdeliverers. The Russians, it is re. ported,: will take up snore txtended. cantonments ill Holstein, tnd will not quit this .quarter of the world. until the affairs of DenmaA are settled.—Prolessor Reimarus, the father of our literati, died yesterday at Rantzam,: in Ilolstein, whither:he had emigrated, in the ti. 1411 year of his age. He was father tnslaw to M. Reinhard; former French Minister.here. • . " Imes iA “..The situation.. of the affairs of Del:Mark bec , imes *cverY . day more critical. To-day four fine itll4lll regiments passed through Hambergh.on their r•ave to Holstein ; they will be followed by other troops. Should. ciretinistancru requite it, Holstein will be oc cupied, by more than 5i0,000 men, besides Prussians, who :ire in the neighbourhood. " On the other hand. it would appear that Den mark still hesitates to submit to the. conditions pro, posed to her. She is assembling four corps: t h e first is Mat which formed the late auxi:iary corps against France, ender Genera! Cat setoff ; the second, tinder l'i nice Frederick of I lessc, is in inEtition 41.)1;3 tne E)der, to ltendsi,uig ; the third, under General ,Vegencr, n twat- Coidingi and the fourth, umies GetierarAnlefeld-Laiirss ig. is ip " night the inhabitants of liamborgh gave a h ill at the liscdangediall to General The Kits:lan troops at Hamburg!: arc led from. Riicsiiin v;s:invi." i 7. 4.. - ... Et • ' -4 it: ,.