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THE NATIONAL REGISTER. 70 MR. SHERI DAN gave not i ce, t h at he would, on Monday se make a motion, respecting the state of Ireland, so far as related to Catholic Emancipation. The Hon. Member said he did not wish to make this a party question, or harrass Lis Majesty's Ministers relative to the affairs of that country. CONTROVERTED r.t.reTtoxs. On the motion of Mn. 1v,,. DeNRAR, the Renfrcwshire Pe tition was ordered to he taken into consideration on March Great Grimsby, February 23 ; Downpatrick, February 25 ; ewcastle-under-Line, March I l ; Great Yarmouth, March 3 ; Crampound, same day ; Stirling, March 24 ; County of Wex ford, March 8; New Malden, March 8; Malmsbury, March 10. GRANTING PLACES IN stEv Ensiox. Mn. RAN liEs said it was not the intention of that House to incroach on the prerogative of the Crown, but to prevent the improper application of Places in Reversion. His Majesty had a right to bestow favours 011 deserving objects, who had ren dered great services to the State ; :vet it was palpably evident, that Places in Reversion were granted, even to sucking infants, who were incapable of perforating the duty attached to their office ; he therefore concluded with moving, for leave to bring in a Bill, to prevent the granting Offices in Reversion or upon Joint Lives. Igo. IV. DuNnAs opposed it, and contended, that the Crown 'ma a right to exercise its prerogative, and grant the Reversion of any (Mee whatever, which it did not become the House to question. MR. WU I TIME .4D said, the Hon. Member who spoke last, opposed the Bill, because it encroached on the privileges of the Crown ; but this was a period, which, more than any other, required economy; but the lion. Member had another motive, which was the more interesting—he was in possession of an office, which he obtained in reversion, therefore it was his duty to oppose this Bill, which struck at the very root of corrup tion. This Bill, however, did not intend to take away the prerogative of the Crown, but to see that its powers are pro perly exercised. It is well known that offices have becu given to infants in the cradle. The Chancellor of the Exchequer, for instance, had oue bestowed upon him, when he was sucking, which his brother (Lord Arden) now eqjoys, but requires no more ability than counting a few halfpence. Sin J. Nam. roar said, the Collectorship of the Port of Dub lin wan, to his knowledge, granted three deep. Leave was given to bring in the Bill, which was read a first time, ordered to be printed, and read a second time on Wed mesday next.—Adjourned. TUESDAY, JAN. 26. THE SPEAKER acquainted the House that he had received from T. Boucher, Esq. Clerk of the Crown in Ireland, a list of Barristers of live years stunting, who had, in terms of the Act of the 42d of the King, agreed to act as Commissionets ou Con troverted Elections in that part of the United Empire. A new writ was ordered, on the motion of Mu. 1. KTllBninar, for a Citizen of Bath, in the room of John Palmer, Esq. who, since Election, had accepted the office of Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds. Petitions, complaining of undue Elections and Returns for the following: places were presented, which were ordered to he taken into farther consideration on the undermentioned days : Poole, (double return), Tueidaty, the 2d of February ; Mal don, in Essex, Tuesday, the 15th of March: Beverley, in Yorkshire, someday. Ma. SECRETARY CANNING presented at the Bar, certain Pa pers, promised to be laid before House in the Speech delivered by the Lords Commissioners. Ordered to lie on the table. MK. G. PONJONHY wished t , learn from the Right Hon. Se cretary when the Papers relating to the application made by :Ministers to ►the Emperor of Russia, touching his Mediation with Denmark, would he laid before the House. MR. SECRETARY CANNING replied, that if the Right Hon. Gentleman meant to• move generally, for the information Mini sters had upon that subject, it would be readily produced: on the contrary, if he meant to move for that information specifi cally, he would be pleased to understand, that no such papers existed. MR. Wm mum 4n wished to know whether it was meant to lay Wore the Secret T- -ed ii by bib Majesty with 1, b; FEB. 1 Nosia rso mand. the several Orders in Council referred to in the Speech delivered on the first day of the Session. Ordered to be printed. Szn.fotry NISWPORT asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he intended to ground any measure on the Fourth Re port of the Commissioners of Inquiry in Ireland, relative to the Land Revenue of the Crown. Unless the Rig!it lion. Gen tleman did bring forward the subject, he should think it his duty to take an early opportunity of doing so. The House then went into a Committee on the Resolution of ye‘terday, that a Supply , be granted to Hi s M a j esty , M r. G. Johnston e i n t h e Chair. The Resolution was tarried, and the Report ordered to be received to-morrow. The Fifth Report of the Board of Military Enquiry was or dered to he printed. MR. G. POSSOKBE moved an Address to his Majesty for copies of uneli parts of the Correspondence as took place be tween the Secretary of the State and the :Ministers of Russia, as related to the restoration of Peace between his Majesty and the Crown Prince of Denmark.—Adjourned. Jay Wore the Secret Treaty entered into by hid Majesty with Portugal? _ 4l. Mn. C4NN .•• • fife ' eaty alluded to by the lion. t• Centleman ... •,.., „ , Lure. and contained lt • 11, : .." va- rious tie 1 • - • • t ill that secrecy was, by m al ` -rte ; Ilk ,-,..1 NR c.' 4l ' ' lk , P ';' 1 --:- tcd, by Royal Coin- p ~ - 1.. i i . 111 P 1., li r • l,‘ ,' S OA 4 5 .,L,..' •' • • 4 • 44 • ). 4 f* : .... .... 0 11 T WrDNESDAY, JAN. 27. Mu. Roan postponed his motion respecting the American In tercourse Bill till to-morrow, when it would be referred to a Committee of the whole House. Mr. Bose therefore reserved what he had to say respecting it till to-morrow. The following Election Petitions were ordered to be taken into consideration on the follow ing days :—Bridgewater, March 17 ; Westminster, (against the return of Lord Cochrane), March 22; Christchurch, March 29; Dungarvon, ditto Newry, ditto ; Saltash, (double return), the 25th of February ; and the Saltash Right of Election, on the same day. The Bill to prevent the Granting of Offices in Reversion was read a second time. In a Committee of Supply, the Annual Estimates for the Army and Navy were brought up, and ordered to lie on the table. THr eu.iscELt.ou or rut ExeuEprtzu said, that it was his intention to give notice, on an early dny, of a motion which he intended to bring forward, relative to modifying the obnoxious parts of the Bill passed last Sessions, relative to the Assesed Taxes, and for the more immediate means of collecting them. ORDERS TN COrNCIT.. Form 11 Prrrr asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer, across the table, whether he intended to bring forward a fill of Indemnity, as the late Orders of Council were absolutely l'arr Cru4vcrr,ton said. be did not think there was any ne cessity at present to girt the business a thought.—Adjourned. TIII:ItSDAY, JAN. 2S. ' On the motion of 11rr. ROSE, an order was made for the House, ml AVednesday next, to resolve itself into a Committee on as mach of the Act of the 12th of Charles I I. called the Na viation Act, as relates to allowing the importation to Great Britain, of articles the produce of the Brazils. .11a. ROSE then !roved the Order of the Dav for the Muse re solving into a Committee on the Arterial!' Intercourse Act. On the question being put that Mr. Speaker do now leave the Chair, 31n. Poles said, he beheld, with much satisfaction, the pre sent measure fur carrying on the intercourse between this coun try and America. It was a means, he trusted, of reconciling the trig o countries. But while he said thus much, he could not refrain from expressing his astonishment that Ministers were , about to continue an Act carrying into effect a Treaty of Amity and Commerce entered into with the United States, by Lord Grenville, during the first Administration of the late Mr. Pitt, after that Treaty had expired. That Treats had stipulated a Free commerce, and now we heard of the American Non-impor tation Act, and of the embargo laid upon American ships.— The Hon. Gentleman argued, therefore, that there was no ne cessity for continuing the American Intercourse Act, as it was still in force, and would not expire for five weeks. It would he proper to wait until it should be ascertained what impression our Orders in Council had made upon America, by s 106 the ships of that country were allowed to trade to British ports wily. Ma. hose denied that it was unbecoming in this country to continue commercial advantages to the Americans. The Act of ' 1797, granted those advantages for twelve years, originally stowed by the Act of 1794, in the event of certain arrangements betweeik the two countries being conic to. On that principle, the Intercourse Act had been continued last year, and it re mained in force till sin weeks after the commencement of the - ••••••••141•111",..MIRI