The Statesman. — London, England, 1820-07-06 00:00:00

P . t tie.. lint ail initiative tue:.•aate. direct act. In his 110• this was an insal;ileielt reu•on. It was no ar •I:I 'lst against the atrun : , arruseal. deeply ... • I led sis >Ur st.an I in her clia: after, snd Ver t • life. I nder :hese ail eat..!•tatiers Jar stated that he had Welt lay anatt..r• tip nr•ze, u hiela she considered . rt rial to her future &foss e tint the House shonld s. fin the present state wilts roceesUngs. l'onsider i• he Lharacter of the case, and the star of the pub i. their Lordship s cou ld not ac t we ll. if th e y • s- .. si ton nicely upon forms: mid where there was us, Fre eslent to guide them, yet refused to hear. Fur this Itio! Leen repeatedly stated by the Noble Earl opposite tis le a C I.* without preces;cist or land-mark, and it tr.-% therefore one in which the House ought not to be ad strictly Ity techniral rules. It was the part of tile Mouse to do that substantial justice which would s:aose their measured to ram ahing with them the pub lic opinion. They nimbi not do well if, in a case an 149 of ilitSrultv and ft111111174.s111!•10, and one also with out precedent or antilop:l-, they refused to take int im diately into elittsides atiuss the weighty matters t% hick acroJetlpirty th.mght impor ant to her future de fettee. • The Loa:. sNI : :.1./13 observed, that it was a subject on which lip e to trouble their Lord. sales at :ivy length. Ile had heard r great deal said against Secret Committees, Ile would nut say is.%e Hord upon that point further than to state, that if it was stecesrary to go through the whole of the pro.' reeiliw.:s again, lie would think it right that the very gji:lr m e a sure s a l Id Ile resorted to as hail been al e adopted. for the proposition now submitted the House, he considered it oothing short of calling on their Lordships. to surrender their privileges. No oar could know what passed there, but in a constitu. tlf-nal way ; and lie wished to be informed if there was any rase in the n hole history of Parliament, in which tottissi:l had been beard against a Bill not proposed. There was no such case, and their Lordships ought not sits nu art that would amount to the surrender of their piivilegei, senctioneil by inistons and immemorial, usage. As to prejo Igininst of the case, the proceedings of the House did not do that. Ile woolil, as a Peer,; he astimstra of himself, if be did not o. what 'be, isisanee.lliaryutan in the rummy could sin—lli•eliar„fe' trots his Demi a previoni impvession : it happei.e.l .esoiry day. Ile would put a case. Snppose a ulati, cliarxeil with a crime, made a full confession, and was aftertrbrds received as it itness fur the Crowni but did no. rive that full and le:nk retargee which was the rru li:ion on which be was admitted, and oas after ".areas pot on his trial, but would not then confess his ; .•:711: in :hat rase the Jnry would know Low to dis• e: k arge friva their minds all pr:•sions isisprissions, and the man could not be found guilty unless there tins s•l'fie:ent evidence offered on the trial to prove his ha t, er cotife•sion. The House ; tl'i)ll.t. 110 t lie consnlting the _rent functions it lira to perform. if it 1111:Arol Connael t. percent the introthice of a Bill of ▪ I4och noth:nr yet was I.nown. It is as one of the mot estioorilinaly prop.•••tions be hail et er heard, ansi not he aequ;i•o•e•l in if the liaise eimsultell its I date and its privileges. : fr. .11.0..11is of Ltrcsoottx observed, that be had a'i alers,f felt the emirse whirls the Howie hail adopted ::• ivtle that brofis,lit with it great and signal eniln.r. ; and it' hr felt that strongly on forms r OlTA :lon,..lfter what had fallen f-out the Noble and Learsieti Lord, he felt it much more strongly now. Every %lord which he had spoken against the proposition made on Lelia/f of the Queen. applied much more strongly to tl.e rourse of proceeding's which the House had been i .incea to adopt. The Noble and Learned Lord es, cod noxious that tte regular proceedings of the oust 11 Id not he intercepted, but these ptuteeilings I ad, I.n the motion of Ministers themselves, islet with ✓ fleate.l interraptians before. When the Noble Earl s that the Queen had no regular means of being it ..rued of the nature of the Report which the Com e ;•i• e had presented, he forgot to state he had ae i,t..tat tai in a similar request before. Yet the Queen means of information then, which she was not hew poss. aced of. In her petition on that occasion, she' stated, that " having been infor:ord certain proceed. 1%.s were about to be instituted, she felt it necessary • pr.•aent a yetition." Why dill net the Noble Earl , I: 4 en loquire what was her soiree of information ? Ile' ha.l out dote so then ; and he had given no good rea :3l %thy lie should do so now. But the Noble and Lord hail mis-stated the application of the Cerro. when he said that it was to he heard against a Bill before that Bill was presented. But what the I,e itiun stated was not that she was desirous of being 1. -oril by 'oensel against any Bill, beta Report being 1 ,-..stated whirls re.:oi 1111 l ended proceedings against her, s'.• wished to be heard by Counsel at their Bar, that !Ole might defend herself a•zainst the allegations in that iter.ort : and also that she boil weighty matters to material to the conduct of her Wore defence. It- (the Marquis of Lantolowil) WAS totally ignorant of s hit these matters were which she had to urge, yet be would admit that it was possible they might be of -11:h a nature as to cause their Lordships to alter their senile of proceeding. As to the arovnients of rules ..cd precedent, it was not applicable here; for on this 0e...5.d0n, the House bad broke through all rule, and 1)1.1 made out a time beyond all rule, and without pee r • lent and example. Ile concluded by entreating their loirdseips to allow the party accused every means of meeting the art:ow:ion cowlisinsd in the Report, and to 11, yr their proceedings so as to answer the great ends Js Inutile. , Lord Renesnsie said, that the chief argument old. b he hail heard fur receiving the Queen's propo in amounted to this, that the House hail thine wr •ti hefohe in acceding to a s' Aar request, and •:w• uotrht t do wrong again. Ile repeated the ar- gutnent that her petition was not against ant• measure w deb hail been taken by the House, tint was intended t•o oppose some measure Aunt to be taken, and said, l t!.:it if t•ounsel wire admitted on such a proposition to rt. o bar, there could be no restraint upon them, they tt: . ,rb; talk on any thing or every thing they pleased,' by the terms of the petition, there was no particu l!r subject or limitation. Lord Nto rewarkeoLthat the N. d 'ie and Learned J• rd seemed to mistinderatand the prayer of the pe• to.i on. It had tno olististet.objeuts, one of u i.;clo was, t r he heard against the allegations in the Report, and tl • office to coomottnicate certain weighty matters v. Leh 'might he of importance to her future defence. `rt i r s'rATl :>>~ i••••••••aim, Maiisiiiiii.‘ll•••••••••=v....... . ID/rie f I 11111 . 1 / 1 / illail l t that ii worth! pat the Hotta, in an extra- 1 but ai it . woulli be Iles:y.lldr f ir the - :1; j a , - , st iles to ,• • • • • • - 4 nary si a lien; bet the House Had !men put its in I skiiti'iti Order trilenew the ;ten itetents of the illustrious ...narypi:tuition by the proceedings whirl' led 1 individnal, he sheet*: MI Friday or 3'eortlay twat lin to it : now. in.lcrel, there was a ferret deal of talk , *troll I IP slay when the ?!ill was to be read a se: and about forms; hot IVA.; this a rase in which. airier ! timely, an I further procreellnes taken upon it. lie as breaking through all regularity, all analogy of pre- 1 eared their hued-hips that he should do Is . .s ntestost en ceeding, could now anon them to entries!) themselves dravour to discharge this painful duty, with all in tee ii nit al niceties, a erl look cantiously about thr the lenity and indulgence that was due e. the Mus t preeedente? It was nip eirg illin . lit: in a ram' like this, trions individual. it must, indeed, he a matter of to talk of tier impossibility of the proceedings of the 1 great satisfaction Its know, that Cr.. upwards of 2114) House being known to her 51ajesiy. It would be a rears ma nee, fully bail awcurred foraelopting a proceed waste of words to dwell upon. He was as much ing of this kited, with the excepti ssss of out individual attached to forms as any mail : beet in a rase like this, —the consort of one of our Kings, who never cams• to forms were of uu eueeseepeetece u bitterer. 't her Noble this enneetry. And this satisfaction must be increase•l Lord then proceeded to show, that the Y cry measure when they recollected the bright example exhi which the Coentativer rec 0000 mended took the ea"' out ' hited to the I wintry. by our iuilividnal who had of all the ordinary course of proceeding, and made the geared tt.e Tler..ne of England for so many years. Mousy institute a criminal 1 rocretling, contrary to all --(Hear, hear!)—Their Lordships were placed in a precedent. In on . iiotanee, indeed, a criminal charge situation ill Wiliell deer had no alternative but telic : had be-en kid on the table by Lord Worcester : but it Ivey had 11111% . nor straight forward course to pursue : was declared ille!xal and tincsenstitutional, and he was and that was, tie sic , their chitty in spite sit publie clamour. obliged In oit helra se it. 'I Isis, he conteuelesl, .was His Lordship then laid before the House a copy of the thee rfore a case unesampleil and anomalous. He then ;Bill. Mi./le:ea the 11 . 3 4 1 6 pelt ley the Lord Chancellor, respect- 'I he Clerk read tho Bill, in substance as follows: jog the c. i:•eit. XI, amt showed that it was not a case **An Art, etstith•et an Ici for depriving corollate. tyierlia in point, mis it was u sullirient cause of chilleuge to a Eliaalleill, Wee., of (.real Britain, of and front the e.t) le stud Jut or if he 11::d !mete on the lirait I fit •y• that funnel title of yUeill a l!ieNt. iteilms. and of and from the rights, praroydatty es, and. immunities non belonging to her as Queen the bill. lie then renearkeel upon the nature of the consiert. evidence on wLiel, th e Report was founded, and which "11 berms, in the sear 1814, her Majesty ('t4 l llle iine was not e;ese e • .-.^ evidence, like that which %timid I ha i 1 1 .: a i7 d ato b .t ei li, n th a e t il i P l : r ril t li o 'i o •S ri S of of 1 1 1;r l i a r n s : e lm! nosy di l e ;it i e f t e ee n •: .4t e . o r- f justify a Wand Jury in finding a hill, but `merely r'ir: r . m i le itarthe a n ~ Bergamo . or I:l:!rthol " . 2 m a rr B i ergatuo. a eke •ntary. ile concluded by proviug Crow the tea- i ford': .r of lon sithaticn in life. And afterwards the must 'are of Bills of Pains and Penalties, that ten proceed- I unbecoming and indecent fansiiierirs took piace between her logs held 0p.., the,.w c.. 1.1 Ease the force of prece .tent in urelioary rases: because, be'teg in themselves highly I t t l ? 1 i n, !ies il• st ig e ha to ra t o a n a ly a' a l d li v ie se a le a r i' ll I n ti a m m t i o 'V dt h'a irli ; si a nd tuati h o t n r It a lie ' : Ito:se-hold, tend ree:eeyeel also mans of his relatives into her anomalous, they iv •re t:. he treated according t o the service he inferior and other situatimis, and bestowed on him the said liartho:ottlen various marks of distinction and exigencies au it hi .le tiler arose ; sn that 'llib reason drawn front rules and forms c01d.% in this ei.sr, appre i t . a is se k eee . r si., n i n o e h l o t v o d o l h upon 1 1 . 1 1. 7;:e:: d r : . 1 d ) ICI , o mf i e n t s go ti n . him a n I ll ) t r r si ll e l r reler of a- au arvintent to preveut the e. oncurreoce of the House Kni g hthood. %A ithoct ti-e 5..1!-, rib of , ) our Majesty, end in the pra yr of tier petitioa. conducted Iter-eic both in Fr Li:t. p. 1.1 in private, in yariuns places, a itit huh-cent anti oiler... Ale fantiiinei!ies and free- The Marlui* of Ift:caistil:A3l eeles..rreel, that the Coe ~,,, dime had. already mullein report, and the !louse d hl " m m a l d o rsg u r n a i e l ef t t i tl e , I;e r si l t stit 2 = m arl e i w iltt a r i o w a i s en in i t r v i r ec c i o °4 -r l se wi t i o h was tt of walled un to hear Counsel ; but it hats-yen pro- j the great seedulal of Your Majesty's Rayed Family, send to reviling the Liitt.e Awe to adopt in that respect, ii the dishonour of the kingdom, antt natiailest“d I, must sean wonla ,„, t pre ,,,, their Lur ,,, hips ~,,,,, Lp i or i. ag is a d r a . :;;l i i i : ) . l4 :: , i l s c t.:l l . C7 t ltt e t, 111 , 1 1 1 1 1 er :I c e o l r O e leS t conduct i.e i n to 14:t14 i, the ri said d Bill Ile did not see the necessity el hearing' Counsel, Temporal and l'ootenoree of Urea * t Ifritain he Parliament as and t!serefore he should yppose the motion. %mottled. homily pray you r :Majesty. 111111 it eta) be enneted, Carl DattNIAY was itt favoeir of the motion, which i nod i.e it Ilw,rfore voarts-d. titer from and alter the passing he em arrived Heir lo.liships were hound, to accede to, doefil,ll:iiiielet„.l-t!nien a nd a f i r d . :a . i r the l' II : :.1 e l and tle" a title L s" 10 t t ! I.rt ii Queen .e of " 143 these i l Y %%hell they eaft!4(:••red that the eyes of the why& coon- r e meim•. sod of said (root The iizlits, prrtugativvs.iwivilrges. try were fixed with ye:tem:ordinary jeabmey on their d spiel Inemuniiies now belottaing to her as Queen Consort. and that site sing' awl neat 1:r. trues anti alter the passinec o r proreidittge. Ile hie •n- theihing of the case tours' than , th is Art. fur user displaced from, and be twerey 'lscapelite any other iudiliereut per ant ; but he thought t hat o f, rerrel-ing or im i,,,i ox 5 h„.„,,, an d t h at 11w said Mar. , every ally-an:age ought tie be mellowed to the ilinstrious singe bete% een his Majesty the Ivi.ur and tits. Qeeen he. and pennon in que•stion, in the. +lilt:114111 ill Militia She now the STlllit• is herebr •vtoil disuo.ve3 and annul:ed. to all io stood. tents anal purposes. - e Tile Earl of Live :runt, then unwed, tint the Hill litext: etwittindrel, that the prayer of the !tell- , be printed, and th :1 a ellily sit it he elelivrre dtu h• r lion ought to be eonephr.! et ills, and that Counsel Ile a .Ittorts..y-tieneral. exiled in, as it was neeessart that her 11eljesty should! P 31la i r" Y Earl tinter sal .- ie. • r ose f:r the Air se of &nth' be allowed ail I.ees , ilele no•at:s of defentlieig herself Le .! ' I I m i' , ent the neeessity ot hat jug. the Pill drawee out in such ue,diately. Ile thcrefr,re proposed that the fe:ottesel ; form, and of pt: -eiel„;• such a curare, as trutoll ripth!r should be called in. i , , • ' t he Quern to twilit' eve ry netTp•sary prepti!•ation for her The questi.4 was then pest, and uegatived without I defence. lee ete'ry case of a Bill of Indietenriet being a tli.isi.set. . I preferred leoloemasAirated Jail., the time and place. at LW. OF PAINS .iND PEN.I ITIES. ~ ! which the crime laid in the inelictment ivies alleged to The Earl of LivaPt root now ease fur the purpose of p.a.s.ntiug the Bill, of it hint moire had been given on the preceding dad. lle said he abould have bees happy to be spared the labour of this moat painful proceeding, but the necessity of the case imperiously called for it. The preamble of the Bill would suth cieutly explain its nature ; it oloild speak foe itself : and therefore aurae him 1;1e trouble of making any fur th..r explanation on t lie subjer; and the witnesses w ho should hereafter be walled to their Lordship's bar would pilot• all the allegations stated in the preamble. It would make him very unhappy if he supposed that this business was likeiy to create any agitation in the pub lic mind ; but lie did mit think that any such effect was likely to he produced. Ile should lIIIIV say, that on the best reconsideration he could give this subject, lie did not know of a!ty other eourie of proceeding that ought to be adopted in preterenre to that which he hioistatcl at the outset of this business. I.e had slated, that notlijx like an impeachment could take place, and in this he was supported by the opinion of his N..ble and Learned Friend, and by the opinion of another Noble and Learned Lord (Erskine), who had tilled the highest judicial situation is the kingdom. Hr submitted therefore to the House, whether in case of any doubt existing on this subject, the most proper molewould nut be to bring ins Bill of Pains and Penalties. There could he no proceeding according to the Keck idastical Law, and this was the only course that could be pursued. lie h. el already stated, that it was com petent to either House of Parliament to originate a proceeding of this kind : but it would be more conve nient that the business should commence in that House, because Corm was a greater chance of substantial jus tice being obtained in that, than in the other I!nuse of Parliament ; and the only question was, whether the Bill should be brought iii, in the 'first instance. No Legislative measure, however, of this kind, was ever adopted without previous inquiry of some kind or other, for it ought not to he rereived on the ipee disit of the Minister of the day : and therefore au opportunity should be afforded of obtaining every necessary informa tion oil the subject. I le should now state what the nature of the present measure was. The preamble of the Bill laid down certain farts, and if those facts could be proved, the enactment would go to deprive her Majesty of all her rights, prerogatives, privileges, and immuni ties, and of her style and title of Queen of this realm; and would also dissolve the marriage between his Ma jesty and the Queen. 1 his was to be the object of the Bill he was now shout to present to their Lord ships. With regard to the provision %bleb it might hr nreessary to make for the illustrious individual, that was a subject which slornl/1 more properly come under the consideration of the other Hone of Parliament. lie trusted that on this solemn tweasion, their Lord ships wonid impartially discharge their duty, as they had all their other duties, and have no other object in view except that of promoting the ends of justice ac cording to the laws and coostitntion of the country. With regard to the rimrse of proceeding that was so be adopted', lie should propose that the Bill be read a first time that di.y, awl that a copy of it he transmitted to the Musts ions individual; and that a day should then be tilted for the second reading of the Bill. Ac cording to the usual course, that day fortnight would be the troper day for reading the Bill a seam'. time; he cos iiiii ittcd, was specifically mentioned therein. But curb was not the ease in the pre -cut Itil : the Queen was merrlr stated to have procee !e.l in a course of criminality ; lint the legal eescription of that criei militv sca.. 0.4 acrurittely 00 as to enable her Majesty to primer for her &recce. lie therefore sti.:lstol that the Still might he cliirrrylitly worn!..,). lie also wished that the Quern ;night 1.. e lotriais!led w ith a list of the witnesses who were in•emleil to he bronglit forward to give evidence against her. lie therefore wished to know whether such a list was to be furn4h ed, and whether there was ever to lie a snore accurate specification of the offences unwired to*the Queen. he Earl of I.ormirool. said, lie believed the Bill was as. perfect with regard to the specification of the offence, as any proceeding of tip kind could be. And with regard to delivering a list of the witnesses to bet 31ajr‘ty : such a thing was wholly unprecedelited in a emir like the present. It was never dour except in cases o 1 high trea;tuo. here was, howmer, a certain daises to which her Majesty would he entitled: in case the facts dial-grit against her should lie proved at the bar of the House, a certain time would afterwards be allowed her Majesty to prepare for her ilefenceolltriug which time she would hare au opportunity of rebutting the evidence advanced against her. But it was impos sible that site could be furnished with a list of the Witness, s. Lord DACIA'S said, he conceived it would be proper liHr her :Aajesty's Counsel to be called to the bar, in seder to state such. facts as might he necessary for her defence, and he should make a motion to that effect. The Earl of Livenpoot. said, the Queen had already presented a petition to that effect; anal as she hail not been the Bill, the petition was not complied with. But a copy of the Bill should be sant to her - Majesty, who *mild then be made acquainted with the nature of the Laring to be adopted with respect to her; and that i e g e lone he should have no objection to hear her Ma- jesty 'Counsel at the bar of the House to-morrow, upon all matters connected with the future progress of the Bill. Earl OBEY thought it would be morn conducive to the ends of justice, to postpone the whole of the proceed ings, so air to enable her Majesty to have a fall ,klloll'. ledge of all the facts alledged against her. Ile wished to know whether Counsel was to be employed is support • of the Bill, and by what authority any Counsel was to be admitted to the Bar. The Earl of LIYARPOOL answered, that Counsel would be admitted by the authority of the House, and that the Attorney-Ueneral would appear en behalf of the Crown, either 14 himself in person, or by another Counsel. He conceived, if a fair issae was joined. it would he impos sible not to and out a mode by which jamice should be done to both parties. Earl Omar declared his only wish was to see justice done between all parties ; nor did he feel any wish that guilt, if guilt were clearly proved, should go unpunished. He contended, however, that for the purposes of justice, this case ought to be brought forward in a differeat manner; and that the House of Lords should sot Is placed in the situation of accuser, legislator, and judge. The Loan CHANCELLOR matte some remarks respect ing the propriety of admitting the Attorney-Om:eral to appear at the Bar of the House in a case of this hied. Lord HOLLAND observed, that every Attorney-(latmeal was 111 Member of the House of Commons, and be asked' if it was consistent nit), justice that he should appear ' at that Bar as an licenser in a case in which he should have to perform the *Gee of a holm., when it ante he- fen that Homier which he rasa Member. He thought e • . f. it n•on'ebe nror,•er to appoint a Co n u itte • to se m i, ft "; i, re ,.. e d en t s as to the course of procetslin„ that sloe adopted in suelt ease as thiA. ilk Karl 41.1%4:gr0w. observed, that the prsetireio such a Ease had toren to aervo an (inler on the Antos,. tieneral in the first instance, and tile,' another t - ot a ,',.• woold be appointed In act in tai, stead. The Bat was then read Bret time;, and the F ar ! st I.trrvitoot. said, grit nest .11n, day a kitty wou;il pointed for its second reading. Au Order was made for herring the Queen's Cottag e ! to-mors OW. The House afterwards he•rrd t'onn,el :n the 1:1)::1%.e:i Estate Bill, anti then Renoir reed. HOUSE OF CONI.IIoNs, WKDNesr“. It LI 5, Mr. M. A. TArt.no, ott bringin the rep ot . the Committee on the smoke emismuing Engine tp,. gave to dice, that lie would, early its the next Sesr:a4, 'wave for leave to bring in a Bill, declaring the l ah an the snhjeet of nuisances arising from smokr issrthr: out of steam-engine furnaces in the Ale;rop.li s . It . also stated, that the objects of the inquiry, or acrolr.: of which the progress of the Bill tea:. tuspemica, l ea d been accomplished. The second read:ng ..f the Patent Firecitieati on pz was postponed to ;;.;,. ,lay ;ix .It STU E IN Nat witH...—.Sir M II'KINTO4II pte%ented a petitionL . Robert Hawke. ;rid Eritrard 'Taylor, Esq. Sheriffs. , Norwich, stating- that thee:• had twett hut one As, ut , in the year for the r minty of the else of Norwich. 8 , ; .J that the inhahitarts of that town laboured nn.ier same grievances as the tour northern cottaths furiner'y antlered. 111 eonresittence of the 101 l later val between the gaol dishyery, a grievous rieteaqtra of prisoners had t ken place in many instances. 'fl i t petitioners enumerated several cases of evannittal where the prisoners were confined sigh:, rake, am! tit months try:vitals to the A:ssizes. They hoped, then , fore, that the Same r..rrarti would be trait! (a. the ad's. of j u st in Nora 'wit, nhich remedy - fur a siroil.r evll exis!i.:* in the four uort!mr.. comities, and th • t they uoriltl be t: r.,,a rt i ment of the same right whirls the whole kingtleur 1%4 is possession uf. The lion. Member 'mi.,. elms knew our of the petitioners, and he was rout Owed that their prover was entitle:l to the respectful attention of .the House. • %nor.- rotten:r.ii in the necessity of in. proving the stet, of the a.!illitiisira;:au et justice;' Norwich, and as tics adilit;•.tial ratt,e f..r a chaf e , stated that the pikoners in th. Norwich pol bad iiees atih;ert-il to many !zrievanecs. Mr. It. CounoteNtt stated, that the Ornate el! the petition eviihl hr remedied by extei iii the jurisdiction of ;he loval anthotities, or lo iF naming the prisoners to the nullity gaol to he trill et the Spring Assizes. This the authorities were roper. erect to do. Sir J. i.tt.ottvrtittit did not think the lint rent* proposed by his llonotirable friend, by any means IS via .61.• ; and, as to the next, lie ohjerted to it us nu ground of expeir.r to the public, awl harshness to the prisoners. It was nrich inure practicable for tlw Jet* to ride over from Thetford to ,\ orwich, after they littialied the Spring Assizes in the fornier place. The petition was laid un the table. THE Hllifil•AND sora:Ty AND OSSIIAN3 .I..itachiNTOlPM said, lie held in his hot a petition (ruin Mr. I ttiln t awpbell, I native of Snot land, complaining of tio• condi:let of the highland No• ciety in London. This gentleman, animated he a lend able seal for the honour of his native nunitrt, wade le. vergl expensive journeys to the I liglalands of Scotian.% with a view to illustrate the topography of the scenes of OssialCs Pornes--and especially that of the Poeut calved Fingal. lie was actuated..no doubt, by a sitailar spirit to that which had driven so 'natty to Trout, to awer fain the scenes of the Homeric fortes. This gen& man witilertook these journe to the Ilighlandsof Noll. land, and to Ulster in Ire land, tinder the iturressim that if he succeeded in ascertaining the existetwe of the scenes, describes' by the Poet, that there could be at longer any doubt w% to the authenticity of the Pons This position of the learned antiquarian, however, at peered to bins (Sir .1. M.) failatioun—atiol, in proof id his assertion, he stated, that use had in his possessive a copy of an edition of Don tjnixii;e, with a map. 'nisi*. ally ordered to he Made out by the Court of 3ladrid, of the journeys of the distinguished Knight through Spain The petitioner stated, that the Society, forgetful of tie noble objects for which they were iliturporatril—axi insensible to the deserts, 41 hid' they should hayeliess forward to patronize, bail refused hint compensation he the losses which he sustained in leis patriotic ester prise. Ile (Sir J.) however feared that the Haut ow neither inclined to nsnrp inch an extent of literary jr risdictionnor so much disposed to promote theca* vation of Celtic literature, as to extend to the pcitioner the relief which he prayed fur. The petition was ordered to iw printed. COPY-RIGHT ANI) SLAVES.—Sir J. Nulls• rose' said, that the circumstances of the Session duced bum to post, one to nest 'essitin, in the envoi the House nut adjeuehing, the intro.litHto; of use very important subjects before the llow.e. The iris was a Bill relating to the law respiring-topics of Printed Works to be given to the Cltiversitise. And the welt was an Address to the Throne, triahr to the Manumission of Shoves in all ports of his lb' " jest)'s donsintons, where such an unfortunate oysill existed. WATER COMPAN I ES.—M r. lon ermvx presented a petition from tlie inhabitants of St. fleore'hired , heseechiryg the House to-take into c o usidetatiootlir past and present stale of the supply of !leftist tLr ' metropolis. The lion. Meisibm- stated at more the circumstances which, in his opinioo, should iadiia the Honse to take the earliest opportunity of erre' hag a Committee of Inquiry in pursuance of the Par t of the petition. • The Loan Maxon defended the Water Caspian+ , and stated, that the grievances which it was se mod the practice to eowiplaie of, as arising last of a mote poly of the Water Cmiipenies, either dill not exlst+. 4l were made the subject of great exaggeration. ORAN fllAhl ELECTION PETITION CO* MI rrEE..--.Colonel W4l DR oocar, the Unarm's' ado Committer, appeen...l at the Bar with a report "M I the Committee, stat;ng that Ale pr per officer House haring bees di..ieted to serve Sir Wilitain Met sea, Mr. James Manures, Mr. Hugh 31anorro. A. Mattlieri, with a . rrinoion4, for theirett.o.:serti A witnesses before the Coruniittiw, had used all 'Wig Csoiasil i t s ee p e p 7be red i t ili triet he li y t: e in ae g tbr a i 7 . t e h e ; ff :in it t i ter i e r h i . e du o a ra ls e a r bote t‘g aa . 1 17 A swayer sties tusklike* with respect to the patty of a little further hoptiry, "111.11. E , i ' _,J 1 1 I