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►MPSRIIIZ PARI,EIMENT. nor or tottrol—T ur SD AT, t 9. . "Fir S..tatuel Ruudßy and Mr. liargreee,teefore a Committee or Priviieirtswere be,,d ou the part of the Pentium claulda . the Baubary Preraze, whea it w.is ur,reed that the om. i a tf Ow Judges aimed be taken upou the wihaisailißity of t. e etitleaze promised to be adduced, mid the furtl er pruce.d is_+were pustpanc. l tdl net Thursday. ::,rest privute ihils were reed • *frond, and others a third t...ur. The Irish Ulebe• House Bill, and the Orders i. Count Vdrediouse Bill, were real a second time. libANltti DIVORCE BILL, The Loan CRANCELI.OII rose tar the purpose of stating those reasons 10 the House which induced Lim to propose that. their Lordships should reject this Bill. Evidence had been given at the lair of that House, to which it wiss necessary for hint to advert, in order that it might be pa:.iriely known up hut groauds he made the present motion. dcuist could possibly reinuin of adultery having been committed by Mrs. Bland. r But it was ins I:utabelit upon him, before he came to another part of the evidence, which indured him to think that this Bill ought to be rejected, to make a few observations upon the allegation which hail been anode at the bar fer the purpose of preveuting tins divorce taking place ; and lie should wake these l'ltuerratiens in justice to the chars:ter of Mr. Bland. It appeared in evidence, that Mr. Bland seas married to Mrs. Mead in the year 1741.1, and at that . time he expressed his purpose of esigeging is the profession of the law. In the following yeur it would be fauna that Mr. Bland had come orer tram behind, and• was in Loudon attentliug his terms in the Temple; and in the same year he was contii.cji withilithe Kin's Bench Prison. About ths same time, Mrs. Bland was delivered of a child ; and it had been a painful discharge of his duty, and of that of the House, to viand attend to the evidence intended to support the allegation *already alluded to respeeting the state - of this child and its mother. It was stated that the child was infected with a certain disease at the time of its hire], and that this infection had been coinnsuni gated by the mother ; and it was further in tentled to shew, by implication, that the mo ther must have derived her contamination from the father. ,This disease destroyed the child's health, and soon niter brought on its premature death. However disagreeable it alight be to him to hose limuld this statement at the nine, and now to recaintoluste it. slill, So justice to the character of Mr. Blom], as to this part of the evidence, he aunt Say s that the allegation had not been mule oat by air degree of probable proof. The testi of asveral medical mess had been adduced, but it did not support the position. that dais dis ease must have originated in Mr. Bland. Doctor Erskine's evidence went to shew, that he had been to the habit of attending upon Mrs. Bland and her child at that time, sad no attempt had been made to impeach the Veracity of this professioual Nal". no hi • .nleinn oath, declared, that it was im possible for 'lrv. Plaucl to haw, had this, disease, and he pest have known it, and he saw certain she was thi .i free Erma all contagion of this sort. Another medical man, oldie name of 'fhomita, had been eastii awl, and such was his regard to a con acieutious declaration of his opinion, that he had expressed great doubt upon Isis competency to speak deciiled I y,but bis evidence, as far as it amount ad to any thing positive, went to corroborate the opinion of Dcetor Erskine. There could have been no difsculty fur Mrs. Bland, supporting th i s allega tion, to have proved it, if she had at that trine been ,infected with this disease. She must have had coins Imola-al man, to whom she would disclose the . stature of her complaint. and a person of the mune of Cropley lied been mentioned ; but when Mi. man had been 'found, and came to their Lorclships'l liar, his cvialcnce ngreed with that which Doctor Erskine had before stated. it appeared that the wnrse of the child was afflicted with disease at the time, and that, together with the rest of the testi- Stony, co-itradicted the allegation, that the infec tion which pi:mit:cc:4 the lad of the child's health, and afters/Wads of its egistencr, was comanuisicated in the way described. These were the obilervauons which he thought proper to make in justice to Mr. Bland's ehareeter. In the year 17oti, Mr. Bleed left this couutry, and was abroad front that period, till ahem the year MO, and the proof of Mrs. Thantri Inivlng had children, during his absence, was completely satisfactory to shewi that she had committed adultery. Upon hisreturn en action h a d loon brought' against the seducer, a verdict of 3001. damages was obtained, and emeution of the judgment founded upon this verdict was duly levied. His Lordship mentioned this for the pur pose of 'hewing, that, in his opinion, there was no meson to suspect there had becn, in this trans. action, any -coitus:no bet Ween the parties. which *ow sometimes the ease, with the intent of ground- - in;, future proceedings in a Bill of Divorce. After having made these o b servations, be thought pro per to inention that part of Mr. Bland's conduct which ought to induce that House to reject the present Bill. It was an act of favour on the part of their Lordshiln, to grant divorces when they slight beconvineest of their propriety, and as there WSW no law to direct, it would be always in their d'oreretion not to interfere, when the conduct of either party applying warranted such n determi nation. The evidence of Mr. Bland's having, during his confinement in the King's Bench pri son, committed acts of ad:literyy with a %so num whose name was Mitchell, did not en title his application to that relief, which might properly he granted in other cases. This wenn:in. walled could not be found to give her testimony before that House, but there was a cii:rgyinen, who had also been confined for debt, is the same prisms with Mr. Bland, arid this gen tlemen hail delivered his evidence. He could not prove any instinct act of adultery, bad he had sworn that he had seen Mr. Bland and this woman living is an open and habitual state of adultery, and that be lived with her ur hi 4 calling her by the title of Mrs. 11131141. His Lordsliiii trusted, twist the House would :r free with him, that it was extremely incumbent that those who apply for redress, should (to use the expression coMmonly styrJe in the Courts frelmel come before them riih dean howl.. But while Mr. Bland emlentelieed to release itimself :from his marriage, by proving his. wife's adultery, he himself was guilty of the same kitli of coadact, by living its yen prostitution aritlt miother Winlt3ll. Olt theoegroulitts be moved e rejectioil of mi.:. Bill Tne Logo CIIA KC:A.I4IIN 1120tiOn was agreed to un The C mot turd S iips Drgistcr Dill twata•Al through a Corn tn. t, at, tiatl 1% 39 rr puo tett. The t t erotsirctutiotz of flat. Court of Stsrian Stock Bill was postponed WI Tut 64.1. After moult routitta . busisets, the iluase adjotinettl. I II • 'HOUSE OF C0313107f3. A person from liar Caistmo-tiAnte piratnted an account of the uusiber of Ilrittah and Fureiza shim with the amount of their tonnage, tirat had enter, d port of London slue,. the Goth of Der—Mier, 1,302, Mitifli au read, and ordered to be I lld on tht.. • _ _ . A raeurg: wa; Imus.tlit up Poo' the Lords, to inf4rtn the ...use that their Loldship. had asreed to several loclotaue Bills. Mr. 11. Coorro brought up au - account of the quantity of acres taken at Copenhagen, which was read, not ordsied to lieoathe tat Mr. DA sales titroOlf brought sQ the Report of the Com mittee on the Scitch Clergy liiii,rillich was read, and the ':sacral amendment. were agreed to. The report of the Cuminitt:e ou Mr. Palmer's Per Cott age Lill was brought up, read, and 'cereal of this muta tions agreed to without untenduicnts Mr. DANK fa moved, on note of the resolutions, " That the words • grsocil by the rote of the Millie of Cutumons; should he lift Led, and the follow *nig be inserted to .their place, • according to the original ugreetneut with the Lords of the Tic teary.' " Sir TtIOSI Ali Ti.nrow enrolled the amendment, and the plkry was cleared for a ; during our exclusion, Mr. WettaaeAo 'mid Mr. spoke at some length, sad this matter was aceoluodatenl, which pretested any dtrisiun takieg place. Mr. JEN nIMPON presented papers, pursuant to the orders of the House, the title of which we were unable to collect. Mr. Fang brought up the Report of the Cusnmittee on Mr. Paltrier's Bill, which was ordered to be printed. Sir Taunt AS T 1: &TON l tee noire he would, on Monday, submit to the House the amount or the su.to to be granted to Mr. Palmer, rt,ostiptence uf the said Report. Mr. Lox(' tr.-ought uP the Report of the Commissioners for the improvement of the accent° lVestmitister Hall, tad the Houma of Parliidret.t. lie ►tated he should, us Mon day nowt. propunc to the Hrterc hi-Committee, the past of as. for dinchai,toig the expenses incurred by thaw alterations and improvements. The Report was ordered to lie as the Table, sad ts bo printed: Mr. FoeTTA brought up a BM fur the better regulating nod amen :At the granting of picunits ea excisable goods. Read a first, and ordered to be read a second time on 'Monday next. . . Mr. Rose brought in a fie the encouragement of the British Fisheries R. au • first, and ordered to he read a seemed time to int me,. Mr. Rowers' also beentglit in • Rill for amending two Arts fur the calirctioa of Duties on Malt, which was read a first, and ordered to be rend a second time to.morrow. Mr. WV.TICILII LivUZilt ton Rill fir re g ulating the Oyster Fishery. To be read alert/oil time un Monday. Mr. Nunn ISPON brought in • Bill for euabling Commis siouers for the AndA of Public and Barrack Accounts, to re ceive paehmies Nfili luetuaurce, ueeessar, foe the completion of their once, free of postage. To be read a second time tomonow. Mr. Brartroten, on aerouat of the absence of an Hon. Member, ho stead, presented the Petition of the Freehold ers and Gentlemen of the county of ‘Vaterford, expressive of timer wishes for the union and cu-operation of all His Majesty's subjects, of every religious persuasion, against the common enemy, and praying the Catholics of Ireland might he arlio.tted tote the bbseings and benefits of the Constitu tioo. The Potitiou had mot rotor into his bands until this day, thonti it WM evident it had been intended to have ar eked at &much earlier period.o-Ordcred to lie on the table. PILOTS' BILL. Mr. Jeeettesoff presented a Petition from the Pilots of Deal, Dover, and the late of Thane!, pray ing the Bill now before Parliament for iucreasitig their number should not pass into a law.—Order ed to lie on the talde natil the Report of the said Bill be taken into further consideration, which was then fixed by Mr. Ross for Almighty next. CARNATIC avEITION. Mr. StISHIDAN hoped the Hun. Baronet (Sir T. Turtou) would defer his motinn, respecting the Curnatic, until Friday, as au Hon. Friend of his (Doctor Lawrence) who wan out of town, was anxious to have au opportunity of expressing his sentiments on that suipect, and would positively be in town on that slay or that purpose. In this Sir THOMAS TufereN acquiesced, and the notice was altered accordingly. VACCINE INOCULATION. Mr. Resr. stated, that from - the representations which lied of late been made to bins on the subject of Vaccine Inoculation, he conceived it would be prudent the Legislature should make some dif ferent arrangements, than at present existed, rela tive to that moot important improvement in medi cal knowledge and practise. Several complaints had beeu made respecting its failure, and in a small town. rear his residence in Hampshire, great part of which had been inoculated by two professional men, no less than seventeen persons in the town, and eleven iu it. vicinity, fell victims afterward to the small-pox. This hail alarmed himself as well as the neighbourhood, and induced -him to think I the invention futile, and incapable of effecting its purpose; but it had since been found to be the effect of ins prOper vaecinatiou. Some means should therefore lie adopted to give the invention a fair trial, and he had great hopes it would seemed, were it properly applied. The Jennerian Society, he regretted. was too poor to conduct the plan he wished to propose, and the subscriptions to it of late had much fallen off. Yet the business called fir immediate arraegenient; as in various instances it was found the matter or pru applied was lueffi caeinsis or even aparious. Care might prevent a similar failure again ; and the opinion of the Col lege of Phytieimis had been, that in general vac cination had succeeded, though in a few instances it had been found not to take eta:et in preyenting the stnall-pox, and had stated these failures at the rate of one in three hundred. This was sufficient to give cricotiraiveinent to the country, and he hoped it would be the oßinion of Parliament it should agree in passing the following Resolution That it appears to the House, %stag duly considered the Reroll tithe Royal Colleges of Physicians mid Surgeons of London, of the toile April, noy, viz. the amend upi ohms of the said Colleges in Dahlia and Eilialisegh, that au inatitationshoold be set on foot, for the peewee! of trying the nitrite of the invention ufleorioatioa, at the head of which certain Urnihers of the Colleges of Surgeons and Physe-istie preside, to prevent the use of improper infections, and the Lilures which had hitherto orcurred in the an of that preventive to the teseilde effects of the enistl-pos-" He stated. that the sum necessary for the comple tion of this purpose, would probably not •ItiOutit to above UMW. or 3,0001. Mr. D. (mote saes not iiieliteeti to oppose the Ersolution, but thought it would he ter to !cave the ineeptien to take its emu course iii the public opinion. aka to thiakiug of exterminating t' e s . atl..i x, I yea:Ntt:mit means, Le carXeired it an low uod u.iwortiy of being ' entertained by Parliament for atrionte.it. Mr. Fioi. .ua supported the Resolution. tie knew the beneficial effects of the adoption of eaccination,„under proper and profersi onal ability, at Calcutta, and in other parts of the East Indies, for w!iii.h Dr. Jenner Lad been re-- 1 inunerated by a grant of 4,0001. lie thought it might fairly owl easily be tried on the children io the poor-ii,:ases of cash parish. Sir T. TuttroN thought the interference efac veriiinsiit inspropre ; us it would uo douLt appear to the fz-elings of Enlist:in - en as an attempt to force them into us adoption of the system. There were already two other Societiea, Whose success hail liven miliaria, fur its encouragement ; and hence he recommended the subject to the calve musider ation of a Committee of the licoui-e. Lord 11. ll'iirrrY tlion4lit it would he proper to separate from the institution all idea of compulsive experiment. bat admitted it w.s, desirahle to pro- vide a proper channel of information upon this im portant subject. lie despaired, from the nature and variation of the lu►taan constitutio►►, of any thing like a preventive for any disorder, but thought it for the general good this ►nvention should be placed on Is fair footing of trial and proof. He thought the institutive► of a society by Govermnent would be better thaw one founded by those who must he parties in the failure or success of the measure, and therefore should support the reso lution. Sir F. Utsitorrr wished the House to pause a me meat before they agreed to the resolution. It ap peared we Were in danger of attempting to prop a falling experiment. At tint, vaccivation was stated to be so very easy a process, that any Clergyman or even old woman in the parish might inoculate the whole body of inhabitants, without danger or fail ure of effect. The uniform success attending vac cination in India was rather an luwins:nit against our trying it here, whdc it hid so often failed ; the climate, the comparative skill, or thi want of philo sophic inve44atioa in this country, might all ope rate against its introduction. To talk of a spurious infection was idle ; it was either a preventive or not : it was a criterion, or no criterion, of preven tion. The evidence of the Colleges was at best defective; and be hoped the house would not, by voting for the present resolution, subject itoelf to the invidious imputatlitn, of unnecessarily taking on them a responsibility, which should have fol lowed, net preceded, tho sentiment of the public. Mr. Wmaxavoace thought there were su ffi cient proofs of the efficacy of the Vaccine Inoculation to authorise parliamentary interference for aecuting a fair trial to this important project of national sanity, and the prevention of treqwent deaths by the old systems. Mr. ROIL explained, and read therecommenda tion of the College of Physicians in favour of the Vaccine looculabon. Mr. Secretary CAKIIING thought vaccination entitled to the fairest trial, as holding out i reat national as d' hram but professed loomenimi cal to the princi ti X e Of compulsion for its adoption. Mr. WILIIIMIOACC and Sir F. BURDETT ex plained. A division then took place upon Mr. Rose's rcao lotion, what there appeared— Ver it Is Agaiiat it linjwity is favour of the Itesolsitoe u I 'pen our re-admission into t h e gallery, we found Mr. Peen ai.t. speaking upon the subject of IRIBM TYTHES. The Honourable Member said, since he gave no tice of his intention of submitting to the llouse u motion respecting the collection of tythes in Ire land, be had had an opportunity of learning, from the Right Honourable the Chancellor of the Ex chequer, that this subject had been for some time under the consideration of His Majesty's Ministers; and that it still was so, with a view of brin te ng for ward some measure for remedying the evils coin plained of, if it should appear to them that any measure could be devised for this purpose. 1 cuter these circumstances, he concei►ed he should best consult the interests of those who devised an alter ation in the present system of tythes, if be post poned his instion. for the present. Ile 'ionic', therefore, do so ; desiring it, howerar. to he rho , tinctly understood by the House. that if His Ma ja,ty's Ministers did not bring forward some nee ' sure early in the next Session, he would then sub mit to the House the same motion which he pro poses! to submit to it on Monday hest. Mr. M. l'itzistaaxti disapproved of the lion.- Gentleman motion ; and gave Jus tice, that. on Thursday next, he should move for dm appointment of u Committee to inquire into the state of the tythes in the County of Kerry. ILLEGAL EXACTION OF DUTIES. Sir JOHN NEWPORT rose to make a nichion rela tive to the-petition he had formerly presented on the part of Messrs. Simmons and ('n. of Cork, as to an udproper exaction, upon souse goods sent by them to Liverpool, in order to be shipped for the Brazils. He observed, that if it should turn out that a misconception of the law had taken place, it would be proper for the House to enact some regulation to prevent its occurring in future, and to explain the articles of the Union betwixt Ireland and this country. It was evident, that whatever duty goods were subject to in either country, it was to be drawn buck, when these goods were to be exported to a foreign country. The duty of 4 per cent had been first paid upon the woollen stuffs awl other, goods, belonging to Messrs. Simmons and Co. at Cork, but upon their arrival at Liverpool, they were charged with the additional duty of £4O British, although the real value of the whole only amounted to &ion Irish currency. This enormous duty would, if legal, amount to an entire prohibition instead of au encouragement for exportation, as it would be impossible to eater into competition with others. It was therefore his intentiou to move. ‘6 That the !memorial of Messrs. Simmons and Co. to the Commissioners of the Customs, should be referred to a select Committee above stairs, with► instrne tiou, that they should report their opinion thereon to the House, in order to give rise to some measure of the House, to make the law known to the proper Officers." Mr. hose stated, that he had no doubt the Hon. Baronet was perfectly correct as to the real facts of th 2 f!tte, as to the gools in quitt:oa. appeurtd, that ulata the goods orriving ot nt order to be exported to the liretnis, ti:c 4.. , b:1.et0r of the CusteStus bad only cotaxited the Article of the Uniou, ;a %%Inch no terms n';:r schedule as to draw-backs appeared, ott.l ka.l consettuently thought that the htg any drau..utel: was not re.;ular. That C.:der:or, however, referred the !natter to the Cottc.n;Attioners of the Cu s t oms . whit . eotatiltwi the Law ()Meer', and they, themselves to the bi rict letter .1 the Articles of the Uuiaa, gate their opinion that the ditties must be clucked. He had not hitoß•lf shit .. . . . dow of doubt that it wee evinpetent to the Commissioners of the Customs, upon a repre sentation beil:g made to them, to Lava ordered the money paid to be restored to the Memorialists. Ile had tort Bret t h at neither that norony'applicati on was made to the Lords of the - freasury. before the Hiatt Hun. Baronet had thought of bringing the Matter before the House of Commons. to the preatllit imtanre, he had not the slightest doubt what would hate been she result of . such applica tions, as it was clearly the meaning sod' spirit ex pressed in the articles of Union, that good s s h ou ld be exported from either country upon similar terms. On these grounds he saw no necessity for the up-, pointtnent of a Committee to iiireetigate a eons plaint that might be otherwise redressed. Sir JOHN NUWPOILT added, that he should wish to adopt that mode which was Lest calculated to sifted effectual see.urity against the recurrence of similar grievance* ; hut he begged to reeal to the recollection of the Right Honourable Gentleman, that the Memorialists in question had sustaiued the addition*, loos of a market for their commodities. He could not help thinking that the resale he had adopted would be the moat likely not only for giv ing effectual redrew to them, but of pre►enting others front being so aggrieved in future. lie thought there ought to be a declaratory law upon the subject. Upon the question-being put from the Chair, The CHANCELLOR of the EXCEIZQUEA observed, that the Memoriali►ts should bare first taken the opinion of the Attorney and SoliLiter-General, be fore bringing the facts before the Haute. and de siring a declaratory law upon the subject. Mr. Poesoxey said, he could not think the Right Honourable Baronet was wrong in beiltr ing this matter before the House, but, en the eon teary, he highly approved of the mode he had adopted. It the opinion of the Attorney and Solicitor.Geuertil were to be •taken, and to prove that the construction put upon the ar ticles of the Union by the Commissioners had been entirely erroneous, and the Itight Hon. Gentlemen opposite would take the trouble of making the real end proper construction known throughout all, the out-ports, to 'prevent the re currence of a similar circumstance in future, he believed the Right Hon. Baronet would, upon suck a pledge being made, withdraw the motion be had proposed. It was right, however, in the first in stance, to bring this mater immediately bef..re the Howse, as it otherwise might hue been a consi. derable time before the tree construction of tliar tide of the Union could have ben effectually made known, to prevent a like interpretation being lifter wards put upon them in all the out-pOrts.• The Right llon. Baronet Only called fur the opinion of a Committee in order to 'know what measores might be proper to be applied-. Their decision might, perhaps, recommend a declarat•irr law upon the subject ; but, fur his own pert, lie confessed he should rather prefer any thing than a law to con strue the articles of the Union between Great Bri tain and Irelaild ; because, if once Parliament began to tamper with the construction of those articles, there would be no and to it. He trusted, that whatever mode should lie adopted, some ade quate indemnification should be made by the Trea sury to the persons who had suffered. Lned HENRY Parry expressed his approbation of the mode adopted by his Right Hon. •• Frieud in bringing this matter before the House. Tine Petitioners, undoubtedly, were lei, fro suppose that the construction put upon the act by the Board of Commimioners, with the assistance of tl:e Law Officers, was the legal construction that would be put upon it by the Government of the cvuntq,— ro whom then were they to look for protection against an infraction of any of the articles of the Union, but to the Haase of Commons? The Board of Customs oto;ht to be provided with Law Officers capable of giving an opinion as to the true construction of Acts of l'arlinineut. The more the circumstances of this CaSe were rnaile known to the public, so much the better, as the erroneous construction put upon these acts by the Board of Customs, might produce misconeseption in Ireland, where many persons were embarking their property, relying upon the potter and most nous construction of the articles of Union, whieli were undoubtedly intended to give security to all persous engaged in trade. Sir Geonne lIILL entered into nn explanation of whet be deemed had given rise to the miscea ccption on the part of the Collector of the Cu.- toms. He ahoold have thought that the wise.r. measure would have been to h ave - appealed to the Board of Treasury, before bringing it into tf: • House of Commons ; for if no redress bad hci given, he should certainly have felt it his duty. an Irishmen, to concur with the Right N 0 . ,. Baronet in any male* he might choose to propone. , Mr.Gearran observed, that as he underenco•l his Right Honourable Frieud did not mean to persist in his motion, it was usneressary to transgress further upon the patience of the Hous• - • He should only observe, that after redress was gi to the Memerialista, there should be an instruction hereafter sent to the officers of customs in ti various ports, that they might know the real con struction to be put on the act. Sir Jona Neweofer still thought himself just' - Red in thus bringing the matter forward, as it v.v4 the most satisfactory way of explaining, by sc• discussions, the act of Union, which could nit otherwise be made matter of snch genci•al note riety. He observed, that it was not a decision I the Collector of Liverpool that was complaim4 l but a decision of the Board of Custom, in firs country, a circumstance which made the complai•it of much more serious moment. As however le bad no doubt, from what had been stated, that tl.c Memorialists would get ample redress, by the totl