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ft.* Lt ud act DM to ed, I it icl nil • :' ' ' I•C , Dv z;Ve.l f) I that ~ ow a, Liaaa ' 5,0001. to Mr. Harrison, inventor of the time-piece, by a separate Act. 3;604A. to Mr. Philippa, for lits powder for destroying insects, which was on a repo rite Bill, and lost in the Lords; three rears after which, he received, by a separate Act from the Commons, 10001. which wuagam lost in thet.orde. Thus, in five iustances, three had been ;ranted one way, and two another, though all had been given on separate tails, in priacipio. Of the numerous grants even for public buitdioge anti public services, the same world appear to be the leading principle. For buildiog Westinineter-bridge. in 1742, 30,0001. in a separate vote, and not in the general Appro priation Act ; in the seine way, two grants, °lie in 1743. of 50001. of an additional 50001. and Until. all at various times, and not in the Appropriation Act. To the Commissioners also to widen Cock spur-street, nod the approach to Westminster bridge, 25001. in all of which, for some not very dis tinct or perhaps direct reason, the House had used its discretion solely as to the mode to be adopted. A.zata in 17116, 10,0001. in wideu the streets near estaninster-brid4e. In 1758, 10,0001. to fortify 7'4..6m1-haven, which were tacked tothe Appropria tion Act. In 173 d, 10,0001. fur the same purpose, sod not in die Aopropriatiou Act, though the touter laid been. Thus, even in is for pit dm pur poses, it would appear the /louse had berm solely guided by itediocretion. lu ordnance greats, in 1'39, similar discretionary :rad been earned. 3.1 L7ti.l. 50001. for aiiviie; .aster, not in Ap paeseetinn net ; likewise in 1767, smother supply. 1- ram, therefore. prlaate and public grant+, it wraith' inewer the House had a perfect option to do what it pleased. In the Manama of Capt. Roche, a century an, the improvement of the harbour of lt. e, Doctor Smyth's reinaneration, in 1771. he raved that eveii where no vondition was enjoined, Parbsineat exerted itailiseretionary power in what ev fray it thought proper. There were then, it would appear, but two ways of granting left to the Coertnaos. either by a:parish- Bill, or by the means of tacking a grant to the general Appropriation Act fur the year. He then proceeded to anew in a hat instances they had chosen one or other, and concluded thy could not fairly introduce the pee s--at into the Appropriation Act. The present grant wen! i 3 stippootion of a just end legal agree meta between Mr. Pitt slid Mr; Palmer. of anica there existed tomai•lerable doubt, as had mannered lately from the decision of the Lords, who had been called on by that House to de- Bide also on his right to a grant of public money, :rid to annai this (Luse h Id given advice as to his merits. They ha-1 a riglit as well tea deperetionary 0..t906 on tie roissittive as retrospective gra..t, oat to sutler it. if they felt it objectionable, to pas-. would be an inermsistenscs sad dereliction of their duty. if refused noir by the House, the eouse (pirate would be, that no Appropriation Act <mold he passed this session, en evil of serious teedeiley. No eatrobated the idea of tacking an amendment to a Bill, which was different front the body of the Sill, merely to obviate objections, which it was ex p scted would exist. perhaps.. too fairly against the niesaure; to prove which doetioe he adduced some passages from Mr. 11444111's Work, p. 19,1, in which its co.iileinued this mode of compelling the lords to accede to the wishes of the Commons, us umeote atitutiouel. and toodine to irritate the two orders against each other: for as it was the inbuitied privilege of the Coatroom that the House of Lolds ehonlil mate no a.amsdateat to ti biU of supply, it was not to be' endured by the Upper House, that the CO713114011! sbonld take this mode of compelling them to ailtiot their sentiments and gratify their wishes. Xl'hy then clog the supplies with an utineeeseary and exceptionable clause, en which, on mother occasion. Parlianieat bad give:s a different opinion ? Ile elialleessid his antagonists to ',endue& en itistaire of era similar mode of con duct in Path: intent, er ton grants. one re trireme-five the other prospective, the one bad been intro laced in a separate act, the other on the Ap pmaaation Act. It appeared to hen a glaring in twasisterey. The mode he now ohouid recommend was that ie whic/i such grants had usually been given. and were conforia..lne to the principles and practices of both Houses. - Ile concluded with moving, •• That leave hue given to bring in a Bill, pursoant to the resonitam of the 14th June. rela tive to Mr. Palmer's ciaim for compensation." Msjor l'atnr.a, in a very impressive manner, re lated to the Haase the nature of the emnimunica thins he hail had with the Chancellor of the Exch.- Tier, relative to bringing his father's case before the cousidesatian- of Parliament. At those inter views be euileaeoured to impress on that Gentle nean's uncut the certainty he had of sticcrea, from the justice of his father's cause. That justice the H, ~e felt on the former di s c uss i oasou the subject ; still it was kis misfortune to find that every discos • tboagh terminating in his favour, only served to remove him further from the accomplishment of • his object. It ceased now to be the cause of Mr. Palmer, and the House were called upon to consi der it as its own. Fie preferred to hare the Bill drop entirely, rather than be iiiihittcteil to the ex • pense and anxiety of watching it in its progrese, under the probability of its being rejected in the other House of Parliament. Had he the opportn nity of getting a fair discuesion•iii that branch of the Legislature, he bad no doubt of his being able to convince inert candid person of the justice of his father's claim. Mr. Kleiman, in an argumentative speech, exposed the impropriety of acet di.tg to the motion of the Right Hon. Gentleman ,the Chancellor of the Exchequer). It went .to change the whole current of Parliamentary usage.. and to adept a course of proceeding that immediately op.-fated to defeat the very oloect on which the House had. after such repeated discitisions, eltinietely de cided. And -for what reason ? lied any thing in Ole oecurred to change the merits of the al nee.io.i. or to induce the House to destroy its ow n I ireyiritia act, by sicresingt to the attar-.lionght of • the Cliince!vir of the Excheener There was tn.- thina g-f tae kind, tier had any °Mt: change of ch.- ciremi. stale es t :lieu place ; hit thin, from the • sliced aeriod of the Session, a great portion of the ,ileniners tai., had rated for Mr. Psi ner's claim, ani wino he!, they thought, set the sultC.‘et at rest. had depar.ed from town to their restiective country s- its. H 2. advert,' Ito the competes. ion swat' Pachauic it to the Deice ef .!r he still preserved his earriet that it VIM a nviet aLoornible y e carried into elevation in &Swim of a settled bar. Rain, and of an Act of Pa, foment p aw ed 40 y ears ago. There was this great difi r ereece is the present ease. that Mr. Palmer rested his claim upon its merits, whilst the Duke of Athol, it powerful Nobleman, was supported by all the iu dueller of the.existing Government, and had as sociatcs in the Ministers themselves. It reminded him or a story he once heard of a person, who lied undertakeii, with some associates, to eat a very greet quantity of peaches. %v hen he commenced, it was found that the associate, with whom he was joined, was a lean sow. Laughter). He inipternied upon the House the duty of Supporting its own consistency, together with its privileges. It had, after mature deliberation, given its opinion on this subject, and any appeal now was not hem Philip drank to Philip sober, but from the decision of a yen- full House to one comparatively thin. AIL HAWKINS Saowsa cousidered the question as one on which• great difference of opinion pre vailed, and therefore there might exist in the other (,ranch of the Legislature a very reasonable ground for disagreeing with the House of Ominous. It was trite that it was the privilege of that House to refuse supplies, but, like other privileges, it might be carried to an extreme. This was 41 qoestion of evidence, and perely.that Assembly was the moat competent to try it, which bad the power of Anhui nistering oaths. ...Sir Turmas TVIIITON WM convinced that Minis tem 'la.( set in motion every engine of power, to do. feat tier just and hentst . elaims of Mr. Palmer. The tiuuse was not <hen aided upon to discuss the merits of the q uestion, but it was called on to con sider the COilC• uct of the Ministers in setting them selves agai...t the declared seem of the House.— (Hear liter!) It was unconstitutional to observe the Minister, defeated alter various discessious, shi ft the course of proceeding, in order to contravene its its expressed resokttiou. lle was aware that he was then dating opinions not agreeable to the side of the Home, front which-be spoke ' • hut it was a melan choly reflection, that, with the majorities which Minister* eon command, the fair and just claims of 'a worthy mien were scouted by the weight of Govern ment influence . The truth wail, that the present ino tioti was made for no other pu rpese thau to strangle the measure. ( Hear ! deer ! He had not much Perlis 'wintery experience, but he had seen, since his abort perio i, enough to excite his disgust. This was a moment for the House to stand high in public opinion andwhat would the country think of such evasions, in order to defeat the claim of a perse cuted insts. borne down by the whole weight of influence and patronage ? a man, the justice of whose demand was admitted 'by that House, and was voted iu a solemn resolution, acknowledging that the mosey was owed to him : refuse this just demand to an honourable man, who does not ap peal for pensions, or come down to plead the un requited Denims of a father, or a relative, in order to obtain this reversion or that sinecure, and this Mfause will illustrate the prevalent observation, that it would be more safe for a poor man to take the Dote or bond of the veriest swindler in the country, which mi g ht hereafter become available, rather than to depend oe the declared and solemn word of a .kliaieter. ( Heir! hear!) The House was Wood by its own act to . pay Mr. Palmer his de mud, limier ud, and. all the careusestanem e he thought its dot; to lasylastirr. „„ said, that this was only th.t elairs of au lo.lirdual and ass not couneeted with the great interests of ehe state. He would contend, that it wus the claim of a meritorious individual, con.tected with the best interests of tbe country, and which interests were considerably improved la cousequence of the ingenuity of Mr. Palmer. He did not come to that •House with any statement founded on imaginary merits or Oil alleged and doubtful claims. He had produced considerable improvement... And had a right to look for the payineut of his contract out of the fund which, by such systoin, was so consi derably increased. He did not accuse the Chan cellor of the Exchequer of duplicity, but lie would insist, that he had exhibited a designing cou• eeitlinent on the subject. If the grant was wrong and the house were anxious to rectify its er , roe, why not do it in an open unreserved man ner/ Why not resciod the resolution, rather than ,endeavour to elude it by a mean, shabby. and evasive device' Ha had heard much of a false delicacy for the privileges of the Lords. Ile had a desire to treat them with respect, but at r the same time he we* determined to as-ert those of the people's representatives boldly and fearlessly. Even to waver on that point aas to en ' danger the cause of public liberty, and to destroy the essential rights of the British people. Bat what most that people think of a Minister who should thus violate the privileges of the Commons' House, for the purpose of affording to the House of /Ards an opprotuuity to throw out a money grant. Mr. Gaoatts Host spoke in favour of the mo tion, and arraigned the conduct of Mr. Palmer whilst holding a situatinu in the Post-office. Mr. Ft e LEA asserted, that whilst lie had a voice, the [louse should hold the dominion of the purse. He reprobated the pitiful expedient of rendering null and void the resolution of the House in favour °fall honoorable God meritorious Sir Fiancee, Brain?? took a perspicuous re view of the services of Mr. Palmer, detailed in the evidence adduced itefore the Committee. Ile believed there never was a projector »Ito had so fully . performed his promises to the state. It had received the greatest benefit, and the person übo contrived kwi's. on every principle of justice and honesty, entitled to national eetnuneritaan. •He strongly reprobated the strange doctrine of yield ing to the other branches of the Legislature on pe cumary measures, and assured the House, that for its own consistency it ought to reject the motion of the Chancellor of the Exchequer. Mr. BURTON supported the motion. because it left the investigation of this claim to the unfettered consideration of the House of Lords. Mr. Wittraasan, in an animated speech, ani madverted on the 'expedient resorted to by the Chancellor of the Exchequer. When he moved the third reading of the Who that House, he place.' himself in a situation by woich he either cheated the pnblic or Mr. Palmer. lle was happy to sec the Honourable and Leaned Gentlenian, who Inad been so long absent from the House, on account of indisposition. in his place, as he was sure it would give the name of Sir Vicery Gibbs as a sup porter of Mr. Palmer's claim, as he had the pre cedent of his predecessor, who supported it, and who acted without the same favourable occurrence of having the late Attorney-General to set him the example. Wire the Administration weak enough to suppose that the Appropriation Act would be thrown out in the lards on account of the grant to Mr. Palmer? or a ere they weak enough to allow them to do it ? But even if they did throw it out, it might be nein ered ; but the. honour of the House could never be restored, if Mr. Palmer's claim was not allowed. Many Gen tlemen, who had voted in favour of the claim, bad pee out of town, under the idea of the certainty that it had passed the House. The present propo sition, not to give it a worse name, was an entrap meat. Mr. CAHNIXO did not consider the merits of the claim of Mr. Palmer bad say thing to do with the present question, which wits, how the House of Commons could carry their vote of appropriation into execution, with the anise of Mr. Palmer at tached to it r The Lords would never pass it. They had on!' nllowe 1 the Lords the privilege of dis cussing one part of the claim, ani that they had disapproved of and thrown oat; would it nit be unfair is force the other part on them, without giving them the same privilege of discussion ?—it would he insulting their understnndings. The CMANCELLOI of the EXCHEQUER replied, and observed that he would not disguise, for he be lieved the House of Lords would reject the claim lit any way it was sent to them ; but the present measure was to send it to them in that way, that if they re'ected it. they should not L e obliged to re ject the whole supplies of the year. Sir THOMAS THREW( spoke in explanation. Mr. PERCAVAL explained, and the question was loudly called for, when the House divided, • , A)es Nees 63 Midneity for bringing la the Bill Strangers were not main aelniitted to the Ga:- lery, and the llou'e adjouraed at HALE - ran fOVIL o'cLoca this tuorsaiug. THE BRITISH PRESS. Fiat joutiti 'ni;iete WE. Mr. Gismo a Jematroma deprecated the in tvoductioo o; such 9aestions in that House, and cameti,d e d by declaring his concurrence in the mo tion of the 4 'hancellor at the Exchequer. Mr. i'taa%c r believe.' there never was exhibited by e..sy SlL•iner in this emineey such unworthy coniiiect as tos-had the practice et the Right Hon. Gentlemmi (the Chancellor of the Exchequer) on this occasion. When be said onwonlry, he alinded to the ce •ret, dark, 'mysterious, and designing manner in w &deb that re:Alit Honourable Gentleman attempted to lg• t rid at the measure altogether.— It was difficult to ameriiiin his reasons for this pro ceeding. ‘I as- it because he had been defeated and left in a minority on different previous deci sions There noes was in the country a asan nellor of t.ie Exchequer in the situation of the Right Hon. Gentleman, and the reeon was, that every preceding one had the saTacity to foresee, and the prudence to avoid, the possibility of being reduced to such a dilemma. The Right Ham Member proceeded to state innumerable prectsiaats, to prove that the Act of Appropriation was, of all others, the place in which the grant should be in. traduced. But, al:oee all, he grounded his olt.jec tires to the present attempt. on the uniform, ster ling, and sound usage of Parliament, in place of one or two *tray precedent). on which the Right Hon. the Lliancellar of the Exchequer kid lighted, in seder to warrant en unwarrantable act. Mr. BAXIIAS juoified the plan farmed by the Chancellor of ti.e Exchequer, and considered the best mode to protect theirown prnakictg, as! to le. spect the rights anti privileges of the other bniathes of the Legislatnie. Mr. PONSOnnT declared, that from the strange and singular doctrine he had that night heart!. if he did Lot see the Speaker in the Chair, he could not ruppose that he was addressing a British House of Commons. The Right Hon. the Chancellor of the Exchequer bad argued this subject as if it were a question of interpret& 1011, in place of being what it was. a question of fact. Hs had given the Royal recommendation to have the !petition of Mr. Palmer received. vet he has uniformly opposed it : and now that he fonnd his direct hostility not success ful. he his adopted an expedient to destroy the present resolution. and to make the Moore a party in undoing what it before did, and gulp vertinz its own vital and pa:asnount It was the first time that he had the fortune of hearing, in the Honse of Commons. the practice of tacking provisions to a motley bill designated as odious, and lien tt was the panne of in.my g r eat differences between the two brunches of the Legis— lature in former periods of our history. It may be so ; bat still lie would ever Seel that if the House of Common, had not been pretty peremptory with those other hose/ea. on money bills, some of the mos: vslunble rights of the people would have con. tinned a ascertained. The mower, now proposed Iva, n ot ehiectionable ea the ground that it was not the mast fit method of effecting the object of the resolution loosed by the Hausa. bet that it no- Jeubtcilly wei.t to defeat and to &Amy it. It was LONDON, FRIDAY. Jcigs ti. Foreign papers to the 16th, containing the Paris news to the 11th instant. have been receive-J. Since the seizure and deportation of the Royal Family, by BoasPaircrs. Mcßae has continued to exercise the functions of Government as Lieutenant-Gene rat of Spain. In that capacity he has issued a deCree summoning a meeting of the Notables. on the 13th instant, at Bayonne, " with fall power to fix the basis of the new Government of the kingdom. - -- The meeting is evidently called to sanction the new Constitutioa destined for Spain, according to the whiut and caprice of NAPOLEON. Thus some 114. ht hos been, at len g th, thrown upon the transactions performing, and about to be pei formed, in that de voted country ; and that light, as we ventured to predict, has co ne, not tuns Oviedo, from St. Andtro, Or froth Cadiz, but film the olgic lan. thorn of floe k• NOtletritt . 11 e litre see darkly and itnperfectly pourtrayisi, like the slia.lowy proce..sitni of iiiugs in Mact:ah, the new race of Soveleiges that is to may the renovatril Sceptre of Cnsat.es IV. Not, indeed, as yet de fined or clear to common eyes ; -but, nevertheless, sufficiently marked, to leave no doubt that the fa-.- mily of BoriAraare, so fertile in Kings. is to rot uish another Monarch. It ia on the head of Jo seri', according to all appearances, that the free and unconstrained election of the Spanish Notaide or deputation of the Cones, will fall. In order Way neither mistakes nor delays way anise, lion Aliltll allows them to deliberate under his own eye at 141- youne. Jotters* himself, transferred with great rapi dity over the Alps and the Apennines, to the Ascii of the Pyrenees, perhaps much against his own wisher, is apparently selected for this nominal throttle, a bids N•PJLEUN will, in reality, fill and occupy. Ma ple► may probably mato to form a separate king dom, aid may merge, like l'uscanr su.d the Papal donsitnous, in the kingdom of Italy. In order to facilitate this nietemin7plic.is, we see that he is pteporing to send the Port to Turin. Tie Holy Father will there beam secure, under tile pro tection of Duke AIDAI.I • IVILISoI., as CHAO-LIN IV. and his sous are at Fontaiableau and at Va lency. Whether the fate of TOCSSAINT may final• Is* await him will be matter of state policy, for the Corsican does not commit crimes from wantonness or enielty, like DOMITIAI4 or CO3I/10Drs. Ile acts coolly and systematically ; or if, on extraordinary ,occasion., as on that of putting to death a PRINCE: of the House of Docattos at midnight, he departs from his ordinary character, the greatness of the occasion corers the atrocity of the deed in his esti mation. We may, however, conaider even the spiritual functions, no less thau the temporal power of the Popes, as at an end, so soon as the person of Pius VII. isi transferred from Rome to Turin.— If any thing could any longer astonish or surprise Europe, it would be to see the head of the Ca tholic church, the successor of Sr. PETER, com mitted to the care of a French Apostate Gene ral, who renounced Christianity when at Cairo. The friends of Administration awrt, that very encouragiug accounts are expected to arnve from Spain ; and we own that we see nothing itnpic habit in such expectations. It is evident, that a strong dixpusitium to resist the et rovions sod most unprovoked usurpation of the Spaiii*li loliarchy exists, if not in the capital, where it has been sup. pre.w,:d L ".NlLitar, yet, certainly. iu various of the provinces. Unless we suppose the Spaniards to be sheep, instead of men, they must feel the indignity oSered to their nation, and to human nature, is their persona. The Romans, when they reduced Macedonia, Egypt, and Syria, into province r, could plead ostensible reasons 110 clwile acts ; bat: with BOW APARTE, it is sufficient that he wil!*; 3ti thcr treaties, nor alliances, nor submis*ion, can se. cure from his grasp. Yet, every page of the Mo4itestr involuntarily betrays his i•tability to quit Bayonne, and his anxiety to transport himself elsewhere. Foot weeks ago he was to be speedily at Tnulor. Now. he is soon to be at Nantes and at Brest. But, it may be hoped, that he will not very quickly ea hilirate the Banks of the Seine, the Rhine, or the Danube, with his Imperial presence. The mock assembly, which is convaked to inset on the 15th, at Bayonne, caa neither deceive nor nunose upon the meanest goatherd of the Sierra Morena. They meet under the use of the Corsican, bs,ond the limits of the very Monarchy whose fate they are to determine. Such a mockery is too gross (or Hot tentots, or for New Zea'andeis. It is the sword of Joacnim, and the troop . s of NAPOLEON, C:at Nat settle the new Constitution of Smith. The Brest fleet made au attempt, last week, to put to sea, but our fleet off L'shant being apprised of the most urea by .i g talv, came dashing down, cleared for action, and upon their appearance the enemy rezoirnesi to their anchorage. SUIACIIAIIII hi returned to Paris, to hasten the conclusion of a peace between Russia and the Porte, and the altitirs of Turkey arc represented as pro ceeding a o rreeably to the wishes of France. In consequence of tie an outrages committed in the barony of Lower Coma:lke ' in the county of Litner:ck, the Magistrates, rite. hare called a meet ing to adapt the accessary measuces for their *op pression. The Leeward blasd fleet, OS: otili • whir It were bound to Great Britain, he. are all known snared, except the grim, CIMINO frourtior- Lola. for Louden ; Nally, (tmnsportl, HALL, frobr Antigua, for Deptford • Llystes, rritraureco, from Demerara, for Dublin; and Good /meta, NSALE, from Antigua, for Btlfs.t. 11iineei. sail for Newfouudland and America, panel by per mission. Major Roca% belongng to the Earl of CZ A rEa's Sta ff , who signal i zed biaralt not only ley his military abilities, but by his conaliutiNg mar - Rem towards the Spaniards at Matite Yalso, h.s been selected by Government for au impi.rtai.t isdarion to Spain. It would be a great pit! that twos. one oho heretofoir had s chance la lousier Lotteries aboold fail to renew their chance in the present. which bey ins drawing on Tursday nest. it most be ad. milted that a Lottery comm.:AK-lax wan Six PsOtes of Twenty thousand Pomade is an advantage fro Owe ewer partook. of before. Homilies and Cr. hope to supply their friends wilh a proportion . Capital Pr.ses, ((pally as faroilmtaig as tberhatres dame in the course of the Inst tor•lvemorstlas,—. Tickets and Shares ere tin by Hennessy sod Co.. 26. Cott:1101; 5!, Clartarcrees; sod sat. Margares-kill, Fonotigis.