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IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OrCOMMONS—WiIoNcio•r, AIPRIL st 7 Lord Haste ADD prcA,lll,ll a Petition from the .DeMbie• confined in the gaol at Cork, in Ireland, preying ID ha re-, limy.i try an Act uflissoleeuey.—Orilere4 to the Table: Culmiel ST A %LPN' brOR/ist up his Bill for regulating the settle meet of Bastard Children, and Irish and Seetch Pour, which um read a first time ; and, es the k lioniMratile Mem ber wished to give all persons who were interested in the proposed nictitation an oppurtnuity to express their multi tuent• ou it ui a full Howie, at some &slant period, he moved tho second eroding should be Axed fur the Wilt of May aext.—Heureed. Mr Altlenuno Cowan obtained leave to ling is a Bill antead the Ise, already existing, relative to the Stealing • Chitstreo from their permits, whether by fume et strata gem. igg espresse.l it as hit opinion this crime should be Pw•tiltbed with greater rigour awl rendered, capital offence. Tue Card .tuvorate of Setertm%D moved, " That there be a Committer appointed to take into consideration the 47th Report of the Committee on Courts of Justice, and the appropriu lion of the public moat) therein, of the date of the 40th of Jnini, t 7fis " Lord H. Pi ITV retin.XlC4.l to know what was the inter lion of the Ito i 31eloher with ri-sprct to the Report ? The L,OlllB ADVOCATE ROO, lie wished to make, if poss.ble, simihu amine:mem , Gar proeotiii for superannuat ed Judges iu Scotland, as were at present minting in England sad 'relied. The Committee was then se:x.inted, and the Acts of the British and Irish Parliaumots alluded to, were referred to Its cuoui.terut ion. Tituil•trnit rime to move for leave to 'brine in a Dill for peovidiug fur the expose of the banal of grad bodies found mg the easet, is mmenmesce of shiprwrefts or other disinters from the public money in the county he repro. oersted, tier eapesse• were very sr verily felt, and the rail was 1,13.19 . A1 on all sea coasts, where the Pariah Officers were compelled to bury the deed with Hie same core soil expense as if they had been buried by their fricatis and relations.— Leave wee given to twin in the Bill. Mr. Hesititssoe brotielit in an account of the number of effective volunteers in the inherent corps of England, In the mouth oh July, in the years 1801, 111.11, 1/1113, 13.11, 13' , 1, 11100, teo7, cud on the ist of Jena:try, isms, which were or- tkred to bas primed. Sir Atoiacus Soaravi trio presented a petition from the Citruses mod freeholders of the torte 41 Drogheda, against tie amoitar. at td certain Acts fur the further improvement of the harbour of Drogheda. Ordered to fie on the table until the second reading of the Intl propusiag the annul ' meet of the said Acts Mr. Rose presented as Account of the number of Trade Licenses issued iu cousequ.nce of the Orders of Cuene:l, with the expenses atteudiug them ...Ordered to be printed. Meleosvllt moved, " That theiw be laid bearer the House the Penton, eif Join. Tunis Thompetin, Rot. and William Kent, un the subject of their peyineets elate the Treasury, up to the ettrufJuue, Mr. ions so, then presented them. Colonel %‘' Alt Olt. expressed his imentiem to more, lit 111 future time, certaos amendments to the proposed Merano of the Assea,. - d Taxes. He also wished to know, whether any rrsiiiis had teen removed from their official &autism', in ciiiis-iiittcre of the sth Report of Military Impory Thr of thy E.ll 111711U118 Aduilmeal hms, cone had nten 'scaled with severity, in timenciseere of that .. Itspo.t, h) Geyer went, red I. firmed him, re 'Wield he • happy he world al sy for his oteaded %whim. 111 r. Lo•ti obtained leave to broi,( in a rill, to regulate the. Audits of Stir Aceuusats ut the Pay Office. Colonel saiehte waned to koow did the Nob!. Sete,- tar) at War, wham he did nut see is I.is piece, namnd ee miner the second ermine; of hit Wit on Frolsy ? He was MS. km to prucere • fur da l . longer deloy on was important ar.l measure. Mr. PERCE V AI. said, so such promise could be made in the slue-re of his Lordship. Mr. %V 1 aid, it was of the greatest importance it should be ably dismissed, mid also wi544..1 it should be cat fined fur a few days IRISH TITHES. Mr. YARPILLI. moved " i . hat returns be made of all the Civil bills which had been tried iu Ireland, before the Assistant Barristers, renYet:th),, ,, tithes, du log the lust year, ending on the Ist of January, 1804." Sir A. Vl'ittii,cst.Ey said, he should have no 01)- jectson to theW production, though he saw no im mediate end it could Hower. Doctor PUIGENAN thought it impowilile, from their multiplicity, to make out a list of that mune:, and hence hoped the Honourable Member would withdraw his 'Motion. Mr./is/tow. wished for their production, for the very reason stated by the Learned Doctor, as the strongest objection against it. The great number of these Civil Bills would tend to discover the ne cessity of seine iinliortant change is the whole sys tem. Such a change might pronsibly take place next Seseiou, as he ass apprehensive these returns miSI t not be mode net before that time, at least the As sistant Barristers could give some aretiont of the number, which isa/ all be wanted in the preseat instance. After on explanation on the part of Doctor Duman the return* were ordered to be made out. IR= LIREN TRADE. Sir JONI, NIIIIPOST hoped he should receive a wtisfaetory Iltnioot to a question be felt it his duty to propose, at of the utmost importance to the trade of Ireland. It had been stated in the public prints, that an intention existed on the part of Government to supply the Irish market with the flax-seed imported into this country for the pur port of extracting from it oil ; and this supply was stated to be in contemplation of Government, lest the linen trade of Ireland should, through a scarcity of flax, feel too sensibly the eonseqnenves of the late measures of Governmeut. He, therefore, wished to know, whether this rumour, which had found its way into papers iivowedly friendly to Government, had any foundation in the intaution of His Majesty's Ministers Mr. Fosrva said, several merchants, speculating on the probable scarcity of flax-seed, had advised with him on the subject; and he had eucounsged • the wish they professed to entertain for supplyntf the Irish market with flax-teed. Samples had in consistence been sent over to Ireland : and the Irish linen-hoard had in consequence given direc tions to the Port Inspector to prohibit any seed be ing introduced into the country but such as was ' tit to be sown. So far he was apprised of the mat ter, bnt no further. In fact the only knowledge he had of the matter originating with the Govern ment, was 'erived 'solely from what had appeared, as the Honourable Baronet remarked. in the public papers. Colonel Suteito moved fur returns of the pre sent volunteer and militia force, with the number of officers and wen requisite to till up the regi ments to their original and com..iete force. Mr: Forrea moved the order of the day for going into a Committee ou the Irish Spirit Draw , back Bill. In Ilse Committee the several resolutions were read nod agreed to ; and, on the suggestion of Sir Joins Nsiviroer, the report was ordered to he laid Isilom toe House fur reception on this day six weeks. The reason he had requested the Right Hon. Gentleman to fir it for that day was 4 that he was apprelieusivi the Right plots. Centlesuan might have fixed the consideration of•the report and the enactment of the Bill for a period so very late in the Sessioir; that however imp ortatit the matter Mis r it might be discussed in very thin I sea, and perhaps might not be considered at all, owing to the absence of those most concerned in it. He contended, the article* of Union would by this Bill be gromly violated. It was to proloag a regus holm' which had taken place only in conseipieuce of the want of precisiou and itccurecy in the origi nal provisions of that Act, and could alone be jus tified by the momentary necessity of the cuse.—s. That necessity had since gone hy. amid he was sorry to find thereilid exist in that I 10u.i., ini this as well as other occasions, a disposition to overrule the terms of the Art of Union, whenever they were in the least advantageous to Ireland, and to enforce them rigorously whenever of advantage to England, eves thong!' that advantage should In: ibunded on the most evident false policy. If this disposition continue:!, with justice might the general feeling of disznst to that measure hourly increase, and the Act itself be considered hy all, as it was now by many, a national curse. The en INCEI.I.ORof the EXCHEQUER conceived whet had fallen from the Men. Baronet was in the utmost degree dangerous to the concord and bar mosey *lnch should subsist between the two no tions ; there hail been no proof exhibited by the flat. Baronet of his position ; nay. its challenged him to produce sue. The prcheut Bill was only the prolongation of hiv own measure alien iii office; and if the lune. Baronet should udeinee any other, he would pledge himself, without even knowing it, to prove the contrary disposition, in that seine M elanie, had been di.eovered. and Int.l actuated the conduct of the I.Tnited British Mohan:ca. Sir Joan N twPoitT said. lie had ii,se•ited to that nscasure solely as an error arising nut of the Uuient. He had been called on for additional proof. Au Act had, since the joinction of the tau t oinstries, passed, doing away the legal hitt rirmtation of the acts relating to distilleries, when filo legal Mier pretatiod was of the utmost advantage to the Irish auction. Many other advantages had been .acri fieed to the everwbelinilig influence of British po licy, supported by the minsernus Represeuta tires of both England and timatliuid, aguiuht the comparatively few who were even by claims of nationality hound to support the cause °f luting!. 1 , The Bill be had mentioned, for putting an eud to the adyautageous effect of the draw backs on Irith spirits, had been introduced late in the Session into the House, and had passed through thin Houses. If Ireland had any advaatages by the Union, it was bat fair she should keep them. If the Right Gentleman meant to impute to L.:et improper 1110 tires in a hat lie had said, lie should meander, that he lied been * supporter of the Union on public grounds, though no man lost more by the measure in his personal concerns. lie could say, putting hand on his heart, hr had been obliged to change his opinion relative to that measure. since he hail so repeatedly seen the interests ut that ua tinn sacrificed to British monopoly. The Ca t mcELLoa of the Excattatiaa called for proof.; of the ao.aertion, that in innumerable it:- stance:, Ireland's intereNta had been sacrificed. lie k..ew of none, and lamented that, from such a ne.pectable quarter, an opinion. !ft chinzrrons to be conveyed to the peopte of that countr), dionid go forth. Mr. FoaTE conceived Ireland had been fairly and liberally treated ; and it should be remembered he had disptayed more hostility to that measure than the lion. Baronet. AI least, he wished the Hon. Baronet would produce the Act he referred to, for his part he did not know of any such Act. Mr. M.Nardtvelt said, he caught not permit inch an assertion to go to Ireland without its coin litient. Hi' hill ant in the House since the Union, and he declared to God, be found the llonse always ditiposed to trait the affairs of Ireland with peculiar liberality and indulgence. Mr. Wti.searoacs said, the sentiment expressed by the Hon. Baronet had occasioned him more pain than be had ever yet felt on any similar occa sion. Is was fraught with danger to the empire, and was sulleiesit to create a rooted jealousy nod suspicion in the minds of Irishmen against those with whom, by every possible means, they should be united in bonds of affection and confidence. Sir Joint Nr.wroax thought it more judicious and lens injurious to the harmony of the two ramifies to make his complaint in that House than elsewhere. [lie then real the Act to which he alluded.l It hod been previously introdured, and rejected by the opposition of the late Sir John Parnell, the steady nod tried friend of Ireland. 4t fivall• auceerded, by being introduced derides titiely into Parliament, at the close of a session. This was 1100.1 after the l'nion, anti led the coun try to be i lieve that they had little indeed to hope from a British Parliament, when this selfish spirit so soon broke nut. He felt it his duty. in an as oafishly which bad the power of redress. to male this statement convinced the iutererts of the country had been injured, Do power on earth should deter him from doing his duty. Mr. FOPTIBIL contended, the Act had served ra ther as a bounty towards Ireland; for when the spirits were exported to this country, the whole drawback was paid to the exporter; yet the Hon. Baronet had, in the last year, taken away by his Act one-half of the drawback, ■nd intimated a wish to withdraw the whole. Mr. PARNELL contended, the advantage given by the Aet of Union had been retracted in more in stances than one. His Right lion. Friend was justified in his stater:ten* and there were very few whe entertained a different opinion front that which be had stated with respect to the Union ; Mr. Musts Below NZ and Mr. Host supported the arguments of the Chancellor of tloe EXCIIINuer, and contended Ireland had received her joist pro,- portion of indulgence awl liberality from the British Parliament. Mr. LUILIE FOSTER thought th- observations of the lion. Member (Mr. Parnell;. • and the Right Hon. Baronet, were the hest unsure& to the calumny which had 1..4.ee attempted to he propagated by the Hight lion. Baronet. The Act referred to had been tide only means left to the Legislature to solve the dilemma to which it mey reduced--that of granting either a bounty in effect of 16 per eeut. in 'lnvent of Irish Spirit Distil leries, or the total abolition of the export. Mr. Wu. ToyLoa Witiireted to the continued prolongation of the restnetion. On an important conuntsr.ial subject lie thought there should be direct and wriumient regulations. After mune übservatioun by Mr. MANN IMO. who opitobeti the btotenient4 of the lion. Baronet, the consideration of the report was liked for this day six weeks. IRISH 6t7PPLIES. On the motion of M r. Fo - srEit, the House re solved itself into u t:ot aaaaa ittee of Wish Supply. He then moved. " That there be granted to His Majesty u slim not exceeding .ClO,OOO Irish cur rency, to defray the expenses of printing prods tildt ions and advertisements in The Dublin Gazelle and other Irish papers." Mr. PARNKLL credit not permit this resolution to pus without calling the attention of the Com mittee to the expense incurred in consequence of publishing the Proclamations of Government in the Irish Nes spapcni. It was totally unnecessary, and had in its o a wnition produced numerous abuses. Such a practice did not exist iu this country, and he could not two any reasons why it should be loner continued in that part of the empire.— If those proclAinatious were important, and re. ferred to matters ou which the public mind was sititious to be informed, it was equally the interest and the duty of the Editors of those Papers to in sert them tor the betwat of their readers. His objectious extended farther than the mere neces sity ; he had to complain that there was, in the manner in which they were published, a waidcu and scandalous expenditure of the public money. It was true that lie had not in his ion the . actual documents by which he 'Meat =bled to prove that the publication of those proclamations was paid for out of the public money. Still it was a matter of admitted mooriety, that such connects took plum between the Irish Government and Newspaper Indeed, it was shameful to ace the manner in which this branch of exuditti-e was conducted. lie then held in his hand two Newspir . .ers. the perusal of which wits sufficient to convince any man of the impropriety of continuii g such a system. In these Papers there were three different proclamations, enjuminx certaiu orders, which, from their own construction, were totally out of existence mid operatiou at the date of the time when such Newspapers were published. Theme was one inserted in a Paper of the lad month, et.- forcing a stria awl vigilant quarantine upon all ships coining tmin the Mediterranean, iii con-e -quence of a fever raging at Gibraltar nearly tin ee jean ago. The proclamation itself was dated in lveis, and surel: it would not be contended, that such a public:oMo was now necessary, because the fever had nut imbsided. There was another, which was expressl2, li.ititrd in its operation to biz months from Its date, and yet, though two years and a half hare elapsed since that period has expired, it has been routieued in these Newspaper, so late as the sth of last March. Nothiug could he more scaudalous than to persevere iu such a palpable abuse of the public resources. For his part, he should ever deem it his duty to oppose such grunts upon every well just tied gun ind of suspicion, but most part Willa' I, a here the object was unnecessary, and the abase monstrous and di, , graeciol. Inde pendent of theie intlacrutews to persevere in moving, as an amendment. that the words " and other Irish Newspap,lrs," should be omitted, he was impelled to this line of conduct, because he felt that this system of traffic with the !inductors of the Irish Newspapers was continued for the purpose of exereising au undue influence over them, by whiidi the people of that kingdom were deprived of their coustitutioual right to a free and unfinished press. _ _ Sir AIIT Y Ua WELLESILZY presumed, that as the Irish Newspapers were paid an annual stipend for the publication of the Proclumations of the Go vernment, the public did net pay for the insertion, when, by neglect or inadvertence, such YnH•lunta tions w.•re continued beyond the proper time.— With respect to any alleged influence on the port of the ditferent government, in Ire and, he could only say for hunself, that he bud nevLr adopted such a mode since his accession to office. It was necessary to publish such proclamations in the dit ferent Newspapers, as there were many reniote parts of the island where The Dttbriet Gew.rete was never seen ; aid he was convinced that in the distribution there was no distinction, whether the paper was adverse or friendly to the Government. Mr. WINDMAII considered the admission of the last speaker conclusive in support of the amend ment moved by his Honourable Friend near him (tlr. PorneU). If the lE.ditors of Newspapers wished to promote the wile of their papers, they would naturally print all those proclamations which re ferred to important national °lice*, and where there were minor or subordinate documents, the parties interested in their operation would take care to inform themselves of their nature and ten dency by meats of The Dublin Gazette. The pre. sent mode was proved to be a job, and one of the most gemiAidoiss kind, aced ought instantly to be abolished. SirAfcrnuaWELLestite anti Mr. PAIMILL mu tually explained. The latter Gentleman particu larly reprobated the negotiation which, even by the Ainistion of the Right Honourable Secretary, must, immediately on his accession to office, take place between persons in that office and the con ductors of the Irish Press. Ile was confident that he (Sir Arthur Wellesley}) was not less alert in the performance of that duty, than in the other branches of that important depaltment. Mr. CROLER said, that he had heard from an Irish liter, that it was the custom, whenever, from the non-arrival of the packets, or the dearth of in cidents, to fill up the columns of the newspapers with antiquated prod:mations. (A faargA.) There was tao additional espense incurred to the public : nor hail the Irish Govermnent any thing to do with suck a proceeding. It was the general usage with olfscure papers, where the sonnet of intelligence were not ettensire. Mr. YARN ZIA replied to the last remark, by &ly ing. that in order to refute it. lie was obliged to make known the pa-ticniur impert to a Inch he had before alluded. The Eveming Correspondent mid The Da/die JoNrnal were the newspapers . f • which he provisd die e-iistim; and manifest Abu w: of this scstern. The CIAUC2I.I.OI of the Ezeureu P adve r t. 4 .,l to the words of the resolution. *hieli i• t .d Rat only the Government Pruclamationa. taut cher. tioements, for which it was neeemairy .1 tootle of supply should be voted. Sir - JOHN NSWPOILT answereti. Cat the od n i t ., tioeinents were paid by the respective Boards of the Department to which such wireniseinelito fermi. After some few words from Mr. Foam'. th e angesidusent was negatived without a divisio n , nint the original motion was put and carried. The following gums were then voted : For defraying the 'apeman of craggiest presenn lions, asd utber Ine-oruerears Liken) For working the gold mines in the coast, of Wicklow - " 937 • Mr. i'MINELI. tad Sir JOHN Mir PORT as. pressed their determination to oppose any futur e grant of this nature. It was now admitted, iyy every person acquainted with the cireutustaneargue th e e-ar, that the speculation had totally fail e d. Sir Asernre Wet.Lesmar admitted the failure, but considered the grant necessary, as, by k eep i ng a guard and placing the management of the mi l* under the care of proper persons, the poolato of the country would progressively be couvouced of the failureof the plan, and those alisorderl ; ugsram binges prevented, width, under the indueme of the delusive hope, would probably take place, Well: W e greet not continued. _ _ „, gj r . Ra s e asked whether the Right Hon. Baronet (Sir J. Newport) did not hituself an the late atlas's nistnition, propose such a grant ? Sir J outs N kwrottr answeres/, that he most cer tainly diJ, with an expressed detertninittiois to take the mod speedy means of stopping it, when the probable failure of its object was fully ascertuined, and genenilly admitted. At all etents, he did nut are that the wonted principle of recrimination, to which tie lag speaker, on all occasious, alone a dh ere d, was a t all applicable to the propriety at impropriety of the grail,. It did p i g f o lk,. thouen the late Ministry moved such a resolution, that therefore it was wise to pensevere. He Sit. Newnort) was never unwilling to retract en error, nor did I.e wi.h to defend mistakes, by penning t h at ha adiersary - h.sd coin Mara "curse. Mr. }:ostan then moved that the following sup plies granted -6w lobbing Ow tepoin tot Dr. Stevens's Clinictl Hospital L 1,3;4 Far exerting bundlers to Sir Patrick Dana's Mi. diced siespitat - 4,03. For repaqiug to Mr. Z. Kent • awn of money paid by Kw into the Tn./tory Sit • Solar, to tl.e Lottery Officer* in lerlaod - 4,444 v Fee the City of Curk I natitutiuts - • Sir JOHN Nits Peat spoke warmly in favour of this Its.tiiution, which had done so much in atik - ing the principles of sr letter to the augmeptatiou the comforts and sires merits of life. ife did not see any Gentleman then in the House v. ho *u_s cue netted with that city Par part of the island to *lino he could appeal as authority for the services of this most bentidicial institution. Ile tru.n.d it would continue to receive the protection and sup port of the Legislature. On the s ggestion of Mr. Ettaot, the resolntioa ri fir ing to - the Maynouth College was deferred .1 Frets.. next. Mr. Finis* iutisnated, that it WIN his intention to preppoiu au Ungineotatioa to the grant of.last year, to the extent of supporting Atte additional students, at 151. per enema each. It was also his intention to propom some few remaining ressolutions next Friday. The House then resolved itself into a Com mittee of British supply. Mr. Hvaatsaon stated, that it wee his wish, is the first instance, to explain to the Committee the causes of the deficiency in the %Vey* and Moats of the last year. That deficiency amounted to one hundred and nine thousand pouts's. It was to be reccllected, tkat his Right lion. Friend. the Chancellor of the Exchecluer. had. scone time ago, funded four millions of Exchequer Bills, and that, its order to produce a competition, it was judged advi:noble to give the option to the holdei* of all not-aticaliivc Lxehequer Bills. The consequence was, that Exchequer Bills, to the amount of two millions three hundred and sixty-three thousand pound., elm:xi-able on the grants of the year 1807. were funded. Another provision having been mod. to meet this fund, the aids for the year were pre portiouably released. Subtracting the one hundred and Paine thousand, being the amount of the ddi cience, from the amount of the two millions three hundred aid sixty-three thousand 'pounds. for which the separate provision was made, there theta remained a surplus of two millions two hundred and titly-rour thousand pounds at the disposal of the House. He, therefore, moved, That this sum be voted as a supply to His Majesty for the curreut year.'' _ _ _ After a few words from SirJoiw Nswroar, the motion was put and carried. Tlie usual allowances to the disembodied Stall of the Arlilitia both in Great Britain and Irel.uid, wer e ordered to be paid out of the Land-Tax ,of Elii iatid. and out of the Consolidated Fund of lit laud. Mr. LUSHINGTON moved for returns of the quan tity of dried barley wheat exported fungi great Britain for the last year, and also of the amount of the dniwlsacts paid thereon. Ordered. Adjourned at eight o'cloxlc. THE BRITISH PRESS. LON DUN, THURSDAY. Aran. 28. The Duke of PORTLAND, before he wait4id upon the KING. yeArrday, went to the apartments of the Duke of n sD, in St. James-Palaeri and reuiairml vios.t..tl with his !Loyal Ifightitiw wore that) au bow. 11 , :r.ing Star, C.l:.tain I.Lwts, • cart. , : . rota Vynlootlt, on Thursday last, ai Ii ta•• Frerch Captains, and fill: other French prisoner:. who had their picisport, from this country to retina to France : they proceeded to Modals.. intei.din4 to hind at that place, but at soon as Ilse vessel nested 51t from the battery. and L. .1101 11 .11