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IMPEZIAL PAItLIAMENIT. tiOOSE OF LOTUS—FRIDAY, Pzs. 1. Counsel were heard at some length relative to the Scots Appeal—Hamilton and others r. Geddes. 'viz. Messrs. Abase an.l. ALEXANDER, on the pats of The Appellants; Messrs. RoitiLt•r ana lioftNrt, for the Ilspondeut. After which, Mr. Aisast, as leadingiC.unsel for the ..Inellantc. Their Lordship deferred the further considera tion-of (he case WI to•mcrrosu. It was oriered on the Motion of the Bistyy of FALTER, that the Lord Bishop of ROCHESTER be reque.red to :leach before their Lordships, at the l'thestiate Chi '1 of Wes' 'ninster, on Wednesday the .•fth instant, b.:ing the day appointed, by His hlajesty's Pl'oclarnation, for a General Fa::, &c. The Bills upon the fable, all of 1 private or local description, were forwarded in their respeaive stags. Lord H '.7IOESBURY moved that this House do now adjouen. The tad of 3AitVLEY roseoint to oppose the Motir• , hut to express his di .:trobation of the condos% of Ministers on the buss ess to which he shoal immediately reter. It was svelter-sod, as far as .ce c uld lc arn, that the meeting on tn-t. ;on ow wets chiefly for he pare. of laying before the House t Spanish Papers, which Mi niY ..7s had c: a f erucr evening notified their in tetti-1-% n tur.,ish ; they professed their desite to have the subject brought fully and entirely before Parliament, and, at the same time, to have it dis cussed and decided upon, on as early a day as seas pradicable. Why did they not act in con formity to these professions ? They had laid such information before the House, in the first instance, as they de clared was fitting and props for the due under standing of the subject. If they had not commu nicated all tLat they thought proi,er for that pm pose in the first instance, it was so far a direliflion of their duty. At that time, Noble Lords on his side of the I-louse were ready and willing to 'discuss the subject ; they induced no delays, they tidied nut for farther information; they were Wien ready. Ministers themselves had insisted upon the propriety of deciding upon a subjest of that peculiar impertance, with as little delay as the na ture of the case would admit. Why did they not ill so ? The proceedings which induced the delay all originat d with Ministers. They said turther in formation was necessa-y ; in that case, on their own principles, it should be laid before the House on the earliest possible opportunity. A Woe of eondu,9, on such an occzsim, he could not approve of s at the care time het shed not to oppose the Motion of the Noble Secretai f in the present instance ; be could not, however, avoid observing, that with His Ma josty's pre-set iSeiverninent, there seemed to be a wish to a servile imitat.an en the past of that House of the proceedh,s, on such occasion ,of the other house of l'at Lament. Lord :MULGR A' expressed his surprise at some of the observat , swl eh tell from tit , : Noble Earl. ‘Vith respect. however, to the naF -s and documents in que.: e. he woe Ad flirt say, that they were more volti.,iinoil. ,an he had formerly occasion to apprehend. ena:,:..g a quantity of net less than 70 pri - :•-a7 pages. Every exertion was used to get the Papers ready for piesentation that. day, hut it was found impratticable ; and it was wished the House should meet to-morrow, for the purpose of laying the Papers on the table, with t!se earliest oossible opportunity. Wit' , resrea to the blame which the Noble Earl seemed to impute to him, for his condo& on the occa.ion, he must say, be thought no blame could fairly he imputed to him, either for what tie had done in the fit st in stance, or in the subsequent r . oceedings. He had certainly, according to what he had professed, laid every information before the House, which he thought necessary, for the due understanding of the zubjeel. He had professed his anxious wish to have the subject fully and completely before Parliament and the public, and on that principle he acted. 'Else idea of producing additional information, it should be recoiWied, did not originate with him ; it was deemed, upon mature, consideration off the topics, to be necessary by other persons, and in other quarters. In conformity, therefore, with the wish to have every degeee of information which may be deemed necessary before Parliament and the public, it was, that he had proposed the prodaition the additional documents; and this, with as little delay as possible: in which vier, and with reference to an early discus.. sion of, and decision upon, the subjea, it was propossed to meet to-morrow. Such ass attack upon Ministers as that, proceeding from the Noble Earl, he had never yet heard of. He had heard of attacks upon Mil i tors, for withholding due information, ir. the first ins:at:et—and pertinacinusly refusing it af terwards ; but never, till that day, did he hear them blamed for wishing to give every possible informa tion upon a 'Wire:l. He had heard of attacks upon Ministers, for wishing to urge a premature discus sion of particular topics ; bat i:evcr, till then, did lie hear at - y Ntlivisters arraigne:!. for postponing the day, in order to afford a fa and *mete interval for deliberation. With respect to the Noble Earl's idea, that'a wish existed with His Majesty's present Mi rasters. to induce a servile imitation, on the part of that House , of the proceedings of .he other I-louse of Parliament, it was entirely unfounded. Did such a desire manifest itself in an obvious wish to t eive their LlreLhips as full and complete information upon the subjects in questi:4l, as that which was pro posed to be given to the other horse ? Did a line of proceedit , g, obviously intended to enable that House to discuss and decide upon the subject, or at least as early a day as the other House, argnj a wish to make their Lerdships the servile imitators and • followers of that Howse? Certainly net. So much fir the assertion of the Noble Earl on that head, and the wish to meet to-morrow being in stria con formity to every . principle laid down by His Ma jesty% Ministers in that House. for their conditO with respeft in the subjea in question, he did nut see bow any Noble Lord could consistently objea to the proceeding. The Earl of DARNLEY, in the course of a abort explanation. recalled to the recollection ul shah I .ordvhips, his saying that he did no mean to oppeic ►hc Motion, which would reader a meeting to-morrow neressAry.--Adjourned. ,•••••..., - -Z;z7' 'lir •~i# ...r __ a - ~~• _ { HOUSE OF COMMONS. NnW WRITS. Mr. Bouvtaix moved for a new writ for a Corn tnisioner to serve in pArlittment for Burntisland, Kirkaldy, and Dysart, is Scotland, in the room of So .1. S. E! , trine, Bart. now Earl of Roslyn. Mr. S. BOURNE for another, for the Borough of Newark, in tile room of Sir Thomas M. Sut ton, SaliCC apponted a Barns of the Exchequer. A third for Totmss, in-Dev ashire, in the room of Vicary Gibbs, Erg. since appointed the King's Solicitor Gerinkl. And a fourth in the room of Robert Dallas, Esq. since appointed Chief Justice of Chester; which were agreed to. The Hill for authorising the Proprietors of 0 : e Nottingham Canal to raise an additional sum of money for the completion of that work. was r.:.01 a Fast, and ordered to be read a second time to morrow. The House having resolved itself into a Com mitter of Ways and Means, Mr. DICKINSON, Jun. in the Chair; The eHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER roved, that the still of 2,000,0001. by Exchequer Bil!s, be raised for the service of the present year ; which being agreed to, he gave notice that he should propose a speedy day for taking that resolu tion into c”nside-r at tn. . _ After which the Report was ordered to be received to-morrow. _ _ _ lie aft....rwar,ls gave notice that, on Monday next, he should propose to tke house some resolutions re lating to the Loyalty Loan. MIDDLESEX ELECTION. Lord MA RSI lAM, after adverting to what had fallen limn him on a former day, on the subjea of the !louse contenting itself with the evidence ad duced in regard to the condua of the Sheriffs on the Middlesex Eleetion, without the trouble of ex aminingt witnesses at the bar, said, that he should abstain from saying any thing in support of his opinion at present, as it would come more properly in a future stage. Since he made his former mo tion, he was informed that there would be less ne cessity for the House to hear evidence :it the bar, as he had been informed that the Sheriffs them selves would be satisfied with what appeared in the Report, and meant to bring forward no witnesses themselves: however, in order to give sufficient time for examining the precedents upon the sub jeCt, and considering that the delay could not be material, he should move that the order be extended to Tuesday next. Mr. FOX professed to have no objeCt;on to offer to the arrangement now proposed, n it had he any more than a very few words to trouble them with, in relation to what bad been said, as the parties themselves were willing to admit the tr salt of the evidence contained in the Report ; but he must ob serve, that when the House was called upoi: to aft AS a Court of Criminal Jurisdiftion, it was not very obvious that they should so far deviate from the practice of other Courts in similar cases, as to con tent themselves with evidence taken in another place, inn( . I of toe' :g it at their own Bar. This he spoke generally. as not knowing beyond what fell from the Nobl, Lord ; he did not know whether the par ties were or were not satisfied with this mode of pro ceeding, as in that case there would be less ohjeaion to it. Ile must, however, protest against any such roceeditl, if the Sheriffs had any exculpatory evi dence, which they would be desirous of offering, in addition to what appeared in the Re po rt. Th. SPEAKER reminded the Ilmse, that it wi,uld be informal to suffer any further conver sation on this subjeO, withcut previously reading the Order of the Day ; wh ch having been done, Lord MA RSHAM explained, that he was given to understand, in a conversation with the Counsel employed on this occasion, that the Sheriffs would be contented with the evidence contained in the Re port, and within the last few moments, it was inti mated to hint, that, on their own part, they meant to decline calling any witnesses. He understood further, that what they intended at first to submit to the consideration of the House, arose out of a pro. ceeding which took place, subsequent to the disso lution of the Committee, whose report was in To scion. This, however, he now learned, they did not mean to persist in. Mr. FOX said, that his objeftion would not be removed, unless their so declining it should appear to he their own a& and choice. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, he meant. not to trouble the House with many words, at the same time that he could not help dis senting to the extent to which Cie Hon. Gent. (Mr. Fox) sought proper to urge his objeftion. He must deny the pi inciple to be established, that the mode now proposed was not consonant to the praltice of Parliament. even upon subjeas of a penal nature; but, on the other hand, contended, that, previous to Grenviiie's Aa in the year 1770, it was the invaria ble pradice of Parliament, to admit of no other evidence than what we, contained in the reports of their Committees. The Committees were, before that time, select, as at present, and all that Mr. Glenville's Act di.l, in that respect, was imposing an oath on the Members themselves, as well as pro viding that the witnesses also should be examined upon oath. lie was aware of no other applicable cases since that time, except those of Cricklath-, Shorthorn, Great Grimsby. and what happened jii the last Session. in respea to the Liskearti The first of these that occurred since the passiug of the AO of 1770, was that of Cticklade, in which it vas proposed. that evidence should be heard at the bar. 'this was the first that took place under the new law, and on that occasion the House professed a vely strong objedion to deviate from the former praCtice in this respea. The proposal, however, was persisted in, and several discussions took place, after various adjOurnments, till at la •t the subjea was suffered to drop, without any discussion raking place npon it. The next case that occurred, was that of Shoreham; and the House then, as well as in the two subsequent instances of Great Grimsby and Liss keard, adhered to the ancient prof - tit*. For these re.tsons it seemed, on the first sight, to hiss, that the I louse should pause, and well consider the reasons for it, before it could consent to abridge those privi leges which it hitherto exercised, of being, if thought proper, contented with the evidence given upon oath before its sworn Committees. Mr. FRANCIS said, oat he hoped the sultjea would be well considered before the discusdon, and that no Gentleman should think himself bound to THE BRITISH PRESS LONIY)N, SATURDAY, FEDRUAILY 2. A Morning Paper of yesterday announced the receipt of Paris Papers to the 23d last, inclusive. The 18th was the date of the Paris Papers previ ously received, and consequently this new set must have brought down the news from that city for five days later. It is an extraordinary circumstance, that, if in possession of such a source of intelli gence, the Print in quistion should not have made a single extratt from it. Instead, however, of giving the Paris news from the Paris Papers, it gives it at second hand, from articles under the Paris head, alleged to be contained in Dutch Papers, which it professes to have received to the 29th. In these it pretends to have found the follow ing strong and important fats, viz. an account from Hamburgh, that F.aglaad and France have accepted the mediation of Prussia ; a report from the Rhine, of the breaking up of the camp at Boulogne; that General BREIT-Gem:lE is to succeed Count Co Ercrirt., the Austrian Minister, at Paris; that the GRAND SIGNIOR has struck off the GRAND . VIZIER'S head, as an atonement to General Ba use ; that our An e ASSAM)* at Vienna has been in a vio• lent passion with Count Cow:wean.; and that a part of BON AP A RTE . 6 Life Guard: had set out for Lyons, from whence it was supposed they would proceed to Milan and, consequently, the inference that BONA! A RTR himself was to follow. Now it is somewhat curious, that of these particu lars, given yesterday as new, from the Dutch Papers, two of them, viz. that of General BEt.t.coa ant, and the departure of BON APARTS'S life guards for Milan, were published in the papers brought by the Hamburgh mails of last week, and are to be found in Tus BRITISH PRESS of Jan. 24, and Jan. ; and we have strong reason to sirspeet that the other articles never appeared in any Dutch or French Paper whatever. We do not think it necessary to state new all that we know upon this subjea ; nor should we have said even so much, were it not fur the extrava gant credulity of our contemporaries, who are so ready to swallow every thing offer:d to them in the s..ape of foreign news. The Speech of M. V aes HAISI ..T, a Member of the Dutch Legislative Body, upon the demand of the State DireSnry, for a contrioution upon pro perty, will be found interesting and important. It is given in the last page. New Writs were ordered last night in the House of Commons, in consequence of the following new promotions, viz. Sir "f so. M. SuT TON to be a Baron of the Exchequer, Mr. Gins. to be Solicitor-Gene ral, and Mr. DA L L AS Chief Justice of Chester. A Court of Common Council was held yester day at Cuildhall, at which the Loan Ma volt, ten ALDERMEN, Recortmar, Siii irrs, and a great number of Commoners, attended, principally to consider the Bye Laws for regulating the Port of London, and to eleft a Junior Clerk to the Court of Requests. The debate upon the Port Bye Laws having taken up much time, the Court amended and agreed to a few of the first, and adjourned the further consi deration of them to the next Court, which will be on Thursday next. Mr. GRIFFITHS informed the Court, he intended to move at the next Meeting, "That the State Coach, provided by this Court, for the Chief Ma gistrate of this City, and also the six horses, provid ed by the Right licinourable the Lord Mayor for the drawing of the same, with the necessary set.- vantsattached thereto, be entered se:th the proper Assessor, in the name of the Corporation, and that Mr. Chamberlain do pay the duties chargeable thereon." The Court unlnimousl? eleaed Footo to DAVIS, Junior Clerk of the Court of Ittquests. in the room of JANES STLVENI, dearased. DUKE P . Thursday completed ' the 20th year that the Duke of YORK has had the command of the Cold. stream Regiment of Foot Guards:. on wh:ch OCCA-• sion His Royal Dig! . .rsess gave a most sumptitim dinner at Wat.t.is's Rooms, to all the ()Meer( whi.) now belong to the regiment, or have belonged to it during that time, to the number of about one bun. dred and fifty. At half past five o'clock His Royal Highness took the chair; Lord Cas to o k his seat on the light of Ilis Royal High. ness, and the Duke of CVIII BERL ANO on his left. Lord CH A Rt. IS SON MET, Sir BROOK WAT' Gen-Tals CAL v6RT, WIN V ARO, LENI6OI, BUR_ RAND. and llkowsklo, were likewise at the head c f the table. After (Finer Non nelVs, Domi,e, was sunk v very fine effeFt by the chi K trvz rs, Gott t. and S A '.E, whom we were happy to observe perlealy recovered from his late indisposition. Dutte then gave, The Kin;, with throe timas three. Role Britannia followed, which wt.; sung by whole company, accompanied by His lIo) ness's band. The Qieen and nine: of Wales, with three tot:e• ti ae. The Duke of CUMBERLAND gave-- The Duke ,dYurk, and the Twoltieth Atmiversarr. u't sung a song, written on the occasion, on the. Coldstream Regiment, which was extremely well received. In the course of the evening a number of excel. lent Glees were sung by the Kr, vvETS, SAL 1., Gus; and LEE re. Messrs. DI GNU M. 'FAY LOX. and Gr.. BONS, sling a 'number of Songs. and His Royal Highness's Band played a number of martial piec.s. The entertainment was under the diretion of the Hon. AnTisu a UP TON and General WisvA lAD. and it is supposed it will cost His Royal Highness near SOOl. fhe Royal Dukes left the room a short time before twelve o'clock. 'tdopt anT decision either gray, before the subjen .hould be regularly Wore him. Lord Monsoon's Motion was then agreed to, and the former Sheriffs, Rawlins and Cox, ordcred w attend at the Bar vi the HJuse on 'Tuesday next. FORCE OF TtlE COUNTRY. Mr. WINDHAM wished to be informed what progress had been made towards the produaion of the Papers he had moved for, respe&ing the state of the Military Force of the Country? The SECRETARY at WAR replied, that he was nit at present prepared to answer the Right Hon. Gentleman ; but that he would enquire, and take care to inform him as soon as possible. SPANISH PAPERS. The CHANCELLOR. Of the EXCHEQUER gave notice that it was his intention to lay upon the Table the additional Papers relating to the nip- Lure with Spain te-morrow, preparatory to the dis cussion of them, which stood for Thursday next. Mr. ALLICANDLR brought up the Reports of the two Bills fur imposing Duties on Land, Malt, &c. &c. which were agreed to, and the Bills ordered to be read a third time to-morrow. He next brought up the Report of the Com mittee, on the expediency of repealing the present Quarantine Laws, and substituting others in lieu of them ; upon which a Bill was ordered to be brought in upon them. The Qualification Indemnity Bill was read a se cond time, and committed for to-morrow, to which day the House Adjourned. CONCERTS. The Amateur Concert, at livor's Rooms, Tot tenham-street, on Thursday evening, was not so nu merously attended as the former evening. The no- velties of the night were a charming Concerto on the piano -forte, of Diristes, by Master Kota. Si ATI ; and Mr. Powtts. played a very excellent Concerto, of his own composition. Miss CORALS , sung two Italian songs: she was in excellent voice. This spe cies of music appears the best adapted to this young lady's powers. Mr. ELLior sung a song of t`POI. 11ORTH'S in a fine style. Thursday evening the Concert Room, near Rm. cell square, was opened with a grand Coreert, un der the patronage of the Duke and Duchess of !hos wen. The room has been fitttd txp in the most elegant and modern style, and the whole, building is said to. have cost above eight thou sand pounds. Upwards of two hundred of the subscribers were present. The concett com menced with a grand ovorture by WIN raft. Mr. R. /I Ast was deservedly encored, in an *admirable song, of his own composition, beginning, the Willow Tree. Mrs. Seco/4 as Sang an Italian air, and Let the 6regAt Serepheen, with very great execution. Mr. Rtatclfrt.L wu very great in a • Concerto on the violin, of his own composition, in , which he produced some of the 6ne.t tones we ever heard. The Concert conduded with ISIIMIAM'S celebrated song, The Denting' Ab:rerolnikv, from the Opera of Maly Thousand—after the Concert there WAS a BA. Yesterday, about three o'clock, Ilk MAJ rt. arrived at the Queen's House, from Kew. We are happy to say Her M....MST Y was mitch better yesterday. At two o'clock the Prince of WA es visited Her MAJESTY. Miss FICNRY, niece to the Earl of Morita, ar rived yesterday at her house in Arlington-street. from Cheltenham, for the season. 'Fite Earl and Countess of MUIRA are expeaed in town on Tuesday, from Leicestershire, at their house in St. James's-place. Mrs DixoN, the Lady of the late Bishop of DOWNS and ('osMLR, has taken an elegant house for the season on Sloane Terrace. The new comedy of The Honey Mum, was again performed last night, and was received with the most decided approbation by an overflowing house. The Eatl of ORMOND, on Saturday last, lett ' Bath for Exmouth, where he has taken an elegant housP, and on Thursday returned in company witti Mr. CLARICE, his intended father-in-law. Every preparation is making for his marriage with bf CLARKS. which is fixed for the Bth i The Marchioness of A ISFRCORN last night gars her first route for the season. It WAS attencted oy r. very brilliant circle. Sir WINDSOR HONLORE entertained a large party, including the roan] !twists, last night, at lit house in Albemarle-street. The Duchess of Ittoroao is in that state, that promises an increase of that noble family. Col. BURTON arrived in town yesterday, from Bath, for the season. Mrs. HOIIIII.IIY, the Lady of the Bishop of Sr. lief dangerously 111 at Brighton. The Duke ansiDucheas of Goa uoss, accompanied by Lady MADELINA Stser.ara, left Edinburgh on Wednesday, upon their return to London ; they are expated to-morrow, at their house in Portman" square, where .General and Lady C. Lxassos avrait their arrival. Last night Mrs. Astre closed her engagement at the Edinburgh Concerts. Derby Assembly will he on Thursday se'nniAlit ; Mr. MENDY 41311 Mr. FORKESrIII Stewards. Burton upon Trent Assembly will be on Tuesday week. Mrs. Pr ccaorr is the Lady Patroness, and Mr. HARRISON and Mr. A !Atop, Stewards. On Her Meiaire's birth day, some Gentlemen am .teen performed the Tragedy of Douglas, and the Farce of Thy Pow Salter, at .the Dumfries Theatre. for the benefit of the poor. On Monday last, the detachment of Greenock Sharp Shooters, under the command of Lieutenant JOHN ,M.Sakortr, presented Captain Jou BO" , of the armed brig Mercury, with a pair of elegant pistols, as a mark of their gratitude. for the very handsome treatment they received ' , Ails on board his vessel, on occasion of tl.e 'ate alarm. On ravel Th: .•cry loaN. pr AI lan )te v . 4.. !`..-1