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IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. DOUSE OP LORDS; FKtniY, MARCH 29. Counsel were he;►rd in the Appeal, L►rd acid Lady Mont. goinerie v, Waulchuk. Further hearing on Wednesday. • THE PRINCE OF COBOURG. . • The Royal Assent was given by Comonisnut to the Prince of Cohouries Naturalization Bill, and a local Rill. The Com -7uisßi4tters were, the Lord Chmicellor, Lord Melville, and the of Shaft e - s , mry. • , The American Cointnercial Cosivcution Bill was reatta se gond time. SIR G.BARLOW"4 DIVORCE. The committal of Sir Ge. Urge Barlow's Divorce Bill was re newed, and . The Earl of LAUDERDALE inol'eal to insert a clause, allowing Lady Barlow luul. a-ytar. Lord - I'oltlt INGTON said, ,tt George Barlow did not wish to oppose the clause proposed by the NolOt: Earl. Notwitle, , staneling Lady Barlow lead retained tour or five thous:tied pounds, the property .et Sir Geo* Barlow, it bad always bitit his intention to malw hi r the proposed allowance, pro vided the tircki with lier mother, uiiii belearvel with propriety.. The motion was agreed to, awl the clause added to the Bill, 'which passed throngli the Adjuttrued to Nunday. e HOUSE OF COMMONS. The - PEAREit. went up to the Lords to hear the Royal Assent to the Prince of Cobourg's Naturalization Bill. Sir A. ROMMIX presented a Petition from the brewers of rorfarAire. Ordered to lie on the table. Mr: HART DAVIS moved the second reading of the Bris tol Stnall Deists Dill, which was founded -on the Petition he bad prei:euted. Mr. PROTHEITOE supported the Bill, which was very de sirable at Bristol; a Court similar to that proposed had been found very-ti . eful in Bath. Mr. 00 . Rii LANGFON spoke for the Bill, whith was read sreond time. The Shoreham Hai Lour Bill %vas read a second time. Notice was given of a Bill to enable Justices in Ireland to ippoint District, Surveyors. Mr LOCKHAR I' presented n Petition .from the master tailors in and about London, against the Insolvent Act. Or dered to lie on the table. Mr. TItEMAYNE presented a similar one from St. Anstel, in Cornwall. Or iered to lie on the table. Ili:turns were presented of additional allowances to qua rantine officers: Ttie Report of the Irish Excise and Costom Bill was agreed to. Tu he further considered on Monday next. Mr. BYNG presented a Petition from the inhabitant's of St. George the Martyr against the Church repairing Bill, and to be heard against it by counsel, Ordered to lie un the tatrie. The Sugar Bounty 'continuance Bill was read a second time. • • LIIARGE AGAINST LORD ELLENIIOROUGIL 'PIE(' Cacti RANT hcid in his hand MI additional 'charge againm Lord- Ellenborongh, .wbich he begged to present, that it might be read to•thc Douse. The SysAkitt edited ou the Noble Lord to state what was the natuie °rale charge which he to ,prefer. taolll COCIIItAtiF. Sill ll it imputed injustice and oppression to Lord Eilennorough.. The StscAtlr:r, directed the Noble Lord to give the Paper. The charge W 35 then rritl by the Clerk. It coinplained of injustice owl ( 1 1 1 Pression on the part of Lord P:ileilhorniigh, ill r4using him (Lord Coeltrantr), a new trial on h s litSt liCation tor one on the Bth July ; ill discountenancing his se culla application on the :1(1th of that month ; in ctinutc.naneing, sanctUming, anti authorisin g the Misrepresentations of Mi Justice Le Mine un passing sentence. Lord CocultAtie moved that the charive shOuld be printed. Sir. LOCK 11 A RT . COHki not but oppose the motion for. printing the charge of the Noble Lord, as at present worded. While seeking to get justice dune to himself, he ought' to be careful not t o fleal 'unjustly by others.. His former C'nirges went to incnipate single Judge sitting at Nisi Priui— that now produced concerned ,the whole Court ; and it would be acting a min e manly part to attack' the whole Court at once, than to bring forward a Paper framed like that which had just been read. A most learned, able, and honest Judge was Hien tinned in it, so as to convey an idea that he had been guilty of wilful misrepresentation. MI the liaison contained in such ii•charge was left to set against that individual (Mr. Justice Le .Blanc), /et he was denied an opportunity of answering HS it Was only mentioned in the Paper, and not preferred as a charge. Ut this ha thought he had a right to complain, as he held it to he espe cially the duty of that Muse fci extend that vs tice.which was due to all, to those who were en gaged in the distribution of it to others. On reflection be thought the Noble Lord would feel this himself, and be _content to withdraw the charge 7 Lo - r(I Cocittutoß begged most distinctly to say, be !ld no accusation to prefer against Mr. Justice Ix Blanc; he:could know nothing of the C4SC butt trom the notes of Lord Eilenborough, which were volt into his hands, and he complained not of the cormluet of Mr. Justice Le Blanc, bitt of the faha fication of the evidence given onfthe trial which hid been made by the LOrd Chief Justice of I.inglund. • Mr. S. BotiRNR rootenekci the words coun tenancing, ;auctioning, and authorising the mis representations of Mr, Justice Lc llhtue," went to prefti• a strong charge against the conduct of that 401%1401. LOril CocittANE. was anxious to set. himself right in ibis particular. He threw no blame on Air. Jost - lee Le !lane on account of the inistepre senurtion in VeStinn. tir J.:SIMEON thintglit the Noble Lord bad bet ter wlthdraw his.charge for the jnesent, to cot •reet that part of it where Mr. Justice Le Blanc Was mmtioned. Mr. V. FITZGERALD,' Sir G. CLARKE, .and Lrrrt.,ftyori suppottekt this sugoestittn. Load A COCIIHAN expressed himself willing to attend to it, in compliance with the feeling of The Hot*e, and the charge was accordingly with drawn; O n the !notion of Mr. CALCRAFT, Accounts of the quantity of Corn Warehoused in England, lvvre ordered to be laid.beforc the House. MITER. TRADE. 'rite luiving resolved itself into a Coln- Il litree on the Mater Trade, "Jr.. Rom NS(IN stated the objeo of the measure 1 `rus about to propose to' be,. not the prohihi "n,i4- foreig n b u tt e r, but the ptotection of the ; 1 1 " . With this view he should wove, the duty on foreign butter, which %VHS 110 W ih lie raised to 20s. if imported auare taiglisn, and ("cign He %vas Hlatry c)bjVCt ;MIS might he urged to his pro - Q 4, :lime engaged iu the . Irish butter trade wonl.l probably think the fluty .oitght to be raised to 305., while those interested in the Dutch butter trade imiglit think, a -higher duty than 10s. ou4itt not to be,ftaposed.. in taking 2Os. he had endea vonred to hit on the mean between the antouut of the duty with which the pat tics he had mentioned were respeetivelY,of opinion the butter.imported ought to be charged. ile concluded by moving the Resolution he had announced, for raising the duty on butter from ss, to 20s. if imported in Fuglish ships, and to 255. if imported in foreign ships. Si r J . NewpoßT stated' nu-41:old nod Ireland in in 11 itio.,t eASeS, to he ttinally intrteStO in the me:lstite to he adopted, mid he vvito should endeavour to separate the baerest.of the one from that of the other, would work inevitably the ruin of both. To a certain extinit lie concurred %rich the Right lion. Gentleman in looking at this as of protection, and not of prohibition, hut feared the measure would not go far enough ; he hoped, howtr:er, the d.lty tttentiotted should give merely an increase of revenue to England, and not suffice for t h e protection of Ireland, that in another year, the Right' Ilan. Gentleman would be willing to raise the amount of the duty, so us rto give that protection, which it -was now in his contemplation to afford. Mr. bloon had expected the Right Hon. Gen tleman would have gone further than hie had done on the present occasion, null he still hoped, h e Would amend autl extend his ptoposition. Ile did 41.0 t wish for a prohibitory duty, but a protecting one he trusted would not be denied. Iu the name of Justice, he implored the Right lion. Gentle 'man to substitute 30s. for 25v. in the motion which lie bad submitted to the Ilonse. After some further obse'rvations,.the liun. I! tronet moved an amendment to the motion before the twomittee, which went to substitute '253. fur :20s. and 30s, for 255. in the Resolution. Mr. V. FITZGERALD opposed the Amendment. Ile thought it was not in the spirit of that libe rality Which on this subject bad beeu professed on a ll sid e s or the House„ to press such an exten sion of the vote proposed this day. 116 Right lion. Friend (Sir J. Newport) had hoped that if the measure now to be adopted, should not prove equal to thti accomplishment of its object, an ex tension of it would be proposyl in a future year. lie might rest assured no time would be lost in alciag . this course, when it wits found the pro tection now 'to be alforded was 60-equate. At• present, lie was sure, on . taking a general view of our domestic: interests, the House would feel it was not expedient to go further than to adopt the Itewhuiott of LIS ltight Hon. hl lend under the present duties, he she.veli, the Irish hot ter trade Infil greatly improved. lit the year alter the 'Union, her exports of butter amounted to 225,000 ewt. In 1814, they were more thap dou ble what they had been at the period first referred to—they amounted to 432,000 cwt. From that it would be seen a most gratifying h»provenieut had taken place. Last year, thong') the 1)111(.11 hut., ter had come immediately in competition with the Irish butter trade, the exports from Ireland were 432,000 cwt. and their value• 2,20,0001. •Sir N. COLTHUIRST hoped the . 1! 11:11'0110. (Sir E.F100(1) %NM!! consent to Witl►►lraw his an►end ntent. Sir F.. FLOon declinc , l giving the Committee the trouble of dividing on the .motion he hint made. In submitting it to the Haase be had done Itis duty to his country. .Mr. I'owsoway, though anxious to promote any measure that could. bench Ireland, did (lot think Ireland hid a right to expect the interests of the 'Empire generally ,were to be sacrificed to her ad vantage. He thought the proposition,. of the Right Hon, Gentlemen opposite-went as far as a measure nt experiments ought to do. • Sir F. FLoon explained. Sir J. Natt PORT.—The'present measure; adopt ed' with.ttle good will of the House, would he better than It higher _protecting ditty, adopted against the opinious_of many of its Members. The.lt esoiotions. were then put Rlid carried. Mr.. Go know thought it desirable that the du ties on:cheese should 1)e placed ou the sallle foot ing.as those of butter. The ditties on butter and cheese had been .ss. and 4e. per cwt. The :Right Hot). Gem team bad.. quadrupled the duty, on but ter; he proposed toAlo the same by that of cheese. He moved that a. duty of Ms. per cart. should he paid on . cheese imported in British shills, 411(1 2°3. imported in foreign shills. A desultory •conyersation ensued, in.which Mr. Robinson, Mr. Methuen, .Mr. Hall, Mr. Eger. too, Mr, Thompson, • the. Chancellor of the Ex chequer, Mr. Poasonhy,. &Ind Mr. Conlon, parti tipated. It .was 'contended that I2s. %you'd give the same protection to cheese, that fioi. gave to butter, and. tht analogy suppoed by the tourer between cheese awl hotter did not exist. .11r. GoaDON ha►l no criterion to go by b►tt the relation tliv duties on cheese n►►d hotter had prc viously borne to each other, i I '204, was more than sufficient, be mai willing that a smaller von shoul►l be tt,tine►l, as his object was to place both articles on the ea inajontjag, _ _ _ The motion was. livally - agreed to, the House resumed, and the Report of the Committee was ordered to be received on Monday. Ou. the motion of Mr. GoanoN, Accounts of the number, of Lotteries which hitd been drawn since 1811, and the Rums which they bad con tributed to the revenue, were ordered to be laid before the iloose. SEIZURE OP CONTRABAND GooDs. Mr. BROUGHAM had already moved for certain papers respecting the contraband goods seized on board the Assiduous Transport. He now wished to move for papers that might throw further light on a transaction, which appeared the more im pornu►t the more it was inquired into. He moved for • _ _ . A curly of tbsiMemorial presented to the Lords of the Tree sitry by the Owners of the Transport, declaratory of their ignorance of contraband goods having been placed on board the Assiquous; Copies of all papers, reports, nf ether tipiuents, trans mitted by Sir IL Popham to the Board of Customs, reppect in; the seizove on hoard of the Assiduons; and A List of the names of all persons to whom the packages seized .were addressed, and the goods which each package was stated to contain. The ?shove papers were ordered to be produced, w ithout disensiion, with the exception of the lest. The CUANCELLOR of the EXCIIKQUER the paper ia Tiestton wcrtal& be returned to one of Ose ord .. ; 4 iiirewtr 0 : 11 . th% as tritiqt • pipers transmitted to iiieCustoms, • Mr. BitouctiANl, admitted this to be possilde, but rot , papers, he tuns necessarily working in the dark, and he therefore moved, in different shapes; for every thing likely to furnish intormation un the suhjeet 'in questiml; though at the risk of having some of the papers twice re. turned.' Itt order to get at all, thc.facts it would be desirable to examine the owners of the vessel, its officers, and crew. The paper now moved for caged, Co information not hefot e particularized. te!.ovt made to tl , e Customs by . the log officer might not be so minute as coold be might state the pelages to have; been directed to petsons •of distinction with-, ont .mentinthinn nantes. By calling for the Hamel of the psrties, sitould these have hero previousty omitted, the officer would he necessa rilv directed lo• amend his report. - fir (1l r, 11.) understood the packages seized hail all, on the mete site, appeared to be ordnance storm This broken, an ihtervalappeared, and beyond this at paekige appeared of a very different deSeription from what ought to have been found there. Instead-oirockets and gunpowder, the contraband goods wen...dis covered, addressed to various . persons, 'whose Damp were concealed till the outer package had been broke. l'he Paper was ordered to he prodneed. 'l'h6 Iron. Gentleman then moved for accounts of all searches made, and all seizures effected, in the' dep6ts and storehouses at lVuokjeh, With COpit'S of the correspondence touching the same-, which had passed between the Boar ,Is of the Re.: venue and Treasury ; he al,n moved foe all .seiz nres nta4e on board the Urdu:time yacht at Purls mouth. The Papers were ordered to be pro. tineed. Mr. I.3nntiourtm said, if the returns were not Made to the orders he had moved for before Eater, he now gave notice, that on an early day Aftvr the recess, he should move for the appointment of a Coinmittee, armed with the powers neees l ttry to inquire how the revenue laws had'heen exe entelLaml how evaded in a . certain course of years. There was no other way of getting at the /viol, than by examining the Rallies connected with the .Assidnous. The information given in the Papers .woold not of itself he sufficient. . The CH,Oicti..Lott of the EXCHEQUER inquired if the motion of which the Et on. Gentleman had now given notice,.. was intended to supersede that which !it nod for Tuesday next ? Mr. lianuou AM answered in the negative. Mr. liAatmo movett for a copy of the Treasury Warrant, (Wed August 31,- 1815, authorising an increased allowance to the • Superintendants ,of t h e Qnarantine for victualling their men. The object of the 'notion, he obserred, was one of pe culiar iinportance, in reference to the great ques tion of pithlic economy. The Cu sNCBLLOR of the Fxcnecum moved, as an amendment," together With the Minnie of the Board, and other paperss rcpiative thereto." The Motion was then agreed to, after a 'few wrn (is from Mr. Brougham, Mr. Lushington, and Mr, Robinson. DELAY IN PRESENTING PAPERS Mr. TlEiiNßt cOmplained, 'tlott --- a 7 ;ry ;Ivor taut paint for which be had moved some time since, connected with the . dishnrsements at the Treasury, hats not yet been laid upon the table.-- lie Sur!! that fro m the nature of th e paper, it might have been produced long ago, and he could not but iegard the delay as a serious neglect t'o. wards that House, especially when he.considered that the transaction to Which it referred teas one of the most important that ever came ender its consideration . . ile'perceived thtit the-Right Hon. Gentleman smiled at what he said ; he might laugh nott, bqt,be would not laugh hing ; be kitew what b e meant ; and he was quite sure the lion. Gen. tleman would 'find it one of the must difficult tasks he ever hail, to get clear out of the hnsiOess. .• . The CHANCELLOR of the E•WirEQUER tke . ie ival no official. transaction in which he was ever enga , _!ed which he should be mord fully to explain than t h e one alluded to by the Right Houourable Gentleman—(Hear, bear !) Mr. LUSH tx9ToN explaine:l, that it would b e necessary to accompany the paper, in vestion with others which were requisite for its Illustra tion. . Mr. PoNsostev said it was not to he borne, that when that House ordered papers which it bought nect: , sary, any °Cheer, conneked with the depart. Mews trout whi c h- such papers were to come; should take upon himself to withhold them, till others, which he might consider of iniportince, were ready to be eomMonicatcd along .with if it appeared that other papers. were neresary, they ought 10 be moved for in that Home, tml Ordeted in the regular way. He appialed to file 'expeni,:nce end anthority of the Chair, whe , iter such coOduct %vas not new in 'the practice of Parliament. There were some papers, for instance, which had beeti,Moved tor from Scotland; and which were not yet presented, He could see no reason for the delay. A • mail coach travelled front Ijontlon to Edinburgh in three days, am(' ite sholdd think therefore they titight have been prothicell earlier. Mr. Lush GTO!.I said the papers front Scotland were expecte:l to-morrow. 'the moment they at-m rived, no Cone would be lost in laying them on the table of the House. With respect to.: the other papers which had been mentioned, be wish - 7 eti to state that rite Treainry always gave veep dehey 49 papers or Ivry(' by that House, according tv 'their dates, which he 'thought • the fairest way of attending to .he numerous orders which came to theni; ttlr.l 3 aNswrrcomplainetlof some papers which he had moved. for, relating to the Colonies, and which had not yet ,been presented. 'Mr. TIBpNEY said, in order to.marlt Lis iisep probatiou of the delay, he should move that the paper ordered by that House , containing the items of the contingent charge incurred by the Lords of the: Tre:mity up to the lit of January ; 1815. and Out yet presented, should be laid on the table fort h ith..;--Ordered. Lord PALstansToN laid upon the table Esti mates of the tali Officers and Royal ‘Vat;gon Train. OFFICE OF POST-MATTER GENERAL. IlitouGUAM btleed to know from the Right Hots. Getiticum opposite, whether Lord Cleo tiriy, during the titnt! theft he hehl 0:e oft-t; ref urea ,r Ge t t i t i e m it s t! t , et i t t q i i tt . i tin e y ve r :; f at o t i t c 7:e:tt u tli g t; (bit depArtment ?--Nrianitver utas given. • M Snini 'nfter.rose And said, that as no ans*er had befit returned to his question, he moved, " That there be laid before the Hume a return or the number of days that Lord Clan early had attended at the Post-office as Post- Master Getieral;' and of the! number of papers officially signed by him ; also, the date of Ills an , pointment to that -office, together with the aintmot of salary that had been paid to him (lure ing the time that he had helif it." The ellANCELLOnoithe'Excnectunß said, that the lion. and Learned Gentleman who sobmittell this motion, very re:il knew th a t i t was "or for thePost-Masterkieneral to take any sit?, re in the trattslction of the business of that Dpart., inent, The same return might be moved for as to the other - Post-Mast er General, urns to the Pay- Master General. The only object of the motion in thii instance seemed to be, to obtain an an- wet. to the question witielt tilt lion. Hod Learn& ea Gentleman had put ; therefore he wpuld State iu answer, that the Noble 1.,0rd alluded to had never attended Alter this statement, lie hoped the Hon. Gentleman wonld"withdrenv motion. He concluded by moving the' pre vious question. _ Loral CASTLEIMIGH wished the House to ~ ;n- derstand, that the Nobre Lord alluded to had re- ceived no emolument whatever for his services .oti the Continent. lle had.continned.these services tor a lottoime, and by the ability with which he had executed them, had Hi4inly cowEinuted to those arrangements with respect to 801 l old which the country had hailed with so much satis faction. Only the mere actual expettres of his mission had been defrayed, and the Noble 1 4 ora personally. had not received any remuneration whatever ; but had Itthen gratuitously nlaut►"hiin the duties of an arduous and highly ICSptill• sible situation. Mr. Ls.sv understoad, from the very hest prl v4te authority, that Lord Clancarty had bec►t< allowed for tl►e expenses of his mission only the excess of those expense; over and above his private meats. Mr. Rose bore testimony that he had nester known a man more zeelotis and eager in the dis charge Of his public duties than the Noble Lord in question. It such a return was made to the House as that moved for, it miglit,only state, that the Noble Lord had attended a certain nuniber of times, whereaslie Inight have been tactually em ployed in the discharge of his duties without at tending-at the Post Office, and when the merely officiol details were transacted by a clerk. , Mr. BROUGHAM said that nothiag, could he ,More satisfactory than the explanations which had begin Made , ire couseenenee of his nro:ion ; they. were much More satisfactory than if his motion bad been regreed to. He meant nothing invidious againt LOrd'Claecarty; an exposition us to the nature of theoffice which he held, was ell that he wished. It ;seethed to him the utmost extrava gance to spend the public money on salaries for offices to which' no duties were attached. In the case now before the Holum, the individual who .held the office Was ahroadaliseharging other du ties, so that it was impossible that lie could per lam any service to the public., in an office for :which be had a large salary. 'The statements of the Noble Lord opposite, and the Hon. Gentle man (Mr. Law), as to the way in which the cx pences of Lord Clencarty's mission had been paid, were very different ; but he was convinced that the Noble, Lord's statement was a correct one, anti that Lord.Clancarty would rather have ail the . expenses of Itis 'lnisaipti paid, so:that the pollie mieht have the benefit of his Lordship' s uhilitia' and, riegociations for nothing—which, in the case' at such an arrangethent of a foreign mission„ might perhaps he overpaid awl in other cases no lietcrmi4l.—(a laugh.) The Safest bargain thet tt Niblister could : Make was to have a carte blancht for sendine-his hills to the Treasury. It appeared that Lord7Clancarty's whole expeurseS lied been paid, so that jo this'respect lie was as well off as any other li . oreign Minister. As to the office at Postmaster Generel; it was quite evident that it was one of those %Odell the House, iu'lnlfilnient of its pledge to retrench every superfluous expense, ought to - abolish entirely. Lord CAsTLERBAGH. The case of Lord Clan. , eurty's mission was the same its all the other, called " epeeial missions !" in which it had al- . • ways been usual to pay all the expellees except tho se of a personal nature. The Hon. Gentle 4 man opposite represented Lord Uantarty as en joying his salary a$ Postmaster General while abrOml, 'add witen it was impossible for !lima& transact any otl n of the' duties of that offiee, , --. But it was to be re:::ollected that the labour of that Noble Lord while abroad had been as great or greater than they could otherwise have been, The Attendance at the Post-olliee was no criterion by which to judge of the husiutss done by the Post Master General, as it was not at the otijee that the duties of his office weed to he perforstretL Hut Lord Clencarty, at the same time that he wait Post Master General, held a situation in the Board of Trade, to which a most 'trifling SOWN was teched,--one totally inadequate t•o - the Wen - leas and responsible nature of the office. it w possible that the duties of the Noble Lord's offi(_•:e, in the. Rom tt of Trade, could be discharged out a salary equal to that of the Post Master Ge neral. Mr. BATtING Mt it his duty to say, that no per son had evil. filled the Rititatirin held by Lord Chu carty, in the Board of Trade, who performed the duties with so much ability, or gave such general Satisfaction.' But at the same thne it was better to attach a proper salary to offices, the duties of which were impnrtant.. Mr. BR9UOIIAISI objected to the system of re munerating persons who held responsible offices, by giving them other otliees in which they had no duties to perform, but received a large salary. He would withdraw his motion. Mr. BATHURST Said, that since Mr. Burkc's Bill had passed, there tvas no other way of reinituat. rating persons in such situations unless Pariht !tient would increasethe salaries attachell to atom situations to an amount roletitiate to, the labour and responsibility required in them. • Sir J..NENVI'U',VT thought it extremely proper, L