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IMPE.RIAL PA RLIAIVIENT. ,HOUSE OFP.EAIa. THURSDAY, MARCH 17. , . Tnetrt Lordships sat for softie mittee of Privileges, frotn which, as usual, Strand gets were excluded. The subject .of 'their Lord., ships' deliberations, we understand, was the Irish Peerage, end - More repecially the case of Viscount Lime R 117"; C, one of the Representative Peers of Ire , lend, and lately promoted to the dignity of an Earl cif t hat e Kingdom. The Report was, as we could coiled, ordered to be taken into consideration on Monday,' The Earl of RADNOR and Lord Reteeee. were sworn and took their seats. • • The Bills before the House were forwarded in their respettive stages. • , • On the ques t ion for the second reading , of the for the Relief of Certain InSoieent Debtors, a short And general conversation took place, chiefly between the. Lord • CHANCELLOR, Lords ELLEN BOR,OII Gil • and ALVA I / 4 NLiY, upon the subjed, which was to the following effed : after a few ob. nervations from theNlarquiss of SLtoo, the purport Of which we could not coiled, The Lord, CHANCELLOR expressed the opinions be had avowed •on some similar ',occasions, :relative to the propriety, and, in a great degree, the neces-, eitY of having carious exceptions to the operations . of the Bill. The principal of these were against persons confined for Damages- awarded upon Adions of crim, Con. Cases of Setludion, &c. Lord ELLENBOROUGH highly approved of .the principle laid down by the Noble andeLearned . Lord, and seemed to be of opinion, thae.further exceptions should be made. Lord . .ALltilN LEY coincided in these opinions, and added, it were proverit should be understopd, that it by r u t means folloeved, -thet' because the pre. ,sent Bill had' so .far advanced in its progress, .it. would pass in the present-Session. 'TheLOI;D CIIAN I CELLOR then made'oOMe ge. neralebservations on the tendency 'of Bills of this ea . • ture, - and . said there was a circumstance connected with them Which si ould not escape the serious attention of their Lord he alluded to, was the, frequents pradice of persons getting themselves ar_ rested and immured in prison, on the contempla.• trios, of EUCII Ads as the prebent—it was his inter): therefore, to propose the introduainn of a Clause into the Bill, tin a future opportunity, re. straining the retrospedive operation of the ACk to such a date, as should prevent such an undue ad, vantage being' tekeu.of the measure. The Bill was then read a second time. .. The Report of the Bill for the more effeaual prevention Of frivolous and vexatious 'Arrests; was then taken into consideration ; the' Amendments confirmed 'by the , HAse, and th6•Bill, with the Amendments, ordered to he printed. On the question for their Lordships going in to, a Committee on the Irish Ch;dhing Bill, some gene. rat disenssion•also, the way of convetsation, on the subjed,, arose ; and which was to the folloWing ptirport—' Lord A1JC.674 AND expressed his, opinion, that . the Bill event to continue too great and too marked a dist inaion with reaped to important considera. tion of the' Criminal Code, between different parts of the United Kingdom.--Ie struck him as very questionable, on the score of tree policy, that' ' an offence in 'one put. of the United Kingdom, was eutiishable, comparatively in a slight !rennet' its this Country. On this general ground he was of opinion, that some time' should be allowed for ' the. further consideration of the subied, He also thought' some information should be laid before the, House, tending to chew the necessity., of their coading such provieions exclusively for Ireland. , The Archhish.olt of DUBLIN *absented ; he wa , , not sufficiently apprized of the state of existin g circtitn'stances in this part of the United Kingdom, to say how far such a' legislative provision may be expedient,, as to render the offence, described by, tiee Bill in question, equally penal here; but with respen to. Ireland, he was confident such a Lew was necessary, ; and of that, necessity,, fie thought no man who resided one year in Ireland, could re. main unconvinced. • The LORD. CIIANCELLOI? observed, that with respell to the Bill in question, he was attracted principally on account ,of the extra ordinary 'title of it, .to read the dill, e whieli he lied to observe, afforded him, very little infornia, non as to the peculiar offence specified in the title.' Ire thought, and ,he had occasion before now, to make the observation, that,some Noble Lord, who supported a Bill of iMpertance, or of a novel nature, shnold state to the House the nature of such proposed Measure, or the necessity for its adoption. In the present instance, netwithstateling - what appeared in the title, lie could not, perceive that ,ehalking or chalkers once occurred in-the body of the Bill. He agreed, to a certain degree, with . the Noble Lord iebo,spoke first in the cooversation, but at the same time, h e seemed to admit the justness of the remark el the Right Reverend Prelate. • Lord Vircoseat CARLETON made some observe 'ions as. to the peculiar nature of the offence in ques tion, which he described as one of very, frequent occurrence 'in 'lreland. It had fallen to his lot,. whilst a Member of the Irish Legislature, originally to propose the mcasure in question ; the Law was at first, enadted for a limited time; it had since beep found expedient to revive that law, and to render the punishment exemplary. 'With resped to the appellation of the oifence, the Noble and Varna Viscount observed, it was such as it 'was I ,:?.nerally known in Ireland by; especially among. si t e lower ranks of the People. Lord ELLENBO ROUGH seemed of opinion that the offence in contemplation of the Bill was properly - made .capital, and, that' sach a Le. gislative, provision may with prcipriety be ex. tended to this part of ihe United Kingdom.. Tei order to give their Loetiships *time to coo ider o a proposition of this nature, which he ellottglit' a very important one, he wits of opinion fee commitment of the should be postponed. The Learned Chief Justice adverted to a late case of singular"atrotity, which was tried at the Old Bai. ley, which it was found the existing Law could not reach, as it appeared that the Statute under which the parties Were prosecuted, required •the fad of lying 'in wait to be proved. His. Lordship .noticed some inaccuracies and.imperfeetions in the wording of the Bill, .with respen to the description of the particular 'offence in question, and on which he made some forcible remarks. Lord ALVANLEY delivered his sentiments on the subjeet-, which in a great degree seemed to tally 'with those of the .Learned Chief Justice ; and he took .occasion to notice an inconsistency; which he considered as prevailing in the Law of England, with respea .to.offenees not very dissimilar to that in contemplation of the Bill in questinn, namely, where an assault with intent to , rob was regarded. as felony ; whereas the same offence, with a possible intention to murder, was only a misdemeanor. He seemed tb think the provisions of the Bill may very properly be extended to Great 'Britain. He there.' fore recommended time fqr the further consideration of the subjed. The Committee on the Bill was 'then ordered to be postponed till Monday. The Lord CHANCELLOR - then quitted the wool sack, and addressed their Lordships 'at considerable length, relative to the Irish Appeal Cause Lloyds'v. Grady. After considering the subjeft in various legal points :of view, in which he displayed his usual ability, and profound erudition, he moved that the further consideration of the case be post poned till Monday next, which was ordered ac or4ingly.--Adjourned till to-morrow. HOUSE OF .COMMONS. THURSDAY, 14ARCII 17. THE SPEAKER took the Chair at three o'clock, when a great deal of private business was dispatched. Several Members - had leave of absence iron) in. disposition. • The following'Gentlemen were chosen by Ballot as a Committee to try the merits of the EleEtion for the Borough of lichesecr . The Right Hon. John Hi ley Sir john Keene, Bart. Addington, r ' ~ Nicholai Vansittart, Esq. Christopher Godrington, Esq The Hon. John Smith Wm. ' folliffe, Esq. Lord Yiscount Cole Sir Win. Lemon, dart. The Hon. Laurence Dundas Thomas Barnard, Esq.' Sir George Cornewall, Bart. - Cal cert,, Esq. „ Sir John Aubrey, Bart. NOMINP.ES. George Tohnskone, rsq. John Fonblanque, Esq. The following Gentlemen were also chosen as a Committee to try the merits of the East Grin. stead Eledion The Hon. Charles Hope, Henry Shelley, Esq. .. lohn Campbell, ffsq. . James Ferguson Esq f ._ John Osborne, Esq. . he Rt.lion, I.' C.Virliers, i_olui Stnnnitbrth, Esq. Walter S. Stanhope, Esq. ienry Joddrell, Esq.' Richard Price Esq. games Brodie, Esq. William Didson, Esq. The Hon. C. H. Pierrepoint, NOMINEES. W. Smith,'Esq. of Norwich , and C , Shaw Lefevre, Esq. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER..MOVEd the Order of the Day for calling. over the House on Thursday next, and observed, that the Gentlemen who were nut present at the Call of the House, should be reported to the SPEAKER. Mr. WICKHAM moved , the Order of the Day for the second reading of the Irish Militia Bill, and proposed several Amendments. The Bill was then ~read a second time, and ordered to be committed to a ComMittee of, the whole House to-rnorrow. The Lords' Amindments, on the Post-Office Bill, 111 were ordered to be taken into consideration 10.0 r - row. A Message was received from the Lords, stating their concurrence to the Marine Mutiny Bill, and some other Public, Bills, relative to the Revenue W . Ireland. Trie Gienada and St. Vincent Loan Bill, was dead a second time. Frederic Shuttlewoith was brought in to be re. pritnanded by SPEAKER for having prevaricated in his. evidence before the Nottingham Committee, oo which occasion the SreAlesit Adressed a very solemn manner nearly as follows : " Fre deric Shuttleworth, a Seled Committee of this. Houk, appointed to try and determine the merits of the Nottingham Eledion, have reported that you have 4iven centradidory evidence before them, and chat you have been guilty of gross prevarication and misbehaviour./ Offences like your's tend to destroy the most sacred test of proof among men : they tend to defeat the ends of Justice, and break up the foundation of Civil Society ; but'the qua. lity of your offence ia highly aggravated, for at the time that you were vainly endeavouring to suppress the disclosure of ,a disgraceful scene at Nottingham, your education, yew situation, and your habits of life, must have made you know that you were exhibiting a pernicious example to others. In the punishment of your offence the lenity of this House has been most conspicuous, by committing you into the custody of its own Officer, by which you have been spared the disgrace and infamy of a comma.° gaol; and I sin impre3sed with a strong persuasion, that a mind so acquainted with the rules of justice, and moral Aligation, meat, in the corn. pundion of that mind, feel the severest punishment. , You are now to go forth to your friends and to the world, branded with that disgrace, which nothing but your own repentance, and the strittesr regard ireyoer future life tO moral duty, can restore you to the enjoyment of the politieal and civibrights-of your feilow-subjeas. This House bath ordered, char you be now discharged, and you are accord. ingly discharged, paying your , fees.s' The Clf ANC E R of, the EXCHEQUER rose, and said, he was sure everysMember of that House would j do hildiri the approbation of the' SPRAXIIIt'S very impre;sivc Address to Frederick Shettleworth ; he therefore sheuld move, that it be entered un the Journals of the House. The SPEAKER 'put the question, and it was agreed to PlOll. con. The SECRETARY pt WAR postponed the reading of the Militia Provision Bill till tomorrow, as he wished the Members to have a printed coprg Restridion Bill was read a second tune. Tice Dublin Watch Bill was read a third time, The House adjourned at six o'clock, A MESSENGER arrived yesterday in the Forenoon from Lord WHITWORTH ; the contents of his Dis.. patches have, of course, not transpired; but a great many Private Letters have been received, from the general contents of which, we are enabled to present our Readers With the following particulars, and on the corredness of which our Readers may depend. At Madame BONAPARTE'S Drawing• Room On Sunday last, the Ft IST CONSUL appeared in a - state of evident irritabiliti. When he approached the English Ambassador, he observed with warmth, that a War had desolated Europe for 4fteen years, and asked whether it was now to be renewed adding, that if it was, it might again last for as long a period. To which Lord WHITWORTH calmly replied, that if it was renewed, it would not be the fault of Great Britain. BONAPARTE then went amongst the Ladies, but soon after re— turned to Lord WHITWORTH, and vehemently de dared, that the Armaments now preparing in the ports of Fr‘anCe Were destined only for the Colonies, in the preservation 'of which England was as much interested as he could be. To this ho answer was made. He . soon afterwards.quitted the room, call ing On-God and Man to witness, that he hoped vengeance would be infliled on that Power, which, by a violation of Treaty, shoulcL cause the renewal of hostilities.. All accounts agree that his counte nance was throughout almost disfigured by passion : .and his tone was so loud and vehement, that at least half the company present must hive heard all that passed on this extraordinary occasion. We forbear to make any comment on 'the singti. -larity of the Chief of a great Empire concluding himself in the manner that has been deicribed, not only before his, own Suhjeds, bat before klarge as. semhlage of Foreigners. What 'impression it may make at Paris remains to be proved. But the,whole of Lord Win TwoxTit's demeanor- on this curious an d interesting occasion, Feems to have'been 'univer. sally admired, even by those who cannot he sup. posed to be favourably inclined towards the British Government,we mean . by Frenchmen themselvei. We leave our Readers to make their own comment 00 this extraordinary scene, and shall content our selves with this single observation, that the confidence of the People of this Country in their present Rulers, arises not a little. from the freedom frdm passion by which all their mea. sures appear , to have been regnlated, and which has marked all their language; leaving it to the French Government to ascertain, whether violence of expression and demeanour is a proof of wisdom in Council, and intemperance a guarantee' of be coming attention, in the Chief Magistrate, to the real; interests of a great .Empire.' THR Intogen, of tO guns, CaptainYiwoHAN ) arrived at Plymouth on Wednesday, with Dispatches from the Cape 9f ;good Hope. From this we arc led to hope that' the Cape is not yet. evacuated by the British Troops. WE stopped.the Press yesterday, to announce the arrival of the Paris P a per s to the z;th instant. The Moffitt:a anti the other Journals , contain Hts MAJESTY'S Message, but they have not though; proper to, make the slightest comment upon it. It is stated, in a Letter from . Petiraprgh, thit' theTtitsT Cotrsol. had expthsed his intention of complying with . the, wishes of the EgI'EROR of RUSSIA, respeEting the 'lndemnity of the KIN of SAItATIV, I A.. What Indemnity that unfortunate Monarch will receive, is not,Yet precisely known ; but it is said that it is to consist of two-fifths of the 'rerritory of the KING of ETRURIA.. The strid friendship, founded upon mutual esteem, which we were lately told in the Park Pipers, sub sisted between the French and the Algerines, has met with Jan' unfortunate interruption, and a Squadron of 'French Frigates has . been►' ordered to block up the Port of 4/giers. In an extiaordinary Sitting of the Germanic Diet, on the discussion Of the general Recta of the Depu. tation, the Prussian Minister voted for its adoption, and contended in hia :Vote, that no regard ought to be paid to the declar'ation of the ICING of Swatax, beFause he had abandoned the cause of the Rmpirt during the, War, and consequently could have no other objet now in view, but to oppose the Peace which had boen concluded. The Swedilh Minister bat este:a' a formal Protest against ihi most 41. traordinary declaration. The Expedition which is said to 1e intended for the East Indies, sailed from Brea . oa the 6th inst. The French Funds are 6o -30. Yesterday morning after breakfast 1-lts jEtTY, attended by General IVIANNEtts, rode on the Harrow.road, and returnod soon after twelve About twelve o'clock Het MAJESTY and s the PRINCESSES, attended by Ladies ELY and Atit. BURY, went out airing ; but the coach whiclthid the PRINCESSES in, retutned back just as they had passed the guard.room, on account of the sudden indisposition of Her Royal Highness the PRINCESS AMELIA. 'Her MAJESTY went to Blackheath, and paid a visit to the PRINCESS of WALES, and re. - turned between three and four o'clock. This morning the Royal Family left Buckingham House for Windsor, where they mill remain till Tuesday. The First Battalion of the First Regiment of Guards, which marched from Winchester on Mon. day last,, arrived yesterday at, the Horse Guards and the 88th Regiment of Foot marched from Ply mouth, and entered Winchester on Tuesday, • to to duty in their room. We are ,happy ,to;,perceive that -that excellent Officer General DuNDAS, is to be aetively e4nploYe 4 on the Staff. The whole Army acknowledge. their obligations to this experienced and able Officer. . . In Devon boo of the Yeomanry have voluntarily - enrolled to serve as two Regiments of Cavalry, der Lord Rot,r.r, without pay, ;o March To PnY Port of the Western ,Distria, to assist the Civil Power, and to prevent the plunder of wrecks. It will be, we are convinced, a subjed of most .general regret, if Mr. Fur's health will not per+ mit him to assist in the important discussions which must naturally arise in Parliament from the circum stances of the present time. We sincerely praY, that the Country . will not be deprived .of the great talents of that pre.erninent Statesman at a junattre • so momentous. This morning mired a Mail from Lisbons brought to Falmouth by the King G orge Packet, in twenty-two days. ' , r . We have made stria inquiry after the cireittri; stances which gave rise to . t h e report of Wednesday, and' find them to be these—zOn the a6th of Dc cember last, a French Brig, of about 170 tons hur then, ,ran on shore near Shorehaip, and the Crew, consisting of about twenty persons,, reached the shore with the exception of two. Shehad formerly been a French Gun-brig, was commanded by Officers, and manned with men regularly belonging to the French Government, by whom she was fitted out. Upon her being deserted by her Crew, she,was taken session of by the Custom-hintse Officers, whq, found . her Cargo to consist of 2000 Stand of Arols/, to brass swivels, .three pieces of ordnance, five barrels of powder, a barrel of flints, and shot of various sixes. Her Papers were calcu4teti4°.!M r.c" - - that she was bound . from Dunhi r k toWelo utleal"! and that she, with . a consort, laden also with !P• litary stares, had left tire 'former port a feW, tlaY4 before, and by mismanagenient'lnd_ stress o f w e - ;her,- she was stranded on our coast. Though her Papers stated New Orleans to be her destined ports • she had not provisions or Storer for so long a voyager a circumstance that created igooddeal of suspicion but a few things had floated.on shore from,'the wieck,.clearlY, days ago some Flags,: which, with oth e f, proved that /re/ea-was the place of her destination. These, on Monda). last only, came into the posses sion of a Gentleman at Shoreham, .who on Tuesday night List brought them to the Admiralty, which gave rise to the current report and belief that the transadion had been recent. . • Yesterday the Dispatches for India, _ by the ship' Huddart and Charlton were firratl closed at tives,..i East - India House, and delivered co heir t4Petlivc% . 4 Pursers. ~ -. , it I,...sssalloeßs PER tiUDDART. . 1 , t ,`, For St. Helergt-.l.leutcnant. Colonel William Lane, Deputt , of Governor of St. Helena, his Lady, and seven c hildren Mrs. Margaret Killen. Wit - For Bombay —Mr. Homan and J.-Lorimer, Cadets ; %' i ''' liatu Wcgg, Marine Volunteer. PRI CHARLTON. ' .',- For Bengal—Charles Slimedland, Esq.. Senior Merchant ? an 4 Lady; Captain Goddard Richards, and" Lady , ; Mrs. Ww" art ;, Misses, Mary Anne Greer, Ch ar l ot t e Mddleton, liar' riett Smith, Hannah Russell, and Eiji: - Tenet ; 1416 31 ;, 5 ' Berrie, #urgh, Roll. T. I. Jackson Mattliews, and,,'' .. Middleton, Natives -, R. SValpole, Algernon Revc,'" , ' George Saunders, and William - Lowther, Writers ; I ,l'. I. Thos.' Aylmer, Charles Heath Lloyd; Robert -13 ' 1 ' n ° and Win. Kennedy, Cadets ; and Mr. George SYIP t° D .P ',. Assistant-Surgeon. , . . ~ . , Yesterday a Common Council was held at Oulia"- . - ' o .- pall, at which were present , the Lotto MAYo: 1 Aldermen, Mr. Recorde r , an d u pwards of 2 ° o. Commoners. • , Five hundred pounds were unanimously voted the jennerian Society for prevention of, thesirta!lH' PP". The Court elected GEORGE THOMAI,. r vier— f ° Newgate Market in the room of Mr. Tuctoiro eleCted Clerk of Smithfield Market.' Tuesday the twelve Recruiting Parties from th e ' Plymouth division of Royal IVlarines, heeded by the ir' Officers, marched through Storehouse anti Ply' mouth to. their respeaive destinations ; they wort 'attended to the end of the tawn by their excellen t 'band, in full uniform, playing, " Rule Britannia." .". Britons Strike Home," ". The Grenadier*, March," and peveral i other national tunes. The men were in high order, and ingreat spirits, 012 the occasion. This valuable corps is to be corU• pleted to its establishment as soon as possible. The Bakers in the Vietualling.office at Plymouth are direded to bake t 8 suits of biscuit each day in' stead of tz ; and the Blacksmiths in the Dock. yards 'are direeted to work three days for ones short; in every department, the greatest adivity used to expedite the Public Service. On 'Tuesday the Lady of Capt. YOUNG,of the Navy, Was safely delivered of a Son, at his LlP'' at Mallinq, in* Sussex, btltp altittVltD. 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