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London, England, 1807-07-04 00:00:00

SALT NSI-1 ELECTION.

Mr. FREZMAN ME gave notice, that he
wool!, on ti.-morrow, move for the postponement of
the order for the Saltash Committee, which *too,'
for Monday stonnight, until th• next Session.
The American Commercial Regulation Bill wa4
read a second time, and ordered to be committed.

Upon the order of the day ben g read, for the
House resolving i'self into a Committee on the Bill
for resttiAing the Grant; of Reversions for life,
Mr. BANKES informed the House, that from
some unforeseen, and to him unit clown, circumstance,
the Bill teal ant ready to be delivered to the Mem-

berg. tnerefore he movA," Tha: the commat al of tl:i►
Bill be Rost pone.' until Tuesday nest.''—Ordered.
Mu. liuskisson pecuented tL. Estimates of the
expense accuuing ham the appointment of In-
'peeling le mid-officers of Volunteers; together with
the account of expense aritiog from the additional
pay, given to the Volunteers.—Ordered to lie on
the table.

THE LATE. TORO CHANCELLOR Or IRELAND
Mr. HUSKISSON expressed great regret in not
seeing in his place the Noble Lord (llowick), who
had, in the debate of Last night, replied to the ob. I
servations ;Mich lie had thought it his duty to make,
relative to the omitsion of an ordinary clause in the
memorial conferring upon 111 r. Ponsouby the usual
pension to which we Lord Chancellor WAS entitled
upon his removal frnm office. From circumstances
with which he had become acquainted, be was
lolly convinced Cast the nmissinn *rose solely fr,ius
MrstAke. There was not is the House any person Iris
disputed than himself to cast unmerited stigtnaup.in
buy charaifter in society, much less upon so distin-
guished a 'la! as that cf Mr. Pon-..ntsi. The fad
turned oat to be, that though in the Nlemorial Made
out here, asd transmitted to the Irish Treasury, the
claose.of litnnation was omitted, yet, in the second
Memorial issuing from the Irish Treasury. it WA4
s malady inserted, and of cushe fully peuved. that

no =proper intention was manifested by ttie Ad-
iiimistration which minted it, or the person upon
wi one it was coaferresl. %Veen sucho conritaion,
h.
thought it due to the House, to the country, to the
disiingnished iodividnal alltidt-d to, and to himself,
not to lose a moment iti making this declaration.
11.• therefore moved, o That the orJer for pro•
dicing a copy of the Memorial for granting the
usual pension to the iii I tin. George ronsonhy,
I ate Lord Chancellor of IreLod, be discharged.”—
dared.
ea the order n 1 the Jay fir the third reading of
the Irish Cintnms ii•lltieins; rend.
Sir JOHN NF.IV FORT woltinl to impress upcn
the House, that by the rnad:mnit of this Bill. and
in cons-qttence of the 1 ite dinoluti m, dude. to the
amount of ••.! o,onol. would he AbAndonied, unless
it wit determined. in the Ways and Nlettes of the
ysnr, to compensate for that deficiency by some at
present unforeseen suri‘;us.
Mr Ft)S all. said, it did not follow that be
would, by any provision iti the present Bill, he pre-
'ode! from adontieac on soy future occasion those
duties, if their ad .pfi in ni•yeated A dris 'hie. Ile
Bill %vat then real a third time aid passed.
Viscount HOW!, K tine. to con•equence
of
having. since he had ent, red the Hme. reef 'teed 'n-
timation of what had fallen tr,,n, Hm. Gentle-
man opposite (Mr. Husk' sin) via:tee to tae
•charge that Gentleman had last night made on the
pension granted to his d:stingui.hed relative, the late
Chancellor to Ireland. He could assure the H use,
that from the moment he left the H too last n•got,
he had lost no time in obtaining the fullest irslor
lion on the subjea. lie had see the disringunhed
eharader alluded to, who was not less surprised than
himself on the recital of the charge which had hero
insinuated. It was the connitlion of Mr. Ponsern;y,
that the grant was conveyed in the ordinary man-
ner, and subject to the usual limitations. Ile could
not then positively acquaint himself with the exaa
certainty, as he had totally left the perusal of the
Memorial to the Attorney-General of Ireland. and
had nest the instrument at present with hiss in the-
country. At all events, he wished it to be pos;
tuiderstond, that it never was in his contempla-
tnm to enjoy any unconditional or unusual pain,
and expressed Lis determination of immediately
writing to Lord Hawkesbury to have the Memorial
revised. and if defe.live, to have the clawe of li-
mitation immediate'? added. When he spoke of
the high charafter of Mr. Ponsonny, he had only to
appeal to the whole Irish people, he had to appeal
to any of the members ot the Irish Bar, it
they were at present in the House, whether Cher.
ever was a Chancellor in that country who discharged
the duties of his dignified situation with more
inteqrity, more professional knowledge, or greater
general satishalioo ? O s his promotion to that 0:-
ice there was nn artear of notices for six years ;
there vipre untried 4.27 causes, and near 600 notices
=disposed of. During the short period in which
inby sat on that Bench, he disposed of the
whole of the notice., aad reduced the =tuber of un-
decided cause* to 1,00 t at the ume time that he got
rid of all the current and growing bu.iness of that
Court. He, therefore. put it to the Gentlemen op-
posit., whether it would not be more candid first to
' inquire, before they were induced to indulge in such
unsuppotted insinuations ?
Mr. HUSKISSON explained, and r!capitulated
6.: reasons whio induced him to make any obsein
yeti's at first up% this subjen.