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reclesirastkal Court, and in the first instance at the;
Lordships BAT. The whole, howintse, was stated
by the Iski:r.s to proved recolhillkin, ant
thaik in plipy ihstatibei, of a v4sy inweeltAditd.; so
that ac*her thearonotar nor She ve:a.ay el the wit-
hess appeared to.be impeached.
After an able Address from the I.earned Counsel I
(Me. Apse) on the nature and effeEt of-the evi-
dence recentli adduced, their Lordships adjourned
the farther consideration of the Dill till Friday next, '
when the Attorney was orJerel to attend.
After Sank..? Tontine it.iness was disposed of ;
Lord KING presented a Petition from certain
jaurncymn c.iUico wi•avers, stating, as we could
collr&, the oppressive manner in which certain pro-
visions in the late regulating an aTeaed them, and
praying relief with respea to the same. Tbe do le
Lord said, it was not then his intention to ground
any motion upon use subjea, but merely to move,
"'That the Petition rio lie upon the tabli,," which was
or,:i.i.ed accordingly. Adjourned till to-morrow.

HOUSE OF COMMJNS.
Sir JOHN WROT fESLEY rn..)vel, that a new
Writ should bb Lsued for the Scotch, Burghs of.
Dornoch, Tains the room of the,
night Hon. J. C. Villiers, who has accepted the
Chiltern Eundred,s,
A Pe ition was presented from. the rialutisitants of
the Town and Corporation of the Town of SArth-
ampton, approving the proceedings of the l- se on
the Tenth Report.
Mr. GREY presented a similar Notion frAn the
Nobility, Gentry, Clergy, and Freeholders of the
county of Non:motherland. Thefwere both order-
ed to lie on the Table. • `.
• Mr. LKYCESTEIP, broutzht up, thz Yl Tort of the
Soled Committee appointd to :tube an Inquiry
into the Expenditure of Money granted tor Naval
Services, and used for purposes net Naval, according
to the statementof the Tenth Report of the Naval
Commissioners—which was ordered to be printed.

iNtrEAcumErr OF VISCOUNT MELVILLE
Mr. NVI-111`15R VA, gave notice that• he would,
esn the 'first day ‘..tfter the recess, more an Impeach- ,
meta against Lind Visceunt 'Melville, and also cer-
tain resolution; terse's-see of his opining on the con-
daCt of .the Chaneellor of the hteheetter on that
rransaetinn. He observed a':!erwards, that it might
he exp'efted he shoal n4tme the day on which he
world bring forward this Motion. It was his wish
to ;,,itre suthcieat time to Hoa. Members to consider
attentively the report after it was printed; and
though it was snap:what 'voluminous, he thought it
might be printed' by Thursd.y, aad on Thursday
sinnight he would-therefenz I.ring it forward.
The Rill for the Recovery f $lll4ll Debts in the
City of Bath was read e iiest ani•ordered to be
read a seco:.d time to-raoirrow.
Mr. Serie:int BES i• moved !of le.tve to bring in a
Bill to :Inland the Aft of 4th of ,the King, relative
to the Privileges of each Members of
.Parliament as
may become -Bankrii.,•s.—Grauted,
The ATTORNEY GENERAL moved for leave
to bring in a 1141 to, amend the .‘Ct passed List
Session, to prevent the escape of arielinals from one
purr of the .liini.ed*KirigrikAll to then her. He said
ossjeCt Of this Ern toetopower the Mattis-
k•l7nd to take !s c.! there, in caws of war.
rants issised m Enelund, end rice verse.' •The rea,on
of his not bringing it fonfr.r.l soen r, 'W.4.4 that Cie
ir st Iversen who expetienCed the inconveweece was
'L. Justice Johnson; and as there were proceed-
plading heft)... the: in Ireland, relative
to sae co. tied of tear I,- eerie Judge, he did not
think it w0...1.1 be L. , to n.ake the present
mo-ion, till those p- ..seed.ngs .• sittermiet.i.
T.lat beins sow the ca-e, he wished only previous
to hs motion to say a few words by way of expla-
nation, to do away certain rumor that had gone
abroad. It bad been said that the AtEt of last
Session was intended as a measure of oppression
against that Learned Judge; where is, the fan
was, that he had received instrndoats from Mr. Se-
cretary Yorke, to bring in that Bill the Session be,
fore last ; but it was at so late a period of it, and so
many Irish Members were gone away, he did not
think it would be respeetful to bring it forward then.
It was on the 9th of May, last Ses ion that he ob-
tained leave to bring iu the Hiss, and be did not
know, till MiXobbett's conviaion for the libel, wits,
was the. author of the letters. tie produced, some
days after the 9th of !slay,... the original manuscript,
winch led to the suspicion of Mr. Justice d,ihnson
being the author. He desired the Al might be
eweresl as read, and concluded by•rnoving—
tt. That leave- b 2 gar,:n to bring in a bin to antr.,d tbn rid

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A a." Grasitvel.
Mr. HUSKISSON pretested at the Bar several
Papers relative to the Ar.ny„ pur.o alt Ls Order,.
Printed. • •
Mr. FOSTER moved for leave to bring In a
3ill, to conflate for a rime t he limited, an Ad
appointing Commissioners, of Inquiry in lresait.l.
Granted.
On the question for the third reading of the bill
to giant salary to the Ca4;rrtan et the Quarter
:ie-s;ons of the Hundred of Salfwd, in Lancashire ;
".Ir. I.I.SP.VRE moved an amendment,
that it he read a third time that day thre- months.
A short cooversation took place, in which Mr.
I-Icasr, Mr. Li.i.lsoN, and Sir R. Buzrori. each
said a few words, when a dirisioa took place;
Ayes, 115 23.
The bill was then read a third time, sad passed.

. Mr. PI IT then moved, that tne message from
the Lords, respeftini; the examination of Eail St.
Vincent before the bele.° Committee appointed to
consider cf the papers relative to Sir H. Popham,
be then taken into consideration; Which being agreed
to, he merred,
at That a Committee h 'appointed to drew up ea mutter to
the said Merage "—Ordered.
He then moved, •
Tait tho Select Corn mitte,:, appointed I coistidor on the
Panel. to the rept irmg of the it nosey sad Ls s. a.
ale he that Comaiiutx.'
Colonel S I'ANLEY brought np tire rep wt on the
Duke of Athol's claim. clot..i was ordered to be
printed, and taken into further cJasidcrdtion on
Wednezdity sennight.
' Mr. W. DIOCINfsON, from the Admiralty Of-
fice, pressatoed an account of t'.ei number of per-
sons promoted to the rank of L'eutenants in the
Navy, from 17)5 to the pte,cnt Ordeica to
lie on the able, and be printed.
• ISIXr. ALEXANDI:R brought u,r the report of
the Committee appointed to sertriniee the na:nes of
the- Melberg bpllittt.d as a &lett Cuttlxiiittee,. on
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