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IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.
ROUSE OF LORDS—Lisiussu 51st
The Bishop of K dial*, one of the Ir:ah Representative Vres
latet, was sworn and took his Seat.
The Sills upon the Table were forwarded in their respective
stare. Among these, the Irish Si • • Warehousing Bill, and
the 1 01 gutter Peeking Bill were reed a second time—And
tie Hank of Ireland Debenture Payment Bill, pawed dlti mOll
• Committee of the whole House, and was reported Without
amendment.
The LORD CHANCELLOR quitted the Wodlsack, and
stated, that in conisemietice of the Order, their Loididiips were
bow to proceed to tint hearing of the Appeal Cause from Scot.
tend, whereat Mr, Cunningham, Graham was the AppelLint,
and the COUlltirel of Glelicanne was the Respondent q and that
Leung ver7 sivarle related to the Noble Respondent, he should
wish to be absent during the discussion. On saying this, Ilia
Lordetrip ervhdrew fr,ilD the Hots,*
Lord lEileithoroush then took his west, as Speaker of the
HORRID, end Counsel were railed in.
inc Counsel forth. AppelLtot are Messrs. Alexander and
Gram. lo)thr Respondent, the Lord Advocate oi Scotland,
the tioficitor General of and Mr. Adam.
Mr Alexander was brad at mnie length, as leading Coun-
sel, kw she Appellant ; shut which, the further hears ig upon
tlie c. was adjourned tilt tosroormw.
DEFENCE ACT REAL BILL.
Earl SPF.NCER moved, " that this Bill be now
read a third time." _

Leith ELDON rose, and Made a variety of abser.
yahoos against the measure, rather explanatory of
what he had advanced on a former evening, than
eliciting novel or additional objections. After al-
luding ro wiiat had berm stated by a Noble iies-
vaunt, net then in his Mace, as to the causes of the
, dimmuriou of the Military Force of the country, at
the close of the last war, end also respeding the im-
-1 sense levies which were made about toe commence-
ment of the present war, which, however, indicated
bet A want of eigout in an Administration, repeat-
edly asserted to be destitute of energy, his Lord-
ship pointedly adverted to the clause in the Bill.
which evaded the remission of the penalties, under
this Ad .it }the 44th of the King, while it totally
pined over those of the 43d. Fat tile penalties of
the At about to he repealed, were lenity, in com-
parison witti those enacted by the Amy of Restive
AO. ; this seemed to him an inconsistency. Besides,
he had to put it to their Lordships, how the mea-
. ante of the repayment of penalties might operate in
the way of precedent ? On these topics, the Noble
and Learned Lord expatiated sonie time, and to
which he felt it bit duty to call the attention of the
Hoene. •
The Earl of ROSSLYN contended, that there
WAS 110 ilicou.i.tency is enintcing the one species of
penalties, to which the Noble and Learned Lord
had referred, and remitting the others, which were
to be done away by the present bill. As to the idea
of tie repayments operating injuriously in the way
of precedent, lie had no tears ea that head, as he
believed money paid into the Exchequer, was rarely
recur nod ! (4 /eve.)
i • lord ELDON spoke in explanation, with respeft
to 11. e appropriation el those penalties to which he
akrad alluded ; and on the general gustation, urged
the impolicy of repealer% such a measure as the
Defence Atl. until another of equal, er nearly equal°
I elliciehey. was ready to be substituted.
Earl SPENCER expressed his surprise that the
I Noble and Learned Lord, should thus come down
on the question for the third readiag of the Bill,
,and offer deteiled objections, to certain parts of the
Bill, when the regular oppnrtnnity of doing so w
'in the Committee. With reaped to.theremisaiegt
the penaltits, he contended, the measure Witt,
. oily consistent, but just, as the Bill would, without
loch a pov oilcan, prove SIR Rqsully oploossive and
1 , absurd measures; absurd, by not relieving those
t obstacles to the recruiting of the Army, which it
I' was one great object to effect.
The Earl of HAILDWICKE made a few re-
,
p marks on the occasion, which seemed principally
to reter'to the pending Bill for the repeal of the
I-ish Defence Act s which measure, on aecesnt of
the • different circumstances of the two countries
i in think rearm (principally from the consideration
that ell sash reprices vete is Ireland supplied by
the public purse ; stehereas, here they were borne by
the respective- counties) was; he considered, very
distiact from such a Bill, as applicable to Eng-
i lima.
Lord HOLLAND pointedly noticed the grounds
me 'Which the Noble Earl chiefly commented upon
she mil now before the House. and which appeared
tee him equally irvelevant and extraordinary. When
the Measure, adverted to by the Noble Earl, should
WWI before the House, those topics could then re-
f gularly be discussed.
The Earl of HARDWICEE spoke in explana-
tion.
Earl SPENCER observed, that what had fallen
from the Noble Earl would be fit matter for consi-
deraion when the Ball for rite repeal of the Irish
Ada, should come before the House.
`The question was then put, and the Bill was read
a 3J time, and passed; and a message ordered to ac-
quaint the Commons, that their Lordships had
agreed to the said Bill, without any amendment.—
Asijour ned till to-morrow.
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FIoUSE of COMMONS.
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Lard John Tnertesheod presented, by command of His Ma.
Jest„ a i ecrou'd of the Eittraordieary Serviers, from the 95th
oaf seirtp i,lier„ IC*, to the !slit of December, 1•05. pith a
duplumte there..f. Orderipif to Peels Ivry obits. •-' 4 • .
Mt. Alder's ,r, Coombe bioeght up a Rill for repealing the
repos NET Read • fire, and ordeied to ibe read a second
Haile.
Tbe Walt R. venue. Crilleefien Rill passed through a Com-
ORMie, mid the revert ass ordered I. be received to morrow.
On the Vllllttlill of Mr. FOSTER, it was ordered, that the
Heeree should to-mormw resolve itself into a emeeinee, to
curbside, ni the Irish Mail Coach AIR, of the 45th of the King.
Mr. Ale,:ander brought up the report of a ISM to ararrild the
kieft Met Duty AR of the last 'moron. The Phil, with the
MMiladmenta, was ordered to be engrossed, and read a thud
' .?"I"rfe "lA.Ml::::df..r alto brought up the Report of the Committee
4 ' ',Wale kish Stamp Doty Bill, which was agreed to; acid the
,s_arrerutione of the Committee of Supply on the Army Rsti•
end s, wh.ch WWI read a second time, ai.d agreed tn.
uti the roman of Mr. VANSITTA It 1, the third tearful of
the Pruiterty Duty Rill, was deferred until to-ruorruw.
Mr. Meus, from the India Board, presented various Papers
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respecting the Cia:nu of liidividuak ou the Nabob of Ow,,
white were ordered to be printed.
M. FOS ILK 'waved the Order of the Day for the 'mend
reading ut the Bill respecting the Dram-Nark on Fotetn boen,.
After a tee words (rem Lord Tk NIPI.V. ar.d Mr. CORRY,
Bill, inasmuch
isish arid Scotch
out to press o.e
wisich Day it a is

• Mai*, ti the extreme importance at the I
as t uut
cute efiectrit the !nth, but the Eng,
hleasu:atteees ays; Mr. Punter 4nnientrd nu
aotra4-4 asednog rout Wiktii•td.ay mat, fur rut
au:4,04.10j unfree.
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