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IMPERIAL PARLIAMEA 1.

'MUSE Or I.OR Oti—Tussosr, .lung 23.
Commqt. r of Privilogn, on the Claima to the Roos
whioi stood for this day, was adjourned till to.

morrow •
Their I.ord.hips then proceeded to the further considention
of Garditer's Divorce Kill, respertin. which •onie additional
evidence was Avoid. This related ;hien), to the non inter-
course between the ;,actin, and the circunist ince of the bath
et achiN, in reference to that consideration.
Mr. Fair, at Counsel fir the Petitioner, addressed their
Lo:diliips, in an Able and argumentative speech, on the cit-
vimuiriccs of the case, and on the effect of what had been
t weed au crirlenee. h concluding, he adverted to the blame-
' :is cniAlact of C ndain Gardner through the whole, and the
-4,04 anxiety wbiah the Petdruner's noble family felt, that
houtnirs ahoAl not descend to one who had no connee-
a *.th 111 and contend •d, that ample and substnitial grounds
~.1 • ..vn lad for their Lordshi,is esteems to these important
ju"voirins in the Dill.
site, the Coohael had withdrawn,
l'he hill, without ally observation on the part of their Lord.
Wit forthwith read a second time, and ordered to be
committed to-munow.
TiIEf.t.OSSON'S APPEAL.
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The Order being read for the attendance of Ole
Judges for the purpose of delivering their opinions
respeAing this important and long pending appeal,
the same was read at considerable length. from a
number of manuscript sheets, by the LORD CH Er
Bawos ; the result of this was in favour of affirming
the decree of the Court of Chancery.
The LORD CHANCELLOR then addressed
the House in a speech of some length, repeating his
upon the case. In the course of his observa-
, o s.r rsferred to various authnii•ies, particularly
t mat of Lord Chancellor Tuuai.ow. With re-
sped to his oven opinion as to the main law points
ul the case, he could never bring his mind to en-
tertain any doubts upon tl.em—they involved those
rule, of onoctruition which had for ages applied
with respet to wills. Under this conviction, be
certainly should feel it his duty to give a negative
to any proposition tending to reverse the decree ;
the Noble and Learned Lord concluded by moving
a Resolution, tending to affirm the decree ; which,
on the question being pat, mot with no opposition ;
and 't was forthwith ordered accordingly.
The Order for the exclusion of strangers was enforc-
ed. their Lordships having, as we understand, a case
°immediate Pei sr' I. au e to attend to.llWe are consc-
gamily precluded from giving any regular state-
ment of what passed.

MR. JUSTICE. JOHNSON.
On onr readmission to the House, the Clerk was
reading a Petition, which, as we could colleft, had
been just presented on the part of the above jadicial
estarael•, The Petition, after setting forth the
leading circumstances of his case, which are already
Define a a readers, stated in substance, that the
Petitioner was pat to very considerable expence in
defending Lhasa ins cause now dep:nding in His
Majesty's Court of King's Bench. That he was in.
fo:med that a Bill (the Felons' Escape), tshich con:
t aimed several Clauses, that, if passed, would have
effaet of an a Pea fade law upon his cause, and
prayed that their Lordships, iii their wisdom and
justice, would so amend such Clauses, as that the
law, at the time of the alleged offence, may not be
altered.
The Potition was, upon the Motion of His Royal
Highness the Duke of Custara LAN o, ordered to
lie upon the table.
COLONIAL INTERCOURSE WITH AMERICA.
Lord HOLLAND, in a very low tool of voice,
made a few observations upon a part of this subjeft,
in which he seemed to advert to the praiiiice
he said, obtained of permitting the importation of
certain cournodities from the Continent of America,
into some of our West India Islands, par* ttlarly
Jamaica, in bottoms not British. This, he conceived
to be a relaxation of an important law, in favour of
the West India Planters. He thought the topic
worthy of attention, and he expressed his intention
to bring forward a motion for obtaining certain dis-
Cita information from His Majesty's Government
upon it.
These observations gave rise to a desultory and ?a.
ther irregular conversation between the Noble Ba-
ron, the Earl of CAMDCN, Lord I la w Krsauev, and
the Duke of hlo:trooss ; in the course of which
the Noble Duke stated there could be, regularly, un-
der the existing law, no trade carried on between
America and our West India Islands, except in
British bottoms. In some particular instances,
where a strong evident necessity existed, the general
regulation might have been departed from ; but an
order bed been sent out. desiring that no such pow-
ers should be assumed by the Governors. Cases of
strong necessity might exist, with respeill to articles
of provision, but the view and spirit of the instruc-
tions sent was certainly the preservation of the carry-
tag trade.
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After some conversation, in which the Noble
Earl and Lord Hswiitssauav bupportei what had
fallen trots the puke of Mostar/as ; Lord l lot LAND,
who did not proles, himself satisfied with the ex-
planation given, gated, he should take a future op-
portunity to move for th information to which he
had alluded.

MR JIIISTICF: FOX.
The Oyster of the Day brig read, for the consi-
deration of the Petition preseno d on a former night,
on the ran of Mr—lns:ice Ft s. the Petitiau was
accordingly again read. After which,
Lord HAWKESBURY tiase and stated, that
under the circumstances k was this opinion, that the
farther proceedings in the MI *e of the Learned
Judge, had better be deferred mail the next Session
of PaAisment. Hebad, therefisre, in pursuance of
the notice he bad given on it fonner day, taken the
liberty to bring in a Wll, which he now presented,
for the purpose of continuing bum their present
state ot progress, the proceedings in que.tion until
the next *sum' of Parliament, not withstanding any
prorogation ur adjournment. Vt.l3 respect to what
had faUen front a Noble Baron, when he had first
mentioned the sobjed, he thou) ht the merits of the
Bill may very well be discussed. uti its second mad.
i:zz. What be shotAd now 1 top -sse was, that the