The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1822-03-28 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS, WEDIITODAY, Mattes 27.
•
Their Lordships met at tee o'clock.
APPEALS
Dome, Appettowt DotiaLms, Resp.ndewt.
',Phis was so Appeal from the Coart ut &sawn (Scotland'.
Jedgineet of the Court below affirmed.
GLIM, Appellant; HUNTIR, Reepowdeal.
This was an Appeal from Ibe Cnuri of Sswioa kScothioJ).
Judgement tor the Couit below nIE/med.

BALFOUR, Appellant ; BATRWICI, Respondent.
This wu as Appeal from the Court of *mutt (bsoilswi).
Judgment of the Court below affirmed.

Wtof,t, Appellant ; Pantos, Respondent.
This was as sprat from the Court of Chs ',erg y (leelsnd).
Sent back to the Court below un account of some irregsta.
rity in the pleading.

THOMAS ARROL, AND OTHERS, Appellants; WALTER
SPAWN, Itepondent.
This was on Appeal from lbr Court of Session (Secillssd).
Word not. Judament post poord.

The Earl of SH A reESkiVRY laid on the table a copy of
the Report of she Cummissineers to Inquire Into *hose. of
'schemer Gaol, and Idle • copy of the evideate as the
Coroner. luquest, purauaut lo the 'amnia of the Earl of
Darnley.

Mr. T 01111414, from the Treasury, presented suadr7 ac-
counts pursued' to Art of Parliament, and also a return
under Ilse Act of 'be bith of the late King, fur regulating
public offices as ordered by their Lordiihipc—Laid ata the
table.
Mr. Davenport, Mr Stuart iVottley, and oilierlimbers
of the House of Continuos, ',Fought up thy Hill for belting
the town of Halifax wllh gm, and four Road Bills, which
went aevesally read a fret time.
LORDS OF THE ADMIRALTY.

Viscount M ELVI ILE paused fur ■ e.g., of slue Cussaii.
sion Cro executing the Office of the Lunt High Admiral.—
Ordertd.

The Noble Viscount gave 'Notice that he would, to-morrow,
present • Sill to their Lordships to amend the Acts COIIIII-
- tutiog that office: for a they now stood no km than three
Lords could be • quorum. His Micron.a was to reduce that
number to two.
DELAY IN OBEYING AN ORDER.
Sir Thomas Tyrrebilt, the Usher of the Black! Rod,
ia-
formed their Lordships, that Mr. Adrion (rim the Treasury,
was in attendance, pursuant to their Lo:dshipe' order.
On the motion of the Marquis of LANSDOWItiI he was
called to the bar ; and, in answer to qrsestioas put t:. him by
the Noble Marquis, he said he remembered receivueg se or-
der of their Lordships on the 11th of March, about twelve
o'clock in the day, from one of the meson ogres, directed to
the Commissioners of Excise; he told the messenger it ass
right, and he would forward it to its destioxtion. Ile ae.
cerdiagly sent lei ten, signed by Mr. Umbras/mu, to the Com-
missioners of Excise, and to the Beside of Excise in Ireland
and Scotland, desiriag that the returns should be trsosenited
pursuant to their Lordlier's' order. He sent it by one of the
Treasury messengers. He received another order of Ilse
Lordships, issued am the 22d of March, that the return wrest
be made forthwith on the 234 of Mareh. He ea this nem.
slop also sent • letter with the order to the Commiesiusers of
Excise., signed by Mr. Lashington, retreating of them to
state the cameo ef the delq. He had received Cron the
Beard of Excise, this morning, the returns for &stead and