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IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

ROUSE OF LORDS-ArgDNILiDAY, MAY "1•
In the Scotch Appeal, Hunt r. the EArl of Kit:-
nnul, the judgment of the Court below w,as af-
firmed. _

Salmi Bills were brought up from the Com-
mons.—Adjourned to Fria-ay.
HOUSE OF COMMONS.

Mr. R. MrPNOiiiirt;ghtUP an Account of
the Arrears and Current Balances due from the
Commissioners of the Customs in Scotland. to the
sth January, leaf. Ordered to lie on the table,.
an,: to be printed.
Mr. JOHNSON brought up from the Office of
Chief Secretary in Ireland, an Account of the In-
terest of the Loans, the Produce of the Consolidated
Punt!, and of the Publie Funded and Unfunded
Debt.—Ordered to he on the table.
Mr. Sit tame took the oaths and his seat for the
city of Durham.
The MASTER of the ROLLS moved, that the
Rev. Dr. Jackson do preach before the House at
St. Margaret's Church, Westminster, on Friday,
25th May, being the day appointed by His Ma-
jest) 's Proclamation for holding a Solemn Fast in
• this kingdom—Ordered, and that the Master of the
Rolls do acquaint him therewith.
A Message from the Lords informed the House,
that their Lordships had agreed to the Statute Du-
.ties Bill without Amendments.
Mr. SI IERIDAN moved, that the Order of the
Day for taking into consideration the Petition of
Mr. liuskisson, against the Eletctios and Return for
the Borough of Liskeard,which stood for to-morrow,
be read, which was done. He then moved, that the
Order be discharged, and the same filed for Friday
nett —Ordered.
The same proceeding and order took place on the
Petition of cer Eleaors of the said Borough,
against the return of Mr. iluskisson.
Mr. vox'. MOTION FOR PAPERS.

Mr. FOX rose and said, that as he undexstond
libelee 'would not be any objeaion to produce the
/lepers for which he intended to move, he should
Oise have occasion to trouble the House with more
than one or two observations before he made the
Motion which he held in his hand. It could not
be denied that the attack made by the French in
• their irruption into Hanover was a matter of great
sad • t concern to this country. No one
Odd ray bat that it was a very great calamity.
Pl* far that calamity might have been prevented
was not a question to be entered upon at present ;
but he begged to remind* the House, that as His
• Majesty's Ministers knew the war was to be com-
menced, it was is their patter to have taken some
. steps to have lessened that calamity as much as possi-
ble, and to have brought away such parts of His Ma-
jesty's property, and of the Hanoverian troops which
composed the army as mould conveniently be done.
- Doubtless some steps were taken, and it was but
right the House should be informed what those
ware. If the Right Hon. Gentkinan opposite
: would say that _reps were taken by Ilk Majesty's
Ministers, he would content himself with merely
making his Motion, which he did to the following
Purport
That the• z be taut before the Ileum, an Aecount of the
wwwiserani 'Mamie of the Tramp yrs takers up by Gomm
mem, for t.alspir till the Army of Hanover to this country
Also an Amorist of the date of the first o der of the 'Paw«,
LAVA toe the saillug of suds Transporta, sad the dear et all
',errs, if arty, ceentenrameing the same."
Mr. ADDINGTON said, he perfealy well agreed
• *llllli the Hon. Gent. who bad just sat down, that
the attack of the French on Hanover was a great.
isegeortAnt and serious calamity to this country, and
that it was most desirable to be provided against it
as fiu as possible. All he would ask of the House
was, us consider well the state this country was its ak
the time of the French entering Hanover, and the
treaty thew in existence among the leading powers
of Europe t guarantee the German Empire. The
lion. Gent. had said, there was no doubt of the
propriety of bringing over the Hanoverian troop.,
and as oie parr moved for did lint go to any thing
done by His Majesty in his Electoral capacity, he
Yield have no oSjeftion to the pmduiftion of it as the
motion was worded. He begged to anticipate to the
Hoes , that be looked forward to the production
of that paper with satisfaaion. His Majesty's Mi-
sisters, tie assured the House, had taken the earliest
fensible steps in their power. As soon as they
found that II( stilitits were not to be avoided, an im-
r Mediate communication was made by them to the
Elelioral Minister, and it was agreed that a convey-
. sage should he provided forte troops, etc. that
the very nest .!ay a contrail was entered into for
s-sdripping tot that perpose, and that in fad within
two days of the commencement of hostilities 36
transports ware ready for that pursose before the
r order was given for sailing.
The Motion was then put and agreed to.
The further consideration of the Lords' Amend-
ments on the ulunteer Bill, and the third reading
of the Army of Reserve Saspensron Bill, were se-
verally pnapseed to Monday next.
The ATTOR NEY-GENE RA L moved for leave

to bo incr in a Bill to render more easy the apprehen-
olirenders escaping front Iteland to Great
Britain, and from one county t,.) another in Ireland.
Granted.

PRIZF AGENTS.
Mr. JF.RVIS row. in conseglienee of ttie notice
he had given, to make his Maims relative to Prize
AgentE. /le read ovor SererAl passages from the
• -4th Report of lhr Naval l'Anzioniisiunersnn this sull-
ied—mil. after some general observations on the
-putientars of tho report on tht: snbiett, and the
many advantageß resulting to the pnbbc therefrom,
he moved tr- love to bring IA s Bill " r better
securing the yayment of Prize blowy, nod for re-
gulating the business of Prize Agents."
Afters few observations from Mr. Fa•ricti, Sir
W. Eerolto. and Dr. Levet:we:4 leave was given
to bring in the Bill.

Le said, at the commencement of every sessi,nn ; and
"ea '
says, " That in all • cases of 'bribery, the
ouse will proceed with the greatest possible seve-
rity." These, he said, sheaved that it was a duty
incumbent on the House to order this prosecution.
It was at first his intention tishave moved an Address
to the King, to order the Attorney-General to pro-
cecute Mr. Bent ; but on looking into precedents oo
the subjeft, he found only one ordered by the Crown,
and all the rest by the House. He instanced the
Cases of Shoreham, Ilindon, and Shaftesbury—
three cases since the statute, in which the Attorney-
General had been ordered by the House to prose-
cute. He then read, from papers in his hand, the
evidence he had extrified from the Report of the'
Committee on this Election, which :ca. been repeat-
edly stated in the proceedings upon the Aylesbury
Eleelion Bill, relative to the bribery used at that •
Elation, by Mr. Bent's Agents. He said, if he had
made out a case such as the House approved, they •
would doubtless go with him. If he found the
House averse from the proceeding, h' would not
press his Motion. He then moved, " that the At-
tornev-General be ordered to prosecute Mr. Bent
for that offence."
Mr. N !COLSON CALVERT expressed himself
adverse to the Motion.
Mr. FOX said, there were doubtless may prece-
dents in favour of the Motion ; but he thougnt it
unnecessary to carry it any farther, as there wesOi
many who had been found guilty of this offence to
greater degree, by different Cimultittees doting the •
present Session, and no tie!. this nature had been
taken again it any of them. I ie noticed the Orhusby;
Committee, of which he was a Member, which re-•
ported bribery in one of the Candid.ues who hap-
pened to be returned for ;mother place, and was
then a Member of the House. If it had been over-
looked in one of its own Members, he thought the
House s'inuld not proceed with such severity in the
present - *stance, esperiaily as they had yesterday
passed a dill which would opnrate as a severe
punishment on the Eleßors w!io had drawn Mr.
Bent into this transaction. He was therefore of
opinion, no farther proceedings should be had on the
business.

Mr. C. \V WYNNE spoke in favour of the
Motion.

Ile MASTER of the ROLLS briefly repeated
some of his old argirneies against it, which he had
used against the Bill, ands lid he understood it to
be the sense of the Committee, of which he had been
assured by the Chairman; &at if-the Bill against
the eledors of Aylesbury w.s carried, no prosecu-
tion was to take place.
Mr. WARD spoke against the motion, as did also
Sir JOHN NI..WPORI.' on the sa.ne ground as
the Master of the Rolls; the latter Gentleman said
lie had been a most strenuous advocate for the Bill.
Mr. BANKS "aid, he was sorry the matter had
been mentioned at all —be did not wish for a prose-
, cution ; bet as the motion bad been made, he
' thought the House ought in ditty to agree to the
motion, as he feared this si.; a growing evil; and
the House, by muting a ne?..tive on the motion,
would seem to entourage it.
Mr. SHERIDAN thought ths• the House would
be proceeding capriciously ann pa.siall,, if it agreed
to the present Motion. wiss admincd on all
hands that the Gentleman ageino wnom it was
dire led, wet less a criminal others against
whom no prosecution, had I,- -tea on. And in
the •ttesetit case of 11cl-ester, whi. was held to be a
v • y a7gravated one, tv. • ich as this was con-
adered .- necessary. I' ir these reasons he would
etove di the other finless of .tie day be read.
Mr. Rt.' •iE said. the oresent was the oily case
which had en • e . • his knowledge ; and such
as it was, he felt it • • duty to make the present
Motion upon it. lie ad no recolleetion of the
case of Ilcoester, to which e Hon. Gentleman al-
:sided ; but as it had been manta. I, he would that
v.. .'y day move for the evidence rust had been given
',dor: he Committee for trying the merits of that
eleetion. in order to move for leave to bring in a
Bill similar Y• that which leely p tssed the House
with regard to Aylesbury its s ile motive in mak-
ing the present motion was, to prevent the recur-
rence of bribery and corruption at elellions.
After some nhserraticms from Mr. Wynne, the
amendment was carried without a divisioa, and of
course the motion was lost.

The Committees of Ways and Minns and Supply
were put off till Fri lay.
Mr. WILBER FORCE farther • postponed his
motion on the slave Trade to Friday se'nnight.
Mr. ROSE gave notice that he w•roid to-morrow
move for the reading of the Minutes taken before
the Committee on the Ilchester

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