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London, England, 1809-05-20 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

Roue or LORDS, Failwr,Viir lg.

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POVLErs DtvoitrE BILL •

Cosalel we,— again called to tke Bar, sad
Mrs J.an Bather was chauvinist as au additional witneis,
Si *roue the act of Adultery between Mrs. Nimbi and Lord
uarkeilie. She stated that, whoa Mrs. Punkt returued
front Winchester to Southampton, she (Ate Witness) had an
opportonity of uhserving her Saco, sad the atpearance eat
such as to induce her to believe there and becacriinival
cuu-
swetine between Mrs. P. and a4tlte gentleman. She was
waiting WOMISSI to her tentrris, :toil bad an opportunity of
kaoaiuE Mr. runlet was at that time absent, nu a water

Mr. CORRY. Solicitor in this cause, said this ciremndauce
was hest iutimated to him by a genticorisi of the num.. of
Richard Crew Esq.; and spun sending Mr Cillin;listis, lira
officiating c'eric, to the last witness she cutuniunicat, d the
parptat of what she had stat.nt to die House.
The LORD CD A%V reemoinented to the rouse,
the rroprieti of poising loftier they determined upon the
second readiux,of this Bill. Though he lerstuud Mr. P.
to he present, and reedy to he contained Isefare their Lord-
ships, if their LordnlOps should be disposed to exert such
of nacc,sity they would he ineined to oslt,ecery
others nuns. it was necessary that Mr. Gillingham and
Mr. Crew should be both examined. Oo this account he
would propose to postpone the second reading of the Bill
to Thursday next. tlnicred
The trio, lusoleent Octanes Bill paused througlisiToin.
sitter, and was reported sithout any amendment.
• CRUELTY TO MUTE ANIM.LL.S.
Lord ERSI.III4 moved that the commitment of the Bill
for the prevention of Cruelty towards lanai Animals he pri-4,
potted till Wednesday sennight. Agreed to.
Mr. Waxe.ros and other Alcintwis (coin the Room of
Commons lironht up the Custonis Warehousing Bills sad
toe Land Tam Commissioners Bill, and many titi-
vate 11116, which were laid upnu the Titbit., oust severedly
read the tint time. Adjourned.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.

The HMIS,' went into a Committee on the Ship °worn'
Bill. The lirrOta an, received, and ur4w4 to be taken list('
furl her Weantstay neat.
Mr. eRFE V moved, dint sit Account be hid before the
Hones of all charge. for solar rs raid out of the 41 per cent.
• Leeward Woad Duties be laid before dm. llousi.. Agreed
to.
lir. %Vs imearoacs a 'veil, that ther4 he !ail hatee the
Hoeft an Account of the 3litaistm, of Crialeace before
the Committee on the Ga. Light C,mapsnya gill. Agreed
• The House resolved itself Into a Committee GO the Cha-
ritable Donation Bill. The Report was brought sip, and or-
dered to be taken into farther consiticration ma Wednesday
next.
A Message from the Home of Lords informed the Howse
that their Lordships had wzniTil to the 'rerople BM- Improve-
ustat Bill, and several Inclosure gills. .
Mr. i11i.11101,01 beams/at up the Lottery Bill, which was
read a first time sad ordered to be read a second time to.
m.wrow.
On the motion of Mr. Rose, the Howse went into a Com-
mittee on the Woolleu Maiiiificierers Mt, the report was
ordered to be received on Wailmudoy mut.
The Hoare resolved itself into a Committee on the Mtn-
tiaigoe Tonle Bill. The report was received, and the Bill
entered to be read a third time on Weeluesiday neat.
Geaeral GustavNa prescated a Petition from several
Maimfiveturers of Salt iu the vicinity of Liverpool, prayiug
.an Jeerers of duty on roreiga Salt impacted into Eagisuil
it Ireland.--Ordered to he us the table.
The second reaming of the Bill to enable Judges to try
civil trusses is their own media", sou postponed till Thurin
day next.
The House resolved itself latest Committee on the Arts
relating to Gunpowder. The repine wee received, and a
Bill oedered to be brought he to Weskitr the tallying of
pepowder-arass, ke. coastwise he Indeed.
Oa the minima of Mr VANItiTAIIIt, us *KOWA of all
VMS of mousey immodest the service of Portugal, iece elle
nth of May, limy, to the latest period, was ordered to be
kid behwe die Howse.
Mr. Hestutstios snowed the second reeding of the Loan
Hill, which wad agreed to. and the Bill ordered to be read
a thitd time to nnineme. t ~ • .• •
Oa the motion of Mr. FOITMIt, the 'Report of the Nsh
Beer Bill um ordered to lie takes into further consideration.
Coked HIDTIMIN SON opposed the Bill, as being loaded
with porgies, and competitors the Brewers to nee all Malt,
which had enabled tlte moan.* .Bitwers to forestall the mar-
ket, slide the Brewers of salad capital must purchase to
great dinadvantage.
Mr. Foveae said, that the peimbies• had been reran-
imaged by the Beeson., themselves, -ad were intruded to
Prevent sdalteratiou. The Bill upon the whole use of the
same effect as that which regulated the Eaglish Breweries.
Mr. Passau. considered the Big as an act of ;scat op-
position upon the small capitalists.
Atlerjo, fey words from Col. Hutentisow, the Bill was
ordered to be read • third Uses as IVedisenley nest.
IRISH TITHES.
Mr. PARNELL, in rising to address the Muse
on the subject of Irish Tithes, called their atten-
tion to too petitions, which wet:. presented last
serviette—The first was from the Quetta's county,
praying far a commutation of tithes—alid the se-
coed, to the same effect, from the Sheriff and. Free.
holders of the county of Kerry ; loesides these,
another had been prepared from the county of Tip,
perary ; but why it had not Lien presented to the
House, he could not tell. The comities of Clare,
Wicklow, and Armagh, had •.atite to resolutions
upon the necessity of a change iu the tootle of col.
letting tithes: and h« land uo doubt, had other
comities been consulted, their sentiments would
hare been the saint. Ile would go so tar as to say,
that the a hole body of clergy were anxious some
change sbould take place in the existing rysti•on of
ithes, and believed that they were most nozgrieved
by its °pension's. %Vhatever grievances did
were not :o be ettribsited to the hotly of tlie cher-
gy—'oe doll toot attach ally blame to thew. Ito
England, the inrenues of the clergy were greatly
increased by small tithes, Ill) such eel!' (twit ex-
isted in Ireland , all pastured lauds were :also greatly
relieved from tin. tax ; the payment of id. saved
the tithe of dos, and the tithe of potatoes was very
small. The clergy hail 6..116013 to complain of the
preneut system, and he had taken pains to ascertain
the proportion and value of their receipts ; for the
tithe of an acre of wheat, which is valued at24s. they
receive Its.; for an acre ad barley, valued tat 19s. 6d.
they rerrese go. Bd. ; for au• acre of oats. at 16n.
they get Is.; for potatoes. at 28s. they have Si. ; and
for meadow, Yid 'Rd at Its. 6 they get 6i.: nod
be belieVed this to be an accurate statensetot, bake);
the country generally—it was not made from part*.
ease places. The !Immutable Member wished
the floosie to understood, that the Petitions flid not
come from the body of Catholics--they hid stu-
dious& abstained (rota attending any of these pub.
lie meeting*. He also wished the /louse to and' r.
stand, that the Petitiorle hod 'not emanated in party
feelings, bet in public motives, which would tend
to the general welfare if the country. Last see.
wens be gave notice that hi would move for three
Petitions to bs referred to a Committee—but wish..
ing the aaliject should rather be taken olio by His
Mi tt rt he saw a Right How Gentle-
:tutu upon the tlthjeeti win) explicitly declared his
sad candidly armed his feeling+ to be in
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