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IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

Or LORDS—Ppc.u.v, APitit 11.

Tae Piiltc upon e,e rah e wereiormArded in th-ir

respectives sups; among their, the Irhit DtiLld
Service 13.11, was read t third•trrne, and rirtsed ;
and the Irish Treasury Bills MU, and the B kis!:
Fishery Encuurageruer.t Bill, were severally read a
second bow.
Mr. 14'orsley. from the London Flour Company,
presented erasion accounts, direited to be laid au.
hefor • the Parliament.
Mr. PurcPll, from the Court of Exchequer, in
Irelan.f, presented certain papers respelling an ap-
peal from t,iat Court, now pending before their
Lordships.
Mr. Crewe, Secretary to the Board of Ordnance,
presented several d rcurnents respeCting the state of

the train of Artillery, ticc. , • -
There papers were ordered to lie on the table.
Mr. Irving, Inspector-General of the Customs,
laid b •fore the• House a variety of documents rela-
tive to the exports aid imports of Great Britain,
during a given number of years; particularly to
and from the West India Islands, agreeably to a
former motion of Lord Auckland, and which were
ordered to be printed.
Lord Viscount Duncan was sworn, and took his
seat, en acceding to Inc Peerage, in consequence of
the demise of Iris father, the late Lord.
Mr. Hawthorn, attended by s:•veral Members,
brought up, from the House of Commons, the new
Loan BA senii;ll was forthwith read a first time.
Some order; were m.:de with respeet to the hear-
ing of appeals ; after which, thca Lordships ad-
journed till to-morrow.

HOUSE OF COMNIONS.

INDIA AFFAIRS.
Mr. FRANCIS said, that not having been in the
House yesterday, when a Motion was made on the
subject of the debts claimed by the Creditors of the
Nabob of the Carmine, he wished to give notice,
that id morrow he should bring forward a Motion,
the olsjesl of which would be, to know the specific
claims of those Creditors, their names, and the
grounds upon which the demands stood.
Mr. HOSHOUSL then brought in his Bill, for
enabling the Commissioners, appointed for that
purpose, to settle the debts claimed by the Credi-
tors of the Nabob of the Carnatic ; which being
read a first time, he said, that as business of con-
siderable tploortance stood both for Monday and
Tuesday fiat, be should propose the second read-
ing for Monday se'nnight, isbids was agreed to.
Mr. PAUL gave noder, that his intention was
to lay the ground of his proposed charges against
the Marquis of Wellesley for his conduct towards
the Raj in f earricabad, on Tuesday next ; and re.
speBing his misapplication of the money of the East
India Company, on Fi Way next.
• Oe the motion of Sir JOHN NEWPORT, the
Irish Bank Notes Dell was read a first, and ordered
ffe Iso read a second time on 1 hursday next.
Mr. Serjeant BEST gave notice, that on Friday
next he should bring forward a motion to prevent
Newspapers from publishing accounts of felonies
before u.c issue of tile trials.
Tlt %DE.
General Taileton presented a Petition,
which, be stated, bad been signed by 7000 mer-
chants. planters, and other inhabitants of Bristol,
praying to he heard by themselves, or counsel,
against the Bill now pending in Parliament fur pro-
hibiting the importation of Slaves by British sub-
jeas. into the colonies of possess not in amity Stith
His Majesty. or such as, during the present war,
bad been surrendered to His Majesty's arms. Or.
tiered to lie on the table.
General TAR :.e.-CON moved an Address to His.
Maje-ty, praying fir a copy of the Capitulation of
the island of; Tobago, to His Majesty's arms, and
the Orders in Council issued on that occasion of the
27th of December which was •7teed to.
He then begged to he by the Attor-
ney-General, whether it were hi. intention to bring
on the second reading of the Wave Importation
Prohibition Bill to-morrow
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL replied, that he
was not at present aware of any thing which was
likely to delay it.
General GASCOIGNE, after some other busi.
pass had been disposed of, said, that as the Papers
moved far could not be on the Table of the House
before to-mon ow, he hoped the Attorney-General
would not refuse to po,oone the second reading of
the Slave Bill to 1 hersday next; and proposed a
Mo:'on to that effect, which was agreed to.
Mr. Jarvis brought in a Bill for the more speedy
trial of offences committed on more distant parts of
the seat; which was read a first time, and ordered to
be rra I a secoroi time, an this dsy tennight.
Mr. Percival brought in a Bill for malting pro-
v'sion for, and more efieeftually enforcing the resi-
dence of :Stipendiary Curates; which being
read a first time, lie moved to be read a second
time on Tuesday next ; but on the suggestion of
Sir J. waorrEs LEY, that an important discus-
eion was to take place that day upon the new host
Duty. she second reading of the Bill was appointed
for to-marrow.
The eta millions Exchequer Bills Bill and the
Irish Butter packing Regulations Bill were read a
Ist, and ordered to he read a tcl time on Thursday
next, as was also the'Bill for Repealing the Duty of
npnn Dwelling-houses in Ireland.
-The Report cf the Committee of Supply of yes-
terday. was blOUg'il up by Mr. Hebhouse, and
agreed to.
Lord OSSULSTONE acquainted the House
that His Majesty had been waited upon wtith
their last Address, and world give directions ac-
cordingly.
Almirai Duckworth's Annuity Bill was report-
ed, and ordered to be read a 9d time tomorrow.
WATERFORD ELECTION.
Sir J. NEWPORTthers rose, and stated, that be-
fore the motion, of which notice had been given, fair
the attendance cf the Sheriffs of ‘Vaterford at the
bar, was made, he wished to request of his Right
Hon. Friend, the Secretary of State, to ftrbear
pressing any punishment, far a COMIlla, which was
W he attributed to the negleet, ignorance, or mis-
apprehension of the parties. Ile hoped, that his
Might L _ on. sierlJ, to elm:lees: towsr.ll him, would

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shinn.s from his consideration .ny inconvenience that
conduit might have imposed upon him as the itii-
vidu most concerned. and the more so, as there
were some doubts respeanirg the operation of the
A,ri of ()aril Iment. lithe meaning of that a& was
to m.,antelpretati.m, it wa. in the power of
the House to take suds steps as would remedy all
defect. is future, but he was AllYlo4ls to &lA-m.4u
any severits towards mistaken individuals.
Mr. Ft )X said, that after what had been ex-
pressed by his (tight lion. Friend, he should feel un
willing to 4,9 towards the persons concerned, in the
ni inner he first proposed to do. The Aft of Pa:.
liamein appeared to him to be imperative, and im-
posed peculiar penalties on the officers who did not
make their returns within forty days. However, if
the construaion of it were doubtful, he would he
far from aaing with severity against any indivi-
duals ; but, as it was manifest that such e.ing%
should not be left to the discretion of Sheriffs, or
other Returning Officers, he should take an eddy
opportunity of moving either a resolution of that
House, or an amendment to the Aa, which should
put all suc!: (pevions beyond the possibility of
doubt.

Mr. LEE, observed, that, in his opinion, an
improper power was given by the A&, to the She-
riffs in Ireland ; and, to slr3vz how doubtful the con-
str,i3ion of the a& seas, he nerd oily refer to a
Noble Lord, whom he then saw in his place, and
who, he believed, could not obtain any decisive opi-
nion on it.
Lord CASTLERE osGH then stated, that in an
instance of a similar nature, in which he WAS con-
cerned, he had taken the opinions of the Attorney
and Solicitor Generals, both in England and Ire-
land, and found, that on the construction of the Ad,
their sentiments were in absolute contradiliun to
each other.

Sir VICKARY GIBBS thought himself called
upon to explain the opinion he gave upon the occa-
sion alluded to, which was, that the Sherif was
bound to make his return within a reasonable time.
Mr. FOX said, the sentiment now expressed, fully
conveyed his idea of the subject ; which terminated
the conversation for the present.
DECLARATORY am..
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL moved the or-
der of the day, for going into a Committee on the
hill sent down from the Lords, to declare the law
relative to the obligation on witnesses to answer
questions, the effect of which mightsubjeft them to
civil process.
Mr. PERCIVAL said, that though he thought
the Bill altogether unnecessary, he should not ob-
jeft to it, before he saw what alteration it might
undergo in the Committee. He would,,huwever,
even in this stage, give one decided objection, which
was, that the Bill professed to declare, as lase, the
opinions of the Twelve Judges ; whereas, six out of
the twelve, gave only qualified opinions.
The ATTOR.NEY-GENERAL replied, that as
his Right Hon. Friend seemed to (Neel to the prin-
ciple of the Bill, he should think that no time should
be wasted, and that the discussion had better tike
place, on the question for the Speaker's leaving the
Chair.
The MASTER of the ROLLS declared himself
to hold the same opinion as Mr. Percival. If the
Bit were unnecessary, it certainly ought not to pass
into a law; but, for the present. he felt himself
unwilling either to oppose or acquiesce in it. If the
difficulty in tile case were but slight. and the necessity
for the Bill a strong one, it might be advisable to
enact it ; but, in the absence of all necessity, it was
not so easy to approve of it. Great doubts had for-
merly been entertained upon this stihjed; and he,
if consulted, would have joined in the opinions given
by the minority of the Judges ; hut he could never
think of calling upon Parliament to declare these
opinions to be law. Whatever doubts might have
hitherto prevailed, if he were a Judge, though he
concurred in the sentiments of the minority, he
should not, sitting in a Court of Justice, think it
right to as corgi ary to what was the declared opi-
nion of the majority t and he believed there was no
Judge who would r t adopt a similar line of con-
duct. Upon these grounds, he thought that there
was no necessity for this Bill ; for, as no Judge de.
livered an opinion to samtlion what was now pro.
posed, as a universal proposition, the inference must
be inferred, that there were some exceptions to it.
The House then went into the Committee, when the
blanks were Ailed up, and the Report ordered to be
received to-morrow.

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CAPE OP GOOD HOPE.
Lord GAR LIES called to the recollection of the
House, that, before the holidays, he suggested to His
Majesty's Ministers the propriety of a Vote of Thanks
to General Sir David Baird and Admiral Sir Home
Popham, for the capture of the Settlement of the
Cape of Good Hope ; but was answered that no
accounts had then been received of its complete re-
duCtion. Since that, however, dispatches hrd been
received, announcing the complete conquest of the
colony, and he therefore wished now to be informed'
by the Right Hon. Secretary of State, whether it
were his intention to take any notice of this con-
quest ; and be applied to him the more particularly,
as he made no doubt, that had it bees a naval ex-
ploit only, the Noble Lord opposite him (Howick)
would have paid the same attentioo to it, as he did
to that of Admiral Duckworth.
Mr. WINDHAM replied, that the condo& of the
gallant Officers alluded to, was entirely every way
meritorious, and he wished it to be distinElly under-
stood, that it was not from any want of the entire ap-
probation of His Majesty's Ministers, that national
honours were not prepared. They certainly did every
thing that the nature of the service would admit of ;
and he was cnovineed would have done more if occa-
sion required it; but from the nature of the tesiatance
which it was in the power of the enemy to offer, it
was not considered to be an achievement or exploit to
claim those honours which were bestowed upon ser-
vices of more difficulty ; though what was accom-
plish:id in this instance, must be acknowledged to
have been in every respe& complete.
Lord GA R LI b.S rejoined, that be was not at
present inclined to go into all the merits of this im-
portant service; but the Speaker here reminded
him. that though the house, from motives of con-
veniences allowed questions to be put to His Ma-
jesty's Minister., yet. when an answer was given;
it was irregular to prol mg the couversation.
Mt. HUDDLE`STONE referred to a notice
which be gave. and which bad been frequently post-

poned, for the prodnetlim of some East hidia papers,
and stated, that as the most material of them had
been produced in another place, it was no longer
his intention to malce.,any motion on the suhjth.
Lord ARCH! lIA LI) HAMILTON gave notice,
that on Monday next, he should move for the pros
&Flinn of some East India Papers, the nature of
which we could not hear.