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Upuu the 'notion of the LORD CHANcELLoa. the
evidence ur Mr. Gillingham nod Mr.. Barber wee

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Earl ST4NfIoPS did not perceive the smallest
contradiction in the testimony of Join Barber.—
the true state uf the case was this, there was it vari-
ation between her and Gi ~,,, who merely
spoke fioin his rot ollectiou of what Mrs. liarber
had before told him.
The second eadim; of the Ell! was then proposed
from the Wooisaelt, and ne,atived without a
division.
}7!S MAJESTY'S MESSAGE.

trpna the 0r.1,1 of the aiy, hir taking into con-
sideration the Message fonts fits Majesty, relative
to CI As Livings under 1.5n1. it-your--
The Earl of LIVERPC/01., before moving an Ad-
dress, in aiumor to Ilia Mtjtsty'a most gracious
Mohastt, observed, that it was imentled to extend
the homey of Parliament to small livings, antler
1501. per mount. From the returns mails of all
the livings its the several dioceses of the kingdom,
settee; tin;; four, of ethic+ the return ass ant yct
made, ths.re were in all about I 1,7001 omit of
These, 3,291 were livings under lbal. per Notion' ;
upward. of WO (lid nut exceed 591. a-year ; and of
those which were oboes 501. and not exceeding
lUD!. per 'stoma. there were u;nrards of 2,000 ;
lint it was not altogether usisatisrictory, there iias
so !arile a proportion of greater livings, earl that the
ti a of those snider 1501. was no greeter dem
ahcat a third. It was highly incumbent on the
Legidature to do I II in the it pus er to better the
situation of a class of toes:, w ho, of all others, were
most serviceable to their touotry. biro this par-
;ewe it had been thought proper be ilia Majesty's
Corer:me:it. that, agreeably to the system of so
Act .1 P ;.•,,,,,,t, which ei.ested whet v.-as called
Qiteets *..11..5. Vounty, application should heralds
tine year to the other House of Parliament, for a
giant or loo,OnUl. a hich rohost in the same manner
Ise appropriated to the Merrier of these small Irv- 1
inv. in the mean time, he it to be under-
. stood this was only a temporary measure for their
relief; it preceded a system which, he trusted, In
the next Session of Parliament. would he provided.
fur more weesly awl efftetual increase of all these
small ! 'itegs. Ile thought. at press:tit, there was nut
morli necessity for 'eying, snore am the subject, and
concluded by movin au humhle Address, in answer
. to !Ls 7ilejesty's hlaNsage, assuring Ills Mmjcsty of
weir readiness to concur in every measure which
could. 'immure sod. ,emits ill object as that memo-
mended in the Messse„e.
Vaivoutst `;eosin; tH s assure the
MUM' it sax not any ...adc en throw any oh-
j !ion in the sea- 4 es teactiss4, the botin'y of
a'..'iantcut to a class sate hrlirtrt.mas 90 titSertin4,
I: at hero's' to express ht. se•stistriads Oil Ole motion
prop.o. •• esl for their Lordsin,A' consideration. Nu
man was more anxious than himself that the Jibe-
ratify of l'arliatotot alioulJ be extended to those

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-email livings soder isol. per annum; but he was
apprehensive they were now called upon to agree to
mtissure without sufficient explanation, and
which was to he left to the other Howse of Purim,-
anent ; from whose votes, he Ras led to couclude,
the grant would come before their Lordships at the
sell of the session, in the Appropnation Act.
l'he Earl of LtVERPOOL shortly explained the
perport of this measure was only for the present
year, and the gr .ut would be disposed of on the
priliciple of Queen Au,i a Bounty.
Viscount 510,4011111 COOlitioril to be of opinion,
that • the manner adopted would leave their Lord-
Skirt an °mato tfiiity of only an imperfect discussion,
ism the present instance on the Message itself. lie
compared it to Mr. Palmer's claim ; and their Lord-
ships should now, as they did then, enteiatti a jea- •
lons sense of ally infriugement upon their plivi-
leges.
Lord lisenowlr, at great length, entered into
the merit of the measiire under discussion. He
conceived the privileges of the House would not,
is the sinalte.t degree, he affected by the present
proceeding; he 'hewed that the grunt on Mr.
i'alater's claim would nut resemble the present ; the
unifier was nupreceilehted. whereas the latter had
!teen recognised by the legislature in a former act
l'.s haineilt. lie compared the difficulty of in-
erceshig I.IIIW I 1.11,1.4 V, in the reign of Queen Ann,
with that of the present time. ; there war on this
account murk Atoll to be gratified. At that tame,
it was calculated it would take 103 years to iii.
crease small briags to fifty !own& a-year, and 310
snore to increase them to one hunilreil.—This coo-
sidenition probable led to the tardiness which en-
steed. and started aifficulties in the way. ot their in-
crease, recounted insurmountable. But, in the
present tutors, ou it moderate calculation, thirty.
nine or forty years would produce what it N AS before
calculated would requite two hundred I three
year., mud the other period of Ore hundred and ten
year. would he equally reduced in proportion. His
Lordship co:ger:dial strer.uniisly for the importance
and the poliey of attending to the intent and
cotufo.t of those clergymen who possessed small
*meowed.
DitVe of N•raerii.o coincided with the sen-
firm its of the Noble N'i..cuunt. He was sorry the
of Parliament did lint commence in No-
teinber, and thra:::y afford snore time for the die.
czoojou of important busiurss. and itrr%ent their at.
tendatice during the hot months, and during that
season of the year when rosily of their Lordships
ware called upon to attend their rile.. ctive duties
in the couutry. The contrary practice. its Ins opt.
Mots, pr> vented. oil the present occasion, that ne-
cessary discus:ion which (eight to precede fowls au
important measures,. that ler consideration.
The PAii I of Ltvraeoot observed, in the (-muse
of his Parlirmentary life he had found in those hi-
stances when the Brooms commenced about No-
veinher. that the end of the Session concluded in
a maimer similar to the preseut, and lie would refer
also to the experience of the Noble Viseoutit.
Vi-count Sttistoterst said. tuelaticholy expeiienice
hail convinced him of the truth of the olsicigation
made by the Noble Earl, who hail just wit down.
The Address was tinniiimonsly agreed to.
MR. CIIARMILLY.
The E irl of SUFFOLK 'rimed for an account of
all sittiatiolis, emoluments, ei.e. enjoy VII by Mr.
Charmilly, wider the Government of thia- country.
Agreed to.
, Viscount SIOMMITH gave notice, lie should, to-
morrow, move for an ac • tof all licenses granted
during the last 20 years under the Toleration Act.
The second reading of the Loan Charge Bill was
postponed fill Tuesday, on which slay it was ordered
that the Lords be sunantoned.—Adjourned.