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THUR.DAY, JUNE 9.

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IMPERIAL

Mr. Mansfield and Mr. Romilly were heard in
behalf of the Appellants, to the 'Appeal Catqse Peter
'sate 'Firenusson, Esq. his Dwellers and Sisters, e.
Thelrerson and Frederick Thelusson ; after
-which th.!'further hearing was adjourned till 'Wed-
nesday. l'lse_ka.onrey-Gcner.ll, the Silieitor-Ge-
nerd, Mr- Pigott, and two other Learned Gentle-
men, are Counsel ti.r the Itespooderus.
I hree Bills were brought up hum the Commons,
and presented by Mr. C. Dundas, Mr. Chaplin, and
Lord Granville Levesun Gower; they %wart
_read a
First t;me.
Mr. Alexander brought up three returned Bills,
viz. the Ship-destroying Penal NIL the Supplemen-
t.kry Militia Bill, and the Soldiers' and Sailors' Re-
lief MI.
The Sills on the table were forwar,:csl a stage
eaet.
CIIANDOS PEERAGE Ci.AIM.
herd I-lAWIE said, he understood that the
Cl:enders Peerage stood for to-morrow ; his Lord-
strip hoped that it would then be proceeded oa.
The :'.once should consider the inconvenience that
reuthed to those Peers who wished to attend on
tax occasion, fmm such frequent adjournments,
and tle still mere serious ineerver.ience felt by the
parties themselves ; and if they did consider these
eonseqeentes, they surely would not admit of fur-
ther dday.
Lord WAI.SINGHAM said, he could conceive
it Wouid make little or no difference. A Noble
Duke (NEnfolk) who had closely attended to the
whole of the proceecruigs on the sabjeet, and, no
doubt, would wish to delver his sentiments upon
it, man necessarily h. absent on important busi-
ness. his Lordship said, he therefore hoptd no
• objedion would be made to postponing the further
proceeding upon the claims 'till Monday.
' Lord HAWK E appeared to entertain a doubt,
whether such a reason was a wiper ground for
'deferring the proceeding. Ile should be glad, he
said, to Tray every proper personal regard to the
Noble Duke, or any other Member of Oral House ;
but the House should consider, that the sub•
jea cif the Claims to the Chandos Peerage had
been under the consideration of the House for thir-
teer ye:. Lordship refried to the case of
-.1 Lord, high in the law department (Loni
'l.lu-: %ell() had attended it from day to day
for a eonsrler die tame, and appeared to be anxious
abut i;,• bet yet the business was suffered to pro-
ceed in his absencts. He concluded with moving,
that the Committee of Privileges do sit to-morrow,
for the -;- ...-,•ose of further considering the case of
She Chi Peerage.

, The Bishop of ST. ASAPH ()bleatd to the
5-11);101hei!i7 proceeded on to-morrow. The House
Nve,uld recol). oa, that the Noble Duke alluded to,
had attended minutely to the business ; and surely
. two or three days could make no difference in a case
that had been under consideration thirteen years.
. It was, in poiat of fast, impossible that it could
rtand for to-morrow, since it would be produ&ive of
a great inconvenience to many Noble Lords, who
staid in town fo:- special purpose of attending a
33i1l of consider.tole importance, that would occupy
the whole He therefore moved, as an
amendment, to leave out the word 4, to-morrow,"
and insert, on Monday next."
The LORD CHANCELLOR put the original
question, and stated the amendment, which had
been sirce moved.
The Farl of ROSSLYN adverted to the absence
of the Noble Duke who had been alluded to, and
said, that for his part he should not like to be cut
out from the opportunity of giving his opinion, and,
therefore, he wished to deal with the same candor
to other Noble Lords that he should expefl himself.
Ile hoped the justice and honour of the House
would give an air of liberality to their proceed-
ings. They ought not to give a preference to
an individual case, neither ought they postpone
public buchtzss tOr the sake of attending to personal
interests, rese, daily when a Bill of eking the whole
Clergy of England was to come under considera-
tion, for the sole purpose of attending which many
Noble Lords remained in town. His Lordship said
be hoped there would he no division, but if a divi-
sien should take place, he should vote for the amend-
ment.
The fluke of CLARENCE agreed with Lord
Hawke, that the business of the Cliandos Peerage
claims ongi,t to proceed to-morrow. Their Lord•
snips should consider how far the Session was ad-
vanced. His Royal Highness made a few other
observations tending to enforce Lord Hawke's pur-
pine, and said, if the Home did divide, he should
vote with the Noble Lord who made the original
ittotiss,
The LORD CHANCELLOR said, he wished
• ger no_particalar excision upon the question, from
• snj tefieence to his (Ma personal .onvenionce. He
cor.lcl not, however, help saying, that to-morrow
was the first day of Term, and that there WAS ur-
gent business-the next day in the Court of Chancery,
so thal it wield be impossible for him to into
that House till between three and four. He there-
fore thought that the proceeding, on the claim to the
Cliandet Peerageneght to be postponed. His Lord-
ship referred to eiienLar letters whips had been sent
reend soliciting their attendance to-morrow ; and
etch It circumstance was of itself a fit ground
.....'jciorning the business to another day. The
House ought to ea upon the same priuciples which
governed other Courts of Justice ; therefore, upon
the serif! grounds of propriety, their Lordships
should put of the proceeding to such a period as
these letters might be supposed to have lust their in-
f aence and were forgotten. In Eta, soliciting a
personal and partial favour was an offence of an
high nature, and the authors of such an offence, in
his consideration, should be called to the bar to an-
swer for it. He considered it to be of so much hit-
portance, that he could not but think their Lord-
ships ought to ena' a standing order to prevent
the coutintranoe of so unworthy a praCtice, and it
svatild then get into pri.it, and be generally known.
For his part, he thought he could not have the ho-
nour of attending, it the further discussion of the
Chandos Poeratee cants on to-morrow.
Lord HAWKE declared that he did not wish to
urge any motion which would create personal in-
cor.emi eii ce.
The An.eudment was

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II01;SE OF COMMONS.
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iltaliDa V, JUNE 9. •
A messve Sewn the Lords announced their 'bar-
ing agreed to the Bill /Or the regulation of the Laad
Tie, avid 'Several Private Bills.
Copies of the First and Second Repo: t of the. Co-
mmittee on the Flat for the Improvement of the
Highlands of Scotland, acre sent to the Lords, in
pursnause of their ts:quest.
The Bill for improving the Port of London was
read a second time, and ordered to be committed on
Tuesday.
The 'CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER
moved, that the Order of the Day for the House
resoiriug into a Committee of the whole House on
the Customs Consolidation Bill. should be toad.—
The Order having been read accordingly ; he stated
that he wished the Committee to be postponed till
to-morrow, in order that a plan on the part of (+di-
%sisters might be brought to perfeBion. This plan.
he hoped, would doaway a variety of obje."'iisiis to the
measures, which lie understood svere envrtained by
several Gentlemen. In making this motion he
wished it to he understood that he did net hold out
any espatation that the principle of the measure
would be at all changed.
General GASCOIGNE gave notice, that to-
morrow, in the Committee ON the Bill, be should
move a chaise eztending to Ireland the provisions
of the Bill, so far as they related to the Tonnage
Duty ; and another clause that no articles imported
at the out-ports should be charged at a higher rate
of duty than the same articles imported to Loinlon.
An Account of the Funded Debt of Ire:and was
preser.ted. andlaid on the table.
Mr. CORRY obtained leave to bring in a Bill for
the better collation of the duties cm Excise and
Customs in Ireland; be alsooluaiued leave to br;ng
in a Fill punishing the wilfidly casting away, bUrii-
ing, or destroying vessels in Ireland.
the Asses,,ed Taxes hill, and the Bill regulating
the colletiion of these duties, were severally read a
second time, and ordered to be read a third time

tu-morrow.
The Exchequer Bills Defed Bill went through.
the Committee, and was ordered to be read a third
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time to-morrow.
The. SECRETARY at WAR. moved fur leave
to bring in a Bill for transferring to the Navy,
from te Militia, such Seamen as may be sere
ing is the 'The Hon. Gept. stated, that
the Bill was founded on the Ad of 1715, and
very little difference would take place. At present
a number of Searnen were serving in the Militia,.
who might be much better employed hi the Navy!
The transfer from the Militia to the Navy,
however be a voluntary ad on their own part.
After a few words from Mr. Harvey, leave man
given to bring in the Vdl, which 'was immediate"
done by the Secretary at War.—Read a first, enure
&red to be read a second time tO4aorrow.
The Northamptonshire Advance Land Bill, was
read a second time, and ordered to be,cumnaitted sin
morrow.
Mr. ALEXANDER brought up the Report
the Committee on the pay and clothing of ths-
Militia of Ireland—laid on the table.
A Bill from the Lords, extending the provisions
of the Coventry Ad, was, on the motion of the
Atorney General, read a first time, and. ordered to
be read a second time on Monday, and to be
printed.—Adjourned.

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T11E,f1.72E-Rona, HATMARKEI: *".•
THIS EVENING will be presented
THE SURRENDER OF CALMS. •
Kin Edward, Mr. Archer; Harcourt, Mr. Field; Sir Wal-
ter Manny, Mr. Gell ; John de Vienne, Mr. Chapman.; Rib-
bomont, Mr. I . Palmer ; Eustache de St. Pierre, Mr. Seymour ;
O'Carrol, Mr. Denman; berjmeit, Mr. Hatton ; La Chaim,
Mr. Elision. Queen, Mrs. Goodall ; Julia, Mrs. Harlowej
Madelon, Mrs. Atkins.
To which w:11 be added,
THE AGREEABLE SURPRISE.
Sir Felix Friendly, Mr. Burton; Compton, Mr. flanniner ;
Eugene, Mr. Truernan ; Chicane Mr. I. Field; John, Mr. 1
Palmer; Thomas, Mr. Waldron, }tin. ; Cudd.m, Mr. Bartlett;
Lingo, Mr. Mathewi. Laura, Mrs. Atkins; Mt,. Cheshire,
Mrs. Ward; Fringe, Mini Gaudry ; Cowslip, Mrs. Gibbs.
To-morrow, the Loa Chest. On Monday, the Mountaineers.

THE BRITISH PRESS.

LON DON,
FRIDAY, Jona 10.

Several loose paragraphs in the Paris papers of
the tith, which arrived yesterday, countenanced a
hope that the EMPEROR of RUSSIA was determined
to resist the unprincipled aggressions of France
upon this side of Europe. Great preparations are
carrying o.' in the Russian ports; and a fer:r.idable
fleet is shortly to make its appearance is :he Baltic.
These exertions have been fondly considered as a
precaution against France exclusively, and Russia
is supposed to have gone even the length cf
an aEtive put on oar side. This latter inteiligence
rests upon the authority cf the f.llowing article,
for the truth of which, however, we do net pledge
ourselves