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For Mr. Palmer's claim . 93
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fur the preferenet• to the harbutir of Holyhead.
General •I'Attl.i<r.ty .ititimrted the gnint.
Mr. IV. N tri.hed u Committee should be
appointed to ascertain the proptiety of continuing
to coiniuunicate with Ireland, by Holyhead, or by
Port-yn-Clyne.

Mr: Fusisa thought it rather hard the llonse
would not give Cie Irish Vleiiihert slow hew a
safe mode of couveyance over, but %tithed rather to
detain them, until they at their leisure discovered a
new and better harbour.

Mr. SIIECIDAN hoped the influence of the Cap-
tain,' of Packets would not prevail against the
cause of public utility. IL would be hotter to place
both horhuuni on oil equal footing, and by dividing
the grant, give each a fair trial.

51LC tNNING tho;i‘ht the MUM DOW stood fairly
on its just merits. The Hight Iloit-Geetlenutis
wished the respective merits of the two harbours
should he ascertained : for this purpose, a register
in future should be kept of the tunnber of Irish
members who should be clrowitti in their passage
ewer by the oily of Holyhead, and also those
drowned in their passage by the new !tort. On the
annual survey of this account, Purhament might,
from the comparative loss or their brethren, ascer-
tain which was th• best harbour ; a committee
might on that draw op a report, and the matter be
adjusted to the great satisfaction of all parties hut
the sufferers, who, it would be generally admitted,
had fallen victims to an experiment for the service
of the community. (Loud laughing.).
Mr. SHERIDAN complimented the Right Hon.
Member for his good-humour and wit, though he
could not help observing, that, like a good Irish-
man, he had made his blunder, in supposiug there
were no other persons concerned in this traffic to
and from England, beside Members of Parlia-
ment. There were other comino lines sent over to
be sold here. (Laughing.) It was rather singular
the present should be supposed a party question
be some honest Irish Gentlemen, and no doubt all
the Irish l‘lembent were strictly hottest and incor.
'opt ; (Laughing./ But if it were a Only rine.-
Con, he was anxious the House should split the dif-
tfreuce, and come to a decision, that all those
who were about • o attend their Parliamentary duty,
and coins here for the support of the true interests
of that country, to which he believed the Right
Hen. Gentleman himself at heart (though secretly)
a friend, namely, the cause of the Irish
and their iroprescriptible rights, shoo rn fu-
ture, fbr the preservation of their valuable rotes,
and yet more valuable lives, eo by the way of the
newly-discovered harbour ; whilst those who were
attatched to the opposite party should, for con-
sistency sake, set sail from Holyhead, at the hazard
of their lives • this would be balancing the account
to every body's satisfaction, and perhaps to the
benefit of the notion.
IMPROVEMENTS IS IV EsTmtNRTER.
On the proposition of a grant of 75,0001. todefray
thee:pollee of`th e m proveme tof Westminster Hall,
Mr. BAIMIN rose to oppose the grant, and con-
cluded with moving an amendment. " That the
grant should be diminished to 45M)01." He advert-
ed to the difiletety of procuring accurate accounts
of the espieaditure frosts the office which had the so-
perinteo&nce of these improvements.
Mr. Suzan:Jan ote,creed, that from what he had
learned relative to this business, he could not find
out the persons at whose desire these alleged im-
pemetnents took place. All persons denied any
knowledge of the plait—lt resembled the ap-
pointment of • certain Learned Doctor (Duigenati)
to the Privy Council. All parties disowned it, be-
cause there was no one hardy enough to be respon-
sible for it.

Mr. Pvt. LERCOadernne.l the sha me ful carelessness,
which, from whatever quarter proccedtig, was so evi-
dent,froni the disgraceful state of the exterior of the
House of Lords. The professed object was to give
that [louse a handsoin,i outside, (a lord &NOV ;
whereas to s:ieak plain English, Sits pilastres ap-
peared nothing better than a set of elongations, to
which, under certain circatostanccs, they may occa-
sionally retire. Tr,ser•d laugh.)
The SPUAKEt assured the [Luse, that the ma-
nagement was entirely IA to the Board of Works,
and though he was a Coininiesioaer, he was to-
tally unacquainted with the plan to be pursued,
until the building exhibited itself.
The CHANCELLOR of the EN.CIIFQUEII agreed
in the opinion that was s s general, as to the
improper appearance of the buildings. But
when ha considered the claims of the nume-
rous persons in that parish, which would he af-
fected by the amendinent, he could iicither
sent to demolish the building, or to &sally...int
their well-founded hopes, by refusing the original
grant.

The amendment was then n•cutired, and the
original grant agreed to o ithout a divibion.

MR. PALMER.
Sir TnoxAs TviToN, in 44 Committee of Wnys
and Means, moved. " That there he paid to Mr.
J. Palmer asum of 234,70 u 4.. ; living the Amount
of the per ceutage due to him iii consequence of
the success of his system with respect to mail
coacheb."

After some observations in opposition to it from
Mr. C. %VT'. sra, Mr. Hoqs, and Mr.Sulto sit, which
were answered by I.ord Flo.isitY PETTY, Mr. SHE-
ntomg, and Sir 'Tomas Turrom, the House di-
Lied, and the iminiwn. stood—

On our re-admission we found Mr. SIIRRITIN
en his I,.;44,4leclatiag his intention to postpon.• his
motion on Spain, to con...queine of the lateness of
the Lour, until Wednet.day next.

eIIANCELLoa of the LXt HICQII,IR expressed
some 'uprise that the Right lion. Gent. did not
think pmper to communicate the nature of his in-
tended motion to some of Its Majesty's Minis-
ters.

Mr. SHERIDAN, in itiostrer, olvierved, that he
did, in the fullest manner, communicate the m-
ime of his object to a Right lion. Friend of his,
ult. was also a colleague (Mr. Canning) of the Itt.
lion. Gentleman. At a insolent when unanimity
in the Councils of the F.‘ecutitc was so desirable,
he was sorry amoi:gst the servants of the Crown to
..hserve a want of cohest.in, which was ever
is the shyness to communicate with each