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131P1 IiIIL PARLI.IMhNT.

HOUSE OF LORDS, TCIiDAT, M 42011 •.
Lord Crewe (~ne of the newly-([rated Peer
seas introduced, with the accustomed tortnalitil
sworn, and took his scat. His Lordship's su
porters were, Lords Vernon and Carystort.
The further considetation of the Appeal Cat
from the Cuurt of Chancery. [-he Countess of L
coin v. the Doke of Newcastle, was, with refers!
to iudEment upon the same, dt terred till Monc

next.
The order for the farther consideration of
Scots Appeal, Ogilvie v. the Carron Conipany,
iug read,
Lord F,LDON rose, and. in a speech of so
length, entrte..l into the leading inerits of the c:
lie concluded try observing, it a as nut bis intent
to move their Lordships to come to any spec
determination then upon the case. Wlth respect
certain of the interlocutors, he thought it bes
postpone again the farther consideration until
day, in order to give the parties an oppurtui
in the interval, or on that day, toe come to
II use, and ask for leave to refer those parts of
case back to the Court. below ; if, however, sui
demand should not be mitile, he thought he she
be fully justified in assuraiog, that such a den.
could not be sustained. In the coarse of his add
the Noble and Learned Lord took occasion to
vett to the case of Moodie and Coutts ; whicl
wished also to stand over for farther considers
to the same day; though, if it were the least ii
wish of their Lordships to proceed with it thee
was perfettly ready to deliver his entimenta
it. Having moved to the rife& of the coucithe
his speech, and the proposed course seeming to
the sense of their Lordships, the farther coasts
tion of the two souses was adjourned till Frida
The Bills upon the Table were forwarded in
several stages.
Mr. Alexander brought up, from the Conn
the Irish Annual Indemnity Bill. Three p
Bills were a.so brought up by Mt. Egerton ST
John Frederick: these were severally read
time.
WITNESSES' INDEMNITY BILL.
Lord HOLLAND, in a low tone of uric:
dresed a few observations to the House, ape
subjeet. His wish, ill the present instance
that the Order for the second reading of tl
be discharged ; to which he was induced,
consideration of a Noble and Learned Lord I
undertaken to bring in a declaratory bill up
subjeia; this may tend to set the doubts at re
tie the law upon the snhjeet, and, in some pi
view, prodtwe the beneficial elf-eh, p
lar ease, intended b" the Bill now before the
To afford an opportunity of br:^Fllig 11 tech
he would now propose to discharge the 0
the Day, and to make a sinidar one for
nest.
Lord ELPON observed, that with respen
claratory at upon the subjea, he believed h:'

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jeition, than the 'mere naked one, that he should
become liable to a civil suit, provided he became
not liable to a criminal prosecution. Of this rub,
he entertained no doubt whatever ; there could be
no difficulty at all in framing a declaratory Ad,
founded upon such general rule. The allied of such
an , was to declare what the law is ; and, for
this, they had the opinion of a great majority of the
Judges. It was therefore proper that the law should
be declared, that a witness so circumstanced could not
aa
so demur on the single naked ground of objeCtion
he had state I. Such a declaration, of course, could
not ineapacitate a witness from demurring upon other
grounds, which may be legally admissible ; the
principle of tech an Aft would be on the ground,
that the witness, when entitled to no other objedlion,
was not, upon the single account alluded to,
competent, to demur. He did not think it eventu-
ally appeared, that the question proposed by
his Noble and Learned Friend had been too gene-
rally framed, or even that the explanations of the
Learned Judges were unsatisfaaory. Such an AR
as he alluded to may be rendered unobjeCtionable,
by proper provisions ; he thought the grounds
which he had stated sufficient foundation for au
A& of Parliament.
Lord ELDON, in coneequence of some remarks
which fell from the Noble and Learned Lord on
the NVisolsack, made vitae observations upon part
of the opinions delivere I by the Learned Judges,
and spoke in explanation with reaped) to some for-
mer parts of his arguments. He deprecated all
hasty decision upon the subjea, and recommended
the mat deliberate consideration as to any course of
proceetling the House should take.
The LORD CHANCELLOR spoke in explana-
tion. With respea to the proposed Bill, he thought
such a measure would be considerably benefited by
a proviso framed by his Noble and Leatned Friend ;
' the whole, he seemed to think, nerd not occupy
much of their Lordships' time, in the course of its
discussion.
Lord,. HOLLAND and ELDON severally
spoke in explanation.
Lord AUCKI.AND stated his opinion, that it
•ae proper something should be done, and with as
little delay as possits!e, clearly to explain and settle
the law upon the cn,jeEt ; and seemed to express a
wish, that the Noble and Learned Lord upon the
«'o-ilsaek would persist in his intention of coming
forwaid on the occasion.
The LORI) CHANCELLOR again quitted the
Woolsack, a..cl expressed his readiness to undertake
that, which appeared to he the desire of many of
their lordships; and he doubted not, but with the
assistance of his Nnhle and Learned Friend, lie
should be able to produce that which would prove
satisfaaory to the House.

The Order of the Pay, respelling the above-
' obsotioned bill. was then discharged; end, on the
nation of Lord Holland, a sim.l4r Order made
for Friday ; for which clAy their Lordships were
ordered to be summoned.
Adjout tied till to-morrow.

Lotd .1. Townsend and Colonel Beaumont took
the oaths and their seats.
worri.t.EN TRADE.
Mr. WILBERFORCE presented a Petition from
the woollen manufaelurers of the county of York,
praying for leave to bring in a hill for the regula-
tion of that trade. He stared, that thottigh the sig-
natures to it were few in number, yet those repre-
sented a very numerous body, and may be called
the donsestic manufafturers of the country. He
wished to apprise the House, that it was a distill&
Petition from that presented on the part of the fi-
nishers. and others ; and, he had to say, in behalf
of the Petitioners, that they only wished for the
p i;ient attention of Parliament, and would then be
c.mtent with any measures the Legislature, in its
wisdom, might think proper to adopt.—Ordered to
he on the table.

Mr. MOORE then presented a Petition, signed
by between 5 and 6,000 Waoilen Manufafturets of
York and Lancaster, and which would have been
signed by 50 or 60,c00, ii it had been allow-
ed to remain for signatures. It complained of
various violations of several Mfg of the l.egis!ature;
and had, he said, been already four times before
Patliament. His Majesty's late Ministers had pro-
mised them redress in the course of the present year,
but the change of Administration had, he supposed,
rendered their pledge nogatory. He had only fur.
ther to state, that the Petition was now brought
forward under the authority of office.
Earl TEMPLE sail, that this Petition had been
submitted to the Privy Council, and by them re-
igned to the 11.tard of Tiatle. After much and
mature deliberation, His Majesty's Ministers were
resolved to give every facility in their power to the
satisfaCtory regulation of the trade, and therefore
meant to propose a temporary suspension of the
envies laws, trot for the put pose of setting them
aside, bat ht ender to give those hest acquainted
with the subjeft, an opportunity of devising And pro-
posing such measores as may he thought most be-
arficial. It was the opinion of the Privy Council,
final no one NI wotlel he sufficient to accomplish
in the acerssaty and JitEcult objects.
Mr. H LASCII.I.LES expensed himself mush
pleased with what had fallen trom the hiob!e Lord,
as he thought there were nn means of settling the
irdiereuces betweets the several parties, but by His