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IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. ' a proof of the honesty of the officers. they might be
HOUSE OF LORDS—APRIL ie. ' • eikisabled to ',come elute stele: till they took them—
_put el the bands of the dirtier's. they could hardly
The Earl of ORFORD, and the Ifisisop tbiLiFLT, took lee -be honest ; litr lirictofore their salaries were inaile-
dirths and their seats. quote to their wauts; but now they were placed in
. . FARM OT IT. GREGORY, v. TOE RINGS CA moNt'pr ll bitilat which would deservedly' subject them to
ST. TAU es. punNinnetit, if they neglected their linty. Having
Sir &voltaic R..ILLY and Mr. Leach- wereeferther exlt :aiell.l I
Pl thus much, he recommeildril the cone-
hated is this appeal, on behalf of the Appellants, when fur- 1
) nu inee of the Coinairssiouvrs, slid the emoted flaitt/••
IMMlSlENltseethugs were postponed tin to-Gwent*.
LETTER FROM THE JUNTA OF GALLICIA. lull or the Lill.
Col. BARRY complained of the mi iiiii er in which
The Earl a LIVERPOOL presented is cony of a
the penalties weer culleeted by the Eseise in the
letter referred to on a former day, and which had
county which he repriumted. Fines had been le-
been found since the ether papers were produced ; ,
vied to the 'cinema of leeeeol, at least 13,0001.
and he should also move that the same he printed.
Before he sat down, lie wished to observe, with re-
of which mould fall upon octet pereons. The
ward to the instructions mentioned by a Noble Plan of compelling a deduct to levy titles, instead
Earl (Carysfort) yesterday, transmitted by His of prover officers. lie couci nese highly improper.
Alter a few wild* from Mr. Ferreamieltieneral
it laiesty'r Giverinent to Mr. Free., and for the
erl Wei, the Bill was read a second time, seed or-
speueuction of which, notice haul been given, of
teueon to be made this day, that if the papers dared to lie etnilinltted on tined'''. l'e. • ght•
The Order of the they. for the House going into
rise on their Lordship's table were examined, all
the instructions which had ever been trammtnitteme a Committee on the British Ships Bill, was post-
would be found to have been already produced. Polled till to-morrow. •
He had also to inquire of the Noble Earl ((hey) Mr. TIERNEY moved, that there be laid before
whether lie felt city objection to define the nature the House an account of the distribution of time
aunt of -2000,0001. grantee last sessioa of Perlis-
of his motion, intended to be beiught forward next
Friday ? Illrllt, to answer future contingencies; which was
Earl GREY said, on • former occasion, he had accordingly "mil.
Mr. PONSONBY gave notice that he would to-
cosainuniceted to the Noble Secretary the geiseral
tenor of his proposed motion ; that it would re,. :d morrow, call the attention to the letters of Mr.
the whole conduct of ilia Majesty's Ministers, rela- Fret', to the late Sir John Moore ; particularly to
tive to the Cattliviilolll of Spain mid Portngal, and that part of it which referred hint to his messenger
he trusted cleat information would saes 4 .he per- for information. He should likewise yak some
pose of the. Noele Secretary's inquiry. lie thought questions relative to the Treaty with Spaiu.
proper to add, if the House agreed with him, eveit Mr. l'Eatusti. said, he dared to so:, that his
deficient as the pelmets on the table were, he had Right Hon. Friend would be ita his place, and
no hesitation in saving three were sufficient grounds wooled, he doubted not, afford every necessary tutor-
in his opinion, to condemn all the 1110.121UrCil pus- Illation.
seed by them on that oecasicm. Upoh the motion of Sir SAMUEL R011113.1', the
LoseLS IN mkt N. House resolved itself into a Committee, to take in-
Lord AuceLeep moved, that there be laid be- to considerutiou the Bill mustnling the Law of
fore the Hogue. a return of all the teasels re- Bankrupts.
ceiveil into our army while in Spain, who had de- The chaise enabling the Bankrupt to he a wit-
serted from the armuy of the enemy." He observ- ness in actions by his assignees, ae i has obteiecil
ed, that some of the regiments, after all our losses, his certificate without tine, as the law now is, rya
contained a greater c pelment of turn upon their leasing any contingent *surplus of his estate, was
return to this cuptutry, titan at the time of thie r opposed by time Attorney and Solicitor-General, and
embarkation. the Master of Abe Itoll*; and Sir Samuel Ronsilley
Time Earl of Leyetteepoe--o I have not any ob- suggested confining the release to so much surplus
jection to that motion." us would lie gained by the success of the action in
The elation was then agreed to. which I.e should be produced as a witness.
'Mr. WHARTON, Sir JAMBS GRAHAM, and other The clause so amended was agreed to.
Members from the House of Commons, brought A lengteened discussion then took place on the
up the Irish Spirit Bill, which was laid upou tee. clause forgiving the Bankrupt a power to appeal
table and reed a first time. to the Lord Chancellor, if all, or four-Melia of leis
The Malta Prize Register Bill, and the Inn- creditors should refuse to sign his certificate.
keepers' Allowance Bull, paesed through a Cons- Time ArfORNRY•CiENERAL expressed a wish that
miller, still were reported without any umeielment. the number of creditors necessary to sip the cer-
Mr. Devls preseuted from the Crown-Ofliee is (ideate. according to the existing law, should be
Ireland, the \Vrit of Election, whereby Viscount . limited to • statelier Humber.
Mouutjoy wise returned as a representative Peer for Mr. J Aeon expressed similar sentiments.
that part of the United liiieeduen, in the room of Mr. Assacationtr, Sir CHAS. PRICE, and Mr.
the tete Marquis of Sligo. Adjourned. Seems, supported the Clause, as it stood to the
HOUSE or coMMONS. Bill.
_ !I lie SOLICITOR GENIRRAL opposed the appeal to
Mr. GRATTaX presented • Petition from the taliabitants the Chaiicellor.as mentioned in the original Clause.
of time parish of St. -mares, Debti-li far liar Repeal of the as it would militate itgaiast the erpirtalmie interests
Lens fur Paving and lighting the City of Dublin, and pray- of the in used e
j creditor,e mud- would sail 'ire( inn
trig they might I.e usatindstedto those of London.—it 0.; it tn.
presented. sianlar petitio• Voila another p.o.sli.—Tbry au ere to *preclusion from contleating probably the nerd-
oa time dto lie uu the table. rims+ and dishonest prikFtices of the Bairkropt
On the Order of the Day for the second r•ding of time %loose Bankruptcy might tare arisen, not front the
Henley Common Road Bill being read, Mr Yonk e efeectue fair !,regress of trade, hut by the most improper
to the further progress of the 13,11, and piosiosed that the
eimiluct. and thus render the (ardenr liable to the
itecond reading should I.e not off till ill., (lay its mutat,'
Mr. WIRT supported the Bill : sod route-piled that the grOeswat frauds, lie concluded with stattuir. ,that
reed in question would he a ireneial benefit to die neicli• *lipoid the Clause as it then atom' he rejected, he
Ilesurhood through which it would pass, and to tiaretlett in should propose. that instead of four fifths of the
general creditors, three fourths should be sufficieut to ex-
The House then divided, when there appeared
For the Hill
Against it
Maj4wity — se stated a case of elletrlGlty where a 'bankrupt was
The Bill was then read a second time, arid ordeied to be kept by his creditor in prison for many years. by
eliminate!. me whiceven h defeated the judgment of time
The Ordmeans
er of the Day for the Must' going into • Cow-
ounce on ilsc Irish Constables' Bill otei postpone.l to Friday LORD CHANCELLOR, pronounced upon a petition
nest. for big enlargement, on moment of his ill health;
• IRISH COMMISSIONERS' FEES IMEL. and before tier justice of the proceedings could be
Mr. FOSTER moved the Order of the hay for
•iiirestigeted, the bankrupt died.
the second reading of this Bile . The clause was theta agreed to.
Mr. PARS CAL rose, not for the purpose of op- Several other clauses were then brought on and
ran% Hie Hill. but with a view of asisioe the Rt. agreed to. The Hama then resuming, Mr. %Vim-
Hon. Gent. whether any new regulations had Item . TON brought up the Report; it was ordered to
adopted in conformity with the Report of the Coln- he take* into further consideration on Thursday
missiouers before the HOOK. lie pointed out en- se'nnight, after which the (louse adjourned at
vend eparts of the Report which complained of the HALF PAST Twimvp..,
manner in which the assessed taxes had been git- e e
there'd in Ireland ; the inattention to the custom
laws and the toasting trade ; the • telligilslis mid
.irregular menner in 'which the collectors kept their
accounts, and the manner in which the duties had
been collected on spirits had ainuented in Due
year to barely 714,0001. when, had they been faille,
collected, they would have exceeded two millions
sterling. The duty on auctions bud been equally
Neglected : he' nu:Atoned a case at Cork, when the
whole sums collected in one year amounted to no
more than three shillings. He then adverted to the
recommendation of the Con sinners for liceteseig
the stills after the manner of the low Leda ofScot-
land ; such wholesome adiiiie, lie thought, ought
to be attended to. Another pulite recommended
by the Commissioners, was a chniuge in the mode
of appointine subordinate officers, a hick if uttend-
ed to. would he productive of the happiest effects.
I lit the whole, he contended, that if prupei atten-
tion were paid to the collection of existing taxes,
there would be no ocemeni for any fresh ones.
Mr. FOSTER said the Hon. (;entlenian haul taken
him rather unawares by the questions lie lied pin ;
he would, however, answer them as satisenctorily
as he could. The Report to which the Hon. Mem-
ber had referred, hail been made in the year 15.% O
und the complaint upon the manner of collecting
the assessed taxes had eince been better attended
to. and were likely to be more productive now than
ever. There had been great neglect in the enmities
and the coasting trade, but they were now well coil-
ducted. The Collector's accounts haul been ter.
bandy in a confused state, and it was almost im-
possible to know what they were. As to the re-
coininentletion of time Cominissioliers for the ap-
pointing of officers, he considered it wholly telex-
ceptiousble—uotwithstandiug another inetlinel had
been adopted, which he thought should be
continued till properly tried. The fiends in
the diatilirrics were notorious ; but lie hoped,
throueli the interference of country Gentlemen,
and modes winch had been adopted, this evil
would cease. 'Fite method for licensing thestilla
was new under cunsideration ; and what they bad


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LONDON,
THURSDAY. Arm. so.

War is considered inevitable betecen Austria and
France. Bon APAlrri was to leave Paris on the sth
of this month, for Germany. Probably, in the lint
instance, for titutgard. live millions of subsidy
have been solicited Austria from this Govern-
ment. To the demand, no palate answer has et
been nd ; but every disposition to comply
'Hi the wishes :mil %emits of the Court of Vienua
has been inaniksted. These facts, we believe, are
autlientic.

The Loire frigate, of 30 guns, Cm pt. &nom r an,
arrived on Tuesday evening at Ports 1111 l uth, from
the coast of Spans; and. yesterday, Capt. SCHOSI
/MUG reached the Admiralty with au account of
the successes of the Spaniards in Gmllicia.
The whole of that province is stated to be in
arms against the French, aho have no footing
in that corner of the peninsula, except the for-
tresses of Ferrol and Coruna's. The act:omits add,
that the Marquis of Rostaaa, HViiiling himself of
this disposition of the inhabitants, and Boding his
ranks considerabli swelled by the patriots, had at-
tack.ed the French army under SOL:LT, and defeat-
ed it tu three several actions. It is hence sup-
posed that the march of SOULT into the North
of Portugal, was not the result of choice, but
oinecessity; lioMAMA having interposed his farce
betacen Sob LT and his resources at Ferrol and Co-
mmie, and obliged him to march into Portugal, in
expectation of being joined there by the troops on-
der LAINES, advancing ou the south-cast of that

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