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to the said Order , and signed by his Lordship and
Citizen Joseph Bonaparte.
The next motion was for a OW,' of the NM. de-
livered by the French Plenipotentiary from the
Maltese Inhabitants, fot the same object.
Lord HAWKESBUBY said, he should most cer-
tainly object to the two latter motions, principally
beCause they were not entitled to be called official
documents. The next ground of objedion was,
that they appeared to be Wholly superfluous ; fbr the
first motion, which it was not his intention to resist,
contained as much information as could be collected
from the other two.
Nothing farther passed. The first motion was
carried, but the two last were negatived.
Mr. CANNING moved, that there should be laid
before the HouseAnAccount of the Date of the Or-
der issued for sending Citizen Chepy, a Commercial
Agent of France, out of Guernsey. He observed,
that a return was on the table, without any note an-
nexed : the object of the present motion was to re-
medy that defed.
The motion was agreed to.
Mr. SHERIDAN moved, that the Lists of the
Voters ohjeded to by Mr. itlainwaring and Sir
Frances Burdett, the Candidates for Middlesex,
should be delivered to the respeaive parties on or
before the 30th day-of June instant.
Mr. BRAGGE opposed this motion. He said it
could not answer any purpose to either party, but
rather tend to create expence and troublc.
Mr. FOX was of opinion, that it would have pre-
cisely a contrary effect, and save expence and trou-
ble. if the time was extended for examining into
the validity of the votes, the more advantageous it
would be to the parties.
The ATTORNEY GF.N ERA L agreed with Mr.
Fox, that it would be desirable that time should be
given ; but he thought it would be unparliamen-
tary to hare so long a period intervene.
It was agreed that the Lists should be delivered
on or before the Ist of November next, and a mo-
tion to that effect was agreed to.
The House went into a Committee on the Ship
Burning Bill.
Mr. CORRY said, he wished to recommend, on
all occasions, the principle of assimilating the laws
of the United Kingdom ; but in this instance them
were Ads of the Irish Parliament that rendered it
inconvenient to extend the provisions of this Bill to
Ireland : lie should however move for leave to
bring in a separate Bill to that effes<l.
The House resumed, and the report was ordered
to he received to-morrow.

Mr. CORRY gave notice, that he should, on an
early day, move for leave to bring in a Bill for the
application of a similar law with regard to Ireland.
The Bill to settle Disputes between the Masters
in the Cotton Manufatiory and their Servants in
England, was read a first time, and, upon the mo-
tion of Mr. Rose, ordered to be read a second time
on Wednesday next.
The Report of the Committee on the Assessed
Taxer, Consolidation Bill, was brought up, agreed
to, and a Bill ordered upon the resolutions.
The Report of the Committee of Supply wa; also
brought up, the revalution agreed to, and a Bill or-
dered to he brought in.
The Medicine Duty Bill was read a second time,
and, at the instance of Mr. Alderman Coombe,
committed for this day se'nnight, and in the mean
time ordered to be Fainted.
AnAccount was presented of the Quantity of Spi-
rits imported into England and Scotland within a
certain period.
The other Orders of the Day were deferred,and the
House adjourned till to-morrow.