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LUPEMAL PARLIAMENT.

MOUSE OF COMMONS, Mumma/At Pus. 13.

Mr. Alelemon Colons reported from the Com-
mittee to WllOll wage referred the Petition of the
City of Loudon; and pursuant ti, the Report a Bill
was ordered to be brought iu fOr continuing the
Act for levying n toll an illisekfriars'-bridge, and
keeping the seine in repine.. A sill was likewise
ordered t« lie brought to for continuing the Act
for widening and improving the entrance into the
City, west of Temple
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Mr.
M M Altrim FouI.ILE presented a Petition from
the Debtors confined iu the and of SW.lll4tll, pray.
iu reliet; ordered to lie on tlie
sir J 014 K NEWYORT, tipoli the Order of ylic Day
heing read for the second re.ehm of the Irish 311-
Min 'Jill. expressed los hope that the Bill would
not-be hurried, but that blue wtiuld be vet' fur
the consideration of it. -
Ithritirelitsit Wstrystity calif, it wiabinfisseled 'to
have the blanks filled
.up in the Committer, in or•
der to the printing of the Bill. and to defer the far-
ther considerntion of it for one month, in order to
afford the time necessary for iiircatig.ition.
The eas accordingly read a arena d time,
and ordered to be committed to-nuorrir.

Sir Afflict% ‘Viit.i.fsbEr also brought in a gill
for allowilis the Militia- of Ireland to volunti..T
their services into Regimetits of the Liae ; which
was read a 611•,t 63164 and ordered to be read he..
cowl time to-morrow.
Sir Joan Ncwrons wished to heinforinid whe-
ther any preseentiou had been instituted atteiii-t
the late Collector of Excise for Cork, for his de-
doencies in the public money?
Sir ARTHUR Wzi.t.eimEt replied in the ne4n-
tive, it being utiderstomi from the Law-Offietrs,
that it meld nut he sustained.

Sir dues Nawr•aar tild, hP had so uuderstoNl,

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aml therefore glare notice lie would, on Fritheiii.,
'nose-for leave to hriug ii. a Bill, nuking it felony
I of de ith, without heudit of Cler:4-y, where tiny
per.oli should he eunrieted of frauduleotly waktug
away otth the, volthe: money.
Loill liumts tame ellleel the attention of the
11.itose to the order made last night, for the
W writ Waiting a wit for the Elect:cm of a Memher
fur the Borough of Shinsford, in the rno:o of
Oelotral Albemarle Bettie, upon his sopmmeel
aceesuaois tee the Earldom of Lindsey, but which
I: Well; its point of (net, ;immature.. No Aletnher
of that lionne could be divested of his *tit, on
tilt Immo' of his having Itestonte a Peer, but
where be was metualy called to the dilpnet
House, either by writ or laltllitlqta% bl the case of
stoccession to the title, by immediate descent, i:
might be seip:wised that sown was the fact ; I,
where; as hi the pet tea c :se. the claim to the
. .._

eeerwr wits tit tine, that rued tern long iuuhey•
-
.
awes.; they lied an riBlet•to presume the tact. In-
deed he bad this eery ntorititig seen it letttr from
toe siwnesi•lfiertie, and had asked whether
1 he i.arl received acy :minnow's to l'arliatneut by
his title ? and he told hint he had tint. lie therefore
should move to rectify the utituake.
The SPCA/L6ll stated the rviotio‘ ',hada he,
• that the Speaker do issue his saprstdear to the
Clerk t,f the Writ fur the new el"ction. The
:node was oliettever a ntw writ was moved fur,
it was oo the •uppcisition of the lornnrr Metni)cr
been called up ta the liotisr of Peers; if it
turneil out that this was a mistake, the superseder's
issued of
Illsopocits, who had unwed for the writ,
having otquieseed its the mistAte,the sitpersedeiss
was orderer] to ii•ue accordingly.
Mr. FOVIELL presented some aconuota telatile to

° Mr. '.‘launics Fritzfann4l., inquired whether
the accounts of that emii,try had been :di 'wale up
yet ?
Mr. ForrEn replied, they were iv a state of
moontlian trintel forwardness, awl fluid be laid
before the I-loupe very shortly.
Mr. Fuiti;ft ohm moved. there he laid
borfure the Flame an NCCOU I t of the expettsro of
the different itistitntions

Mr. M sURICC FiT4i:Enii.n object d to any
conasiteratiois fon 'hat otilvet, Irfore thry h.I wen
whit were the necessary expensci attending the
public service there.
FiII4TCP. Wild, that account %%as alrrail)
lie-
fare the Reuse. _ _

SirCltuaa.t:s DeNDAS presented a Petition from
the inhabitants, owners ai land in the islatd of
Shetland, one of the Orkneys, praying, that
there might he a new valuation of their late'., io
order to entitle them to vote its the riectum ut
Members for Parliament. Orderer to lie on the
table. . _

Mr. WRITIIRE AD begged to ea!' the attention of
the honey to a few words he had to say. without
intending to. offer any :notion. It was for the
porpour of doing jiimice to the character of 'AM
Officer (Major Covell) *line name had lieu', in-
troduced lust night in the course of the itiscus,:mn,
by reading a letter to that ()Ricer from (;eeeral
Leith, ender whom he had served, hearing the
most honourable testimony to the seal cud abilities
lit had displayed in the service. Ile was wholly
unacquainted with Major Covell, but that Ott t.
had called on lain this morning for the purpose of
rerpsesting him to read the testimony he had re-
ceived in vindication of hie character. {le had
told him lie was sure that we had imprest,iou tither
hail or could have been made by any thing which
hail passed upon any individual of that HOUSe;
that the mmition of his name hail been merely inci-
dental ; and that the whole of that part of the evi-
dence had been ordered to be expunged from the
minute., as irnlevant. To this .Major Covell had
replied, that all this might be very true, but that
the public prints had conveyed the question,
and 111131VI`rb to the public, and that to pre-
serve las character in their estisaation, lie wish-
ed the letter to he read iu the House.—

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TUURSD,IY, . FEBRU:URY 18, lae9.

He accordingly proceeded to road the letter. It
was from ()len/Till Leith, and statotl, that having
bad the honour to etimaliald the battalion of which
the 76th regiment formed a part during.tbe late
campaign in Spaiti. he felt it as due to him to
declare, that Lieutenant-Colonel Sims having been
prevented, by indispositiou and Otlitt,CHll*CS, from I
coluniaadlog that regimeut more than bar Jay, it
had of course been wider the command of Ansjor
Covell the whole of that- time, during which lie
hail paid the most active and vigilant attention to
his charge, suit that lie had hop d lie would ItaYe
succeeded to the command of the regents lit; lie
had 160 dolga, if his Royal Highness the Linke of
York
.had been fully apprised of bit mews, lie
would have :laminated tan, as it would hate beet*
much fur ttie inter/ad of that regiment to be iu such
good lutorla.
Sir /Hem WELLEst.;:v said. ho was actinaint-
. ell buth with colourl-tanwigaintt AlaioP-4.:•41141, inftr4
Alableilibillellkfth Si Officers of distiogilished
merit. The latter lied been made a Major Ilk
Int/Land the foYnser was a Licutenaut-Culour I stnca
1804; this was, therefole, no hardship. Lksisies,
be had himself served iii the 7661, atoag with Col.
Shaw, and knew lie had peculiar claims no that re.
;zinnia, to winch he had been merely 'transferred
from the curia awl of a garrison !battalions He
also adthal, lit had bees. so sispoiuted at his ICCOlL-
sorffilittitni.
The SPEAIIiNt put an end to further discussion, •
there beiug uu question ireforo the House.
The two liills fur noising the suns of 1u,560,6001.
and It/00,6util. by Exchequer Hills, were read a
third mac soul passed.
Upou the haouou for the third reading. of the
Malt Duty Bill,
Mr. Iltsaissou offered a clause 62; way of rider.
Ile stritysl, that the 1/1:0W011ett mule by His Ma-
jesty to such Foreign Nlintsters as were ant actually
employed, had never been cliargeil.nrider the land-
tax mail within the. last three years. and that since
then a proportionate compensation haul been allow-
ed Omni out of the Civil List. To prevent this
circuitous tootle. it was proposed to add a clause,
wholly cartoons; such from the deduction.
Mr,. BA Es objected to the measure. He con-
ceived hso clan of those enjoying the public howdy
alioold be exempted ill particular, is opening the
door to others, who might Claim a like indulgence.
He thought it would be much Letter to make an
addition to their allowance at once, than give a
handle to obloquy, oat the ground of partiality.
After a few words from Mr. BUSTARD. Against in.
troducirosnete a chase in this stage of the Bill,.
Mr. Ilusxissua agreed to Nvill:tle.tw the clause
for the present.
lisalso presented a clause, exemplirm the re.
ceiots given by use li.eetivers of the Laoet Tax to
the Collectors thole if from the stomp duty, na was
•-thrtwat'ilethe'llbilinserl Totes. 1 It? -lArtfibe leas
added to the pill, which *as then read a third time
and passed.
'l'he Committees of Supply and of Ways sad
Means were postpone/I to Friday.
Coors motion of Mr. Wanot.r, Ill•Dowell,
was order/Al to wttawd the ("ennui:tee for areal.
gotitig the conduct of the Duke of York; Mr.
Charles Greeuaoritl was also ordered to attend.
• IleKli OF YORK.

Mr. Tatum presented the report of the Select
Cotumittie,eypointed, lastuigtston ina;seet certain
letters submitted to the Committee id the whole
Home, for investigating Hi,• conduct of hi, llio. al
Highness the Duke of York. Tuts wins rend by
the Clerk at the Table, and was to the fallowing
purpmt :
" Your Committee bane insperted the several letters re-
kord so thee', act selected sod *.Toted in 'boodle, marked
(.4,) el the :titers tett:vent ra the ~setter en cotenant ; Lot
they beg leave to remark, that they are not to he understood
as et 3111111111K4 olorthe,c all or an) past of the ,and let-
fry, rye 11,1 to be male evidence, Of are taPtiles. C.l. the twee-
hoes of the whole House, e'er W prissouhr,
area that nuiut "
F o Lord rtisrowt then rose. He said, that after
what had pv.rd last night its the House, on the
obleket of deed tsr.ing any new charge, be slostilsl slut
think it necessary to say •any thing iii.hisl.l,ll
dicatian ; but he hoped and treated dot that
House, and the country at low, would think and
reeit lied while his How. Friend, who had felt it
his duty to bring the present business forward, had
beets attempted to be branded with the disigmceful
ithet of arras's, he had not been ntiowed to ro-
e. MAI in the way he had chalked out Corliiinseif, hut
lead beets breed into is line ditferent Emus what he
intended, ley the professed friend and adviser of the
arcusni ; n mode of chicle he would be bold to say
this cci the only instance to he found. He hoped
tint Houtoe wed the country- would remember, that
Ilk lion. Friend lead beets hurried on, day after
slay, without intermission or rest, end that lie had
been left to struggle throngle the bushier' alone. till
within tutue few days. when sonic gentlemen, feel-
ing for the hardship of his situation, had stepped
forward to offer their assistance. He hoped it
would not lw forgotten, that Isis lion. Friend was
prosecuting the iuquiry under the threats of in-
famy, and di the consequeseers of a failure. These
°leery:l6mi* his Lordship conceived due upon what
lend passed. With repect to the business before
them, he now wished to state thaw particulars
which had been staked for yesteralsey, but which he
then felt it his duty to decline diselswing. Some
slays n4O a gentleman had stated. that be had
ssint certain papers nlieetitig 'the Duke of Vios,
in respect to tier charges now wailer discussion, but
that the person whe lead them WAS nawilling to
produce then), but he suggested it clew by which
they might 1w discovered. They had originally
got into the hands of a soticitor, ia his character
of agent to a commission of hankruidey. 'll he
name of the bankrupt are procured, but it was
found. on inquiry, there acre several of the same
name, and of course different agents, it Was neves-
sory to eell on several hefore the right one was dis-
covered. His Lordship spestimeed hint concernitig
the vipers and lie said he lisel them, hut was nil.