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IMPEIIVL PARLIAMENT.

XLTUSE. LOADS—Weastesesv, Jew' U.
SLYIsttsUR ss SEYMOUR.
Catania were heard in continuation, and at con-
siderable length, respeaing the above cense, viz.
Mr. Percival, as leading Counsel for the Respon-
dent. After which, the House, on the suotioa of
Lord Lauderdale, adjoureed the farther bearing
till Friday.
Pending the hearings( Counsel, who were order-
ed temporarily from the Bar for the purpose, the
Earl of Elgin. one of the Scots Representative
Peers, was swore end took his seat.
" Atter the Crese,el had withdrawn,
Earl S CANN° PE rose and observed, that with
respell to the intended procedings in Westminster
'Hall to morrow, he had to call their Lordships' at-
tention to—
Here one of their Lordships moved the Order for
the exclusion of strangers, which forthwith took
place, and the House continued in close discuuion
for surly two hours.
MILITARY OPINIONS.

. OD our roesimission to the House, we found
H.% WK ESDURY addressing their" Lord-
attl on ibis subje4, rearaing which, he had on a
owning given notice of his intention to
• forward a motion. The opinions of the Mi-
med other officers on the topics to which he
. were intended for the information of Go-
vernmest, and were given under the idea, that such
.•
its *aka was to be considered as of an official
t lam. It Waimea sn understood by His Majesty's
'1 dintillinistorn and it certainly contained a body of
witeramitialle Information. This information, and
the seJe6 to which it referred, was thoroughly in-
Weetigeted ; and, after the fullest consideration, it
wee eet derniesi expedient so tar to alter the ge-
neral state of the Army, as to adopt the
measure, generals'. of enlisting for a limited
_ term of years. This, be thought, was sufficient
ground for the predation of these documents, un-
km some strong and decisive reason was offered
1 -by His Majesty' s Ministers ; and this ground was
greatly strengthened by the consideration, that His
Majesty's present Ministers bad come to a different
conclusion upon the same,or apes other information.
- -do this view, it was fair. with regard to the army, to
• the interest of the public, and to the eharater both
of the late and present Administration, that the do-
t CaXtelnis in question should be laid before the House.
The issformation which he wished for. involved
purely a military discussion. upon the advantages,
•or disadvantages. of a particular military measure.
The opinions had been impattially asked for, and he
had no dealt bad been impartially and houtestably
• these To the production, he could not serany
nded oblation that could be offe-ed. With
. to the idea, that opinions were of a di-
. • or ccieltradiaory nature, being an objehion.
*Ss the contrary. thought it an additional reason for
airbefore the ;as the diversity of
and opinions might thee be compared,
Inisl olosideeublii light thrown fin the topic under
disk Loedshiesconsideratiou. He did not mean that
•theso opinions should limit, still less decide, their
leredepe determination ; but to contend that they
were it subjects for consideration, and %het much
att% light may be derived from them. To the ob-
Ste of his motion, kw would set obit& a flight
whadiiiiii. of it. Were the widener of infer-
Ilnale genduced. it would do away any jeZtien
ill the score of the informality of the letters trans-
Witted. To put the House substantively in possession
et
the information alluded to. was his ehjeft• The
paint el taw respective administrations having come
. to a different concludes with rape& to these deco-
llation. was an additional teases for their predation ;
it was right the public should know upon what
greunds litelt conclusioneweee adopted. He eon-
locked by moving. in elle% on address to His Ma-
ti. prayieg that climates& may be given for lay -
ltlYbcfere the House, copies of all official opinions
of
cella General and other Officers, transmitted to
iiisllll,ll Highness the Commander in Chief, on the
seijeot of mrsettnents. for a limitted term of years,
atc. His Lordship then alluded to • portico/ars:leo-
;sent. the nature of which we could not bear him
elatedly describe. In the production of which, ne
thought therzwould be no objeftion. and be ri-
pened his lOne that their Lordships would accede
to the motion.
Dar Bart of MOI RA said, it woold not be ne-
cessary to trouble their Lordships with many words
the ;resent occasion. The documents s hich
Noble Lord wished to have produced, would
no ground whatever upon which their Lord-
'could decide in reference to the business
them. What might have been the intentions
of the late Administration. with respect to them,
I's could not say ; bat of this he was sure, that
those opinions were net called for in the way alluded
to by the Noble Lord. They were not caned for in
say way that could give the Officers who commu-
*Ned their opinions, the slightest idea for sup-
itt. that oo any future time they would be made
olbjea of public or parliamentary discus:ions.
The ornioas were communicated in confidence—a
aisof laxity and diffuseness pervaded these corn-
: to my the Imo. se would he highly
to t lay such documents upon the table, or
M lades them the sable° of public discussion any
may—the more so, when it was considered, that
the writers would have no opportunity of explaining
se of justifying what they had advanced. Fu-
dges the letters in ener.iou related purely to pro-
? Zferl ohjats—to the interior discipline of regi.
&c. important as far as it went, but not
- seiseinted to form a ground for the discussion of
• the groat, general, and es tansies measu ae, the I 'louse
weeabout to discuss; besides, these documents had
as reisrease to the existingstare or circumstance.,
of die country. The great change in those. which
hod since taken place. was alone sufficient to
rth a!l the considerations, upon general
therein advanced. With respect so the
tz bad himself communicated on the oc-
ey get even apply to the then state of
the cowry, dld the majonty of them. They
were caged spas to advise, not as statesmen, bat
as General Officers. IA ith teseeet to the dotu-
ante t which the Noble Lord, in partictdar, emn
osived there could be no ot,jection to pro(1“:,-.
le, ler one. telt himself cslled upon most stre..u.
mealy to resist i;.s ptoduaion. He 'never could

a~rcc to the la).itx upon Oat talle the opinion of a
COMM ander-in-Chief, as a ground to influence or de-
termine t decision of that House W:ge such a
thing att.pted, he. should no other reer join him,
would ether his protest against the proceeding. The
Measure to which the documents called for were said.
by the Noble Lord, to refer, was one of a general and
extensive nature, and embraced the most important
interests of the country, and in this view, he con-
tended these papers were of no use whatever ; ad-
ded to which, 'considerations of
.delicacy- he hoped
would operate with their Lordships in rejesft;ng a
proposition, to which he felt himself called upon
to give a most decided negative.
Tile Duke of MON (ROSE ni Ade severalobserva-
tions in favour of his Noble Friend's motion ; but
which, as well as the remaining part of the discus-
sion and business of the evening, our very confines!
' limits do not allow us to recite.

The Earl of SUFFOLK spoke shortly against
the motion, and expressed his opinion, that as other
means had failed, it was proper to try the experi-
ment of recruiting the army, by means of enlisting
for a term of years.
Lord MULGR AVE sank* at some length in
support of the motion. With respect to the idea of
the letters in question being confidential, on which
so much Was had been laid by the Noble Earl
(Aleira) opposite, he conceived a very different
idea. At the time when he come nunicated his opi-
nion, as well as now, his conce, loci of the word
" cofideetial,"which the letters were described to be,
Was, that the respeaive icfficcis sh cu.,l not them-
selves commu,icate to each other, or in sty one,
that they had delivered such opinions ; but by no
means, that at no twine ,ime, or under any cir-
cumstances. it should n.t be made known,
that they had delivered s ith opinions.
Lord GRENVILLE. in a snort hut argumenta-
tive speech, opposed the motion. He was hostile
to it. even in point of principle, as nhj -eti,ig ta any
decision of that House being mad not upon wheat
was a statement of faits or circumstances laid before
them, but upon itmere exposition of the ar;iiments
and opinions of other mcco ! Do' was a principle in
Parliamentary deliberation which' he crii:4l not ad-
mit. Added to this, he agreed with his Noble
Friend, that the opinions called fur were given
without the least reference to such a measure as
their Lordships would have to d;euts.
The question was then put. when Lord Hawkes•
burr's motion was uegarived without a division.
The order was then road for the second totems
of the Mutiny Sill- It was stoondirg y read II ll-
eund time, sad comer. icteml for Friday next.
liirt.J::STILE FOY
On 'the abotiou of L 10 GkLNVIII.II.. the
order for be farther cons intuit her in: ...tie of
Mr. Juoise Fs, :;ail the Pc khan of teat ',rained
Judge, Ake. on Tuesday tire, was disetnniied, and
renewed for lbursday slew -era.
Tiff. stair. sr 11/4T anve
Lard ELDON, af er odv—ti! g to ids itaidequacy
of the emolumen:s attic Led to the siru.st:oil cat t'iis
useful and retspeaable Olizer of heir Lordships'
House, who, to his knowledge, for several ;ears
had served that :Acts to his ea •rt pacuitia.y
vantage, Ste. and alluding to the vary tel rent situ-
eine) in which the Rerjeaut at A:1114 aise.!Citag the
other House was Viet:J, prevotteJ P.La:1!:" crone
Wat, sq. the Officer anutic-1 -0. p.
Lag their Lordthips to take the act euineetrreces or his
case into their gracious condderar 00. anti' order
each nwasuscs to be wisp od el-eterine 0 Ishett
Lordshipss' wisdom and gautturis may seem we er.
His Lordship was not pre t fly ..eci.t.-d as w the
Mast preferable manner ut pr ereed.ng on the occa.
eon ; but tl ought it would be roper to eeftr the Po-
titiem to the sonsirler a. irn of a Committee in the first
instance ; ••nd he earnestly lecomin.:uici the sob-
jsB to the:r Lordriips' attention.
Earl SPENCER expressed his concurrence in the
propriety of what had falle a from tar Ne•ble and
Learned Lord, and the Petition was ordered to be
referred to a Crcrnmettee, to sit on Monday next.
In the Writ of Error Cause, Lineard v. Mayne,
their Lordships. after shortly tearing Counsel at
the B ir, athrmed the Judgment of the Court be-
low, with tool. costs.
Lord ELIX)N took the opportunity to remark
win a consideratiou of importance, with rupee tie
which. he conceived, some measure on the part of
the House should be adopted. %Vhat he alluded to,
chiefly respeeted Ow consideration of costs, which
were, in no We (60 we understood his Lordship))
under the custom and practice of the House, to he
awarded at a higher amount than 2001. ; this was
evidently are inducement to the lodging of Appeals
on intelested or onjusti.iable grounds, and operated
as a grievance to the other party; as by means of
the Appeal, :.ct only the property was kept pos.
sessiem.of, and it- proceeds, or the interest of mo-
nies received, but the costs of the actual Resper.-
dents mac am.ina to 7 er ROM Cr more ; and the
Appellan:. feeling be should have no more thug
2001. to disburse, would be the mate :ns:uced. eel.
dendy, to come forward in that character. These
eonsiddratioes he earnestly recommended to the
attention of the House, and particularly to that of
his Notle Friend on the Woolsack.
The LORD CHANCELLOR said, he per-
&SAT coocurred ina. *bat bad fallen from his
.Noble and Learned Friend. Certainly, what he
bad adverted to, was a serious grievance, and calla
for decisive correCtion.
After some routine hominess was disposed of,
their Lordships adjourned till Tien ()Clock to-mor-
row, preparatory to the proceeding in the usual
farm to the High Court of Parliament in West-
minster Hall. to deliver their it.a)c4imr on
the Case of the Impeachment or Lord Viscocat
MEL V ILLY.