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waste obtain his 'seat in Parliament, was .cerlaiiAly
unfavourable to the doe nod sepal discharge off!.
duties. Canvassing for sailor election was Dot
the best mode of enabling viol person te exet-
AttoUS functions i'o6ll4l.ent of ohlial to all
in society. fie had counters many
remmoragniest the qvdificatina of *thaw as there
were fingers OR
ilibhto •he hat given tit,' a
• ti it he ied a knuck.rjovii bl
ps thew thope 1,46 of Latin $ll-m notice.
fifeNedile Mid Leargild Load Pest
As W hewer ihelaillisra ullitertft re any
*mystery over a liNiestion, out came a littl.! Laths.—
f laugh/--and then the Latin words mitered the
whole case from their formidipMe ileport.t He de-
nied that this was, strictlynapesking, ad ex post
facto law. Were there not . Numerous •stuonees
equally retrospeitive in their, operation with this,
in far as it could be said to he retrospective ? Was
TM the Astute of retrospective, which els
listed certain persons having contract'', and at the
same time holding their seats in Parliament? Was
nor the statute prohibiting excisemen from voting.
at elections, retrospective ? Did it saw .no futons
exciseman shall vote at elections ? No, it 'said
simply that no escisemsn should. He nimbi aloe
Mind.: to a more important Bill then them all,
namely, the Bill for txtlinling Roman Cathishe
Peers from sitting in that and the other House of
Parliament. Did that 'weeping Act ail no Ca.
*Antic should hew:it-ter hold a seat in Parliament ?
No; but it lutiri, here i• an oath which must he
taken by every Aleinher of Parliament, which o•th
is inconsistent with your religious faith as Cutlio-
. lie; nevertheless you must take it, or resign the
right to fill the seat you hold. Herr, therefore,
were laws in succession 111,011 their statute book,
• having retrospective operaiiiiii iii the manner now
themsFlit so singular and objectionable. But the
ire now proposed was not, he contended, elf post
Behr; it merely specified, that from and after the
liter August no Master in Chancery should retain
that office and hold a seat in Parliament,
There was in this proviso not the ez post facto
ottipidatious, but the future proviso, giving the
individual the option of which of the two si-
!nations he would fill. His notion of an es
post fisrto law was thin—suppose a penally were'
atfia.il upon any Master in Chancery holding a
seat iu Parliament, if the law exposed to this pe-
nalty every Master in Chancery who had at or
voted io Airborne**, then it would be clearly ez
post facto, but not so here, where the effect was to
he altogether prospective. There were two pars-
mount frowns against • Master in Chancery hold-
ing a seat in the other Home: one as affecting the
administration of justice, the other as affecting the
purity and independence of• Parliament. It was in
this case whimsical enough, that Ilse general justice
and propriety of the clause should be enforced by
the individual himself, who now sought to be ex.
erupted from its operation. The Noble Lord
strongly contended fur the propriety of baying this,
clause in its original 'tote.
The Earl of Livtaront considered the clime as
or just ; there should be some necessity shewn for en.
tertainiog it. Masters in Chancery, whether right or
wrung, had for • great number of years sat iu Par. !
liament, and therefore they assumed that they hail
a right. Mr. Ellis having purchased his place.,
rendered it strikingly unjust to apply to him a law
which was not ia existeuce when he became a can.
ae.
The Earl of INNISKILLIN observed, that by a
provision in on Art of Parliament passed silica. Air.
Elia purchased his place, lie could not now dispose
of it. _

The Earl of LlSlttnicic said. there was • crest
differrt•ce between the English and the Irish Mis-
ter• in Chancery ; from the contiguity of the office
of the former to the House of Parliament, he could
easily perform the dailies of both offices, soh
the fatter had •sea to cross, and it was therefore a
manifest impossibility that he mold duly esecute
the duties of both $11111•1

The Earl of Ltioteoot. said, if the Master did
est perform the duties of his office, there were
ler/ means to deprive him 44 that office,
the Earl of LANDSROA LE said the question was,
could a mon perform the duties of sli•ter, and at-
•trod at the sometime to his duties in Parliament ?
Whether Mr Ellis had purchased or nut he was
to perform the duties, and, from big own rridrncr,
bin duty as Master requiring on attendance Irons
@tem' to three. it appeared he could not perform
t*inse duties. The Noble Lord (Liverpool) wooltl
agree with him. that the duties ought to be dn-
. *Merged, sod if so, he must also agree with him
that Mr. Ellis was not a fit representutive, b..
corm the two duties were absolutely incompitiblv.
.• Lord HOLLAND said, he would be glad to know
what the winds " legal proceedings" otrant. as
applied to Masters in Chancery in Ireland. Did
they mean the power of not performing the
µintuit duties of his situation ? With respect •to
.the legal lIHIMIS of depriving him of his place, would
Ministers deprive hint of his Once if be voted for
thee: ? He 4Lurd Dolland) would feel very re.
!acting to deprive • Gentleuniu of his seirt iii Par.
Lenient, Nietely• because as a Member of
. zealot he perforated his duty. The Noble Lord
had 10 one instance misrepresented him : lie had
• 'net intended to allude to the integrity of the wan ;
• hat be rid my, that Mr. Ellis could nut attend

and he 'coaled that the character of the House
of Volumene would he lowered.and itiaredtbY the •
eerlueion of so respectable a g§ess of pettiness.
r The House then divided sod strpagers were re-
tailed...slur* which we understood two divisions
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MI amended, was then put and 'car-
tied by majority.
,• INSOLVENT DEBTORS' SILL.
Lord Aucitt.eita moved the Order of the bay
for the House going into a Committee on the In-
solvent Dettore Bill.
The Loa') CSANCIILLott having left the Stool.
sock.
Lord ItenEsuALE objected to the clause ems
pnwernig the appointment of Owe* Commisiiimwrs
for the Insolvent Debtors` Court. He Yorisidrred
that it might have a mischievous tendency, as
leading to discord in the Court. From long she
servation Niel experience, he was sali* ry! that in
jorlicial situations which involved the exercise of
discretionary powers,, such powers were better ewe
curd' by our disn by a greater number. In Chan-
Very three was one judge, sad in the Court of
Exchequer, since the equity cases had been mollified
tit the direction of the Lord Chief Baron only.
the practice had beets materially amended •Ie it. •
W here there were three Judger. shades of difference
of opinion might be expected to brier, more parti-
cularly as it was a dircretionery duty. In Comte
of Law, opinions were generally on matters of law
only, end there any colltetois might be avoided.
The old Bill had been in existence seven yews, and
with one Commissioner only, and though there had
11,4.1 i greet clamour against that Bill, there was
in his judgment but little ground of coati:faint t
it had abridged that indircriminate credit which
tradesmen were formerly is, the habit of giving, and
had in that respect been of the greatest Service to
•the community. Me Lordship concluded by moving
HIS amendment, to tot hottote the words " one Com-
missioner" instead of three Commissioners."

Lord AUCKLAND agreed with the ri.ible and
Learned Lord that a considerable portion of the
clamour ratsed against the former Bill was un-
founded. The principal defect of that measure was
the indiscriminate manner in which debtors were
discharged, and their accounts passed without oar-
titnelit exAminstion. That would be remedied by
the virtu ) i ttt ment of three Commissioners under the
present Bill, and considering the trent powers con-
ferred, he thought three a more preferable number
than one.

The question being then put, and the bar cleared
fora division, on ou► return we learnt that Lord
lietwattatt had consented to withdraw his amend-
men% The other clauses of the Bill were then die-
cu•srd, and some ve►bal amendments made.
Lttrd A cot LAND rind, that it had beet) Ins in-
tention to hive introduced PI clause respect-
ing persons committed for offence* against the
Court of Chancery. But liavitt4 consulted the
Noble and Learned Lord on the Woolsack. hr was
gl:id to find that the Nob!e and Learned Lind
Intended to take the bili.jeCt into his own hands.
The Bill passed the Committee, and with its
amendments being reported no the House, the Re-
port sv;is ordered to be received to-morrow.
Adjourued.

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

MIS, MAT I/.

America, mention tf;al smother revolution hid tsigets
lilac, there, and that General At:lnuit bad ked fat
protection to the Province of Entre Rios.
The following ire extracts :-
11 Com;*IRIAN REPutt.tc.--inesittlietsu Ac-
COUNTS VlOll AROOSTLTRA OP TPR Lei Tit SRO
OF MAY.--The President BOLIVAR, ofteiletttaCt.
ing the attention of the Royalist forces by move-
menis on the tipper Apart, and by frequent
changes of position% had made • powerful diversion
in favour of the expedition from '3/tarot-dm, under
iGenend Mottiii.t.A. General Patt was in motion
on the Cassiniare, and a force of 6,000 men assem-
bled on the A purei, who had waited for • %apply of
arms, which had recently arrived. The division of
General Cxnestio had surprised the head-quarters
of a division of the Royal Army, and made prism,-
ten of the Royisl troops in the two Casernes; • third
made some resistance, sod were put to the sword.
While these operations were going on, the PAW.
DENT had secretly left his quarters, and with only
(one dragoons, pined the Coidetbas, and appeared
at Santa Fe de Bigots, where, in a few dap, lie
organised two corps of three thousand men each,
prat one of there iu movement for PApayaii, and the
•1 other for Quito. lie afterward. returned by the
twine route, and was ugaio at the heed-quarters of
his troops at Achagiiii. The Royalist General
MORILLO had published a Proclamation, an-
nouncing the revolution in favour of the constitu-
limo in Spain. and ..frering pardon to all who would
f•luro to their allegiance, but without producing
any effect.
" The Vice-President GUIANA ROSVIO. who had
been in • bud state of health, is perfectly recuvrred.
The terinin +bon of the Revolution in Venezuela is
now near at hand.
" Eitnitt of a leiter from St. Jag° (Chili),
26th February :--‘ Every thing looks gloomy, and
;you ore no doubt acquainted with what is going on
in the province of Li Plata. Buenos Ayres conti-
nues agitated by factiont. Lord COCHRANE had
obtained some success in Chili. Oa the 4th Fe-
bruary he made himself master of the 'forts and
port of Valdivia, anJ afterwards procrded as far
as Ginsymsil, where a frigate he was in sparnh of
escaped him by landing her guns, and running up
the river, iiis Lordship was mid to have been in
communication With General BOLIVAR at Quito,
where the latter was with 8,000 men, while General
SANTAN n ER was at Cuenca with the advanced guard
of the Chilisit tirilis'."

14. Filll'ltSli PRESS.

LON DON,

FRIDAY, .lULt el, 'see.

In the Committee lasi night in the Mose of
Lords ipon the Irish Chancery Bill, Lord Ritot:s.
DALE objected to the clause dioqualifying a Master
in Chancery to hold a seat in the -Howie of Co►n-
mons. De approved of the principle. and alto of the
particular elapse as a prospective measure, but lie
objected to its retrospective operation. Ilia Lord.hip
therefore moved that the words giving it that effect
should be left out► so as to Serve the clause merely
prospective. The whole extent of the alleged
severity and injustice of the clime in its nri.
gine! stole, is the disquidification of Master ELLIS
to represent the City of Dublin : to this single
and solitary case dues its ,retrospective efficacy
refer. • But even with respect to him, it was well
observed by Lord HOLLAND, that the clause would
not be ■n es poet facto law. Mr. Etus
dta-
qualified himself when he ritata on oath that
his indicial duty required Ina close imenclauce
to his office for ten months ill the year, and
his 'partial attendance for the reit:mining two
months, in Dublin. Mr. Er.r.ts has disqualified
himself, by shewiog he could not.discharge his
duty as a Member of the House of Commons,
without neglecting his duty to the public else.
where; and he is• further disqualified by testy
usege, gull every set, for maintaining the pu.
rite and independence of that House. How
then can this clause be an es post facto law.
and a measure of hardship in his individual ilet. ?
He knew, and his electors of the City of Dublin
knew, thit he could not be in Et:glom:Juni Irelind
at the enure time ; lie knew, and they knew, that
if lie discharged hie duties all the year iii the one
island, he must, during the same interval, ne-

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bift its Irate where Tie sod his Arititis here aware
of his di►qualification by his 'olller•in !reload. it
May he a question of prudence whether such
risk should be run for his sake. So great is the
jra!ortoy of the !louse of Commons in its character
as the guardian of ate publec !HOW,' that it will
not allow the Lords 'to 'flake any alteration in a
Mone}• Bill. The Lords have only to pass it or
reject it, in the precise form in which it is sent up
to thrto front the Commons, but they dust not
iittrowt to make an amentlmeso. The princiPte
of the clittse affecting Al osier E1.1.1s --11,1)"urs to "
to jai take or the spirit of this polvilege exercised
by the Commons. May they not be fairly pre-
bunted to be the best judges of the qualifications
necessary in a Member of their own House ?
Have they not often ekpelled Members as wi6t to
sit among them without any attempt en the part of
the House of Lords to restore such Members to
their seats ? We du toot see a materiiil threrence
between such Cites and the present one. The House
of Commons, ill adopting the original clause. Oe-
ct,ireil that Master F.. 1.1.13 was not a lit person to
he a Member of the House of Commons, and most
nut be admitted so sit in it. The Muse of Lords,
by their aineticlinrut of last night, assume to be
better judges than the House of C ))))) mons; they
soy that Master Et.t.ts is a fit reprepriliaiive. and
that as such he shall sit in tile House of Com-
mons. Under these circumstances, the danger fore-
seen by Lord llut.t.asin appears highly probable,
sod we will Slot bC siiristilked should the Bill, when
sent hack to the Commons, be thrown out alto-
gether.

The House of Lords is expected to adjourn
over this da,r,, and not inert again tuitil the time
required for the second readiug of the Bill of
Divorce and of Pains and Penalties against the
QUEFN, which is fixed for the 17th of Arigu•t.
It is now understood that the adjournment will be
to the Hid), as a day previous will be necessary
for swearing in the Peers. who have not yet takrii
the oaths this Session, ainunisting to 150.—0il
the motion of the Eel of LIVERPOOL, a Conyuii.
tee was appointed to search for precedents respect-
ing the forms to be observed by their Lordships
upon holding a judicial investigation, fur enforcing
the attendance of Peels, and fur consideiing the
further arrangements necessary, with a view to the
proceedings to be taken upon this solemn and im-
portant business.

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The Paris Papers of Monday last hare nrriteit,
Meads from whica are given in our preceding
column:

Thete was a report in town yesterday, that the
Ramolitan truly, following the example of the
Sparkish, hos demanded tinsitintoudy a Constitn.
000 from their him), and that he has promised
that their Fishes should be carried into effect es
speedily as pos.ible. It is added, that dispatches
anssoksociug this proceeding were received on
Tuesday last by the Neapolitan Ambassador and
Lord CASTLERI:AIati. Private letter., it is also
said, have been received from the Continent, con-
firming this intelligence, fluor which the following
arc extracts:—

" !s ttbr.ss, JULY G, 1820.

" A 'reek since a grest spirit of leraiesitatiow was ob-
served in the neighlvalithinol of the province of Palermo,
and last !Sunday it W3l known that a whole vestment of
carer, bad deserted, and posted themselves at Nola.
Shortly all ihe troops were set in motion against them, but
as dissatiefactisou prevailed uo dependance could he placed iu
the troops.
" Matters omit on In this vanaiser stall. -yesterday, +rhea
the king wished to Meow she real sestintesits of the coun-
try, and dertared he wool/ williagly give,theas a Constitu•
num, amt imisedliately•kmased a Proclamation to publish it
in a week "

" CART', JULY It.

" The news I allude to is a revolution in Naples. It
was mentioned by the Due de Richelieu, as I told you; that
the King had four days to consider, mid rhst sow all was
quiet and acceded to. There are various reports that the
kiiiz is or, Otx.; but I should think that the Due de
Richeliest's account must lie exact. It is positive, too, that
they are all ready to rise he hotly. There have been prui.u-
shames to the French Guversintent from Lombardy: they
ink only 4,000 troops, and will pay any taxes levied fur the
carte:es. In the Venetian territory they ore iu a most
agitated state. &trot Italians just strived foom Dieschia
say, there are arrests every day. The Freud. Government
have refused assistmer, hut this affair at Naples Will
basins the boobies*. All the great families in Italy are at
the head of these offers to the French, Government ; but it
is for the itsdrprisslo:ner of Italy not in put themselves under
the French Government. Lyons was named ac the place of

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