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HOUSE OF LORDS.
MONDAY. TM 21.
The Marquis of C H 01. MO NDELEV delivered the Answer
of his Majesty to the Addresses of this Douse. voted on Friday
The K I Nt: thanked the lords for their loyal addresses, in
which they only anticipated his feelings with respect to his much
lamented brother. 1116 Nlajesty received with satisfaction their
agiurance of concurrencein measures for the dispatch of public
• business.
The Marquis COB XWA LLIS delivered the answer of her
Royal Highness the Duchess of Bent to the message of con-
dolence.
Thu above answers were ordered to be enteral nit the Journals.
Lord AUCKLAND presented a petition from the prisoners for
debt in the King's Bench Prison. praying that the Bills which
expire to morrow may be continued. The Noble Lord was
anxious the prayer of the petitioners ini4ht be granted, otherwise
swim inconvenience must atise. The Noble Lord added, that it
was his inteition, early in the new Parliament, to move for a
. Committee to enquire into the state of those laws which relate to
debtor and creditor. De expressed a hope that a subject so
stiportant would receive due attention from the Douse. The
Petition was read and laid on the table.
The Marquis of LANSDOWNE presented a Petition from
the pnsonati for debt in the Borough of Liverpoel, praying that
the Insolvent Debtors' Bill may not expire without af:orling them
relief. The Noble Marquis expressed a hope that their Lord•
ships would adopt a temporary Act, and that the late Act might
be continued, if it were only hie the purpose or compelling Par-
Harbert to enter into consideration of that important subject,
with a view to passing an efficient legislative ptocision. The
petition was read, and ordered to lie on the table.
He then presented a Petition from the Fleet Prism, London
having the same object.—Read, and laid on the table.
Two private bills were brought up from the Commons by Mr.
Boublon, and others, and read the first time.
Adjourned.
TUESDAY, FE8.21.
BILLS FROM THE COMMONS.
Mr. laishington and other Nlwinliers from the Commons,
brought up the Bill to remedy certain inconveniences in
Local Jorisilictions.
Also a DM to continue to the 25th of June, 182 j. such
Laws as would expire before that period.
Also the Bill to continue tht.• Mutiny Bill.
Lotil John Russell brought up the Corrupt Boroughs
Stivetision Bill.
W) line brought up three Private and Local Bills.
The above were severally read the first time.—Ad-
journed.

WEDNESDAY. EEL 23.
SUPPLIES.
The Earl of LAUDERDALE adverted to the Resolutions of
the other House in the Committee of Supply. and gave notice of
his intention to-morrow to submit a proposition rot those Rev).
lotions It was not his desire to embarrass Gmernwent in the
steps they were taking, but he really did wish they would give
their minds to some measure. declaring the extraordinary pro-
ceeding to which he alluded should not be a precedent. The
Noble Lord knew that the constitutional measure was to bring
the grants of public money before the House in a Bill of appro-
priation, but in the present instance their Lordships would have
no nie:ms olconsidering whether they ought to consent or not to
any expenditure the other branch of the Legislature might think
proper to make. If it was the pleasure of the House to permit
this irregularity to go on, he could not avoid it, at the same tune
be looked fur a declaration that the proceeding was not to form a
precedent.
The Earl of LIVERPOOL said there would be great weight
in the observation of the Noble Lord, if it had not been stated
in the answer to the Royal Message. that the House would can'
cur in arrangements proper to meet the exigencies which might
arise in the recess of a new Parliamert. The House indeed, in
tae present instance, was pledgedi to allow temporary advances to
made for supplying the Public Service during the interval
referred to. The attention of the House had been called to the
M-asage, and he did not conceive they could object to those tem-
po.ary arrangements the Noble Earl noticed.
The Niarwini of LANSDOWNE supported the objection of
his Noble Frieud. This was the only instance in which Perlis.
went had been called upon to provide for their own dissolution.
Tire Home abandoned its duty. if it gave up the right of judging
of the anpropriation of any sum of money granted by the other
ki use of Parliament.
The Earl of DONOUGH MORE called open the House not
dispense with their Parliamentary CODUOIII of the public
mousy
which the Lords had always asserted. All that Parlianien:t=
collect from the Message was. that a certain time was to be given
for the discassion of mressary measures. and it did not follow
that the House was to dispense with Parliamemary proceeding
eltoethee,
Tire Earl of LIVERPOOL did not rise to prolong the dis-
cussion. He was nut warranted in saying that a Message from
the Crown was a jusitication of this line of proceeding. A
Message from the Crown would not bind any Noble Lord. On
the contrary, any Lord was tree to say be would not agree to the
proceeding, but the House had agreed by its answer to the Met-
sore, to meet the exigencies 'luring the present and a new Par-
liament. and they could not depart tiom the measure adopted on
this occasion.
After a taw words in explanation from the Earl of Donoughs
mote, die Earl of Lauderdale's notice was made an order.
MUTINY BILL.
Earl GROSVENOR ruse, on the order for the second reeding
of the Mutiny Bill, and expressed a wish to know whether it
was the Noble Earl's intention to reduce the additional military
forc.:S It would be a satisfaction to receive some intimation of
such an intention.
The Earl of LIV ERPOOI, was not prepared to say what the
amount of the army was to be. All would be stated when the
Annual Mutiny Bill came under discussion. It would then be
for the Noble Lord to state his objertione. lie only rose on this
mission to say. that any addition to the army made (sat autumn
was provided tor by the sums granted by Porn:own.
The Bill was read a *woad time.
The other Bills were forwartkil, and the House adjourned.
TILITESDAY. Es:a. 24.

RESOLUTIONS OF^
TIIE IIOES.K OF COMMONS.
The LAW. of I.AUDEROALK ro,e, in pursuance of his
notice, to make 4 proposition to the House, on the subject of
We thews of the House of Commons, which will not collie he-
finie this Noose for divussion under an Appropriation Act. It
bad been the practice, when grants were arloptul, to ripply some
of the stills of money so voted by Sill of Appropriation, which
came up to the Maws of birds. The Cumirittix of Supply of
the other if 0u..! had. in the present instance, voted sums which
remained unsppropriated. Tr.c moment l'arliament should he
die oibed, sue.' grans would be mere waste paper.—lt War
for the nest Parliament to apply the sums thus voted
in a distr.:tit u dew there is en Act of Appropriation. The
other House had ~.ken upon them to say, tutat certain pay.
snow, u lid: the law of the land said should expire on the Sc.
tribe of the Crown, we-e to continue. The Annuity of 35,0nti1.
granted to the Prince's of Wales. and other sums of money,
weic tilbimull of by a single Restilution of the other
Halse. fhe !louse of Commons had, liewever, broken through
precodent. The Noble Earl concluded by moviug three
Uumliition, stating in sulpitantc, that the !louse of Commons,
Iliformed pr his iNfiljuoy's 31inistess of a dissolution of nubs.