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v4trial iMtsliamtnt• . Jury Courtas—which were 'Trost complqe jobs—had been
a
....' we 1/4..-a .), - filled up. •
''-' aolliek= ' 4 'N. .. •• . . I'h',IIIID4DOC.AVE said, dull the ileac.; had mated.
that the business could not go on, without the appointments in
HOUSE OF LORDS.
ew • question being made.
aroNDAY. MAY 1.
The Marquis of Dowashire, Earl Vita william. and the Bishop .vII,IsIOCG. HA M was grieved that the Judges had lent
1 theNiTorse. i to jobs more gross, outrmaeous, cud unneaessary than
Pi. 1 l eretonl, took the oaths. atir that had ever taken place even in Seotland, Ile pledged
T ae !mot Chancellor read his Majesty's Answer to the Address
hiniself for the accuracy of this statement, land was ready to
pre.t.l,ted on Friday. prove it whenever called npon.
's Inl re in. from thc Customs, prevented Accounts relating to The LORD ADVOCATE hoped, that the House would
I' re frade and Revenue of the Kingdom. . pause boom such opinions were adopted ; before it was believed
Mr. Wineheater presented an Account of Balances in the
Wet Judges would lend themselves to the adoption of improgielt.
..-triels of the Deputy Post master General up to the' d of ,
measures. . (Hear'
.)
-;an"arY• • Lord A. HAMILTON gave notice, that on the ilth of May
Mr. Ma.eaey presented a Report relating to the Insolvent Deb-
he should move for a copy of tie appointment of the fourth
tiaa' Court —The above returns were laid on the table. Baron. (Hear!)
The Earl of LAU DER DA I. K moved for a number of Papers MALT DIITtEs —On the motion, that the House go into a
oa the subject of Finance. Conlin ittee or Stipple.
Ile Earl of SHAFTESBURY presented a Petition from the
Lord A. HAM ILTON asked wbe:her any decision had been
manufactuters of Norwich, praying a repeal of the Act to prevent
Come
to
respecting M.,I 1) t" •:. Scotland—the allowances
the . . t it tes 1
Ise Importation of Foreign Wool.--Laid on the Table. that hail been thrilled': made.
The Howie adjourned. The CHANCELLOR °idle EXCHEQUER replied in the
YttrsDAY, MAY 2. • netative, adding, that enquiries had been instituted, and that the
Mr. CHARLES DAVENPORT presented Papers !cloture .. . o . .. . .
row
sn Jett merited:mention. Report.°•mor .
to the Northland Peerage, CIVIL LIST.
On the motion of the Earl of SHAFTSBURY, it was ordered,
Mr. TIERNEY said, he had understood that some objection
that no Petitions for Private Bills be received after the 15111 of
existed to the motion he proposed respecting the 385,000/. made
alay,and no reports of die Judges on Private Bills after the Sotit.
apolicable to the privy purse.
On the motion of the same Noble Earl. the Lords were sum- r
file 411 ANCEL I .olt of the EXC I I EQU It R replied, that
awned for 'Moseley, to take into consideration certain Standing
he should h. •objection to a mare partial and definite
have no
Orders of the House. account.
Mr. Clarke, from the Insolvent Debtor's Court, presented an .1. , , - said,he shouldon the Ida movefor the
Mr, "FRNEY r i
Account of the Balances in the hands of the Receiver, made upof. i
paper, imploring the attention tile louse to it, as involving a
to January, p i most constitutional question.—(lfear.)
Lord AUCKLAND gave notice that he should move on r -
Col. DAVIS gave notice that on Tuesday week he should
day, to appoint a l'oinnwtee to enquire into the laws relating to
move tar a Committee on the subject of the Army Expenditure.
Debtor and Creditor. The House adjourned. Mr. B. BAI'HURST moved for leave to Ming in it Bill to
SVEDNEsDAY, MAY 3. remove :di doubts respecting the continuance of the insolvent
After some unimportant Papers had been presented. on the
Debtors Acts.
motion of the Earl of Shaftesbury, the House adjourned. Sir .1. NEIVPORT asked whether any Report had been
TlittasDAY, }tai 4. re :dyed from the Archbishops and Bishops in Deltoid respecting
lord Erskine and several Lords took their oaths. the Church Establialiment there.
CIVIL 1..1 ST. Mr. C. GRANT replied, that some answers had been received ;
The Marquis of LANSDOWN rose for the purpose of asking when all were obtained, he should commuoicate theta in due
the Noble Earl (Liverpool) what steps were to be taken relative mune.
to the Civil List, and whether it was intended to appoint a Coln-
Mr. LUSH INGTON presented the Accounts of the Ordinary
tnittee for the investigation of that important question? Revenue few the current year. Ordered to be printed.
The Earl of LIVERPOOL said, it was not his intention to Mr. 11. BATHURST brought in the Insolvent Dabtors' Acts
move fur a Committee to consider that subject Ile conceived Continuance Rill. Read a first time.
the papers of 9116, which were laid before the House, would The remaining orders having been disposed of, the House
contain infutination sufficient to enable the Lords to discuss the adjourned.
question. TUESDAY.
MAY 2.
The Marquis of I, ANSDOW N E tainted that the papers of Several Members took the oaths and their seats ; caning whom
IN Pi. relating to the Establishment tit the Prince Regent, be were Lord Milton. D. W. Harvey. Esq., &c.
r,-orinted. Mr. D. W. HARVEY moved for copies of all Reports res.
The Motion for re-printing the pairs was agreed to. pecting abuses in the Excise and ll informations
Tile Earl of DARNLEY gave notice of his intention to move
filed within the last year, &c. The latter Customs--weeer ordered ; the
tor a return of die patent for holding the office of King's 5t a• former postponed for the present, Mr. Lushington having
tamer in Ireland, toaether with the amount of salary paid to observed, that the Reports were not yet made out..
that officer duriag the last ten years. Col. BAGWELL prmented a Petition praying for leave to
ritinAy, MAY 5. introduce a Bill to improve Cork Harbour. Referred to a
Mr. Smith presented papers from the Cornmissictriers of Rich- Committee.
mond Bridge. Mr. HUME moved for a Return of Auditors of Accounts for
INSOLVENT DEBTORS. Ceylon, &c.—Ortleretl.
Lord AUCKLAND rose to move fer a committee to inquire SMOKE FROM STEAM ENGINES.
into the state of the laws relative to insolvent debtors. As the
propriety of some measure for the relief of these unfortunate per- Mr. M. A. TAYLOR brought forward his motion respecting
aorta had been folly admitted when the subject was last before the those furnaces, the smoke of which annoyed almost all the king •
house, it was not necessary for him to trouble their Lordships dom. Enquiries hail been instituted, and it had been proved
with many observations in support of his motion. A mistake that thc nuisance might be removed, by compelling the proprietor
wharf crept into the late bill, and the former law had thereby to construct those furnaces and steam engines to consume their
unfortunately been suspended. In consequence of this suspen-
down smok
ondo So e. great had the nuverpool, iiahce become, that it
Birmin aagha d ren-
m
sion, the prisons had been crowded with debtors to such a decree,
emi L hester, L and ,
that there was danger of hither becoming infectious. l'his state I almost uninhabitable. (A latigh.) They might smile, but be
of things rendered a prompt aquiry indispensable ; and he was could prove the fact, as individuals were compelled to get resi-
sure that, if any of their lerdsnips entertained doubts of the pro- dcnccs for their families at a distance from the furnaces and
pricty of giving relief to die numerous debtors whom misfortune engines. Ile could also adduce evidence of instances, where the
had rendered insolvent, these doubts would be banished when schemes for which he contended were proved to be practicable;
thc cireuniatances of their situations were fully taken into con- i and the consomption of the smoke promoted considerable saving,
sideration. But at the sante time that he wished to relieve lat least one third of the fuel. So satisfied was he of the procure.
really insolvent debtors, he was most anxious to protect creditors ' bility of the scheme, that he would never cease his exertions
against fraud, and hoped that means would be found to reconcile till he accomplished the measures be contemplated. Many
those objects. tie then proposed that the committee should be places in and about London, the breweries, &c., rendered
an open one. The motion was agreed to.—Adjourned. aertce most uncomfortable and unwholtsotne; and he trusted, if'
if he could show in a Committee that the nuisance might be
HOUSE OF COMMONS, abated, that he should be justified in applying for a declaratory
MONDAY, MAY 1. law on the subject. Ile concluded etch moving tor a aeleciCona•
The SPEAKER, after having taken the Chair, communicated mitteee to enquire how far it would
be practicable to promote the
dragon Saturday this House went up with the Address to his health and comfort of the inhabitants, by compelling proprietors
Majesty, to which the King returned his warmest thanks for the to erect engines so as to consume their own smoke.
loyal and dttuful Address, &c. Mr. Denman seconded the motion, bearing testimony to the
Mr. M. A. TAYLOR presented a Petition from lighten-nen success with which engines, within his own knowledge, hail
engaged on the Thames, complaining of the dangerous state of been erected to consume their own smoke.
London Bridge, and praying the House to cause a Bill to be Sir C. aIORDAUNT, &c. also supported the motion.—
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brought in to remedy the evil. After which it was agreed to, and the Select Committee appointed.
Mr. H. SUMNER afterwards presented two similar Petitions STAG IC COACHES.
from Wilartingers on both sides of the River.—Ordered to be I Mr. M. A. TAYLOR emu brought forward his motion to
printed. . make the furious driving of stage coachmen a misdemeanor
Several Members took theta oaths and their seats. As the law now stood, however furious might be the driving, or
11. Lord LOWTII EL presend a Petition from the manufactn- whatever accidents resulted, the magistrate could only tine lof.
rers, &c. of Kendal, against the %Vend Duty.—Ordered to lie on which might be mitigatedproposed where furious
the table. driving should be chargad, it should be referred to a Jury.—He
Accounts of The exported and imported during the last year enrebsded with moving-for leave to irode a Bill for punishing
were ordered to he laid before the House. criminally the furioua driving onstage coach men
The (711 AN I'ELLOR of the EXCHEQUER moved an agreed to.
Address :a , \l ..a:, .re timing their most humble thanks for
relieveHOß moved for leave to bring in a Bill
his Maas- .' • e aa,; answer to their Address r—lt having Steen to lnsolvent Debtors, thes two main features of which
the custom a .1.44 similar proceedings on the two previous were, first, to appoint Conimissioners to enquire into thee for
. • , 'film:le.—Motion agreed to. perty, &c.; and secondly, to compel debtors, after a rtain
Elector aa i•Jitioos were presented from C. Blake, Esq. cons- period of confinement, to apply for the benefit of the Am—
ple; ~ ii ig at• .a, undue r :turn for the town ot'Galwity—ortterutt to (Hear, hear !)
be taken into consideration May 30; of an undue return for Mr. LOCKHART observed, that, if other tilte•rations were
Callingtnn, Norfolk, (two petitions.) Ottletett to be taken into not introduced. he could not approve of the Noble Lord', Bila—
co:unto:Mon aais on May ao. He complained of the slight way in wl.i,:h the petitioners woe
Mr. Bill 11:ii; hi AM moved for a copy of the Barbadoes Act of examined by the Court; indeed, if an onpoong creditor hap-
-1663, regarding the tt per cent. duties. The Him. Member post- perted nut to aptrear, the debtors were hardly examined at aid.
pained Ins intended motion on the subject from Thursday till Lora matioiti. replied, that he had rot fully entered iota
Friday, to iiccottiiiiidate a Noble Lord now absent (Lord Castle- all his views now, as he hoped •co present the Bill in a w ore pe-
-11 re).—Motion agreed to.
agh acct form on the aceond re eling.—Leate given to bring in the
Air. H. SUM N ER, advert' ng to the regulations required by Bill.
Mr. Whitbread's Bill reapecting Weights and Measures, ob. Mr. MABERLEY moved for Accounts (to w'•icli he under-
served, that inturniations iissotutca in Surrey, and where stood there would be no objection) of the net Revenue for diciest
eons ictions had been gained, had been quashed, in consequence year ;of the deliciermes it. the Cosistaidated Fund ; the Charges
castle divisions of weights and measures having been obtained I thereon, &e.—Ordcml.
from the City of London, instead of the Exchequer. Much in- Mr. MARERLEY then moved for Accounts of Bounties on
convenience had resulted and would ensue; and he now wished Irish and British Linens exporied,atollOrd
to know %honer tile Goternitient would bring forward any Mr. C. GRANT moved for teas ing in a hill to regulate
proceeding founded on the Cononisoian which had been the Tra rsnsfe of took inof lia
alaets,nd by eonrts
otion 1
agl;treeityd ;
toto [eau-
i tistituted. he Administraion kar.c.—M.
EnwARDs, THE SPY.
The CHANCELLOR oldie EXCHE E QUR replied, that
delays heal taken place. A general imasure, lie apprehended, Alderman WOOD rose aril said, he laid ar, important rim •
could not be expected this Session .• but he believed sonic preli. I niunicarion to utak., to the House. Ile hardly knew with what
winery measure might be expected. motion he should conclude ; he however might receive assistance
Lord A. HA M I ETON leaked, in the event of a resignation of a from the ('hair. He had to . rate drat seven persons had applied
the fourth Da:on cot la,- Exchequer in Scotland, whether a new ; to Mtn as a Magistrate, to exhibit enarges against George Ed-
appointment wt.. to t .',:. ,pi :,..: •:. wards, residing in Fleet Street, and to have him taken up Sis
The 1,01; I 1 AD V•ad:ATE replied that the appointment had extraordinary and importantthe facts, that lie deemed it
already taken 1
1111 re. Olean) right to let ti: exalt iii , atiens be private. Four of Limn i deposed
Lord A. IEII.I'ON added, that lie should bring die sub- to facts which. aniungst ether thirgs, Matt rially
jestbefore the Hoose. Wear, hear.) Houae. They set forth that plots had been priquaed by this
Si, J. NEW PORT boveri the Noble Lord would persevere . George Edwarda to deathly kersona of the higlwat outtiority—plots
and bring the aubjewt bethte Parliament. i to assassinate the Ministers, &a ; but he should barely state what
Mr. DItOIXSHA3I inked whether certain offices in the Scotch ! wore particularly arected tlut iintue, aithout rea,ling the tl• pu.