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irtperial Parliament e.nitinuetlt.rwn pa,e 1211.
Mr. ANSON obtained leave to Ming in a Bill to amend
the Lan respecting the collection of Comity rates.
Lord A. HAMILTON rose to bring forward his motion
.respecting the correspenilence tegilltillig the Bullies of the
Ezcisequer. lie concluded with mos Mg fur copies of any
con espondenee that might have taken place bet areas the
lb ird and the Government respecting the continuance or
revival of the Board, but after a satisfactory expiate:diem
from Lord Castlereagh, he begged to o ithilravvilda
Motion withdrawn.
Mr. HUM L afterwards hrought forward his promised
sei ies of Resolutions respecting a mole ecomonical mode of
colec tine the public. revenue; upon width, atter smile
tended dia.ussion, lii which Mr. Llliollil,ol.ll, Mr. W.
4... kc. took a part. the House, about 12 o'cio.g, divided. The
numbers welt-, A) es 99—Noes, 114.
'inc other Orders ut the they weer then disposed of, and
the Ilou,e adjourned.
WEDSESDAT, 5.
Mr. M. A. TAYLOR gave stutter, that early in the
enext Session lie should move fur leave to In tug in a
Bill on the subject of the nuisances arising from Steam
Engines in the metropolis. lie also brought up the Re-
port of the Committee Appointed to enquire into the prac-
ticability of Ste,m Engines consuming their own smoke.—
Ordered to be primed.
Nottwien Assizes.—Sir JAMES MACINTOSH pre-
sented a Petition from Mr. Robert Hawke, and Mr. Ed-
ward Tay ior, Shet ills for the county and city of Norwich,
complaining that the assizes for the city were only held
once a year. '1 he 111/1/. Member observed, that the griev-
ance of vs hick the petitioners complained was a very
serious one. The House was aware that, tinder the
present regulations, the assizes for the city of Nor-
wich welt only held once a year, and that the spring
assizes fur the comity did nut extend to the city.—
The city of Norwich had, therefore, the same grievance
to conyhtin of as the four northern counties, which
had already been under the consideration of that
House. The epilog a-sites for the county of Norfolk
were held at Thetford, and the an tttttt et assizee in the city
of Not wick. One individual, committed on the II tls Sep-
tensber, 1819, was confined ten months in prison previous
; to trial; two were committed on the 30th September,
11119 ; one on the nth October, 1519 ; two on the
ludo
January, 1820; and one out the 3d of Febrory, 1810. The
petitioners expressed their hope that the House would
take the subject into their serious consideration, in order
that they might enjoy the same right possessed by nearly
the whole of the counties uf England. The lion.
Mciii-
bat trusted that the wisdom of Partiament would devise
some means of redressing this great grievance, and he
was consitiewil that the Petition was is all teepecte worthy
of consideration.
Ordered to lie on the table, after some explanatory
lemarks from Mr. Harbert,.
Lord A. HAMILTON brought forward his motion for a
repeal of the additional duty we Malt, as far as the satue re-
Larded Scotland.
Atter nit extended discussion the House divided. The
numbers seen, ayes 43—noes 53—majority of 10 %alma the
motion.
The orders of the day, the Lottery Bill, &c. were disposed
of, and the House adjourned.
TIit.:RsDAY, Junk: G.
Litmus. Pitoctentees.—Mr. IiOLFORD presented the
Report of the' Committee appointed to examine the Lords'
Joni oats regarding any proceedings touching the Queen.
It noticed the Queen's Petition, and the Bill of Pains and
Penalties, which had been read a first time.—Ordered to
lie on the table.
is Costuissios.—Sir It. FERGUSON then rose,
. and said, the Milan Cu ttttt tission had proceeded from the
recommendation, it was said, of the Vice-Chancellor, he
having named Mr. Cook*, an eminent Banister, as the
fittest person to take the inquiries. That individual,
however, was unacquainted with the language of the
ouuntry, and it was necessary he should be accompanied
by an interpreter. A third individual went with the
Commission, whom he did not know, and God forbid that
he should ever know the individual. (Hear.) This army
of espionage were proceeding in their labours in Septem-
ber, 1818—a party being at Milan, who nitist have had
the approbation of the Austrian Court. The Report hail
been oeceived more than it year ago, and yet till now one
step had not been taken. This Cominission he understood
had cost 23,e001. there being seat out at one time 11,00.4.;
*nil for ball that sum he would engage that, in Italy,
nixie could be evidence obtained which would blast the
cliatacter of any woman in Europe. (Cheers.) Were
they to listen to the testimony of the most u ascally of mail-
Wii/1 the Queen to be degraded on the unknown
es idence of such beings? He concluded with moving
an
Address to the King, praying his Majesty to he pleased
is lay before the House Copy or Copies Of Any Commission
at Commissions to institute inquiries respecting the con-
duct of her M.tjesty since her deput titre from this Country
in 1814, together with aceonuls of any slims expended on
account of such Commission, and by whom they were is-
sued.
Lord NUGENT seconded the motion.
Lord CASTLEREAGH said, that as the lime for inves-
tigation had not yet ai ived, lie should meet the motion,
nut with a negative, but with proposing that they pass to
the previous question. Ike mode of conducting the en-
quiry would besr examination frum fits% to last; but the
proper tulle had not yet tonic. The Vice• Chancellor
had been consulted, and lie haul proposed Mr. Cooke, a
gentle man of the greatest purity of character, and Mr.
.Cooke was accompanied by an eminent Solicitor. The
,Commissitas (his Lurtiship said) was Of a deli-official
chalet ter, and it resulted ft ttttt reports, coining in from all
(matters, respecting the lialll•I•11.6 I'OllllllM tie
however, pietist against such little motions as this, for it
a-
stunted the character of a party question.
Mr. CRC EV CV said, that notwithstanding the warning, he
looked upon the motion of his gallant friend as highly proper at
this time. lie (Sir li. Ferguson) said—lt you charge the Queen,
let me see your intertial commission. It was perfectly new in
tLe Coestitution of this cotm.ry to organize such a system of
stipionage, or to inflame the timid of the Sovereign. " We have,'
said he, " a right ie have the Vice Chancellor b tine us. I can
rove him to be a distil' her of the peace-A—A laugh.)—lt was
.dr. Leech that kept alive the vindictive pa.,,ions of the King
a einst thy Queen, (Oidcr.) It was ale. Leech the officious
Le this wits 014:111g. The Emperor of Austria and Alt. Leech,
a.d the Italian spies, furbiaugl the green bag. After all the ne-
goriations and assurances that the ditierences were Mond merely
a,t,,ettices emt Mlles the green bag. Mr, Leech was answerable
f all The Quietus too was to be punished by a Bill. If
tau Pi,/ was posed into a Law, it would be a subversion of the