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tot Bill he should move for leave to bring in, woull be to consti.
tote the crime a felony,. punishable.as hereafter might be agreed
00, with transportation either for lite, fourteen, or seven years
—When it %%his known that prisoners of the highest rank in the
army ot the enemy had effected their escape by means of an organized
system tOr colive. ing them out of the country, by a succession of per-
sons sn aN to elude pursuit, the House wou'd see the necessity of pro-
viding against the danger.—(Hear, hear !;—He therefore moved for—
" Leave to bring in a Bill for the more ellectued punishment of persons
aiding mr assisting the French Prisoners of War to escape out of the
country."
Mr. VI'iriTRRILAD hoped that soma measure would be adopted for
an exchange of prisoners.
Lord CASTEKRILAGH assured him, that his Majesty's Government,
as had been proved from papers on the Table, had not lost sight ot
any opportunity to bring about an exchange. The Atilt that no ex-
change had taken place did nut rest with them. The earliest oppor-
tunity should ne taken for a renewal of the Negotiation with the
French Government, consistent with the lumina and dignity of the
country.
Leave was then given to bring in the Bill.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER afterwards brought it in.
It was read a first time, and ordered for a second reading to-morrow.
NIGHTLY WATCH.
The Nightly Watch Bill, as we understood, was postponed for
three mouths previous to tile re-opening of the Gallery. it was of
course lost.
The Privy Purse Bill was read a first time, and ordered for a second
rca ling to-morrow.—Adjourned.

TUESDAY, JULY H.
VOTE OF CREDIT.
The CHANCELLOR ot the EXCHEQUER moved the us►►al vote of
3,000,0001. wlikh, after some observations en the impolicy of the
war in the Peninsula, by General Tarleton and Mr. Hutchinson,
was agreed to, and the Report ordered to be received to-morrow.
Sir W . ScoTT brought in a Bill for the better regulation ot the Eccle-
siastical Courts in En);land in the collection of "I iihes.

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CAPTAIN KING.
Lord FoLKsToNE rose to make his promised motion relative to Cap.
teen King, and entered into a detailed re-statement of all the proceed.
of that transaction, which, as we have already laid them before •
the public, we think it unnecessary to repeat. His Lordship .con-
euded by moving, that the papers presented to the House on the
of April and the Ist of May, relative to chat case, should be leferred to
a Committee.
Auer some discussion, the motion was negatived without a
Mr. BENNET r, seeing an Honourable and. Learned Gentleman (Mr.
Manners Sutton' in his place, wished to ask if any general order had
been issued, fonnded on the opinion expressed in that House, that it
wes illegal for ail officer to cause a man, after receiving as many lashes
as lie er,uld bear at one titne, to be led out on a future day, to receive
the remainder of the punishment to which he had been sentenced.—
He also wished to know if the Hon. and Learned Gentleman had ad-
vised the issuing of such order ?
Mr. M. SUTTON did not know that any such order had been issued ;
and up to this time he had not tClt it to be his duty to advise the issu-
ing of such an order.
Mr. BENNETT then stated it to be his intention to take an early
opportunity of bringing this subject under the consideration of the
House.

MR. ST. JOHN MASON.
Mr. SHERIDAN called the attention of the House to the case of Mr.
Si. John Mason, pursuant to the notice he had given. The Right
Ilon. Gentleman reduced a letter from the Duke of Richmond, on
the subject of the arrest and detention of Mr. St. John, with a copy of
a letter 'tom J. S. Townsend, Esq. which contained the whole ot the
evioence aeaitist Mr. St. John. From this letter it appeared to
aiathe really did not wish to exaggerate, or to place the subject in a
ludicrous point ot view, that. Mr. Mason was detained, first, because
lie wit, the cousin of Emmett, and secondly, because he had one day
come too late for dinner. (A laugh.) After some further observa-
tions tat the hardship of the case, and on the absurdity of the charges
preferred against Mr. Mason, in the evidence to which he had advert.
ed, the Right Hon. Gentleman concluded by moving, that the paper
transmitted by the Duke of Richmond should be referred to a Select
Committee, and that Mr. St. John Mason should be heard before the
said Committee.
After a debate, in which Lord Castlereagh, Sir F. Burdett, Mr. Ro-
binson, Mr. W. Smith, Mr. Bathurst, Mr. Tighe, and Mr. Hutchin.
son participated, the House divided. For the motion, 11—Against
al—Majority, 40.

MR. FLErCHER.
Sir F. BURDETT moved to refer the Petition from Mr. Fletcher,. the
brewer, complaining of oppression on the part of the Officers of the
Revenue,. to the consideration of a Committee.
The CHANCELLOR Of the EXCARQULR and Mr. w‘aatvflit referred
to the papers on the table to prone that the petetioner had been guilty
of a complicated breach of the xcise Laws
The motion was negativcdwithout a division.

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