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MONDAY, MARCH 23.
PRINCE REGENT'S MESSAGE.
The Order of the Day being read, for taking into consideration the
Prince Regent's Message relative to the Princesses, the Eati.of Li
POOL said, that when their Lordships bore in mind the present situatiun
of these Illustrious Females, the exemplary nature of their conduct,
and the calamities they had suffered, every one would feel that a I..rovi.
sion should be made for them, suited to the predicament in which the..
were placed. By two Acts of the 18th and 39th of the King, his h°.rj
ty was authorized to appropriate an annuity of 30,0001. to the Princr, , ,
to commence at his demise • it was now proposed to make it 86 Ckoi,
which would be giving 90001. per annum to each, in the first instatic • ;
and if the number should be reduced to three, to One 30, 001.; it
two, 20,0001. ; and if to ene, 12,0001.—The annuity to commen:l
immediately, instead of the period of his Majesty's demise. "Iht
money to he paid out of the Consolidated Fund.:
The Earl of ESSEX asked, whether there was any communkcatki
to be made respecting a provision for the Princess of Wafts ?---Tllt!Lit
of Liv en POOL had no commands on that point. —The address w.istlic
agreed to.
In reply to a question from Earl Grey, Lord Metvii,Le said, it w.l
the intention of Ministers to bring the subject of the Eastindia Cunt.
pany's Charter before Parliament, immediately after the recess.

TUESDAY, MARCH 24.

The Thames Navigation Amendment, Temple-bar Improvemor!.
and several other public and private Bills, were brought up fruta t!;;:
Commons, and read a first time.
j, Ord HOLLAND said, that in consequence of the introduction, last
session, of Lord Sidmouth's Bill relative to Dissenters, a new construr.
tion had been put on certain parts of the Toleration Act, different from
any that had before prevailed. He wished to know if it was the inten-
tion of Government to afford relief to those persons who were affected
by this new construction, by introducing a Bill into Parliament for that
purpose ?
• The Earl of I.IVRRYOOL said, that there had been comnumicatiori
between the persons concerned in the Conventicle Act and the Gover
ment ; but as the question had been referred to the Court of Kiri'•
Bench on a point of law, it was determined to wait for its tieing the:4
settled, before any farther steps should be taken in it. He had no au-
thority from Government to say any more on the subject at present.
The Reversionary Grants Bill was read a second time, and ordcredto
be cenimitted after the recess. •
Earl DARN LEY stated, that he was informed groat and severe scarcite
prevailed in certain parts of Ireland, and I .oncluiled by moving the
lowing Resolution ;—" Resolved, that the present scarcity of corn in
Ireland has produced serious distresses to the labouring part of the cm-
munity in that country; and it is the duty of Parliament to take up 111
! subject, by stopping the distillation of corn is Ireland."—The
was opposed, and negatived without a division.
Lord REDESDALE brought in his Insolvent Debtors' Relief Bill,
he declared to be almost exactly the same as hls former Bill._•Resd s
first tinse.—Adjourned.

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 26.
The Royal Assent was notified by Commission to the 6.000,6001.
in g Bill, the Irish Sugar Bill, the Annual Indemnity Bill, some iut,t
and private Bills; in all 16.-Adjourned to this day cu. aniglit.