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LONDON, WEDNESDAY, JULY 12, 1820

The Marquis Pahl, it had not
been Isis intention to have made any further oh- ;
servutions on the Report winch he had laid on their
Lordships' tike, but seeivg the Noble Earl (Livers
pool) in his pisce, who was nut present ois the
fortuer occissom when he :iresented the Report of
the C ((((( miner on the mustier trade. which set
forth that some legislative measure was neces-
sary. The Committee had indulged in the
hope that sotnethitig might he done in the present
Session, but it was drawing so near a 11401/e that it
would be impossible ; but is was of the highest
iir.portaisee to their Lordships and the public to
know that the Noble Earl went with the Report. i
The Earl of Lirettoool. said he regretted he
was obliged to be absent when the Report was
made, but lie had nu hesitation in saying. that he
we't almost entirely 'Milli it, and lie was of opinion
that the aystetu of levying duties on Willie timber
should he altered. Bust there was a Committee
sittiog elsewhere on the same subject as that of then.
Lordships, and they had not, but for what reason !
he did old know, entered into the suhject of timbre.
Ile therefore thought it would be advisable io visit
befose ally legislative measure was proposed for the
Report of the Committee he had alluded to. When
he said there ought to be a change in the system,
sod %lust preference ought to be gives, to the umber
from Canada, lw meant that that preference ought
to be gradual. and not more than would pay for
the rstta.tatinege amid freightage of the ships CUP.
played in the trade.
Lord ELLENSOIIOUGH said he would object to
any legislative measure that would make it a general
systems.
• The Earl of LAUDESDALI ins sarptived to bear

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front the Nr-hle Earl (Liverpool) that it swat Mem. 1
ivory • fur thine Lordships to wait for the Report of
the Committee of she other House of Parliament,
a. that Committee had bent for a Report of their
Lastiships' Committee. whielt they might be will- 1
bed with. and .not make any dr their min.
Lord Er.t.somitounit esphined.
Reel DATHUUST said. whet timber was imported
from the Colonies fovea ctutrannal defies continued I.
'on timber- from the -Baltic. it was nest intended to I
be unit nosnem.• if thee were Roth to be put on the I
Mate footing it would go to anaibilate the trade of I
the Colimies. . I
The Marquis of I,Amooowit said, although there
Was no peronineut bounty kaki out to the Opted* i
mirehant, yet there was a srostapensation to put bun I
at the saute footing with the Norway merchant.
As • general system there was nothing that cool., be
more monstrous, and on that principle it Wee that i
he recommended thst the distimtton between life
two trades should be done manly with gradually.
• THE QUEEN. . •
Lord ACCILLAND rime, ourtitial.fro had a Petition
to ',revert( from her Majesty, which be wool.' noise
should be read, mid taken into their Lordships' con-
sideration on Foam. at the mine time as the motion
of his Noble and Learned Friend (Lord Erskiiie)
on the same subject.
The ?onion was then read, .which was to the
following eft et
o CAROLINE, REGINA.
° The Queen haring been informed by the House of Lords
that a day has beets appointed for the mimed reading of a
Bill of Divorce and Degradation, deems it esseanat to ker
defence that Ole shoulil be provided wvh a list of the wit.
news who may be producml spigot her. Her Majesty
therefore requires that 11w House of lards will command
that s list of the witnesses should be communicated to her GRANTHAM ELECTION.
Colonel WODEBOUSS presented the Report of
Majestir Atturney.General." the Committee appointed to consider the merits of
The Earl of LautteenaLx declared that it was the Petition upon the Grantham Election. The
his opinion that their Lordships ought to appoint a Report stated, that James Hughes, Esq. the Sit-
Committee to seek for precedent., not only as to thug Member, was not duly elected. The Hon.
whether a list et *mirages should he allowed to her I Colonel then presented a special Ite•olution from
Majesty. but for precedents a, it teistrd to the I the said Committee, which set forth that James
whole proceeding before their Lordship.. 1 Hoielies, Esq. had hero proved guilty of certain
The Earl of I.IValtOOOL said, if the Noble Earl ~,,,, of treating. contrary to the Act of the 7th
would confine his motiou to the subject matter of William 111. c. 4, awl was thereby incapacitated
her Majesty's Petiti as to the list of witnesses he- to sit in the present Parliament. Alen, that a prec-
iog delivered to her Attorney-General. lie would I tier had long prevailed in the said borough. of
have no objection to the appointment of the Corn-giving same of money in out.toters. under the
water ; but if the Committee was It, search for i .name of indemnifying them fur their loss of time
precedents generally, he had better postpone his I in attending to vote at the election, which practice
motion to Friday. I appeared to the Committee illegal. and subversive
Lord HoLLAND said, if their Lordships looked of time freedom of election, and of most dasigerous
to Bills of Attainder, and that of pain. slid Penal• i consequences to the prim-4'les of elector%
ties. and considered the proceeding before them In On the motion of Dr. PHILLIMOItt, a new
be of the same nature. they ought to have all the writ was ordered for a Meniber to serve in the pre-
precedents which bore on Oleos before their Lord- sent Parliament for the borough of Grenthain.
ships and the public ; hat looking on the proceed- in the room of James Hughes, Esq. who was de.
ing which had taken place to be of • different mt. dared not duly elected.
tore, he could not agree far a Committee being at,. RICHARD A. JERTIE.
_search for precedent.; to this parttcelsr
Petil to Dr. PRILLIKOII.I preseiited a -Petition from.
instance. Richstd Armstrong Jervis. who had been commit-
The Earl of LIVERPOOL did not know what the tad to Newgate for ab•conding. to avoid giving
Noble Earl wont by searching for precedents Kr- evidence before the Grantham Election Commas's.,
wildly ; if he stated the express object of the expressing contrition fur lii. ofteuce, throwing him-
notch. perhaps he would have no objection to U. self on the mercy of the House. amid 'Braying to be
Lord AUCKLAND moved. that the House should liberated from custody.
be summoned on Friday.—Ordered. Mr. BANILES had strong objections to sliewing
too much lenity towards persons guilty of offeucea
The Earl of La uneaDA Ls raid, he wee convinced
of the necessity of the Coinmittee he had *Hutt- Iwhich obstructed the material ends of justice in
ed to; he would therefore move that a Committee the progress of the proceedings of that House.
of their Lordships should be appointed to search Still air 11011 person was • servant, and acting under
into all cases of Bills of Attainder, and of Po" the orders of another, he was perhaps entitled to.
and Penalties, for precedents as to the list of wit. seine consideration.
teaser being delivered to the accused party, and as i Mr. WYNN stated several cases in which of-
to the means of enforcing the continuance of the fenders of this kind. before they were considered
atteinlance of witnewirs. entitled to indulgence, were antlered to hr in pri-
soa many weeks. As this person must he coml.
Lord Et.t.esiaortouus would not object to the
mroion, as the spec' tie purpose of it was reolailied• tiered acting under the orders of another, prelte;4•
The Earl of LIVERPOOL said, lie only objected he ought to be treated with less ity. partici**
to the Committee bring nirpillitled to search after huh, as he had taken the
earliest
possible oppur.
precedents I:torridly, he cunt., nut see soy übjec- tuitty of surrendering.
tutu the motion of the Noble Earl iii its present The Petition was laid on the, table. and the Pe-
form. j titioorr ordered to be brought to the bar to-utorrovr,
Lord HOLLAND objected to the motion, for he reprinsanded, and then discharged.
could tint agree to a Committee being appointed i 0
LAWS OF UPPER CANADA.
look into precedents as to the list of trillieSsen alone ; Sir JAMES MACILINTOSII presented • Petition
his great objection we., that it wss known to their
. from Mr. Robert Gourley (we think), who had lived
Lordships that there wits no precedent rot the sun-
for some time in Upper Canada. The object of
ject. They ought to look how Bills of Palm and the Petitioner in submitting this Petition to the
Peualties bore on each oilier, and they would find tionse was two-fold—personal and public. The
that there were no two alike. The real fact was, personal object was founded noon legal proceed.
that a Bill of Pains snit Penalties was of a nature tugs, by which the Petitioner severely, and as he
which could not be defined without it came under complains, improperly. suffered while a resident in
c - Upper Canada. They arose out of a statute in
ceeding, it was brought forward through necessity
Upper Canada similar in its provisions to the Alien
mind expediency to protect the State. roil it wits a Bill, but going further in its effect. This statute
case woich ors preceiteut could hear on, and if they I gave a power of banishing. under certain thrum.
were to search the whole History of England for stance., any individual not a settled iiihabitant..
precedent% On P i 114 of Attainder they
would tut
be whether he man alien, or natural born subject of the
able Its pick wit any thing applicable to the present Ming. ,Iu co uence of ,time mistatemefits the Pe.
case. 'f hat of the Bishop ..1 Rochester was differ-
titioner had suffered from this law. The public part,
rut, lie was in possession of the evidence, and he
of the Petition was. that the law of Upper Canada
only applied to have certaiu• papers delivered up to l imposed peculiar restrictions on the acquisition of
Inns. For theme reasons lie would vote against the
landed property. The Petitioner thought that.re.
motion of his Noble Friend. I strictions so injurious to emigrants, in a country in
Earl BATDURAT could not see why they should other respects so adapted for them, ought to be re-
go into soy tea kkk I!! 111101101 preee4lents of Bills of At- moved by the Legislature. Sir James raid that he
taillike.. for he was far from thinking if there were thought this Petition well entitled to their ron.i-
no precedents to be found that the present was not I deration—at !Present he should not give a specific
a clue where it might not be proper to grant the list notice of motion upon the subject, though hereafter,
of witnesses. [le would not object to the motion of I perbaps, lie might.
the Noble Earl for the Committee, if cases of iin- The Petition was kid on the table, and ordered
peachinent .waa added to it. I to be primed.
Lord flor.t.ann raid, he objected to the amend:. SIR H. V. DARELL.
mem on the saute ground as he did to the motion of Sir JAMES Illacittirrosn moved, that the Pett-
ing Noble Friend. for the moment they had adopt- tins, presented on the liiith May last from Sir Harry.
rd the proceeding now • pending they had thrown
.• li'erelat Claret'. Bert. respecting his claims on the
ovule all precedent. It was well known to their E Nabob of Oude, be printed. lit making this mo-
Lordships that in impeachments or Bills of Pains Ilion he could not help impressing upon the India
and Penalliem. that the list of witnesses were never Board the neeessity,of taktitg the '
granted. Their Lordships had nothing to be re- ititioner into their full considerst
piloted by but the justice due to the high potties 1 not door. he should feel a strum
and their vwn high tumour. If they had precedents move early' in•tlit nest Session of
before then of three Bills -of Attainder. or Pions the Petition be referred tatttler,t
and Pewallies, they' would find that each preeedent Committee. ,
of its own individual Lordpimiso i•idi that Um

Carried by a majority et..•. *
Several Bills before their Lordships then tiered
through • stage.—.Ailjoinned•

HOUSE OF COMMONS, Tummy, JCLT 12.