The Sun.
London, England, 1801-05-19 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

LOUSE OF PEERS. •
,4014bAYOSAY IS.
The Marquis (late Earl) of EXETER, was introduced
with the accustomed tbrinalities, sworn, and took ins Seat.
The Bills upon the Table were forwarded in their respec-
tive stages-=and; a number which were brought- np from-the
Commons, weer severally read a first time.
IA short conversation ensued between't he Earl of 'Su F FOLK,
the CHANCFtLLOK,. Lord TIIUKLOW, and .the Mar-
quis TOW NSIIY.ND,- in consequence of .the first named -Peer-
wishiw• to present a .Petition from a person of the name of
.7%,-,bn germ-, relative .to ceftain gr.ii-.Avanee., which he al ledl;ed
to have suffered durihg. his conhbement. The Noble Earl
professed not ,to have entirely read the Petition,, but front
what he had read of-it, together with the previous informa-
tion he had upon the subject, he said, that a case sufficiently
strong was Made out for the attention olthei r Lordships ; and,
he ;intimated his inteht,ion of bringing forward one or two
Motions upon the-subject in the course of the week. The.
other Peers,adverteA strongly to the impropriety- of-receiving
a Petition, respecting the contents of which, the Lord who
presented it, -avowedly was not thoroughly informed; it
might contain impertinence, slander, Oellons, or others
matter,- for which the individual, so addressing the -House,
was liable to be punished. • Their Lordships fully admitted
the-right of the Subject, iniducent and orderly manner, to
petition that House through the ntedittin of one of its Mem-
hers ; 'but evinced that the tendency of thOConstitutional
restrickions was to keep the right in question from abuse, and
to preserve it inviolate to those who were to be,benefited by
it. The result was, as we eduld cdllea, the Noble Earl,
in the present instance, deelined presentio,; the Pctitien.

The.LORD CHANCELLOR reported, in the lisuaLwayi,
to their Lordships, the Letters h recelvzd fronvAchniral4
Sif HYDE PAKKER: and Lord Netsos, in..anstver to hie,
tir. 111)11,:n., tO thCTSC
Officers. •

The• Earl of SUFFOL I: Called their Lordships' attenkion to
the great tend signal merits of the late General AaEtt ea OMB.",
which he thought well merited the particular
of that House. He adverted to the erc:.tion of a suit..bi‘..;
Monument to his memory; in St. Paul's Cathedra!,
seemed to allude to the great readiness of Parliainent to cc.ir.t.-
forwarci on such occasions, where' Naval Officers were .con.
cemed, adistinotion to which he thought those of the Lind
.Forces every way entitled': His Lordship also alluded, ^s -ye
understood hint, to the circumstance attic General'
left a numerous fancily, atiii:beemed to hint at the propriety .
of a posthumous remuneration that Way, of his mems. •
TT; EiiiiiITOSLITIV-relltitstea tho Noble Earl to-ret;olled, -
that regular notices had been given h. His Majesty's Mini-
sters ot an intention to'cometorward•on that.very-day, in-that
'branch of the,Legislature, where the Conttitutiona) power of
originating such matters was More particularly veste7.l,' and-.
begged him not to anticipate what they sitoul i. propose, by
pre nature, though well meant interference, a Lis part.,
The Earl of SUFFOLK, in reply, professed, thlt• hid lie
known su.,:h notices were given, he should not haVe troubled
their Lordships with the observations he had just'made.

A tthort conversation ensued bet %veen the Earlof C
VO,N, Lord Tnua Law, .and the LORD -CHANCELLOR, rc-
speclihg.i Petition presented by the first named Peer, as we
understood, from an Oilicer of the name of WILLI Aus, in
the service of the lEastindia Company; and how in India,
setting, forth the paiticular 'circumstances of his case, with
respect to the adultCTOUS' behaViour of his wife in that Cou'n-
try,_ from whom he prayed fgr. leave that a Bill might be
brought in to divorce huu, stating the regular steps which
had been taken in the ,Courts,o(ludicature. in Calcutta; &C.
and setting, forth thee-great inconveuidritx; and, in some points
of view, imprae;licability of producing salisfaaory• oral evi-
dence at their I,pidships' Bar,. on account
.of
.the itilmense
distance of the residence- of the part ie the religious preju-
dices of some of the,Witnes, natives of India, and other
uriav4idablowitoward circumstances'.; .:and, as' we could col.'l
lea, praying that the Affidavits of the Witnessei, regularly
made in India, may be 4eceived,at thcit Lordships': Bar as wit-
dence. Respecting such a line of proceeding, Lord THV
Low appeared to consider it as inadmissible, and dwelt upon
the great advantages of a personal examination 'of the Wit-
nesses,' from which cireumStances often transpired as to
aflea the very fate of the Case. The Loan CHANCELLOR
SeeMOd to be of a similar opinion, .and observed; !that in not
opposing the' PetitiOn's lying upon the Tablcialhe it to
thot UP did no 3' himself to 3,(1
the prayer of it. •

The Earl qfCRRN.eIIiPON-shertly spoke in explanation,
after which, the Petition was ordered to lie upon the Thule.
Mrs: AUDI SONS'S Divorce Bill was, witrwur opl,o
read a second time, and ordered to Et referred to a Cor,illuttee
of the whole House on Wednesday.' • *
The Order of the Day respectuig the Earl of ..RADNa
Motion, relative to one of the.standiug Orders of the House,
was then disposed of by their Lordships agreeing to a Reso-
lution thereon, moved by the Noble Earl.