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IMPERIAL PAELIAMENT.

HOUSE OF PEERS.
FRIDAY, 1„ARCII 21.,
IN an Appeal from Scotland, " Glassell v. the Earl
of Wemyss," Mr. Adam was heard on behalf of the
Appellant ; after which the further consideration was
postponed till to-morrow.
The American Treaty Bill, the Wool Exportation
Bill, the Mutiny Bill, the EngliSh and Irish Militia
Bills, the Militia Subalterns' Bill, the Militia Adju-
• , tants' Bill, and the Scotch Bankrupt Bill, were read
' a third time and passed, and a Message ordered to
the Ilguse of CoMmons to aCquaint them therewith.
On the Motion of Lord ELDON, the further consi-
deration of the claims of the Duke of Clarence, and
other Royal DUkes, to ths, Right of Voting in the
Ele&ion of Representative PeerS :for Ireland, was
fixed for Tuesday. ' , ,
The fmther" hearing of the case, " Keeting v.
the East India• Company;" was, on the Motion of
the same Noble, Lord, also fixed for Tuesday ; and
the fiitther .consideration tof the Appeal", " The
' Countess Dowager 'of Lincoln and others v. the
Duke of Newcastle and others," deferred till Wed-

riesday.
Mr. Stavely, from the Post Office, presented an
Account of the Balances in the hands of Deputy
Postmasters, on the sth of January, 180aj which
was ordered to lie on the:Table.
LIABILITY OF,ty'ITNESSES.
Lord EIDON; after adverting to what had taken
place on Wednesday relative to the DeClaratory
• observed, that he did not attend on that day in con-
sequence ofunderstinding,that a Noble and Learned
L'ird.(Lord' Ellettborough), not now in his place,
would propose a. clause .Specifically providing/for the
exC,vtii-as to the,general principle, and which was
to be -substitutes .for the proviso which he (Lord
1:1(lon) had .prop used to their
,Lordships. , From
wh:it had happeArd, however, on that day, he was
convinced that lae:must have misuridcrstood :the in-
tentions of the Noble and • Learned Lord to whom
he had alluded. 'He was still of, opinion
.that the
Till, if passed in its present shape, might generate
much mischief, and,could he have conceived that no
qualifying clause would have been proposed, he
would haVe attended in his place on Wednesday,
;Ind stand' ont,to the last fin- the adoption of his pro-
V:SO. 'As the business stood now he must content
IHinself. with giving notice, that if the Bill came up
from the House of Commons without receiving any
Amendment that could again bring the subject
into discussion, h&should make a Motion on the Bill
le-onght in bfr a Noble Lord (Stanhope), for the pur-
pose of britiging the question again under their
Lordships', consideration.
The Loan CHANCELLOR, after adverting to the
causes which had given rlse to the Declaratory Bill,
which he hal had the honour to present to their
Lordships,. contended, that the general enactments
contained in the Bill merely declared the law to be
what the majority of the Judges had stated it ; but
did not take away any of those privileges of ddrnurrer
, which witnesses were previously allowed by law, or
the power of the Judge to decide upon such grounds
of demurer, according to the Law as previously de-
fined and laid down. 'ln framing the Bill, Ire took
for its grOund-work the language used by the Noble
and Learned Lord (Eldon) in the. question referred
to the Judges,, which question had been answered in
the affirmative, by a majority Of those learned per-
sons; if, theretbre, there was a &tea int,he Dill, it
must arise-from defective opinion
,deliered 'by the
Judges. •
-Lord ELDON still adhered to his former opinion
relative to the operation of the Bill. He thought,
however, it would be advisable, if the Bill was not
amended in the Hbuse of Commons, to put a ques-
tion' to the Judges for. the purpose of ascertaining
whether the exceptions to the general principles
were saved or not under the general enacting words
of the-Bill.---Adjourned till to-morrow Wilk day).

HOUSE OF COMMONS.
FRIDAY, MARCH 21 .

A'Return wa'spresented from the Privy Cot.'lei]
of the Number of Men raised under the Defence
Aa, dit,tinguishink those who were discharged, and
also those who live volunteered for general service.=
Ordered to he on the Table, and to be pleinted.
Mr. DICKE:O, in the absence of his Hon. Friend,.
1111;. C. Pole, took occasion to oost poi) e, till Monday,
the notice of Motion' relative 'to India, . which his
. Hon. Friend had announced his intention of bring-
• in forward this day.
• BURD67.vi rose, pursuant to notice, to sub-'
mit'a prol)diition of great and general importance,
particularly to the poorer classes of the commu-
nity: It,*as become in. the highest degree neces-
sary to ascertain, ;and to fix upon some mode for
the accurate tneaqtrement of. Coals, for in conse-
quence of the want of such an arrangement the
public, and especially the poor and ignoranti were
subjea to the grossest frauds and imposition. To
remedy ,such. evils was the object of the measure he
had thought it'his duty to bring forward. The Hon.'
Member concluded with moving for leave to bring
.a Bill for the better regulating, the admeasurement
of Coals seaborne.—Leave given. '
Mr..Btaveley presented at the Bar an Account of
the Receipts and Arrears in the Post Office Depart-
ment on the 51 h of January, 18065 and Mr. Frank-.
rjr.Tre.srrt6d-in ACCOUtffiroTh tire- Commissiimers
of Customs of the Arrears and Balances due by Cot-
lelors, &c: Thes-e-Acconnts were ordered to lie on
the, Table, and the latter •was ordered /o be,printed.
A Message from the LordS inforthed the House

of their , Lordships' assent to the Scotch Creditors'
13i14, the American Treaty and the American-WOol
, Bills ; the Irish and English Militia Pay and oloth-
ing. , and Adjutants' and Subalterns' Allowance,
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• Ordered,' on the Motion of Mr. VANSITTAIT,
that'an.Aceount shoal,be laid before the House Of
the Amount of Interest accruing upon such Exche,
cpaer• Bills as are to'be paid off in the Year 'BO6 ;,
and the Right IIo». Gentleninn gave notice;thache
would Move a Vote uoon this subject in the Com-
mittec of Supply on _Monday. • 0 .
Sir JottN, AND2IIBON preSented a. Petition 'from
the Trustees of .Bethlern -Hospital, prqing Parlia-,
itentarj.aid.—Reterred to'a Sele& Committee.
The Ten z.nd a Half Million Exchequer Bills Bill,
Fxlthe,,One tnd a Hulf Million Exchequer Bills Bill,
were sevttrally commit ted,,and Che'RepOrtS were or-
dered to be bi•ouglit up on Monday. ,

The Excise Continuance Bill, the Cu.stams• Con-
tinuance 'Bill, 4nd the Felons Transportation Bill,
were reported, and ordered to be read a third' time
on MOnday. _ •
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The. House resolVed itself into a Committee on
the Dublin Paving Bill.
Mr. WyriNg moved that a snm of .co,oool. be
placed at the disposure of the Lord Lieutenant of
Ireland, for the purpose of' improving the Paving,.
&c. of the City of Dublin.
Mr. ORMSBY said, that before .the Resolution
passed, he should be glad to know what was the
. obje& of it, or what good end it would answer ? A
power had been given to the Lord Lieutenant last
summer,'to issue a sum of 20,0001. in debentures,
bearing 5 per cent. interest, not one farthing of,
which 'had yet been laid out. It was now proposed
to permit the Lord , Lieutenant to issue the same
sum in Debentures, bearing an interest *of 6 per
cent. As the 5 per cent. Debentures were not at
par. in Ireland, the Debentures for
,20,0001. would
not have produced the whole of sum sum ; but it
appeared to him that it would have been Much.bet-
ter to grant a sniall sum to make up the deficiency
.that, would subsist from the Debentures not being at
par, than to ,agree to the present Resolution. '

Mr. WYNNE said, he did not see the force of
the. Hon: Gentleman's objection 'to the present Re-
solution. The House had before deterinined that
this sum should be raised for repairing the Paving,
&c. of the City of Dublin ; 'it had been. found that
it could not be raised advantageously in the way be-
fore pfoposed, and therefore this Resolution had
been proposed.
Mr..ORM-SBY begged leave again to repeat, that
no part of the Money already voted: had been yet
expended, and he thought, it would ,be quite time
enough to come
.to'ParliaMent for more when that
was nearly exhausted. As to the stun of 20,0001:
.he was pert-664 convinced that. suns, would not be
stiflicient 'Or the purpose, nor did he think 40,0001.
would; but be objeded to this Resolution until the
sum already granted bad been
.nearly, expended.
Mr. WyNNE, said, that the sum whia the Lord
Lieutenant , had deemed,sufficient in the present in-
stance Was 20,6001;and,.therefore, he conceived there
could- be no obje6tion to voting it, as it was agreed
on all sides that the City of Dublin ought not to be
suffered to remain in its present state any longer.
Lin-d DE BLAQUIEVE said, that if this sum
was necessary, why had it not been applied for be-
fore ? The Session had now continued two months
without any application having been made. .

Mr. LATO I.ICHE said, that the reason why an
earlier applicatiOn for the money had not been made
was, because there was no Public Body in Ireland to
whom the diSposal of' it could have been given. It
was known that the present Paving Board had giVen
great•dissatisfaaiop, and that their condu& was un-
der examination; therefore the money could not,.
with prop?ietv,• nave been placed at their 'disposal.
There *ere, however, now a set of persons who had
_Undertaken to repair the streets of Dublin, and
therefore the application was now made.
VANSITTART said, the money now pro-
-1564M7t0. be granted was absolutely necessary ; the
House might as well refuse to suffer the streets .of
Dublin to be paved as refuse to grant the Money.
As to
.what had . been said about the five per cent.
Debentures, if it had been lottnd upon examination
that Government would have Lost money by. issuing
these Debentures.; it surely was a good reason for
adopting the present plan. .
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After. a few words llom Mr. ORlinri and Lord
DE 'B LA CRT!! ER E, the Resolution was, agreed to, and
the. Report was-ordered to be received on Monday.

THE BUDGET.

Lord. HENRY PETTY gave 'notice, that he
would on Friday next,- bring forward the Wa3/s and
MeanS foi the year, and upon that occasion snake
the statement which was commonly denominated
the Budget:
Mr. G. ROSE' took occasion to ask, whether it
was intended to bring forward the Array Estimates
for the 'year before the Motion of which the Noble
Lord had giVen notice, a:• no instance had occurred.
since the Revolutibn of the Budget having been
submitted to Parliament until the amount of the
MilitaryExpeno of the Country was precisely stated ?
After some moments of silence, Mr. VANsIT-
TART rose, and remarked, that in point of Parlia-
mentary regularity the only thing necessary re-
speding the Budget was, that the Ways and Means
should be commensurate with the Supply:
- 'Lord HENRY PETTY said, that if the Hon.
Gentleman fihould,think proper to objeEt to the pro-
position he meant to submit, he would have the .op 2
portunity of mAing a•Motioll upon the subjed w
that proposition should be laid before the lion le,

Mr. ROSE repeated, that it. would be without ex-
ample to propose the. Budget .before Parliamet.t and
the Country were accurately informed,' in the regular
and usual way, of the probable expellee in the Mdi-
tat'y Department. This pra6tice he thought proper
and necessary to be folloed,, and if the Noble Lord
shouild in this instance attempt to deviate from it, he
should certainly feel it his duty to make a Motion
on the subjea..