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IMPERL.IL PA 1? LJAMENT.

ROUSE OF,'PEgRS.

• TUESDAY,-.APLII., 29
The-forage met at.ten in the Morning, and about
eleven proceeded to WestininstO-Flail, to attend the
Trial of Lord .isei:ttint ..
The Ilia on'ibetable'Were previOvisly.forwarda
• 'in their' respective. stages. Amongst these the
• .3;006,0001: Eichequee Bills' Bill, the Tea Duty
Bilh the Irish Bank Netienill, and the Irish House
Tax Repeal Bill were read e third time and passed,
and a' Mes`sage- ordered to, be sent to. the House
Commons, to acqUaint tbem,..chereWitho •
Their Lordships- returned •to the House about a
quarter before four. • • ~
Strangere'wete .for seine time excluded, during
- which an orcler Was madeto proceed on the Trial of
Lard Viscount lieenorrow morning, and a
-lesaecs;e was -ordered tot be sent to the House of
Gammons, to acetiaint rheni therewith.
LIAIIILiTY'QE WITNESSES.
On being admitted; .we found the House discus-
sixg, the' Ameudmeets- made by. the House of
Commons in the Declaratory respeaing the lia-
bility of, Witnesses ta-answer.
A conversation of some length epsued, in which
Lords iihwxzsntraY and ELDoN contended, that
the consideration of the Amendments. ought to be
postponaitill to-morrow, in order to give an op-
portunity to Noble Lords to attend upon a subject
. of such. moMent, the,House having been, in this
instanee, taken- by surprize. Lard Et.oeti expressed
great doubts whether the Bill would •--not rather be
- • injurious than'beneficial; particularly without any
clause tq save the exceptions to the general
The Laftp CHANCELLOR-minntely detailed the pro,
gress of the•B,ill.throtegli its several stages, and- can--
tendeld-that,Judoes would, - under its provisions, be
0
vested with,the power of allowing or disallowing
-any demurrer to answer questions made upon-special
grounds, according to their opinion with respeet•ta
such grounds of -demurrer.
Lord ELLENBOAOLIGU, Lord AUCKLAND, Lord
HOLLAND,. and the Earl of Rossevre, also-spoke in
favour of the Bill, and -urged the consideration of.
the Amendments now. • . .
-Earl STANeore, thought that the Clause Origin-
ally intended to_bc added to the Billtrnight now be
moved by way of Amendment upon the Amend-
. merits made.by the Commons.
Lord IlAwKeseeite: Moved to defer the consi-
deration- of the Amendments till to-morrow; which
"Motion was negatived. ... •
Lord'HAw Kesel:RV then stated his 'objeetions to
the Bill, which he-did not conceive to be necessary,
or likely to, read to ally praaical good. •He con-
cluded. by moving, that the consideration of the
Amendments should be deferred for three months.
',lhis•Metiou could not be put, the House having
already decided thatahe word " now" should, stand
part of tile Question ; and, after a short conversation
bZi-ty;,Cll. Lords HOLLAND.ELLENBan.O,PrisEr-i,9a-r)
and .HAWKESBUIVI, the Amendments were, agreed
to, and a Message ordered to be sent to the House of
Commons to, acquaint them therewith.
PROVISIONS. , •
Earl STrINHOPE said he rose to make a Mo-
tion on a sebjeet of very great importance, respea-
tng the Scat.e.ty which there was:at•present reason
to apprehend. •
Lord Et,LENIioROUGH suggested the propriety,of
postponing a subject of such Importance until .to-
marrow, when there would be a fuller House.
• Earl STANHOPE said his Nloti'en would admit
of no delay, and therefore proceeded. , His Lord-
ship, after observing upon the immense. sums paid
by this-Cu-entry for Corn imported, -upon' the ex-
, pdrtof Barley to Ireland, the export of Rice, and
the reasons which,- he said; there was for :appre!tend-
in,s• a.- Scarcity, moved, for Accounts of the 'quanti
ties of Corn, &c. impel-tea and exported since 1-801 ;
• ,wLicli Motians, seid, be had .mentioned to a
•Nroble Lord, who, he believed,, considered thent as
• unexceptionable
- • •fit. Earibi ATOJRA said, the Motions were un-
exceptionable,,but he could not help thinking- the.
speech of the Noble Lord very exceptionable, as it
tended to raise an alarM of .scarcity -without any
foundation. He.. was anxious- that such an -irre:,
pressiuli should not go forth to the public without
• contradiaion. He was
,not: se well.able as his, No-
ble Rientl neer' him (LordAtiekland) to go into de=
tail iipoti,4liS:-51-tbja,' but 14qe was enabled te state
mest positiVely that ther6'kvfi:i not the elightest r6a-
sent° apprehend any scarcity. Every conclusion, on
the ,contrary, from (lethal circumstances, must be
drawn on, the OVposite
Lord AUCIMIND ASO dqelared, that there. was
pot the least giauad tbritlyraending any scarcity.
IV:lett the ..L`:.-11)1,2.' Earl ne otiooed to him hit 4 Mo-
tion', he tleateht tete,: to the American Bill;
bet,had not toe leio,t tai. a of the-Noble Earl's- en-
.t.leateenieg to an aLinn bf scarcity. 'For such
tit alarot thtee: was not the slightest founda-
.
. , tion ; the- re vets (e-ory R aeee 00 the contrary, to
weel.l highlY produc-
tive there were • atethe present • tune, a- great
Intinher of of wheat :n the river ; -added to
the.ror s et: the Baltic were, not shut against
• • lee eer were they likely tit Le sheet. -He had no
sobjt-Otion tkYtl7te eroduetion of the loforination moved
for O' the Earl was only anxious to do
away the in which, might otherwise be
pw,de is con:equence of. what the Noble Earl bad

T 1 E S, UN.

SOLENI igers DICERZ rALSUY. AUDZAT ?

N 1) 0 N,

WEISNEShAY, APRIL 1-806, '

tated

'1 he 111,-,t;ons v. ere then •-nrreed to.
Mr. Mr. -FTDELL, Lord
ar.d several uther .Niemberi of the
Jioti,e of (.3.)onnt n. 4, brought op the AYine Duty
;i. the .\ p!:,raisk went alty Bill,.;lnd some Private
..,whi,ll wwre read a fir.it time.,kvjourilc':l till
to morrow (this day).

t. English Counties, eiid ending -vtith those of Ireland. oe,RiOns went to the principle -of tl-ifllill ; and as
I About four o'clock the HOiiie returned to he (AI:. Ito the recommitment, there was only one clause iii
I nary place of meeting, fat the dispatch of business. as ...the Bill, and thot One involved the principle. itself.
i uSual. ' ' '' • liewas ageinst ir, therefore, though he believed the
A Message from the Lords announced their as--1 Honourable. Gentleman could have, no :motives in
sent to the Irish ' Bank Note Bill, the EY•ehequer 1 this business' except such as Nvere pure and hoe
' -Bills' Bill, 'the Tea Duty Bill, and the Irish Hearth l' nourab}e. ' •- -
Duty Repealing Bill ; end arso flea- the Lords.had• i Mr. TIERNEY observed,' that the Noble 'Lord did
determined to proceed further in.,the Trial of Lore \ him no more than. justice :- he himself coUld &fin
Melville (e ellorroee Morning at ten of the 'clOck. • I no advantage frein the Bill, as the Law was per-'
The th'EAKE4 then took this opportunity of' Stat: I *featly declared in' the place Which. he represented,
ing that he Would, as had been One this day, at- I and his only objea was to extend the advantage to.
tend putiOnally at ten o'clock to-morrow, that
,at 4 other places. :If 'all eXpences to the'CaudidatecoUld
qtierter past ten the Serjeant at Arms would be sent be done away, he would he very well pleased e but
to clear the passages, and that at half past ten tie he had at first carried the provisions of the Bill be-
Managers would .go forth. - - • ;- yond the mere paint of explanation.- When trio -
'b
•REGULATION OF OFFICEs. .1. ney had been given, the question in the Courts
Lord HereleY PETTY mentioned that he. had be.- I had been, Aterwh it had beene . allowed for
fore given notice of his intention to moye on Fekely . carriage - money s objea wo establish the
for leave to bring in a Bill, for Regulating the Office I' point that
.no money ought to be given at all ; and
Of Receiver-General of the Cnstoms. 'H6 tow give 1 this, he aPprehended, was the ease as the Law stood
notice that on -the same day he would alse dove for at present. But nothing was said in thenLa about
leave to bring in a Bill forßeettlating the Office of carriages; and if thing
was was to pret carriages
the Receiver-General of the°Excise, .a Bill for the frena being provided, it would be more than an ex-
of the Stamp-Office, .a Bill for the Re- planatory one. . * ,
gulation of the Post-Office, and a Bill for the Re- i Mr. FRANCIS thoUght that the Amendment
gulation of. the Office. of SurveyoreGeueral of the I would alter the principle of the Bill considerably.
, , i Carriages were-to be allowed to convey the Voters ;
Woods and Forests.
The ATTORNEY GENERAL postponed the third but how were they to be conveyed—alive or dead ?
reading of the Slave Trade Restrietion, 1301. till An Honourable; Member behind him whispered
Thursday'next:. . ,; 1 dead drunk. Well, be it so ; but if you give the
Mr. Irvine, the Inspeaor,General of Imports and i Voter, nothing to eat
_or think in ~.a tourney of eo6
Exports, presented Papers, pursuant to an Orileseof I miles, he would scarcely be alive by the time he came'
the House.--Ordered to lie on the Table., ' ' •.. ' Ito the place of polling ; or, if he were alive, he would
. . , ,
, .
- INDIA, AFFAIRS. -a '-, : 1 not ue able to vote. . _
•
Mr. Meheux presented the Furrnekabad' Papers,-I Mr. RAKER contended that the Candidate ought
moyed for by Mr. Paull. . , . :1 to be at no expence ; but- this Bill would do so little,
Mr. PAULL,moved that they should be ;printed, ! that he thought, it better the Leis, should remain as
and, at the same time, begged the House to Observe lit was. .. ,-• • , .
the small bulk of those Papers Which had been re; .. Mr. .11eN!VY LASCELLES agreed with the last
. presented as so voluminous. i Speaker.
Mr. CREEVEY said, that the Hon. Gentleman was Mr. SrENcen STANNOPE thought the Bill better
under a mistake, as the Furruckabad Papers had not than no Bill at all, as it was impossible to. the
been represented as very voluminous, 'though the matter* as it Was. He thought that' it would be
Papers relating to some of the other places had un- better to regulate the expellees of
lean Candidate, for
doubtedlv been so represented. • Ihe was of Opinion, that any Law ch went .to do
Mr. PAULL was proceeding to defend the corre&- ' them away altogether svould be evaded. It was
ot a
nest of his statement, when he was called to prdeorderwiseeaying'of Solon to: the Athenians, " I do n
He then said, that-be, was the only person who was 1 give you the best Laws poSsible, but the best which
kept to such stria order on these subjects ; upon you can-bear." We ought to keep this in mind.
which the SPEAKER appealed to the House Whether ' Mr: GRAHAM su orted the Bill at first, but it
pp
he deserved the imputation, now cast upon hies— would now be scs much altered that he wished it had
(A cry Vilna, no,•frora every part tithe House). + never been brought before the House, and he would
The Papers were then ordered to be printed, and to Oppos.e its farther progress.
lie on the. Table. . .. . • Mr: ROSE wished to have- the. LaW settled one,
The Sea Offences Bill was reported, and ordered way or anothe e
r,ba adnd on that peeprinciple
ions woUld support
to be read a third time to-morrow,
the Bill. H seen th o given by.
Petitions were presented from the Dealers in Lea- three Lawyeni of eminence ; two of them differed,
ther of Newcastle-undee-Line, and anether place, 1 and the other said, that k believed the Law to be
praying for a Repeal of certain Regulations iujuri- ! one way, but that very likely the Committee would
ous to the Trade. _Ordered to lie. on the Table. ' decide the other. .As .toziving money; this would
The Appraisement Duty ,Bill was read a third be iinpossible, as no regular rate could beGE fixed.ANSIT- ,
.
time and passed. . .. • After afew words from Mr. GEOR V
Lord TEMPLE moved the first reading of the Bill TART, Mr. Coe-ews:etas, Mr. 1 -.ANGIIAM Chet
Hon se
ano-
foe inamnifyine. those -who pertnitted• the Im- ther, whose name we could not learn,
lidrtation of Ciro:LIS into our West India Coloiiies in divided on the question, whether the Bill should be
Foreign Bottoms. This Bill, he stated, did not at - re-committed ?—Ayes 24----Noes 14. • . .
all refer to the question respeCtieg the Navigation 1 The 13111 was then re-committed and reported,
Lawsewhich had come: under the consideration of I and the Report ordered to be farther considered on
the Right Hon. Gentleman opposite (Mr. Rose.) Friday:
—The.Bill.was thereread a first time, and ordered , . Mr. Moons presented a Petition from the Tan-
to be read a second time to-morrow. - tiers of Coventry, praying for the Repeal of certain
•On the Motion for the further consideration of ii_ Regulations _Adjourned. • '
the Report -of-the Tortola Free Port Bill,
Mr. RosE expressed himself ready to enter into ! .
' his objeCtions to the Bill now, in case it was re- I '
. committed. - 1
Lord TEMPLE, however, on account of the ab- 1
sence of a Right Hon. Friend of his, wished rather
' that the recommitment should be postponed.—The
Bill was accordingly ordered to be recommitted en
Thursday. . .
Mr. FOSTER, in pursuance of his notice,moved
that the House should resolve itself into 4 Coin-
mittee, to take into Consideration the -45th Geo. 111.
. cap. 98. The House having resolved itself into a
Committee,
Mr. FOSTER. Oid, that his objea hi moving for .
this Committee -was ~ to submit to • their considera-
tion a Resolution for disethitintling. 'certain draw- •
backs which -had. been "granted by an Aa'of last
Session upon the re-exportation of Foreign Linen.
It was the obvious policy' of this Country to give.
every possible encouragement to the Manufattures*
of both parts of • the United Kingthim, and there,
fore he did not apprehend.that any•objeaion ceeld
be made to his Motion. Near the latter end of the
last Session an. Act was passed which-granted Cer- •
tai; Drawbacks upon the re-exportation of Poicieu
Linen ; he wished to discontinue these.Drawbaelee
as far .as rehated to Printed or Stamped Linee. Ile
'therefore moved, " that from and after the Ist cloy
of August, . t 806, • the Allowance and Drawiete'es
granted by the 45th Ge0..111. cap. 98, upon the :\ -
portatiOn of Foreign. Linen, the thread tit- yarn of
'which the same is composed having been *stained,
coloured, or dyed, before the manufacture, do cease
and deteilmine." s. • 1
The Resolutionwes agreed to, 'and :the Report
was, ordered to be received to-morrow. - ' -
.ELECTION TREA'rING'BILL -
. On‘the Motion of Mr. TIERNEY, Ih'6 House re-
sunned the consideration of the Report ' of the Elec.-
tion Treating Bill. •
Mr: TIERNE y wished -that it should he recom-
mitted,-for the sake of some Amendments which he'
meant to Propow. It had been suggested to hiM ;
by a Learned Friend, that , time Bill Went somewhat
ferther, than was intended originally. Its objea was.
todeelare the Law. But there had been no doubt
that a Candidate might provide a carriage fur the
Voter, though he ought not to give money to the
Voter;himself to procore elle,. By this, Bill, ,how-
ever, the Candidate could pot even provide a car-
riage for the Voter, and thus far it went beyond de-
. - clari ti:g the Law. He wished to amend it in this
HOUSE
OF
colimoNs.. poi ne and therefore moved that it be now re-
corfunitted. The other *Amendments were merely
TVESDAY,AFRIL 29. :
i verbal.
,
TRIAL Of. LORD MELVI-tl.t. i Sir ROBERT BustTosi thought that the Cartditate
're, Tim -e this day-met at ten o'clock, pursuant . ought to be at no expence with respea to the
too der, for the pu: pose of prneeecing to Westenin-! ' Voters, and would rather have the Law as it stos,
eter Hall, ta.protiecute the Trial Of -Lord Melville. than agree to pass the B [that,h
wthevere Athe Bill iiiiht
mendment.
Strangers were exclqed, but it was understeed that - Mr. PAULL thought, ho
the Managers left tlle House first, and repaired tO he disguised, Its end
would be tesdiruinish the
tits i,lace assigie 4 them in the Court, after Which number of Voters, and for thafreason he would ok;
tee Meeple..!rs w lit ont according to the alphabetical _pose -,t-•• • , .• - .
erder er st..ver. 1 Counties, be inning with the Lord ARCIIIBALA HAMILTON .4aidi that his Lb-

MAILS.
Dvs-.- t HAinburgh, t Gottenhurgh, s Lisbon, 2 Waterford.

►RICE I')F sTock.s
• THIS CartY AT -1W ELV Y O'CLOCK.
Consols —6.lOnitiium - - 2

Tut,: Iligh Court of Parliament met agaiu this (lay
in Westminster-Hall, and, after the same ceremo,
nies, proceeded upon the Trial of Eqta Viscount
Alra:viLLE. : . , .

The Court was chiefly employed' itr hearing the:
Report- of the CommissiOners for Naval Inquiry,
Extratas. • from Parliamentary Records *to which re" ,
ferences had been made, and s the Examination of
Witnesses. •

Tnere was nearly as large an assemblage of Peers
as yesterday, but a much smaller Koportion of the
'Commons. There was also a much less attendancii
of speCtators, and the • scene, excep. for .the
important objet s of inquiry, was of course compa-
r:ltiely less interesting and impregSive.-

Eizfreprenqnta Cutter, Lieut. You No, arrived
ou i)londay last, at Plymouth,. with Dispatches from
Admiral Lord•CoLuNowoo She brings no intel-.

ligence of any importance.
There seems to remain very little doubt that ano
titer French Squadron has appeared in the West
'lndies, for' all the accounts which have been re-
ceived concur in that point, though they diner in.
some minute particular; and it appearsequally clear
that AdMiral DUCKWORTH has sailed itl .pursuit
of it. He stated- to have sailed-. from 'Jamaica
on his return home on the 24!„h uf. February, and•
consequently niu ;t have arrived before this time if he
had continued his voyage : there seems, therefore,
strong reasen to believe that he had received in-
formation. of the French Spiadron,.and that he had
gene in prirsuit of:them.

I.,,,,T•rtqits were this morning received in ToWn
fr,4l, Holland,. but we do 'not, understand that they
contain any intelligence o- importance. The in-,
ten• Jed ch:tuge in. tile Governtnent of th4t C JMII ry
Lay not 'yet -taken plaeel