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,LVIPERIAL PAR_WiVLENT.

HOUSE OF PEERS.

THURSDAY, MARCH 13.
The Committee of Privileges sat,again some time
ima the Claims to the Barony of Robs. The Solir
citor General, on behalf of Lady Henry Fitzgerald;
Sir Vicary Gibbs, on behalf of the Due- of Rutland;
and the.Attoiney General.on'the part of the Crown,
were, severally heard. .After whiCh; the further
.consideration was pottponed till to=morrow
,foit7
:•
• Might. • •
IMPEACHMENT OF 'LORD MELVILLE.
Lord AUCKLAND called the attention oftheir
Lordships to ~the further Article of impeachment
against • Lord Melville, with respe& to which, he
said,' the' first inipressien.Of his mind' Was; that it
ought to be received. Was' glad that the House
had afterwards referred it to. the ComMitted
to search for precedents of their Lordships' pro-
ceedings in cases pf jintieachMent, as much informa-
tion was in eonsequence detived'fretii the'Corritnittee
on the subje&. - He would not now trouble.the
House with reading the Report of 'the Ccitutnittee,
but should merely refer to three cases which'Were
analogous to the present. The first was the case of
Lord StratfOrd ; the second.that 'of the Lord Mayor
of London, in 143, who, after putting in an An-
Awer to Articles of Impeachment, also pleaded to
further Artiele,s, .which were 'subsequently sent up
from the Comnaons ; the -third -case was that off .okci
DatibY; in which it was expressly 'stated, thai time
should' 'be allowed him to plead to the :'Articles
of ImpeachMent preferred against"' hiin; or to
any further Article • which might be presented:
--It was; therefore, clear; that the principle of
calling upon persons impeached to answer any fur-
ther Articles of IMpeachMent which' might be sent
up from the Commons was recognized' by prece-
dent. As 'to what-would have been the effeet if Lord
Melville had entered a spec;al plea 'to the Articles
first presated; whether he could then be called
' upon to
~answer a Thi-ther Article, he would
dis-
cuss the ciliation, it: not being before ,the House,
the plea of that Noble 'Lord haVing been a general
one ofNot Guqty. .In the Motion, however,which
be intended to Make,. he Wished to. give Lord Mel-
ville the opportunity of either demurring to the fur-
. ther Article, of ''withdrawing .his
sgene,ral plea and
plcad';rig specially, or of pleading.fgenerally to the
further Article. He concluded by moving,-. `.` That
• a Copy of the further Article of Impeachment be
communicated to Lord Viscdunt 'Melville, and that
AD put in his answer to thetsanie onio'-morrow'
fortn?glit.l:---Ordered;
The further Article was ordered to be printed.
The Corn Eigiortation "Bill, the Irish Duties Bill,
the Foreign Troopkßill, the Royal' Marine Mdtiny
Bill, .and the Greenland Whale Fishery Bill,. 'were
severally rehd a' second time, and committed -for tor
morrow. .

Lord. HENRY PETTY, Mr, SHAW LEFEVRE; and
~. • ,
seVival.,(ither :Members of the House of Cortimons,
brought up L6rd" Coliingv.-.iod'.B Annuity Bill, and
..
a priyate MI; which *ere severally read a first time.
,--=Adjourned till to-morrow" (this *clay); . • '

HOUSE OF COMMONS.

TIIURSDAY, MARCH 13.

Mr. MANNINd bthitht up the London Dock Im-
provement Bill; which was read a•first time, and
ordered to b read a second.
Lord Collingwood's Family Annuity Bill was
read a_third.tim4 and passed nein. con. ' '
Lord H. PETTY "postponed to Monday the Ord-7
Dance Treasurer 'Regolation Bill, after-a few words
fro.n Sir' Ny:' ELt•ortp, who thought one of the
ClalseS unnecessary, because the Law provided for
that hart of the case already:
JACon Astii.Ey'l*)vecl .for\an. Account- of the'
Amount Of Charges on Malt in England and Scot-
land fOi• the last two years; together with the Amount
Of ,inty paid. theteoh.—Ordered.
'''• Deferred the. COmmitterS of the whole House on

the Tortola Free-Lichtßill till MOnday. Passed the
Coainuttee o the ,whole House, and Report or-
dered to' be received to4norrOw, on the Mutiny Bill.
As also the Militia Pay Bill (for 4:riglancl)—the
satue•fdr Ireland.. Alsothe 'Militia Adjutants' Bill:
Read atirst time the*Bill to einpoweriHis Majesty
to accept the Services of such of the Irish as
May volunteer into the Regulars, on the Motion of
'lr. VANSITT4RT.
Reports of the English and Irish Sugar, Drawback
• Bills were *brotialit up by Mr. ALEXANDiII read,
agreed to, and ordered to be read a third time to-
, inorrow, if then engrossed.
• The Wool Manufacture .Penalty Suspension. Bill
ix/xi-reported and agreed to."' • •
The Aniericim Treaty Continuance Bill was read
a second time, and ordered 'to be committed to a
Committee of the whole House' to-morrow:
Thes.Newfonndland 'Judicature Bill was read a
. 3;r6t-tirnf.;. second reading to-morrow.7--Ordered.
Mr. W. KEENEmoired, that there be laid before
the House a Copy of the COmrnission under_vvhich
Commissioney are" empowered to ocarni-.4e into the
:Claims niade on the late Nabob of Are*, and under
which they are to ati:.
This produced a short conversation between the
Hon. Mover and • -
Mr. H:ADDINGTON, who suggested the pro-
priety of withdrawing. this Motion for the present,
if not abstaining from it altogether, 'oil account of
the unaVOidable-•absence of hig Noble Friend from
who; h ho'ped, would be able to at-
tend on Monday, and .aftenVards this document
*Would be included in' the Report of a coMmittee,
to whom'AVas referred matter *in which thig Paper
was included : be had no- objeEtion to the produc-
tion °Title' Paper in:the form it moved for', but
he submitted the prOpri-ety of this. 'delay for the
reasons he had thus assigned.—Mr. Keene at lest
withdrew his Motion. • • •