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1111 ERi AL PARLI..4.MENT.

~gausE OF P ERS.
THURSDAY, APRIL 24, •
Iri the Committee of -PrivilegeS, .Lord Etrotsr, at
considerable length, Went over the detail of the evi
dence on the cjAirns to the Baforiy of Roos, and 'con-
chided by moving, as the opinion of the Committee,
that the Barony of ROOS remains in the Co-heirs of
Robert de R005,.-who was summoned to Parliament
by, the style'of Robert de Roos, in the 49th of Henry
111. and that the said Co-heirs are Lady Henry Fitz-
gerald, the Earl of Essex, and. Sir Henry Hunloke.
After a short coniersation between the _Earl of
RADNOR, Lord ELDON, and the LORD CHANCELLOR,
respecting the mode of expressing the first Resolu-
tion, both the. MOtions were agreed to.
Mr. Aleidnder, Sir Jacob Astley; Mr. Butler, Mr.
Blackburne,'Mr..Graham, and several other Mem-
bers of, the -House of Commons, brought up the
'Customs and Excise, Duties' Bill, the Irish Bank
Note Bill, the 3,000;0001. Exchequer Bills Bill, the
Irish House T'ax Repeal Bill, and some private Bills;
• which were severally read a first tirae ; also the'.
Witnesses' Declaratory Law Bill; which was, on the
Motion of Lord ELDON; ordered to be printed with
the Amendments.
• The further consideration of the Appeal, Rose v.
the Earl of Fife, was postponed till to-morrow.
Mr. Owen, from the East India Company, pre-:
sented an 'Annual Acconnt .direded by AEI of Par-
liament; which was ordered to lie.On the Table.
INTERCOURSE BETWEEN THE WEST INDIES
AND AMERICA;
Lord Su EFFIELD moved for a number of Accounts
respecting Shipping and Commerce and the Import-
ation ofColonial Produce ; which,, after a conversa-
tion between his Lordship and Lords Auckland and
Holland, Were ordered,' except an Account of Ships-
building:
Lord SHEFFIELD also gave notice, that he should
on Tuesday move to postpone the second reading of
the West India and: American Intercourse' Bill; on
the ground' that there would not be sufficient time
previous to Thursdaynextforthe person's interested, .
particularly those residing in Scotland and Ireland, to"
be prepared with their opposition to the Bill.
,IMPEACHMENT OF LORD MELVILLE. ./
Mr. WHITBREAD, anct several other Members of
the'House of Commons,- brought up ,a' Message •
containing a further List of Witnesses to be examin- •
ed on the Trial 'of Lord Viscount Melville. '
Lord:Wm:sr:cot-lAm reported from the. Committee-
appointed.to Search for Precedents:ofProceedings on
Impeachments, . the Ceremonial proposed to,,be ob-
served on the Trial of Lord Viscount Mel Ville, which
had been re-committed to theft for alterations., His,
,Lordship having read the Report,'
The Earl of RAnsott,,moved to add to it, in con-
formity with' three -Precedents of Impeachments-
previous to that of Mr. Hastings, that
,the 'Peers
sironld 'remain in their places,' and not depart frdril
them, during the, trial on each day. '
A long conversation ensued between Lord Auck-
land, the' Earl of •Radnor,\ Lord . Holland, Lord
Eldon, Earl Stanhope,-the Earl of WeStmeath, Earl I
Spencer, the. Duke of Curnbetland, the Earl of
Darnley, Bishop of St. Asaph, and Lord Elle.nbo,
rough: - •
- Earl SPENCER was inclined to support Lord
. Radnor. - . •
Most of the other Peers.objeeled to the proposi,
tion, as tending, by its strictness; to cause 'great in-
convenience to the Peers attending on the trial, whilst
at the same time there .was no doubt that all that
order, would be preserved which the solemnity of
such an occasion required.
The Eatl of RADNOR conceived that the Motion
ought to be agreed to, in order to insure that 'stria-
' ness of order which was requisite on a solemn trial
by Impeachment, but in Order to have a public at-
tendance at its discussion, his Lordship moved to.
adjourn the 'debate till tomorrow, and that the
Lords be Summoned: •
•
04 this Motion the House divided—
' Contents 9—Non Cements 15—Majority-6.
The 'Report of the Committee vtas then agreed to.
INSOLVENT DEBTORS,. •'
Lord ELLENBOROUGH moved for several Accounts
of Prisoners confined for debt' in the Prisons of the
Metropolis, at different periods; which were Ordered:
The Earl, of MOIRA expressed a wish that the
second reading of the Insolvent Debtors' Bill, which
stood for this clay, might be postponed till. Monday
se'nnight. .
, Lord gOLLANDdeclared-hiS readiness to accede to
this request, and moved to discharge the Order ;
which was renewed for Monday se'nnight, and the
Lords ordered:te.be summoned for, that day.
- Lord -ELDON presented three Petitions from cer-
tain Merchants and Tradesmen of the Cities of Lon-
don and We'stminster, and the' Borough of South-
wark, praying that the Bill might not pass into a law;
which were ordered to lie on the Table:
Lord', HOLLAND, pres.ented a Petition from -.the_
Debtors, confined, in the County • Gaol of. Lei-
cester, praying that the Bill might pass into a law
Which Was also ordered colic on the Table. -
Adjourned till to-morrow (this day).

HOUSE OF COMMONS.

THURSDAY, APRIL 24.

Mr., GLA6SFI4II7O, for Dumbartonshire, took the
Oaths and his seat. '

• Mr. Seriegnt BEST observed, • that he hadi ob-
tained leave from the House to bring in :a Bill for
preventing the publication of pioceedings in .crimi-
nal cases 'before trial, and that soon after he had
' brought in a Bill fur that purpose. After the most
inature,deliheration, he still continued in the same,
sentiments wlrh he at that time entertained. • Mr.
Justice Grose had stated to him a case which had
occurred, about eight years ago, in the Old Bailey.
.4 prisoner was tried for murder, and. after hearing
the evidenee,, the Learned Judge gave the most
pointed opinion that he ought tobe acquitted. The
• -Jury, however, remained a long time in consultation
before they returned the verdict of acquittal; . and it
was at the same time stated, that the reason. of the
delay was, that some of the Jury could hot separate
in their minds the evidence then heard from the re-
ports which had been before circulated. ' Tthis, and
similar cases, were his justification forproposing such
dill ; hpt, howeVer, as persons in, high station, for
whom he had the greatest respel, were.decidedly
Against the rileasnro,- the. ground of its qqncning

on the liberty of the Press; and as he himself had
So 'much venation for that liberty, that he would
be the last mau in the world to urge any thing which
could infringe it, •he would not proceed with-this
business an;farther. The Bill was of-course with-
drawn.
On the NiotiOn. Of 14Tr. IrEr.i.owES, a Committee
was appi)inteCi to consider of the propriety of Repeal,
ing so much M' an Adt of the 2(1 of :lames I. as 're-
lated to :the Making -and Mending of 'Boots and
Shoes. •

. Mr. Johnstone, from the Office of the Chief
Secretary in Ireland, presented an Account of the
Imports. and Exports to and from Ireland, for a given
period, with a Statement of the Expences of Surer-
intendant Magistrates for one year.—Ordered to lie
on the Table.

Lord CASTLEREAGH moved for a Return, Ist, Of
the NuMber of Effedive Mon in the. Army, from
the Ist ofJanuary,l793, to the Ist of Jmuary 1301,
the Retruits procured in each year, and the Bountlea
given them-2dly," Of the Number of Men raised
for Rank, permanent or temporary, during the same
period.—Ordered.