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London, England, 1808-03-23 00:00:00

ELECTION PETITIONS.

The CHANCELLOR of the EXCIIEOUSR,
pursuant to ; his notice, proposed to the House at
arrangement with respect to the ..Election Petitions
now remaining for consideration, according to which
three. Committees may be:Wilmot! in each week,
two on the Tuesday and one on .the Thursday. •He
had intended that , this arrangement should .be ap-
plied in the present week, but in consequence of the.
default of one of the Petitioners, whose Petition
(Mr; Sheridan's for Westminster) was to have been
considered this day, and who did not attend either
personally or by his agents, there remained but three
Petitions Lobe considered in this week, one this day
and two on Thursday. He proposed to discharge
the present Orders for the consideration of those re.
maining after the last of Thursday, that of Penrhyu,
and to make new Orders for them after the manner
..propoied. Thus tbe six subsequent to the Penliryn,
..which Was the whole number,. whole be dispotied,of
a week before Good Friday, which was as early as
could be expeaed in consideration of the press of
business before the HoLse. He moved aceording-
ly ; the Orders Were discharged, and the followitiz ,
artangetnent made :—Statiaex and Christchurch,
Tuesday 29th instant Dungarvon, Thursday, 31st ;
Newry and Donnegal, Tuesday, .sth April; \Vex.
ford, on, the day fur which it now stands.

NAM OF TIIIL KINIK/W ELECTION
Pascoe Grenfell, ' J. R Mackenzie,
T. Cartwright, A. Campbell, .
1. Graham, Jackson,
T. Shelley, - R. Ellis,
H.Glasstord, I Right Hon. R. Ryder;
Hon, C. A. Cooper, I • Lord W. Russell,
Sir W. Milner,

Lord •Folkstrme,

NOMINI£3.

Right lion. W. Donclas.

GREENWICH HOSeITAL.

Sir C. PULE, pursuant to notice, called the it•
tentidn of the. Houses , to .some appointments on the
establishment of this Hospital, in which due regard
was not had to the preference, which ought to be
shown to persons who 'had served in the Navy, 1-le
cited all the corninissions relative to Greenwich. Hos.
Thal, trout the. first
.under William and Mary, to
thew that such a preterente ought alwayi to be
given. He concluded with moving an Address to
lets Majesty, praying, that he would be graciously
pleas6t to give directions, that all the appointments
belonging to the said Hospital should henceforth
b. filled with persons who had served in the Navy.
The CII4IACELLOR of the 'EXCHEQUER
skid, it must he the Ojai of everyone to promote
as much as possible what the Hen. Baronet was de-
sirous to accomplish. But there. were offices for
which persons properly qualified could not be found
'in the Navy, such as Clerk of the Works, who
should be an architetl ; Auditor, who should be a
lawyer, Organist, Brewer, clerk of theChetve,
Surveyor, and some others. With these exceptions,
he thought no other ottice should be filled otherwise
than from the Navy, except when, after .a month's
noice Newspapers, no naval person should
present himself with proper qualifications to till the
office vacant. He should propose an Amendment,
adopting the Hon. Kfroner s idea, with this limita-
tion, and he should, in .the event of the Amend-
ment being adopted, propose an Address to his
!Majesty, praying that he would cause a correspond
lug, alteration to be made im the Charter of Greeh-
,wich-Hospital.
WHJThRE4D observed, that there were
,very few professions or situations, from that of Lord
Chancellor downwards (alluding to Lord Erskine),
for which persons wbo had 'served in the navy may
not be found. flehad now a very meritorious per-,
son in ,his own employment who had so served,
therefore thought the ex.ceptions. Ought to be
emitted., •

The CHANCeLLOR of the EXCHEQUER
was willing to Inuit the exceptions as nmeb as pos.
ethic ; but he thought it w ould be imposing useless
trouble on the Commissioners of Greenwich Hos.
pital to nuke them advertise for an Auditor, a
clerk of the Works, or a Brewer, from the Navy,

• 'After some observations from Mr. anSE, rilr. N.
CALVERT, and Mr. R. Watt:), Sir C. POLE .agreed
to the exceptions proposed by the Ch:lncvllor uf the
Exchequer, a; limit. , after The lernarks of Mr.
WomettF.Arp ; andlito Motions were passed ac-
cordingly.
MAYNOO-1-1 COLLEGE.

On the Motion of Mr. &man, it was ordered,.
that there be laid before-the House Copies of the.
Correspondence' between the Chief Secretary of the
Lord Lieutenant of Ireland . and the Trustees of the
Roman Catholic College at Maynooth, with the In.
closures,

JOHN NEII'PORT then moved, that there
be laid before the House a Copy of .the Statement
Presented by the Rev. Dr. Dunn to Lord Castle-
reagh and Mr. Pelham, containing an Account of the
Establishment for the Education' of Irish Roman
Catholics on the Continent, previous to the French,
Revolution. • • •

Sir A. WELLESLEY said, he believed there wasind'
such Paper as the one the Hon. Baronet had ritoVett
fur in the Office ; however, he would snake? en.!-
cittirt upon the subjea.
Sir JouN NEWPORT said that he had
.a CoPyof
the Paper in question in his possession, and it the
original could not•be found in the Office, he would
bring the Copy before the tiouse in some shape or
other. • - •

Sir A. WELLESLRY said he • had not the siighteit
objeflion to the produaion tot the.Kper in question,
but he had inquired ter it, and it could not be found
in the Office; however, •• he would give dire&ions
, that it should be again searched fur. • '

the notion of Mr. Fosnn, it was ordered
that there be laid before the House a Copy of the
Report of Mr. :fay*, respeaing the Harbour of
Holyhead, the interovements suggested in that Har-
bour, and the Estimates of the gxpenoe.
Mr. lisosTt.:4l, gave notice, that tie should to-
morrow move for leave to bring in a :Bill for Abo-
lishing Feei, and Regulating Attendance on the
Customs in Ireland.
The. Order of the Day was then read, for. the
House to resolve itself into a Committee to consider
of the propriety of prohibiting the Exportatidn• of
Cotton Wool and Jesuit's Bark
,from
The • House resolved itself- into V 'Committee, _alai
Mr. FOSTER moved a Resolution to that effeet.
Sir JOHN Nawrowr said, that he disapproved of
this measure, upon the same principle that he did
a similar measure in this Country ; but he should not
t Ake the sense of the House upon the subjea. The
motion was then agreed to. • •
Mr. FOSTER then moved fen. leave 49 bring in a
Bill to amend the 3a(l George Ili.
Sir JOHN NEWPORT asked what the obje6t of the
Amendment was.,
• Mr. FosTatt said, the Mt in question imposed
forfeitures upon all Vessels carrying East India goodS
to Ireland, except.from the Port of London. This
was the part of the Ad which he proposed to alter,
otherwise Vessels having East India goods on board,
going into an Irish Port, in pursuance of the Orders
in Council, would be liable to forfeiture.

Sir Jon N New PORT said he wished to see the Ata
in queStion amended in more essential, points. He
conceived that Irantd had not been compensated
for the surrender of her trade to India. _ •

Mr. FosTatt he 'meant to c(intine the amend.
ment of the Act to the• point. he had alluded. The
provisions of the. A6l
,upon the point to which' the
Hon. Bart. alluded, appeared to him to be . per-
fealy proper. The motion was then agreed to, and
a Bill was ordered to bebroiaglit in.

The Report of the Cdminit-tee of Supply, and the
Report of the Exchequer, Bilis Funding Bill, were
brought up and agreed to. , Mr. Form brought
up a 13111 for Warehousiog Goods' in Ireland ; which
was read a first time, and Ordered to be read a
second time on 'Monday. The Malt Duty Bill wept
through a Committee; the Report to be received
to-morrow. The Annual Indemnity Bill was pass-
ed ; the Irish Token 13111 was read a second time.
_ PVT' rioNs AGAINST 'ME ORDERS IN COLINCIL.
Oa the motion of the CHANCRLLOR of the Ex-
climing, the '-'House went into a Committee, to
hear evidence on those Petitions, that mode of hear-
ing evidence being most conformable to the general
practice of the House ; though the Speaker stated
that it was-not uncommon to hear evidence with the
Speaker in the Chair.
On the motion of the CHANCELLOR of, the Ei-
Ctrectu ea, the House. went into a Committee, in
which the adjourned 'consideration of the Petitions
against the Orders in Centicil was resumed.
T 4 following witnesses were then called in and
examined, Mr.. Wm. Bell, Mr. Thomas Martin;
Mr.,Alexttoder. Forrester, and Mr. Abraham Mann.
On account of the lateness of the hour, and there
being then five other witnesses to exatnine, the fur-
ther consideration of the question was postponed till
to-morrow, when the latter witness was ordered to
be again examined.—Adjourned at twelve &Clock.