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FRIDAY, .FEE. 24.
ST. ALBAN's ELECTION.
The 'SeEakett informed the House, that Mr.
Robert Williams had not entered into the neces-
sary recognizances'within the limited time, to fol-
low up his Petition,' complaining, of ,on undue re-
turn for the Borough of St. Alban's. , The Petition
in consequence drop,.
This being the last thy for private Petitions, an
immense number were presented, and among others,
one for the Inclosure of Satton Montague, in So-
merset, by Mr. Dickenson.
STRAND BRIDGE.
Mr. SUMNER presented a Petition for leave to bring
in a Bill for erecting a Bridge across the River
Thames, near Somerset House, in the Strand.
Sir T. Tuarott presented a Petition for leave to
form a new Road %from the Bricklayers' Arms to
St. George's Church, in the Borough, instead of the
present Kent-street.
Bassett's Divorce Bill was read a second time, and
committed for Monday.
On the motion .of Mr. O'HARA, the Order of .the
Day for the second reading of the Irish Constable Re-
gulation Bill, was discharged, and leave given to bring
in an amended Bill, which was read a first time,
and ordered to be read a second time on the it th
of April.
Mr. JOHNSON presented a Report, and also an Ac-
count of the Receipts and Disbursement of the Lou-
don Dock C ,mpatry, hoe) the 30th November, 1807,
to the 30th November, 1808.
The consideration of Report of the Commit-
fee. on Public Offices,', was fixed for the lath of
March, on the motion of Mr. Combe.
• COTTON MANUFACTURERS.
A Petition was presented, signed by a number
of Cotton Manufacturers in Laticaahire, praying that
a rate of wages might be fixed for their labour,
That Petition WAS read, and on the. motion for lay-
ing it,on the table,
Mr. D. (.4inpy- opposed. it on the grounds that 0o
good effects could pOssiblybe produced from fixing,
Maximums or ;Minimums, in Trade, atal.that this
Petition was bad in. principle. He thought it hotter
ye.r.AieCtit4l,,oocet' than by laying it on'the table,
ovvri3o-to vain hopes that the prayer would
tended to, and wfieu these Napa. were disappiuteti,
see them break out in not and coutu.too..
CaaNCeLLOII, Of the FACiii:Cluest, though he
agreed with the Hon. Gentleman, that every prin-
ciple of sound sense and policy turbade compliance
with the prayer of the Petition, yet be wislied.it laid
on the table, that no idea,
,however founded,
should be entertained by the Petitioners„ tharthey
were treated harshly by the. House, which felt so
much for their diatresses. •.
Mr. CItRWEN was Of- the same opinion, and
thought, that perhaps some mode of atfordiug re-
reliet might be struck out in the Committee. .
Mr. ROSE concirrd in the sentiments of the
Chancellor of the Exchequer; and after an observa-
tion from Mr. ADAM and Mr. PATTISON, ,the peti-
tion was ordered to lie on tee
Sir J.. NEW tio a'r -moved, that there, be laid, be-
fore the House an account of all payments made out
Of the Rerenne of Ireland under the head of inci-
dents for three years, up to the t!th Feb. cerreut,
front Excise, Customs, Post Office, &c. specifying
for what purpose the same were granted,,aod under
what authority: ,
Mr. FosTax said, there was no objeEtion to this
ptodudion, but . wait afraid, frem its voluminous
nature, it would take a considerable time to be pre!,
.Pared.
The motion was then agreed to. •
Sir C. Pooca wished tit know when the Reports
of the Cominittee of Naval Inquiry would be laid
before the House.
The cII.9CELLOR of the Excntuauea said, that
some of them would be Lod t'sn, the.taele to.morf
row, others were not of a nature yet to be pro-

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duced.
Mr. R. Wslib confirtned this statement.
DUKE OF YORK'S i.til TE R...
Mr. Wit yratittAn said, lie rose to rail 'the -Miens
tion of the Mouse to a's'ilbjeff by which' their pri-
vileges were more affeeted than by ;thy other that
ever occurred. lie alluded to the Letter from the
Doke of York, which -1).44 been last night read to
them, and laid Upon their table. The Speaker,
with that perfed propriety fur which his 'condnd
was always so conspicuous, had behaved, on this
occasion, with, leis usual judgment. He had not
gone-on, as in ordinary 'cases, but had given time for
consideration, before the subsequent motion for lay-
ing the letter on the table was made: For his own
part, he confessed, that he hid not objected to the
course adopted by thtliiouse, bccauie be vi'as taken
by surprise i but a few MOitients of retlettion bad
convinced him, that the proper _mode would have
bcon, alter reading the letter, to'-waive the debate,
to afford time fur mature deliberation. . This letter
struck at the root of the privileges of the House, by
assuming that the evidence taken at their Bar was
inadmissible, according to the legal administration of
justice. 11:e Duke of York might as well hire as-
serted his innocence at the commencement of the
-nvestigation as now, in order to do :may the effecl
Q I the evidimce. U' the advisers of his Royal FIWI-

upon 'them to appen' proceedings, would .
have the effed Of. condemning hintov444itat
and, before judgment, to hear such evid6nce as was
required for the ends of just ice by the laws of the
land. It:was not to' prevent irnpeachinent, that
should be deemed necessary, but In. claim the prir
vileg,e of every British subjeal, trorn the highest to
the lowest, front the lowest to the highest, to have
his trial before condemnation, in-a Cause which as-
'sailed his' chargier,- integrity,. ands honour; The
Right Gentleman then alluded to what tell
from the Speaker last night, with regard to preee-
deas tot the mode of procedure which bud been
adopted, of which he recolleBed one,: and perhaps
thete • Might be more on. the JOUTII3ISI. The. purport
p• of the letter might have bceo rasrui nt the liar,
motikled into the hoot of a Petition ; and if it con-
Htatztifd any allegation against the privileges of at;
`..Hotlie, it would have been the 'same in eithetlif
These cases. He bad said this =eh to do away any
impression that might be made by what had fallen
from the Right Hen. Gentleman, • that there was in
this case any thing like princely 'interference; w hieh
never could have been meditated by 'the Dukeld.
York. In answer to thellonourable Gentleman's
question`, be could answer for himself individeally,
that he had no intention of making any motion on
the letter, nor did. he ,know of such an inter ion clit
the part of any one of hi 9 -friends. It lay on 0,
table other papers, and might be relei'redlo
by any Member :of the Houk: at a inne' time,
stating the., -grounds on winch the reterenee Watt
made.

Lord H. PrTTY begged leave to say a few words,
which the extraardinary moment and novelty of this
case-drew fmni hind,- He did not .understand' his
Hon. Friend to objeet to the letter, as tar a it crin-
tained allegations of innocence, bnt that going be-
yond that, there'w,a, pr.siage (nibjekTindeed to a
ditietence of tianstruclion) which gave an opinion of
the model the House of Common% onght to
and .trom thence drew. the 'concluiion that no furtller
procedure ceuhi take plaCe but' •what would `carry
-the matter, out of the province of the
• implied that upon such evidence as the House Conl,l
alone constitutionally receive! and judge,
.they' ought
not to come to a-determination. It Was on this
point that he agreed with his Hon. Friend, and con-
sidered the contents of the letter as deserving the
must serious attention of the House.
'[AS this discussion wss irregularly introduced; no
reply ceuld'be Made to these observations.l
The CHANtat.Lott of the -ExcitEquott ;pfornied
the House, that the printed =mites of evidence
could not be got ready, for delivery till 'Tuesday'or
Wednesday next, and proposed some aitetation' in
the clays appointed for the discussion of. several oC
the questiOns tor which notices had been given
and after some conversation, in which Mr. \Vint.
btvad, Mr. Tierney, and Lord' Folkstone to Virt,
it Was determined ghat the consideration (,)t the ev
dente given before the Coln tuit tee of ing.irv' into the
Conduct of the (...'ommander in Chief, shouln
plate on Wednesday se'unight, Btii March 'and
that Mr. Whitbread's motion, Awellea,
shonld still stand for Mundoy, with an understand-
ing that it would in all probability be postponed o'l
TrAtrsday.

'SALE OF OFFICES UNDER COVERNNIENT
In the coarse of making tlit. above arraninent,
the Citki4ear.t.ort of OW EXCHEGIVER infiquied
Hone, that although he had taken the Aildress of
the 'House in Thieadneedte-Artet, from tlo Hon.
Gentleman, uhoalluded to it, in opening his charge
agaitist. the Duke of York, ai it he had been a
strap car to 44 existence, yet that he was perfectiy
aware of the circumstance at that time. The r'ea-
S9O of has pretending ignorance on the tnhjea
owing to thi Gentleman bad written to him
on the Itih January, stating, that on rradir,g-;io