The Sun.
London, England, 1813-12-21 00:00:00

HOUSE OF COMMONS.

it new Writ was ordered for Moomouth, vacant by the re-
Cent appoito meal of .-lord Charles Somerset to the govern,
toent of the Cape of
A new %Writ was also ;ordered for Inverness, &c. in con'S'es:
quence of the appointment Of Mr. C. Grant, jun, as one of the •
Lords of the
On the li,lotion of Mr. W. Furvottim.n, various returns of
the exports and imports of Corn and Grain, Ike. between Eng.
land and Ireland, were ordered.
Mr. BAILING hoped•Altat it WAY not intended to renew the
former measnre an this *object. . •
Mr. W. PI 17,0EltA void, that att. fionon rattle Batonet
did intend to do ; 111141 tint he had' weed for these. papers,
in order to give tin- no.ans of folly considering the subject.
The consideration of the Galway ElectiOn was postponed to
the 10th of March.

GOVERN4ENT ROADS.
. The CuAtscat.Lott Of the •It.s.t.:IIEQUER made
tonie observations on this subject,. in which he
noticed the neglected state of some•of the public
will military 'loath iii Scotland, which had been
imdertaken parsttani to votes of Parliament. He
then moved for various Returns relative to•the
state of such Rousts from the year 1780,. which
was ordered ;
.andlor leave to bring in.a Bill for
the better providing for•keeping up such Itoads:-=-
The" Bill Was then brought in, and read the first
and second time.
• br.cLABATio'S or THE ALLIES.
Mr. HORNER .rose and observed, that he had
seen in the public newspapers a- Proclamation,
said to have been•issued by the Allied Powers. He
wished to- asks tees: ion or two of the. Noble
Lord (Clittlereagh) ran ibis subject; the nns*ers
to. which, he thotqiht, could not be considered
inconsistent with what his public duties required
Under • the present circumstances. What he de.
sired to know from the NOble Lord, was, first,
whether this paper was authentic it were
declared to he so, he wished to know, whether
this country wis concerned in the offers of pence
made by it ? and, lastly, if we were concerned in •
proposing them, whether they were„otwere nut,
rejected
Lord CASTLERE4OII felt no difficulty in stating,
that the paper alluded to•was authentic. He had
also the satisfaction of saying, that the most per-
fect concert -bad prevailed in the views of the Al-
lies, anal that. all the measures which had been
a'dopted had been marked by cordiality. What the
Nirticular nicasure was to which the lion. Mem..
her alluded, •and .what was its result, he trusted,
that, for various reasons, the house would not, at
that tune, press him to state.
AWOURNMENT.

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Lord CASTIAREACH rose, and sitid that he could
not foresee what were the grotonli of objection.
to the motion be wits about to make. hJc most,:
therefore, wait to beau'r them, It appeared to hint
quite reasonable to move 0 longer adjournment rban
usual, front the present tante of rise public business
in Parliament. He was also much satisfied in ob-
serving that no such jealousy of the conduct (4 :Mi-
nisters was shewn by Parliament, as to require the
--cmitinued exercise of its authority and controul at
the present moment. The circumstances were
the reverse of this.• Looking,' therefore, at the
situation of the public-hesinestt, and at•all circuit).,
statices,lie could uot perceive t bat Parliament aban •
dotted its, functions by•acceding to au adjourn,.
anima till 'March. If the long,atgournment im-
posed any tHlicaltieS or embarrassments on Go.
vernment, by depriving' them of the advantages
manlting, lu arduous situations, l'roun the wisdom
and councils of Parliament, there would be some
reason for shortening the adjournment. -Certain-
' ly, it was possible events might occur to Tender
it proper to call Padiameot togetLer earlier ; but
the House must be aware that a remedy was pro-
vided for Ruch a case, which obviated evtty
citify, whether there was simply an adjournment.;
or a prorogation 'by virtue of the prerogative of
the crown, since the crown could, in all eases,
coil Parliument together in foitrteen days.. He
therefore moved, that the House, at its rising,
should adjourn to the first of March.
Sir J. MACKINTOSH rot:. He confessed, that
so far from expecting the course which the Noble
Lord had thought proper to take, he 11,01 hoped
that he would have opened up the grounds for this
adjournment, so as to remove all.scruple., and dif•
ficidties, and to relieve him from the necessity of
disturbing that unanimity which had hithertoTre-
vailed, and is which he had .silently concurred.
it was far from,his wish to dliturb their 1111411-1.
miry, by discussing any of the greater trestionsr.
that occupied Government at this time; Ite.wisiv-:,
ed chiefly to direct their attention to the prat:Mau
Of Parliament, Avoid*, therefore, many great'
considerations, he should• say, that the Noble
Lord having proposed a deviation from the usual
parliamentary practice,- the proof- of its necessity
was incumbent on his. Lordship. It was nut
necessary for him (Sir J. M.) to shay the pro-
priety of a different course. The Noble Lord bad
given no reason hut the present 'state of the public
buithess, It must be aihnitted, -that' this Would
afford a very good reason for an instant adjourn-
went; but he must 'deny that It had a sufficient
influence'to de-2ide upon the duration of such an

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adjournment ; since nobody 'could tell what itn-
portant events might, or might nut, during such
an adjournment, occur. The Crown, it was said,
had the power of calling them together in any
event, and the public business did not 'require
lentiance. JJe had not studied .the cot:A-Ruth/1r
triter the manner of the Noble Lord. He did not
tuider,witil (war it that the duties of the House