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T L 1 ES DAY, JUNE

IMPERIAL PARLIANIENI'. '

HOUSE OF LORDS .
• MONDAY, MAY 31.
Counsel were finilly heard on the Scots
Stewart v. the Marquis of Bute ; judgment p0,,,t-
-poned.
Connsel were fully heard respecting the Appeal
frOM Chancery, Lord Rendlesham v. Wootifotd.
—Their Lordships postponed the consideration of
their judgment in this case.
Lord Dc CLIPFORD took
.the oaths and his seat.'
The Didte of GLotIcES-rt;ti. presented. a Petition
from Cambridge University, praying that.the
be-
nefits, of Christianity -Might be extended to
accindirig to the.forms 'of the Establisbed.Church
of England. . .
A few.. Pefitiops from ditTerent partS of the
country wore presented in favour of the diii-uti
of Christian 'knowledge. in India. •
On the motion of the. Bishop of L6izatcg.,
their Lordships resolved into a Committee On the.
Irish Ecclesiastical' Lease 'Bill, which was gone
through, and .reported"without any amendment.
On the motion Of. the Earl of GALLOWAY, the
Scots Mail Coach Exemption Bill was read a se-
cond One. -

The Marquis of LANSDONt'NE gave notice that
'he should ou Wednesday move for the production
of a variety of accounts respacting.the Irish Malt
Dutice:

1813.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.
MONDAY MAY 31.

Sir Nxcnor.as COLTHURST obtained leave to
bring in a Rill, to altet- and amend an Act of
Parliament AC b ;di empowers Grand Juries in Ire-
land to. le q Tolls on Bridges. The Bill Was then
bi'oiight in, tiger a first time, and ordered to be
read a second time on Thursday se'nnight.

The: ,Salveigr Bill was read a third tittle, and
passed. '
The reort of the :Manttrz Carriage Bill was
taken-into l'ittli6r cnn,idet•attott, irstl the Bill
was ordcretl to be !call a-third time to-tuurrow.-
MK. PUIEft'S CLAIAIti.

The .C.HANcEt.tort of the. EicsEatimt roved
for a, Select Couniiittee to infinite into the Claims
of Mr. Pa and. to consider the nature of the
IP!reetnent tOade between the late Mr. Palmer and
the Post'o4see:
Colonel_ PATMTER kit himself placed in consider-
able dielcult:9. by the, motion ;—as far as related
to Arr. Pattner'i hitereSts he must• object to a.
Committee, could produce. no other result
than delay. The House might recollect, that af-
•ter the Report of the Committee in Mr. Painter's
ft-wont', ,Which could not be St rengtbened Iry fresh
evidence, ants` the vote of the House Which stood
recorded on its JOuraals, that 11r. Palmer 'had 067
tabled an order totrout the LlMise 'that his • cause
Should be tried by a Jury, and the Honourable.
Member could not hilt that if any ease
could diave been made out against Mr. P.'that the
Crown .I..a,%qe'rs would not have refused to try the
eMise by 'pleading those technical 'objections
Which the Ebro:, of Commons had directed to be
obviated—but th tt, unovitbitandiug, as Ur. Pal-
mer's: character was_dcarer.. to his 'family than any
inheritance he might leave them, he would con-
sent to the Committee.Tather than :be-suspected
Of an hoprOper motive in opposing it. •
. The Cuitz,cci.t.oit of the Excimayr.rt replied,
that the subject 'vs tune of such'importance, that
it would Lie improper if the :House should come
to at decisiO':withotit'first appointing a CoMmittce
to ingitireAto the nutttre of the agre,mient which
was nt:l4,between the Post Office sand the late
;lrr.Palintr.

Mr. P. MoonF. objected to a Committee, be-
cauSe he thought that the„ House Was alrekkdy in
possession all`the informati9U tyou the sub-
ject which It teas possible to'procure. Even
I_l iF;lrt lion, Gentleman on the opposite side of
the Honse (Mr. C. ignig), on a former occasioty;
had declared, that he had givcii all the evidence
upon the subject trltieh.. it'was, in his power to
give ; th:it, of catirse, any further cxancination
was neetilvr.. • .

Mr. C:Lo.valuiving been so particulaily allud-
ed to by the HAL (3entleinan who spoke last, felt
himself-hound to sliv*iunething upon the subject.
He cpultsitalla griokisl for.,tile. Lion. Gentletnan's
`trrthe-fiT4rtif-VrS to pri,clll4lC front going into
further Inqu49. burinf the life-time of Mr. Pitt,
the House hail conic to a decision unfavourable to
the thinis of Mr. Palmer; although it was indeed
true that afterwards it had decided in hiS favour.
lint what was thesitna tion of the.matter at this time
The -Claims were urged before a new Parliament ;
and it certainly was the duty of the House to in-
stitute an itigitiry into the nature of the claims,
by appointing a Committee for that purpose. It
• was true that int a -former Occasion he had said,
that he did not know 7if any further evidence than
what had been then produced. 'Phis he had.
~done- upon being questioned- to that effect by the
Committee, and without even the knowledge of
what witnesses had been examined. But if lie
were asked, whether he thought that any addi-
tional information of importance could, be given,
he should Clot hesitate to answer in the affirma-
tive, considering the difference of the circum-
stances of the-case at that time.'

Colonel PALMER stated his anxiety that the
Committee should be agreed to, after what had
been said by the Right Hon. Gentleman, and
trusted that every evidence that might be thought
necessary would be brought forward. Ile also
thought the Committee should be an open one,
as every Member of the House was interested
for that part of the public which be repre-
sented.

The question for a Select Committee was'then
pia. and carried.
P. Monatt thought that the House did not
consult: its 9cvn dignity, by again appointing a
Committee to inquire into that upon which it had
already so often decided.
Mr.' C. LioNe would not enter into the merits
of the question at that. time, but he could easily
prove that neither Mr. Pitt nor the late Mr. Pal-
mer 'had conceived that the agreement was of
such a nature as it was now contended that it had
been.

i‘Hit...A.,t.A.tierrTaFtufel:y,waOiriddsafrAoittein)thlie•
. Dr,‘Evrosies Bnaluti)evNtlE';
e°ll‘lr 1 1;1.11(. ikouol riot learn,
Moved, that all who came to the
Committee should have
On :notion the en ANcrt.cott of the Excua-
Quatt -determined to take the sense of the House,
and the Gallery wits cleared, but we understand
that the Open Committee was agreed to.
- OA- Our re-admission into the Gallery, we
found
Sir S. Rommcy speaking, but we were itriOde,
perfectly to tinderstand upon what subject..
what we collect, we isre inclined to th:nk
that the subject of the speech was the Insolvi;nt
Debtors Bill, in favour of which the liou..Baronet
presented a Petition from certain Insolvent
Debtors. This .'ethic awu brought up, and or-
tiered to lie on the. table.
11;1.4..1(144. said a few_ words. lie thought
thatothis Bill Was opposed by some persons front
an ignorance-of :its principle.