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PAM L PARLIAMENT-.

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HOUSE UL{' LORDS, • .
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TUESDAY, 'mut. C.
in sa Committee of PrivilegeS, some fadher
prof;:eedings obtained relati've to-the claims to the
13wrtxz.TELL Peerage, the further consi4leration ot
which was adjourned till- the first Thursday after
the Easter recess. Their Lordships then resumed
the consideration of the case of the Boirnwicic. .
Peerage' and Counsel and Evidence were further
heard; The proceedings were tontluded by some
general obseivaatiolia from the LORD CHANCEL-'
ton on the peculiar bnportanceof the case, and'
which merited, he said, the serious, attention of
their Lordships; and on his suggestion ,the Case
was ordered to be taken into consideration on
ou Monday. next.
-On the resuming-of the House, the Sinecure
Place Bill, the Passengers Regulation, the Re--,
gent's Canal Amendment, the Piccadilly Pave--
. ment, and a few other, Bills were brought up from
the Commons by Mr. Bankes, Mr. Presthiv, Sir
james Graham, and other Members, and respec-
tively read a first time.
Mr. LUstimaToti presented a Message from
the 'Commons, importing that that House bad
•• given leave to James Drummond, Esq. one of its
'Members, to attend their Lordships' Select. Com •
mittee on the Affairs of India, which was after.:
wards fornially communicated 'to the House.by
the'Lord Chnocellor.
IMPROVENIENTSIN NAVAL ARCHITECTURE.
Earl STARHOPE ObserOed, that in refereoce to a!
Subject, the discussion of which had originally
been fixed for Friday, and a prominent part of
which Would be the management of naval affairs
dining:the war, he bad a motion to submit to
their
-Lordships, Which would produce the most
important information relative to that subject.
As he 'learned from a Noble Viscount, that he
bad no objection to the motion, he would pro-
, pose it without further tumult. - His Lordship
then moved,
First, " That there be laid before the Rouse
Copies of a Note or Letter from Earl Stanhope
to Admiral Sir Roger Curtis, Capt.. Domett, and
Capt. Hamilton, of the Royal Navy, on the 30th
December, 1807, and a Copy of forty-one Ques-
dons therein coot sined."
. Secondly, " Copy of a Report made by Capt:.
Lloyd, of the Racoon, in respect of the sailing
experiment on the plan invented by Earl Stan-
hope, in 1797."
Thirdly, " Copies of Letters from the Board
of Admiralty to Earl Stanhope, in.cilosiog the said
Report."
And, Fourthly, " Copies of the- orders sent
ihY: the Board of Admiralty to the Downs, to
cause the said sailing experiment to be made."
On the question,
Lord Viscount MeLvitta: said,, he was not
aware.of any inconvenience ,that would arise from
agreeing to the Motion,. With regard to the'
course which, tha Noble Earl said, he intended to.
take, it Was certainly different 'Ciotti that which
be now understood by vrlitt had fallen from
He had understood..that his wish for the prodoc-
tion of these documents was in reference to the
Motion of which a Noble Earl ()Janney) not now
in his place, had given notice, . Now, be con-
ceived the object AN*3 to make them the subject
of a specific Motion, touching a system of build-
ing ;. a proposition which he should think it his
duty to oppose: ; :or with all his . respect for their
Lordships, he did not conceive them to be the
propereSt persons to de.-Me upon such matters.
Earl STANIIOPE repred, that. the Noble'Vis-
coent had perfectly understood what he hurl com-
untuicatcd to him the other day ; but that. Ire as
perfectly misunderstood what fell from hint this
Ile had prnpaS.'d the production merely in
retei.ence to the motion no be made by a Noble
Earl, and to that solely.
The question was then put, and it was 'ordered
accordingly.
ARTIFICERS' WAGES BILL.'
Lord Viscount SinstooTiv-called their. Lord-
ships' attention to a Bill upon the table, which
went to repeal- certaio Acts, passed wider former
reigns, for afliXing and imposing certain rates of
wages for Artizans, Labonrers, Artificers, or Han-
dicraftsmen. The Bill was sent up to their Lord-
ships from the other House of Parliament. Some,
of the Ac's. which the Bilbwint to atn'ogate, were
not known to exist by ninny Magitrates in the
Country, or even by ; some high legal author'....
ties : uud numerous applicationt had been made
for legislative-interference to remove the oppres-
sive inconveniences which were frequently felt
from _the operation of those obnoxious Statutes..
The Noble Viscount, described. the, nature and ef-
fect of several of those Acts, particularly of those
of Elizabeth and itituo 1. and stated, that in e , on
it-was provided that artizan,, journeyman,
or labourer, should receive less or more wages
than were specified in the Act, he ,was. liable to
dar3 iniprisonment, and evert the employer-who
should give.more or less titan' such wages, .was
made' liable to 10 days imprisonment. Their
Lordships could easily see, that not only the
tereso] of all those descriptions. of persons, but
those of the country at large,• required the pass-
ing of such a Bill.as that before their Lordships,
who, he moved, should now give a second reading
to it. The Bill was neeorfhtigly read a secoad
time ; a 5 was, on' his Lordship's motion, the Fe-
. lon's Transportation,'Bill, They were conlinitteti
for to-morrow.
The Order for summoning their Lordships to,
morrow Was diachargeil, on the ,motion of Lord
NVALSINGIIAM, and `renewed for Friday. . •
On the suggestion of the-Earl-otAlauttoweY,.
the Stipendiary Curatea'. Bill was recotrunitted for
to-morrow,
,The remaining Bills on the table, being sere
rally forwarded, an ailjournitient took place.

110IJSE OF CONINION0;$,
TI. C...DAY, APRIL U.
S 4. WM. GEARY preeitieil a Petition againet the
Kent Goal Bill.
irr D. KNATCLIBULL presented several Peti-
tiOUS favour of the Bill, in addition to those
previously presented, whirl) wale signed bynettrly
8000 inhabitants of the County.
The Order of the Day for the second reading
the lieut Goal 13111 being read, •

Sir Eti. ENATCUNULt. rose to stuppart but ,
said, -as he understood that tho..ie who were adz-1
verse to the Bill, did not mean to oppose its
ing into a*Conimittc, he 5 bquid not be
time of the „I-louse by disciissing- it at length
at present.. The object of those who ha-z 1
introduced this measure, %Vas to preserve tht
County of - Kent from an. enormous and au-
accessary expense in* the erection of the new
kle did not mean to contend that such
a hti;lding was not. welited, but he did muse
strongly object to the enormous suin that it was
proposed "to levy on the County fOr that purpose,
amounting to between
,two and three hundred
thousand pounds, when he was. convinced :that
one hundred thousand pounds would be, amply

Mr. J. SMITH SiippOrted the 13111, but said, he
should reserve what he had to say till another
stage.
„Mr: ERYDGES opposed tire Bill, whieli he
.considered as. quite unnecessary ; 'because if the
Magistrates, who had determined upon this Inca-
Sure, had acted illegally, the Petitioners had a
m legaireedy: There were several clauses in this Bill
which appeared to him to be very objection-
able. it had been said, thsit this was -a diss
"sae between the Magistrates of tire liost and
West parts of Kent, hut that was not the
case; he was himself a Magistrate of the East
part 9f the County, and he knew some Mas.
gistrates belonging to the western part of, it, who
viewed this act in the same light that he did. if
the Magistrates had acted illegally, thete was
a legal remedy ; if'they had not, -lie hoped the
House woutd • not by an ex post ftwtu measur,
undo what they had been doing, and thus throw
an,,odium upon them. If the same powers ware
not given to the Magistrates. of Kent, that were
given to the Magistrates of other Counties, they
'would be placed in a state of degradation.
Sit Wst.GEARY said, as there was a general
disposition to. Jet this Bill go into the Committee,
he Woula 'not oppose it. lie contended, however,
that the petitioners for the Bill had not acted .re-
spectfully towards the Magit.trates, for they want-
ed to take out of their hands those powers which
the law vested in them. If those persons had
come with their complaints to the Sessions, they
would have met with the fullest attention. •
'Mr. CALCRAFT said, be was sure there was r:ot
the .slightest intention on the part of those per,.,
sons to. show any disrespect to the rilagistratesf;'
but the fact was, they were in a manlier driven to
the wall, and they had.no other moJe reor&,,is
left them bat:the one which they had adopted. He:
saw nothing in their conduct that teas disrespect-,
lid or derogatory to the , character of the Magi.r;
Strates, and he was sure, that when the House
considered the situation in they wyre placed,-
it would not blame them for coming to PaElia.7.
merit for redress. it seemed the general wish
nOt,to debate the Bill in that
,stage, he would not
then discuss its merits, but he would ask it
it was not monstrous that 18:acres of hind should
have been purchased for-the erection of a prison,
and that, for the same purpose, aan e.xpense of be-
tween two and three hrindied thousand
should 'be incurred ? It might, perhaps, -be said,
that those who proposed to lay this enormous
lairthen upon the county had agreed to diminish
it to as certain extent,. but that was by no means
the case ; they had,. indeed, offered to suspend u
part of their plan, but hot to abandon it. It bad
been said that the allegations of tiv! Petitions irl
favour of the Bill xvre not founded in tl-uth that
was a harsh expression,. hut as the Bar was
into :a COMMittee, it would soon be seen wheii;sr
or not they had truth on their side: With respect
to what had been said about the Petitioners haV-
irtg a le0;a1 remedy, he begged to state that that
assertion was founded in a• Mistake, for they Were
o situated that Parliament alone could afford
them redress. He 'concluded with expresi;ing his
wish and his hOpe, that this busioess might still
be adjusted to the satisfaction of all parties.
The Bill was then read a second tune, and re-
ferred to a committee.

Mr. J. Ssn'ru prea'ented a Petition from sortie
inhabitants ott Nottingham, praying for Peact!.
!..3PEAKEii; having observed that the P,:ti-
tion was primed, said, thu: it was eonttary to all
the tides of the house to 'receive a printed Peti
tion, ordered the Holioulable Member to take
it' hack.

General FERGUSSON presented' a Petition froth
the Town of kirkuldy, Scatland, ste, 4inst the
renewal of the Past India Company's Charter. "
Ordered to lie on the table.

In compliance with' a Message from the Lc/Hi,
the House consented
,to allow Drummond
and Air. Lushington give 'evidence before tlicir
Lordships on matters concerning the East India
CON%'II."i'ION Or NIL. CUERV.P.V :

Mr. M. A. 'VATLott gave notice that he should
bring forward his motion respecting. the trial of
Mr. Creevey, on Tuesday the 4th of May.
Mr, MANI) presented a Petition from a person
of the name of Crachely, late Prothonotary in
the Palace Court, complaining of o.toition on
the part of Mr. Burton Norris, Judge of the said
Court.
Ordered to lie on the table.

• The Hon. Member then stated th4tt it: was Lis
intention to submit to the House a 'motion on !;e
subject of the allegation contained in this Petition.
He conlci not then -fix the precise dAy on whic,ll
would' bring, fiirward hiS mt tion,. but it n'tnild:
soon after the Easter holidays.
N.INURE CARRIAGE 111.1.,1,
Mr. BYNci moven.that this Nil should he res
ferrets to a Committee of the ‘vh.ole House.
After a few words from Mr. R. P.- Carew, Ad-
miral• Mariaaro,,' Mr. H. Sumner, Mr. Western,
and Mr. Brand„ it was agreed, that the Order of
the. Day for to Committee of the i.vhole I.lonle on
this Nu idnnail he discharged, and that it sbonhl
be referred to 4 Select Committee.

The motion about the employment of RU,3i:411
troops in Spnih was postponed from Frid:ty t',ll
Monday next.
PAYm<tsTEP.S OENEAAL OF TUE FOR CV,
Mr. CREEVEY, pursuant to his notite, role tr)
move for the Abolition of the offee of one. of the
Joint Paymasters General of the Forces. When
the Army Estimates had been referred to a Com -
nnttee of the whole Flouse; be had propose:l tiv,t
the sum voted tor the support of one-of the Post