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HOUSE OF PEJRS.
THURSDAY, JULY 16.

THE I,ord Advocate of Scotland and Mr. Nolan
%rem heard in the Appeal Wilson v. Alexander. •
The Hearth Tax Regulation Bill, and severalpri-
y,:t;! Bills, were brought up from the Commons,
ard read.a first time.

T..e two Exchequer Bills' Bills were read a third
t. . ,
`rne Duke of NORFOLK adverted to two Bills on
the table, viz. the Parish 4pprentices' Bill, and the
Traders' Assets. Which stood fora second read-
ing. To him they appeared to contain matter well
worthy investigation, and perhaps of some amend-
tuel:t. In order, therefore, that Noble-Lords. may
I:ave.time to turn their attention to these Bills, he
I}.9uls,l.wist), tho second reading, of 'them to 1:1e de-
terred till Monday the 27th inst. when he intended
himself to make some observations upon them.
..The Lola? CIIANCEI,I.O4 concurred in opinion
with the Noble Duke, and the Bills were ordered
t0,14e N;ad a second time
.ou the 27th.—Adjourtied.

HOUSE OF COMMONS,
THURSDAY, JULY
. A neW'Wtit was,OrdOed for the Barough of Hert-
ford, in the room of Lord Robert Seymour,. who,
having been also elected for the County of Caerrnar-
then, had Made his eleaion to serve for that County.
The Spa/meg informed the House, that he had
received a letter from Mr. Samuel Smith; who, hav-
ing been ele6ted for Midhurst and 'Leicester, had
made his election to serve for Leicester, -A new
Writ was then ordered forMidhurst.
• A Person presented certain Papers from the Corn-
missioners for Regulating the Otlices of,the House of
Commons ; which were ordered to lie on the table.
The Irish Penalties' Bill was read a third time,
and passed.
Mr. LtJSHINGTON brought up the Report of the
pill for altering the praetice of the Courts of Equity
in suits in which Members of Parliament are De-
fendants. The Report was agreed to, and the Bill
ordered to be read a third time to-morrow.
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL gave notice, that he
Should. to-morrow move for leave to bring in a Bill
t4A.lter and Amend the A& of the 40th of the King,
as fir as it .relates to Lands, the property of the
Crown, by entreat or forfeiture.
• The Folkstone Harbour Bill was read a third time,
pasied.
HOBLIOUIK reported from the Committee an-.
pp rated to consider of the Standing Order of the
House, relative to serving notices, by parties Peti-
tioning against' the Return of `Members, and the Re'-
sautfien of the CoMmittee, that, in case the Party or
his principal Agent cannot be found, a service of
potiee to that effeet, upon the Clerk of the House
of <.,:onnuoni, seven days before the examination Of
the Petitione.to be by him entered in a book to be
kept for that purpose, and open to the inspeuion of
ajl parties, should. be sufficient, was agreed to. '
The commitment of the East India Company's
4orisdhaion Bill was, on the motion of Mr. DUNDAS,
lialt-oif-ts., 'Liao

BREA,CII OF PRIVILEGE.
Mr. JEFFSRY, pursuant to his notice, rose to
cal the attention of the House to a circumstance,
which was not only a violation of the law, but a high
tokeach of the privileges of that House.' On the
29th of April the writs were issued, as he under-
stood, for the General Elation, and amongst the
other writs, one for the Election, of 'Burgesses to
serve in VarliaMent for the City and County...of the
city of Poole. Ha had been informed by the Mes-
senger of the Great Seal, that this writ had been
delivered immediately by him to. Mr. ;Jonathan
Brundretc, Chief Clerk•to Mr, Lowtoo,. in the city,
,to be sent to the Sheriff of Poole. When he called
upon Mr. Lowton, to inquire whether the writ 'had
been sent, he was intarmed, that it had 'been sent
th'ree hours before ; and on asking to whom the
writ had been sent, he received a rude answer, de-
clining to state to whom, and accompanied with an
observation, that it had been sent down in opposi-
tion to himself. It was not till the 20th of May that
,the Sheritf gave notice, that the elealien would be
NW on the ,25th of May, and in cefisequence Sir
itichard Bickerton, one of the Lords of the Admi-
ralty, awl himself; who had gone down to pole
when the writs were issued, expecting that the elec-
tion would come on immediately, with slveral of
the Oeetors of that City, were detained there 3 weeks,to
their great inconvenience. He should not de-
tain the Hou:o by .dwelling tion• the motives of
the conduct t& which he complained, but should
only
tstate, . that as parties ran- high in the city,
and the Members. were- nearly balanced, the
delay had been resorted. to in order 'to give an
ppportunity to one person, who would not have
been 0 age to vote till the f2'..,1 of May, time to attain
the proper dge to tote. The conseqnetice was a special
tetorn with, respeet to the two ,other Candidates, lie
baying been the only person aLually returned.' He
should not trouble the House farther at present, on
Mthe subjea, than by moving, that Mr. Steinfort,
essenger oh the Great Seal, who was attending in
the lobby, shoUld be called. to the Bar, to be examin-
ed relative to the business.
Mt...CRUMMY wished to know what Breach of.
Vivilege the Hon. Member complained of.
T
he SPEAKER said, it was hia duty to answer that
question. Undoebtettly, any person who detained
a Writ issued for the Eleilion of a Member of 'that
ilouse, was, guilty of a high crime and misde,
'rueanour, the highest of which that House knew,
bscause fetch (onclnel had the effe& of keeping the
gepresentatives of the People, "who ought to be in
the House, for the time, out of it.
Mr; Steinfort was then brought to the Bar, and-
stated; that he had reCeiVed the Writ for Poole a
'rifer twelve o'clock, on the 30th of April, and
&livered it within less than two hours after to Mr.
13 tLiiidreit, Chief Clerk of Mr. Lowton, for the pur-
j~ct of
bcing forwarded witb ail possible expedition
to the'Sheriff of Poole, .
Mr. "Strinfori then withdrew, and Mr. Thomas
ytort aud'Mr. Jonathan Brundrell were ordered to
attend the flonse to-morrow, after which the fur-
if,er. .cOnsi'Llertt ion of the rni,carriage Of the Writ fin'
tie late 1-41etonfor
• n ' Poole w put. off mtill to-orrow.
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