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London, England, 1802-06-14 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF PEERS,

SATURDAY, JUNE 12.
SCOTCH APPEAL.

-COUNSEL were finally heard relative to that im-
portant and long-pending cause, MORTHLAND and
JOHNSTON, v. CADELL, viz. Mr. ADAM tit
great length on the part of the Appellants in reply—
Cheir Lordships met at an early hour, chiefly in.
reference t 9 this appeal, and at a quarter after '52
o'clock, Mr. ADAM entered on his reply.'
As soon as the Learned Counsel had concluded his
arguments,
The LORD CHANCELLOR rose, and in a
speech of some length, stated the nature of the
case, for the further information of their Lord-
ships, :and in pointing out its general, as well, as
peculiar importance, he displayed his usual ta-
lents and ,depth of legal erudition.' Drawing to a
conclusion, .his Lordship observed, that a great
deal of deliberation, even on the question of Costs,
was necessaty in a case like that before them ; as
these, in tonsequence of the attempt made to jus-
tify whaLw.::g ti Libel, and a gross Calumny on
a Magistrate, must, in such a voluminous case, be
very considerable.—This question would also form
an import int part of the case, as distinguishing the
cue of Mr. IVIORTHLAND • from that of JOHN-
STON : Upon the whole, on the groUnds he had
stated, the case was of very great importance ;
nod also, with a reference to the Liberty of the
Press, and the .charaBers of all the pa`rties Con_
corned, as well as to the lesser consideration of
pecur4ry interests ; he hoped,- therefore, their
Lordships would not deem it too long, though the
Session was drawing to a close, but which delay he
proposed, in 'order 'to afford them an opportunity of.
du!y considering the case, that its fiirther Consider_
.
ation be postponed till Monday se'nnight. This
proposal, meeting the of their Lord-
ships, %1.-as immediately assented to.
After a short conversation between the Earl of
SUFFOLK, Lord WALSINGHAM, and the -Lotto
CHANCELLOR, in which the last-mentioned Peer
al!utied to the state of the noble and learned Lord's
health, who first introduced
,the subjeet, the
order for taking into consideration on Thursday
next, the i zDth Standing Order, was discharged,
and fixed for the following day. _ .

The various Bills before the House were for-.
warded in their respeaive stages. In the course of
these, BoNHAm's. Divorce wss, read a third
time, and . passed ; and the Standing Order, No.
94, was ordered to be taken into consideraLion
Tuesday next, with a reference to its being. dis-
pensed with, as far as relates to a certain Estate
Bill, then on its progress through .the House.
Upon this occasion their Lordships were ordered to,
be summoned ; and, in the course of the proceed,
ings, some business was fixed for Tuesday fort_
night.
After some time had elapsed, Mr. ALEXANDER,
attended by Devovil Members, brought up from the
Commons, the Alens' Regulation Bill, the 'West
India T.lcks Road Bill, the National Debt.Redue-
tion, the Dublin Water-works, and the Irish
Linen Bills.—These were severally read
.a first
time, and some private business disposed of. After
which their Lordships adjourned till Monday.

HOUSL OF COMMONS,

SATUIU)AY, JUNE 12.

HE House :':axing resolved itself into a Corn.
rnittce to consider of His Majesty's Message re-
lative to an Annuity to be granted to Lord Farr-

FFITNSON,

The C:7;:::"CELLOR of the EXCHEQUER
said, tlia great Lord Hutchinson's merits
its an indiv ~.-;ere,-.yet. the present question was
.not to be lo,Aed.upen as a question of a private,
but of -a public nature. The Nation hadi-in conse-
quence of .Lord Hutchinson's eminent services,- eon-
fet•red.Ou him a title of distirltion ; and they were
now bound, in honour, not to -allow that dignity
to he merely n_ugat'.)ry, which, without the present
vote, it rest be, as Lord Hutchinson's private
fdrtune was .no: iie able 'to support it. With re-
g.!rd to.the time from which this Annuity should
commence, no period could be more appropriate
than the -2d of September, 1801,. a day ever me-
morable, from the Surrender of Alexandria to the
Troops under his command, to whom the Country
were now rendering a tribute of gratitude. He
should therefore move, That there be tranted
out of the Consolidated Fund- the. annual sum of
20301., to commence from .the 2(1 of September,
180 J, •to Lord Hutchinson,. Baron of Alexandria
and Knocklofty in the Kingdom of Ireland, and to
his two next heirs male."

This Resolution was agreed to, and tile Report
ordered to be received' on Monday.
The Irish Chancellor's Salary Bill was read a
first time, and ordered- to be read a second time on
Monday..

The Bill for regulating the period for making
up the Public Accounts, was' read a third time and
Passed.

The French PostLoffice Bill passed through a
Committee, and the Report was ordered to be re-
ceived on Monday. • ,

The House having gape into a Committee on
theiExport and Import 2111,
M 7. VAN"3:TTART moved, ;hat the Duties. im-
lpostd Session. on Blubber, , Fish-
and all Oils made of 'arty animals liv-
ing in ; as also the Dtities on all Linen;.
ern, ;,, d Flax, -imported into Greai Britain by
the Cempany trading to the East In,lies, do ceas*c
13 deterAM AgT6ed to. • •

Mr. VAI •I TTART then moved, t;lat a Duty of
laid upon every ' Ton irfrorted into
Great Britain, containing zso galious of Blubber.

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He then moved that a Duty of 163. mi. be laid
upou every ion Imported into Great Britain, con-
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The-Irish Linen IVlanufaCiare Bill was read a
third time and passed.
The_ Commercial Road Bill was read a third
time and passed.
The House baying resolved itself into a Com-
mittee on the Aa relative to the Salt used in the
Pilchard Fishery, _ _ _

Mr. N. VANSITTART then moved, " That this
Aft do cease and determine."—Agreed to.
He then moved, " That 360 pounds of Salt be
allowed for every cask of Pilchards or Shads salted."
Agreed to.
The Report to be received on Monday.
The Bill allowing the -Importation of certain,
articles from Tortola, was read a first time, and
ordered to be read a second time on Monday.

•It was resolved, in a Committee of the whole
House, that certain Stones be *Dried Duty Free
frpm Guernsey.—The Report on Monday.
_ _

Mr. TIERNEY moved,.“ That there be laid be-
fore the House an Account of the Unfunded Debt
on Exchequer Bills Outstanding on the sth of June
,instant, on what Funds charged, and the probable
Estimate of the sufficiency of these Funds."—Or_
dered.
The Resolutions of the Committee on the Post
Horse A& were agreed to, and a Bill ordered to
be brought in upon them.
The "Report• of the Clmmittee on the Hackney
Coach Bill was brought up, and the Bill ordered
to he read a third time on Monday.

Mr. TIERNEY observed, that in the Estimates
of the Ways and Means" for the year, the sums
expened to arise from the sale of the Land-Tax
had been anticipated, insteaa of being retained in
reserve to meet the two millions,of Exchequer Bills
that now became due ; the consequence of which
would lie, that upon these Bills .being paid in, a
deficiency of two millions would arise in the Esti-
mate of the Ways and Means.

Mr. N. 17ANSIrTART observed, that though
these Bills became due, there was, no Probability,
from their bearing an advantageous interest, that
they ivould
,be paid in ; and unless nearly the whole
were paid-in; no deficiency could arise.
Mr. STEELE said, that upon the Income Tax
being given 'up, these Bills became charged upon
the Codsolidated Fund. Supposing, then, that all
these Bills, should be paid in,
.(which was by no
means probable, considering the advantageous terms
on 'which they were held), the only consequence
would. be, that the Consolidated Fund would be
reduced by their amount below the Estimate which
:had been made of it. No other de4ciency what-
ever could arise.

A Message from the Lords announced the Assent
of their Lordships to the Field Crop, Cotton Ap-
prentice, and Irish Militia Subaltern Bills.
Lord SHEFFIELD said,, he had given notice of
a Motion for leave to bring in a Bill to dire
Parish Officers to make a'return of the total.sum of
money raised in each Parish by Assessment, under
the name .of Poor Rates, in the respective years
ending at Easter 1.800, 180 r, and /80z : at what
rate in the pound they were made, and how much
of the moneycolleCted was applied for the payment
of County Rates. He observed, that the Poor
Rates have most alarmingly,increased within a very
few years, and since the last return, ari-d that it was
become by far the' greatest tax of any kind, existing
in this or any other Country, and that there could
be no doubt of its amounting to considerably more
than lull the rental of England during the last two
or three years.—But; that .we might not depend on
vague assertion, he wished that' the coned amount'
might, be known to the Legislature, and that it
might be seriously Considered, whether some relief
cannot be given to the Country,
.and also, whether
the . management and raising such enormous sums,
and- alsO the expenditure, without any thing Worthy
the name of cootroul, should be entirely left in the
• present incompetent hands. It is well known that
Parish Officers are appointed, whether fit or not,
because it. is the turn of their house or farm, and
that frequently they can neither read nor write.
He did not 'intend, at present, to propose any inea_
sure, but simply to obtain information, on which
some measures might he founded.
Mr. SHAW LEFEFRE allowed that rho Rates
were endrmously.high, but he doubted if the pre-
sent measure would tend to lessen them. The Over-
seers, he observed, had done, more for the Poor
during the late hard years than even Jtv‘tice re-
quired ; and while then were negldting 'their own
affairs to take care of "the. Poor, no wonder that
they would discharge their duty with impatience
and relud'adce, if they were harassed over and'
above by Ac'ls like that proposed at present., He
wished such, Bills to originate rather in the Corn:-
mittee above Stairs than in the House. From these
considerations, and the lateness of the'Season, he
felt himself bound to oppose the Motion. -
Lord SHEFFIELD explained, that .the mode he
proposed was much more simple than those of
1776 and 1786. He was surprized to hear objec.
tions Made to obtaining information ; that all
agreed it was absolutely necessary to do something,
- and surely the groundwork of the inquiry should
be a correa statement of the stun to be raised.
The -Hem. C7entleman had said, it would alarm the
Country ; but cm the contrary, he was of opinion,
that the Country would be highly gratified, be-
cause it would be an earnest that Niliament meant
to proceed in- that momentous concern : instead of
alarming-the Public, he meant to alarm the Legis-
lature, and to bring before them the absolute ne-
cessity of not suffering the Country to groan under
such an intolerable grievance. It was very igno-
rantly supposed, that the high price of corn had
Made amends to 'the Farmer tor the great increase
of the Poor Assessments : that in the greater part of
England it was by no means' the case ; that he
knek,large dis'trias of many parishes, where the
average Pow Rate amounted to eighteen shillings
and' sixpence in the pound on Rack Rents ; and it
was weft 'worthy the attention and consideration of
Sratestrien'how this unprecedented burthen can be
lightened, if it were only for the purpoSe of ena_
bling• tile people better to bear the load of other
taxes unknown in any other country. -
'Mr: TIERNEY was convinced, that to have
more information,: on the snbjeCt was highly' ex,l:;-
(lient ;. but he could wish; it to be procured other-
wise than. *by TiiitiAnentary, interference; which
iv* al) C.N:;i-e'll3ely expensive giCtllo'di