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FaLNCH REBEL OF ST. DOMINGO.

On 'Thursday April 3oth will be published, embellished
With his Portrait taken from Lire, price 2i. sewed,
SHE LIFE of TOUSSAIN F .LOUVERTURE,
f. Chief of the French Rebels in St. Domingo, containitt.:
the most remarkable circumstances of his youth, his jOinin:;
the celebrated Negro Chiefs Biassou, liouchimont, and Jul
Francois •,; hisjoining and deserting the Spaniards, and the
atrocities of the war he carried on against the i r ncil ;
joining the French Standard, and rendering himself inde-
pendent in St. Domingo, and the cruel -ads which accom-
partied his first resistance to the expedition of C en. Leclerc.
Translated from the French of Al. Dithroca.

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IMPERI4L PARLIAME.Iv T.

HOUSE OF PEERS,

MONDAY,' APRIL 26.

TH,Ts. day the House met pursuant to Adjournment,
after-she Easter Recess and the LORD CHANCEL-
LOR, recovered from his late indisposition, re-
sumed his sea t
.upon the Woolsack.
. Counsel were.heard in continuation, and finally,
relative to the long-pending. Scotch Appeal, Lothian
And others v. Henderson, and Co. viz. Mr. ALEX.
ANDER, on the part of the lespondents, and Mr.
ATTORNEY-GEN ER AL, fax the Appellants, in re-
ply.' Their Lordships deferred giving judgement
thereon till to-morrow se'nnight.
Lord ELt..st.rrto.aouoll, Chief justice of the
:Cdurt King"s Bench, (late Sir EDWARD LA.w,
Attorney-General,) was introduced with the ac-
customed formalities, sworn, and took his seat.—
His Lordship's supporters were Lords AUCKLAND
and ALVANL EY. .

The Bank Rest.riftion Bill was brought up from
the Couupoos by Nl,r. Alex qxn R, .and read a 4ist

time.

Six private Bills were also brought up—Lord
L. GOWER, Sir joHN FREDERICK, General
IVIATTL,4I•ID, RI la Mr. FAttgunAit,. one each, 'and
*wo by Mr. JEFF ERyS, of Coventry.
'The Rills bron the Table were forwa;ded in their
-Fespeekive .stages ; in the course _of which the se-
cond readin\g of Lane's Divorce Bill was fixed for
Thursday. •

. _
In consequence of a Petition for leave„ presented
by the Duke of NORFOLK, notwithstanding the
pustamary time of receiving Petitions for private
pills, &c. being elapsed, a Bill Was brought in,
And read:afirst 'time, the objet of which, as we
could .collel, was to enable -Pis Royal Highness
the DUKE of YORK to dispose of his House in Picea-
Some loci vaie Business was then disposed of; after
which, at a quarter after six o'clock, their Lord-
ships adjourned till to-morrow.

HOUSE OF CO4INONS,

MONDAY, APRIL 26.

-The CHANCELLOR cf the EIC HE (.%(7E R rose,.
ireconsequence.of a notice he had given on a former
day, to move for leave to bring in a Bill to regu-
late the sale of the Land_Tax. He stated, that the
purport of this Bill was first, to prolong the term
fixed for the sale of the Land_Tax, which by the
present 'Aft 'terminated in. July next ; this would.
enable the purchasers to , avail themselves the
greater abunklance of money consequent on 'the re-
storation of Peace. A second objed . was, to get
_rid of the tight which the present Ad conferred on
proprietors to repurchase their Land-Tax at a future
period; this would secure' it to the present pur-
chasers, and 'thus ad as an, encouragement to them.
Another very important object , was embraced by
this Bill: it was intended to amend and-chi away
certain provisions in that -Ad, called " Powis's
Xet,". and by adopting more efficacious measures in
their place,- to. expedite the sale of the Land_Tax.
Leave was granted to bring in the Bill, and the
CHANGFt.Loa of the ExcHscut x.wasordered to
prepare and bring in the same.:
Mr. M. A. TAYLOR rose, in consequence of a
Dotice he had given on a tkirmer day, to move for
leave to bring in a Bill tc:eame-.nd the existing regu,
iatipns of the Committees appointed to decide on
Contested Eledions, and by this means to expedite
the prOceeedings of. the said Committees. He ob-
served, that the speedy decision of Contested Elec-
tions was a matter of very great importance both to
the persons immedi;.tely concerned, and to the com-
munity at large. He should' not enter into the for-
mer Ads passed relative to this subjed. Mr. GRE N-
VI L L E was reckoned a great improvement, as
it introduced more accuracy into the proceedings of
these committees, and yet great inconveniencies
had afisen from' the delays 'consequent 'on its provi-
jions. It was the intention of the present Bill to
semove these inconveniencies, to introduce .life and
tretivitv into-Mr:GRENVILLE'S Aet; while at the
same time it made no alteration in its principle.—
Two inconveniencies it was particularly intended
. to remove : the first was, the delays that attended
taking down the evidence delivered before the Com.
mittee. This evidence was taken down by one of,
the Clerks, a person often wholly out of the habit
of taking down evidence ; the consequence of which
was, that the questions proposed were obliged,
with their answers, to be repeated over several
times. This protraded the proceedings of the Com-
mittee to a length extremeiy disagreeable both to
its Members and to all. concerned. The remedy
was simple, and obvious. It was well known how
accurately and expeditiouSly the proceedings of
Courts could he taken
_down in short,hand writing ;
and this was the remedy he proposed to introduce.
Courts of Law had often referred any dispute that
arose on their previous proceedings to the accuracy •
of the short-hand writer; and in order to secure it
to the satisfldion of all parties; he meant to make
a provision in the Bill, that the short-hand writer
should take-an oath to take down every thing accu-
rately. It was with a view .to the oath that -lie
applied to Parliament, as the, regulation could in
other respeds be introduced by the Committee it-
self. By means of this short-hand writer, he was
Confident that business which he had seen detain
such Commit tees for seven weeks, might be finished
in seven days. • The other point which the Bill was
intended to regulate was, the balloting for the Com-
mittee. As the present regulations stood, it was
necessary to go through the same forms previous to
each ballot. By this means, if there were a great
nnmber of Contested Eledions, they must lie over
for years, as the length of the forms prevented More
ballots than one from taking place in one day. The
remedy which he intended to propose was as fol.
lows : that the same forms should' not be repeated
on the same day, but when the names of the Mem-
bers present were once put into the ballot-box, one
forty-nine should continue to be drawn after ano-
ther,•for as many Committees as it ,was intended to
appoint for that day ; and that the first Committee
-balloted should be appointed to consider the Petition
that sto, d first on the list, and so on. He intended
also to introduce some other char. -es with regafii to

the Nominees; but on this he should enlarge more
particularly at a future stage of the Bill. Hetxu,sted
that the Utlise, op their part', would afford that
attendance which was requisite to render
,the
efficacious ; it was a duty due to their Country, as
well as to the persons concerned, not to leave it
irt the power a Returning Officer to prevent a
Member duly ele4ecl from obtaining possession of
his seat in Parliament till after a delay of two or
three years. Possibly some Gentlemen of the Pro-
fession to which
,he forrnerly belonged might not be
much satisfied with the expediting provisions of
this Bill, and might think six weeks attendance
better than six days ; but he trusted that they had
:oo.much regard for the public good to oppose it
from motives of private interest, and the loss of
fees. He then Moved for leave to bring in the Bill,
upon which
Mr. R4NI S said, he did not wish to throw any
obstacles in the way of the Bill. For his own
part however, he could not but think, that the
Committee? if 'they found it proper, might in-
troduce a Short,hand Writer as well without the
interference of the Legislature. As to the second
provision, he-did not well understand how it could
be applied as a remedy. The intention of his ris-
ing at present, however, was to mention a notice
conneaed, with the Bill. In the praetice of the
Committees, onkton tested Eleaions, he had observed
one thing in which material amelioration might be
effeaed, and both he and others had experienced the
necessity of some amelioration in it. He alluded
to the appointment of Nominees; but should defer
any fa,rther observations till a futtlre stage of the
Bill. •

SPEAKER said, that the proper stage for
the Hon. Gentleman to introduce his amendments
would be by way of instrudion to the Committee,
previous to the third reading.
Mr. SIMEON made several observations on the
impropriety of prescribing to any Court the, forms
it was to employ in taking evidence. He said,
that the Committees on Contested Eleaions were
as independent a Court of Judicature as any, in the
Kingdom, and, therefore, had complete ri;ht to re-
gulate the form of their own proceedings.
Mr. M. A. T4YLOR rose to explain. He said,
that he understood the :intention of Mr. GREN.
VILLE'S Bill to :that the evidence should serve
as a record to stare the Committee in the face,
if at any time they should deviate from the deci-
sion marked out by the evidence before them.—.
It was usual for the Members to take notes, to
dire et their own decisions, but the Clerk was re-
sorted to, in case of any deficiency or dispute.—
The Short-hand Writer could read his own writing
as distin&ly as the Long-hand Writer. He could
also take the cross-examinations, which at prokent
were almost entirely lost: His accuracy
.was also
secured by oath. It was not intended to force. any
regulation on the Committees. They might (Ikea
notes to be taken, or not as they pleased ; and• if
they chose to sit six weeks instead of six days, they
were at liberty
,to do 'so. It was only intended, to
provide them with the means of expediting their-
labours, if they chose it ; and for this purpose he
proposed to have a .sworn short-hand Writer always
in readiness.

Leave was then given to bring in the Bill.
The SECRETARY at WAR gave notice, that on
Thursday next he should move for leave to bring
in a Bill to enable His Majesty, in certain circum-
stances, to avail himself of the services of the Yeo-
banry Corps.
Mr. tIILEY ADDINGTON moved for a new Writ
for the Borough of Newton, Hants, in the Room of
Sir EDWARD LAW, now-Lord ELLEN.BOROUGH,
appointed. to the Chief Justiceship of the King's
Bench.

Mr, N. VANSITTART moved the Order of the
Day for the House resolving itself into a Committee
to consider of an At for enabling His Majesty to
raise certain sums of money on Exchequer Bills.
The House havitig resolved itself into the said
Committee, and the Resolution being put, that this
sum do amount. to Two Millions,

Mr. ROBSON wished to know if we were now
to expert the p.ayment-.of,the Arrears of the Civil
List, and if the present Vote of Credit would enable
Ministers to liquidate its debts. If not, he should
rather vote the amount of the present issue of Exche-
quer Bills to be increased to 3,000,0001. than that
the Tradesmen of His. Majesty should hise their just
demands. He said, he recolleded a case where half
a million had been voted in aid of the Civil List,
and yet His Majesty's Tradesmen remained unpaid
for two years afterwards. By late Ads, he under-
stood, that if a Tradesman's demand on the Civil
List were. to remain unpaid for two years', it be-
came void ; which would be-a severe loss to' honest
industry.
Mr. N. YANSITTART said, that. the Hon.
Member had mistaken. the Provisions of Mr.
BURKE'S Bill, to which he alluded. That _Bill
never was intended to rub the industrious Trades,
man of his due, or to deprive His Majesty's menial
Servants of the rewards of their labours. It pre-
scribed no time at which their just 'claims became
void ; The Lords of the Treasury could alone suffer
by its Provisions, as their Claims became void as
soon as Eight Quarters were due. The addition of
another Million to the Vote of Credit; could have
no effed, in expediting the payments, as it would
not accelerate the payments to Government. Go-
vernment had the payment of His Majesty's- Trades.
men as much at heart as any one.
Mr. R036:,0N repeated Jiis former assertions
with regard to the arrears and distress of the trades-
men who had claims on the 'Civil List ; and ob-
served the satisfildinn it must give-to His Majesty
to have these claims liquidated. "
Mr. BR AqQE made some pointed observations
on the Hon. Member, repeating his expressions of
concern for the losses of the tradesmen,'after he had
been convinced that his former statement about the
losses they were to incur was unfounded. Mr.
BURKE'S Ad alluded only to Placemen and Pen-
sioners, but allowed butchers, and bakers the price
of their goods.
Mr. ROBSON said, that he wished the Civil List
to be completely paid tip, that he might then know
for what purpose rpone.y was ,voted. He should
then be enabled to separate His Majesty's debts
from those of the Minister ; and .be enabled to

stew his desire ,of .serving His Mijesty., while at
the game time he refused to discharge the debts of
the I‘,Ainister.

The CHA NCELLOR ,of the EXCHEQUER
adverted to some false statements which had fallen
from the Hon:- Member.. He said that it was once
thought that the prompt payments on the Loan
would have afforded the means of liquidating His
Majesty's debts, But ,circumstances hadprevented
these from taking place ; and the first instalments
were necessarily employed in paying off money that
had been advanced by the Bank. It was unjustifi-
able in the lion;entleman'to assert that Trades-
men were in clang& of losing their claims by a de-
lay of paymeat. Mr. Burke's Bill was intended
as an incitement to Pensioners and persons in the
Executive Government, to expedite the payments,
and was by no means intended to fall on the Trades-
men'and menial Servants. As to the time of pay-
ment, he trusted that His. Majesty's Ministers had
credit from the House and their Country, that they
would lose no time in liquidating the debts -of the
Tradesmen as soon as they possibly could. No
persons could feel more interested to have the debts
of the Civil List done away, than those who were,
in the eyes of their Countryintn, responsible for
expediting these payments.
After a few more words from Mr. RossolF., the
Bill passed the Committee, and the House having re-
sumed, the Report was ordered to be.received to-
morrow.

Mr. WICKIii!,M gave notice of his intention of
moving for leave to bring in a .Bill to enable His
Majesty to continue the services of certain of the
Yeomanry Corps of Ireland, under, certain regu-
lations.