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h/OUSE OF PEERS.

MONDAY,' MAY 6.

'Vitt Committee of Vrivileges appointed to search for pre-
cc4.lcors -relative to the Message sent lrom the House of Com-
mons, requesting the attendance of Lord ViScount Melville
hefae Mu Committee of that tionse, respeeting lite Tenth
Report of the Coaninissioners of,Naval !liquify, sat for some
time, but no strangers were admitted, We understynd
however, that the Committee, after making some progress,
adjourned to Thursday,.
The loan Cit,ncrt. Lox then took the Woolsack, after
Which their Lordships proceeded further in the Appeal
flane,lo4. ''Vrusteu for Sir Andrew Cathcart, against the
'Earl of CasSilis. Mr. Clarke Was,,fmally heard in reply.---
Thel.pao CHANCELLOR took a brief review of some or the
I.'ading points of the Casa, and concluded by Moving to dere't
judgtriunt until this clay fortnight, which' was agreed

to.
14Ir.PrzankrOINT,Mr. Eozorot4,Mr. Gri.s.tutsa,and
*era' other ;Members of, the 1-louse of Commons, brought up
three private Hills ; which Wet,. read a first tiriti.%
Lord Cak;Nvlt.La renewed his Notice of a Motion for
Ft 11,.ay next on the Catholic Petition.
' Thr..'Vishop of 0 x ro.no presented a Petition from the
FtCaiolitas of 0 3trOrtishire, praying that the Restraints upcn
the Catholics might hot be repealed ; which was ordered to
lie on the Table.
Lord MULGRAve rerni tided their Lordships that they stood
;;Itrnmoned tot to-thorrow upon a Notice or his given bctbre
the Recess, relatiVe to one of their Standing Orders, that
which_ enables any Peer to move the !louse into a Com-
mittee whenever he desires it. , The more he had considered.
that Order, the more he was convinced it-ought not to re-
rmin upon the Books of the House; and he should, there.
fore, to-morrow, 'Move to expunge it.
NI Lord u t.o Av said, that a Noble Friend of his, bo had
thidertrakentO bring forward a Clahge TO be added'ro the Uni.
vet sity Advowson Bill, had not yet been üble,to complete it ;
anti he, thendoie, wi.,hed that the further consideration of the
Y3ill.migltt be postponed till:Wednesday. , •
trtera short conversation between the Bishop of Oxr us u,
the Bishop of Sr. ASAPii. the Loam CHANCELLOR, and
LoM MILLrot AV r., the Order for the Committee sitting this.
clay was discharged, and fixed for Wednesday.--Adjourned
to.rporrew. (this day).

HOUSIJ OR COMMONS.
• moNDAY, MAY 6, , •
The Stt Ak ea read to the House a Letter he had received'
front the Commissioners of Naval Inquiry, in answer to the
Vote of Thanks which he had transmitted to .them. I t
'stated the gratification it • afforded them to' learn that their.
Contl,n6l had beep considered by the House as deserving a Vote
of Approbation ; a testimonial which they were, aware con.:
fermentthe hie,hest honour on any persons; engaged in the..ser-
vice of the Public, and tvWeit they received with thugreatest
respeet and thank.i.• It concluded with letun,ing their ac-
knowledgments to the SreAKLR, for the obliging manner in
which hC trad been pleased to communicate to +titan the. Vote
'tof the kion§.e.
Mr. COURT, from the Trinity House, presented an
Ac-
coynt of the hallast delivered to Vessels in the It iverduring
the.fina thirty years, di:itini,nishing the Foreign Ships from
the Engliih, sod ipecitying the quantity in eaCif year.
tiered to he primed:.
• ' Sc 'JO A :;so. vte,and the Hon. C. kriox, took the Oaths
awl their Seats.:
' 'Mr. li u LLAR, frOrn- the Treasury, presented Accounts of
the Produce of the permanent and War Taxes ; which Were
ordered to be printed.
Mr. lout: VANE presented a Petition from the Fre holders.
oft he County of c)r ford, against the Catholic Emancipation;
which was read, and ordered to lie on the rabic.
• On the Motion of Dr. Du to es& AN, the Irish First Fruits
Bill was read a second time, and ordered to Jac committed on
Wednesday.
Mr. CAS.OR A r T presented the Declaration of Sir FRANCIS
rue n r ,; wbtCh was' read 'by the Clerk. It contained 2
st.itement of the progresti3Of the Poll at the late Middlesex
E It Ci.tun,
,and concluded With intimating the lion. baronet's
intention not to dekt)diii3 Seat. ,
'Eliot Clause ot the Ad of Parliament was then reatt in
• pursuance to the 'provisions or Which the Declaration was
tormed.
After a few words front' the SzcRETARy'AT WAR and Mr.
H, Tuna statmg their disapprottation at a 11refir (Ica!
or' irrelevant matter in the Declaration, Friday, the 7th of
l une, wa4 the day fixed for acting upon it.
LORD MELVILLE.
Mr. !OUTER E AD, said, that however anxious
his feelings had beets during the,wliole course of the
unileriaking in which he had ertgaged, they were in
no sta;e of it so much au as in the rretent. This.anx.
ietY slut not 've 601-any consciott,nesS of impro.
Fiery in hitmeti, hut from his apprehension kit the
decistim of the loose on what he was about to sub.
mit to them should not correspond with their former
proceedings.' There were two pathrbefore them ;
one, hy the Way of justice, to itom ,rtal honour ;
the other, by mistaken clemency, to disgraCe and
danger. If immediately atter the parsing of the
Resolutions on the Bth'of April it had been pro.
posed to Address His, M4jesty to remove Lord
Nrlville frem.liii Presence 'and Councils for-ever,
he was convinced------
I'6e of the• EXCI-IgQUER
slioke to order:'—He understood the notice of the
Honourable Gentleman air including merely the con.
siOeration of ilia Maiesty's' Answer. He had a
eominurrication to make to due House, which he
trusted the candour' of the Hon. Gentleman would
give him an opportunity of doing before he pro..
;ceded.
triragßE,l9 replied, that any common'.,
cation which the Right I Lm. Gentlenitto might haiie
to- make would 1:11114 with more propriety after he
had .stated his Motion. • He tepeated his convidian,
that if, immediately after the passing'of the Rest).
jurions on the APril, it had been proposed •
'totAddresS His' Majesty to remove Lord Melville
from-his Proence and Councils for ever, u Would'
have been' passed without a disienting voice. Had
Lord Melville. been Member of the House of
Cominons, and had the. expulsion of Mr. DUndits
Iron; the flooae ,been proposed, 'he was certain it.
would have been carried With?lit a disienling voter.
On the sett:lnd:tidy hoWe yr r, after these Resolutions
Ji.rd beep wherl he moved 166 an Address, it
ueetned to be the sense of the House that in lieu of
,it the geattlutions should he carried 'to the foot of
the Throne. They were so; but the conrequences
expea.cd did nc t take place. Lord Melville
signed'his- situation as Fires Lord of the Admiralty;
but he received no mat k of the Royal displeasure
his name was not expunged from. the List at Privy
Councillors ; indeed the Right Hon. Gentleman op.
?mite bad told theflouse that he saw no reason for
arty-it:log His Majesty to take sach a step, and yet
sin appeal bad been made to the House whether they
did not think the Noble Lord had been stiffieieOtly
punished. If indeed the humiliation to which he
had submitted, if, the degradation which he had suf.
l'cred in the resignation of his-high office, to which,
trz:had been compelled by' the cry of the'oation,. if
- the broker; heart and the contrite spirit which were
these were to be takem
the necebsitry e,nsequence, if
into consideration, then-undoubtedly his punishment
had deers great, as much greater than any punishment
that liQuse, as the hand of
that could he infltded by
Goal was More povverful than that of man. Horfuria-,
But this rues riot the view of
trio 11, u jett 'whicit at Willie the 1104:e W take. 1