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11V1PERML P/IRLIAMEN7.

HOUSA OF PEERS.

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 22.

AFTER some routine and private business was
4§Aposecl of, the various Bills before the House were
041orwarded in their respective stages ,T; these mostly
stood for,Comniittees, and accordingly they passed
At through that stage.
Two Bills were brought up from the Commons,
and read a first time.

The Order of-the Day being read, for the House
.to resolve itself into a Committee, upon the Navy
Abuses Bill, upon the Question being put,
The DUKE of'CLIIRENCE rose to oppose :the
proceeding, and to urge
.a variety of objections
against, the measure, He thought that on a Bill of
so great importance, and such an extensive opera-
tion, the Noble Earl who presided at the Admiralty
'Department, and who must naturally be supposed
to be the chief promoter of the measure, ought io
have attended,' in order to state the grounds and
'reasons on which he founded it. The Bill as it
stood was, in his estimatiod, at best nugatory and
ineffectual; and it was drawn up in so objedionable
a 'manner, as that the person who framed it (s 6 we
understood His Royal Highness) must have 'consi.
derably misguided His Majesty's Servants; and he'
thought it reprehensible that the Bill should be in-
troduced at stjch a time, that its discussion should
take place at such a period of the Session, when a
full attendance could hardly be expefted. He con-
sidered 'the' Bill-as unnecessary, because he con-
ceived that the Admiralty and other Boards were,
under their present' constitutions, endowed with
sufficient powers 'to 'attain the objeets of the pre.
sent Bill, and for the'correEtion of the Abuses com-
plained cf. Abuses there might exist in different
departments, but, he. could not avoid expressing his
approbation of some of the Boards in the Naval
Department, which he knew had, rendered essential
service to the PL:folic, and done their duty to their
King and Country ; he particularly instanced the
Transport and Sick and Hurt Boards. In addition
to theconsiderations 'he had stated, the Objeetions
entertained against the Bill by a Noble and Learned
Lord, 'thotigh he did not pretend to be 4r, adequate
judge of that part of the'subjefl, were, in his mind,
serious and weighty considerations against it. He
}epeated his regret at the absence of the• Noble Earl
at the head of the Admiralty ; and taking the mea-
sure in the most favourably point-. of view,' he
thought it would be advisable, at least,.to defer it,
until that Noble Person could attend, or to afford
an opportunily of more maturely discussing the sub_
jett. 'He would therefore. move to amend the Oues-
tion, by substituting for the word this
iday three months."

The LORD CHAWCELLOR quitted the Wool-
sack, and observed, th;J if any thing had since
passed in his mind to increase or fortify the objec-
tions he had entertained against the Bill, he should
have little hesitation in 'supporting the Motion of
the Illustrious Personage.; hut upon mature and
close consideration of the subject in general, he
was induced to think that the _Bill may be ren-
dered serviceable to the Public, as to its proposed
ends at the same time, those objelions, in a great
,degree, were obviated, which, On a former night,
struck him so forcibly ; he , thought the measure
undersonsideration.should meet with the most at-
tentive investigation their Lordships could give it,
and _a Committee evidently was the fittest stage for
such a discussion) they would have to consider
what the'defreiencies in the existing law,' as appli
Fable to the subjel, were, and also to' ascertain
bow far the powers of the different Boards alluded
to extended.' These should be matters of grave
consideration, previous to the I,egislature resolving
toidelegate to any Commissioners or inferior Boards;
powers-constitutionally vested in itself. Such how-
ever, was often the pradice of Parliament, when
essential to the Public Service. With resped to
the present measure, an idea seemed to have gone
forth, that frauds, abuses,' irregularities and tills-
Condlia altialiy prevailed to such a degree as to
pall for public. animadvei•sion, Jn the light in
which he saw the 4ubjf:Ct, the Bill did not warrant
such a cqiclu,ion. Inquiry was the object, and
on that head, he, had to observe, that in ahriost
every other department of the -State, inries
had been instituted ; not even the Judges invest_minster-Hall were exempted':- not, however, on
account of any suspipions existing of gross abuse
in their departments, but merely Because, fol. the
Public Service, inquiry hactbeeri deemed necessary.
Ele did not, while he supported the Bill, assume
that what was 'alluded to, would be the result of
inquiry, but as the Public Mind seemed to be
anxious on the subjc6.l, he thought it 5t to institute
the inquiry, and its siw,estion, he thought, 're,
Hefted honour upon the' promoters of the 'measure.
With respet to any delay in the consijeration of
the Bill, he thought the idea should 'not be enter-
tained,until its merits were at least previously and

fully discussed by their Lordships. The Public
Mind was anxious upon the subjea, and the Wes-
tion, as it immediately stopd before that House;
was a very different one from that which ii was
on its being first proposed... With respeet to the

Noble Person at the lead of the Board of Admi-

xalty, as alluded to by the Royal Duke, they had
to lament, that the state of his health was such as
to render him unable to attend in his place ; but
there was little doubt that such a Bill as that in
question, would not have found its way thither,
except it.had the full approbation of that Minister.
—Some of the reasons stater 'by the Royal
Duke operated foi-cibly in frthur of the com-
mitment of the B;i1 ; to discuss them on the
present question, would be irregular : the Cotninit_
tee was the propel stow. toy/hid), under every con-
sideration conne,;_ted xvith the subject, the Bill ought
to be suffered to proceed. After it had gone through
_ _

that discussion, a Motion may he made either for
deferring,—or not passing the Bill ; besides, the
.House would recolleet, that the Bill contained a
power within itself for its further variation and
amendment.
. The DUKE of CLARENCE spoke shortly in ex-

i)lanation, in which he expresbed the tir.ot de-
ference for the opinions of tiie Noble anci'Learned
Lord on t 4 Wei!Aciack,' • !a- • •

The Question was then put, the Amendment
proposed by His Royal Highness was negatived, a,id
the House immediately resolved into a Committer
on the Bill, Lord WALSI NGFIALI in the Chair.

The discussion of the various Clauses'andProvi-
sions of the Bill were then entered upon, and, the
speakers were His Royal Highness the DUKE of
CLARENCE, the LORD CHANCELLOR, Lord Vis-
count NELSON, and Lord ELLENBOROUGH. The
two former Peers were several times upon their feet.
In the Clause for nominating the Commissioners,
the DUKE of CLARENCE considered those persons
as by no means adequately d,.!fined, the appellation
Esquire, not being sufficient for the purpose.—
Every one knew that Sir Cu. IVlO'a lc E POLE, Bart.
held a high rank, in His Majesty's Navy, but with
resped to the next, it did not sufficiently appear
who HENRY- NICHOL. Lt, Esq. was; he would
therefore recommend that the description " a Cap-
tain in His Majesty's Navy," be inserted.
,This after some explanatory conversation between
Lord ELLENBOROUOH and the Royal DUKE, ap-
peared to be held unnecessary by -the Committee,
and the latter did not pass his Amendment.
That part of the same Clause which relates to the
business of Prize Agency underwent much dis-
cussion.

The LORD CHANCELLOR Seemed to think
this part of the subject had been better if kept se-
parate, and under a different class of provisions—
The office of Prize Agent was in some sort known to
the Law ; the business- was certainly liable to fraud
and abuse as the Bill then stood,' and with those
provisions in it ; he thought the Committee had
-best turn their serious attention to the subject, and
make the provisions as efficacious as they could ; he
was therefore sorry to differ from the Royal Duke
(who had 'suggested such a proceeding) as the pro-
prierrofleaying out _.that part of the Bill at present.
Some farther 'conversation on the subject ensued
between- the Noble and Learned Lord, the Dims of
CLARENCE, and to'rd VikOllnt NELSON, the last
.of whom, adduced some instances of grievance in
the business in question; and argued for the appli-
cation of a- decisive and speedy remedy. To which
the LORD CHANCELLOR observed, that as the
-Commissioners were -to have power to report from
time to. time on the business, no time need be lost ;
and the DUKE of CLARENCE exi4ssed himself
strongly, as to the aggravated nature of the frauds
in the business of Prize Agency.
An Amendment .to :this part of the Clause was
adopted on the sliggestion of the LORD CHANCEL-
LOR r namely, between the words " specifying,"
and," such," the. wOrds " the nature of."
• Subsequent parts of the Bill underwent some
Amendments moved by the LORD CHANCELLOR,
after some-discussion between him and His Royal
Highness the DotcE of _CLAtt ENcE.
Ori the provisions in the 'Bill, empowering the
Commissioners to examine Parties on oath, as to
Abuses, &c. a discussion of some length took
place, and principally, on the part of the Loa o
CHANCELLOR, who regarded these, as the most
important part of the Bill ; and as some part stood
worded highly objectionable, inasmuch as the
words he alluded to, tended to induce 'a doubt, as
to what was the. Law of the Land—they Seemed'
to proceed upon a principle, which -was never
adopted in the Legislation/ of this Countiy:
the' ,effect of the Clause in question was to
oblige persons to witness against themselves,'
and furnish means for their accusation, which was
confessedly. against the principle of the Law of
England, which ordained that no man is bound to
accuse himself, There was also a degree of incon-
sistency with respect to 'this .parf.'of the Bill,
as the next Clause to ,that in ceuestiOn went
to enaet, that nothing which was so said shoUld
tend to criminate..—ln commenting upon this
reitt of the Bill in a constitutional and juridi-
cal point 'of -view, the 'Noble and Learned Lord
displayed equal talent powers of discrimina-
tion, -and profundity of;legal knowledge, and clear-
ly' pointed cut the objectionable effects which such
a provision_must -have. To obviate Which, it was
his intention to,propose to strike out (so we under-
stood:his. Lordship) ,the next COU‘se, anti to- intro-
.
duce a provision in its stead, which he thought
would have the desired effect. - On his Lordship
reading it' to' the Conirnittee; it appeared', to the-
following general purport : " Provided always, that
" no person be compelled 'to answer questions, &c.
which may tend•to criminate themselves." •
Lord ELLENBOROUGH expressed hiS coinci-,
.dence in Opinion with the NOble Lord on the Wool,
kad eeed to sa the Bill would be deter—
livewtousuch a po,xmnatonsso
conducted, 'if not directly criminating, may' afford
a clue, and indirectly implicate the parties in ed.
minal.charges. HOwever sacred he held this great
principle of the English Laws, he wished not to be
understood as saying, that cases of exigency may
not arise,' in'which it might be necessary to draw
the secret from the guilty bosom, With respeCt to
the Bill; he thought it afforded matter of high praise
and Commendation to thOse who brought it forward ;
and the Learned Lord adverted to some instances,
wherelte had opportunities, in his late official capacity,
Of hearing charges of abue and fraud, in a very
considerable degree, made against some of the De-
partments to be affected by the Bill. •
The remaining,Clauses and Provisions of the Bill,
after 'receiving some Amendments, were' agreed to
with little comparative discussion ; • and, we under-
stood the Noble and Learned Lord on the Wool-
sack to say, that he had some further Propositions
to offer, which it seemed to be his intention to,bring
forward on a 'subsequent stage of the l. Bil
The House then resumed, and ordered the Re-
port to be received to-morrow.
A few private Orders were then disposed of; and
the House adjourned,

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