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EVIPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

110 USE OF PEERS,
MONDAY, JULY. iB.

!'as House met at an hourly hour, and immediately pm.
Cesded to the farther hearing of Counsel and Evidence on the
bccasion of the Bristol Port Bill. Several Witnesses were
examined, and Messrs. ADAM and HA R ICIS6)/ were heard in
support of the Bill. SerjeAnt HLYWO os was heardin reply.
The question was afterwards- put, and the Bill read a
Second time. _

On the question for committing the Bill, a division took
place, when there appeared in favour of that proceeding five,
against it two.
The Bill, as we could colleet, was ordered to be referred to
a Committee above stairs
_

Mr. H. BlowNs and others, brought up the Scotch In.
land Navigation Bill from the Commons.

The Irish Loan and Thames Police Bill were brought up
by Mr. As.sx. NDI. R ; and a few Private Bills were brought
up by Messrs. BALDWIN, GR A It AM, and other Gentlemen.
The Bills upon the 'fable were forwarded it their several
stages.
The fad rf SUFFOLK took the occasion offered by the
second rea,inw of one of tuese Bills, to which the at7l+j,t+,:l had
sotne,reterence, to observe that there should be . 4 regert. Re-
turn of the P n
Poor. it was important their umbers, should
be known ; by a certain calculation the Poor of England, he
observed, amounted to Three Millions.
The LORI)CII4NCELLOR observed, it was competent to
the Noble End to move any Clause he should think 'proper ,
on that su'ojea, in the Committee on the Bill.
After some of the other Bills had neen disposed of,
The LORD CHANCELLOR called the attention of the
douse to a Bill introduced recently by a Noble Earl not then
in his place, the objeit of which was to postpone, until the
next Session of Parliament, the Proceedings, in their present
state, upon another Bill of very great importance (the Wool.
len Manuladurers Bill). then pending in their Lordships
}louse. After explaining the nature anti efieet of these
two Bina, he observed, that with reaped to the former,
Its °Nett in rising was to move to postpone the second
reading .of it for some time, if indeed their Lordships
should. ever think proper to give it a second reading.--
Upon farther consideration and inquiry respecting the
.11Ileasure in 'question, it appeared there was no precedent for a
oceeding of the kind, save and except the cases of hills of
ins and penalties, and for the due securing of those who, by
it
:it lir
,Ao,artsdout
olfiatdhcrepndroevreislotnsheomfSeanlVeexiicealriti,enntabcloentsbtittiule.
tion, that Parliamentary proceedings, save in the above in.
stances, were put an end to by the circumstance of a prom-
Bation. Indeed, the precedent which the adoption of Such a
ill would set, was rather of a dangerous tendency 1 it ;night
be extended to other measures ; the praaice might beponie
frequent, nay, a general Bill might at some future trine be
proposed. His Lordship then toned the circumstencesunckr
tvloch the House was placed with respeel to the Woollen
Manufacturers' Bill, and the ci:aterent options that are vested
In therm with respea to its future progress. He observed.
that while pending in the other Haute of Parliament, several
months were necessarily dedicated to its discussion : it came
Up to their Lordships at an advanced period, and with a refer.
fence to a due consideration of the subjett, and a proper men,
tion to the interests of the parties. it weuld be for them tole.tide whSt course they should take in the present Session. He
observed, that in a future Session the other House might
Oink it proper to go upon the report of their Committee
upon the subjeea, which would be a considerable saving of
• trine.; but it was with their Lordships, on a future oppor-
tunity, to determine. The Noble and • Learned' Lord 'then
alluded to a Bill which was some time pending before their
Lordships, and which, lie seemed to say, contained many of
the saltitaty and desirable provisions (the Bill for suspending,
.to a given time, all Proceedings in Atlions, Prosecutions,
ix', under certain Ails of Parliament relative to the Wool-,
' leo- maaial.aaluea.t—opet vtlia...ll.tt,. ..I,:ch taw -vet to,. c.,..h.r
tonsideritZ, -i $1,.-.;itia4tctikuposir to have speech': con4iutdcd.
}lc tlic:i inar.af, that the ,postponing Bill be read a second
time that clay fortnight, which was ordescci accordingly, .and
also that the Suspension Bill be taken into further consider.
ation on Thttraday next. —Ordered. . • .
The Bills brought up froin the Commons' were severally
read a first time.—Aciaounied till to-morrow.

'NOUS E OF COMMONS,
MONDAY, JULY

Tut 11111 fsrlranting.io,oool. for the purpose of making
a Canal ti :dn.! overne4s to Fort Augustus, was read a third
tune
,and passf.ii, upon the motion of Mr. IlAwtiNs
bitowNr. '.`. •

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• Some .u.eounts were brought up.. from the Exchequer re.
imeetitis, the wodyce of i),.rimnent Taxes, ending on the sch
of July, 1802, s0;;,i1 were ordered to be' I id on the Ti.l)le.
Jr: Alderman COMAE brought tip the report of a Bill for
raising a torce the City of London tor tile 11101" vigorousproseention of the 'War.--Orticred to Oe recommitted to a
'Committee of the whole tiott4e to.:moriow. •
Mr. V A NSI TT AR T moved the Order of the Day on the
sill ter regulating the made of bointini, prize goats.
. The 1-10mse tve;lt 'in; ti a Cwii.llittee Of the whole House
Upon the hill, ..vrieti Mr. VA N s TT AR I opened the nature of
it, which he said- was '0) be in force durkng the tontimi.M...e.
el the present hostilities, and to he silitittir.io that which was
an force in the last lie moved several rysollaions to
that elled, which were voted by the Comtnittee-1' he !louse
hying resumed; the'. report was ordered to be received" o-
morrow .
The Longitude Bill past a Committee of the whole House,
and the Report was ordered to be received to-morrow. -
'A Measa*;c from`the Lords informed the House that their
Lcrdshipt had agreed to several private Bills
Sir W. (MLitt)/ brought up the Report-of the pill for
providing Glebe Lands,„&c. to Churt.hes, &c. in England
and l reland.

The Amendments being read and agreed to, a Clause was
proposed by Mr. Boarotr, tiff providing that•no inarekthan
so 'Acres or Land should be applied to.,t Glebes ice, which
produced some opposition tront• Mr. flutter w-ho thought
this rneasurealtogether would operate to the discouragement
or industry in agriculture, ere. Mr. Coos r girl y renewed his objeaions to this Bill, and
slid , he must taku the sense of the House upon it.
r. Bur. r o :tud Mr. H. BAOW N defended the measure
altUgetlict.
Air. lluasr opposed it •
after which the clank was 'agreed
to.
The question being put, that the Bill be engressed;
Mr. Mast opposixl it, and said he Must take the sense of
the House upon it.
Mr. Bu 'crow spoke In favour of the Bill again after
Which Mr. Ho *sr said, that as there., was 'a considerable
expectation upon another and much more important subjed,
he would not delay it a monient..
The Bill was then ordered to be engrossed, and read A ihird
time to.morrow, if then engrossed. !
• . •
The Irish Treasury Bills Bill was read a third 'time and
passed.

DEFENCE OF THE COUNTRY.
The SECRETARY at,'W4R said, that in pur-
suance of the notice which he gave some days ago,
he now rose to propose to the House a Motion tot
leave to bring in it Bill for amending the At Intel
passed for the Defence of the Country, and for ren•
dering it more effedual, and to enable His Majesty
to exercise his ancient and undoubted preroga,tive.to
tequire tlie military service of his liege subjet)s in
ease of Invasion. The Bill which he had to offer
to the. House contained many provisions whiCh were
extremely important and . useful, as it appeared to
him, in the preienr situation of this CouTrr... It
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enntained 'prov isions to enable His'Majetity to 414
weliminar mea'ures 'for calling.. forth the
Strength and resources of the different parts of this
tourney, and also to sake a cQmi'endiums and ci4ea.