The Sun.
London, England, 1803-04-27 00:00:00

.IMPERML P4SLJAPIENT•

HOUSE OF PEERS.

TUESDAY' APRIL. z 6.

Tint House met at an early hour this day ; and
' soon after. the Lotto CJIA NC E LOR had taken' the
Woelsack, their Lordships entered upon the con.
aideration of the long:petidingsAppeal, which.sar, a.
Error, The Icing iv. the Inhabitants of the
County of Cumberland, when Mr. EItSKINE and
Mr; iNtroon were heard at considerable letigth on
the part of the Appellant, the Judges-, et_
tended on the occasion. When the arguments of
. Counsel, were- finished, the; LOR D ELLOR
toned a proposition which reTetted-the opinion of
the judges on the' Case. .The opinion of .the Lew
Lords thereon was forthwith read by the Lord
CHI ttF BARON, at some length. The Lo'ito
cn ANC ULLOR nee.eeda second proposition, tending
'to affirm the decision, of the Court below: which,
efter e few words trom,..the Earl •of lOseete, was
agreed to by the House. *: •
§oMe arrangementa were made with respe,a to
the periods of hearing certain Appeals, on the sug-
gestion of Lord Keen N Boitbucte and other Peers. .
The Earl of :Tit AN ET, ViSCOWit HAlvt P.)) err,
Lords DE CL,IFVO.RD M AV E, were sworn
and took' their Seats',
The Order for the second reeiling of the Bank of
Ireland P,estrielion Rill being read, •
Y and 11".11,SINGIMM, after stating as the prin.
eipel reason, the unavoidable absence of a Noble
Friend of his, who proposed to take a particular
share #n the discussion, moved- that. the said Order.
be postponed till .Monday next.
?ht Earl If LIMERICK expressed his hope,
that the discussion of the merits of the• Bill would
not, be postponed farther ,than the (ley now pro.
posed;., it was one of, a peculiar nature end import,
anee, the more especially as it appeared to be
thought, dew the
.very respectable Corporation who
were the objeas of the Bill, were nut so discreet
in the discharge of :their official duties. The-dis-
cussion in questiorithe had no doubt, would establish
their full vindication ; it was therefore proper, in
that view of the case alone, that the consideration
of the subject should not be further postponed : he
repeated his wish, that the second reading of the
Aid should take place on Monday next, ail& urged
as an additional reason for the discussion being
Speedy and determinate, that the Corporation'allud.
ed. to. seemed still, in some degree, to be the subjeft
of suspicion in the point of view be had glen.
tiooed.
Lord WALSINGI. MAI, in explanation, observed,
that the absence of his Noble Friend was' in cense:
(Fence of an unforeseen accident. 1"
The question was then put, and the. second read.:
Inc of the Bill was postponed till Monday, next.
On the suggestion of Lord El. L E NISOR.OUGU, the
Committee on the Irish Chalking *Bill was post.
ponied till Friday next.
The Bilis before the .House were. forwarded in
theit-reveCtive stages. ' • . "
,Mr. Ai-axe:en R and others brought up from the
Commons the Sugar Duty DraWbaek Bill, the MO
Revenue Bill, and the Innkeepers' Subsistence Bill.
Several pri v te Bills were broLght up from the
e(immons by Mr. Lasc ELL Cs, Mr. LEE, and other
Ge.loheeen : the greater. part of these Bills were
forthwith read a first time.
1 and ICING addressed a, few observations to the
tioue:, the, principal. effeel of which was, to post.
pooe .the. Muria' of which he had given notice,
respeeling the 'Financial a:tuatian of, the Country,
until this
,when he 'express'ahis
bore, he *should have, occasion to postpone it
rt hc r, Pit the reasons U} on he -understood
a 'Pi had been 'already 'poattnined that evening,
Las f/ 41tEPAWD4LE. called, the attention of
the, Rouseeto_a circumstance, which he conceived to
be of .considerable importance, - and to which he was
consequence of the threepiivate Bills which
related to property in Ireland, and' which were
then'before the flonse,' 'He adverted to the power
Which Was' granted for, taking evidence on certain
oceasidna, before the Judges in that CountrY, arid
which may afterwards be brought before that
House. In :view of such-a regulation, he abeuld
propose to tet.;e inth corisid:ration the particular
6retunstances of the Bills he alludedio, He wits of
optuion, ;tad he .illte'ndeAl,:on a future opportunity,
(s'd we understtlud his' Lordship) • to prop's°, . that
Snaie. prOyisiOns may be Wade upon the *eubjeti,
tending to extend such a power beyond Parliamen.
tai'y proCeeilings. One ehese would be, to *lathe
tevidence to, be taken in distant parts of the Country;
and to render the persons swearing, liable to all
the consequenees'of giving false evidence, as Wit.
n'SSCS arc in courts of Justice, &c. ..The Noble
;old Learned Lord ernieluded with 'moving, that the
mils in, question be refetied to Committees, who
should report upon the subje&anatter thereof, &c.

viitich, on the questions icing put, vas ordered
4ecurdingly._

The Si: Pancras Poor House Bill was read a se.
time, and on the question for referring the
Isol to the consideration of a Committe'e in the way
liifii of a sirnilar description are usually referred,
beirt.pur;

The Farr of MOIR', rose, and made a variety
of observations on the spbjeti of the Bill, the,
gre;oer part of which were decidedly hostile to it
in its prrsent shape. He considered the last pro.
position in'ade, as at best
.questionable, as it
would go to prevent the parries from giving cvi.
&tux at, the Sir of the .House. The Noble Earl

expatiated on the advahtages which he conceived
to result from a proceeding• of this last nature. He
(lid not; however, mean to press his ()Nation at pre_
icor, as he wished to try whether the Committee
m ty not render the Bill more admissible than it was
t present. Should lila not be the result of the

ilibenssion before the Committee, he certainly
served to himself the privilege of objecting to the
measure on Ak.equient Itages of the Hill. He then

alvertel to some of the leakling,provisions of the
liii,which`he spike of in terms of reitiehension, as
rcticiing tO (Ivg rights and frdnchises of a consicle.

,
ntltribt• of the st7bjeas,' of this realm, inasmuch
as -.clay 'w eni to vest ex t and tmpretiLlented
1:6:1 ets Imigtvof ~persons arbitrarily chosen,

a.; qi t io wvra to have' tile farther potiverti-of