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11,1PE.P !AL PARLI4IIIEN2:

HOUSE OF PE.E. RS.
tiiiDNESDAY)- MARCH 16.
MIL various Bills before the. House were forwarded in
their respettive stages. ' Among these was the Irish Reve.
nue Perpetuation Bill, which Was, read a second time, and
committed for to-morrow. - • ' -
The Prince of Wales's Annuity Bill was read a third titne,
and passed, and a Message sent to. acquaint the Commons
therewith.. .
On the Order for receiving the Report of the'
Bill for the better prevention of frivolous and vex.
atious Arrests, &C.,
• The Earl of ItfOIR4 oliserired, that he had an
additional Clause to propose, which was of that
nature that could be introduced into the. Bill, ei.
ther in die present stage,' or On the occasion of the
re-commitment of the' Bill, which he intended af_
ter wards to propose fur to.roOrrow. .11owe tier, as
he should probably be unable' to attend' in his
place to- morrow, should take. the. present ''op".
' portunity of efeting the Clause. The /Stoble Earl
described it to be of. that nature whiCh. would ga-to~
render the measure More perfeet and effeelthil. in its
-altered state than it otherwise' would The
Noble Earl took the opportunity 'to:state his inters..
Lion of relinquishing, with reaped -to. thepresene.
Bill, the raising the amount. of -the sum for-which
Arrests should take place,' from, tot. to zed.- Upon
consideration, and further inquiry, he thought it.
would be better to leave that part of the Law. in
its original state, on. grounds as much Of .praflical
and substantial humanity to the Debtor, as'of jus.
rice and security to the Creditor. An ineonceiv.
able number of debts of an amount between. these •
:sums, were alfifat„rmitthere was a certain descrip.
don ofperstas• who, instead of wishing to take out
of the power of their Creditors, he intended if
possible to make still more liable than they. tiere at
present ; fie meant those rersons who passed as
Gesritemen., and who contrived to get into the books
of yr,riatiosrnen to different amounts. The' Noble
Earl then moved-the Clause aboye-merttioned.
The LORD .CIIANCE .LLOR. was of 'opinion
that the mode proposed by the Noble Earl, in 'point
of form, for, the introduction of-his:clause, 'was, nor,
themost regular. He thought it would be more
pcoper to re-commit the Bill immediately, for The
purpose Or receiving the Clause.. . The Noble._ and
Learned Lord took the opportunity to express 'his
sentiments with relpea,tO the
tion:of raising the amount of the Sinn for .oich
Debiors could be arrested to had
i ',n'stance struck „him, that -such 'an Attlation"
could bt well and safely made, but be had since
considered the point 'with the most anxious 'regard;
and the result . of that consideration was, as the
Nook t two axacc..l, 11,41
not eventually tend to the ease or 'relief o the
Debtor, but would certainly operate oppressively
with regard to the Creditor, on whom indeed it
would prove a kind of hardship, and tend conider-
• able to lessen his security. •
The Earl of IVIoI RA explained.; after which the
Bill was re-committed; the Clause in question re.
ceived and agreed ria. The final alteration made in
rtes. Bin, was, on the suggestion of the Noble Earl,
and respedettits title,. which Was to expunge there.
tom the wards..fr. and for the relief of persons in-
tr oiled
'The House then resumed, and Ordered the Re.
pore,
to he
of iAit T m
eceivelto.moorirTavros.
(Lord,
Steward)
re.
Ported His MAJESTY'S Aoswerto the last Address
of their Lordships, expressive of his high satislattion
'at the same, &c.' .„
The Order being-read for their Lordships going
into a Committee:on the Irish Postage Rates Bill,
Lori ACC,ICL,./IND rose, and urged the objet,..
dons, which..her. Aired last night against a particu-
lar Clause of the Bill, in 'souse detail. • His Lord-
Ship seemed to objet to it cm the ground of irrega-
larity-on a constitutional principle, and, but
comparatively in a very slight degree, with a re.
Terence to the question of Revenue. Among other
Officers in Ireland, to whom the exemption was
extended, `was one whose .offiee was :no' longer in
existence : it alsb had the effed• of recognizing, as
it operated With respect to this Country, a fourth
Setretary of State; which possibly may render the
! vacation of a Seat ire the other.. House of Parliament
requisite, With respet% to• the- uonsidera,tion of
Revenue, he expressed his. disapprobation. of., et-
' tinkling the exemptions upon slight grounds. He
stared the net proceeds of the Post,office.Revenues
from the regulations in .r7f33,,: at ',certain periods' to
the present year,' in which::he stated they. amount
'to the enormous sum of upwards of 939,0001.. pay.
able into the ExChequer. After urging these seve-
. ,ral considerations With great precision and ability,
Lordship expressed 'himself aware of the possible
etTra of any alteration in ..a.Mooey Bill in that
House, narnely; •its rejeclion by the .otper, but he
`"wished to learn from his Noble Friend on the Wool.
sack, the besi. and Most, regular course, of proceed.
the' present instance. •
.1 he' LORD CHANCEL LOg observed, theta
Watitoeyi Vire inaccuracy- in that pact of the, Bill
alltided:o- the Noble Lord. tie coincided with
tOst'l4..;str,ort; lit, Noble Friend,. and said it. would
die fort ie CiinSideration of the I...iouse bow far the
probable event Of the' intended alteration should
rend to deter them from doing what they themselves
might conCeiVe.i6 'be right. However, the- best
coitre. to take would,- he thought, be to. negative
the cominitMent of the Bill, u proceed immediately
to the ;third' readintr,,- and then to expunge the
ClaUselfshOuld their aLOo.ltiltips so determine.,
Earl Of LIMERICK took die opportunity
to Offer his sentimeots upon the occasion,. which he
`'did 4't. Lime length. fie detailed the nature of the

Offices adverted to by the Noble Lord,. some of
which he said were recognized in the Imperial Par.
lianient by the Bills of 11300 and a Sot. He was
the decided friend and advocate of the Union. He
was confident of the advantages which would even.
tually arise to Ireland therefrom; but .he could not
help observing, that in consequence of it she was
shorn of some of her brightest feathers, many of
which were transplanted hither; and the Nor lit
Earl seemed to justify the drawers up of the preseot
Bill, as following the example of former Bills of the
kind.

Lird AUCKLAND,'in an animated reply, yin..
dicated himself from any imputation of disrespeft rey
Ireland, or want of due attention to 'the tvelfarc
and interests of that part of the United Kitridom.---
In the course of the Noble Lord's explanation he
repeated his disapprobation of too widely extending
the exemption, and.tOok occasion to state, tb.zt n
less a sum than 93,b001. was at prese.nt 'lost' to th•
Post Revenues, by the privileges of Members of
the Legi.slature, excltusivevi between 94. and 9;,000 .
lost by The exertiptinn.qtotlitt- privileged person.s.
The Lotto eXpres,Cti irniL r fief.
inns respe6ting."the interests of...lreland, witl, thosc
aYglYedi bi his. Noble. Friend.'
Lord (..fottertiti 'made 11,few observations on the
occasion, after Which the question for negativing
the Committee -on the 'Hill, w.is 'carried, the 13.11
read a third.tiMe;.wirert the Clause in question was
expunged,. and 'tire sill. afterwards pasted in the
usual way. .
The important. and 'long pending Appeal Caoser
of the KING rti;. INii AnttAtsri cumirx.
LAND, was, on the suggestion of Lord AL vrotts
postponed,,froto--to,tntrroW, when ortlgr for he3r....
ing it stood, tin, it the 26th 014064 principally, ar,
we could collect, on account of the absence of the.
Judges. ,
Their' Lordships then adjourned till ta.morriaw.

_HOUSE OF COMMONS.

WEDNESDAY, MARCJ(

•
. joittOixt. wa,, upon motion, brought to the
Bar of the HoUse, to he, repriminded and brought
custody,- on.payment of his ices ; he stood
committed- in cotiaetvenee of, h4virig prevarie,tteti
in his evidence before the Great Grimsby Elect on
Committee,

ThE PE 'ER, being covered,
,addressed, the pri.
some, 'viying, A sdeet-CO matinee of this Itouse,
appointed' to try mil deserMine the merits, of the:
iglion.of clreitt,Crimsby, have reported that yon
have given cant radi&ory evitistiee before them, and
that-pot/Ala-re been guilty of gross prevarication
and misbehaviour; this is an offence at all times
but ereatlyAzzravated in the iudtm••nr of
this 'Houser, mien- prarrtsztt-rty trcluartrie Jun fitter.
mination of an Eledion of a Representative of the
Commons of the Realm to serve in Parliament.—
Nevertheless, this House having taken into con-
sideration the length of imprisonment which you
have endured, and having also considered the peni-
tence and contrition which you have expressed, haves
thought fit to order that you be reprimanded and
discharged, and I do now reprimand you accord.
ingly, and.you are discharged, paying your fees."
Lord 'STor;Foitn 'reported at the liar,
Majesty had been waited upon with the last .A.a.
dress of the-Hottie, whicli, ho had been- ple,ased
to receive Very. graciously.