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7UESDJY,

1i IPERI4 PARL MAIENT.

HOUSE OF PEERS.

MONDAY, JUNE 27.

. COUNSO. were heard relative to the Scotch Appeal, John
Nl'Lean, Mewl: int in Leith, v. William Bethune, of lilebo,
Esq. and others, the Creditors of john NV/A-an, uaniely,-
Messrs. ALEXA NO p. and Islordor at considerable length on
the part of the Appellant. The farther !waling was ad-
journed till. Wednesday. - .
Mr. 1-lAwxttls BR OM' F. and others brought up from the
Commons the Scotch Highland Road

Several private and return Bills were brought up by Mr.
C. OtY.NoAA.
The Bilia before t'he House Were forwarded in their re-
speClive stages.
.The Seoteh.Highland Road Bill was read a first time, and
on the Within of the Earl of MOtk Ai ordered tobe printed.
Th;, LORD aI4NCELLOR quitted the Woolsack, and
stated. to their Lordships, that he should Move that the
standing Order, No. t zri, -be taken into consideration on
Wednesday next, and that thel4ouse be sthnnomed on the
occasion. Whit induad hiss tqpropose this step, was'prio,
-.. eipally the followir. ciinsidefattinis —the Order he advero4
• -to reiatcat 4)..Catial hills, -Purupike Road :las, t.r., With
respect to these prOjeds, it was the prudice when a piece- of
land or tenement was necessary to be: purchased, ter the tOr-
illation of 5i4.711 Canal, Dock, &c that the money to be paid
for it—suppose, for instance, the sum to be :tool. Should be
thrown intor 44:great reservoiry the Court of Chancery,
until the validity at •the title of the person disposing of the
5:1111,3 (50 We killerstco4 his Lordship) was duly ascerconed.
This money remained under the care (date Court for a longer
or shorter time—the toile might be very lung ; but this was
not-the worst consideration; The practice, as now regulated,
tended. to encourage controversy` anti litigation; it induced
p:rsultS to set inquiries on foot, and titles were called in ques-
tion, which, in all human probability, would have remlined
unquestioned,:were it not tar the proceedings in question. ,
• The_p4ties after all were lett to get their money they
could. He alsO referred to the accumulation of interest ; and
observed, that in most points the hands of the Court %vete
tied up : these were all certainly very serious consideration,
be.seerned to say, that at least 0! putties should he enabled
to get their money out at the expellee at those on whose lic-
cuurit it was put in. • After dwelling tot this subject some
time, of which the foregoing were the leading topics, he said
he shOuld haVe some propositions to submit thereon ; 'in re- 7
ferenee. to which he moved that the standing Order, No. ut6,
be taken into consideration on Wednesday next, and the Linda
summoned tor that o.ly .—Ordered.
The Hone resolved ,into a Committee on the Justices'
Bill.
Lord S. itErr t rt.o, in consequence of the conversation with
the Law Lords on a former day,
.postponed to another Ses-
sions, that part of the Bill which regulates the terms of Con- -
vidions; and the part " to render Justices mote sate hi-the
execution of t heir duty," was agreed to in t he Committee, and.
ordered to he reported. By this Bill, any Aaiun brought against
any Justices, on Acount of any Convidion made by virtue of
any Aet of Parliament, or for or by reason army -Ad, Master,'
or Thing, done or commanded to be done by such justices, ter
the levying any Penalty, apprehending any Party, or carrying.
of any such Convieton into such Ellett ; and wherein, upon
the trial of the same, it 41)411 appear to.the satiSladion 'of
the Judge, that the Defendant had a reasonable' ground for
making such Convietion, (although' such Convietion shall
have been quashed) and the said lodge shall Accordingly ter.
tify the same upon the Back of the Record, then thc Plain-
tiff' shall not be entitled to recover More than the Sum of
Twopence, WM* anv Costst of Suit ‘vhatever.
Their Lordships then disposed of. some Private Business,:
and adjourned till to-morrow.

• HOUSE OF COMMONS.

MONDAY, ; MIR 27.

Tna'Sciatch -Road and Bridge 'Bill was 'read a third time
and passed.
Capt,„Coetra ir it moved, that a copy Memorial,
with the Papers annexed, which were presented by the Hon.
Capt. COCHRANE to the Admiralty, -ref:dive to Prizes and
Appeals in Prize Causes, should be laid betoic the llouse„--
Ordered:
• A Messagc'from the touts stated: tlot they had agreed to
the -Clergy Residenceßill, with several Amendments.
' Mr.. Johnson, froria• the ()Ace of - the, Chief Secretary tbr
ieland, priented some Accounts relativeto the number of
Registered Freeholders' in Ireland.
The SVEA KR R acquainted the House that he bad received
a Report front the Commisaionera in Ireland appointed to
take evidence rei'petting the Contested Eleaion for Water-
ford, and that he had, in pursuance of the powers vested itt
him by 'Ad of Parliament, .direeled the Committee to re-
therath of JtAy next. •
The. SOutliern Whale Fishery Bill WAS read a second time
and ordered to be committedlo-ntorroW. • •
The Militia Officers Bill went through a
.ComMittee, and
the Bill wasordered to be read a third time to-Morrow. •
Mr. ItILBERFORCE presented a Petition front the
• Clothiers of Yorkshire, against the Wool now pend-
Mg., He said,. 'this PetitiOlt ryas entitled to the attention of the
House, both frOM the respectability of the persoos by. whom
it was signed, and the importance of the subject to which it
related. The Petition was signed by very qeara3,oea.
sans, and the reason why it was not eresented sooner was he:
cause the part of the Bill against which they petitioned, ex-
tended at first only to the Counties of inoncester, WiltS, and
Somerset, though it WAS afterwards extended to the Whole-of
England. lie meant that parr which related to the necessity
of serving an Apprenticeship of Seven Years to the Trade.
The Petition -being brought up,
. Mr, w roxcL moved, that it should lie on the
'Fable, and that the Petitioners sliuld. be heard by them-
selves or their Counsel, en the third reading;
Admiral.BERKE4E said,. the Jl4l ha .been. pending a
long time, and therefore the Petitioners might, end ought to
have come forward- sooner, ly;sides, in fad, -these Parties
had been heard before the Coinmit tee. • He had.no doubt
that the Petitioners.. were veep respectable persons, but he
very much doubted whether all .0 „them were Clothiers,—
He moved to amend the Motion, by leaving Out that pan of
It which related to the hearing of Counsel. •
After a sew .Words from Mr. SI, g ale La STA tounz, and
Mr. BROOK 1, the Gallery was cleared fora Division, but it
did not take place, and the Motion of Mr. WI Latxa VOX CI •
was negatived.
Mr. A LEX A mok a brought up the Report of the Comtiit-
tee of W,%iya and Means re:waling the Lottery. The Reso-
lutions were agreed to, and a Bill ordered to be brought in.

The Ordtr of the Day being read for the further
consideration of the Report on the

ARMY OF it.FSgRVE BILL.

The SECRETARY at WAR said, before he
moved the re.commitMent of the Bill, he should
move that it be an-instruaion to the Committee
that they should havelm,wer to divide this Bill into
two Bills, because it would be impossible to include
England and Scotland under the same Bill.--7-Which
was agreed to. '
The House then resolved itself into a Committee
on the STANLEY in-the Chair.
The SECRETARY at WAR said, it might per_
hops be convenient to the Committee, before they
proceeded to read the Clauses, that he should state
to them the material Amendments which he, sfiould
have to propose to this 'Bill. With that view he
shoul& go- through the stating, in order, the
Amendments which lit intended to submit to their
consideration'. .
should begin with the clause.
wniell related to the numberwolinen- that were to
be furnished by each'
.County, and it was there
to divide the Bill, be it would necessary