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PA R.I.J.A MENT,

HOUSE OF LORDS. JULY 3.
The CHANCELLOR of the ExcnEQUIT, and other
Members from the House of .Commons, brought
up the Duke of Clarence's Annuity Bill., the
Audit of Accounts Bill, the Assessed Taxes Bill,
and the Metropolis Police Bill.
On the motion for the first- reading of the
Duke of Clarence's Annuity Bill, Ji
'the Earl of LAUDERDALE signified his inten-
tiort-of offering some observations, on
,the-secood.
reading. , Not that he intended to oppose it, for
he alTroved both of the annuity and the arrears,
but he was anxious to call the attention of the
House to some of the provisions contained in the
1810..
The -Bill was then read the first time, and or-
dered to be printed. The other Bills
.were also
read. the. first time each.
The Consolidated. Fund Bill, the• Greenwich
Hospital Bill, the British Spirit Duties Bill, the
Bum importation Bill, and the Sheerness Lands
were severally read the third time. The
Lun:ttie Trustees Bill,-the Mohair Bounties Bill,
and. the Warehousing of Goods Bill, went thro'
the Committees, and were reported. Adjourned.

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110 USE OF COMMONS.
ir..JohnSon, from the Office of the Chief Secretary for Ire-
land, p+eselnt:2ll variOns-returns from the Irish Linen Board.—
Ordered to be printel.

LUNATIC OFFICERS.
Mr. CALCRAFT, in consequence of the informality, which
had yesterday induced his Hon. Friend the Member for Wey...
tinnatli to withdraw the Petition which he had presented from
the Wives. of two Lunatic Officers of the names of Bevan and
Harrison, complaining of having been deprived of half the usual.l
bail pay, re-stati.sl at considerable length all the circumstances
of the else, and concluded by moving, that there be laid before
the Ecuse a Copy of the Admiralty Regulations in lfilB re-
specting Lunatic Officers.
After a discussion, in which Sir G. Cockburn, Sir J. Yorke,
Sir F. Oinrnanney and 1111- Croker- vindicated the 'conduct of
the Admiralty in•-the ease in question, Mr. Calcraft, although
he expressed himself not perfectly satisfied with the explana-
tions which had been given, consented to withdraw his motion.

MR. PEEL, OF LEGHORN.
Mr. PEEL wished to put .a -question to his Noble Friend the
Secretary of State fel' i?oreilin Affairs, with resaect.to an indi-
vidual in whose welfare he was much interested. It was per-
haps in 'the recollection of the House, that it was some time ago
stated in the Publie papers, that a Gentleman of his (Mr.
Peel's) name, and, in fact, a near connexion of his, had been
suddenly ordered by- the Tuscan Government to quit Leghorn.
Mr. Peel had resided for above seven years in that city , and
without any undue partiality he Might say: that during his resi-
dence there, he had conciliated the esteem and respect of all
isho knew him. Under these ciretimetances, Mr. Peel was cer-
tainly somewhat surprised at being suddenly summoned before
the Commissary of the Police; and told tat his conduct had
keen infamous, that his character was bada :In vain did he
protest his innocence of any evil design ; he was informed, that
ne' must quit Leghorn in twenty bur hours. Finding that
there was no alternative, he was compelled to go ; but subse-
uently. obtained permission to return, and to' remain' there
fer twenty days, in order to arrange his affairs. It might easily
be-supposed that this occurrence caused a great sensation
aenneg the English merchants at Leghorn. They presented a
strong representation on the subject to the Tuscan Government;
the only result of which was, that •Mn Peel was again sent for
by the Commissary of the Police; and again peremptorily
ordered tax quit Leghorn and the Tuscan_ territory in twenty-
Tone hones. He then repaired to Florence, when, in conse-
quence of the• representations of the British Ambassador, he
was permitted to remain ott sufferance. To the present hour,
however, Mr. Peel had received no answer to his demand to
Iriow the name of his accuser, or the nature of the accusation
which had been preferred against him. He had made an affi-
davit of his never having been concerned in any political scheme
whatever. In proof of his general good character, he would
read to the House a part of- the Memorial which the British
Factory at• Leghorn had presented to the Tuscan Government
on the subject.—[The Right Honourable Gentleman here read
the pasaages in the Memorial to which he had- alluded, and
which were couched in strong terms of respect towards Mr.
Peel. —Tile circumstance had operated materially to the. injury
of Mr. Peel, presiding, as he did, over a large commercial esta-
blishment. That Gentleman did not complaia of the personal
inconvenience which he had sustained, because he felt that, for
that, he could not obtain any redress.; he did rot complain of
the losses that liehad sustained as a merchant, for that he knew
he might repair a but he complained of the injury done to his
good name, and hitherto unblemished reputation.,-(llear,
hear!)—He had nothing to complain of in the conduct of his
Noble Friend on this subject ; on the contrary,. his Noble.
Friend had shown every disposition to make such orncial repre-
sentations to the Tuscan Government as the case required.—.
The object for which he had risen, was t'i inquire froM his
Noble Fiend if any communication had been received by him
from the Tuscan Government, cniabfying or explaining this
act of oppreasion, the cause of which, up to the present:hour,
was wholly unaccounted for?
The Marquess of LONDONDERRY, in reply to what had
fallercfrono his Right Honourable Frier& begesd ton:tate, that
,when lie received information of what had- happened to the
highly respectable individual alluded to, he lost no time in send-
ing a detail of all the circumstances to his Majesty's Minister at
the Court of Tuscany, together with a strict injuncdon to him
to inquire into the cause of the occurrence, and to use all his
exertions to obtain reparation for whatcertainly appeared to be
an act of great oppression. -Before his inStruetions arrived wit,
however, -Lord Burgliersh hail in faet anticipated them, and
had commenced a very active inquiry into all tile circumstances
of the case. He (the NJ arquess of Londonderry) was certainly
not enabled to give his Right HenOurable Friend and the House
the satisfaction of informing them exactly bow the affair had
orierrinated ; but there was reason to suppose that an individual,
-a-clerk, who had been diamiesed by Mr. Peel for misconduct,
lied made sante-malicious communication to the Police, which,
thon!eh no doubt wholly unfounded, was proMptly acted upon.;
for in other countries tile forms of eliciting the truth which were
resorted to in this country were unknown. There had been no
public allegation whatever affecting Mr. Peel's character ; on
the contrary, it was impossible that any man could stand
higher than Mr. Peel did as a British merchant ; he was, per-
hers, the last man in the world who would engage in any trans-
action that ought to subject him to such treatment es he had
experienced. But it was well known that .no ,respectability of
Character was security against the insjdieus effects of malevo-
lence—(Hear, hear !) —ln consequence of the, representations
:made to the Government of Tuscany by Lord Burghersh, all
further proceedings against Mr Peel had beer. suspended, and
fill obstructions to his return removed. In =sequence, that
-Gentleman had resumed his residence in Leghorn,- and all that
he (the Marquess of Londonderry) had to regret. was, thatthe
.original cause of his exile had not been explained, so satisfac-
torily as he (the MarqueSs of Londonrlarry) could wish it had
been ; he was happy, however, to avail himself of the present
opportunity of heeling testimony riot merely is the integrity,
but to the high charaCter in every respect of the Gentleman in
question, which had gained him the confidence of the merchants
of Leghorn, and of every mar. who knew hint Hoar, hear !)
Sir R. WILSON observed, that the Noble Marquess would
probably have negociated more successfeliy GT: .Sclsubject with
the Government of Tuscany, if the Alien Bill had net passed
in this Country—( Heer, hear !)
WILLIAM BENECW.
Mr. HOBHOUSE presented a Petition, which he assured
-the house was drawn up in a most exemplary manner, from a
person of the name of William Benbow. The Petitioner
stated, that on the 21st of May last, he was- arrested at the in-
stance of the Constitutional Association, upon an indictment
-preferred by them. -In consequence of his being called upon
to give bail for good behaviour,- he could not prevail on his
filentis to hind themselves for so indefeite ar. oiThnce. The
Petitioner in consequence was sent to the King's Bench Prison,
where he had remained ever since, and was likely to remain till
October next, so that he could not help thinking that his indict-
ment was connected with the ensuing Coronation. He (Mr.
"Irobliouse) particularly complained ofthe delay of justice ; for
if Isis case had not been made a special jury case, he would
have been tried last month. In consequence nfhis.absence from
his business, it had caused his total ruin, in which was involved
'R wife and several infant children. He (Mr. Hohhause)thought
this was a case of crying injustice, and he should certainly, if
nothing else was done, move the House to address .his Majesty
to give orders to the Law Officers of the Crown to hasten justice
in this case. The Petitioner apprehended that in consequence
of the preparation for the Coronation, there would be no sittings
sifter term, so that this trial would a second time be delayed
beyond its ordinary period.
The Petition was then brought up and rend. On the motion
that it do lie on the Table,
The ATTORNEY GENERAL said, that Jae was not ac.