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London, England, 1808-06-28 00:00:00

PARLMMENTARr PROCEEDINGS.

HOUSE OF LORDS, JUNE Si.
'Counsel was hoard on the Appeal Came Ludo o. Crawford—
HeSerjeant Shepherd in part for the Appelbust ; to proceed again
to Wednesday.
The Archbishop of CANTERBURY presented aPetition from
certain of the Clergy and Landholders of the County of Suffolk,
*dust the Stipendiary Curates' Bill.—Ordered to lie on the table.
'I he Bishop of EXETER presented a Petition to the same ef—
fect, from certain Clergy and others in his Lordship's Diocese.—
Oniered to lie on the table.
41 Petition was presented on behalf of his Grace the Duke of
Northumberland, against the Bill for subdividing the Parish of
Simo..bourn into a number of distinct parishes.--Ordered to lie on
etc table.

After a short adjoununent at pleasure, the House being re-
amed, the Private Sttallog Bib was read a woad time &aka:mi-
litia.

APPROPRIATION ACT.
Ofithe Natiols for the second reading,
Lid LAUDERDALE took oceir,ion here to reprobate the
manner In which, of late years, grants of marry were 'orought be-
fore their Lordships, and which went to deprive their Lordships
Vail power of inquiry into the cattle; of grants. These grants
were made part of the Appropriation Act ; and as their Lordships
tecid mike no alteration in an act without disturbing the arrange-
ment of the supplies for the public, they were therefore debarred
even making ary amendment at all in the present Act. This Act
remained the grant to the College of INlaynooth ; and another of
,i1,5C0,000 to the East India Company. He thought these two
'puts ought to have been made the subject of two distinct Bind,'
that they might be cLseussed on their respective merits. Above
an, were their Lordships prepared to concur in the grant of the
Ltter sum, without a tittle of Information before the Aionse to
teen the fairness and propriety of such a grant—were their Lord-,
ti,ips' hands thus to be tied up respecting such important Matters/-
slay might as well close their doors, for surely that House would
then have become useless, and as such, must mtterly sink its the
"tkuattea of the country. His Lordship could not surer thts
ima to /*proceeded in without some information. He shitdd 1
thoefere move that a message be sent, to the Comntoco, reqeeet-
neteport of the Committee of their House on the state of the
• Air tithe East India Company. •
Lord HAwKEsBu ay saw no ground for the objections of the
noble Baron. Ever since the Union the grant to the Alayaooth
College formed an item of the Appropriation Ace, and he saw ro
ratan by it should nOw.have been made the subject of a distioci,
111. With respect to the grant to the Fast India Company, it
"at r%reeted that an ample explanation of its affairs woukl have
ben 14id before Parliament; but it la not yet in perfect readiness,
`ration
an early period of next Session, be submitted to the
of the House. What was now granted to that In-
terne eras a part of the sum or relief solicited ; and it was ussal
to make such grants, as the practice of several. years back world
thew.
Lords HOLLAND andttIFFOLK concurred in censoring the
=rant, without a full eaplaaution of the groundsopon-whickit was.
to be afforded. The Company's affairs got worse ewer! Years
sad there was little reason to hope that they ever would be
aide to repay the advances to them.
Misr a short explanation from Lord LAUDERDALE, the
illation was pet, upon his Lordship's motion *hick isms rejea:
ted without a division, and the BM was they ;Fad a second thne.

STIPLNDIARY CURATES BILL.
Lord BUCKINGHAMSHIRE thought it necessary that every
Possible information on this subject should be' laid before the
House, before they proceeded farther in discussiori of this
He should thsrefbre move, that there be laid before the House,
an account of the number of livings beyond the amount of .t4OO
Per annum, distinguishing those where the Incumbent resided and
those where a resident Curate was employed•
Lord HARROWSY proposed an amendment, to leave out the
surds, " distinguishing, &c." upon which a short conversation