The Sun.
London, England, 1816-03-28 00:00:00

EAST INDIA Hopp:.

Yesterd:cy a General Cgurt was held at the East
India House, sgreeably to adjourn:tient, for the
purpose of ttAinK into further consideration the
motion for the relief of Shipping Owners as to
peace fr&ghts ;

Mr. MIME, in a speech of consitlerable length,
animadverted on the ill effects to be apprehended,
should the motion be entertained in. the affirtUri7
tiec by the Court ;, the relief was not to be con-
fined to, tbe present season, but to extend to nil
the eettsolls of the contract--a eontract which he
cautioned shit owners from entering into. If they
would proceed upon false calculations, the Com--
.pany Might not to suffer from their folly. The
system itself was ever of fair and open competi-
tion, but it 'was not to he supported by an'tihrm.
gation Ut contract ; in Short, the whole proceed-
ing was a tissue °leant' adjoin') which completely
gave the go-by
,to the .Resolotion of. the Special
Committee in ISO. He dwelt on. the excellence
of the new system, contrasting it. with thedisald-
vantages of the old one,,and moved that all the
words of the original .motion, except ",tlhat,"
be omitted, in order to introduce wordq compre-
bending the principal objections he had urged;
and concluding 4.vith a direct negative to the ap-
'plication of. the owners. Which Amendment
)caving been seconded by the Bon. KINNAIItp,
.rhe CIiAtiMAN, in a. very able manner, entered
minutely into nil the topics treated on by the pre-
ceding Spe..kers. The motion, he contended,
was nut connected with any, influence whatever,
but that which the general interests of the Com-
pany must gintOrkily give to it It had not been post
bible, in the f9rtiotittitrn nt, the present. system, to
foreseen war of twenty years, and consequently
to estimate what should be the proper scale of tt
permanent pence freight; Twenty-six pounds
might at present be deemed an equitable peace
freight ; then hoW could ships,, formerly taken
up at 161. possibly pursue their contracts without
inevitable ruin ?. The Chairman answered every
argument of the Honourable Propriettir, and.
:hewed that behind procectlel upon mis-statement
and inisapprehensinn, The system in 1803 was
entirely founded upon :an. expectation tit pence.
The Bke-Laws would not he in the least infringed,
nor was it intended .to extend the relief proposed
to more than one season. Peace lusd happily re-
turned, and the freights would naturally sluff their
own level. If the original inution was negatived,
it would produce ruin to the present owners, and
and great inconvenience to the 'Company. NO
man was more attached to the present system than
himself; but him ail other systems, it must be
liable to. modification —a relief horn which therti
could be no danger of encroachment, because the
door would be shot by Act of Parliament. In the
relief now proposed, economy would be strictly
attended to ; and if the owners expected high rates
of freight, they would be completely disappointed.
After spate observations from .Mr. Kinnaird,
Mr. Lnwndes, Mr. JaCkson, anti Mr. Hall,
The Camas:Art moved, That the original words
stand part of the question,--when the numbers
having been &elated in the affirmative, Mr. Kin-
;laird demanded a,division, when the numbers ap‘-
peered-- ,
Fnr the original Question .. , ... 65
Agaiust it.
The (haft of the • propuitd 11 L 1 to Parliament
Was agreed to,

All the depals of the different regiments in
Scotland are in future to be quartered in Edin-
burgh, Critic. To make town for them, the 42d
tuurch for Queetiferry-!rouse barracks.

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[PRTCE SrvrmprNeri.

I3IPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LOADS, WRIMESDAY, MARCH 21%

.
Counsel,wereheard in continuation aratitnillY,
respecting the Scots Cause of Young v. Lieven.
Consideration of judgment postponed till to -11101'-.
lOW .

. In the Scots Appeal of Lord and Lady Mont,
gomerie v. Wauchope, Counsel were partlybeard. •
'147, proceed again on Friday.
The Crown Renti Bill was brought ne from tilt
ComMonsby Mr &OGDEN and others, add read
a first time.
Viscount SYDNEY' presented a Petition from the
County of, Wexford, in Ireland, 'complaining of
the depressed state of. Agriculture therein, and
praying;r relief. Ordered to lie on the table.. •
I'RINCE LEOPOLD.'
The Earl of InVEßroot„ pursuant to his notice
of yesterday, moved the consideration and istspen-
sion of the relevant Standing. Orders in this par-
ticular case,. which being forthwith ordered by
their Lordships, he moved the second reading
the Bill for the Naturalization , of his Serene
:Highness Prince Leopold of Ctibourg
Thia-itecordingly took place, and the. commitsment
of the Bill was negatived by their Lorddlip:. The
Noble EA then, after a short pause, moved ;the
third reading of the which was aecurdingly.
read a third time aud passed, arhl a Message or•
tiered, to acictutiat the Commons therewith. •
.
The LURD CLIASCtLLOR observed,-that
it.seas
usual, in eases of Bills of this kind, a's relating to
the Royal 'Family, that the Bill should be, sent
down to the Commons by two of his Majesty's
Judges : but as these Learned Personages;wcre now
engaged on the Circuit, that proceeding necessa-
rily could not take place. He should propose that
the Bill be sent to theCominons by their Lord-
ships' ordinary Messengers.
This Meeting the' sense of the House, it was
accordingly taken down by the Attendant Masters
in Chancery.
In the lapse of a few minutes, during ,which
some routine and private business was disposed
Ql, Mr. BATHURST, attended by several Members,
returned the Bill from the Commons, with the
complete acquiescence of that House to the Bill
in all its stages.
BARLOWS DIVORCE BILL.
The House resolved itself into a Committee on
Sir George Barlow's, Divorce „Bulb—The LORI)
CIIANCRLIMiI, with regard to the cluse prohi-
biting Lady Barlow from intermarrying with
Major Barlow, moved the adjournment of the
Committee till to-morrow, in eavl any Noble
Lord should have any objection to make to it. 'That
Earl of Shaftsbury quitted the Chair, and the fur-
ther consideration was postponed till io-morrow.
—Adjourned.