Star.
London, England, 1806-07-05 00:00:00

PARLIAME*TARrPROCEEDINGS.

TIOUSg OP LORDS, FRIDAY, JULY 4.
an Appeal from Pentland, " Rennie v. Tod and others,"
nrd Advocate of kotiand was partly heard for theAppel-
-Further hearing on Monday.
Alexander. Mr. Shay/ !Alegre, Sir Theophilus Metcalfe,
Fellows, and feveral other Members of the Houle of Com-
. bn•nght on the Slave Ship Reftriaion Bill, the pith Spirits
Coll,Aion Bill, the hi& Cuftoms Bill, the Irifh Poor Bill,
tfaled 'raxes .111ematice Bill, and revert! priwac Link which
read a firlt tame. The Slave Ship Rettridtion DiU and kips
Bill were ordered to he printed• the former on the motion
ird tX al6ugbam, and the latter on ,the motion of the Earl of
rick.
c Tiaccad lace Bill and the Eaft India Shipping Bill were
third time and paged.
e Debtors Relief Bill paged tbroash a Committee.--Repore•

'onday.
r. Smith, from Greenwich Hofpital, prefented an Account of
xpenditure far the Relief of Seamen. under the Mt of the
Geo 111.--Ortkred to lie on the table.
r Jobtifon, from the Mice of the Chief Secretary for Ireland.
,red the Fourth Report of the Commifflonen of Inquiry In
al.—Ordered to lie on the table, and w be printed.

CUSTOM MOUS,.
he Houk refolved itfelf into a Committee on the
toms Fees Bill.
be Archbilhop of CANTERBURY objetted to
elude for enforcing the attendance of the Clerks
Officers of the Cuflom-houfe on all holidays,
;It Good Friday and Choiftmas day, which he
idered as a legiflative mode of putting down
e holidays, which had been confidered by our an-
on as effendi' to the keeping in mind the hiftory
be Clod'lien Religion. He tliought that the
tic of them ought to be reftored on doe Bill ; but
hat was not to be effefted, he floould propofe to
ore a few of them which were immediately -con-
ed with the binary of our Sas, tou R.
,ofd GRENVILLE expreffed his regard for the
obfervance of all religious ordinances, but was
winced that the interelis of true piety would not
!Sated by the claufe as it now flood. The days
stioned in the claufe were thnfe which the per fans
Ferned in the bufinefs of the Cottons were likely
ommon with other perfons to appropriate to de-
ions but it was not to be fuppofed that they would
ad Divine Set vice on the days alluded to by the
At Rey. Prelate. His Lordfhip alto pointed out
great injury which the commerce of the country
ained from the number of holidays at the Cullom
ufe, and therefore objeded to an) alteration being
de in the claufe.
rhe Arcbbilhnp of CANTERBURY obferved,
t a day was mentioned in the Bill whicli.wai not
,wn to :he Church, namely, the Coronation. He
puled it was infected inflead of the Acceffion,
en divine fervice was performed. He moved as
amendment, the infFrtion of the Epiphany and the
:ention.
the Billow of ST. ASAPH remarked that the
idays in the Calendir were not, as commonly
rgined, kept for the purpofe of doing honour to
holy per6,ns whole names they bore' but they
re intended to commemorate the early fans oldie
dory of the Goitre). In this view they were of
at ufe in prefeiving the recolledion of the evi
lees of the Chridiatt Religion. He wifhed to add
Annunciation to the days mentioned by the
ght Rev. Prelate. He objeded to the pltrale‘.logy
the Bill, which enaded, that no hdidays fhould
kept in the port of London, &c. He could not
t difapprove of this mode of putting down the
lerrclar by Statute. He propoled rather to alter the
preflion of the chafe to as to give power to the
:romiftiorers to command and enforce the anew.
nce of the cletks on holidays. This, he ender-
od, was ft equently done alfeady even on Sundays.
Strangers were ordered to withdrax. On the
ettion being put, the amendment was negatived
thout a divaiun.

VOTE OF CEI DIT.

Lord GRENVILLE moved the order of the day
r taking into contideration his Majay's Miffage
rive to a vote of credit. His Lord Chip nbferved,
it this being merely the anal mcfrage prefcnted
ery Seffion, previous to a Vote of Credit, it was
:ally unneceffary for him to enter into any argu-
mt upon the fubjeel. He fhould, therefore, merely
nve an Addrels to his Majelly, declaring their rea-
nefs to concur in the object of his Majelty's Mef-
ge.—Carried eon. .dy:

1.,10. RODNEY.
Lord GRENVILLE moved the order of the day
r taking into confideration Lis Majelty's Meffige
[alive to L trd Rodney His Lordlhip Rated that
penfion of 2CCOI. per annum had been granted 'to
e fit fl Lord Rodney for the eminent fet vices reti-
red by him to his Majelly and the public— retool.
as to devolve after his death to his widow and
iunger children, and the remaining tocol. to his
dell fon, for his natural life. His eldefl fon, the
te. Lord Rodney, enjoyed the penfion but a (hurt
ne after his ta:her's death, and it was now proyof-
I to continue that penficn to the prefent
here were feveral who heard him, old enough
remember the brilliant victory gained by the dif-
nguithed officer who fit It polftifed this title, a via°-
, which, independeut of its own importance, was of
le moll effintial ‘senefit to the country at that time,
hen the cirtumflances of our amnion were not the
tilt pleating, and when our military charafter had
een; in lonic degt cc, leffened. It was tytte, that the
n referred to in his Majefly's lielefrage was
ranted fur Cervices antecedent to that vielory, but
t,tt on that account the lets important, which, on the
ntiars, entitled that dillinguifhed officer to every
nark of apptobation from his eourttry, As to the
general rittriple on which thee remitnerathms were
4.4i•teki, there could not egt the flighted. doubt of
is being one of the belt pr ciples on which PArlia-
nen: cold eft. A reward of this nature yearned for
Cli.itirot Ceske% diffufed an additional fpirit over a
sst•rrle prr•hCß•tri, and llimulated every one engaged
it it, to feize eve, y opportunity of exerting to the tit-
rn.)ll his feud' and ability in the fer vice of his country,
:onftdell that his fucceu would receive a grateful re-
ward, and that if he fejj, an ample provifion would be
nadc fir hi. family. Public ceeonomy was at all
mace rieceff.ry, but that was the ben public economy
vhich afforded the bell affurance of public fervices,
rd no.L.ing could be more important than that
tore srh v ere fighting the battles of their country
he thoroughly convinced that if they were
tit wa.ttinl to their country, their country would
of wantine to them, and that whild England ea-
ette ! v. re man to d 0 his duty, the was at all times
:..ny to tie Let duty to atcalt. lie thought it was

at all times advifeable, where his Welly was ad.
vifed to beflow a Peerage for etnincnt fervices, and
where a penfion was granted with it, to anntx filch!
pention to the title, in order to enable its potreffors in I
fu:cciLon, the better to funport their ,an and dig-
nity. We fhould venrra.e the memory and arr fer-
vices of great men in their immediate defccnjants
and remota pofierity—
.• Et OW eaterum et sui naleuntur sib Misr
It had, he believed. been intended to proper: in the
Ira Parliament, that this penfion, which was grant.
ed on the revenues cf Ireland, &cold be continued
to each poffeffor of the title. That preprifition, how-
ever, from fome accident, was trot made, and the
prams as he had already flared, expired with the
death of the late Lord Rodney. He had no doubt
that at any future period, if the prefent Lord (hould
have fucceffors to the title, that Parliament would
readily grant the penfion to the paireffors of the title
in fuccelfion. Under, however. the prefent eircum.
(lances of the cafe, it was only intended to propofe
to grant the penfion to the prefent Lord Rodney for
his natural life, •at any future period Parliament
would of courfe ad according to the nature of the
eircumkances then vatting. His Lnrdthip concluded
by moving an Addrefs to his Majay. declaring their
readineli to concur in the objea of his Majefty's
Maige.—Carried aew. tiff: