Star.
London, England, 1814-06-11 00:00:00

PARLIAMENTARr PROJEEDINGS.

HOUSE OF LORTIS, JUNE int
Counsel were finally heard respecting the Scots Cause, " Max.
wall 96 Walsh."—ludgmcnt poNtponed.

THE PANTHEON 'THEATRE.
The Dike of NORFOLK °Brained leave on.. the part of the
prosecutor to withdraw the pending Bill upon this subject ; when
hts Grace presented a new one; in whist' he seemed to say much
of *kat had been objected to in the former, was obviated, for
anistituting the Pantheon a regular Tlwatre. •
The Pill being read a first rinse, was (ordered to be printed.
The alutch Trade Bill was read a second time.
'The Lottery and Excise Datics..Bill were read a third time,
anttrassed.
several private Bills were brought up from the Commons by
Sir•hnses Graham add other Members, and read a first time
'l'hose on the table were respec:ively forwarded.
The Uxbridge Road Bill, after a short discussion between
Lords KIINTOPI, DUN on si and the Bishop of CARLIRLE, and a
division of eight rot feur--Read a third time and passed.
CORN LAWS.

girl STANHOPE presented a Petition against
the. Bill on. this subject now before their Lordships,
from the Parish of St. Luke, Chelsea, which he moved
abonld be read by the Clerk. The petitioners, among
other points, expressed their apprehension, that the
eitii, col the bill would be to keep up the price of corn
oa.d.nread, and consequently of labour.
i lis Lon :snip in the course of his. observations on
thiv part ef the subjeccsaid, the root of the evil was'
unquestionably the great extent of the National Debt
umlihe•consequent ettent of taxation. He trusted,
. h.' ever; the -good faith of the nation would never be
%Oren ; but that some system of financial regulation
mai in surne respects of untaxing the poor, would be
utinpred, winch would have "a most salutary effect
toorlia; obv. ; . the evils complained. of,
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• •••,. ,- • , -.Awn -131PEinted 4. petitjen tint* the
• p • ot- s drew's, Holborn, 'praying generally
that* altera 'on may be made in the present Corp
L.a.pyj, and hat they may be sutiered to euloy the
Wettings ot peace. .
The-petition, after a few words, in the way dew
planation, between the Noble Earl and one oftheit
Loidships, was ordered to lie on the table.
rontioN ranovs.
The Marquis of LAN apowNEadverted to son*
infOrii. slim tie had received respecting a number of
Foreign Troops being landed in this country, and
wishedao know of Noble Lords opposite it such were
really the case ; In this he meant nor to censure mu
atrant,,,ltztent that may be made for affording the hobs
pitglityot the country to Foreign troops particularly 1
circumstanced, but in point ot principle the circuar-1,
ounce-was one deserving the pec attar attention of
Firliainstit. He observed upon the communication,
which. writs always made oft such occasions, either
after on previous to the introductian of foreign troops,
sue shish was more especially requisite its the case
of temps we even in the pay of England.
The Earl of LIVERPOOL could then only state,
*awash's as his knowledge went, no foreign troops
had actually been landed. However, he believed, he
eitouid-on Monday recentoithe Prince Regent's Coln-
mods to make a commuttiratiun to Parliament on
the-Subject.
STATIDO Or ria CORN LAWS.
The Earl of HARDWICHE, pursuant to his no-
tice, ruse to move- tsar the appointment of a Com-
mittee of Inquiry on this stillect. He noticed the
adoption of a similar measure, on the part of the
ether House, and among ' other points, respect-
ing the-salutary results of such an enquiry, observed,
is, would tend to do away those mutual jealousies be-
tween certain supposed distinct interests, which it
was highly detrimental should continue to exist. He
then regularly snored fur the 4pDPMituent oLa
The Earl of DARNLEY approved warmly of the,
tveature, and trusted they v. ould, without loss of
time, proceed •in a strict and solemn manner, to so
impqrtaneas investigation.
Thth Duke of ATHOL expressed his conviction,
that the baldest and cotpmercial interests of the coon
"ey veers in fact- one i such would more clearly ap-
pear:from the proposed investigation, and conse-
quently much injurious misconception obviated.
The Earl of LAUDERDALE said, that the mo.
"ion fur the Committee may be relish improved in the
'wording to appoint. it ter the consideration of the state
of Lb, Corn Lairs, ea as connected with the commer-
cial Jolt landetkieterests," would be much better, and
br aciduce4 rose Fascinations in mder to prove that
there was foritipatrbring dust disptrity ip point of
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the growers and consumers oreorn," would be pre-
ferable.
The discsssion on thivpoint, in which the Lona
,CHANCELLOR, the Marquis Of LANSDOWNE, the Duke
of A•rttot., and Earl GREY participated.—At length
it was determined, that the Committee should hoop•
pointed for .4 An Enquiry into the state of the eon.
sumption and Commerce of Grain, and of all Laws
relating thereto."
The Committee oras ordered to sit at two o'clock
on Monday ; and that all the Lords present this,Ses•
sion should be eligible to sit in the Committee..

CORN EXPORT FILL.
The Order for their Lordships going iato a Com-
mittee on this Bill being read,
Earl STANHOPE thought thepresent proceeding
anomalous, as the House had just appointed a Com-
mittee to enquire into the general subject of. what the
present measure formed a part ; they were about to
decide upon the Bill, and to make the enquiry after-
wards; a consideration which should always precede.
The Earl of HA RDWIC ICE said, that from What
had transpired in discussion on a former evening, no
'objection would be made to proceeding with this bill.
He said that no danger could arise under the circum-
stances from its adoptron : and on the other hand, one
part at least of the United Kingdom would be very
disadvantageously placed by its not proceeding.
4 After some further explanation on the point, be-
tween the Noble Earl and the Earls Or STANHOPE and
LA vocaDALF, the tiouse declared into tbeCerrunigec-
'Lord Xarslsunt in the Chair.
The principal Enacting Clause being read—
The Earl of LAUDERDALE proposed an
amendment, that the words " And all bounties" be
omitted.
The Earl of LIMERICK deprecated the prop°,
sition on the ground p:incipally that such an Altera-
Lind would endanger the parts of the Bill, and in re-
ference to its mischievous consequences to another'
.part of the United Kingdom. It was weld known
that the West India islands were in great want of
corn, with which they could be supplied from Ire-
land. Of this, were the Bill not to pass, they would
be deprived ; and those colonies obliged to apply for
the necessary supplyto our good friend:, the Arne' icanQ
. • The Marquis of LANSDOWNE argued against
the amendment.

The Earls STANHOPE, LAUDERDALE, GALLOWAY,
and the Duke of ATkint., were the principal Speakers.
In the result, the proposed amendment was nega-
tived without a discussion.

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In the course of a short further discuision
Eel ri STAN HOPE presented an amendment—the
effect of which, he described, would be to fix a point
at which the exportation should stop. This was also
negatived by the Committee.
The remaining clauses were then agreed to, and
the Bill was reported without any amendment.
The Earl of HARDWICKE said he should move
the third reading of the Bill on Monday, and moved
chat the Lords be summoned for that day.—Ordered.
The House then adjourned till Monday.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.

LORI) COCHRANE AND Wt. COCHRANE JoIINsIONE.

Mr. BROADHEAD, adverting to the proceed
ings which had taken place in one of the Courts, the
result of which hall been a_vertlict of Guilty against
two Members of that House, on a charge deeply af.
letting their public and • vate character, felt it ne.
Sagi• tip 1114iElle sif Corn m *A,
that no time s!Jout4 be Inn in tailing their attention
to the circumstances ; and he therefore gave notice,
that at uti distant period he should submit a motion
on the subject to their consideration. He would
name the day ; but he was afraid, in point of regula-
rity, some objection might be made to his doing -so
at the present monieat. If in this supposition he was
wrung, he hoped some Holton:able Menzher would
set him right.
The ATTORNEY.GENERAL was glad the first
opportunity had been taken of calling the attention
of the House to the result of the late trial. He be-
lieved the Hon. Gentleman need feel no difficulty in
now fixing the day on which he would 'ming fot ward-
his motion. He could not regularly name an earlier
day than Tuesday ; for this reason—any party con 7
victed, as the persons referred to had been, had the
liberty of making two applications to the Court with.'
in the first four days of the next term, either of which
if made, might possibly make any proceedings in
that House for the present inconvenient or inexpe-
dient. They might move either fir a new trial, or
for an arrest of judgment. This the parties: concerned
in the late trial might do between that time and Mon-
day night; therefore the Honourable Member could
not regularly bring on his motion before Tuesday.—
In stating this, he wished it to be distinctly under-
stood, that he did not say to him• it appeared probe.
able either of these applications would be
.made; nor,
lon the other hand, did he mean to take upon himself
:to say, no motion for a new trial, or an arrest of
judgment could be expected. Having, from the na-
ture of his official duties, declined taking an. active
part in the proceedings, lie was wholly unconnected
with them, and knew no more on the subject than
any oilier person t he therefore meant to give no opi.
nion as to whether any application was likely to be
made to the Court on the part of the per Sons against
whom the verdict of Guilty had been found,oras.t9;
the probability of failure or success if such a step were
resorted to.
Mr. BROADHEAD then said, he would give
notice, that on Tuesday next he should submit a mo.
lion to the House, founded on the result of the late trial.
The SPEAKER thought it might be convenient
to the Honourable Gentleman and the House, to
know, that in all cases of this nature, the first step to
be taken was to afford the House some proof of the

fact. This done, the parties concerned must have
notice of the same, and be called upon for their de-
fence, if they thought proper to make any. These
forms must be observed, before the House could in.
stitute any stronger proceedings on its own part,
founded on the conviction of those who had been tried;
• Mr. BROADHEAD gave notice, that on Tues-
day he would move for a copy of the conviction,
The ATTORNSY•GENERAL said, he ueuld
coke care there sboukl be no delay in thi production
of that document no would give ordets.to prepare iI
immediately.

LOlll/.IIILLPS ANNUITY.
The Report of Lord Hill's Annuity vrai {abort
fuether CcdlrAClFTAtiloOr_oll tltl CHAVONI./.011..01 the

rxeNTOCltit having stated the assent of the Crown
so have been obtained to the eeteminn of the ,
Mr. W.; WYNNE. was glad 'the grant had been
extended, but was still of opinion ought be in-
creased. This he ettppoeted by competing the re-
wards whieh had foribudibeek-given to Lord Rod-
ney and other distinguished Commanders.. If it more-
ample provision were not mede, .he contended, his
Lordship's descendants muse* alepeadent on the
Crown. .
The CHANCELtOR of tire EXCHEQUER
said, the cases brought forward by tite,Hesaourable
Gentleman were those of Commanaets In Chief, and
were therefore-not exactly in point. 'The amount, of
the annuity could not be increased, without bringing
on Government many additional clairus. Lord Nel-
son, after the battle of the Nile, and Lord Welling-
ton, after the battle of Talavera, on being raised to
the Peerage, had received no more than 02000 per
annum.- • He approved of the extension of the grant,
as to ante; but in other respects, could see nothing
peculiar in the case of Lord Hill to justify a depart
cure from the established practice..
Mr. WYNNE explained some parts of his former
speech, and moved as an amendment, that the Reso-
lution respecting Lord Hill should be recommitted.
Lord CASTLEREAGH opposed the proposition,
on the principle, that it would be wrong to found a
new precedent on any individual case.
Sir J. NICHOL thought the annuity ought to be
increased.
Sir C. POOLE was of opinion, that to do this
would be to make a distinction between Lord Hill
and other Commanders, which would do the public
service more harm than good.
Lord CLIV'E supported the amendment.
Mr. W. FITZGERALD opposed it.
Mr. WHITBREAD, it the House divided, must
vote against the amendment. The extension of the
grant, by making it coeval with the tide, made the
82000 granted equal to 03000 at a former period,
and more than equal to an annuity of 8:1000 fur
three lives of the present day. This reward was as
great as the public ought to bestow.
Mr..PROTHEROL wished the lucrative military
appointments in the gift of the Crown were reserved
to reward distinguished veteran Officers.
• The Gallery was cleared, but the amendment was
lost without a division.

NEGOCIATIONS AT CHATILLON.

On the Order of the Day being moved for the
House going into a Committee of Supply,
Mr. WHITBREAD observed, that the Noble
Lord had postponed the Army Estimates to Friday
next. The discussion on the Definitive'Treaty stold
fur that day. This, he doubted not, they would he
enabled to arrange but it was desirable that they
should know on what day each discussion would ac-
tually come on. While on his legs, he wished to put
A question to the Noble Lord, which, before his arri-
val, he had put to his colleagues, with respect to the
Papers relaive to the Negotiations at Chatillon. He
wished to ask, it it WAS intended these should be pro-
duced ? He (Mr. Whitbread) wished to see them,
trom the circumstance of his having been of opinion,
at a time when he WAS not likely to be so generally
supported in it as he was now, that the conduct of
'eliiiisters had been perfectly justifiable. He should
be glad to see what course that negociation had taken,
AS the House had voted a large sum, on the supposi-
tion that it had been wisely conducted towards carry.
iog auto effect.the Treaty of Chaunistat, to which it
had led. He thought no possible inconvenience could
result from the production of the Papers. He, in
particular, wished to know it any proposition hail
been made to the then Government of France on the
subject of the Slave Trade ? The manner in which
it had been disposed of the Treaty concluded with
the present Government of France, pressed heavy on
nis heart, and destroyed much of the joy be felt on
, the arrival of the Treaty of Peace. He wished to
know if the Noble Lord was willing to consent to the
production of the Papers? If he refused them, he
(Mr. %Whitbread) should move for them, though with
feelings very different from those with which he
' should have called for them at one time.
Lord CASTLEREAGH, respecting the first
point touched upon by the Hun. Gentleman, had to
say, he proposed to defer the consideration of the De-
' finittve Treaty from Friday next to an early day in the
-following week. At present he could not name the
day, but he would give the House due notice. As to
the second point, perhap., it would be most convenient
for the Hun. Gentleman himself, that the papers re-
' specting the negociations at Chatillon, should not be
called tot till atter the discussion on the Treaty. Whe-
ther the Treaty concluded, should be approved or dis-
approved by the House, could not depend upon what
passed at Chatillon ; but explanations might be given
in the course of the debate of what passed at Chatil-
lon, which mizht enable the Hon. Gentleman to form
a better judelent on the propriety of calling for the
papers. On the general principle, that when a nego-
• ciation had been entered into; which terminated so'
that it did not make out a prima fade case against M-
oister:, it was not necessary to publish the Papers as
a matter of course, he should oppose a modal for
their production. To do this would cause great pub-
lic inconvenience, and would injure us much in cur
foreign relations. For himself he had no objection to
their production, from reluctance to meet any gves,,,
tiog that might be raised on the conduct of Ministers
in the negoctation, but he should oppose their being
produced it some Parliamentary grounds for their
production were not laid. With respect to what had
been said on tht Slave Trade, he had no hesitation in
saying, the same proposition had been made to the
late as to the present French Government, for the
total and immediate abolition of it. He could assure
the Honourable Gentleman the cause of humanity
had not suffered in this respect by the changes which
bad taken place in the Government of France.—.
I Though something had been gained from the present
Monarch of France, (whose benevolence and huma-,
nity be eulogised), the former French Government '
had been found extremely repugnant to any conces-
sion on the Slim Trade. ( Hear, !war.)—He hoped,
therefore, on this point, the present treaty would not
give the Hon. Gentleman pain, as being superior to
any that might have been concluded with another
parry.
Mr. WHITBREAD thought he had been mis-
understood by the No Lord. He had meant to
raise rat* than to blunt the Ministers of the Prince
Itegent. Wm-stated his reasons fox wishing to Re
the Perms VI Noble ‘erd had spoken of the hu-

man;ty of the trench King ; he was forty he could
sot discover it in the Treaty. No two things could
he moi*opposed to tech other, than the language
held by the King of France on this subject, and the
. article inserted in the Treaty. The first was all me-e
talk; the second enacted, that those horrors should
continue which it Ina" been the: object of
country to abolish altogether. On this subject, wit'.
*ray' Genrernmern7 and under, any circomstartees,
Whatever might be the kelirgs of the opposite party.
he (Lord Castlereagh) ought to have made an abso-
ltite and determined resistance.to that degrading sti-
phlation which had obtained a place in the Treat;.
He thought the Papers he called for should be give'',
a; all he asked was that those which had already beer.
printed, and which were in the Secretary of Eltatt*:.
Office, should he produced.
Lord CASTLEREAGH I:nd r.ct ur.ekrstoosi tie
Honourable Gentleman to blame, but had felt grate.-
fol for his praise. I-le contended, the papers gittled
for by the Honourable Gentleman, ought not to he
produced, unless a presumptive case of blame or re•
cessity could be made nut. Such document ought
not to be given as a matter of course for the gratifica-
tion of curiosity. That the papers had been 'whited
he hoped the Honourable Gentleman would acirp t
as a proof that there was no indisposition to give them
when their production was thought necessary.

AUSKAN TROOPS.
Mr. W. WYNNE wished to know when a corn..
rmmisation would be mad* to„ 1/aliment on this
sajecil ‘."111
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER
had hoped his Noble Friend or himself wouid have
been able to make a corn:hooka:ton thisdatT. It would
certainly be made very soots •