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PillittgrieTelltY PROCEEDINGS.
H g 8 ELORDB, MARCH U. •
Arlies*Loas. .110mIale•bavias been detained at Cerium
Palace da a late hour, tbe Hesse did not meet till balf-paat
live o'clock. -
Mr. Toxins, from the Treasury, niessined an Account of the
amount of Five per Cestistoolts eonverteibso Four par Cents.
and the amount of the 'per Cents. Aron the pasdnd of the
Bate Act. • , • ,
Jonesox /ma the Chat Eseistares Office in Inland,
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presented certain Accounts
The Earl of BLESINTON moved to put off tissistiOod
reading of the 818 for the Registry of Deeds in Ireland to Mon-
day, the 2Sd of April.--Ordered.
Earl of BLEST NTON said, that some time ago certain
statements appeared in the Newspapers ng what was
supposed to have been said by him in thartertse of the Fel-
lows of Dublin College who went out upon livings. The ex-
pressions he used were considered rather harsh abd severe; but
be now thought it necessary to state, that he only meant to say
that the Fellows who went out on livings left the College at a
time of life when it was difficult for them to change their kabits,
and when they were not in a condition to fulfil the dudes they
were to perform.
- BOARD OF ADMIRALTY.
Sir. firma, from the Admiralty, presented at the bar a copy
of the Commission for executing the office of Lord High Ad-
miral of England, which, on the motion of Lord Mramnas, bad
been ordered on the preceding day.
Lord NIELVILLIZ then rose and said, that as his Majesty
bad lately ordered the number of Commissionerof the Ad-
miralty to be reduced from seven to five, it was of importance
that the present Commissioden should se enabled to perform
the duties assigned to them, so fat as regarded the business in
the outposts and other places: but this it was impossible for
them to do, so long as that Act existed which required tint /b 0
business could be done at the Board unless three
ware present. It was impossible, after the reductiosis question.
for the Board to act, unless the quorum was reduced to two.
Ile now had a Bill which he should present to their Lordships
for that purpose, and its object was, to amend the provisions of
the former Act by empowtring two Commissioners to act as a
quorum. With respect to the proceeding which gave rise to the
reduction in question, be must say that he could nut concur in
the expediency of it; and if he had been a Member of the other
House at the time the proceeding was adopted, he should have
felt it his duty to oppose it. That measure, he must assert, had
not the least tendency to promote economy; and considerable
deterioration would take place in the business of the office so for
as regarded the reduction of one of the Commissioners. If only
one Commissioner had been reduced, he would not say that the
public business was likely to be obstructed during the present
period of peace; but in time of war he was confident that it
would be necessary to raise the number again to seven. During
peace it certainly would have been better to have kept up six
Commissioners. He should not now enter into any detail of
argument on this question ; but he must say that the measure
he alluded to, instead of being one of economy, would be at-
tended with considerable expense. All he now meant to do
was to present the Bill ; but be should be prepared to state his
reasons for what he now asserted, if any Noble Lord should
think proper to defend the reduction in question. He should
also move to suspend the Standing Order of the House, so that
the Bill might be passed in all its stages to.morrow, as it was
necessary that it should be passed into a law before the ensuing
recess. His Lordship then presented the Bill, which was read
a firzt and ordered to be read a second time .^-nrosrmw
Adjoot tad.