Star.
London, England, 1806-06-20 00:00:00

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Stir y.NEWPOitT moved the Orda of itHS Day fot Malt
refolving Weil into a Committee on the Ira iledtion BM.
Colonel VIREKER then rofe, and (poke with great wean*
of the rapidity with which the Right Hon. Baronet had preffed
the NI through the previous lieges, while he had declined doing
any thing in the prefent Sefkon foe remedying thole evils which
eaifted iu the piper circulation of Ireland. He had no Idea of
the contents of this Bill till very lately, and its objeet appeared to
br to ftrike a death blow at every Corporation Is Ireland. It arofe
from the Right Hon. Baronet's own experience In a late eleetion •
(Order! fireltr /) and was deftrudtve of the rights of the great ,
Corporeth.r.s. He wounded, that time mould be given them to
patent petitions and proteits apinft It, and as that amid not be
done In the prefent Sawn, be Ihould move that ft be poßponed to
the next Sefton,

Sir j. NEWPORT mislead tbe object of the mn. At preent
petitioners claiming the tights of freemen in Corporations, pre-
fentsd their claims to the Mayor who 'mean annual elect, and
it too often happened, front this and other tattles, that their claims
were negleaed and millald for yetis, and then the freeman was
deprived of his jolt rights, or forced to reclaim them at a greet ex-
petite. The prefent Bill provided that every claim fhould be de-
livered to the Town Clerk, who was to precut It to the Mayor
Within forty eight hours; and thai tome dedSon &Cold be paired
upon It within one month after it, precOttrent. It obliged the
Corporation to proceed to tome deelitun, before they entered on
any other elettion bonnets. Should the claim be rejefted by them,
and afterward! brought into a Court of Ja 110. and decides in fa-
wner of the claimant, it provided that he Mould recover all thee
eipences which ha had been put to, in parkin hie, juft rights.
This was the more neceffery,. se individuals Et prefent found it
ruinous to cope with the weight of s Cairporation purfe. He knew,
that in one loftance, scoot had been mired on the revenues of a
Corporation, for fupportiog thelaw expeotes oecafioned by theta
appeals. The prefent Bill ealkd upon the Corporatist* to do no-
thing but juftiet, and whatever &Hullos the Hon. Member might
make to his modem, he trotted the Houfe-would do him the jut.
tlee to believe, that in the exerelfe of his official duty, he was cot
actuated by any private or Snifter views.
Mr. S. BOURNE nprefed a ftrang with that the mesfure
(hoard he deferred for the prefent, till the fentiments of the people
of Ireland thould be known. The bill might now pets through
the Committee pre forma, and the blanks might be filkd up,that
the nature of the Bill might be fully akettained, and in this flue
it might lie over till neat &Mon.
Mr. ALEXANDER contended, that the Bill, by holding out fo
much ascotiregement to claimants, would be the means of intro-
doting endiefe
Mr. FOSTER Paid, that the !scenes of the Seam. and the dif-
tance to theta who were interelted in it. made it impidEble for them
to tranfmtt their fentiments ot it to the Houle in the pretent Set-
Son. lie thould therefore oppote the Speaker's leaving the Chair.
Mr. O'HARA conceived the beg way would be. for the Houk
to go into the Comeniuce at preset, when the blanks might be
filled up, and then the nature and object of the Bill would be ken.
Lord TEMPLE trotted, that no °Nation would be made to
this propeaL He believed that his Right l low Friend would not
°hied to giving ten or fourteen days, in order that the link of the
kith Gentlemen might be colleaed upon it.
Sir J. NEWPORT espreffisi his aequiefeenee in this propotal;
but he could not content to poftpone the confider-elan of the Sill
beyond the prefect Sefton. by that means twelve months would
e(capc, and in the mean time a very large body of defter' might
be deprived of their rie:tte.
Colonel BAGWELL °epees! the Bill; and Mr. PARNELL
and Dr. LAWRENCE fupportsd it.
Mr. H. BROW NE walled the Bill to he put of for the peeks*.
He thought It liable to conaderable objeaions, and at lesft ample
time thould be given for its full coonderation. He would alit the
Right Hon. Baronet, whether be could poibly think fourteen
days fullichout for congaing the folk of the people of Ireland spec
It f The people of this country were juftly jealous of every thing
that affected their elective rights, and nothing of that kind thould
be hurried through the Houk.
The qoeftion being then loudly called for, a divilloo tank place,
and there appeared, for the Committee a)-s-Agelnit it ob.-Ma-
jority I.
CMAILOIII•GAINST THe 14•R(22/t1 WILLEILIT.
Mr. PAUL moved, " that a return be forthwith
trade to the order of the sth of June, for Papers re-
lative to Oude." There Papers, he Paid, would be
necelraryto the elucidation of the charge, and ought
to be brought forward before he moved it.
The motion was agreed tn.
Mr. PAUL then moved the Order of the Day for
taking into further confideration the charge againit
the Marquis Wellefley, relative to the tranfaelions in
Oude.

Sir A. WELLESLEY afked, whether all the wit-
neffes need attend the whole of the prefent day ?
Mr. PAUL replied, that the next witneffes he
meant to examine were, Sir Alured Clarke, Major
Oufeley, and Mr. Johnftone : after that, he meant
to defer the further examination of evidence till Mon
day, in order that the papers peremptorily moved for
this day, fhould be on the table. The evidence of
yefierday and this day might in the mean time be
printed, and the examination on Monday. be fop-
`pofed, would not occupy more than two hours.
The Houfe then refolved Welt* into a Committee,
Lord FOLKSTONE in the Chair.
Mr. JOHNS*TONE was then examined in his place
by Mr. PAUL, who fira diced him whether he had
not been for t s years in a high fituation, as Refident
at Lucknow ?
Mr. JOHNSTONE laid, that as his fituation in
India was in many retinas a confidential one, he fek
' himfelf in an awkward and embarraffing predicament,
upon which he walled to deliver an opinion now, as
he might not afterwards have any opportunity of do-
ling fo.
-Mr. PAUL acquainted him, that the queflion he
meant to put to him related principally to finance,
and would not therefore place him under the embar-
raffment he apprehended. He then repeated his
former queflion, to which Mr. Johnflone replied, that
while he remained at Lucknow, he was frequently
AEling Refident ; that the fubfidy paid by the Nabob
was at that time fifty-fix lacks of rupees; that the
Nabob Vizier was very unwilling, and would not,
without reflraint or fome degree of compolfion, cede
any part of his territory ; that the late Nabob was
Paid, by public report, to have be-n much additled
to the ufe of opium, and intoxicating liquors.
Mr. PAUL having put a queftion to Sir Attired
Clarke, relative to the opinion he entertained, whe-
ther, if the Nabob of Oude had been obliged to pay
500,0001. in addition to the 70 lacks of rupees, it
would not have been an infraaios of the Treaty ?

Mr. WALLACE objefted to it, as the Treaty was
on the table, and any Member could fee whether this
was an infralion or not.
A long eonverfation then took place between Mr.
PAUL, Dolor LAWRENCE, Mr. MARTIN,
and others, who were of opinion, that the quellion
thould be put ; and Mr. WALLACE, Earl TEM-
PLE, Mr. S. BOURNE, and others, who objeded
to it ; after which a dilution took place : The num-
bers were—For putting the queftion, 16—Againd it,
46—Majority 20.
When ltrangers were again admitted, we under-
Rood, that Mr. PAUL had propored another (pet-
tion relative to the opinion entcrtained by Sir Alured
Clarke on a different point. This was all. objeded
to on the fame grounds by Mr. WALLACE.
Mr. PAUL then Rated, that all the queflions he
had prepared were of the fame nature ; he thcref(.ie
moved, " that the Committee lhould to adj..orned
until to-morrow, that he might have an opportunity
of putting his quahogs into another thapc, or for the