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HUNT( NODONSHIR E.

TO lIE SOLD BY AUCTION,
ELIGIBLE FREEHOLD ES FA LE, itr 1E FREE, AND
, LAND TAX REDERMEI --Ey Mr. ROBINS,
AC Garraway's, on Tuesday, March 10, at 12, in Two Lots,
A COMPACT FREE 1-1 OLD ESTATE, Tithe
Free, and Land lax redeemed.

I.ot 1. Compribes Fo‘r Enclosures of rich Arable Land, di-
vided by thriving qulc.k &nate, containing upwards of Forty-
four Acres, and an excellent Meadow of rwelve Acres, in a
rivg fence. tithe free, and I.agd Lax redeemed, situate in West-
field, in the Parish Goiltnanchester, about one mile from the
Town, and by the roadside to Orford, a short distance from the
kiver Ouse.

Lot 2. A Freehold capital rich Meadow, a short distance from
Lot 1, containing SA. vit. 121'. bounded on the West by the
River Ouse, and adjoining to the lands of the Corporation; tithe
free, and land tax redeemed.
The Lands are in excellent cu': ration, forming a very eligible
Property for occupation, or to invest money; the whole in pos-
session of. Mr. Richard Miles, tenant front year to year.
May be viewed by applying to Mr. Miles, at Godmanchester,
where Particulars may be bad, and at the Horse Shoe Inn; at
the Fountain Inn, Huntingdon ; Angel, Stilton; Wheat Sheaf,
Alconburi Hill; of Mr. Randall', Solicitor, ' Cambridge; the
Crown, Caxton ; Feathers, Wades Mill; of Messrs.Windus,Son,
and I loltaway, Solicitors, Southamuton-buildings,Chancery -lane
at Garraway's ; and of Mr. Robins, Warwick-street, Gulden-
square, where a Plan may he seen.

VALUABLE and Improvable ES FATES in HAMPSHIRE.
To be SOLD by AUCTION, by FRANCIS ALLEN,

At the Bush Inn, Farnham, Surrey; on Thursday, the 19th day
of March, 1812, at Three o'Clock in the Aftenroon, (union;
sooner disposed of by Private Contract, of which timely notice

will be given), •
Lot 1. ALL LL that Desirable FARM HOUSE and
.1- -IL FARM, called THOMPSON'S FARM, containing 69
Acres, more or leis, wi•h convenient Barns, Stables, and other
Outbuildings, situate at Swanthorpe,• in Crondall, and in Long-
Sutton, Hants, in the occupation of Mr. James Yalden, under a
Lease, which will expire at Michaelmas 1814. Tlitse Premises
are Copyhold .of Inheritance, held under the Manor of Cron all
Small fine certain, and small quit rents.
Also, AU that Copyhold Cottage, and about an Acre of Land,
called Traverses, held of the slid Manor. Small fine certain ;
also let to said James Yalden, under the same Ica•e.
Lot 2. AU that FREEHOLD MESCUAGE and Buildings,
called Hoi.a House, in the parish of Odiham, adjoining Horse-
dean Common, and four Acres of Land, more or less, thereto
belonging; and also all that Copyhold Farm House, Outbuildings,
Farm and Lands, Containing 296 Acres, snore or less, called
• Bwantharpe Farm ; let to Mr. James Yalden, on lease, whisk
will expire at Michaehrtas, 1814. Small fine certain, and small
quit rents.
For further pqrticulars apply to Mr. Clement, Solicitor, at
Alton dr Farnham • and also to the Auctioneer, at Farnhant
Mr. Yalden, .the 'enant, will ,hew the Premises.

YORKSHIRE.-LARGE AND VALUABLE MANORS,
• RECTORIES, AND ESTATES.

To be sold in London, and at.Beverley.in Yorkshire; on Friday,
the 20th day of March nest, at Twelve, at the Auction Mart,
in the City of London, in Fore Lots,
THE MANORS of BENTLEY and SPEETON, ,
the Advowson of the Chapel of Speetort, and several Free-
hold, and in part Tithe-free Farms and Lands (with land-tax re-
deemed), containing about 4140 acres, situated in Bentley, Spne-
ton, 7.lust on, Filey, Hermes, and Dunnington, In the Fast Riding
of the County of York.
Aud in the Month of May nee, will be Sold by Auction, at the
Beverly Arms to the Town of Beverley, in the County
' of York, in Twenty-seven Lots,
Me MANOR of ELSTERNWICK, and stnteral Freebnld,
and In part'llthe-free Farms and Lands (with land-tax redeemed),
containing about COO acres, situated at Elsternwick, Filey, Moles-
; croft, Cherry Burton, South Dalton, Seaton Ro4s; Dimbleton,
Marton, Hornsea, and Reighton together with the Perp.lual
i Advowson of the Rectory of Leavcn, in Holdernrss; and also
the Tithes of certain I ands containing about 1,7,,0 acres, in
Horusea Barton, NVoodmansey, Thetene, W.el, Storkbill, Sand-
holm, and 'ficktnn, in the East Ming of the County of York.
Particulars of those Estates to be sold in London will he ready
by the .nth of February ; and may be had by applying to Messrs.
Graham, Kinderley, and Domville, Solicitors, Lincolo's-inn, Lon-
don; Benjamin Handley, Esq. Skafurd, Lincolnshire; Messrs.
Black and Chapman, Land Agents, Middle Temple-hall, Rich-
ard Townsend, bjNewburyi auks i and 'dm Lockwood, En.
Bevetky.
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PLYMOU'T'H.
By Virtue of a Commission from ,the High Court of Admlralty
of England, addressed to Thomas Cole, Esq.
TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION,
At the London Tavern, Foxhole-street, Plymouth, on Friday,
the 20th day of March, 1812, at Twelve,
I'HE handsome fast-sailing Ship GALLICIA,
(late the Queen Charlotte, of Loffdon, A. 1.)
Len soft Dia. I Height. between Decks Cfc. 0 Tn.
gth • - .
Breadth - 22 11 Depth iu the Hold 7 9 •
Admeaeures - 180, 88-91 Tons.
This very desirable, and well known Ship, was built of the
best materials, at Enuworih, purposely for the Packet Service, in 1
which employ she continued until captured by the enemy. She
is coppered and copper-fasteoed, with a Figure Head, pierced for
18 guns, has ten 18-pound carronadee, and twklong 6-ex.unders ;
mounted, with a large hold, excellent accommodations, and is
well calculated for a Packet or Transport, Letter of Marque, or
fur the West India, Mediterranean, or any other trade requiring
burthen and dispatch.
Also, the following Goods; landed out of the said Ship;
3 Trunks containing Calico, Cotton, and Nankeens
4 Cases Cotton, Irish Linen, and Placable
3 Ditto --- Prints, g Ditto Checks
4 Ditto ----- Irish Linen, Silesia% Sheeting, Towelling,
Diaper, and Thread.
--..... Assorted Slops, 16 Pieces Packing Canvas
* Mt-Baize and Piano*, 4 Cases, I 'link Shoes
2 Cases Stationery, 1 TrunkSerfumery
8 Cases Assorted Nails, 4 Cases Shot
1 Case Cutlasses, 16 Shevels
2 Casks, 1 Bag, Handcuffs and Shackled
3 Long Iron Chain, 3 Rolls Lead
Casks Nails, Tools, Tinware and Ironmongery
10 Iron Half-hundred Weights, I Quarter ditto
2 Cases of Agricultural Instruments
2 Medicine Chests, 1 large Beam and Scales
B Cases Pickles, Sauces, Oil, &c.
4 Cases Ratafia, 6 Kegs Tongues
330 Bars Iron, 5 bunds. Iron Hoops; 1 Cask, 1 Case Fishing Lines
1 Cask, 2 Jars Paint ; 1 Case Twine, 2 Cases Glass
93 Iron Pots, 49 Wood Bowls ; 8 Casks Flour, S Kegs T.ard
16 Casks Provision, 2 do. I lerrings ; 6 do. Rum, 4 Casks Rice
16 Jars Grots, Peas, &c. ; 8 Hal Hitds. American 'robacco
84 Iron-bound Rum and Water Puncheons, and a quantity of
loose Staves:
6 Half-Barrels, 4 Quarter-Barrels Powder, one Cask Ball-Car-
tridges, and a %amity of Muskets, Cutlasses, and other
Warlike Stores, &c.
After which will be Sold, the handsome fast-sailing Schooner
GENERAL PALAFOX, about 1:-.0 tons measurement. She
is a well-built serviceable vessel, coppered and copper fastened,
figure bead, sails remarkably fast, pierced for 14 guns, has good
accommodations, will stow a large catgo, and is eh:wreak; the
attention of persons in want of such a Schooner.
And then the following Goods, landed out of the said vessel:
30 Puncheons Rice 9 large Iron Hatch Bars, and 4
7 Ditto Runt Iron Rods fur Bolts
29 FMK 2 enrill Casks Ame- A quantity of empty Casks and
rican Tobacco iron Hoops
13 Barrels salted Herrings One Bale of Coarse Blue Cec-
il.; Deals, front 18 to 19 tt. long ton, and all her Powder and
1 large spare Iron Cabhouse Warl.ke Stores
and Boiler

The above Vends were captured near the Coast of Attica, by
his Majesty's ship Amelia, the Hon. Fri derick Paul Irby, Cap-
tain, and with their Cargoes are condanwed as Prizes.
for Catalogues, Inventories, or further Particulars, apply to
the said Commissioner, George Street, Plymouth.

PLYMOUTH.—TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION,
At the London l'4v.rit, Foxhal str:et, Plymouth, ou Friday,
She 20th instant, at Twelve,
THE beautiful fast-sailing Schooner MATCH-
LESS, about 120 Tors measumneno.—This most desir-
able schooner Is New-York built, coner-bottomed and fastened,
and nearly new ; sails remarkably fa,t, and stows a good cargo ;
she is in excellent condition, well found in stores, sad might b
sent to sea immediately ; captured on her voyage from New York
to Boxrdeaux.

Also, the Part of her CARGO under mentioned, viz.
152 Boxes Wi.ite Sugar 16 Bal4 New Orleans Cottoa
21 Tierces}
Coffee. Wool.
68 Bags 2 Barrels Provisions.
163 Elephants Teeth. 10 Deal Enos.
6 Boxes' Indigo. About 2 To,:* Logwon 1.
At', erw arc's, the handsome copper-bot•onted schooner YOUNG
CAROLINE; about 140 Tons measurement.—This is a very
fast-sailing vessel, ev.th good c.2ac:ty for stowage, copper fastened,
pierced for 16 guns, well found in stores, and might soon be got
ready fur sea, at a trifling eapeuce ; captured on her voyage from
Bourdeaux to New Orleans

And then her CARGO, consisting of
129 Hhds. superior Claret, (Medoc de Mout Ferrand,) four Iron
hoops each.
14 Casks Vin de Grave, (about 10 garons each).
105 Cases choice old Claret, (24teduc de St. Julian, 1802,) one
dozen each.
94 Suiten Olive Oil ditto.
170 Cases Eau de Cologne, (6 bottles each.)
72 Bags Claret Corks-14 Boxes Prunes. •

1 Case Aniseed Cordial.
19 Cases and Trunk% containing Silks, Sattlas, Cambric • and
Cambric Handkerchiefs; Lawns, Silk Fringe, and Jewellery; Silk
arid Sattin Ribbon ; Chenille, Silk Handkerchiefs and Shawls ;
Crapes,Silk Umbrellas, and Parasols; elegant ace Veils, Silk
Robes, and Pelisses; Silk and Kit Gloves, Are ificial Flqwers,
Pomatums, Essences, and Perfumery; Snuff BOZO!, Buttons,
Razors, and a sra,l2ty of other articles.
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And One valuable Musical Thne-piece, (by Bourdier, Paris)
plays 26 Opera Ain and M'alrzes; in an elegant Mahogany Case,
with a Ladies' Secretary and 114ok-cao.
Both the above Cargoes are perfectly dry, and in-excellent
order and condition.

After which will be Sold the French Transport GaMott LE
MULET, about 183 Tons measurement. She is a remarkably
strong vessel, will bvrthen about 330 'cons, peculiarly adapted
to the timber trade, and having been purposely fitted for that see.
vice is well worth the attention of Merchants in want of a vessel
for that employ.

Alen, a quanti.y of ',trait French Oak sided Timber, and Oak
and Elm Plank of large dimensims and superior quality, iltended
for the French Arstr:al at Rochefort, and landed out of the said
galliut.
Anil then the strong New York built Ship LOUISIANA.
I.ength - - 75 ft. 4 in. I Depth - RAW.
'Breadth - 23 5 Adm-asures 167. 78-96 Tons.
She is a very handsome little ship, sails remarkably fast, has a
Filurelead, temporary, between Decks 6 feet I t inch high, and
excellent accommodations. She is equally calculated !or a packet
or for a runnir..: ship, Is well adapted for the Newfoundland or
Mediterranean trade, and her Stores, being in good condition,
she might be sent to Sea at a small expence.
Afterwards the Good Brig FORTUNA,
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Length 77 ft. 74 in. I Depth 1111. 24 in.
Bread.h 21 ft. 2 in. Admeasures ISO 73-94• tons.
'This is a strong Oak-built Brig, about 200 tone burthen, wril
found, and in good repair; has a Lugs hold, of ea/ draught of
water, is well calculated for the timber trade, and might be scut
to Sea inioulhately.
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All the before-mentioned Vessels and Cargoes were captured
by his Majesty's ship Semiramis, Charles Richardson, El. Cap-
tain, and condemned as prize (so the said frigate.—One concern.
And the then following GOODS, vis.
41 Illgshcads prune American 'tobacco (Yorisiand lames Rive'r)
1 Pipe high flavoured Dow &aux Brandy
110,:b Juniper Eerrie--12,000 French Ridse Tiles
2 Hogsheads Red Ocre.—And for F.sportation,
About Iti,ooo Wine I log.heada Staves and lhakling.
All regularly condemned as Prase.
For Samples, Inventories, Catalogue., or further particulars
apply to Mr. Thomas Cole, George-street, Pinion:h.
elymouth, February 27, 1212,

In the Scotch Appeal Catt‘r, ' The Earl of Elgin V. tie Rev.
Allan MiLeani " sir Samuel Romilly and Mr. linrrer were
heard at 14ngthfer tha itespo:dent, when the huller tons (Jowl
tion was deferred to to-nor ow. •
A Dqutation from the Noun of Conrnont prefented a wilt.
ten Message, sequeSting the Heti,* to permit the Earl of Liver-
pool to attend on Tuesday sm, as a witness on the subject of
American Clainiante.
The LORD CHANCELLOR having tea) the Massage, in.
fortoed the Deputation, that they 'multi send ao answer to it.
Lord LIVE.k YOOL then ob.erved, that t, had not the 1 act
eblvilliern to wend, ..and t!se question was acco(d tigiy carried id
the affirmative.
Mr. Les-castle, Sir Mears* ?OLEIC', Mr. Losetearron,
and other Met:lb:3-s from th Commons, bres4ght tip the Irish
Warehousing Bill, and several private liiits,..viucts were laid On
the TaVe.
Mr. Jonwres tretented various Account', and 'be Gram! Jury'
Assesodenis in Ireland. 044ennt to he on theXable
Lord LAUDERDALE moved for a Return of Pagel plod%
to the Revenues of Ireland.—Ord,ered. - - - - - I
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FRAISE-WRIGALDNI MI, . ,•
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The Earl of CARLISLE rose, on the' dniie ef
the Day fur the third reading of this Bill, and-w - '.
luded to another Bill, which lie understood had been
in contemplation. He conce;ved, that it it was the
intention of Government to pass the present Billi
there could be no necessity for any other en the sub-
ject. He had to repeat his former objection to the
• Bill then before the House. He was convinced that
i nu real advantage would arise from it, that lsinis.
1 ters might have submitted to thgir Lordships the in.
form ttion on, which they had acted. It wits possible
that Ministers had received information to justify this
measure, but their Lordships were not in poisession
of any document of the sort. He asked, whether it
was consistent with thetti nour and dignity of the
House ti; enact a Peiial Statute on such griunds as
.they hatTheard stated t Under all the circumstances
of this Bill, the public anxiety was great. He had
entertained a hope that the Noble Lord woo intro.
duced the 13111 would have withdtawn it, but in that I
hope he had been disappointed.
Lord LIVERPOOL did not feel it necessary,
niter so much had been said on the merits of the
Bill, to enter again into a discussion of the princi.
pie. With regard to another Bill, mentioned by the
Noble Lord, it was tit e that a Bill had been pro.
jetted, which only affot dad protection to the stocking
,ind lace frames, but this Bill ettended to all branches
of machinery.
Lord MOIRA rose to express in a few wortie his
i-bji:ctiun to the Bill. It would, in truth, do nothing
to remedy the evil so much lamented throughout the
country. By barbarous severity they would increase
`The danger. The great. mischiefs of whiCh coinplaint
had been made, had at isen from the difficulty of de.
tecting the offenders, and after this enactment, that
&faculty would be increased. It would induce every
man to suppress his knowledge of such proceedings.
To put a stop to the tumults uhich took place, the
whole system of Government must be changed. It
was but just to punish this species of spoliation, but
it was also justice, on the part of the Noble Lordg,
to apply a remedy to the wants of the starving mu!.
titude. Think, said-his Lordship, of the state of the
Manufacturing t was, and think what effect a legis-
lative measure of this dtseription will produce on the
individual driven to desperation by the heartrending
wants and Miseriessof a family which he has not the
Means of supporting: That miserable system of con.
ruption, called the government, which has pervaded
this country some year., must be corrected—that
miserable system of corruption, I say, mutt be ptit
aiLend to, if you desire British hearts to be united as
they ought to be. This measure did not go to the
extent of preventing the offences, and severity was a
strong objection. They ought to turn their minds to
different objects : to correct those outrages which they
kneW were extending to the injury of the state, they
ought to correct the government under which so
many calamities le4d occurred.
Tile Bill was then read a,diird,time and passed.
NOTTINGHAM WATCH AND WAItD BILL.
After a few observations between Lord HOLLAND,
Lord Livenpoor., and Lord Gnoss-tLvoit, during
which the former intimated an intention to move an
amendment at a subsequent stage of the Bill, the
House went into a Committee on it. The several
clauses were then read and agreed to, and the third
reading was axed for Monday next.
THE EARL out WELLINGTON.
Lord GROSVENOR expressed a wish to know
from the Noble Lord opposite, Whether the NU,
granting a pension, &c. to Lord Wellington, was in
the House ? _
The Earl of LIVERPOOL answered, it was not.
Lord GROSVENOR then observed, that he had
given notice on a former occasion of his intention to
move, that the remuneration given to the gallant Ge-
neral should be increased. He found ticn it was
impossible to make such a motion, and his 'Object
was to throw out a few observations tor the conside-
ration of the Noble Secretary, which might be brought
forward previous to the Bid. Instead of tk annuity
of £2OOO, he Wished the grant to be advanced to be. •
tween 40 and 650,000, to be vested in the hands of
Trustees, for theparpose of converting the s dud intis
freehold. prorerty, to mAintain his Lord-hip's satitily.
There uere.instances of annuities granted Itr-pub4 •
set vices, which made the possessor end his f inn I y de.
pendent 01 the Crown, because those anma.Lies had
returned to the Crown • but the objtei his Lordship
had in view wits that die Noble I,.lirs! and his lankily
should be made indepenclast cif the Crown. It Was
their duty to support the anaemic) , which an snitch
oZrasirlr,s had been spoken of improperly, and to ex.
alt it, by conferring ketone equal to rank. The go.
bit Lord concluslej by tehving with their Lordslii&l
the wggestions he had stakd.—Ailjoarned;
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- —.—.---=-.-------e- hesitated to exercise whenever ouch cases were f
HOUPE OF COMMONS.
the . broOglit before them, and particularly in cases of libel, I
Before the Speaker had taken the Chair, Mr. Qua,ame,
whether the words were soken in or out of the ,
Deruty Usher of the Black Rod, summoned the House in the p
• name of the Lords Commissioners, to attend in the House of House. Instances of gross immorality had also been,
Lords to hear the Commission read for giving the Roya) Assent visited with punishment, and there were cases, as apel
• to certain Public and Private Bath. e peered on the Journals, where Members had been
The WEAKER, on his return, f.ecitninttd the House, that the called to account and punished by the House for de-
now had been in the House of Lords, and that the Rove As-
!lying religion. He mentioned these cases, not to
sent had been given by Commission to the Exchequer Bills An-
nuity B 11. the Sugar Drawback Bill, and the Sugar Drawback justify the whole of them, but to shew that the Hour
• Suspension Bill. had not been sc, ueulous to exercise this inquisitorial
Mr. GRA'I'T.AN rave notice, that it was his intention, on the m-.ser. Not longer ago than in the year 1796, Co-
nte of April, t.. 9 move for a Committee to inquire into the state •
of his Majesty's subjects professing the Roman Cathol:c religion lon.el Cawiliorne had been called to an account, and
in Irel aid. ' expelled by a vote of the House for impropriety of
Sir EDWARD KNATCHBULL moved the postponement of -conduct. flut of all the instance of this sort, none
the third r,ading of the Stroud Poor Bill, which stood for this had been more severely punished than fraud, breach
day, oil this day fortnight, wiii.th was postponed accordingly.'
of trust and undue emolument.
_Mr. JOHNSTONE presented certain Papers relative to Of public delin-
Iteland. quencies of this sort, the instances were not rare ;
•
ot d: red, on the motion of Load BINNING, that a Messagebe frauds of a private nature, and committed on private
sent to Abe I.ords, requesting their I.ordships to permit the alters- persons, had been more seldom brought under their
asaesegehe Earl of Liverpool, in the Committee appointed to
inquire ento the American Claims. review, and, it was natural, that tie latter cases
The etainniitment of the Pilot's Bill was postponed till this day ' should be less numerous than the former, as the House
se night. • .I was more watchful over public matters. There were
Lord FOLKESTONE presented a Petition from certain Insol- ; numerous instances of Contractors having misapplied
rent I 'ebtors in the King's Bench Prison, praying for relief,,and j the public money, but private cases appeared to him
' that some alteration should be made in the Acts on that subject.
to be equally worthy of notice, especially wheo their
ThcOak Nat Bill went through a Committee, and was or-
&red to be reported to-morrow. notoriety and publicity were such, that they must be
The Tobacco and Timber Bills went also severally through a known to every individual in the kingdom. The
Committee, and were ordered to be reported to-morrow. present case was one of that description. Could any
The Lottery Bill went through a Conunittee; to be reported .
terumarrow. thing be more public than the case of a man tried at
' Mr. WciARTON presented certain Papers relative to the tie Old Bailey, and found guilty by a Jury of the
Civil List, which wens ordered to be printed and referred to the country ? It might, perhaps, be argued, that the
tonuisittee appointed to inquire into that subject. question was altered 'by the pardon that had been
Mr. WELLESLE.Y POLE brought in the Irish Poor Coals ;
Bill, which was read a first, and ordered to be read a second time ! subsequently granted. The case was, no doubt, an
to-morrow. I unusual one, and the mode of acquittal by no means
Mr. WELLESI.EY POLE brought up the Report of the Irish such as to satisfy the delicacy or feelings of the
• Warehousing Bill, which was agreed to, and the Bill ordered to House, or any thinking man on the subject. Imme-
be read a third time. diately after the conviction, the next intelligence we
The Committee of the whole House on the Irish Sugar Draw-
back Act was postponed 01l to-ntorrow. hear, is that of a pardon. He knew that this pardon
Mr. HUTCHINSON presented a petition from certain Inha- was represented not as a matter of grace or favour,
bitants of the C'ty of Cork, complaining of a privation of their but as a matter, of right, and that it could not be
rights with respect to Weigh Houses, and praying for the recto- otherwise by the construction of the law of the
laden or Weigh Masters. 'I he Honourable Member supported
the Petition at cet,siderable length, and was solicitous to ton. case. The mode, however, in which this acquittal
wince the House of the importance of the subject, the rights of had been effected, was Still attended with inconve-
which the Petitioners were deprived, baying been protected and nieece, and must prove injurious, if unnoticed, to
secured to them by several Acts in the reigns of William, Anne, the character of the House. Had the verdict been
send George I. a special one, mould not this proceeding have
Arr. W.ELLESLEY POLE stated, that the office referred to
In the Petition, was held under an Act of Parliament w hiell did been adopted ? and he did not see that the pardon
not expite till September next. It would then be for the House could alter the case, or take the censorial power out of
to consider the subject. Till the expiration' of that Act they their hands. The crime itself was acknowledged ;
could not, with propriety, interfere.—The Petition was ordered
to lie on the talk.the Judges had only taken away the denomination
• The"C:HANCELI.,OR of the EXCHEQUER, alluding to of the offence, but not its moral turpitude, neither
what had been said on a former night, observed, that the Lord the delinquency nor the notoriety. There was no
Steward, though appointed, had not yet taken the oaths of office, room in that House for the consideration of legal
and having acted, in these circumstances a Bill of Indemnity would
terms. They were not bound to adhere to the tech-
beueceteary. H, actiei-ted the individual, however, of any neglect
tan his part, and gave notice, that it was his intention to move nical definitions or distinctions of law, but were to be
for a Biil of Indemnity to-morrow. guided by right and the fair and obvious principles
• ' Mr. C. WILLIAMS WYNNE observed, that the neglect lay of eternal justice. The law and custom of Parlia-
with those who bad the rrppointment, and did not make that ap-
meat were different from those of the Courts below,
poisiment more early.
'lhe Comittee on the Marriage Act was postponed till Mon- and were not to be regulated by any of their modes
m
day next. of proceeding or the reports of the judges. It would
• IEXPULSION OF MR. WALSH. augur the dissolution of Parliament, should strict
The Ordei of the Day for the attendance of Mr. !eget evidence be deemed necessary for their procee-
Walith.liaving been read, ' dings. The letter itself' of Mr. Width was a conies-
Mr. BANKES moved, that the Messenger of the sion of the delinquency, and could not be miscon-
House who had delivered the summons, should be strued or evaded. Even the pardon itself was a proof
examined to establish the fact. of the guilt, while the letter admitted neither of de-
Mr. Thomas Skelton was accordingly called to the fence nor palliation, ancerendered all nom:, of the re•
Bar, and on being interrogated by the Speaker, de- port of the trial unnecessary. He had therefore
posed, that yesterday morning, at eleven o'clock, he confined himself in moving for the necessary &cu-
. kerne/ the potice upon Mr. Walsh himself. ' meats to the letLer, a cop/ oaf the pardon, and a
' The SPEAKER—ii I should now inform the copy cf thh Judge's letter, thinking them proof sof-
: House, that 'I have received this day another letter 1 ficient and ground enough_ for the: House to found
front Mr. Walsh, in which he states his physical in- I their proceedings. There was a transaction in 1732,
ability to attend inh:s place, or to face this House on 1 which bore him out in the proceeding he had adopted
.' this ceceasiten.“ He hopes that the House will allow I and would justify the Motion he intended to make.
• to be read his foriner letters, in which, to use his own I This was a case not of revenue, or public money,
• kvotds, ii he does not set .about to justify, but to pal- I but of a private nature—as it related to charitable
hate, his conduct ;" 'and he concludes with saying, l incorporations. The House did not look here at the
- di that whatever may be the pleasure of the House, he. denomination of the crime, but, because one of their
hopes they will -now proceed to determine upon his Members had been ecncerned in promoting and abet.
case." ting fraudulent practices; though it did not appear
' Mr. BANKES then rose, and said, that in bring. that he-applied them to his own benefit, thought him
• ing this charge of so serious a nature against a Mem- ,no longer worthy to be 'a Member ; and on this
barof the House, and' wishing his offence to be visit-.I ground alone expelled him the House. There was
ed with the greatest punishment the House could in. still an older precedent of the House interfering in
*flint, he' should be sorry if, at a future period, any private transactions, respecting its Members. '!'his'
innocent man should suffer by such a precedent.— I was the case of a father and son, between whom the
neither did he wish, iii bringing this charge, td in-1 House felt it its duty to interfere, and ordered an in-
vest the House with any inquisitorial power respec- ' quiry into the complaints of the son against his own
iing,priyate transactions. *lf the letter of Mr. Walsh father, whom he accused of conduct, in the opinion
te fi.s brother, that was now printed and before the of the House, not becoming one of its Members.—
' House, had come into his hands as a private commu. , This was in 1(370, and though the Committee re-
: eilcafion, the House should net have-heard from him ported that there was no ground for the petition com-
iny proposition on the subject. He agreed in think. , phtining of such misconduct, it yet skewed the clu-
ing that the House should interfere, as little as pos. ; cretionary power exercised by the House. It was the
sible, in judidial functions ; but there were occasions case of Sir Edward Thomas, on the complaints of
when it was necessary to vindicate their own charac- whose son the Howe appointed a Committee ef In-
ter and purify themselves. He had precedents suffe-
.quiry into the various subjectsof complaint,though not
cieet to justify his proceeding. It was competentfor I known to the public, end nothaving the same claims
the House at all times to watch over the conduct and to attention as those of greater notoriety. They were
purity of it Members. It was competent for the not•bound by any legal forms. They had frequently
House, and for every body of men, to draw its re- expelled Members and afterwards instituted a legal
I SPOCCAbillty and claims to public estimation from the trial, so little were they attentive to all the terms of
character and respectability of the individuals of evidence Which the law prescribed, when it was ne-
Which it was composed. If they felt elevated in the cessary to vindicate the character and purity of the
public estimation, from the high character, from the House. Having thus stated theprinciples that ought
talents and' integrity of its Members ; if they felt to.guide the House in such proceedings, the notoriety
proud in contemplating the valour, heroic achieve- and publicity of the present case might be urged as a
talents, and public services of some illustrious Mem- further argument. The papers before the House de-
bers of their body ; were they not to suffer, in a like monstrated clearly, that there had been committed a
degree, from the vices and corruption, from the mal- notorious breach of trust. Nobody, with such evir
•practices and profligate character of any of their dente in his hands, could doubt it. With respect to
Mernbtrs ? So midi was this the case, that such a the Member's non-attendance, he did not mean to
body could never retain its dignity, nor preserve its urge that as any aggravation of his offence; on the
claims to public respect, without the power of purl- contrary, had lie attended, and attempted to justify
• eying its If.• Those conveitane with history would himself, he should have regarded this circumstance
r: cngnise this principle operating strongly in the as a proof of his mind being hardened, and insensi-
Constitution of the Roman • Govel twnent, where I ble to shame. It gave him pleasure that he had
the Censor i f the City, even in times the most made no such attempt, and he trusted his future life
corrupt, exercised his inquisitoriarpower, 'and ex- would exhibit impressions of a similar description,
relied Isom 0 e Settaie such Members as he thought and atone, in some measure, for the former. The
Isy their conduct were a disgrace to that body. There case, en the whole, was not a new one, and it would
Was no doubt, that too often this power was exer- be for the 'Riese to exercise its discretion. It was
' Cised from caprice, and that Senators were sometimes clear that the House possessed the power of punish-
expelled for no fault at all,
-or for such as weft only ing its Members, and if they did not, in this instance,
of a slight nature. The principle, hos.teer, was the so strongly pressed upon them by all the dircum-
same, and such as must, in some shape or other, be stances, and by the notoriety cf the case, they might
exercised by every public body that claimed. the con- I s'ew, in some degree, the ignominy, if not the guilt.
fidence or respect of the public. In their own House He concluded by moving,
there was no want of precedents, though they had .. i bet Benjamin Walsh, having been tried, •in the month of
Jat.at ylast, theat Old Bailey, for telony, and Lis offence, in
g
never thou
ht it safe to trust this censorial power in
the opinion tit the
Judges, and by the constietoanni not amotuli-
any other hands than their own. After alluding to ing to, but being a fraud and breach-of trust, be is no longer
the case of 1809, he stated there were cases ot• al- worthy to continue a Member of ills House."
most every description, -in whit* the House had vi- On the suggestion of the SPEAKER, the docu-
sited, with due indignation, the offences and miscon- ments before the House were ordered to be recorded
duct of its Members. This power they had never on the Journals, as the ground of this proceeding.
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