Star.
London, England, 1814-07-13 00:00:00

COPY-lIIGHT BILL.

Mr. D. GIDDY, after some general observations,
moved to postpone the going into the Committee on
the Bill to a tutute day.
After some conversation between Sir Wm. SCOTT,
Mr. WE'IIiERELL, Lord PALRIEHSTON, Mr. H. An•
DINOToN, and Mr. HOIKNER, the House went into tic
Committee.

Several verbal amendments were proposed and ac-
ceded to. Some clauses were also omitted, and a new
one proposed by Mr. D. GIDDY, respeCting plays that
were 14 iitten, but nut intended to be acted. The
clause, continued the Hon. Member, had been sug-
gested to him by a gentlemen who was in that predi-
cament, having written several Plays which were never
acted, but which the author thought excee.lingly va-
luable compositions. The objtct of the clause was,
to prevent any Play, or composition purpoi ting to be
a Play,--(4 laugh)—from being produced on Any
stage %about the permission of the author. /It ri -
sent there was no law, he believed, to pievent a Ma-
nager irum adapting a published Flay to axial ical re..

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presentation—a practice, in the estimation of the gen.
tleman who proposed the present clause, exceedingly
injurious to the autlyir of such Plays ; because, siiit
being adapted for the stage, they of course could not
succeed, and the disgrace of tailtite attached to t11..1
writer, without 1 is being at all concerned in the tort.
ter. He (Mr. Giddy) had no great attachment to
the clause, but as it had been put into his kinds, Its
thought it right to propose it to the Committee. -
Lord PALMERSTON suggested, as the clause
had not the slightest connection with the present 1301,
it would be better to reserve it for some more fit oc-
casion ; for example, when the r.s‘xt discus..itm abcut
a third Theatre should come on. The clause was re.
jected. •
"lie House then resumed, the Report was rece:ved
and the further conside7.ition of it ordered f:r Frid iv.
scourtous mISETINris.
Mr. PEEL move-A the 2d reading of th: Irish Se-
ditious Meetini! 13-11.
Mr. I-1010.1ER thought th It some ailii:inull jr-
formation should be laid be:ors the House,
WAS a new measure, in justifica4 ion of which it %,•,s,
not enough to refer to an expir...d Act.
Mr. PEEL had no objection to put off the secor.l
reading till to-morrow.
Mr. HORNER had no wish to impede the pro.
iress of the Measure; hr oily witri:ed borne addi-
tional informition, as one of the povi.icns ut the
Bill went to take away trial by Jury.
The second readi;,g was then pustpor,:d till to.
rn 03 row.—Ailourtie

QUESTI;;A- OF EXPULSI:Iv.

TO THE L• DI . Oil.

As the pu!)lic mina natur turns to the ap.
preaching tiect;on of A Mem'a:r for Wedninister, is
consequecce of the recent events in the House of
Commons, it may not be improper to draw your at-
tention to the law on this sulij, ct, as laid d.ovn in—
Rot's Tre:c ise on Elections," die List work loch
has beer pabli,hA on this subject. In page 122 on'
der the head of Discpialification for Parliament, there
is the follow ing passage : z.
" With respect to disqualification by reason of cx-
pulsion from the House, the law and usage of ParliA.
incnt has vested in the House of Commons an un-
doubted right to expel from their own body, by their
solemn resolution, any person, who b-ing guilty of
some infamous crime, or corrupt or scandalous con-
duct, has rendered himself unworthy of his seat in
Parliament. It becomes a question whether such a
vote of expulsion does or does not disqualify the per-
son expelled from being again elected. In the case
of Middlesex, 1;69, the proceedings were as follows:
Sd February Mr. Wilkes was expelled the House for
being the author of a libel. At the election to sup-
ply his vacancy, he was again elected and returned.
17th February..—Upon his return the House resolved
that having been in that Session expelled the House,
he was incapable of l.eing elected to serve in that
Parliament, and that his election was void, and or-
d,red a new writ.

Mr. Wilkes was again elected and returned, and
the House again avoided his election and ordered a
new writ. Mr. Wilkes was a third time elected and
returned. Upon this latter rt turn the House resolved,
th.it his election and return were null and void ; and
Mr. Luttrel having been also a candidate at the elec-
tion. the Heusi. resrived that he ought to have been
t lec,ed, and c.iti•ed the return to be amended by the
in-er: ‘,11...is name instead of that of Mr. Wilkes
A vti!ion was presen:ed by certain tteeholders of
11 iletex. against the amendment, but atter hearing
the matter, the Horse resolved that Mr. Luttrel was
dryly elected. Th. Howe after wards considered their
resolution of the 17th of Feb. AS unfit to lemAin on
tl.e;r Journals, and by al-isolation of the of May,
1782, ordered it to be expum!ed 6 as being siibversiye
of the rights of .t:le whole body of electors of the k ng.
dom.' This latter resolution must be regarded as
declaring, that no inherent.disqualification is created
by expulsion from the House, independent of the
cause of that expulsion, which may or may not ape.
rate to disqualif) in future, according to its nature.
Hence, although it is in the discretion of the House to
expel, and to repeat their expulsion, it they think it
expedient so to do, yet the law does not preclude the
electors from electing and returning the person ex-
pelled, if they shall think him worthy of their choice."

An account of the charge incurred in the fourth
class of his Majesty's Civil List, in the, quarters end-
ing the sth of July, 1812 and 1813 ; together with
an estimate of the charge incurred in the same for
the quarter ending the 51h of July, 1814, so far as
the same can be made up :
Charge in the Charge in the Estimated
qu.trier t tul- quarter end- charge on the
ed sth July, ed sth July, quarterended
1812. 1813. July 5, 1814°
Departments of the X. a. d. X. a. d.
Lord Chamberlain 41,973 1 10} 41,900 18 fit 151,599 1
Lord Steward 16,414 7 7} 25,044 10 10 65 000 0 0
Maverof the Horael2,Bo7 4 0 11,219 14 6 36 (Mq u 0
Masterot the Robes 366 0 0 650 0 0 .800 0 0

71,190 13 6 70,455 8 10e 255,3.19 I
• N. B. The estimate of the expeuies of the quarter
ended sth July, 1814, is made up trout the b,st in.
formation that can at present be obtained ; but till
the bills can be collected, the actual amount of cx.
pence cannot be ascertained with accuracy.

Particulars of the •' Estimoe," presented to the
Honourable Home of Commons on the ,Ph of July,
1814,.!g of the expences of the Lord ChAmberl.tio's
department, for the quarter ending July 5, 1814 :"
I.tird t 'hamberlain's Office - • ,C 9,661 17 11
Wardrobe Office - . 46,467 6 4
Jewel Office •-
- - 15,A9 17 0
Office of Works (exclusive of the preparations in
the Parka tar Firewo:ks, &c) viz.
Salaries and .Ilowances, and ordinary e::
pence. - - ".900
Works done at Carlton House, under the
direction of Jaunts Wyatt, 1-4 q. - '6,90
Work% done ar Carlicti 110,1 e, under the
direc:ion at J. Na,l.. Earl. including pre-
plratiens tar the Grand fete - 49,100
Works at :it. James's Palace 1,0. 9
-
Ditto at Hampton Court - - xOO
Ditto at Newmarket - - - 401
Di, tti at Record Office, Westminster - 950
Ditto at the Ruth - - i9O
Ditto at Brighton . . 4,960
Ditto un the Priva.e Roads - 1,220
Sundry Worts In consequence of the gene-
t:a survey - 11,070

B°,lto 0 0

£153,599 1