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PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS.

HOUSE OF LORDS, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1.

All the Dins on the Table were feverally paffcd a Rage each.
The Committee on the Trim Mailer of the Rolls Bill, on
which a Debate is likely to take place, is adjourned to next
Tueiday fez:night.
Two Protella have been entered on the fubjetet of the Pro-
eeedints of the Houfe yeftertlav, in the Committee of Privi-
kges. One of them is yrotinded on the Previous gLiellion,and
figned by Lord Rawdon and the Earl of Radnor. che other,
on the motion to expunge the Protelt of any Peer or Peers
againft a Bill, and alierting the Noble Subkribers' ancient and
undoubted light to Align their realms for dlflinting front the
Majority who patted inch a Bill as they diffented from, is hoed
by fifteen Peers. The Duke of Norfolk is the firft fuhfcriber,
and Lords Thanet, Alhstnath . Holland. Ma g. Cartiarvon,
Ponfonby, Dundas, Latildowat, Suffolk and Iletkibirc, and
Derby. are among the others.
Many Dills will receive the /loyal Attrnt by Cumniffion to-
morrow.—.liljoumed.
HOUSE OF COMMONS.

The Miller's Indemnity Bill was read a 3d time, and naffed.
Mr. WI tot at oaCK gave notice, that he fhould, on an early
day after the Reed's, propofe to the Houfe Come CffifiCat tuna-
lure for relieving the Lower Clalfcs, labouring, iu certain places,
under peculiar diltreft.
Colonel Fr LLARTUN gave notice, that be &mild early after
the Reed's, bring forward a Motion to facilitate the carriage
of Ruck Salt from Chefter, &c. to Scotland.

POTATOS 5.

On the motion for the third reading of the Bill for the en-
couragement of the Cultivation of Potatoes in follow Lands,
Mr. Ow's se role to relilt the motion, and prekuted a pe-
tition from his Conftitucnts ag;iinft it.
Bill was an cppofcd by Mr. ELLISOY and Sir W. Et.-
FOR o, on the ground that it would be better to kavc fubjeds of
agrienlturc to be regulated by the difcretion of the Farmers
than by Legillatiec interference. •
A motion being made for the third reading of the Bill on this
day Bs months, a divifion was called for, and there appeared,
For the motion 40--Againft it 22. -Majority 13.
Mr. CORRY brought up the Report of the Com-
mittee of Supply for Ireland ; and, on the Refo-
lution being put, to make permanent certain
charges for the Officers of the Hook of Commons
in Ireland, &c. &c. which before were only annual,
Sir JOHN PARNELL rofe to afk, whether it was
the intention of the Right Hon. Gentleman to make
thole grants permanent ; and whether they were to
be paid out of the Confolidated Fund ? He muft
confcfs, indeed, that the items to which he was
calling the attention of the Houle might very well,
from their infignificance, be overlooked. They
principally regarded indemnities fof local Com-
rniffioners, and might be more properly confidered
and difctiffed in a private Committee than in a
Committee of the whole Houk.
Mr. CORRY confeffed that he was avetfe from
difcutfmg the appropriation of grants each feffion
in a Committee of the whole Houk ; he was there-
fore for making them permanent. They did not
exceed 60001. and that could not be confidered as
a fum worthy of giving the Houfe any trouble.
Sir JOHN PARNELL contended, that feveral of
the grants were perfettly new, and not among the
ufual grants. When from annual they were to
be made permanent charges, it was right to in-
quire minutely into them ; but that inquiry might
better be referred to the Private Committee. In
the prefent ftatement there was an additional fum
of 20001. per annum to that voted heretofore.
Mr. CORRY dekribed the nature of the employ-
ment and duty of the officers for whom thefe &-
larks were intended, and contended they were
different from thole alluded to by the Honourable
Baronet.
After a few obferrations from Mr. Sheridan and
Mr. Hobboufe, refpeding the impropriety of hur-
rying filch votes through the Honk, merely be-
tante the funs to be voted were laid to be infig-
aificant, the Refolutions were agreed to, and Bills
ordered to be brought in purlitant to the fame.
Lord HAWK ssn vRY brought up a variety of pa-
pers reepthing the Convention of El-Arita, in
Egypt, and Sir Sidney Smith's powers and in-
ftructions, which he moved Ihould Le on the ta-
ble and be printed.—Agreed to.