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London, England, 1809-02-07 00:00:00

PARLIAM.ENTART PROCEEDINGS. .

HOUSE OF LORDS, MONDAY, -FEB. 6.
LORD,ZORILINGDONIS DIVORCZ BILL.
About half past four o'clock the LORD CMANCELLOR arrived I,
from the King's Levee, and seated himself on the Woolsack. The
Counsel and Witnesses who were in attendance to support the
Bill, were called to the Bar.
Mr. PAIR, as leading Counsel, brielly stated the case to the
House, and then called the following witnesses to prove it. The
witnesses were examined by Mr. DAMPIER.
3. Sphink proved the servite of a Coprof older of the House
upon Lady Borringdon upon the 4361 January, and also of a copy
of the Act.
arish of
Mr. Sinunonds produced a copy of the registry of the p
St. George's Hanover-square, by which it appeared that John
Earl of Borringdon was marriedto Lady Augusta Pane on the 20th
June 1804, in presence of the Earl of Westmorland, the Honour.
able Mr. Villiers, &c.
The Hon. Mrs. Villiers (sister of Lord Borringdon) stsied that
she had been present at the marriage—that she had frequently '
seen the parties since—and that she had every reason' to believe
they entertained the most perfect affection fpr each other.
Mr. Sphink produced a copy of.the JudgMent of the Court of
King's Bench : and also a copy of Lord liorringdon's declaration
in the case, which, among other necessary points, stated in the
usual style, that Sir A. Paget did wait au assault upon Aug.ustas
the wife,of the said Lord Borringdon (A laugh at the expression
made an assault). The damages were stated at X. 10,111.
Mr. Lowten, the Solicitor, states that he !Ad received that
sum from Sir 'A. Paget, and had paid it into the bands, of Lard

Borringdon.
Mary Stockwell stated that she lived at the Crown Inn, Lynd-
hurst; that on the 22d May last, a Gentleman and Lady came
there in chaise and four. It was on a Sunday, at four o'clock
in the afternoon. The Lady ordered a bed-chamber and another
room as a dressing room. The Lady went to look at the •bed,l
and afterwards called up the Gentleman to look at the curtains.
There was no bed in the dressing room. From what she observ-
ed of the bed the next day, she could not doubt but that two per-
sons had lain in it. They remained there till Wednesday the
25th, and slept every night in the same bed. On the Wednesday
three other persons came to the Inn, one of whom she since un- '
derstood to be a Mr. Slotmonds. On the 18th of July following,
she saw the same Lady and Gentleman at Fulhani, and the was
positive that they were the same Who 'had slept together at Lynd-
burst.
James Burdon said, that he was a Groom of Lord Borringdon,
iqd went to Lyndhurst with Mr. Sinunonds in May last. They
went to the Crown Inn. He saw Mary Stockwell there, and also
saw Sir A. Paget, and likewise his late mistress, Lady Borringdon.
On the 18th of July they all went to Fulham, viz. Mr. Simmonds,
the last witness, and himself, .and they there saw Sir A. Paget and
Lady Borringdon together.
Ann Bosville, who lived at =inn, Popping-lane, Hants, also
deposed, that a 'Lady and Gentleman came there and ordered but
one bed-chamber with a dressing room, She lighted them up at
night, and left them together. On the next Morning the bed had
every appearance of two persons having slept in it. She had also
occasion on the same day to air some limn for the Lady, and ob-
aerved it to be marked A. B. under a coronet. She afterwards
went to Fulham with Mr. Malmo:ids, and a servant ctf Lord Bor-
ringdon, and there she again saw the Lady and Gentleman who
had ordered the bed at Popping-lane.
T. Burdon was again called to the Bar, and stated, that the last
witness had been with him at Fulham, and that the Lady and
Gentleman they saw there were SirA.Paget and Lady Borringdon.
The Hon. Mrs. Villiers was again called in.—She stated, that
the only issue of the marriage between Lord Borringdon and his
Lady was a son, born on the 28th of May, 1806.
The LORD CHANCELLOR alluded to one of the clauses of
the Bill, where a certain sum of money was said to be settled on
a second child. He should, however, forbear putting any question
to the Hon. Lady who had just been at the Bar, of any probable
knowledge she could have of the then situation of Lady Borring-
don. Patting it, however, hypothetically, were a child to be
born of Lady Borringdon this day, would it be regarded as a legi-
timate child ? But by a saving clause in the Bill, the possibility of
such a child being born was not supposed.
The Bill was then read a second time, and committed for to-
morrow.
The Earl of Liatettice presented a Petition from Lady Bor-
ringdon, praying to be heard by Counsel in support of certain of
her rights and interests affected by the Bill.
A Petition was also presented on the part of Lord Borringdon:
pot both were ordered to be heard by their respective Counsel.
The Committee of Privileges on the Roxburgh and Banbury
Peerages were deferred from to-morrow to a future day.
Accounts were presented from the Bank and the Commissioners
of the National Debt ; alio the Fourth Report Of the Carnatic
Cemmissioners.--Ordered to he on the table.—Adjourned.

Orrice of limn CHIEF SECRETARY.
Mr. WHITBREAD rose to make his promised
Motion respecting the office of Chief Secretary for
/reload, and it was one in which he thought it was
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inspoisible for the House not to agree. A satisfactory
HOUSE OF COMMONS. 1
The Accountant-General of the Bank presented an Account of i explanation had been given by the relation of the
the Unclaimed Dividends and Lottery Prises at-present in the I Noble Lord opposite, with respect to the office of
Bank; pursuant to an Act of the 48th of the King.r-Ordered to Under Secretary of State. But this was not the case
lie on the table. - . with the office of Secretary for Ireland. The office
Mr. Huse, from the Bank, presented the Annual Aeaollat a
the Sums received and expended by the Commlisionere for the reci aired the greatest and most COriStant activity, and
Reduction of the National Debt.—Ordered to lie op the table. if at could be held by. an absent person. the case of
Mr. DUNDAS moved for and presented the Minutes of a/ Ireland would apply to all. Every thing that eon-
Committee appointed to consider of the propriety of making i .4tuted
and adorned the chatacter of a soldier, the
an Alteration in the late Distillery Act.—Ordeted to lie on the '!'
table. gallant Officer (Sir Arthur Wellesley) undoubtedly
Mr. PARKHURST presented a Report of the Commissi— oners poesessed (Isear,./sear 11; and he was moreover an ex-
for investigating the late Nabob of the Carnaties Deihs.—Order- cellent Secretary, an he could not but look back
ed to lie on the table. with achairation upon the assiduity with which he
Mr. HYAM presented the Annual Account from the Commis- had diieliar ed
sinners for the Reduction of the National Debt, sh.ming the pre. i g • the duties of the office up to the
gress made in that object up to January 31, 1509. -Ordered io moment of his departure for Portugal, when his mind
lie on the table. must halve been Occupied. in a great measure with the
In a Committee of Ways and Means, Mr.HU SKISSON moved approaching campaign in Portugal. But, however
the usual Annual Grants toward rai-ing a Supply, on Malt, Pee-
ca able the Honourable General might be, it was ins.
simile Tobacco and Snuff £10,500,000, and X1,500;000 in Ex-
chequer Bills. The Committee was ordered to resume on Fri- , possible that while fighting the battles of country
day next. I in Portugal .he could 'perform the duties of his office
Mr. HUSKISSON presented certain Accounts relative to the iin Ireland. 'And he was sure the gallant General him-
Revenue of the Isle of Man, pursuant to notice, which were or-
self must be too much alive to the glory and lustre of
dered to lie on the table.
LAND-TAX LISTS. his name, to be regardless of the effects that would re-
Mr. YORKE called the attention of the House to an alteration I suit from this becoming a precedent. He might appeal .
of Names, which had been made in a List for Commissioners fur to the Speaker both with respect to. the emoluments
the Land-tax, which he had delivered in for the County and and the duties of the office: The emoluments were
Town of Cambridge. ' Great complaints had been made in cow!
considerable, but not more than the discharge of ills
sequence of this alteration, but upon examination he found that I duties
this had arisen from the circumstance of one of the Members fur required. But he who could not perform She.
the Town having given in another List ; and he also found, that-1 duties, ought not to receive the emoluments. He did
for the Towns it was customary to take the lists of their Mem- i not wonder at the stipulation made by the gallant Ge-.
bens, in preference to that of the County Members. He advert-' neral when he accepted the office, that it should-not
ed to the inconvenience that would result from this, for in towns I
stand in the way of his appointment to any military
it often happened that the Members were chosen by the Corpora- I
dim, and to give the Freeholders of such towns their just consi- : service, but he could not pursue two careers at once.
deration in the matter, he had understood thet the County Mem- 1 The gallant General had said, that it had been left
hers had a concurrent authority, except in the cases of such towns entirely in the power of the Lord Lieutenant to ap-
as were counties of themselves. But if this was not the case, it
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point another when he pleased, both on his going to
was a circumstance that well deserved attention. He moved for '
leave to bring in a Bill to alter the list in question. 1 Zealand and to Portugal. The voice of the country
The SPEAKER said, that whether convenient or not, it was I sanctioned the propriety of appointing the gallant Ge-
the practice for Members. for Towus to present the lists for the ' neral to any military service ; but he wondered the
places they represented, and these were taken in preference. 1
t Honourable General had not refused to accept the
Mr. HUSKISSON wished that the motion should be with-
;irawn for the present, as the case might be considerel when be ! emoluments of the office at home. He told us of
brought in an intended B:11 for tr.4king several amendments in the ; the expences of that office ; but he could not be
Acts of last Session. i liable to these expences till he returned. He had said
Mr. YORKE, however, desired a speedy remedy of the parti- '. that he had not 'been
military
the full amount of the
cular grievance, and hoped that leave would be given to bring in ,
the Bill ; and if he afterwards found tht
soothe Bill alucled to by i allowances of his mill situation while in Porte-
. the last Speaker would came forward obe would then con- I gal, That, however, was a very improper mode of
- alder whether it might notbe proper to drop his own Bill. 1 proceeding. He said he was not richer for the office;
. Leave given. that he believed ; but still, that was no answer to the
THANKS TO GENERAL FERMISON. +tuntry. If he had been allowed, by the forms of the
. .. The SPEAKER communicated the Thanks !WI ouse, to express his opinion the other night, he per-
- the House to General Ferguson, who appeared in 1 .
nnecessary
ha would not have thought it to trouble
•• his place in uniform, i, i terms to the following effect : the Molise now ; but, however, as he had brought for-
General FERGUSON.•—" Among the many high attic distin- •
ward the motion, he hoped it would be entered on the
guished privileges of the Free Constitution of this Country, It is '
not the least that those whose occupation it is to fight the battles Journals, as a warning. He concluded by proposing.
of their country, have ati opportumty of contributing to its in- " That the office of Chief Secretary of Ireland is an efficient
terest by the assistance of their counsels in the Senate; and the pffice, of the highest responsibility ; and that it ought not to be`
Members of this House see several of their body depart for a • held by any one who was unable to perform Sul duties," &c. 1
'WE *Lx.
while to serve their country in the field, and return among them
li Sir ARTHUR LLEs ir observed, that he
had never pleaded his inability to afford the expences
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again with increased reputation. When our
fleets and
of our armies
forth, the nation looks with confidence for the display of all ,
the
chief comman d in Portugal, which had been
go
the thill required for modern warfare, combined with the tin-