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London, England, 1809-05-31 00:00:00

PitRLMMENTifRr PROCEEDINGS.
HOUSE OP LORDS, MAY SO.

In a Committee of Privileges, their Lordships heard Counsel
in the case of the claim of General Knollei to the title and honours
of the Earldom of Benbury ; some questions- wer- pot to the
Jadg, ni as to the ainaissioility of evidence frets Bills of Chancery,
and aFter some observations, the farther he'ating was postpooeti to
Thursday next.
Several Bills were Isrought--np from the House of Commons,
aed read the first tiir e. Arnoog there were the Exchequer Bills
8.11, the Irish Post Office Enlargement Bill, the Loan 'barge Bill.
*be Irish Recogsizance Bill, the Irrsii-Militia raiiily7rovisren
Bill, the Ship Owners' Bill, Etc. . •
The Booksellers' and Publishers' Indernnlif Bale were read A
second time.
Oa the reading cf the latter, the Duke of lelOkcol.lC.To4le,
aid made some observetiens. His Grace intimated an inter fi`oh
of proposing something early next Sessions, towards taking oR'
these restrictions oe the press, for which the pretext used on their
passing some time ae^ nes longer applied•
The third reading was deftered, after some explanation free'
the LORD CA A NCE L,LOR, till to-morrow.
The Earl of SUFFOLK comeained of At:retry irregularities in
the War Office, which he intendrd. OA a future day, to make
tie subject of a motion. Hie Lordship adverted again to the case
of M. de Caaemilfy, wnom he considered a person totally unfit
to be employed by, or to recce-re any emolument from, the Go-
vernment of this country. He concluder: by saying, that he should,
on Thursday next, submit a motion to their Lordships, for an en-
quiry to be made upon that subject.
The Earl of LiVERPOOL brought down a Message from his
Majesty, relative to the present state of the inferior Clergy who
bad heel; under I 5Ci. per annual, and the inadequacy of the pro-
Itsion for them uni:er Queen Anne's Bounty. The Message was
similar to that which: •eas delivered to the House of. Cotnrecras
Lest week. Or his Lordship's cation, his Majesty's Message was
paler-et( to he taken into consideration on '1 hursday next, and
the Lords were ordered to he summoned for that dad:.
The Bill for preventing the Sale and Purchase of Offices, was
ordered to be committed en Thursday nett, with the understan-
diug, that if the business of that day should prevent its coming on,
it should ze into a Committee on Friday next.
The third reading of the Scots Milnia Bill was, on the sugges-
tion of the Earl of B OSSLY N, deferred tilt to-tenet-cm; as was also
the decision of the House on Paulet's Llyurce
Adjourned at seven o'cieck. •
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HOUSE OF COMMONS.
The Purfiect Land and the Windsor Forest Bills were read in
a Committee, and ordered to be reported to-morrow.
Pursuant to the Orders of the House, Accounts were presented
at the Bar, front the Import and Export Inspector's Office, the
Naval Asylum, Greenwich Hospital, and the Office of the Irish
Secretary—which wore ordered to lie on the table.
Mr. PRENDERGASI' gave notice of a motion for Tuesday
for papers relative to the Trade of India.
Mr. BATHURST presented a Petition from the Booksellers
and Publishers of London, praying an alteration of that clause in
tke Act for preventing Seditisais Publications, which imposes cer-
tain penalties for omitting to annex the names of the printer and
publisher to al! publications.—Ordered to lie on the table.
The Report of the Charitable Donation Bill was deferred to
Thursday ; and the third reading of the Gas Light Company Bill
to Friday.
Mr. DUNDAS SAUNDERS moved for a new writ for the
Borough of Glasgow, in the room of Lord Archibald Campbell,
who bad accepted the Chiltern Hundreds.
A Messenger from the Lords announced their Lordships con-
currence in the African Trade Bill, the Snuggling Prevention
Bill, the Printers' Indemnity Bill, the Bastardy Bill, and several
Private Bills.

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The Friendly Societies Bill was ordered to be committed for
to-morrow.

INDIA MILITARY AFFAIRS.

Sir HENRY MONTGOMERY rose to state a rumour which
had been confidently stated to him, relative to a material altera-
tion said to have talc. n place in the native troops of the British
service in India, namely, that all the Grenadier Companies of the
native troops wsre formed into battalions, and placed under the
command of British officers. To ary Mart as long conversant
with military service in India as he was, the extreme denger of
rich an arrangement must immediately appear obvious. He stated
the circumstance in order to be informed of the truth from some
competent authority.
Mr. DUNDAS said, that alt'iough he had seen no authentic
&curlier,: stating the fact mentioned by the Honourable Baronet,
yet it had been communicated to him from such a variety of
quarters worthy of credit, that he had no doubt the facts were as
stated.