Star.
London, England, 1805-07-11 00:00:00

HOUSE OF COMMONS.

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Mr. KogNAIRD Fare notice of a motion for toinorrow
1111 could un4erftand the Honourable Manful., who fpake a
low tone). for the produdtion of certain Papers with relp
the Kirk of Scotland.
A Melrose froin the Lords announced their Zan to the Ir
Hearth VIII, dm Hop Duty 818, the Scots Affdrurs
alga Drawback pm the Southern Whale Either y hjU, the
routine Inenneity Bill, and others.
Mr. Bo Lea, from the Exchequer, prefenteti an aecoont of r..
amount of the Permanent Taxes, andof the charges on the Cs:J. ~
Mated Fend—Orderoi to Be on the Table.

Mr. Mao:, from the Ealt India Company, prefaitcd
count of the mpenee• attending the bantling of the Cot:Await.
Stip of 46 pas, and the Xoanbay frigate of 3s guns..—Ordcred to
I e is the table.

A Writ was ordered to be rued for the &dim oft Mean . ,
for she Boroughs of &rammer, Wigton, and others in th:
of William Stewart. Et* who had OceePted the estewarthblp o:
Chiltern Hundred&
A writ was alto ordered to be iffsel for the ere Lion of a me....
per for Cciekermouth, in the room of James Graham,
bad accepted the Stewardthip of the Hundred of Eaft Huntirc,

CAPTAIN WRIGHT.
Sir SYDNEY SMITH efpreffed his regret that
he was not prefent yelterday, when a Right Hon.
Friend of his (Mr. Wiodham) took occafion, in 4
manner fo highly honourable to his charafter, to call
the attention of the Houk to the fituation of as ho-
. nyerable friend of his, Captain Wright, who was .ow
a retreat: in the Temple at Paris. The Honoura-
ble Aker added, that if the Right Hon. Gentleman
he had alluded to, should not bring forward a mo.
tion on the fubjed, be would to-morrow move, that
there !Mould be laid before the Houk copies of the
correfpondence which has taken place, through the
I Spanith Government, between our Ministers and t'ue
Government of France, with refped to the =tit
and detention of Capt. Wright.
On ihe motion of Mr. Huila ffon, the debate upon
the financial propplitions, which flood for this day,
wa; poftponed till tomorrow.
LOLD IifiLVILLg.
Mr. WHITBREAD brought in a bill to prevent
the proceedings in the Impeachment againil Lord
Melville, from being affeded by the prorogatiou
or cliffolutiou of Parliament.
This bill was read a f'a'd end fecond time, com.
omitted, and the report brought up. Upon the motion
for agreeing to the report,
The ATTORNEY GENERAL tuft, and after
difclaiming any wills to throw the leaft impediment
in the way of the impeachment, fubmitted to the con-
fideration of the Honk, whether if the bill were
paled in its prelim form, an inference would not wife
that an impeachMent was abated by a prorogation or
diffoletion of `Parliament, and of courk interfere with
the privileges of that Houk. This was a queftion
which he apprehended was completely determined is
the negative, in Mr. Hatlings's cafe, and he was u.
willing that this bill mould proceed in fuch a thape,
as to raife a doubt on the fubjed. Its prefent ob-
jettionable foftn, he obi-creed, was founded upon a
precedent that had taken place, previous to the de-
termitiation he had alluded to. The Right Hoe.
Gentleman concluded with expreffiog a with, that the
third reading of the bill !Maid be poftponed till to-
toorrow, in order that it 'Mould be fo altered, as to
pard tiall any improper inference.
Kr. WHITBREAD obfervcd that this was a U.
feral tranfcript of the Bill introduced by Mr. Burke
in the conic of Mr. Haffinges impeachment ; and
the author of that Bill was certainly not liable to the
fufpicioe of wifhing to trench upon, or to excite a
doubt as to the privileges of that Houk. The object
of this Bill the Honosirable Member explained to be
fuch, that unlefs it were adopted, the Committee for
managing the Impeachment would not be enabled to
report to the Houfe on the Orli day of the next 11:1fioo,
if they thought neceffary, the retult of the evidence
they hail already examined, but would, on the con-
trary, be obliged to go throtifh the examination of
the fame evidence over again. (t was with a view
to provide againft fuch a circum.)ance. that he plc
pofed this Bill, which he did not conceive ealcnlated
to caft any doubt upon the privileges of that Houle,
or he Mould have been among the tall to have
brought it forward. From the advanced period of
the fetfinn, and. the conferment necetfity of exped:-
tion, the Hon. Gentleman was detirons that the
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Bill Ihould not be delayed in its progrefs, but that it
ould be read a third time to-day.
Mr. S. BOURNE concurred in the obfervatiuEs

of the Attorney General.
The SPEAKER obferved that the Lill had two
diaina objea s, fif a to provide that the proceedings
depending in that Houle on the articles of impeach-
ment againft Lcrd Melville should cot be difconti-
nued by any prorogation orditfolution of Parliament
—the fecund imported a different provifion, that the
faid article fhould be proceeded upon in the nest
feC-
lion, as to the other Houfe of Parliament, in the
event of a prorogation or diffolution, in the fame
manner as if no fuch prorogation or diffoludon had
taken place. Againft the firft part of the Bill there
did not appear to be any objection, but the fecond
was conceived to call fume doubt upon the eflablifli-
ed privilege and jurifdiaion of that Houfe to conti-
nue an impeachment notwithtlanding any proroga•
tion or dilfolution of Parliament. The Bill, how-
ever, the Right Honourable Gentleman had no
doubt, would be fo modelled as to remove the ob•
jeftionable part.
The Bill, after being altered according to theSpeal:•
er/ifuggetlioo, was engrotred, read a third time,
pallid; and ordered to the Lords.
NAVY BOARD.
Sir A. S, HAMOND rot*: to give notice, that be
lhould to-morrow move for leave to lay before the
ilonfe a Memorial from the Commiffioners. of the
Navy, in anfwer to the Third Report of the Com-
miffioners of Naval Inquiry. If, however, there
Would be no objeaion to this motion, he had th:.
Memorial in his pocket, aiJ was ready then to lay
it on the table.
Mr. WHITBREAD begged to call to the recol-
lcaion of the Houle how long the Report alluded to
by the Honourable Baronet had lain on the table, and
that Come previous notice Would be given of an in-
tention to canvas its merits.
Sir A. S. HAMOND was proceeding to argue
upon the fubjel, when he was called to order by
The SPEAKER, rho ftatcd that the Honcura-