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PARLMMEATARr IItOCEEDINGis

410un OF totem, JUNE its.
DE,MT'S DIVORCE.
Counsd were. 'finally heard on Dyott's Divorte.l
taws evidence came first to be given in the teal it
Isanner ;.) prove the adultery previous to the second.
beading orthe Bill, Counsel (Me Jacitaria) appeared
jut Mrs. Dyott, and stated that his object was to
prove misconduct on the part of the husband, not
with a vie% to prevent the divorce, but to shew
cir-
cumstances nt •xcase for Mrs. Dyott.
The LORD CHANCELLOR` upon this said,
that whatever might be the object of those who offer-
ed such evidence, the Houle Would hear it with a
view to the consideration whether the divorce oug'
to 14. granted at all.
Tire Counsel (Mr. WARREN) int. General Drift
then c .11.4 witnesses to prove the adultery ; and Mr
Jackson by his cross-examinati,,n endeavoured to re-
duce the evidence to this—that Dunn (the alleged
adulterer), who is a Surgeon, had attended Mrs.
Dy At merely in his medical capacity, as she was not
in g-rat health at the time.
rltr T the evidence had been gone through which
had been given in the Eccl, siastic el Court, and upon
the action T t damages; further evidence was acie
Cloud on the part of Mrs. Dyott to prove misconduct
in the General ; and the nature ot that alleed mis-
conduct was, Isa, that he himself had been guilty of
that sort it (defiler with which he charged his wile;
lead 2d, that he had in other respects used her ill,
arid e,,en on one occasion proceeded to personal
violence.
The principal witness called to prove these cir-
Ctuustances, and the only one who spoke to the Or.
torostance cif personal violence, was a Mrs. Clement,
a Quaker, in whole house at Bath Mrs. Dyott had
lodged for a fortnight upon some difference with
General Dyott, who, however, visited her there, ap-
parently for the purpose of reconciliation, and of in-
ducing her to return home. The general material
facts spoken to by this witness were, that General
Dyott and.. Mrs. Dyott's servant girl, Hannah Bat ker,
now Turner, were seen by the witness coming out of
a MOW), where they had been for a quitter of an hour
together by themselves; that the girl appeared t be
with child and that the witness taxed tar with bring
with child by General Dyott, and advised her t.,
horde to her mothet's, who resided at Southampton,
for taryinemeni, AS the witness expressed it, and what
the girl was dismissed by Mrs. Dyott. She then
stated, that on.nne occasion, hearing a noise la tan.
ot mums, she went into it, and saw Gen. Dytitt
graspii f his wile as if he meant to strangle het. air
to that effect ; and that she took him by the hart -1
the head. and pulled him away, and said, she would
report his conduc: to the Duke of Yen k. This white.:
was, however, materially contradicted by others, and
especially by Hannah Turner, who was then pri..
duced on the part of General Dyott, and stated, that
the quakerow lady had charged her with being with
child by General D)utt, but that site de Oat it, be.
cause it was not true, and dismissed lietself been se
she had bten so chat ged. She denied that she was in
a room for a quarter of an hour with the General by
themselves and that he hsd ever used any improper
freedom r, h than having oil one occa-
sion
kissed her. This witness was, to a certain extent,
confirmed by another, a Mrs. Clarke, who saw her
sti.the time she coined Mrs. Plight's setvire ; and
stated, that she had then ne, appearance of pegna neT•
Att:r the Counsel had closet their observations vu

the evidc
• The LORD CHANCELLOR, while he admitted
.tha.t there was; upon the whole, strong enrich:nee of
the fact of adultery committed by the wife, Stated—
subject, however, to a further cunsideration of the
416,i..ore—chat the cAbe was left somewhat short on
both sAes. There did appear, according to his pre-
sent impression, to have been something in the ern-
duct of General llyott calculated to instate the vie.
thous fieliogs of a virtuous woman ; and, on the
other band, General I)yott had been accused. of a
greviedeal more than appeared to have been proved
agaii,st h;in. This case was a strong instance of what
he bad bef ire observed—that the proceedings in the
Ecclesiar.tical Couit, and upon the action for da-
mages, did not by any means afford complete secutity
to this House in its proceedint4s upon hills ef this
description. If all the evidence now bJore their
Lordships had been given upon the trial of the action,
it was impossible to deny that the additional evidence
would have afforded strong grounds of
to the Jury, with reference to the quantum of da-
rages ; and if it sad. been given in the Ecclesiastical
Coat t, that additional evidence would have there-tuo
afforded matter for grave consideration. As to the
esiJence of Mrs. Clermont, that was certainly mate-
via'''. contradicted ; and the story she told was be-
sides in some respects so extravagant, that, even
without contradiction, there might have been some
• difficulty in giving it implicit credit in all-its parts :
best the evidence of Hannah Turner too was in some
particulars not perfectly reconcileable with that of
prow other witnesses besides Mrs. Clermont. The
4rtmost divorce known to our ordinary law was the
6.4-orce a maws a Moro and when a husband came
here for the extraordinary remedy of a legislative act
for a divorce a vincula malrim2nii, he ought to appear
free from serious misconduct on his part, and espe.
cialiy from that ,species of misconduct which he
charged against his wife as the foundation for his
remedy. He should examine the evidence minutely
before the House met again. In the mean time it
was not his intention to object to the second reading
of the Bill, lest, if that were further postponed, it
should be prevented from passing at an this Session,
even though their Lordships- should be of opinion
that it ought to pass :—but • though he consented to
the second reading now—fer a reason which he trust
ed he might state, as the circumstance had been so
often mentioned in that House, the near approach of
the conclusion of the Session—yet he begged it to be
Understood, that he did not consider himself as there-
by in any degree pledged not to oppose the further
progress of the Bill, in ease he should, on examining
the evidence, be of opinion that the Bill ought not
to pass.

ROYAL COMMISSION.
The Royal Assent was gitrel by Commission to
the Irish National Debt Bili, the new Silver Coin Bill,
the Madder hill, the Offices' Duties Bill, the Malta
l'Ay Bill, the Miners' Offences Bill, the Soldier and
Sailors' -Trade DX, the lath Yeomanry Corps Bill,

the fluslataiki lioise*Duty till, the tdinbargh Po-
lice Bill, the Customs Funds Bill, and Penitentiary
Bill.—Cnmmissioners, Lords Einola and, Suing*.
Mee, end Duke of MoNTßose.
The Irish. Paper Duty Bill, the Sugar Bill, and
Sloth Sea Bill, were read a third time and passed.
The Irish Grand Juries Bill was reported.
Dyott's Divorce Bill, Stage Coach Bill, and Metro.
pnlis Streets Bill, were read a second time ; the New-
foundland Passage Bill committed and reported; and
the other gills before the Ho.ise forwarded in tbeir.re-
spective stages.—Adjourned.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.
The Elgin Marbles, the Licensed Victuallers, and
the Windsor Forest Bills, were read a second time,

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And committed for Monday.
The Coal Drawback and the Navy Half-pay Bills
were reed a third time and passed.
On the second reading of die,Town Lands Fines
Bill,
Mr. HORNER objected to the Bill on the grounds
of the injustice of it's operation; as, by the provisions
of this Bill, persons innocent of offending, even in
imagination, would be liable to penalties and fines
for the offences of others living miles distant. Many
of the Town Lands in Ireland extended twenty miles
in length, and five or six in breadth ; and if an of-
fence coming under the penalties of the Illicit Distil-
lation Laws was committed at one extremity of the
Tun Lands, every person dwelling at the other ex-
treinity of the Town Lands was subject to a share of
the penalty. Laws of this description were calculated
rather to irritate than to conciliate the Irish.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER
defended the Bill, as a measure necessary to protect
the revenue, and as the only means of checking illicit
Mr. W. SMITH said this was a measure which
must stand or fall on its owe merits. H understood
it had been the practice of persons to :ravel about
with portable stills, and the moment they were dis-
covered they got into :mother district, and thus esca-
ped detection altogether. This system was not new;
it was practised in the case of tints, where a whole
country was made liable for a breach 'of the peace in
any part of it.
The Bill was then read a second time, and com-
mitted for Monday.
On the second reading of the Clergy Non-residence
Bill,
General THORNTON opposed it. He wished
this Bill to be postponed for a short time, and he
should be ahle to convince the Right Honourable the
Clesnc.4tor of the Exchequer vest it ought not to pass.
11 it did, he theug•a i' would g . a great way towards
overturning the Lstablistied Ch arch altoge: her.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER
wished the gallala General would postpone his oppo-
sition till the 13it1 c ime a Committee.
Cemerat THORNTON consented to do this, de.
elating, that he would on Monday take the sense of
the Committee en the Bill ; which was then read a
sec"nti time, and committed for Monday.
The Iris.. Clerk of the Pleas 1341, the Irish Cilmi.
nal Returns bill, the Consolidated Funds Bill, the
Claremont Estate Bill, the Mutiny Act Amendment
1111, and the Crinan Canal Bill, went through Com-
tnittees.—Reports to be received on Monday.
The Stamps Amendment Bill was committed.
Mr. HORNER wished to know why College and
wirer Ecclesiastical Property, that species of property
which above all other property ought to pay Stamp
Duriv., was to be exempted by this Bi.l
TLeCHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said
the present Bill was only intended to carry into effect
a provision relating to College Property which was
to.have been introduced into the Stamp Act of list
Session : it was an indulgence intended to be eaten
ded to Colleges, on acceunt of the manner in which
College Property was generally leased.
Mr. HORNER did not consider this reason as suf-
ficient for making this distinction in favour of Col-
leges ; they let their property in the manner most ad.
vantageous to themselves, and to give them this ex-
emption was iiinvice to the rest of the community.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQULR
said, that Colleges had always enjoyed this exemp-
tion, and it was omitted in the last Stamp Act
by iiii;rake.
Sir C. MONCK opposed the exemption.
After some turthrr observations from Setjeaßt BEST,
SerivatiL ONSLOW, Mr. H. SUMNER, and others, the
Chairman reported progress, and asked leave to sit
again on Monday.
• The Reports of the Irish Militia Pay Bill, the Beer
and Malt Bill, the Small Coal Bill, and the Stone
Bottle Bill, were received, and the Bills ordered to
be read a thiid time on Monday.
On the third reading of the Insolvent Debtors Bill,
. General THORNION objected to the clause of
the Bill which gave a power of imprisonment for five
years in cases of Debtors where gross fraud was
proved to exist.
Sir C. MoNce and Mr. LOCKHART supported the
clause.
Serjeant BEST also supported the clause. He
was convinced that the effect of the late Insolvent
Act had been to create the most unexampled distress.
in his opinion, it had been nothing less than an en-
couragement to swindling. It had, in fact, intro-
duced riot and confusion into our prisons, where hun-
dreds who had come up to London to get " white-
washed," as they termed it, had lived 'riotously and
luxuriously, v.itilst,their unfortunate creditors were
starving out of it.
Mr. W. WYNN wished that in future care should
be taken that persons about to take the benefit of the
Act should be confined within the walls of the prison,
and not have the benefit of the Rules.
The Bill was then read a third time and passed.—
Adjourned.

As it bas been a•prevailing custom with Adven-
turers in the ,Lottery, to delay their purchases until
the eve of Drawing, the Act of Parliament permits
Wren's OFFICES, for this Met paler, to remain open
until. Twelve o'Clock, until which hour, (and before
the Wheel goes round is the Morning, at Ten
o'Clock), Tickets and Shares may be purchased.—
The Lucky Number which wusi gain £2o.ooo—per.
haps i 650,000 I—is probably yet on sale at •me of
W ann's 0 dices, 8, C. 01114 LULL. or l7,LUD3airt.arsart;
where Nth 12,693, the Grand Prise of 451.000, in
the Last Lottery, besides others of COCA *KW,
&c. wcre Au. Shared and Sold.

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L4NDERIS 1411.

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InttiaollL3,. JIM 19.
An immente crowd of people went yeiteran to
the Alfre rem. Nothing could be more magnificent Is
nr better arranged than this fete giyen to our brave
Karr ison.
The nurnber'of carriages, of horsemen, anti per-
sons on foot, who filled the road from Brussels to
Waterloo, yesterday, were prodigious bin it wa,
particularly cutious to see them return in the eveni i
when the procession was uninterrupted. It can he
compared•to nothing but the crowd which thronged
this same road a year ago. lint what a strange dif-
ference between the cou/s itail of last year, and that
which we have had the pleasure of witnessiog this
year.
The musical funeral service was performed in the
Church of Waterloo with the greatest pomp. An
abundant collection was made by the Countess ot
Tolet, and Mrs. Armstrong, an English Lady. After
the service the visitors went to the wood, where a
great many persons took their repast. The place
where the Noce of Orange was wounded was one
of the principal objects of the homage paid to these
celebrated fields, where the blood ot so. many illus-
trious warriors flowed
.HANOVF.R, JUNE lg.
The whole plan of tie new system of Taxation is
drawn up, and under examination by the Govern-
ment, to be laid before the Prince Regent. The last
deliberations of the States related chiefly to an object.
upon which there is still a diversity of opinions.
It has been already' resolved, that a new eqttalized
lamd-tax shall be composed, but is not yet arranged
upon what basis. In every case a considerable.time
must elapse, and till that, sonic provisional measute
must be adopted by which the quotas of the s veral
Provinces must be regulated, and this is the problem
which the Committee appointed by the Government
and the States, has been hitherto employed in riving.
This Committee his now laid the result of its la'muts
before the States for examination, who have found
the subject too important so deliberate upon without
A previous and exact inquiry. The Report of the
Committee is printed add sent by the President to the
States. People are very anxiops for the result, as
many interests are implicated in it.
The States ate adjourned till the Ist of August.