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PAALLIMENTARr PROCEEDIivG3.

HOUSE OF LORDS, MARCH s.

The ti,t uton* took the oaths and ,Ids sot se coo
st this hi* e Porn.
Visehont'Hoes was also sworn, and took Ms neat, on aseeee&
ins to that Peons by the demise of the late Viscount.
Counsel were further beard iu the Cress Appeal Canes of
Btackpole is. Stadkpole. To meted again on Monday.
The-Proctor in the Divorce Cause of Barlow o. Barlow, at.
tended at the bar, pennant to*. order of their Lordships.
He was
rl:red by the Loan CeaNcaLLol respecting the
present of Lady Barlow, when he stated he had reason
to believe the Lady was at Edlnbunlft,iseeause a Jaya. two ago
be had received a letter from her, fted in that city, and which
be answered by return of poet, and addressed to her there.
Mr. Barlow stated that be bad seen the letter the Proctor
bad received, and which he knew to be the hand-writing of Lady
Barlow.
The LORD CHANCELLOR observed that sonic attempt
sought certainly to be made to serve the Lady with the Notice in
Edinburgh; and noticed bow little attention was to be paid to
the hearsay of persons, as on the last examination she was stated
to have been in some part of Ireland. •
On the motion of the Earl of SHAT ITSBURY, the farther
coosideration of Barlow's Divorce Bill was postponed till "I laun-
der
Mr. Ku
when the witnesses, tire. were ordered to attend.
Mr. KINGSTON, tram the Directors of the East India Com-
pany, presented certain Accounts directed to be laid annually
before Parliament. Ordered to lie on the table.
The Cape of Goal Hope Trade and the Foreign Packets Bills
were brought up from the Commons, by Mr. Li; sni N GTO DI and
others and ordered to lie on the table.
Viscount SIDMOUTH presented two Petitions (one, from
Wineaunton,io Somersetshire,) against the Property fax, which
were ordered to he on the table.
Lord HOLLAND adverted to the circumstance of several
Peers who had recently been promoted in the Peerage having
given in their Proxies under their former and not uader theft: re-
cent titles. Doubts were entertained as to the admissibility of
such Proxies, and the question he thought should be .et at reg.
In this view he would propose that the question be referred to a
Committee of Privileges, which should be ordered to sit for the
purpose on Thursday next; but should that day be inconvenient
to Noble Lords, he bad no objection to postpone the sitting to
another day.
rbis proposition being approved by the Hatlee,the Conunittee
was ordered to sit for the purpose on Thursday seat in the first
instance.—Adjuarned till Monday.
HOUSE OP COMMONS.

The House
ewas called over today, which prevented the Gal-
Serf from being opened till after six o'clock.
PROPERTY TAX.

Before the Gallery was opened, Mr. BYNG pre-'
tented Petitions against this Tax from the inhabitants
of St; George's in the East, of the precincts of St.
Catherine's, and of the parishes of Kensington and
Twickenham ; which were read, and ordered to lie
on the table.
Petitions against this Tax were also presented from
the following quarters :—from the inhabitants of
Maidenhead and of Abingdon, in the County of
Berks; from the inhabitants of St. Neot's, in Hun-
tingdonshire; from the parishes of Hatley, in the
West Riding of Yorkshire, and of Welton, in the
East Riding of the same county ; of Aldworth, in
the same county ; of St. John's, Wapping ; front the
inhabitants of Dewsbury and from the inhabitants of
Devizes, in the County of Wilts. They weir seve-
raliy read and ordered to lie on the table.
Sir C. MORDAUNT rose to present a Petition,
signed by many landholders and others in the county
of Warwick. The prayer of the Petition was not
only against the Property Taft►. but also for the re-
duction of the proposed Military Establishment, and
for the abolition of sinecure Places and Pensions. Ai

he bad not been able to attend in his' place during
the discussion of the Army Estimates on the Com-
mittee, he wished to take the present opportunity of
stating to the House, in a very few words, his senti.
ments as to the amount of the proposed establish-
ment. He thought it larger than the country could
afford to maintain, because in our present situation
we could afford nothing that was not absolutely ne-
cessary. As to the Property Tax, his sentiments con-
curred entirely with those of the Petitioners. The
opinion throughout the country was, that it could not
be continued during peace without a breach of faith.
Without entering minutely into this question, he
could only say, that if he were in the situation of his
Majesty's Ministers, be would certainly not press any
measure which the country universally understood
be had promised not to adopt. It was a Tax levied
at best upon an assumed income, but in the present
times it was a Tax upon absolute loss.
The Petition was then brought up, read, and or-
dered to lie on the table.
Mr. PRESTON presented Petitions from certain
inhabitants of the Borough of Ashburton, in the
County of Devon, against the Property Tax. The
Honourable and Learned Gentleman took occasion
, to repeat some of his observations on the distresses of
the Agricultural Interest, attributing them chiefly to
the enormous weight of taxation. He remarked,
that one of the pretexts of Ministers for continuing
the Property Tax, and others, was, the necessity
et supporting that pretty sort of thing called the
binking Fund.—( hug/s).
The Petition was read, and ordered to lie on the
Table.

Another Petition was presented from certain inha-
bitants of the last mentioned Borough (Ashburton),
iu favour of the Property Tax.
Mr. BROUGHAM remarked, that the prayer of
this Petition WAS certainly very extraordinary, and
totally the reverse of the numerous Petitions from
*very part of the kingdom. But if the good men of
Ashburton were really desirous of paying this Tax,
it would be very proper to pass a private And local
Act for the purpose of continuing. it upon them alone.
—(4 latish, and hear, hear).—Thas Petition reminded
bim of an anecdote recorded of King James the First.
That Monarch being desitous of raising money with-
out the consent of Parliament, consulted two of his
Disfiops upon the subject. The Bishop of Lincoln
being first asked his opinion, said, " Yea, GOD forbid
that our money should not be at the command of
our Majesty, who are the breath of our nostrils."—
. The opinion of the Bishop of Norwich was next re-
quired, bat that Prelate declined to give any. Being,
however, much pressed, be at last said, is Then your
Majesty may take my brother Lincoln's money, be-
cause he offers it."—(Hear, hear).
Sir JOHN NE wroar gave notice, that on Wed.
nesday, the 27th inst. he would move that the House
be called over, as on that day he intended to kits
forward a Motion•upon the State of Ireland.
EA Roam DISPARTMIST.

Mr. BROUGHAM moved that there should be
laid before the House Copies of the Correspondence
between the Treasury and the Auditors of the Bar-
rack Department, respecting the arrears of balances
doe to the Public.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER,

was not aware of any objectiot to the proJttction of
these papers, bat wished the Honourable and Learn-
ed Gentleman to state the ,
object of the. rondos.
p Mr. BROUGHAM stated, that his object was to
obtain information as to the nature of the proceed-
ings which had been taken for the recovery of the
large sums due to the public by Alexander Davidson,.
Esq. and General Delancey.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER
wished for a more specific statement, as it might be
in his power to explain any thing connected with this
matter to the satisfaction of the Honourable and
Learned Gentleman.
Mr. BROUGHAM understood from the Report
of the Anditers of the Barrack Department, that
Mr. Davidson was a defaulter to the amount of nearly
,a 100.000; and he also understood, that not only no
part of this sum had been yet recovered i but that even
the usual proceedings against Crown debtors, by issu-
ing a writ of extent, had not in the present case been
resorted to. He therefore wished to know why the
usual proceedings had not been adopted, or what steps
had been taken to recover the money ?
The CHANCELLOR .of the EXCHEQUER
said, thit the Correspondence moved for by the Ho-
nourable and Learned Member would be exceedingly
'voluminous,
and would embrace a variety of points
unconnected with the subject on which informa-
tion was required ; he could easily state what was
the situation of affairs with respect the persons
alluded to br the Honourable and Learned Gentle-
man. - There was a great balance due to the public
fay General Delancey, kr the recovery of which a
process was now going on in the Court of Exchequer.
For the payment of the large sum due by Mr. Alex.
ander Davidson, that Gentleman had cifered to pro-
cure good security, on which account it had not yet
been thought expedient to issue a writ of extent
against him.
Mr. BROUGHAM said, that nothing could be
more satisfactory than that security should be ob-
tained for the amount of Mr. Davidson's debt ; and
he allowed, that it was sometimes much better to
keep a writ of extent hanging over a defaulter, than
to issue kat once. The statement of the Right Ho-
nourable Gentleman was so satisfactory, that, with
the leave of the House, he would, for the present at
least, withdraw his motion.