Star.
London, England, 1810-05-19 00:00:00

WAYS AND MEANS.

The House having gone into a Committee of Ways and Means,
Mr. WHARTON moved a Resolution for raising the sum of six
millions by Exchequer Bills for the service of the ensuing year.—
This Resolution was agreed to. The House resumed, and the
Report was ordered :o be received on Monday.
The Stage-coach Regulation Bill went through a Committee.
Mr. ROSE gave notice, that he should on Tuesday move for a
CoMmittee on the subject of Foreign Timber.
Mr. DUNDAS moved for and obtained leave to bring in a Bill
to amend the Act respecting the recruiting of the East India Com-
pany's Forces, and to rogulate Courts Martial in India. The ob-
ject which the Right Hon. Gentleman bad in view was to provide
for the better recruiting of ti-% Indian Army, and to place the
proceedings in Courts .Martia on a footing with those in England
or.. similar inquiries.
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STAMP DUTIER.
Mr. HLW.KISSON moved for certain papers, which, he con-
tended, would drew, that the statement made by the Rit,lit Hon.
Gentleman (Mr. Perceval) on a former night was erroneous re-
specting the increase of the revenue from the produce of the Stamp
Duties. The increase was progrefiive, and not in consequence
of the measure proposed by that Right Hon. Gentleman in 1808.
He moved for a specification of the articles on which duties
were imposed. showing how the same were augmented, and the
net produce of the new duties, and the augmentation thereon,
from 10th October, 1809 to ISC9, and also the amount of the
Stamp Duties.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER would rot. ob-
ject to the motion, but at the same time he did not think, front
the wording of it, the Hon. Gentleman would obtain what he re-
quired to prove his assertions.
Mr. 'FIERNEY recommended the serious attention of the
House to the second reading of the Stamp Duty bill ; and hoped
that the accounts now moved for would be produced before the
second reading. He was convinced that their production would
justify the House in not adopting the Bill.
The motion, after some observations in explanation front Mr.
Husttissos, Mr. TteaNi:v, and the Clutscw.oa of the Ex-
cutou'reovas agreed to.
commrtTEF: of riot-mix:Es ON TILE NOTICES OF SIB
IC A NCIS BURDETT.
Mr. GIDDY presented the Report of the Select
Committee of Privileges appointed to search for pre.
cedents in support of the authorities exercised by the
House in the matters respecting Sir Francis Burdett.
The Report was in substance—
That the Committee thought it unnecessary terstate particularly
the contents of all the precedents they had found, as they were all
so clear in support of the Privileges of the House.
" That the precedents more.direety connected with the ease in
question, went to stew, thr in order to prevent offences against
the authority of the 11 .use, itt respett to Its proceedings, that puts
pose could not be so t aczually answered by a recurrence to the
ordinary and circuitous proceedings in Courts of Law, and that
the House had uniformly punished such ofl'ences by the sernmary
exercise of its own authority, and the commitment of such per-
sons, whether Members or nut. That the Houie had from time
to time so punished such persons,, more especially in Bushell',
Case, in 1701, and in the case of Ashby and White, in 1704,
where the House of Lords decided in favour of the conduct of
the House of Commons, upon this point, although both Houses
were at variance at the tame upon several others. Also ht Atur-
ray's case, confirmed by the Court of Kieg's Ber.ch ; and Brass
Crosby's case, confirmed by the Court of Exchequer ; also in
Bingham and Flower's case, confirmed by the House of Lords.—
The Committee also foundLthat In caces of Libeton the House
either by words or in priot,the House bad uniformly proceedel
by the summary commitment of the parties olfending, anti that
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and

• The Its, ------- Di Ceurcy proved the marriage " -..eir'proceeding in such cases had been approved _. sitiel..rite
Of Colonel Guard to Miss Cockson, in 180 e, . at' tle by the °Onions of the most able lawyers and Judges ; 30n1C of
1111 Of Cork... e Bch in tiii
s kingdomtheenet the n
iost . and especially eminent anducpsrpighin
tan; byen that
Chief Iu
atrever sat te:t,iicie i
the
parish church of Ballytnartin, county.
also eroved the execution of . the deed of settlement, Grey, in Cuyler's case, where he decided that the lionise may
to• Which he was a subscribing witness. •• • ' commit summarily of its own authority for offences against its
M. Elizabeth Dunrick, who had been servant to MesPelylleges. That the Privileges of Parliament were necessary to
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the security of the State. That the law of Parliament was the
fltuaril, at Otte' y, deposed to a variety of circuiri. I tinY• of the land, according to the maxim laid down in Magna
Oakes tending to prove a criminal connection be- I Charts, which'says that no Freeman than be committed to impri.
tween her mistress and Mr. Hodge. ' • , _ sonment withopt the judgment of his peers, or according to the
i• law of thedlatid-;
hthaithbis
fmaxim
ireciognixed the law -of Parlia.
Mr. Lee prodnced the record of the trial,." Onard
and.to icnocnonmi t
nt,tvativit i
ha Le sat
sabalui syht:d b
othery
partancient
o f
whkh 43.000 i niuseanget,
11. Hodge," at the Exeter Assizes, in ; analllthat
was a the
clear
damages were awarded to the 'Plaintiff; which, how- 1 the law of the land; and was necessary to the steurity of the state
ever, were never paid, the 'Defendant -having ab.. itself."
scalded. . . . f The Report hiving been read,
The Rev. Mr. Guard; brother of the Plaintiff, de. i .Mr. }!ORNER rose and said, that it was not his
posed as to a anifession ' which Mrs. ,Guard had : intention to enter into any sort of discussion upon
made totim, of her hiving acted improperly. • i what he' considered the undoubted -rights of that
' Eliiabeth 'Neseman proved, that Mrs. Guard VMS , House, nor into the original appointment of the Com-
:brought to bed at the house of her 'mistress, in John- mittee ; but he thought that Committee hardly war-
street, CommercialTroad, in June, 1808. • : ranted by their appointment to enter into an emu
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It was deemed unnecessary to adduce any further mew, suelyas bad been heard on points which that
',evidence ; and Monday next was appointed for pro-,' House. deemed unquestionable. He could not let
seeding in the 13i11.—Adjourned. tlit Ripon pass without noticing bow unpecessacily
' i they had attempted toreason upon the foundation of
HOUSE OF COMMONS. • !Abe privileges of the House, the impropriety of which
Mr. PETER MOORE brought in a Bill for allowing the This. struck his mind strongly. This was, he believed, the
tees of the late Theatre Royal Drury mane to rebuild the same. first time that a Comtnitsee. of Privileges had ever
The Bill was read a first time, and ordered for a second reading. ;'presumed to enter into a citation of authorities in fa-
Mr. M. FITZGERALD presented a petition from the Roman , your of common, essential, and inherent privileges,
Catholics of the county of Kerry in Ireland, praying that the die- i •e
trom the Opinions of Courts of Law, or of the other
abilities under which they at.present laboured may be removed. i
House of Parliament. In the best of times, indeed in
Mr. D. B. DALY presented a similar petition from the Catho- 1
:all former times, it was the constant language on such
ties el Galway.—These petitions were ordered to lie on the table.
' ' AltleisnC from the Lords announced that their Lordshipohed ; OeCaeiollS, it was the regular Maxim of the wisest pa.
agreed fo theinsti Endowed School Bill, and some private Bills. i triots, and the :nost zealous defenders of the liberties
.4.4r.v.r. PALE. gave notice, that he should to-morrow move lof the country, that no analogies from the practice of
liiiAildiesslinittMajesty respecting the regulation of Courts I common law, no opinions from any other bodies
of 'Records in•lreland.- • 1 whatever, should be suffered to weigh in a matter 0:
* - Lord HENNIKER. obtained leave to bring in a Bill to repeal ' such momentous concern as the privileges of that
• * the Act which provides for the punishment of Women delivered
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House, which never could be regulated by the prin-
of Bastards. 1 ciples, forms, or technicalities of law courts. He
,heave was given to being ins Bill to allow the Colouring and
. Yining of Beer, ender certain restrictions. I could appeal to the opinions of all those great men,
Mr. SHARP rose to postpone his motion, respecting, as we . those eminent Parliamentary Statesmen, those sages i
believe, Spain, nntil Monday, as his Right Hon. Friend's motion! now no more, on the subject of analogies drawn irons
•on the Roman Catholic Petition stood for discussion this night. ether places for such a purpose. The Committee
Mr. GRATTAN would be extremely sorry that either his Hon.
were justified only in so far as they stated the prece-
;
Friend :"Mr. Sharp) or his Noble Friend (Lord A. liamiltou), 1 .
dents from the Journals ; but to take upon themselves
she std inconvenienced by his motion, and therefore he would f
itivi them the preference,. and run his chance of bringing it on i the task of discussing the question of the privileges of
_after their motions were disposed or. if, however, the discussion the INuse on general principles, was quite contrary
should occupy a longer time than he expected, he would not 1 to all that ha d been recorded, or known heretofore,
bring it on, but adjourn it till after- MMulay. I in times when the Constitution of the country and of
. Mr. SHARP persevered in postponing his motion, and fixing
that House was, to say the least, quite as well under-
ft. for Monday.
. Lord COCHRANE gave notice that be should, en Monday, stuut,
;[aced that, on one occasion, the privi-
g-" as-atmittee present. In one part of the Report, the
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• move for a Committee to inquire into the Public Interests In Committer
' Zell' Forest, and to consider of the Standing Order respecting leges of the House were assented to by the House of
• 'eroVentands; and also .respecting the necessity of enforcing
Lords
after a conference. '.i hat was not a sufficient
Notices to parties interested in inclosures.
THE SUPPLY. ' reason and foundation for the privileges of the Corn-
*.. The HOuee 'went into a Committee of Supply. The Estimate, mons, which were :possessed in their own right, and
respecting the Annuities in the 5 per_ Cents. the Islends;.cof 'Trim- were unaffected by any authority elsewhere, or any
slld, the Naval Asylum, the Board of Agriculture, . having; dissent by any other person or body whatsoever. He
,been referred to the Committee, could not possibly suffer this Report to pass without
' ME, wed moved the following Resolutions whieh
were agreed to : • these observations. He thought, therefore, that the
.Ed,poo,ooa--to pay off exchequer Bills of I ben. House ought to defer the question upon the Report
' et:slseB—Annuities in tie r. per Cents. ..
i. till they had considered it more maturely.
066,788—Naval
cCes, ! Asylum,Ed toComplete the bu
edth iby fire in ngs carrying on.,
Mr. WILBERFORCE had no particular objec-
destroy isos
tion to deferring the question, if it seemed necessary
for the purpose of further consideration. It was a
serious charge against the Committee, that they had
deliberated upon points which they were not autho-
rised to deliberate upon ; upon those points which the
House bad already declared to be in them inherent

X25,QcO--to erect, t'..e Edifices, ace. uestiu)‘...,)
in she Island of Trinidad.
• 5,50n—the Board of Agriculture.
ats,ooo•L-the Veterinary College.
i*StS,ooo—Expences of Forts and Settlements on the Coast of
Africa.
The House having resumed, the Report was ordered to be re.
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