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London, England, 1811-05-28 00:00:00

PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS.

HOUSE OF LORDS, MAY 27.
PERICILLIW PEERAGE.
The SOLICITeII.GiNtRAL adduced further restimoney before
the Committee of Privileges, on behalf of the younger son. Mrs
Heineman and tier daughter, Lord Berkeley's Butler, and Sir
Isaac Heard, were examined as witnesses.—The Committee ad.
jeurned about six o'clock till ten o'clock on Friday.
After prayers, strangers were excluded a considerable time,
during which their Lordships further proceeded to notiCe the
breach of privilege referred to la the Earl of LA up ERDAL& on a
former evening, and which respected some proceedings of an out-
door Committee of their Lordships on Local Bills.—The parties
implicated were, we understand, brought to the Bar, and-repri.
Mended by or& rof the House. •
While the exclusion continued, several public Bills were brought
up from the Commons, sod read a test time.
The Irish Peerage and Butlerage Bill, and the Canada Rum
Bill, passed through Committers, and were reported without any
amendment.
lite one and a half million Exchequer Bills Bill, the six mil-
lions Exchequer Bills Bill, and the Customs Officers Superannua-
tion Bill, were read the first time.
ROMAN CATROI.IOI.
Upon our re-admission, we found the Marquis of DOWN-
SHIRE stating, that he presented, in behalf of a Noble Friend
(Earl of Doneughmore) a Petition Irons the Catholics of Ireland,
whose cause lie advocated, from that knowledge of their charac-
ter which he hadosegulred by residence and connexion among
them. In the absence of his Noble Friend, he should move—
That the Petition be read.—Ordered.
I he Noble Marquis, alter moving that the Petition do He on
the tae, text moved—That the same be taken into considera-
tion on the 7th ef June, and that the Lords be summoned for
that day.—Ordered.
GREY'S ESTATE BILL.
Lard REDESDALE iave notice, that he would, upon the reel
port as this Bill being brought up, move that the Lords be sumo
maned. There was a particular clause to which he intended to
mil the attention of the House; and if he should find that the ,
Report would be brought up on Friday, he would to-morrow
Move that, the Lords be summoned for that day.
GRAND JUNCTION CANAL BILL.
Upon the second reading of thi. Bill,
Lord REDESDALE strongly objected to the prin..l
ciple, and also to the mode of its introduction. Thel
title was a false description of its provisions, and it
thus took the House by surprise, for their Lordships
would, upon examiliation, find &is to be a Water-
works sill. The Noble and Learned Lr•rd expressed
his disapprobatioo of the clauses severally; and moved
as an antendment, That the same be read this day six

months.
The Earl of MOIRA shortly vindicated the con-
struction of the Bill. The title and objectionable
Clauses might easily be amended in the Committee ;
but he felt himself bound to urge the strongest op.
position to the amendment proposed.
The LORD CHANCELLOR concurred in the
observations of his Noble and Learned Friend ; but
such was the state of the atmosphere in that House,
when any Bill was presented from the Grand Junc-
tion Company, he had little hope that his Noble
and Learned Friend would succeed in that or anyl
ahamotiolsieSentst the increasing monopoly of that
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