Star.
London, England, 1816-04-25 00:00:00

P.IRLIAMENTARr PROCEEDINGS.

HOUSE OP COMMONS. APRIL 24. • •
This evening the Right Hon. Gaottoe PONSONSY
took the oaths and his seat, as Member for the
County of Wicklow, in the room of WILLIAM TIOHa,
Esq. deceased= also, the Hon: W. LAMB. for the
City of Peterborough, in the room of the Right Hon.
Gan RGE PONSONst:
Mr. Joimstm, from the Office of the Chief Secre•

tary for Ireland, brought up a report from the Com•
picsioners of the Board of Excise of that kingdom,
detailing the proceedings of that Board ; aisn an
ACC Milt of the quantity of
.Corn Warehoused in that
kingdom, and exported therefrom ; alto an Recount
of the noMber.of Freeholders registered there within
the last year.—The papers were ordered to be printed.
An account of the contingent expences of the
Array Pay Office during the last year, was brought
up, and ordered to he printed.
on the motion (If Sir' J. GRAHAM, the House

tesulved itselt into a C•numittee of the whole House,
nu Sir Ge•trge Barlow's Divorce Bill. In the Com-
mittee, (mime' was heard on the part of Sir George
Barlow, :ind evidence adduced to prove the criminal
act. and 'the present cohabitation of Lady Barlow
with Major Barlow. her paramour. The evidence
leas the same in substance as had been already ad-
wAnced in the SheriffV Court; bet when the young
Lady, who on that occasion had proved the fact,
presented herself at the bar to repeat her evidence,
she appeared so much affected. that Sir J. Grahull:
• - the thaltilift of the Committee, suggested to the
Counsel, that as the present cohabitation oT the par.
sties at Edinburgh had been already proved, the
Committee would, to save the young Lady's feelings,
disiente with ber further evidence.
• The House assentOd to the proposition with cheers,
ind the young Lady having several times in vain
attempted to give utterance to her gratitude, could
only express it by clasping ter hands with emotion,
and retired.
The Bill then passed the Committee, and the re-
port -.vas ordered to be brought up to-morrow.
On the motion of Mr. Paw., the Speaker was
directed to issue his warrant to the Clerk of the
C:•twn, to make out a new writ for the election of
a Keni)t r to serve in the 'present Parliament for
the City of Armagh, -in the room of Doctor Duige-
nan, deceased.

Mr. PEEL gave notice, that he would to-morrow
move tor leave to bring in a Bill for regultting the
office of Clerk of the Exchequer in Irel.ind, vdcant
by the death of the E•irl of Butkinglimmhire.
Sir W. LEMON presented a Yeti:4,n brim the
Freeholders and Inhaisitants of the County of Can-

wall, praying the House to enforce a strict Economy
in every Department of the State. He stated, on
the authority of the High Shetitf of the Comity, that
the Petition had been agreed to uttanimunaly, at
vt:y numerous and respectable meeting.
The Petition being read—
Mr. TR.EMAYNE said, that however be might
agree generally With his constituents, in the expect'.
eacy andnecessity of retrenchment, yet there were
same expressions in the Petition, in the propriety of
which he did nut equally concur. The Petition
charged his Majesty's Ministers and Parliament with
breach of promise, and contempt of plighted faith—
ch.trges which, in his opinion, were wholly unmerit-
ed. He•was well assured that, without detriment to

the public service, the army might undergo a much
grater reduction, and he feared that the Ministers
would forfeit all claim to tlie. confidence of the coun-
try, if they did not pursue iystem of rigid economy.
-a—The Petition was laid on the table.

_
The following Petitions were presented against
the Leather 'fax :

Owe from Cornwall, by Sir W. Lemon; from Tram, in Corn-
wall, by Mr. Gore Langton; from 'favistoek, by Lord John
Rowell; fawn Selkirk, by Mr. Mott; from Glastonbury, by
lord William Russell; and from Beeismaria, by Mr. F. Lewis.
The Petitions were laid on the table. _

A Peti.ion was presented from the Licensed Vic-
tuallers of Warwick, praying for a Repeal of the
Additional Duties on Licenses.—Laid on tire table.
Lord CASTLEREAGH presented a Petition
from the Inhabitants of Belfast, against a Bill pen&
ing in Parliament for the I.ighting and Paving of
that town.— Referred to the Committee.,
Lord CASTLEREAGH gave notice that he
would to-morrow move for leave to bring in a Bill
for continuing the provisions of the Alien Act.
Mr. KEITH DOUGLAS presented a Petition
from the inbabitaots of Dumfries, praying for the in-
t !rference of the House . in the case of several British
s..bjects, one of whom was a young Gentleman of tbe
Panne of Welly:ood Hyslop, a native of Dumfries, who
about seventy other persons had been seized by
04 Spanish Authorities, in the Spanish Main, and
c(fuJenined to death. Those persons, subjtets of
Giza Britain, were, he understood, ordered to be
soit to Old Spain, to be treated by the Spanish Go-
va,inment according to its pleasure. This case had
been represented to his Majesty's. Government, who
bad transmitted orders couched in the strongest terms
so lior Ambassador at the Cann of. Illadract.
quire into the circumstances most miamtely. He
would for the present cement himself with moving
that the Petition be read.
The Petition being read—
Lord CASTLEREAGH said, that his Majesty's
Government had sent instructions to our Ambassador
at Madrid, respecting the circumstance, and saw no
reason to fear that those persons would be treated
unjustly. The Government of the Spanish Main bad
displayed great indulgence and lenity-in transmitting
them home, and placing them under the immediate
di!T(.1,41 of the Spanish Government. ,
The Petition was Then laid on the table.

Lord LASCELLES pesented a Petition from the
lik'nollen Manufacturers of the parish of Shuttle-
worth, in the County of York. praying the House
not to facilitate the exportation of native Wool.—
Laid on the Table.

Mr. C. GRANT presented a Petition from the
Cotton and other Manufacturers of New Lanark;
%raying the House in favour of the bill now pending
1 ;the better regulating the working hours of Oil.
dren in manufactartes.—Laid on the Table.
Lot d CASTI.EREAGH gave notice, that he
%%wild, un Wedesiday, the Ist of May, move for
ls.ve to Wing in a Bid for regulating the Civil List.
Air. V. Fl I'ZGERALD, on rising to move the,
second reading of the Dunlean; Harbour Bill, es.
puled hie surptize at hating leaned ti.iat, the way,

chants and inhabitants of Dublin Were hostile to the
measure. He had conceived it to be parecularlyaa.
vfntageous to that City. and had expected that the
advance of money offered by Government, and sanc-
tioned by Parliament. wont.' have been received with
far different expressions. If, however, the sense of
the City of Dublin continued to be strongly ditected
against the Bill, he would not press on them even a
beneficial measure.
The Bill was then read a second time, and irderest
to be committed.
Lord ALTHORP thought it extremely severe on
all persons concerned in leather manufactures, that
the tradeshould not enjoy advantages equal to those
which had been long possessed by others. He pur-
posed to submit a Motion to the Haase to that effect,
and to facilitate the consideration of the subject, he
begged leave to move for returns of all exports of
leather manufacture, together with that of woollen,
cotton, and iron, for the Eve years ending the sth of
January, 1711, and also a similar return for the five
years ending the sth of January, 181 i. that the
House might, by comparison of their relative int
provement, estimate what advantages might be yet
extended to the trade in leather. The Motion was
put and agreed to.
Mr. COOPER gave notice, that he would, on
Monday next, submit a Motion to the House respect-
ing Grand Jury Presentments in Ireland.