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London, England, 1811-06-06 00:00:00

PAALIAMENT..4Rr PRoCXEDINGS.

HOUSE OF LORDS, ;USA S.
The Committee of Privileges on the Ikrkeley Peerage met,at
ten o'clock in the morning, and proceeded till past foer. The
evidence on the part of the youngest ;on was concluded; and
• gee witnesset 'sae tramiuttl on the kart of the Claiinant,—
Rome eonvetettion took placo in the ComMittee as to the day on
which the tare .I.roold he fa: qtrs. proceeded•in. The post pone-
ttlenref the Qatholic Question, which stauds.for Friday, in order
to give that d.ty to the Berkeley case, was %us,gestes 1, but the h....a
of Dostonglidire nit being present, it was at length agreed, that
the Committee shiwltt as.enthle pee ferns Tin-morrow, for the pur.
pose of finally arranging whether they would p; .cared on Friday.
The iri.h Du:y Rtiptal Bid was read a aceohd, time, and

committed for to-tnorrow.
The Earl of LAUDERDALE presented a Petition, which be
snored to have read, iitAITIAt a bill which had beeti read the first
i.rofeoang tskrt gill tie the drawbacks on goods, wares, and
ierchatelizes imported into, and etpor;ed from Ireland, from
and to Great .la-iiain, hot which really went to gtve a consider-
able advantage to thelrich disatler over the English distiller, by
;tying the former a drawback of MP. per gallon on spirits over
and above the duty of es el r. r galttn, by which (the Irish die-
sillier not being limited we it reyect to the strength of his spirits,
and thereby being erabled by &lotion, to convert two.gallont
Into three, for etporta tot.) the Irish distiler wool I receive
beauty to the anatieitt of leis. fur two gallons upon ex; artieg his
spirit to tilts part of the United Kingdom, and would then hie en-
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staled to drive the English di..tifier out of the market.
The Earl of CLANCAR doubted whether, according to
the forms of the house, the Petition could be received, the Bill
being a Money
After some conversation. the Earlbf LAUDERDALE agreed
so withdraw the Petition, and moved that the Dillbe primed,
Which ,A 7,1% agreed to.
_Lail of LiVEIIIIOOI. gave notice, that he should, on
Friday IttNt, move the thanks of their Lerdships to General Be-
resford, and the Atm)* under his Command, for the; Victory of
Altmers.- elite t orris were ordered to be summoned for that day,
The Earl of LIVERPOOL thee moved the commitment of the
Dill fur the abolition of certain Offices, &c. in the CustetMe
RIOTTOM. which, after some conveeitation Was ordered
The Earl of MOIRA presented two Dille on the subject of Inel
solvent Debtors; one fur the Relief of such Deluctre in England,
the other respecting the same persons in Irelaud, which were read
tic_ first time.
Lord it EDESDALE commented on the manner in Which his
Bills had been received by the notate.
Earl STANHOPE said, that his objections were to the deice-
dee provisiousof the Bills.
The Earl of MOIRA complimeated Lord Ttedesdale on his
istotivcs and conduct in framing and conducting the Bills he had
presented to the House.
.1114 Lordship then moved the second'
reading of the Bills to-morrow. Ordered.
The Earl of LAUDERDALE presented a Petition against the
Irish Sogi.r Drawback Bill; which occasioned some remarks from
Lord Clancarty, who thought the Petition irregular.
After a few wirds from the LORD CHANCELLOF, tile
Earl of Lauderdale, withdrew the Petition, until the Bill should
be printed.
Earl EITZWILLIAM moved the third reading of Mr. Grey's
Irate 'BilL
Lord REDLSDALE and the LORD CRANCELLOI restated their
obji:ctions to a clause, in which they were supportedby the Duke
Of NoRPOLIL, anti opposed by the Earl of LaUICIDALE.
A division took place, on which the numbers were—For the
Clause 30—Against it Lo—Majority for the Clause 20.
'the Bill was then read the third time; previous tb which, a
Clause was proposed by the Loan Cussem.boa, and agreed to,
for the protection of the future bars.
The, Iri-h Pauper Lunatic Bill went through a Committee.
Lord K El Litihrought up the Report of the Committee on the
Three Craek Bridge bill, and moved, that it should be taken
into cotenderi.7ion on Monday.
Earl STAN HOPE gave notice, that on that day he should
ernAte the recnizinie%oeitt of it. He wished the plan-of the Engi-
ewer to he fully ,con.nlered, as he thought it not sufficient for the
perpoye. 'I tirUgh he ileetgrt that the plan of this bridge, which
tl.ree arch-4, racy twice the width of Oxford-street,
wa* r ra-:!;rat:'c.,, yet h., doubted the merits of )ilr. Rennie's plan.
Anil ;(1.1 i i i ,nated h * opinion in f,viour of the taente and
ai..l mei rioaed the oi.iiiions of Dr. Hut-
t.J!! :.IC .1 W. I e alto in his fr.v.ter.
Earl said, ti 4 tie had a Well opinion of Doctor
Hutton, Alta fur that reason wi,ucii tilt: bill to be re-comentited,
believing that Doctor liuttan's ideas would be founsl to be alma-
hir to I.i- own.
The Duke of NORFOI.K had no objection to that particular
bridge, but complained of the ittjury to the navigation of the
Thames. His Grace objected to the :making so many new bridges,
while the navigation was thereby obstructed. '
The Report was r..-ceiveti, and ordered to be taken into consi-
deration on Mon-lay.

PRINCE REGENT'S MESSAGE.
The Earl of LIVERPOOL brouglit down a message from the
Prince Regent respecting the Vote of Credit, similar to that de-
kvered on Friday last to the Commons, which, upon his Lordship's
motion was ordered to be taken into consideration to-morrow,
and Ole Lords were ordered to be sulutuoned.—Adjouruesl.