Star.
London, England, 1820-08-18 00:00:00

HOUSE OF LORDS.

At half-past nine o'clock the Judges entered, and
at a quarter before ten o'clock the House was as full
as it was at the same time yesterday.
Lord DERBY presented a petition, signed by three
or 4,000 persons inhabitants of Liverpool, against
the Bill of Pains and Penalties,Read, and ordered
to lie on the table.

Lord DARLINOTON enquired, whether there were
any defaulters ? Who they were, if any ? and what
steps were to be taken in order to enforce the orders
of the House ? It would be much for the dignity
and honour of the House that there should be as full
an attendance as possible, and that the greatest atten-
tion should be given to this most momentous of ques-
tions. He therefore hoped the Earl of Liverpool would
not persevere in the plan he laid down yesterday, that
each Noble Lord should sign his name to a roll kept
for that purpose, but that the name of every Noble
Lord should be called over.

The Standing Ordar was then moved to be en-
forced, and it was agreed that their Lordships !hould
meet at a quarter before ten.

The names of the Lords were then called over.

Lord Howard of Waldon, Earl Spencer, and the
Marquis of Salisbury, were excused.
The Duke of LEINSTER presented a Petition from
James Mills, a Bristol Freeholder, against the Bill of
Pains and Penalties. It was partly read, when

Earl HA RROWBY said, if their Lordships had any
regard to the dignity of the House, they could not
but reject the Petition.--A great part of the argu-
ment was levelled against the constitutional power
bf that House, as a House of Parliament, and against
their judicial authority : it even questioned the right
to try its own Members.

'r-The Duke of LEINSTER apologized for having
presented a Petition which he had not read.
The Petition was then rejected.

Counsel were then called in.

Mr: DENMAN commenced by thanking theit Lord-
ships for the indulgence they bad shewii to him. It
became his duty to offer those arguments which oc-
curred to him, and to state his objections to the Bill.
He apprehended it was unnecessary for-him' to offer
any argument-to their Lordships, in-order to shew
that the principle of the Bill was entirely open for
discussion...4Kit that question was open, in the same
degree, as was-but first introduCed to the.
House; and if they were precluded from enteting
fully into the measure, as an original one, it would he a.
waste of time forhim to proceed at all. He would,

therefore, treat it as a Bill introduced fur the first time
to the consideration of their Lordships, and as if they
had not heard asingle syllable from those who opposed
it. If their Lordships would treat it in that way, it then
would follow,. that their. Lordships might be called
twon to take a different •iew of the Whole proceed-
ings without any charge of inconsistency. There
would then be no retractation of any former step, fcr
it could not be said that any step was taken. It
'might then be said they were upon the threshold ct
the measure, and there he would take his stand.—.
The Bill is a most tremendously important one, and
it was impossible for a legal mind not to see t 1)
strongest objections to it: Yet, he confessed he felt
some legal difficulties, for he did not really see the
principle that was to be assailed. He could not see
what was the doctrine which the framers of this mea-
sure took for granted, nor what precedent they in.
tended to act upon. He did not see the light for th 3
past, nor the example for the future. He had read
the Preamble more than once, and yet could no•.
draw from it any precise charge. Perhaps it would
be right here to state, that he is compelled to ma'N
an election on appearing before their Lordships, ani
that he did not complain of that which seemed r-1
their Lordships just.—Left speaking.

The Paris Papers of Tuesday arrived this forenoon,
but their contents are uninteresting.—Five per Ccr.t..
Monday, 78fr. 90c.

The subjoined is an extract of a letter received 3.c..
terday by way of Panama and Jamaica :

Lnii, MAsc.o 27.

" An American vessel, just arrived here from Valparaiso, ::!-
forms us. of the capture of Valdivia by Lord COCHRANE, thOuLL
with the loss of his flag-ship, the Maria-Isabel, which struck
on the rocks."

A letter from Jamaica, dated July 12th, says
.4 The brig Ariel, having on board General D'Evaaaux and butt,
with 26 privates, arrived at Port Royal on Friday evming,
from off Rio de • l Bache. On their arrival. at that Ward,
they found none of the Independent Chiefs there to reccivc
them, and observed the Spanish Rag flying on the Fort, and
their signals not being answered, they declined going in. On
Saturday, General D'EvEannz made application for hints2lf a:.d
his Staff• to land, but the General alone was permitted."