The Statesman.
London, England, 1812-07-01 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

lIOUSE OF LORI)S, .losix 30.
The Exchequer Bills' Bill, the Hawkers' and IPediars' Bill,
the Irish Militia Pay and Clothing Bill, the Postage Duties' Bill,
the Irish Treasury Bills' Bill, the Printed Cootie Bounty Bill,
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and the Irish Excise Bill, were read a second time and commit- I
ted for to-morrow.
The Loan Bill, the Scots' Excise Bill. the Bermuda Trade
Bill, the Irish Customs' Bill, and the Land 'fax Redemption
Bill, were read a third time and passed.
The Unlawful Oaths' Bill, the West India Trade Bill-, the
Southern Whale Fishery Bill, the Bahama Trade Bill, and the
Copper Duty Bill, passed through Committees and were re-
ported. s
The Militia Pay and Clotleng Bill. the Assessed Taxes' Bill,
the Irish Stamp Duties' Bill, and the Irish Ligidhouses' Bill, !
were brought up from the Commons by_ Mr. Loshington and
other Members, and read a first time. The Margate Harbour
Bill was also returned by Sir Edward Kbatchbull and other
Members, with the Amendments agreed to.
-Mr. Pairser's Per Cottage Bill Cis, on the motion of Earl
FITZW ILLIANI, read a first lime. The Dill was order-
ed to be printed, ood on the motion of Lord ItLq.IESD LE the
Report of dwConunlttee of the Lords, and the Report of the
Committee of the Commons, comumuiCated to the -Lords rela-
tive to Mr. PulthertiTaims, were ordered to be re-printed.
The Marquis of LANSDOWNE postponed his motion rela-
tive to the Island of Jersey till Friday.
PROVINCIAL DISTURBANCES.
The Earl of LI V ERPOOL moved the Order of the Day for
a Ballot for a Coissmittee on the Prince Regent's Message.
The Clerks proceeded to receive in glasses the lists presented
by the Lords present.
On the Motion of the Earl of LIVERPOOL, a Committee
was appointed to cast up the ballots, consisting of the Marquis
of Winches'er, the Earl of Alwyn., the Earl of Clancarly, Lord
Viscount tiriinstots, Lord Walsinghatu, 'and other Lords.
After a short interval, the Committee returned, and Lord
W A ',SING!! AM reported the names of the Lords chosen on
the Secret Committee on the Prince Regent's Message, as fol.
low :
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The Lord Chanceller The Earl a Powis
The Fart of Ifarrowby'lnc Earl of Ross
The Marquis of Lansdowne Earl Grey
Earl Graham (Duke of bloat- Lord Viscount Sidi:floods
ro4e) Lord Grenville
The Earl of Liverpool Lord Redesdale.
The Committee were ordered to meet to-morrow at twelve
o'clock—live to he a quorum.
Lord Viscount SIDMOUT If laid upon the table, by command
of his Royal .Highness the Prince Regent, another sealed bag
of Papers relative to the 'object referred to in the Prince Re-
gent's Nloatage, which were ordered to be referred to the above
Cominktee.
Adjourned till to-morrow (this day).

HOUSE OF COMMONS.

The Gallery was not open this day until an unusually late
hour, in conseque ice of the ballot for Members to form the
Committee of Secrecy.
On our admission,' we found the House in a Committee on the
West India Intercourse Bill.
The New Malt Regulation Duty Bill was ordered to be read
a second time on Fri:lay next.
The Nloriatic Acid Bill was then committed, and ordered to
be read a third time.
Mr. D. GIDDY presented a Petition from certain II asiers at
Nottingham, against the Frame-work Knitters' Bill, which was
ordered to lie on the table.
The Irish Treasury Bill then priced through a Committee.
PALACE COURT.
Mr. LOCKHART called_the attention of the House
to certain proceedings which had lately taken place
in the Palace Court. This Court, he observed, had
beets established by two Acts of Parliament, one iu
the reign of Charles I. and the second under that of
Charles 11. Its jurisdiction extended to a circle of
twelve miles round Whitehall, a space Including a
population of one million of persons. All suits of
property might be tried here, subject to the opera-
tion of the Act which directed all actions, where tite
damages were estimated at above 51. to be removed
to the Court of King's Bench. The Judges were
five in number, the Lord Steward and the Lord
Treasurer having, ex elide, a right to sit there.—
They had no salary ; but the Knight Marshall, an-
other Judge, had a title to curtain fees, which were,
ttowever, compounded for a sum of 5001. per annum.
Mr. Burton Morris, the Steward of the Court-room,
after his appointment to that situation, fitftling his
emoluments to amount to between 3 and 4001. a
year, consulted the Prothonotary upon the pro-
priety of increasing his own fees. That officer re-
plied, that it was impossible, and had been before
attempted in vain. Mr. Morris, however, soon after
issued a rule, raising the fees payable to all the
officers of the Court, which he (Mr. Lockhart) con-
ceived to be not only illegals but utterly inconsistent
with his judicial character, and unwarrantable upon
every principle. lie had never, in taking this step,
consulted the other Judges, but had called together
the attorneys, and, by raising their fees, procured
their consent and sanction of the measure. When
the condition and circumstances of the suitors in this
Court were considered,. the proceeding vilest neces-
sarily appear still less defensible. The Learned
Gentleman went an to state misunderstandings be.
tween the Steward and Prothonotary of the Court,
in consequence of which, and of certain charges
made against him, the Prothonotary had been sus-
pended from his office, as the Learned Gentleman
contended, on the casting vote of Mr. Burton Morris,
the Steward of the Court, himself ; the proceedings
of the Court being also unusually precipitate. He
concluded by moving, that a Committee be appoint-
ed to examine into the conduct of Burton Morris,
Esq. the Steward, and one of the Judges of the Pa-
itice Court.
'" Mr. C. ADAM seconded the motion, declaring
.that, in his opinion, if there ever was a case which
called for the interference of Parliament, this was
the case.

Sir C. BURRELL thought, when the superior
Officers of a Court of Justice were so much at va-
riance as they seemed to have been in the present
instance, it was the province of the House to inter-
fere. The Officers of the Palace Court had already
been before the Privy Council.
The SPEAKER here interposed, by informing
the House, that there was a Messenger wish a Re-
port at the Bar, to receive which it was necessary
that the present debate be interrupted.
SECRET COMMITTEE.
Mr. DENT accordingly appeared at the Bar with.
a Report, which he was ordered to bring up, and
which, on being read, appeared to be the Report of