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their sots or near relations to the most lucrative
offices.
Mr. FONSONBY said, that a day now. seldom
passeffr-- wit Ont `loga&JiltiotatlOn Upon andent Par..
liamAitary tisictioci—rficar, beer ri —olll,,pf there-
novelties -had 'occarreflo.ntlett, when it mss aid
dot suspicion was implied' cause the House-exer-
cised one of its first duties, in calling for an account
of monies levied upou_the King's subjects without
its authority. The House, bat more particularly
the-Chancellor cf the Exchequer, was uuder great
obligations to Mr. Rose, fur rescuing it and hitis.;
from the .disgraceful situation of putting alteia.;
live upon •a motion 'rate the- present.---qtkori:
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Mr. BATHURST, Vrith irtirmth, insisted that the
Hon. Baronet •Newport) was ander much
greater obligations than any other Member. The,
novelty originated with the mover of the ques-
tion.
Mr. PLUNKETT contended that the objections
made by the Chancellor of flie Exchequer) if of
at alt, Rill:tiled with equal force to the motion
as amended at the suggestion of Me. Rose, viz. that
there was something in it. that impliod.ouspicion as
to the conduct of the Judges, anCtitarthe House
Gould not adopt it uhless a spocifio chakge were In.
tiOduced.' The ediancollor of the Exchequer, there-
fore, could not; With any regard to conalstency,

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quite improlmble, to suppose that tradesmen, in fur- agree to the Amendment: that the Amendops” 1 individuallY, be had pat them inisr,clesses, and in
/fishing goods to persons of this description, looked • did was to requirel return from the Courts in whit*. that wal be shauld shortly state ttineele the House.
f•irwara to the demise of the debtors. The Hon. the fees had
nei been augmented, and the ae4.givientathte --There was, in the first place, *age not liable un.
and Learn Gentleman concluded with moving for: was the ground' of snap-Won: it seemed( as lf, . aper any. previsions of the Att, aid Mr. Writt.
leave to bring in a Bill for subjecting the Freehold Right. lionouratile Gentleman (Mr. Rose) had U v'l niusit hate taken' Out the writs ander sememista .
Vwtates of pervotis dying indebted, in the Payment of ritahly interposed to save his friend from oppr4briero, 1 —The iecond dew comprehended 21 persons who
their Simple Contract Debts ; and leave was given Thus, then, a double novelty was to be observiii; :have two plet*ll*Vreffirment, ana have been resi.
dccordingly. • v •
1 grit, that such a motion should be resisted sit ti); dent in 'culii44. dine the duty •Of • one or. both4,l
FEES OF COURTS 0* JUSTICE. j and,.' Secondly, that Ministers had *aged *their I -,...The third• A* containing four, -no sufficieriC
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opinions without any substantial chknge in the cps,- I house, taue,,fttst ear and perform the duty.--The
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Sir JOHN NEWPORT rose with an intention
received in the- lion to authorise it..--Ellearl hinr!)—The R.ight4 foOrth chish...fakaeside in their own house in the
of moving that a Table of the Fees
Hon, Baronet was perfectly correct when hie said i perish and perferie.their duty.—The fifth classithere
Civil and Ecclesiastical Courts of Great Britain and. .. . .
that these augmentations were considered Ai alyie v• I are six, .necessattly absent from ektre.mejlibeidth,
, •i• Ireland, the augmentations of them which had taken
'''"i;('..i Once dOring the last twenty years, and the ant ho- ance iu Ireland ; they fornied, in some co I. IMO or professionalocierical avocations.—The sixth, init j
great an obstacle, that in Some instances neat 11 applied to the Secretary.. letter or 'llt-persitai;
1.,'• city under whiePthey had been imposed, should be
ese together amounted to•forty. ThereAtten .coo,
i th •
• ' laid before the House. By this means the House had refraitted from seeking justice, not being le to
, ....(' come to the knowledge of the alterations in sustain the increased expence.
.Supposing this,,w. ' sequently remained only
.iii unaccounted for, end
wow
ever', not to be the fact, one salutary object
,uold outhese he was inclinedlo think four might have
tholeea which had b?e'n demandixl in Courts of Jos-
be answered by removing all suspicion. ,: • , obtained licences.. upon proper application. Upon .
tire. /If the rate of fees was, not controulable in
it' few Words from Mr. Simeon,
,Illje Ste.' the whole result it must appear, that in fee!, there
Pnrltatavnt; he knew not haw the matter could bei,
__LAW
Rua Sir J.
.NewpcnNt, the question we pot could be no charge of non-residence upon 43 opt of
reacheil any 'where else. Parliament would havithe P,099
and.yet they might be liable to the operations of
means of juilotg if any increase had taken place,...l'i tle-forr tugloge4 by !Pli.T. 119110:"4iit with.rte" 49)
Jed if 40, oh Whet ground, the alteration had been • Iltit,_ Tetnid .j&i4 ' -0 ,t,, x .;. •-,_
___ • • the Act of the 43t1, which would be the titter ruin
isade. ..That.such pogniensatleit. lad taken place in 1 n'r Jut."' nT4 . n' A 9 after' fear remarks,. 4 many. He could not help saying,, that Act in,
.... -_ . -- - •' - "Peedjer a return el_the etneent nr` all-fluistelif mo. Alain such. penalties for arts, or rather omissions;
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-Fultsrtcrour, Mawese49.—lt is with
we state, that the difference which **jived
Swiss Cantons relative to the Act of irniou
soon to be wholly terminated, and all, pat
now to be disposed to. combine in assisting
mon cause against the enemy of the peace
In consequence of this amicable dispositi,
nisters of Austria and Prussia, who were .
have taken their departure fur the head-k
of the Allied Sovereigns, and the operking
Convention is postponed to the day after
ANTWERP, MARCH •19.—The garrison
place, by the various sorties made, his [Ott'
wounded, prisoners, and deserters, *bent
A month since, four gun-boats•-vresee-posti
Scheldt below Lino, which have billo',ol
tire in consequence of the app4lrrilk,47%
upon Weenier. We have now dithOld
ship to that neighbourhood, to.di*sisobu
tempts of She*Elglish upon
stationed about sor 600 French :titil?Els. 'pa
vernor, Count Senns, to.-patreode.
place until he sbatl have 'collectedAtaisit
money by exactions frorn;the intteltiftwti;'
tax has been extorted, not only tot lil
1814 and 1815. ••111 • r
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being case, look
to what it bad &tie on similar occasions, and it
would be • seen that by the forty-third of the
illVehern hAad' btu, indemnified against the
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wiry; tim4o oat er. the`"Consolidated Fund est +,:arelana,7-,to which no wird catrability could attmch.,' *Sir I 1 - ,•-- r. . •:.,. ~• -
;new shit it bad in some; lie Should suppose that"
flwas the'ivish of the Hoese,• that the doors of. ak..o("nr. QjitLvo to 4°Y. -----1_ ,T_---., &owe to, the Legislaiture of this (vestry.. -Mi. .y,r,,iis. 3.0111,421,ii. been-IrkStot.ttf tirri VOA,
Officer or (MAW* Af she
under the Act sl3. tearei In., said he thought the statement be had made waampettsi . ,
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......a►OOG ah Mirronte to hisobeegewAvidole he
cotirls of Justire be. Oro* n open as widely as pos.' Court of r‘xcitequer,
Able, that all defuses of subjects might find no ditli-. together • with the names .of the Olken., wlp• re-' to the character of the Clergy in general;
,arkl; 0,141 Will' bumpy m bre& Thls army has. betht reI49ISWI,
ficuity in obtaiiiinredress but I besides• . g ;i , the Rugs . r :,
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•• • ceived them, as well As of those who slisillOd ac'' ilkidilaicitlisaying, that he should givokisasselet too ..2-511"-""'enr 41.411,7 blicinengt°ll4 ' IuOLV' '
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mutation of. expvoce from the stamp duties on pro- . '
cept ag any compensation. • ••• •-• • -• T.erwat.'niunbor of young men Olt the.
, ' theieCond reading•of the Bill. 3• . . , .-.— • ~ . • .
iadittg.cthefecould be -additiopesaaile to the foes of:' -
e , The motion was agreed to, after m.verbal-Atheed-,. 4t,,,1iA hittti.iititet the servrce 111-our stagostel
v. CU EV fl Y wished to state the groan*
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tlio .ludges .mtd.Ofric,4 Ks ef Court at pleasure, the hhad beenbade artheChancellor of the Fs-.
meat
b 'Cho
Thu:. r .c. (Lord Folkestone). He theist; . •
' '--' '1014i4 f• -r. . lifia wi - - 111*
I•4liteh, if
.the the House divided, he should roteitr., . -111'
‘-'rve: regiaettte.'which .which.
elerer classes. of 1110 commuoity might
ocuw Law. riot
brought
IlAy.. ELLO,II. ,of the_fi:).•pi!EQUE.l7l, s Rs:.
co eipietely ,efiiiCetit (vital
.Cogrte ibtat.PitectleomFpl complaints against against the. Clergy were in•geeise4, - - e•'• .- 4•;-.'• tt A • • ..iiii.. - -
jig, iii,de to,ese on what groand this motion could be "rougnt in a DUI to ma..e further elation: is tue i tr. r. soft, ,
pounded in fanaticism. `gut the: Legislelnti •.-: -•• '• '
misted, ito wimild reseive•hiinseif.tin ho bear 4 lipait; lAtwgi,try of.. Ships built in India.--1t wises* a first w -ore-rad - • •
. ,plo444)ttigil.for'•;-•
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. . certain penalties to Offinti2rliv,• • - • ~.::•• - ~....les s.,e,- ce•za,e,
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Reargued *ph* ft: # sinitlivilhOdili thg 011€4.': lime'A ifi -h-iii.- or m Alderman •- mlitt Theer Itaving availed bitnst4tet, ' ' !•..,,,,
who were most interested in the reetter_nasody, ! ....n . e ell ..-re, _• _ ,k - there woe isieviifitstiititto but to-abide bl'illilit#Xeerl'=-'s -:.••••44:11,.:w;'''-'s---',•_,,--: -2e:',.l' ,;.••-. 'e,' _. -...
the Jaciges,rand Other. Officers of. Coeur; could could have . Petitions of the Shlp•huiklei7l, Ac.' at. tea ors otsi Air. Wright haa- „ri...:.,.
exposed himself id sodiddi,4i.dic:4', - litorrvaimeer 1444* gkeewistafremi eueetitiiie
London, were referred ton ghleet Committee.. „
no objection to shat he propesed,. ae it would eti- ; ing forward**, (Sl_ prosecutor, and it was Mak* hit:, ithitill.. tit .9.0.t-tgaridigeCiti it-wit if* iOnii
Ole than,tojuirtify the •.augmentatiou where it had 1 cLERGy w atelllilt-I.` ..-... .. de dr.. tam Lai: lassrurd at,irnutrdoa hoots ~,taiehinent of 4,,0r e .1.2. itentet. Oted sense welt"
Mr 'BATHURST mov that tha• Orgy Penaltosi P "'-'"••''.: -'. --• •-:'-.. ,'1 which • •
taken place, or wipe away all suspicion of it where ,um ss: ...g •;. e ...... '• • - ••.. . ' •.' -- I prosecute. .. - Airits in this case •a vested rightelttaill*ellort:'•- . Ilirle4oodYid -
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It had not
.teken, place. He, therefore, cencluded! ""er
....'..'''"dr '.'n, „a aat.4d,.:47, u'• ti; fur',. ••,•! as it was said ate a former night that soch rights;,;,....
.tieee 4104'1,t .8i.,004* a diyiev..744.acpii,
wit moving fur's return of the Rites of Fees de-t .."' - ""
F uw_o.o. v_noes!ing strong objectionsj to
• i Were inviolable in•liii, Cite of torde-NobloSitiscurisie, i Clac.:0100 I.l9ooo_tooplettr.. ': forrif them
mended and received in the several Superior Coortsoet!elk principle ?r. this
~Vinif.fel.! ,it his 111!$!, to '3.o9"ti. he (Mr. C.) vase ;no reliort why- the same doctrine/ 1.4 k. •city yeeteitley,*ceineessfrd •by t
it. He did so chiefly on ' the ground tbet! it we
Itaw; civil and ecclesiastical, in Great Britain and • - - 'f..: should not be applied to W.-Wright. 'He shcusleittliii Milk Olf **lnt of astifiery in
e doing an "eta most violent -stud unwarrantable Ina . . .
Ireland, by the Judges said Officers of Court, der, i . - • therefore voteitigainst the Bill. 1. - -•' WIIL provided. - • •••.•••• .••• : :-,', ..: •
... justice to the Individual who had aortnneweedthe pro- !
ing the last twenty years, together•with the autheiity ;-• • - •i••• M B BATHURST said, that this wet' the first' ' Done-Rue; 14:441-lit-nre4,4lk S!
secutiuns wider the. Act of -the 434 of. the Rum__ r. .
by which thew rates-hi* arty dime been verged and ...."-a- ' time that the • •le of the Bill had been opposed !Is trillof D tcir leitfoftilt.lo4llod priciest) .4. a on a
• • - I New for the Oro time that a , perteeetttemp.F... to
altered. , Lord ''' -
,i He now observed that the Noble must have I free( the' 'Have, on ' its •'`ortt ,to•• plabaiii.
. 1 recover the penalties which .the law holds out to .any
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. The CUANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER., inforiner, the Legislature was to, step ie., end. by an ' mistaken lifm, when he said that the character of preceded by another' coliiisielkg
remarkedohet the Right,lltm.•Baronet had no spe-1 ex post lacto law oust him of his rightosell indern. ' Mr.. Wright had . been brought forward as an argil-. by several other bodies °fireman.. -... "..tf ,
cific ground an fer bisotion, and, the Heine would be nify the offenders', who but little deserved .such. in- : ment in favour a the4ill ; nor had he stated that the in ,
LADUSSELS MAR (:) CH ..-4•441ie ;lltieftleeel
unwilling to lend .itself to any general enquiry of ; dulgence.• It-had been said, that the clergy in this Clergy had been int:tapped. He 'had, howeverl_a , sued by Prince Schwartmenborm- its esitiasiquence.
this kind, where no case was made out. The Judges ; right to ask why. them Unfortunate men, Irlittal his I some examples of diSobediesiirAuldbillSbardivaitql"
case had been entrapped into a violation .of. the law
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Bill sought to inilswiiiiity, should be rained merely - .: • : . •
4 this country were, unimpeached in the mode in i and the impropriety had been'aurged of 'a person. who .PROCLAMATICIS.
which they administered the law, and in the fees of : had been- in such a situation ata Mr.-W •ht had fill-•i for inadvertenciee?----Mr.,Wright being,still entitled " SOLDIERS !-The g ttrst tor of
the Courts it was well known that they were in no i dproceeding ' h • ngcomplied to his costs, and to the penalties in those cases where I
obedience to Ids superiors, ntvii Y
e , against, I ose who .had not
way interested. • Under/ these circumstances he with the law. The blame in thio case, however i blame:tenni existed.-
~ - i.snhiniision that ha earn ''ebraitl Itis Murat
elineld dispose of ,the .sehject by moving that the;
I attached on the Legislature,because if
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had ' The lOW was then read a second time without a ... .• • , .- 2 . .. •
no • houourable profession. -vhemovy is .. _
other Orders of, the Day be read. ! the construction of the law rendered it impossible' ditisionr•-and ordered to tie committed to:morrow... ‘ fruit of this, obedience, antreseGenetal ....
, Sir JOIN. NEWPORT observed, that it would', for any person but one in Mr. Wright'. situation to 1 449.8.111111 L • . , , ithd demands it of you. H.. iit4iltiord with min.
140 no diminution of the respectability of the Court 1 attain the requisite information, Mr:Wright.• . could • ..
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that their proceedings were not concealed. Several 4 not be blamed for coming forward as a prosecetor., e.
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divisibtrs'Of his troops, which 'deserve f
Instances of abuse in the augmentation of fees in I Another reason which hail been stated fili the Bill - ' -.0.- .
• ' punishment, and he warns all those who
Ireland had come to his kilo% ledge, and rumours of: was the great amount of the sums which might be -!. ' • • '
MONTARSIS MARCH 23.--me enemy wile haeo! oily be fleliel• of an excesses (which car
tbe same 'kind had . reached him in England. Of , reco'vered b Mr. Wright front some of the niin-resi- ;„.,1' Qs ' Villeneuve, Jolene. and .the neig- •only in disobediehce to a suder, that
costae the practisers in the Courts would make no d t But • l this • I e I the ex- quitted Seep, •-' ' i - 'suffer the utmost ' ofmartial I
een s...ure y was a. singe ar case ,J , bourhood where to the number of near 2,ootimen ,
disclosures, and 'the only mode to Ascertain the evil • tent to which the transgression of the law had here '1 : cessary to instruct the natives of the coupe
d P • Maurice L' h
under General C• lay an Prince ic tena . . - . . .
Via by the interference of. the House.. Ile thought . carried was to be a ground for not inflicting its pe- ' upon Auxerre.' I which we pass, that their alleged enemies
it right. to.divide the House if the' motion were re- ! nalties. It was said, too that the penattiesin
many i stein. General Alix has advanced . ,
generons and merciful. to them than the-
si4ted, that the country might see hew negligent the cases had been incurred by' neglect or ignorance of for*
Nils, MARCH t4.-They still continue to
I tend to call themselves their friends.
House had become of the mode in which justice was :th I H tit' he would a k
, e aw. ow was as argument, s,, tify the Avenues to the capital; the works of Sairit 1• •
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administers& ! listened to hi other cases in Courts of Justice, even '
f Denis and Aubeivitlers are terminated: Passy,l„
Head- triflers March 14. Commander
e.heights will soon be in a , 1 ' r
Montmaitre, and all tfi . 1
Mr.. BATHURST contended, that surmise of . when pleaded in behalf of the lowest and most tin. ,
'misconduct in the income of fees was not a sufficient ' learned members of the oonimitnity i Here, hose- ' respectable state of. defence. The national guard
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foundation- for .this tmotirmlti. .spiciee should not' ever, there was a body of men,' the learned and.*f-
exercise every dap; they are well armed and equipped.
thot be ,cast upon the pure mode in which juitice • fluent, *lmhad trokerytheiawf•ood•Yet preyed, to. I
was -administered, without Specific allegations of beexcuseil from suffering under it. It was said that They do duty with extreme regularity. The grena-
-ors
'in-Tllof tonlyranies • iris Ore, toniplete; -411ey
raat-practices.• ' the ruin of several individuals would be the conse- ' ought to consist of only one hundred .and tweety-
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hundred and
• Mr. C. WYNNE admitted that it was very tea-' quence of enforcing the law. That such roinehould five men, and many of them have two
minable that the amount of fees should be augmented - take place he should be as sorry as any man, but fifty. For this month past immense quantities of
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pikes have been making to arM the inhabitants of
1w proportion with all the necessaries of life. He why should this calamity be averted at the expellee
the environs of .Paris. A. superb manufactory of
did •notainderstand that by this motion any surpi- of Mr. Wright alone ? It might be a preferable .
arms has been established. The master of this fine
doe- would be east upon the administrators of the course to indemnify those who were subject to the Pe-
: establishment has invented new methods, which have
law, and the House ought not to exercise a blind unities out of the produce of certain sinecure places,
Confidence in cases where vigilant attention was re-',or some such source. From the reasons he had stet- ' been approved by the .Etet-Major of the artillery;
(Inked. Suspicion might arise if the motion were not ed, feeling it impossible to approve of the Bill, he
from the Ist of April he will manufacture 1000
complied' with. • • I protested against the second reading. . !. muskets daily.
! Mr. ROSE recommended that all objection could Mr. WETHERELL said, that not only the pre- t It results from a report made to the Etat-Major of
be remered by shaping the motion so as to require a' sent Bill, but every Bill of Indemnity, was an ex' Pass that since the departure of, his Majesty
return kora' those Courts where the fees had been post facto law. That the persons indemnified by? M 1,316 Russian and Prussian prisoners have arrived
augmented daring the last twenty years.-plear, the Bill had• incurred any offence, he denied, they in tillP•ciipital. Besides these, a great number have
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Sir J. N Ewrowr haul not the slightest , of Rheims are notyet arrived.
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to that alteration, since his whole object- 1 Toulouse,
MARCH 19.-Numerous troops arrive
thereby be answered. • • • ;uch 'in this town., The inhabitants are eager to receive
t. Mr. STEPHEN did not oppose the mote .' them well ; and Many.' piing men enlist as volun-
protested against the motion being complied . l' tears, to go and fight the enemy.
any ground of blind suspicion ;in his opinion LYONS, (11Abou •
: MARCH 13.7-t 500 prisoners taken
confidence was much preferable. Iby the army of Lyons, between Villafranca and
Mr. BARING contended, that incidentally the ¶ Macon, .arrived here' yesterday, preceded by two
Sutlers had an interest in the fees of the Courts, . . .
Austrian anon, whicil were also taken by our i tax nes Ise... .....,..
since it was the usual practice for them to appoint troops. ~.. , . . • I•el . A ---1 lot t —I
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being liable to the petkalties in most cases becansi
objection they hailneglected tit-send in any notification o
et- Would.. *sir oaedresidonce. -Tholaw involved in it a mos
itigvantieliesidityilsy g people liable to sucl
•tion, but asters palleistaest for the .nvast trivial ittedverten,
d with on cies; for in nine cases *sit of ten the penalties wer
rdou blind incurred on meant 'of mere omissions oft: form
.—This belt% the, case, the Howe- Itq tool