The Statesman.
London, England, 1810-04-07 00:00:00

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NOM OF LORDS, APRIL 6.

A Commiseion was formed, under tallith the
following Bills received the Royal Assent : —The
Exchange Funding Bill, the Irish Sugar Draw.
link Bill, the British Sugar Drawback BM, the,
Quarantine Regulation Bill, the Westminster.
bridge Sunday Toll Bill. The Commissioners
were, the Lord, cellbr, the Duke of Mon-
trose, and Lord tlisitigham.
Lord HARR OWBY presented certain Papers,
relative to the Propositio% for an Increase of the
Provision for the inferior Clergy.
Lord KING, adverting to those Papers, sag-
grated the expediency of laying before the House
a statement of the distinct revenues of the Supe.
rier Clergy, in order that their Lordshipe might
lie the better enabled, from an ample view of the
subject, to limit° up their minds, and take the
proper course. •
Lord HARItOWBY •observed, that the ' pre.
sent motorist did not call upon him to enter at
large upon the subject : but he could not omit
even that early opportunity of slating openly his_
dissent from the opinion. which the Noble Baron
opposite hail expressed. He did not deem it expo-
silent for the objects of the Bill io contemplation,
that any other documents should be produced ex.
cept those which related to that description of the,
Clergy, iu whose behal the measure was. pr0...1
posed. •
Lord SUFFOLK said a few words in support;
of Lord King's suggestion. •
The Duke of. NORFOLK rose to call the at.
teution of the, House to a subject which he had,
before adverted WI namelys a Bill now on the
table of their. Lordships, and read the first time,
to render legitimate •the offspring of an irregular
marriage, contrary to a known and positive law,
existing at least sixty years. He disclaimed any
knowledge of the particular parties or their mu.
tjvcs, which he was inclined to. think were fair
and honourable; but he. deprecated the come.
quences of inch' departure from an. established
law and feeling; as he perceived Tery injurious tr.
frets likely to arise from the Bill's passing into a
new law, he was impelled to move that the second
reading be deferred to this day six months.
The Earl of WESTMORELAND defentleil
the Bill, and produced precedents in its favour.
Lord ELDON entered into a- e We field of legal
discuasion, and approved of the Duke of Nor.
folki objections. •
Lord SLLENBORISU"-G.II followed on the
same side, end with same compliment to the mo-
tive and the feelings of Lord Welonureland, con.
sisiered the instances produced by that Noble Lord
as nut directly ipplicabhr to thetpresent case.
The LORI} CHANCELLOR then left the
Wooleacl4 and ts#ived that the second reading of
the Bill be postponed to that' thy six months ;
which was agreed to‘, < u!,
aPiLiwr Prime:*
The Narvik •W ELbESLEY observing in
his place the Noble Marignia (Latistlowee) who
bad recently moved for papers relative to the
transactions in Spoilt, took that occasion of stet.'
ing, that he should examine with particular care all'
the documents connected with that subject, not
only such as exclesively belonged to the Military
Department, or the mere4Perations..of the cam.
paign, but every political paper, or relative cit.
cemstance materially beariug on the question, and
lay this information, at far as his judgment and in.
dustry could select it, On their rdships"fable
next Monday.
Several Private Bills were brouiht up from tls
Commons ; and the House adjourned.

**OUSE OF COMMONS, irsiz. 6.
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The beputy Usher summoned the attendance of
the,..ltoose iu the House of Pears, to hear the
Royal )(Alit read td various Bills, fur which sew
QM' report of the Lords.
A Message from the House of Lords requested
the attendance of John Curwen, Esq. on the Sc. '
lest Committee Of that House, on the Agriculture
of the country, on Monday next. The House in.
formed the Messengers that they would return an
answer by Messengers of its own. .
The forthercon?ideration of the Ri.Ptirg on the
Embezzlement Bill• was postponed to Wednesday
next.
Col. LATOUCIIE presented a Petiiion frons
the Roman Catholic inhabitants of the County of.
Carlow, praying EMancipation. 'Ordetred to lie
on the table. • '
Mr. CALCRAFT postponed his notice of mo-
tion
.respecting Mr. Hunt's Securities, to Tuesday
next.
Mr. ASHLEY .Cpoeca moved that there be
laid on the Titbits a Copy of the Letter, dated 27th
April, 184,4 cpso.34. Crela. to Mr. Hunt, call-
ing on him to name securities for the line perform-
ance of his duties as Secretary of the Ordnance.
Ordered. , . • •
The Letter was then brought, up and ordered to
lie on the table.
Sir T. TURTON withdrew his notice of mo.
Lion respecting an Account of the Public &pee.
diturc forithepresent.
The Committee of Ways and Means was post.
paned to Monday,.
The Irish School Bill was reads third time, and
passed:
The Ilona Teseil;ed• itself into a Committee on
the Act for the Augmeotailowtft the Salaries of
the Judges of. Ireland anal
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER
proposed, that Oa Salaries otthe. S,ciitch Judges
should beinereased from 12001. to the annual sutra
of 2000!. each. That the salaries of the. Latta,
Justicel of Scotland should. be increased from
9001. to 26001; that the salary sof the Lord PCP
sidcnt should be increased to 24001.1 that of the
Lord Justice's Clerk to 40001.4' that of the Chief
Baron to 38001. ; and that of he English Baron
of Exchwerto 26001. As twirelaud, the eve.
rage boinences of the-Judges in thing circuits was
3391. per annum each. He proposed that the tin.
!Aries of the Irish Judges should hg increased 6501.
cash, making them 30001. per annum. He con.