The Statesman.
London, England, 1812-06-20 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HMV OF LORDS, Jwisl9.

Thr Fad of ASH BURN HAM tonk the oaths and Ms seat.
The Rupert of the Conference with the Commons on the sub.
ject of the Lards' Amendment in thr Whitby Harbour Bill, was
iaken into considenstinit • and on the p•otion of Lord VIAL.
ISINCIIAM., it was stere'ed not to insist on the Amendment. ~
Mr. Litettlleld, fr the Privy COUliell (Wee, preventedpk'
Ace sant of Licences fur k.xports to blorkade,! Ports and
!ming from the Customs, an Account of laports, which will
notered to lie on the table.
The Sinecure Bill was brought up from the Commons by Mr.
Br.o/es and other Members.
LATE MINISTERIAL NEGOCIATIONS.
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The Dike of ATHOL rase to ask, whether the
pamphlet wwrh.he held in his hand (.the Correspon-
dence and Documents. relative t* the Atte tWegeoia.
tiott for forming an Administration) contained au-
thentic copies of the Correspondence and Documents
which had been alluded. tq instbst House, and whe-
ther the point on which •the, last negecistion„beoke
oft wns in that pamphlet-truly 'COO ?
The Earl of MOlRALatittdd;thate the pamphlet al-
ltded to did not contain authentic copies of the Cor-'
pspondence and Documeats.which had bi!ett 'referred.
to, and that the point oil which the Negociation
. eke off wasthere truly stated. His Lordship was
p, (weeding to observe tha't he gave the •follest ci
j., his Noble Friends for the public motives by }which
they had hem actuatzd, when
Lord ELLENBOROUGH rose to ordervand
Loved that strangers do withdraw.' •
The LORD CHANCELLOR immediately order-
ed strangers to withdraw.
The Earl of RADNOR rose, but We could not
bear what his Lordship said.
The LORD CHANCELLOR said strangeri must
withdraw, and the Nouse was cleared.
• The House conctittued sitting about two hours with
closed doors) and then adjourned.

HOUSE OF COMMONS,
CATHOLIC QUESTION. •
. Mr. C INNI gase netice, that he should renew his Motion
n condition of the Catholic Popttlation of th:s country, for
Monday next.
The House went into a Committee on Mr. Palmer's claims;
tto• Report was stecirell and leave given to bring in a Bill.
• I.A NCASTER CASTLE.
Mr. BOOTLE, seeing an Hon Baronet in hisplace, begged to
frillier of him if it is as his intentiva to bring on his Motion re-
specting Lancurer Castle.
Sir F. PURI/I;ff replied, that ire certainly should bring it
on the earliest opportunity ; but that he was waiting authentic
documents.
The Committee on the Dublin Harbour Bill was postponed
till Mondat next.
Sir fi FOR GEWA RRENfIER moved for an Account of the
het produce of Assessment on Houses and Windows in Scotland.
Ordered.
Mr. WHA RTON moved for an Account of the total produce
arising from the Sale of Old Naval Stores, for fhe year 1811.----
'Ord:red.—When the Account was brought up by Mr. Wharton,
read, and ordered to lie on the table.
The Irish Commisioners of Appeal Bill was read a third time
and passed. •
NEW TAXES.
/Ile Report of t%e Come.it tee of Waysand Means was brought
up. and noon the question of its being read,
Mr. BROUGIIA M rose, nod requested that it might be de-
ferred a few (lays, to allow for those who had any (Ake-
* tio:'s to make, to state I. . Ile himself, he add, intended to
oppns the tax OR leather, and that upon horses and servants em-
ploYei in husbandry
Tle• CIICr t.l.Ott oPhe EXCHEQUER said, that any
delay would he iitittrions to those who had contraeed for the
Loan. lie thotwo the -,,seral Resolutions. to which no objec-
tion was :o be icu.ie, might he read and agreed to, leaving those
that related to the New Taxes, ;ill another day. This wassae-
cordingly done, and leave was given to kring in Bills pursan•
to those Rc dutions, the re•resit•ing ones being deferred till
Monday.
UNLAWFUL OATH BILL.
Upon the question that this Bill should be committed, some
objections were made by Mr. Ponsontly and Sir John Newport,
because mauy lembers were nktent who wished to speak upon
the sobject : but lord Castlereagh urged it, as hr bad some
Amendments to propose, which he opprenended would obviate
the ohjections of some Honourable Gentlemen. One of his
Amendments was, to make the administering of a unlawful oath
a capital felony in the administerer, but only a clerical one in
the receiver.
11w SPEAKER suggested that the Bill might be committed
ro forma. the Amendments proposed, and then re-committed.
This course was accordingly puttied.
The Bahama Trade Bill ivas read a second time, and ordered
to he committed Ibis day.
The Militia Subaltern nod Adjotanttk, &c. Bills, were seve-
rally read mecumd time, and ordered to he committed to-day.
ORDERS IN COUNCIL.
Lord CASTLEREAGH moved that the Order of
the Day for the Call of the House should be read,
for the purpose of its being discharged, when
Mr. 1311.OUG11AM rosts and said, that after what
had passed on Tuesday night, he little thought it
would be necessary for him again to trouble the
House upon the subject of the Orders in Council.
He little thought that in so short a space as three
days, any thing could have taken place on that point
which could make it requisite for him to persist in
hanging over the heads of Members, Manyef whom
were remaining in town to the great injury of their
affairs, the necessary measure of a Call of the
House. Little did he imagine, indeed, after what
bad occurred on Tuesday night last, after what was
thee said by a Noble Lord opposite, and in the con-
fidence of which he had withdrawn his Motion,
though, had he persisted in it, he was sure every
object of it would have beon obtained upon a divi-
sion—little did he imagine there would have existed
any subsequent cause, imposing upon him the pain-
ful necessity of again standing np in that House,
open the question of the Orders in Council. He did.
hope from the explanations of the Noble Lord,
from the various interrogatories that were put to
him, which interrogatories were followed up by
other statements on the.part of the Noble Lord, that
there was an end of the question. Those hopes he
shared with all the great mercantile persons in Lon-
don, and with all the great trading and manufactur-
ing districts; he had receirxi letters frem various
parts of F.iigland, where the happy tidings had ar-
rived, all teeming with emAressiens of joy and exul-
tationat the event : a joy and exultation so honest,
to sincere, so gratifying, that if the House could
ilear them they would rejoice in what they had done,
given if their labours produced no greater exterisiou
of happiness.--[llear, hear 1— But how bitter
would-be their disappointment, to find that they had
been juggled with; that in substance, there was to
be no conciliation with America ; that thf Orders in
4:Lunen were not, in fact, to be given up; and that
yothing was to be done by which one tittle ofbenefitj
mould be obtained for tbiscountry ?—[ Hear, hear !]'
it was distinctly understood in the House on Tues-
day—at least he so understood it, and he was sure
many of his Hon. Friends did—that they were to
to immediately suspended ;—[Hear, hear I—but
soot* they would not beluspended until the elpira-
lion of sia Weeks, or at least until some negociator
*Auld be shipped off for America—(the only tting
Isieb it ,now sew )nvbable we *AU esp•r4 att