The Statesman.
London, England, 1822-07-18 00:00:00

PROCEEDINGS IN ?MILLI-11/I.NT.

IN THE LORDS.—The Irish Sun-Set aid Sun-Rise
Act n•as read a first time, and is to be read a second
time on Friddy.
Scorer JURIES 11111 went into a com-
mittee, and would have gone in anti ganoost, it been
thrown out or passed, without ■OT remark from us,
bail it not been fur the Duke of MO7fTIIO6I, who 'laid,
that as the present practice had produced no iaeon^e•
nience, he was unwilling to change it fur any untried
tr, airy ; and, he said, be applied " this remark to all
" for/not-entente. as they were called, In the Parlin-
" mint. or in any other way."—Well, really. if the
Landlords and Farmers find "no inconrewieare" in
the state of things, which bas heed produced by
Pates Bill and other acts, the Noble Duke is right
enough. The labouring dosles suffer, to be sore ;
but less than they did ; and, they ha►e the satisfac-
tion to know, that their old and inveterate, foes, the
BoronothroongerF, are not much at their ease. Bou-
rne, one thing is to be kept in mind, and that is,
that, no reform of Parliament, no redaction of Debt
If the Irish find " no inconvenience" from dying milli
famine. *bile eggs are five for p ha f rooky, really.
as his Grace says, there ought to be no improve-
ment. Things are as they ought to be; .;►ad thus we
most leave theta to time.

THE (hangs.—Earl OROSVINTOR moved fir pa-
pers relative to the Week', which motion was nega-
tived. His Lordship has long been foliose for his
knowledge in the Greek Language, in which we re-
,collect, he once spoke, in the rother place; and, we

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are [lei to Sod that he has an attachment to tin
Greek People, to whom we wish success. now tha.
their coos* is no longer riposted by the Holt
ilaloesot. Our Ministers tan, however. help the tirrri>
with nothing but their prayer,. Natio*s have ha*
two modes of iotyfering io tomb cases. prayiaz;
and AO:iv*: an/ the latter is wholly out of the
power of those who are compelled to be constantly
taking of tares.
Tux IRISH GRA x 0 Join' BlLL—wits thrown on,:
hot with a pledge. on the part of thr !Moisten.
that another should be brought in next Session u'
Parliament.

IN fill 1.:011)10,3 •••5401.1T11 AMMICA:A question
was asked, relative to oar acknowledgement of td•
Independence of that country; but no answer was
obtained.

linga-srLuxo BILL.—We should like to see this
Rood bill pass, were it only for the nueetty of the
thing; bnt, we see no hope of it, and convict* help le-
' menting, that the powerful influence of the eloquence
of Mr. Wut and Mr. Ilounotise are not exert-
ed in its favour, seeing that the people of Middlese
and Westminster are parties so deeply interested In the
thing.
Intsn-Scuocout.—fleventeen thousand pearls of the
public money was voted fur Irish Protestant Schools'.
Who takes this money? Through whose hands does
it pass? We should like to have the names of them
parties.
PRIVILRCIC —Agreeably to the order of the House,
Messrs. Hurt and Mutates appeared at their bar
last eight. They both justified their conduct; bnt
' said, that they had the most profound Hots tot
the privileges of the House, and did not think that
they were violating them, when they wrote and pub-
lished their letters to Mr. ABERCROMIIIII. Mr. HOPI
went so far as to say (and, apparently, without laugh-
ing) that the privileges of the House were as" dear le
him as his own life;" and, being, as he is, a retains
of Lord Binsixo, we can easily and nd and be-,
lieve him. Those privileges are, to all suth persons,
very precious things.---The House, after hearing the
,Aefence of these ScutchrLawyers, voted, that it would
proceed •no further in the matter ; and we dare say,
that this called to the minds of the Lawyers what
Saver says about rotes in his poem of the Legion Clerk
and what we shall take special good care not to repeat
bete! Sir FRANCIS' BURDETT ridiculed the ides of
such privilege altogether, and very ably exposed its
absurdity altogether. Ile said that privilege was given
the Members for their protection. and not u a means
of essostlting others with impemily. He had here a
fair opportunity of exposing the whole thing in its
proper character ; and he did not fail to avail himself
of it. A most excellent speech, which we recommend
to the perusal of oar readers ; more especially as it
was the only speech worthy of attention. Sir Roarer
WILSON, Mr. BROUGHAM and Mr. TIERNICY wanted
something more dune; but, the INS managed the
matter very adroitly; they protected their friends and
took the popular side too ! They are seldom so com
pletely in lock as this, and this they owe, not to them-
selves. bat to their blundering opponents, nbo have
such an eagerness to get into plus, that they
always ran headlong into some mess or other
at every push they make. In Seotland, this
affair will rt.. the IMO great triumph. The poor
Jeelosofers will hang their heads to their knees. The
Edinburgh Review is, we understand, after many
years of dotage end drivelling, about to expire, thou,th
a Jew Doctor, who has the reputation of being as
"Oracle," and who has been called iu in this despe-
rate case, has undertaken to make body and soul
hug-together for a little lumen Wh the fatal
event shall happen we *mild recommend a monument
with two Scotch Whig• Lawyers hanging their heads,
instead of two weeping-willows—Mr. Jgreacv was
generous enotugh to sae, two years ago, that he would
never accept of any ;;fiee that he was not competent
to fill. Very true ; and, doubtless, M . Bnocuaut.
Mocotxxosti and A HERCROMBIZ: are quite ready to
make the flame s",,< denying declaration. But, then,
what office is there in this world, that they are not
competent to fill The present people by no means
deny, that their opponents are very St to till
offices ; but, then, they themselres are also fit ;
and they are IN !—Thi+, which we have now beheld,
is only a mere incident growing naturally enough out
of a long struggle of the ours to get into the plume
of the INS. This being the plain fact, how Tillie--
lons is it in the sorry and sinking Old Times to make
a pompous display of statement on the subject, and
to scent to think that it was able to rouse the plane
against the breakers of pririlege ! And, how still
mere ridiculous in the Horning Chronicle to inform
its readers, as it does this thy, that the Ktsc; (Good
God !) put off his visit to Scotland, " until the tenni-
" nation of an affair that threatened to agitate the
" 'talk mind there ;" and that this affair being now
over, the KING is gams% as soon as l'arliarneat is pro-
rogued ! What wild stnifis this! What "puddle in
" a storm"! The Kist suspend his visit tu Scot-
land, because half a down place-hunters were endea-
vouring to badger half a down placemen out of their
places! Monstrous! "As Unit the psi lic nuad" of
Scotland ! What! The sober, sengible, virtuous, and
industrious people of Scotland agitated by Muff like
this; and in a war, tan, to inflective them in their be-
haciour towards the KING ?

Parliament, it is understood, will be prorogned by
his Majesty in person. the first or second week in
ng ust.—The lipase of Cominont, it is expected, w ill,
be adjourned to-morrow se'noigbt.
Iminediately after the prorogation of Parliament his
Majesty sill set out for Scotland, whither he sill pro-
ceed, as we stated from undoubted authority stone
I leyeaalro, in his yacht for which purpose the or:ers
that had been issued when first our announcement *p-
rated, and which were only suspended until the ter-
mination of an affair that threatened to agitate the
public wind its Scotland, arc now carrying into effect.
.--(4ljoining &rollick.)

Yesterday a Cued of Directors was held at the
Bast India House. when Captain Ilavi‘ble, of the
ship names, took leave of the Omit, prettutts to de-
parting for Bengal and China.

Bow mum— There is a MAO, named Jeutittge, in
custody at this office, charged en suspicion of having
thrown a lad, named Francis Withy, from a building
scaffold at Kensington (lore, a few days agn, and
thereby caused his death. A Coroner's inquest was
to investigate this beldam last hien.