Towards compleating the purchase of grounds Towards reprinting the journals of the House, in To make good the deficiency for printing bills, 11,750 29,500 20,000 10,000 4,000 14,881 7,999 For printing the articles of impeachment, the mi nutes of the evidence, and copies of the trial of Lord Melville 2,018 For fees on passing the public accounts 5,000 Towards providing for bills from New South 25,000 Towards making roads and building bridges in the Highlands of Scotland. 10,250 Towards the Caledonian canal 51,200 The usual grants for the civil establishments of the Colonies were agreed to. The report of the committee to be received the next day. A message from the lords declared their lordships' assent to the brandy duty bill, and the sugar bounty bill. Mr. Hobhouse brought up the report of the simple contract debts bill: which, after a short discussion, in which it was generally understood that the debate on the merits of the bill should be postponed till the third reading, the report was received. The royal marine mutiny bill passed through a committee. To be reported the next day. Mr. Adams deterred his motion for putting off the consideration of the Aberdeenshire petition to the next day. The Paddington canal coal importation bill, and the Bahama salt importation bill were read a second time, and ordered to be committed the next day. The other orders of the day were then disposed of. Adjourned. HOUSE HOUSE OF LORDS. THURSDAY, MARCH 12. In the committee of privileges, Lord Eldon, after some observations on the evidence adduced respecting the claim of Sir Cecil Bishopp to the barony of Zouch, moved to postpone the further consideration of it till that day s'ennight. Ordered, On the petition of Lord Viscount Kilwarden to be allowed to vote in the election of representative peers of Ireland, after some observations from the Earl of Limeric and Lord Eldon, the further consideration of it was postponed till Tuesday next. Lord Holland presented petitions from the debtors confined in the gaols of Chester, Derby, Castle of York, Newcastle upon Tyne, and the Flect, which were ordered to lie on the table. Lord Walsingham reported the Sierra Leone bill; the amendments made in which were agreed to. The House resolved itself into a committee on the Thames police bill. Lord Eldon again stated his for:ner objection to the clause which renders it a misdemeanor, punishable by a month's imprisonment for a seaman to quit the yessel in which he has engaged to perform a voyage, previous to the commencement of the voyage; and moved to strike it out of the bill, Upon the suggestion of Lord Auckland, it was agreed to postpone the further consideration of the clause till the third reading. The bill was therefore reported without amendment. COURTS OF JUSTICE IN SCOTLAND. Lord Grenville adverted to the discussion which took place on Tuesday relative to the inemorial of the lords of Session, and to the desire which was then expressed of being informed of the opinions of the judges of the court of session respecting certain parts of the bill for the better regulation of courts of justice in Scotland. Whilst he was decidedly hostile to any proposition for receiving the opinions of the lords of session with respect to the expedi ency of the bill as a legislative measure, he still thought it of importance that their lordships should have the opportunity of putting questions to the judges of the court of R 2 session, session, or some of them, with respect to the practical effect which might be produced by any of the provisions of the bill. In making a proposition to effect this purpose, his object was to avoid all unnecessary delay, it being his earnest wish that the bill should pass through that House so as to allow a reasonable time for its discussion in the other House, and this also with a view to what, from the state of the business in Parliament, there was every reason to expect, namely, a termination of the session at an earlier period than had been usual for some time past. To send therefore questions for the opinion of all the judges of the court of session, must necessarily be productive of extreme delay; the only mode which appeared to him practicable, was to order the attendance of the lord president of the court of session, and the two senior lords of that court, during the discussion of this bill, with an understanding that any of the other lords whose convenience it might suit might also attend. His lordship concluded by moving, that the lord president of the court of session, and the two senior lords of that court, do attend the service of the House with all convenient speed. Lord Kinnaird doubted the propriety of hearing the lords of session at all, but if they were to be heard, whether they should not all be ordered to attend. The Earl of Lauderdale observed, that if all the judges of the court of session were ordered to attend, it would greatly impede the regular course of justice in Scotland. Lord Eldon concurred in the propriety of the motion, and suggested that the stage of the bill in which the attendance of the judges would be most useful would be in the committee. Lord Grenville was of opinion that no delay ought to take place in the progress of the bill, and that the House might still procced on it in the manner originally proposed. Lord Auckland was anxious to have it distinctly understood, that the attendance of any of the other lords of session who might find it convenient, would be desirable. The Lord Chancellor approved of the motion, which he thought the only practicable mode of having the opinions of the judges of the court of session. After some further observations from the Duke of Montrose and Lord Grenville, the motion was agreed to. Adjourned. HOUSE HOUSE OF CO M M ON S. THURSDAY, MARCH, 12. A ballot took place for a committee to try and determine the merits of the petition, complaining of the election and return for the city of Dublin. The following gentlemen were appointed on the committee: Ed. Loveden Loveden, Esq. Henry Parnell, Esq. G. Thomas, Esq. NOMINEES, Isaac Gascoyne, Esq. The Secretary of War presented returns of the number of men raised in each week, from the 1st of January, 1807, to the latest period the same could be made out. Also a return of the number of men that had been raised by ordinary recruiting in the months of January and February, 1806 and 1807, respectively. Ordered to lie on the table. Mr. Adam, pursuant to notice, moved that the order for taking the Aberdeenshire petition into consideration on the 21th instant, be discharged, in order to have it put off to the 13th of April. After a short conversation between Mr. Robert Dundas, the Lord Advocate of Scotland, Sir James Pulteney, Mr. Perceval, Mr. Canning, and Mr. Adam, the motion was negatived without a division. Sir John Newport brought up a bill for the improvement of the city of Dublin, which was read a first time; and, on the motion that it be read a second time on Monday next, Mr. Shaw expressed a hope that the honourable baronet would not object to the printing of the bill, nor press the second reading on so early a day as Monday next. It was a measure by which the interest of his constituents might be very materially affected, and he was therefore anxions. to have sufficient time to consider the provisions it contained, of which he was then ignorant, as well as to communi cato cate with his constituents, the parties most interested, upon the subject. Mr. Speaker informed the honourable gentleman, that, as the bill was, in a great measure, of a private nature, it fell within the provisions for regulating the proceedings upon private bills, and that, in like manner, as in the case of all private bills from Ireland, the period of three weeks must intervene between the first and second reading. The second reading was then fixed for Monday three weeks. Mr. Bond acquainted the House from the bar that his majesty had been waited on with the address of that House, and had been graciously pleased to give directious accordingly. The marine mutiny bill was reported and ordered to be read a third time the next day. Sir John Newport brought up the Irish excise licence bill, which was read a first time, and ordered to be read a second time the next day. Sir John Newport gave notice that he should the next day move the Irish annual accounts in the committee of ways and means. Mr. Hobhouse brought up the report of the committee of supply, the several resolutions of which were agreed to by the House. The Irish house tax bill, the Irish tobacco bill, and the British loan bill were read a third time and passed. Mr. Vansittart presented, by order of his majesty, an estimate of the expence incurred by the loss of ships on the coast of Denmark. Ordered to lie on the table. The sugar drawback bill, the Paddington canal coal bill, and the Bahama salt bill, passed severally through committees, and were ordered to be reported the next day, Ordered on the motion of Mr. Vansittart, that the House should the next day resolve itself into a committee, to consider of so much of the warehousing act as relates to the warehousing of coffee, cocoa, nuts, and rice, not the produce of our West India colonies. Ordered, on the motion of Mr. Vansittart, that an humble address be presented to his majesty, that he would be gra-` ciously pleased to direct to be laid before the House an account of all monies that had been issued pursuant to addresses of that House. Several accounts were ordered, on the motion of Mr. Vansittart, relating to the number and contents of the Scotch |