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Irish Parliament.

the war , in the general confidence which attends private as well as public credit , in the unusual plenty which our agriculture supplies ; and m the prosperous state of all our manufactures , but most particularly of our great staple , the linen . ' ' Mr . Speaker then presented the bills , to which his Excellency was pleased to declare the royal assent .

House Of Commons.

HOUSE OF COMMONS .

THURSDAY , MARCH I . THE Attorney-General presented the Bill for restraining the licentiousness ' of the Press , which was read a first time . Mr . Ti g he said , the bill deserved : "; very mature consideration indeed ; it went to make the owner of any house where a paper should be printed liable to the penalty of 500 I . if the paper should contain a libel . A clause such as this might involve a very innocent landlord .

Counsellor Plunkett , and several other members , could not agree to any bill which invested Government with a power of suppressing a public paper , which was the tendency of many clauses of this bill , particularly that which obliged a printer to find security for 2000 I . which few could do . TJie sum was changed , in consequence , from 2000 ! . to 500 ! . < md the bill passed the Committee with few other amendments . Two a . iditional clauses were afterwards addedmaking any paper to which should be affixed the name of the registered

, printer or proprietor sufficient evidences in Courts of Justice on all cases of trial , unless the Defendant shall shew , to the satisfaction of the jury , that such paper was not published by him : that it may be lawful for tbe several Grand Juries to present all papers containing matter libellous and dangerous to the State , as nuisances ; and if not traversed , the Hig h Sheriffs shall be empowered to seize on the printing materials , and such printer and proprietor to be disqualified from thereafter printing or publishing : ! in part

newspaper any of the kingdom ; provided always , that if the pr ' m ter or proprietor of the paper so presented shall traverse , he shall then give sufficient security for suspending the publication of said paper until the event of trial be known . These were agreed to , nem . con . The duration of the aft is limited to two years . Monday , 5 . This day Sir Laurence Parsons brought forward his promised question " on the subject of the present distracted and alarming situation of

this kingdom . In an able speech of considerable length he introduced his motion , " ' That a Committee be appointed to inquire into the state of the country , and to suggest such measures as are likely to conciliate the popular mind and restore tranquillity . ' The motion was seconded by Lord Caulfield , and a debate ensued , which was not terminated till five in the morning . The tenor of argument in support of the motion was concession of Parliamentary Reform , Catholic Emancipation , and lenient measures . The jet of argument against this was the impolicy of conciliating with traitors and rebels , such as the United Irishmen . —On a division , the Ayes were 19 , Noes , 15 6 .

Wednesday ,-j . The Attorney General moved foi leave to present a bill for shortening the time made necessary bylaw to be given of the Royal intention th-. Ua Parliament should be summoned and holden ; and also to provide for the sitting of Parliament in case of a demise of the Crown after a dissolution . As the law stands at present , the members of the dissolved Parliament had the rig ht to meet and aft as a Parliament , even though a new Parliament mig ht have been elefted , but had not yet met ; the _ latter part of Parliament

this bill went to remedy this inconvenience of a dissolved superseding the representatives chosen by the people , audit did so by enacting that the Members of the Parliament which were last elected , should have the 1 ight to meet , in case of a demise , instead of those who had last sat . Granted ,

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LONDON: Article 1
TO CORRESPONDENTS, &c. Article 2
MEMOIR OF THE COUNTESS OF DERBY, Article 3
DESCRIPTION OF THE SOURCE OF THE RHINE, Article 4
WISDOM AND FOLLY. Article 7
HAWKESWORTH'S NOTES on ROBERTSON'S HISTORY OF SCOTLAND. Article 10
LETTER II. Article 12
PROCEEDINGS OF A GREAT COUNCIL OF JEWS, Article 14
COLVILLE. Article 17
THE LIFE OF XIMENES, ARCHBISHOP OF TOLEDO. Article 23
A BRIEF ENQUIRY INTO THE LEARNING OF SHAKSPEARE. Article 29
SCIENTIFIC INTELLIGENCE. Article 33
THE FREEMASONS' REPOSITORY. Article 38
MASONIC INTELLIGENCE. Article 41
PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS. Article 45
POETRY. Article 47
REPORT OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE BRITISH PARLIAMENT. Article 49
IRISH PARLIAMENT. Article 55
HOUSE OF COMMONS. Article 56
MONTHLY CHRONICLE. Article 57
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Irish Parliament.

the war , in the general confidence which attends private as well as public credit , in the unusual plenty which our agriculture supplies ; and m the prosperous state of all our manufactures , but most particularly of our great staple , the linen . ' ' Mr . Speaker then presented the bills , to which his Excellency was pleased to declare the royal assent .

House Of Commons.

HOUSE OF COMMONS .

THURSDAY , MARCH I . THE Attorney-General presented the Bill for restraining the licentiousness ' of the Press , which was read a first time . Mr . Ti g he said , the bill deserved : "; very mature consideration indeed ; it went to make the owner of any house where a paper should be printed liable to the penalty of 500 I . if the paper should contain a libel . A clause such as this might involve a very innocent landlord .

Counsellor Plunkett , and several other members , could not agree to any bill which invested Government with a power of suppressing a public paper , which was the tendency of many clauses of this bill , particularly that which obliged a printer to find security for 2000 I . which few could do . TJie sum was changed , in consequence , from 2000 ! . to 500 ! . < md the bill passed the Committee with few other amendments . Two a . iditional clauses were afterwards addedmaking any paper to which should be affixed the name of the registered

, printer or proprietor sufficient evidences in Courts of Justice on all cases of trial , unless the Defendant shall shew , to the satisfaction of the jury , that such paper was not published by him : that it may be lawful for tbe several Grand Juries to present all papers containing matter libellous and dangerous to the State , as nuisances ; and if not traversed , the Hig h Sheriffs shall be empowered to seize on the printing materials , and such printer and proprietor to be disqualified from thereafter printing or publishing : ! in part

newspaper any of the kingdom ; provided always , that if the pr ' m ter or proprietor of the paper so presented shall traverse , he shall then give sufficient security for suspending the publication of said paper until the event of trial be known . These were agreed to , nem . con . The duration of the aft is limited to two years . Monday , 5 . This day Sir Laurence Parsons brought forward his promised question " on the subject of the present distracted and alarming situation of

this kingdom . In an able speech of considerable length he introduced his motion , " ' That a Committee be appointed to inquire into the state of the country , and to suggest such measures as are likely to conciliate the popular mind and restore tranquillity . ' The motion was seconded by Lord Caulfield , and a debate ensued , which was not terminated till five in the morning . The tenor of argument in support of the motion was concession of Parliamentary Reform , Catholic Emancipation , and lenient measures . The jet of argument against this was the impolicy of conciliating with traitors and rebels , such as the United Irishmen . —On a division , the Ayes were 19 , Noes , 15 6 .

Wednesday ,-j . The Attorney General moved foi leave to present a bill for shortening the time made necessary bylaw to be given of the Royal intention th-. Ua Parliament should be summoned and holden ; and also to provide for the sitting of Parliament in case of a demise of the Crown after a dissolution . As the law stands at present , the members of the dissolved Parliament had the rig ht to meet and aft as a Parliament , even though a new Parliament mig ht have been elefted , but had not yet met ; the _ latter part of Parliament

this bill went to remedy this inconvenience of a dissolved superseding the representatives chosen by the people , audit did so by enacting that the Members of the Parliament which were last elected , should have the 1 ight to meet , in case of a demise , instead of those who had last sat . Granted ,

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