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YI'CYVALL!WCGFFICR, March 10, acy. THE 00 2111ITISSIOY EPS 1 - 7 VICTUALLING HI:: MAY ESTI'S NAM do Ertel," rive rotkepri That o,i Friday the ld of April neat. thcy be ready to re e-ive •I'cne.crs in writing (Traintl up', an.' treat for ti fupplying (on 4p n.,c C . .n.rad,) of what sq A PROVISIONS in , y he r for to fervi •c: of Hi- MAjefly'.: Ships and Art &Is at ; v,d .r Sri-aurae , , a d in Loch Ryan, on the Coall of rwrlve ' , Jock: certain, front the 2 - th May next, and fi.ttlie- ur•il ;tit months wart, n; (hail be given for the terrni rAtion eh -reef . 1 he nit-Jr of pay:ntnt to be by bills payable vitt% inter, ft ninety , I:.y. dre. • '11:e :on. c• the Cormacas may be teen at t,!ss Secretary's °Me.% at •bi.ot,ice or by applying to the Co.leclora of the Cullom. a t ;, , ,enora and S•ranraer rcfpc&vely. No rezarJ oe tad to any Tender in which the prier flail not be infertri 1.• locras at fentb, cr that _gall not he delivered t , the Board Gefore cr.. o'cic:i on . the Friday the 3d of April next, nor untie the pee; on makes the Tester, or funs perfin on hit behalf - attend; to anf.v.r z.6en caaeiftr. .1 3 :? U,151.1. BERLIN, MARCH 2. All the 'troops nf the Grand Army are gone into cantonments, and the Imperial head quarters are at preterit in Olcrode. The P:ufMin Lieutenants Sahen and Wilhelmi, of :he n.),;:rnen: Gf Gueviniz,pr:inners of war, and on their parole, have been 1113 t, on account of their hay n; been f un.: in arms at the head of a body of in. the New M:rche. . POLAND. WARSAW, FEBRUARY t6l '! hr brfl bazeue rat:bvie, pub contlinc, in a Supplement Extraordinary, the : According to oftiehl accounts rubliibtd here. en the evening ed the 12th, the ever invincible Army his Maidly the Emperor nd ling obta::.cd. on the Sth lulu. near Eylti, 4 victory over the Ruff '.ns, who were not o:,11 defeated, but entirely routed s of cannon, fixtcen fkan.!ards, end about 12,C00 pri lone, t., e the rt rok. of this great battle, in which the Ruffian army wa. %I-oft four . '4 as nunictuus as the French. Ws expret the ~,,nrii,ulars of ibis which does the greateft honour to all the corn , engaged in it ---Harsi.urgb Cori fpcm.ieri, Feb. 28. Fh tt. I R.—Marfbal blailena is Ilia in this capital, whtre I:e :I•7ir :A on the 12th in(l. '''u-day 114: *mtildiccl more Ruffian prifJners paired throui.ll tt:is Gera GOtiVlo7l is Governor of :he City, and Co ?oriel Lager Command.int cf the fortrefs.—Ham- ,:orrcfp,;pdeni, Jra;.th 3. 23.—Gentral Savary, who, on account of thz inctlrpdition of Mail:l3l Lafnes, commands the sth corps of the Grand Army, completely defeated .)n the loth ina. the Ruffian corps under General Etf-..n. This General and General Mulles ' had re ceived frlin Moldavia a reinkrcement of fix regi ments ; Prince itali.!fky had joined them with Bcoo men; and the whole caps, at lealt 30,000 men ftrong, took a polyiln near Wyfsky ; General Sa vary, who expeCt4d to he attacked by them, detached General Gazan to attack the Ruffians, who fell upon one of this corps and routed it. The Ruffians made a tec:•nd attack (..11 Ott; t.lerdka, where a revere con fliet took place in the ltreets. The enemy was re pulled, but i.ined the corps oppoted to General Ga zan. Both armies formed in line of battle, and a reneral engagement took place. The Ruffians were rep..Ped (Jn all points, and purfued three leagues, until !even o'clock at night. They loft two Itands ni c , •lunrs, 6 pieces of cannon, an , f 1500 men killed. Prince Italinfky was dangerout)y wr;unded. The French G ueral Campana was killed, Gen. Rigaud wounded, and General Oudinot had a honk killed undo him. On the 15th, early, the French army was hill in purluit of the Ruffian hoar. In all villages "ere to.und Ruffians wounded and ttragglers.—flarn- L.,.;; Isew (21 - the 7tl: rf Mara,. 7tr_A - Er. CONSTAN I INOPI.E, JAN. tr. The Fa tht: in the Black Sea, the prefer.t time has hem torbidden ti, I.•itign ^ tticils, and the. hollowing Note in conic c,mnce addrtifed to Miniaers here: NO T. A• in time war b: - .tween the SuNir-r Pete and R utlia, it is of tic it ea:Lit importanc:. to employ every kind of pr, caution asainft e ,lec:ptions and .raft eucioy, to exert the utmott a&ivity in pi: venting the convryance Of ammunition to the different Rut in a vats iitunt_ en the biack tiza—so fah', r no Ottoman fohj,dt t.. r. thither. and to carry the enemy any written or verbalintel li,a nee, and finally to cut t ff s v..ry Lind of communication between Ottoman States. 1, it would be very da+ gerous to Puffer f.ii-s to fail from the cei.tte of :he capital to the coemy—tince in t. roe cf war that pint is one of the pi incipal ports of the State ji ;A widen: th-it fu long as a free patli:ge into the laid Pea fnall he p, witted to the I,lercliant fb:ps of ot po.sers thefe dangers are not t o he avoided, as the en,:ny may eafily Ihelter his malLni.y e.ect it ;mar the number. and variety ot foreign flags. For all tit :c reaLtot the Canal of the black Sea mutt be (hut, during the ae l'• ot . the war. It ire conceived that this general prohibi ttoi. it not contrary to the tree navigation of the idack Sea, tome titr , firs_ ;;ranted to cer:ziti friendly powers. It is merely a war m, :Lre adopted for the moment, and didated by circumftances. : Porte is convioced that its cemitta will give no of f, t., , to the vowers friendly to it, as when the dan;er ccafe, trt,: a , n - ac., or even during the war, the free navigation of the .1 . 111.11 be rellored. A, the Commanders of the Imperial fleet, as alto the Com m,. t hrs of the fortr, lies at the mouth of the Canal have received rs to flint the itaff.:gc of the Canal. the N;i:tifters of Friendly et Ft r: filling in the Capital arc infarned of it by the preterit 011ieial Note. G;vcn on the Eth of tl•.e mo:.th of Zilhatic, in tne year of the t12.1--Im. 17, 1837. Jaw 23. i'he nianifello or declaration ef tear by the Porte ayainii Kukla, has been publifhed here.— li dated, Contiantio,:ple, the 251 h r:f the mon th I tv"al, in the year of the Hegira 2I ; (the sth I,rnaly. 15:..7). It Ilates the vatims aas of Rotiia, ;I.lmicoll to the fcizto e of Crimea and Georgia—the uti'Ct of Rulat wish refpestt to th e S even Ifl an d s , 1 1 :t provinces of Wallachia and Moldavia, the d'sf i st.:ivsncerning the li , fpodars of which provinces interfere:see of Iturlia on ;he occafton, is r:•ade one of tea: prin:ipal grounds of complaint.— Yet t'sotro the forte, to preferve peace, contented to retbsre the holpodars, the Ruffian troops unex vivered the Ottommt territory—and when Css: roue appsie ;1 to Lie Ruili.tn Minitier refident at C o urrarstinople, for an essolanation of this condtta, Ise could obtain no other ahlwer but that he hail re c..iv.d no int:rue:ions from his Court on the fobjeet. General Nlichelfsn, the Comm:soder of the Ruffian thisrp%, stt the Lore time iffited proclamations calcu lated to render el.faticZted the G weroors and Magic trate, of Iturnelikt, to osiflead the lquirulmen, and folk diiiention in the States of the Empire. K u al a having thus proceeded to op e n } in fini t i es , the Sublime Porte has been obliged to declare war ; iii i o nw i r forbearance would only tend to increafe rte infulence and yiolcnce of RuMa. DENALIR.V. COPENHAGEN, MARCH 3. Pal t of the Ruffians wounded at Evlau are at Ko. hingfberg. The report that an armillice bad been agreed upon between the belligerent Powers, is un founded. According to accounts from St. Peterfburgh, there were four Ruffian Generals killed and wounded in the battle of Eylau. Among them, M. Rogin, Com. mandant of the Cuirafliers of the Guard. Major General Barclay de 'Folly is wounded in the arm. The battle was fought upon a plain, about zo werfls in circumference. General Buxhowden's corps joined that of General Bennigfen near Eylau. Several re giments expended all their cartridges in the battle, and were compelled to make ufe of theit bayonets. A Prince of Wittengeflein was made prifoner by the Pruffians, on the 28th of January, near Graudentz; and, on the preceding day, General Faullier, of the French artillery, was taken near Marienwerder. SWEDEN. GOTTEN BURGH, MARCH 9. Lettets received from Stralfund yefterday, Rate, that the garrifon is not under the leaf! apprehenfion of any fudden attack from the French, but rather prepared to aa upon the offenfive. Some French gun boats which were lying at Barth, have been taken by the beats of the garrifon, and eighteen Frenchmen And four officers made prifoners. Acoording to intelligence from lebninglberg of the 18th February the French head•quarrers have been transferred to Scldau. The fame accounts reprefent the lids of the two armies in the battle of Eylau, at 30,003 men, and (late that a French General was made prifoner.--tfbeille du Nord, 3d March. GERMANY. SALTZBURGH, FEBRUARY To. The report which was circulated that the furtrefs of Brannmi had been given up to the Auftrian troops, is deftitute of foundation. The French are still there, and the place has been again provifioned for four months. DRESDEN, FEBRUARY 18. A ftrong troop of banditti which infea the coun tries of the Rhine, is again talked of, the chief is one Ponfell, who formerly aeled a diftinguithed part un der the famous Scinderhsnnes ; it is laid that Ponfell has fludied at one of the German univerfities. MENTZ, FEBRUARY at. All the letters received from the theatre of war agree in faying that the battle of the Bth of February was moll murderous : the Ruffians fought with a degree of defperation ; as they were cut off it was feared they might make an attempt upon Praga or Warfaw, but it appears that the enemy's army effec ted its retreat by cutting its way through the corps of the French army. It is laid that on feveral occafions the Emperor was expofed to the greateff dangers, and that he had a honk Otot under him.—Alcilk du F ord, March 3. BANKS OF THE DANUBE, FEB. :8. They write from Italy, that fume the departure of Marthal MAlTena, General St. Cyr has taken the command of the troops in the kingdom of Naples. The frontiers of Gallicia, Hungary and Tranfyl vania, are ftrongly provided with our troops. Let ters from the frontiers of Turkey Rate that Pafwan Oglou is dead of a diforder. VIENNA, FEBRUARY :4. The recruiting for this year will commence on the 16th inflart ; not more than (ivy thoufand men in the whole will be raifed to fill up the vacancies occa fioned by the the foldiers whole fervices expire next fpring. Tic Greck merchants here have circulated a va. riety of advices, which they have received from Turkey ; as, for example, that Conftantinople has been bombarded by the Englifh Admiral, Louis, and that the Porte has, in confequeme, thought proper to adopt another fyltem, Thefe reports however are undeferving the leatt credit. '!'he report that a Ruffian fleetfrom the Crimea had already made its appearance in the canal of Conflan tinopie, requires confirmation. New diflocations will foon take place in our armies in Bohemia, Siletia, and Inner Auftria ; and thefe armies, as alfo the Auflrian army in Hungary, are perfeEtly prepared for action, and ready to march at the fir.t notice ; in other refpeas, however, no pre parations are obfervable indicatory of a new war.— We hear nothing of extraordinary recruitings or con trans. FE B. t B.—According to accounts from Wallachia, a corps of Ruffians which has paired the Danube near Widdin, has joined the troops under Czerni George. The report that Paffwan Oglou is dead requires confirmation. The harbour of Triefte is now blockaded by the Enßlifh. Yefierday the Profllan Envoy here, Count Pinker. thin. received an extraordinary courier from Memel. The Ruffian Ambalrador, Count Rafumowflcy, has received 4y a courier from General Von Efren, the advices received by the la tter from General Benniglen, relative to the battle of Eylau. BANKS OF THF. ELBE, MARCH T. The laq battle, which was fought five German miles from lioningiburg, was one of the moil bloody in the annals of the prefent war. The number of killed on both fides is eflimated at thirty thoufand men. It 'appears that a flrong column of Rnfflans, who, after the affair of Mohringen, had afcended the Vinola, was cot off from the main body, and only effe6le,l a jiin6lion by very great efforts, and the lots of a confider-Able number of men and fume artillery. If the French, who, it is hid, made fix fuccefsful at tacks on the centre of the Ruffians, had fucceeded in forcing it, they would have become mailers of Ku ningfberg, r.nd of the rich magazines which are there ; but ("rice the 18th February, that city has been free from all apprehenfiun of the attempts of the enemy, and according to the moil recent intelli gence. the French head quarters haie fallen back to Soldau. Among the rumber of wounded in the French army are Matilials Augereau and Lafnes ; the for mer, it is laid, will fet out for France. The infur reetional army of Poland has to regret the lots of one of its bravelt chiefs, General Kofintki, who had the misfurtune to b: taken prifoner by the Prulliaus,who. have, it i. f,rid, 41ii) t.tkett a Frenai General Officer.' The Pruffian party which harafTes the country from, Colberg to near Frankfort on the Oder, greatly int. • pedes the communications; we are allured that lately it feized a confiderable tranfport of money ; it is alto confirmed that the French army, fence the late affairs in Pruffia, which all accounts agree in repeat ing as extremely fanguinary, has refumed its canton ments.—Abeille du it ord, March 3. PARLJAMENTARr PROCEEDINGS. HOUSE OF LO RDS, MARCH i 6. Lord Vifcount MELVILLI took the oaths and his feat, It being Lis Grit appearance in the Houfe of Lords Brice the commence ment of the new Parliament. He fat between the Duke of MON• TROSt and the Earl of ABIRDEEN. Lord Vifcount DOWNL alfo took the oaths and his fat. In the Appeal " Millie v. White," Mr. Adam was heard for the Appellant.—Further confideration on Wednefday. The Loan Bill, and the high Aliened Taxes Bill were read a third time and palled• _ _ Lord WALSINGHAM prefented the Report of the Commit tee of Privileges, relative to the claim of Charles Auguaus Ellis to the Barony of Howard de Walden, which, after a few words from the Duke of Norfolk, was agreed to, with an Amendment, that he had made good his claim to the Paid Barony, and was or dered to be communicated to his Majesty. Lord GRENVILLE prefented fcvcral Papers relative to Re cruiting, Moved for on a former day, which were ordered to lie on the tabil. MUTINY BILL. On the queltion for reading a kcond time the Mutiny Bill, Lord HAWKESBURY laid, there were tome parts of the Bill, on which he walled to make a few obfervations in a future Rage of its progrefs. It was, however, neccriary that the Papers, for which he had moved Come time fince, relative to the army, mould be previoufly in the polleffinn of the Honk.. Lord ILDON obferved, that it had not been ufual to debate Mutiny Bills, and perhaps matters of importance might thus have been fornetimcs palled over without notice. He walled to know whether there were many material alterations in this Bill. Lord GRENVILLE laid, there were feveral alterations made in this Bill, of the importance or propriety of which, the Houle would of courfe judge, in the proper Rage of the Bill. With re fpcct to the Papers, he expelled to be enabled to lay the remain der on the table to•morrow. The Bill was read a fceond time, and ordered to be printed. ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE IN SCOTLAND. The Order of the Day, for going into a Commit tee upon the Scotch Judicature Bill, being read, The Duke of 'MONTROSE, after Come prelimi. nary obfervatians, Paid, that the Bill in quellion went moll materially to alter and change the Jti dicature of that part of the United Kingdom ; and he muff, before the Houfe went into a Committee upon this Bill, declare his molt ardent and de cided oppofition to the meafure. The two great objets this Bill was propofed to effea, were, pre venting fuch a number of Appeals to that Houfe, and to relieve the Court of Sefton from a great weight of bufinefs, by dividing it into more Courts, and by introducing the Trial by Jury in Civil Cafes. A Noble Lord (Eldon), who had for years been a Counfel at the Bar of that Houle, and had conduaed many Appeal Caufes, before he fat in judgment upon them, thought the Houfe fhould not confine itfelf to granting only zoo!. cons, but that it would be much better to grant full remune ration in damages, to the party who had fuffered. This would, in a great degree, remove that evil ; and the difference of opinion feemed to be, whether it fhould be done by (mall degrees, or by a pofitive enaament ? The next objea was, to relieve the Court of Seffion, by appointing a Court of Re view; but this latter Court was again narrowed, and would be no more able to do the bufinefs, than the Court of Sefton ; and the confequence would be, that the Court of Review would find itfelf bankrupt as to bufinefs. The next objeaion was, that this meafure was direaly contrary to the un derftanding between the two nations, and contrary to the letter of the Al of Union. The appointment of two extra Lords, was a fort of jurifdiaion they could not agree to ; the Chief Juftice might be an Englifh Lawyer, and the decrees of the one Court would be reverted perhaps frequently in the other; fo that this meafure could not prevent Appeals to their Lordfhips' Bar; and they would find it necellary, at lall, to reflore to the Court of Sefton its original powers. But if the parties were compelled to lodge the money in Court, uutil the cattle fhould be finally decided, he thought it would check all unneceffary Appeals. His Lordfhip's next objection was to the' Trial by Jury in Civil Cafes, which he confidered fo general and capacious a meafure, that there was fcarcely any cafe which might not be brought before that Court by an ingenious praaitioner. He objeaed to this general manner of proceeding; but thought the bell mode to make a fair trial of it would be, to introduce k fire into the capital, Edinburgh, until they fhould be able to comprehend the duty they had to fulfil. This meafure was not caned for by any circumflances with which he was acquainted ; no Petitions upon the fubjea had been prefented from any perfons of landed property, manufac turers, or any other defcription of perfons, who might be interefted in it. He further objeaed to this meafure, as being of an additional expence to the nation at large, and giving a confiderable in creafe of patronage to the Government; not that he meant by any means to fay, that this was the objea of the Noble Lord at the head of the Go vernment (Grenville), in introducing this Bill. It was alfo an infult to the feelings, and degrading to the (laden of the Judges prefiding at the head of the Supreme Court of Scotch Judicature. The people of Scotland were very tenacious of the obli gation of an oath, and in many cafes they might be either flat ved or perjured. The Trial by Jury may do very well for England (Hear! Hear! from the 7renfury Bench); but it will not anfwer when twelve men cannot agree, and the introduCtion of it would only create confufinn in that country. His Lord. fhip, therefore, would with to propofe, that the Court of Seffinn fhould be divided into two Courts, and that the Lord Prefident fhould fit at the head of each; and, during his abfence from the one Court, the Vice Prefident, Lord Juilice Clerk, for the time being, fhould prefide in the other ; this he confidered would occation much greater folemnity and regula rity in the proceedings, and be of very confiderable advantages upon the whole. After fhortly recapi. tulating there feveral arguments, his Lordfhip con cluded by moving, " That inftruetions fhould be given to the Committee to divide the prefent Bill into two or more Bills, feparating that part relating to the Judicature, from that relating to Trial by Jury.". - Lord REDESDALE confidered this Bill as a fpecies of juggle, as a kind of keeping the word of promife," as a meafure which will mot remove the evils complained of, but may infringe, and did in fats violate the Alt of Union, and amounted In % breach of contrats betwen the two ccuntiits : 1., could not fee the neceffizy of the meafure, and lard. why it could not be left to the Court of Section to make delegations from its own body, and bon ) them into three Courts or Chambers. By doing thii, the Houle would adhere fully to the principles of the Union. His Lordfhip thought the introdueli ,, n of the Trial by Jury, in civil cafes, into Scotlan6, thould form a leparate Bill, and (Mould be fully coil. fidered firft, by perfons who were converfant the Courts of Scotland. In elucidating this fubj:k his Lord(hip adverted to a French Lawyer, wil l came to this kingdom fome years ago to (lady Oc t Englifh laws, for the purpofe of inrrochicing Trial by Jury into France; it fell to his Lordihir, lot to be his indruCtor and edvifer ; but after givin g the utmoft attention to the fubjeCt, he returned to own country, impreffed with the extreme impoffil);. lity of adopting fuch a meafure. His Lordfliip, therefore, wished the Houfe not to go into the Bill, until the arrival of the Scotch Judges, whole ance would he of the utmost importance ; otherwl.e they would be proceeding to , apply a remedy wi nut having the proper information before th em; and for thefe reafons he objected to going into the Con ; . mittee. The Earl of SELKIRK differed materially from the Noble and Learned Lord in the opinion he had advanced as to the prefent Bill. That Learned Lard had Paid, that it went to violate the Articles of Union, but he had forgottrn'to date to their Lord fhips the reafons and arguments which warranted fuch an affertion. If the Houfe lhould examin e into the hillory of that compael, it would be found, that a profpeCtive view was taken of thole regulations, which, in the courfe of time, the adminiitration of Janice in Scotland might require. Of the principle and neceility of an alteration in the Scottilb Ju:!ica. ture, every man who knew that country mull be aware ; and, in his opinion, the Bill fubmitted by the Noble Lord, was calculated to produce the be neficialand necefrary effeets. Lord ELDON felt the important duty which the Houfe was that night called on to difcharge; and though he was convinced of the abfolute necefEty of doing fomething, he gill could not conceal his 1 opinion, that in the digeflion of the prefent meafure, fufficient caution.was not ufed, nor was there In& cient refpeft paid to the fentiments and judgment of the Bar and Bench in that country. With refpeg to the arguments advanced by the Noble Prop°fer of the meafure, as arifing holt) the number and preffUre of Appeal Caufes, he could only fay, that whatever regulations this bill might make on that head, the inconvenience would gill continue. It was not a right criterion to regulate the number of Appeals from Scotland, by a companion with the number prefented from this part of the Ifland. It was to be rec illeded, that the Scottith Courts had no Reprefentative in the Houle, a circumgance which naturally tended to increafe the number of fuch applications. The protradion and tedioufnefs which marked every gage of their progrefs, in a great degree arufe from the inability of the Scotch Lawyers to attend at the Bar of the Houle, until late in the Segion of Parliament ; and, confequently, a number of caufes of that defcription were, of ne celEty, deferred ; whilft loch caufes continued to operate, the Houfe would never be able to overtake the bufinefs fobmitted to its judicial decifion. That the neceffity for Come regulation exitled, no perfan could deny ; the point at iiTue was, whether the meafure propofed by the Noble Baron was the one molt likely to remedy the admitted defeds ? In the prefent gate of that meafure, he could not agent to many parts of it, for the cleareg of all realms, be caufe many of its provifions and enadments were at prefent unintelligible to him. He was bold to fay, that to render it beneficial in principle, and comprehen(ive in detail, it would require the atten tion, diligence, and wifdom of the Houle, aided br the talents and information of the ablest and molt experienced Scotch and Englifh Lawyers. For his own part, he was free to admit, that under the p: e• fent view of the fubjed, if he was placed on the Bench of the Court of Seffion, he would, from an ignorance of its provilions, be unable to expound the meaning and context of the prefent meafure. Relative to the Trial by Jury, friendly as he cer tainly was to its utility and principle, yet he could conceive cafes in the fygem of jurifprudence, where the introdudion of that meafure would rather he at tended with evil than productive of benefit. It was no argument in his mind, becauf: the people of this part of the empire were juflly attached to fuch a valuable privilege, that, therefore, it fhould be in troduced in the laws and regulations of another part of the nation, where the falwary principle would not be operative, but may be attended with tinier viceable confequences. The framers of the pre fent meafure appeared to forger, that they were to regul4e a Court, which combined in its inveftiga. Lion pleadings of Law and Equity; and a conk quence was, that, by the prefent Bill, whilft the per formance of one duty called a Lord of the Court of Seffion to the Highlands, the fame Judge would be wanted to perform another duty at Edinburgh, under the provifiens of the prefent Bill. The Noble Lord entered at large into the various proceffes of the Courts of Scotland, with a view of proving, that the meafure fubmitted by the Noble Baron was not ,competent to the ends propofed; and that, whil s t it was loaded with objedions, it did, in no mann:r, remedy the defects which he admitted to exift.---1 , 1 the good intentions of the advocates of the lure, he gave every credit ; but he nitilt again ill prefs upon the Houfe, that it was impollible to tain either the nature of the evil, or the mariner of remedy, until the Houfe had fully awl nut' e! weighed the tenor of the information ia.:,ioh it waiii be enabled to receive fr..m the dillingoithed whom it was intended to examine at the hir or he Houfe. Lord GRENVILLE faid, he could no: ab•'iain from expreffing his furprize at ore of the MOIL tin' founded charges which was brought again It the mea• lure he had the honour to flibmit to the Houle. T: le Noble and Learned Lord had complained of a w4nt of caution in the digeftion of the piefent Bill, of .a want of refpeet to the dillinguithed charaoers who compofe the Court of Seflion, and o.e able Lawyers who adorn its bar. Was the Noble and Learned Lord juitified in making loch a charge ? Was there any ground on which fuch an argument againft the meafurc, and fuch an accufation againft its adv,-