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FROM LAST NIGHT': GAZETTE. WHITEHALL, AUGUST tr. The King bas been pleated to appoint the Right Honourable ;ernes Earl of Malmribury, Knight of the moil honourable Order r,f the Bath, to be Lord Lieutenant of the County of Southampton, and of the Town of Southampton and County of the fame. The King has alto been ploafed to grant to James Edward Harris, Ifq. (commonly called Vifootast Firs Harris), the feveral offices of Governor and Captain of the Ifte of Wight, sod Governor of Ca taract Caftle, in the laid Me. CROWN-OFFICE, AUGUST 11. lIILMIZRO NITIIIINZD To SERVE IN THE PRISENT PARLIAMENT. Borough of Trllee—Evan Foulkes, Efq. Southampton-Rreet. Borough of Bandon Bridge—The Right Honourable George Ti:rney. MILITARY PROMOTIONS. • WAR orsice, AUGUST it• STAFF. To be InfpeEling Field Oflice►s of Yeomanry and Volunteer Corps in Ireland, with the Rank of Lieutenant Colonel in the Army while fo ern pl,,yed. "Ille Honourable Edward Wingfield, late Lieutenant Colonel of the 40th Foot. W. C Hall, Efq. late Lieutenant-Colonel of the 28th Foot. John Godfrey, Efq. Fort Major of Duneannon Fort. Ralph Gore, l•fq. late Major of the 96th Foot. Commiffions figned by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Kent. Sutton at Hone and Darenth Whinteers. Ei.fign George Andrus to be Lieutenant; Nicholas Ray, Gent. to he 1 . nfign, vice Andrus. Dated Augufi 6. 7307. Commillions figned by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Salop. Morfe and Royal Oak Volunteer Infantry. John Falkener, Gent. to be Enfign, vice Perry, refigned. Dated June 2, 1827. Ofweary Volunteer Yeomanry Cavalry. Liew enant Lawton Parry to be Captain, vice Marvin, refigned. Dated April 7, 1807. Shropfhire Volunteer Infantry. Captain Phillip Charlton to be Major, lice Plowdcn, refigned. Dated Jily to 1807. rnfign Samuel Brain to be Lieutenant, vice Brazier, promoted. 1-ofign William Price to be ditto, vice Parry, promoted. John Ateherley, Gent. to be Enfign, vice brain, promoted. Ldward Edwards, Gent, to be ditto, vice Maddocks, refigned. All dated 'April 2t, tBO7. Commiffinns in the zit Regiment of P.tilley Volun teers, figned by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Renfrew. Campbell enodgrafs, Efq. to be Adjutant, with the Brevet rank of Captain. vice W. Srodgrafs. refigned. Ftikn Thomas Sharp to be Lieutenant, vice Whyte, reigned. James Campbell, Gent. to be Enlign vice Sharp, promoted. All dated Odtober 5,1806. Commitlions figned by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Norfolk.—Norwich Regiment. William Spratt, Gent. to be Enfign. Dated June 30, 1807. Cromer Battery Volunteer Infantry. Charles Earl, Gent. to h' Enfign. Dated June 30, 1807. City of Norwich Light Horfe. Lieutenant Mitchell to be Captain, vice Hayes, reigned. Dated July 2, 1807. ad Regiment of Norfolk Yeomanry Cavalry. Robert Wilfon, Efq. Captain of the South Greenhe: Troop of Yremanry Cavalry, to be Major, vice Hyde, reigned. Dated July 6, 1807. \Vymondham Troop of Yeomanry Cavalry. Thomas Merit, Gent. to be Cornet, vice Cann, reigned. Dated July 6,184. Swaffham Corps of Volunteer Infantry. Ilcnry Day, Gent. to be Second Lieutenant. Dated July 22, 1807. Ball Dereham Troop of Yeomanry Cavalry. Cornet King to be Lieutenant, vice Hamilton, reigned. Dated July 22, 1807. Blickling and Gunton Volunteer Rifle Corps. Robert Ferrier Blake, Gent. to be Second Lieutenant. Dated July 24,1807. Commiffions in the Wilbech United Battalion of V.a. lunteer Infantry, figotd by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Cambridge. • Captain William Wake to be Majcr.Commandant. Dated March 26, !Boy. Lieutenaht Wm Jobnfon to be Captain. Dated March ay, do l. Second Lieutenant Edward Ground to be Flrft Lieutenant Dated Mareb 26,1107._ . . i - 1 limas Adams and George Mcers to be Lieutenant; and Wm. Swanfborough, Gent to be Enfign. Dated March 27,1837. Lon.mitlitrais fig Led by the Vice• Lieutenant of the County of Lanark. Anderlion Regiment of Volunteer Infantry. I ntenant Olvid Young to be Captain, vice Muir reigned. ri, he Lieutenants—Enlign David Robb,vizc Monteith rehgned. James Clclland, vice Graham resigned. •Aign Robert Wigan, vice Young, promoted, 0 he Fnfigns—William Baird, Gent, vice kobb, promoted. ohn Muter, Gent, vice Clelland, promoted. To be Affillant-Surgcen....Thomas Cochran, Cent. vice Syming• ton, refigned. All dated June 30, 1807. Commitlions in the Royal Tower Hamlets Militia, ' figned by the Lord Lieutenant. 111 Royal Regiment. Thomas Ilaikes Eft.t,Gcnt. to he Enfign. Dared June 23,1807. ad It‘.yal Regiment. Lieutenant John Laxon to be Captain, vice Merceron, reigned. Hated May 9,1807. Enfign Mark Kennedy to be Lieutenant vice Laxon. Enfign Samna Watts , ta be ditto, vice Cake, refived. Henry Thomas Van Heythuyfon, Gent. to be Enfign, vice Ken nedy, promoted. Tritium Squires, Gent. to be ditto, vice Watts, promoted. All dated June 23,1807. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVF.D. William Clegg, of Oldham, Lancafhirc, and James Calland, of Nlanchell r dealers in cotton and cotton twig. Augt.ll. e. John Farr:wry and William Wilkinfm, York, fail cloth and ropc•maker‘. Auguft 8. David R ecs and William Sahhoufc, Lancafter, merchants and carthenwpre dealers. Auguft 6 Benjamin Agee Day and James Peter Tregrnt, of Birmingham, .ppraiiers and auctioneers. Auguft It. indah Swieon and Junes Hatton, of Liverpool, ironmonger:. April 14. George Ford. William Tucker, and Roger Farr, of Stanhope ftrect trov , ro and copartner.. Augutt tt. lizal.t it I lornerfham and Son, Canted - wry, tanners. April 16. Gcorse Nullly and James Child, of Leeds, Yorkfhire, dyers january 1. hn L loyd and Peter Lockhart, of Liverpool, ale brewers. :n't 5 Thornley and James Thornley, of Boironye.mo o rs, aneafhire,fi..noLfr, :old main manufacturers, Jilly 13. Ann kloades and John Rhodes, of Kingfton.upon -Hull, braziers, Jtoy t. 'ishomas Strphenfun and John Harpham, of Tuzford, Notting 1. inothire, (pm nmcliants. Auguft 3. PA NKRUP I'CY FNLARGED. OStoher 3. John slre, of Fair.ftrect, Hortly&wn, Southwark, I,:ncr, yarn and corton-faMor, at eleven, at Guildhall. 6 22. F.eln.a: I Main, of tit. t;within's-lane, London, merchant, at ten, it Guildhall. BANXRUPTS. hn of I!..lion.fti etc, Whi:echapel Lather :I,r. to flit render Anglia 15. it, and September 22, at ten, at qui Attortur, Mr. Hughcs, Bear-yard, Lincoln's Inn• S;r art Statham, Fdwyn Statham. and Henry Garton, lite of Nottingham. hots-rs, dealers. chapmen and viers, Auzuft tq, 2.3. d::cpt. 22, at nine. a: the Plackmoor's Ncrtingham. Attortd.s, Mr, IL nry Percy, Nottingham; or Meffrs Mac doug ill and limiter. i incoin's Inn, London. ilip - Fethe: ft n and Jobn lindgrnn the young-r, lute of Chrift church, rey. enpartneri, diltillers, dealers and elsapmen, Anglia a 8, as, and N• 1 !ember 22, at ten. at Guildhall. Attorney, Mr. Webb, SL Southwark. John ftollyoaite, of Brixton-row, Surrey, dealer sod chapman, Auguft iB, at eleven, Auguft 29. at twelve, and September 22, at eleven, at Guildhall. Attorney, Mr. Henry Taylor, No. 7, Took's-court, Curfitor-street, Chancery-lane. William Lees, of Liverpool, merchant, September 2. 3, and 22, at twelve, at the George Inn, Dale-ftreet, Attornits, Meffrs. Lace and HATA Liverpool, or Mr. William Atkinfun, Chancery-lane, Lor.don. Richard Meadley, of King( patten-maker, dealer and elsapman. Auguft 18, 19, and Sept. 22, at eleven, at the George Inn. Kinglton-upon HulL Attornies, Meffrs. Sykes and Knowles, New Inn, Loudon ; or Mr. Martin, Hull. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. CESSIONS BY PRUSSIA. The following is an elimate of the lots which Pruflia has fullained by the peace of Tillit : IN GIiRMANY. Square Geographical miles. Population. The old Mark - 6s - it 1 4.c00 The Kotbus Circle - 17 - 31 260 Erfurt and Eichsfeld - 48 - iskt, co Part of the Duchy of Magdeburg, with / 60 - z7a,000 Mansfeld, about Principality of Halberitadt i6i . 10,000 Earldom of Nohnftein - 81 • 27.000 Qedlenburgh - 1 - 1 3,4 00 Hildelheim, with Geflar - 40 - a t cc= Cleves and Mark, with Effen and Verden 71i • 20a,c00 N. B. Thefe were ceded in 1806, but, as the equivalent is now loft, they may be reckoned here. Minden and Ravenlberg - 341 - 166.0c0 Lingen and Tecklanburi 15._ • 01%w Eaft Frielland 56f - • stpjgo Munger 49 - Is7l Paderborn so . • .; Anfpach 63 t - 'I7O I OOO Bareuth 57 .. %13.CC0 6601 1,911460 - 16,E • 47,60° Neufchatel The land acquired by Proflb 771 in Poland fincc the year t 77 1 3, 2 in - cluding Dantsic and Thnrn. amounts to 2544 fquare mites,and its Population to 3,114,000 fouls. Of this Pruffia retains about goo fquare miles and 550,000 inhabiunts. The lots in Poland amounts to 2144 - 2,564,0c0 Added to the above 6771 - 2.030,260 Sum total 2,8211 4494460 Haffel, in his Statinic Sketches of thc Pruffian monarchy, before this war, eltimated its furtace at 5,645 fquare miles, with a popu lation of 9,856,000; hence Prullia retains, after the puce of Tilut, about 2,823! Iquare miles, and 5,261,740 inhabitants. It is worthy of remark, that Frederick 11. on his afcending the Throne, in 1740, Inherited a territory of s,,tos fquarc miles and 2,200,000 fubjedts. DANTZIC, JULY as. The sift of July was a memorable day for the in habitants of Dantzic. At five in the morning, cannon announced to us that we should ceafe to be Pruffian fubjeab, and that Napoleon the Great had deemed us worthy to reprefent ourfelves. At nine in the morning, the Govenor General of Dantzic, accom panied by the firing of cannon and ringing of bells, went to the houfe of the Burgomafter, where the whole Magiaracy, the Members of the Courts of Jullice, and the Third nate were affembled, and conducted them in folemn proceffion to the Town Hall. After the intiallation, there was a freth charge of cannon, and the proceffion returned in the fame order to the houfe of the Burgomafler Von Gralath. The flreets were on both fides lined by French troops, who prefented their arms as the pro• ceffion paged by. In the evening there was again firing of cannon, with ringing of bells. FRANKFORT, JULY 13. In the cootie of this week, the Prince Primate goes to Afchaffenburg, and from thence to Paris, in order to celebrate the union between the King of Weflpha lie, and the Princefs Catherine of Wirtemberg. The Princefs Align& of Saxony, it is laid, is to marry th e Grand Duke of Wurtzburg. It is afferted, that feveral Princes of the Rhine Union are to go to Paris, where matters of great magnitude are to be arranged. Among other things, there are reports of new coro nations, exchanges of territory, &c. MUNICI'L JULY ss. The Hereditary Prince is not yet arrived. The kingdom of Bavaria is to be divided, like the empire of France, into prefeaures or circles. This was ad vifed by Napoleon, during his laft vifit. VIENNA, JULY as. The Minifter of Foreign Affairs, Count Von Sta dion, will receive the Order of the Fleece. Our Hate paper rifer upon the news of the peace:. The late Minifter of State, Baron Von Thugut, is lately arriv. ed here. In confequence of a courier which came here from the Emperor Napoleon, at Drefden, Prince Francis Jofepn, fon of the late Duke Ferdinand of Milan, is invited thither, and he arrived yefterday. BULLETIN. " Head Quarter., Stralfand, July 12. " According to Colonel Norman's report of the agth hat his chain of Videttes was attacked that morning near Knicper Fo rt, by a detachthent of Horfe Chafl.urs, fupported by Foot Jager., wbo had taken a very favourable poStion on the neighbouring heights. The left wing of our chain was at fiat forced to give way, but Captain Adlerfberg brought up a (mall reinforcement of dragoons, and put the enemy to Sight. Soon aster arrived a divl. Son of gun boats, which completely cleared the beach of the enemy'a troop.. " A report was afterwards received, that the enemy, sco men ftrong. was marching down to the beach, probably with a view of conftruding a battery. To prevent this 6 gumboats opened a brilk fire upon the enemy, and drove them from the beach—at the fame time our heavy ordnance opened againtt a kind of ff ech e . which the enemy were cor.ltrudting at the diftance of 211c* cils, and diflodged them from that (pot. The fire ceafed at half paft (even o'clock. " On the rpth, at half pet nine o'clock in the evening, the right wing of our advanced polls was attacked, near Franll entrant, by a confiderable corps of the enemy's horfe and tirailleurs, and corn- Felled to fall back under the guns of the entrenchments. " On the arrival of Baron Vegcfak, Chief of Brigade, the enemy was driven back by our field ehafreurs. An hour after, our chain of rivanced pots was again attacked by the enemy, who was again driven back with tome lots. " Colonel eartfell being Informed of the enemy having made an attack near Franken, arrived there with two pieces of horfe-artil• lery. The enemy was repulfed, and our advanced pofta retuned their former pofition. _ As the Royal ?ruffian troops, who had joined our army, were prevented by the armistice, concluded on the zsth of July, between the ?ruffian and French armies, from taking any farther mare in our operations, they affethbled at Walgart, to march into Prue Gan Pomerania. " Yefterday the Engfiat troops, lately arrived here, did duty for the Srit time, and occupied est the polls within the fortras. • " Lord Cathcart, Royal Britifh Lieutenant General, left town yefterday for the ifi , t of Rugcn, to review the EVA troopi af femied in that Bland- General Baron Toll bas alto pr tceeded thi ther, to take upon himfeif the command in chief of the Swedifh and Englifh troops now in Ruben. " Adjutant-ColonelVon Engelbrechten returned yefterday from the head quarters of his Prutlian Majaty, vvbither he had ken fent on a fpecial mil Eon. " Colotiet Count Maras, who arrived here yefterday, with dig% patches from his Majedy the Kin g o f F rance , h a d t hi s day Ms firlt audience from the King."—(Gottenburgh Gazett:, jury 30.) P4RLI tiAtEtvrafßr PROCEEDINGS. HOU'IE OF LORDS, AUGUST tz. The Vote of Credit Bill, and t►e Idlb Vote of Credit Bill were read a fecond time and committed for to-morrow. The Militia Transfer Bill, the Militia Completion Bill, the frith Militia Tramiel Bill,.the Irina Militia Completiosa the Poll Office Bill, the kith Salt Bill, and Central Deliuteere Eilates Bill, puffed through Committees, and were reported. The Traders Affets Bill was, on the motion of the LORD COANCRLLOR, ordered to be read a third time to morrow. P•tOCHIAI. SCHOOLS. Lord HOLLAND mowed the committal of the Parochial Schools Bill. Lord HAWKESBURY °Netted to it, upon the ground that there was not fuffictent time left to give that con fideration to a fubjea of this magnitude which it required. There were in tiffs opinion many objec tions to the Bill—the preamble, he thought, was nonfenfe ; nor would he allow that there was lefs virtue and morality in England than in Scotland. He did not mean to objea to the general principle of educating the people ander certain guards and reftriftions, but theft guards and reffrietions were wanting in the prefent Bill. The Bill was certainly leis oblationable than it would have been in its ori ginal fhape, namely, that of compulfion ; but Hill there was a degree of compulfion left, by means of the majority of the inhabitants of a parifh, to which he mutt object. So many amendments were, how ever, neeeffary, that it was impnfliEle they could go through the bill during the remainder of the prefent 8:Ifion ; and. therefore, he moved to poflpone the fur ther confideration of the bill till this day three months. Lord HOLLAND was forprifed at the objedioris made to the Bill, as be had conceived it to nand upon fo clear a principle as to be unobjeaionable. He thought the Noble Lord had ufed rather a thong. expreffion in calling the preamble nonfenfe he ad mitted that there were fume words which were very unufual in Ads of Parliament, but Rill a very trifling alteration would fet it right. The other ohjedions of the Noble Lord might alfo, he thought, be eafily obviated by amendments notwithflandina the late pe riod of the Seffiont. He lamented much the inten. tion which appeared to exit t on the other fide, of throwing out this Bill for the prefent Seffions, and that this, like another meafure lately related, both of which had originated in the loft feffions, and had ooth been fubjeth of public expedation. fhould now, in a thin Houl e , a nd a t t hi s l a t e p er i o d o f t h e S e e fionr, be alfo rejeded. Lord REDESDALE contended that the educa tion of the people ought to be placed under the con troul of the eftablifhed church in every country, as the heft mode of preferving the tranquility of the country, and that this was not fufficiently provided for in the Bill. He thought alfo, that too great power was given to the majority of inhabitants in a parifh, particularly as to the interference with fchools already eltablifhed. He denied that the Bill was a fubjea of general expedition, but on the contrary, as far as he had been able to afcertain ' a fubjea of general apprehenfion, for the reafons he had men tioned. Lord HOLLAND thonght the Noble and Learn. ed Lord had mikonceived the Bill, as it only went to give the Churchwardens and Overfeers power to eilablith Schools with the confent of a majority of the pari(hioners, or to contribute to fchools already eflablithed, hut not to interfere with thofe fchools. I Lord REDESDALE was of opinion, that %be words of the ad conferred a power of interference. The LORD CHANCELLOR wilhed to put in a claim of the borderers and the inhabitants of the North of England. to be diftingoiffied in the Bill, as well as the inhabitants of Scotland, inafmuch as they thought learning better than houfe and land, and there were in that part of the kingdom a great num ber of fchools efiablitled. He thought the prefent Bill very defective, and that the power given to a ma jority of the inhabitants in parilhes would lead to endlefa difputes, and might involve parties in long Chancery fuits, which it could not be the with of the Houfe to give rife to. The ARCHBISHOP of CANTERBURY withed it to be diftindly underfleod, that he did not oppofe the principle of the Bill, but he fupported the motion of the Noble Secretary of State, on .the ground that there was not fufficient time to make thole numerous amendments which the Bill required. He thought the Bill contained, in fame degree, a libel on the in, habitants of thetouthern part of the ;timid, by fup. pofing that they were in a Rate r f ignorance, when, lon the contrary, there were very numerous fchools eßabliflied. He had turned his attention particularly to thefe fchoula which were under his own controul, and he fhould shortly be enabled to lay before the Houfe a Itatement which would probably furprite their Lordfhips with refpeel to the extent to which ' the education of the children of the poor had already proceeded. He objeded decidedly to that part of the Bill which placed the fchools out of thecontroul of the Diocefan. He alfo objtded to the words Right inflrudion, in the preamble, about the meaning of which every live or fix perfons would differ. Earl STANHOPE protefled againfl the eftablifh• ment of a principle, that public education was only to be extended to the children of parents of the eftab• lifhed Church. He was decidedly in favour of the Bill, which he thought might he eafiiy amended. As to the objeclir•n that the Preamble was nonfenfe, it would not be the firft time th'at nonfenfe had crept I into an At of Parliament. He remembered an Al, in which the words Flour, Meal, etcetera, were riled, and to which a claufe was fubfetplently added, ena& ing that a cetera, fhould be deemed to be Li fcuit. The motion for further confidering the Bill this day 3 months was carried. The bill is therefore 1011. -IRISH ARMS BILL. The Houfe refolved itfelf into a Committee on the Irilh Arms Bill. Lord HOLLAND thought it fingular that they fhould have arrived at this Beige of a Bill of fuch great importance without any reafons being alleged to prove the neceffity of the meafure. Not four-and. twenty hours had elapfed fince they had been confi dering Bills, the objeds of which were to contribute to arm a large portion of the people, in order to meet the exigencies of the country, and now it formed a fingular contraft that they were in a Committee en a Bill for difarming a large portion of his Majefty's fubje&s in Ireland. He could not fuller a Bill of this nature to be proceeded in, without again call. ing the attention of the Houfe to the caufes of thole difeontents which rendered there meafuree of coercion neceffary. He did not with to go over at length the grounds he had before taken when another Bill was - ^.1,1 B : ftg or : e t Wore el l e Houfe, but be could not bepnr importance of conciliatory meafure s as the bell mod e of allaying the difcontents oft larg e c po l rtio population of Ireland. When difcontents crafted amongft a large portion of the people of Scotland, it was propofed to Sir lt , •bert Walpole to enliti t i es into regiments in the ferrtce of the country, and to give the commands to the principal families My were then hoftile to the Government. The idea 'Nag eagerly feized by that great (latefman,, but was re. jetted by the Cabinet. Many of thofe perfoos after. wards joined the Rani:lard of the rebellion. Wh en. however, fubfequently a milder and more concilia. tory policy Was adopted, that people became loyal and zealous in the fervice of their country ; and finally, all the meafures which had been thought ne. celFary to enaa were repealed in the adminiftratioa of the late Earl of Shatham. Similar refults offered i themfelvei in Hungary, where a large portion of the people, in confequence of being of a religion dif. ferent from the eftablillsed church, were kept under I I degrading reßraints, that 'ma - oily produced dif. contents. When how e v er thof e re ft ra i nts were put an end to, the utmoft loyalty and zeal prevailed,. With yelped to the Bill, he thought it placed by far too great powers in the hands of the magiftracy of } Ireland. The reafon which induced him relottaetly to give his content to a Bill recently palled, did not operate in the prefent inllance. That was a meafare I only to be ufed in cafe of neeeffity ; but the prefent • Bill was to be continually operating, and might in many inftances produce great opprefion and hard. fhips, particularly by the powers given to fearch for arms by night. He did not mean to fay, that there might not be cafes in which it might be neceffary to take arms out of the hands of difaffeded perfons, bat the prefcnt Bill was, in his opinion, inadequate te its purpcife, as it would operate to produce a greater concealment. The bet mode he thought would be to compel the magillrates to keep a regiftry of arms, and to grant licences for keeping them. He thought however that the Bill recently paired for fupprefing infurredions gave amply fulficient powers to the Go. vernment, and he did not fee the neceflity of paffing this Bill in addition. He fhould therefore move that the chairman do leave the chair, meaning afterwards to move to pollpone the Bill for three months, con ceiving that as it could not be many months before Parliament would again affemble, there would then be ample time for difcufSng this fubjed. Lord HAWKESBURY l a id, h e had not introdu ced the Bill with any arguments in tupport of it, be conic it contained nothing new in its principle or provifione, and not many weeks bad elapfed fince the principle of this Bill had been diftiodly recog. nized by the late Adminißration, who propofed a Bill for continuing an Aft commonly called the Gunpowder Ad, which contained provilions equally oppretlive, if fo they could be called, with the pre. fent Bill. That Bill was pallid by which the At was continued for (even years, %%MIR it was only propofed to continue the prefent Ad for two years, His Noble Friend hid been unfortunate in his allu lion to Scotland, as in that country the ads of re. ftraint and coercion had continued for fifty years, and it was only by a Ready cootie of Government upon thefe principles that the difcontents there were at length put an end to ; but then they could not be made the fobjed of party politics here, as the fources of there difcontents was in this part cf the ifland trea. fon. With refried, however, to mild and conciliatory meafures,nothing could have lath fled the difcontented in that country but the rettoration of the Pretender. It was only by a Ready fyflem of Government, to. gether with old prejudices wearing away, that at length the neceflity for meafures of coercion ceafed, znd the population of Scotland had fince ferved his Majefty with the utmoft bravery and loyalty. The circumllances of the two countries were, however, materially different. It was only of late years that Scotland had been trufted with a national militia, whilft in Ireland there had long been a national militia of high charader ; and there was a brave and loyal yeomanry ; a great number of the population of Ire. land were likcwife erailted in the army. He did not with to enter into a long difcuffion of the fubjed; he fhould merely obferve, that wherever difcontents I exifted, thi.fe difcontents were not likely to be decrea. I fed by being made the foible& of party politics. The 1 neceflity of this Bill, from w h a t was k nown o f t h e Rate of Ireland, he conceived to be obvious. The motion for the Chairman leaving the chair was regazived. Several Claufes were then gone through without any amendment. do the Claufe requiring perfons to regifter their arms within one month after the firft affixes, The Eatl of HARDWICKE rofe to make a few obfetvations upon one of the claufes of the Bill, which he conceived to be well entitled to their Lord- Blips' attention ; for, though he admitted the Bill to be neceffary, and no body lamented the neceffity more than he did, yet he thought it a matter of duty to mitigate the feverity of the provifions of the Bill, as fat as was continent with the efficacy of the law itfelf. By the claufe to which he referred, any per fon having arms in their cuftody after the enllunit Seffions, for the county i n w hi c h t h ey refided, with out hating regifleted them, will be liable to a penalty of ten pounds, to be levied by Pale of the foods and chattels of fuch perfon by wan ant of a hLagiftrate, or in default of payment, to be imprifoned for two months. In contemplation and conftsuition of law, every perfon is bound to know the:ads of the Legit lature, and no one can properly plead ignorance of the law. But when it is confidered that the SelEont will occur within a very few weeks of the paffing of the AB, that it is not held, as in England, at the County Town, but alternately in different parts of the country, in many inllawces, that even in this country Atts of Parliament do not immediately reach even ce:fons of a fuperior defcription ; and when to this is added, the remote fituation of many parts of the counties of Ireland, Lord Hardwicke Paid that he thought it would be proper and equita ble for their Lordfhips either to extend the time of the penalty, or to culture the effedual promulgation of the law, by providing for its circulation through. out the country. Lord REDESDALE agreed with the Noble Earl in his obfervations upin the propriety of providing for the due promulgati , m of the Aft, which wcritd have been perfectly applicable if it had been a to"' law, infitad of the renewal of an Ad whith expires k only on the 3111 of July, and was perfeEtly well krown in every part of Ireland. The law, in