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.p e feel grateful to the House, if they granted him justice. —The Petitioh was read, laid on the table, and or dered to be printed. PRINTING PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. Sir W. DE CRESPIGNY rose, and said he was very desirous that the papers which, on his motion, had been laid before the House relative to the mis conduct of the Officers of the Assessed Taxed in the Sevenoaks District, should be printed. But he un derstood- some objection had been made to their being printed, on account of the expense, which it had been said would amount to £lOOO. Having made some inquiry on this subject, he-had ascertained that he could procure a printer who,would undertake to print them all for £2OO, and deliver them to the House in 22 days—( Laughter.) He had, however, made a se lection of such of the papers as he thought ought to be printed. The subject was one of the utmost im portance, and these papers would develope a scene of iniquity of which the House could have no con ception. He moved, that the selection of papers men tioned in a list which he produced, should be printed. Mr. LUSHINGTON said, he hoped the Honour able Baronet would agree to postpone the motion till Monday, as he had no opportunity or examining, and might perhaps find it necessary, in fairness to all parties, to propose that some other of the papers should be printed, besides those selected by. the Hon. Baronet. Mr. TIERNEY said it was, to say the least of it, rather a strange thing, that when in a matter of such importance as this was stated to be, the Officers of the Treasury had undertaken to produce the papers moved for by his Hon. Friend, they should have presented such an immense mass of documents as to put the_ printing of the whole of them out of the ques tion ; and when a selection of the most important was made for printing, that they should desire the mo tiOd to be postponed. It was certainly suspicious. After a few words from Mr. CALLAGHAN, the mo tion was postponed. THE ESTABLISHED CRURCH OF IRELAND. Sir J. NEWPORT rose, pursuant to his notice, to submit to the House a motion for instituting pro ceedings relative to the State of Religion in Ireland, similar to those which had been resorted to in 1806. In 1807 a Report had been made of the inquiries instituted in consequence of the measures adopted in•the preceding year. That Report principally re ferred to the state of the Ecclesiastical Establish ment, so far as related to the Union of Parishes, and the circumstances under which such unions had been effected, whether by Episcopal authority, or that of Parliament. It appeared that some of them had been effected in such a way that it was almost impossible for the inhabitants of many of the pa rishes to go to their parish Churches and return in the . seme day. In the last eighteen years thirty-four unions bad been effected, which was a very rapid inereate. In 1817, it appeared that seventeen pa rishes bud• been united into one. In one case three parishes had been united, the aggregate extent of which was thirteen miles in length, and five in breadth. Under such circumstances he thought it necessary that an. Address should be presented to the Throne ; for the purpose of ascertaining what opportunities were given to the Protestant inhabi tants of Ireland for the exercise of Divine Worship. H. was the more induced to bring forward this subject in consequence of several communications which he had received since the notice which he had given of this motion. The Hon. Member then read an extract from a letter, written lately to him by a most respectable Gentleman in Ireland, staling the inconvenience which had been occasioned by the union of Parishes. The cause of the union, in al most every case, was the incompetency of single parishes to afford an adequate support to a clergy man. The letter stated that the writer had lost seven of hii Protestant servants in consequence pf the impossibility of their procuring adequate means for attending Divine Worship.—(Hear, hear.)—This he thought was enough to convince the House of the necessity of adopting some measure on this subject, considering that £500,000 had been voted within the last year for procuring to the people of the king dom facilities far exercising the public duties of their religion. With a church so richly beneficed as that or Ireland, it was highly necessary that where the clergy were so well paid, their duties should be adequately performed. He concluded by moving that an humble Address be presented to the Prince Regent; praying that his Royal Highness would be graciously pleased to direct that an inquiry should be instituted into the present state of the Church of Ireland, by communication to the Archbishops and Bishops, similar in nature and detail to those in "1806, made by his Majesty's command, of which inquiry his Majesty had been graciously pleased to order a Report to be presented to both Houses of Parliament; in order . that by comparison it might be timed what steps had been taken to procure to the people of Ireland due means for the exercise. of public worship,- and especially the benefits and bless ings of a resident clergy. Ir. C. GRANT said he would only detail the House for a few moments, as he had only to express his entire and hearty concurrence in the Motion ' and . his sense of the obligations doe to the Hon. Baronet for having brought it forward.- - ( Wear, keor,), Ile was sure no greater service could be.done tp Ire. land than by following up this inquiry.—Henr,healfs) Wiz.hout at present entering fuither into the aubje4; or pledging himself to bring laniard any particulise meamire, he had only further to"say, that he should be most happy to concur 'hi any efficient measure which might be proposed fo!forwarding• so deli table an obje ct. Mr. LE SLIE FOSTER concurred Wiih the Right lion. Mover in defining the residence of the p...'1 c'4iial clergy in Ireland an object of paramount im portance, and' for that object he believed the Irish Bishops were most earnestly solicitous. In order to shew that solicitude; he thought it right to lay be fore the house a summary of what had been done to carry into effect' the Report of 1807, especially is some time must elapse before tiny Report . could he expected from the proposed inquiry. known that in 1807 there were oidtgio greeted in the 11/1s benefices in Ireland, so V:ere no ;I#Vitlan,233;lfneffees without church. eu ln s uach of,thote l benefices, however, modiouP church was sauce, built, while sew churches, which were previously mote lilt( Irid undergone complete repair. This was N. I%l'l • . which he could *dr Bisbqpni the Board of IW:Fru • ice t ivaili mit n: ith amihatiefontw to. ;soo „1141Y chargeable with inactivity; mote the universal. reatdedict alike clergy, it wits confessedly therefore with theillnon gralleed . ley Parliament, the therefore houses , and Board of First Fruits had already purchased land for such houses in f 39 Benaftintsi and every endea vour was making to conclude similar purchases in the several parishes in which they-were still want ing. With regard to the residence of the parochial clergy it ought to be known that until the law of 1804 which assimilated the law of Ireland pretty nearly to that of this country, the Irish Bishops had not the power of enforcing that residence; but since this. enactment of that law, he was enabled to say that these worthy prelates had most diligently used the powers with which they were invested by that law to promote uniform residence. He believed, there. fore, that there was now no exception of residence, bat from ill health, or where a glebe-house was still wanting. The Right Hon. Baronet had mentioned a .case of non-residence, which could not be heard without astonishment and alarm; but as no name or place was mentioned, it was impossible to form any conclusive judgment upon such a case. The Incurs. bent and the Diocesan, who could have so acted, would no doubt have been guilty of a serious dere liction of duty. The Right Hon. Baronet's state ment, as it appeared at present, could not be con troverted; but if he would mention names. a diffe rent view might possibly be presented to the House by a counter-statement. He was glad to hear the justice done by the Right Honourable Baronet trj the energy of the Archbishop of Cashel ;' and (Mr. Leslie Foster) was enabled, from the*, sources of information, to do equal justice to the Lord Primate of Ireland. He could say, that this respected Prelate excused . residence only where ill health required indulgence, or where a glebe•house was wanting, while he never allowed any Clergyman a dispensation to hold two benefices, without enforc ing his residence for half the year in each of these benefices.. But really he was led to believe, that in every case of non-residence in Ireland of late years, an adequate cause could be found to exist—and it was due to the Irish Bishops, who were now no more, to state historically, that from the conduct of the Irish Parliament in appropriating the tithes of all the mo nasteries, which were left untouched in England, very little or nothing of tithe was left in many di stricts of that country, for the maintenance of the Parochial Clergy. This was the case in Connaught and many parts of Munster, and hence former Bishops could not consistently enforce the residence of the Parochial Clergy in such districts. The Right Hon. Baronet had stated, that eighteen unions of parishes had been ordered by the Privy Council since 1807 ; but it should be recollected, that there were six dis unions of parishes within the same period; therefore the disproportion was not such as the Right Hon. Baronet's statement would lead the House to believe, especially as all the parishes united by the Privy Council had before been episcopally united from time immemorial. Four of the disunions had taken place in the diocese of Cashel where tillage, as well as population, was materially increasing. The Bi shops were indeed, universally impressed with a con viction of the desirability of promoting the disunion of polishes, and multiplying churches.. ap well as en. forcing the residence of the Parochial Clergy in every case that circumstance: warranted. "' Mr. WlLBERFORCE'expressed his wish. to pro mote every measure that promised to.urge the Clergy of Ireland, as well as those of England, to do their ' duty. It was desirable indeed that as the Clergy were, as well as other men, liable to the commortifailings of our nature, their conduct should be subject to a certain degree of superintendence. He could not see why Parliament should not occasionally inquire into, and direct the concerns of the Clergy, as well as those of the Army and Navy. He was happy to hear of the particular testimony borne to the conduct of some Irish Bishops. But this was not enough. The House 'should be satisfied that all those peculiarly entrusted with the care of the religion and morals had done their duty, it was incumbent upon Parlia ment to look for this satisfaction, and to shew that it was prepared to enforce the performance of duty on the part of all, both high and low, without excep., tion or favour towards any. Sir J. NEWPORT said, that being under no re striction, expressed or implied, from the party, be would, in the exercise of his own discretion, mention the name of the writer of the letter which he had quoted. The writer was Colonel Begot, of Nunro, county of Kildare, who was, he was assured, a gen tleman of of the utmost respectability. The name of the Incumbent alluded to was Cox, who was a con nexion of the Bishop of Kildare, by whom Mr. Cox 'was appointed to the Incumbency, while beheld ano ther situation in the Cathedral of Kildare. He agreed with the Hon. Gentleman who spoke last but one in condemning the spoliation of the property of the Church by the law of agistment, which the Irish Mfrs ',lament io bnadvisedly and so unjustly passed. But as to dispensations for the . residence of Parochial ClergYia Ireland, he knew of instances in which Clergyniet,' splendidly beneficed, had not for a so ties of years resided in the parishes assigned to them, or even in Ireland, several Of such Clergymen alwayl residing in this country; while some were on the COW• tinent.--The motion was agreed to. • • Cotisstlyr salaam. Mr. H. SUMNER lose-to move for leave to brini in a Bill to regulate the trade of Count r y Bakers. Bt. the law as it stood, a Country Baker was liable to* fined if found in any degree deficient in weight. NOV as these Bakers had not such qu i c k sa l e as thoserif the metropolis, and as the bread was liable to shill) i they were subject to suffer a fine for fraud, if did not atahe time of baking make their bread m heavier than the law reqiired. To relieve the Bakes: from this grievant.* was the abject of his 4 proposed Bill.—The motion Wns treed so. - a • • • • r Mr.' Mi / TlN . obriervedi ; tended .-~~~ frople..hiyousioo, could 4ot maize. c,OLi_uenleut to was it to,posipooe Monday gait. wrier, 'thly svere pAsient, and were de sirou;ih;t he sliould`reed'heilwas perfectly ready to do So.—The :notion was postponed till Monday. 1141aCiMalalifell Nam • Mr. HOLME SUMNER brought in a Bill for regulating the Trade of Country Bakers, which was read a first bete, and ordered to be read a second unison Tuesday next. Mr. CHARLES GRANT moved for the Report of the Physicians appointed to inquire into the state of Fever in Ire land, which being agrikd to, the Report was brought up and ordered to be referred to the Conunittee of the llou'.c ap pointed unon that subject. Mr. LUSH' NG TON moved for an account of the Exche quer Bills outstanding from the sth of January, 1810, to the sth of January, 1819.—Ordered. The Committee on the Scotch Saving Banks Bill, was post poned to the 10th of Nay. The other Orders of the Day were then disposed of, after which the noose adjourned. AMERICA. The last National Intelligencer contains an abstract of all the Laws, Resolutions, Treaties and Conven tions, passed during the last Session of Congress.— The following are seleited from the List, as among those of a more public and general interest : • COINS, FOREIGN. An Act to continue in force an Act regulating . the currency, within the United States, of the Gold Coins of Great Britain, France, Portugal, and Spain, and the crowns of France, and five-franc pieces. The first section of this Act regulates the currency of foreign gold coins, viz.—of Great Britain, present standard, 100 cents. for 27 grains, or 88 cents. 8-9 tbs ; of .France, 100 cents. for 27i grains, or 87} tents. per penny-weight ; of Spain, 100 cents. for 281 0 grains, or 84 cents. per penny-weight, until the Ist of November, 1819; when foreign gold coins cease to be a legal tender. The second Section continues so much of the Act of the 29th of April, 1816, as relates to foreign silver coins, in force until the 29th of April, 1821. COMMERCE AND NAVIGATION. An Act to protect the Commerce of the United States, and to punish the crime of Piracy. The President authorised to employ the public armed vessels to protect merchant-vessels and their crews from piratical aggressions, and to instruct their Commanders to take and send into port armed vessels, Ike. which have attempted or committed pi ratical aggression, &c. upon any vessel, and to re take vessels of the United States unlawfully captured. Merchant-vessels of the United States, owned wholly or in part by a citizen, may defend against aggres sion, kc. by any armed vessel other than a public armed vessel of a nation in amity ; may capture the offending vessel and retake vessels of the United States, kc. Vessels or boats, from which piratical aggression, &c. has been first attempted or =tie, When taken and brought into port, maybe condemned to the use of the United States and the captors, Ike. Persons committing the crime of piracy on the high seas, if brought into, or found in the United States, to be punished with death. This Act in force until the end of the next Session of Congress. DUTIES. An Act in addition to « An Act concerning:Ton nage and Discriminating Duties in certain cases' The Act of 20th April, 1818, concerning tonnage and discriminating duties in certain cases, extended to the vessels of Prussia, Hamburgh, and Bremai. The Act of the Sd of March, 1815, respecting.dis criminating duties, the Act of 20th April, 1818, and this Act to cease on Ist January, 1824. An Act to Regulate the Duties on certain Wines. On wines not enumerated in the Act to regulate the dries on imports and tonnage, on the 27th April, 181 d, when imported in bottles or cases, 30 cents per gallon ; and when imported otherwise than in bottles or eases, 15 cents per gallon ; in lieu of duties now levied which are to cease after the 30th June, 1819. Addition of 10 per cent. to the rate specified upon importation in vessels not of the United States. Ad ditional duty not to affect importations otherwise au thorised by Treaty or Acts of Congress. Drawback of the duties imposed on exportation. \Vines depo sited as directed by Act of 20th April, 1818, may be transported coastwise, from the public warehouses in one district, to those in another district, without loss or debenture. FISHERIES. An Act in addition to, and alteration of, an Act, intituled, " An Act laying a Duty on Imported Salt, granting a Bounty on Pickled Fish Exported, and al lowances to certain vessels employed in the fisheries." On Boats qualified for the Bank and other Cod FiTheries, actually employed four months at sea, &c. if more than five, and not exceeding 30 tons, three dollars and 50 cents. for every ton; if above 30 tons, four dollars; if above 30 tons, crew not less than 10, actually employed at sea three and a half, and not less than four months, three dollars and 50 cents.-- Allowance on one vessel, for one season, not to ex: coed 360 dollars. SALARIES. An Act to inereave the Salaries'of certain. Officers of Government To the Secretaries of State, Treasury, War, and Navy, 6,000 dollars each ; Attorney-General, S,!:00; Post rn4ster-General,4,ooo ; Chief-Justice, 5,000; each other Judge of ;he Supreme Court, 4,500 ; and the two Asairaaats to the. Postmaster-General, each 2,500. TREASURY NOTES. _. 4n. Act to authorise the payment, in certain cases, accpfunt of Treasury Notes which have been• lost or destroyed. 'Otyproof of the loss of a Treasury Note, the Se ktakilry of the Treasury, upon bond, 4c. to pay the - graicii* due, and, on proof of loss, ikc. of any cer. tifitate of Mississippi stock, may issue * new certifir on compliance with Treasury rules. EUROPEAN TREATIES. ' 'Convention of indemnification with Spain, Ma- a,. a./ a". - - Dub— zne mouon was 'agreed so. - • • : : ' 4 Convention of indemnifi cat i on w i t h S pa i n , M a - been done M r . R. MARThfolaiertech itskfetisseetu-his in-: 'dyith• 1 lth August, 1802. Ratified Jan. 9th, 1806. r, evecially tended motiori•fdrit,co&of the• Bill of Indictmea . 3ithe,lo,ng-ti Spain on the 9th of July, 1818. This eport could found against st'MrPßuriluviu; Ammer itilrelstadi Treaty •iugusdUrstood to have been annulled by the ry. ft was fcir wilftilatuiiiihurphtjtsiy,•lbstiothid been* ; t reaty of Washington. of . the date of Febtuary i 0 churches luctantly induced to give notice to thatcodime;lo:l 1019; ;'• 7 - • • . •. . ._ so that thete, ConseqUence of"dittisoiset xi's tensed: Judge 11; ‘,.. Ireat, y With Swuden. Stockholm, 4th-Septenher, 1 : anyparith . 'lrtlind, 4 4thtivtili'd ilifoieturoutneerudirioluseriDas ;Mk •Aksitified out the rrth'of May, 1818. '.B 4 ithe ever, a coal- nhicb refiektelt*S4Aincliiiiktexi.lllb6liad. l 46 •*4 . • • •• Suudesi au the 24th of Jolyo.ltlC,,',...___ . several , old thit ht.'diatlyti we*Whatabblitinoveaill thuiftalts m ,,_ 1.. ... •' • • with Groat grit-Ca. :140slale;•. . _IVell4O. like barns, tent his charge against the Judge haiehbha kto al:. TB • . ' . : • - lii.illl. 1 . 1119. • By the iltiaeordle-' , as a fact to luded ; but as some Members, disposed to dissent gent on the . hf NovembT., 1818. ..•..•A••••••-- w~f L. - --."--`—`,oll,Abif'. •llREOporft-• • Nro 7 THE E LONDON. FRIDAY, APRIL 23, 1819. TIIE FUNDS. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLecit: Bank Stock 251-3 per Ct. Reduced 71} S ixx Cent. Consols 72+, -er Cent. 80; 80-4 per Cent. 8913081 5 per Cent. Navy 104{ Bank Long Annuities 18 11-16 India Bonds 33 5 30 premium Exchequer Bills (2d.) 4 3 prc:nium Commercial 24 23 SO discount Consols for Acct. 711.74 te t Rumour states.that when the Ba n k C omma both Houses of Parliament separated, before ti lidays, it was understood that the Chairmen we :el prepare a Report founded on Resolutions, thatG velment should pay in the present three, and jo next year five millions of the debt due to the 111: ".4 that the Bank should open for payments'in e c i !; the Ist of January next, at the rate of 81s. 1 ., / for standard 'gold, and that this rate oaou.d dually be lowered in the next two years to Cle price of 775. But, the substance of the intende,t. port having been communicated to the Bank, body, it is said, intimated to the Committee, 6 1 , meeting again yesterday, the ihtention of the 1)::, tors to give their most determined oppositits any measures' founded on such a principle. say, " Pay us what you owe ; leave us to the in pendent management of our own affairs ; time may neither beso far distant, nor the ditfic4 so great to the resumption of cash-payments, as anticipated." The Paris Papers of Tuesday arrived this n THE CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES Resumed on Monday the discussion of the of Law on the Press. Notwithstanding the r of M. LATNE'S motion on Saturday for ti:e is of the word " Religion" in ArticleS, another 'tine meat of a similar nature was now pmposei s more success by M. D'HatrErtonte: This 110 ber moved that the clause should' run as follows , "Every outrage to public morality, to religious' ralky, and to good manners, shall be PuniilicA,', M. Postmann' and M. .MARCELLUS rapportel amendment. The KEEPER of the SEALS conceived that the tel Public Morality, comprehended religious but as the amendment'appeared to accord wit: wish of many Members, ise would not oppose it ; would merely" suggest, as less plees4stic, the should run W Every ontrige - porn 1 religioui moraWlce. M. Coustvetalia, the A tieSitti oi the Law, of the swim'. opinion *kb' oi 'raper of the & as to the necessity of the Adidas, and therefore' would not oppose it. The PRESIDENT then put the Amendment toi vote in the terms suggested by the Keeper of I Seals, and acceded to by M. de Hautefeuille ; and was adopted by a large majority, only a few Me hers on the left rising for the negative. Article 10 was adopted without discussion. Article 11 bears, that " defamation or ;ajar! wards the Members of the Royal Emily, 511411 punished with an imprisonment of from three nor; to three years, and a fine of from 300 francs to; francs. The Commissioner proposed three met ments-Ist, That in place of the words " defier tion or injury," there should be substituted c 6 sive or injurious imputation or allegation."--`. That the minimum of imprisonment should he duced to one month.-3d, That the minimum fine should be reduced from 300 fr. to 100 fr.-- . 1 whole of these amendments were then adopted. Article 12. Adopted with a merely verbal amct meet ; and Article 15, (which succeeded Art. IV, the order of discussion), stood in these terms: ‘, 1 famation or injury towards the Sovereigns and Ch. of foreign Governments, shall be punished with imprisonment of from three months to three yea and a fine of frosi-300 to 5,0d0 francs. The Commission - proposed the same amendmo: on this Article as on Article 11. M. 131. - akroti demanded its entire suppression, as inconvenient and dangerous latitude. Eng hinki no positive law on this subject, and neither France ; the Judges there are obliged to lak ! their rule of decision, in such cares, to the ccTZ law. At all events it ought only to be adu . pteJ der condition of a reciprocity ors the paa of c countries. The KEEPER of the SEALS replied.—The ,91.4ect of M. Bignon might, he thought, be ;net by the section of the words pe rs onal ores w, towatJt Sovereigns," &c. which there can be no doubt uu; to be provided against. M. BIGNON moved an amendment accordingly these terms, which was adopted. _ . . Article 13 (Article 9 of the original Projet) rise to a long verbal discussion, of no interca, iris Molly adoptect in the tarns ptoposesi by Commission." Articles I*ls, win IS, }9, aod,9,o,.ivqe sueeetilvely adopted;" *ids sto isker material Arne- f Y b - r ~_..