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A !► • • -% ADJOURNMENT TILL MONDAY. • misrepresented. Many things were stated w is hajnot been said, while much of what had beegyas not reported. In one Paper, the Tinto, he ha seen a most unfair statement, which he had reason to suppose had been obtained from a • polluted source. He shouldsay no more on the utilise now° as he trusted those who heard him would be more cautious in future, when giving •to the Publit „that which so nearly affected the character of individuals in or out of the House.—The Petition was from Cap tain Knight,' and Lieutenants Neale and Doublain, of the Royal Navy. In this they described their character to have been much injured, and declared themselves perfectly ready to meet any charge that could be brought against them, and trusted it would' not bepermitted that they should fall the victims of est slander, originating with a private who had traduced and vilified them, and whose, calumnies had'been circulated through the medium of the Public Prints. The Hon. Member, in conpection, wished to ask the Honourable Member for Shrewsbury, what course he meant to pursue with respect to the fotmer Petition? "Mr. BENNET said, he could notbe answerable for any statement that might have appeared of what had taken place on a former evening. Whether the report which appeared was correct or not, he was not the author of it, nor did he know who was. The Paper which had been mentioned had surprised him. The account which it contained was certainly most unfair, and more favourable to Captain lltuachett than. it ought to have been. •HI wished for the pro duction of certain documents which the Honourable Gentleman had promised, which, would determine him what course to pursue. At present he wished to decline stating what was the impression on his mind. He considered that he had only done his duty in presenting the Petition. He had not pressed for its being printed, as be contended he had a right to do had be been so inclined. Mr. LUSHINGTON appealed to the-House whe ther a Petition containing assertions like those which appeared in the Petition of Captain Hanchett, ought to be printed. . Had such a motion been made, he should certainly have opposed it, and endeavoured to prevail on the House to reject it. The Papers which the Honosrable Gentleman wished for should be granted. He would now call the attention of the House particularly to a Paper which put the ques tion on a true footing, and :hewed that there never had been an act of greater falsehood and profligacy than that of which the Honourable Member had been made the instrument. The Honourable Gen tleman would recollect that he had stated himself to have warned Captain Hanchett against deviating from the truth, and had been assured by him, on his word of honour as a Gentleman, that the Petition contained not one syllable but what was true. Now after this, and after whathe had stated with respect to the 46,000 which he had required as a considera tion for-the office he proposed to relinquish, what would be thought of this person when he (Mr. Lush ington) stated that he could shew a letter in his (Cap tarn Hanchett s) own hand-writing, which he (Mr. Lushington) knew to be such, in direct contradiction to this assertion ? He then read some letters from the person in whose favour it was proposed that he should relinquish his situation, and from that per son's father, which proved that Captain Hanchett had been clandestinely endeavouring to dispote of it for his own benefit ; and it was the knowledge of this that had led him (Mr. Lushington) to take the too lenient course of requiring Captain Hanchett to resign. The letters which he read proved that the young Officer to whom he had offered his situation had no corrupt motive, and redounded to his credit. Upon the whole, he showed from a view of the con duct of the former Petitioner, that a more impudent claim than this had never been set up—that a more shameful case had never come before that House ; and he should be much surprised if the Honourable Gentleman did not manfully deny it all further Mr. BENNETT, believing the statement made by the Honourable Gentleman, concurred with him in the view which he took of the case, and thought that Ministers were bound to take the step they did.— They would not have done their duty had they not removed Captain Hanchett. He was satisfied with respect to the present Petitioner, Knight. There were two points alone on which he wished for infor mition. These regarded the conduct of the Admi nistration with respect to the patronage of the de partment to which attention bad been directed. Mr. LUSHINGTON was ready to take his share of blame for any thing to be complained of in this respect. He would tell how matters stood with re ford to himself. Looking at the numbers admitted into the service from the first establishment of that department, down to the dismissal of Captain Han chett, he found that where be had recommended one Canterbury man, he had recommended two of Cap tain Hanchett's friends. The Petition was then ordered to lie on the table, and to be printed. On the motion of the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHE QUER. it was ordered that the House, at its rising, do adjourn until Monday next. DISSENTERS' MARRIAGES. l" .3}' ' The motions were agreed to. the Ileetti sad 119., solved itself into the Committee.. The CHANCELLOR of the EXdriEQVER that, read. the Resolutions which he had anncced it to be his intention: to bring forward. They were as follows : F .Ist. Tim sin& the zerminatiost at the War, in I 9) S, the Pro perty Tax in Great Britain, and other Taxes in Great Britain 6hd Ireland, which yieldecta revenue of upwards-of £18,000,900 per-annum, have expired of been repealed, orreditcod. ad. That by an Act paned ih the Sith Geo, Hie c. 98.- the flakettues of Great &keit) and Ireland were consolidated from the 6th of January, 11117, and That in the year preeeding the said consolidation, the net separate revenue of Ireland was £4,361,353, and the charges of the fended and unfunded debt of Ireland was £6,446,825, in cluding therein the sum of £2,438,124, as the Sinking Pond, ap plicable to the seduction of the debt, and which charge ex ceeded the whole net revenue of Ireland, by the sum of £1,685,472, without affording any provision for the Civil List, and other permanent charge% or for the proportion of supplies to be defrayed by that pars of the United Kingdom, and That no provision has been Made by Parliament to supply this deficiency. 3d. That the supplies to be voted by Parliarbent for the pre sent year, may be stated at £20,500,000 , 4th. That the existing revenue, applicable to thew supplies, cannot be estimated at more than £7,000,000, leaving the sum of £13,500,000, to be tithed by lean or other extraordinary resources. Sth.. That the Sinking Fund, applicable to the reduction of the National Debt in the present year, may be estimated at about £15,500,000 exceeding the above sum, necessary to be, raised for the service of the year, by about .£2,000,000 only. 6th. That to provide for the exigencies of the public service; to make such progressive reduction of the National Debt, as may adequately support public credit, and to afford to the country, a prospect of future relief frbm a part of its present bunko', it is absolutely necessary that there should be a clear surplus of the Income of the Country, beyond the expenditure, of not less than .C 5,000400 arse That with a view to the attainment of tkia important object,. it is expedient now to increase the In of the Country, by the imposition of Taxes, to the amount of Three Millions p er annum. Mr. GRENFELL understood that to-morrow the Chancellor of the Exchequer was to meet the Gentle men with whom he proposed to contract for the Loan., Now as the Resolutions before the House must be connected with the consideration of the Loan, he would take it for granted that the Chancellor of the 'Exchequer, at his interview with the contractors, would not commit himself in any way with respect to the Sinking Fund, so as to anticipate the decision of that House on Monday. He hoped the Right Ho nourable Gentleman would be careful to leave it open to the House to provide that the Loan to be raised in this or any other rear, should be raised in tkat way which to them might appear most for the benefit of the country. He was anvious that before Monday nothing should pass between the Chancellor of the Exchequer and the Loan Contractors that should fetter that House in any respect, but elVecially with respect to the application of the Sinking Fund in diminution of the Loan. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, it could not be his object to fetter the judgment of the House. The Contractors of the Loan, in making their bargain, well knew that all must depend on th e decision the House might think it right to come to on the Resolutions which he had brought forward. The Resolutions were laid on the table. The House then resumed, and the Chairman reported progress. The Report of the Committee of Supply was brought up, and agreed to. -a& had ood offices of England were of Pear l e, - . L oirtr Oat the g France and Austria, but requital; ttpt only between Ftin' to ve.laitiog_. signed prelim' mary artichti These seemed to render such %law desirable , situation that that there was any thing in our present when between all the belligerents. the other but the circumstances: ddenied could make this necessary. In 1756, . the King of England that it was the intention of had positive information se A i c z t e p d a th sse e d 3b ? subject , the French . King had ; I s of thi the ss u E b i j i e g c l t i attached to his for witlr many thousands of persons B.l _ the Bing of France to invade Great . Britain . or Ire-- tunes. It was under such circumstances land, and the Pretender was then restding t . h of 1756 passed, and this, as well as the former Act. n a e2 t the Parts l had been resorted to under particular difficulties, in order to meet a special and extraordinary necessity. It would be found that all the Acts that had passed of such a nature had been passed, under similar cir cumstances. Such were the circumstances under which the Acts of James the First and Second had passed. It would be seen that such measures had never been resorted to but when England was a prin cipal in the contest, or when she had undertaken to act as a mediator between the Belligerent Powers. These laws had never been acted on. Those who had offended them had either been tried on the Articles of War, or for High Treason. He proceeded to il lustrate this by a. variety of instances. He noticed the treatment which the body of English subjects taken at the battle of Dettingen, in the French ser vice, had received, and proceeded to state, that in 1794, when General , O'Hara was taken prisoner by the French, and sentenced to death by the French Convention for acting with the Emigrants, who had seen landed on the French coast, she Duke of York Immediately sent Lord Hutchinson to the advanced posts of the French army to remonstrate against the 'sentence, and to remind the enemy that the corps token in 1744 in the French service had been treated bat as prisoners of war. The treatment which the Irish Brigade in the French service, who, on the death of the French King refused to serve the Republic, met with on their coming to this country, when, without any Bill of Indemnity passing, they were employed in our service, served still further to prove the correctness of what he had advanced. He was farther borne out in what he had said by the course timed by the Irish regiments in Spain. The indi **dual instances of persons acting with foreign Powers ere numerous. When General Money came here it was not viewed by Austria as a just ground of war. When the French General La Fayette went to Amer. rica it was not regarded as a cause of war by England. In the same way Sir Sidney Smith had commanded the Swedish fleet ; and the Russian fleet, in the watt's between Russia and the Porte, had been full of Scotch Officers, without giving offence to the Powers who it might be supposed would have felt aggrieved. 'All writers on the law of nations were agreed that it was not incumbent on one Government to prevent its sub jects from enlisting into the service of foreign Powers, but merely to avoid giving a preference to either party. In 1756, we had subsidized Corps of Rus sians and Hessians, without engaging their Govern ment in our war, and it had been the-practice of the Swiss to let out their men thus at all times. We were taunted with America, and told that she had passed an Act of this nature. He was one of those who had admired America, for having established within her own bosom an impregnable citadel of freedom;, but in the case referred to, he thought she had only studied her own aggrandizement. At the commencement of the contest, the United States of America had given the Spanish Colonies all the assis tance in their power. The Government of Spain, alarmed at this, bad said, " Forbear ! assist our Colo nies no more, and we will give you Florida." The boon was accepted by America, and she became pos sessed of Florida. Hereafter, he could venture to prophecy, America, acting in the same spirit, would demand and obtain the island of Cuba, and having got. it, she would make a dash at the Main, plant her standard on Mexico, and having obtained the cow. mend of all the commerce of its gulph, laugh ai England for being the dupe of her professions. He censured the hardships to which this Bill would doom those who went to fight under the banner of liberty, bowever well they might serve their country while abroad, when they returned, crowned with laurels, and loaded with the benedictions of millions. Such men, at the will of any informer, might be sent to jail, to be dealt with like malefactors. Such a Bill he must describe as one not called for by the rights of neutrality—as one which humanity must reject, and policy condemn—and, in short, as one in favour of Ferdinand, and in opposition to liberty. He con cluded by moving, as an amendment, that the Bill should be read a second time on that day six ninths. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said it appeared to him the course pursued by the Gallant General was a little extraordinary ; for according to his argument, .if he had understood him, the subjects of one State had a right to enlist in the service of foreign Powers, even though those Powers were at war with their own Country—(Cries of " No, no.") The Honourable and Gallant General had talked of the treatment which the Irish Brigade and other Corps had expe rienced, afterbearing arms against their own Govern ment ; and he (the Attorney-General), though he quarrelled not with the mercy which had been Strewn in the cases referred to, maintained, that supporting his argument thus, the doctrine of the Honourable and Gallant General did in fact amount to this—that subjects had a right to enlist against their own coun try. This, though he did not state it, was the effect of what he had said. He would contend that the sub jects of one country had no right to enlist in theser vice of a Power at war with one that was at peace with their Own country. The principle on which this measure was founded was the same by which the King had the power to command his subjects out of the kingdom to return to it. Both were founded on the main principle of considering each individual sub ject as composing a part of the State. The State carrying o n ( a om g we a e i : n s s o?t t wa t. an oth er em could andt another,th Set transactions a State B e would be a mere cipher, if any subject of it might refuse to obey it, and to act as not belonging to it: Let the Ilouse recollect what this Bill professed. It was to prevent persons from going to any too : n in the kingdom to beat up for recruits toserve in a war w e were in amity.ii ill I ct v i v i e r carri e d e i c l l i a c th h i l w ss was, w on ere be t t o w b e e en all that there should be the King's license to authorize such an act ; and that without such Itceme, whoever did it should be punishable as guilty of a m i d „ nour. The Bill itself was fou n d e d on the C(Jtri..."Tnn. Law. When he said this, he was aware that u mid be said, if the act, which the Bill weqt to relit; was against the Common Law, th e Bill •.•;as uEme et , sary—(Hear, front the Opposition) --and if i t ~a admitted that the crime was on e aga i nst the C0r,,,..,„1 Law, then all the argument of th e Galiam Gereral. who spoke last was in support of an act agai r , t Common Law—(Hear, hear). If the House er•l of opinion that the act in question was against the lz. e why ought there not to be an Act of Parliame nt put all men guilty of it under an equality of p un :,., ment whether they served the ore state or the oth er ' But were that class of the combatants (whom Nx it . h o , ,. . disrespect he would call insurgents) to have a pv 4 , 'to call our fellow-subjects to fight hi their ra!`,, while the other class who were the recognized G, vernment were not to be allowed ? It would gross injustice if the act were lawful. But the tre was, it was against neutrality. The principle aI , Bill was one of strict neutrality and impartialite neither favoured nor injured one party more that u other. He could not help alluding to a Peti:; c , which had this day been presented on th e subie cr this Bill. He could not but think that the Petitio tos wholly mistook its object. They said that it w t: ',d inpre the commercial interests of the country. t, less by commercial transactions were meant dealing; in the munitions of war—(No, no,, from rariou pc ; of the Howe} —the fair commercial interests of th country would not in any deg,ree he affected by e measure. But if it was objected that this Bi:lp n vented the fitting out ships of war in oar pc ;:s t o serve on behalf of either of the contending could hardly be contended that it Ivas not a thi Lg which ought to be prevented. The Bill had adyp te d a policy which was always held consistent with L i principles of the Common Law. He would ask, 'al ther revolted provinces, not being in the r: King, State; Prince or nation, could be consider, absolved and exempt from ail regulations, and principles of international law, which governed intercourse of other States? There was a provi in the Bill to prevent it from affecting persons , had already entered into the service of either of contending parties ; and this was introduced, not cause those persons could be considered as vibol. free from offence, but that this Act might rather made to serve as a notice. On the whole, there the House would agree with him in thinking that Bill was a wise measure, and that no solid °Nut, had yet been made to it. Mr. DENMAN thought the House must be much surprized to hear the principles of law wile. had been laid down by his Honourable and Learned Friend who had just sat down, and the more so. x. asmuch as they were wholly uncalled for by what had been said by his Honourable and gallant Friend, and inapplicable to its arguments. The arguer of his Horasurabls Friend was, that a neutral State ought to give its subjects the power of entering into the service of any foreign State. Interference to re. vent this was against the principle of neatralon. But this measure was an interfe:enze of a partiil kind, and tending to favour one party more than the other. It was well known that it would have the et fect of deterring many from joining . the Colo while it would prevent none from entering the of Spain, because there were none likely to enter because no Englishman, with the heart of an Eoj lishman, would enter into the service of Spain; her Colonies. But it was said that the House ougi not to allow a system of recruiting in London, - the various towns throughout the kingdom, by of drum, to levy forces to serve against Spain; , his Honourable Friend talked as if this system was carried on to such an extent that these recruits wee paraded through the streets of Westminster, the Haymarket, and St. James's-street. The Hour did not know that such things were done; and. were actually true, perhaps it ought. to be But why shisuN Parliainent now depart from and sound prihciple of law which prevailed _ the year 1736 ? In former cases it never had resorted to. In the war of the Hugonots, in British subjects had never been prevented from ing either of the contending parties; because principle had always been recognized, that the ject of a neutral Power had a right to apply hil nius, and his strength, and his courage, to the sisting of either of the contending parties. It true that there was a common law-right in the to prevent any of his subjects from departing the realm. There was the old common law writ se meat repo for this purpose, and there was: writ for recalling the King's subjects from a. These might, no doubt, be legally employed, the first was often resorted to in private cases. as a measure of State policy, the moment a was made necessary to authorize a British subject enter into the service of either party, an act -of tility was committed against that party, and principle of neutrality was departed from. power which the Bill gave of detaining ships in gave such an inducement to informers, that could be no doubt the Act would be rigorously forced. The time when this Bill was introduced w most Ungracious. By the long war, a great pa Lion of the people was become so wholly military to be incapable of exercising any other profession and no* this Bill went to prevent them from alai ing themselves of the only opportunity of justly. safely exercising the profession of arms. The oirt of the Bill was obviously favourable us Spain. 21 ' threw a great weight into her scale, by prevensinE an accession of strength to her Colonies.. • Mr. C. W. WYNNE said, whether he considered this measure with a view to the reference it had 10 this country, or to Spain and her Colonies, he ca' the more convinced of its propriety. The Homo able and Gallant General referred to the reign 0 : Elizabeth, when British subjects were allowed r serve against Spain in the contest between that king• dom and her Cblonies in the Low Countries: bat I. was forgotten that it was the policy of this countr to weaken Spain at that.time, and that English mil' jects were allowed to serve in the Low Countries for the pdrpose of effecting a diversion. The same re• mark was applicable to the other cases - of such pee mission mentioned by the Honourable and Galls!: General. It was quite monstrous to suppose that th , subjects of any State had it in their power to la: down their allegiance whenever they chose to licccc. a commission in the service of a Foreign rov.v . : c4' , (ficar,hcar,iicar!) The case a the Seas was tali I , . , 1 . . ; , 1 v , t i , , ' r fr. 1 1 ' 0 i' s l'i • 4 i ' l' , . 1 .t • 0 ~ tid es Ccara nork it %j et Preittn i If 17 p as LOr- irzsi t Ge nt . r . ai r Ise w' l o f t the Izt, lam ent to 'f Pu the o t h er: , 71 77 i!h tmt . .e a p owr rat lized G o : would b e . the trtt!, pie of t t .e than tp t a Peth.ic a subject e f Petitio nos It it word 'trY. it dealing ; riotse pert esti of th e ed by t h e is Bi:1 pre. as per:s to pasts, it Dt a tbi tt ad ad o p te d it with th e I ask, Il e . he rani nsiderecla s and all veiled 1. a proud ersons ther of ed, not as wh01 . .. t rather theref. Ig that tlf d objecticr, .ist be vet: 11 law which ad Learned tore so, zn• 1r by what ant Friend, argument itral State tering into nce to pre. neutrality. a partial re than the ave the et. Colonies, the service ,o enter it; if an Ent ainagainst ouse ought radon, an 71, by beat >pain ; and. ;yam was treks wee r, through The Hour ; and in it ed uP ih n : ril ad d F th o en ran wn e b t4 : 2 6 : 4 to from join lecarase the at the sub. Iply hisr to these es. lone in the Eing irting fro law writ of teas anothir om abroad loyed, and :ases. But t a license a subjeetto act -of he• y, and :De r p o ols m. aint ii : r h ts.er e e orously es- cduced ass eat propoz• military as fromPs,jrnniafsiees:a.yeffSil°ll'aairlic: FAST INDIA AFFAIRS. 1 '1 :.ii 1 . ' ' i . , 1 4 , , r t 11 ;; ,^ lij I s 4 1 . 1 ; i I ; i I I i i . .f, i i .L. Mr. WILLIAM SMITH rose to present several Petitions from Protestant Dissenters, who complained of the present operation of the arriage Act, and 'who prayed that they would, like the Jews and Quakers, be permitted to solemnize their marriages at th4r own places of worship, or that the objec tionable part of the ceremony should be waived in their particular cases. The Honourable Gentleman then presented Petitions to this effect fro* the fol lowing places • The Protestant Dissenters in and near Tenterden, in Kent; the Protestant Dissenters of the City of Gloucester ' • the Con gregation in Par li ament - court , Artillery-ground, and two other Congregations in London • two Congregations in the County of Suffolk; the Protestant Dissenters of Bristol of Newport, in the Isle of Wight—of Exeter—of Chichester—of Norwich--of Lincoln ; also ono from the Unitarians of Liverpool. The Petitions from Tenterden, Newport, and Liver pool, were ordered to be printed. PLAN OF FINANCI. • The cHAVCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER mewed tip Order of the Day for the House going into a Committee on the first Report of the Corn nittei 'the Public Revenue alio Expenditure, and that several Documents should he referred to the said Cc mmittee. .ti~rd':. , mow._. Mr. HUME wished to ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if in his estimates for the present year he had taken into account the large sums due to the East India Company for services performed at Cey lon, and for other transactions in the East ? He be lieved the amount due to the Company to be very considerable, and this must, of course, go to increase the deficiency in the revenue. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER had no hesitation in saying that no provision had been made for the sums alluded to. 'He was not aware in what way the account stood on both sides, but he believed the Court of Directors were not likely t 9 be very pressing on this subject. aatinheard, lard w n i him e n proven m r.L s: s a h r i n t. . g t a o p n t ) a i n t 0 .' I had been clandestinely endeavouring to dispose of it - • Exchequer if in his for had taken into account the large sums due to the with { n her own bosom an impregnabre citadel of because no Englishman, with th e . heart of . freedom s but in the case referred to, he thought she lishman, would.enter into the service of Walt for his own benefit ; and it was the knowledge of iI. , i, • this 3'n s th i n t.: n ke en t e t t ie t East India Company for servicesrrformed at Cey- h a d only studied her own aggrandizement. At the her Colonies. But it was said that the on . 1 , , too lenient course of requiring Captain Hanchett to ton, and for other transactions in e East ?He be- commencement of the contest, the United States of not to allow a system of recruiting in Lond ss. 1 , resign. The letters which he read proved that the limed the amount due to the Company to be very America had given the Spanish Colonies a ll the assis- the various towns throughout the kingdom, ! . and . this must, of course, go to increase tance in their power. The Government of Spain, of drum, to levy forces to serve against Spa :ris' I' The CHANCELLOR of ths EXCHEQUER h • ead 41' ' i had no corrupt motive , and redounded to his credit. duct of the former Petitioner, that a more impudent claim than this had never been set up—that a more the deficiency in the revenue. • nohesitation in saying that no provision had been alarmed at this, had said, " Forbear! assist our Colo- his Honourable Friend talked as if this sys boon was accepted by America , and she became pos- paraded through the streets of Westminster, Upon the whole, he strewed from a view of the con- ;. s . t i • ' made for the sums alluded to. 'He was not aware sessed of Honda. Hereafter, he could venture to the Haymarket, and St. James's-street. Th ' .. in what way the account stood on both sides, but hesam e i • would did not know that such things were done; shameful case had never come before that House • prophecy, America, acting in the sp nt, ' believed the Court of Directors were not likely be and he should be much surprised if the Honourable t 9 demand and obtain the island of Cuba, and having were actually true, perhaps it ought ter be pi ... • s . Gentleman did not manfully deny it all further very pressing on this subject. got it, she would make a dash at the Main, plant her But why should Parliament now depart fron • f countenance. DISTRESSED WEAVERS. standard on Mexico, and having obtained the coin - and sound. prihciple of law which prevailed . . . I i ' 2 Mr. CURWEN wished to ask the Noble Lord mand of all the commerce of its gulph, laugh al the year 1736 . In former cases it never h 4 Mr. BENNETT, believing the statement made by .• ; , Lord CASTLEREAGH said, when the Petition and loaded with the benedictions of millions. Such nius, and his strength, and his courage, ti l'e.; 1 , ) /- !t ) ~ I " ' the Honourable Gentleman, concurred with him in the view which he took of the case, and thought that Ministers were bound to take the step they did.— They would not have done their duty had they not removed Captain Hanchett. He was satisfied with respect to the present Petitioner, Knight. There were two points alone on which he wished for infor- . mition. These regarded the conduct of the Admi- nistration with respect to the patronage of the de- partment to which attention bad been directed. Mr. LUSHINGTON was ready to take his share (Lord Carlisle) whether any steps had been taken to England for being the dupe of her professions. He resorted to. In the war of the Hugonots, it relieve the Carlisle weavers? Their conduct had been censured the hardships to which this Bill would doom British subjects had never been prevented fn most exemplary, and now, without complaining, bi they those who went to fight under the banner of liberty , ink either of the contending parties; bee anxiously awaited the determination Ministers on however well they might serve their country whi le principle had always been recognized, that their Petition. abroad, when they returned, crowned with laurels, jest of a neutral Power had a right to app} came into his bands he lost no time in laying it before men, at the will of any informer, might be sent to sisting of either of the contending parties. the Prince Regent, who immediately gave directions jail, to be dealt with like malefactors. Such a Bill he true that there was a common law-right in i that it should be submitted to gos First Lord of the must describe as one not called for by the rights of to prevent any of his subjects from depart Treasury, that it might he taken into consideration. neutrality—as one which humanity must reject, and the realm. There was the old common tar He was not yet enabled to communicate any decision policy and oppos iti on condemn—and, ins , hort, a liberty. s onee H e . in favour of fie ej for eat rec al ling regno for the King'sthispurpo, an b d . there {tors e r wa of blame for any thing to be complained of in this on it , but the Hon. Member could not be surprised Ferdi nan d , respect. He would tell how matters stood with re- at this, as he must be aware of the difficulties in the eluded by moving, as an amendment, that the Bill These might, no doubt, be legally emplw 1 ; 1 , 1 f gard to himself. Looking at the numbers into the service from the first establishment of that admitted way of adopting any partial measure, with a view to s h ou ld be read a second time on that day six months. the first was often resorted to in private cos afford them relief. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said it appeared to as a measure of State policy, the moment , • • ~ _ , department, down to the dismissal of Captain Han. PA RGA. him the course pursued by the Gallant General was was made necessary to authorize a British s 1 ' chett, he found that where be had recommended one Mr. F. DOUGLAS wi s hed to know if any steps a little extraordinary ; for according to his argument, enter into the service of either party, an ad Canterbury man, he had recommended two of Cap- had been taken with a view to afford relief to the if he had understood him, the subjects of one State tility was committed against that party, tain Hanchett's friends. people of Parga ? had a right to enlist in the service of foreign Powers, principle of neutrality was departed frog The Petition was then ordered to lie on the table, Lord CASTLEREAGH remarked, great difficul- even though those Powers were at war with their own power which the Bill gave of detaining ships 1 and to be printed, ADJOURNMENT TILL MONDAY. ties would be thrown in the way of Government, if Country—(Cries of " No, no.") The Honourable gave such an inducement to informers, tt they were compelled to dis c lose the nature of the in- and Gallant General had talked of the treatment could be no doubt the Act would be rigor Ei On the motion of the CHANCELLOR of the E XCItE- structions th ey ' ion called which the Irish Brigade and other Corps had ex - forced. The time when this Bill was Mood sent out. The present quest . I f•, .1 miss, it was ordered that the House, at its rising, against Pe m ost u ng racious. for information respecting that which had been done rienced, afterbearing arms their own Govern- 4. ‘ ' j 1 ; do adjourn until Monday next. in the discharge of a responsible duty , and therefore went ; and he (the Attorney-General), though he tion of the people was become so mild]) ni DISSENTERS' MARRIAGES. with all deference to the Hon. Gentleman who had quarrelled not with the mercy which had been strewn to be incapable of exercising any other pr t.l : i t 1 • • • Petitions from Protestant Dissenters Mr. WILLIAM SMITH rose to present several asked it, he did think that he ought to answer it. in the cases referred to, maintained, that supporting and ricriv this Bill weat to prevent them frt 1 t t who complained Mr. F. DOUGLAS ventured to hope that same - his argument thus, the doctrine of the Honourable ing themselves of the only opportunity of j 1 / • of the present operation of the Dissenters, who Act, and thing had been resolved up on f or the relief of the and Gallant General did in fact amount to this—that safely exercising the profession of arms. 'I 1 1 ; , who prayed that they would, like the Jews and unfortunate inhabitants of Para, as on a former su bj ec t s h a d a right to enlist against their own coon- of the Bill was obviously favcurable !0 Sc Quakers, be permitted to solemnize their marriages night there had appeared a leaning towards them on try. This, though he did not state it, was the effect threw a gr eat weight into her scale, by pr i . , ,:l. 1 , at their own places of worship, or that the objet- the part of the Noble Lord. of what he had said. He would contend that the sub- an accession of strength to her Colonies. i , ' tionable part of the ceremony should be waived in Lord CASTLEREAGH begged the Hon. Member jects of one country had no right to enlist in theser- Mr. C. W. WYNNE said, whether he c: l 1 their particular cases. The Honourable Gentleman then presented Petitions to this effect frit‘n the fol- have y lowits r places ;— t • the Protestant Dissenters of the City of Gloucester • the Con- gregation in Parliashent-court, Artillery-gronnd, an d two other Congregations in London ; two Congregations in the County of would come to no conclusions from what he might vice of a Power at war w ith o ne that w as a t peace this measure with a view to the reference i said. Ministers had done what the had thou g ht with their own country. The principle on which this this countrv, or to Spain and her Colonies it was their duty to do, and must abide the result. readin of g the Foreign Enlistments Bill. measure was founded was the same by which the the more convinced of its propriety. The ' the main principle of considering each individual sub- serve against Spain in the contest between . t , , • The otestant Dissenters in and near Tenterden, In Kent; FOREIGN ENLISTMENTS BILL. - Kil had the power to command his subjects out of able and Gallant General referred to the The ATTORNEY-GENERAL moved the second the 1 pi kin gdom to return to it. Both were founded on Elizabeth, when British subjects were all , ! Suffolk ; the Protestant Dissenters of Bristoh—of Newport, in Sir R. WILSON d the second d; oppose the Isle of Wight—of Exetei—of Chichester—of Norwich—of the Bill. The principle of the measure he held to be would be a mere cipher, if any subject of it might was forgotten that it was the policy of this ~,t 0 • Lincoln ; also one from the Unitarians of Liverpool. highly objectionable, and wholly at variance with refuse to obey it, and to act as not belon • - • • Spain at that time, and that Eng belonging to it. to weaken . , • lit The Petitions from Tenterden, Newport, and Liver- the a n ci en t law of the country. The Acts of 9th and Letthe 110 s i u e recollect u-hat this Bill professed. It jects were allowed to serve in the Low Con f pool, were ordered to be printed. 29th of George the Second, respecting Foreign En- was to prevent persons from going in the the purpose ofeffecting a diversion. The to any tow n PLAN OF FINANCE. listments, had been referred to, as if they had not kingdom to beat up for recruits to.serve in a war mark was applicable to the other cases of s The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER been framed to meet any particular emergency, but carrying on against another State with as hich we mission mentioned by the Honourable ant moved die Order of the Day for the House goiopart g were a of the general policy of the c oun t r y. H e I were i n amity. How could transactio ns b e carried General. It was quite monstr ous to su pp ose t % into a Committee on the first Report of the Come- must therefore make some reference to those Acts. on between one State and another, if 44 c h thin sub' IS of any State had it in their po w I ' I mitten- on'the Public Revenue ark Expenditure, and The f i rst of those Acts was passed in the y ear 1736. were t o b e a ll owe d ? • Wh at t h e Bill reOiresl was, elorn their allegiance whenever they chose I that several Documents should be referred to the What was then the state of Europe? The K . said Ccmmittee. •i•i mg had that there should be the King's license to authorize a commission in the service of a For:. z „ sent down a Message to Parliament, stating that, such an act ; and that without such liceme, whoever (Elear,hcar, ?icor!) Thu ease Li - the S wiss 11 - • i DISTRESSED WEAVERS. Mr. CURWEN wished to ask the Noble Lord (Lord Carlisle) whether any steps had been taken to relieve the Carlisle weavers? Their conduct had been most exemplary, and now, without complaining, they anxiously awaited the determination of Ministers on their Petition. Lord CASTLEREAGH said, when the Petition came into his bands he lost no time in laying it before the Prince Regent, who immediately gave directions that it should be submitted to 4i First Lord of the Treasury, that it might be taken into consideration. He was not yet enabled to communicate any decision on it, but the Hon. Member could not be surprised at this, as he must be aware of the difficulties in the way of adopting any partial measure, with a view to afford them relief. PA RGA. Mr. F. DOUGLAS wished to know if any steps had been taken with a view to afford relief to the people of Parga ? Lord CASTLEREAGH remarked, great difficul ties would be thrown in the way of Government, if they were compelled to disclose the nature of the in-1 structions they sent out. The present question called for information respecting that which had been done' in the discharge of a responsible duty, and therefore with all deference to the Hon. Gentleman who had asked it, he did think that he ought to answer it. Mr. F. DOUGLAS ventured to hope that some thing had been resolved upon for the relief of the unfortunate inhabitants of Para, as on a former night there had appeared a lean►ng towards them on the part of the Noble Lord. Lord CASTLEREAGH begged the Hon. Member would come to no conclusions from what he might have said. Ministers had done what they had thought it was their duty to do, and must abide the result. FOREIGN ENLISTMENTS BILL. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL moved the second, reading of the Foreign Enlistments Bill. 1 Sir R. WILSON opposed the second reading of the Bill. The principle of the measure he held to be highly objectionable, and wholly at variance with the ancient law of the country. The Acts of 9th and 29th of George the Second, respecting Foreign En listments, had been referred to, as if they had not been framed to meet any particular emergency, but were a part of the general policy of the country: He must therefore make some reference to those Acts. The first of those Acts was passed in the year 1736. What was then the state of Europe ? The King had sent down a Message to Parliament, stating that ,