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to the country. He willed on thel . Gentlenian t bad brought forward a Bill to Upend the A 4 of Henry the Eighth, with regard to the appropria- tion of the penalty. Such a meafure, be was of opinion, would have aufweree everN2prpofe,aind rendered it nanecalay farther to mane entered, law the fobjett. Mr. lhatensor Paid, the preflnt was only a temporary meafure ; there would be opportunitie. of adopting further regulations next Scffious. PADDINGTON PUNDIT. Mr. Alderman CURTIS brought up the Report of the Committee to whom the Petition of the. Chrporation of the City of London againll the ereftion of a Market at PAddington, by the Grand Jo:talon Canal Company, was referred. The Reinlotions Rated, that it was the opinion of the Committee that a market at Paddington did not fall within the jurifditlion of the City of Lon don : That ihe.allegation in the Petition, that the gentlemen who brought in'the Bill hed improperly inferted in it the word " market." was altogether untl,undel. The Report was ordered to be printed. co:too:la's mt.. The Report of the Coroner's Bill was received, and an Amendment WAS propofed and adopted, after which it was moved, That the Bill fo amend ed thould be engroffed.--Strangers were ordered to withdraw, and a divifion took place, when the numbers appeared—For thegpeßion 23—Againfl it 35—Majority to againft the Bill, which is thus toil for the prefent Seffion. JIMMY ISTIMATES. When firangers were re-admitted, we found Mr. Fox addreffing the Houfe upon the motion for agreeing to the Report of the Refutations of the Committee of Supply, to whom the Army and Ordnance Elliniates were referred. "As the k heal," he laid, "of a peace eftablifhment, I think it is a me afore more unpflifiable, as it refpeas the Conflitution of the country, than has been adopted fines the yen'. 1783—but I (ball not now go into the general dikuffion of the quellion, as I under -11:nd it is not propefed as a permanent ellablifb ment, but applies only to the prefent year. If it was a prOrOlit ion for a permanent oftabliflonent, I Eoald think I could not give a more folid fupport to th: peace than by voting, and endeavouring to perfuade the Houle to vote againft it. This is not the featim for exprefTing my fentiments, be caufe the general peace ellablifhment is not the queflicn before the Houle. I however thought it necefary not to omit the very_firft opportunity that prefented itfelf, of entering my proteft against a military eflimate 'upon a Peale fo far beyond what the circumflances of the country call for. —I confider that any future Seffions of Parlia ment is not bound on any admitted principle, to confider this Parliament as having decid ed by its vote any eftablifhment—hut, as I have already Paid , peace think it neceffary at prefent t 3 difctifs that part -of the fubjeCt. The quellion is to be confitiered under three points of view : firft, as it relates to Great Britain ; fecond ly, as it regards Leland ; and rattly , as it refpefis the Well - India Colonies. As to the two laft points, if the Government is mad and wicked enough to perfevere in the Slave Trade, and to lay the country open to all the dangers of that graceful, abfurd, and inhuman traffic, I am not prepared to fay whether it may or may not be ne ceffary to increafe the military eftabliffiment of the country in colonic, fo illgoverned as they soul be ;—and with refpedt to Ireland, I am not pre. pared to fay, that after all the atrocities which have been perpetrated in that country—after all the abominable and unjußifiable barbarities and indignities which have been exercifed upon the people, adJed to the manner in which what was called the Union was procured—l am not, 1 fay, prepared to maintain that it may not be neceffary to keep up a greater military eftabliffiment in that • country than formerly. Bot with regard to Great Britain, I have no difficulty in fa} ing, that mau l reafons may be given why an elle derably left than the one in the year :783 ought en be adopted; but I cannot conceive upon what principle confluent with the terms of peace, a greater eftabliffiment can be recommended to the Houk than what was thought neceffary at that period. This, however, is not the burin& of the prefent day. /.rote merelyao Rate how I eon& tiered the declaration of his Majeily's Minifters upon the fubjed. I confider this as a temporary, and not a permanent arrangement, and that the queftion ot a future eflablifhinent will be open to the difcuffion of Parliament." Mr. CIIANCILLOR of the Excuse:wait—go Sir, I entirely eon to the propofition of the Right Hon. Gentleman, that this is an eflablifhment for the semainder of the year only, and that the Parlia ment is not to be fettered by any vote it may come to on this queftion. The Right Hon. Gentleman has infared from information he has received, of what paffedin this Hoofe LA night, that the pre test 'Pima', is not intended to torm the balls of any future peace ellablithment. It is only from au anxiety not to be anfunderflood that I advert to this. If he merely means to fay. that with sefpea to the amount of tife army, the eflimate sow voted is not to be confidered as the balls of a future propofition, I admit be is right—it is not to be fo confidered, nor is Parliament to be bound by it. But with refpelt to the Mode and plan it felf of our military eflablillament, I am defirous • of having it fully underßood that it is intended to have stronger battalions in nor dbrrifons abroad, and larger armies at home, than exifted dyeing the Peace ; and fo far the propofed military ate blilhment, as defcribed in the vote of the Com mittee, is the balls of the plan to be adopted here after. If it bad not been for the authority of the Right Honourable Gentleman, I floold not have ruppofed that there could, on any principle of common fence, viewing what is the aftual fituation of Europe, have been entertained the (mallet eltsrce of doubt as to the policy of re cognizing the propriety and expediency of keep ing up a larger Peace -EftabliMment than that which took place after the peace of 1783, the Right Hon. Gentlecnan has admitted, that there may be cirelimliances that would require a con- Unable military fusee in the Well Indies, and be has ruppokd it potable that a larger crime than formerly may be requifite in Irciand. The only kat upon which I could differ from him, would Isf as to the caufes that have led to fuel) neceffity. I thould not atirsbe it to the caufes he has done, but to others totally ditlina from them. The only other qucllion then would be, as to the increafed force. lam not for provoking difcafion. lam only &ikons of not being rnifunderftood. nit fuch a force as the one propofed for the remain-. der of the year, will not be requifite for the Cue ceeding year, mott readily admit; but Ido in lift, that a much larger force than hitherto has been kept up, is neceffary for the peace of the country,. and is not incontinent with the fyliem of economy which it is the with of Government to purfue ; on the contrary, it is continent with the foundelt and .moth correa view of economy, with reference, not to the prefent year, but to the enlarged fynem which is to be applied to many years : I mean to a general fylttgin of economy, and not merely to the partial relief that may belong to a particular year, or to two or three years. Satisfied that the fafety of the country requires a much larger ellab lament than ufual—convinced that it may be kept up at an expence which will not be injurious to our finances, and perfuaded that economy itfelf requires fuch an eftablifhment, I have to requeft only that Gentlemen will underftand me clearly, as confidering the prefent refolutions to apply to the prcfent year only; and that I am not com mitting myfelf to any thing that is not contained in the vote immediately before the Houfe." Mr. Fox, in explanation With refpeft to Ireland and the Colonies, I do not know whether the Right Hon. Gentleman mifunderltands me.— Paid that I was not prepared to (tate what might have been the rnifchievous effefts of the meafures of this Government in Ireland and the Wen Indies, I am not prepared to fay till I have enquired fur ther,that a greater military eftablifhment may not be neceffary in Ireland and the Weft Indies. I fay only, that with refpeet to the quantum of force it is no bafis, what may be adopted now ; and that we underftand the queftion of the permanent Peace Ellablifhment will be propofed at a future period. The forms of the Houfe not permitting me to fay more, I mutt content myfelf with having declared my general opinion upon the fubjea in the (irons manner I have done." The firft refolution was read and agreed to. . FOREIGN CORP& The SICRITAILY at WA' obferved, that with refpee to certain Foreign Corps furnilhed by the Stadtholder, be bad already Rated the intention of Government to dilband them. An application, however, had been made on the part of his Serene Highnefs the Prince of Orange, Rating that Go vernment was bound to keep np fuck Corps for a limited time. He had an opinion upon the Cub• keit, which-it was not necefary at prefent to Rate. The queßion had been referred to thofe whole opi nions would be molt likely to influence the Go vernment, and whatever they recommended would be done. The good faith of Government was pledged, and he had no doubt Parliament would make that pledge good. The other refolutions were then read and agreed to. MUSK HOUSR OF PARLIAMENT. Mr. CORRY Paid it was proper that the Irilh Hoare of Parliament should be converted to Tome ufe. It was propofed to apply it to the ufe of the National Bank. He was not aware of any objec tion to the meafure, he Ihould therefore move for leave to bring in a bill to enable the Lord High Treafurer and Commiffioners of the Treafnry in Ireland, to fell and difpofe of the Houle of Parlia ment in Dublin to the Governor and Company of the Bank of Ireland.—Agreed to. WSW ELECTION BILL. The Order of the D a y ;;;12u;;;d for the Houk to tefolve itfelf into a Committee on the hint con troverted Eleftion bill. Mr. FOSTER declared, that he had rather fub mit to all the inconveniences of a trial before a Committee of this Houfe in England, than con tent to fuch a transfer of power to a Commi(Eon of Barrißers in Ireland, as the Bill before the Houle propofed to appoint. Mr. LEIGH Rated, that in the difcuffions on the Union in the Irifh Parliament, a meafure which owed its accomplifhment to the talents of the noble Lord behind him (Caftlereagh) the trial of Con troverted Eleaions was confidered by the oppo nents of that meafure as aninfuperable &Rack. To remedy that obftacle was the objea of the Bill before the Houfc, a Bill which deviated very little from the Grenville Aft, and that (mall deviation was jullified by the neceffity of the cafe. Lord- Tamps.' oppofed this meafure, from a thorough conviaion that it was in direa contradic tion to the fpirit of the Grenville Aft, and becaufe he thought it quite abfurd to allow a Committee of the Houfe to delegate its power to an Its COM.. mil Eon, and to exped an impartial judgment from that Commiffiion, compofed of Barriffers paid by the Crown. Lord CASTLIRIRGH conceived that it would be a denial of juftice to the Irifh Candidates to rejea this Bill, for many of them, perhaps all of mode rate income, would decline the conceit fooner than rifle the expence of an appeal to this Honfe on a petition. Therefore he approved of this Bill, though a flight but necefrarT deviation from the Grenville Aft.—As to the objeaion Rated, becaufe the Revenue of the Irifh Commiffioners was to be paid by the Crown, the fame objeaion would apply with equal juftice to the Judges of the diffe rent Courts. Colonel BAGWELL lilted, that a contelled Elec tion for the county of Tipperary, coft him and the party petitioning againit him, not left than mood. in Dublin, and he alked what theiefore a fimilar trial would (land, if the witneffes were to be brought on a fcrutiny to this country ? Mr. puts oppofed the Bill, though he thought fome fuch meafure might be neceltiry to counter aft the corruption too generally prevalent at elec tions. Sir J. Sr. C. ERSKINE remarked that the argu. ment, as to expence,forming any objedion to the univerfal application of ale Grenville Aft, might be employed with as much force on contelted elec. bens for Scotland, Yorldhire,tievonntirel or the re mote counties of En7,l tul,as in the cafe of Ireland. Mr. A. MOOR& was favourable to the Bill; he thought the real queilion was, how the Hoofe. l ihould make the belt of that which was certainly ; an evil which could notbe altogether removed, and therefore ifthoold be diminilbed as much as poi: fible Upod . the merits of the meafure he pro. ceeded to expatiate at large, as one that grew ne cdfarily out of the Union between England and Ireland. General NI/m.l , mA called the Hon. Gentleman to order.—He thought the Nonce were not n•w to hear obfervations upon the Union. The SICRITARY at WAR called the Hon. Ge neral to order, and expreired hispitonithment that he ilsonld have objected to the courfe which the learned Member was purfuing, than which nothing could be more regular. The SPEAKER decided that Mr. Moore *as within order, by calling on the learned Member to proceed, which Le did, and fupported the general principle of the Bill. Mr. W. Wv iota Paid, he Should vote for going into a Committee on this Bill, but he thought many of its provifions would require amendment. Mr. ALLIANDIR was alfo for going into the Committee upon this Bill. Mr.W. B. Pom sop, s v thought the Bill contained much objectionable matter. Mr. CORRY contended, that the ele&ions were in faa not to be tried by Committees in Ireland, but by Committees here on evidence taken in Ireland. Lord Coal Paid, that this Bill was called a Bill to lei Ten the expence of Controverted Elections. He was doubtful of its producing that circa, when three lawyers were to have the management of it. Mr. NICHOLLS was proceeding to fpeak, when &angers were ordered to withdraw; after which the Houfe divided, _ _ For the speaker leaving the Chair, 5 B—Againft it, I I —Majority, 47. The Houfe accordingly refolvld into the Com mittee, and after fever-41 amendments, which pro duced much converfation, being adopted, the Houle returned, and the Chairman obtained leave to lit again to-morrow. FINANCE. Mr. Vsystrvaar prefentedfeveral accounts re. (peeing Finance. On thi motion that they fhould lie on the table, _ _ _ _ _ ._. • . . Mr. Rossom rote and ftated that Wit was intend ed to move upon thefe Accounts after fuch fhort notice in the Committee of Ways and Means to morrow, he fhonld have the Houfe counted. Mr. JoNas declared his intention to fupport the objea of his Hon. Friend, from the fame confe derations. The SUMP. flating that it was competent to any Member to make the motion alluded to by the two la& fpeakers, the motion was made, and there being lefs than forty Members prefent, the Houfe at half after eleven o'clock adjourncd till tomorrow. LONDON., • FRIDAY, JUNE tt. • ST. BAILNASASHOIiday at the Bank. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOC.Ks - Confide, for opg. 741—Reduced, 784. Otanbun I dit PRICE OF STOCKS YKSTSIDAT. Beak Stock tBo iSt Imp. 3 per Cent. 7o} 3 per Cent. Red. 71472411 Imp. Ama ti z5-i6 is 4 per Cent. 861 87 Exeheq. Bllls is. diL par 5 per Cent. cos} :oil cos{ Omni= if of t diL Long Ana so p-z 64 Englith Tickets z7L Short Ann. s 4 15.46 CoaL for op. 74i f This day we received the Paris journals of the 7th infiant. The KING of Pavane has fet out for Memel for the projeaed interview with the Estrum of , Russia. Is any new partition Scheme in contem plation ? Turkey Teems for tome time to have been in fuch a condition as to require the interference of neighbouring States for the , losahitegance of religion, order, and good government ! ! A veffel has arrived at Bourdeaux from Cape Francois. It is dated that the ncws flue brings is no way different from that received by the official difpatches. In other words, the appearance of affairs at St. Domingo has not mended. Orders have been Hilted to the Ships that may fail from Toulon to chace the piratical velfels which in felt the Mediterranean, wherever they fall in with them. Every State in Europe Should adopt a Similar conduit. The appearances of fcarcity in France teem to increafe. Pasts, Jona 7.—The Minifter of the Marine has written to Citizen Boy elms, Maritime Prefect of Havre, the following letter : Paris, June I. I was informed, Citizen Prefea, of the account you give me in regard to the pirates who are cruifing in the Mediterranean, and I took the ear- Heft opportunity of requefting the Maritime Pre. fed of Toulon. to give orders that the (hips of the Republic which fail from that port (hall attack there plunderers, wherever they fall in with them; and I know that the Spann Government on its part has difpatched two (hips of war in purfuit of them. I mull beg, Citizen PrefeB, that you will communicate this intelligence to the Merchants in your diftrid, in order that veffels which fail for the Mediterranean may be on their guard. (Signed) DICRIS. Letters from Bourdeau: Rate, that the com inercial fpeculations undertaken to Guadaloupe will not anfwer the expedationof thofe who have embarked in them. The competition occafioned by the peat number of vellils which have gone to that colony have conf,derably lefrened the colonia: produQions, and have exported thither large quan tities of wine. According to the report of three velfels, which have jolt arrived at Bourilean-, Guadaloupe was fo well fupplied with European provifions, and particularly wine, that it was worth no more than ts fous per bottle : coffee was fold there for 3o or 32 Coos. At the Grand Pantie, on the gth, the 1 7 11 ST Cousuz having obferved the Surgeon Major of the firft regiment of Artillery, whom he had net feen.for a long time, addrefed him in a very al fable manner, andamong other things raid, dsif Ire " Citizen BiartLor, are you Rill fornewhat origi. nal !"—" General," replied the latter, " not fa much as you, who do nothing like other people, and whom no one can imitate." BOURDEAUX, JUNE 2.-Ycflerday morning the Marengo merchant vefrel arrived in the river front Cape Francois, after a paffage of about 4o days. This vefiel has brought eleven or twelve hundred weight of coffee. The letters received by this con veyance contain no other details than thofe con tained in the difpatches brought home by thefleet. Touts, Juss 5. —On the 3oth ult. feveral Corn munes in the North and North - Weft of this partment were laid wafle, by an extraordinary hail which has deftroyed all hopes of a crop. This terrible fcourge began its. ravages in the Commune of Dolts, proceeding to the South-Weft, and palling over the Communes of Chambourg, Che digni, St. Q2entin, Epeigne, Luzille, Cere, &c. as far as the territory of the department of Loir; but we do not know where it crafed. The hail was of a remarkable fize, and fuch as was never feen in this or the neighouring countries. The crop of grain is entirely fpoilt, the vines arc de ftroyed to the very roots, and the trees are broken it is even laid that a woman keeping fheep perifhed as well as the whole flock : but this fset requires confirmation. BERLIN, MAY 25.—The Kiwo and gym., ac companied•by the Princes HENRY and WILLIAM, fet out this morning for Pomerania. The States of that Province, who have ordered the greateit preparations to receive their Knurl ss, have al• ready ilTued for the expellee the fum of to,ooo rix dollars. It is now known that her Majefty the Em P of Russt at will not accompany her Auguft Spoufe to Memel : the EMI. EROP. will be accompanied by only two Aides-de-Camp. His Royal Highnefs the Panics of WALLS Was yefterday in the Houfe of Lords dui ing the whole' of its fitting. While the proceedings on the Di vorce Bill were going foi ward, he fat near the bar, next to his brother the Duke of CLARENCh. He afterwards had fome converfation with Lords Ross. LYN and Mona, and on leaving the Bar, walked up through the Houfe, having his arm round the latter in the mofi friendly and familiar manner. The Duke of YORK is 'to continue Commander in Chief, with three Lieutenant and four Major- Generals under him; betides one Lieutenant-Ge neral for Scotland; and one for Ireland. Lord WHITWORTH, it iS Paid, departs for Par:; on the 18th init. General ANDREOSSI nay be ex peeed over about that time. Mr. PITT has taken a (mall ready-furniffied houfe at the upper end of Upper Baker-ftreet, Portman-fquare. Lord GARDN at arrived on Wednefday at Portf mouth in the Dryad frigate, from Cork. By a letter from Fort George, dated June 2, we underhand that the Rate prifoners are immediately to be fent to Hamburgh in a fhip of war. ' Yefterday morning a duel was fought in Hyde Park between Lieutenant J—, of a militia re. giment, and Mr. of the City. After ex changing one lhot each, the feconds interpofed, and effeifted an amicable adjuftment : it is Paid a lady was the occafion of the meeting. Difpatches were yellerday received from Sierra Leone, which Rate that the Timmanys had, on the morning of the t ith of April, made a fecond, and. wholly unexpected, attack on the town and fort. They were repulfed after a very fhort conflict, and clofely purfued to a conliderable dillance. On the part of the Colony only three men were killed, and a few nightly wounded. The Timmanys being in the habit of carrying their dead and wounded off the field, even during the heat of action, it is not eafy to afcertain their lots. Thirty-one duct bodies were left behind them in their flight. We are lorry to learn, that a very fesious riot took place at Aberdeen, on the evening of his Ma -1 [STY s birth day. Various reports are in circula tion, fome of them, no doubt, much exaggerated. The following, however, is, we believe, pretty near the trpth : 44 A number of the lower ranks of the people bad affembled in the ftreet, near the guard houfe, and were amtifing themfelves by throwing fquibs, dead eats, Ste. One of the Officers of the regi ment on duty having got fome of tilde thrown at him, called out the guard, who were ordered to fire. which they did, when four perfons, it is laid, were killed and feveral others wounded, but we cannot take upon us to (late the number for cer tain. The &idlers wbo were in the barracks, when theyleard the firing, immediately came and joined their companions, which created very great alarm, but happily no further mifchief enfued. ~ T he nig:hates :teed with fpirit and propriety. they ordered the whole regiment to the barracks, and the burgelles took the duty of the guard, where they remained all night. The Officer who was on guard has been ap prehended, and the LieutenantColoncl is laid under arreft. When our account left Aberdeen a pre. cognition was going on."—(Caledonian llfercur7.,/