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eTtt or others ceafe to be filch, and become a Layman, This principle was not unfupported by other confiderations. The fandify of thing* devoted to Goo was confidered by the Church as always appertaining to them : it was not allowed even to be removed from places that had once been confecrated to holy purpoles. in the fame manner, thofe perfons who had once de. voted themfelves to religion, were not at liberty aftew•ards to defacrate themfelves. The next quef -. ion was, whether fuch perfons had a right to fit in that Houfe ? It was very clear that no clergy. man could acquire any right which he did not poffefs by the ancient canons of the Church ; and they did not allow this right. The people of this country were formerly divided into three claffes : the Clergy, the Nobility, and the Commons. Each of thefe clafTes were reprefented by them felves in different airemblies; and at the very time Parliament was fitting, the Clergy had a feparate body of their own winch flit and reprefented them. As to the addition of the word Cfrricue to the names of perfons returned to Parliament, it did not fol low that the perfonfo defcribed was a Clergyman ; for Cirri= fignified a man of learning, or what the French called en home de Imre:. By the an cient canons of the country, a Clerk could not fit as a Reprefentative of the Commons in Parlia ment,bccaufc he was a Member of another branch. But there was nothing to prevent him from being a Member of the Upper Houfe, if the King chore to ennoble him. The Clergy certainly had a right of voting for Members to ferve in Parlia ment, but it did not follow that they had a right to fit there. Many other perfons were in the fame fituation. The Clergy had never claimed the right of being Members of that Houfe. The fla totes that had been enacted to prevent them from fitting in the Houle, were only enacted againft thole who had a common law capacity. He would not then enter into the policy of the quetlion ; but he would maintain that by the Canon law the Clergy were difqualified from being Members of the Houfe of Commons. Mr. ERSKINE, in a fpeech of tome length, ar gued in favour of the clegibility of Clergymen to ferve in Parliament. He began by noticing the Ad of 1641 which excluded Ecclefiaftics from fitting in Parliament. The Preamble to that Ad Rated, that great inconveniencies had arifen from Ecclefiallics fitting in Parliament—Now, if they had never before fat in Parliament, it would have been abfurd to Rate their fitting there had been productive of inconvenience. This Ad was re. pealed in 1661, and it was worthy of notice, that the preamble to the latter Ad Rated, that the Ad of 1641 had made feveral alterations in , the Law and Cufloms of the Land : this appear• ed to him a completeproof that that Ad had in• vaded the antient Law and Conftitution of Parlia ment, by declaring, that perform in Holy Orders were ineligible. No man could feel more highly than he did the tiered duties which a Clergyman' bad to perform, or would with more than he did to kep thofe perfons from tnixing in the turbu lent fcenes of the world ; but if he was anted, whe ther the diftindions which were now contended for, were founded in the antient Law of the Coun try .? his anewer would be, certainly not. But if it was inconfitient with the duties of a Clergy man to ad as a Member of Parliament, furelv it was as improper for them to ad . as Magittrates ; and yet it was known that the Public had derived great benefit from the exertions of feveral Magi firates at Quarter Seffions, &e. With refped to the cafe of Dr. Craddock, it appeared to him to have nothing to do with this cafe, becaufe he was declared ineligible, not under the general law and cutlom of Parliament, but in eonfequence of a fpe cific ftatute which had fince been repealed, conic quently it did not affect the cafe one way or ano ther. It had never been argued that the King could not make a man a Peer, even though he Mould happen to be a Prieft—this certainly was giving the King a much greater power than the Houfe of Commons. With refped to the Convo cation, he knew it walled in theory, but it did not eft for any effentill purpofe. They could not vote money, and therefore the exiftence of the Convoca tion in theory was no reafon why clergymen thould not fit in Parliament. Mr. Erfkine having argued thefe points at tome length, concluded with flat ing, that he should vote for the Order of the Day. The ATTORN r vG e m teat Paid there could not be found a dictum, or even the thadow of fuggeftion to thew that it was at any time legal for a Prieft to fit in that Houfe. The Repealing we of Charles the Second, to often quoted, and fo much relied on by Gentlemen on the other fide, applied only to the refloration of the Bithops to their right of sitting in the Upper Houfe, which was in fad but a recognition of his Majelly's prerogative. Mr. Gatr obferved, upon what he confidered a (hinge inconfillency of the arguments employ ed by thofe who maintained, that a Prieft was ineligible to fit in that Houle. If Prieft's Or ders were irrevocable, and indefeafible, and dif qualified the ordained from a feat in Parliament, the objection applied equally to both Houfes of the Legifiature—lt could not be invalidated by the King's prerogative. If it was oppofite to the purity oT the pneßhood to interfere in tem poral legiflation. , the Bithops thould be excluded from the Houfe of Lords; and indeed it would be rather an awkward mode to preferve the purity of that character, to force a man to continue the profeffion after his opinions (hall have under a change—to difcharge the duties of the re e fthood with infincerity and bypocrify—giving that infincere perfon an opportunity of more effec tually propogateng his doctrines — tat he thought injudicious, therefore difapproved of the fentiments delivered on the other fide, that the function of a Pdell could not be laid down under any circum. fiances. He exprelfed his purpofe to vote for the motion of the Right Hon. Gentleman (the Chan cellor of the Exchequer), at the fame time inform. ing him that if he thould, in the Bill he had declar. ed his delign to bring forward, propofe, that no Prieft&mild be eligible to fit in that Houle who to officiate in that charader—the have hi• hearty fupport. ..aav Hated himfell to have been a Commute on Mr. Ruliwort,h's cafe, and defined the critic of the refolutions enter ed into by that Committee refpeding his eligibility. Mr. Tooxi read to the Houfe an extra& from the opinion of a celebrated Civilian, Dr. Wade, to whom a brief was given on the fubjel of Mr. Rufhworth. The opinion Rated, " That there was no canonical impediment to a Prieft's fitting in the Houfe of Commons ; but that the Dodor , felt hitnfelf unable to affert pofitively whether or not it was agreeable to the ufage of the Houfe to allow it, as there were no precedents to that point." Sir WM. SCOTT agreed in the opinions of Dr. Wade, that there was no canonical impediment in the cafe; but as to the cuftoms of the Houfe of Commons he had little doubt. Mr. BRAGGL went at large into the queftion, and ably vindicated the conduit of the Committee in their examination of the Rolls and Records of Parliament. He concluded with declaring his ap. probation of the Motion for the Order of the Day. Mr. Fox explained—as did Mr. GREY. Mr. Mawrr argued in fupport of the motion for the orders of the day. Mr. WY NNE fupported the motion of Lord Tem pl_e, and was followed on the fame fide by Sir HENRY MILDMAY. The Somme's GENERAL Paid he was not fur. priced at the paucity of the precedents which were adduced to prove the ineligibility of a Prieft to fit. in that Houfe; the cafe had feldom been brought to trial, for there teemed ever to have exifted the fullell convidion on the rubjed. It was obvious to every man that a woman was ineligible to fit in that Houfe, yet if the queftion fhould be difputed, the Gentlemen on the other fide, who had in this inftance fo much ftickled about precedents, may boldly challenge any man to produce a recorded document of Parliament, declaring a woman in eligible. Their rex would not be a good ground of objedion, for by Law women were eligible to a& in many &nations which in pradice they never at. fumed. A woman might by leave accept the Of fice of a Conftable. Having no doubt of the ineli- 1 gibility of a Prieft to occupy a feat in that Houfe, it might be afked why he fhould vote for the motion of his Right Hon. Friend, and in oppofition to that of the Noble Lord which only aliened his prin ciple ?—he would anfwer, that he did fo becaufe there was a precedent in the cafe of Mr. Rufhworth, and if that cafe fhould be contrafted with the mode of deciding propofed by the Noble Lord, future Committees on a fimilar fubjed would be liable to embarrafment, and he therefore would content to poftpone the difcuffion, in order that the Bill propofed by his Right Honourable Friend might be introduced, and by fatisfadorily fettling this difpnted point, mark out a clear and diftina line on all fuck occafions ; and alto evince to the coun try that this proceeding was not dk'tated by any party fpleen, as had been infinnated, but the re tuft of a ftrong cotrvidion of the propriety of con fining the Clergy to the proper line of their duty. Mr. Hummel MAJOR (poke in favour of the Chancellor of the Exchequer's motion. Lord TEMPLE replied : he raid he flood in the fingular predicament- of being oppofed by thofe who fupported the principle of his motion, and oppofed by the other fide of the Houfe, in the un derftanding that a Bill was to be brought in to ef tablifh the principle that a Prieft was not eligible. He contended that the motion of the Right lion. Gentleman, if adopted , would go to admit that Mr. Horne Tooke was eligible to fit in that Houfe. The CHANCELLOR of the ExcnEVER explained, that his objet was to deprecate a batty decifion on an important queftion. He propofed to tub ftitute for the Motion that the Orders of the Day fhould be read, a Motion for the previous quef tion—Agreed to. The Houfe divided on the motion for the pre vious queftion : For it 94—Againft it 53 —Majo rity 41. The other orders of the day were deferred, and the Houfe, at half pall two o'clock [this morning,] adjourned to the afternoon. LONDON: TUESDAY, MAY S. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK: Confab 6011—Red.s9fl--4 Per C. 7 11 0 — Olnigur 1 9 OH 3 MICR 01P STOVES YIST Bank Stock / Cal". LeY.A4f 95 94i 3 per Cast. la 40591. Lew Amaze} 15-16 3 per GM Cal. 61601 fi Share A 11145 SOl6l 4 'Cr Can- leap. Ana. az I-16 5 Fir C Navym 97 Of °malt= to I for May 6t}6l General MACK' st s, who arrived on Saturday from Bombay, brings advice, we underhand, of the impolfibility of difpatching an army from thence for Suet, as it would require water for the whole voyage and return before it fet out. There is alfo a want of (hipping, and 4000lroops cannot be (pared, much lefs ten or twelve. There are other difficulties in the way of the eipedition which render it impraCticable. This morning we received Paris Journals of the infant. They are abfolutely void of any thing interefling. PARIS, Mat I.—The Englifli papers of the 24th of April, mention the arrival at the Admi ralty of an officer with difpatches from Lord KalTs. It is impoffible that there difpatches Mould not contain news from Egypt, fence the fleet of Lord Keno covered General Aseeceottai a's dif embarkation. The fdence of the Englifit Govern- ment proves that the intelligence was not favour able.—La Ckf de Glaser. In confequence of the decifion of the Porte to rcleafe all the French prifoners detained at Con- Itantinople, and in the forts of the Black Sea. Ge neral la SALCRTII4 Citizens Bessisaas, Comma nd., and fevers! Miters of the artillery, and ea• gingers, bare already arrived at Mama. !' 12 r +• C. DOU7OIII.IIY is about to fet off for Italy, charged by the Minifter of the Interior to caufe to be mftored and Cent to France, not only the works of Art carried away by the Neapolitans when they entered Rome, but all thofe alto that may belong to the French Republic. A letter from Rome, dated April ty, fiys, "The French have marched ty,ooo men into that part Of the kingdom of Naples, which borders on the Gulph of Tarento, as agreed in a particular article of the treaty of peace : the French troops , have confequently received orders to evacuate Terni, Rieti, Spoletto, and to enter the kingdom of Naples towards Afcoli. It is believed that the divifion of General VATRIN alone, will remain in the March of Ancona and the Duchy of Urbino. It is even hoped, that the troops will occupy only the oily of Ancona, and will not exceed xsoo men. This arrangement has been made in confequence of the extreme fcarcity which prevails in the States of the Pope. Had not his Holinefs permitted freedom of commerce, in regard to provifions, the moll opulent families would have been re duced to the utmoft diftrefs." NAUTICAL INTELLIGENCE. For the Nautical , fa the left Page. 11tould continue sue-Afore (tumid 11l Mr. VAISSITTA Pteothcr of the MAILS THIS DAY.—Wind N. E. ARRIVED • o Hantburgb, • Dubin, o Waterford, i Donnagkadee, SOB 0 s 3 s FALMOUTH, MAT 3.—There are no lefs than three mails due from Liibon, viz. the KING Groao a, on the lath of Apra; the EARL Cowls, 28th of April ; and the Pews Anotruus, on the zd The non.arrival of thefe packets mutt be attribut ed only to the eafterly winds, which have fo long prevailed : there are no packets in this port belong ing to that Ration for the mail of the sth Vivid S. S. E. YARMOVTH MAT 4.—This morning a number of French priloners, under efeort of the Weftmor land militia, marched from this place for Stilton Barracks.—,Sailed the HAZARD cutter and a lug ger on a cruife; alto the Friends, a cartel, to Dun kirk, with prifoners.—Arrived the Ills s CTOlt floop, NARCISSUS and VADITTI brigs, from a anife ; alto the Sol/mast (loop, from Shetland, after convoy ing the Greenland 'hips to their dellination : The Stu:mast fell is at fea with a Danifit 74, and two frigates. YORTSMOUTH, MAY 4.—Arrived ND American 'hip from Philadelphia, flopped the Lolls fri gate.—Sailed the BRILLIANT and Tater frigates, with a convoy for the Downs. SHIIIINESS,MAY4.—SaiIed yefterday the MART hired cutter, Lieutenant MORGAN, on a cruize • and the Soattacs furveying veifel, for Harwich . Arrived the R..otu s frigate, Captain Guises'', from the River Thames ' • the Lute of 64 guns, Captain MILFORD, went from Blackitakes to the Nore, and this day failed for Portfmouth. FROM LLOYD'S LIST. . Gt*vPszsD, MAT 4. Palled by, the Jonge Janfen, —, and Vrow Anna, Flaws, from Embden.—Sailed the General Lincoln, —, for Rotterdam ; and Vrow Elizabeth, rITTS, for Hamburgh. We underfland that Government has received ifficial advice that Admiral Gas re Kau pi a'i Squa- Iron, after failing from Toulon on the loth of N'farch, returned again on the aril. It Paid that Colonel BRYCK, of the Coldftream 3uards, and Captain *Gismos, of the Engineers, 'av been taken prifoners by the French in Egypt. —Sir R. Aussie/let's wound was a flefh wound, iut not dangerous. After the battle he went on >oard the FOUDROYAN r, where hecould have bet. cr accommodation for his wound, which, it is aid, will prevent him for a ikon time from af. 'timing the alive command of the troops. Gene al Horcaissos is fecond in command. Friday the Royal Mid Lothian and Edinburgh ;:avalry marched to Muirelburgh, where they are too into quarters for ten days. Lai week, GKoacs jsvaas ' Efq. was called to the Degree of Barrifter at Law by the Honourable Society of the Middle Temple. We are requefted to inform our Readers, that 4r. DOMINICK d'OLIVIIIIA, of Gower-fireet, Bed ford-fqnare, has no concern, direft or indirea, with his namefake, who appeared in laft Satur day's Gazette, or any of that eftablifhment's con neftions. • • • Lail night a fire broke out at A houfe in Gray's' Inn, which is entirely deftroyed, and damaged Ce tera' others. Yefterday morning, between fix and (even o'clock, a molt horrid murder was perpetrated on Mrs. Johnfon, the wife of a milk carrier in the em ploy of Mr. Egg, of Narrow.ftteet, Limehoufe, at la hut given to - aiem at Stepney Common by the above Gentleman: the hufband, on his return home, found his wife lying on the floor by the fide of the bed, with her head beat in by the ftroke of a hammer, which was lying by her, and all the clothes they poreffed tied up in a bundle ready to be taken away ; the murderer took away twelve' Chilling. the poor people had fated the preceding week. _ Entertainments where the mina Elegance and Propriety meet the public Eye, are certain to find the moft Liberal Patronage and Encouragement. —The Reprefenotion of the late Naval Vi&ory, with the mancefivring of the Ships, particularly a real 74 ; the Mecbanifiss, which is truly Sur prising, and has a riusft delightful Effeft.—The pathetic Speßacle of Rinaldini ; the fuperb Pan tomime of the Magic Flute, and the Equatian Feats of that Infant Phenomenon Mafter Soya. DM. are Performances which yield to4he Royal Circus, St. acorn's Fields, as or:I-Bowing Au eves oases. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. Captain MORGAN, of the 55th regiment,. on Thurfday, for a wager of too guineas, engaged to ride his horfe from Leicefter to Nottingham, t diflance of 32 mites, in one hour and forty minutes, and completed the journey with apparent eafe in ninety-eight suaak:. The new Goodwood Races (on the plan of the Bibery) were well attended on Monday and Tuef day IA week. Not lefs than 15,000 people were prefent. The Gentlemen riders were, Sir C. M. BURREL, Hon. Mr. GERMAINE, Mr. BARRIER, Mr. WILLIAMS, Mr. DIM, Mr. BOYCE, Mr. DELlin g and Mr. B,soioss.—The Sol. on Monday was won by Captain NEwslay's b. g. Pantagruel, rode by Mr. BARNES and the Sol. on Tnefday, by the Duke of RION MOND'S GOO/1000A rode by Mr. Dausa.—The Sweepßakes on M:4l , ja were won by the Duke of RICHMOND ' S W er, rode by Mr. Ds tts a.—Mr. Ca asws22's Drtur was winner of the Sweepßakes, Tuefday. A match, Mr. HAYLLAR'S mare, rode by himfelf, beat Mr. POPE'S boric; rode by Mr. KNOTT, NEWMARKET SECOND SPRING MEETING. • \. flownsmowfvf•4- Fsfty Pounds by Subftription,. for. four yrs. old, . 7ft. 81b.:-fivo yrs : 44,1 ft. 611)...1.1 yrs. old, sfts.-;-•and iget4;o6, s i te. ..Dutton's C..- Lord apstones eh. h. Vernatoe, s Trg• old g • Mr. Reeigagab.b.4ack ion, - s Mr. Oirdlees b.l Olagekorn, 6 M.. 461 - s 4 Mr. Golding's b. la licOitee, b Tr!! 001 . • • 4 Mr. Presley agr.e. Plowlboy, - Sir C. Banbury's gr. e. FePult. b 7 rikt. Ira. 4 4 Mr. Wadoo's b. c. Triumvir, 4 yrs. old - Four to z againft Vernator-3 fo't again& Jack Andrews-5 to a again( Capricorn-6 to t againft Boatier. • CoL Me&wes Folly. 7ft. 61b.beat Mr. Wake's Trininvir,BfL 71b....Aerofs the nat, zooss.b:R.—Two tot all i f ea l cot Lord Darlington's Chainploo, 7R. xolb. beat Mr. e, Wafter, SR. 61b.--Acras the Flat, =op.—Pour to a on Chaion. Mr. Heat p heote's Popinjay, SR. 41b. beat Mr. Coa's CoonTeee, ifko 91b—R. M.wogs. b. tl.--liven betting. Duke of Grafton'( Flambeau, SR. 711 a. beat Mr. Ladbrokes Whlkeraodoe, 7ft. 91b.-11.. M: aciop—Serra to 4 on Flambeau. LONDON M.IRKETS. • CORWEICHANOR, MONDAY, MAY 4. 11* market kriFisiot was this Sop amosilog doll la ihio. use etrse ifa i giirlSOLlseaper Oak MotigapdvApe rade ir 11 Plod dol mei& 1114114111eS zkar sparttir_frimia! li dalttp chow% . hip pelokvisOots are fa per =r kin and Otel Pm& vety 11 1 14 Ni Is ma per flak dimply Sims laft Monday. cußßErrr PRICE OF GRAIN. Wheat pos to itss oil Grey Pate 5611 to SIN 04 Floe nos to oos od Short Small Oats loners OA Donato Maui 89s to zoos od Plot tlittO slls to ems od Rye 6;. to ylls od Paso& ditto Us to ps od Suffolk Barley sos to 66s od Fine gos to cos oti Norfolkßarky 29s to dos od Small Beans 401 to 34 0 od Malt hos to 750 od Fin, oos to cos od Whits Peale 901 to 4os od Trek ditto 465 to jos od PRICE OP FLOUR this M . , Pam, pp. to zoos—[hoe Pollard, Ilk. to at Pollard, ass. to tys.—Ban, 115. to ns. 6d. RETURN OF WHEAT IN MARK-LANE. lIMOMIng only from the math of April to the esti of April Weida; agreeable to the New Ads. Total-. 13611 Quarten. Average 1395. se. old. lower than left return. RIMY of CORN in the PORT of LONDON dar4eg left week.—Wheat, zi o reo ewt.—Clover • sso ewt.—Rye.l3so grs.—Barloy, s9Bo gra...reafte, isle 6°3 1t7 1 0 1 i 1447 H0P5. Cs. Sot 91 as to lei ete i Kent Id lOU° 1311011 i elan SI Ifs UP Id to r i e Surer tot to tat cos Ulm 91 co to ttl as ) Farmhand!! os to itl os SMITHFIELD, May 4. To fink the offal—per ammo( SIN duel gs 8d to 6s ed veal - se od to ye 6d Mums ss 8d to his 6d Pork - is od to 114 Id Lamb, 60. to la. ad. Stock at Market this morning, Beaks soon, Sheep mad Leib, scoo. NEWO ATE and LEADENHAL.I., May 4. Per !toot of Sib, by the casette. Beef 45 od to p 8d Veal his od tow ed Mutton podto p Bd, Pork (ss od to 6s 8d Lamb 3s difto p 64, PRICE OF HAY AND STRAW, Mae 4. Borough. St. James's. Whiicehapel. iO. Hays 3 cos to 3 $ oto 6 6 o 4 4 oto 3 t 6 0 Straw tt6to 3 o s loto 3 3 0110010210 0 Mews to to 6to .—...... 6 0 oto 6 if • • C UNTRY MARE MCI/ OT OIAtS, AT TIM 7 S. • itsADlllo, , Atheat Ilos. od. to 1365.0 d. per Quartee• Barley 3os• od. to ills. ot I Beans 4111. od to rs. od. Oats us . od. to 441. ed. Peafc re. od to 741. 04. NSTllltlATWheat lOW. od. to 1481. od. per Quatt, se. Barley 34 1. od. to 781.04 I Beans 74 5 . od to 78s. od. Oats as. od. to 471.0 d. Peak On od. to Sos. qd., Hantst —Wheat ttoe od to 23Ss od per (Loam: Barley 311 s od to 71Isod Beans 6ps od to pp 04 7 Oats sos od to 47s I s od. Pears bps od to 741 od ' lament@ st.--Whcas gone od to i 441 per Qaartsf• • Barley 61. od ea Oh odj Beans 63s at to rs rod oats 3os cal to os od I Peak re ad so to od • Otroso.—Whist asos.o4l•_ll4l. Per ( blew' Derley or od to toss od I Isassels6 as hi od Oats eos . • WOOTTON WARRBN ESTATE, near HENLEY. WARWICKSHIRE. By Mr. CHRISTIE, At Ids Oren Room, in PaII-Mall, can Thurfday, the at R May. (By Order of the Provoit and Scholars of the King's College. Cambridge, for thi.Risdnorion of the Land-Taz,) A VALUABLE FREEHOLD ESTATE* . easilaing of fevers! Eligible FARMS, with all fuitabie BUILDINGS, and near NINE HUNDRED ACRES of rich ARA2LE, MEADOW and PASTURE LAND, comma and TYTHE FREE, together with the TYTHES Mies and PAYABLE out of ULLENHALL, let oo LEASE to Sit EDWAID Sierra, Bart. which will mire In Nine Years, at a Iqw Referred Rent, the latt Payment amounting to One Hun• dead and Forty-two Pounds Fourteen Shillings, but of the adios! Annul Value of Twelve Hundred Pound, sand upwards. • A Perfon will attend fifteen days preceding the Sale, who will en* the Mate • and pained Particulars ussy be then had of the Pi tysters of the Coventry, Birmi gham. Word. and' Lei after Papers; at the White Lion, Stratford-upon-Avon, War wick; OlThdt Jones, Efq. Solicitor, Salidlorry-fqoare , Plat' Beret, Lopatin ; of R. Gee, Efq. Attorney, Cambridge; at the Rainbow Calter-houfe. Cornhill; and In Pall-Mall, Marc a Pin of tbs Iptil may be ken. LONDON . Primed f the Proprietors. by JOHN OMNI', t i t Carnabs-ftr) it the STAIIII Poo irristo-Orr sea, No. I. • 'er ftr ; asd pobillbod by LEVIL LENT. (If Coo et:bury-peers Losobotis), at No. 8. Owortbroot., sod at tbo ilys.s•Os Tie% Tosselo-Ilor ;to tobkli OEN oNININIC you bribe Earroa arkrovesiod as b Waldo . •