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GERAMNT. STUTGARD, APRIL 2 7. FRANCKFORT, APRIL 28. RATISBON, APRIL 27. 1 The French Commifrary Ordonnatetir MATHE'it FAVI t as, bas made a requifition of 12,000 cwt. of hay, 6og Ozenr&c. in the Duchy of Wirtemberg. Genead tfoLEAU, it (emu, will yet remain at Stutgard, for tome time. He has declared to Ad jutant-General VON VANNENSULEN, whom the Duke. of WIRTEMerao had fent to him, that his couotry could not be evacuated by the French before:be middle of May. The corps of Wirtem. berg. ativreirer, is already returned to Snabia, by way of - tettingen. In other difirids of Suabia, the refpcftive Princes begin to return to their re fidences. The Prance-Abbot of Kempten return ed to Bempten on the 22d. The Princes of Bam berg acal Wirzburg are likewife resumed to their capital*. The French have now evacuated Au; (burgh entirely, after a flay of t t months. On the 23d, General CH•ucst. returned.the keys of the city gates to the Burgomafters of that city.—The ar mies of the Rhine, of Italy, and of the Grifon country, are no longer to be dillinguifited by dick denominations, and are already reduced on the peace eftabliffintent. In the fitting of the Diet, this day, Brandeburgh and Magdeburgh have at length voted. All the votes are now given, and the conclufum will be made out between this and Friday. In the Col lege of Princes the majority of votes is for charg ing the Emperor with the final adjuilment of the treaty of peace.—The French Charge d'Affaires, Citizen BACHEI, is expelled here to-morrow. HANAU, APRIL a. The troops of the Eledor of Mentz, haffars and chaffeurs, re-entered Afchaffenburg the day before yellerday.a few hours aft er that city had been evacu ated by the Gallo-Batavian troops. The keys of the city gates were delivered to Major SCHRO THER, by General Mat.t.ritz ; loon after which the Minifter Axsizi arrived. Yefierday the Eletto. ral Adminittration held its firft fitting. The Eledor of Mentz is expefted there towards the end of June. A detachment from General Gaz tatia's corps demanded quarters at Afchaffenbum vellerday, and on being denied, threatened to life force, but were prevented in this by the fafr-guard left behind fmm ANGIRZAV'S corps. As foon as the French Mall have pallid the Rhine, the troops of Mentz will advance to the Bergitraffe ; a part of them, it is laid, will again be taken into Eng pay, and employed out of Germany. The Mt column of Ruffians has paled through Wetzler. They expels the greateft attachment to their new Sovereign, who has fent orders for them to habil their march home. General Spat Nur roitrES has preceded them to Leipzic.—The He. reditary Prince of Orange has returned to Berlin. VIENNA, APRIL sr. Lord Marv, the Englifh Ambaffador at our Court, has received a courier from Lord ELGIN, the Englifh Arnbaffador at Conftantinople, with intelligence of a revere aCtion having taken place, on the sad of March, between General Astir c ROTAS r and General Meson, in which the Englifh proved vietorious, and forced the French to re treat. General A stILCIONSY is Paid to have been feverely wounded in the engagement. —Accord ing to Come private accounts, the French had alfo made an attempt to relieve Aboukir, but did not fucceed, that place being taken poffeflion of by the Englifli, on the tech. The battle of the sad took place in the neighbourhood of Alexandria. This day's Court Gazette contains a number of promotions and appointment, among which we notice the following: The General of Artillery, Count KOLCOWRATH, and the Generals, Baron I.leiza, Von OTTO, Von Fterscitta, and Von' KLEIN Aulic Counfellors of War ; the Aulic Counfellor Von F..saewDu, Prefidial Counfellor in the Aulic Council of War ; the Director of Recruiting in the Empire, Prince Reuss XIII. General of Artillery; Count Hearraacouirr, General of Cavalry ; Major-Generals Mow or LAS, itUIEiVINA, GOT rEstuni, Bev, and jori f taelf.. l m 'Ace's, Fieldmarthal•Lieutenants. The ow ing have been nominated Proprietors of Regi ments: The Archduke CH...acts, of the 3d Re giment of Uhlans ; the Archduke KAIHRR, of Michael Wallis ; the Archduke j..ours of Von Hoff ; Count KOLLOWRATH, of Furienberg ; Prince CHARLES of Auerfperg. of Von Preufi ; rince Reuss XV. of Hohenlrihe ; Count Seoex, of Von Brechainville ; and Count BELLEGARDR, Of the Regiment of Blgiojofo.—His Majefty has further appointed the General of Cavalry, Count BELLEGARDE, commanding General in the Italian ; the General of Cavalry, Baron Meta', hitherto commanding General in Interior Aultria, commanding General in the Kingdom of Bohe mia; and the General of Artillery, Count SZTAR. RAY, commanding General in interior Auftria. As loon as M. de Mouaawisrr fball have ar rived here from St. Peterlburgli, the Prince of Seim a will fit out for that city, where he is to remain a month, or fix weeks. Count SAORAO will depart for St. Peterthurgh in the be ginning of next month. His falary, as AmbalTa. dor, will be 60,000 florins, betides which he is to h.,ve 40,000 florins for his equipment. It is now knout', that the longliay of Count Cosset-a et. at Paris is principally owing to the indemnification of the Grand Duke of Tuksiny, which was to have been effected in Germany, but as this would meet with great diEculties, the diftria between the Adige and the Oglio, in Italy, has been pro puled for that purpofe.—By order sof his Majelly, lteat quantities of hour, bacon, finoked meat, ard, pulfe, brar.dy, vinegar, and torhooo quar ters of rye and barley,are to be diftributedamong the inhabitants of Upper and Lower Aetna, who have feffervel by the French invafion. • It is fail that a million of eosins in calk is likewife ah c t fled for their fuppart. RUSSIA. ST. PRTERSBURGH, APRIL :6. The Court Gazette contains the following :- 4 , ALEXADDII I. by the Grace of GOD, Emperor and Selfruler of all the Ruflias, &c. &c. Our care being extended alike to all ranks of our fubjeds, we have made it a law to ourfelves not only to convince the loyal inhabitants of the country of our inceffant attention to their advantage, but alio to lead back to its bofom its apoflate children ; and, by an example of kindnefs, to revive in them the love of their country—extinguithed either by error or vice . We have thought proper to grant our Imperial pardon to all who have fled from Ruffia, previous to the publication of this Ukafe, , and are concealed in Moldavia and other pla ces on the frontiers : and to inform them, that, in configning to oblivion all the crimes that prompted them to efcape, murder excepted, it is our will that they return to their country, with their families and property, under the protedion of our fceptre, inviolably to enjoy perfbnal fafety, together with all the property belonging to rhem, to fettle in the midfi of our people, that they may ferve as an ex ample of good and faithful lubjeds. For the pe. riod of their return, we fix the ift of March 18oz; and to thole living at a great diftance, we allow the fpace of two years, ordering that, in re-admit ting them, the manifeflo iffued on the sth of May, 5779, by her Majefly the Emprefs CATHAItiND 11. our worthy grandmother, of glorious and eternal memory, may ferve as a tile, on the balls of which the neceffary meafures will be founded. - (Signed) , 6 ALEXANDER. " Done at St. Petcriburgh, the uth of March, zBoz. PARLIAMENTARY PROGEEDINGS. HOUSE OF LORDS, MONDAY, MAY ii. Mr.butoce, acc. brought up from the Commons the Mili tia Pay and Cloathing Bill, and the bank Note Forgery 818, and alto two others, one of which was a private Bill. On the Motion of Lord WAL,INGHAM, the Orders width Rood for to-morrow, refpecilng Mrs. Addifon's and Cuiplldrli Divorce Bills, were poilponed from that to the following day. The Bills recently brought up from the Commons were than 1 feveraily read a Brit time. Mr. ADAM, leading Counfel for the Appellant, the Hon. Mrs. Hamilton Fullarton, and. Colonel William Fullarton, her hulband, v. Sir Hew Dal rymple, of North Berwick, Bart. was finally heard in reply. After the Counfel, ace. had withdrawn from the Bar, The LORD CHANCELLOR quitted the Woolfick, and adverted generally to the great importance of the caufe which their Lordfhips had finally heard argued.—(involving property, we underfland, to the amount of nearly 60001. per annum.)—He no ticed the length of time in which it was in litiga tion, little lefs than ten years, and the circum fiance of its having been before the Houfe tome time fince, when certain Noble and Learned Lords, not now prefent, had given particular confidera tion to the forms of proceedings which were then previoufly had upon it, and to the merits of the cafe ; in confequence, the Houfe thought proper to make an order for remitting the cafe, as it then flood, for the reconfideration of the Court of Sef fions. Since that period, his Lordfhip obferved, the Judges of that Court had, it appeared, molt diligently confidered the cafe,—and fince it had come a fecund time before their Lordfhips, in the way of Appeal, it was unnecetrary to fay it had been argued at their Bar in a way that manifefled the powers of the Counfel, and their uncommon diligence as well as firiking abilities. The cafe it fell, it was alfo unneceflary to obferve to their Lordfhipi, was one of very conliderable import. ance. With refpeft to himfelf, he fhould of courfe fubmit that line of decilion which he thould think it would be moll becoming in their Lordfhips to adopt, confident, that it mull be the anxious with of all to do juflice between the parties, and in or. to give their Lordfhips an opportunity to take 's full review of the cafe, and to make up their 'winds upon the fubjed, he deemed it proper to move, that the further con fi deration of the cafe be adjourned till to-morrow fe'nnight ; which, on the nueltion being put, was ordered accordingly. T& Bills before the Houfe were forwarded in their refpeeive Rages. The Order being read for their Lordfhips again going into a Committee on the Infolvent Debtors' Bill, Lord Waa.stetonam accordingly took the Chair. A few verbal alterations were, on the Motion of the Lord Chancellor, adopted by the Committee, when the remaining provifions of the Bill were agreed to by their Lordlhips. The Loan CHavcsiLoa rote and announced his ' intention to take a regular opportunity, on tome future Rage of the Bill, to propofe the intreduetion of a Clam, the effect of which lhould be, to ex clude from the benefits of the ACt, three defcrip tions of perfons confined for pecuniary confider ations--namehri Fir*, perfuns confined for dama ges given in *Crams inftituted for Adultery; for damages given upon aitions for Seduction; and thirdly, for thofe upon actions for malicious Pro fecutions. Thefe regulations he conceived, would be in aria conformity with the principle of the BM, and had no doubt of the Noble Earl who had propofed the meafure, agreeing with him that the objeCt was to relieve the unfortunate but not the criminal debtor. The Earl of MOIRA rofe limply to exprefs, he aid. his cordial concurrence in the objects Rated by his Noble and Learned Friend. Thi Houfe then Termed, and ordered the Re pot t to be received to-morrow. HOUSE OF COMMONS. Mr. W.•flunnas moved, that the Speiker do Me Ida rant to the Cloth of the Crown, to make out a new Writ fur the Elbe of Edinburgh, in the room of Mr. Robert Dundee, who hat accepted the emea of Chief 11.ana of the Exchequer in Scotland. The Sraoara gave notice, that as there is a great deal of ptivirte Winds before * Houk, he would for theirs:atom iiif pvtch of it, attend to take the Chair to-morrow at two o'clock. He hoped for a fullkicrn attmdmet of Members to mat& him to wry Mit porptie into effect. Genera s•torr.s r nwvtd , according to notice, for leave to bring i a Bill to 0.41.5i0 and amend two Aig.a of UK lan Sefton of Panama', allowing the Manufacture of Loather from the Hid,' of flocks and front tbe Met of OWL, kc. which lisv: b • o 7ot or datnaged in the Dzilitt—Laive grained The Houfe went into a Committee on the Nrtlith Adjutants' , Ben. The report was ordered to be received to-nsorrovr. Mr. VA NSITTA Rl* brought up Conte Accounts fluent be Trea fory, and moved for leveret other Accounts to be bid on the Tab); which were ordered. 'lle Bill for making certain Allowance to Subaltern Officers of Militia was read a third time, and paired. The third reading of the Scotch Militia Bill was p.ftponcd till to-morrow. NON-RESIDENCE OF TIM CLERGY. Mr. DICKINSON, fen. purfuant to notice, role to move for leave to bring in a liill to fufpend for a time to be limited, fo much of an Aft of the 25 ft Henri VIII. as relates to the non-refidencc of Clergymen. He profeffed his objeft to be, not to remove or weaken any of the obligations laid on the Clergy to refide in their parifhes, but to free them from what has been to many of them a heavy grievance, while it has by no means promoted any public good—he meant the profecutions for non refidence by common informers. He knew that above two hundred of there profecutions are now pending, and many of the perfons againft whom they are inftituted, mutt, according to the terms of the Aft of Henry VIII. be fentenced to pay the penalty, though it was abfolutely out of their power to conform to the terms of that Aft. The time for which he propofed to fufpend that Aft was, till the end of the next Seffion of Parliament. Re concluded with reading his motion. The SPEAKER thought, that as he knew of no inllance of a Bill being brought in to fithetuf past of an Aft of Pitrliament. the Hon. Gentleman would do better to word his motion " To explain and amend to much of the Aft. kc." Mr. M. A. TAYLOR conceived that it mutt be • expreffed to repeal fo much of the Aft. He knew of no inftance of an Aft being pad to fufpend the operation of a Statute Law of the_kingdom, as the Aft of Henry VIII. is.—[S everw l ,AWsitatosilif out, " there are iniaoteet—the Ai; 1 for ft#swellag &Nes be arput it an irflatice."] Mr. GREY recolleded many initances, fince he had been in the Houfe, of Bills being brought in to fufpend Laws in the whole, but none to fufpend particular parts of them. He thought that the motion ought to be expreffed to repeal fo much of the Aft. The Sacazrativ at WAR mentioned an inflame of a Bill being palled this Seffion to fufpepd part of an Ad. But he thought that it would be a more regular mode of proceeding, in this cafe, as it relates to an old and Important Statute, to move in the first place, that the Haute (hall refolve itfelf into a Committee on the Aft, and then to found any fubfequent meafure on that report. Mr. DIC KINSON coincided in this fuggeftion, apd moved, that the Houfe (hall refolve itfelf into a committee on Thurfday next, to confider the Ad. Sir R. BUXTON oppofed the motion, on the ground, that inftead of relaxing, every means of firengthening and enforcing the Laws to fecure the 'refidence of the Clergy ought to be adopted. The evil which the Hon. Gentleman complains 9f, aril: in from the profecutions by informers, for the fake of the penalty, may be better remedied by bringing in a Bill to deprive them of any part of the penalty on conviaion, and giving it to the poor of the pariffi. Then, pmfecuttons by inforiners and corrupt attornies will no longer exits, but any parifh that wiffies for the refideoce of its Clergyman will have an additional interest in enforcing it. Mr. Matrix thought the non-refidence of the Clergy a very great abufe. The Clergy, he Ibid, were very amply paid, and employed Curates at fahries of 401. or 501. a-year to do their duty for them, whilifi they amufed themfelves riding about the country. attended by three or four fervent.. He Paid he held in his hand an old Magazine. in which there was a Letterfrom a High-Churchman, pthich he would take the liberty of reading to the Houfe, as it explained the injuries arifing from the non-refidence of the Clergy much better than he was capable of doing. The letter Rated, that the income of five pariffies in Lincolnfhire, was up wards of 19601. a-year, upon which no Clergyman refided ; that one of thofe livings had been fold twice in the (pace of fourteen year*, and concluded with commenting in very ftrcmg terms upon the Non-refidence of the Clergy, and the purchafe of Church-Livings. Mr. Martin Paid, that as he was convinced the caufe of complaint fince the printing of the letter had rather inct'eafed than diminitheef, he fhould oppofe the Houfe going into aCommittee. Mr. M. A. TAYLOR raid, he was glad the at tention of the Houfe was called to the fubjed of the Non-refidence of the Clergy, becaufe he con- Catered it a fubjea in which the morals and happt. nets of the people were very much interelted. The till which the Hon. Mover wined to tulpend he confidered a bad one, but bad as it was, he would sot content to part with it, until fomething was fubilituted in its Read, which might be better. He could not content to get rid of it altogether, and leave the Clergy to their own inclinations. To his knowledge many Clergymen were in the poffieffion of great livings who never vifited their parifhes at all, and the whole duty was done by the Curates at 401. or Sol. a-year. To this, he Paid, was to be attributed the progrefs of the Methodiils made throughout the country. He difliked canting Me thodifts, and he was forry to fee them increafe. If the Clergy of' the Eflabliffied Church attended their livings, and inftrufted their Parifhioners, they wouldnot run after a let of canting ignorant hypocrites. There were Come inflames in which Clergymen would be found to labour under great hardfhips ; and thefe he was lorry to fay had, in the exifting Laws, no remedy: as if the Non-refi dence was proved, the judge was bound to find the party guilty. It might happen that the par fonagehoufe not being on a habitable condition (as is very often the cafe), the Clergyman might take up his re fi dence in the next village to his rya, as near to the fpot where his duty called him as poffible—in that cafe he thought it very bird that he fhould be as liable to pay the fines for Ndsf-refidence as he who never vifiter his peril)* at all : yet fuck was the indent law. He wifbed as much as any man to fee the law amended, but be would never content to a Bill to exempt the Clergy from refiding at their livings. Sir Wm. ELFORD laid, in the Diocefe of Exeter, Clergymen without parfonages to live in were un• h de ar rrecutton, which he thought a very great ip. He hoped fomething would be done. Mr.CaLettarr raid a few words in oppoiltio% the motion. Mr. Nietrott thought if the fill was fuiTereci t , pars it would not answer the surpof e prop e f e „ by the Hon. Mover. He objeetcd to the Flom:. going into a Committee, becanie he difapprovt; of the meafure ; and he did rot fee how the Li; propofed could remedy the evil complained or. Would, he asked, the fufpeading the meant law put a flop to the profecut ions already commenct,d He fancied not, and he did not tee how that Honfe could pafs an Aft to flop any action brought againfl Clergymen for Non-refidence, conformable to the vatting laws. He thought the Country flood in need of the refidence of the Clergy, and it onghr to be enforced. The county which the Hon. Mem. ber reprefents (Somerfenhire) is a county wh'rre Clergymen 'do not refide as the} ought. He ap• proved of the ofervations of his Hon. Friend (Mr. Taylor), but he thought Parfonage.houfes ought. in all cafes, to be provided for Clergymen, and they ought to be compelled to live in them. , refpett to the Hon. Mover's obfervations relative to actions being compounded, he thought that h_ol the Profecutor and ch Clergyman were in fuck cafes guilty of a breach 'of the laws, and both alike ' liable to punifhment. He had heard nothing which could make him give his alrent to the meafure, and therefore he fhould eppofe it in every ftage. The Ssca treaty at WAR raid, if the Houle went into a Committee, it ought to be with a view to I enforce the law. He thought the refidence of the Clergy on ht to be enforced. 'Th e B enc h o f Ili !hops had Tomething under contiaaation relative to the fubjeEt in debate 4 he therefore withed to look to them, and fuggelled the propriety of peifilmniag the motion, Sir Wat. goot.ssit thowght ;s the &Ned was under the confideratiop of - th; Bench of Bithops. it would be premature in that Houle to do any thing in it : he therefore recommended withdraw ing the motion. - Mr. Di cilasow, Jun. raid, if the lion. Gentle. man would undertake to fay that the Bench of Bithops watcld tate up the tubjea, he wan fore the Hon. Mover would have no objettion to wilhdra* the motion. Th e law, as i t now 11004 he fa 4 was a vicious one. It made no diftindion ;it compelled the refidence of the tiergy who had only i tol. a year, as wellsthete who d' ;poet!. He thought the informers compounding the ac. tions was a arcing proof that they did not aft for the Public good, and A:eV/id the pecei4ty of the interference of Parliament. . . Mr. M. A. Teet.oa laid, a Bill which occafinned flnei fault originate in tlitg Houle, and 'therefore theßench of TAlhops could not do any thing in the bufulefs. The SPE4ltaa raid, that though fuch a Bill could not originate in the other Hcmie,yet it might coma to that Houfe recommended. Mr. BACIWR Ls. Paid there was no law in Ireland to enforce Refidence of Clergy, and if a Bill were to pars it might extend to that part of the United KingdoM. Mr. Dies imsoit had not heard before of any in tention on the part of the Bench of Bithops to take up the fubjed. He had no objedion to a littl e d e . lay, tq tee if any thing would be done ; but h: wonld not abandon the meafure. The SP sax R then allied Mr. Dm al to sox cos/A:L. draw his motion : with the content of the Houle, the motion was withdrawn. ' " COASTINU Mr. Boanoty moved that the Houle do to.mor row refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houle to take into conlideration the Afts of 31 and '34. GeOrge the Third ; the firft, for the bet ter regulation of the Coafting Trade; and the Lit ter, fop the better encouragement of Mariners. He gated fomd amendments he had to propofe re; lative to the figning of articles by Seamen in coati• ing voyages, and to Regifiers.—The Motion was agreed to. • • " " " srampitici_9!tpaas. On the Report of 'die Cenimitiee of Sfa-Pdinft Orders relative to Inclofures being propofed to received, it was 'oppored` by Mr. Seamen Sian: mom and foppotted 'by the Szcaspar at Willi; and Mr.Dicrins. Strangers were ordered fo with. draw, but we underhand the Houfe did not divide; and the Report was ordered to be received. ' WAYS AND MIAIIICIN IRELAND. Mr. CORRY Paid, he was again reduced to the neceffity of poflponing the mottoes he intended to make for the Houfe to go into a Committee of Ways and Means from the thinners tbe 'Hotta; He then gave notice, that he &add do lb on Wed nefday next, at as early an sour as the other tufa. ads of the Hoare would permit. He lhould con, Ise bling - elf to propofc an additional duty on Stomps bi Ireland; and as be did not ad in conformity to the rules of the Houfe M the other motions he made in the Committee of Ways aid Means, he iltonl4 let them drop. HAIR townsa AND ARMORIAL SiAtlliat TAX. Mr. VANSITTART'moved that leave be given to bring in a Bill to transfer the management of the Hair Powder and Armorial Bearing Duties from the Commifatmers . of Stamps to the Commiffionery of Taxes. • Mr. Jon ES raid, he did not mean to propofc the repeal of the Duty on Armorial Bearings; bit confidering how unproduaive it was, he -thought if 6d. upon Country Banic Notes was to be fubßi tuted in its Read, it would be lefs exceptionable and more produaive. Mr. VAXIITTAIT Paid, he could not take upon himfelf to agree to the Honourable Gentleman's recommendation; and it muft be obfervcd that Notes of Bankers were already taxed. The mu tion was then agreed to. • %, v ANSITTAIT then moved, "That the Houk do to-morrow refolve itfelf into 'a Committee' of the whole Houle, to confider of allowing Por tugal Wines to be landed and warehoufe, for a time to'bt limited, With Out payment of Duty."— Agreed to. ' • . SUOAR. Mr. VANSITTART brought up a Bill to renew an Aa td regulate the average Price of Sugar; was read a Brit time ana ordered fur .:. reading to-morrow.—Adjourned.