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V PARLIAA:fRPITARr PROCEEDINGS. ROUSE OF LORDS, MAY 10. I'R( , PENTY•TAX BILL. Speedily will be pubibstied, ELEMENTS of LATIN COMPOSITION...- By GEORGE MUNRO, IL D. Rector of the Grammar School, Dumfries. Printed for Archibald Constable and co. Edinburgh ; and Longman, Hurst. Rees, Orme, And Brown, .ondon. This day was published, in 3 Vol,. Wino. price 16s. 6d. boards, 'HE WARD of DELAMERE, a TALE.— By Mrs. PINCHARD. Author of" Mystery %Ind Confidence." " The Blind Child," &e. Inscribed, by permission ' to Mrs. G. A Robinson. London : Primed for Black, Parry, and Co. Booksellers to the Honourable East India Company, I.tadenhall-street. The!! Lorilsh irs proceeded to the consideration of theirjudg runts, in the Scots causes of " The Duke of Athol v. Robertson and others," in the cake of " Cluces and Strathgrey," and .also in that of " Inchmagrenoch ;" in both cases the House affirmed the judgment of the Court below, without costs. In the Irish Chancery cause of " Jones and Long," on wLich the Judges attended, (7ounsel were heard in continuation. '1 he farther hearing was postponed.. Counsel and evidence were farther heard relative to Leigh's Divorce Bill. The Rev. Mr. Laurence, formerly Curate of Mary-la-home• Church, who married the parties, was the principal witness. He described, that when Mr. Leigh was married, he wore a grey frock, such as Gentlemen's servants generally wear of a aiurning, and had not at the time the least appearance of a Cler gyman. One of the other witnes'es, a female, who had lived for some time in the service of Mr. and Airs. Leigh, spoke as to the un happy way in which they frequently lived together. The same witness afterwards spoke to facts reta•ive to the cohabitation and adulterous intetcourae of the Lady with Major Blaquitre. After some farther tsamination, wid it being st.ted that evi dence was to be adduced in su;q•ort of Mrs. Leigh's Petition against the Bill, the farther cun.idtration of the case was ad journed until Friday se'imight. The Earl of LIVERPOOL, piasuant to his no tice. moved the second reading of this Bill. Earl STANHOPE expressed his disapprobation of the measure in its present shape. chiefly on the ground of its tending to bear hard on the poorer class of farmers ; on that portion of the agricultural interests, and as tending indirectly to raise the prices of bread and other of the first necessaries of life. He adverted to what had fallen from a Noble Earl on a former night; that the greatest possible care was taken to bear lightly on the farming interests. This measure, as proposed, was no proof that such care bad been taken. The Noble Eat Ladverted to some considerations in the view of eat .blishing that the si tuation of the farmers and the poorer classes of con sutnets not properly attended to, pat ocularly in the Bill befOre their Lordships. ! The Noble Earl concluded by moving the rejvction of the BM. The Earl of LIVERPOOL, in aifswer to what had fallen from the Noble Loi .1, contended that the Bill in question, so tar from beating hardly ou the poorer orders of the community, was one, which he would venture to say, in the universal opinion of every one, was the Tax of all otlierf.: which werated the most ecprally on the pr:Terty of the country, with the least influence at Care same :time tipqn the poor. Every Tax whatever, on general principles, must hear in some degree, more unless, upon all ehrsies ; but no Tax scarcely could be devised that fell so equally upon every . O.:fel:eat species of property. Ile _must differ essentially from the Noble Earl in his ideas respecting a more untavourable operation of' this Tax upon the farming or agricultural intereits, than upon certain other description of interests. Th'e whole question in point of fact was, whether in all the cl•fEirent vielis of the political circumstances of the country, the necessity of the case, and when it was held advisable to raised certain portion of the supplies within the year, it better mode could be re sorted to than that now under their Lordship? con sideration ? Earl GREY was far from agreeing in a part of what the Noble Earl had advanced. The measure in question, it not in its principle, was in a great degree in its opera ion, cc Isurable and vexatious; and upon that point the opinion of the country was unequivocally expressed. He should nor, however,' oppose the measure, as in his view of tli resent si tuation of the country it may be necessary to raise a large sum ; but he must express his hope that ;he ne cessity would not be of long continuance. In the :node of its operation upon certain descriptions of landholders, he agreed with the Noble Earl who opened the discussion ; and be observed, that the Collectors of the Tax proceeded upon so different a principle in different parts of the country, as to in duce much inequality, and some oppression in its operation. Was the 'l'ax to continue (and he under, stood a pledge was held out that it would not be a Moment beyond the nece§sity of the case), he trusted those considerations would be duly attended to ; and he could not help remarking as extraordinary, that out of the fourteen millions which the Tax was stated to produce last year, little more than two millions should be paid by the mercantile interest. The question was then put, and the Bill was read a second time without division, wh e n t h e E ar l o h LIVERPOOL suggested the propriety, under the cir cumstances, of their Lordships passing by the com mitment 9f. the Bill; which proceeding he moved should be ne g at iv e d. . The Duke — of NORFOLK, in the course of his ob servations upon, the subject, was ready to give every, sairipork that the country in its present extraordinary crisis appeared to require, and to place it in a state pt formidable preparation, so as to enable us to enter into a state of warfare wtt.:l rigour, should that Aherne tive,pr.ove, or enter into negociat:ohs for peace with. due effect. A respectable state of armament in the naval and military lines, he was aware must be kept up at present, and in point of principle, the tax in einesti(la was the forest and Must equitable that could be devised. Same modificatkms in the. tax may be desirable, and the only conyislrration which induced them not to press a discussion of that kind, was the consequence that might result from delay. Referring then to sonic detailed considerations con. *weird with the subject, on some of which he seemed to feel coi,sidcrable objection, and.whieb, notwith standing his view cf the measure in other respects, h, appeared to think would render it preferable to go into a C mniittec on the Bill. . . The Earl of LIVERPOOL observed, it was corn. pletely at thediscretion of the House whether it should go into a Committee or not. In the present c.ist, the Noble Duke would .recollect, the Bill in questicso was the identical Bill which was in Juice Jur some year's past, but limited- now in its duration t cue year. He thought the proceeding ad!erted to 'could be attended with no advantage in the present state of the thing. The tar, he must contend, at least, operated the least unequally of any that could be devised. He meant not this as a reason.why they May not endeavour to rn.dte it more perfect hereafter, if it could be done, and should its continuance prOve necessary ; but, under all the present circumstances, he certain ly thought no advantage could result from carrying the Bill through the stage in question. The Marquis of BUCKINGHAM strongly con tended for the propriety of ping into a Committee on the Bill, though fully aware of the situation of the country, and impressed with the idea of the measure being, in point of principle, as equitable a mode as could be devised for raising a large proportion of the supplies within the year. Earl STANHOPE made, some observations in favour of going into a Committee on the Bill, and referred to some documents before the House, in or ,der to evince the propriety of giving the .measure detailed .consideration. _ _ The Earl,of I.lvEttpoot and the Marquis of BUCK INGHAM spoke in explanation. Their Lordships then divided on the question of committing the Bill—Contents S—Non-contents Majority against going into a Committee on the Bill 15. _ _ The Earl of LIVERPOOL gave notice, that he should move the third reading of the Bill to.morrow•. Several Bills, chiefly of a private or local nature, were brought up from the Commons and read a first time. The Exchequer Bills Annuity Bill went through a Committee, and was reported. The remaining Bills upon the table being duly forwarded, an Adjournment took place. HOUSE OF COMMONS. _ Mr. ABERCROMBY brought up the Report of the Com mittee on the Petition from the subscribers to the Caledonian Asylum, praying to be incorporated. The Report which was fa vourable to the measure was agreed to, and a Bill ordered accor dingly. 'the Committee on the Highland Roads Repair Bill, on the motion of Mr. W. SMI rH, was postponed for a fortnight. The Seamen's Wills Bill was read a third time and passed. The Report of the Committee on the Acts relative to the Nor thern Light-House in the isle of Man, was brought up and agreed to, mid a Bill ordered. The Bill was brought in, read a first, and ordered to be read a second time. On the Order of the Day for the third reading of the Rochdale Church Bill being read, Mr. HAWTHORN moved as an amendment, That the Rill should be read a third time that day six months. After a discussion of considerable length, in which Mr. W. Bootle Mr. Phillips, Sir .1. Graham, Mr. Lockart, Lord Stan ley, and Mr. Rose took a part, the Amendment was withdrawn.. Sir 3. GRAHAM then moved, That the third reading should take on that day month. A further debate took place on the motion. in which Lord Milton, Mr. M. Sutton, Mr. W. Bootle, Mr Phillip:, and Sir 1. Grah am took a part. The gallery was cleared, but we under • stood the motion a bin 1. Graham was finally agreed to without X division. TREATY OF VIENNA. When the gallery was re-opened, Mr. WHITBREAD was on his legs, putting :t question to Lord Came:- Iit:AGM Mr. %V. asked, it the Noble Lord (C .stle• reagh) could state, whether a Message would be brought down in :he course of the present week from the Prince Regent, on the subject of the Treaty cet . clotted betwt.tn this country and the Allies, the substance of which. had been communicated to the House ? . • Lord CASTLEREAGH said, the ratificatio4 had not yet been received from Vienna, 'stir an an swer to a communication which Ministers had made to the Allies. Till these had come to hand he could not answer the questiOn. Mr. WHITBREAD wished to know if it was likely the debate would be taken oti the Message before . ' Friday in the next week, which he considered might be the most convenient day fur it ? To what day.did the Noble Lind mean. to propose that - the House should adjourn ? Lord CAS'rLEREAGH stated it to be in con; templation to move on Friday that the House should adjourn to the following Thursday. Mr. HORNER asked a question which was sup posed to refer to further papers to be produced re specting the late negociations with Murat ? Lord CASTLEREAGH replied, they were pre. paring to be laid before the House. Mr. WHITBREAD considered what had fallen from. the Noble Lord on the subject of the intended adjournment, to be in fact an answer to his question respecting the day on which it was intended the Mei. sage should be debated. If the House adjourned to Thursday, the message brought down on the first day on which Parliament re-assembled, it could not be discussed before the following day, Friday. Mr. PONSONBY wished to know slit was intended to submit a document forwarded to the Russian Go vernment in 18 11, with a letter from the Prince Re. gent, which accompanied it before the House. Lord CASTLEREAGH knew of no advantage that could resplt irom the production of the papers mentioned by She Right Hon. Gentleman, and was sure he would not desire that they should be given it he were acquainted with the substance of them. Mr. PONSONBY did not wish for any premature disclosure ; but he was not aware that there would he any impropriety in laying the documents in ques tion befote Parliament. The Bill tor the Enlistment of Foreign Soldiers went through a Committee ; the Deport of which was ordered to ue taken into consideration op Thursday se'nnight. WAYS AND MEANS. In a Committee of Ways and Means, The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER moved a Resolution respecting the funding of tache quer Bills, allowing holders of Bills to subscribe to the amount of 80 per cent. on every seloo vested i* Exchequer Bills, to be fupded under the conditions already made public by advertisement. Alter a few words from Mr. Chtamszt.c, which were replied to by the CHANCELLOR of the Excusguen, the re•olution was agreed to. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER then brought- forward another Resolution to authoriser new Lotteries, which were to contain not more than 60,000 Tickets. • Mr. WHITBREAD thought the injury done to the public by. Lotteries, bore no proportion to the good which they could do the Gus er••m-nt. Alter ihe reports made by two Committees on this subject, he had been surprised that Mr. Perceval, with his way nt thinking, could have recourse• to such a measure for a supply, and he was not less surprised that such a course should be taken by the present Chauceilor of the Exchequer. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER thought the public could sustain no very material in jury froin Lotteries, the drawing of which occupied but four days, though formerly when Lotteries were 40 or 50 days drawing and in succession, it was found that they excited a spirit of gaming among the pen pie; which for a time produced the most pernicious effcct s. Mr. WHITBREAD praised the dexterity with which the Right Hon. Gentleman could detect the evil in one case, and shut his eyes to it in another.— If so much gambling, by means of Lotteries, did not occur as formerly, he could say a vast deal was done in that way even now. From the depressed state of labour, many , might now be expected to meddle with, Lotteries who would not have been tempted to do so formerly. He should not have expected the Right Hon. Gentleman would be willing to encourage but a very little wickedness in the Public, for so small a benefit to the State. The motion was agreed to, the House resumed, and the report of the Commit t ee was ordered to be received to-morrow. An Honourable Member observed, in the Treaty with America there was no mention made of the pri vilege formerly enjoyed by the Americans of fishing near our shores, and landing to cure their fish. He wished to know how that matter was understood to stand, on the conclusion of the late treaty ? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, in the absence of his Noble Colleague, the Secretary for Foreign Affiirs, declined answering the question. Sir G. CLARKE, atter adverting to the Report of a Committee appointed in the last Session to in quire into :he Public Weights and Measures, stated it to be his wish to bring in a Bill founded on that Report. He hoped the Bill when brought in, would be suffered to be read a first and second time, and passed through a Committee, the Report of which, that the subject might be fully investigated, he would propose to bring up on a distant day, with All under standing that any amendment which might be thought necessary, should then be received, and if ap proved, made part of the Bill. He moved, that the House should go into a Committee ou the Report of the former Committee. The House having gone into a Committee, a Re solution for bringing in a Bill was agreed to, and on the House resuming, the Report was ordered to. be received to-morrow. On the motion of Mr. H. SUMNER papers re specting the amount and application of the Orphans' Fund, and the surplus now in the hands of the Cham- berlain, were ordered to be laid before the House. Sir G. CI.ARKE presented a Petition from the Freeholders of Edinburgh against the present Distil. lery Laws, and praying they may be taken into con. sideration.—Ordered to lie on the table. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER moved for leave to bring in a Bill to exempt Churches, Chapels, and other places exclusively set apart for public worhip, from ParochialsPoor Rates. Mr. WHITBREAD approved of the principle of the Bill, but he was sorry it had been preceded by a Resolution so likely to prove subversive of all the finto he derived lions it, as that which the Right; tin. Gentleman had brought forward a short time before to -palm on the public the nuisance of a new •Lottery. Leave was given to bring in the Bill. .It was •brought in; read a first, and ordered to be read-a, second time on Friday. A Bill to increase the Salaries of the Judies'in the Consistory Courts at Edinburgh, was brought in, read a first, and ordered to be read a second time on Friday. The LORD ADVOCATE of Scotland brought id a Bill to enable the Magistrates of Clackmanan to commit offender! to Stirling jail. Read a first, and ordered to be read a second time on Friday. The Irish Assaults Bill and the Irish Prisons Con tract Bill went through a Committee, the Reports of which were ordered to be received tomorrow. The Committee on the Downpatrick Election was postponed from the 18th to the 23d instant. In a Committee on the Act of the Slth, respecting Silk Handkerchiefs, it was resolved to repeal so much of the Act as went to prohibit the importation of In dia Silk Handkerchiefs. The House resumed, and the report of the Committee WAS ordered to be re ceived to-morrow. The Made Wines Bill, and the Irish Court Houses Bill were read a third time and passed. The Report of the Farming Steck Bill was brought up and agreed to, and the Bill ordered to be read a third time to-morrow. In a Committee on the Acts relating to Tobacco, it was resolved to alter the law with respect to the drawback allowed. The Report of the Committee was ordered to be . received to-morrow. Mr. LOCKHART, in the absence of his Ho. nourable and Learned Friend (Mr. Serjeant Best), stated it to be his (Mr. Serjeant Best's) intention to move the second reading of the Insolvent Debtors' Bill on Monday se'nnight. Mr. LUSH INGTON presented a Petition from the Bakers of Canterbury, which was ordered to be referred to the Committee on the Assize of Bread. - Mr. LUSHINGTON brought in a Bill to impose a duty on the importation of oak bark, and other vegetable substances. Reed a first, and ordered to be read a second time to-morrow.—Adjourned. SECRET MEMOIRS OF NAPOLEON BUOMAPA RTE. A Second Edition of this very interesting Work is just published, in French as well as English ; containing, among other curious additional matter, the Character of this eatraordinary personage, founded on his own words and actions; the Itinerary to Elba ; and an Account of the Regency at Blois. This Volume, it must be confessed, throws much new light on the prominent features of his character, and ,contains a -variety of Anecdotes, which equally amuse and astonish. The Author, it now appears, is M. CON STANT, his Private Secretary, Those Noblemen and Gentlemen who are in pos. session of the First Edition of Baspima's HISTORY of ELY CATHEDRAL, and who may he desirous of having the SUPPLE-1104 T to that Work (including the Memoirs and Portrait of the Author, with Additional Plates) now ready for the press, are requested to sig. nily their attention immediately, (by letter, or through the medium of their respective booksellers) to the publishers, STEVENSON, MATCHETT, and STEVENSON, Norwich, who deem it incumbent on them to give this notice, as no more copies of the Sopplanent for the Edition of 1791 will be printechlidn are subscribed tor. JOURNAL OF LOUIS MIL dillmmensm. (11Mracts from No. I. May IL) OHE2iT, MAY a. The King of France on Sunday presided at his Council. His Majesty in the morning went out in his carriage. He rides out every day for about an hour. For two slays several battalions of the Hanoverian Landwehr have passed through. The Count Alexis de Noailles, one of the Ministers Plenipotentiary of his Most Christian Ma)esty at the Congress, arrived here yesterday. He brings iznpor. tart dispatches from Prince Talleyrand, and had, ‘o his arrival, a private audience of his Majesty. The Duke of Levis, Peer of France, arrived here to-day. PARIS, APRII. 29. M. de Montron, returning from his Embassy to Vienna, received a cudgelling by order of a Prussian CoMmandbr, near the French frt!nt:er. " I bring," said M. de ibluntron, iu the house where he dined (In the day of his arrival in Paris. 6 , I bring the news of the commencement of hostilities." l'U1.1T1(•S AND FIN.ANCE. The Editor of the Journal & l' Empire bestows great praise on Bonaparte's financial knowledge. On N I head, ask the bankers of Paris. What was their a.. tonishment when he assembled them a short tune before the baptism of his son, and talked su st rangety t , that must of them thought he meant to anit.,e hit!, self with wretched pleasantries, as was often leis prat - tice. But they soon saw it Was not a fit of gaiety, when he asked them in a rage why they dared to utter bills of exchange, because he maintained this WAS coining money, a right which belonged only L. the Sovereign. Several Ministers, with portfolios under their arms, begged to dispatch their business. Bonaparte walk :i about with great strides, talking alone, and incessantly. His ideas were as crude and disi,,iiitekt as hi; w o rd s . At last he s.tid he would get at the fortunes of the port-folio gentry—he repeated the remark with en: phasis. It was Soon spread over Paris, and diffused alarm among the capitalists. They recollected the coolness with which he re. hued payment of the bills which came from the c:)- litanies : though drawn by order of Goveannient is exchange for value received by it, they were di:ho. mned, and reduced several tamilies to misery. I: is certain that general alarm then spread through ail France. His frequent remark was repeated—"" pri. vale fortunes are the fortune of the State: it is I whi am the State." Many persons aelieved that he lad formed a plan of laying hold of all property. But at last his vast financial science led him to the abandonment of his treasure on the plains of IsliK cow, and even to invite the soldiers to take all the. money they c.suld.carry. Then came reverses, fligle. pestilence, and the cramming of men in the hospitals. A saying, originating with the soldiers of the !lupe. rial• Guard, was then common through all France.— On entering a • town, weak, bioken down, and with difficulty•dragging their bodies along, they used to ask---6 , ..Wheie are Napoleon's .shambles they . explained by saying, they .askeViar the military !mots!. It was thus his vast financial science cot:. 'ducted to immense hospitals. If this be glory, we !acknowledge 'that Napoleon Bonaparte can nevc: hitve too many altars, nortasO much Incense. • A few words as to the ori.lec Jitiven.to the Tufw-te s td oppose the marriages of ricli young Ladies, until they should be known ancriiirovki by Governmew, tt list of these'young Ladies, Staling their fortune, fArtaly, &c. was datum/fish and the design was an nounced of disposing of their hand lo men agreeable to the government. The plan announced of de. Glaring the Emperor tutor of all rich -minors is not t Tgotten. This plan was read to the Council of State. The Counsellors, accustomed as they were to such measures t grew pale with affright. Cambaceres, when applied to, declared that the plan curie from Dresdeo, and that it was the work of his Majesty. What, also, are we to say of those famous licences, in virtue of which the great rnau was also the greatest merchant in the state ? A licence was given to a merchant on condition of putting on board his vessel a certain quantity of Lyons silks. These goods being prohibited in England, were thrown into the sea by the ship-owners. They bad a right so to do, having purchased them ; but on their return the crew was interrogated, and Bonaparte ordered the seizure of the vessel for throwing into the sea goods it was im possible to sell. Other vessels departing with licences, though they had complied with all the conditions, were confiscated on their return because the legisla tion was changed in the mean time. AUTHENTIC REPLY OF TILE NATIONAL GUARD OF ROCE3 TO THATUF AMIENS. The brave National Guard of Amiens has gene• rously struck the first blow; it has resounded through• out all France : our hearts, lull of patriotic devoted ness, hasten to reply to this appeal of brave men.— The sentiments of the inhabitants of the Somme are our's : they are those of all Frenchmen. The Allies are our friends: they come to deliver tis. Let us not- be indifferent in our own cause; let ns strike 'iltery one who wishes to compel us to combat our legitimate Sovereign. Inhabitants of the Lower &tnes we unanimously swear it—should the Satellites . the Tyrant dare to come amongst us, they shall receive the punishment of their crimes :—they come only to slaughter us; they shall fall under our blows. rive it Rol ! THIS LAST GOLDEN ?RIZ! F.VER Da/mg.—No. 12,688, entitled on Saturday, April 15, to ONE THOUSAND GUINEAS, Mai sold at. WEBB'S truly fortu mite Office, No. 17, Ludgate -street, (near St. Paul's) where 3((10 more Guineas, and another ieit).l% , C Prize are naw on sale.—Nerr SATURDAY the whole Law) , will be Drawn, and Wiwi is prepared with a sufficient quantity of the precious Aletal In Fly aide's Priz es without any deduction as soup as tLe'y aye proclaimed. Next Saturday the Lottery will begin and finish. Only 5000 Tickets, which are nearly disposed of.— Hountair and Co. acquaint their Friends that the! pay in Gold—One Prize of 2(X)0 Guineas, and TWO of S(X) each. Also a Grand Prize of sCSO,OOO, and o:her Capital Prizes. Tickets Alld Shares are selling by Hottssax and Co. who sold, in the last 15 months. Three of ait20,060, Three Of ag10,600, besides Prizes of £5009, se2ooo, £lOOO, £5OO, Sec. etc. all at No. 211, Cornkiil.