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eirja- was iffued by the Lord Lieutenant, not On ly reprobating the conduit of the Court Martial , who 1,A,1 thus acquitted him, but diffolving it al together, and ordering that no one of thole who callipered it lhould again be permitted to fit on a Court Martial. This fait alone fufficicntly proved the fiate of the public mind, and how little influ ence, even a character fuch as that of the Marquis Cornwallis, could exert in controuling it. What fecurity then can be fuppofed to be derived from tharaaer againft the abufe of fuch a power, fine it cannot avail in bringinglthe blaCkelt guilt to pu hifhment ? An Hon. Gentleman (Mr. Martin) confeffes there is no rebellion actually exifting in Ireland; but that the phyfician lhould Bill be ready to adminifter medicine to the patient—and what medicine ?—only one kind it teems, and that not an emollient, nor a lenitive ; and inftcad of the heal ing art of the phyfician, the furgeon and his knife to cut and extirpate. To the flatute book of the Irifh Parliament,on which fo much fliefs had been laid, he would now briefly advert and point out Tome enaaments which could not be viewed with out fomething like furprife and horror. By virtue of thefe 'enaaments, innocence, iwhen once fut. peed, had no means left to retrieve its character. To one of thefe ftatutes be muff now particularly allude ; he meant that which held out an indemni ty to fleriffs, Ste. for efts of whipping, affitults, and other ill-treatment inflh!ted on perfons who were afterwards proved innocent ; and if an aaion was brought by the fafferer for fuch ill treatment, he could meet with no redrefs, unlefs be proved that the officer who thus ill treated him, did not do fo with a view to the fuppreffion of the rebel lion, but malicioufly and wantonly ; there was therefore no redrefs at all, fence it is impollible for the plaintiff to dive into the fecrets of his oppref for's breaft. Is this a flatute book worthy of the wifdom and prudence of a civilized country ? But to thefe acts he only adverted in order to thew how little the ftatute book of the Irilh Parliament could be retorted to with dial for arguments to juftify the parting of this Bill. Lord Cots (eldeft forrof the Earl of Bnnifkillen, who, we underfiand, had prefided at the court martial alluded to), replied with great warmth, that the Honourable Member ought to be more Ered in his expreflions, and have waited to be tel. informed of fa&s repelling that court mar tial, before he prefumed to traduce the charac ter of any gentleman not pretent, and of one, cfpe ciallnwhore name and whofc honour he would vin dicate againft the afperfions of any Member in that or any other Houfe. Mr. WHITBREAD rofe to continue his fpeech, by fire explaining to the Houfe, and alluring the Noble Lord, he meant no perfonal allufion whatever to any individual Member of the court martial alluded to, nor did he know the names of any of thole who compeed it ; but, (peaking as a public man, and a Member of Par liament, he had a right, and would maintain it, to fpeak of public fads. He continued to repro bate the Bill; and, to far from taking the fucccf five enaaments of the Irifh Parliament to warrant this Houfe in its adoption, he would look to the laft year's volume of their ftatutes as fpecimcns, which he hoped this Houfe would not be induced to imitate, and tome of which were only to be viewed with horror and abomination. And as to the ar gument of the Honourable Member, that giving this power to the Lord Lieutenant was placing him by the bedfide of the convalefcent country, he exhibited him to his view rather as the relent lefs furgeon with his knife to extirpate, than as a friendly phyfician with his medicine to heal. Mr. NicHOLLs deprecated the palling of the Bill as if it were a mere vote of credit, and entreated the Noble Lord who brought it in, not to prefs it on fuch a ground. Mr. Islaarie (of Galway) in explanation, raid, that he did not treat the queition as a vote of cre dit; his opinion was, and he hoped he expreffed it intelligibly, that he voted for the Bill becaufe it was neceffary on account of the pre.difpofition to rebellion which fill exifted in Ireland, and not on account of any .ititual rebellion raging in the coun try Mr Lunn never heard a fpeech in Parliament fo inflammatory as thofe made by tome Gentlemen oppofite him. The loyal Gentry of Ireland were to meet with no mercy—all their eompaffion was engtoffed by the poor Rebels. No one doubted of the mildnefs of Marquis Cornvrallis's difpolition, and many think that if he erred it was on the fide of rnildnefs. An Honourable Gentleman (Mr. Whitbread) tells us to look at the hitt% flatutes ; but in looking into them he finds every thing to blame and nothing to commend : he even over- Icoks the 11l a& of Marquis Cornwallis's, admini fitation, an aCt of univerfal pardon. Bat he had only to tell the Honourable Gentleman, that if a rebellion raged in this country like that in Ireland, he would not take the part. nor urge the arguments which he is now pleafed to adopt. For his part he never would fit filent and hear the tharalter of his country or of his countrymen'tra duced and maligned. Lord BILCIILAVI and Mr. ALIXANDIR Paid a few words in favour of the Bill. Mr. WHITIIIIIIII Wilbed' that the forms of the Rode permitted him to (peak again, that he might explain what in his fpeech appeared to have given fo much offence. It was but too - common with Gentlemen on the other fide to call every thing by the name of inflammatory which they did notlike to hear. [e 1 ery o . osykr. Order I] Mr. HORN a Tooaa rate, he Laid, with great dif fidence and timidity, after the language be had heard this night in the courfe of debate. He did not with to offend, though he was not without ap- Prehenfions, that whatever he might fay, however unintentionally, might he taken as offence by tome Gentleman in the Houfe ; he did not like to be told he was a blunderer, neither did he with to be told what be thould fay was ridiculous; Rill kfs did he with to utter any thing offenfive or &for. derly to the Houfe, or to any of its Members— thereforer he intreated, if Mr. Speaker thould fund him lapfing into any language diforderly or , d renfives he would have the goodnefs to cut him immiTs sod revolt him from proceeding (Ivor : Afar! !)—Thuugh a 7ousnz cf Par liament, he was an old and , xp rcl of its forms and proceedings; atia h. cn'ild fly, that before it became an United proceedings were marked by decency ;Ind decoram —not marred by intemperance, nor difgraced by angry and offensive perfonality. If, now that it gas an United Parliiment, he might venture, without giving offence, to recommend a line of conduct to that Houle, or to its Members, likely to avoid difrefped, and procure veneration for its authority, he would fuggea to their good fenfe as Senators, and to their good manners as Gentlemen, a peaceable, polite, deliberative, and orderly mode of proceeding—for furely it was pof fible for Gentlemen to convey arguments upon any point, as muchto their purple, and as flrong as the cafe required, without reforting to offenfive perfon alities, which ferved but to degrade their good fenfe and difgrace their proceedings. An Hon. Gentleman had acc did the Hon. Baronet his friend near him, of fomethin7—lie did not with to give it a name—but the Hon . . Gentleman himfelf i , n that accufation, had fallen into fomething of a very ft milar nature, which he hoped it was fufficiently tender to call alifronceptiox; for he underflood his Honourable Friend to fay—not that Lord Corn y-anis, or his Government, fantioncd or permitted ads of murder—but that the murderer, on his trial, made fuck a plea. The Honourable Member, too, in proof of Lord C.'l clemency, argued that a life had been Paved—but whole was that life Why, the life of the murderer, Wollaghan. He was by no means inclined to impute this to Lord Cornwallis—but that the clemency of that Noble Lord, or of any other man, fhould be held a fa. ficicnt argument to make him arbitrary over the liberty or property, the life or death, of Britith fubjeas, would be the moil dangerous argument that any Parliament of England ever lillened to —and, if it once grew into a precedent, we are all gone—in the fecurity of either, as our hillory would fully evince.—He concluded by repeating his i» junctions for peaceable and decorous proceed ing, as he difliked angry and irritating arguments, being a timid and peaceable man. The debate now became defultory, Mr. Wu :T -READ rote feveral times to explain. but was inter rupted by the ,Speaker : he was at length, how vet., permitted to explain, by difclaimiug all in tentional perfonality to any man. Sir FIANCIS Buanarr, and Mr. LEiON did the fame. After Tome further converfation the quellion was put, the bill palled, and ordered to the Lords; and after fome routine bufinefs, the Houfc ad journed till to-morrow. SATURDAY, MARCH 27. The !rids Malt Prohibition BIU, and the Irifh Tax Bills were read a third time and paged. A Meffage from the Lords informed the Hook, that the Lords had agreed to the Anny and Marine Mutiny Bill., to tit , Horfe and Stamps Duty Bill ; and the American flour Euhnty Bill ; together with fevcral private Bills. The SPEAgEtt faid he had received a letter from Lord Ed ward Bentinek, Rating that he was ill with a rheumatic com plaint at Ramfgate, fa as to be confined to his room; and hav ing been unable to attend the call of the Houle, he requelted to be escufed from attending on the 3111 instant. The order fur Ids attendance on that day was accordingly difcharged. . . ;;ir Vitt LIAM GEAIIY prefented a petition Fro' nt the prd'onere confined for Debt in Maidnone Goal, praying fur relief. Ordered to lic on the table. SCARCITY. Mr. WILRFRFORCE prefented a Petition from the Inhabitants of Lceds and the places adjoining, in which they Rated that the principal fullenance of the people of the Weft Riding of Yorkfhire, and the adjacent Northern parts, was oats; that his Ma jelly's Proclamation for diminifhing the confump. tion of that article had not produced the full effect for which it was intended = and praying that the Houfe would lay further reftriatons on the con fumption of that article by bodes kept folely for pleafure. He moved, that the Petition be referred to the Provifion Committee. Mr. Coevals feconded the motion. It might, he Paid, have been expeded that the deatnefs of oats would of itfelf produce a great degree of ceco nomy in the confumption. But he wilhed to fug geft to the Hon. Gentleman, Ithether it would not have a better 4051 to prohibit by law any oats being given to horfes, except in a eirrifitl (Lite, which would Pave one-fourth of the ;mock, as it was afcertained by farmers that the honks ufed in the mot laborious parts of agriculture were as well fed, and in as good condition, when a third part was withheld of the bruifed oats, from that which was given in the ordinary manner. Mr. Wt Lisa FOR C I remarked, that the high price of oats, which was the Rat of life in many parts of Yorkfhire. did not prevent fuch a confumption by horfes as was complained of in the Petition; for Gentlemen, however defirous thty may be of con forming to the Royal Prachunation, or whatever orders they may give for that purpofe, mutt weer farily leave fuch buftnefs to their tenants. He admitted, however, the jultice of the fuggeffion, that knifed oats would Cave a third of the ordinary confumption ; but as that was no fecret, but per fealy known to every farmer, and, as he fuppoled, every Gentleman, it would not afford a remedy for what the petitioners complained of. Great pains had been taken to introdnce the confumption of broiled oats, but he apprehended that, from careleffnefs or inattention, it had not a fufficient effc!t. Mr. CUMIN raid, that he had hinsfelf convin ced a number of perfons of the advantages of feed ing horfes in that way, and was convinced, by ex perience, of its effeds ; but Rill, be thought, much good mi t he produced to the Public, if Gentlemen a others were compelled by the Le gitlature to feed their horfes with bruited oats, in- Read of the ordinary manner. The Petition was then ordered to be referred to the Committee on the High Price of Provifions. LORD LOXIDALE. The ATTORNLYoENTR;L raid, he had in his hand a petition Rating very extraordinary fall, which if they were true, mull fill the mind of every man with indignation, and convince the Houk that it was abfolutely neccfttry to adopt fume legiflative provifion that might pdt a flop to the evil complaint.! of. The petition came from the Churchwardens and Overfeers of the large and populous town of Whitehartni in Cumberland, and Rated at., it w:e !..,71 , out of !Lir pf.wer to • make a Rafe r. l f•ti•7 1•:., r,in i!) th: greated digicitity :old did ref,. A%thelawfn.: Rood any per:;.n to a rate, a: :quint/ it at the (244:trter S,tiions: tit.: a. ;wore wa., that it the oh j e:tion was fininded is law, the' whole rate made muithe (pi:tilled. The peta:oners had made a r.::, a part of wliieli was obiecied to by a certain Lord, who teas Lord I .ielitenant of the county (the Earl of Lonfdale) ; and the ground of ogjeZtion was that tit t'..e words " two houleholders"--having been ufed ;i:.t,:ad of " two hottfacepeis."—The petitioners u•thlitlicd two other rates after this, both of .hjec- Lions made by the fame Noble Lord, were :planted alfo. The perfons on whom the rates had been made, refufed to pay them ; and the magithates at quarter-feflions could not grant a warrant of dithers to compel payment, becaufe if they did In, pending an appeal, they could render them (elves liable to au klion. In this Rate of ern ralinient and dillrefs, the Petitioners were obliged to borrow fums of money, amounting to wool. which was all expended, and the poor wet e now on the brink of pealing for want. The petition had, but a (port time betine, been put into his bands, and therefore he could not pledge himfelf as to its contents, but if the fails Rated in it were true, it was a theme upon the age and the coun try, that fuch things be permitted. The petition was then read, and betides the fans already mentioned, it Rated, that the town of Whitehaven contained about 15,000 inhabitants, of whom coo were liable to be taxed for the poor rates: that all the rates which the petitioners had made were qua(hed, in confegirence of ohieetions made by the Earl of Low SDA LI . The petitioncrs therefore prayed, that fo much of the poor-laws as, obliged the juflices at quarter.feillons t.) quails rates, in confecitience of the objee.'on (1 . any per fon, and that fo much as related to the power to grant watrants of diltrefs, might be arn nh;ed. They further prayed for relief. without uhich , sect perfong, paupers, mull be Ilarved. Mr. Celiwts Paid, he knew every thing that was Rated in this Petition to be r.ta, and he knew alto, that the inconveniences which were !tilted in this Petition, had been felt in other places as well as in the township of Whitchaven ; from which he concluded there was great necellitv for the Amend ment of the Law in this particular. The public were infinitely indebted to the Attorney General fur prefenting this Petition, and taking the fubjea into hands fo able to manage it. He hoped, and he trolled, that the prayer of this Petition would meet with the lanaion of the Houfe.—The necef fity was fo great, that it admitted of no delay, and if the Honourable and Learned Gentleman were now to move for leave to bring in a Bill upon this fubjett, he did not fee what objetlion could be Railed to it, and there would be time to confider afterwards what the Bill was to he.—lt was neeef fifty, however, he thould fay one thing more, which was, that he was fatisfied there was no difpofition any where in the township of Vhitehaven, but to meet the willies of the Noble Earl, if it were known what his %tithes were.—The Pole view of the Peti tioners was to keep the Poor of the town from ftarving. The SOLICITOR GEWRIAL raid, that as to the firtl mode of proceeding on this fubjett, the better Rep, perhaps, would be, to move , 4 That the Pe tition be laid on the Table."—The Petition, how ever, Rated falls on which the Houfe would hard ly proceed without evidence in this particular in- Ranee, hot as they were fads amounting to a ge neral Grievance, fu po l ing them to cat, the Houle might take fome Reps without evidence, for in fuch a cafe there was a great tided in the exitting Law.—That the cafe was fo, had been al ready noticed in the courfe of the precut SelTh'n. He believed it would be neceffary to come to a general and permanent fy Item upon the Poor-rates. It did appear to him to be molt extravagant and abfurd its the general Law, the circa of which could in any cafe be, that where an individual wade any obje&ion to the Poor Rate, and that on account of one perfon being taxed a Ihilling more than he ought, or the proper defcription of him had been omitted, or fume ti Mal error which had 1, no bearing on the fubflance of the Rate, fuch a Rate thould, on Appeal, be <panted altogether or I totally defiroyed; lo that every citing done under it, thould have been illegal and void from the be ginning, fo that every attempt to enforce the Rate thould be deemed a trefpafs. This was an ablur• dity which, fometimes, produced great injuflice, and call:d for the interference of Parliament; and therefore, if the Houfe was of that opinion, it would be as well to bring in a Bill to remedy this i evil, and that his Hon. and Learned Friend lhould now give notice of a Motion for leave to bring it in on Monday, and he was inclined to be of opi nion, that the argument on the general Ratement of the Cafe, would be futEcient to fupport fuch a Bill without examining evidence in lupport of the allegations of this Petition. Mr. Cv aw Lac obferved, that it would be trouble fume, and very expenfive for there Petitioners to come up to Town, and it would be well if their attendance could be clifpenfed with; they would come, however, if that was abfolutely neeeffary: The A r tORNZT GENSRAL fet!Med to be of the fame opinion as had been expreiTed by the Solicitor, and therefore he gave notice that he 11 , 0111t1 on Mon day move for leave to bring in a Bill on this fub jce, %%Lich, he thid, was a loud call on the hu manity of the Houfe. Mr. DICRSNS (as we underflood) expreffed a hope that the Bill would be brought in, and expe dited, fo as to pars before the Quarter Seißons. Mr. HARRISON raid, that this meafure proceed ed upon a general principle, that of the deficiency of the exifiing law, and that might be entertained by Parliament upon general argument, without examining evidence of particular, partial, or local fads. It proceeded, not on particular evidence. Len ou the general inconvenience refulting from the deft 9 of the ellablithed law. The Petition tins laid on the Table, tinder an undernanding that Mr. Attorney General is to rn,)%e on Monday for Ic.tve to bring in a D;U to re medy the era hers complai&ed of, &c.--AJjourned. be L0N.T..`91%r CZYTTTE, Marti, if. 71ARN1 19. The Ki%r: I':t. Len Flcalcd to appoint the Iti: 4 l:t Hon. Ai. ST). L alld the Right lion. f.iii-d GLJ.NtIFt , tIk to The office of Parr:lller Central it hi, Iktnefly's rieces. The K 1•::; has hem conftitote and app , Ant COM; INC TON EiI , !UND CARRI , UIION, Of the .‘ild•Ilt: Temple, Ilarrifler t Law, Chief Janice cif the Supreme Coutt of Judicature, in the Oland of Ceylon. his MAJESTY 11:1; alio been pleated to conflitute and appoint E'r.tuNo Nity LIeSH►ACTON, Of the Inner Temple, Liq. Ilartiller at Law, to be the I'uili►e Jultice of the Paid Court. The K►NG I►as been pleafed to conflitute and appoint Cnitki.Es GEORGY. BARON ARDEN, of that part of his Majelly's kingdom called Ireland, to be Mailer and Worker of his Majelly's Mint. [Da li::nkeupt% tee. fee the left Page.) LONDON. MONDAY, MARCH 23. PRICE OF STOCKS Ting DAY AT on O'CLOCK. cunrai 5 7 3 ,,f01* ,571...0n1,11tU1T1 3%. /PRICK OF STOCKS ON SATVIIDAY Bank Stock 133 : Imp. Ann. 3 ix r Cent. Red. Pet Ontaium 51, I li 3 per C. Cunf. 564 , .c 7561 frifb Deb..- 4 per Coit.ConL lilt Rank for Ace. t pis C. wavy? a t= lrlia f,,r Acc. Imp.; per C. s 6 Ong. for April s7}? 1 f 1..):: is LI N, IA 1: 01 19 ...PTICC of Stocit4 dos day: 5 per Cent. Gov. a.b. 85i. Mr. May rz the Metfenger, we underhand, fet off late at night on Thurfday laft, for France.— }k is faid to be the bearer of difpatches from Count S rAHRE MEE cc, the Imperial Ambaffador, addreff ed either to Count COEENTZEL or to the French Minifter of Foreign Affairs; and it is generally believed, the belt informed cirt.h.s, that he car ries with him overtures for openin,l a tiegociation for peace with the French Government. The PEtsta gun-veffel which arrived at Whitby on Friday laft, having loft her top-malt, and-been obliged to throw her guns overboard, left Admi ral PAlEilt'S fleet all well yeflerday fe'nnight, about twenty leagues frcm the Naze of Norway. The fleet had experienced blowing weather, and many of the gun-vellas had fuftained damage. His MAJESTY walked out on Saturday, in the Gardens of the Queen's houfe. The gyEEN, we are furry to hear, continues fomew•hat indifpofed. A Council of his MAJtSTV'S Miniflvs was yea terslay held at Lord HAWKESSUIT'S OMCC, in Downing•l.reet. The Duke of YORK returned to town yeßerday morning from Bath, where his Royal Highncfs had been to fee the Duellers. A difpatch was received yet/crap from Sir Lru ABELCROMSIE, by a merchant-(hip, dated the r sth of January, which flates—that he hoped to be able to fail on the Expedition againfl Egypt in about a fortnight after that period. The.. Army was well fupplied with provifions, but the Tusks were rather dilatory. Mr. Fs, wire, one of the King's Mellinger'', fent i‘ut Come time ago to Copenhagen, with di ', rations to flop any cf the Britiffi Nliniaers whom he might m:ct on their way home, happen ed to fall in with Mr. TA Lour, who in conic quence of theft orders returned with him.— It is reported, that tile above Mellinger car ried out an official communication to the Court of Denmark, that Mr. N. VANSITTART was chars. ed with a confidential commiflion, which it was trolled would bring the difpute between the two countries to an amicable termination. Mr. VAx. sirrear is arrived at Altona, and means to in, . ceed to Copenhagen as loon as the Britifh fleet (hall pats the Sound. His propofition, therefore, of whatever nature, is to be fupported by all the weight of Sir Hy's, PAIKIR'S fleet! And hopes are entertained, that the negociation will be fuccefsfnl. Tucfday lA, a Proclamation was jinxed by the Lori Lieutenant and Council of Ireland, to con tinue till 24th June next, thefroe as/ri into the ports of Ireland of an rice, India corn, and all kind of foreign flour.—Another Proclamation itfued, fame date, to continue till 24th June next, the prohibit ing the further dilU!ling of fpirits from oats, nat. meal, barley, beer, or any other fpecics of grain— and ali4 the exportation of any rice or potatoes to foreign parts from any port or place in that king. dom. The 7‘ll (Highland) Regiment has fueceeded the Lancaihire Fencibles on Dublin duty. A letter from 13cmbay, dated in November, mentions a report of conficicrablc fiipplies of aores, havirj reached Ilatav4i from Europe. Eve:taut STAT E-LOT T tRY.--Eight ce nth Day.—. N0..45,720, a prize of tOOOL—No. 57,799, a prize of i t2,:26, SS,t6B,•and 54,37% prices of Sol. the uncommon richncfs of the Lottery I1'h;e1 has induced •t number of Affociations for the pur chafe At Tickets to be foaled up, and the piaci divided in equal !hares amongil the Purchafers this praCtice began the other morning at Lloyd's, when three velpeCtable Ger.ticmen lent out for Fifty Ticl:cts each, and made a joint flock of them—others have followed to a fill greater amount, fo that if this monopoly continues. there will loan be a difficulty of ge:ting a tingle Ticket at any price. Thiro TM:AwI Para Prise fill remaining in the Wheel, holds nut an nnprecedcnted doareur to all thole who are holders of Tickets, or propore to become purchafer% : for, if they (lonia not be lucky enough to obtain this I.evialberi of Fortane, they have dill the Chance of Two schooo, Three io,oco, Two f,OOO, Five 2,000, Four t,OOO, &c. &e. forming, in th' whole, *Colleftion of Prizes fcarcely ever before known in fo advanced a aate of the Lottery.