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e• iir 'll IC V- roller any any objeateins to hint if prefented to a th._ lice, it could not anfe from his being a Layman ; in that view he flood on the fame footing of other Clergymen. He could no more re fi gn his prieftly charaeter than a Peer could refign his title, for both were equally fandioned by the law. Looking at the Conflitution of the Church, he faw feveril regulations of the Priefthood, refpeding fulpen lion and excommunication for milehaviour, but not one word refpeding the refignation of a Prieß. No fuch inflance had ever occurred ; a. ftrong evi- Itnce that none fuch would have been allowed. was c ontrary to the frame of the Civil and Ec clefiaftical Law of England. Upon thole grounds, independent of the confideration of public utility, te fh o uld fupport the Bill, though it might be ar goal, as fo often pleaded in the cafe of marriage, that it was cruel to compel perfons to remain any fituation, after they fhould have found emfelves difcontented. He conceived it for the eneral intereft to impofe thole reftraints. Dr. LAUREN ca agreed in the legal ftatements of his Learned Friend. Mr. GREY Paid, he was not difpofed to difpute the arguments of the Learned Gentlemen as to the indelibility of the Ecclefiaftical Charafter, but he muft confider it extremely cruel to compel a man, who at the age of 23 years fhould become a Deacon, to continue in the profeilion of a Prieß againft his convidion, and by precluding him from t'': liberty of choofing any other occupation, oblige him to fpeak the language of truth with the lips of falfehood, and play the hypocrite at the altar of GOD. Sir Ws cue,* SCOTT obferved, that it frequently occurred in ancient times, that Bills were prefent ed by perfons who were in Holy Orders. TheCtutactxxolt of theExcutqyza, in a fpeech of confiderable ingenuity, replied to the arguments of Mr. Grey. If the Hon. Gentleman, he raid, wiflied as he propofed , to preclude Prieas fitting in that Houle, from the liberty of accepting any eccletiaftical benefices, did he mean alto to dill qualify them from difcharging any of the duties of the ecelefiaftical fun lion ? If fo, it would be in vain to talk of the indelibility of the charader. From the earlieft times, he contended the Houle of Commons was a Lay Affembly, and indepen dent of all other authorities, he fhould rely on the lex et cionffistuelo rat-liaise:di, to prove that Priefts were ineligible to fit in that Houle. With refped 1 to the cafe alluded to by the Hon. Gentleman, re lative to a Deacon being compelled to remain in holy orders, he fhould conceive it the higheß de• eve of impolicy to hold out the leaft tenfptation or encouragement to any Prieß to defert his fa, cred funetionsto withdraw him by the allure• silents of ambition from that fpecies of Rudy and devotion which rendered the chara&er of a Prieß refpellable anti dignified—to excite in his mind any profpeds inconfiftent with thole feeljngs ' fen timents, and hopes which belonged to and befit• ted the contemplations of a Clergyman, by tell ing him he might have other and better refources than the profeffion of a Prieß afforded—by open ing to him other walks in life, where he might employ his talents with more advantage to him felf—and laft of all by turning his thoughts to po litics, and thereby inviting him to form connec tions very incompatible with the performance of his duty. Nothing .vas mote deferable than that khe Legiflature fhould preferve the fandity of the Cle rical Charafter, by guarding againft any impro per collifion between the duties of a Prieß and a layman, and fuch was the °Ned of the Bill before the Houle.—Mr. Geer explained. Lord HAVIKESISURY fupported the BilL Mt. Bianca oppofed the Amendment; after Which the queftion was put for the third reading of, the Bill. Mr. Toot' rote to oppofe it; but was told by the Speaker that he was out of order: he could not then oppofe the third reading of the Bill, but if he had any amendments to propofe, he might fubmit them to the confederation of the Mode after the Bill was read a third time. The Bill was then read a third time. Mr. TOOKE then role, and was proceeding to argue upon the different c laufes of the Bill, but . was again reminded by the Speaker that he was out of order. The SPEAINE raid, he might propofe fuch amendments as furgefted themfelves, but he could not argue upon the principle of the Bill. Mr. H. Toole raid, that from his regard to the reputation of the Houle, he fhould avail himfelf of the opening. He fhould be fore) , to fec the Aft in its prefent Rate go down to poftetity about the neck of the prefent Parliansent. If the fame of the Parliament w...s not ftrangled by it, loaded with I the various other Ads lately paired to abridge the I liberties of the fubjed, it could not hope to cfcap e fuffocation. The Honourable Gentleman then pro. ceeded to point out various inconfiftencies, ince... xruities and abfurdities in the Bill. He found par ucular fault with the preamble. It was there Rated that doubts had arifen whether perfons in Holy Or ders, &c. and it was afterwards enaded that no • TrEnifter of the Gorpel in Scotland fhould fit in the Houle of Commons. But would the Right Ho nourable and Leatned Gentleman oppofite to him, or would the Bench of Billops allow that the Scotch Clergy were in Holy orders? It was the doftrine of the Church of Rome, of the Church pf England, and of every Epikopal Church, that none were but fuch to whom the nosy SPIRIT had been regularly tranfmitted from the Apoftles, and the Biffiops, their lucceffors. Therefore all that had been Paid with regard to the indelibility of the cle rical charades., to them wee wholly inapplicable. Speaking . of this indelibility, he afked, whether . Cbriflianity was indelible ? Nobody would pretend that it was; yet it was conferred by a whole &em inent, viz. by baptifm, whereas orders were con ferred by ball a -fectament, or at moft by Tome fraftion of one. Suppofing the dodi inss of the Church to be fuddenly changed, what became of ter, indelibility ? In the reign of Edward VI. the Clergy 411 went to bed true Protellants, and waked good Catholics in the morning, for Mary was Quern. If the Legillature exercifing an undoubt • ed - right were to change the eftablifhed creed, would the charafter of thofe who had been ordained ritas of the Church of England remaiaindelibk I . _ more recent date than laft Gazette Extraordinary. No, it would ctiangwymr..... cumflances. He profeffvl he could 4 . l itcover in the fpeech of the Right Honourable and Learned Gentleman no proofs of learning what ever. He had dealt only in myfterious affertions, and if this was to be reckoned learning, the molt learned man was the boldeft. No adjudication had been produced! When had it been adjudg ed that a bifcuit baker is eligible, an oilman, a porter brewer, or a jobber in the Stocks ? Corrup tion was dreaded ! But with whom would the re proach lie ? With the feducer, not the feduced— not the clergy but the Minifter. The proper way to guard againff corruption, would be to look to the either:, not the elated. But to talk of the qualification of thofe who choofe the reprefenta tyres would be reckoned rank jacobinifm. [Some one hollowed out Old Sarum!) The Honourable Gentleman is in the right, Paid Mr. Home Tooke, Old Sarum was certainly in my mind. But the Hon. Gentleman was egregioufly miftaken, if he imagines that this confideration will influence my opinions or profeflions. I throw down Old Sarum on the floor ; I abandon it. Disfranchife it, and its filler boroughs : thus get rid of me, and I (hall think the day that you do fo the happieft of my life. lam indeed very much obliged to the Gen tlemen who fent me here, but I accepted their of fer upon no conditions. lam as independent as any man in this Houfe. I did not even undertake to defend Old Sarum. [The Honourable Gentle man was here reminded by the Speaker that he had made no motion, and that he' ought to con fine himfelf now to moving an Amendment.] He Paid he fhould move one pro forma, but whether it patted or not he was very indifferent. After propofing an alteration in the preamble, by which it was Paid that the Aft was pallid becaufe the in termeddling of Churchmen in politics had been found to be attended with great fcandal to their own body, and great detriment to the public, he went on to give his opinion of the clergy in a very humorous manner. He then returned to Sir W. Scott's opinion about holy orders. I have Paid he, often heard of a cafuift fplkting a hair, but never till to night didi conceive it poffibleto fplit a facra ment. This difcovery reminds me of the achieve ment of a certain grave and learned Divine. For the edification of the faithful he undertook to thew how much devil there was in each twine of that herd into which our Saviour threw the legion he had taken from the poffeffed perfon. Legion, he thought to himfelf, that is the name of a divifion of the Roman army; but of how many does it con fill ? After much refearch he afcertained the num ber of the Roman legion in the time of Tiberius. —By confulting whole libraries filled with Eaftern antiquities, he likewife was to fortunate as to cal culate with great accuracy the prnbable number of a Samaritan herd of twine about the time of He rod. He then retorted to his (kill in arithmetic, and by dividing the one number by the other he proved to the admiring world that in each of thefe unfortunate hogs there was about a devil and a half, or a devil and three quarters.—He was reckoned a molt learned Divine, Sir, and highly refpated. (This Rory produced pe als of laugh ter). The name of the Divine was Dr. Small well, or Dr. Smallbridge, or Dr. Smallbrook. I do not recoiled which, but he was ever after called Dr. Split Devil. Mr. SPIARER here reminded the Honourable Member that he was wandering from the queftion, and :liked if he ,had any amendment to move ? Mr. TOOKI propofed an amendment, he Paid , for form fake. The Bill wanted many. He did not with to oppore its operation, but for the honour of the Houfe, and the character of the Honourable Gentleman who introduced, and the learned Gen tleman who fupported it, he wifhed they would undertake to fend it forth in a coned fhape. He moved, that in the preamble, after the word whereas, thefe words be inferted The Clergy ought not to be entangled in fecular affairs ; and whereas, from their intermeddling in political mat ters, much mifchief and vexation have arifen to Church and State; and whereas"—[ There ewe now a load cry of withdraw, witbdraev].—Mr. H. Tooke, and thofe near, called out no, no—they did not with to divide the lioute. The cry of with. draw was louder from the Treafury Bench than ever, and the gallery was actually cleared. The Houle continued fitting to a very late hour, but !hangers were not re-admitted. We underftand that the amendment was negatived without a divi fion, and the Bill paffed and ordered to be carried up to the Lords. - intelligence in the We are extremely forry to learn that doubts are entertained of the fafety of the EARL TALBOT, In aiaman, which had failed from Bombay for China, and was miffing. The accounts from every part of India were highly gratifying. It is faid that the corps of Swifs which afted with that a the Prince de CONDE aetually embarked, and failed frOm Triefte on the 15th of "April, to reinforce our army in Egypt. There was a rumour yellerday that the troops at Minorca were about to be fent to Alexandria. This, we prefume, cannot be the cafe, as tbefe troops are the volunteer corps from the militia, auld whofe fervices are Maly limited to Europe. The foreign corps in Britifli pay, ferving in Por tugal, are alto Paid to be defkined for Egypt. The LORD CHANCELLOR yefterday had a long audience of his MAJESTY, at Kew-palace. The King has been pleafed to grant the dignity of a Vifcount of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland to the Right Hon. HORATIO Baron NELSON, Knight of the Molt Honourable Order of the Bath, and Vice-Admiral of the Blue Squadron of His Majefty's Fleet, and the Heirs Male of his Body lawfully begotten, by the name, (Lyle, and title of Vifcount NEisow of the Nile, and of Burnham Thorpe, in the county of Norfolk. The King has alto been pleated to nominate and appoint THOMAS GRAVES, Efq. Rear-Admiral of the White, to be one of the Knight Companions of the Moft Honourable Order of the Bath. Mr. ARTHUR PAGET is appointed Envoy Er. traordinary to the Court of Vienna in the room of Lord Moro, who returns to England ; and Mr. CHARLES STUART, fon of the late General of that name, is to be the Secretary of that embally. The Earl of HARDWICItE left town yefterday morning, for Ireland; Colonel CHARLES MAc. DONNELL goes over Aid-de-Camp and Military Secretary to his Excellency. Government is bufily amployed in preparing reinforcements for our army in Egypt. The de tachments of infantry will confift of five thoufand men, and the TRANSPORT BOARD received orders yefterday morning to provide the neceffary ton nage for the imbarkation of fix regiments of light cavalry. The corps of artillery which is to be fent out, will be compofed of picked men. The York Huffars will form a part of the Expedition. The detachMent of Guards ordered for Egypt leave town to-niorrow. CITY BUSlNESS.—Yefterday the LORD MAYOR held a Court of Aldermen, at which were prefent thirteen Aldermen, Mr. Recorder, and the Sheriffs. The LORD MAYOR nominated the following Gen tlemen for Sheriffs of this City and % county of Mid dlefex, for the year enfuing Edward Gale Boldero, golanith ; Wm. Marriott, baker . George Browne, merchant taylor ; Thomas Aria Pearfon, Ra doner ; Richard Welch, glover; Jofeph Warner, grocer; JO. feph Bramley, founder; Philip Ronda, draper; James Alex ander, butcher. The Serjeant at Arms was ordered bythe Court to wait on the above Gentlemen, to acquaint them of their nomination. • Bezzo.—Yefterday the Wardens of the COM. I pany of Bakers attended the LORD MAYOR retpeet ing the Affize of Bread, when his Lordfbip order ed the price to be reduced two affixes and a half, or sd. in the Peck Loaf, to take place on Thurf day next : the price of the QBartern Loaf will then be is. std. On Thurfday morning, about aide o'clock, the foundation (lone of the new wet docks at Leith, was laid in the pretence of the Right Hon. the LORD Pitovorr, Magiftrates and Council of Edin burgh, the Magiftrates of Leith, and a number of other Gentlemen, by Roar. DUNDAS, Efq. of Mel ville, depute grand mafon of Scotland. The grand lodge and all the lodges of Edinburgh affifted at the ceremony. The Rev. Dr. TROTTER, of Knightibridge, Lon don, has addreffed for publication the following obfervations on the Metallic Pradlice, to Mr. Fla ws s of Leicefter-tquare, London , the Pat entee : pear Sir—Since my letter to you, asith of March laft, I We operated with the defiral died in eighty different Cafes, Mem my Mends and acquaintance, with the Metallic Tr . I am more and more convinced of the importance of this angpory and llinsokind cannot help pitying thofe who, el. tier iftraitol ignorance or prejudice, attempt to depreciate its tanks Hare are one or two Cafes; ERYSIPELAS.--* A Lady was Aided with an Efipelm Y her face. The inftunntation and fwelling were fo grea ry t, that ISO of her eyes wss clofed, and (he complain of great pain.. Milling o perated on, the (welling inflammation were dal& and the face came to Its natural colour, and which was lbaleasa as to be voluntarily remarked by one of the family eln a few minutes more me cheerfully acknowledged was quite well. GOUT,-* A Man, aged 37, had for (enrol years been fob jed to t h e Gent. I found him in bed, and very much diftrellibi with the Weak in one of his feet. After I had operated 'moo it with the Tradon, be raid his pain was entirely gone ; wheo f at the fame time, I obkned the inflammation and (welling faho fide. He has bad no return of his complaint theft Svc narmtha. BURNO-* A Lady burned her band. I h a aa:si at doe book immediately a ft er the accident, and *Mena ton. In about ten minutes the inflammation do mikado° was prevented, end the laid the pain was gene. crank T ra dors to be molt ufeful harm This morning about eight o'clock , a Domeß ic " and wi beieve ts M no family Should be without, 'Specially as of Lord Mauro, at Vienna, arrived at Lord they are In no danger ' f doing any harm by the rriniaty.` Os the ift of April was put:dialed, by the Patentee,ao main I HAWIIIIIIIOItIr'S Office. He is the bearer of Dis. new Wart, entitled « Cafes of fuccefsfol Pradice with Paso patches from Lord ELGIN, and of an overland. nines Patent weak Tradtors, recei les." ve p d fillet e la. januorf,lloo4 Difpatch from India. Lord Ezones difpatehts the date et the farmer publication, ric kid by J. 'elation, St. Paul's Church-yard, Lonesa..ly which relate to Egypt, do not come down spry/ . so the Patentee it nosy be had gratis, by all who ham later than the Gazette accounts which have already r e C m c wa the Togit‘cout,Un. ad ea T og rg o ok bCca publiffied. Sprains, Smiles, sod mologans Wades of Hales which are imaiseerabie. The arrival of the Hamburgh Mail yefterday The Trodtors, fit nevermy In every Family, and among none of Hark, b e bad. penulc . with new and improved dine was followed by a num ber of re p orts, Psa which, we believe, are ent itled to much credit. ;: " * . s . ,: m. dm4 plustee f ", F in i v e Lei G ratcr . ulneu rg th uare e Seiy ; an l a lLD Freactie • Among other things it was Paid that the ezpedi. Se n s te kit, Own& it Drr na t, t !n n LaL en tiaralr c ket, Lemke ; Lion to Rofetta bad fucceeded, which place had Coach, or even by Pot!, perfedtty convenient. Letters heel fallen into our hands. A rumour of another corn ing theiresont (paw pee eNeks l ? duly ad proper s: toed to. ify. that he ..r. The plexion was, that the French had aftitally thrown removed from No t 11, to No. at, Leicefter-fquare, Landes; the Houle orate late John Hunter, Surgeon , which he has taken Co reinforcements into Ale xandria.—We could from its ( o p e ner Conveniences tar cocci% Pal,ients, as well as not find, however, that either the Ealt India Com e „ mom , yam,. • MAILS THIS DAY. — Wind N. N. W. AORWILD put o Hamburgh, a Dublin, May id, o Waterford, a Doonagbadec,May ad, A Mail for the Leeward Elands will be made up this Even ing at the General Pott Office, to be conveyed to the Weft Indio illthe PRINCISS CHAILOTTE packet, Capt. Kea, now lying at Falmouth ready for Sea. LONDON. WEDNESDAY, MAY so. nue, OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK: Coda 4--.Conlon fee ace. boi—Ornaluna 9 If. 4 per CMS. 71-5 per Cat. igsf—New ass 94. Stitt; OF STOCKS TISTIRDAT 3/KT Cent. Red. 6160 Long An& 3.10 3 pee C. Gni. dot $6l 6o* Sheet An:1.3,2,46f 4 Per Cad- 70 9 11 Imp. Ann. 5- 1 6 5 ger C. Navy MR S per Cent. sill 9m C. 14 1. 44 Onardum 9i 9 Du Dun, MAT 16.—Price of Socha Ws day: pet Cam. U. • Coerce of Exchange...Dubin co Leedom 54 zit. YARMOUTH, MAY rg. Arrived the PRIN ce or WALES packet, Captain SUTTON, from Cuxhaven, without Mails, with a Mellinger (Mr. ARNDT,) and Difpatrhes from Lord Misty°, and Mr. RICHARDSON, a paffenger. One Mail from Hamburgh is due this day.—the Mails of the [sth infant are on board the EARL. OF LEICESTER packet, in the Roads, waiting a favourable wind to fail for theContinent.—A large row boat, with 32 oars, was fent in here to-day by the NARCISSUS, taken off Fluthing, the crew efcapcd on (pore.—On Monday, P. M. failed the Aciptcouvr man of war, of 64 guns; and this morning the LEYDEN and MADRAiS, for Port& mouth.—Report Rates here, that the French in Egypt have experienced a total deleat.—Wind N. E. PLYMOUTH, MAY iB. Came in the Ragufan brig Santa Helena, Cap. tain Plum Du sa AVE CK, from Alicant bound' to Hamburgh, laden with barilla and figs, detained by the MILBROOK fchooner, of 18 guns, Captain STARCK ' • the MAJESTIC, of 74 guns, Captain Gou LIP, from the Channel Fleet; and the STORK, of t 8 guns, Captain PARKER, from a cruize.— Sailed on a cruize the CLYDE, of 38 ,o'uns, Captain CUNNINGHAM ; AMETHYST , Of 38 ; Capt. Cooxl and the COCKCHAFER lugger. PORTSMOUTH, MAY 19. This morning failed the LION, of 64 guns, Capt. MITFORD ; and the HINDOSTAN, of 54 guns, Capt. MOTTLEY,_with the following Etat India men: DUKE OF BOCCLELIGN, BELVEDERE, TAUN TON CASTLE, WOODFORD, WALLEY, ALFRED, AL mow, and ABERGAVEN Ir.—Sailed with the above convoy, the William Colborn, for the Cape of Good Hope ; Port Rofeway ; and Earl Spencer, for the South Sea—Went out of harbour, the Ac rlve and HANNIBAL;' came into harbour, the FLoßA.—Arrived the Lord Jervis lugger, with 340 Icalks of fpirits and tobacco, fent in by the Foe. N E (loop of war. SHEERNESS, MAY t 9. Sailed yefterday his Majefly's fhip HYDRA, of 36 guns, the Hon. Capt. PAGrr, for Portfmouth. —Arrived this day, from the river Thames, the following gun-brigs, all ready for fea, MYNx, CONFLICT, and FEARLESS. FROM LLOYD $ LIST. DIAL, MAY ig.—Arrived the ALowzo, Dm. Giver, Aurol4ll, and FALCON floop from a cruize. Wind N. E. .—..—t.. FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE. MAY 19. ADIIIRALTY.OTFFIOE, MAT 19, 1801. Copy of a Letter from Rear Admiral tonc awe arm, Com. wander in Chief of hie Majefty's wipe and vetch at the Leeward Iftanda,to EVAN NsFIAIII, Erg. dated Fort Royal, February 9. Si a--Capt. MATSON, of the DAPHNE, informs me, by letter of the sad ult. that on the 16th, obferving fome coafiers near the !bore, undercon voy of a fchooner, he detached Lieut. WREN- Els, with the boats of the CYANE, under Lieut. PEACHY ; but on their approaching, all fucceeded in getting under the cover of the batteriesat Balk Terre, one excepted, which anchored near Vieux Forte : this, in the courfe of the night, Lieute nant M'KEHz as, boarded and brought off under a heavy cannonade. The next morning they ob fervedfrom the Saints,the above mentioned fchoo ner work up in chore, and anchor at Trois Ri vieres, covered by a battery, and flanked by two others. Notwithfianding thofe difficulties, Lieu tenant M , RE azt E, with-Lieutenant PEACHY, , vo lunteered to bring her out, which Captain Mar. sow was at laft prevailed on to accord to ; but, from want of wind, this gallant intention was not attempted until after fun-rife on the iBth, when Mr. 111‘KamziE, in a manner which exceeds all Rraife, ran the fchooner on board, though a fu perior enemy, and evidently prepared for him, when Lieutenants PEACHY and NPR'', ztE entered with 3o men, and, after a conteft of a quarter of i ‘n an hour,fitcceeded in bringing heroff under a moil tremendous fire from the batteries, (he being cored fo clofe to the fhore as to have a (tern hawfer fall on the beech. In this conteft the Flinch Captain, his firfl, fecond Lieutenant, and fix men were wounded; betides one killed and two drowned. In the Garland tender one fez man and one marine killed; the ferjeantnf marines and two feamen wounded. Though I was not an obferver of this exploit, which appears to me among the firfl traits of gallantry in the courfe of the war, their Lordfhips will be able to appreciate the value of Lieutenant WREN ztz's conduet, which I mull further add, is, in its probable con fequences, of the greaten moment to the trade of our iflands, as PEclair fails rapidly, and, when fully armed, will carry twelve fix-pounders, be fides twenty•one and a half-pounder brats guns mounted as fwivels. She was in her way to Point Petre to complete, having left Rotbfort armed only with four bra ts four-pounders, the so (mall guns, and so men. (Signed) 3. T. nucEwoaytt.. DISTRIBUTION OF PRIZE MONEY. The unclaimed Blares of prize-money arifing from the capture of the Smith frigate Santa. D orothea; due to the crew of the LION, has been re mitted from Gibraltar, and may be received at Salter's.hallcourt, any Monday or Thuriday. To the crew of the Pima, for the capture of the Spanifh brig Citto, a diftribution of the net pro ' coeds of the unclaimed part of the cargo will be made at Beaufort-buildings, oa Friday the sad inftant. F,