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OCTAVO EDITION of Mr. GIBBON'. HISTORY. This day was publithed, Hint fomely printed in is Vols. Svo. with a Portrait of the Author, and Maps of the Eaftern and Written Divirmtis of the Roman Empire, price 31. 225. in boards, a new Edition, twine the Sisth. of THE HISTORY of the DECLINE and FALL of the ROMAN EMPIRE. By EDWARD GMBON, Efq. Printed for A Strshan ; T. Cadcll, jun. and W. Davies, in the Strand. Cr The lalt Six Volumes may be had feparate. N. B. There Twelve Volumes complete the original Delign of the Author, and comprife the entire Series of from the Age of Trojan and •he Antortines to the taking of Con nail tinirpte by the 'fork, and the Eitabliffitnent at Rope of the Dominion oldie Popes. As abo►e may alfo be had. Mifcellancous Works of L•dward Gibbon, Efq. with Me moirs of his Life and Writings compofed by Hitufelf : illultrat ed from his Letters, with ocestional Notei. and Narrative, by John Lord Sheffield, 2 vol. APO. 2L tas. in boards. SWEDEN. STOCKHOLM, M.LitcH 7.—lt is remarked that our revered Monarch, on the decifion of the well known law-fuit between fome Nobles and their Lanklmarthal, at the laf diet at Nordkoeping, which was followed by the Royal Ordinance, by which a Swedilh Nobleman, who voluntarily re nounced the Prerogatives of his rank, is to be pu nithed with'expulfion from the country, was pleated or. the fame day to appoint fix young Noblemen of the molt dillinguifhed families asJudges of their difltiets, an office which, by the Swedilh Country people, is particularly honoured and refpeeted. Miscu 5.I-aft year zao Swedifh merchant !hips entered the port of Malaga. DENMARK. Corsniuotst, Malice g.—To the canon-foun dery at Friederichfwerk, a fled and !word-blade manufaCtory, according to the newer improve menu in loch manufaCtories, has been added, and the greateft induftry and diligence are in general obfcrved in this important undertaking. The un wearied attention with which HASLER, the Corn miffary General at War, and Deputy in the Col lege of the Generalty, condufts himfelf in the ad rumination of this important eftablifhmWt, de ferves the greateft praife, The Dana (hip the Venner, belonging to a bottle at Altona, rim aground about a mile from Algiers, on the tgth of December. The crew were Caved; the cargo was valued at from 120 to 130 Spanifh piaflers; but it is in part loft, and in part fo much damaged, that all the goods Paved have been fold by public aultion for 5 t 3 piaftcrs. MARCH lo. —The Chief Pilot of Eaft-Jutland has difcovered a (hallow hitherto altogether unknown, in the little Belt weftward from Sam:oe. Wha• is called the Middle Ground runs forward in a line with the Little Ground, in fuch imanner, that now only (hips who draw at the molt from 8 to to feet water can go between the two grounds, though the paffage was formerly feyen fathom deep. RUSSIA. Pula ssuaon, Fes. 23.—0 n the 12th inn. the Senate publilhed the following remarkable ukafe, figned by the EMPEROR'S own hand : NVifhing to give new encouragement to agricul ture, and to the indnftry of the people,in proportion to the means, which Ruflia poffelfes from its map. nitude and fituation, we have found it neceffary to extend to all Ruffian fubjeas, the right of acquiring landed Enates, without the peafantry and fuperio rites, with the exception of thofe who are reckoned the property of the Nobles. Confequently we per mit not only the merchants, the citizens, and all who enjoy the rights of cities, but alfo peafants of the Crown, to whatever department they may be long, and alfo thofe who have been enfranchifed by their Lords, to purchafe landed Ellates from all thofe who have a legal right of Pale, and to fecure to themfelves fuch acquifitions by conveyances, drawn up in the proper name of each, in the Law Office appointed for that purpofe, according to the forms of law, which (hall warrant their property to them againft all attack. Under the fame date, the Senate has publilhed another exprefs ukafe of his IMPERIAL MAJESTY, by which the fchool founded by the deceafed EM :semi in the year 1797, is not only confirmed by the Senate, but its prefent revenue, confining of t,zoo rubles, as being inadequate to the advan tages to be expeaed from this fchool, is increafed by t 2,000 rubles, fo that its yearly income for the future will amount to 23,200 rubles. The principal objea of this fchool, which at the fame time is put upon a better eftablifhment, is the Rudy of the Ruffian jurifpnidence, and what belongs to it, fuch as a pure Style adapted to judicial affairs, logic and a part of book-keeping. The other branches of learning now taught in the fchool, with the French and German languages, will be continued. The iniiitution confifts of 3o young Noblemen, and 15 other pupils, whofe fathers ferve as fubaherns in the Colleges; both are completely maintained by the Crown ; for each of the &ft soo rubles, and each of the WI ego rubles yearly are allowed. Be fide theft young noblemen others may be received, who are to be in pported by their families, and only to have free lodgings ; but their number moil not exceed 50. The young noblemen will be appointed, on their quitting the fchool, alliltants to the Sec retaries ; hut the other pupils will be put in effec tual fervice, with the rank belonging to the officers of Chancery. The new ellablifhmcnt took place from the e ft of January 1802. The difeafe among the cattle in the village of Tfchernefsk, in the Government of Volodemir, arnfe from Major Salaams, the Proprietor of this village, having compelled his peafants to feed their orbs, ace• with the flefh of cattle, which had died :natural death. His Map :Ty has ord , i-cd this t.:andalons abufe to be made publicly kn , nyn, to ,!••ter others from the like ; and the rnriftutinn, v•hich has been commenced againli the !kl:,jor SA- M.\RIN, to be carried on with the utn:un eigour of Ole law. IL PRUSsief. BERLIN, MARCH 9. —In the year 18ot,the num ber of labourers in the manufaBories in the duchy of Melia amounted to 75,413 ; the value of all the manufaaures to 03,556,108 Rd. the value of the materials 10,301,332 Rd. thus the clear value of the labour of this induttrious people wa58,556,1 u 8 Rd. Among there were 6207 labourers in cotton, who produced 1,546,798 Rd. from au advance of 880,000 Rd. The linen manufadory employed 46,932 perfons ; the value of the linen woven on 28,629 looms, was 8,997,498 Rd. and the advances 3,845,600. Woollen goods were delivered from 14,730 labourers on 5250 looms, for 4,253,990 Rd. and for this materials, to the amount of 2,653,490 Rd. GERMAN? Or Ex, FEE. 24—A propofition is before the Grandees of Hungary, to choofe a Primate of that country at the approaching Dict, which office has been vacant for three years, and has a revenue at tached to it of 3oc,Eroo florins. It may be almoft taken for granted, that the meritorious Archhilhop of Kalotfcha, Count KoLortirscH, who at prefect fills the office of Vicar General, will have tit.: ma jority of voices. The Diet will continue for fi:veral months, and be produEtive of important butinZs. ASC H AFC Vial/ICH, FED. 27.—The four alfem blies of the circles of Franconia, Swabia, the Pa latinate and the Upper Rhine, have, in concert with each other, adopted regulations to promote the common fecurity, against the prevailing diforders. Our Elator has received front the l'orE a letter of acknowledgment of the loth of Ja:tuary, for the well known retignation of the diocesan rights. It came by the way of Paris, where the Cardinal CAPRARA 11.4t1 handed it over to the Miniftcr TAL LEY RAND. The toll upon French wine has been confidera bly railed on the Mayne. The Eledoral Chapter of Cologne at Arnterg have received a Papal brief, in which his Holiness teftifies his fatisfaiftion on account of the renunci ation of the ecclefiaftical rights on the Upper Rhine. PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS. HOUSE OF LORDS, FRIDAY, MARCH 86. Lord ALVANLZY again prciided as Sp-ak•r. Counfel ivere herd relative to the Scotch Appeal—WlLSON e. H . - sox and MeLvILLt.--namtly, Mr. GiLtras in continuation, on the part of Refpondents, after which their Lordfhips de ferred the farther hearing till Monday. The various Bills before the Houle—chiefly of a local and private defcription, were forwarded ill their raped live Rages. Mr. Tar crt, a Member of the other Kottle of Parliament, was (worn at the Bar moaning his propufed Evil:nee relative to the Galway County Gaol Bill. Their Lordfitips then adjourned till Monday. HOUSE OF COMMONS, Mr. Coen, from the Mercers' Company, prefented Tome Accounts, which were ordered to lie on the Table. Mr. MAINWARING moved that the Coroner's Bill ihould be read a fecnnd time on Friday nest.— O r d ere d . _ Lord GLENStRVIR brouzht up a Report from the Corn Committee, which was ordered to lie on the Table, to be printed, and to be taken into confideratlon on Tburfday next. Mr. CORR T moved the Order of the Day for going into a Committee on the Irish Duty Regulation Bill. The Bill went through the Committee, and the Report was ordered to be re ceived on Monday. . . . . General GASCOYNt prefented a Petition from Liverpool againft the Bill for altering the Rates of the CoLnty of Lan caller. SUPPLY. Mr. Cotav moved the Order of the Day for going into aCommittec of Supply. He alto moved, that the feveral Eaimates, refpefting the Mifeel laneous Services of Ireland, should be referred to the raid Committee. Mr. BAKER fait!, he did not mean to oppo the Motion, but there were many of the Services which the Committee was now to be called upon to vote, which, in his opinion, required Come ex planation. They might, for what he knew, be necetrary, but he wifhed the Committee to have tome further information upon them before they were voted. The Parliament had voted fimilar fums of money for inflitutions in this country, the Foundling Hofpital, for inftance ; but they had always required that a full account of the (late of that charity Ihould be laid before them ; and he thought, that in the prefent cafe Parliament ought to have fimilar information. Objeftions had been made to the charge for paving and lighting the City of Dublin ; he did not mean to fay, it would be wrong to vote it, but he thought the fubjeft ought to be fully explained. Mr. CORRY Lid, that nothing gave him more fatisfaftion than to hear the fentimetits of every Gentleman upon thefe fubjefts, becaufe his objeft was to give all the information in his power, and to give every potfible degree of notoriety to there Grants, in order that they might he fully and fairly invelligated. Whatever could be fuggetled by any Honourable Gentleman, that woald tend to put the Houle in polleffion of the moil accurate, extenfivc, and minute information upon there fub jefts, would be molt agreeable to him : and if any mode could be pointed out for that purpofe, he would m6ft readily accede to it. He was not, however, aware of any other mode than that which had at prefent been adopted. But if the Houfe were of opinion, that any further time would be neccfrary to examine this fubjefl, that a larger notice fhould be given to enable Gentle• ' men snore fully to invelligate it, or that any other Papers were neceffary, he would • willingly accede to any propofition for that purpofe. He only withed to conform to the general fenfe of the Houfe. He had had occalion, on a former day, to (late, in reply to an Honourable Baronet (Sir W. Elford), that it would be attended with great inconvenience, if the Vote for thefe Services was poltponed to a ditlant day. But, when fuch a fuggeflion as this had been thrown out, and from fuch a quarter, he had rather run the rifle of a lit tle inconvenience, if he could completely fatisfy the Houfe. The Houle had fired the 3d of April as the lall day for receiving Petitions upon thefe iubjefts, from Ireland; but if Gentlemen wifhed that he Iltould poßpone the Motions, whiea he was now prepared to make, till after that day, he would conform Waif& to the pleafare of the Houle, and Should move, that the Houle Should refolve itfelf into the Committee of Supply on the 3d of April, or rather on the Monday following, becaufe he Should have Come further Accounts to prefent on the 3d. He wifhed to underhand, whether it was the pleafure of the Houle, that he Should pollpone his Motion ; if it was, he would readily do it; if not, he was ready now to pro ceed to move the different Refolutiuns, which be held in his hand. Mr. BAKER faid, he was obliged to the Right Honourable Gentleman for the candour which he had difpla:ed upon this occailon, but he did not know that his objet would be anfwered by merely poßponing this dilcuffion. The 3d of April was certainly the day limited for prefenting private Petitions refpeding thefe fubjeds, but the kight Hon. Gentleman had not fititl any thing about prefenting any explanatory Papers, which it was his objet to obtain. Mr. CORRY faid, that in anfwer to the queflion which the Hon. Gentleman had afked, viz. whe ther be meant to prefent any explanatory Papers? he could only fay, that he was not aware that any other Papers were neceffitry, as thefe which were already on the Table, appeared to him to be fuf ficient. If, however, any Gentleman thought it Was neeeifary to have further information, and would make a motion to that effet, he was lure that any Order of the Houfe for that purpofe would be obeyed with the greateft expedition in Ireland. He had offered, if it was thought pro per, to po ft pone his Motion for fome days, but as the Hon. Gentleman had laid that that would not anfwer the objed he had in view, be would now with the permiffion of the Committee pro ceed to move the Refolutions. _ Mr. ROBSON defired to know whether the Right Hon. Gentleman meant to perflit in moving the Refolutions ref gifting the paving, &c. of the City of Dublin ? He wifhed much that fome fchedule of the Papers which had been prefented could be laid upon the Table. The Sr EAILIL faid, that aU the documents which were laid upon the Table appeared in the votes of the Houfc. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHECWER faid, the Houfe could not now take into confederation the quellion of paving and lighting the City of Dub lin, becaufe the necefiary Eilimates had not been prefented. His Right Hon. Friend had candidly ex prefect his willingnefs to papone there Refolu tions, if the Committee thought proper ; but as the Hon. Gentleman had Rated that it would not anfwer his purpofe, his Right Hon. Friend would probably now think it right to proceed with his Refolutions. The Houfe then rcfolved itfelf into a Committee of Supply. Mr. CORRY Paid, it would be unneceffary for him to detain the Committee, by entering into any ffatement upon the different Refolutions he had to propofe, unlefs he was called upon fo to do, in which cafe he fhould be ready to give the fulleft explanation. He concluded with moving the firff Refolution. Mr. BAKER raid, he did not mean to objed to any of the Refolutions in particular, but to the general proceeding. He conceived that the United Parliament would be juffified in requiring more in formation upon thefe fubjeas, than they now had before them ; that explanation not having been given, it appeared to him, that they were now called upon blindly to vote thefe Refolutions, without fufficient information. The Claw catzoa of the Excii scam faid, that every thing which came from his Hqn. Friend, who had juft fat down, came with great weight, becaufe he was never adnated by any other mo tive than a ftrong fenfe of public duty ; but he begged the Committee to confider in what a Gtua• lion Parliament would be placed, if the fuggef don of the Hon. Gentleman was afted upon.— They were affembled as the Parliament of the United Kingdom, and all the Members of it were upon an equal footing : and if Members of this part of the United Kingdom had a right to call for a full inquiry into all theft Eftimates, the Members for Ireland had an equal right to call for inquiries into the propriety of continuing fimilar Inffitutions in this country. They might call for inquiries into the propriety of continuing the Police Bill, the Thames Police Bill, of continuing the encouragement given to the Board of Agriculture, the Veterinary inffitution, and a number of others of a fimilar nature, exifling for the exclufive ad vantage of Great-Britain. The Reprefentatives of Ireland would have a right to make inquiries into the nature of thefe Inftttutfons, as well as the Reprefentatives of Great Britain to make inqui ries into the nature of the Inftitutions, which it was now propofed to provide for. The adoption, therefore, of this principle, would lead the Houfe into an inconvenience which would foon make them lorry for having given into it. If his Right Hon. Friend did not give a fatisfaitory explanation, the Committee might poilpone thefe refolutions, or negative them altogether; but if the Hon. Gcn tleman's principle was adopted, it would lead to the greaten inconvenience. Mr. CORRY faid, he thould be extremely forty if the Committee fhould fuppofe, that lie had not laid all the information which it was in his power upon the table. He had brought forward every document that he thought could give information, and had laid upon the table papers fimilar to thole which were prefented for fimilar Cervices in Great- Britain. He was anxious to date thus much, be caufe he was jealous of the charaifter of Govern ment, and alfo of his own charaier. He then defired that the Eftimates refpeding the firft refo. lution ( the Pratique of the Port of Dublin) might be read • (the Clerk having read the Eftimate), he faid, he had defired this Eftimate to he read, in order to fbew that every poffible degree of com munication had been given. With regard to the other Refolutions, the Petitions limed a great deal, and the Effimates more. If any Gentle man, as he had before faid, could point out any further information, he was ready to accede to it. Mr. Roasom faid, the Eflimate which had been read was fufficiently full, but he did not think the ' ethers were. He did not think the United ?an. lianlent was Louni by the rniott to provide fi,r thefe fervices. II: withed to have the opinion of the Law Officers of the Crown upon the lubjeet. Sir W. ELFORD, in explanation of what h t d paired upon a former occatlon, faid, he had mere. ly objected to the form of the proceeding. Lord DE BL .10,111 ER E faid, that all theft Lions had underg .me very full and minute inqui ries in the Pat linnent of Ireland ; he had himieli been upon many Committees appointed for the purpole of invelligating thefe fubjeels. ..Ir. Batt sit ftid, he conceived that tl.e United Parliament was bound by the Union to grant the , money for thefe fervices, butfiill he thought mote ample information might be given. Mr. CORRY faid, that he could not accept the conceffion of the Hon. Gentleman, becaufe it ee.s a coneeflion greater that the 7th Article of tl:c Union required, and he would date his teafons (portly to the Committee for laying Co : but befOre he did it, he begged the Clerk would read that Article of the Union. [The Article %%as accord• ingly read.] The object of that Article was, to fccure to Ireland a fpecific (urn, that is to fay, that not a (mailer fum thould be granted. The Com mittee would obferve that it was a ftipulation on the part of Ireland, by which, when the entered into the Union with Great Britain, (he wifhed to fecure to herfelf a fum for the purpofes mentioned in that article ; but there was no ftipulation for any other fum. or for any other purpofes than thole mentioned in the article in queftion. He therefoie felt himfell bound in candour to want the 1 - 1, , i1. Gentleman not to make a concellion greater than he was warranted by the terms of the Union, be. Callie the Hon. Gentleman teemed to think that the United Parliament was bound to grant the fame fums for the fame purpofes that had been ufually granted by the Parliament of Ireland : but that was not the cafe, becaufe the United Pailia ment was not bound to make any provision for any purples except thole fpecified in the article. Maay or the motions he thould have the honour of Fab mining to the Committee, were for let ekes net coming within the meaning of that article : fedi, for inftance, as the charge for paving and lighting the City of Dublin, the charere for printing Noel:, mations, for apprehending felons, &c. None of thefe came within the meaning of that article, and therefore the Hon. Gentleman had conceded too much, when he fuppofed that the United Parlia, ment were bound by the terms of the Union to vote them : but, on the other hand, if they were not bound to vote them, he hoped the Commiztee would agree with him in thinking, that Parliament was not limited as to the fums which they might grant, not even for thole purpofes fpecifiect in th e. article. At the time of the Union, when Ireland was to fend over too Members, to mix with a P.n.- liament confifting 01558, the had thought it need: Cary to (Update that not lefs than the ipecific fhould be granted for this purpofe ; but the Com mittee might, if they thought the cafe required it, go farther, and grant a larger fum.—With regard to all the other purpofes not mentioned in that Article of the Union, there was no reariaiun whatever impofed upon the United Parliament.— The Committee was not bound to grant the fums applied for, if they did not think it neceffary the other hand, they were not reftrieted from doing it, if it fhould teem proper to them. The object of Ireland had been to fecure an average furn, but it was left to the difcretion of Par liament how to apportion it among the different services for which it was granted. In fitet the fums now applied for, for Come of thefe charitable inffitutions, were larger than had been ufuaily granted. The Foundling Hofpital, for inftance, in which 3500 children were maintained : with regard to that Infiitution, the Eftimate for this year was larger than ufual, he believed the exeers was near wool. but this increafe in expenditure arofe from the great increafe of the price of provi fions. He had no other object than to (tate this fubjeet in the fulleft manner to the Committee, and therefore he had been particularly anxious to make himfelfunderilood. Übe had failed in that object, he was ready to give any further information that any Gentleman might require. With regard to , what an Hon. Member had laid refpeeting the pro priety of the Law Officers of the Crown giving their opinions upon the meaning of that Article, it appeared to him wholly unneceffary, becaufe the meaning of it was plain and obvious to the underftanding of every man. Mr. Rossom faid, if it was stipulated by the Union that thefe rums were to be granted, it wai• not neceffary for Petitions to be prefented. Mr. CORRY faid, they were necetfary, becaufe it was in the power of Parliament to difpole of the general fum in different proportions,as might feent to them proper, and therefore Petitions were ne ceffary to point out the proper objects. The following Refolut ions were then agreed tc ; the Ellimates were for Nine Months, viz. to ft ~ sth Jan. 1803. Pratique Dublin Port Z. 726 0 2 Apprehending public Offenders in Ireland 1730 15 4 Fur defraying charge of criminal proceedings 17,307 1 4 For Proclamations and Advertiliments in the Dublin Gazette, &c. 4865 x 6/ Printing and Stationary for Public Offices 13,625 1 24 Incidental expences of the Treafury - 1384 12 4 For building Courts of Law, &c. 4 1 53 1 7 0 Far working the Wicklow gold mine - 1846 3 Cloathing the Battle-axe Guards 683 a 6 The Dublin Society, for promoting hufbandry and other useful arts • 3807 13 zt/ Further Grant to the Dublin Society . 3115 7 9 To the Farming Society of Dublin 1384 12 4 Proteltant Charter Schools 1 3.5 0 5 7 Y Foundling Hofpital 12,690 6 3 Hibernian Marine School for Sailors' Children 133 a 18 y Hibernian School for Soldiers' Children . 3240 o c Lock Hofpital 4164 18 6/ For the Catholic Seminary - 5538 9 4 For the Houle of Indultry in Dublin - 13,167 3 For the Society for discountenancing Vice, and promoting the knowledge and iraaiee of the Chrilban Religion - - 533 16 iif For the Female Orphan Houfe near Dublin 346 3 1 For fitting up and fupporting a Penitentiary Houle for young Criminals - - 186 9 4. 71 The Houfe being refumed. the Report was or dered to be received on Monday, and the Commit tee to fit again on that day. The Committee of Ways and Means was defer red till Monday. Adjourned at half pall five till Monday. Of