Star. — London, England, 1805-06-11 00:00:00

FROM Tt . DUTCH PAPERS. PAats, MAY t.::—The Official Journal mentions, 1 , that on the sth of May, an Englifh convoy was feen off Lifbon ; at tiro only part of the convoy came into . port ; but on the 7th the remainder arrived under •••• avotivny of the Q E LEN, of 98 ; DRAGort, of 8o; and , • • .••• ihasWitt.ram lugger, of 12 guns. Thewhole confined of 39 tranfports, having on board about goon troops. The Fren:h ansi Spanifh M'inillers immediately repair ed to Coort, and declared, that they would inflantly depart from Lithon, if the Englifh fquadron were not ordered away. The Prince REGENT ordered the hat teries to be prepared, and this famous Englifh expe dition was• obliged to fet fail within 48 hours. On the 13th all the veffels fet fail, neering towards Gib , raltar, whither, it is faid, orders will be font for their fu: rho: dellination. Tr•c 21fcriteur alfo contains an article, dated— ,' CARTHAGSSA, MAT 4.—A Spanifh fquadron, of eight men of war, had fee fail from hence to drive the enemy from off our roans. They (leered for Ma jorca, where they difembarked the reinforcements in tended for that inane, ; and returning to Carthagena they ekaftel Admir4NtisoN'sjleet; which, for the third time, had returned from the Coati of Egypt, and nationeditfelf off Carthagena, twent y-fe ven days after the Combined Squadron had *fed the Straits." HAGUE, June 4—The articles refpating the abo lition of trade between England and Holland, were publicly ratified by their High Mightinellet, on the 3t ft ultimo. Beaus, MAT 25.—The King's Courier, who left Milan on the 13th init. arrived here on %Vednefday la% and brought with him the French paffports for M. NOVOIELTZOTIN They were requested by our Cowl, and molt readily granted by the Emperor Ns.- 'lnfos ; and appearances indicate an unriernankiing which may lead to the wifhed-for event of Peace.— " Tie& paffports, together with otherdifpatches, were forwarded to St. Peter !burgh, by the Ruffian Conc ., giate Afefor, M. BAZENOFF. M. NOVOSILT2.OI, will probably reach Paris about the middle of June. P4RI.I.4MEAT4Rr PROCEEDINGS. HOUSE OP LORDS, MONDAY, JUNE to. A Meffage was received from t'ie Commons, importing that the Houle had granted permiffion to Sir John and SirJas. Stewart, Baronets, to attend their Lordihip's Committee, if the raid Man-, ben thought fit. A fecund Meffage was received from the Commons, prefented by Sir John Stewart, Bart. this was of f 'me length, and included an expofition of the grounds on which the Committee of that Houfe (to whom the cordideration of the affair of Sir H. R. Pop ham was referred) required the attendance of the Earl of St. Vin cent to he examined before them. Several private an-t local Bills were brought up by Mr. Baker, Sirj. Aiiley, Mr. Johnitone, and other Gentlemen, and which . - . „ were Ceveraity read a firft time. . Lord SIDIV:OI.ITH r.nnounced, that be had the authority of Earl St. Vincent to declare, that his I. , rdihip was ready, when called upon, to attend the &led Committee of the Honk of Com. to w:1 - 1111 the confideration of the repairs of the Romi.ey and Serie)le were referred. TRUSIR'S DIVORCE RILL. Refpeaing which, Counfcl was in part heard on a fornier evening. This forms rather a fingular cafe ; being " A Bill to diffoive the marriage of Elizabeth Utterton, with Frederick Teufh, her now hufband, and to enable the laid Elizabeth Utterton to marry again, and for the other purpofes therein mentioned." Counfel and evidence in fupport of the Bill were called to the Bar. From the lta:ement and depofi ,tions of there, in the indent and former inhances, - and from the allegations of the Bill, it appeared that tlie petitioner, Mrs. Tenth, married with Mr. Frede rick Tenth, of the City of London, merchant, in July 1790, that they lived and cohabited together, as man and wife, until February 1798, in which in terval their iffire was two daughters, both fince dead; that Mr. Teufh having formed an adulterous inter courfe and conneEtion with one Sarah Evans, began to abfent himfelf frequently from his wife, and, in the year 1796, began to live with the Paid Sarah Evans, as man and wife, under the affnmed name of Mr. and Mrs. Thorley, and in February 1798 entirely left Mrs. Teufh, and declared his intention of never re turning to his family again, though he admitted he Bad no ground for complaint againft her. From that time the has Lved apart from Mr.Teuth, and has had rio intercourfe with him, but lived ever fince in the pa rift' of Chelhunr, where, from her good condua, the has entitled herfelf to, and received the countenance and protection of a refpeaable neighbourhood, and from toms of the relatives of her hufband; that Mrs. Teufh, in December 5798, obtained a fentence of divorce a menfa et there, againft her hufband, in the Confiftory Court of the Bishop of London, in conic quence cf his adulmry with Sarah Evans ; and the Court alfo decreed Mrs. Teulh, the funs of 2001. per annum, as alimony, during the joint lives of Mr. and Mrs. Tenth ; that Mr. Teufh has ever fince lived with Sarah Evans, who refided, at different places, as his wife ; that fhe has, for Pane time paft, gone by the name of Mrs. Teufb, and is con fidered by many perfons as his wife ; they have three children ; that Mr. Teufh has been far from punauxl fit the payment of the alimony to his wife, who fre quently has been obliged to recur to the Ecclefiafti. cal Court, in order to infuse payment. Towards the end of loft year, Mrs. Teufh was under the neceffity of applying, through the procefs of the Ecclitiallical Court, for three quarters of a ycat's alimony,' 'Sue sup to the 28th of OEtober 1804, in confequence of which Mr. Tenth' petitioned for a reduaton of alimo ny, ailedging his fituation and reduced circumftan c. , and !Toting that he had withdrawn himfelf and :s capital horn trade—that, however, the circum -I:4nees of Mr. Tetrth, and his quitting his partner !hip, have not arifen from loffes in trade, or unfore teen misfortune, bat in confecinence of Mr. Tenth's purfuing the fame courfe of life, that compelled the Petitioner to apply for a divorce to the Confillory Court ; that under thefe circumftances, Mrs. Teulh has no . profpea bnt that of being reduced to a com parative flare of indigrnce, having; beyond the fiaid alimony, barely the means of ezinence ; and that the conduel and fituation to which Mr. Teal is reducing himfelf, preclude every hope of reconciliation, and chance of Mrs. Tenth continuing to enjoy the only benefit that remained to her of her marriage contract, namely, the aforefaid means of fubfillence ,• and on thefe grounds, the Petitioner prayed their Lordihips slant to a Bill for divorcing her hufband. After the neceffary preliminary fads of the mar. riage, etc. were duly proved, feveral witneffes were l - rouAht forward to fubllantiate the allegatiou of the - . • . 'adultery of Mr.Tenfh,::nd his cohabitation v. ith Sarah Evans; thefe were principally female de•melic let vents, 1.%:t0 had lived with the parties. One of there flared, that fhe had ken them feveral times together in bed ; and another, who not long tince had lived with them as cook, at God Roue, timed they Lad three children. Another witnefs Rated, that the lived with Mr. and Mrs. Tenth, about duce years—their town re fidence was then at No. v 4 t, Fenchurchdlreet—this was about nine years ago ; the latter part of the time of her living with them, Mr. Tenth frequently abfent. ed himfeif from home, and often Raid out late at night; that the obferved Mrs. Tenth frequently in tears ; that Mr. Tenth in general behaved inhumanly to her ; that the behaved herfelf very well to him, and did every thing the thought would pleafe him 1 that the obferved Mr. Teuth more than once take wine out of the cellar, and fend it out. Another witnefs ft;:ted, that the lived with Mr. and Mrs. Tenth about the lathe length of time ; it was after the former witnefs had lived with them. She had obferved the behaviour of Mr. Teufh to his wife; in general, he appeared very croft to her. The LORD CHANCELLOR here obferved, that this kind of evidence had nothing to do with thecafe; there was no al!egation of cruel behaviour in the bill. The Leading Counfel (Mr. ADAM) obferved, the ' prefent cafe, under all its circumftances, and confi ', tiering them all together, was, he though;, fuch a cafe, as wouldentitle the lady to the relief the pray. ed tor; they therefore thought it may be proper to go into a proof of general condo& and behaviour from the commencement to the lateß period. Such was done in the cafe of the divorce a onenfa et :hot,. The LORD CHANCELLOR laid the evidence mutt be in proof of the allegations of the A Gentleman was then brought forward, who lived in the neighbourhood of the former refidence of Mr. and Mrs. Tenth, near Chelhunt, and of that in which Mrs. Tenth at prefent refided. He Rated that Mr. Tenth left his wife in the year 1798 ; that the lived (ince in a houfe, other than that the occupied with her hufband ; that the behaved with ihe greateft propriety ; which Mr. Tenth, who had made up his mind not to live with her, acknowledged and alto expretfed a &fire, that an intercourfe may be kept up between his family and her. Another Gentleman, a Mr. Oliver Cromwell, Rated that he knew Mrs. Tenth feven or eight years. She lived in a fmall houfe, near Clielbunt, with a lirniied eftablithment fuitable to it. Some obfervations were here interchanged between the Learned Counfel and the LORD Cksircaccoa, refpefting the neceffsty line of evidence. After which the farther confideration of the Bill was adjournCd till Wednefday. MANCHESTFE Quitted SESSION BILL. The Earl of BUCKINGHAMSHIRE moved the fir II reading of the Bill for authorifing the pay ment of a falary to the Chairman of the Quarter Seitions of the county of Lancafter ; on which The Earl of RADNOR rote, and expreffed his decided difapprobation of the meafure. He obferv ed, that the office to which the Bill applied was one of ancient inftitution, greatly condikive to the pith lic welfare ; and the more fo, as it was always per formed gratuitoufly. He was willing to admit that, Come Itrong and plaufible arguments would apply in the prefent cafe. Let their Lordfhips confider the duties which were impofed on juryrden to be gratnit oufty performed, and who were liable to be fined if they did not attend; in that refpca, what difference fhould there be between the county of .Lancaller and other counties ? that part of the country was very populous, but was highly profperous ; why Ihould it poffefs the advantages of profperity, with out at the fame time fuffering tome of the difadvan taps which refulted from it ? Were the Bill in quef. tion paired, there would be applications of a limit-at kind from other quarters. He had feveral other ob jeaions, but he now objefted to the principle of the Bill ; and, under his impreffion of it, would move to amend the Noble Earl's motion. by fubflituting fur the word " Now," " thi. day three months." The Eail of BUCKINGHAMSHIRE faid, be was aware of feveral objeftions which may be made to the Bill ; but the truth was, that all thofe whom he had confulted on the occafion, were impreffed with the neceifity of the meafure, and were of opi. nion that it was impoffible to carry on the bufinefs to which the Bill referred, without a provition of the kind ; fo much fo, that he thought he only dif charged his duty to the public in fiipporting it ; the part of the county of Lancafter to be affefted by the Bill contained an immenfe population, a great part of whom were manufaaurers. For the three Safi years, the o ffi ce in qui:llion was executed by a per fon Ito refided thirty miles from the place ; the meafure under confiderat4on was neceffary in the opi nion of many converfam with the Winds of the Courts of Juflice. His Lordfhip went into a Rai ment of the number of cafes tried in the year sBOO, and the four following years, and adverted to the fe• rious inconveniences which mutt eafite, were thefe, or thtgreater part of them, left to be tried at the affizes. The falary was to be given only in the event °Ca perfon duly qualified for the office not being fiiirnd willing to a& without it. In fltr , rt, from tht opinions of all - thofe he had confulted ; from thofe moA con verfant with thefe things in that part of the country, he was convinced it was an innovation rendered ne ceffary by the peculiar circumflances of the cafe. The Earl of kiRIDGEWATERmade a few °bier vations in favour of the meafure ; and after a few words in explanation from the Earl of RADNOR, the queltion was put, and the amendment of,the latter negatived ; after which the Bill was read a &ft time. ST. PANCSAIPO O I BILL. The Bifhop of ST. ASAPH rote to make his pro. coifed motion relative to this Ball. He obicrved, the fmall miflake which gave rife to a precipitate read ing of the Bill a fecund time on that day fortnight, had prevented thole Lords who difapproved the =a fore from delivering their fentiments, or thole who petitioned againft it from being beard by their Conn fel at the bar. For his own part he greatly difap• proved of the Bill, fo much fo, that he fhould pre fently move that the order fot a Committee fitting on the Bill tomorrow be difcharged, in order to follow it up, fliould he fucceed in it, with another motion, for committing the Bill on that day three months.— This he was induced to do, by his obicilions to the principle of the Bill ; which, in fad, was totally to repeal the AEI palfed.towards the end of fall feliont a Bill, which had much time and laboui bellowed . , . . , on it by feveral of their Lt rdfhips, in a Committee, and in which it was conii..:erably amended and im proved ; thi., the petitiorerr. for the prelim! Bill fay they find from experience ; from the er.;-erience of not more than half a year, to be infatricient to its purples, and they now defire its total repeal as the heft means to ca, ry its prov Mons into drat—pi:rust)). Who were the perfons to be called upon for this ? Not the parifh of St. Pancras. They were a fele& body or number of men who (lyric(' themfelves the guar dians or direams of the poor. The object was to tae .the adminifiration of Inch affairs frcm the yeary at large, the churchwardens, &c. and to veft it in the Paid fetal body. The Reverend Prelate then went into the hillory of the rot igioal Bill, which came be fore their Lordfbips towards the latter end of the ter- lion of 1803, and defcribed the powers which the' promoters of the Bill required fbould be vetted in them. They were to be Pelf elated ; they were to affefs the rates ; all the vacancies were to be filled up by them ; they were to produce no vouchers ; they were to be their own auditor., &c. All there improper prtvilions were amended by their Lord (hips. The rcfult was, that the Bill, on account of the late period of the feffion, .was loft for that year. Tile Bill of tail year, ameliorated and improved, as he had alluded to, followed ; and this Bill, the par ties in quettion fay, is infufficient to its purpofes, be caufe it did not give them power enough. 'Mt pre fent Bill went to do away all the amendments made by their Lordfhips to the laft aft ; in fat, it repealed the original Bill, of which, without meaning to of fend the ariftocracy of the parith of St. Pancras ' he mutt ezprefs his ditapprobation. It reminded him of a Bill, not long firrce, and very properly, thrown out by their Loraithips, the profeffed 9l2jeft of which was, to improve the art and myllery of chimney fweeping—(a laugh). The objeft of that meafure was to place more power in the hands of a tele& body of opulent chimney fweepers. Were the Bill under confideration fuffered to go to a Committee, the long and tedious difcuffions and hearing of Connie', who would have to argue that black was white and white was black; for the worfe the saute was, the more fnbtle fhpuld the dillinainns necetrarily be—(a late). In concluding, his Lordlbip adverted to the late period of the feffion, and expreffed himfelf de cidedly againft the farther progrefs of the Bill, and moved " that the order'for the Committee to fit on the Bill to-morrow, be ditcharged." The Earl of SUFFOLK approved of what fell from the Right Rev. Prelate, and added, that the bill in qoellion propofed to relieve the poor, upon a principle, that thofe of the parifh of Mary-la•Bonne were better regulated—a pofition which he mull deny ; for, in Mary-la-Bonne parifh, there were up wards' of 40,0001. raifed, for the maintenance of 1013 poor perfons; whereas, in the parifh of St. Pan- Eras, only to,yool. were ratted for tt,e fupport of about half the number ; there were fome other de. tailed confiderations, he Obferved, to be collated kom the report of the other Hotta. of Parliament, which would lead him to decide againft the prefent Bill. The LORD CHANCELLOR, after fhortly re ferring to what had been faid by the Rev. Prelate, relative to the proceedings on the former bills, and jocularly alluding to what was fild on the hearing of Counfel:deprecatid all hafty dt.cifinne nn bills of fuch a nature as the prefot. Fie advcrttd to the fcenes of confution and animolity, and the numerous litigations which refulted from certain popular pa. rochial elections, more efpecially in lar g e parifhes. He argued in favour of the bill' grin. into a Com mittee, and adygrted to certain legal difficulties, which had arifea with refped to the operations of the exift ing AEt After tome further obfervations from the Noble and Learned Lord, as to the merits of the particular queflion before them— The Houfe divided on the motion of the Billiop of St. Alaph, when there appeared— Far that proceeding 7—Againit it 3i —Majority for the bill 34. MI. itISTICS FOX. A copy of the evidence taken hefore the clofe committee of their Lord(hips, to whom it was re ferred to invelligate the truth of the matters alledged in charge agaiult Mr. Juftice Fox, being laid on the table • Lord MINTO moved—" That the fame be printed for the ofe of the Members of the Houfe." The LORD CHANCELOR, after adverting to what had been thrown out by a Noble and Learned , Lord the other night on the fubjefl, oblerved, he had , anxioully enquired with refp:et to the proceedings then alluded to, and found, that the Houfe had been, in thefe inftances, lo cautious, that fome degree of reflrittion prevailed with regard to the infpation of thefe documents, even by Peers themfelves ; and, the order, in which their Lordthips then expreffed the Parliamentary ufage of the Houfe, Rated, that the evidence (in the care of Mr. Hollings), printed from. day to day, was for the ufe of Members of the Houle wily. With this precedent, and under his own con. vietions upon the cafe, he would beg leave to amend the Noble Boron's Motion, by the addition of the word 44 only ;" Co that it would appear on the Juur nals, that thole with whom perhaps it moil particu larly lay, had not forgotten to do what they thought -their duty. Lord HAWKESBURY Rated that his idea was, that the fame degree of publicity ought to be given. t o the evidence taken before the Committee, as to that given at the bar of the Houfe. He wifh:d for no more, nor could he take lets. _ _ _ The LORD CHANCELLOR agreed fo far with the Noble Secretary of State ; but repeated his opi• nion of the impropriety, injelice, and probable roil. chievous confequences of (offering general publica tions of unfinithed trials to go forth. Lord MINTO, obferving that his foie obj. ft was the attainment of fubititntial jullice, had no objec tion to the Noble and Learned Lord's Amendment ; but alluded to the difference between the cafe of Mr. Hafting: and the prefint, where the party had no pofEble means oflearnivg what tranfpired in evidence on the former occalion;ezeept through a proceeding of this kind. The quellion was then pot, and the motion, as amended by the Lord Chancellor, agreed to. STIPENDJARY CURATES. The order for fun/atoning 'their Lord hips being read, • The Bilkop of LONDON role to mme the fecond reading of this Bile He defctibed the leading provi (ions of the meirure (which have been repeatedly fi t . ter_ our readers), contended for the neceffity of art. gulatiun of the kind, and expatiated on the be t i e fi t ii dials which would refult from it. He defcribed w i t h great feeling and effed the miferable and degradi fituasi:sn in which numbers of the Curates f t i e Church of England ate now placed, langoifhing :a poverty and ohfzurity on their prefent paltry and int. dequate (Upends. He contended that the Bill czoi4 not involve an invafion of private property, as that fpecies to which it referred was not as a freehold pro. perty, but including ferious and :mportant dutie s which the incumbent was bound to perform, or to pr„ vide a fubtlitsite at an adequate falai y ; and he argu e d that no well founded objeftions could apply as to the difcretionary powers of the Bilhops. He infilied the propriety and juftice of allowing the curate who performed the duties, a (Upend proportionate to the amount of the living ; and concluded by recommtttd. ing, in pathetic terms, the cattle of the unfortunate el , rates to the peculiar care and prate Lion of a Bri. tills Houle of Peers I The Reverend Prelate than moved, that the Bill be now read a fecond time. _ ..... The Earl of surFoLK took the opportunity to Rate, that according to information on which he could rely, the fmall addition lately granted to the falarics had not imia fide been paid to them ; even the full amount of the poor 751. a year. He related an anecdote of a lady, who fume years fince be queathed an addition of 201. per annum to the 501. which the curate of a certain parillt was paid; but, intlead of paying the poor man this annuity in addi tion, the incumbent docked his falary or an equal amount ; he hoped no filch practices would prevail in the cafes under confederation ; there thould be fome degree of publicity in tranfaetions of the kind, and the value of livings, B,:c. fbould be reported to fome official quarter. He was glad to underftand fomething of that kind was proiided for in the Bill. But, he obferved, the fituation of the Curates alone (hould not be attended to ; numbers of the poorer order of beneficed Clergy were equally objects of confederation ; and, of which his Lordfhip related a (hiking inflance, which he was a winters to in the North of England. The LORD CHANCELLOR, after declaring himfelf a warm advocate for the objeet of the Bill, entered into a detailed confideration of feveral of its provifions, which he agreed were matter for ferious confideration in a Committee : he hoped, canfidering the late period of the Sellion, no delay would take place. Some of the provifions of the Bill were new to him ; and due regard, he übferved, thould be had to the extent of the cure. Adverting to an obferva tion which fell from the Noble Earl who (poke lift, he Paid he thould not turn advertifer for the com plaints of curates. The Earl of SUFFOLK, in explanation, laid, he was indebted for much of the important information he had received on the fubjea, to what he had laid in that way on a former occafion. He received more than too letters, moft of them with names to them. though the general requeft of the writers was that their names thould not be mentioned. The Bilhop of LONDON (Lot tly (poke in exp Li. nation. The Earl of BRIDGEWATER, in a low tone of voice, made foam obfervations in favour of the bill ; but thought it contained Tome ro‘ ifions which were fit matter for future coufideratica and amend ment. The Marquis of BUCKINGHAM had theprincipk and object of the Bill warmly at heart. It was effen tial to follow up the impeded meafure of lag year, and he had no fear as to the Bi(hops abufing the difcretioUary powers vetted in them. There were, he agreed with tome Noble Lords, certain parts of the Bill worthy of ferions future confideration, and fut. ceptible of amendment ; yet *he feemed to fay, the object of the Bill was fo defirable,lt would be better it thould pats with all its imperfdlions on its heal, than be totally 1011. ' • The Bithop of ST.. ASAPIj entered into Come de tailed confiderationi as to the merits of the meafure t and adverted to tome ferious inflances, in which the refidence of the incumbent was thought fully as im portant, if not . more to, thin that of the curate.— Much as he had the object of the Bill at hiart, he could not go the length of the Noble Marquis in laying that he witted the Bill to pals with all its im perfections ; but there, he hoped, may be or rid of. The Earl of BRIDGEWATER expla.ned. Lord AUCKLAND fpoke generally in favour of the Bill ; the principal °Ned of which, the fecuring the re fi dnce of a Clergyman in every with, hi had greatly at heart. Earl FITZWILLIAM, though friendly to the principle and °Ned of the Bill, adverted to fume parts of it, which he feemed to think Teri. objec tionable, and which fhould be matter for feriout fu ture confederation. Thehop of LONDON fliortly explained after which the quellion was put, and the Bill 'read a fe cund time ; and, after a (bort explanatory converfa tion between the Rev. Prelate, the Lord Chancellor, and Lord Walfingham, was committed for Thurfday. Lord WALFINQHAM acqnainted the Houfe, that a Noble Marquis, then abfent, intended to fub mit a motion to their Lordfnips to-morrow, ref - peeing the fitting of the Committee of the whole Houfe OM the cafe of Mr. Judice Fox. The Bills upon the Table were then forwarded in their feveral Stages. After which an adjournmenC took place. HOUSE OF COMMONS. Mr. WALTON, from the Bank of England, prefented an Ac count of the unclaimed Dividends on Bank and South Sea Stock, purfuant to order • Lord J. THYN:4E brought in a Bill for the better Recovery of Small Debts in the City of Bath, which was read a Set time. A Bill for amending the Laws with refpedt to Farming the Poor, was read a third time, and paired. Mr. ALEX.VIDER brought up the Report from the Commit... tee on the Port of London Improvement Bill, br:ng their Motu.. tian that 60,c00L be appropriated to the purpofea thereof. Leave given to bring in.a biU purfuant thereto. On the motion of Lord ARCHIBALD HAMILTON, the Houle refolved into a Committee upon the Bill to emend the Corn laws of the lift Sefflon ; the (Meet of which BM u to regulate the export and Import of Corn by the average price in diftrlcts,-- Leave given to bring in a Bill. Poltponed till Wednefday the third reading of the Criminal's Efeape Bill. Co!. CRAUFURD moved foe the Weekly Returns of Men en lifted under the General Force Bill, front the sth of April to the Wed period the fame can be made up, in coatinnutee of the fox. user papers he bad moved km—Ordered. Mr. JAMES FITZGERALD moved for an Account of the Amount of the National Debt of Ireland redeemed in England by Irish Coevairtenen, uf to the sth of February 4R.--OrdcroL