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11 ON Mr PORIDFRS OF MATFORDSIIIRL, Michmimai r.nt. To LE •.('1.1) )1Y AUCT:UN, Ey A!r. RAINF, T;•t.• - e':,y next, '' L• the Kin,', !lead, at ir. I{,ilf,i . cbl‘ire, .1 . 0 In Nine 1. , t!., A CAPITAL R EF.,I LOLL) FARVii, very c e . l.'y fhort dill from t b orik Rol 1, I , sett Ho, Q2ctitio:., at MALI. NR.I) . t.R1.l N, v. Coe P.:rill of 'Mart:J.:l, hi the Comity of x, aii.ing ?., t WhOle ACTI., of gef . id Land, in Ili: occipation Mr. J.trrus Piper,.:* tenant at will, who and bi. amity liavt held th.. Line fur tn,,ry ~.ars at an old rtrt. ThL F.ftate is equb;:t of visy imprownient,bc ir; furrounded by hard reads, and c.,fy diltance of the Naviyation front l. , tratford to the river L , :a, near Ware, syli:r.l.y the produzc tray be fold to tae advantaLe ; and al.cs, chalk, uelim. form - int:re, calily attained. To be viewed bylc.vr pi uf whom printed;larti esLr may be hid, on the :?th alit at the pltee of f.ie; at the Saractit's iLad, Eppint.z; at the r: - t, r. of the Cambridge and C:l;hm.ford Pap...E.• ;at the Rain iNw Curnhill ; Svmond'o Inn; Mr.R land Surve:i.r. toarlimc-lfrect, Blountf ii t, LonJoo, veli•rre a cornet plan may lie fern. Tilts day was übitthed. p ice as C. A LETTER to the Right Honourable LORD Phssio..ata . of the BOARD of AGRI CUL rvar. B) COI.. FULLATITON, of Fullarton, M.P. F.A.S. Author of the A:;tiftiltural Report for the County of Ayr. The fubjekt"t of the above Letter was propofed by the. ox an of Acitieu xxo it e, in court:quo:cc of a Repifition from a Cunt mntee of the Hot se of Loops, to examine and report on the belt means of convening Grafs Lands into Tillage, without exhauftin^ the foil; uxn retumh:g the fame to Grab, in an improvecßate. Printed for J.I/.ltrett, nprofite Burlington-Houfe, By whom olio will ipeedily be publiihed, by the Cone Author, A TREATISE on Cie LEGISLATION of GRAI .1, and other Artieies consul :tell with the Natinaa! Sublitlencr. on which the Comforts and Proiperity of the People cifanially depend. DIVINE MUSIC. April 1801, will be puNiChcd, 17ELVE ANTHEMS, particulatly calcu ated for Fairtilks, or (mail Cho:al Socktio, By S. WEBBE. Price Eight Shilling. Thofc who pleafe to favour this Work,and fend their Names (port-paid) to the Pubhaler before Monday, the 6th of April, will be fervcd with the fame at Six Shilings per Book. Printed for the Author, by R. itirchall, No. a 33, New Bond-hrcet. Where may be had, by Mr. Walesa, L'AMICO DEL PRINCIPIANTE, hvirg Twenty-eight fhort Solfaing Excreill s fir a angle Voice, with a Balk ACCQIII. paniment, deliglicd to .Iffift Young Singers to ling at 15.64.; and FORTY-TWO VOC.YL FRERCISES, in Two Parte, with 4 Bats Accompaniment. Price 6s. (being a Sequel to L'Amieo del Principiznte.) PARLIAM.ENTART PRCCZEDINGS. HOUSE OF LORDS, FRIDAY, MARCH 13. Stveral private Bills und.amntthelnetßiputon pf thsHoufr, and they, with thofe ott the TaLle, wen forwu - dt ti in their cc fpeEtive itages. Earl Sr. VI NCZNT to:1 the oaths and his !lat. His Lord- Alp was introduced between larl Sacncer and the Earl of Chat ham, with all thz dual ceremonies. - DIVORCE. The Order of the Day being read for taking into confideration the Petition of Jane Campbell - , praying for a divorce, e vinculo mairiniona, from her hufband, Edward Addifon, Efq. The LORD CHANCELLOR left the woolfack, and obferved, that this Bill tens in many refpeas of the utmoll magnitude. Their Lordlhips would there fore have a variety of matters ferioutly to confider whilft they regarded this bill, they would have Era to refleft upon the precedent. Now it hap pened, that this was the firfl of the kind introduced an that Houfc fince the year t 700, as fat as pre cedent went it clearly appears that their Lordlhips mat neceffitrily either have recourfe to what may almoft be confidered as obfolete, and thereby, aster the lapfe of a century, revive a precedent for futu rity, or give up the meafure altogether. In the confidcration of the firfl, the advantales and dif advantages of permitting fuch a precedent to pre vail, was to be regarded. In the confideration of the fccond, the hardflip of the race was fo flrong an appeal to the equity and humanity of their Lerdlh:ps, that without fomething like a direlic tion of both, they could not refill the due atten tion to that claim, which fo impel iotilly implored their interference. The eiretimllince in the Kw of England of a woman filing her huiband was filch an event in the law, that too much circum fpcnion could not be applied, or ton mach caution ufed in fanaioning it ; for a multitude of legal, and other conveniencies attached to it, which re quired infinitely more difccrnment than their Lord might be aware of. and infinitely more case in the determination, whatever that might be, than at firft fight would appear to occur to their Lord fliips obfervation.—His arrlfhip then recited many thofe inflances wherein fuel► citcumflances in the fhape of almoft infurmcuntable difficulties ex- Wed. They were principally thole nice and legal cliftinction: which operate in the practice of the Law in all cafes where the relative connections of man and wife, parent and child, are mutually con ccrned.—On the other hand, his Lordfhip advert ed to the cafe itfelf of the Petitioner; and dwelling I , on the particular hardihips thereof, and the rights or marriage which were violated—with regard to , 1 her 0)10-sing, at the fame time, that if this Bill were refufed, that refufal might operate as a pre cedent as dangerous in the other r, ctrcme ; for wo men might profecute their htifbands for cruelty and the like ; but without pledging himfelf one way or the other, he would in this Rage refer it altogether to their Lordfilips serious and confide rate determination. . _ Lord Auc xLA ND then brought in the bill, which was read a firl time. _ On the quellion for the fecond Th:DukeOfCt.ezvsc. jttlttUOk lr,place, nas defirnus of 171akii'Z 1,173 e ;!;.• Lill, %die!. his Royal by I,roto Cirlxcri.i.na, that ly; the cuflomary ttigt.t:c cf the 1 - liat:;: in all Divorce one fortrisl.t was allowc.l cr, intervene between the grit and fecond reading of thch Bid% for th, ',import: if affording opportunity to ail partici to attend, :l.: the Cutinial or. !, A lid, s to pep:wed with refp..s.tive cafe. ~ of their Lorilliips. • I ;•.:1 however, of Inlowing accurately the tature and principles 'of the catc, The Loan CAS AN C L LOR read the Breviate there of, which was to the purport following, viz. " That in the year 1788: Jane Campbell, of A .gylefhire,was married toLdward Addibaa, of Loudon, Lfq. Merchant—that they livid together as man and wife for fume years—that their tranquillity W. 1% interrupted by repeated ads of adultery, cent mitted by Edward Addifon, the hufbaud, with another wo man, the wife of a Gctitkinan in London—shat an aftion upon the cafe was brought for criminal converfation with that Plain :ilf's wife, and danincs to the amount of sOOOL were obtcin ed—that therefore lane Campbell, the Petitioner, fucd the laid Edward Addifnn, tier hufband, in Scotland, for a divorce, and divorce to. , k place accordingly between them, purfuant to the laws of that country ; and now the Petitioner fought to he di vorced, s.: : marri,..enii, according to the law of England." The Bill was then ordered to be read it fecond time on Monday iOrtnight, and the nccelfary wit neffcs direded to attend.—Adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS. Colonel AqT I. EY peefnt. d a Petizion frum the Debtor% in Norwich Cad. which was received, and urder‘d to lie on the 'rah:, I.cave of AVCIICe wzg ?ranted to feveral Nlembcrs. New Write were ordered for the Borough of Callingtret, in the room t.t Sir Jour CALL, Baronet, deceafed; and for the City of Oxford, in the room of FRANCIS Pecs, Efq. who has accepted the office of St.:ward of the Chiltern Hundreds. ',cave of abfence wae granted to Mr. Coitc to attend the The: f.n . d Al:Lacs. Report of the Bill for the entreafe of the bounties on the Importation of Grain, was agreed to, :aid the Bill ordered to be read a third time on Monday. The ?sfutiny and Marine Bills were ft:re:ally read a third time, paff:d, and ordered to be carried to the Lorda for their concurrence. CROYDON CANAL RILL. On the fecond reading of the Croydon Canal Bill, Mr. Ti E stir Y begged leave to call the attention of the Houle to the Bill, as to a meafure which de manded their molt fcrious conficleration. He had prefenteel a Petition againft it from the Owners and Occupiers of Mills on the river Wandle, who conceived that their intercfts might be moll mate rially afrceted thereby, and not only thcir interelts, but thole of the metropolis itfelf, fince this molt valuable river was one of the principal fources of fupply to London, and certainly the molt conßant and regular. It was never frozen up in the fe verell teafons, the value of the mills and manufac tories eftablilhed upon it was immenfe. He was lure that he fpoke within compafs 'when he efli mated them at half a million. This was a Bill therefore of the molt ferious importance, and he role now, not to objet to the fecond reading of it, but to intreat Gentlemen to attend to it in its pro grefs. The Petitioners might have laid in their claim to be heard at the bar of the Houfe againft the principle, becaufe they did not fee how they could be proteded by any claufes againft the danger with which it was pregnant ; but to thew that they did not defire to °hied to the Bill, ca priciontly and without reafon, they were willing to agree to the fecond reading, that it might go into the Committee, and be there difculfed. So that if any fecurity could he given to this river, the Mill owners might withdraw their oppotition. For this purpofe, it would be neceffary that their Petition Ihnuld be referred to the Committee, and that an order fhould be made to hear them by their coun fd, agents and witneffes, againft the fame. And he mull again entreat Gentlemen to give their at tendance in the Comm:ace upon the difcuflion, as this meafure was very different from that of an ordinary canal 1•;,11. _ Lord WILLIAM RusssLL fitid, that he perfealy acquiefced with the Honourable Gentleman in re gard to the immenfe value of the mills and, ma nufaCtories on the river Wandle, and of the high re s ..peaability of the Petitioners againft the Bill. A o r i ver in the kingdom maintained fo many mills, and of equal value, within fo fhort a fpace—and lie ftid, that unlefs it could be proved that the propofed Canal might he eflablifhed and main tamed without injury to the river Wandle, he cer tainly should not give it his fupport. He was glad, therefore, that they were to go into the Commit tee, to fee if the interefts of the Petitioners could be protcaed. Mr. JOLLITY'S and Mr. NICHOLLS fald each a few words in favour of the Bill, which they were convinced would not be injurious to the river Wandle. The Bill was then read a fecond time and com mitted. The Petition of the Mill-owners was re ferred to the Committee, and an Order made for both parties to be heard upon it. ' THE ►OOR HOUSEHOLDERS RELIEF }ILL. Lord W. RUSSELL moved the Order of the D.iy for a Committee of the whole Houfe on the above Bill. After a few words from Sir JOHN WROTTE3LEY, who opprifed the Speaker's leaving the Chair, Mr. VA% SITTAR T thought it highly improper that perfons exempted from the payment of Poors Rate on accoui't of their poverty, fhould be al lowed unicr the Bill to vote at the Eleaion of Members of that Houk. The Bill appeared to him to:ally unnecetrary, inafmuch as perfons un able to pay Poors Rae, might at the prefent mo ment receive every =diary relief, the Magifirates already a&ing upon the principle contained in the Bill. Mr. Jot Lars conceived as the Noble Lord had perfevcced in his meafure, though the withes of the Hr,...fe had appeared to be on the contrary tide, it would be hut decent and proper to allow the Bill to go to a Committee. Sir W. Eiroen was of opinion the meafurc pro. pofed by t h e Noble Lord was already by ettltom carried into and therefore he thould vote again(' it, conceiving its introduction unneceffary. Mr. HrNL't LA scELLr.s laid a few words. Mr. Simi t.a was convince , l tin Noble Lord in brioaing forward the meafurc, had no doubt of .ts ti:ility. I le, however, was not equally con vincl 1: had been afTerted, thzt Overfeers could at any time obtain a Warri.nt of Diftrefs from a Nti:Arate, who was Inund to grant it, for the parprfe of feizing the goods of perfons for non payin;:ilt of Poors .Rate. This was not the faCt, 1 M.igiarates poLeiled in thefe cafes an uncontrol. able diferetion to e. , :amine in:o Ltas, and to d. - ea: upon the procrirty of grateino Warrant! 'of He d. prec.irfal, therer:4-c . the meiiit r. it'dr.;‘,4l;:.! a de' lii.e bs t h e . 1 b ei l. r y 11,4;:c bou:..,*;• the ;. aoL . the ju9.ice the Magiftrate, and deciding in general terms — where relief Should be granted and where not, con ceiving the uncontrolable difcretion of Magiftrates infinitely preferable. He thought it a dangerous principle to admit, that perfons receiving relief tom the parifh in any way whatever Should !till be allowed to exereife their elective franchife. He thought it would be Paving the time of the Houfe not to go into the Committee. Mr. MAI I:WARING faid, he was furprifed any doubt Should have arifen as to the practice purfued in the relief granted to paupers. If a Magiftrate ordered any relief to be given to a pauper, the Overfeer was bound to obey the order, without annexing any condition whatever. The only cafe in which the Ovcrfcer was juflified in feizing the goods of a pauper, was when he left his wife and family chargeable to the parifh. Magiftrates never did isruc Warrants of Diftrefs without an inveftigation of the circumftances of each cafe, and tv.krerer they were fatistied the perfon again(' whom the Warrant was required was really unable to pay the rate, an exemption was uniformly granted. Mr. ROSE quoted a late Aa to prove, that Ma gifirates were ful:y empowered to grant relief to perfons, the produce of whore labour was unequal to their maintenance, equivalent to two gallon loaves per week. Colonel BUXTON thought it highly improper that a Bill Should exprefsr f y Rate any clafs of per iOns, either paying rent o f } five or ten pounds, or more, for exemption from Poors Rate, a general principle of exemption depending upon the circum ftances of each cafe was alwaNs to be preferred. Lord WM. RUSSELL defended the Bill. Over- I feces, it had been laid, would not dare to difonvy an order of a Magi flrate to grant relief to a pauper, though that pauper might be in the poffeflion of 'goods ; but he would At, what hlagiftrate would dare to make an order for the relief of any perfon as a pauper poffeffed of the ie.& property ? lie quoted an opinion of Lord Kenyon, to (hew that Magiftrates had no aeration in granting War rants of Diftrefs for non-payment of Poors Rate, ..at might be compelled to do fo by a Mandamus. Mr. 'ROSE and Mr. MAINWARINO fevcrally ex plained. The ATTORNEY GENERAL condemned the mca fure ; lie did not know, he laid, any thing more injurious to law than that pruriency of legillation which he Saw too prevalent. He contended, that Magiftrates already poffeffed a difcretionary power relative to Warrants of Diftrefs. He was of opi nion, that under the 43d Elizabeth, relief could not be granted to any perfon poffeffed of property, and therefore the alternative was given to per lons applying for parochial relief, either to fore go that, or fell whatever goods they might hap pen to poffefs, but that Overfeers had no right whatever to feize thofe goods. Mr. CHARLES DUNDAS expreffcd Come doubts re lative to the opinion declared by the Attorney- General, and allied for a pofitive opinion of the Learned gentleman, whether a Magiftrate was empowered to grant relief to a perfon poffeffed of a cottage and an acre of land, without compelling him to fell them ? The ATTORNEY GENERAL thought, that under the 43d of ,Elizabeth, the Magiflrate was not cm. powered; but that under a late Ad, quoted by the Hon. Gentleman (Mr. Rofe) he was. Ile did not, however, give this as a pofitive opinion. Mr. CHARLES DVNDAS explained. Mr. WHITBREAD defended the Bill. He thought the doubts of the Learned and Honourable Gen tleman formed a fufficient reafon for going into a Committee upon a Bill, the object of which was to fettle the Law upon the fubjeft. If there were doubts of the powers of Ovcrfccrs and of Magill tratcs, why not make an enactment which fhotthl do away all thofe doubts, and prevent all difputes? He adverted to what he conceived to be the inecna venience of the Law Of Satlement, by which fa milies who had lived in comfort in their cottages, but who, under the preffure of the times, had been compelled to apply for' a little temporary relief, were fubjeaed to the hardfhip of being removed to places where perhaps they could find no hovel to hide their heads; and hinted his intention of propoling a Ciao& in the Committee to remedy this evil. Mr. Jot'Nsrows oppofed the lioufc going into a Committee. Mr. Thecae thought the doubts exiiiing upon the fubjett formed a good reafon for going into a Committee. The Houfe then divided—For the Qt_teltion 35 —Againft it 35. The Sr EA IC tit gave his calling vote in favour of the.. Committee. On our return to the Gallery, we fuund the Hot.fe in a Committee on the Bill, Mr. Grey in the Ct.air. Mr. SrEXCER PERCEVAL hopcd the Noble Lord (William Rua') would introduce a clanfe to prevent Orel fezis having undue influence in Elec tions, in confecitience of this Bill; and the Noble Lord adopted tfic fuggeflion. • Several claufes were then introduced by Lord William Ruffel, Mr. Wilberforce, and Mr. Bux ton, which were &malty agreed to, after fume converfation from Mr. Shaw Lefevre, Mr. Buxton, Mr. Whitbread, the Speaker, Mr. Braggc, Mr. Spencer Perceval, Mr. Tierney, and Mr. Wil berforce. Lord Wazt.tma Rusmt. introduzcd a claufe to prevent perfons relieved under tLisl34llfrombeing again chprgeable by the fame parilli.—Agreed to. Mr. Tit RN Ey brought up the clank fitggclted by Mr. P,.ceval, refpefting Overfeers; 'which w4s a greed to. ' I ' During the dircuffion upon a claufc the SPEA ft KER expreffed his opinion on the A of the A a of Elizabeth. He Paid, that the law ez i-prefly Hated that perfons were to be relieved by .t• who had not fufficient to maintain thcmfdves; 11.eTefore his opinion was, that though perfons did pc,:l-f•, tome property, yet, if that was not fuffi ekot to maintain thentfelves and their families, they ought to be relieved by Magillrates, without b,:ir,g deprived of what property they polkaed, and fait be refutel relief in confequence of poffeff. tog that proprty. This, hc faid, was the opirfion al in.tity intelligent blagiltrates With whom fit had converted, and who atled upoti it ; and he col-defied he was led in tome meafure to his con drudion of the Ad in quellion, in confequence of their opinion, and lie had aded upon it for thirty years that he was in the profefl]on of the Law —a proletlion, he acknowledged he had left with re ludance for the honour that Houfe had done hir Mr. Arm IT BR FAD faid, there were many inflances of Overfcers felling the beds from under the lidos of dillreded people, before they would afford them relief; and they jullitied this at by raying: "tha t they could not want bread whillt they had any tking that could be difpofed of to obtain it"—. therefore, as opinions were fo various, it was ne cetrary the Act thould be explained. Mr. PE RC EVA L laid, if Gentlemen expeded Al. of Parliament cculd be explained, fo that " thofc who run may read," they would be very much miflaken ; and if this was their principle, he re commended their reviling all the Ads of Parlia ment, and then there would be nothing left to be done in Wellminfter Hall. Mr. Wlll7llFt FAD brought up a Claufe. " That. no perfon who ;hall hereafter be relieved from the payment of the Poor; Rate, (hall, in confequence thcrcol; be deemed or taken to be chargeable to the parilli in which lie or fhe may happen to reticle at the time of making this order." The feveral claufes of the Bill being gone through, the I Joule was refumed, and the bill or dered to be reonrted on Monday next. IRISH MARTIAL-LAW BILL. Lord Cis-I-LER' Ar;l4 brought in this Bill, whick u•as read a lirit time, and ordered for a fecond reading on Monday next. IstICII DUTIES. On the motion of Lord CASTLEREAGH, leave was given to In ing is the necetE►ry Bills for con tinuing the raid duties. IRISH HABEAS CORPUS ACT. Lord CASTLIiit CAnn, after a thortpreface,wherc. in he Rated the neceulity of the meafure, moved fir leave to bring in a Bill to fitfpend the Habeas. Corpus At in lrcland, for a time to be limited.— Leave being given, he lignified his intention of bringing in the. Bill on Monday.—Adjourned to Monday. LONDON. SATURDAY, MARCH i 4. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK: Confo/s t6i—for ace 36-1. 3 per Cent or i—Omnium 1. 3 , s pron. PRICE OF STOCKS YRSTERDAY : Bank Stock (hut Imp. Ann. Rol z 3-16 3 per Cent. Red. Ibut Omuium 4 11 3 per C. Conf. 33ii: frith Deb. 76i 4 per Ccrlt. Conf. Omt Bank for Ace. r 334 c per C. Navy sq.". India far Ace. 46 Imp. 3 per C. 33j 4 Coat for April 3436 Dual IN, MARCH 9rrice of Stocks tide day : per Cent. Gov. Deb. 84-6 per C. Grand Canal Deb. 911. Her Mairrry will have a drawing-room at St. James's Palace, on Thurfday next. This morning his MAJESTY, accompanied by the QUEEN, and Princeires AUGUSTA and Etiza- HE rH, took an airing round Hampftead and High, gate, attended by an efcort of light horfe. The Klee looked remarkably well after fo fever. an illnefs, bui walks rather lame, from the tire& of his indifpoiltion. Lail night Capt. Dosonv arrived at tle Admi ralty, with difpatches from Lord KEITH in the Mediterrqnean, Capt. Aust., x arrived at the fame time with difpatches from General AEIRCItONIBT. The contents of thefe difpatches have not yet tranfpired, but, as auo, a variety of reports are in circulation. Private letters arc laid to have been received from an Officer of rank in the Egyptian expedi tion, dated Satalia Bay, in Natolia, January tot!. There letters mention, that numberlefs delays had occurred in the preparations for landing, that ten days had been loft is waiting for the Turkifh gun boats, which had at length arrived, but were (cares ly fit for fervice. It is added that the enemy had remoo effeca tive troops, but they do not notice whether they are French or partly natives. There was reafon to fuppofe that Tome trifling reinforcements had reached Alexandria, in fmallvelrels that had efca ped the vigilance of our crnifers, by running dole in !Lore. The Expedition was expated to land in a few days. This morning we received French Journals up to the loth infant inclufive. The intelligence they bring is not of fo much importance as might have been expelled :—An Article under the bead of Paris, in the Mosiseur of the loth, faTes " rkS t i letters received there from India, by a Quirt routs, (late, that the Maltrattas had declared war again* the Englifh, and that feveral aftions - had already taken place." The Moniteur contains nothing refpefling the fituatioq of affairs in Egypt. A private latex: from Conffantinople, dated February 1, only Sud s that the Engin to the number of about twelve or fifteen thoulsnd had landed at Macri, on the coat Of Natolia I but that the operations of the Turks %e'er; consiu4ted with fo much . flo wisefsand that they placed very little dependance on tbeAT co•operAion. In the Ckf dr Cathrei of tho 64, an 4flidei dated Pifa, February ilds, fays, " Several Lettatt from the Levant Rate, that the Emig& laaShil near Alexandria, where General Mason wan wiiiing for than v,ith a part of his nosy idu,