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II 9 This day was published, In Two Volumes, Octavo, price 211. A N EPITOME of UNIVERSAL HISTORY, Anciesivand Modern ; or, A Chronol. - Tical Abridgement of the must material Revolutions that have taken place in the principal Empires, Kingdoms, and State,, front the earliest au thentic Records to the present lime—By FRANCIS BAILY. Sold by 3. Johnson and Co. St. Paul's Church-yard; and J. Richarchon, Royal Eichanv. I.:SBON MAIL. LISBON, MAY 4. EXTRACT OF AN OFFICIAL DISPATCH FROM MARSHAL GENEVAN. THE MARQUIS OF WELLINGTON, TO DON MIGUEL PEREIRA FORJAZ, DATED HEADQUARTERS, FRENADA, APRIL 28. " Since L addressed my last dispatch, of the 2lst instant to your Excellency, the enemy has made no movement of importance, and his troops remain in almost the same points I mentioned to your Ex cellency." MAY 7.-It has been reported for some days, that the French had or have concentrated between Valla dolid and Salamanca ; their force is calculated at 30,000 men ; it, is also supposed, that Joseph this time intends, in person, to revenge the French Mar sluts, and particularly Marmont, in the same place where the latter, last year, lost the battle of Arepiles. MAY S.—General Hill has advanced a little be yond Coria. O'Donnell, with his corps, is to cross it the bridge of Almarez. Lord Wellington is daily expected to move. BADAJOZ, APRIL RS. Morelho's division, and the 3d battalion of the Spanish Guards, are going to Castile. On the 19th the regiment of Victoria marched from Badajoz to join Morelho's division. It is expected that O'Don nell, with his army of reserve, will proceed to Estre madura. CIUDAD RODRIGO, APRIL 30. The repairing of the old works of this fortre.ss,and' the constructing of new ones, is continued with acti vity, by which its defences are augmented. General D. Carlos de Hespanha, since his journey to Aadalusia, has again taken the command of his division, in which are employed Brigadiers Vives and Carrol. The collecting of French troops in Vallado lid coatinues. AMERICAN PAPERS. 'l'll MINGTON, MARCH 26. The followiug correspondence was received from Lcwistuwu last evening, by the Dover Mail : " Headlnarten, Lewistown, March 23. " Ste*- 7 M the Governor of the State of Delaware, and Com ntaudi r otirs military force, 1 improve the ear Vest time afforded me, since my arrival at this place, ofa.:knowledging the receipt A' your letter of the ltith instant, dii -, cted to the Chief Magis trate of Lewis. " The respect which gentrens and magnanimous nations: even when they are enemies, take pride eliensbing towards each other, erjoins it upon me, as a duty which 1 owe to .the State over which I have the honour it this time to preside, co the Governtrviii v: which this ,:ate is a Menit.s . , and to the ci vilized wink?, to enquire of you v. hether, upon fonder and more mature tri continue resolved to mtempt the destruc tion of this..iwn ? I shall probably this evening riceive your reply to the present communication, and your determination of excel:tiny or relinquishing the demand mentioned in your letter of the liith ins:. it that demand is still insisted upon, I have only to observe to you, Vat a compliance sv.,aki be :Ai immediate vio , ution of the Lbw.) 0: illy .sunny, and an eternal stizma on the nation of which lam a citizen. A compliance, therefore, cannot I he acceded to.—l have the honour to he, &c. (igaed) " Jos trit HALSrr, .• " Governor of the State Daaware." (REPLY.) " His E. M. sh:p Puietiers in the mouth of the Defi i ware, Match 23, 18 13. 44 reply to your letttr received this day, by a flag of truce, M answer to mine of the 16th instant, I have to observe, that the demand 1 have made upon Lewistown iv, in my opinion, neither ungenerous nor wanting in that magnanimity wh.ch one nation ought to observe to another, with which it is at war. It is in my power to des. roy your town, and the request I have made upon it, as the price of its security, is neither distressing nor unusual. I must , therefore, persist—and whatever sufferings may fait upon the inhabitants: of Lewisrown, must ha attributed to yourselves by your not complying with the request tonally ac quiesced in.—l have the honour to be, Sm. (Signed) " J. P. BERICSPORD s' Commodore, and commanding H. B. M. Squadron in the Delaware." (From a New-York paper of the 10th ult. it ap pears, that the bombardment of Lewistown was car ried on vigorously by the Belvidera frigate, and two other lititish ships of war. It was water only that the British Commodore requested, but which was re fused to the last; and the ships were continuing hos tilities against the town when the last advices came away.] COPY OF A LETTER PROD! CAPTAIN LAWRENCE OF THE UNITED STATES SLOOP OF WAR, IIOILNET I TO THE bECRETARY OY THE NAVY. • " U.S. Ship Hornet, Holmes' Hole, March 29,1813. " Sts —I have the honour to inlorm you of the arrival at this pert, of the V. S. ship lint:let, under my command, from a c.litse of 145 days, and to state to you, that after Commodore batobridge left tt-.1 coast of brazils (January 6), 1 continued off the harbour of St Salvador, blockading the Bonne Citoyenne, until the 24th, when the Montague, 74, hove in sight, and chased we into the harbour; but night corning on, 1 wore and stood out to the southward. " Knowing that she had kit Rio Janeiro for the express pur pose of telieviii4 the Bonne Citoyenne, and the Packet (which I li.td also blockaded for 14 days, and ob liged her to send her mail tf: Rio, in a Portuguese smack), 1 judged it most prudent to shift my cruizing grnuud, and hauled by the wind to the westward, with the view of cruizing off Pernambnco, and on the 4th of Fe bruary captured the English brig Resolution of 10 guns from Rio Janeiro, bound to Maranham, with entire, 6:c. and about 23,000 Sollars in specie. I took out the money, and set her on tire. I then ran down the coast for Maranham, and cruised there a short time, from thence run off buritann. " Ade: crezing off that coast from the 15th until the 22d of siithout wetting a vessel, I stood for Demerara, with , 1 ire...init.°, should I nor be fortunate on that station, to run hrough the Writ Indies; on my way to the United States; but on the 24th in the Morning, I discovered a brig to !rewire!. to .;rich I gays chase—ran into quarter-less four, and nut having a Lbligell to basil off; the fort at the eutrance of Dente- ara river at this time bearing S.W. distant 2i leagues. " Pr , VIOUA to giving Op the chase I discovered a vessel at apthor without the bar, with English colours flying, apparently a brig of war. In beatiag round Carobana bank, in order to get to her, at half past 3, p.ns. I discovered another sail on my wea ther quarter, edging down for us—at 4.20. she hoisted English -niot.rs, at which time we discovered her to he a large man of war brig—beat to quarters and cleared ship for action, and kept close by the wind, in order, if pnasible, to get the weather-gauge. " At 5 10. fin. Mg I could weather the enemy, I hoisted Ame rica., colours, and tacked. • akt 5. 25. in passing each other, exchanged broadsides within halt pion., shot. •r. Observing the enemy in the act of wearing, I bore up, and rectived his starboard broadside, rust him close sits board on the • a.i4board.quarter, and kept up such a heavy and web-directed fl u, that in less than 15 minutes she surrendered (being totally G... ... p1C(.1.), and hoisted an ensign, union down, from his fore- rigging, as a signal of distress. Shortly after, her Mein-Mast went by the board. " Dispatched Lieutenant Shuhrick on board.wbo soon return ed with her First Lieutenant, who reported her to be his Britan nic Majesty's late brig Peacock, commanded by CaptaidWil- Lam Peake, who fell in she latter part of the action; that a num ber of her crew were killed and wounded ; and that she was sinking fast, she having then six feet water In her hold. Dis patched the boats immediately for the wounded, and brought both vessels to anchor. Such shot-holes as could be got at were then plugged, guns thrown overboard, and every possible exer tion used to keep her afloat, until the prisoners could be removed, by pumping and bailing, but without effect, as she unfortunately sunk in 5i fathoms water, carrying down 13 of her crew, and three of my brave Glows. Lieutenant Connor, and Midship man Cooper, and the remainder of my men employed in re moving the prisoners, with difficulty saved themselves by jump ing into a boat that was lying on the booms as she went down. Four men of the 13 mentioned were so fortutiatt. , as to gain the foretop, and were afterwards taken off by our boats. " Previous to her going down, four of her men took to her stern boat that had been much damaged during the action, who I sincerely hope reached the shore. I have not hero able to ascer tain from her officers the exact number of killed. Captain Peake and four men were found dead on board. *1 he master, one mid shipman, carpenter, and captain's clerk, and c 9 men, wounded, most of them very severely, three of which died of their wounds after being removed, and nine drotvned. " Our loss was trifling iu comparison. John Place killed ; Samuel Coulson, and Joseph Dalrymple, slightly wounded; George Coffin and Lewis Todd, severely burnt by the explosion of a cartridge.—Todd survived only a few days. Our rigging and sails were much cut. One shot through the fore mast, and the bowsprit slightly injured. Our bull received little or no damage. " At the time I brought the Peacock to action, the Espiegle, (the brig mentioned as bring at anchor) mounting 16 two-and thirty-pound carronades.and two long nine's,lay about six miles in-shore of me, and could plainly see the whole of the action.— Apprehensive she would beat out to the assistance of her coo sort, such exertions were used by my officers and crew, in pairing damages, &c. that by nine o'clock our boats were stowed, a new set of sails bent, and the ship completely ready for action. At two A.M. got under weigh, and stood by the wind to the northward and westward, under easy sail. On mustering next morning, found we had 277 men on board (including the crew of the American brig Hunter, of Portland, taken a few days be fore by the Peacock.) " The Peacock was deservedly styled one of the finest vessels of her class in the British Navy. 1 should judge her to be about the tonnage of the Hornet. Her beam was greater by 5 inches, but her extreme length not so great by four feet. She mounted 16 four-and-twenty-pound carronades, two long nines, one 12- pound carronade on her top-gallant forecastle, as a shifting gun, and one 4or 6-pounder, and two swivels mounted aft. i find by her quarter-bill that her crew consisted of 134 mcn, four of whom were absent in a priie. " The cool and determined conduct of my officers and crew during the action, and their almost unexampled exertions after wards, entitle them to my warmest acknowledgments ; and I beg leave most earnestly to recommend them to the notice of Government. (Signer') " JAMES LAWRENCE." " Hon. Wm. Jones, Secretary of the Navy." " P. S. At the commencement of the action my sailing-master and seven men were absent in a prize, and Lieut. Stewart and six men on the sick list." NEW YORK, MARCH 29. Extract of a letter from Norfolk, dated March 22: ib The fleet in Hampton Roads consists of three ships of the line and one frigate. The Secretary to the Russian Legation arrived here on Saturday night from Washington, and yesterday he went with a flag of truce on board of Admiral Cockburn. He has obtained a flag of truce fora vessel, to carry a Mi ni,ter from this Go. ernment to Russia, to be met there by one from the British Government, to nego ciate a peace. " Admiral Cockburn has full powers to conclude an armistice, and raist the blockade. It will depend on our Government whether it is done or not. Dis patches for the Russian Minister were sent off this morning. The Admiral does not mean to relax in his operations. We just learn from Richmond, that the enemy were landing at Sandy Point. , g Mr. Gallatin is said to be the Minister pitched upon to Le sent to Russia for the ptrpose of negotia ting a Peace with England. He is one of the most determined adherents to the French system, and an inveterate opponent of every thing English. He is to be accompanied by Mr. Bayard, of Delaware." NEW YORK, APRIL 2. ENEMY'S will be seen by our Marine List of this day, that there is a British cruizer off Sandy Hook, so that no vessel can go out of this port or come in with safety. Essex FRIGATE ARRIVED.—The passengers in the mail stage.from Boston state, that late on Tuesday evening a ship, prize to the frigate Essex, arrived at Boston, and informed that the Essex was in the bay; ' tl:at she had sent one other ship a prize into Salem. APRIL B.—By Captain Weems, direct from Hamp ton, we learn, that the British squadron still retained their former position in Hampton roads; that a con spiracy among the negroes had taken place, but was detected in the following manner :--An American vessel in James River was hailed during the night by several negroes in a canoe, who enquired if they were English ? The Captain suspecting them, replied in the affirmative, when they immediately came on board, and informed him, that if he would furnish them with arms, they would massacre the whites; that 2000 negroes were embodied and exercised in squads by night : they mentioned individuals who should be their first victims. The Captain of the vessel detained them for some time, exercising them with swords, &c. until he obtained the whole plan of the conspiracy, when he seized them, and they are now confined in Williamshurgh Jail. Colonel Barclay (formerly British Consul in this city) arrived here yesterday from England, tie Ber muda, in the cartel Savannah packet; he comes out as Agent for Prisoners in the United States. APRIL 10.—The blockade of the Chesapeake and Delaware has had the effect to drive into this port most of the neutral, as well as American vessels, bound to southern ports. This apparently has given a little life to business for a few days past; but we are mortified to see neutrals running away with our carrying trade, which, if it had not been for'the bad management of the present party in power, we might have enjoyed ourselves. Our own shipping are rot ting at our wharfs, while neutrals bare full and pro fitable employment. I'ItONI TILE NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER OF WEDNESDAY. 'the news from the North-west is not as gratifying as we could have wished. The expedition sent out by General Harrison, under the command of Capt. Lan ham, for the purpose of destroying the shipping at Malden, had returned, having found the ice so far open as to defeat their object. General Harrison himself was, at the last accounts, traversing the state of Ohio, with the view of making arrangements, it was said, for the Spring campaign. A - letter from Philadelphia, dated April 7th, re ceived this morning, says.-. 40 The whole loan was taken yesterday at 88 per cent. for 6 per cents. or 100 for 6 per cent. with an annuity of one and a half per cent. for 13 years ; the parties allowed to the 15th ' inst. to determine which they will take.". PARLIAMENTARr PROCEEDINGS. that they were more resident in their than they used to be formerly. As to the higte! orders, they were not chargeable with a neglect duty; and as to the particular observation, he dint conclude by saying it WAS an unfounded slanda. The Bishops of Loypow. EXETER, and Wr urrii: • also defended the general conduct of the Ligher ar.. c lower orders of the Clergy. They had not heard any complaint against such behaviour as that deur._ bed by the Noble and Learned Lord, and ezpressve their astonishment at the tendency of his Slate Meat. Lord it L: DLS DALE explained, and assured tt.t Right Reverend Bench 1-. e did rot make any dis:t speedo' attack upon them; but what he stated HOUSE OP LORDS, MAY 17. In the Appeal Cause, " Hague v. Napier," the judgment of the inferior Court was reversed. In that of " Hague v. Hanney," the prior judgment was affirmed. In the cause, " Sharpe and others v. Burys," Mr. Adam and Mr. Leach were heard for the Appellants, when the prior judg ment was affirmed, with at 100 costs. The Irish Militia Bill went through a Committee, and was ordered to be reported. Mr. LUSIIINGTON, Sir FIEDICRICK FLOOD, and others from the Commons, brought up the Exchequer Bills, the Wexford Harbour, and several private Bills, Which were read the first time. _ _ . A vast number of Petitions from various parts of England, ; Scotland. and Wales, praying for the extension of Christian with a view to t h e far consideration of the Bill. Knowledge in the Last Indies, were presented by the Dukes of Lord ELLENBOROUGH remarked, that nt:. Bedford and Athol, Earl EitzwiMara, Lord Donde', the Mar- residence, ~,I:alislcnholt prevented :adbet by the Lesttbitvtprosio of v c i ons c ide s o ri chi guises of Buckingham and Lansdowne, Earls Darnley, West- just now, moreland, Stanhope, Harrowby, and other Noble Lords;—all Bill. With respect to die Clergy who were n ot: - 1 ,. which were ordered to lie on the table. sident, he had. known such at the University, %Li TEMPERATURE OF THE HOUSE, AND BROKEN UP PAVEMENTS. were now no more; but they were deserving of t highest encomium for their learning, morality, b e n evo The Earl of DARNLEY called the attention of their Lord ship, to an evil which he was persuaded many other Noble lence, and all the brightervirtues. He had gone to Lear Lords felt with him, and which had pressed upon him in a pecu. , their sermons on a Sunday, and he had been delighted the ir with their elegant composition. liar manner the last time he had the honour of addressing Such at that period Lordships. He meant the oppressive warmth and closeness were the class of men upon whom observations h a d which prevailed in that House on every occasion when there was a numerous attendance of the Peers, and though he had been been made this night ; and he understood from the told that some philosophers and men f science had pronounced Reverend Prelates, that in general they had progre , .. that the inconvenience to which he alluded could not be reme. sively improved. As to thcir axing in many plac e s died, he should nevertheless take an opportunity soon ot bringing i upon li v i ng n a market town, that was very natural, on account of cheapness and accommodation. li e the subject before a Committee. The LORD CHANCELLOR left the Woolsack, observing, he should be glad to promote any proposition to remedy what Could not believe it was from a paramount attach the Noble Earl had noticed. Fur his own part, he bad been ment to patties of cards, although in the innocent en frequently placed in a most miserable situation, exposed to va - joyment of such an amusement, impropriety in their partaking in the di vers io n . He there could be no rious currents of air ; be would have gladly exchanged places with the Noble Earl who complained of heat. Feeling as he did with respect to interual inconvenience, he would draw the atten- did not mean to say but such a person might too titan of the House to another subject of complaint. The low er often be seen to attend to this amusement ; but with passages to the House were constantly so obstructed, that it was the feeble resources he possessed, and the oftentimes necessary some regulation should take place. His l.urd.hip dirty cards with which he played, it was not probable could not say whether other Noble Lords had experienced the inconvenience that he had, but more than once he had been he would trespass the bounds of innocent pastime.— stopped in Parliament-street by the state of the carriage way-- Whatever might also be said of a single instance, yet, Repair* of pipes and throwing up stones made the streets and the blame there perhaps was more to be attributed to avenues to the House at times impassable. He had no objection the bawling of an old woman, than to any neglect o. 'to allow Corporate Bodies, whether Water Pipe Companies or any other, their rights, but they were bound to take care the . duty in the clergyman. With respect to the Bill it streets are passable. His Lordship then intimated, that if he I self, he considered it altogether a crude concoction. i found a continuance of the same impediments, he should feel it He thought it would be advisable if the Noble E:trl his duty, as a Lord or Parliament, to compel all those who offer.. 1 . (Harrowby) would accede to his recommendation, ed obstruction in any shape, to leave the passages open to that House. He should also bring the matter under consideration i that the Bill should stand over to another Session, with a view to provide for the safety of his Majesty's subjects. when a measure might be framed more unobjection- Lord DARNLEY then gave notice of his intentions at au able in its provisions. early day, to move that the subject should be referred to a j The Earl of HA RROWBY said, that the present Committee. measure had been in agitation for ten years ; and it might be in agitation for ten centuries, if the Bill • were to continue to be postponed from Session to Ses sion. It was, therefore, his intention to forward the measure in the present Session of Parliament. I Several amendments were proposed and agreed to, when it was ordered that the Bill be reprinted. It was understood, that on the third reading the House will divide on the principle of the measure. Adjourned till to-morrow. CURATES' BILL. Upon the Order of the Day being read for taking the Report on this Bill into consideration, • The Earl of HA RROWBY proposed to move cer tain Amendments, and afterwards it would be for the House to oppose the Bill itself upon the motion for agreeing to the Report, or upon any future stage. — The Noble Earl proposed several Amendments, some of which were of a verbal nature, and others for the purpose of rendering the principle of the measure more perfect. Must of these Amendments were HOUSE OF COMMONS. agreed to. The Call of the House being enforced, the Gallery was ro: Amendments were also proposed by Lord Lure- , sonouou and Lord GurtiviLLE, which were also The cmton opened f or for of . stranit,m rt until slxo'clock. ee on the Scotch t.ou of Session Ball was p-t agreed to. poned till Monday next. The LORD CHANCELLOR considered the clause ' The County Bakers Bill was read a second time, after a IIN of the Bill, respecting the appointment of the Curate to observations from Mr.FILANIC LIN Lewis, and others, and order. to C con Hp lin t it p te ts d. House, s I. live in the Parsonage in case of the Incum. ; ed LEY moved for certain Papers conrntell bent's non-residence, as completely unfit for any prat. ! with the Catholic Question, pursuant to the notice which he tical purpose. For, under all the provisions of this gave on a former night.—Agreed to. measure, if he held possession, and were required to ' Th . e c l orittee on: the b Irish Cotton Weavers Bill was pcht. give it up according to this Bill, lie might refuse, and The second r y eading g of t. the Irish Schools Bill was postpcnel ' if he had an Attorney at his back, he would defy tin Thursday next. any power under such an Act to remove him for three I The further consideration and the Report of the Prisonat years. The Noble and Learned Lord also adverted Relief Bill was postponed till to-morrow. to the differences which would arise between the Cu - ne T sd h a c Committee of Ways and Means was postponed till Wed rate and Incumbent, as to the restriction of the resi - Mr y ..H. ADDINGTON brought in a Bill to amend thelVfilitia dent : the Incumbent was bound to reside nine I Acts, which was read a ant time, and ordered to be read a months, or he must lose the Parsonage House ; and , second time on Friday next. Sir H. PARNELL postponed his notice respectg the yet the Curate was not bound to reside one month, I Trade which stood for Thursday, till to-morrow se i.omight.Corn for the purpose of enjoying the Parsonage Houke after • The third reading of the American Prize Bill was postponed the nonresidence of the Incumbent. As to residence, tin to-morrow. he should be glad that every living in the kingdom WAYS AND MEANS FOR IRELAND. should have a Clergyman to reside on the spot, not On the motion for the second reading of the Res°• nine months in the year, but the whole of the year ; lutions of the Committee of Supply, still this was not the Bill which would, in his opinion, Sir J. NEWPORT again shortly objected to the produce any chang e for the better on that account. clause for v an additional imposition on Malt, concei The Earl of H ARROWBY considered the objet - . ing that it would, in the first place, prove unproduc tions as applied to this Bill, in respect to supposed', tive, and that if productive, would cause a serious cases which might arise upon the subject of non- I evil of another description. He should, however, residence, as applicable to former statutes for the take another opportunity of entering more at large same reasons. I into the discussion. After some further conversation between the Arch- Sir F. FLOOD warmly oppposed the clause in bishop of CANTERBURY, the Bishop of LONDON, Lord' question, from a conviction that it would tend to di- GRENVILLE, and Lord ELLENBOROUGH, minish the revenue. It would also discourage-the Lord REDESDALE stated, that the mischiefs agriculture of Ireland, and particularly that of the which had arisen from non-residence of the lower county of Wexford, which was a barley county. — clergy, were experienced in all parts of the kingdom. The beer in Ireland was already bad enough, and This practice on their part had increased within late was in many places nothing but a composition of years, and Curates who formerly resided in their pa- Guinea pepper, alum, garlick, quashee, henbean, rishes, now live at a distance in a market town, to and other noxious vegetables.—(A laugh.)—He WAS which they were attracted by their love of card par- of opinion, that if the tax was laid on beer itself, it ties. On a Sunday he had known instances, when would be less injurious. a Curate would ride from parish to parish, and with I Mr. FITZGERALD shortly replied, and übserv such precipitancy as to render their conduct indecent, .d, that the substitutes mentioned by the Honourable and to bring disgrace upon the profession. In an Baronet were employed in the place of hops, not in instance of this nature, he knew it to be a fact, that of malt. that the Clergyman so far neglected his duty from a' General MATHEW had visited many parts of wish to proceed and return, that he ascended the Ireland, where the cultivation of malt had increased, reading-desk, and so rapidly disposed of the service, and the people, in consequence, had become more that a farmer's wife who was present arose from her happy and orderly. pew and insisted upon his return to the desk, telling The Resolutions were then read, and a Bill order him aloud, that he had not discharged his duty.— ed to be brought in conformable to them. (Hear, hear, hear.)—The Noble and Learned Lord PETITION FOR PARLIAMENTARY Rl7l'olol. was astonished at the present opposition to the Bill : Mr. CANNING said lie held in his hand a there seemed an unwillingness to agree to nioasiirei lion from a number of persons for whom he e nter• which were to call upon the higher orders of the t.nu d the greatest respect, although he had the rails. Clergy to see that the duties of the profession were lortune to differ with them on the subject to which it performed. !dated. The Petition was signed by six thousand The Archbishop of CANTERBURY said, if the iehabitants of Liverpool, and described the continue inference to be .drawn from the Noble Baron's ob. ante of war, the burdensome taxes, the national debt, servations were to guide the judgment of their Lord- and the other evils under which the country Has stn- ships, it would be wrong to pass the present Bill— tering, imputing them to the impotent state of the it would be high time to pass a law which should take Representation, and praying that that House would the power out of the hands t f the Bishops who had so adopt measures for shortening the duration of grossly abused it, and lodge it in the hands of the nierw, excluding placenien from the House of Com- Noble Baron, who had this night accused the higher .ns, and tot extending the elective franchise. orders of the Clergy with neglect, and the lower or- The Petition was then hi ought up, and ordered to dens with gross misconduct. If such were the es! A• 1:e on the table. blishment of the Church, it had better not exist, but some other Church be placed in its stead. He did not agree with the statement of the Noble Baron, that Curates were now more absent from their patishes than they used to be twenty years ago. Indeed, in those dioceses with whisl, eras arquaiuted ; he knew ROMAN CATHOLICS. Mr. GRATT.‘N, before he moved the Order of. the day for resuming the Committee on the c lattio t el the Bill tor the reliet of his Majesty's Roman Cath''', lc subjects, wished to submit a provo..ition t h a t npg•lt conduce to a better undurq:uldiog as to the coupe co