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tion of fuel) an aft, tire fervant might demur anfwer ing a queltion about tire payment of filch money, on the ground that if lie Ihould anfwer, he did re eeive the money, he Ihould become a debtor to his mailer. The principle WO xualagnnsto that of a Bill before their Lordlhips in 1742, when the great man who then prefided on the Wnolfack declared he had rather be the ohjea of loch a Bill, than a party in palling it. Neither were the Horde, from the na• cure of the cafe, furniffied with firfficient light for it to proceed by—in framing fuch a law, it was impof (Ale they could know all the fitnations in which witneffes might be placed —and, as he conceived it. the Bill went to indemnify the witneffes from all civil fuits and proceedings ; and its general effect was, that it tended to give money to a witnefs " in cafe he gave his evidence in one way, and to deprive bins of it, in cafe he fhould give it in another." His Lordfhip then adverted to the form in which he had originally propofed to put the leading quellion, for the opinion of the Judges—which he had fince, in confideration of what palled in one of the Courts, declared, on a very particular cafe, tried by the late Lord Chief plaice Kenyon, been induced to alter. Co as to confine the confideration to the matter in ilTue. What he Ihould therefore propnfe to their Lordfhips to refer to the confideraiion of the Judges, timid be with that alteration, and WAS to the following effeft —" Whether, according to law, a witnefs be requir ed to anfwer quellinns relative to the matter in ifrue, the anfwers to which have no tendency to smile himfelf ; but where the anfwers may eftablith, or tend to eftablifh, that he owes a debt recoverable by a civil fujt ?" On the queltion being put, Lord HOLLAND obferved, that a great part of his oblations were done away by the confideration of its being carefully flated in the Bill, that the profe cution fhould refer only to ufe of public Money ; loch, certainly, was the intention of the At. Lord ELDON, in explanation, quoted a part of the 8111, where, after his Slajelly, his heirs, or Cut ceffors, the words were—" or any other perfon or perfons, for or by reafun or means, Sec.' Either there words had a meaning or they had not; in the latter cafe, it was better to omit them. After tome farther obfgrrations were interchanged between thefe Peers, Lord HOLLAND obfet tied, that any inaccuracy of that kind may be eafily removed. The Qtseftion was then put, and the propofition to the above effeft was ordered to, be referred fur the opinion of the Learned Judges. Lord ELDON then propnfed a fecond queltion for the confideration of their Lnrdlhips ; this teemed to grow nut of the firlt. The gift of it, as we could colleft, was, whether a witnefs, brought forward as contemplated by the Bill, could not be objefted en, on the ground of his being interefted. This queltion produced no difcuffion ; bur, on its being rocipofed, that the Judges do declare their opinions oa fuch law queftions, on Thurfday fe'nnight, a (bort converfa lion arot e, alto the interval of time, between Lord Holland, Lord Eldon, and theChancell r (Erfkin:.) The fiat-mentioned Peer deprecated fo long a delay on the ground of its being proper the Bill fhould be decided upon as fpeedily as it was pralicable. Lord ELDON adverted to the great importance of the points the Law Lords had to confider, and The LORD CHANCELLOR alluded to the va rious important avocations which the Learned Judges bad to attend to, and which the prefent Seffions at the Old Bailey tended to multiply. On the queltion being pot, it was carried in the affirmative. Lord ELDON adverting again to the importance of theism confiderarions which the Bill gave rife to, intimated the probability, that upon further turn. ing over the fubjeft in his mine, lie fhould feel it in cumbent on him to move for a Cr•mmittee to retire!) for precedents: In cafe filch Ihould be his determi nation, he propofed to give notice of it to-morrow, and to move it nn the fubfequent day. Their Lordfhips, on the motion of Lord Holland, were ordered to be Communed for Friday fe'nnight. After which, the Houfe adjourned till to-morrow. VICTUALLING OPNICI, felavory ,t. ads. THE COMMISSIONERS for VICTUI/LLING HIS MA* ESTr. NAY". do &wily rive Notice. That on Wednefday the toth Inftant, they will he ready to te rtian Venders ih writing ((rated up) and hen for THREE HUNDRED CHALDRON of prr rs TANFIELD MOOR COALS. Or Comb of equal gnodnefs, to be delivered in a whole CAT% or Cargoes, In the fpace of three weeks from the date of the Con tra!, winds and weather permitting, alosurfkle the Wharf' of Hls Majefty's Viztualling Prenufes at Plymouth and Sauthdown ; and to be paid for by Bills payable with intereft ninety days after date The Conditions of the Contrail may be feen at the Seem— tares Office. No rtzard vent it Sal toe, 'Tatar is orbit& the trict . froll tat 14 Worm( la wort& at kosti,or fiat( oot he doliverot to Om Board Ir. fore Ow 'Trod or the fad Wristftlay the z9t6 impost, we as the Potion who man No Testler.or, font Porfoo w bit &ball; atone to arifror orhto tend for. VICTUALLING OFF}KR, Feiner, :7 ir,o6. TM COMMISSIONERS f& VICTUALLING HIS MA7 "STY': NAPT. h &silly:km wits. irhat on fuefday the isth iaftant, they will be ready to ret.ive traders in writing. !fulled up)and treat for TWO HUNDP.i fONia OF MUSCOVADO SUGAR, To be anfwerable to famples to be produced with the Tenders, to be delivered in the proponion of Dot lel. than twenty-five Jour more than thirty tons per week from that day into his Majefty's Victuallirg Storm at Deptford. and to be paid fur by Bills payable with intereft ninety days after date. The Conditions of the Contrail may be Peen at the Secretarra Office. Ns regerJ 14411 le hod to day Team. fes lobee4 the ?Mee j ug td k In f ield i• wad, at k v ib, re Mat fiat est ke detkeertd a Me Bwrd Oefort 0.. iCI cb ee the Aid TeefJety for kW. 19. e t. see eakfs Me lei.* sek. mass the Troller, re fee" Prefine ye bu l 6IFf, eared, f wises Tyke. maid fee. EAST INDIA HOUSE, Foiroory ts, OW. HE COURT of DIRECTORS of t&UNITED T COMPANY of MERCHANTS of ENGLAND grafi., ea hie EAST INDIRS. le bereiy live Notice, That a General Court of the aid Company will be held at !heir Houfe In Lewienhall- street, on Therlday the 17th inftnt, at eleven &Jock In the forenoon for the purpofe nfteking into t on- Illieration a propafition from the Court of Dirt on, which has re lation to the late Marquis COIMWALLI.. WILLIAM c7AMSAY, Secroto,,,, 70 BOOKSELLERS,. HE BIOME! LFRS and PRINTERS' of , .covxnrr NEWSPAPERS tireoghtet Greet Britaiaseel leviers" ere i ! ferreeractbat the Fif Pa rte' Dr. CiREGURI's NEW LYCI,OPEINA will he ready for Ple thr oft tie, of March, end 4 0 , 7 $ Lad in their ',getter E:tarthly Pareele. This .Drit , weary of Art: wed Seirreeet will he twelotrted in 7w kyr "'arts. at ye. area, in Teethe Mewbr. Iwwww ayofr ihrweaer, awl to Per RelNerenVl.AT:ti, Mr. tbiatr it prole , to extihiet the CierstryTrade at brie, that he unmet remelt repder oases for lift than Tuna, fix Copirr. XI rwarreweelr, that fwelirr Newhers he ' , ward with the ether - 'Word Weis ; het die Jerre awl liberal all went, for Twenty five tapirs, Of erearelt,woy reader it worth the while of away Coy N TRY 800 h ada'refe their orders dirrOly to big. lieldge•ltreet, Feb. 13, eBcb. VOLUNTEER INFANTRY. WANTED, a Serjeant•Mak , r (properly qtrali• bed) for a Regiment of Volunteer Niamey, in the nity of London. Likewife three good Fife Player. and three salve well made Black Men for the Band of the fame Regiment. Pecos of the above dekription niey apply perfonally, at the Hark and Grown, Great Portland-ftreet, er by letter (port paid) &rated to Mr. Johnfee as above. PARLIAMEIvTART PROCEADINOS. ---, HOUSE OF LORDS, MONDAY, FEB. ay. ("andel were heard, at confiderable leogth.rerpeCUng the Ap peal Caere kom the Court of Chancery. Counters of Limoln and Others v. the Duke of Neweaftleard Others; viz. the Solicitor General (Mr Romilly) and Mr Richard. on the part of the Ap pedants; after which, the further confideration of the cafe was deferred till to morrow. The Gills upon the Table were forwarded in their refpeCtive 1 Rages; among t here, Lady Vikountefs Nelfqn's and Sir Richard Berachan's Annuity Bills,erent through a Committee of the whit Honk, Lord Wall:lngham in the Chair. without oNematinn or; smendment, and were afterwards keenly reported.mllefe Bilk I he over for a third reading. T/11 IMPSACHWIN e WITNESSIa . INDLIUNITY BILL. Lord HOLLAND moved the Order of the Day for the fecond siading of this Bill, on which occa fion the Learned Judges, pnifoant to an Order of the Houfe. were in attendance. On the queftiun being put, Lord ELDON rofe, and addreffed the Houfe on the fubjeft at fome length. He referred to what had taken place relative to a Bill in the 141 Seflion, _ which contained a provifion precifely fimilar in a •ce HOUSE OF COMMON'S. Str. FRANCIS moved fora new Writ for the eleetion of a to the leading one of the Bill now under confideration. Member for Apphby, in the room of John Courtenay, Efq. He adverted to what he had then thrown out on who had accepted the office of one of the Commiltonas of the the fubjee, for the confideration of their Lordthips. 3 -,.,,f ury . He had then felt it his duty to make fuch oblei Vie- Mr.POLE CAREW moved for a new Writ for the eleCtion of lions, and Dill felt that dory in ^Perste , with a rec. a Member for the County of Worcefter. in the room of W Ly- E n ,, E tti fq now f raleci , I T to the Houfe of Peers by the title of Lord pence to thole great and ellablifhed principles, on which the law of the country, on the important Mr. FOX, on bong .w introduced between Lord Henry Petty and points contemplated by the Bill, was uniformly ad Mr. W Will fllhitb read ,READ took the oaths and it M n hi. fea ecretary Fox he added t. minitlered, and to the right . of ever y filb j ee of the Mr. moved, th to t th it e a C f o o n fd ro m ittt t e ha f t o e r p o re r, arinl . the Articles of Impeachment realm, who might become liable to be affetied by its operation. He thought filch a Bill, in its then ag P i urfuant to an Order of the Houle. Accounts were prefented Drape, ought not to pals ; it was open to every im• of the Contras. entered into for lopplying the Navy with Spirits Cication that might be made of an ex poji folio law. for certain petiods therein (preitied, which were ordered to be pith refpal to the prefent Nil, it teemed to If oceed Frinteßd., for emet t tl ti ' t or t k o h ,t o r uf t e i: and tue m p s a ir n i ih n g n e t erts s in s arrange. on the recital of a doubt, relative to a point of law ; men A tt i w l- ith refpett in f,, a was brought in by sir John Anderfon, read a flrft t'im t. e, e a p ti u d lch o r r e - , which, however, though he had lived thirty years in the profellion, and had much employment in every dered to bested mov,d,d a time fecoo. there Mould he laid before the branch of it, not only as a counfel, hut in a judicial Mr. LNIGH capacity, he could, with ferions truth, declare, he Courts Houfe of fn Kings t en o c f b t a h n e d A c tizort of p W a. rit t e . i i ffued from the had never before heat d darted ; and he believed, that four lift yearn, g s cliftioguifhing the nu nn mber of Wr r it i ri l fit'e f d or fro th m e did they (offer ihemfelves to be turned 'slide from to each Court b in each y y ear. 'I he Honourable Member b i ke meant ated this thole legal principles to whic h he had referred, they account toeneceffar, preparatory a motion to brt rub s ini a t t ß o ili th r e im lo t ufe. ' h ilii. ou t run would be, for leave to world probably be reproached in their own days, h ad ti la r :ott a g t ht forrd t Certainly in thole of pulterity, for not differently at. twi lg y l e n ars ago , for the to pu t .-po " fe w . l i t t i ' 'h alt h e e ri: tending to them. What he had to lay upon thee which at prefent milted with refpedt to the Courts o ra f n raw en in general principles, he th“tild probably oily!. to tloir Ireland. o Th it e SPEAKE R reminded the Hon. ktember, that according Lordfliips, on a future nage of the Bill ; upon thole i• r o. to txuhjected to, previou s p.neral principle , , a. the ii.teltionq relAtive to civil t not c i u ce ninon'. when ldbe g a i t y l eri nl o o ; i i . t's o i w nt a r s od li u lt d e t i e1...Y., may he affeeted by the meafitre, Ire moil, ,on Mr. LER3H oar:reed, that there was no ohjeCtion whatever to the part of the c :mitt v. eppofe the Bill in its prel, nt this r motion ec A . k was ace rrdin g ly p re ut o Ire d and aprefente gered to. 111 ,, pe. With reipeet to what he had i.tiii •in 4f+ tenor ite ounta were then orde t d. On w t u lte t =i ti on th oLM titn r. e V a t t i tt l i sl p o a l ff l e ' d fAßT, the Exchequer Bill , oecafion, relp.Cting his intention to bring in a B i ll gill upon the fubjen, its non introduition proceeded. i n - Acc ounts of certa in unclaimed Dividends of the South Sea Cam dependent of the opinions of the Judges not being de patty were prcfentsd, and ordered to ht. printed. On the motion of Mr. ALEXANDER. leave was given to livered, from the alifiCatim Bill. c onrideration of doubts, which had been thrown c.o. whether a Bill of the kind could b ri ng is the W a a l l"drmnitY °Mc"). CI 2 I he Committees of Supply and Ways and Means were poft• originate in that floi:fe ? After f xne farther abler- pored tiu Monday neat . 'Minns Orr, the c Ilene of the Bill, in a legal point of lIJTICE OF ADJOURNMENT. view, his Lort!thir leaned to canters hie el,nibta of ' The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER his being able to frame any quellion which could lave notice of his intention to move, to-nsorrow, that draw (vim the Judges an anfwer , that would r , it Houfe adjourn to Monday neat. This he did, feely fitibfy the Houle upon the prints in (mama. that the Houle might not teem to be taken by fur. These mull be an infinite number of cafes involving F ife, and unprepared. As a reafon for the propofed the liability for civil debts ; and he could conceive adjournment, he dated, that it would be very ;neon many cafes, wherein the principle of the prefent Bill venient for the Honte to continue fitting during the admiffloa oldie public to the Painted Chamber , where may materially interfere with that o n which the law is now adminilteted. Support a queftion repealax the body of a late tlillinguithed Member of the Houle the payment of money by a Deward , or an y of their would he in fir e . fie alto gave notice, that on Mon ;•l44lllips' fel vfl.Ms to a triftiefragsl. 4 1 ContemeallisT not 01 would more for the appintinent of a Committee to inveligite the j(i;nt account between' Great litit.tin and IrelAnd. THIP UNION. Mr. ALEXANDER expreffed a with that the Right Hon. Gentleman (Mr. Fox) would have the goodnefs again to nate the tenor of his opinion with regard to the Union with Ireland—as, in confequence of the rumours which had gone abroad, refpetting his obfervations upon dos fubjett on a former evening (upon the difcti(lfion relative to a monument to the memory of Lord Cornwallis) great agitation and un eafinefs had been excited. The Right Hon. Gentle man's farther explanation of his bbjell was therefore neceifery to afford fatisfailion in many quarters. ' The SPEAKER obferved, that any reference to words uttered in a former debate, was irregular.— Upon this point, however, any Member might exer tile his own difcretion, but he felt it his duty to (tate that the reference he alluded to would be wholly ir regular. Mr. ALEXANDER was aware of the irregula rity, but the object in view was of much confequence, and he fhould take it as a favour to have the expla nation required. Mr. FOX fpnke to the following effect ;—I feel an apology to the Houfe necefrary for flying any thing further upon this fubjett. I thought that the woods I before ufed, connafted with it, were perfedly clear and explicit. When the Motion was before the Houle for rendering honours to the memory of Marquis Cornwallis, an Hon. Member (Mr. O'Hara) Rated, that he could not reconcile it to his mind to (support the Motion becaufe he difapprnved of the Union.s'hich was carried while that Noble Marquis was Lord Lieu tenant of Ireland, and hecaufehe was apprehenfive that from fuch fupport he might be fuppofed to approve of that meafure. I was, however, itifpofed to vote for the Motion, becaufe I felt the propofed honours to be highly deferved; but yet I was extremely unwilling to do any thing which might be conceived to imply an approbation of the Union. I did, therefore, diftind ly exprefs my difapprobation of that meafure, and particulauly of the manner in which it was carried ; and further, that my refpell for the charafter and merit of Lord Cornwallis did not at all proceed from his concern in that tranfattion. This I Rated to the Houfe on the occafion alluded to—but I did not fay one word profpatively. At the time indeed, that the' Union was under dircullion, I objetted to it, and I Rill retain that objeetion, for I have never heard any thing to convince me that the grounds of my opinion were erroneous. I have always thought it a bad meafure—but there are bad meafures which cannot well be repealed I and if ever there was a meafure, the enactment of which is not connected with its re peal, it is precifely this incorporate Union, for how ever objeBionable the manner, under all the circum. (lances in which it was carried, it is imp6ffible to remedy theft objections by a repeal. IRISH CLERGY. Dr. DUIGNAN rofe. purfuant to notice, to move for leave to bring in a Bill to enforce the 'Widener of the Clergy on their Benefices in Ireland. The Learned Gentleman fubmitted his motion without any comment whatever. But upon The SPEAKER fuggelling that it was enflomary fir any Gentleman who moved for leave to bring in a Bill, to Rate the reafons upon which his propofi• Lion was grounded— The Learned Do/tor again rofe, and flared that his reafons were precifely the fame as rhote which induced the adoption of a fimilar meafore in this Country, end therefore he did not thlnk it necefrary to trefpafs on the attention of the Huufc by repeat. ing them, Leave was given to bring in the Bill. The Bill for afcertaining the Population of Ireland was brought in by Mr. Fitzgerald, read a firlt time, and ordered to be read a fecond time on the 3d of April. and to be printed. A Bill for more eafily obtaining the Partition or Inclofure of Land in Ireland, was brought in by the fame Right Hon. Gentleman, read a firth and or• dered to he read a fecond time tomorrow. Adjourned. 141 E LVEIVIAG S 7 AR. LONDON. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY A. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK: Confab, money 6cl--for account 643—Reduced ntl. PRICE OF STOCKS YESTERDAY: 3 per C. Red. An 6111- per Cent Cod 6i 1 4 per Ccnt. So 3 per Cent. Navy 9211 Long Ann. 171 3.16 Short Ann. 1 India Bonds, 3s. * as. prem. Eschrq Bills 3s ss. prem. glith Tickets 191. 595. nr for acc. 6:fit A Mail from Jamaica arrived yeflerday in forty four days, by which we have received intelligence to the latter end of December. The Sellion doled on the sad. The diflipline of the Militia, as well as the general means of defence, are reprefented as having been much improved by the late alarm, and the meatures which w, re purfued in confequence of it. The Jamaica Papers abound with reports col Idled from Amet ican and other (hips, refpeding the arrival of a French fquadron in Martinique. Letters by the Jamaica Mail confirm the intelli gence that the French fquadron fell in with the out ward-bound fleet, under convoy of the Wow-mitts (loop of war, and captured feveral (hips, although not fo many as reported. The FISCARD frigate ar rived at Batbadoes on the 3oth of December, with twenty-three fail of the outward bound Well India fleet, among which was the Ceres, in a very difabled Rate, having been tun foul of by the FISGARD. It was on the 7th of December, in lat. 36. long. 23. that the enemy fell in with the Wooovatt w a (loop of war, with twelve fail of the Welt India fleet, which the FISGARD had left behind at Madeira. A fignal was made for difperfing, and the (hips feparated, and made off in every dire(lion. About feven (hips out of the whole are fuppofed to have been taken, as they were miffing, and had not arrived in the Well Indies. The Robert, Derbyfltire,!and the Belize, two of the number, are known to have been captured by a fmall fquadron, confilling of one two decker, two large frigates, and a brig, in lat. 30. t 1. N. long. 27. W. Captain Moot, of the William, and Captain Joax. sox, of the Charles, a part of the Weft India fleet from Cork, were in fight at the time, and hare tince arrived in fafety at liarbarines. The following are the names of the other (hips that are milling:—Eliza, PAISLEY, from Cork ; jontelinda ; Hero, CUR RY ; Ge• neral Hunter and Maritter, from the Clyde ; and the Fame, from Brillol.—The Wootv ER IN t arrived with. out one 'edit in company. The homeward•bound convoy from Jamaica was appointed to fail on the ill of• April. Accounts were yeflerday received from the Eall Indies, which Hate, that Sir THOMAS THOE/BRIDGE fell in with M. Limois on his pafrage out, in latitude 19. 9. and longitude 85. 17. tall, in very thick and fqually weather, and ju( at the dole of cley erchang ed a few !hots with him. The moment the en...my made the BLENHEIM out through the haze, he bore away ; and, without feparating from the convoy, it was impoilible for Sir T.Teoube mitt to purfue him. he nest morning he was again dilcovered about four leagues to windward. 3ir T.T/LOUBLIDGe placed himfelfbetween the convoy and the enemy, under eafy fail, to induce him to bear down. but no art could bang him nearer than fit or (even miles, and that direOly to windward. From noon to night he weathered fait on the fleet, evidently failing better, and took himfelf of in the night. A report has been circulated for the laft two day, that in confequence of a difcovery of tome attempts • to eflablifh a Regency in Spain, by which the autho rity of the KING was to be fet elide, the PAINCI of • the PIACS has invited the French to march a body of • troops into the country, to Alit him in counterafting the defigns of the Paws and the ancient Nobility.. who are ftriving to reftore the independence of the Kingdom. We hear that the French troops arc ac.• tually on the march. HAMBURGH MAILS. Thole due Sunday feirmight and Wednefday have arrived. Though their ctlitents have been partly anticipated by the arrival of the Ilamburgh Papers, from which we yeflerday gave tett aOs, we have beat able to fele& from them tome articles worthy of a perufal. The affairs of the Continent do not appear to be condulted fn cordially as the Paris Journals would lafferr. The new made Kings are already quarrel ling about their newly acquired poffclEons. Nor would it furprize any one who has attended In thief • politics of the Court of St. Cloud for fome time fhould it be proved hereafter that thefe diffentione have been fomented for the ezprefs purpofe of rem, dering thofe Rates more fubfervient to the will of France, than they were before they acquired nomi- nally an evended degree of independence. The plans adopted for the fobjugation of Naples meet with no obdruftion. The fate of the prefent reigning family may be confideied as already fettled: }LOMB. JANUARY 6. The chief Command of the expedition 'mica Ns. pies liac been given to Prince Jofeph. MILAN, JANUARY 28. Cardinal Ruffo is now on a mitGon from the Court of Naples; he has had Come conferences with —sr dinal Fefch, the French Minifter, after whi - .:4 ie fent off a Courier to his Court, and another to tLei Marquis DR Gallo, with difpatches for the Emperl i NAPOI.IOII. There is talk of a plan to transfer the Government of the Kingdom of Naples to the Here. ditary Prince. HANOVERIAN TERRITORY, PEER UARY 2. seven Hundred Englilh troops were embarked a; Bremenlehe on doe =9th of January. Bremen is now erAcuated by the Englifb troops. General Tolftoy h gone horn Bremen to Nien• burgh. All the Englilh and German troops of the Legion will evacuate this territory within three weeks at earthen. The recruits railed in the country will likewife be embarked for England. ULM, JANUARY 27. The troops of Bavaria and Wirternberg have Cons to blows with refpeit to the occupation of Wiblini gen, a place in ;his ♦icinity—the latter were oblige{ to retreat. BANKS OF THE LECH, JAN. 27. About 4000 of the troops of Wirtemberg havin made their appearance on the Danube above Uln in order to take poffeffion of certain places, to whit the King r f BAVARIA conceives he has a just claim the Bavarian garrifons of Ulm and Augiburg have received orders to call in all their furloughs, and hol 4 themfelves in readincfs to march at the firft notice..l BANKS OF THE MAYNE, PER. g. According to accounts received from Lyons, Gen. i St. Cyr has defeated the Neapolitanarmy nearNaplec but this report wants confirmation. The difputes between Bavaria and Wirtemberg, relative to the occupation of certain places in Suabie claimed by the former, are not yet adjoiled. Sever, divifions of Bavarian troops are under orders 1 march. General Wrede, however, has been fa from Munich to the King of Wirtemberg, to cod your to accommodate thefe differences. ,~