Star. — London, England, 1808-04-30 00:00:00

I - i gEsninr PROCEEDINGS. Sir A. WELLESLEY shortly states the geoneas MR I al on which it was proposed to limit the resew grallt. ......-----. log s oF LORDS, F RIDAY, APRIL Y9.He believed that the num ber of the Catholic Clergy in Ireland was between WOO and 2000 ; Med, beside s ed a , the Bar, in the Roxburgh Peerage mew ; ed ~.., i.e h eard for the Appellant, the pro- the 250 scholars who were annually educated at t °l —Ate lu ee i ' m ' — • clock M d Maynooth, there were about 111 who Were educated, rot postpon ed until one o on on ay next. 10_ 3 mem bers of the House of Contmons brought up the at Private Seminaries in different parts of Ireland, so r;;.1 Recognizance But, the Irish Possezmons Bill, and a that the total amount would be about 561 1 and these nab Which Were read a first tune. sate , it appeared to him, would be sittficient for the supply em,..i. from the East India Company, presented at the of the Irish Catholic Church. •On a calculation of 1 of t ee Sale of East India Goods , Nllll DANISH V PaSELS. lives, he believed it would be found that about fifty , Students would be wanted annually to supply the va viscount SIDMOUTH complained that the V' la ie b e f o re the House, in consequenc . e of his , ei March last, respecting the Danish Mete ios , cancies occasioned by deaths, and other causes, end the existing Seminaries would supply that number. Sir J. NEWPORT observed, that the private se rtiesge, &c. were imperfect. He had made minaries alluded to were mere preparat or y schools for Oteeioes,whichreceivedthe sanction of the House, the Maynooth College. ie - o ° N e ese motions, relative to the number of Mr. PONSONBY was glad to see that strong dis :yessels condemned in the Prize Courts, hnd position to rigid (economy which was manifested by d e clined in British ports in September last, no the present Administration, which induced them to ret urns had been made. Orders heel been i sent withhold a paltry sum of three t housand p ounds from e t Transport Board to furnish the intknration re- I t h e e ducation and instruction of th e p riesthood in Ire ' • but in consequence of some misunderstand- I land, while, at the same time, they proposed a sum of ( o ; w hich he could not account, the returns did i nearly twenty thousand pounds for the support of _ gm. ' w ith the orders of the House. As the in. I police of Dublin. Was it wise, he would ask, to re 7oe h e alluded to was highly essential, and ! fuse such a trifling boon for ehe purpose of Catholic did lo be produced by Monday nest, he was under ' instruction, while sums so much larger had been so P,, 4 i t y of postponing his motion, which stood !often granted for worthless, or, to say the least of them, IrFo - os ee l y s When the returns were made, he ; doubtful purposes ? This seemed to be doing a harsh Learnt a day for the discussion of the sub j ect, ! thin g for the mere pleasure of doing it, and merely j t ,,, e te pr esent instance, move , that t he returns to I the saving of such a tr iflin g sum was not to be put in ; te em" of the 18 th o f March last be made forth. : competition with the disgust which it must occasion i to the whole Catholic b od y . The Cler g y must neces- I r lk em otion being put and agreed to, Lord HOL- , sarily have considerable influence over the minds of Lo p enees see a hope that the Noble Viscount I the people. Had not the Protestant Clergy of this ee l not suffer any delay to occur in bringing this ' country some i efluence ? Had not the Methodists a eect before the House, and he would recommend '. great deal over the body with which they were con teem to discuss the suect withou the returns r- i nected ? The Catholic Clergy in Ireland had a it:le er/I,S they c ould not b bj e procured t immediately. e I milar influence over t h e ir people, and hence arose the 'Lord HAWKESBURY said, he did not rise to ' policy of attaching them as much as possible to the ;eve th e present motion, .but he hoped the Noble ' Government of the country . , ireeee wou ld state the principles of his intended . 1 The CHANCELLOR of of theident EXCHEQUER , • . e eenhe appointed a day f o r the discussion. said, that when a question ev public utility *lad to understand whether the detention of tho I was ag itated in that House, he should never be dis- I Do jo/gels had differed from former precedents, i posed to sacrifice it to public c economy. If therefore r s i l ken they had not been detained as the Rus- an advantage of consequence was likely to be ob. e s eips were when the Noble Viscount was in ad- e • tained b o nd oting the greater sum, he was disposed ) IigHTIDOII • most cally to concur in it ; but its he conceived Lord HOLLAND in explanation: said, it did not the vote to be productive of a contrary effect, he , A p r that the object of the Noble Viscount's motion I, should propose the less sum ; at the same time he istocriminate Ministers, it was intended to reform., was averse to, and deprecated all party and personal Frtical abuses. 1 allusions in the discussion of the subject under their lad SIDMOUTH assured the Noble Lord • i consideratioe. His opinion could not be said to r aWd) that he would not defer his motion longer .i'breathe the spirit of intolerance merely because he was 1 6enessary. The principles of his motion (as he i not disposed to vote to the full extent desired by the Wined on a former day) were to remedy which' I Catholic interest ; for if he were disposed to concur in ijustice, and to prevent a repetition of acts i t , l'iruilar demands might be made in behalf of the haddimared the national character. He concluded i Quakers, the Methodists, and every description of l e de c lining the order of the day for his motion on • Dissenters; as well as the Catholics. The mere cir today aexe—Adjourned to Monflay. cumetence of the Catholics being the most numerous _ class of Dissenters, did not at all entitle them to any advantages that were not granted to other classes of the community. It was not the Catholics alone that were to contribute for the education of their Clergy, but the subjects of the United Kingdom. Mr. PONSONBY and Mr. PERCEVAL mu tually explained. Mr. ELLIOTT 'generall c ontended, that every y facility and encouragement should be extended to the Catholics, to prevent them sending their Priests to foreign seminaries, where they would imbibe foreign. prejudices, and incur foreign o bli g ations. Mi. GRATTAN spoke on the same side, and iaid, that unless the Government of this country satisfied the present demands of the Catholics, they would be thrown into the arms of some Foreign State subject to the Emperor of France. To conciliate the Catholic population of Ireland, it would be necessary to con ciliate their Priests, and even treat them as objects of veneration. Mr. CROKER would vote for the smaller sum as it was • a Matter of • notoriety that the students educated at .Maynooth College were not of the des 7 cription which the House supposed. Few Gentle- Men's sons were educate d at this College, but persons of the lowest rank in life attended, under the pretext of qualifying themselves for Clergymen, and when they had made some progress, took themselves to other professions. This being the fact, he could not see any claim they had upon the public bounty. The House having divided, there appeared,, For the original motion 93—For the amendment 58. The amendment was lost by 35. The other resolutions were then agreed to, and the Report was ordered for Monday. MISCELLANF. OIIS . Mr. FOSTER presented several Accounts from the Office of First Fruits in Ireland, which were ordered to lie on the table. On the motion of Sir ARTHUR WELLESLEY, the Dublin Police Bill, and the Irish Glebe House Bill, ware ordered for Monday next. On the motion of the CHANCELI.OR of the EXCHEQITER, the Report o otf the Stipendiary Curates Bill was postponed to Tuesday next. On the motion of Mr FOSTER, the Report of the Spirits Drawback Bill was fixed for Monday next. Mr. SUMNER presented three Petitions, most numerously signed by the In of s t. Georges, Bloomsbury, St. Paul, Covent Garden, and St. Guess in the Fields, in favour of the Bill now pending in Parliament for building the intended Strand Bridge.-.-Ordered to lie on the table. Mr. MELLISH also presented Petitions, numerously signed by the Inhabitants of St. Andrew, Holborn, and St. George the Martyr ; and Norfolk-street, Howard-street, Surrey street, and --. , del-street, in the Strand.—Ordered to lie upon the table. WAYS AND MEANS. HOUSE OF COMMONS. Deliestproceeded and ballotted a Committee to consider *wreathe Grampound Election Petition. IbLONG rose, to move for leave to bring in a Bill to esp.- letinsuaitration and auditg m ot i on !be Army Paymaster-Gene. ufixonat ; he prefaced his by stating, that, from the amplated state of those accounts, and the imperfect system ill 14been hitherto in operation for auditing them—notwith mkr the Bill passed under the auspices of that great charac. mix inc Erinsand Burke, that the last year for which the ac es of the Paynsaster-General were completely gone through is 1742, and conseluently there were now the last twenty-five wain %near. He then went into s t e ms statement of Itmode for tarrying on the Paymar's accounts before, and we the passing of Mr. Burke's Bill, and said, that although the mentions of that Right Honourable Gentleman were directed with Utmost laudable views, yet his habits of life were not calculated it him to prepare such a Bill for the purpose, as was the most idy to be efficient. The objects of the Bill he himself intended datroduce were twofold: in the first place, to make the ac - Ii ort of the Paymaster-General a cash account, and to oblige him make returns of all his disbursements for services in England, the conclusion of every three months ; and, secondly, to make lietuto for disbursements by his agents in foreign countries as las they could be procured in succession. He concluded by am for leave to bring in the Bill, which, after some observe limbo Dr. Lawrence, in vindication of the intention of Mr. Prk i vras granted. ' • • LOCAL MILITIA. Atthe instance of Mr. R. DUNI)AS, the discussion upon the LealMißtia Bill was deferred till Monday. ; *THOUS TURTON agreed to postpone the discussion ow &Cuisine question until Tut tlay sennight. the Cso pithy House svas deferred till ruesday se'nnight. FeIOHN NEWPORT moved for the Ahstracts of the Returns sale by the *shops of Great Britain to the Privy Council respec- Ott die Reskient and Non-resident Clergy for the years 1i4104. 1t05,1106, and 1807.—Ordered. NAYNOOTII CCI,LFA:E. The House having resolvel itself into a Cornn.ittee of Supply, Mr. FOSTER rose to move for a grant for the support of the Roman Catholic Seminary at Malmooth. The sum originally fixed for this Insti tutio,he observed, was 80001. a year. For the two last years an addition had been made of 50001. for the purpose of erecting new buildings, for the accoro -1116(1410n of fifty students, in addition to the DO, for whom the annual grant of 80001. was originally destined. These buildings were now finished, and he should move, that there be granted a sum of 92501. for defraying the charges of the said Seminary, from the sth of January, 1808, to the .sth of January, 1809. Sir J. NEWPORT rose to move the sum of IS,OOIII A . by way of an amen dment to the present motion. The Honourable Baronet stated, that pre vious to 1793, there were 478 scholars educated at different Catholic Colleges on the Continent for the priesthood in Ireland ; and as a great increase of popu lation had taken place since that period, it was rational to suppose that even more would be wanted than were then required for the instruction Of the Irish Catholics. The establishment was indeed originally intended for only 200, but from various documents agen . itted to the late Administration, they had deter "hed that it should be raised to 400 ; and surely It was better that the Irish Catholics should have an educated priesthood, rather than none at all, or one ' that was illiterate or ignorant. It was well known that Bonaparte had invited the Irish scholars at Lis boa to come t o P ar i s , w h ere they would be received favourably into a college that he had established ; bat the Irish Cl ergy had - peremptorily declared, that they would- exclude from the priesthood all who ac cepted this. offer. And what was the reward which they weroximt to receive for their loyalty ? They were to be curtailed of the means of education, and rash treatment, he would tell the ,Conunittee, could neither tend to make them protestant'. new good cub" jects but would rather prorface the idea that the LeVslature were actuated by religions intolerance. The House in a Committee, Mr. FOSTER said, he had seriously considered *great incon- venienties which not only individuals, but the revenue in Ireland had suffered, by the want of an equalization In the Assessed taxes there • for that reason, and with a view to p revent those inconve-. Menges in future, he had adopted a plan, which he should then propose of equalizing them all. The Right Hen. Gentleman then ' submitted .s string of Resolutions to therffect which be mentioned, , and after a few observations from Sir JOHN NEWPORT, they were agreed to. Mr. LETHBRIDGE moved that every person using a double barrelled gun, for the purposes of sporting, should pay an annual duty of five guineas. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER opposed it, upon the ground of being too trillin g to merit consideration, and being of "coarse so unproductive. Alterman COMBE resisted It, as adding to the list of taxes, which were already toe numerous. Sir WM. ELFORD and Mr. WM. SMITH, as likely to be hurtfpl to the gunsmiths ; and Mr. IiUSKIS-sON, as a subject not en for taxation. Mr BIDDULPH supported it, saying, that however trivial the moult might be, in these times every little was of use. TM House divided upon it—For the tax 17—Against it 47. Est 1~ a majority of 50. t, we were eachtded from the Gallery,the House adjourned. r tiOt•ibOtt • ...._....z.,•--. ~ sAruikbAy, Arkit sd. _. FitICE OF STOCKS Tits DAY AT ()Ng (VC LOCK Consols Otii--Ilitto for Athirst 66 ProM evernian, Vrenth, and Dutch Papers, we have this day laid before out Readers a variety 1 of extracts. It Is stated in the Dutch.papers, that the French troops entered Madrid on the evening of the 23d of March, that the town Was illtiniinated, and that great rejoicings took placisin consequence of their anivul. Ott the Ist inst. the Grand Duke at tee° inti mated to his troops the approach of his Sovereign 1 and a Paris article of the 16th inst. states, that, on the 4th, the King, Don CARLOS (who is here however entitled only Infant of Spain), had set out to meet the Esarson. The Rochefort squadron., according to these pi:: pers, is, in conjunction with the Toulon fleet, to per form prodigies in the Archipelago, A Sicily also or even Malta. Its force is stated at 31 sail, and has already provisioned Corfu. A Venice letter of the 26th of March mentions, that the flotillas stationed in Venice and Trieste were ordered to put to sea ; and another article, dated Genoa, the 2d of April, affirms, that the Rochefort squadron had captured in the Adriatic two English frigates and a brig. This state of prosperity or of promise in the Medi terranean, which, we trust, our British fleet will soon interrupt and destroy, is heightened by a peace hay , ing been concluded between France and the Govern ment of Algiers. This, at least, is the confident as sertion of the Itioniteur. According to the Dutch Papers, a part of the flo tilla at Boulogne, which consisted of Dutch vessels, has successively arrived at Flushing, where two ships of the line, belonging to the Emperor's fleet, have been hauled out and sent up the Scheldt. Several Prussian regiments in the service of France, and a body of French troops, have arrived there, detach ments of whom are put on board the fleet. King Louis, however, prepares for festivities, and transfers his Court to Amsterdam on the 3d of May. They also give an account of the cruize of the two frigates which were at Martinique, and have returned . to France. They are stated to have captured twelve British ships, two of which are privateers. A Hamburgh paper, of the 9th instant, contains the following letter : the intelligence which it presents was brought to Vienna by an extraordinary courier— viaN:4A, MARCH 30.—'llse Porte has permitted the march of French troops through its territory towards Persia. On the Gth and 7th inst. a great Divan was holden, in which the pro position of the Emperor of the Fr ench, for marching a corps of troops througla the Turkish dominions into Persia, Was discussed, and finally =ceded to by the Government. The Captain of the DIANA, just arrived at, Ply. mouth, states, that he fell in, on his passage, with a Vessel from Rochefort, from wh ich he learnt that a i report was current at Rochefort that an Action had, taken 21acenear the Streights, between the British and French Fleets, in which the latter had one Line of-Battle Ship blown up, two sunk, and eght taken. — We mention this merely as a report, without having it in our power to asczrtain the degree of credit to which it is entitled. There is a report that the Franchise French fri gate and a transport, which sailed some time ago from Corunna, for Buenos Ayres, have been taken. It is I mentioned in letters from Baboa, but no official ac counts of it have reached Government. REPORTED REVOLUTION IN RUSSIA. The Hamburgh Papers give no hint of any com motion at Petersburgh, but letters were received in town yesterday, which' contain indirect allusions to some uncommon transactions in the Russian Capi tal. In one letter there is this remarkable expression, 0 Dreadful work is going on here ;" but no explana tion is given of this phrase, which may, perhaps, be applied to commercial difficulties only. Report says, that the Emperor ALEXANDER had been sent to Siberia. Since writing the above, we have seen accounts, re ceived in town this day from Edinburgh, of the 27th inst. which announce the arrival at Leith of his Ma jesty's sloop SNAKE from Gottenburgh, with intelli gence that it was reported at Gottenburgh on the 20th inst. that the EMPFROR OF RUSSIA had Idlers by the lands ej . his owe s uiectr..--It is impossible that the rumour of the same kindlin circulation two days ago could have been derived from this source : so far the news is rendered the more probable. But on the other hand accounts from Gottenburgh dated the 22.1 and 23d inst. which we published the day before yes terday, are entirely silent respecting such an event. If there be no mistake in any of the dates, this would go some length to invalidate the rumour. It is, how • ever, not a very common circumstance to receive agreeing accounts through different channels, no way connected with each other, and yet altogether un founded. On this subject the following article ap pears in a second edition of the Edinburgh Weehly Journal of the 27th. We stop the press to announce the arrival at Leith of his Majesty's sloop SNAKE from Gotten burgh. She brings accounts that it was reported at Gottenburgh, on the 20th, that the Empror of RURSIA had fallen by the hands of his own subjects. " The DICTATOR, of 64 guns, bad been on shore on a sunken rock in the outer road, but was got off with out any injury, and proceeded up the Belt." I, e >f • AIL ttiltrottiOit 1 tiAmtiteit lige lit the 10th ai d d. (both HigiliainA Regitrwasti) marched ;ail this town, and . . are novi em b ar king on board die transports ly here K in The day has been. tetharkably fine and the men art hi the , .highest spirits—trot an aecident has occurred. Itepott says, the 52d will be here to-rnorrow to ettibark:" . . 44 itAPOGNIt; APRIL "The Mary, Beatrice, and George transports, With 410 men cf the Ist battalion of the Gerthan lAgibri; and the Walker,. Chancellor, and Triton traiasports; with 441 of the gd battalion of the line of the (settnan Legion, have sailed for the Downs. " Yesterday 450 of the Yd battalion Of the berthan Infantry. of the line, and the first division of the sth battalion, were embarked on board the Oak; Phil lora, Ruby, Agora, Milbrook, and Alicia transports; and this morning they sailed to join the other trans ports ni the Downs: Yesterday ten sail of ia*alry ti-ansporti Caine intd i+ harbour, mid this day t he bd regiment of the German light horse was embarked." " DEAL A.PIIIL 296 " the five hundred Getman infantry which ar. , rived here yesterday) have this morning marched for Ramsgate to embark. Five hundred more ha.vt like wise marched in here this afternoon, antrood are quarteted On the town. Severa l transports with pt on board, have arrived in the Downs, from Riltsgate Pier." " DOVER, APRIL 29. d Came in yesterday the transport brig EDWARD, Marked lE. with a party of the Rifle Corps of the German Legion on board, having lost her bowsprit by being run on board of by a ship in the Downs she has, however, got another on board this after noon, and will be ready again by to-tnorroiv," NAUTICAL INTELLIGEgeff, His Majesty's ship AURORA sailed from Cotk on the 24th inst.with a fleet under convoy for the West PLYMOUTH, APRIL 28. Cain. in the Spanish brig El Rosario, from Veri t,*i, to Cod diz, with cochineal, indigo, and other goods, captured by the LION man of war, as stated yesterday ; Thames letter of marque, of London, Captain AmAusoia, from Trinidad, with cote, ate. for London ; and the Dzcaoa, of 36 guns, from Ireland. PORTSMOUTH, APRIL 29. Arrived the Alfred, JACKgON ; and the William, Pstizrrs, from London, for Quebe c . Sailed his Majesty's ship Bacrzzoll, with a Bert under convoy for the Mediterranean.—Wiad N. E. DOVER, APRIL 29. A Swedish sailor was landed here this morning from the Mini Revenue cutter, having been taken off the wreck of a ship this morning, lost on the Goodwin Sands. He says, the ship he lie% l on ged to (her name, nor that of the captain, he does not know), was a copper-bottoined ship, painted black, sailed from Gravesend yesterday morning at four o'clock, bound to the South Seas, and at eight o'clock last night she got on the Goodwin Sands, old such after the ship bilged and fell over o none s e ide, and ti tbe into Cap tain, his wife, and eight o f the crew, sceedd in getting a boat, and left the ship, leaving the Mate, Pilot, Carpenter, a buy, and this Swede on the wreck, who endeavoured to get out another boat, but could not succeed. This man got up the mizen shroud, with the Carpenter, who remained with him till ten o'clock, when he got down, and got into the boat which had got loose, but which was full of water, and he did oot sse him after wards, nor know what be came of lie other three.--Came in the Roads the SPAIMOWRAWIC and BEAGLE sloops, and TIIILASNEIII gun-brig, froin a cruise.—Wind N. E. and moderate. DEAL, APRIL 29. Last night, about nine o'clock, the ship Adventure, Captain PAILICFR, bound to the South Seas, run on the North Sand Head, and overact ; the Captain had just time to run into the cabin an d take out his wife, whe n they, with nineteen men, put off in a boat, with only two oars, and reached a ship in the Downs— , when Captain PARKIIL found the Pilot and two of the crew mis sing, returned towards the wreck, and succeeded in saving one of the men, who was hanging to a boat filled with water, which had separated from the ship, which almost immediately went to U..main in the Downs, his Majesty's ships as per last. Captain BULLER.. Hon. R. >TON RosiNsot4. SKIVERS. COBB. PICETSORt. A general promotion of Flag-Officers has taken place, and the following Post-Captains have been added to the list of OLEY . Rear-Admirals, viz. F A NC OURT. Captain F •••••••• TYLER. --- Rev N 4) LDS. WATSON. Hon.A.H. G•ILDNIL •••••••••• Dilo N. MITCHELL. •••• HALL. Haar. r ---- BEETLE. Lac Captains MOORSOME, Sir THOMAS WiLLIAms, an I HARGoon, to be Colonels of Marines, in the room of Captains BULLER, Hon. R. STOPFORD, and FOLEY. Lord GAMBIER has relinquished his seat at the Ad- miralty Board, and will leave town imm 'diately to take the command of the Channel fleet. Sir HARRY B. NEALE is appointed Captain of the Fleet. COVENT-GARDEN THEATRE--L2St night the PRIN.- D CE , S of WALLS , accomp a nied by Ladies SHEFFIEL and GLENAERVIR, visited this Theatre, to see the Two Gentlemen of Verona, and the Operatic Farce of Who Wins ? or, the IVickw's Choice. The Piuncess and company sat in Mr. KEMBLE'S box, and appeared highly entertained with the Comedy, which went off with spirit. The house displayed much fashion and elegance. The Duke of KENT was in his private box. Some weeks since we noticed the distress of the in habitants in the Highlands of Scotland from the al most total failure of t he last year's crop. We have now to add that several letters have been received in Glasgew, from the Ministers of different parishes, in the north-west Highlands, which state, that the inha bitants had not among them more than ten days pro visions ; and, in others, not more than to supply them for a month, from the dates of the letters (4th, 9th, and 11th instant.) Amongst the Company who attended the Dinner at the Royal Academy this day,.we ncit4ced— Hi• Royal Highness the Duke of Gloucester, Marquis of S taf ford, Landsorme , Lords Malgrave, Somerville, Ardens George Beaumont , Abraham Hume, J.T.Leicester, Mark Syk e s , Bart.. Messrs. Angerstein , Phlpps,l'.L.Parker, R.Hoare, Agar, Heatheore, &c. prominent works of this Exhi - Amongst the more p bition are some of Mr. Wases, Mr. LAWRENCE, par ticularly the Portraits of Lady Hood, Lords Aber deen, Mulgrave, and Mr. Pitt ; Mr. OWEN is very successful in his Fortune Telle and the Portrait of Lady He ;Tu RISItR and sILKIE have two very fine specimens ; and CALCOTT a beautiful River Scene. GRAND Horet..—'rhe fortunate Holders of the Shares of the Ticket 17,611, entitled to the Grand Hotel in Skinner -street, valued at 115,000, are re quested not to part.with their Share them s the to any use is personotns w ho may endeavour our to persuade ho worth the money , a s the y may, by applying to either of Bisu's Offices, 4, Cornhill, or 9, Charing Cross, (where the Ticket was sold in f Sixteen eir Sixteenthpecti s) rec eive at the trite of /25,000 or th resve Shares tuNtExaArtLy, allowing the usual discount. 1 c.