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rARLIAMENTART PROCEEDINGS. HOUSE. OF LORDS, MONDAY, MAY 2. On the motial of I.ord AUCKLAND, the Committee of the wnnle HlLife. upon Markham's Divorce Bill, was put off till Weelnefdr y neat. Coutifel were heard relative to the Scotch Appeal, Allan r.Lcpherfno and others the creditors of the late :Yoe Samuel Lonay, Bart. v. Ramfry Hannay, Efq. viz. the I.oaa Awe°- . ITE at confiderahle length, as leading Connfel for the Appel l.titts.after which their Lord/hips deferred the farther heanog T. to morrow. The Earl of Noel nr se, Lord NOE!, the Bithop of Pa• ar.d the Earl of RODiN (one of the Irills Re r.-dentative recrb) were (worn and took their feats. SANK RESTRICTION SILL. Lord KING faid, he withed to know on what y it was intended to enter into the difctiffion of Irifh Bank Reftrietion Bill ? Lord AUCKLAND, in the courfe of Come °brava lions which he made, part of which were aura• rertly in anfwer to fomething that had fallen from the Noble Lord who had juit (poke, expreffcd his hope that no objection would be made to a pro ceeding which he intended to move for, namely, to pofipone the Order for the fecond reading of the Bank of Ireland Reftrittion Bill till to•mor row. He thought no ferious objeltion could be made by any Noble Lord to the proceeding. as the Bill at prefent in force did not expire till the IR of June. The Noble Lord then took occafion to advert to the circum fiance of the pending financial difeuffions. He obferved, that there were fome additional documents, which he deemed it efrential to the perfect illuftration of the fubjea, thould be laid before the Houfe : when their Lordfhips had Peen thefe,they would be more firmly convinced cf the accuracy of thofe general dedultions which he had occafion to make on former evenings ; he felt confident of being able to fubliantiate thofe pro petitions which he had laid down, fo favourable to the growing Commercial and Financial profperity to the Country. The Earl• of Lissa:cc Waved. that however defirous he might be for a full and fpeedy dif cufyion of the merits of the Bank of Ireland Re• &jabs Bill, and the important fubjeet connected with it. on grounds that he had more than once advanced, yet soder the circumflancer alluded to by his Noble Friend, he Should not °bk.'', to de ferring the dircu Men for the thorn interval propofed. Lord AUCKLAND then moved, that the Order for the fecund reading of the Bank of Ireland Re firiaion Bill be difcharged. and an Order made for the feeond reading of the raid Bill to-morrow; which, on the queltion being put, was ordered accordingly. --- CLERGY NON•RIIIDINCI. , The Earl of Surror.a made Tome obfervations on a fubjeCt which recently had undergone fume difcuLon before their Lordfhips, and relative to I which, he noticed, there was .a Bill in its progren through the other Houfe of Parliament—he meant the fituation particularly of the inferior orders of the Clergy—he conceived it to be one of Confider able importance, and refpetling which the Houfe ought to have every necenary information : with this view, the Noble Earl had prepared a motion, which be read, and of which the °hied appeared to be, to have laid before the Honk the number of Rettories, &c. dininguifhing fah as are under the value of tool. thole ilat have parfonage houfes thereon, the prefent Rate of thefe honks, kr. &c. Lord AVCKLAND obferved upon the impratti cability of carrying fah a motion into effeCt— there *as no regular office from which fuch infor mation could be colleaed. It would require an interval of more than trmonths to coiled all the information deferibed in • the motion ;at beft, it would be imp:Able to render it of any benefit in the view in which the Noble Earl feemed to fee it, during the prefent Seffion. The Earl of Surrot x handed up the motion and in explanation obferved, that there were 9000 Pa riffies or It diodes, *of the defcription fa forth in the motion, of which he underflood more than sOOO were of a• lovkrvalne than tool.: thefe were fans, of which he thought the Houfe fhould be folly informed,- wjth a reference to the due Qat uation of fo important a fubjeCt. The Loa° CHANCLLLOt quitted the Woolfack on the occafion, and after adverting to the heads of the motion, objeaed to it on the grounds laid down by his Noble Friend. He obferved, there was no •Officer who could regularly be called upon so finnifh the information required. His Lordfhip kemed to recommend to the Noble Earl to with draw the motion, for the purpok, if he fhould fo choofe, to endeavour to reduce it to a pratticable &ape ;—which recommendation was agreed to by the Noble Earl. rINAINICII. Lord AL/CICLAND then role ta move for the pro duelion of thole financial documents to which he had recently adve. ted, which, he repeated his conviction, would indifputably (hew the increafing financial prolperity of the country, as well as its highly improved commercial relations: the leading deduCtion which lie wifbed to ertablifh, and in which potation their Lordfh pa would fee that he was borne nut by official documents before them, were as follows ; that the net revenue of the coun try would be found to exceed 34 millions ftetling, of which, after dedating about 17,600,000 for eat di charge of the National Debt, there would be the furn of 16,400m001. applicable to public Four. poles. He observed. he had the molt fanguine hopes on this important national fubjedt, and en• tertained no doubt of being able to ellablills the above dedultions, The Noble Lord then moved for the produCtion of a number of Official Docu. ments, which co:trifled of certain accounts from the Cullom% Excite, &c. and particularly from the Exchequer ; for an account of the net produce of the Permanent Taxes for one year, ending sth of April, tifos ; and for the quarters ending the sth of January, and the sth of April, 003, &c. The queflions being put, the (aid accounts were ordered to be laid before the Houk. TM I MEGGCIATION. The Earl of I) v. i rhea to call their Lord- Sip.' attention to a Arlie& of the natiolal inuna tAnce tLey would cafily perceive he alluded to 'du &cation in which the country flood with stfpcdt to fume of its snofi important foreiga sels dons, tnd to the filenee which Miniftert pert fted in with refpeft to thofe points. The Horde, he thought, had waited to the extent of reafonable patience, and he adverted to the anxiety which the public mull feel on having proper explanations fo long withheld by Minifters, on a topic which fo deeply affeeted its interefts. Under thofe impref fions, he felt it his duty to come forward in the courfe of a few days, unlefs fome other Noble Lord, more competent to do juftice to the talk than him felf, (hould come forward, and fubmit fome propo fitions to their Lordfhips on the fubjed in queftion. The Noble Earl mentioned Friday as the day on which he fhould probably bring forward a motion. After the Earl of Su FFOLK had laid a few words, Lord Hosaer role, and obferved, apparently in anfwer to fornething that had fallen from the Noble Earl who fpole Lift, that under the circum fiances of the moment, he was at a lots to fpeak decisively, as much, he feemed to fay, relied with the French Government. The Noble Lord al hided to what had recently tranfpired in another Houfe, and which he underflood was fufficient to , induce an Hon. Member to pollpone an intended motion on the fame fubjeCl till after Monday. He would fubmit to the Noble Earl, whether, under all the circumftances of the cafe, Friday was not too early a day, and whether fome day next week would not be better ? The Earl of Room FY, after alluding to the ir regularity of adverting to what paired in the other Houle of Parliament, noticed the great impor tance of the fubjetl introduced by the Noble Earl, and the propriety of Parliament doing fomething on the occafion, did not Minifters fpeedily come forward. He hoped, however, fome communi. cation would be made; at the fame time he wined to have it understood, that the fubjeet would be brought forward for difcuffion on a given day, fhould an official communication not be previoufly made. Lord PELHAM obferved, that the great objec tion taken to the conduct of Minißers on the pre fent occafion, teemed to be their not making fome communication ; to this he fhould only obferve that the want of making any communication arofe out of the abfolute fituation of the affair—Not knowing what authentically to communicate; it was impoffible they could make any. Minifters were as deeply impreffed with the fence of the re fpeet due to Parliament, and felt as much for the anxious, but unavoidable fufpenfe in which the public were placed, as the Noble Earl or any other Lord could poffibly do. He agreed with his No ble Colleague in deeming Friday too early a day: he conceived it unneceffary, under the prefent cir cumflances, to trefpafs upon the attention of their Lordships by any detailed obfervations upon the cafe ; all that he could fay was, that every poffible means were taken which occurred to his Moja y's confidential fervants, as the moil likely to bring the affair to a fpeedy termination ; he, however, did not feel it neceffary to enter into any detail of circumftances, or to offer any opinion as to the probable refult. The Earl of DARN Ls y, in explanation, obferved, that the interval of fufpenfe had been very long, and it was neceffary fome termination fhould be put to it. He, therefore, gave notice, that if no deci five communication fhould be made on or before Monday next, and he vaned it to be founderftood, that unlcfs Come very ftrong reafons were aligned to induce him to lay afide the intention, he fhould feel himfelf called upon to fubmit fome propofi tions to the Houle on the fubjeft, and in that view he would move, that their Lordfhips be fummoned for Monday next. Having moved to that effed, it was ordered accordingly, and the Houfe imme diately adjourned. HOUSE OP COMMONS, Mr. Lawn brought up the report of the id& Law Courts Bill, and ch.:armored that it &add be taken into further con - devotion on Wednefday, which was agreed to. Mr. P tow petfented a Petition from the Weavers of Norwich, spina the Woollen Maaufadturere Bill now rend irojetetlie Houle —The Petition was read, and ordered to be to the Committee appointed for that purpde Mr. 'finite poltpooed the further conaderation of the Mili tia Families Din to Wednefday next. Sir W. Miyroao moved,that there be laid before theHoufe fo massy of the Papers relative to the Finance of the Country, from yth of January 1799, to the 16th of Fthswary, tB9z. Mr. CALCIIMPT prdented a Petition frotorn &arg on, late Mayor of Grimsby , and now a mifoner in euflody of the Serjeant at Arms. for an abate of his dice on the elelion for that town, and a breach of privilege, pleading contrition for his offence, pleading his poverty,and the diftrefs of his family. and praying to be difebarged.--The petition was received, and or dered to lie on the Table. Mr. CA LC lACT then gave notice, that he &mid OS Therfday next move, that John Simpfon be brought to the Bar, there to be reprima nded and dlimited. The Committee of Supply and of Ways and Means, were poftponed to Wednefday. Sir ELIOLD moved for an account, Sewing" the pro. ceedinp of the Lards of the Admiralty in confroaame of the of the Committee of Finance, Co far as related to Naval =t i r rt,and of which no account had yet been returned, from Nov.l ypo to Jan. doc."—Ordered. Mr. Ti gave notice, that he Osould on Wednefday more for leave to bring in a Bill rapes:ling Eletlions, and on the fubjett of the Treating *a. The Bill for rebuilding the Church, in the par& of Chrift Church, Surrey, was read a feeond time, and ordered to a Com mittee, :o whom the Petitions againft it were referred. CONSOLIDATION Of THS CUSTOMS. The CIIMICIILLOiI of the ElClimpaa moved a That the Order bf the Day might be read for taking into confideration fo much of his Majefty's moil gracious Speech to both Hodes, on the 23d of Nov. laft, in fo far as related to the accommo dation of mercantile tranfaaions." Which being read accrrdingly, The CHANCILLOII of the Exotic:wee Paid, that he underftood it to be the with of many refpcaable Members of the Houfe, with whom he had cons mulled on the fubjeet, that the difcuffion intended to have been brought forward this day, mould, , during the prefcnt uncertainty of political events, be poltponed, until the refult mould be known of the Negotiations now pending between Great- Britain and France, as, in the event of hoftilities, mould that unhappily be the refidt, that they ihould feel no difpofitiost to oppofe this arrange ment ; but if the contrary, then they &c old weds to Rate their objeaions. He, for his part, was perfe&ly prepared - to accede to this fuggeftion, and thould therefore proptsfe to defer the Zdiuffion till ' Monday nes-, as in the interval, he entertained Hrong hope and capitation, that he mould be The CIiaNCiLLOIL of the ExcHsttrEe's motion for Monday next was agreed to, and Mr. Patten's notice Randsfine IDINBURGII ROAD RILL. The Hon. Mr. DuVDAB moved the Order of the Day for the third reading of the Edinburgh Road Bill. Mr. Roaster WILLIAMS moved, that the third reading be poftpnned till this day fix months. The quellion being put, (hangers were ordered to withdraw. The Houle continued nearly for an hour in warm debate, and at length divided—Ayes, for the Amendment, to6—Noes, s 19—Majority for the Bill, 13. The Bill was read a third time, paged, and or dered to the Lords. coaomsas' DILL. Mr. DICILIMS moved the further eonfuleration of the report of the Coroners' Bill.—The motion was agreed to, and Mr. Hervey brought up the report. Mr. Bo atas.o raid he was agamli the Bill, with its amendments. _ _ Mr. Hues? laid he was afloniflied that any ob jeition fhould be made to the Bill as it now Rood : he then repeated many of his former arguments in favour of the Bill. Sir RoaIIRT WILLIAM. propofed a claufe rela tine to Coroners taking an Inqueft on the bodies of perfons wrecked on the coati of this kingdom, but which received a negative. The Bill was then ordered to be engrofted. NOTTIWONIM ILICTIOW. Mr. Hawaii's Baowas moved the Order of the Day, for the Houle to refolve itfelf into a Com mittee of the whole Houle on the Nottingham Elettion Bill.—The Houk went into the faid Com mittee ; and Mr. Fox rote and moved the following amend• mem, s' That power lhould he veiled in ten honk. Leepers anti inhabitants of the town of Notting. able. to bring forward a communication upon a kaM, to call in the *Once of the County Ma. fubjea on which the public mind had b een long gittrates, in cafe of riot, or on any o important extremely anxious, and upon which he was ex- occafion." tremely grieved that he bad not been much Comer Mr. Hawaii.* Baowes faid, he could not ap. enabled to make fome communication for the relief prove of the amendment propofed; the ditturbance of their folicitude. at Nottingham was very different from the confu- Mr. Sitaw Le FEVRE ohferved, that after what 1 (ion which generally attends Elations, and, there had jug fallen from the Right Hon. Gentleman I fore, it could not be conlidered in the fame light. oppofite to him, he withed to know , whether The Hon. Gentleman then repeated his former another Hon. Member ' (Mr. Patten) who had flatement of the hews of wickcdnefs which bad given notice of a motion on the State of the Na. exifted during the late Eleaioa. and obferved it tion, as for to-morrow night, was Rill determined was necerary that there thould be a cottiftent to perfevere in bringing it forward, previous to power given to the Magiftrates of the County ; he any communication on the pending Treaty ? m ould therefore give his moil decided negative to Mr. PATTEN faid, that the notice which he had ! the amendment propofed by the Hon. Gentleman. jolt now heard, was extremely unexpected; he felt Mr. Fox laid a few words in favour of the con. much embarraffment in his own mind how to pro. duct of the Magiftrates. ceed, without fome communication with other Mr. Boa° faid, from what he knew of the late i Gentlemen, his friends, upon the fubjea. From] Elcaion. he was fatisfied that there w ere fu ffi ci ent what had fallen from the Right Hon. Gentleman 1 grounds for the prefent Bill, and unlefs Parliament on a former night, he was taught to hope for Come I adopted fome meafure to prevent future dif o rders communication on the fubjea of the Treaty before at Nottingham, the inhabitants would not be able this time. The Right Hon. Gentleman, on that ;to refide in the town. occafion, hied preffed him to name a day for his , Isr. Fox laid, that the ftories which had circu. Motion ; in compliance with which he h ad named ! lated to the injury of the Magiftrates, came from to-morrow, and underttood that he had the ap. ' a publication to which many untruths were ftated probation Of the Right Hon. Gentleman. Na MM. I —among the number, that of the naked woman. munication, however, having come forward, he ! who was called the Goddefs of Reafon I but had remained in the intention of going into the ; though thefe fables were made ufe of to prejudice quellion to-morrow, as he was extremely defirous ' the Houk and the public at large, againft the of communicating ' his fentiments upon that im- I Magiftrates, it was well known that there had not portent fubjea; but he would be guided by the I been the leaft evidence offered before the Commit fenfe of the Houh, though, for his own part, he tee, to prove their knowledge and connivance at I thought it was molt proper that it fhould g o on. the wiekednefs fo much talked of. Mr. Fox obferved, that fo much time having 1 Mr. Rose raid, he never law the book alluded to already elapfed, in the hope that fome communi- . by the Hon. Gentleman; all that he had faid.canie catiou would have come forward, and as the Right ! from evidence. Hon. Gentleman had lull expreffed a confident I Mr. Bono laid, he could affure the Houfe that hope and expeaation that he fhould be able, in I his information did not come from any publication, the courfe of the week, to give ,the Houfe Come but from the evidence produced before the C o m . e :planation on the (okra, I he rather fuppofed that mince. As to the Goddefs of Reafon, mentioned the Houle would be of opinion, that the Motion of i by the Hon. Gentleman, which had been noticed the Hon. Member would certainly be better dif- ! by Mr. fig•ott, when he examined a wituds , it cuffed under the advantages of a communication , appeared from evidence, that the fcerre of folly and that it would fuffain no difadvantage from the alluded to, took place after the election, and that delay of another week. no blame attached to the Magiftrates on that ac. Mr. RTDSIL laid, that the Hon. Gentleman had count. But it came out during the examination anticipated, in a great meafure, the obfervations he of the witneffes before the Committee, that the meant to have offered to the Houfe, and if no other twenty-four women, who had walked in proceffion, Member had taken up the fubjea, he fhould have had condulted themfelves in a very indecent man thought it his duty to have recommended to the ner, and that a French hypin was Tung on the oc. Hon. Gentleman to poftpone his motion, as it was cation. Yet, he was ready to acknowles:ge, that hardly poffible that any public inconvenience could the Chairman (Ossified that fubjeEt as unworthy refult from a fhort delay. lithe Hon. Member had of his notice. mode his Motion to morrow, it would have been Mr. Fox laid, that it was very well known that hardly poffible to argue it fairly, from the want of the Committee did not believe any part of the full information. He was therefore, of opinion, Rory mentioned. that the Hon. Member had better not fix his Mo- Mr. HAWKINS BROWNS and Mr. W. Sierra (of tion for any particular day, as the change of the Norwich), faid each a few words. wind might interrupt the communication between Mr. Bono laid, as there would be no Seffion the two countries. between this time and the eleaion, and as the law Mr. CANNING obferved, that if there was any at prefent requires the fitting of a public Seflion. aft of imprudence in fixing on a particular day, for to give a perfon the qualification of Magiftrate, he the confederation of the fubjea in queftion, the moved that a claufe mould be ioferted in the Bill. blame attached to the Gentleman himfelf ; but, to enable two Magiftrates to adminifter the 'oath for his own part, he confidered the notice as of a and qualify perfons to take the office of Jultice of floating motion, which might be adjourned from the Peace. day to day, until Come communication fbould come The Houfe then Mimed, the report was brought forward. That communication the Right Hon. up, read, and agreed to, and the Bill was ordered the Chancellor of Exchequer expreffed his confi. to be read a third time tomorrow and engroffed. dence of being enabled to give the Houfe before —Adjourned. Monday next, and therefore he was inclined to hope, the Hon. Gentleman would have no objec tion to poftpone his motion to the next convenient day after the communication fhould be made. The CHANCILLOIL of the Exc a ay ea, in anfwer to what had fallen from Mr. Patten, refpeetiog what he had faid on aTormer night, acknowledged that he certainly wilhed to know the time and the conditions under which the Hon. Gentleman had promifed to bring forward his motion, and he had then ftrong hopes of being able to gratify the willies of the Houfe, by the communication alluded to. He coincided in the with, that the motion fhould be poftponed until after the communication. Mr. PATTEN faid, he had not the leaft defire to perfift in bringing forward his motion on the day appointed, againlk the fenfe of the Houfe. He thanked Gentlemen for relieving his mind from Tome embarraffment, under the uncertainty he felt of what was beg to be done, and he cheerfully acceded to the propofal of deferring, till fome con• venient day after the communication, the motion which he intended for to-morrow. LONDON. TUESDAY. MAY I. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT 01411 O'CLOCK 3 Per Cent. Reduced. 63. 640,, 631. 3 per C. Conf. money PIA 64, 65ff. 640. DWo, for arc. 6411. 014 5 per Cent took—New am, 99* PRICE OF STOCKS YESTERDAY: Beak Stott i6st 565 red Long Aim. ISt 15-16 3 per COL Red. 621 E 63 India Bonds p. pre. 3 per Cent. CIA 63 64 Imp. 3 per Cent 6t Hi s ON New 4 per Cent Safi high 5 per Cana ; per Ct. Aan. pp§ !ache,. pu. de. 5Pr Cent 17970'1 9 1 $ 91 1 Coe. ter Eder 63 6 41 64 In the Houfe of Commons laft night, Mr. An. Disarms 'availed a confident hope that by Mon. day nut be mould be able to lay before the Hours fome communication on the fubjed of the negooi ation ; but 11 e abftained from faying any thing that could juftify any inference or opinion as to the nature of fuck communication. Colonel NTT all'S motion is put offfise dit. In the Houfe of Lords, however, Lord DARN LtY has given notice of a motion, the tendency of which is to put an end to the prefent Rate of uncertainty. It is hied for Monday next. It teems extraordi nary that Miniflers had not concerted what they were to fay upon the fubjefl of a communication. In the Houfe of Lords, Lord HOIART and Lord PELHAM teemed not prepared to exprefs even the hope of a communication by Monday next ; but e :rtainly no pledge is given that a communication is to be made on that day. In the City, however, the Minifler's promife, judging by the cilia at the Stock Exchange, Items again to have been confidered as giving grounds to hope for a continuance of Peace.—He gave no infinuation even of that kind. Orders have been ifued from the Admiralty for a return of the number of (hips of war that can be got ready for lea, in the cootie of the pretest month, independent of thofe that are now getting ready. _ In that department the preparations for war are carrying on with more vigour than ever. In anfwer to reports that have been circulated refpeding the want of Bores, timber. ke. in the arfenals, a Minifterial Paper of this morning ob &ryes, that they are altogther unfounded; that the Board of Admiralty has nothing to do with providing of (torts, provilions, kc. which is the province of the Navy Board ; that there is not a Ifubaltern clerk in the Admiralty, that does cot