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ce d wanld defeat its own pisrpOse whenever it was .mod to extent. He warned Gentlemen, too, of the aste edent which this Bill wound lay down for inter •rpladdling w ith the rights of lily Impropriators ; and if t h er e was no other ground of objection, he would take Iris stand in &eine upon this. But inasmuch as the evil ot oplained of (the poverty of curates) resulted from . t b e g reat and general abuse of the power of ordina tion, vested in the discretion of the Bishops, by their con /ening orders upon too mail s -, without due examina tion whether they had provision in view, he thought the a buse of one discretionary power a bad argument another, and that the greater vigilance f o r conferriag o f the Bishops was the true remedy for the evil. Mr. MANNERS SUTTON expressed his surprise a t the statement of the Honourable Baronet respect ing the neglect of Bishops in admitting improper per sons into the church. There was no point in which so much improvement had taken place respecting the c hurch, even within the last twenty years, as in the arran gements made for the examination of persons, Candidates for Holy Orders, in order to secure the a dmission of proper persons. Mr. WILBERFORCE considered it as the first ! commendation of this Bill, that it would tend to provide adequately for persons at present suffering t h e extreme of poverty, The Honourable Gentleman t hen advanced a variety of other arguments in support t i t he measure. He argued from former precedents, t hat there would be neither undue influence on the par t of the Bishops, in carrying this Bill into effect, sio r undue submission on the part of the Clergy; as a decided friend to the Church of England, he was a wad friend to this Bill. mr.WINDHAM deprecated the practice of the last spa *, in imputing the cenduct pursued by those who we in opposition to his sentiments to total ignorance, ' or total indifference with respect to the interests of the Church. A spirit of charity towards Roman Catho lics, or other Sects, was by no means a mark of ig wrance or indifference with respect to the superior value of Protestantism. The present Bill was calcu lated to do much injury, and little good. It was called for by no public feeling. The evils which the Bill went to remedy, if real, must have been of long standing : yet, strange to tell, they were now, for the first time, complained of. The Bill would set the Curate against the Rector, and the Rector against the Curate, and would place the Bishop in the invi dious situaticn of being umpire between both. It went to alter the condition and property of the fami lies of the Rectors and the Curates. The sacredness of church property was invalidated by every addi tional instance of legislative interference, though certainly the Legislature had a right to exercise such interference. The Church was more in danger from the doctrines that accompanied this Bill, than from the Pope and the College of Cardinals, not dispersed and wandering, as he was sorry they were now, but in the plenitude of their power, The conduct of some gentlemen in this case, reminded him of what Swift said in his letter to the Bishop of Sarum, that he did not admire that sagacity that smelled out Po pery at 500 miles distance, and did not discover fa hausism under his nose. Mr. WILBERFORCE explained. Mr. M. A. TAYLOR contended that evil existed, and that remedy was called for. There Nv4S not a sufficiency of resident Clergy tea do the duties of the Church. The income of the Curates did not keep pace with those of the Rector, nor with the circum stances of the time. Hence, one Curate was often obliged to serva two or three parishes ; and thus bap tism and burials stand over till certain fixed days. Clvarch property was given on the condition of per. j forming the duties of the Church, and the country' hd a right to provide for the performance of those duties out of that property. In a village near his residence, the duties of the Churcla had not been per formed by a Clergyman for three years. The conse quence was, that a blacksmith came to him for a li cence to perform the duty (a laugh. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER contended, that there was an urgent necessity for the Bill, and that the provisions contained in it were in strict conformity with the principles and usage of our ancestors. The Bill was most favourable to the inte rests of the Church and of Religion, and most unfa.. Tearable to Sectarism. He vindicated the exemplary rooduct of the Right Rev. Prelate, who had been alluded to (the Archbishop of York), in the exercise of his patronage. He allowed that some provision for the poorer Curates would still be wanted ; and he, far one, should be ready to entertain any proposition that may be brought forward to that effect. He thought it a grea t defect in the original institution of lay impropriations, that provision was not made un det the controul of the Bishops for the performances of the religious duty. But this could not be mended by interfering with lay impropriations at the pre sent time. He proposed to withdraw the motion im mediately before the House, with a view to move an mstiuction to the Committee to extend the provisions of the Bill to Ireland. Sir JOHN NEWPORT gave his hearty concur rence to the Bill. as a general measure. The Legis lature was intitl e d t o ma ke provision from the revenue of the higher order of livings, in the performance of the duties of religion, having but two years since re. lieved the holders of then livings, from the penalties of non.residence. SirJOHN NEWPORT and theCHANCELLOR 14 the EXCHEQUER mutually explained. The instruction moved by the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER was then agreed to. On the question for the Speaker leaving the Chair, - Lord DORCHESTER conceived that there was no all for the Bill. This was a case of reform ; and he asked if there ever was a question of reform agreed to, without a case being made out. When the Worthy Baronet near him (Sir F. Burdett); as he' himself should b e inclined to do, called on the House to re form abuses of which he complained, what was the language of the very persons who now pressed the present measure, ~ That he must make out his case." This he now called on those Gentlemen to do, which • not having done, he must esteem the present to be a measure altogether uncalled for, unnecessary and im proper. Mr. TYRRWHIT JONES strongly supported the measure, and expressed a hope that the Noble Lord would not continue to refuse his assent to the Proposition of the Bill then going into a Committee. Sir CHARLES PRICE expressed some doubt that the Bill, as it then stood, would have a tendency to sow schism between the Curates and the Incum- LONDON. THURSDAY, JUNE PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY ATONE. O'CLOCK: Consols for July 7041—.R o doo a d 691-omnium 4t prem. Exch. Bills, 4s. to is. pre—lndia Bonds, par. PRICE OF BTOCIES YESTERDAY. - - - . _ Bank Stock 249 3 per Cent. 1t..p1. 611 4 6 1 01 18 4 per Cent. Cons. 6 A. 18 1546 151-.16 18 15.16 Imp. 3 per Cent. 671 68 Omnium 41 41 India Bonds, par a Is. pr. Excheq. Bills as. 6s. ss. pre. English Tickets, 211. Os. Cons. for acc. The two Spanish Noblemen who arrived yesterday were Viscount MADEROSSA and Don DIEGO de la VEGA. They came from Spain in the STAG privateer, and were landed at Falmouth, having got on board that ship from an open boat that took them from Gyon, in the province of Asturias. They were accompanied from Falmouth to town by Captain Thu., of the Humber. The following is the substance of the inte/ligence com municated by these Noblemen to ow Government : They were at Madrid at the time of the insurrection on the 2d of May, and declare that 4000 French were killed, including a large proportion of officers. They contrived to make their escape after the insurrection, and hastened into the province of Asturias, which they left about the SOth of May, They assert, that one sentiment of indignation against the French per vades Spain, but particularly the provinces of Astu rias and Gallicia. Gallicia is in a state of insurrec tion, and even the women, forgetting awhile the natu ral delicacy and timidity of their sex, animate by their speeches and example, the men to take up arms against the invaders. All Asturias is rising, and has already on foot an army of 40,000 men. It was very generally supposed that the inhabitants of Catalonia and Biscay would follow the noble example which had been set them by those of Asturias and Gallicia ; and there appeared to be but one sentiment in the minds of the people of Spain with respect to the treacherous and atrocious conduct of the French. There is no want of arms, but a great scarcity of ammunition, which they hope our Government will immediately furnish. Asturias set the example of re sistance, and dispatched Commissioners into Gallicia to invite the people to rise in concert with them. Mr. HUNTER, the British Consul, having been sent prisoner by MuxAT from Madrid, with orders that he should be thrown into prison at St. Antler°, the peo ple immediately rose and liberated him, and put the French Consul in prison in his stead. A declaration of war against the French was then issued at St. An. dero. These Noblemen entertain little doubt that Biscay and Catalonia will immediately follow the ex ample of Asturias and Gallicia, anctin short they de scribe all Spain to be against the French. They have not brought any intelligence from Cadiz, nor has Government received any. The following letter from our Falmouth Correspost dent contains some other particulars relative to. the present state of Spain, as comMunicated by other Spanish Gentlemen who arrived in the STAG : " FALMOUTH, JUNE 6. " Arrived this day the STAG brig privateer, Captain Fiat, belonging to Jersey, and has on board six Spanish Gentlemen, among whom are the Viscompte de 111ADEROSbA, from Gijon (Asturias; which they left on the 30th May. It appears that the whole of the provinces of Asturias and Biscay are determined to resist the French troops, for which purpose a proclamation has been published, dated Oviedo, May '25, declaring their ports open to the English, and inviting all these capable of bearing arms, to repair immediately to Oviedo ; and they have appointed el Excel kntissimo S.D. Josortm de NAVIA, Marquis de Santa Cruz de Merienado, Commander in Chief, with Officers under him, for the Naval and hlilitary department ; that 20,000 men had already assembled ; that there were above 100,000 stand ef arms in those provinces, but that they were much in want of ammunition : the other provinces, viz. Arragon, Catalonia, Leon, and Gallicia, are in a state of revolt. An English cutter was dispatched to Ferrol, with copies of the proclamation, and great hopes are entertained among the Spaniards, that the glorious struggle, though late, may yet be successful. Those Spanish Gentlemen are come to crave the assistance of the British Governmert, and went off this after noon in a post chaise and four, accompanied by Captain HILL, of his Majesty's ship Hex see." To the above we have only to add, that it cannot be doubted that Government will immediately afford the Spaniards such aids as prudence may dictate, to enable them to maintain the struggle in which they engage. Sound policy demands that an p e ar ready to bents ; but at the same time declared, that he hoped that, by its being passed throngh a Committee, it would receive such modification as would be the means of attaining the general object, 'namely, that of . bettering the co n d it i on o f t h e i n f er i or Cl ergy throughout the Empire. Sir WATKINS WILLIAMS WYNNE declared, .th,at in his opinion the amelioration of the condition of the poorer sort of clergy was a most slesirable ob ject, as far as it was directed to a consideration of the state of the poorer sort of curates only ; and this would be most effectually, and most properly obtained by the augmentation of that most highly commendable establishment, commonly called Queen Ann's Bounty. The question was then called for, and the gallery was cleared for a division. The numbers were—For the original motion I 31—Against it 17—Majority 114. Upon our return to the Gallery, we found the Hot.se in a COM. mittee, with Lord MILTON upon his legs, urging most forcibly his objections to. the proposition of the Chancellor of the Exche quer, for extending the operation of the Bill to Ireland. Lord H. PETTY, Mr. WINDHAM, and Sir JOHN ' , IMPORT followed on the same side. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER defended his proposition, and was supported by Sir A. WELLEstev, Lord CASTLEREAGH, Mr. HUSKISSON,SCS. Upon a division the numbers were—Ayes, 55—Noes, 18— Majority for Ministers, 37. Several Amendments were proposed by Lord Pottettxsvrit in different parts of the Bill, as it advanced in its progress through the Committee. His Lordship, however, did not press them to *division, and they were consequently negatived. After a great deal of opposition from Lord Po ac it EST ra, with respect to several clauses, it was at length agreed on, after a pro position front Mr. TIERNEY, that the Committee should adjourn to this day.,.-Adjourned at Four o'Clock this morning. THE EVENING STAR. abundant supply of ammunition should be provided, and a liberal policy be adopted respecting the Spanish Colonies. The latter is a'subject which should not be put off to a distant day.—lf the emancipation of Spain cannot be effected, for which we fear there is little ground to hope, at any rate the eventual inde pendence of her colonies ought to be an object of so licitude. After the arrival of the above Noblemen a Cabinet Council was summoned to meet at Burlington-house ; but upon its being found that his Grace the Duke of PORTLAND was at Bulstrode, his country seat, a se cond order was issued,. directing that the Members of his Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council should assemble at the Foreign Office. They accord ing met about half after one, and commenced their deliberations without the assistance of the Noble Pre mier. At half after• two his Grace arr►ved in town, having been sent for by express for that purpose, and took his seat at the. Council, which sat until nearly five o'clock, after which the result of the deliberations of the council was sent off to his MAJtrry at Windsor. GOTTENBUROH MAIL. A Mail arrived at a late hour last night, brought to Harwich by the Prince of Wales packet, Captain HARRISON. By this packet several passengers arrived ; among others, Mr. HALLIDAY, Mrs. POLLEN, and three ser vants, who were on board the ship in which Lord Roysrow lost his life. When the packet left Gottenburgh, Colonel MUR RAY, who was hourly expected with fresh orders from London, had not arrived, and the troops were still on board the transports. The Stockholm Ga-1 zette contains the articles of the Capitulation of the Russians in the island of Gothland, which, in certain instances, it appears, have not been faithfully observed by the enemy. We are sorry to learn, that some letters sent from Heligoland to Hamburgh have been seized by the French, and the persons to whom they were addressed arrested. It is also said, that the men who were detected in landing them have been executed, in pursuance of a recent decree of BONAPARTE, by which any intercourse with England and Sweden is made a capital offence. The Captain of a vessel which arrived yesterday from the Dutch coast, states, that it was generally rumoured at the time of departure, which was on the Ist instant, that the Prussians had revolted against the French troops, and that the revolt had been parti cularly formidable at Berlin and Magdeburgh. From the same source we learn, that vast numbers of French troops had marched off towards the Rhine. The re duction of the French force in Prussia may have en• couraged this insurrection, which is not likely, how. ever, to have any very material result. The American Ambassador has mat yet received the dispatches which were reported to have reached him a few mays ago. The only knowledge he has had of their approach he received from the letter of the Captain of the DRAGON to the Admiralty. This offi cer boarded the St. Michael when entering the port of L'Orient, as we stated some days ago, and found that she had two Messengers from the American IGovernment, one for France, and the other for England. The St. Michael is understood to have sailed from America on the Ist or 2d of May, with Mr. PURVIANCE and Mr. BAKER, two Govern ment Messengers, the former of whom was to bring dispatches to the American Minister here, and the latter to the American Minister at Paris. Both these Messengers went into L'Orient with the St. Michael, and no dispatches are expected by the American Mi nister for some weeks, at least until communication is had with BONAPARTE, as it is understood to be neces sary, that his reply to the dispatches conveyed by Mr. BAKER, should accompany those which are etApected 1 by Mr. PINCKNEY. It is generally reported that the Bishop of HERE. FORD will succeed to the See of Worcester, and that the Bishop of Biuszot, will be translated to Hereford. ETON MONTENI.—On Monday was the Triennial Meeting, or Montem, of the young Gentlemen of Eton School, previous to a number of them being elected to College. Upon this occasion, as usual, they laid the travellers and others in the neighbourood under contribution, to make up a purse for those who are going to College. Their performance at the School was honoured with the presence of the Royal Family. Her MAJESTY; the PRINCE of WALES, Princesses ELI- Luaus and MARY, went in her Majesty's barouche and four. In the first was the QUEEN, the PRINCE of WALES, the Princess ELIZABETH ; in the second, Prin cess MARY and Ladies in Waiting, followed by the Prince of Wales's barouche, with Earl MORTON, and an Aide-du-Camp of the Prince's, to Eton College. The Salt-Bearers were very elegantly attired in fancy dresses. The young gentlemen were most of them dressed in military uniforms. The Royal Family alighted from their carriages, and went into the Col lege, where they remained upwards of an hour. At one o'clock they returned to their carriages, and im mediately after the procession commenced through the young gentlemen's play-fields to Salt-hilL Her MA JESTY'S carriage led the way. When the Scholars arrived at the Mount on Salt-hill, an elegant flag was waved by the Ensign, as a signal, and immediately after an oration was delivered by the senior boy.— They then retired to the Windmill Inn, at Salt-bill, where a sumptuous dinner was provided for them by; the Captain. At five o'clock they returned to the College. The QUEEN, PRINCESSES, and PRINCE of WALES, returned to the Palace to dinner. The PRINCE returned to London in the evening. Sold in Shares by SWIFT and CO. in the last Lot tery—No. 8824, a 20,0001. No. 6895, a 10001. No. 8417, a 10001. No. 10,231, a 10001. No. 11,387, a 10001. No. 13,635, a 10001. and No. 24,884, a 5001. Tickets and Shares of the State Lottery which begins Drawing 28th of this montlt, and contains Six Prizes of 20,0001. &c. &c. are on sale at SWIFT and Co.'s For tunate Offices, No. 11, Poultry, and No. 12, Charing Cross. THE ARMY. The embarkation to which we alluded .. i already commenced. Yesterday • morn, .zompanies (210 men) of the 95th (Rifle - commanded by Captain PARENHAM, mi Dover from Hythe, and immediately errm ')oard the Agincourt, a fine large copper• _rang , ort, No. 210, which was expected ' evening for the Downs; from whence she s said, with the first fair wind for Cork. The Columbine, a copper bottomed tram 191, al,o came into Dover yesterday to tat a party of the 9th Regiment, expected there teilury. The transports for the new expedition ble in the Downs in . the course of a day teen transports, fitted for the reception of to sail from Deptford this day or to-morro, NAUTICAL INTELLIGEN' FALMOUTH, JUNE 6. Sailed his Majesty's ship Murme, wii for rtfrica.—Arrived the Prince Ernest tain PETRE, with mails from Jamaica, also the schooner privateer Stag, of Jersey FALL, from Gijon (in Spain) which place 30th ult. and has brought two Spanish with dispatches for the British Govern] which they set off for London, accompani rain HILL, of his Majesty's ship Homy port, drat several of the provinces of Spai red war against France, and they were the inhabitants to this country. The ports St. Andero, and Gilboa, were declared English. FLYMOUTH, JUNE 7. Sailed the StIANNON frigate, for the land ; SOLEBAY, for Portsmouth ; and to the Eastward. PORTSMOUTH, JUNE 8. Arrived the David Captain WALKER, from the Downs. Wind S. W. DOVER, JUNE 8. Passed by this day the Swedish friga‘ Captain FROLLE, with a small convoy fro; diterraneap, bound to the Eastward ; thr Captain bEPESTER, from Teneriff ; and Dowdeswell, Capt. TROTTER, from Li bound to, London.—Arrived in the Roads ins' his Majesty's sloop BEAGLE, from sailed again this afternoon for the Fren, Wind W. and blows strong. • DEAL, JUNE R. Arrived the KANGAROO sloop from. again on a cruize ; Escowr gun-brig, having under convoy seven transports wi board from Ireland • FEARLESS gun-b; cruize, with the loss Of her foretop-mast. MARINER gun-brig on a cruize off Boult t;rvir passed the back of the Goodwii o9n with a fleet of merchant vessel Toy, from the westward to ,the eastward, be a Swedish convoy. GSAVEsEND, June IL—Passed by the Donation, . Sligo ; Young William, Duncan, from Youghall ; Bizatrea, dell, from the Brazils; Desire, Ingraham, from ij - - Charlotte, Watson ; and the Minerva, Orphan, HALIFAX, (NOVA SCOTIA) M, Many of the people here are turning r" privateers, in expectation•of an Americai are letters in town from New-York, da; the 28th April, in which they say great vails against Congress for the embargo. neither can, nor will stifferit tQ continue every part of the.country.will be ruined. ters (farmers) will not submit to be rui. hands across, and I should not be sure) Congress by force of arms dismissed.. scarcely. hring. two dollars a barrel, beef per lb. tobacco two dollars the hundred ton wool can be purchased at eight cent ling) per lb.; all our yards and wharf produce, that some lumber brought down last, was obliged to be sold for tire.wood. perhaps be alledged by some, that - (farmers) pay no rent or taxes, and ha. their farms at four or six dollars per acre, to sell their produce at any price ; br are cheap, the wages of their servants and when it is considered that the usu; mers servants is 280 dollars per annt 50 and 60 pounds Sterling British money, easily perceive that it is impossible for stand it; their servants must be dismis. bargo continues, and 400,000 or 500,000 idle, with arms in their hands, will not' trouled. Anarchy, confusion, and bl ensue, and none knows where it will en, Tuesday morning, about two o'cloci out at Mr. Morrice's bake-house, near to Library, Ramsgate, which raged with by three it had communicated to Mr. penter's workshop, Mrs. Stone's stables, shop of Mr. Hudson, a painter, all of • pletely consumed. Providentially, no is destroyed, or lives lost. For a len) threatened Mr. Burgess's workshop, which he has lately erected ; but althou) burning nearly all round them, it was communicating by a substantial wall. tants are greatly, indebted to the 52d rel exertions. A guard of them was play gine, to prevent the accumulation of tht others formed a line to supply the water : ting that confusion which would otherwise pened: Mr. Duckett, the principal . insured: all his shops and most of hif sumed. Mr. Hudson's loss consists adjoining Duckett's, in which was a I oil, turpentine, &c. Mrs. Stone's stab) stock cf hay and straw, are entirely CORN EXCHANGE, MARK-LANE, Ji a tolerable suppi, - of Wheat to-day, wi dzmand, and sales are dull, at ral Barley likewise—ln Malt and Peas _ Beans of the two descriptions are cheal plies of Oati are considerable, and '" trade are named at rather less-pri, this week is lower, and Flour hardly neral prices quoted. d in our la 4, morning tv . e) Regiment, marched into embarked on Ter-bottomed 1 to tail in the he is going, it ransport, No. take on board sere from Can- t are to assen- t or two. Fif- of cavalry, are ITOW. NCE. pith a convoy t packet, Cap- in six weeks ; n-sey, Captain ace sho left on sh Gentlemen, ernment, with anied by Cap- IBER : they re- min had decla- dispatched by ions of Gijon, d open to the e coast of Ir- • PIMPETUEUY, t, (a transport) igate Camilla, from the Me- he ship Factor, the Governor ..iverpool, both ads this morn- a cruize, and reach Cuast.— m, and sailed from Ireland, with troops on -brig, from a st. Sailed the logne.—A ship win Sands this ;sels under con- rd, supposed to tion, Pryce, from II ; Bizatrea, tie& New Providence; 1, fraut Malta. WAY 3. their ships into can war ; there lated as late as discontent pre- o. The country se much longer, ed. The plan- lined with their surprised to see ti. Flour will :ef and pork Id. d weight ; cot- eras. (4d. Ster- fs are so full of down in March wood. It may as our planters lying purchased acre, can afford )ut if their lands s are enormous, sal wages of far- um, or betwixt noney, you will a• the farmers to nissed if the em- -000 men thrown of be easily con- bloodshed, must end. sck, a fire broke to Mr. Burgess's h such fury, that r. Duckett's car- es, and the work- f which are com- o dwelling-house ength of time it warehouses, &c. ough the fire was is prevented from 11. The inhabi- regiment for their laced at each en- the crowd, whilst ater, thus preven- serwise have hap- -1 sufferer, is not is timber are con- ts cf a workshop large quantity of aisles, with a great destroyed. FUSE 9.—There is which exceeds the ither less prices— little variation— heaper—The sup- the sales in this rices--Rape Seed -y supportsth2,o- W thc 41! iid, I ion, ) app ciple batil pies: by re . :On':