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INTELI.I(7ENCE. • PLYNIIurT:I, Last ni f it sailed, deeply laden, for a market, tht: Cow:serer, h, for Hamhur 4h. The Doris, of guns, Captain Ransom. which has been fitting for 3:1541inZ taw pcist,Miltle a signal thr going into the Sound from Harioaze ; she went down ;wont six P. M. and came to wait tOr orders. After the de parture of Le r!tard, of '2.1. :Tuns, Hon. (apriin c.,:hcart, v.ith sealed orders, aliout ten drays si.:ce, another isnles .Nl.:ssenger arrived the next mu - ning. alai tae Bsaa'ire.ri ut 4i gaits, Captain was disratched aft.T Le I? nerd, hut uhrther with other dispatches, or to recall her, has not transpin ed. It s hould have bee.] stated yesterday that the Pi:lvry, of 110 guns, wceild go out of duck at Chatham / ird, as she was laid up there. This morning at six A. M. signals were made by ezveral men of war, fitting for sea in flanitia se, tor going down the harbour, which was answered by Admiral Lord Keith. Tie taxes of the fleet at. tended, with tha Master, Attendants, and King's Plots: At seven, his Majesty's three large men of war got under weigh, vise. Is Tothint, 41. guns, Capt. S t/ . llas L. ; Spartive, 7 f, Captain G. Mur ray ; and Aloha, al, Captain Buller. The wind N. N. \V. l•eing 'post etiouih to swell their sails, pre. s .rated a piCturesque object to a numhrr of spedatcrs. asamblzd to see the lust division of the armament for Kiny's service going down the harbour, to join the fleet of übservatwit in Coruna Bay. These ships were also objedsi t as having been part of the captures obtai9ed in N e h o n. s g t or i on ,. ski the Nile. In th. it Latish him they are remarka bly fine ships, and nu dini;rt will cut a figure in a British hue of battle, agaiasz their quondam mas. t The SahwJor .Ibredn, 11? gins, Captain C. H. Lane, has her topmasts up, lower yards across, and rigged over head. Lieutenant Priest, late of the Carskidly, 84, is appointed to her ; Mr. Rory, a veteran Master in the service, is also appointed her Master. The Vi le de Paris, 110, Captain Seymour, was last night hauled down to the lower moorings, opposite the North Jetty, in Hamoaze, preparatory to her having her topmasts in, and the riggers on board, to get her rigging fcrward. Plymouth and Dock are literally stuck over with large arming bills, inviting seamen and landmen to enter on board the different ships fitting for corn mission at this port. PORTSMOUTH, APRIL 11. Went out of harbour, his Majesty's ship Grampus, of 50 guns, C.r , tain Caulfield, and remains with she squadron of men of w.ir, and the Hugb Cakutta, and Lord Howe East Indiamen, and Oceua transport. At St. Helens. his Majesty's ship ilosphion, and Pigmy cutter.—Wind N..E. and moderate. Sailed his Majesty's sloop Sy!pb, of 18 guns, Clpt Coate, on a crnize. Ills Majesty's ship Dreadnought, of Ss gtns, Capt. Brace, is undef s:Liling orders, to proceed and lonn the squadron in Cawsand Bay. The pendant was hoi,ted this day on b: aid his Majesty's ship Britamnia, of 110 gt:ns. Several revenue and excise cutters have sailed fr,r differents pelts and situations, under a certainty of procuring t nurnher of useful men for his Majesty's tervice. In the various equipments and operations at this port and its arsenal. there appears not the smallest relaxation; on the colitzary, the most active and elusions exertions continuo to pervade every deprt in en t. zovait, 11. Arrived this morning Mr. Wagsta:r, King's blessenger, with dispatches,. and Mons. Marchand, French Messenger, with dispatches for General An t reossi. Sailed fur Calais the rums passage-ressl, with E. 1. CaLanove and family. Six o'Clock.•--Several vessels, from Calais, are in sight. . Yesterday the blaster and Wardens of the Baker's Company waited upon the Lokn 111 A on, at the Ilansion.house, to set die assize of bread. Hi; Lordship, after having examined the meal weighers returns, ordered the price of bread to be lowered lull an assize, or a penny in the p ck Ical; when the quartern loaf wheattu will be sold for 9d. an] the household The last hatters from Holland mention, that the nin content with sending ships of war of different rates to the Mirth Sea, have also, with se veral light :lips, reconnoitred the armaments now hi tiie'l'excl, while a squadron of two of their ships of the line, with three frigates and several cutters or Auops, has suddenly taken a station at the mouth of the Meuse. General VfCTOI, Captain-General of Louisiana, when informed of these provocations on the part of the English, went to examine the state of things at ilevoetsluys. The French armament fur I.onisiana will go down the Meuse, that it may not remain exposed in a road which is almost open, or. the event tai a war with England. The overland express whit.h arrived from India bronght iweilirenc.: of great importance. .1 he let ters term Ilonibay came down to the 4th of lkeetp -1.1. It appears that the Peishwa, after the defeat rt . Lir trctr,,s by Helkar, intended to take refuge at reudi tv. Several letters mention his arrival on t! tine Hernskast, arid that the government of Ikinbay had aare.N.l to support him. A MAhratut oar is, therefore, inevitable. The Coast and Bay nriny was to take had immediately aria the linnwon, u n der crininh.rid of General CAsli bt t and Colonel Oa.: We susreci that this 14.2.; tv: one of the most tlitlieu4 wars m which tbr Lag time the Company have be estigetl. A letter from Brussels, of Sth instant, says, (rat the visit of the Fug Cousul to that city is de terred, tiathe Sd or sth of W I . It is observ:ii, that the Commanders of the Cwir.is of who are to attend the Fiesi Costglit. at Bru.seis and ( .Lent, with some of their principal OfEcets, Ate Gentlemen who iOrnierly had siestingitisbed rank to the Austrian armies, but have, upon the dispositions el the An of Amnesty, re fired from the service, iu order to settle in their Dative cout.try. The orders which hid ben given by several French hot.ses to sell tiiock in the Dutch Itods, trive been countermanded. This.iufcrence intended to be Jr., w this circumstance, is evidently in favour of the co.itintur.ee of Peace, and is alledged for that purpose in conjunaion with the rise of the heris.l. A'tEBIS. A.r.P.P. to Aorrn API gt• 401111 lIONC t . rt;ct”4lr. vitr L •WS ItrA.AIIN.C: to 111111 „AL PL3•41:4611:4.0.14 %co, Inn ! on • sroncom Ft!, Its;tto.v.ce OF stitatlAL rakioss O 1 sr•vitcts. Whereas many of the pr.•v;sitios of in A it, made ;n the ?we nr,irst ve.i of tlid reryt of his Majesty Ki.:g lien+ y Spiritaal per cent meti fro-il 11.01.47 plttral;ties of livings, and from takir,, ,, of ferm , o &c.". and other the list's nocv in force refatint; to the soiritud persons residing on their benefice% it tve been found inconve..O.eat ; and it is expedient toat certain of the provisions of the said .Aft ghoul , ' be repealed, and the othef pro- Visions should be made in lieu thereof ; and that the s.tid Ad and laws af4ectid shonld he atneuied, and more effeafial provisions made for enforcing the resid•miceof sriritual persons on their her:eficcs, and protviing spiritual persons from vexatious pro.:e- C kiti ; Mny it therefore please Your Majesty, • That it may be enefted ; and be it earteted by the King's Nlest Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice ani consent of the Lords Spiritual and Tem poral, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, That front and after the every spiritual person who shall before the passing of this At have In curred any pecuniary penalty or penalties, or any forfeiture or forfeitures under the said recited Ad, and against whom no aftion, suit, bill, plaint, or information shall have been brought in respeft thereof under the said Ad, shall be and is hereby indemnified, freed, and discharged from the same, any thing in the said recited Aft to the contrary thereof notwithstanding; and all coritraas, agree ments, and leases, made by words or otherwise be fore the by any spiritual person, either by himself or any other to or fur his Use, which it' made after this Aft would, according to the prhvisions thereof, be good and valid, shall not w ith stan di ng the said recited Act or any Act or Law or Laws to the contrary, be and be deemed to be as good and valid in the Law to all intents and purposes as if the same had been made after the passing of this Aft. And be it further enafted, That immediately from and after the it shall be lawful for any person or persons against whom any original writ, suit, aftion, hill, plaint, or information shall have been sued out, commenced, or prosecuted, before the for any pecuniary penalty or penalties, or any forfeiture or forfeitures incurred or alledged to he ninhn the said recited At', to apply to the Court in l‘ - ich such original writ, suit, aftion, bill, plaint, or information wall, have been sued out, commenced, or prosecuted, if such CQUIt shall be sitting, or to any Judge of any such Court when not sitting, for an order that such writ, suit, aftion, bill, plaint, or information shall be discon tinued, upon payment of the sum of in every case where a verditl shall be obtained, toge ther with the costs ; and where r.o verdid shall have been obtained, upon payment of the ccsts incurred up to the time of such application heir g made, all such costs to be taxed as between attorney and client, according to the praftice of such Court, and every such Court or Judge is hereby authorized and required upon such application, to make such order as aforesaid ; and upon the making such order, and. payment of such costs as aforesaid, such writ, suit, aftion, bill, plaint, or information, shall be forth with discontinued, ind in every case until such ap plication shall be made as aforesaid. it shall be law ful for the Plaintiff or Plaintiffs in any such original writ, suit, action, bill, plaint, or information, to proceed therein as if this Aft, or an Aft passed in the forty-first Year of the Reign of his present Ma jesty, intisuled, An :VI to stay until the Twenty fifth Day of March One thousand Eight Hundred and Two, Proceedinfp in /onions under the Statute of Kin- l lenry the Eighth for abridging Spiritual . Personns from having Pluralities of Livings, and from taking of Ferms," bad not been passed; any thing in this Aft or the said List recited Aft to the contrary thereof notwithstanding. And be it further en:if - red, That from and after the it shall be lawful for any spiritual person to take to farm to himself, or to any person or per. sons to his use, by lease, grant, words, or other wise, for term of life, for term of years, or at will, any messuage, mansion, or dwelling-house, with or without orchards, gardens, and other ap purtenances, although not in any city, borough, or town, any thieg in the said recited Aft or any other Ad to the contrary thereof notwithstanding surd it shall e 4 to be lawful for any spir:tual person having or holding any parsonage, vicarage, donative, or perpetual curacy, not having any sufficient or con venient glebe or demesne lands annexed to or in right of or by reason of his benefice or cure, with the consent or approbation of the bishop ef the dio cese signified in writing, to take to farm to himse:f or to any person or pere ns to his use, any farm or farms, larels, tenements, or bereditaments, that may under all the circumstances appear to such bishop proper to be taken, held or occupied by any such spiritual person, for the better support .and maintenance of himself or family, without being subjeft or liable to any pales, penalties, or for feitures under the said fit •a-recittil Alf or any other Aft by reason thereof, any thing therein contained to the contrary notwithstanding : Provided alsenys, that nothing herein contained shall extend or be construed to extend to authorize any non-residence of any such Tiritual.person as aforesaid. And be it further ene.tlinl, That from and after the it shall be lawful for aay spiritual per son or persons, by himself or themselves or any other to his or their use, to h.we, hold, use, or oc cupy, in ferm or otherwise, any manors, lands, te nements, or heredintments, demised, leased, or. granted, or in any way belonging to such spiritual person or persons, as the property or estate of such spiritual person or persons; or to take, purchase, receive, or hold, as the property and estate of suds spiritual perso i, any lease or leases, for lite or lives, or for term or terms of years absolute or determin able on any life or liv-s, or to take any sine ..1 rent or other annual advantage or profit by occasion of any lease or ferm of any manors, lands, tenements, or heredint e the' property or estate of any such spiritual person on persons belonging to him or. them either in his or their own right, or in the right of any other person or persons, or in right or by reason of his or their having or holding any spi ritual dignity or benefice, or so taken, purchased, received, or held as aforesaid, as the property or estate of such spiritual person, without being sub jett to any pains, penalties, or forfeitures whatever under the said ftr.t. recited aft or any other ad, any ".•-• - 7 .. / • I — Mar 'Z.. thiee therein contained to the contrary thereof not withstandioo:s. Peoeid e d always, nothing here in cOntainert s h all extend or be construed to eceod to atithoriqi any spiritual person, having or hot ling any benefice, parsonage, vicarage, donation, or per petual cariscy, or '• a stipendiary curacy, to servo take, receive, or hold. any such manors, lands, te n Inients, or hereditainents, after the passing of this al, for the purpose of occupying or to occupy the same, for the cultivation thereof, or procuring pro fit therefrom, by himself or ay bailiff or bailiffs, or servant or servants for his use, unless by the consent or Approbation of the bishop as aforesaid, for such purposes as arm eseil And be it further enaCted, That from and after the it shall be.lawful for any spiritual person, by himself or by any other for him or to his use, to bargain, an,i buy to sell again tor any lucre, gain, or pmfit, any manner of 'cattle that may be necessary, proper, or convenient to be bou;eht, sold, kept, or maintained by such spiritual per.,nr, or any other person fin him or to his use, for the occupation, manuring, improving, par.et rage, or profit of any farms, lands, tenements, or herediiamentt that may under and by virtue of any law or law; now in force, or under any of the pro • vision, of this ad, be lawfully held and occupied, possessed, or enjoyed by such spiritual person, or any other for him or to his use, without being sub jed to any pains, penalties, or forfeitures by reason thereof, under the said first recited afl or any other ad, or any thing therein contained to the contrary thereof notwithstanding r provided Idways, that no thing herein contained shall extend or be construed to extend to authorize any such spiritual person to buy or sell any cattle as aforesaid, in person, in any market, fair, or place of pubic sale. And be it further enafled, that from and after the it shall be lawful for rny spiritual per son having or holding any vic ar a ge or Per p e t ua l cure, or for the stipendiary curate thereof, to oc cupy, by himself or by any other to his use in ferm, of the lease or grant of any person or persons, the impropriate parsonage, redory, or vicarage, or an y part thereof, of the parish of which such spiritual person shall be the vicar, or perpetual curate, or sti pendiary curate, or any part or parts thereof, or to take any profit or rent out of any such farm, with out being subject to any pains, penalties, or forfei tures by means thereof, under the said first recited Ad, any thing therein contained to the contrary thereof notwithstanding. And be it further enacted, that from and after the no lease or leases of any glebe or demesne lands, or of any tythes belonging to any spiritual person as annexed to or in right of any spiritual dig nity or benefice, or donative or perpetual curacy, and leased or to be leased to any person or persons whomsoever by such spiritual person, shall be va cated or made void, or be deemed or cun<treed to be void, nor shall the incumbent for the same forfeit any profit of his said dignity, benefice, donative, or perpetual curacy, by reason of the non-residence of any such spiritual person, in any case where such spiritual person shall be exempt from any pecuniary penalties on account of such non-residence, under any of the provisions of the said first recite-'• ad, or of any other ad, or this oft; any thing in an ad passed in the thirteenth year of the reign of her late Majesty Queen Elizabeth, intituled " An Ad touch ing Leases of Benefices and other Ecclesiastical Liv ings with Cure," or any other ad or ads, contained to the contrary thereof notwithstanding. , Provided always, and be it further enaded, that nothing in this ad contained shall extend or be con strued to extend, to deprive any spiritual person of any privilege, indemnity, or permission, as to the taking, having, or h.-Ailing any ferrets or lands to Voice any such spiritual person was or would be ae erzkd unto, under a ny o f the provisions of the said ad of his late Majesty King Henry the And be it further enatcled, that fmm and after the so much of the said first recited at as im poses the penalty of ten peunds, in the said aft men tioned, on any spiritual person therein described, who shall not keep residence on one of his dignities, prebends, Gr benefices, but absent hinr.cif wilfully by the space of one mouth together, or by the space of two months to be accounted at several times in any (me year, shall be and the same is hereby re pealed ; and that from and after the every spiritual person being beneficed with any parsonage, vicarage, donative, or any perpetual curacy, who • shall without sufficient cause, as in the said first recited aft, or under an aft passed in the twenty fifth year of the reign of King Henry the Eighth, intituled, " art Ad that every Judge of the High Courts may have One Chaplain beneficed with Cure," or of another aft passed in the twenty-eighth yenr of the reign of King Henry the Eighth, inti tuled, " the Bill for Non-residence of Spiritual Men and their Benefices," or of another aft passed in the thirty-third year of the reign of King Henry the Eighth, intituled, " an Al for tile Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and others to have Chaplains," is specified, or such other sufficient cause as would exempt such spiritual person from any of the pains, penalties, and forfeitures under the said recited ails, fur any non-residence, and who shall not have any such licence as is in this ad mentioned for that purpose, wilfully absent himself for the space of • • months together, or to be accounted at se veral times in any one year, and makes his residence .and abiding at any other place cr places -by such , time, shall, when such absence shatl exceed sach rind as :ifuresaidi and not exceed months, lhrfcie and pay of the annual value (deduft logtherefrorn all aelual outgoings, except any.stipend paid to any curate) of the parsonage, vic.irage, ylo oative, or perpetual curacy from which he shell so absent hiinseh as aforesaid ; and when such absence shall exceed months, and not exceed • of such annual value , ; - and when such absence shall e xcee d months at such annual value; and when such absence shall hav: been fur the whole of the year of suJi an nual value; to be recovered hr aaion of tl.:Ut, bill, plaint, or information in any of his Majesty's.courts of record at Westminster, or the courts of great sessions in Wales, wherein no essoign, privilege, proteftion, or wager of law, or more than one lin parlance shall be allowed : and the whole of every such penalty or lot feiture shall go and be paid to the person or ivrsons will shall inform and sue.for the came, together with such costs of suitas shall be allowed according' to the praaice td the court its . which such aaion 'shall be brought. Provided also, and be it further enaaed, that no spiritual person being beneficed with any parsonage, vicarage, donative, or per A petual.curacy, wio shalt , ~'~',"~ hare made his residence and abided at his laid be fleece for. the ofcele whole longer without wil- • fel absence therefrom for any longer time than three menths together, or in the whole at several times, shall be liable to any of the pains, penalties. or forfeitures in this a& or the said recited ad con tained, for any previous turn-residence. Aire be it, farther enaeled, that no spiritual per son having or holding any office, which uncles any of the provisions of the said first-recited act, or of an aft pissed in the twentysfifth year of the reign of King Henry the eighth, intituled, n an aet diet every judge of the high courts may have one chap lain beneficed with cure," or of another ad passed in the twenty-eighth year of the reign of king Henry the eighth, intituled, e the bill for non-residence of spiritual men and their benefiees,'t or of another aft passed in the thirty-third year of the reign of king Henrythe eighth, intituled, "an a'l for the chan cellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and others to have chaplains," would exempt such spiritual persons. from residence or from the penalties and forleitun..s in the said aft contained for non-residence, or eau ally serving es a chaplain of the House of Com mons, or as clerk of his Majesty's closet, or es a de puty clerk* thereof, during the time of his atteed, ance, or as a chaplain-general of his Majesty's forces, or brigade chaplain on foreign service, or • chaplain on board any of his Majesty's ships, or in. any of his Majesty's garrisons, or chaplain of . I: Majesty's corps of artillery, doing duty therewiu.- or as chaplain in any British faaory, or in the household of any British ambassador or public mi nister residing abroad, or as principal surrogate or official in any ecclesiastical court of any diocese, or as prebendary or canon, minor canon, or vicar cho lla, or priest vicar, or other public officer, in any cathedral or collegiate . church, during the times for which they may be required by the canons or local. statutes thereof to reside at such cathedral or colle giate church, and aduelly reside and perform duty at the same, or as a peeacher or reader in any of the inns of court or at the rolls, or as bursar, dean,. vice president or public tutor, or other public officer, in any college or hall in either of th e un i vers i t i es o f Oxford or Cambridge, duringethe period for which. he may respeetively be required by reason of any such office to perform the duties of any such office,. and aetually perform the duties of the seme, or as public librarian, or public registrar, or proCtor, or public orator, or other public officer, in either of the. said universities, during the period for which he may respeetively be required by reason thereof to per fern the duties of any such office, and aetually per form the duties of the same, or as librarian at the Bri tish museum, or of Sion college, or as fellow of any college in either of the universities, during the time for which he may be required to reside by any char ter or statute, and aetually resides therein, or as war den or provost of Eton or Winchester college, or felloet or school-master in the same, or as school master of Westminster school, or as professor of Gresham college during the terms in which he may be required to read leetures therein, and shall adu ally read leelures in the same j nor arty person hold ing a dignity, donative, or perpetual cure, in con junetion with a benefice, or donative, or perpetual. cure, during the times that he is residing upon ei ther the dignity, benefice, or donative, or the per petual cure, or one of them, shall be liable to any of the pains, penalties, or forfeitures, in the said first recited aft or this aet contained, for or on account of any non-residence on any parsonage, vicarage, do native, or perpetual curacy, any thing in the said ad or this aft contained to the contrary notwithstanding. And be it further enacted, that from and after the no person or persons mentioned iu an .aet, passed in the twenty.eighth year of the reign of . king Henry the eighth intituled, "an ad for nonsres sidence of spiritual men on their benefices," and en titled under the provisions of the said act, to the privilege and liberty of non-residence until after and above the age of forty years, shall be by rea son of :my of the provisions of the said aft, entitled to enjoy the privilege and liberty of non-residencee after or above the age of years, any thing in the said an contamed to the conteary notwith standing. And be it further enaded, that no penalty and costs incurred by reason of any non-residence shall, be levied by execution against the body of any spi ritual person, who continues to hold any parsonage, vicarage, .donative, or peppetuel cure, art of the profits of which, the same can be levied by seqte s tration. And be it further enafted, that from and after the it shall be lawful fur the severer bishops respectively in that part of the United Ling dem of Great Britain and Ireland called England. upon application made for that purpose by pctitien in writing or otherwise by any spiritual person hav ing or holding any parsonage 'or vicarage, donative or perpetual curacy, locally situated within their re spedive dioceses, upon such proefs as to any feels. • stated in any such petition as any Such bishop may think necessary, or if he shall inquire it by affida vit made before any surrogate or master extra ordinary in Chancery (which oath any surro gate or master-extraordinary in. Chancery is hereby authorized-and required to administer, of such spiritual persons, in ease the same shall be• require) by the bishop to whom any such petition_ is resented, or applicatien enade under this ad) to- grant in every case where on due consi deration of all the circumstances stated in any such application and verified to 'the sati.faetion of the bishop as aforesaid, such bishop shall in his dig. creee . think it fit to grant the same, a licence in writing under his hand, in such cases as are herein after elanerated, to such petsoat in relation to the residence or nonresidence of such spir haat persons. on their respective benefices, for tire- purpose of ex empting such persons from any pecuniary penalties or forfeitures; under and subjed nevertheless to the regulations, provisions, and restrielions us ths art. cuntained. And be it further enaded, that it shall be lawfat for any is:shop to grant liceures to any spirituel per sole ha.-ing any parsonage, vicartze, donative, or perpetual curacy withio his diocese to reside nut 1 , 1 (lie proper house of resideuee, or ma of the parish. as the case may appeal to sterh bislere to require, if upon the consideration of as the crecanistances Si any *itch case, such bLhop shall hi his discretion. thinkehe same fit and proper, in the several cases liecenutfter-mentioned (that is to say)" to any spit rural pet en who 'shall. be prevented from residing in the proper house of residence, cc in the purr ish, by :anal illness or infirmity of body of himself, or wife, or child, meiVutg part of and residing with him as earl of his family ; and also tc any spitinut irritant - , •- • • •-• 4 1 111 ~y 4 .~ . . , J " r ~.&i , no .. SiT