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MC. C , N ._ 1 • . I , a ^ • . eftia i/•. 40 - • wag MI um?, At else date of one part of the -lay, then walked (fur they cual.l ee.dem afford to tide) into the Adler parish to Jiicharge the remaining hell" of it. Thew did it happen both parkhes lost heir the satiemis wester •if the snhheth; arei as so the elegies of Aristerting, sestet's the sick, &c. &c etc. they meet of crease tie pestponee to the re nieiaing.days of +he week, when there would h e more tsme for them. He hi-Tel no Nehle Lord would coniell that any greet eliury would arise from reJneing the curate of the deArip tien he I Ist merriened. 4 all the pamphlets and wririugs wlti, h le: ev appeared neon this prolific enteeet, he obscreej it to be a favourite ar- Furrlest net non-resitence, to urge the herdship it would *to young men cf great talents and high eepeetations to be confines! to their litle livings in obscure pert, of the coontre, threwing the pearls Of their elogeesee before swinish peasantry, when -Never abilities may be diepleyed in the pi esence of enlightened audiences, capable ..f apprecte.ing their merits. and being eJitied by their instrultions. This griqvance, it seeteeds wits so severely felt, that it was the prailice of many clergymen indult ed to livings in obscure neighsourlexels, where there was little to excite the display of their pro *bend erudition, or - their pulpit excellence, to ac cept of good and profitable cuiecies in he next town or village, where, independently of displey ing themselves to greater advenuge, they were en oying more emoluments, while their bwn were consigned to the care of needy men, whom they got fort mere trifle, from different parts of the country. All this would be remedied if resideace were strialy enjoined, and those who were not above accepting livings amongst peasantry, would not be above ittetrultieg them. Upon these grounds, and in ender to hasten ionse general measure, which he foresaw would otherwise be delayed from year to year, he would move, an amendment; in the room of the Bth of July, to'substitute the 13th of May. The LORD CHANCELLORadmitted, thet Rills of suspension were to be avoided, except in cases of very gre a necessity. Ile did not hear that there were two opinions on the propriety of stopping the numerous prosecutions that had already been insti tuted, or were about to be commenced and the House had to topsider whether that was very likely to be effefted by giving no longer scope to the Bill teen the 13th of Islay nest. It, indeed, there was a prospeet, that a general measure of so great irn pert nce, and so comprehensive in all its relations and combinations, as that which was texpeeted, could be brought forward, matured, and discussed, within that short period, it wonld be advisable to adopt the Amendment. Upon this point he wished merely to know the reasons which should induce him to vent for the further day. It a-as this that from every information he could collecl, he was as sured there would be a greater chance (for he would not pledge himself to a certainty) that a ge neral measure would be brought forward before the sth of July than before the lith of May. What ever may be the general arrangements of the com prehenaive measure alluded to, he was mistaken if one part of It would not to the Right Reverend Prelates themselves be a stria observance of the con dull of the inferior Clergy. He did not say, that they were now tenths in the exertion of their func tions ; but it len said, that in some respects they did tux possess sufficient power, and if so, it was proper they should have it, subieet however to a proper degree of responsibility. lie still could not help feel ing for the distresses which may be brought upon the Curates, against which provision should be made, but he did not beg any great benefit that could arise from dwelling on those abuses, which, perhaps, there was already sufficient power to cor reel. As to the danger of going cm perpetually with this system of suspension,he would only say for himself, that he did not think any arguments would ever induce him to vote for another Bill of the same stature; though for the reasons assigned, he was de termined to support this Bill in its present form, and to oppose the amendment. The Bishop of DURHAM also supported the original Clause, if it was only in deference to the Learned Gentleman (Sir WILLI A M SCOTT) who had employed so much time in methodieing and arranging this very laborious system of the laws of Residence; an intense application to which, had thrown that Learned Gentleman into a severe in disposition, from which be was now but slowly re covering. He paid the highest cemplimeuts to the talents and profound erudizien of that excellent 311411, who, from his long professional abilities, was better qualified than any other person for so ar duous an undertaking; which, however, he had het volunteered, but consented to engage in, at the solicitation of others. The LORD CH.kNCELLOR reminded tlle House that he did not promise, with certeinty,theproduetion of a plan, and only said, that at the more distan period there would be a better chance for it. Lord Al VANLEY strenuously enforced the adoption of the original elapse, principally on the fame grounds as the Noble 'Lords who preceded him. lie buwerer declared, that if the general Bill was not brought before the House at a season able period of the Sessions, before the Learned Pre toes should be called to their oeter. sacred avoca tions in the county, that was to say erne time i.n June, he shoull oppose that, as s. ell as the further continuation of this measure. In his Lordshis speech he sensed, he said, to glance et some priir(ise formerly hell out by the bench of Bishops, that a remesliel Oen senniel be submitted he one eft teeir body In that l lease, which premise however had not vet been fulfilled. 'lied he thought might :.-et be done, as it sees not unusual to have teco e oneur. rent bills relating to the same suhjeele Lord AI;CKLIND declared that he was much disinclined to consent that this Bill should go any farther, and thought himself to blame in not haying opposed such a plan when first it cysts h;ozght for ward. He considered the stability (- order, and of the geeernment, to derive at much strength front the chute% as front its military establishments, and was seta& that the ecclesiastical authority must be Pouch acaltsfaesl by the h.utefill effects of the non-residence of the pate;chial elerge. The inter ests of the curates he thought might be easily cons stilted, even by finding More employtneet for them, which wee not difficult to be done, as there were Many perishes is the country absolutely in want of churches. Upon the whole, however, he should be better pleased to leave this business to the rtemegernent ut . the BKbops themselves, and cub. jeding than in ease of failure, to a severe reeponsi kelt), It Mt, he said that die other Item: ce t'ar. IM CIA iro t.qedl t o ( t h: a kind gin e i r , 4 .1•11.1 0 , -els, hut he could see no hurt in making the esperirrAlt. At all *vents it would be highl: nntirope! to defer it till at period of the Sessieiw "'Fen di" it Lordships sour littl e more than e rats font` s He knew that there were persons who held the, in an ahstran , sense, though - at t! - -e time perhaps in the errainy, their Lord s:tips were alser.rs prernt t 1 wee in deliberation. Ile knew am vrLat to m 4 ke such ohservarions. A person once said, he could never ha...e ab stra%!t idea of .s Lord Mayor, because he could never think of him divested of the state-coach and golden ,hain, and so his Lordship confessed to be the case with biro. lie could never abstraft the summer from crops of corn and green fields. It was so in the nature of nym, acid he believed the case to be the saute with all their Lordships. Lord ALVANLEY suggested to Cie Noble Lord, that, according to his principles, he had bet ter bring in a Bill to yogi tarn the t'e.:rs to prevent them from non-resid.:ace. The LORD CI lANCELLOR adverting to mhat ma; saidol investing the Bishops with the necessary powers, said, that from conversations he had with sortie leading :Members of the other House, h e u•. a. con% inced such t rilasure would have no chance in the House of Commons. Lord LLLENBOROUGII expressed himself hostile to any measure of this sort, and regretted his negligence in not haring opposed it at the out set. After a good deal of general reasoning against suspensions of this nature, lie expressed his conviaion there was not so much difficulty as was apprehend. ed in applying remedies suited to all the difficulties with which such a plan was thought to be sur rounded. If the AEI of Henry VIII. bore unequal ly in ;he penalties, it would be easy to proportion them to the extent of the neglea and the value of the livings. If some of the benefices were so huge, that half the penalty was too much for the informer, a proportion may be made in such cases so as to let him have an aliquot part of it. Nothing was more idle than to think that matters of this 'kind or in formers could be dispensed with. Gentlemen would not be brought to prosecute, and penal laws could not be enforced but by alluring men by their interest to carry them into effect. He, however, doubted whether the more effedual mode woul,t not be to stake Non-Residence a misdemeanor, which would give clergymen an opportunity of al !edging whatever they could in their own vindication, wle-leas in informations, they could make no de fence. In an lase. however, he would compel their Residence. There were some cases, such as insanity, or !ickness, which might force them to be absent, and then they would be excused on a certificate from the Bishop. He did not know that the House of Commons would objea to this, when the Bishops were subjeaed to responsibility, but if they did, he would wait for their cooler reflexinn to operate after they had indulged the pride of privilege. Nothing was to excuse a vicar from constant residence, even in cases of malady, the cer..ificate of a Bishop should not protea him for more than a twelvemonth. When a gentleman accepted a living, he took it with all its disadvantages as well as its emoluments. If he was displeased with the glebe house, he should know that it was his business to make it to his lik ing : if there was no glebe house, then let him build one, or find out another convenient habitation in the parish. Above all he would object to any kind of exemptions on account of being employed in the education of youth, holding places in either of the Universities, or any other pretext whatever. This, he said, was the outline of an easy remedy, (which, however, he argued at considerable length ' ) and to wards the conclusion said, that merely in defer ence to Sir NVilliam Scott, whom he spoke of in terms of the highest panegyric, he should not at present vote against the original Clause. Ile de precated these observations of green fields, &c. by which Noble Lords thought themselves secured from a regular attendance in Parliament. For himself, he said, he asked no time for pleasure or amusement, but always did and would continue to take his seat in that House, as soon as he found him self released from his indispensable day's duty in the Court of Justice. Lord AUCKLAND rose again, and said, the Noble and Learned Lord's propo%ition to make non-residence a misdemeanor, had entirely relieved his mind from the embarrassments under which he had lAoured. His Lordship repeated his opinion, that the Bill should originate in that House. Lord PELHAM contended that they ought not to rely upon the idea, that any individual, however, learned, was preparing a Bill. In•his idea, the best way to have a proper Bill, recpeftably drawn and adapted to its objea, would be for the Reverend Bench of Prelates to prepare a Bill and intro duce it. The BiNhop of DURHAM said, ii the Bishops brought in a Bill upon Residence, it might meet with oppo•.itinn in the other House, from the Lica that they were investing thernst:ls es with new and improrr powers. The Bishop of Sr. AS APH said, that the Bishops already possessed the necessary powers of punishing !ion-residence by eg'Clesiastical censure, and that the statute of henry V!11. d;d not lesson or take away trop the Dishy, any of the powers that were vest ed in them belore that aCt passel. .1 he Bishop expressed hls satisfaction, that the Bill .and the sub jeCt of rc-.idence had been so fay gone into that day. Their convasation and discitssion would, he was persuaded, produce a good efeCt upon the Clergy, who were at present non-residents. Having laid considerable stress on this point, his Lordship at length said, as he understood three Noble and learned Lords (the Lord Chancellor, Lord Alvan ley, and Lord Ellenborough), exp-essly to declare, that they, according to their present state of mind, would not Consent to another Suspension Bill of the nature of that on die table, and one of them (liird Alvanlev) that he would °hied to any Bill respect ing the tcsidcnce of the Clergy, which did not come into that House sufficiently early to admit of full and mature deliberation, he would, on that ground, withdtaw his amendment, which he did accordingly. The Committee hen went through the remainder of the Bill, and it was ordered to be trported to morrow. Several other Bi:ls went through Committees of . the w hole House, and all the Bids on the table went through a s• t:t• Some accounts rcl.it:ve to the National Debt, wore pmented by the proper (Micer from the . Trea. stary. A! a quttzer b. 4 11 Aim, the House adjourned. • F tiousc. or •COMMONS. TOUR/DA V, At ARCH 31. Mr. presented an extra& from tile . nutes 44 'the proceedings of the Dunf e rmline Cam , mitte4 as tir a related to James Trotter, now ig custody, which were ordered to lie on the Table, and to he printed. The Roman Catholic oath bill was re.td a third time and passed. HAI;WICII COMMIT ITF. Names of the Members remaining on the reduced list, after the ballot for a Committee to try the merits of the petition con:clainin; of an undue eleEtion for Harwich: W R. H. T.'e, E 4.1. C. Fsq HA F. 34/. Cu. irann MM. quis of 1X c gl.is L F. Senscos Su H. Inglis R.& S. FAluer.:; Hon. J. O'Neil Sir Ro'xrt Liy Ilea. J. Scut* Rt Hon. 'l. Grenville. Tlu.l:selett,ri. PON INVIS. Lnnlrl , inle. Hon. St. Antirw 111:ItVICK-trrJN-TATF.D ELECTIoN. The names of the Members upon the reduced list, after this ballot were: • Arch. Neheinn, Esl. Sir n are P,•ck G. T. tier— 31'1 J H. I'. ca:verr ' E:q. W F.4q. Sir It 'Jed Boston Lort J. NPNlrliolt Lord POlll,ll.ti. Carle. Grey, (or tb. Pi:titio.icrs, Sir J. S. FrAilie for the Sitting Me.i.hcr. Sir 3. PULTENEY made a report from the Car marthen Comminee respeaing leave to adjourn from Friday to Monday nest, in order to give the counsel an opportunity of making such arrange ments as would facilitate their progre.:s. The ap plication, he said, came in the first instance from the counsel, and was the wish, as it would be the convenience of both parties. The SPEAKER thought it his duty to remind the HOuse, that this application was made in the face of the at of parliament, which enjoins that no Committee on contested Eledions should adjourn for more than 24 hours, unless with leave of the House for special reasons assigned, or for the ad vancement of justice. No opposition having been made to it, the Com mittee had perluission to adjourn to Monday. On the motion of Mr. BAYLEY, the House re solved itself into a Committee on the Granada and St. Vincent's loan bill. Mr. Hobhouce in die chair. The blanks were filled up, and the Report ordered to be received to-morrow. The bill for granting certain allowances to inn keepers for the quartering of soldiers, was read a first, and ordered to be read a second time to morrow. The Four Millions Exchequer Bills Bill went through a Committee, to be reported to-morrow; as also the American Commissioners' Bill. Ad- THE BRITISH - PRESS. LONDON, FRIDAY, Aram 1. Consols, which were at one time yesterday so low as GU, left off at 621, precisely the same price as at the:close of the market upon the two preceding days. This continued depression must have its source in son:et:ling more solid and substantial than the self refuted rumours to which it has been attributed. We still continue to think it has been produced by the uncertainty of public affairs operating upon the market at the eve of an extremely heavy settling day. Every body is acquainted with the nature of a run upon a Bank. The recent operation upon the Stock Excha::ge i, ,2xaaly similar. Half a dozen large hold ers,supposed to have the best information, take an a larm, and sell out. The multitude follow the exam- ple, ai.l a depression follows of course. We do not, however, pretend to say, that there is not some solid fart at the bottom, or that the few who gave the first impulse wore aauated merely by a gene ral view of the present state of the country.— The immediate cause we are not competent to trace; but though we thus confess ourselves unable to put the public in the right road, we are not at liberty to encourage their progress in the wrong.— The row-boat—the return of Lord WHITWORTH.-- the departure of General AND ar.ossi, and twenty other like rumours being exploded, it is astonishing with wh it facility substitutes have been found to supply their }laces. Among these novel inventions may be re:-koned, a report of a general conspiracy in Ireland eugendc:cl by France. At the time when the Union W.IS under discussion, there was no want of ingenui:y in its support ; but one advan tage has resulted from it, which the liveliest fancy in the House of Commons did not conceive. It was not foreseen, that it wtaili chcck the pranice of nit-representing the state of Ireland to fit the purpose of the day. A large portion of its best-informed population being now on the spot, it is not so easy to propagate nonours, which would have formerly passed cu, rent, because there was nobody compe tent to call in the base coinage of the brain. Were it not for tills restraint, a French fleet would have anchored last week in Bantry Bay—Dublin would he in a state of siege--and Vinegar- Hill would display a croud of rebel tents. At the present day, however, the Stock-Jobbers, who would tiae formerly put Ireland in the van,, are now content to let it bring up the rear or their ru mours. This new Irish conspiracy is, however, a device too Contemptible for noti:c, nawithstanding it has been ushered in v - 1: 1 1 due etrnity . and the public mind. has been prq tied to receive it by re ports of ARTHUR O'COHI:rOU'i manifestos, and such seen litreral re ... c.r.elt letter% from different parts of that country, and :hey all agree, that in the great mass and body of the people, the late con. ua of France, and tl.e audacious challenge of the FIRST CONSUL, havelftroducei a sensation eqnally strong as in this. But if we have a French vessel, with 100,000 stand of arms, stranded at Shoreham, why should Ireland be without its wonders? We find accordingly, in one of these letters, dated Kilkenny, 23d March, the following anecdote Yesterday we were alarmed here with a well authenticated account that 4,000 iron 'kull-caps were taken near Carlow. We were all in confusion. To your tent:, 0 Israel, was the general cry, when an etpite.s arrircd from Carlow, and the cause of this commotion turned out to be si.ni>ly this—Colonel NIA:10N, of the 9th Dragoon ) had ordere I 103 skull-caps to be made fer his Regi n:ent dining the Rvliellioli ; but either not liking or wanting th, m, he returned them to the maker at Callow." Twenty causes equally trifling and inno cent, every day give ri.ie to reports equally serious and absurd. Another report, equally unworthy of credit, is, that Mr. Ann! NcToN and. Lord Hawars cult v having a rupture with Frarce in contem plati.m, have been employed fur several days past in preparing copies of the correspondence between the two countries, to be laid before Parliament after the recess. The cause assigned fur this report, be tray's its fallacy. It is said that these gentlemen have, for these two or three days past, absented them selves from the House of Commons. We should be glad to know whether there was any business Ix,- fore the House that required their attendance ? Mr. ADDINGTON, instead of superintending Copying- Clerks in a close closet, may, however, be daily seen riling in the Park, or dining with a party of friends, without having his serenity disturbed by the hopes or fears of the Stock Exchange. Of all these ru mours, that of Mr. PITT'S return to office is the only one that has not been exploded. Instead of losing, it yesterday seemed to gain ground. We may, therefore, conclude, that confidence in peace is somewhat weakened; for such a change is generally speculated upon as a warlike spit, to u. It may be observed, in corrohoratioa. t at ihe press in tEc out-ports, which was beginning to slacken, has been carried on within tlitee few days with increased aairity. Other warlike symptoms have shewn themselves within the same time. We understand that an additional troop of Royal fierce Artillery will be raised immediately ; and yesterday circular letters were issuld fr , m Lord Hos/dive's office, for the Lieutenants of the several Counties. supposed to contain ins:rutlit ns for defence in case of invasion. Yesterday we received Path papers of the 28th but they are totally silent upon the present state of affairs between the two Countries, nor do thergive the price of the funds. Letters received by the Lisbon Mails, which ar rived on Wednesday, state, that an alarm was ex cited throughout that country, in consequence of his Majesty's Message relative to the differences sub sisting with Frnnce. The instant the Message was made public at Lisbon, great consternation prevail ed. The credit of the State felt an immediate and violent shock. The Government paper, which maintained itself without any diffictr!ty at three and a half per cent. fell instantly to ten discount. It was not until the 11th March, that General L,“NES landed at Lisbon. He arrived on board a frigate from Rochefort. The accounts formerly received of changes in the Portuguese Ministry, in consequence of his return, were premature; but some changes will certainly take place. Don Joust D'AEMEIDA iS to exchange the War Department and that of Foreign Affairs,which he held,for the Marine and ultra Marine Department. He is to be suc ceeded by the I .l,count of ANATRIA, who presided over the latter branch of the public service. M s s t t v, who had the superintendance of the Customs and Police, and who, while Gen. LASNES was last at Lisbon, took an aaive part in bringing hi , : illicit proceedings to light, is to withdraw from that station to one of inferior importance. It is highly probable that this last change was the consequence of requi.ition on the part of the French Ambassa dor. N•J Staff-Officers, in the Militia Service, can in future, by the last Aa of Parliament, hold another commission in any Militia Regiment, , rviih pay. This regilation in some cases will br a great - hardship, particularly to those Quarter-Masters, and Assistant- Surgeons, who now join their regiments again. The Secretary at War has issued orders, that in future the Adjutant's pay Shall be altered, and he re ceive eight shillings per day—and the Aet flips the Surgeon, by allowing him ten shillings a t.da General Hrsav FLETCHER, of Salton, lately de ceased, was Colonel of the 35th regiment, and it is perhaps an unprecedented fa., that this regiment has had only two Colonels for eighty-six years. Ge. nerol 01 WA Y had the command from July 1717 to August 1764, a period of 47 years ; and General FLETCHER from that time to March 1803, a pc riod of 39 years. It is further remarkable, that the 33th is the only corps in the service which since its establishment, in 1701, has had only four Colonels. The 67th has lately had three in the space of a fort night. COVENTRY ELEcTios.—.on Wednesday the poll finally closed, when the numbers were--, Foe Mr. Moo RS 1294 MT. STRATTON 1146 Upon which Mr. MOORE was declared duly elect - tea. The proffered bidding for four Lotteries, of thirty thousand tickets each, is to take place on or about the 11th of April. Lists are now forming in the city. We understand, that the two legal Commissioners under the Navy Abuse bill, have resigned their ap. deur