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this, many confidential eateninnieations IWIT4 oe ceesanly to be made to the Kin;Fs Proctor. a V.:••- lence which it would he highly prejudicial and i.n proper to he extended to w varicly of perNto,•. —Bestde this, he thought it e%treniely fur interest of the navy itself, that the office in question should not he divided atwongt.t Ttel'er.4l proctors, suld to allow aupturs to cioriloy their. own al4ent , , soak! on!y tend to ve.atiouzi ilelt!n, %Ili lu.tvcci to be the case in regard to privateers. It would h e therefore lowering tee character of the navy, to put it upon , the saute level with lois ateers. :ao instance heal been stated to induce the [louse to agree to any chaage. The statement of the emoluments of that office afforded au argument for its adoption, us the greater part of the amou consiatedisfactual expenses nut of pocket; and mato the multiplicity of bustneas, there was nothing to prevent that officer from em ploying 50 clerks, if necemary ; and it was fully in the power of an individual to superintend them all. If there could be any instance of abuse or neglect stated to have taken place, or likely to Joao, it was worthy of remark, that the King's Proctor held his siohoion only during pleasure, so that he might Le iastatitly removed. It' there were three or four Paw-tore, there would be certain times alum there would nut he sufficieut bileiness fur them ; so that it w o uld not Ire worth their e bile to iniluee them to f el% e up their private practice fur the emolument that would thence arise. It appeared from the act of 170 a, in the beginning of the reign of Que, n Anne, that an Motivation of this kind lied fonnerly been iittrodnced, but it was found prudent to re store the ancient practice. Upon all these grounds he should oppose such a resolution. Mr. 7iIi..KT.N spoke at considerable length and force iu fulmar of the measure, as lie felt great b.-artitii were likely to arise from it. He (limp ',roved highly of the King's Proctor briug placed in a situation totally independent of the captors aho employed him, from which many evils had actually arisen, as he could instance in the case of the' Muria, • schooner which captured an Auee ricon vessel, which was carried into Jamaica, and toljtid..ged a lawful prize. An appeal was iasti tutol in the Courts iu this country, which con tiimed from 17,1.1 to 1801 ; and althottsli lhs Kiiig's Proctor was rialto! far the captor, who St aa actually dead, he' never k,,ew of the eircunnsa nee, till the exeoutare were called upon to refund toe proi - ceds with costs mid damages; and be (Mr. Merlin) having bees (ammo:tell with the transac tiou, was called uteri to pay his proportion of these charge . ‘. ll)wr,ng the whole appeal, too, it ap peared that au unauthorised use had been made of the Captaiii's mune. This therefore afforded him a strong aent, why the officers in the navy should be alleo ...I to employ their own agents and pro-tors to conduct their prize causes; and he saw no reason for thinking they could lessen their character ta that of privateers by doing se. NVithout detracting at all from the Gentleman who at present tided that situation, he saw no evil likely to orsult from the motion being agreed to. Mr. STEVENS spoke against the motion, as he could not see any mode by which the business of navy officers could be conducted mere ably, skil fully, and expeditiously. then by His Majesty's oaeisooa the arastance of ethers heing ap pointed under the Crown. As to the case which the lion. tient. had the same circumstances and consequeaces must have arisen. although the Captain had been at liberty to employ his own private agent. There was naturally, indeed, amongst officers in the nary, as well as amongst other sorts of clients, a certain bias in favour of . their own cause. but that afforded no argument in favour of this dangerous iimovetion. Mr. Bastes° supported the resolution. He did DOI think that the public derived any better soro rity from the respectability and power of any of under the Crown, after the numerous instances which had occurred to the contrary. In proportion to that poster, it was the roc'.: incumbent upon the public to look with a jealous eye to the conduct of those officers. Was it to he argued, that this mea sure would be an lanai ethos' upon the prerogative of the I.7rown, merely because the Parliament were exereishig their privilege of ,giSeig advice to His Majesty ? At all events, he thought there could be no infringement of the Royul Prerogative by the appoisitinent of other King'? Proctors to attend the more effectually to Ilia Nlajesty'a interests. It had been argued, that the Hon. Ilaronet might have made a representation to the Admiralty ; now he knew that various complaints had actually been made to that Board, an.! that very improper means vent used to stifle them, so that any other applica tion would have been attended with no beneficial affect. A petition had been put into his hands. to present to the Admiralty, and it so happened, that those Officers w:m hail sigaed it were threat. eared with vetagraince if ther did net immediately withdraw their names frn:n it. Most Undotibteillv ton there existed abuses is regard to privaterr, o it he thoaglit the Right I Jon. Gentleman opposite was going to propose rceifyie.: them, try ieppreat iag some agent, for them also mailer the I' 'roe n. Mr. FARqt:ltalt said. it had always appeared to him. that the ears were much benteited by tie me -nopely of the King's Proctor. NOtivitioar.n.liog the ir.utiplicity of business, there was scarcely any cause that was of t%%0 yeArS . ctritintlance. Mr. Joussros.s spoke in f.t.wir of tie Win tisu. lie thought it war Myr:to:Me b.r any sae pm-ma to inarai_o• such u mass siwess. was glad the sul;iiast hail come before the :louse. fir a•ussion, us the delay of justice warm .11:v4a:stint vievance to tl.ei neutral as well as or our ua a sailor( ts. lie I, ors. of maw ill istaiwer where Cails:th had continued for lips+ ;:rd• of Ilk or seven year., unil there %%as a tone alien no laws than 2uu appeals •toral ready for hew int:, the kat of which was In tUlt:i a situat .00, that it could Lt."! have been liromiti.; forward in less than a period of two years thereaftt r. I . :ee SJLIt trOlt-tiENEKA S•:nprolcil *rot awns. tu ;• ti arse s 4 ha 11,;1 1 ” I,•llt h . re,oll.lt le thou4lit experience alone have elate, cd naneaesary, as it could be p;on, tiatt any rill, ha I or were to ai i:c the 'ointment oh 0,:!y o:ie Proctor. ro,t4 /,;,!.1.4. the 4.: the tnivy were witistita tkit I,eco dewed t'sum t Cu" :4. of co-tlortiog xlisurd t tSe l'ro•Nu to I'R A* e• ■ I i.l ;; that %hill it v.;lc: :IVA CV. a a te. , ed by the Hauourai Adwiral that Cut- 1:11.)- lie service scald te pea<tirtalc benefited by it, nor would ally ...xl.4::l;tian in the ill:l...itch of causes take place • from tlw ilitmeabe of tile 'loather of Proctursisinee all the basiiiesi could be transacted by one King's I),ietor. The ea ,e refe.red t a by Learned Friend to silrte the tat itroier conduct of priv:.te aad did not at all re fer to the merits of the liing's l't,ctor, or the ne cessity of the clian 6 c Air. WiitTnnEA» V..a% ,tirtri , etl to it said, that an itieream . of Pt o.•tor. wattil.:: not cNitetlite the business of tl.t.tt Court. It out: ,tinottr.r catimbs el Id then have so much accumulated of late. Was it, therefore, not evitlent tlt;tt the busitiem was too weighty for the King's Proetur ? These abuses had before e...isted, and gave rise to ati ilinendnient in a cornier Act on this subject, by his Ilan. and gallant Friend, who, it might he justly said, was both useful and ()momenta, to the navy, by his rare and attention to their interests in this House. The system of monopoly bad been that recom mended by the Right Hon. Gentleman ; as well might lie argue fore similar monopoly in the Court of King's Bench, or any other. • lie thought the Hon. Gentleman, its his speech, had only endeavoured to hoax his lion. Friend by the eluci dation he had undertaken to make of his argu ments. The ;wry were great sufferers by the pre sent system, but were prevented by the rear or ex asperating the Admiralty from making any com plaint or appeal to the Crown against the existing evils. The CHANCELLOR of the Excneouea confessed he thought the Hon. Baronet had altogether failed is proving the necessity of the alteration. No ad vantege. had heel' proved to arise even to the cap tors, should the number of the Proctors be increas ed, excete: that it would give them an option whom they would emuln, . The principle upon which the statement had been founded of the necessity of this measure was altogether erroneous. It was one ex treenelv unjust to the public, namely, that the inte rmit* o f . the captors should alone be e consulted, and therefore that these causes should be dispatched as hastily as possible ; it was necessary for the public thet they should he proceeded in with the utmost caution. lie concluded with recommending that, at the moment reform and a decrease of expendi ture were most urgently called for, the representa tives of the people should not proceed to sanction a jib, and create a great and unnecessary expenditure to the prejoilice of the nation., Sir S. lionittx conceived that though there might exist some circumstances of peculiar delicacy iii the constitution of that Court, vet it must he better for the general service that there should exist to the captors at least a possibility of choosing from amongst three or four persons whom they would employ. This was of the utmost service in Courts of Law, and teuded to raise the legal character to that respectable eminence to which it had so Ilene &hilly to the country arrived at the present day. After a few observations train Mr. Waal), Mr. BASTARD. and the CHANCELLOR of the EICHE- WIER, is explanation, Mr. AVISDHAn contended, that the intermit of the public would most materially he promoted by increasing the number of Proctors, and hence also the progress of litigation, in a most important department of the public business, would be checked, which would be found of the utmost utility. The King would as effectually be, as had been said, Dominus Litis, should tbire be three Procors, as if there existed only one, and there could be no doubt the navy must be naturally served by the addition proposed. Hence he should rote for the proposition of the Honourable Baronet his friend. Sir CHARLES Pose replied in a very few words to the objections of his several opponents, and de clared that whatever should be the decision of the House, he should feel gratified in having thus dis charged his duty to the service and the country. The A ovociT.7.-tiessast and Mr. FARQUHAR explained. A division then took place, when there appeared, for themotiou, - Ayers, 16—Nses, as—Nahwity, 19. The re.oleition was therefore rejected. The AnvorsTE-GENsitax moved for leave to bring in a 1101 for extending the provisions of the act of the 47th of his . pretent Majesty, to autho rise the payment of prise-money, taken by foreign tranps in enojunction with those of Great Britain. Leire was given, and the Bill brought up sad read a tint time. l iii...._ fie it I ewi P 3 ui al pn lie ia •im CURATES' BILL. The Order of the DilV was then read for going into Committee on the Curates' Bill. In the Committee, the CIANCILLOR of the Ea t propo.ed certain amendments relative to t..' period of residence necessary to exempt the CI( (cum the operation of the Bill, which were opera to without further comment. SPCAINER proposed a elawe, " That any Diocesan or .trchlwhop reftning to act on a cots plaint, or determnting contrary to the opinioui of •'ne ni the I:arti , that they naigl.t appeal to Ilia ,Saity in (*nun, il:' NA us Scow apposes' the clause, as it out] be tias.s,..is quite wee' to His slajesty's tow roar grg rElt. Mr. HAIIIKIICS BROWNII,IIUid 11 . a li , ,i l .ol;ed the clause ; red Mr. Vl' V. N% ollm,ed it. Thu SPCA ktit fta',l., he should feel deep regret, if it wipi thought that he had • disrespect for the Archhisbni.; no mon had • higher opinion of them as clerics! Mehl. or of their private and tviltht• rharat•ters, utitl there were no men of ahoiLe t:dl•rits. he had a greater opinion—but His Ma;e,ty reins; the bead of the Church, he in Couocsl was the prol.cr tribunal to 'tripe:a to. Loyd llr,.aY Pk.ITV supported cite clause, na toe ground that no pvi'M.:A. let his statlon he ever so Ugh, ottlit to he left at his omn discretion, whrm! tL. re aa , a p0w..!.....` Mole of havlti;; a check oa hun. 'Ete SOLirITOR-( .CNUit It. opint-ti Ow dal alt.i;,.ther, and u:•-er.c:s. th it a ~.rthl I.t! lead 1. , •• 1.1.5.,0pz of the 4o:iduet of vie Ar, t.~~t:,. :.if. PM. CvAL s 1:d. hp 0!t41 b,:a mole or 4 1 ,,, at t! fr,m) the ll: :I , A loot 11. 13 ( ,; Uc :,r _4 tiizz a! .1. . . ')uu letAl would usent to au amenatrie3t, " Tiat ull uppea!, , &hook'. go to the knit. oho ty,der tit.: Great S.al, appoitit tit le4ates or vommi..sit;iters flow the Ll:slio l ts, try liken - merit..." The Srr.a..t.tr the atuendine:it, II::: I. ::111 , C tv.t.4 to. l'EltChis A brooglit in two new r•7Z/u.VS, whirh were ugr.:E.l to. Lord Pont ttlsrctt propo.ed a cluut-e to preveet a Cotate teem two Cures, which a a. gatit ed. Ili• Own proposed another elattse, thi , t uo B;bliop wurntot.. d to direct u .111:;her t•nhtry to a (:orate than WI. per Ulllllllll, wind' aa. 11:.1.) Ottnmittee rest., miti the neport wab ordur,d to be bri.u4ht up this day. Grand Jr. e Land Bill Wei rend a tiro time, and to lie read a ►ecumd time a:. Thursday next. The 4..foluinittee oil the Annuities Stock Lill was postponed to 'Thursday next. The Expiring Laws Bill was read a second time, and ordered to h. committed tomorrow. The Irish Sprits Duties Bill, was read a second time. and onlered to be committed to-morrow. The House resolved itself into a Committee, on the Fishery Bill, went through the several elanws. and the report ordered to he brought up to morrow. The Brazils Postae Bill was read a first and second time, uud or tTered to be committed to-mor row. The other Orders of the Day wzre then di.posed of, end the House udjourned ut HALF PAST TAu O'Clock. THY E.IRL OF FINGAL [From Mr. 51'I.earia's Pamphlet.' "io far indeed is my mind reuioved from discerning in the present proceedisgs aught of repr.kensible, that I should be indicted to deinaud the peoudret testimony of his country's gratitude to he bestowed urns the Noble. Earl who at this 'mutest, conducts them ; nut because be is the head: or negotiator on behalf of the Catholic holly, (altium4h these are proud direinctions) but as the peacemaker of the empire. A day will arrive when the value will be appre ciated of the duties to which this loyal and patriotic Noble- man sacrifices his ease, and which render him, at this import ant hour, one of the must intemting publb claar , eters of the age, a shield bateau the state mid the consequence of its ewe imprudence. " Let the Earle( Pineal proceed with that calm geed sense which nature has liberally bestowed upon him, earthy which he is so admirably qualified for the critical position it has fate to his lot to occupy; let him proceed to mediate be tween the parties, now indeed tendiug, under his judicious management, to sa oblivion of differences. Let him cos tiara to avert every sullen rt solve, to calm the justly-is ceased and indignant feelings of the body tow hick he be luags, and to reconcile the dusincliued °revel, other. It is pleasing to escrcise • privilege, which glandes cannot in vade, and which accrues from the vigilant anxiety to sup press the ;mai advantages of high situation; the merits of a Roman Catholic Nobleman, in the depression o: b, 'auk, sad of his cause, may receive the justice of disinterested pa negyric It is under the discoentensoce of the pit sent time, that thus noble person has the virtae to support the '1 hrone, and the empire; not indeed by yielding to any temporary impulse; but by the discernuieut 'thigh points out the post and ditties of useful SCn ice, sod the firmness which adheres to them. Reflecting men, even those who blame Without sufficient information, sham they shall bare take■ the pains to be sit right, will not ►esitate to 111010ffiller, that by keeping open sad facilitating the intercourse of the Catholics with Parliament, Load Pimp' entitles himself to the appellatiue of one of the find and best benefactors of his country. Every man in trtlaiol, wife troches his sun to read, feels at this day that there an obstacles to that sou in every profession which can attract him; he feels taw that the instances of promotion ere not rare among his more favoured countrymen ; I should not much congratulate the country en the course his sentiments might take; if he did not see that Parliament was occupied with hie situation, and that some of our mast distinguished characters wens led by conviction to adopt and patronise it.". INVASION OF SWEDEN. There are two modes or avenues by which this Russians, now masters of Finland, 'Day penetrate into Sweden. The first is from Abo, moss the Gulf of Bothnia, through the Isla of Abtael, to the mouth of the Meter Jake or river, on which Stock holm is built The distance across, from shore to shore, is not above a hundred and forty miles ; but as the English Beet may appear there, it is doubtful whether a Russian flotilla v. ill venture on so hazardous an inperimetit, be eine winter. The Gulf of Bothnia may theit be crossed on the ice. The other entrance into Sweden is much more cir cuitous, by remounting afoot the Eastern shore of the Gulf of Bothnia. to Torn ain I.apLert,l, at its head, and then deseettiliwx on the ‘Vester.i side, through the kense and Uinta I.a;iland, into the Northern pruritic., of For such a march the saintlier v. ould 1w preferable to a inter. It never has been attempted hitherto in any age, or by any people ; but it it by no means impractica ble; though the natural imprdimenu are very great and numerous, particularly in the article of pro- visions. The march from Also to I . psul or to Stockholm, round the head of the t lulpli of flu itia, would demand at least 6r..t. mouth- - Pummer. tortrei , •es t,or CVCII Ln There dre 4. llCltl). t•OlS , to obiteurt the advance of an army ; torrent. in Lapland would, eApecially it to,:r were defetid,d. imrlose prodigious rlitfiettities. ter the Great reoratedly and plain/ere! the He of Aland, and he e% en laaded at Gefle in Geotricia, II too o abont oioety .turtle of St.,' k holm, which he burnt in 171 p. The whole Lw-t -ern coast or Sssedeo, from Calmar to Celle, ha, little or no artirivi.ll defenk U 3 1:it.,1.11 - 2 enemy. t 4 lintild the Ittm.;.in, he able to ioeu•:•.• Sweden, at nine, both by 'cornea, and LICIOIS the Golf of Botiolia. th«, country must arparratly soLjectetl. .Ind if not imitierFatuly, yet br!'ure Jaauary tsxt, such Nil erent i. pos:seiions, yet the- reigtiiiig Motiart C:awlahar give,l the I:tigl.,h beriUUS lI}C fur •dlartti. Ile it ut wet .•f n eotp..try rud as the ki.v of Illdw=ta ,, , ea tit:! s;tle 01 . t. dirou ! .;l; the timitimilotis of Ca:id:dile, that TaineT!aiiie, d:l4 penetrated mu) Z. :uoti Shall W:11 11 1 X:I t 111161'SS 11.11! s::id to eoterta . ;:i s-rret tit• DCHII.U11:1 re-e ti4Y111.1:1 - 4il Of. tilt, +rsion, the L empire. Uit exurtccl thctusel to Ist; uu eiwttlies Zeinaa SI. ; 11 , 1 1 :it 11,c SL:11/ %Ai F.;:lbaszy ;:eat Britala c titao that Tv), tu C.0)111, a:1 1 1041 sl !•, to ~„d ; it is i.ot that this negociatioa gave any reas“ti ror alarm Zeman Shah. The present Mate of lea%, very little room to hope fur so important a (lir, r. slot'. That empire, whose immense c \ tent elf bra.ses at once three different climates, ia govsra,tt by several usurpers, who, viewite4 each other with a jealous eye, cannot send their forces to any din. tunce. They ure incapable of forming any con nection, either commercial or political. The well aware of this, aecarsl to direct their hopes towards Russia. It was surmised at Loa don, that the same Russians who had trowelled from the ..hotei of the Don uutl Vclga to the plain. of Lombardy, and the mountains of Switzerland, might, with leas difficulty, reach tlitt foot of the Indian Caw:asus. The Wallachia:is and Croats, since their departure front the batiks of the Snare awl Draave, had, during the war, traversed a space of 1,:000 miles. A Russian army embarking at Astracan or Kilian on the Tevek, lauding ou the opposite shoie of the Caspian acs, awl afterwards proceeding by the extremity of the Golf of Ba:Laa. kni, would have gone only 300 miles when it ar rived at Shabat. Tim distance from tilial-at to Ball• is 400 miles, and 250 from Lull to Cabal, 'Lyman Shuts capital 0 . The King of Caudahar must have fallen in •e tincquirl a contest; but all there tropes wo!!',I have been converted into apprehe:lsions, since tee rupture Letween Russia and England. A Pllll4l', who, at the close of the Hth century. in the heme uud genereus spirit of Olivalry, eutel..2d into th_ war from Kure magnmiimity of ili.tposition. would Lot: lung be niade the to:A of 1 ewers who ouly feu. ht 0.1 speculation. The English hake point, ..!(I out to Russia the route she must take to attack them. Nevertheless, it is not prob.tble that sae will attempt any thin.; o:i the side of Indnitan— her confederacy with Zexusu Shah and the Svicki, would furnish the means of ruining the Briti.ht settlements in India; but her commerce is still too limited, her situation is not extremely favourable for maritime communication. nor could her mer- chants keep pace with her soldiery. It is only is case the Cabinet of Petersburg should think of re suming its ancient designs molest Cie masters 61 the Bosphorus, that it could dispatch its armies to wards the Thermnpyhe of Indostan. The power of the Sovereign of Candahar is in creasing so as to become more and mere formidable to Great Britain. The troubles which long agitat ed his empire hare now subsided. The brother of the reig;iiing Prince, who aspired to the Crown, has been put to flight. and the fiction which seconded his pretensions is annihilated. If he is not secure erainst the incursions of the A...iatie Tartars, be has however nothing to fear fain the divided Persian stated, and in consequence of his late alliance with the Sticks, the litatijepoot . s of Agimere form the only barrier itAliiiist his intruding the Nabobship of Oude and Bengal. Englis%. it is true, era How so revel ul, us to be under ne apprelien-: , 73 entice ming airy attencet I e may make, it unzi, l .• h'y ar:y European porver. They will not till to re%.ve the forincr ho,tilitv of the• SC;c1;:;, to oppose ilex allies to their eii..ln:7. Pe at al,. period when 1/u3l:' coilibiiiatinas, and c,!m , ”21...1 tw , Tu wit - . 0116, uzlic:r 4:ter. Ott, 27 r •11 CO. bikntly form a tetiar,t 4.011).; power; but a% yet then: is no t !ii between Cie tica r I amnia t hau vietwy, *AA the cu:lv.t.t . :oa et the:: 0% .1 ,t i c t he: c .n:i:,e:stai in or I ,:f to r,z.tio leer r Dirt , I .lv.td lest •- which p7cre ' ts•ell f fa sti r 111'.4 •et.: I) i,r v. al ~ ail ti'O•:: ute brr t.. 4101 ri 11 , rupe r.:24 t • 1 -, lr Cr :,11101 , e ti pests, t! ti cut dcs , :flUt •1 I:s lute i'u::u....._.. i i~ur, t.' 1/1. U•'.tLt gLntr 11 it Lc 01 .1 -hi m al 01. v., iN 1 t! P.Vd5/O.V OF 1.1D1.4. (FROM • PARIS PAPER.) Tse which water 4 the dotailll'.otlf t• %al 41141iRr, reminds vien4eforitted tray..th.r• tilt: "1. the wont r marl.a lie eveliti of uoti,loit, Eat:l. the inva%lori of India Alex,oider, a dii tf,e eoloniaii naval e‘iwrlition undo. t! Nearchi!i. King l'or?., ;1:11., r..lear•.l ie CA, Can:Lieu. The \ince.t•eihitt ht-1.1 roil, we of 1114 vit.t.,ry, nui 9,l6hed Pr;ll , e part of tile I h, l 1:i/int l .:Ill.. Of ::1.13 111,:111.1 !I A 114:1 A:tilong!a LIO:IlitlatIlLio are A•!: vi • s 'pest T 7 Nivt Fa ou