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JUPLItIeIL HOUSE OF I.. , )RM—Mot.pAr, Arm 20. The Hemse proceeded to the hearing of the Ap peal 041164, the Earl Galloway r. MtHutclainson. bir Ad'am end the Hon. Mr Erskine were heard in behalf of the Appellants. Fu:ther consideratioa was fize4 for'td-morrow The Loan Interest Bill was read a second time, and the Conintittce appointed for Thursday next. Lord AUCKLAND signified his intention of math t the principle of the Bill in that stage of its , p-oesesc Isiah Loan B:11 went through a Committee, lull was azreed t, wiß•out amendments. suoTttli JUDICATURE HILL. Lord AUCKLAND suggested to the House, wheLher it was really fair in the Noble Lords oppo site, to engraft upon a Bill. which had under rsn- the most mime consideration, both in the House and in the country, a new Bill, extremely vary ng, and altogether different in its principle ? If the Noble Lords disapproved of the measure, would it nit he more consistert with their duties to tejea it at once, mr..l !, en to come before the Le gishattne w th their own proposition, having given that proper Parliamentary noi;ce which the usage of the House had heretofore sanctioned, and w:lich was peculiarly inrumly2nt on the proposal of such an important mea ure, affecting as it did so great and respeflable a part of the Empire. But if it was the intention of the Muse to yn into a Committee, be was anxious to know from the Noble and Learn ed Lind (Eldon) in what way the necessary ques tions should be put to the Scotch Judges ? and whe ther they were to be examined tilon oath or not Tt.e LORD CHANCELLOR thought the No ble Barnr fully competent to decide, both on the manor and the matter of examining the Scotch Judges. With respeet to the inconsistency and want of fairness attributed to those who supported the proposed Amendments, he should only for him self say, that he never pledged himself to any fur ths r sue port, than a bate admission, that some al. terata at was necessary in the manner of administer. ing C.vil Justice in Scotland. Whether the piesent Bill was rejefled or not, he was not prepared to sty what line of conduel he would pursue; whe ther, in the first case, he would propose any new Measure; but he would certainly, if the House ei went into a Committee, foliow up his own opinion, by proposing and supporting such Amendments, as to hi•ti appeared wired and advantageous. Lord GRENVILI.E would not desert his duty and opinions, although other Noble Lords were C ireless in the performance of the one, and the re colleaion of the other. W:.atever might be the fate of the Bill which he had the honour to propose, he wool,: continue to support its print iple and provi sions ; and he trusted, for the credit of the House, that it would not suffer a :mantle to drop, to which, scarce a mouth ago, it gave the most unanimous support. Load HAW KESBU RN" dehied that the propo: , al (or dividing the Curt of S-ssion into two Cham bers, instead of thrte, As otigiaAlly proposed, was any violation of the priAciple of the Bill, and therefore was a just and correCt objeCt for amend ment. Lords KINNAIRD, LAUDERDALE and HOLLAND, contended that the Amendment, as proposrd by the N sole Baron (Hawkesbury), was a complete alteration of the pi inciple of the Bill, ,tviiti:ll, after such uncommon industry, their Noble 'need had subnsitted to the consideration of their Lordships. Toe LORD CHANCELLOR gave notice, that Ise would, oa 'lbws:Jay next, ask for leave to brine in a Lk ll for the better regulation of the Court Se•suso in Scotland, fetioded nn the same prin acsandament of elle Noble 64100 (Noakes buil) s tad diliared his intention of Itinvng to postpone the thither committal three weeks. After Borne observations from Lord A UCK LAND, the House resolved itseif into a Cotrinsil tee, peeforere, When the House resulted, Lord NI EIVIL LE gave notice tlf his 'mention of moving, on •I'inirsday next, for the discharge of the order which rendered the attendance of the Scotch Judges necessary. The Earl of LAUDERDALE expressed t.is de termination to oppose that motion, upon the plain ground, that if the House thought their attendance necessary, on the decision of a Bill so generally cir culated and known, it was, a fortiori, necessal y upon a Bill totally new in its principle, and with which the House and country was onacquainted. Adjourned until to.morrow. HOUSE OF COMMON!. The Hon. Dennis Browne, and Mr. Sturges Bourne, took the oaths anJ their seats Mr. Wedderburn presented a Paition from the Master Calico Printers of Perth, against the Calico Printers' Bill.—Ordered to lie upon the Table, until the second reading of sa , d Bill. On the motion for the third reading of the East London Water Works Bill, a clause was proposed by Mr. MANNING, to resttain the Company within certain limits ; on which a division took place, when there appeared—Against the clause, 75—For it, 26—hiakirity against it. 49. While strangers were excluded, another division took place, but upon what point we did not learn. The Bill was read a third time, and passed. MUTINY AT VELLUM Mr. HOWORTH, in a tone of voice not very audible to the gallery, said, he thought it his duty to call the attention of the House to the late dread ful mutiny at Vellore i a mntiny, which he had every reason to think, had been occasioned by an ill-timed military measure, tending to violate some of the customs of the natives. lie wished to put a question to a Right Hon. Gentleman opposite, as President of the Board of Controul, and, according to the answer he shoald receive, he should, perhaps, think it his ditty to found a motion upon this sub js.& He wished to know whether, in consequence of the accounts received from Madras, any steps had been taken, either to remove those persons who have been so obnoxious to the natives, or to attempt to conciliate these who were so much irritated _ _ Mr. DUNDAS, as President of the Board of Controul, answered, that he could *RAMC the Hon. Gentleman, that the subjeel to which he alluded had been matter of serious consiJeration with the Board of Controul.. Previous to the appointment of the present Board, the Court of Direaurs did make a Resolution, as to the charges that were to take plcce in the Madras Establishment. With regard to the causes of that unfortunate mutiny, he could only ►ay, that during the very few days since the present Board have been appointed, it was impossible that they could have made up their minds, or that they could ascertain that any diesatisfadtion did aQually still exist. The Board having been so employed, no delay would take place in adopting whatever steps might be judged uecessary. Mr. CORRY said, that as the question was one which deserved the most serious cen,ideration, he should thick it would he advisable to delay adopt ing any measures, till the an ival of an Officer, wl.om he knew to be upon his passage from India to this country. The Officer he alluded to was Sir John Craddock, who, from his situation at Ma. dras, had bad an opportunity of investigating the whole affair--and who, therefore, would be able to state the particulars with more accuracy than could be done in any written dispatches. On the motion of Lord CASTLEREAGH, Sir Fi: agerald Hdl was ordered to attend in hi. place on Monday se'nnight. Mr. Widtbread presented a petition from a Mr. Waterhouse Crimhle Lindsay, who had been Capr, of a Yeomanry Corps, in the county of Tyrone, in Ireland, praying for some rclief, on account of very severe losses he and his family had: sustained, during the rebellion in that country, while using his best exertions iu support of the King and Consti tution. Mr.STEWART and Mr. WICK II A Al, bore tes timony to the veracity of the assertions is tis• Peti tion ; and it was accordingly ordered to be laiJ upon the Table. • Lord HENRY PETTY postponed the second reading of the National Debt Redemption Bill, till this day se'nnighr, on ac aunt of the Loan Interest Bill, with which it had some conneftion, still de pending in the House of Lords. GLEBE lIULISES, IN IRELAND. Mr. WICKHA NI rose, in pursuance of a notice he had given, and made a speech of considerable length, explanatory of the ►tale of the Protestant Church, in Ireland. It had been long a matter of great complaint and grievance, that the Protestant Clergy had bees so iU provided for, while their duties had been greatly increased, by the union of many parishes into one. He concluded with m9v ing—" That a &lea Committee be appointed, to take into consideration the sevetal Aels of Parlia ment relating to the budding, re-building, and keeping in repair Glebe Houses, in Ireland, and purchasing Glebe Lands ; inquiring into the returns made of the Churches, and the Reports ai to the union of Patishes made in 1803 and Itfuti, tespec t:vely ; to examine said Papers, and to ascertain how far the said Aas have been effeetive or inade rrtate, and to report their opinion thereon to the House." Dr DUIGENAN said, that most of the unions complained of had taken place under the patron , age a the Crown, particul ar ly i n t h e count y o f Kerry. Ile admitted, however, that many griev ances had thence arisen, and therefore it was a fi t subjed for inquiry. e believed that a more op pressed set or men did not exist any where than the Parochial Clergy iti Ireland. They did not elj one-fifth of what they were entitled te.the great ma jority of them n ot h av i ng 2 0 0 1. a-year. He there fore seconded the motion. Sir JOIN NEWPORT said. that many erro nelus ealcu!atious had gone forth as to the aSu2l number of inbabitants in Ireland. The number, as laid down by Mr. thhhe, in the Irish Philosophical Transactions, amounted to upwards of• four mil- lions. Although the 1.1r.:s lieutenant of Ireland had the power of dibunitin A parishes, he had ant • foifiti initanee in .0101 tkl'y had done lid: The state of the Pretettart Church of Ireland dies require the attention of the and he Was sure they could not bestow their labourt better than in discussing such an inqui: y. The CHANCELLOR of &e FkellEQilE.ll said, he should certainly finward the ohjrft set the motion lie believed the mom. y dirt dto be ap plied for the benefit of the Chinch, by the Ads in IrArz, had never been properly applied. Many of the unions had been direded by the Privy Council, on account of some of the parishes not bring ade qu tte to the maintenance of a clergyman. The proposed inquiry, therefore, appeared to be one of the must us ful ads the House could ergage in. One obj-d en this side of the water had been so be. cure the residence of the Clergy but such an ob jed coal not be aimed at ia et land, till such time as they had parson s ge houses to teside in. Mr. MAL:RICE ZG ERA I. 1) stat , d, that, to his knowledge, cane of the l.iviegs is the South of Ireland amounted to 10001., to 15001., and some even tol 30001. a-year; and also, that, in some instances, where a consolidation of Livirgs and Parishes had taken place, an attention to the religious ditties of the people had been reversed ; for no place of religious worship was provided, within the reach of the inhabitants ; nor could such parishioners obtain baptism for their children, or the other rites of the Church ; and the consequence was, that the Protestant inhabitants, in such places, had disappeared. He hoped, therefore, that a said investigation would be set on foot, with a view of correcting such abuses. Mr. PARNELL thought, that the House ought to he put in possession of circumstances so material as those hinted at by the Hon. Gentleman. The popuiation of Ireland, as computed by Mr. Bushe, amounted in the year 17c18. to 4.800,000 inhabitants ; the population of England and Wales, as she Crates was Laken in 1801, was 9,200,000; from this it ap peared, that the calculations of the Honourable and Learned Gentleman, (Dr. Duigerian), were Lirtatd upon mistaken data. air. WICKHAM spoke in explanation ; after wli:ch the Resolution, as moved by him. was put and carried ; and a seled Committee of Inquiry was appointed accordingly. A6SF.SSMENTs OF DUNI{ GRAND JURT!..S. Mr. MAURICE FII'ZGERALD staved the amount of Assessments imposed by the Grand Juries of Ireland, for the repairing of roads and bridges, to be of a magnitude beyond expeelation. By the returns on the Table. the annual sum was stated as exceeding half a million, exclusive of the heavy levies imposed for turnpike s , and the mainte nance of ...orrmuAeations between the high-roads, in addition to considerable sums for opening and repairing cross-roads, which sums it was to . be expelled would increase. T o ' Thus a sum equal to ne titth of the whole revenue of the country was raised in Ireland for the sole purpose of making and repairing roads. Such a revenue ought to be con dulled with the most economical mana,„Tement. The objet of his intended motion was, therefore, to regulate the Assessment of the Grand Juries ; and in order to this. he should propose that rents under six. pounds a-year should be exempted from Grand Jury Assessments, and that this tax should be levied on the true principle, that those on whom it was ins. posed should leave a sensible interest in the tax to be levied, and that the Grand Jurymen who imposed this tax, should themselves feel somewhat of Fhe burden. He meant also to propose some regula tions respelling Presentations by Grand Juries in Ireland, and a more rigid mode of calling persons to account for the sums raised. and the disburs.iment of them. He proposed, with the leave of the House, to bring in a Bill to remedy these evils, and that such Bill should lie over until next Session, to give time for its examination by the Grand Juries of Ire land ; at the tame time, he did not mean to trench upon the ancient powers of these Grand Juries, but only to subjeCt the exercise of their power to strict regulations. It was necessary, at the present junc ture, to attend to the state of the people of Ireland ; at a moment when every man who supported the Union had his views completely blasted, and when the recent Administration was founded on an in terdict to meet the wishes of that country, and had accepted (Ace on conditiou of intercepting the com munication of political privileges to a large class r.f that community ; and when it had even become mat. to of consideration, whether it was any thing betty r than a mere nominal union which had taken place ; it became especially necessary t , r consider what sub ordinate measures could he undertaken for the benefit of Ireland. He concluded with moving for leave to bring in a Bill to after and amend the laws relating to the levying of money by Grand Juries in Ireland. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHF.QUF.R sa;cl, he by nu means ohjea-d to the introduction of this measure, nor should he oppose it in its pro gress through the [louse, any more than he w.).:id °hyena the progrem el ma►y swenwrm calculated for the real benefit and happiness of that country; he rose merely for the purpose of rebutting the ill founded charge of the Hon. Gentleman, with re speCt to the supposed principles of those with whom hr now ailed in !Es Majesty's Administration. He assured that Hon. Gentleman, that there was no thought more foreign from his heart, than that of in tercepting tl.e wishes of that kingdom from ap proaching the ear of His Majesty or of that House ; nor was any duty mote present to his mind than that of promoting the interests. tranquillity, and prospe-ity, tit that part of the United Kingdom.— Such, he would most distinaly state, should be the objet of any counsel he might be called upon to give respetliag Ireland. He must, at the same time, enter his protest against the idea of the Hon. Gentleman, that it was doubtful whgaher the Union betwixt Great Britain and Ireland was produftive of any advantage. or was any other than nominal.— Such a suggestion, if not noticed, might lead per sons to suppose, that a doubt was even entertained in Parliament, whether that great national Measure should be rescinded ; but considering. as he did, that the interests of the nation at large were em braced in it, so as that it would be produaive of the greatest mischief, if Parliament should suffer this corrratt t be agitated ; he could not therefore suffer such sit idea as this to be thrown not in silence, believing as he did. that neither thst House nee the Empire at bur. ircold indulge for a rao• meat such a serious thought. C 14.;ebeialltr.: 101 et tej li u d the c M. OA ;24 wisted , that Right Hon entleman had been such as not en s courage such an exoression as t h at made use of , his Hun. Fiend (Mr. ri:zger.:lJ) were set afLiat to the pletudters of a large body of our fellow In Ireland, was it suspristrig, if the re. ling. of Gentlemen, beli , ngin 4 to that non of the Empire. should be amused to the use ors:tits- 1 expre.s'iols ? Mr XV I I.BERFORCE said, he willirA• az i nvt i to tte tooiiisn ; at the same time, h. could not help. thinling, that it gentle:nen of Ireland would e..deavour to enlighten ihe lower orders of the pa... pie there, with welts' knowledge, and nt Out limo the real welfare of that people nii 7 h t be beer. 'promoted, instead of truchi^; upon high principles of polity. on whiiili differen es of w 044 leer exist. and which did not materially affeel th e : L i welfare ; in such a case, he could assume tech gen. tlemen, that they would he willingly heard, and at. tended to, by memb:is oi this part of the United Kingdom. He recolleeled. upon a former memo. rable occasicn, ars , r the rebellion in Ireland, ri leading man, veh.,iusteied that rebellion, beine terrogated, wherher he thought the meaniee ti• tholic Emancipation ‘.-out' tsancinillise the peep. of that persuasion answered, that witis tere, ? that h view, it was of no more value than t..t. !*s pen. If Irish Gentlemen, and Memhers oi liarnent, would study aftd point out n•!..ivi!, calculated to promote the internal comti•:t prosperity of Ireland, they would do far more real service to their country, than by recriminating up on those who could not hazard the strong ME4.llrts they might wish. Whatever difference of cpi a ie s , there might be at to higher que.!rons of policy, ..!;, he trusted, would concur in endeavetring to rc.-. mote the teformation of the ahu:--• is that colinit) ; and with this view, lict wishe.l it t ) he contid.ire.i. whether it im;ght no: be jx)s!•'ile fur Cie volunta:,- exertiiios of the gieat landholders tliemselves, to corn 1 eiese ? Mr. Pi El it AID, in explanation, stated t - ,; motives and t xpe&vior, in votirg for the Eli, nritioo vas thm pr. and ea:tied, aad kale was giv,-ri to by Lig in a fYll stevarriir :: ly. the. motaas of Mr. WICK ILI NI, the ses,i papers relative t•• the Glebe Lanus, in Ireland, we:.: or.lered to be printed. The Income Allowance Bill. the Traders' Asset / Bill, and the Oak Baik Bill, were severally read a third time and passed. The Report of the Committee on the Port B:II, WAS brought up ; when the ttcycert was ordered to be committed. The Parish Apprentice Bill went through a Coro. mittee. The other Orders of the Day were deferred.— Adj,Jurneti. FORAIGN INTELLIGENCE. lIUSUM MAIL - vitinu. APRIL I. The English fleet, it is anckistood, has not made its appearance a second time before Constantinople; but, without attempting any further hostilities, re turned on the sth of March, through the Dada nelles, is its former station in the ArchipelAgo.— (11asse6. Cerro Afprills.) 24RA IN DALMATIA, MARCR 7. General llbrmont,- who is still here, has given orders that new roads shall be made immediately from Dalmatia to the neighbouring parts of Bosnia: they are to be rinithed within -‘2O days. The whole work is carried on under the direetion of French en gineers. Tr.e general Proreditor of Dalmatia has re• quired that all the inhabitants of the countries through which the roads are to pass bhall contribute their la. bour. The Bosniaks,sho are most of them Mahomk - tans, have all taken up arms, and occupied the fror.- tiers in great force against the Scrvians, firmly re. solved to defend themselves to the last man, should the Rauians, in conjunEtion with the Servian gents, attempt to make an incursion into their coul.- try.—(Hess6. C pond. April 15.) 1 Declaration of the English Ambassador, Mr. Arbuthnot, in the conference at Constantinople, Ft b. 25 : The Sublime Porte, which has rent ceased to manifest par tiality for the French, hu more particularly, since the amid of the French Ambassador, General Selasetimii, in this capital, changed its principles and system towards its own allies. The said Ambassador, some days after his arrival, having gin" in a Nute containing certaie threats, the Sublime Porte ought to Lan returned the Note, and sent away the author ; the Sublime Porte, on the contrary. received the Note famorakly and signified to Russia, that her ships of war wad/ net be suffsred to pass the canal of the Black Sea. Os the OCCASiqj of the ernablishmant of the Hospedars d Moldavia cud Wallachia, which wok place iu cossessetism el preceding circumstances, the Porte ought insmodiamly to lute contented ; brit the delay of that consent, which was net gives till three weeks afterwards, when the Russian Ambassador had formally demanded it, al, a proof of the overbearing Wham , ' which the French emit had acquired. The Kukla m t English Coins thercfrire agreed, that the former should st,l lead forces into the Turkish Territory, and the latter a Met to the Capital of the Ottoman Empire. Should the Parte Pia• c:ed to renew its alliance with Rutile wad Inglend 01 the ancient frosting, and dismiss the said French Arnbarsdor from the Capital, the war will immediately eeaae t but It this be set done, a breach of the friendship with Enearld will be ma vo.dabile. To carry this On into execution, England wlfl lend a well appointed Wort, besides tha squadron now stationed a lb' Wand of Teeledos. The Russian fleet will jets it a the ease seas, in owlet to pate together tl•e wait of the Dasdamelleo Should the Lurie be diclined to give a negative easy , . W Ike present pmt ..l, the Ambassador will send hack le the iinantry oil the English merchant's in the Otinalli sago, a" remain himself here to renew the WWI propoials and cats into weaketrices on the subject s - when the said combined Id' atone fovea s►all have hewed a junction in the vicinity of Ibis capital - 111 03 the P' vateer. dares on b c arried her i rived here o il of vess Cork on the ,!et, except 16,:hxgn, wh Demerara, th! 20th, t korio. free Gros resseis undi rrA on a... Are rn ,n 1 R. ; • t.te.24.1 I of yes' :mouth n • again I'm ibtnoutli P.:et procee convoy. THE A serioui wiLb owl Cipostitio, lately oppo into the C Mr. CA Viscount Lis Lortish We ho in Sicily, c thd kliaws : ' The. F F?gitnent, ;:ards, in 61sr. 6! stJr Brit of the 2711 con 3 in tl farce at NI bond. Te Syracuse ti in ;:igh he ciphne pre We hav inst. being from whic COII.IIIIS Tim Km tuns the c Itive to t accounts 2 The Ge consequen seas only to 90,000 The bat the aftern night of tl says the C amounted 2,000 wei Our loss wounded. or wound but most rejoined t Bspotail We as Papoose/Text oEticial pa I ewes at • „1 h , • •„ .1 , .g1; Amb 77ed hi; - Iletenc • ••1 .trfs4•l t! 1 Ivan 1 ¶. most i..-. the Sc ;uc en t rage c ntianed cook g..ZiatIOU bide tree