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Sigroace. at Isis Circulating Library, and the Post-Offiee, Tkintridge Wells ; and may Lc had of Ristagicans, St. Paul's Churehayanl, London. •.• opsmed f,w the Si asnit at Sprange's Library, for the Ac••si.imodation of the Company, A core t Register of all the Lodging Houma its Tunbridge Wells ; pointing out at one view, a list of them, their situaii ~,, , with the number of Rooms contained in each, Stabling, &c. ; so that Families on their arrival, may, without fatigue and em barrassment of walking overtlie place in search of Lodgings, be a reierenee to the Register, st once informs themselves, which House are then mike, and tlw particulars of them. IMPERIAL PARLIAMEAT. NOUSE OF LORDS. Wtr)sr.srwe, MAY 25. The House met at two o'clock, and, having gone through the Bills on the Table, proceeded to St. James's with their Address, which was most graci ously received. In stating, yesterday, the division on the Clause in the Militia - Families Bill, to prevent lirivates in the Militia, while embodied and in quarters, from mar rying, %%idiom the consent of their Commanding Officer, the numbers of the division woe Madsen ently misplaced ; it should, have stood, For the Clause (that it should stand part of the Bill) Contents Not Contents - Majority for the Clause-7 Adjourned to four o'clock. At toot the House resumed, when prayers were again r..:1 The LorlCli:mcellor reported his Majesty's most gracious answer to the Address voted by the House last Monday, which was read at the table. The various Bills on the table, all of which had passed a stutze each, previous to the Cause proceed ang to St. Stones's with their Address, were read a second stage. The Earl of SUFFOLK (not perhaps perceiving , that Mr. Cowper was sweating witnesses at the bar) rose, and prefaced a motion, which he meant to make reipesling the Caledonian Canal across the I lighlands to the Sea of the He'Jrides, with various remarks on the great emigrations which had lately taken place in the Northern parts of 6%)d:ult.], and which were sail going on. He stated, as fut. us we understand him, that no less than ityion had rot:grated ass a few months, and said, he 1m hat to wove that the report, which had been made to t he I Cornmous, should la. laid before that Eagle. The T .611 D CHANCF.I.I.OR said, he could not put & nu.empo far A paps r, in the possession of the Hates: of Lotninuns, trom the woofrack. 1./..r.1 A UCE.I..LN I) said, he spoke merely from memiry. having A few drys since read the report alluded to, but, as far as he could recollea, he be. tiered the Noble Earl was extremely inaccurate as •o the numbers, who were stated to have emigrated; . in.ttas: of lti,eoo in a few month., the Report stated Clem to be no more than 000 in one ye:tr. • His Lordship crossed the I louse, and pointed out to Lord Suffolk what the sentence was in the printed viper which the Earl held in his hand, that best de wribed the sort of motion the Earl meant to move. The I,ORIJ CHANCELLOR kit the woolsack, and raid, he could not put any motion so informally handed to him ; that he could not be sure of his own correaness, unless the motion was handed to him in writing in the usual manner. Teo Dills wese bruught up from the house of t l. . .•--- - Common; by Colonel Porter, Mr. Alexander, Mr. Shaw Le Fevre, and others ; presented and mida first time. The Irish Law Courts' VIII next stage was ad journed to next Friday. Lord SUFFOLK having put his motion into proper form in writing, moved, that an humble ad dress be presented to his Majesty, that he would be pleased to give orders, that the proper person do lay before that House a copy of the Survey and Report of the Inspeaors of the Caledonian Canal, between the Interior of the Highlands of Scotland, and the Sea in which the\Vcstern Islands were situate.—Or dered. Lord HOBART brought down a Message from his Majesty, for which see the Commons. The Message having been regularly read, The Earl of RADNOR said, no man would sup pose, that he meant to oppose the objea of his Ma jesty's Message. Considering that the country was Involved in war, every man must wish to give the Executive Power every possible strength. He rose merely to observe, that, by the militia laws now ex istlng, the wives and families now existing were in vested with certain privileges, which, in consequence of the Message just read, were about to be taken trom them. Lord HOBART spoke to order. The Noble Earl, in what he had just said, appeared to him to be rather speaking to a bill under discussion yester day (the Militia Families Bill) than to his Majesty's Message, which had been just read. The Earl of RADNOR contended, that he was in order, and till the House said he was nut, he should go on. Ile repeated, that, in consequence of the. Message just delivered, they had every reason to expect, that a bill would be sent up from the other House, which would probably deprive the • wives and families of militia non-commissioned officers of the privileges with which they were, by the present laws, invested. He therefore threw out the hint in time, that due provision should be made for that circumstance; and what he had said would save their Lordships the trouble, perhaps, of hearing 'him again on the subjea. Lord HOBART moved, that the thanks of the House should be given to his Majesty, for his most gracious message.—Ordered. The Earl o DARTMOUTH stated, that his Majesty, in answer to an address of the House, had given orders, that certain papers required should be laid before the House. Lord PELHAM laid several papers on the table, agreeable to his Majesty's commands. Adjourned at six. HOUSE OF COMMON'S. wEDNEsvxv, MAY 23. Lord STOPFORD informed the House, that his Majesty had signified his desire of being waited upon with the Address, to-morrow at two o'clock. The Sheerness Harbour Bill was read a third time. Markham's Divorce Bill went through a Com mittee, and was ordered to be read a third time. Mr. PAT fON gave notice, that on Friday next he should make a motion arising out of the papers before the House, on the subjel of the French ne gotiation. The Hon. Member was requested to state the objeet of his motion, but he declined doing so. Mr. GREY thought it an irregular mode of pro ceeding, not to state what it was the motion pointed at. He said, whenever he had the honour of giving notice of a motion, he had always described, in the most distinct manner, what was the general objea at which it aimed. He thought it was not afing fair ly by Ministers not to give the notice of an intended motion in the most explicit manner possible. Mr. T. GRENVILLE observed, that as the wilole of the papers lay upon the table, it was com petent for any Member in the House to give notice of his intention generally to move upon the subjed of them, without stating to which in particular his motion would refer. Mr. TIERNEY said, that, knowing the candour of the Honourable Gentleman, he was surprised at the manner of giving notice of his motion. There were papers of great importance branching out into a variety of different subjeds, and he thought it was not dealing with fairness towards his Majesty's Ministers, or with respc& to the * House, not to state the object of the motion, in order that Gentlemen might turn their attention to it. lie was aware, that, in point of stridness, there wiAS no necessity for giving notice at all of a motion ; but it had been usual, whenever a notice was given, to state dis tindiy the point to which it related. Mr. CANNING said, he could not perfedly comprehend the mature of objedions with regard to notices of minions, tar he rementhered that objec tions had been made of a quite contrary nature to the present one; namely, on the ground that it was too general. He rememisered when an Hon. Gentle man gave notice respcding the detention of Captain Auvergne, it was objeded, that the notice was improper, at it was paAicular, and went to put the House too much in the possession of the ease. Cor reded by the rebuke which Ministers h.:I been in the habit of giving, with regard to notices being too particular, an Hon. Centieman had thought proper to give notice, merely that he had some motion, arising out of the papers, to bring forward at an early day ; he could not help thinking, that it was not at all necessary fur the Hon. Gentleman to state the precise point to which he meant to address his motion; perhaps, if he had done so, there could be no reasonable objedion to it ; but, if he had done so, doubtless he would have been called to order, by the very same persons vho now called him to crder for not having done so. He confessed he saw no objection to a more extended kind of notice, yet, as Gentlemen had means of communication, it was a mere matter of courtesy, and, therefore, he recom mended him, if he thought proper, to preserve silence on the subjeCt. • Lord HAWKESBURY said, it was impossible not to make a few observations ; the Hon. Gentle man who spoke last was mistaken with regard to the motive for objeding to the notice re-peeing the subjed of Mr. D'Auvergne's detention ; the objection in that case was to the propriety of the Honourable Mover endeavouring in his notice to convey an im pression as to certain points of his Majoty's Minia tcrs condo.% If he might be allowed to state what the present motion was, be would venture to assert, that in the practice of Parliament there never had been an instance, as to a question to ascertain the °hied of such a notice having been refused. An Hon. Gentleman had given make, that on Friday R • • he would move some Resolutions arising from the papers. He was asked what the general objet of it was; being pressed he made use of some words not properly understood, but from which it was thought that the object of his motion was an inquiry. He had then stated, that it was net a motion of in quiry, but for the House to adopt certain resolutions respeding the conduct of his Majesty's Ministers. If it had been merely a motion of inquiry, the Hon. Gentleman had given all the notice that was required' of him, but he left it to the candor of the House whether his Majesty's rvlinisters were fairly dealt by, if Resolutions were to be moved against them upon a large body of information. Ile should be wady to enter into a discussion of any subje& whenever it should be brought forward, but lie thought he had a right to complain of not having I)4= treated with fairness :uid justice. Doaor LAWRENCE rose, conceiving himself particularly alluded to by the observations of the Noble Lord. He denied that in his motion respeci ing the detention of Mr. I YAuvergne, he had en deavoured to make any impression on the House. He was stating what were the objects of that motion, when The SPEAKER said, that the House must have observed long ago that there was no question befOre the House. It rested with the Hon. Member whe ther he would specify the objed of his notice. If he declined so doing the matter was at an end. Nothing farther was said. Mr. GREN VILLE said, he rose, in consequence of his notice, to move for two or three papers which were necessary to he produced. The first was, that there should be laid before the House, An Account of the Dates of the Ac of the Spanish Government, annexing to the Royal Domains the Possessions of the Spanish Langue, belonging to the Order of Malta, and the limes when they were known to his .Majesty's Government." He next moved, .% That there should be laid be fore the House, Copies of all such Representations as had been made by His Majesty's Government to the French or Spanish Governments, respecting the Possession of the said Langue of the Order of Malta." The third motion he had to make was, one with reference to the proposition on the part f the Em peror of Russia, to accede to the 10th article of the Treaty of Amiens. One naturally looked to the answer of I Its Majesty's Government on the subject. He therefore moved, "That there should be laid before the House such information as would shew what answers had been returned by his Majesty's Government to the proposition of the Emperor of Russia to accede to the ,oth article of the Treaty of Amiens on the cond:ions therein specified. Lord HAWK ES BURY said, that as to the third Motion, relative to the Answer made to the Russian Government, he felt no objection whatever to agree ing to it. With regard to the first motion he had no objection but one ; he was informed that his Ma jesty's Government was not in possession of any of ficial account upon the subjea. With respect to the representations to the French and Spanish, he had only to say, that there had been no communi cation prior to the correspondence ; upon that mo tion he should therefore move the previous question ; the other motions he should accede to, subject to the observations he had made with regard to one. Mr. CANNING gave notice, that on Friday next he should submit a motion to the I louse re speding the Commercial Agents sent to this Coun try on the part of France. Mr. TIERNEY deferred his motion relative to the Treating Ad. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER brought down the following Message from his Ma jesty : " GEORGE R. " I (is Majesty thinks it proper to aeroaint the House of Com mons, that he has judged it necessary to adopt, without &lay, all the means within his power, which may contribu to to riekat the avowed designs of the enemy, and to afford therm's el•Aual protealun and security to his faithful people. • " lit pursuance, therefore, of the Act; of Parliament, enabling big Majesty to incre.a.g4the number of his Militia Forces, his Nlajesty makes this communication to the Hausa of Commons, to the rod th a his Majesty may cause the Supplementary Militia to be forthwith raised and enrolled, and thoreafter to be drawn out, and embodied, and marched as occasion may require. 44 G . R." The SECRETARY at WAR moved an address to his Majesty for his gracious Message, which af forded a fresh proof of his Majesty's solicitude for ensuring the welfare cf his people. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER gave notice, that on Monday se'nnight he should propose the Ways and Means fur raising the supply for the year. Mr. FOX said, he rose to give a conditional notice. He wished first to ask the Right Hon. Gentleman opposite, whether it was his intention to adjourn over nest Monday or Tuesday, as he was desirous as early as possible to make a motion respaling the . incdiation of the Emperor of Russia in obtain ing peace. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEOUER said, it was intended to move, that the House should adjourn from Friday to Wednesday. Mr. FOX said, he should bring forward his motion to-morrow. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER doubted whether it could be entertained to-morrow, as these two orders for taking into consideration Petitions complaining of undue elediuns: There had been a communication of his Majesty's pleasure to receive the Address of the House to-morrow at two o'clock. The Act of Parliament respelling petitions against elections, did not admit of the House meeting earlier than that hour for the pur- poee of disposing of them. Mr. FOX said he would consider of a day. The CHANCELLOR of thc EXCHEQUER moved the consideration of the Newcastle-under- Line and the Radnorshire Petitions, for Friday, and that- the House should be then called over. Mr. FOX gave notice, that he should bring on his motion on Friday. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER observed, that the third reading of the Clergy Re sidence Bill stood for to-morrow, and his Learned Friend who had brought it in was desirous it should nut be delayed. He requested the Hon. Gentleman to let his motion stand for Friday, and, in order that the Clergy Residence Bill might not a interfere with it, he should propose, what otherwise he had not meant to have done, that there should be a post meridian meeting of the House, with a view to a third rend ' ing . of the Clergy Residence Bill. ' j~" Mr. DUNDAS brought ep the Report of the Address, which was read a first, and, after a few 61)servatioas front Mr. Johnstone, a second time. Upon the question that the House should vsree with the Committee on the Address, Sir ROBERT PEELE said, that, upon a ques tion of so much importance •to the country, he should be sorry to give a silent vote. He begged leave to state, that he had a decided objeetion to war. It was, at all times, a great national evil - but it did not appear to him, -upon a perusal of th e . ' papers, that it had been brought upon us by anyze cent ad of Administration. He considered that the French Government had never been very anxious to obtain the rock of Gibraltar. Its ehjea was direCt— ed against the liberties and constitution of the country, which afforded' sash a contrast to the rut- , ten system of France. He was persuaded, if we 114 not the bodily support of the majority of the peop:e of France, we should have their good wishes fur our support. Mr. HENRY LASCELLES felt it his duty '0 support the war as absolutely necessary ; the col . dna of France since the Treaty of Peace had he ft • most atrocious to this and every other countr ; , violating their Governments, and adopting the most scandalous system of coercion. Each of the pm vocations we had received,-would, in former tirne, have been considered as a declaration of war. lie saw no disposition the part of France to preserve the relation of peace. If we gave up Malta e should only have to renew the war in a few month , without the advantage resulting from the possession of that island. He never had given any vote with more satisfaCtion than the present one for the re newal of the war with France. Sir W. PULTENEY explained the motives of caution which last night induced him to vote in fa vour of the amendment rather thanthe original ad dress. Mr. BANKS also wished to state what he had not an opportunity of doing on the preceding night. The grounds of his voting in favour of the amend ment lather than the original address, though he must say there were passages in the amasndnient of which he did not totally approve. He confessed he was in so small degree influenced by the very bril liant speech of an Hon. Member (Mr. Fox), which. evidently produced a great effeCt, and made a deep impression pretty generally on the House. At the same time he must add, that there were some parts of that able aad eloquent address, in which he would be disposed to offer some very few observations, if he was not restrained by the absence of the Hon. Gen- • tlernan who made it. There were some parts of it highly unfit to be publicly submitted in discussion, and which may excite very unfavourable feelings in the public, if this country should unfortunately be driven into a war. Sir RICHARD HILL expressed his decided opinion, that Ministers had uniformly exerted the'r best endeavours fur the maintenance of peace. He w. s grieved that they were unable to accomplish that el . left, and lamented it as much as any man, hut co: soled himself with reflthing, that they were a set f men who would have left nothing, which could hay that tendency, untried. He made not the small.' t doubt that they were ready to concede much, ai d would have conceded more, if they could have done it with safety to the interest 11:.d honour of the country. Considering the condition in which the nation unfortunately was likely to be involved, he was sorry that there was any disagreement math felted in the debate of last night, as to the language of the address; and though a division took place, he hoped it would now be considered as having been unanimously voted. (Notwithstanding the gravity of the subj ect, this /apses /epee occasioned no small degree of louglger.) He was assured, he said, that after all that had paved, if any means of ac commodation should yet present themselves, the Ministers would be very ready and willing to avail themselves of them. Mr. HOBHOUSE adverted to some animadver tions made on the interference of his Majesty's Mi nisters in the affairs of Switzerland, which, in his opinion, was that part of their conduel which stood least in need of an excuse. It was generally, he ob served, the tete of an administration to be blamed in different ways. Some persons had accused the present servants of the Crown for having, by too vitich concession, compromised the dignity and ho nour of the country, while others maintained, that they bad not gone far enough, in making sacrifices to peace. As to Switzerland, however, even the Hon. Gentleman (Mr. Fox) who, in the debate, had exhibited such an admirable display of ingenuity and talents, had himself acknowledged, that no thing could Wye been more gross and unjustifi. able, than the conduCt of France towards that oppressed country. He was aware that this was not the time for entering at full length upon the subjeCt ; but when the proper occasion arrived, he would not decline an ample discussion of it. He considered his Majesty's Ministers to be justifiable, and commendable, in not being too precipitate in their interference in the cause of a suffering but brave people, whose situation might be considered a nearer objet to other countries. They abstained for a considerably time, but did not forbear using all the influence in their power, when they found the Swiss to he enslaved, and unable to help themselves. As to further sacrifices they surely could not be expected, standing with their own consent, as it were, in the pillory of Bonaparte. Mr. SHAW LEFEVRE also expressed his dis approbation of the desponding language used by an Hon. Member (Mr. Fox) upon the former night. The arguments made use of in favour of the amend ment, in his opinion, went quite the other way. No good could arise from depressing the spirit which almost unanimously pervaded the whole nation, by representations of the distressing effeas of the Income Tax, scarcity, &c. &c. The hostile temper of France, as evinced in all the documents, was now before this country, and he made no doubt, that the spirit of England would rise with the necessity of the conjuncture, and that the people, if necessary. would be ready to part with their property, and shed their blood, if necessary, to support the interests and honour of the realm. The times, to use an old expression, required 4 4 a long pull, a strong pull, and a pull altogether." He made no doubt but peace would again be restored, when it could be done with safety. Mr. WILBERFORCE said, though the vote he gave yesterday prevented his joining that unanimi ty for which some members seemed so anxious, he was happy to hear this day sentiments worthy of the old English spirit of the country gentlemen. x • •111111. . . .• • • -