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• excel r of Renfrew, had net enl*ed inteimeri rinces. piirquanr to the order of that Homo. Lard MILTON presented a Petition }rims the .1•04. r m.tnufaaurers of Yorkshire. praying that the B :1 now pending for the regulation of the woollen rianufaanre. may not pass into a law. The Militia Par and Clothing Bill was read a third time, and passed ; al.n, the Militia Adja'an'i' Bill, the Militia Subalterns' Bill. and the Irish M. Pay NI. A messag: from the Lords stated, that the Lords ha. l . agreed to the Irish Provision Export BM, and to sundry Ptivate Rills. .Hr. Hobhcuse brought up the Report of the Cammirtee of Supply. A Resointim was read and agreed to, that a sam. not exceeding 20001. be granted for the repair of He•nry the Seventh's Chapel ; as was a Resolution t. , gram a drawback on the exportation of certain lino i. from Great Britain to the West ladies. On the motion of Sir THOMAS TUR the J': ration of Mr. Palmer, which was ordered to be t into eon ideratim on Tuesday next, was post p.ioe.l. and the order discharged. tit. JACKSON glee notice.. that he should br;ng forward a motion to.morrow respeaing the D. vet- Pilots. ..•u the further consideration of the Report of the S t rik e lkietors Rill, it was npposed by Sir Edward iiitieton. Mr. Ward, Lord Milton, Mr. Wilbraham &lode. And Mr. Simeon. It was defended by Mr. Hawkins Browne, Col. Vyse, Mr. Vernon, and Mr. W Smith. Upon it division for receiving the Report— Ayes 63 —Noes 9—ln favour of the BiU 54. Upon our reentering the gallery. Mr. Hobhouse brought up the Report on the East !Ai* Company's Bonds Bill; on the Resolu tions beitsg read, Mr. I'. MOORE protested against this measure. anJ blamed the undo, influence which the Board r• f!nott ;121 bad exercised over the Court of Three. e a rs, oi which bad occasioned the late extraordi nary occu- •-• es in India. Whatever expenses have been ini•urred by .rtingements. in which the Com pany had no voice, oug: , in K. &dueled from the Proprietors' account of erpenditore, estimated t at tn...e millions per /31111110, with their floating debt hlr. IJUNDAB wished to decline entering at present into a detail 40 the afairs of the East India Crmipany, as AO opportunity would soon occur of Fringing them regnlarly before the House. The Set. Member intro ed, whether the present mea sure originated with Government or with the Corn p tny I He had no hesitation in saying. that let the en. enure originate horn the one or the other, it was at all weenie Impossible that the East India Com pany mold be alisobred from rbe expense of the war. in India. He did net. however, know. dia . , any on.;cce-sary wars had been entered into ; but this was r. subjeit which at any rate had nothing to c' +nth the gue.iron now before the House.. He denied the domineering pones. which the Board of ha.! exercised over the Company ; he had never known An instance of any G , Netnor being attempted to Le im,,osed upon the Company, ex cept, indeed, in the solitary instance which occurred lair y%a . 1.01 .1 'eOI.KSTONE denied that the Company was 11. We to pay the deb.s incurred by the corn pul-nry rueosures of Government. nor had the Ci.inpany any claim to be remuneratEd by the pub tic. by the issuing of bonds. As he objeaed to the fr:t.411110 of planting them this additional power for I; e raising of money, he proposed to negative tht Ilm.::rn for bein up the Report. Mr. WM. SMI TH thought the Hottie should veter its protest. or at least its resolu:ion, against being responsible for whoever debts .nay be in curred l.y Parlialsteet's giving its sanetion to t h e measuie; and that it should be understood, that the persons borrowing did se wholly upon their opint of the solvency of the Company In this case he should not retie the measure, although he was not sure that Porno 'lent was tight in permitting the Company nosy to use the power which might have bet, very p roper to, meiy, hut pr ,, h•bly unrit now and be could have wished that 'hi. 414,1i:0wn had not been bought forward till • I•,t.se had had an opportunity of investigating Vie aaairs of the Company... CHANCELLOR of the EVZHEQUER said. that the House gave legal powers.. in various instances, to private individuals. or to Companies, to raise money. without say idea of guaranteeing the trion4. s advanced to them. The East lodge Company Direeon must be the best judges w:.ich r ode ..1 tai.ing money would be the most eliythie for t'-to so adopt t nes WAS Parliament bound to the ff•C‘,l any measure which they might santlion by their enms. . _ _ M . S MITI I spoke in explanation. Mr. CREEVEY said, he should not object to t'e present stage of the powided the measure huh was no' concluded till such time is the official u ousts s aw Laid before the Home. which he et sight be done in the course of neat week. Mr. DUNDAS explaiorif. Mr. CatAN f ro:e and defended the reason why the Cowpony preferred raising money by h..nds, as less enjuirinus to th e ir interest than in creasing their c..pital would be. He disclaimed the ides .1 the Company or the public supposing tut Parliament pledged itself to any resprinsibilii y by sanctioning this ritaligt. The present drficit. trims Mil be had already mentioned. was em acme) , a commercial, and ant a political one. The C.:my:any were, not unwilling to favour the private tz a.ic cf individuals s but he considered it neces tau to prevent an cpca trade, which, in his opi. mos, would cause a separatism between she two coantris. s. 11. LAWRENCE referred to Lord Melvil44 statenontsol the affair► of the Company, in 1793. which, lie insisted. were fallacious in triensselves, and which bad been rendered completely so by subs.. quest evens. In tisat statement. a promise had forth to the Company. which had proved irja.iocs to it aver since. The argumert \could 1104 is ld good. that because on former parliament ary votes, authorising Companies to raise money, there was no reapasuiSairy attached, therefore there was no such resporsibility now ; because. in such farmer instances alluded to, Parliament bad need after evely inform:Aron ; bat sox• they were called upon to pass l vote before they were in possession of tix Conapanes plprrs ar.d accsr.suu ; sad al thefur,h they were not cl;rel guarantees, still there might be a moral respoesibility, if the public should be induced to subscribe the r money upon the faith of Parliament giving a smnion to the measure, at the same time that it Wai without any acccunts of the Company bring submitted to it for exami nation. lie could not h,lp thinking that he stw on the other side of the !louse something lit:e the spirit of party in thi; huiinra. lle hoped, that the far ther consideration of the report, Liter Monday next, would be postponed till the accounts could be pro diked. Mr. GRANT and Dr. LAWRENCE serertlly explained. The question was then put and carrle..l, that the Report, with the Amendments, be now read. The Rill. with the Amendments. was then ordered to be engrossed; and, on the motion, " That the Bill be read a third time to.anorrow." Mr. WHI fBREAD said, he thought that Par liament owed • responsibility to its Con • knew,. and to the Subscribers to these India Bonds, in sanainning this measure. It was a general and a prevailing opinion. that the affairs of the Comps , ' y were at present in a very c►itical situation. and it was in this state of things that Parliament wit about to giver the Company a power to borrow the amount of two millions. and in a mant.er not al hwert by law, and that without going into any investigatian of their affairs. :le wished, there fore, that before the Bill was read a third time, the accounts could be Lid on the Table as.d esamined. Mr. DUNDAS said, that as an individual, he should have no objeftiou to delay, merely, as it was expressed, for the greater decency of the pro ceeding. But mere than this s►emed to be re quired. even a full investigation of the Company's affairs, and it must be evident that it would be impossible to carry the present Biii through the forms of the House, this Session, if such an inves tigation was previously to take place, and when at present the Ater:rims were not in a state of sufficient tea mew tr be submitted to Parliament. He had heard his Noble Relation's (Melville) statement of Indian Alurs. pronounced fallacious ; but it was not fairly emitied to any such epithet ; his calcula tions had been founded on the probability of peace in India. and that the war in Europe *amid mit have continued so long as it slushy has done ; and it would be absurd to expeit that these circum stances could have been previously foreseen. Sir JOHN NEWPORT said, that the engage. merits entered into with Ireland. in order t-• secure the Company's mnerwoly,ihad not been tolfilied. Mr. CR EEVEY suggested the third reading of the Bid in Friday next Mr. GRANT expressed a willingness to meet the limourable Gentleman's wishes; and took occasion again to declare, that the last India C. mpany's affairs cli.l not appear to he in that deranged state, which bad been supposed by an Hononrable Gentle man (Mr. Whitbread). But should the poblic be of that opinion, of course they ,esuld not lend their money upon the Company's ponds. Dr. LAW tt ENCE explained. Atter which it was agreed, and ordered that the Bill should bt read a third rims on this day s'ennight. The l'ast India Company's Government Regula tion Bill passed through a Committee. and the Re port ordered to be received tomorrow. IRISH INSURRECTION RILL. The House .ben went into a Committee on the Irish Incorreftion Bill. Mr. WHITiqtEAD said, that although he had borne obj lions to the Bill. he should wait first to see whether it came out of the Committee in an improve i •rite. Sir Ni NEWPORT said, he should °hied to t:.e wl:nle pi - eanihle of the Bill, as the pri.iirn'ibie in the ,D,ll‘ir 1796, from which this was taken, did hot opply at present. On the clause for . inflifting punishment on per sons bring found aiding at d assisting in admit.istrr ing and taking unlswitil oaths, Sir JOHN NEW. PORT and ':r. WHITBREAD severally objected to the •cord; g ul ri • clause ; and the tormer of these :sinuirrnen prry .s.d, •hat the w.lrcla " sivrity and wiffelln aiding amd Ailing, at the admi nist,ring or tendering of illegal oat.is," should be introduced. The clause was defended by the Attorney-General, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. Croaker, Mr. Simeon, Mr. Morris. and Mr. Sturges B mese, who argued that the words of that clause, as it now stood, were sufficient. The expreivions king present, aifkog and essistiny. were fully expressive of the meaning of the clause, and to introauee others would ba foreign to legal analogy.—When any unusual phrase was introduced, it rather tended te create a doubt what was meant by the a:tered expression, and threw upon the prosecutor an unnecessary degree of proof. As the criminal law at present stood, the mars 41110111, must be clearly proved to exist in the person offending against the law. which, when proved, w..!rld immediately lead to all the penalties. In passing a penal law, we should not be disposed to devr.r:e from the known criminal law of the cormtry. It was well known, that the principal and accessary in a crime, were never dealt with in the same way ; but the act% of this amen , lment would he to introduce a distinnicra upon dio; law, which did not exist in the criminal law in general. . _ _ After a coasiderable deal of conversation, the clause, as it originally stood, was agreed to. On the clause empowering Magistrates to arrest strangers, and to examine them upon oath, and unless they can give a satisfattory account of them selves, the Magistrate s shall be authorised to com mit them to gaol, or to the house of corretion, there to remain, until they shall dud security for their good behavinur Sir JOHN NEWPORT proposed an amend. ment, that the person so committed should have the power of appealing to the Magistrates, Justices Gt the Nape, Judges on the Circuit, or to the Quarter Sessions, as well as to the Lords Lieutenants o! comities. Thee Amendment win ably snpported by Mr Whitbread and Lind Mcnry Petry, and oppost d by Colonel Vert•kr. the Chancellor of the Exchequer. and the Snlicitor-General, All of whom atg I.Pd that the appeal ought vilely to be made to t .e Lords Lieutenants of countue•, as they were confident they Lonis Lieutenants) had better and more go seral inferuntinn thAn the Magistrates or J ninon. and small du* wall mare firmuu and is ls' tialite. asides, it ..hould he perfealy known, whicii of the two' , app irent junsdiaions should be predominant. supposing them to be of c ovrary opinions, as to the propricty of .lischarrtitg an di•idnal taken into eu.tpdy by a 'slag.sirate. frr give this power solely to the li-rd L cotenan• wr.uld prevent clashing of interests. Upon ever! ground. the Lout Lieutenant appeared to ba the m -.1 proper prrson for raincising an lame ne jurisdinion ever the subjed, especially an d r the present circumstances of the country. !te.ides, he was always at hand, and capable of givi•!tt immediate relief. To appeal to Magistrates, tennil he giving ton great a publicity to the evi ,lence. In sun port of the Amendnoetr. it was argoed , that to give this power exclusively to the Lord Ursa. tenant of a county, would he conferring too great an authority on any o •tt individual, while there wa4 no proper check over his corohia. By proposing the right of appeal to be to the Magistrate. and Justices, &c. it WAS meant to exciudir the Lord leivut. from a concurrent inrisdinion, upon a comparison of the evidence that had been brought before each of them. They would, in fax, operate as usAul checks one upon another, without any improper interference.—Without such a check, the Lord Lieutenant would necessarily be deciding upon ex parte wisdom. rlere were various instances, in other cases, of concurrent jurisdietions where no improper interference took place. After a few more observatints by Sir John Newport, Lord Henry Petty, Mr. Whitbread, she Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. Morris, Mr. Simeon. and Sir Arthur Wellesley, the question w.s loudly called for, and str ingtos .ete ordered to withdraw; shortly after which a division took place, when there appeared Far Sir John Newport's Amend.nent . 18 Against it 27 . Majority against the Amendment . 9 Strangers were excluded during 'ft- remainder of the dismission, which continued until a late hour. We understand the Committee proceeded through all the other clauses. and the Report was ordered to be received to-morrow. We also understand, that Mr. Whitbread post poned the committal of the Pont's Relief Bill, which stood for this day, until to-morrow, (Friday). Ad journed. FOREIGN INTALLIGENCE. FROM TILE FRENCH PAPE4tS. EIGHTY-FIFTH BULLETIN OF THE GRAND ARMY. " mut, st , st 24, ISO?. is To-morrow the two Eneoefors of Francs and Russia are to have an int -r 4124. Far this purpose, • pavilion tin been erected in the mein • of the Nivaen, to which the two Monarchs will repair horn cads of its banks. " Few sights will be more inter-sent- The two sides of the river will b. 'mod oy the two armies, while their Chiefs confer on the wall of re-sitablishing order, ml siring repose to the oximi.ii; generation. The tirsand Marshal of the Palace, Deroe, went r.vtarday, at three in the afternoon, to compli ment the Emperor Alexander. " Marc Count Kalkreuth ware presented this day to the Emperor: he remained an hoar itt His Cabinet. ni Tits corps of Marshal Lanoos was reviewed this weiniisig by the Emperor. made several promotions, gave rewards an those .h. slistiniguisised themselves ►y their bravery, and expressed his satisfaction of the Saco. Cuirassiers." EIGHTY-SIXTH BULLETIN Ol TUE GRAND ARMY. " TILSIT, JUNI IS, 1807. " This day, at one o'clock, the Emperor, accompanied by the Grand Dolts of Berg, the Prince of Neufchatel, Marshal Bessi.•res, the Grand Marshal of the Palace Duroc, and the Grand Equerry Caulaiisceurs, embarked, from the bank of the Niemen, in a boat prepared (r the purpose. The) ur weeded to the middle of the river, where General I.ar be.ssidre o com manding the Artillery of the Guard, had caused a raft to be placed, and a pavilion erected upon it. Close by it was ano ther raft and pavilion for their Majesties' suite. At the same moment the Emperor Alexander set out from the right bank, accompanied by th , Gran I Duke Constantine, Gen.ral Ben- G.lne , Rlll:lw3r .if, Prince Lahanotr, and his principal A le-le-Camp, Cunt Liege's. " The tr.. hams arrived at the sane instant, and the two Emperors embraced each other as moon as they set Not on the raft. They entered together the saloon which was pre pared for them, and reauhrsed them during two hours. The minfere ice having horn concluded, the persons co•aposing the suite of the trea E.II:WWITI were intr.ducti Tho impero• Atetander paid the handsomest co npliments t a the Olicer• who ac:uinpannei the Emocror, Win, on hi. pare, had a long conversation with the Grand Ujic C costa tune and General Bennigsen. "Tito conference hit ng tsenslnatsd, the two Empemrs eneviked each in ins boat. It is supp-sed that the conference has had the happiest restlt i Shortly after, Trine* I.ebairoi went to the French bead-quarters. An apemen, has taken place, that one half of the town of Tac,t is to be rendered neu ral. The apartments appointed there for the residents of the Rmperor of Russia and hit Court, has- been axed upon. The Imperial Russian Guard will pas. the River, ■nd be quartered in that part of the city declined to that purpose. " The vast number of persons belonging t, each arm•, who rocked to both batiks of the river to view this scene, rendered it the more interesting, as the spectators were brave men, who came hum the extremities of the world." PARIS, JULY IS. (From the Meniteur.) OPIDONNA NCI OE THE 111 , 1110 t or THE DIOCESIE qoimrci. ON THE SI:EJECT Of THE COMICEIPTION O► 1808. ANT) OADZEING TNt ►ll[sT[ To 11E0 Or OOD TO ►UT A STOP TO Tile ►[IILCUTIO"I WHICH CATHOLIC CHUICH EUPPIIII I IiEL A NO. " Pierre Vincent Dombidau de ChrneeSebes, by the Grace of God, and authority of the Holy See. Bishop of Quimper, Member of the Legixt of Ho nour, to the Clergy and Faithinl of his Diocese; health and benediCtion." "MT 13'411 nictitate—A new 0,41.-.ipthm imposes upon lee the saved obh,;atht of tallying corder the standard of the Arno whn g..ernis IV, than recall to r•hu these princeples Whith we hen. hathert . etitowed uu , Ser slender ettsuetttances. have reen, with the mow liraly eierolariee, Ores, wot were it one time Ileaf to thd voie.! of relmi „ r - , u..try, hare hastened t, mike re:,tratiort for Ur. Sy Was assirot et ..teyia, t their tt.:y au'lority ^ Thc OrriontLtnee dor, pry _reds to sty— "Ti e.'d you Aare i ir to free y rue eeentry from the dmtttneeriog amhittxi o 1 that G iveranient I , !a - .: rt Mb gimv a.l-1 Itt . Tieery i i the eelamW•s of other natlum." And, after a s rain of ftil • ane par.egyric tapas, the piety and moderation of B4napirte, is the usual style of bornhut, thus concludes— Sce the sufhringt it (Fmeand) infLcut on that nation (I Cathie like yon, which it sohject to itt dominion. The three hit ages present only the aillietior, pictore or a peo ; ,.k robbed of .3 it. civil the m o . ; lightened caw of :hat nation Ivi‘e loot e.tett steins% the tyran nies! °prem . :on A new persecution has neighed from than k even the hope r.f seam_ an end t.. their calamities t an inflam ed and askle4 people (g) dares Roseland inch liquifies. It &silts with aert4.:ais fanaticism the Catholic religion, tad it s venerable Clam ; and it k that Oneernesent, which knows n how to be jolt towards its own stihje,os, that dares to alumni ate this ; which has given us murky awl honour. " Whilst the Irnh Catholic's groan beneath liars so Oppr... sive, isilAttinst Emperor less set enafine hintsdf to the - teetiol: and establishment et that reihriets in Jnis own 5131 he domande-I, in his Tasty with S•itany, that it shoul I th-r 1 eiijsiy the same liberty as other modes of worship. Rest the h %opines', so dear to your hearts, roy 'irethren, of bui/ alrlw to trip?, with neurity, aB the ronsolatie. I of the r , Eaton of your fathers, vrUl only seeder coo more sensible of the miseries of that portion of the Catholic Church (s) .mead through all countries, it is always united by bends of the .ante faith with this d•scsrent .:husehts; it partake of their and it inter -seed in their pretperity. feldifyi to these sentiment. and prileiples, let us address the Got of WI w.as said passers, to turn aside frail the Irish CaLslie Chetah s the new .1 irris with which it is menac.A. " Impelled by these causes, we ordain as follows: " Aav I. 4/Jr ' , resent Ordoneance vial! t..! read at the brae of the sermon, in the puulee service, .iis S•iiday the 7. June, 43 the Cathedral, and in all other Citurches, ea the Sunday after it is feellillSd. " Aet. II There shall h- said, every day, ie divine sen;ce, in urddr to pray God to pot a stop to the penecutins the Catholic Church of Jrciased infers, the payer " Aping Persecutors of the C.hareis," the " Secret," and ijse " Putt Coinutunion." as long as that persecution eh,ll continue. " Given at Quimpev, lone t, 18 7. "PIERRE VINCENT, Bishop latQuimper. By ceder the !Whop, "LE CLAINCHE, Secrr.i7y,' ) Irelar.4. (2) The English rep:e. (5) The Irish Catheie Chureh. HAMM/RON *NO ALTONA PAPERS. •T.TON•, JULY If. We have not yet received citLial advice of the signing the Preliminaries of Peace. On the Bch. an officer arrived at Berlin. AS a courier from Ti and said that Peace had been concluded on th: , s:h. This intelligence occasioned the greatest jiy Berlin. WA 111• W, JULY 7. According to the Journal of this day, the Russian Enamor sent an Officer of his Stall to the Emperor Napoleon, to express his wish to become acquainted with him, and to open an immcdiate negocistion with his Majesty in person. VILNNA, JULY 4. The Earl of Pembroke, Extraordinary Envoy from the Court of St. James's, arrived here on the 2d. Mr. Adair is preparing to return home. A secret conference was held, at Jussemberg, on Saturday, at which His Majesty the Emperor pre sided, and the Archduke Charles and Count de Sta dion, the Minister for Foreign Attire, were pre sent. There have since h:-en conferences at Baden, to which place the Emper.r went the same day. We learn. that after harvest there will be form ed three summer camps. to which seven regiments have already- received ord.!rs to repair. Twelve re giments will likewise be sent to the army of neutra lity. which is in the two Gallicias. ZARA, JUNI 10. The Russians Naming joined the Montenegrins, the inhabitants of the Mouth of the Cattaro, and other insurgents, mack a deeeeat, on the 6th of this month, in the territory of Poglizza, near Makarsk• and marched forward, carrying before Chet. the banners of St. Mark and St. Gorge. The inhabitants assisted the Russians, and the it stirreeion spread to Iran. The French inrnedi ately 3ent from Spalatrn the Sth and t lth regiment of the line ; and on the 7th, at nine in the morning, an engagement took place, which lasted three hours. The Russians gave way, and via-try re mained with the French. On the Bth, G. 11411 Mar wont arrived from Zara, and found tranquillity already restored. The leaders of the insurredior were condemned to death, and several hotnes Polizza and other places were burled. Lurzic, int 8. Letters from Vienna state, that the arir Tun ish Emperor can neither read nor write, and that the Ministry is composed entirely of the partisans the J a - .ssaries Mr. Gill, nur Geneial Commercial Agent London, is arrived here. MIAPUtS Or Tilt LLltt. JULY IS. They write from several parts of Swedish Pome rania, that thnngb Sweden has announced the com mencement of liustilnies, they still gatter thenuelves I-- ihat ag ! Fri "' wife which cal sT eyed "ink; bail l O W' racks, their a or m P"P el tirely a dvar stint islAn, `2O,C rich. e n ten fut; pool 2J di, in; al ed shi conic a sign and a (4: so at 0, enncl day. imam ICjJt W. I artith Tb but H assurn bi• aro tet '•ls S7h!.. latiad Ir I• og r rithn ti.ne • •c t *l. et 6 r lb ii.d.e. vri! Ii !. C. I de,c I! .1 i illal Ai o.it v ~!•• !RI 'he e ICY g.we • n' Las I. ter t • TO- r. I 111 • iry inn at • rk- a , hat cf (. at ( ryJl II I rbe . Mai ICS CM