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Y'a~ - - - Vicars to Tes;de in %elf pnrkihts. coastistneatiee was, many curates were laced frture their cures, and he had hiniszli had ap 'cations made to hem by d.sgosessed citrates for livings, in terms that no than, • • who professed hinisel.; as be did most conscientiously tee he A ~ ;11:Cre friend of the Church. could read esithont feeling the most painful regret that he could Best always relieve se.-.11 applicant:- A Lord Chan ceVeir, his I,,rilship said, had but few livings in his ; bat curates who had been dismissed from cum, which they hail served for thirty years faith fully and diligently, had been obliged to tell him, ti, cost).) not give them livings, they should tit ink him if he would pu: his hind in his pocket, a. 4 gis' them a guinea. for that they knew net u here their wives and children, as well as their.. selves, should lay their heads. His Lordship very pathetically enlarged on the cruel situation in which the inferior clergy were pieced, and with great energy and emphasis defended his brother (Sir ‘Villiem Scott) from any possible imptuation on his condua, that might be inferred from the Right WY. Prelate's reasoning upon the tardiness which had attended the introduction and progress of the of lest Session, to explain and amend the Ailt of Henry the EighLh. 11w Bishop of ST. ASAPH rose agaid, for the purpose of explaining and exculpating biniself from the supposed idea of his wish to treat the Learned Civilian, who was the author of the Bill of last Session, wieh any the slightest disrespea. No man could entertain a higher opinion of that lion. and Learned (lentleman's charaCter. He knew the pre foundnrei of his wis.lom, the great extent of his ta lents, and the excellent issentions which ;satiated him on this as well as every other important °cc...- 3nm. lb. should, therefore, the Bishop said, be ex tremely sorry to have any thing that fell from him • so tsar misconstrued, as to have an idee prevail that he imp fate), or meant to impute, any blame to the Learned Civilian, to whom the public in general, and the Clergy in particular, weer highly indebted for the muesle he had taken. The Earl of CAiILISI.F. rose, to remind the House, that his Noble Friend, who was absent (T. Grenville) had been the Peer, whose argu meet Neel the Rill of last year, so fiequently al- Le lei to, had, by anticipation, prevalel on that }louse to suspend the further c onsideration of the ge neral Bill ; but that the Noble end L earned Lord had not taken any notice of the preliaiinecy ground which his Noble Friend had laid, as the indispen bible basis of any legislative regulation as to the residence of the Clergy, viz. the establishment of a previous ttitc! fre eneliorating the incomes of the in terior Clergy. His Nonle iend, if he recollected cot-re:lle, had stated, that more than one-half of the Clergy of England had not a greater income than fifty pounds a year, and thence he had deduced must cogent arguments to prove, that without such a pe e l:min:try fund being provided to change the condition of the lower orders of the Clergy, all re gulations respecting residence must 1w incfficaLions and uninst. His Lordship said, he had as much objeltion to Bills for suspending existing statutes as the Right Reverend Prelate, and he agreed with , h:m, that they were had Legisletive measures ; hut on the present occasion, where the subject vas of such inhnite importance, he thought deliberate and every tardy proceeding would be preferable. Lord AUCKLAND r o s e aga in to re p e at his wishes, that his Ilev. Friend would restrain front making any amendment in the Committee, which could net hut prove fatal to the Bill, end would drive the Howse into the dilemma of either suffer ing all the hardships to fall upon the Clergy, which the rat of I lenry the Eighth subjected them to, and many of the cases were such as were entitled to teat lenity, or exposed the House to the danger of having another Bill brought up towards the dose of the Session, when the Reverend Bench was left va. cant by the Bishops being obliged to go noon their Visitations to their respeetive Dioceses, or other du ies belonging to their sacred profession, and when he House was usualle very thinly atter.ded. The LORD CI tANcr.u.oß said, while it was their Lordships dory to legislate for others, and make regulations f a. them, it behoved them to look a little to themselves. He did net think it quite Parliamentary to argue on the poesible thinness of attendance toward. the &se of a Session ; their Leriships all knee.. that nine times Al much business cone upon their Table towards the close of a Set s,on as in the preceding periods of it, and they must all confess that it was their indiseensible duty to at tend regularly to give discussion and dispatch to that business; he could not, therefore, for a moment lend his assent to the idea that Nol,le Lords would oot faithfUlly discharge the important duties entrust ed to their care. The Bill was read a second time, and committed fur to-morrow. A variety of papers front the Court of Chancery in Ireland, relative to an appeal, were brought up, attested, and presented by tne proper Ageot. The seveval tills on the '!'able passed a stage each, and Dr. II WS Divorce Bill WiLl preseut cd, and read a tirst time. Adjourned at a quarter before seven. 110 USE OF COMMONS. L:DNESDAr, MARCU 30. The SPE 11...F.R informed the House, that he had received a letter from Admiral RAN li.R, in 'answer to the Letter of Thanks, voted by the ' for hi's. en-operation with the army of Egypt. itt the Red ;,ea. The Admiml had communicated the same to the officers and men, under his corn riand, excepting Adiniral Bi. %Y.:KETT, who tlied. h: fore the letter came to h ;71(1, and he 'begged hare to express, for himself, the officers and men under his command, the grateful sense they enter tam of the high honour couf:rred on them by the House ; and he more particulaily begged leave to assure trio) (the StrAkta) of his sincere acknove. led meats for the very handsome manner in winch be had c(,mmunicarvdthe same. Mr. KuICIIT brought up the Report of the Com- Mittee appointed to enquire into the merits of a Pe tition cfArnplaining of an undue Eledion for Glas ,ose, %Olen it appeared to the said Selkt ommittce that Alexander Heustonn, Esq. was not elected, n;.l that Boyd A1...A-andel - , Esq. ought to have been returned to f•erve in Parliament for the same ; and that neither the Petitieat nor oppodtion to it were tiivoknes or vexatious, The I)eputy Clerk of theernsvn was then order ed to attend and amend the return according t o th e said report, by erasing • the name of Ale:aankft:. J- "' &ff 1 I I I t , . : ) . 011/43 • . _ .1., Lsq. and every hang Oka_ ttes to hilts, (tort the same. On the Motion of Mr. 131.A . cit Gees, tile Petition of the Calico-Printers was referred to is-Committee. Mr. Ecticr" Mr. BARLOW, and Mr. DicKrs sots, jun. obtained leave of absence f or short pe riods. The SPEAKER reminded the !louse, that there were two ballots for to-morro w, when the names of absent Members would be taken down, and there would be a call of the Ilothe. He also stated (in answer to an Hon. Member who asl:ed the question) that he should count the House at the usual hoar, half past three o'clock. sir. BAILEY moved, that the order of the day for the House resolving itself into a Committee of • the whole [louse on the St. Vincent and Grenada Loan Bill, he now read. Mr. BAILEY then moved, that the Speaker should leave the Chair. Sir RORER is BUXTON oppor.ed the Motion ; he had o'sjeaed to the measure tiont the beginning. It was a principle that ought never to have been :Idopted. We tind that the money has not been paid when the time expired. We arc now going to renew it for a longer term, and when that is out also, we may go on in the same way—it could ni.t he said h ow l ong . The mischief of applying , public mo ney, for the purposes of individuals in trade, was toe , obvious to require cernment, :nut in the highest de,free injurious to the country. Mr. HOBHOLTSE agreed with the Hon. Rani. • net, that great precaution was necessary in lending the public money. The Hon. Baronet opposed. it at first, and opposes it now : but the case was very ditleient. Of fourteen hundred thousand pounds, in sit years the debt was reduced to five hundred and sixty thousand pounds ; and it could not be de flied that fly: security met-eased as the debt dimi nished; so that a Gentleman who opposed it in the beginning may reasonably support it now. It was a matter of the highest importance, and produaive of the greatest advantage to the country ; for, in consequence of the a.tvaece made to the merchants, the two islands were pn...seived in a flourishing con dition, producing annually upwards of 30,0a0 hogs heads in valuable raerchandise, to the great encre.tse of the revenue. Ile' would again obsuve, that the debt was redeced, and the security enc.:eased ; and from a full cenvietion of the necessity and utility of the measure, it »ILE with his thorough approha- don. Mr. 301-INSTONE.— . Ihat there was no Mem ber f this House a ith whose sentiments he was so generally agreed,as with his Hen. Friend who spoke last, but in this point he must • differ with him. Lending the public money to individuals, even at good interest, be contended, was highly objeclion able, in a constitutional point of view. It affeeled the landed interest, and persons conflated with the itionietl interest would attach themselves to Govern ment if permitted to come into this I louse on such occasions. It was highly injurious to the country to have Government interfere in mercantile affairs, by loan or otherwise. As to the time stated in which which the deia was reduced, the Hon. Gen tleman seems to be in a mistake, instead of six years it is now nearly eight years. And tl - is has one on, under several specific Atts of Parliament : in short, no less than six hills were past, each limiting a time of payment. He would ask if this was not fixed as the 1 _st time for payment ? His lion. Friend stated, that out of fourteen hundred thousand pounds, the debt had been reduced to five hundred thousand. The rata is this, that one-third is only paid. He would ask what better security we had now for the payment of the instalment:, than we had last year ? The lion. Gentleman has stated the vast consequence wising from the importation of thirty thousand hogsheads of sugar, and the encrease of revenue derived from the same, but it should be understood that these hogsheads were generally exported, and that we paid a bounty on the exportation, so far from deriving an encrcase of revenue. The fait was this ; the Merchants overstocked the market , and then feeling the consequences, came forward to declare their loss. And he wished to know, what reason there was for granting greater indulgence to the West India, than to any other trade ? He would repeat, that the interfering of Government in mer cantile affairs, either by granting loans, or any other way, was highly mischievous, and particularly to the lauded interest. The last time it was stated, in a specific manner, that there should not be ano ther application ; he was, then:fore, against the Speaker's leaving the Chair. Mr. Vt'st. Dl N DAS said, the Honourable Gen tleman took an opportunity of entering on an ab stral question, which was not before the House. In 1795, under circumstances arising from .the scourge of insurrection and the devastations of war, they preserved the sovereignty of these island, to this country ; and is it too much to grant them this indul gence now ?—Since that tune they have paid double the sum in duty. The Hon. Gentleman's argu ment is against himself ; for, if they a-led short periods, it must be with the hope of being able to pay ; and the House, in relies% the indulgence,‘ considered it in that point of view. The fait was this, the crops had fallen in value of late years ; and, under such circuanstancts, will you press upon the merchants. The Hon. Gentleman says, he hates Government's dabbling in commerce—Does the Hon. Gentleman remember the case of Liver pool and other places, to whit h Gov.:llllmin ad vanced money under similar circumstances ? Did , the Hon. Gentleman oppose those measures? He concluded by supporting the question. Mr. ROSE said, the 'Right Hon. Gent. who had mist sat down had anticipated his sentiments. The Hon. Centlenran should consider the importance of the West India trade in other points of view. The number of ships and hinds employed was alone onficient to point out its importance. He would ask, if Exchequer Bills had not been issued in 1793, when there was a total stagnation of trade, what would have been the consequence? He was sorry for the occasion which renders this application necessary ; and the depressed state of the value of produce en titled them to the support of Parliament. Mr. DENT was in favour of the measure, in its original and present state; he was confident that the relief afforded by the loan was prodative of the best consequences to the islands, and advantage to this country. Mr. ALEXANDER was_ of the same opinion. Mr. MANNING said, that it was owing to the residents in the islands that the sovereignty of them was preserved to the Sovereijri"of this country. At a time when an insurredtion prevailed in the islands, and the regular forces were employed on other ser . • el.' ' "ft. -L •••••••- - • -.. • • • - Vice, the Militia iteppea irw4rtl, ■and tlielr . lantry preserved theia they were therefore ciititled • to the sUppurt of this House. Thy questitm was then put and carried ; and the House resolved itself into a Committee of the whole House, Mr. Honuousti in the chair. On the reading cf the second resolution, Mr. JOIINSTONE wished to understand, whe titer die Hon. Gentleman pledged himself that this should be the last time of application. Mr. VANSITTART said, the public would not now be in a worse state with regard to the subje;sl than I)6)re. If the instalments were not paid when due, the conunissioners can have recourse to the se. entities, but it is intended by this to div:dc the four into six instalments. Mr. JOHNSTONE and Mr. VANSITTART severally explained. Mr. W. SMITH said, no Gentleman should come liirward on such an occasion, without offer in:, g rounds of security for the payment of the in stallnems. Mr. 11A11,1.1E declared, he had no conneaion whatever, in point of interest, with this nir,..sure, it came into his hands by accident, as he knew seve ral of the respalable persons whose names were subscribed to the Petition, and he certainly wonld do any thing in hi; power, that could be done with propriety, to serve them. The Resolutions were then agreed to, the Chair man ordered to report progress, and the Committee fixed for tounorrow. The Roman Catholic Oath Bill was read a second • time, and ordered to be read a third time to-morrow. A Mewa!te from the Lords announced their as sent to the Irish Militia and some private Bills. On the .'Motion of Mr. Vansittart, Sir J. Sauma rces Annuity Bill was read a sccend time and or dered to a Committee of the whole House to-mor row. Th:.• F.xchequer Bills Bill was read a second time, and ordered to a Committee of the whole House to- morrow. The ctlier orders of the day were t;, ,, m1 read, or deferred.—Adjourned. 1W COMM \ NI) OF TiIVIR MNJESTIF:i. THEATRE-ROIAL, DRURr.LANE. THIS LYT.NINO will be presented a New Il sro.ic.l Play, in Three Acts, e•,11.11 THE HER() CF THY. NORTH. The Orurtare :nut M cmnp Ko.l au I selected ;), Mr. Kelly. The principal Characters 1 ... v Mr. Pop', Mr. Holland, Mr. Kely, Mr. Raymond, Mr. I) iwton, Mr. k 3 .I.m. Mr. De Ca,tip, Mr Caulfield, Mr. Soikwiek, Mr. Grim .I.li, Mr. 011g.....5, Mr. Fisher, Mrs. Young, Mrs. Moottlaiit, Mr; irkwirc, M.. 4. Bland, Tyrer. To which v.lll bti Adel, THE DEVIL TO PAY. On Saturday, All at the Wrong, with }111.:t 11..ard 0.1 F.airer Morid..v will be pe.fornyfil, The Hero of the North, sv..th Love aiyi Mager, or Ilal!.mpliti* , . llolid tr. A N.u.r C..rnech - , in Five Acts, caned tile Marriage Promise, 14 in rcheArsal, and will be produced, on Wertne...day, in Laster Week. 771RATIZE-R0r.11., COVENT-GARDEN. TiilS EVENING will be perAirtikeil a New Comedy called JOIIN HULL; O►, AN ENGLISIIM I.N's FIRE-SIDE. The l ,riucip. l Cti.ir.rzters by Mr. Lorris, Alr. Conks, \lr. Faw.nit, Mr. Johnstone, Mr. 11. Johnston ! W.:nich Mr. liinery, Mr. NVaddy. Mrs. Gibbs, Mrs. DAJellimart, 0.1141 Mra. 11. Joh.oton. Tt.e Prolo t tile to be ~.,okcu by Mr. Brunton. With a Lyrical Et.ilJruc by Mr. Johnstone. which w.li itlLl,r!. THE RIVAL SOLDIERS. The laie.v Comedy of John 801 l will be rierfprated on Saturday, with a Divertisvment, :mil r M.eignerade. ' John Bull will Jae performed on Eater Nlorid,y, and every night that week. A New Muiicti After-Piece is in priiriration. ilmorsim , 7•r•.ww - S • ANCIENT music. 0R4T0./tlO. COVENT-GATMFN. The Concert of Ancient Music was Ifv.t nit,:ht. per formed at the King' • Theatre, for the ninth time, under the direaion of fie Earls. of DA RTMOrTH, FORTLSCCL, U X LI:: DOE, • and Cu ESTLRFIELTL—•-• Their MxiEsr cs, the PiI,NCE of WA LES, and four of the PRINCLSSEi, honoured the company with their presence, and appeared highly gratified with the entertainment. The performance was never observed to be mar scientifically executed than on this occasion. The vocal powers of Mrs. Bi ttiNoroN were particu larly distinguished in " Hark! 'iii the Linnet," com posed by HA soct.. She never appeared in better voice, or exerted it with more happy etfeCt. Mr. HARRISON met with general applause in " Soda. Pieta," and Master KEL Lti LR with Miss TENN ANT, sung the Duet " Qual anelante" with great taste. The rest of the performers were seve rally excellent, and in their respective parts. A splendid and elegant assemblage of the Nobility were present, and they appeared to exceed in num ber that of any former meeting. The Royal Fa mily appeared highly pleased with their entertain mew, and retired in exceeding good spirits. Next week being Passion w;:ek, the Concert will not be renewed until Wednesday fortnight. A Grand SeteCion of Slicred Music, frd l rn the compositions of IT ANDEL and H AVON, was brought forward last night, for the entertainment of an au dience more numerous and elegant than any we have witnessed during the season. It commenced with the Overture of Faber ; and the first Aa consisted of the most delightful airs from the Oratorios of Redemption and the C,Taliv,. Mr. BRA!! s>t sung, " Lord rememLer David," in a style that filled with rapture all who heard it Mrs. riNwroN did not at first exert her astonishame powers with that cdat with which they are in general displayed : the celebrated air of " The rnarvelkus !Yorks lebold amazed," lost much of its efFe in consequence. In " holy holy Lord," she was far from imparting that satisfaaion she has usually conveyed to her enraptured auditors, wherever she has sung this pathetic -Air. The trio and grand chorus, " The Heavens are telling," the finest piece of HAvDN's hest work Wati given in a grand style. Mrs. Bit t.l , :rir os left the Orchestra to attend the Ancient Music, and at her r4urn she sung rc Sacred Priests, With Farewell ye Limpid Streams. She sung with her wonted ease and freedom, and never was she listened to with more pleasure. The cause of her deficiency in the early part now became manifest. It appeared that she bad been re' .rving herself for the Concert of Ancient Music. Fvery Air sung by IlitAitA 34 was encored; that of To isms, your Country's Cause, was received with general enthusiasm. Mr. INC I.F.DON WAS very hiYhly applauded. Miss PAnKr. gave several Airs with a consider able degree of sweetness, particularly " 0 had 1 Yu bal's Lyre." Miss MeNnA It sung an Air of very difficult exe cution, by BACH. Her voice is rather too weak for a theatre, hut she exhibited both taste and sci ence. Between the first and second At% a Concerto was played on the Grand Piano Forte by NEAT!. We cannot speak of it as a very brilliant perform ance. • The Chorusses, in general, were given in a very correet, complete, and spirited manner. Yesterday a Court of Direaors was held at the East India House, when Captain Hunter Brown of the Dorsetsbire, took leave previous to departing for China. The Court adjourned at six o'clock till to-morrow. It is now believed that Mr. HUNT rit brought no thing of great importance, he hafng come over chiefly fur the purpose of attending the young Duke of Doßsr r to Paris, who is going on a visit to his mother. Two Lisbon mails arrived yesterday. They hare not brought any intelligence of importance. A letter from Naples, dated Feb. 1, says, " The messenger is arrived from England with Mr. DRUM MOND'S credentials. The Malmo, Capt. GORE, take,: him and his suite to Constantinople in a few days. FEN WIC K, his present Secretary, accompanies him. AR COURT, the Secretary of Legation at Naples, re mains. _ The press in the distant ports has been warmer within these few days, than when press-warrants were first issued. We learn that M. Tom Ast has accepted the dig nity of Grand Master of Malta. the . exportation of unmanufaaured coloured and floss silks from France has been prohibited by the French Government. On, Monday night, al>out ten o'clock, after lan guishing for some days, the press broke nut with redoubled fury at Newcastle. Almost all per Eons found in the streets were taken. up, and some sr:1;1- We sailors were picked from amongst them. The guns have been remounted on the different forts and batteries at the Cove of Cork. Great exertions are made at Vienna, to improve the commercial state of die town and port of Trieste. Covrwmv Et.cetion.—At the close of the poll on Tuesday, the numbers were— For Mr. Mouse - - - 1290 Mr. STR4T lON - 11s3 The French Ambassador did not remain on Tues day at St. James's above ten minutes. Letters from Antwerp, dated March 15th, say, " That a Consul or Cummercial Commissary from the Hans-Towns having been appointed to reside at Ants4•erp, as was the case before the shutting up of the Scheldt, the arms of the ancient Hans-Towns have been placed, within these few days, over the gates of Ousterbuys in the presence of many in dividuals of the same nation. The Hantijowns have similar possesions at London, in Bergen, Norway, Russia, and elsewhere I though the establishments of Antwerp have not been of any use fur a considerable time past, they have al ways had a resident there for the maintenance of their rights, and the preservation of their property. The free navigation of the Scheldt being re-esta blished by France, these towns begin to resume the commercial affti vit y, which in former times gave them suck consequence, and the residence of the Com ' missary is now putting into repair, having been much delapidated by the troops which have lateli occupied it. `w„ . " - r THE BRITISH PRESS. LON DON, THURSDAY, MARCH 31. The Funds yesterday continued in their depressed state. This is a plain proof that the false rumours of Tne;Jay were the result, and not the cause of their d., , pression. With respe& to the real cause of the fall, we have no reason to alter the opinion which we gave yesterday. The Moniteur of the With affords a clue to one of the reports which might have had, no dobt, some influence upon the market, though not in any considerable degree. We mean the report that a bye-boat had brought private ad vices front Paris, with an account of a most insolent message sent by BON APART!: to this Government. The Monikur of the above date, reprobating the false intelligence of other papers says, " are then told, of what no doubt the other Continental Journals will copy, viz. a pretended letter from the FIRST COME!. to the KING of ENGLAND, written in the stile of the taverns, in which the English Papers are composed." From this we may fairly presume, that same Stock-Jobbers did circulate an article in France of the description alluded to, and that it has been eagerly seized by those who are upon the watch for news, or been conveyed express to England by the fabricators themselves. We mention this merely as a caution, hoping, at the same time, that the absurdity of the recent specu lations has worked their own cure. Yesterday we received Paris papers of the 9-7th. They contain nothing that can give any indication of the probable issue of the present negociation. The Funds, however, continue to decline, the 5 per cents, being at 54 f. 40 c. on Saturday last. On the other hand, Colonial produce, which had risen in price at Bourdeaux, on the prevailing opinion that war was probable, has agaia fallen• in value. The Dasher sloop of war, of lel guns, arrived on Sunday afternoon, with dispatches from Malta, which she left on the 4th inst. She was only twenty three days on her voyage to Plymouth. In the Gut of Gibraltar she spoke the Be&isle, of 74 guns, bound to Malta. This ship sailed under sealed or ders from Plymouth, and was supposed to be gone for the West Indies. :WM* rC 7 • 0410. 01 b .'* ' • • I i t 1 E