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ttered iato a detailed colliideration of several of its in ,, v i s ions, which he agreed were matter for se rious c onsideration in a Committee : he hoped, con sidering the late period of the Session, no delay annld tale place. Some of the provi,ions of the Bill were new to him; and due regard, he observed, shawld be had to the extent of the cure. Adverting to an o bservation which fell from the Noble Eatl w h o spoke last, he said he should not turn advertiser fur the co:nplaiats of curates. The Earl of SUFFOLK, in explanation, said, be was indebted for much of the important inform ation he had received on the subjeft, to what he had said in that way on a former occasion. }lc re ceived more than 100 letters, most of them with names to them, though the general regneat of the writers was that their names should nit be men tioned. The Bishop of LONDON shortly spoke in ex planation. Th e garl of ItTrY;EWATER, in a low tone of voice, made some observations in favour of the Bill; but thought it contained some urovisioas winds were lit matter for future consideration and r a iment. fne Marquis of BUCKINGIIAM had the prin ciple and objeas of the Bill warmly at heart. It was essential to follow up the imperfea measure of bit year, and he had no fears as to the bishops' abasing the discretionary powers vested in them. There were, he agreed with some Noble Lords, certain parts of the Bill worthy of serious future consideration, and susceptible of amendment ; yet he seemed to say, the ohjea of the Bill was so desir able, it would be better it should pass with all its imperfeaions on its head, than be totally lost. The Bishop of ST. A. 5.1,214 entered into some 11%ailes1 considerations as to the merits of the mea- roe. and adverted to some serious instances, in which the residence of the incumbent wan thought HIT as important, if not more so, than that of the curate. Much as he iiad the o'njea of the Bill at heart, he could not go the length of the Noble Mar viz in saying that he wished the Bill to pass with all its imperfeaions ; but these, he hoped, may be got rid of. The Earl of BRIDGEWATER explained. Lord AUCKLAND spoke generally in favour of the Bill ; the principal object of which, the securing the residence of a Clergyinan in every parish, he had greatly at heart. Earl FITZWILLIAM, though friendly to the principle and objet of the Bill, adverted io some parts of it. whiei he seemed to think very objec tionabl►, and which should be matter fur serious future consideration. The B.shop of LONDON shortly explained ; after which the question was put, and the Bill read a second time; and, after a short explanatory con versation between the Rev. Prelate, the Loot) Ceti isczttoe, and Lord WALSINGHAX, was com mitted for Thursday. Lord WALSINGHAM aeqoainted the House, that a Noble Marquis, then absent, intended to sub mit a motion to their Lordships to-morrow, respea lag the sitting of the Committee of the whole House on the case of Mr. Justice Fox. The Bilis upon the Table were then forwarded in their several stages. After which an adjournment took place. ROUSE OF COMMONS. Mr. M A 10:1 KO presented a Petition from the T,on don Dock Company, against the Bit for the in demnity of the Carmen.—Ordered to lie on the Table. The Bill for the recovery of small debts in the city of Bith, was read a third time and passed. hlr. WHITBREAD moved for an account of the date of the Warrant of the Treasurer, relative the balances of Adam Jellicoe, deceased, and the name al , o of the person to whom the said warrant was addressed.—Orderod. He also moved for an Acconnt of Balances in the hands of the Receiver General of Excise, from the sth January 1793, to the sth of April last, quarter ly.—Ordered. He moved further for an Account of the names of the persons in whose names sums were lying in the Bank for the use of the Navy, ViEttialling and . Transport Boards; and also the names of the per sons who drew for sums at and above `2o,ootirl. in 1794, 1795, 1796, and 1797.—Ordered. Mr. CURWEN moved the revival of the Com mittee for the Duke of A thoi's Petition.—Ordered. Mr. ALEXANDER brought op the report of the London Port Improvement Bill. The resolu tion of dm Committce, grantityr 6o,nr.m. for that purpose, w a s rea d, an d agreed to, and abillordered to he brought in thereon. The Woollen Manutadurere Bill was, on account of thtilincsiof an Hon. Member, concerned in its t''"lwnt, ordered to be read a second time on TitursdAy. Admiral BERKELEY said, the bill for continuf ins the Suspension of the Penalties against certain Manufacturers, who bad not ser•ed regular appren ticeships to their respedive trades, would expire on the Ist efiuly—and if the present Bill should meet with any considerable opposition, there would not be time af•-rwards to pass a bill for continuing that Sol:tension AEI That Act, he reaue,ted, sh ruld be teat—which being done, pro . formi, he moved for leave to bring in abill to continue the said ad for one year. Mr. P. Moor's and Mr. 11. LASCILLES each said a few words •, after which 1-ave was granted. Lord A. HAMILTON, in a Committee of the whole Houw, obtained leave to bring in a ISill to explain and amend the Corn Aft of last Session, so far as it related to Scotland. The Offender's Amendment Bill was ordered to be read a third time on Vsrcdnesday. Colonel CRAW , FORD moved for a weekly re turn of the men raised under the Additional Force Aft, from the sth of April last, to the latest period. —Ordered. Mr. J. FITZGERALD moved for an Account (gibe Irish Debt redeemed in England, to the sth a( February last.—Ordered. The Expiring Laws Bill, the British and Irish Corn Laws Continuance Bill, the Loyalty Loan Bill, the Irish Militia Bill, the British Militia Bill, the Additional Subaltern's Pay Bill, and the Lot tery Bill, were severally read a second time, and or• deted to be committed to-morrow. The ether Orders of the Day were read sad de fared.— .Adjourned. THE BRITISH PRESS. LONDO\, TUESDAY. Jove It was reported yesterday that Government had received dispatches by the C0d.,0•-r , of 14 guns, arrived at Plymouth, which annieuice, ti.at the combined French and Spanish fleas had been seen off Nlad iira, steering :a Nortii.easteri coin se. The general speculation founded upon this report in the course of the evening, was, Ci ir the ri !els had at first taken a southern dire.Ftiu a t rt,;sead our squadrons ; and having fired an opinion that they were gone to the E ist or West had turned back with intent to invade Ireland. That the con quest of Ireland is a favourite oldp,ll of the French Government—whether viewed iminediaitly, as an arm lopped from Great Britain, or ultimately, as a province of France—few will be disposed to deny; but, we see no other reason for presuming that the Combined Fleet, if seen steering North-East, Madeira, must be destined for Ireland. From such da!e, it is as fair to infer, that, having decoyed Lord NELSON out of the Mediterranean, and sent him to the East or West Indies, they have re turned into that sea, where they may roam at large, without fear or coivroul, and realise the ambitious views of Boaae4arr on Turkey or Egypt.— Another report states, that the fleet seen off Ma deira was steering W. S. W. This account was brought by the R.rouri cutter privateer of Liver pool, which adds, that in the night of the 14th of May, a squadron of men of war, mostly of the line, were descried by her in that point, and steering that course, and :hat at day-light on the 15th she counted them to the number of five sail of the line, includ ing one tnree-decker and several frigates. This lat ter atcedrit is probably the true ''se; and if anuall,y the squadron seen off Nledeira must have been part of Lord NELSON'S fleet, which passed Cape St. Vincent on the 11th. We stated in a former Paper, that the French and Spanish Amb'assadors remonstrated against the en trance of the expedition under '.3-:;eral CRAIG into the port of Lisbon. The Falmantn ;.aper, received yesterday, contains the following part:culars upon that subject lVhile General i.:earc was at Lis bon, the French and Spa .-sh Amb...ssAors remon strated with touch warmth on the shelter which the. Portuguese Government afforded to the ships and troops under General Ca* to. The PAINCII RKORMT answered, that the English convoy bad been forced into the Tagus by strrss of .wea ther (,or,ibatia). Th. , :7 demanded that it should he ordered to sea immediately. But General CRAIG resolved not to stir, 6'll be was assured t':ere was no danger of his Tnr:;ing the combined. fleets of the enerny ; and, in c.tse of receiving A pe-° remptory order to quit, we are assured that be ht* resolved to take possession of the farts on the Tagos, and keep his post by force, rather than risk falling' into the hands of the enemy, by sailing prematurely. The Portuguese Government evidently extended its indulgence to the utmost of its power." The oat,. of the poll upon the election for Galway teas, nn Monday last, for Mr. Da r.v 136, Mr. FYRE R9.—On Tuesday, Mr. DALY '371, Mr. Ever. 244. The last accounts were dated We !- nesday, at which time Mr. DALY was considerably ahead upon the day's poll. An expedition is preparing with aftivity ; Sir ions DUCKWORTH is to have the naval command. Thc 68th regiment, under the command of I.ieut. Col. r A al.Lv, arrived at Antigua on the 14th April. The 90th regiment, under the orders of Colonel MiN are, has arrived at St. Vincent's, to relieve tie rBth. The Doris transport, Captain Lamb, k arrived at Portsmouth from Lagos Bay, in lat. 44 deg 40 min. long. 15 deg. 40 min. She fell in with, and beat off a Spanish privateer of 18 guns. The Diu's, —, from Watet ford, for Newfound land, has been taken, retaken by the illettmorland privateer, Captain GOUDALL, find both are arrived at Liverpool. Admiral Russtr.r. is arrived in the Downs with the principal part of the North Sea fleet, which, rein- . forced by the squadron under the orders of Lord KEITH, is, for the future, to act under the instruc tions of his Lordship. Owing to the formidable state - of the enemy's prep trazions, the force on that station is to be very considerably augmented. Dispatches received at the Admiralty, from Admiral Lotrl KEITH, give an account of the arrival in the Downs of the Cornier hired armed cutter, commanded by Lieut. BOllle, after hay ing made an unsuccessful attempt to cut out a lugger privateer from under the batteries of Tre port. Nothing could be better projected than was this little enterprise ; in aid of which, the First Lieutenant of the Megrra, and fourteen volunteer seamen front that ship,' accompanied the Courier. Unfortunately, however, before she reached the pri vateer, it became a perfect calm, which left her exposed for some time to a vigorous fire of the enemy's batteries. She received several shots in her hull, and was otherwise much damaged ; and the Lieutenant of the Afriorit, with one seaman, was killed, and another mortally wounded. Under' all the unfavourable circumstances of the case, it seems indeed peculiarly fortunate that the Courier was en abled to effect her escape. The body of the deceased Lieutenant was landed at Deal on Saturday, and is to be interred with all due military honi.urs. Sunday evening the ROYAL FAMILY walked on the Terrace, Windsor. The comp'ny were not so numerous as exp.-fled, owing to the unfavourable appearance of the weather. The Rt.v Mt. PASTY retired to Ott- Castle at an early hour, where they had a selea eirsle, and an Oratori , s was performed by Her MaJesrv's bat,d, and the Gentlemen of the Windsor Choir. YeAterdar morning. about nine o'clock, His MA- J P.VEY IefEWIridSOT IR his travelling carriage, escort e•l by a party of the Royal Horse Guards, for Hounslow death, to review the 9th and 14th regi ments of Light Dragoons. After the Review, His MAJES r If went to Cumberland Lodge, +and dined these svith Her MAJESTY and the PR I NCESSES. Tliir day the ROYAL FAMILY are ezpe:ted• in town. • The following is a more correa account of the Ronal tour, than any we have yet seen We are informed it is the intention of Their MA. itSTIES and Prisocesszs, after viewing Oxford Uni versity and City, to pay visits to the following No • biiity, ttc. oil their tour, parsing thive days at each seat. viz. Earl of HARCOURT, at Nuneham Park, near Oxford; Earl of UXBR:LIGL, at Braudesert j I ) .*rk, Sir trurdshire ; Earl of DARTMOUTH, at Sand serif; a^d the Bishop of WORCESTER, at Hattie bury, Worcestershire. From the last place, Their ! MAJE•TIES will proceed through Worcester and Glouce:,:er, to Bath, where they propose to remain five days, and pass then through Dorsetshire, on their route to Weymouth. I • Q I te BorAL FAMILY. HAYMARKET THEATRE. Last night Mr. ELLISTON resumed the part of .Orterumn ott The Meantaiarees at this Theatre, and receirod u3botutcled applause. Miss T v eve was the ApeO, and warhf,:d the airs with her nival sweetness. It was her first appearance these three years at this Theatre, and she was warmly greeted .no her entrance. The Farce of The Village Lawyer Introduced a Mr. trom the Newcastle •Flae,gre, in the part of Sheepfare. lie possesses much comic power, and was an excellent auxiliary to Mr. Mat News, who appeared to great advan tage in his Livourite chara%er of Lawyer yl-orl . The whole performance went off with great spirit, and excited much applause. Viscount HA at POLN will this day receive the fair hand of Miss Bzowsc, sister to Lady WLDDEtI DUANt. After the ceremony, the happy pair will set off for his Lordship's seat, Hampden, Bucking hamshire. Ycsterdty Lady Smarr min presented the Prin cess of WA LLS with a patent paratout, similar to that ptestnted to Her MaiEsry a few days since. A yoang Jew offered himself last week tor the Haymarket Theatre, but proposed, as a sins t 0..2 ass, that he must not be asked to play is The Fiateb of Lady ISA DEI LA Dove I. AS will give a small party on the 14th instant. The Fire Engines of Dublin are to be reviewed by the Into MAY OR on Friday next. It is to be hoped it mil not be a hot day. Mr. and Mrs. LAIN° returned on Saturday from ; Windsor, where they have been passing their honey -41°04, to their house in trinity-square. Mrs. PARKER, the Goddess of the Straehlpev, is making the good folks of Dublin "fain is falow her." Evening Brasi, is very busy at Edinburgh, staw*ping the way for Mrs. Si nnoss's eery. Mrs. Core's Masquerade, on Wednesday, is ex. peeicd to be one of the most elegant entertainments ever given. Some of the most superb fancy dresses are in piepa:dticm. . _ . . The remains of the amiaLle a.sd much-regretted Mrs. Maass, wife of WILLIAM Mal r s. Esq. were to be interred on Saturjay last at Bolton Percy, Yorksltire. The Olympic Circus in Dublin boasts a Pie -110,111.1001 Highland Poury, only :1 , 1.1 . n-recto isarhes high—and the Belfast Theatre a youug phenomenon Aaress, only sir fears old. Admiral Sir JUNN °IDE left town on Saturday, for Carisbrook Castle, Isle of Wight. The town of Fllandford has been a scene of un paralleled gaiety for the last ten days. The Theatre and Assembly Rooms were open, and crowded every night. All the Widows are in raptures with a new Novel entitled &Tend Lore." A dish of Peas, out of the open ground, was ex hibited on Thursday last at Dublin, by the Earl of Howr 14'S gardener. Mrs. Sir:mons closed her engagement at Leeds Theatre on Friday last, in her favourite character of Lady Macbeth. On Tuesday she played Elniea, on Wednesday Mrs. Nader, and on Thursday Zoro, with a degree of success worthy of her inimitable powers. A grand public dinner, at which the Marquis of DONNEGAL presided, was given at. Belfast, on the 4th inst. in honour of ilis MaJcsrv's Birth day. Mr. FAWCeTr,the Comedian, is arrived in Dublin. Nine Gentlemen of Sir CECIL !Ina°, r's Troop of Cavalry, with two choice players, beat the Slurring. ton Cricket Club last week, by 100 runs. In addition to the Corps mentioned in our paper of yesterday, to be reviewed by His MAJESTY on Thursday next, the following are ordered, viz.—lst Regiment Surrey Volunteers, Col. GAITSKILL ; St. SMOOT'S, Major POTTS ; St. John'i, Major KING ; and the British Artificers. Miss Blown', the young phenomenon at the Bel fast Theatre, will perform the part of Miss Peggos in the Comedy of The Corviro Girl; and Cowslip, in the farce of The Agreeable SlSlprife, tor her own benefit, to-morrow night; and recite a loyal address, in the charader of a Baran Volunteer. This ex traordinary child is but six years old, and cannot read. Her father, an Officer in the Militia service, reads the parts twice or thrice to her; after which, her retention is such as not to require a prompter. Her voice is weak ; but such is the attention paid to her, that although the house overflows with cam parry, a breath cannot be heard whilst she appears. . .- i.,44 COURT 07 KMG'S ORNCH, direLectit, Ants 10, • • e ;iv at Nisi Prius, &fore Lord ELLzugozovon, aud is Special Jury. ASSAULT, • PkYNE V. rieurne. This was an af.lion to recover compensation in damages for an assault coremitted upon the PlaM tiff by the Defendant, and for Ireacb of the statute for regulating toe whale fishery. The Plaintiff in this case was -1 harpooner on board the Grcenvith whaler, and the Defendant was the Officer commanding the Ea ypienne ship of war. Li the month of Ohober, 1803, the Plaintiff was returning to this country from a vo7age to the coasts of New Zealand, &e. in the Greenland ship the Greenwich, when he was met by the Defend ant's vessel, near Portsmouth, and the latter sent some hands en board the Greermirh; and, notwith standing the protehions which all harpooners ate entitled to tinder the statute, and all remonstrances made on the subject, the Plaintiff, with two other persons, harpooners, were seized and carried on board the Angyptienne. Soon after, the Plaintiff, or hi, brother, procured him to be :arrested for debt ir:der a writ of copies, tee- ; but the Defendant paid the amount of the arrest, and detained the Plaintiff. Immediately after, he threw the Plaintiff into heavy irons, and had him closely confined for three dayv; he then bad him tied up to the capstern, and order ed him three dozen lit,hes, which he instantly re ceived. He then sent him on board the Fairy sloop of war, commanded by Lord William Fitzroy, with whom he went to the West Indies. Mr. GAIIROW, in stating the Case, on the part of the Plaintiff, expatiated with his usual ability upon the heinousness, not only of the offence, in the bru tal manner in which the Plaintiff had been treated. but the violent breach of the laws, in impressing pet -sons so especially proteet:d by the statute. Lord William Fitzroy stated the circumstance of the Plaintiff's being brought on board his ship, the fairy; he farther added, that he believed at pre sent he was irr the West Indies : he was a very proper man, an 1 had conducted himself so we'd on several occasions, that he recommended him to the notice of the Admiral commanding on that static/is, with whom he believed he then was. Mr. Errs/time, for the Defendant, stated, that the whole transaction occurred from the Defendant's ignorance of the law ; but L Ird EL.LEYsoROL:GM did not think that was arry palliation of an offence, in breaking through an Ad of Parliament, which should be krtovrn to all sea faring people. The Jury, after a short consultation, fauna a verdid of 3001. for the Plaintiff On Wednesday evening, Adm:val Mlviacrit struck his flAg a t Portsmouth, and went to Baths on leave for a fortnight. Sir Ise ac Cnr►tts has shifted his lag from the Gladiator to the Rojal Late on Saturday night, Mr. AT tryworrit left town for Yarmouth, on his way to St. Pesersburgn. with dispatches for Lord G. L. Gowen. A fast sailing cutter was in readiness at Yarmota; in which he was to embark. The High Sheriff of the Caunty of Wilts has called a County :sleeting, to be held on Taesday neat, for the purpose of taking into consideration the abuses in the &vend:tun of the Ent money. The requ'sition to the High Sheriff is sig. ei by the Dike of Sommtstr, the Marquis of Lain- Dowtsc, Earls CARNAEYIN and SoFTOLK, counts ANDOVER and Foutsrons. Lord Pot- CIICSTYR, Lord H. PETTY, W. H. Bouvrsut, E. BOUTERIE, W. HUSSEY, and several other Gentle men of distillates. The Ne.-osae, few St. Kitt's, one cf the Cork con voy, was taken by a French privateer on the tith of March, and sent for Gualaloupe ; hot the pi ire m tster, throtaft mistake, made Antigua, and gct ting on shore ne:u.Corbinson's Point, was taken pos session of, and the Frenchmen, nine an number, con ducted to Ft isoo. The following are the regiments of English Mili tia now on their march for Scotland : ti cond West 'rode Cot. Viscount Dawns N. Lincoln V .count Mitsintown. Cumbedaud Vosewent lArwther. Westmoreland James Lowther. . East Suffolk. Viscount Bootie. It is a remarkable circumstance, that in a family is Hull, of seven children, four of them are deaf and dumb. Yesterday a workman fell from a scaffold at a house adjoining Russel-square, and pitched on his stomach on the iron railing. He was carried to Middlesex Hospital without hopes of recovery. About eleven o'clock on Tuesday nig:,t, as a lady in Saville -street, Hull, was retiring to rest, and had just put out her light, a half-brick was thrown in at her window, which hitting her over the forehead, struck her down, and injured her so. much that a surgeon was obliged to he immediately sent for.— The villain who was guilty of this nefarious adroit could not be discovered. The lady, we are sorry to ' firid, is dangerously ill. The Lottery draws again on Thursday, and to tally finishes nn Saturety next. Should the float irg 30,0001. Prize remain in the Wkecl at the end of this day'a drawing, the Public will be aux;ous for a chance ; but we suppose there cannot be aoove LO or 60 Tickets left unsold all the Officer. Such a circumstance never occurred before. Yesterday being Trinity Monday, the Masters. Wardens, and Assistants of the Trinity Corpora tion. went down the River in twelve barges, viz. their own, the Admiralty's, and the LORD MA TOIVS, with a selea party. to bear divine service at Saint Nicholas' Church. Deptford Upon their vray down the River, they were saluted from several ships and wharfs with a discharge of cannon. As they passed the Thames Police Office, the boats belonging to it, to the number of thirteen, were moored in a line, and the men on board presented arms, as the aquatic procession mcved on. Mr. Pier. who is Master of the Trinity Home, went hvr land in his carriage, and joined the rest of the corr. pally at! the church. After divine service, the barges carried back their fare to Tower whist: where they landed. and thence repaired, in proces sion, to the London Tavern, where a sumptuous dinner was provided. 'The dinner was served spin an excelleat style, and the wines were a the l a rn I flavour. . ..••••••• . • j 1 4. 1 • 1 1 e it Et ) r• • 4 IJ Df e- t- ft-