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Commons was the Ist of August. e Bill could not pass before the Lords thought that, by altering lune, it would le nearer the Commons, than to let it stand over There was no alteration with parts of the Bill, but only return ; and for these reasons, judged the Amendments might said, it was not consistent the House, to trust them in own ; and therefore he hoped with the utmost caution in that knowing how very to. . always been in allowing fight in any degree trench on 'ipposing they might expel . on the subje!l, he had given aeration in his power, and had precedents relating to it. In all he trusted the House would sendment.—ln matters of a Amendments by the Lords In respea to this Bill, the ,s 1 conformity to whatever was ilitia Bill in I 757 ; where the pages with Amendments —ln struck out the whole force to be Distria, and all the money . force. On consideration of some of them were agreed to, assigning reasons for the same, was privilege.—He then cited nature as to the alteration of /97, an Amendment in the Notes, and 14th May 1799, sese, he said, were the cases he thought it his duty to state to, the House. would not consent to the privileges in any one instance. would lead to another ; and be wholly lost. Substance, never be admitted in oprosi the whole business 4 p r i, a rge 2 ; and if any part of that form mast dangerous consequences &palm against the Amendment. pissoa could, after the passing of exemption, according to the el and he thought the best way , to le.sve the Amendment out altogether, and put a clause to the same died into the Supple mentary Bill, intended to be brought in. Lord CASTLERF.AGH said, there was, on the vary face of this proceeding, a sufficient proof to satisfy the House that it had not been the objea of the House of Lords to give new exemptions, by the amendment they had made in the Bill ; but to.enable Volunteers to take the benefit of the exemptions as I anon as possible, after the passing of the Ad. The Lemßill stated, that the sth of April was the day mat t to which the exemptions were to be claimed. only question therefore was, whether the Lords , bed pone beyond the purpose which the House of 1 Commons had in view ? In nit opiftion, they had um ; Inv on the contrary, that they carried the intentions of le Commons more fully into 'flea. Mr. GREY said, he never would suffer the privi leges of the House to be invaded in any one respetl. The opinion just given by the Noble Lord, in sup port of the Amendment, contained doftrine the most hostile to those privileges of any he had ever heard. The Noble Lord called on the House to adore this Amendment, in defiance of the rules of the House, became it had been adopted by the Lords, in further ance of the objet and wish of the House of Corn itlnfli. The same thing might be said in any other 'Bill. A Tax Bill might be passed by the Howe s sent op to the Lords, and they might say they wins ading in furtherance of the wishes of the Commons, if they even increased the amount of the tax, or altered the time for the payment of it. The House of Commons would then cease to be the guardian of the public property. This was the most dangerous and unconstitutional doarine he had eves 'heard. The House must never listen to such, and it could rot be too nice or delicate on questions of this kind. He saw no objcftion to the proposal of his Hon. Friend, Mr. Sheridan, to rejed the Amendment, and supply its defect in the new Supplementary Bill. Sir RALPH MILBANK thought the House should never allow the Lords, in any instance, to er.inch upon its privileges. Mr. FOX said, that in consequence of what had just passed, And after the statement which had been so ably and so fairly made from the chair with re gard to the usages of the House, be was more than ever convinced of the necessity cf rejeding the pre sent amendment : and he fully agreed with his Hon. Friend that it was a most dangerous doiftrine to say the [iris amendments in a Money Bill must be agreed to, because they aged in furtherance of the wishes of the Commons. He felt i: a duty on him to take care that the House should not abandon its antient privileges ; and, in order to do so, he could wish to hear ancient precedents quoted. A Right Hon. Gentleman had told the House that an an.eudinent of the Lords in a Tat &U had been once agreed to, which went to alter the date of the period at which the tat was to commence. le: this precedent be bad, in order that the House might kma, to its shame, its having permitted such a viola tion of its privilege.. To suffer such a thing to be done, would be just the same as telling the Lords they had a tight to lay taxes on the people; and the House might as well at once give up ail its old pri vileges. The amendments were then ordered to be read a second time. And, on the reading of the amend ment in question ; bk. PITT said, the result of all the discussion that had just taken place was to con fi rm him in the opinion that the Lords, in altering the date in the manna they did, had done nothing inconsistent with the privileges of the House ; . and therefore, that it ought not to alter the course of proceeding, which was now desirable. As to the amendment haring been made in furtherance of the wishes of the Commons, be begged leave to say, that by that was not meant a general furtherance ; but only the means of rendering one particular objea In the Bill mare practicable. The amendment was then agreed :::. tamed by the Common! - was found that the Bill c , of May. and the Lords t day to the Ist of June, ion of the Commons, the Ist of August. The d to any pecuniary p; to c thomemdaitteteeoti-lathde judged fely be agreed to. Mr. FRA N CI S said, the privileges of the y hands but their own ; e house would aa wits e presenr case . The SPEAKER said, th ions the House had al mendments which might . , it privi.eges; and supp old ive his opinion on I the fullest consideration suited all the precedent es of aid or supply, he ver pass over an Amen er nature, several A: beet agreed to. In itt.ne had lofted in co in the Great Militia ds filled many pages of which, they struck vide.l by the Tower Di the snpport of that for se Amendments, some others tejeted, assign d indicat that it was cedents tithe same Oat tea in 1782. In 1797, ct for Promissory Note haring the day. These, sad colleted, and he thou nd lay them before the I Mr. WINDHAM wt ouse relaxing its privile ne a& of relaxation wan ' ems the p - ivileges might I he contended, should nev tion to form; almost the 1 was a miner of form ; it was laid aside, the most might foil .w. Mr. SHER/DAN spot He said, that no perso:i the AR, claim his exem terat:on thus made; and would be, to leave the A IMlNumin. Mr. FOX thought something a:auld be stated ' on the Journals, that might prevent the proceeding just adopted from be..oming a precedent, that might annihilate the privileges of the House. The SPEAKER said, that in all cases where it WAS supposed the privileges of the House might have been infringed on, there was always a special en try on the Journals,for the purpose of preventing that circumstance from becoming a precedent. And the House having agreed to the present amendment, it was his intention, if such should be the pleasure of the I louse, to take care that a special entry shoula be made, stating the reasons why the House bad agreed to the amendment in question. Mr. Pl'IT then moved, as an ani.mdment to the Lords' amendment, 6` That the 'st of July be in serted, instead of the .sth of May." Agreed to. 'Mr. WHITBREAD observed, that the Lords had left out two clauses of the Bill ; those that re lated to masters and servants, and masters and ap prentices. Although these clauses were very objec tionable, yet, after a circumstance that had recently taken place, he thought it would be better for them to stand in the Bill as they were iirginally drawn out. He thought it were better that masters should have no power to discharge those servants who might become Volunteers, than that they should he liable to the penalties that might afterwards be intii.fled on the in an arbitrary manner. A proceeding of this kind had I..tely °cent red in Scotland. An ad was done by the Lord advocate of Scotland, of a nature so sevore and urijustiriable, that if some sa tisfaaory explanation was ni t given concerning ic, he should certainly mike it the object of a Motion in that House. Mr. PITT asked, what was the specific circum. stance to which the Hon. Gentleman Alluded ? Mr. WHITBREAD answered, that a power had been assumed, in his oriaion, contrary not only to justice, but so law, of infliaing a very severe pe nalty for an aet which might have been justifiable. There was a Mr. Morrison, a farmer, residing in Banffshire, whose servant had, contrary to his wishes or consent, entered into a Volunteer Corps. Fur this, he discharged his servant, who applied to the Lord Advocate to krow what he should do. He was informed, that he had no remedy or redress against the master. But after that, the Lord Ad vocate wrote a 'emir to the Sheriffs' Deputy on the subjeft of this business: in this letter he declared, that the condua of Mr. Morrison had proceeded from disaffeitinn and disloyalty to Government ; that no person ought to be held to converse with him ; that if ever the enemy should effea a landing in the country, he should take care to have Mr. Morrison secured and put into prison ; and that if the whole, or any part of his pioperty should be destroyed by the enemy, or the King's troops, he should receive nei ther proteCtion nor indemnification. Mr. Whitbread said, he conceived this public declaration, coming from the first law officer in Scotland, to be con trary to justice and to law ; that it deserved the se verest censure and reprobation ; and ought to be taken up in the most scions rottener by that House. This was the fast he alluded to, and which he thoshht it his duty to take the first opportunity of mentioning. Some _Amendments were made to other Amend ments of the Lords, after which a Committee was appointed to hold a conference with the Lords, and assign the reasons fot doing so. Mr. WILBERFORCE brought up a Bill for re gulating Parish Apprentices ; which was read a first tune, and utdered to be printed. The Committee on the Irish Linen Merchants' Petition was put off to Wednesday. The Committee of ays ai u .'trans, and Supply, and the consideration of tli , iia j esty's message, re lative to Lord Kilwarico's tAlaily, were put off to Wednesday.—Adj.samod. The New. Empire and the New Coresaaise, shall be gene, if pO•litlie, to- TOITOW. wiE BRITISH PRESS. LONDON, THURSDAY, MAY '24. A Mail from Lisbon, brought to Falmouth in nine days by the Aurkload packet, arrived yesterday. By this conveyance, dispatches hive been received at the India Hottse, which state, that the squadron under Admiral Liston had attacked Fort Marlbo rough (late Bencoeton), in the Island of Sumatra, dostioyed the stems, and did much other da mage, but it was not known to what extent.— Private letters, however, received from the same source, and thrugh the sense channel, add, that Admiral Lisecis has BA-sally taken the settle ment, with aA English frigate s which was lying is the harbour. It is with concern we find ourselees obliged to incline to the latter account, as other di•pat..l.cs. supposed to relate to the same sub jescr, were received at the saute tins, at the India nous., the conten•, of which have rot been made public. Had they teen favourable, it is probable that they would nave transpired. The dispatches were forwarded by our Ambassador at Lisbon, who had received them from the Government of St. Helena, at which Island a Portuguese indiaman bad touched. and communicated the above intelligence. Übe Indianian was not, however, the only autho fay. We understand that advices to the same effect were received by the Government of St. Helena from (Alter quarters. Letters from Captain Fun ni as, at the Mauritius, also announce the kiss of His M A J trrl's armed vessel the P. .•e. We have receiied /tuns by the same conveyance from Cadiz and Gibraltar. The latter are nct cf recent dates, and are chiefly filled with particu lars of events already knotrn, as the capture of the Swift cotter by a large French privateer off Barcelona souse time ago, and the leis of the Houicia* naval store ship hi - fire. Cap:ails Ls Gaol and all the crew, except four men, were saved. Tile Cadiz letters are of more importance. One of them states that the French have demanded eight millions of dollars from Spain, in addition to the sum agreed to be paid as the price of neutrality ! Ail the treasure brought from America after the peace, which has net already found its way into other countries, will be employed by France. as its own property, during the present ctinteir. In this manner Spain serves &NAP A RTE in the prosecution of his hostile designs upon this country, and the liberties of Europe, more effedtnally than if she had declared war against us. Both Houses of Parliament met yesterday, the term of adjournment being expired. The House of Commons was well attended, and presented a very interesting appearance. Mr. Parr, as Premier, re sumed his old seat upon the Treasury Bench, accom panied by Lord C•s FL CRC AGii, Mr. C WANING, Mr. Lobo, Ste. Confronting him in their old station upon the Opposition Bench, was the formidable phalanx Of Mr. Fox, Mr. SHERIDAN, Mr. GREY, Mr. WHITINEAD, Bcc. The G erwvilf. r Party occupied the places wltichthey continued to fill during the Ad ministration of Mr. Amaisict as, on the same side of the I louse as tl old Oppts.!,:i ion ; but upon a distinet set of benches. Mr. A lasi GTON, Mr. BR A GGE, and the rest of that interest, took their places upon the corresponding set of benches opposite to the G RCN.. VILL t Party. Thus, the House presented four ap parently distinet groupes. The AonisGrots - Party, which as yet may be considered neutral, and the old Opposition, flanked by the G LW/ILL ES, with the Ministerial Party upon the 'treasury Bench, confront ing them. A question of pris Urge arose in the course of the evening, in which Mr. PITT and Mr. Fox espoused different sides; thus shewing themselves at the outset in opposition to each other. With the exception, therefore, of the new ADDINGTON Party, the appearance of the House of Commons was exactly the s.ane as what it presented for se veral years preceding the administration of the latter gentleman. Thus has vanished, at least for the present, the hope which the country fondly cherished of seeing, at this perilous and un exampled crisis, an unexampled instance of a go vernment upon the broadest possible basis, and comprehending all the talent of the empire. It was reported last night, we know not upon what ground, that a coldness has taken place between the GRb.NV3LLES and the old Opposition. The tremendous firing which took place on Mon day, in the dire9ion of Boulogne, caused various con jeatues at Deal and Dover, where it was distinaly heard. Accounts, however, have been received from our fleet off Boulogne, which state, that it was a general salute from all the batteries, and above 120 gun-boats, in consequence of BONAPARTE being proclaimed " F.mperor of the French." The tiring commenced at 12 o'clock, and again at in the evening. Yesterday morning Isle-srs. Pis'. and ADDING. TON had audiences of His M ‘3ISTV, which las: till near twelve. By letters received from the Carmarthen, dated Saugur Roads, 27th December last, it appearN sl.e was then under sailing orders to proceed, under con voy, to Fort Marlborough immediately. Two vessels have lately been equipped at the es pence of the Russian Government, to proceed on a voyage of circumnavigation round Cape Horn to the North West of America, and to return to Europe by the Cape of Good Hope. Orders have in conse quence been given by our Government, that the British Residents abroad should pay every attention to these vessels at the ports which they may touch at. A Court of Diredors was yesterday held at the East India House, when the following Comman ders took leave of the Court, previous to their de parture for their respeaive destinations:— Capt. Dixon Meadows, of the PUT ; and Capt. John San. ter, oldie Untied Kingdom', fo, Madras and Bengal. Capt Searles Wood, of the Worcester, for Madras. General /la FRANC is Ca•onoca. Go►ernor of Madras, proceeds with his suite in the Bariag.— Captain Gamma WELTDLIi was sworn intu the command of the &des. The following ships were stationed as under mentioned, and ordered to Se afloat, and sail from Gravesend on their outward voyage, at the periods following, viz. Twee% and VllOl3, for St. Helena aid 11. n. at, to De aflo !shy 24, and to sad foes Gravesend, J•ine !Fto. for I.4lattras to be afloat 24, and to sail from Questa., Sun. 2s. Lod Grins, for IMO. ill be afloat Joie 7, and to sail from Qaavetend, July 7. — The new alup ►oildint by Mr. Sintatf at Linwpnoi. to. •a:ntuq to be afloat Joni 23, ad w call from tiraveseud, July 2J. der.) oes, fo: Madras, to be aloat June 29, and to sail from Graveseni, July Z 3. I larriett, fur Bengal, to be afloat J.nc 21, an I to sad from Gravesend July 2:3 liedlart, G.r Bengal. abbe simat July 7, ant to sail (Torn Gravesvred A4sezot T. The Court adjourned at an early hour till Wed nesday next. It has been a matter of some astonishment to us that our Court did no: szt the clam* of going into mourning for the murdered Duke. But surely a Court Mourning even now would not be too late. It is idle t" , say that it is not in the en/ mac of our Court to mourn for so distant a branch of a Royal Family.—Etiquette! It is in the etiquette of the feelin A s of out Court to hate cruelty, and to detest murder. f BURIAL OF TilE OUtif OF SAXE t";QTItA. The simple burial ceremony of this Sovereign tools pl ice on the night of the 2Sth April, accordin, f to h e wish he expressed in his Will. '!'he gi as c ...as uug oa the island. in the English garden, :at the f rot of those of his two deceased children. The false glitter so ill becoming such an occasion, was entirely laid ands. The rtigning Duchess, with her child on her arm, had the evening before strewed dowers in, and round the grave. The midnight hour struck, when the body entered the garden, carried by the servants of the Lite Duke. 'Use wait to the island was /aid with black cloth, with the boat that carried it over. A sirk, but quiet night, favoured this melancholy ne.- formance. . Thi ceremony was only i;itei :.! the sighs and by the tears of a!) present, which tan in abundance on the coffin. The grave had been dug by the late Duke's courtiers, and WAS filled la the hands of the members of his Highness s family. Prince Frederic planted a tree on the grave. No drums were beating, no sermon teas pronounced, t.o cannons were fired, no bells were toiled. Yesterday morning His MAsesrit, accompanied by the Duke of CA SI 'RIDGE. and followed by the Want and Pe I Ei AS, attended by the CJUIsIeSSCS CARDIGAN And Avt.s.szultY, took nu :thing •, Kew, and returned to the Queen's House to dinster. Yesterday the Duke of Ct saBLILLAtiI) dined with Her M AJ EST V. h is Royal Highness the Prince of IKALEs is ex peCted to honour the M... - querade at Foley House with his presence. . _ . It is c . onfidently said there will be i Drawing room at St. James's on the 4th of June. Silvered superb dresses are in preparation. Yesterday was married at St. George's Church, Hanover-square, Lord ViLLarris, son of the Earl Jeassr, to Lady SA RAH FA E, eldest daughter of the Earl of Wl:systole ELAND. Lady Lou ISA MA VNERS'S route and concert Li t night were every thing that taste and harm°. y could make them. Mrs. FILZHERILLT'S route this night is expeeted to be uncommonly splendid. The next Lady's private Vocal Concert will be at the Countess of Rosstv m's, St. James'i Square, on the 28th. Mr. Ly oopi will give a grand Concert to the fashionable world upon the 31st instant. A morning paper says, the Emp?ror of Russ/ A is resolved to sheek the nilcoutrorlabic despotism and unntanai-eahie caprice of BON r A STE Mrs. W. Plooor will give a grand route this night at her house in Portland Place. Sir Jong and Lady Qnos and family have loft town for Ackwood Puck, the seat of Lord tlo near Basingstoke, Hants. General ilswirr and family are gone to the Lahr of Wight. Sir Fs ANCIS BARING will give a grand dinner on Saturday at his house in Hill-street. The groupes of ekgantes, in their pink, azure, and lilac, spencers, appeared yesterday like bunches of tulips in the Parks and Kensington Gardens. The Duke of Qukas sax* vis seldom absent from his front parlour window, from whence he shouts his arrows at the flocks of tine feathered fair, upon the wing up and down Piccadilly. On '1 uesdav next, the three regiments of Royal East • India Volunteers will be brigaded in Hyde Park with the Artillery Company and five regiments of the Loyal London Volunteers, and will be in speEted by the Earl of HARRINOTON, previous their general review on the 11th of next month. Mr. BtAOGE, the late Sectetary at War, has re ceived His MAJtsrv's permission to use the sur name and bear the arms of BATI4U act. only. From this charge it should seem as if the Ex•Secreta-y did not gready of his original name. The ErnFerLr of Russia has sent, at his expence. one professor and five students, upon botanical di,- coveries, to Siberia. Each student receives an an nual pension OESOO roubles. The journey is expedesi to continue for two years. At Flushing, General MAI/MONT has made an experiment of enclosing letters is bullets, and firing them off. A twenty-tour pound ball went 4'2s'P yards. During a siege, this invention might be of great use. The French attor MEES, his wife. and daugh cr, are engaged for the Court Tbeea-e at St. Petersburgh. They have resided ten years at Hamburgh, where their talents and condua have been much applauded. The famous opera dancer, Vestris, has obtained permission from the First Consul to dance for twelve months at St. Petersburgh. He will return next year with the tragedian Talma, who is a'ready ar rived in Russia. The Governor Jansen. at the Cape of Good Hope, has sent as a present to Madame Bonaparti a beautiful Zebra, and two other African animal , with which she has presented the Museum Napoleor. . A beautiful coinage of half guineas has been &- livered ham the Mint, in the Tower. In this im pression, the head of His MAJESTY is somewhat smaller than in others, and the wreath is twined round it more in the Roman form. TLe reverse k like that of the last coinage; the legend, fdri De fensor, Brrianai intim Rex. (;e: erils MURAT, Dtitoc, and several otha ci' I and milit:.ay Officers, have bespoken state coach - at Pans of estraordinai y splendour, for the coron. tion. The price the two Generals have agreed t. pay for each coach is 36,0u0 hetes. Citisr emus m.--The great increase of elegiac'. accommodations, and the emulation of the inhabi tants to render them 6t for the reception of their friends, have drawn. at this early period, Jlk, wt usual number of visitors to that salubrious spot. The first battalion of Cannarthenshire Volimteurt, commanded by the Right Ho:.. Lord Dvereoe. have commenced their twenty-one days permanent duty at Landmery, with an ardour and alacrity highly honourable to the corps, and gratifying to the true friends of their country. The regiment of IVilts Yeomanry Cavalry, cows rnanded by Lord Bs , trz, are now °apeman. t dut . The head quarters are at Devizes. and the ft vet.-1 troops quartet-0U as under :—The Mariborougl. Salisbury, Every. and Werm:nster troops, at Devises; Hinston,Chippenhaan. and Devizes troop , . at Marlborough; Malmesbury troop, at Beckliamp ton-ino and Kennet; Swindoa wad Meagan' troops , at Caine. IN