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• IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. ROUSE OF LORDS-ArgDNILiDAY, MAY " 1 • In the Scotch Appeal, Hunt r. the EArl of Kit:- nnul, the judgment of the Court below w,as af firmed. _ Salmi Bills were brought up from the Com mons.—Adjourned to Fria - ay. HOUSE OF COMMONS. Mr. R. MrPNOiiiirt;ghtUP an Account of the Arrears and Current Balances due from the Commissioners of the Customs in Scotland. to the sth January, leaf. Ordered to lie on the table,. an,: to be printed. Mr. JOHNSON brought up from the Office of Chief Secretary in Ireland, an Account of the In terest of the Loans, the Produce of the Consolidated Punt!, and of the Publie Funded and Unfunded Debt.—Ordered to he on the table. Mr. Sit tame took the oaths and his seat for the city of Durham. The MASTER of the ROLLS moved, that the Rev. Dr. Jackson do preach before the House at St. Margaret's Church, Westminster, on Friday, 25th May, being the day appointed by His Ma jest) 's Proclamation for holding a Solemn Fast in • this kingdom—Ordered, and that the Master of the Rolls do acquaint him therewith. A Message from the Lords informed the House, that their Lordships had agreed to the Statute Du .ties Bill without Amendments. Mr. SI IERIDAN moved, that the Order of the Day for taking into consideration the Petition of Mr. liuskisson, against the Eletctios and Return for the Borough of Liskeard,which stood for to-morrow, be read, which was done. He then moved, that the Order be discharged, and the same filed for Friday nett —Ordered. The same proceeding and order took place on the Petition of cer Eleaors of the said Borough, against the return of Mr. iluskisson. Mr. vox'. MOTION FOR PAPERS. Mr. FOX rose and said, that as he undexstond libelee 'would not be any objeaion to produce the /lepers for which he intended to move, he should Oise have occasion to trouble the House with more than one or two observations before he made the Motion which he held in his hand. It could not be denied that the attack made by the French in • their irruption into Hanover was a matter of great sad • t concern to this country. No one Odd ray bat that it was a very great calamity. Pl* far that calamity might have been prevented was not a question to be entered upon at present ; but he begged to remind* the House, that as His • Majesty's Ministers knew the war was to be com menced, it was is their patter to have taken some . steps to have lessened that calamity as much as possi ble, and to have brought away such parts of His Ma jesty's property, and of the Hanoverian troops which composed the army as mould conveniently be done. - Doubtless some steps were taken, and it was but right the House should be informed what those ware. If the Right Hon. Gentkinan opposite : would say that _reps were taken by Ilk Majesty's Ministers, he would content himself with merely making his Motion, which he did to the following Purport That the• z be taut before the Ileum, an Aecount of the wwwiserani 'Mamie of the Tramp yrs takers up by Gomm mem, for t.alspir till the Army of Hanover to this country Also an Amorist of the date of the first o der of the 'Paw« , LAVA toe the saillug of suds Transporta, sad the dear et all ',errs, if arty, ceentenrameing the same." Mr. ADDINGTON said, he perfealy well agreed • *llllli the Hon. Gent. who bad just sat down, that the attack of the French on Hanover was a great. isegeortAnt and serious calamity to this country, and that it was most desirable to be provided against it as fiu as possible. All he would ask of the House was, us consider well the state this country was its ak the time of the French entering Hanover, and the treaty thew in existence among the leading powers of Europe t guarantee the German Empire. The lion. Gent. had said, there was no doubt of the propriety of bringing over the Hanoverian troop., and as oie parr moved for did lint go to any thing done by His Majesty in his Electoral capacity, he Yield have no oSjeftion to the pmduiftion of it as the motion was worded. He begged to anticipate to the Hoes , that be looked forward to the production of that paper with satisfaaion. His Majesty's Mi sisters, tie assured the House, had taken the earliest fensible steps in their power. As soon as they found that II( stilitits were not to be avoided, an im r Mediate communication was made by them to the Elelioral Minister, and it was agreed that a convey . sage should he provided forte troops, etc. that the very nest .!ay a contrail was entered into for s - sdripping tot that perpose, and that in fad within two days of the commencement of hostilities 36 transports ware ready for that pursose before the r order was given for sailing. The Motion was then put and agreed to. The further consideration of the Lords' Amend ments on the ulunteer Bill, and the third reading of the Army of Reserve Saspensron Bill, were se verally pnapseed to Monday next. The ATTOR NEY-GENE RA L moved for leave to bo incr in a Bill to render more easy the apprehen olirenders escaping front Iteland to Great Britain, and from one county t , .) another in Ireland. Granted. PRIZF AGENTS. Mr. JF.RVIS row. in conseglienee of ttie notice he had given, to make his Maims relative to Prize AgentE. /le read ovor SererAl passages from the • -4th Report of lhr Naval l'Anzioniisiunersnn this sull ied—mil. after some general observations on the -putientars of tho report on tht: snbiett, and the many advantageß resulting to the pnbbc therefrom, he moved tr- love to bring IA s Bill " r better securing the yayment of Prize blowy, nod for re gulating the business of Prize Agents." Afters few observations from Mr. Fa•ricti, Sir W. Eerolto. and Dr. Levet:we:4 leave was given to bring in the Bill. Le said, at the commencement of every sessi , nn ; and "ea ' says, " That in all • cases of 'bribery, the ouse will proceed with the greatest possible seve rity." These, he said, sheaved that it was a duty incumbent on the House to order this prosecution. It was at first his intention tishave moved an Address to the King, to order the Attorney-General to pro cecute Mr. Bent ; but on looking into precedents oo the subjeft, he found only one ordered by the Crown, and all the rest by the House. He instanced the Cases of Shoreham, Ilindon, and Shaftesbury— three cases since the statute, in which the Attorney- General had been ordered by the House to prose cute. He then read, from papers in his hand, the evidence he had extrified from the Report of the' Committee on this Election, which :ca. been repeat edly stated in the proceedings upon the Aylesbury Eleelion Bill, relative to the bribery used at that • Elation, by Mr. Bent's Agents. He said, if he had made out a case such as the House approved, they • would doubtless go with him. If he found the House averse from the proceeding, h' would not press his Motion. He then moved, " that the At tornev-General be ordered to prosecute Mr. Bent for that offence." Mr. N !COLSON CALVERT expressed himself adverse to the Motion. Mr. FOX said, there were doubtless may prece dents in favour of the Motion ; but he thougnt it unnecessary to carry it any farther, as there wesOi many who had been found guilty of this offence to greater degree, by different Cimultittees doting the • present Session, and no tie!. this nature had been taken again it any of them. I ie noticed the Orhusby; Committee, of which he was a Member, which re-• ported bribery in one of the Candid.ues who hap pened to be returned for ;mother place, and was then a Member of the House. If it had been over looked in one of its own Members, he thought the House s'inuld not proceed with such severity in the present - *stance, esperiaily as they had yesterday passed a dill which would opnrate as a severe punishment on the Eleßors w!io had drawn Mr. Bent into this transaction. He was therefore of opinion, no farther proceedings should be had on the business. Mr. C. \V WYNNE spoke in favour of the Motion. Ile MASTER of the ROLLS briefly repeated some of his old argirneies against it, which he had used against the Bill, ands lid he understood it to be the sense of the Committee, of which he had been assured by the Chairman; &at if-the Bill against the eledors of Aylesbury w.s carried, no prosecu tion was to take place. Mr. WARD spoke against the motion, as did also Sir JOHN NI..WPORI.' on the sa.ne ground as the Master of the Rolls; the latter Gentleman said lie had been a most strenuous advocate for the Bill. Mr. BANKS "aid, he was sorry the matter had been mentioned at all —be did not wish for a prose , cution ; bet as the motion bad been made, he ' thought the House ought in ditty to agree to the motion, as he feared this si.; a growing evil; and the House, by muting a ne?..tive on the motion, would seem to entourage it. Mr. SHERIDAN thought ths• the House would be proceeding capriciously ann pa.siall,, if it agreed to the present Motion. wiss admincd on all hands that the Gentleman ageino wnom it was dire led, wet less a criminal others against whom no prosecution, had I , - -tea on. And in the •ttesetit case of 11cl-ester, whi. was held to be a v • y a7gravated one, tv. • ich as this was con adered .- necessary. I' ir these reasons he would etove di the other finless of .tie day be read. Mr. Rt.' •iE said. the oresent was the oily case which had en • e . • his knowledge ; and such as it was, he felt it • • duty to make the present Motion upon it. lie ad no recolleetion of the case of Ilcoester, to which e Hon. Gentleman al :sided ; but as it had been manta. I, he would that v.. .'y day move for the evidence rust had been given ',dor: he Committee for trying the merits of that eleetion. in order to move for leave to bring in a Bill similar Y• that which leely p tssed the House with regard to Aylesbury its s ile motive in mak ing the present motion was, to prevent the recur rence of bribery and corruption at elellions. After some nhserraticms from Mr. Wynne, the amendment was carried without a divisioa, and of course the motion was lost. The Committees of Ways and Minns and Supply were put off till Fri lay. Mr. WILBER FORCE farther • postponed his motion on the slave Trade to Friday se'nnight. Mr. ROSE gave notice that he w•roid to-morrow move for the reading of the Minutes taken before the Committee on the Ilchester This dap,-Atettittoot-Det—Haidtf it the Public Offit.e ,R 0 ELUTION OF MR. RENT. Mr Ro3EsaTS:il;rtinpu rsuan ee --. Ca the notice he had given. be now felt it his duty to call the at teoboa of the House to the Motion he was about to mak', (xi the sabjeet of the bribery at the Aylesbury / legion. which had bean proved against this Gcn tlesinn (Mr. Beat) and his Agents. He adverted so the :trate against bribery, and also read the standing order of the Hlube, which ras rerewe,l, the Writtsb ipress• - LONDON, THURSDAY. MAY M. Yesterday, His Mamas made his first appear ance in public since bis late indisposition. About twelve o'clock be set out firm the Queen's Palace in a coach, actxmlpanied by Her NIAJ errs', and the Princesses Aunt:sea and ELIZA BET followed by another carriage, in 141:1n were the Princesses Kann, Seems, and AU F. LI 1, escorted by a party of Light Horse. The Royal Cavalcade passed through the principal streets and squares in the west end of the town, proceeded to Hamp stead and Highgate, and returned by the D-ke of BED a. re's Buildings, Coreiu-Garden, and d the Strand to the Vieen's House, where the B l'arty arrived about three o'clock. His litaiscrx looted extremely well, and sat forward in the carriage, a: if for the purpose of gratifying the anxious desks of his affeclionate subjeets to behold their b:'-ire,l Sovereign restored to health and happiness. About four o'clock, be gave an audience to Mr. Parr, which lasts until nearly six. A soot of or memorial has been sent to Mr. Ptrr by the friends of Mr. Fur, in eluding the Marquis of &CM:46NA m, Earls CAR LISLE, SPENCER, and Firzwittiam, Lord Gees emit, Mr. T. CIENVILI.E, Mr. WiNelian, &c. in which they state their reasons fur declining to take part in any new Administration from which Mr. Fox was excluded. This letter was written for the purpose of being submitted to HisMaitsr v,and, no doubt,was communicated to him by Mr. PITT, at the audience of yesterday. Mr. PITT, we understand, is not ad verse to Mr. Fos, who may be considered as uniting in his support all the leading men of the country in rank, talent, character, and property. We are san guine in hope that this recommendation will have the desired etrea, and remove any opinion which His blastsry has hitherto entertained unfavour able to Mr. Fox. We are confident that this is the universal wish of the country, with the exception of a few—indeed a very few individuals. We mean wine persons Who, whether for Opposition or Ad ministration, whether bellowing for BON P UT e. or Mr. Arintxuroa, always shew the cloven foot. They .exclaim, " Do not let Mr. Fox into the Cabinet, he will prostrate the country at the foot of BONAPARTE. He will make an inime diate peace." Indeed! We would ask those profound politicians who will be the other members of the Cabinet?—Will Earl SPENCER, Lord Ger.:. vi Lir., and Mr. WIND( Al[, sit quietly by, and suffer Mr. Fox to advise His Masesry to sign the death warrant of the country by an inglorious and imprudent peace? sad are these bold, sturdy, and honest Enzlishmen to be in a moment con verted into the poor humble tools and creatures of Mr. Fox ? The very question shews the absurdity of the objection. At another time they say, " Those who speculate upon a change of Ministry will pro bably tind themselves disappointed ; but if there is to be a change let us have Mr. Pirr alone. Wlat cordiality could there be in a Cabinet composed of Mr. PIT r, the Gm eavi LL es, and the FONITES ?" This position is equally false as the former. Every man who is not blinded by prejudice, or misled by party, may anticipate a great deal of good from a Cabinet, composed of men of various charac ters, provided they are men of talent and infor mation. We can easily conceive much benefit likely toresult from the pacific temper of Mr. Fox operating upon the perhaps too warlike temper of Mr. Wiens/in. We can easily conceive much good as likely to result from the perhaps too haugh ty temper of Lord GREW, ILt. E, operating upon the plops too mild temper of Mr. Fox. It wean V a INIRie of time to dwell longer upon this %%Neel. Thaaawbo say there ought to be but one opinion in the Cabinet, no doubt believe, and are ready to assert, that neither House of Parliament should debate or div;de upon any question. Until some thing decisive has taken place respening Mr. Fox, it cannot be supposed that any material progress can be made towards the formation of the new Ministry. All that can be stated with any degree of prohability is, that Lord 'qui-11.LE has been Appointed First Lord of the Admiralty hi the room of Lord ST. VINCZNT, and that Sir ROGLR CL IS- Tis and Commissioner llsre are to succeed Capt. Masao am and Sir THOMAS 'FRIA:BRIDGE. Lord Kearn, it is said, is also to have a seat at the Ad miralty Board. Yesterday, at half-past one o'clock, a Cabinet Council was lied at Lord 11A W L II R .% °Ace, which w-as attended by Mr. AonuNoros, Lords liaweessrey and HosaßT, Viscount CAsTLt. It LAOIS, Earls CH•INAM, and WEST MOREL AND,ind several others. The Cowell sat till three o'clock. Yesterday the Duke of YOlt PC held a A Military Council at nis (Ace in the Horse Guards, whirl was attended by the Earl of CHATII Ass and most of the General Offizers in town. Baron Hum r Esc-it was or the number. On Sunday night, Dispatches, said to be of im portance, with sealed orders, wore received by the Port Admiral from the Admiralty, express by a Messenger. They were immediately pat on board Mr. T. Locev ha's hired armed schooner Cis'peas, of 14 guns, which sailed diroftly to the %Vests aid ; supposed for the Streights. The Windbor C0m1.., of 5$ guns, came into Ply mouth on Monday from the Fleet off Brest, whiel she left all well on the 15th but. The enemy were in 'tato quo. Last week the Leopl4 sett frier boats in•ci Bou logne Bay with an intention of cutting out two brigs .which lay close in. bet a calm eorniag on with hazy weather, they were obliged to give up their design. The boats did not teach their own ship till eight o'clock Fast morning. A Court of Common Council was held yesterday at Guildhall, at w2iicii the LORD MATOZ presided ; five Aldermen, Mr. Recorder, the Sheriffs, other City Officers, and upwards of 150 Commoners were present. After tile proceedings of the last Court being read, The Court came to a resolution of publishing, in the Morning Papers, the public virtues of •10114 Bov ort L. Esq. Alderman ot London. (Set 1.... t . n, free u. tkut PaDer.) The Court referred to a Committee, th:. Bill now pe:.ding in Parliament for the Reber of Cie tondos Clergy, to a Commi.tee, to esam'ine and report to the ..est Co .rt of Common C-nncil. The lhanks cf the Curt were voted to the Loan MAYOR'S Chaplaffi. for his Sermon preached at St. Paul's, on tha Ist Sunday in Term ; and he was requested to print the same, far the use o 1 the Mem , bets cf the Cmurt. MR. WINOTTAWA tICTORL TILE rctlVisH Pa ESS of Monday captained an ar. tide, stating that at a Quarter Arernirly of th e s Corporation of Norwich, held on ThUredity last, Mr. Windham's Piaure produced A very interesting di e . cussiun, The subjea was brought fOrward in th e Common Council, ,tnA the City i.,•pmpiittee declared 1 that they had not granted permission to have ie placed in St. Andrew's Hall. It was therefor e moved that it should be taken down ; and after a warns debate a division took place, when there appeared, ro, tie removal tithe picture 9O Apiti4 it lt The resolution was carried to the. Aldermen, and rejeCted by a majority of I ; upon which a moo ference was requested, and three gentlemen were appointed from each body, who resolved that the pieture should remain, but that in future, no pieture or portrait whatever should he placed in the public s l hall, without the consent and approbetirn of the Corporation at large. 4 A Committee was then appointed to request Chrrles Harvey, Esq. lie. , i'd'r of that cif y, to p er _ mit his piaure to be pa:.;.-d, and to placed in St. Andrew's Hall. This mode of rewarding patriots, by hanging aP their pif sir,e, we should think cannot be very sates faCtory to the Orieilletv. The contests about Mr, Grattan's picture, in the College of Duftn, are ' fresh in every recollection. This day it was km: up, next day it was token down: WI that Mr. Grattan had no certainty of a moment's possession of this high and distinguished honour. Instead then of the party's own picture, we presume it would be more grateful to him to receive a few of the King's Pit lures. George Rose, and a few other great states men, who have deserved well of their country, we know are decidedly of this opinion. Or, should not this be convenient, instead of taking the pieture down when the original offends, or the donor changes his mind, we would recommend it to be only turned with its face to the wall. This would save a greet deal of trouble when the original came into favour again, and the piaure was to he reinstated. It was in this manner a very beautiful Lady now resident at Bath used to punish her loves. When out of favour, she turned their portraits, with which her chamber was hung, with their faces to the well. In this state of permanent punishment they remained a memento of their faults and of their disgrace, con stantly reminding her of their offence aad eheril ing her resentment ; Whereas, it the picture had been taken down, and removed from her sight, 'he offender and the offence would have been soon for gotten. PASI'NSERS TO AND FROM IRELAND. THE ataaileucaii. Front ILo.ll , in t., Hniyhra 1, M.y v. Mr. K,rovy, Mr. Aratl4Saw, and Mr. THL aEstoaot/Gii. Fmm H dyhead to Dubl.u, M. 6. Mr. slid Mrs. fila--awoo, Mr. Asablis, Mr. fort, Mr. Willi,, Mr. M'Grath, Mr. Brooke, Dr. Joao', Mr. Care:, M. and Mr. Itubbans. Lord and Lady CARLETON will return to town from Brigl ton on Friday nix . The I-L% market Theatre veill be enriched with the incompar;ble talents of Mr. BANNISTER, in the course of the ensuing season. Mr. Ectisrow, we understand. is engaged fur Drury Lane pest winter. Mrs. DittiNoron, as a pidttre of Natty, very properly came forward on 'ruesday as the rept.- sentative of Gros. Ina late Theatrical Row Mr. F—r r knocked Mr. H--t.t. down. No brother Comedian was good enough to take the of the latter. Thi now Ministry Cap is announced as a new fashion. It is not like the Ka'. C.4%,p, but nearly appr.sachritte C.p of /Army. Wbeo Mr. Rost announced a new Aftehstry, in the *House of Commons, one of Mr. Anoiniroe's friends said. with a sigh: There i f :no Ross with. out a thorn." The roc arbe is the tcis in the political as well as the fashionable world. Who would expect Rov in a treasury ar.y where but in khsaiiiiii ? BONA r•RTE has established a corps of :raiders. Thly are to pliy the d—l with our fonds. The cr-devait Colonel of the Southwark vole-- test." affeßs to be in greet favour with a certain il lu-triou. personage. It' the esteem and affeßion of Lis fellow-citizens can Alike a man happy, Alderman Bov int ough: to be the happiest maa in London. The Rev. JOHN Forralt, A. B. Fellow of St. John's College, Cambridge, was lately instituted, en the presentation of Miss Reeve, to the ream of Wickersley, in the West-Riding cf the county of York. Mr. PITT is eletted grand covntwandler of the Na tional College, Westmmster. The Casidrea na the Wood, now exhibited at Somer set-House, are said to he very good Idsenawes of at! simple f llcs, who are looking out for a plan of New Ministry. _ _ _ The Rev. i. PALMER, B.D. and Classical Tutor of St. John's Cones.", lc clelteti Professor of Ari.• bic, in the University of Cunbridge s in the town .. the Rev. U. CA LYL &ended. the Archbishop Of b•NTSIIIIORT has presetred the Rev. WILT.IAN LISLII Bow Lim, A.M. to thi n i eara;e of Brenthill, Wilts. The vacant redribbon has been :I) . , ropriately con fired on General &lie, who h.,. so much dis:in .,u shed himself' upon the bkra,stai.i, 61 plains cf I ndir The valuable living of We.t I Lm. in Ls,ex ' in the gift of the Crown, vacant by the death of the Rev. Wts.t.ta W CROP LET. is given t) s ncp'iew the Earl of ST. VIRCLNT. Mr. Jscason, of the city of L'nzoln, who was totally blind, from the dixe.ue armed central, l :a, lately been restored to siglu, was to be enablzd LJ see the smalle4 print. By an ordinance published at Paris, the 2 'tit of Ge: miisal. all persons are forbidden from lealm.s sn th , . river Seine, except in covered baths. No pt rsom also is to appear naked out of the baths. No basks are to be made in the river without permission of the Prefea of Police, and only in the places which he shall appoint. The baths for the men Are .o be ge parate from those of the v.-onser, and are to be from ten in the evening :in brlik Madam lin, wh toe Kin all her amount of his v disgust, at the Madan both t' vioeyai nusaip publish Works. Gin feast Damp As cav ilr died born his w•i is usu burie, fins c cease siouni from doll! the ti on lion het .abie an 1.0 be I went,. ,kencl •tts ed up r him. r clerk • Princ to be have kind