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P.IIVITE COX RZSPONDENCE. EVER “';r 01 A LETTER FEOK PARIS, JUNE U. You have doubtless heard that Free-masonry is again in vogue in all parts of France. It is true that not only the Emperor's broom, but likewise the Marechai s , Senators, and Literati of the first distinetion, attend the ledges. I inclose yinu the complete printed lists. You will find that the fol lowkg ay. the rinst ci.l.d.brated names belonging to th- princip.-,! Master—Pr, cc Joseph. Assistant Grand Mi‘ter-.P, nice Louis. Cltief Advainivtrator...Marechal Mumma Grand enniorvator—Senator de Cruitioul Praslin Clot Grand Siiporinteirdantvirvi , ritrea Murat Second Grand Superintondant—De la Cepede, GrandChan raellor of the Legion of Honour. Grand Orator-13e Is Londe, Member of tie National Institute. Chief Secretaryv-De ,Tancoort, S•91111tOT Grind Treasurer--1 1 / 4 1.igoia.te Medina, Rear.Adninal Foci Cued Iniiert--13.mrtionv .11e, Ambassador Second Grand Lapert—General M4ndonald Grand Keeper lithe Sebistiani Chief !heaver of rite Archivrs—Ma-ecnal Ketierinann Grand Archtteft—Senator llr 1-truss First Master of the Gerernoittc..—Duranteau, Member of the Legirlative Body Second Master of the Ceremonies—Gitardiu, Member of the Trihanato Grand HorratitallerMarechal A.vreau Almonetv-MarerMal Le Fevre Very imperfea ideas seemd.l to be entertained in foreign countries relative to the tares paid under the Imperial Government of France, and to the pay of the army. Thefollowing are the most material particulars concerning those 'obi 8s: The proprie tor of a house is obliged to pay I tz‘ per cen' for the sent, beside, ground rent, the tan on move:, -Ors and window money. The power classes, who have nei ther house no: ptoperty, pay a capitation tar of francs, :and persons in better cii.cunistaaces 41 francs. For each male servant, a master pays 6 francs, Ste. The duty on the consumption of the necessaries of life is horn 5 to 20 per cent. Luxury is likewise taxed, so that whoever keeps a carriage, has 120 trance per annum to pay. The money broker is charged 10j per cent. on :he interest of all monies lent, an.l hence the exorbitant usury in France, — Ear y sheet of vamped paper costs 13 sons; all sets to he legal. must be drawn op on this paper, and tnis is the cause of the very heavy espence of judicial, and extra-judicial proceedings. Even a tradesman's books must consist of stamped parr, and fir each leaf of the book he man pay 15 sous. Every trade and business is burthened with proper tionate imposts, and for this purpose, they are di , aided into eight classes, the last of which compm , Lends the most needy persons. • As to the pay of the army, the common soldier is obliged to be contented wito five sous a day, from which the subaltern officer mat es some deduction, for the general ripened' of the kitchen ; on the other hand, 10,000 men, namely, the Consular Guard, daily receive 1 .'5, and the Mamelukes 50 sous ; the infantry of the gen d'armerie efelite receive each three francs, and the horse gen if arnterie even fire francs per them. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOINE OF LORDS—Tnbasotic, Jima 47. The LORD CHANCELLOR (being detained at a Cabinet Cestheil) did net come ,Mean the House till nearly Half past tour o'Clodt, Prat it wets then read ; and The Royal Assent was given by Commisvion to Nistety• three Pohl ie and Private Hills. Among the forint t Bills were, the Irish Malt Duties Bill, the Irish SM.a Lieence, the Public Aceountants the Two Militias, the Irish Election, the West lodes Free Ports, the hUitary Cirrnmissioners Mistake, the Militia Pay and Cloatbing Hills, the Chancery Offices Regula tion BOls, the Rarrack Masters, the Sail Cloth Importation, the Seamen's Eneouragernent, the Bark Protection, the Salford Justices, the Irish Stamp Duties, the Post Horse Duties, the London Part improvement, and %Postern , * Divorce Hilts. The Earl of SUFFOLK presented a Petition tram certain Parishioners and Inhabit.iiits of the Parish of St. fanera., against the St. Pancru Poor ad!, which was ordered to lie on the Table. On the Motion or Lord 111AWKESIIICRY, tbe Chancellor ex - the Exchequer's Indemnity /kill (given at length in our Paper M yestelley) mastoid a third time arid passed. MR. JVSTICE LOX. Lord HAWKESBURY observed, that with re spea to the Bill beibre their Lordships for continu ing the proceedings in the case of Mr. Justice Fox ; he had, in the interval since the proposition had been animadverted upon by a Noble Baton on a former night, given the best consideration he was able to the subject ; and he confessed he was at a loss to understand upon what grounds a well founded con stitutional objedion to the measure could possibly rest. The mode be proposed was, he contended, the most consistent with the ends of substantial jus tice, with the interests of the public, with that of the Learned Person accused, or that of the petitioners, of any that could, under the circumstances, be de vised. The mode proposed offered the fewest pos sible difficulties. It was that which appeared to be mere agreeable to the wishes of the Learned Person himself, to whom he must do the justice to say, with reference to the mode hitherto adopted, he had de meaned himself, as far as he was concerned, in a way very much to his credit. With respell to the consideration of the witnesses, it would certainly tend to a great saving in point of expense, and cer tainly tend to the greater convenience of the parties. Therefore, with a view to the ends of public justice, them could be no objeltion to the principle of the Bill It such an °Ned could properly apply, he allowed all minor considerations should give way, but such was by no means the case, and at the same time, the propoied mode of proceeding was strialy analogous to the principle of their Lordships' pro ceedings, end to the pradice of Parliament. The pro posed measure was also founded in precedent; that in the instance of Sir Thomas Rumhold aflOrded a stronger case than the present, for the objea in that instance was a bill of pains and penalties, and it was determined that the Bill sli , tl.; continue as if the Session was not jut. rrupted by Prorogation. so as that Use Bill, if it gone through two of its stages, migat, in the following Session, be taken up in its thrd stage; this afforded a much stronger use, 'aiving the continuance of a legislative measure, than that of a judicial proceeding of that l louse. The case adverted to by his Noble and Learned riend on a former night, was mere direftly in Tana, where. for the purpose of continuing the in vestigation of a measure by evidence, it was deemed proper to inteifere by a special At. There was no well founded obi-aims to the present measure in toy peinkcif view, and still less, with respect to its inuntaing slaw with the prerogative of the Gown. - • 0 1 , or the privileges of the other Home of Parliament ; In rides, it was well known, such a Rill ,coald not pass iota a law, without the concurre nce of the other House, and the sanetion Of ttia Sovereign. After a few additional remarks,-the Noble Secre tary moved their Lordships to give a second reading to the Bill " For continuing the proceedings of the House of Lords in the case of Luke Fos, Esq• one - of I lis Majesty's ludges in Ireland, notwithstanding any prorogation or dissolution of Parliament." GARUNF.R's DIVORCE 4'itii. On the question for the third reading of this Bill ; The LORD CHANCELLOR quitted the Wool sack, and called their Lot dships sirions attention to the standing clause which the Bill contained, and to the principle upon which provisions of the kind pro ceeded. What they were called upon to do in such cases, was ro alter the legal qualities of one whose case was brought under the consideration of the le gislature, not fur its own demerit% but on accovot of the delinquency of :he parent. Clauses cad the kind should be spat: jiggly averted. There were in stances, he admitted, in which the Legislature could have no hesitation : such as where the hesband was out of the country, or where a physical impossibilityi of any nature interfered. Besides the strong objece , tions in point of legal principle, a provision of the kind was, in ninety-nine cases out of one hundred; , unnecessary ; as the persons interested had legal means in their power of perpetuating the testimony. whose evidence they thought wovld establish the'' point in view. His Lordship then referred to some of the relevant circumstances of the pre sent case, as they had appeared in evidence, though a pan of the testimony to which he referred was of that kind that should be look ed at with caution and jealousy ; yet he had little doubt as the nesult of that evidence. But then there was at least a possibility of the circum stance having beets otherwise; and the present was that particular case upon which the Legislature should never proceed but upon the clearest possible evidence ; and, therefore, with reference to the principle he had :aid down, and to the moral rights of legislation, he would gropose that the clause to Which he had adverted suould be expunged. The Earl of RADNOR spoke shortly in tarmac, as we could colt& of the Clause. The Bishop of ST. ASAPH supported the lead ing observations of the Noble Lord on the Wool. sack. The Clause, on the question being put, was or dered to he expunged, and the 841 was then read a third time and passed. Mr. ALsxaNaea brought up from the Com mons, the Irish Loyalists Commission Bill, and the Newfoundland Trade Bill. A Private Bill was presented Isy Mr. Lttrzstaa. A short conversation took place between the Loan CDATICL4.I.O2, the Earls of SUFFOLK and Li 'mica, and the Bishop of Sr.-- S A SAPH, Teipatillg the point which the Sr. Pancras Poor Bill, or the Felons' Escape Bill had the priority among the Or ders of the Day. it was determined in favour of the former ; and it being represented by the Rev. Prelate, and the Loan CUR IRCZLLOR, that die evi dence being recently laid upon the Table, their Lordships had not time to peruse, still less to con sider it ; the farther cor-sideration of the St. Pan cras Bill was adjourned till Tuesday nest. MR. JUSTICE J'JHNSOII. Their Lordships then resolved into a Committee. and Lord WALSINCHAM having taken the Chair; The Petitionof Mr. Justice Johnson. presented and read last night, against cer-ain clauses of the Bill, which went as stated to aired his case in the nature of an exproyado law, and praying, as in the concluding terms of the Petition. " 'that his case may not be affeded by a law which was not in ex istence at the time of the alleged offence." Mr. AD •SI and Mr. PA 'Mc were then heard, the former at considerable length. in support of Mr. Justice Johnson's petition. Mr. Adana went into a history of the former A&, to amend which the Bift before the Committee was intended; also the case of his Learned Client, from the time of its Pint be ing brought under the consideration of tke Irish Courts of Law. to the present moment, of its pend ing in the Court of King's Bench in kaigland. Ile dwelt upon the consideration of the BM in its pre sent shape. going to affes the Learned Judge's case in the form of an cr t.nt folio law ; adverted to the point, that the A& under which he was to be tried, afforded no power of compelling the attendance of witnesses from Ireland, and argued for the pro priety of trying the Learned Judge before an Irish Court of Law, in a country where his person, cha rafter, and condud. were better known, than they could possibly be in this. Tie Learned Counsel enforced principally these leading considerations, with his usual talents and scientific knowledge. Mr. PARR ably supported The arguments of his Learned Brother—(our restrided limits pre dude us from a detailed statement of the observa tions of either of the Learned Counsel, or what fell from a Noble and Learned Lord afterwards in the Committee).—Mr. P. dwelt forcibly on the objec tionable considerations of an ex post . faßo law; and adverted to the circumstance of there being no A 4 before the 44th of the King, by which the Learned Judge could be tried in an English Court ofJus tice ; and stated, that the Learned Judge had se opportunity of being heard before the other House of Parliament, because the anises he principally °Netted to were not introduced till the third rea‘ ing of the Bill. when they were added by way of rijers. Mr. ADAM, in the course of his address, referred to some clauses, the intr , oduaion of which, he humbly submitted, would, on the others being ex punged, render the Bill ul.objeaionable in the way complained of by the Learned Petitioner. Th e i r Lordships then proceeded to the discussion of the provisions ; and several amendasests, chiefly verbal, were made. ou the suggestion of the Loan CmAticetrok. Tne Earl of IVESTNIEATI-I, confessing himself not adequate to the task, would not trouble the Committee with any law observations upon the sub jet, but begged leave to move . the Satroduliio n o f une or twu - clattses, which, ire belies', were similar to those adverted to by the Learned Counsel. The LORI) CI - LNCELLOH. observed, that what wil4 now proposed, br,.ught or, the question of the desired Amendments, And the proposed clauses. Adoption ot t,itsc as proposed, he felt it his duty to resist. as nothinft could he more true, or clearer in law, than that 1,b.1 published us ight - ties of York or Middlesec. With respea to the idea thrown nut that there was no opportunity of cam pelling the attendance of witnesses, he observed, it 4.. AS the general duty of all His falajestes subjefts to attend in the King's Courts of law, and that the pro cess issued was only the means of compelling such due attendance. With respeft to certain other con siderations, which had been adverted to is applica ble so the Bill in question, he should certainly give the ;warts his best attention, and try whether fib could not, either on the riptrt or on the third reading, propose a clause, which would be the means of doing ample justice to the country, and to the individual concerned ; as he freely admit met, justice could nut be done to the country, if it were withheld from the individual. What he pro posed would go to obviate any thing which might result from the present bill, in the way of construc tion, to prejudice the pending cause adverted to, and afford the party the means of compelling the at tendance of witnesses on his behalf. After some farther observations from the Loan CM•NCELLOR, the clauses proposed by the Noble Earl, who seemed to express himself satisfied with the tendency of what fell from the Noble and Learn ed Lord, were 'negatived. The remaining clauses of the Bill were then agreed to by the Committee, with some further amendments; and after the House resumed the Bills brought up from the Commons were read a first time ; thaw no the table forwarded, and some routine business disposed of; after whichtheir Lord ships adjourned till so-morrow. 50-14 • Ajo ;MUGGLING RILL of the CHANCEI , this Bill was read a was called in us behalf .011 of t h, aid time . F the Yeti s agfiri the Bill. Mr. Plomor appeared as Counsel cur tts. timers against it, From the islands of Jersey, C u , my, Alderney. and the Isle of Maw; and rein es , : „, ed their use at considerable length. He went inn the various charters, and tenures. by which do islands of Jersey and Guernsey were held by thi Crown of England. and maintained, that the NT, ' Lament of England were not entitled to legislate in. annutlly for those islands, which had always interns, regulations of their own. He dwelt very is. n . c ,„ larly on the rights of the island of Gaenney ; and maintained. that this island having, as well Jersey, beta under the dominion of the Dukes , i 1 Normandy, before the conquest of England, William I. and being the only part of the osi g i t , 4 . l . possessions of that conqueror, now under the Br. tish Crown, they had as good, if nut a b, tier originally to legislate for Gieat Bs itain Len, Great Britain had to legislate fur them. He (het stated the length of time in which those islands 141 been in possession of this commerce, without wl they would, in fad. have nu trade at all, and Le deprived of their subsistence. Neither would it ultimately beneficial to the revenue ; fur, thou7t the provisions ai the Bill would ruin those. for ever, yet the eventual died would be, that, the return of peace, the same trade would inevita bly be transferred to the opposite coast of France. After the Comm.' had withdrawn ; The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, that what had fallen from the Counsel, carried ' such weight with it, in regard to some of the pro visions a the Bill, that he should wi.h for a short delay, in order to reconsider them ; though, as to the principle of legislation, on which it went, ht held it to be unquestionable. He moved, " That the further con: tderation of the Bill be defined to-morrow." Mr. WINDHAM declared that the arguments of the Learned Counsel had made a considerable ;tie pressio2 upon his mind. Independently of the right to legislate for those islands internally, •which seemed to him at least somewhat questionable, a serious consideration of policy arose out of the met. sure. It was no trifling question whether it was proper to offer so great a shock as this to the foil iags of a people situated as they ware! It w . ton impottaat a proceeding to be brought in is., a ran, and only a part of a Revenue system. fir I per sisted in, it may unfortunately happen that while we me hunting after money, we shall be losing islands. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER thought it impossible that the measure should he sudden or unexpected. for the Rill was &foie the House at a very early period of the seethes, and it was not the fault of the advocates of the Bill. but the wish of the Petitioner; themselves, after the Bill was primed. that they should Iv heard by Counsel in the last stage of it. As to the right. without going as far back as the time Counsel had, he would only refer to the Rolls of Parliament is the reign of Edward 111. where there were every year petition; from these islands, addressed and pre sented to the f.egielature of this country. The same principle was followed up in the reign of Queen Anne. and in several ads ever since, subjeCling per sons in those islands convieted of harbouring de serters, to the same penalties as such offenders were liable to in this country. The Habeas Corpus Ad also extendend equally to these islands as to any other parts of His Majesty's dominions; and the other ails of internal regulation for them were without number. The Leased COallSel if!' sisted. that though they were in the realm, th:r were not within the domination of the cto.se of Great Britain: but this tlistiodion was cur, tradieted by Lord Hale, who expressly enaintaio:d that they were within the dominion. though eel within the realm. Besides, the subjed was in ita of great importance to the revenues of this cowurr. and to the relief of those burdens which the people of Great Britain and Ireland were celled upon to endure. He added, that the question of ri;,lit els decided by the ad of settlement itself, which hap pily vested these islands, as well as the other de pendencies, of this country, osier the dominion et the present Royal Family by an ad of legislation. Mr. FELLOWES said, he understood that most of the respedable and considerable people is the islands were in favour of the measure. Mr. GREY observed, that there was, at least, a considerable doubt as to the right. For all the evenip tions that had been mentioned, did not invalidate the rule, if it existed. Mr. S. BOURNE wished to explain what seemed to be made a doubt of; that it WAS we the intention of the bill to interfere with the internal jurisalidioe of the islands. or to bring any offenders ban items to be tried in this ceentry. After a few more words, the further oansideratioe of the Bill was defernsd till toonorrow. The House went through a Committee on the 8,000,00uL Exchequer Bills' MIL Itsport te-roet row. In a Committee on the t,000,0001. Exchequer Bills Bill ; The CHANCELLOR, of the EXCHEQUER explained, that by a mistake in the wording of the Bill of last year, the Bank was not authorised to is vise the money, eecept in the CAW of aituAl invesinu; but, as that eridently was not the intention of the All, and the money had boon obtained ; he moved aft instruCtion to the Committee, "That they should have power to insert a clause of indemnity for the Diredors of the Bank"—which being agreed to, the report, as well as that on the Le00,u431. Exchequer Sills' Bill, was ordered to Le received to-morrow. Mr. HUSKISSON !nought in a Bill for czoso lidating the provisions of differeat ads ef Paha of 'razes in Scotland ; also, a Bill for appoin tiv e Trent, relative to the appointment of Commissione rs additional Commitsiotiers for auditing the public accounts. Read a first time ; and ordered lobe read a second time tomorrow. An account was pse:entel of the .I:fiesett sums issued from the civil list. according to addresses front. that House, a:d not provided for by Pari's' meat. Ordered tiro lie en the table. ..i.outote. England, one could July be tried by !bairn el this there appeared fin country. He ineama.pot awe to me • - ity. 38. aera t ion As( the general lowes,olWati teAbe The Bill was th elitism of libels. but merely Ilis,tay that 40 knew enitmellor to -morr enough to be convinced that were lee or any man s: to write a libel in London. and pehlish the same in i On the motion York, or wce twraa, na lawyer could say that such EACH KQUE It, would not involve two distind offences. and for when Counsel was whichthe libeller might be tried either in the coon. tioners against the 110(TsE OF COMMONS. Mr. Serjeant BEST rtlerred his toutinti on the I Ith Report of the Naval Cerinissiouers, which stood for Monday, to Thursday Mr. GILTS brought up the Report of the Rank Ftegery Prevention Hirt which was order‘d to be read a third time to morrow. Harbour MN The Loutlt and !)heath were read a its; and ordered to be real a serried time to-merow. A Petition was preceirtml by Mr. Liagham, praying for a Sill of Divorce hoot his wife Um, for Adultery; and Mr. Heath, a witness, proved that ke had reason to believe the Lady was now ill France. Mr. S. BOURNE. obtained leant te Wag in a Rill for allow ing the purchase of regain grounds aliment to Wortininser Hall, by the Exchequer, for the use of the pu►lic, which being agreed to, the Rill was brought in, read a Stet, and ordered to be read a seemed time te-ntorrew. He having, pursuant is a summons groin the Black Rod, attended the Lords' Contsresioners ia the House of Peers, the Speaker, set his TOUT, informed them, that the Royal As. mat ►od ►een given by Commission tothe Lottery, the Stamp Duty, the Spaniel) Red Wine Duty. the Loyalty Loan, the Irish Mak Duty, the Irish Incise 'Melanoma Duty, the Tax Commissioners Regulation, the Paymaster General's Office Regulation, the West India Import Duty, the Irish Militia Cloaking, the Militia Subaltern Olicers• Allowance, end a member of private MM. Me. ROSE brought in a Sill for imposing an additioaal Duty tbe Straw data and Bonnet% 'inverted into Great Britain; and Mr. Giddy, the Packard Esslorry Rill; which were mad a lass, and ordered to beetled a secosad time tremoro us . Mr. PkULiciso natio that he should to-morrow move for sans• pirwe alati,e le the appointment of the Hen. Henry Walla* tooth, Genernanent allied:649d Provinces of Duds in the East ladies. Cohmel CRAUFURD obeeared, tlgt in the return of the effective hone of tbia ciessitty, ie &and recruits included, though they were not taken isms the 61400114 of the year tent, or the tint returns of 1 SOS. In entire, therefore, to be enabled to make a proper comparison, he should move " That th7re be laid before the House as Account of the Return, of Recruits in the Regiments abroad, Rota the lst of January 1804, to the lit of June NO.' As he did net anticipate any objection to kis propoial, and believed it wit& be ready to be produced to gnormw, he did nut see that it awl induce him father to post pone hi. intended mottos. ThoSLCitETARY at WAR slid, be bad nu oteection w She smitten • and acknowledged that chum retura s ul recruits had not bee made in thefermer accqunts. Ordered theistic Home should, to-morrow, revolve itself ilia a Committee of the wade Howe., to consider of so much of ' the Irish Permanent Taxes as rotated to the military survey of that country. The Irish Lean Bat was committed, and ordered to be re ported to.lnurrow. The House went into Committee% on the Townleian ferias the Duty an Wass imported, in which it was resolveit that an !additional duty of 2s. W. on Crown plate, and Is. • sheet on German Glass, be imposed; the Hop Doc, lowering it one penny out of twopence lialdpenay per lb. ; the English Militia Officerr Allowance, in which a cleave was moved by Ci t oneISTANL.E,T, that in reduced Regiments, which had two lieutenant Colonels, the Second Lieutenant Colonel should be retained in the itegd sent. with the rank of Lieut.- Colonel, and having wily the pay of Major, which was agreed 1 to ; the Irish Duty Collection 4 and on the Drawbacks spun the 'incaution of Linen, the produot of any a the West India Coienim eke Reports of all which were ordered to be to mired to-morrow. SECRET COMMITTEE. Lord GLENBERVIE brought np the Report of the Secret Committee on certain matters con tained in the Eleventh Report of the Naval Com missioners, which stated, that after haffios duly ex amined persons, papers, and records, relating to the sum of 100,0044. of Naval Money. said to have been expended, and unaccounted (or in the Ele venth Report Resolution, they had resolved, that it appears to then that the sum so expended had been applied to purposes perfectly naval, and paid 4y the Comptroller of the Navy to an order from the Treasury. with the knowledge of the First Lord of the Admiralty; and that they had also resolved that there were suticiant reasons for not. consistent ly with the public services, discovering the mode in which that sum was applied, and that the same reasons for not disclosing it still continued. LORD MISCOUNT MELVILLE'S taleF.AcHtmtur. Mr. WHITBREAD moved, that .Me. Sersant BEST be added to the Committee for drawing up Articles of lmpeachno-nt against Lord Viscount M E LVI L La 4 which being agreed to, he neat gave no tice that to-morrow he should move for a Bill of Indemnity to allow Mr. Troth to be examined as an evidence on the Impeachment. DUKE or ATHOL'. ComPENSATION RILL. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER moved the second reading of the Duke of Athol's Compensation Bill. Mr. CURWEN oppoved it at considerable length; and moved, by way of amendment, .. That the Dili he read a second time this day three months." Mr. FUJI.ER piopmed die ~ppointrnent of Commissioners to enquire into the compenutuiqu, as was done in the year 1 798. The I louse divided on the amendment ; when ••••• st; be ba i 1