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IMPERIAL PARLIAM ENT. HOUSE OF PEERS, MONDAY, JAN. 4, 1802. A Meeting took place this day, in pursuance of heir Lordships' last adjournment. Prayers were again read by His Grace the Arch bishop of CAN r E BIZ RN". . Seine private Business was disposed of, 'Which principally consisted of PetitiOns for private Bills, and arrangements for hearing of Appeals. " Lord WALsitsc4Am brought in a Bill to dissolve the marriage Of CPSARLES ,BRIDGES WOODCOCK, Esq. with Ann, his now wife, late ANN CROSS E, and to enable him . to marry again, and for other purposes therein mentioned, which he moved be now read a first time. In reading the Bill, the LORD CHANCELLOR particularly read the breviate thereof, which in substance set forth, that the parties, Mr. and Mrs. Woodcock, were married in the course of the year 1790 ; that some time in 1794, in consequence of their not agreeing well together, a deed•of separa tion was mutually executed. That in some time after, it was alledged an unlawful intercourse was detected between her and Mr. Hutchinson, who, it was asserted, had shortly after left the country, from which he was absent several years, and in con. sequence, as the Petitioner stated, he was advised that an anion for damages could not regularly be brought against Mr. Hutchinson in the Courts be low ; but that, in the interval, the necessary pro ceedings had been instituted in the Ecclesiastical Courts, where the usual sentence of divorce be tween the parties was pronounced in favour of Mr. Woodcock, &c. On the question for the second reading of the Bill, The LORD CHAIVCELLOR quitted the Wool sack, and deemed it incumbent upon him to offer to their Lordships an observation upon the case,. which be thought one of a rather singular nature, and re quiring a degree of serious consideration. Th e breviate which their Lordships had just heard read, afforded them an outline of its merits. What he should first have to call the attention of the House to, in the present instance, was the circunitance, 'that. recurrence was not had to His Majesty's Courts below, as was the regular custout in all such cases. The reason alledged for this was, the absence of the offending party from the country. It was certain that their Lordships had no positive order against entertaining Bills of Divorce, on the subject of which a verdift of a Jury of the Country was not recurred to, on the question' of, Whether the party was entitled to damages ? but at the same time, it was equally well known that their Lordships were not in the habit of receiving Bills in which such an omission had occurred ; there was also another circumstance, of still more important con sideration, in the present case, namely, that the parties had, previously to any alledged ground for the present measure having taken place, entered into a deed of separation. 'With respeEt to this point, their Lordships would recollea that it was lately held in the Courts of Westminster Hall, that such a voluntary proceeding tended to obviate the grounds of claiming for damages in such a case, as by that aft it was clear, that the Petitioners parted with the solatium of marriage ; for the loss of which the compensation in the way of damages was obviously given. These peculiar circumstances forcibly struck him as requiring some serious con sideration, anti a rather longer pause than usual on the part of the House. Under this impression, lie thought the first day of next month could not be deemed too late a period for the second reading of the Bill, which the Noble and Learned Lord then regularly moved should be fixed for the second reading of the Bill, and which was ordered ac cordingly. The usual orders were then made for the atten dance of the parties, &c. on the day fixed for the second reading of the Bill. The Earl of CAssree ts, one of the Scots repre sentative Peers, was sworn and took his seat. Some routine business was then disposed of, after which, the House, on the motion of Lord WAL. NGHAM, adjourned till Thursday the t4th, HOUSE OF COMMONS, MONDAY, pvs. 4, - Mr. ARTHS IMRE' brought up two Petitions (we could not distinctly hear from what places) against opening the Distilleries. The SOLI C ITOR GENERAL brought up a- Petition from the Prisoners confined for debt in the Gaol of Anglesey, praying for relief. Ordered to lie on the Table. Sir E. KNATCHi3ULL presented a Petition from seversl persons residin4 in the city of Roches ter, againit the Rochester Gaol Bill. It was ordered to be referred to the Committee on the said Bill. Me. CORRY brought up an Account of the Amount of the 6 per Cent. Duties in Ireland, for the last five years. Ordered to lie on the Table. Mr. CORRY said, he took this opportunity of giving notice, that as soon as public business was resumed, he should beg leave to call the attention of the House to this subject. The CHANCELLOR ,f tine EXCHEQUER.- 4 ‘ Sir, on the last occasion when this House was assembled, I thought it my duty to propose an Adjournment only for a short period. The consi derations which at that time operated upon my mind, are, ,to a certain degree, ,now in force, at least 'to a sufficient degree to induce me to make nearlysinikiar proposition ; at the same time I hive the satisfaction to state, that fhe force of these circumstances is so tar diminished, as :o convince me that it will not be necessary for me to detail them to the House. I shall therefore move to ad. journ to Thursd.iy se'nnighr, at which time 4 shall probably have to move to adjourn to the at which it was originally intended to propose an adjournment for the Christmas Holidays." —He concluded with- moving that the House should, at its riing, adjourn to Illursday scinni,ght, • Agreed toa The CETANCELLGR or the Excwromt then moved, That the Orders of the Day should be read which was also agreed to, and the Committees of Supply • and Ways and Means were put off till Friday se'nnight. Adjourned to Thursday se'nnight. THE SUN. 1110LIM QUI! DICIRI lIALSUM AUDIAT ? LOWDON,-JANUARY 5, 2802. IT will be seen, from the Proceedings in the I I Two Houses of Parliament, that the Adjournment for the Holidays has not yet taken place to the period at first expeaed. They meet again on Thursday sennight, the 14. th inst.—The reason of these short Adjournments has not been stated, but the Public may be satisfied of the weight of the motives of the Minister. That the subject is of some importance, may be conceived from the deli.. cate manner in which he expresses himself ; hut, relying upon his judgment and discretion, we shall not presumptuously pry into his condua, nor wish to withdraw the veil from circumstances which he may not deem it necessary to bring before the pub lic eye. At the same time we cannot withhold our tribe of approbation for his wishing to keep it in his power, by the short Adjournments of Parlia. merit which he proposes, to resort to that Consti. tutional Organ of the People for their advice and support, should such prove necessary, whatever may be the subjea in question. THE trial of the Mutineers in custody on board Vice Admiral , )Sir ANDREW MITCHELL'S Squadron, which arrived last week at Spithead from Bantry Day, will take place immediately. The neces. sary orders have been sent from the Admiralty, and it was even supposed that the Court Martial might have been yesterday assembled. That however did not take place, but the trials were expeeted to corn mence this day . - -Upon the subjeel of this Mutiny; and indeed, of Mutiny in general, there cannot be, and there happily is, but one feeling in the Nation. The Seamen of the British Navy are a body of men to whom their Country looks up with confider.ce and admiration, and the tribute of public gratitude has been liberally paid to them in the course of the War recently closed, in a great variety of ways. Great additions have beer, made to their allowances out of the Public Purse, and that of liviividuals has ever been open to soothe the woes of the Widows and Orphans of those gallant men amongst them whose lot it was to purchase National Glory by their blood. Wealth, Patriotism, and Literature, have amicably contended which should be the first to do justice to their merits, and to render. homage to their valour. It cannot, we are convinced, en ter into the breasts of Men who have thus been greatly distinguished by their Country, and who have, at the same time, so nobly earned the laurels which they gained, to tarnish all these by ads of disgraceful insubordination and wanton excess.—lt is by. DISCIPLINE chiefly that the British Navy has reached its present high and preeminent repu. tation, as, without that, superior skill is deprived •• of its prOper application, and courage degenerates into fruitless ferocity. It is not our praeiice to anti cipate what may be the result of a trial which has not yet taken plaee, either under a Civil or a Military Jurisdielion, but the crime of Mutiny i s ofs o ob v i_ ous and positive a nature, that no doubt can be en tertained with respeet to its actual existence, and of the punishment that must await its legal con.- vielion. The Mutiny which took place at Bantry Bay, is aggravated by circumstances which can plead no ex. tenuation, as the,y strike at the root, not only of 1 , 4.1 Military 13;,-,..;0;,,, Inn of Om very Constitution of the Country itself. We are well assured of the Faa, when we state it, that tie Ships ordered to be detached from Vice Admiral Mir. C LL'S Fleet, were to sail with Rear Admiral CAMPBELL, under Sealed Orders, delivered to . that Officer, so that it was impossible it should be known. to any Officer or Man in the detaChed Squadron, not even to the Commander of it himself, what was the objeft of its destination. Thus the Mutiny at Bantry Bay, did not pioceed from any disinclination to any particular Service, but to any Service at all—a principle which at once over . throws Discipline, and strikes at the dearest inter ests of the Country, and which must ever 1:1e de tefininedly resisted, while a drop of loyal and con. stitutional blood remains to be shed, We entertain the confident hope and belief, which ►re have already more than once expressed, that the condea of the Mutineers at Bantry Bay, meets with the most marked condemnation of the whole body of the British Seamen, i n t hi s b el i ef we arc more and mare confirmed, arici we trust that the instance which has thus unhappily been recently furnished of such gross miscondua, will be the last blot on the bright efrulgence of British Glory. THIS morning the Ha:l:burgh kla;1 due on Sun day last was received in Town. Its contents have been chiefly anticipated by the French Papers. WE yesteyday evening received the French Pa pets to the 3oth ult. inclusive, two days later than those ,that came to hand in the forenoon, and the • contents of which were given in our Paper of yesterday. Their contents, with the exception of the progress of the Legislative Body . - 'in the Civil Code, are scarcely worthy of insertion ; in deed, they relate principally to events which , we have already detailed to the Public. Notwithstand ing the assertions of many of our daily Prints, it ap pears from the French Papers, that ewe were correer. in our statement, that the First Cons . ul has not yet departed from Paris. Although the Papers we have received, do not state the immediate cause of his delay, yet we are assured, that it has originated from the machinatianc of a Party, who are violently incensed against his Government, and are endea vouring to throw every kind of impediment against the plans he has recently proposed. An article from Predurg of the Bth ult. states, that PAsswAx.OcLou has failed in an attempt to penetrate into Wallachia, and has been compelled to 'retreat to Widditt. The fact is, the Peace be. tween Great Britain and France has totally destroyed the expedations of this enterprizing Rebel, who, no longer supported by the intrigues of France, has no resource left but in immediate submission. It is not improbable, however, that he will make his peace on terms favourable to himself. Such is the decrepitude of the Turkish Empire, and so tot. tering the crazy fabric of its Political Government, that we doubt not, it will sacrifice much to the ad vantages of a temporary tranquillity. La Clef du Cabinet of the 3oth ult. positively states, that the Minister of the Interior has not yet set out for Ljons, as several Paris Journals have falsely represented. On the contrary, he will pre. side at the Theatre of Arts, at the distribution of the Prizes conferred on the Students at the Musical Repertory. The Tiers Cons. was on the 29th ult. at 53. So Yesterday Lord I - Lturictssultv gave a grand dinner to several Members of Administration. A Cabinet Council was held yesterday at Lord HAWKESBURY'S Office, at which several Members were present: The Detachment of the G6rds which marched into Portman Barracks yesterday afternoon, were received by thousands of spetators with the loudest and most unbounded acclamations. The lively in terest which was manifested by the spectators, had so strong an Ole& on the minds of many of .our brave fellows, that they burst into tears. Nothing could exceed the raptures of 'ext as y t h at f o ll owe d . Their friends and relations cro,.vded aro u n d t h em , and the scene was in every respea, highly glorious and affefting. The men appeared in perfeft health and spirits, and seemed greatly delighted with .the huzzas which accompanied their triumphant entry into. their old Barracks. They consisted of upwards of two hundred of the Third Regiment. They were met a feire 'miles out of town by the whole Band of the Regiment, who played before therti into 'London: The Ist Battalion of the Sgth Regiment, now at Madeira, and the 2a Battalion of the same Regiment, now in England, axe immediately to proceed to amaica. It is understood, that it is not now the intention of Government to reduce the Second Lieutenant- Colunels and Second Majors to half-pay, as was at first proposed, but to permit them to die off, without the vacancies being filled up. We understand that EVAN NErEAN, Esq. the Secretary of the Admiralty, has received a very handsome and pressing invitation from some of the most respectable inhabitants of Bridport in Dor setshire, to offer himself as a Candidate for the re- Lirece_nta.th,. ;n the next Parlia. ment. From the respeCtability of Mr. NEPEAN'S charader, we have no doubt that he will be re turned. Major ELL tor, of the Westminster Light Horse Volunteers, is the Gentleman who proposes to offer himself a Candidate to represent the City of West minster, at the next General Elution. By the last advices from Bombay,' we learn the fatal event of a Duel there, - between Mr. F. and a Lieut. B. The former was shot through the heart'. the first fire. The survivor has been sentenced, by, Sir WILLIAM SEYER, to Botany Bay, for fourteen, and his second; Capt. R. for seven years. Captain TU RNER, , the Gentleman whom we men tioned in a:l4Fmgr Paper to have been taken in a dying, state to tkeyo,rkhonsc, in Shoe lane, expired there about ten o'clOck on Saturday morning. In the Dukedoni of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, an Institution has been formed, by order of the Duke, for the instruftion of future Schoolmasters. Of se- . eral plans proposed for this purpose, the preference was given to that of Pastor F. L. REINHOLD, of Wolciegt ; and a commission given him to establish the Sfnut)l at Michaelmas t 801, in hi s pl ace o f re . , sidence, himself being appointed DireCior thereof. At the public audience. of the Minister.of War a few hays ago 'at Paris, an (Ace: shot hims e lf thro' th NAVAL NEWS. HARWICH, JAN. 4. THE Prince of Wales Packet, Capt. HE-A , ar rived this morning from Bremerlee, without a Mail or Passenger ; and the Prince of Wales, Capr. ANTHONY DEANE, arrived at noon with the Ham. burgh and Bremen Mails. The Prince of Orange and Express Packets, the former with the Ham.burgh, and the latter with the Dutch Mail, are de. tained in harbour by contrary wind._. The Schoot De Vliyt, from Rotterdam to Londos, with' butter, &c. is put into this Port for the pur pose of landing Passengers. DEAL, JAN. 4.. ADMIRAL LUTWIDCR struck his nag last night on board the . O'ver}•ssel, and hoisted it on boari the Amazon Frigate. The averyssel is very leaky, and has reccirei orders to go to Sheerness. DISTRIBUTION OF PRIZE-MONEY. Princeof Wales, Invincible, Tamer, unite, Amphitrite, Lapwing, Daphne, Syren, and Requin—For the settlement of Surinam, on board, on their arrival in port. The propor .tions of each class are—Commander in Chief 54581- 6s. gd. Captains 061. Is. 2d. C, m m i ss i one d Officers 641. 6s. 9d. Warrant Officers 30. rs. 3cl. Petty Officers 131. 195. bd. Seamen and Marines zl. rss. Diamond—For the Saint Sebastian and La Bell, On board, at Plymouth, the Bth instant. Amelia—For La Peggy, La Chevrieul, Little Amelia, I.e Chasseur and Le Heureux, on board, at Plymouth. Barfieur, Excellent, Edgar, Gibraltar, Bettor, London. Marlborough, Montague, Namur, Powerful, Prince, Prince George, Princess Royal, Ville de Paris, and Warrior.--For the Madona del Rosario, at the White Lion, Wych-street, London, the 7th instant. NAVAL PROMOTIONS AND APPOINTMENTS, Captain WILSON, of the Trusty, to the Regenerie; Captqin GUI ON, of the -Eurus, to the Trusty; Lieu tenant M. CowAN, pro tempos?, to the Exrus ; Captain STrrlt ENSON, of the Europa, - to the ,Egyp sine ; Captain MAITL ANTI, Of the Waasender, to the Courier; Captain G. BUR 1,T4:714, of the liarlaem, to the Success; Captain BUCHANAN, of the Rce buck, to the iiar/aem ; Lieutenant HAw ES, of the Renown, pro tempore, to the Roebuck; Captain DUNN, of the Fairy, to the Southampton, vice GARNI ER, deceased; Capt. BR/cos, of the Sala. mine, to the Madras, vice HAR E, deceased ; Lieut. MANSEG, pro tempore, to the Bulldog; and Lieut. SCHOMB Eit G, of the Minotaur, pro tempore, to the Roebuck., Several Sail of the Line will be paid off imme. diately.—Preparations are making at Chatham for paying off nine sail at that port. La Renard, of 24 guns, Capt. SPICER, arrived at Plymouth on Saturday from Bantry Bay. She brought an account that the Namur, of oo eunc- Hon. Capt. Ds Cougv-r, when the Fleet under miral Sir A. Mrrc Lr'sniled from thence, being' the last ship out of the Bay, and a gale of wind coming on, was obliged to bear away for Beer haven ; but she and the Renard sailed again, and parted company in the night of the 28th ult. The Renard saw the Namur on the 3oth ult, all well, with her studding sails set, in the chops of the Channel. Letters from Gibraltar, dated the x6rh of No v ember , from the Racoon, of /8 guns, state het safe arrival there, after being missing some time, and supposed to have foundered. She experienced dreadful weather on her passage out, and fell in with, off Cape St. Vincent's, His Majesty's }ate Ship Hannibal, of 74 guns, and Sit.reity, of z 4 guns, under jury.masts and French Colours, steering ap parently for Brest. The British fleet at Gibraltar was all well at that period, under' Aear.Adrniral Sit JAmts SAummttZ• Yesterday the Dispatches,for Bombay and China, by the Ships Thames and Canto", were finally closed at the East India.nouse fold delivered to their re* speftive Pursers. The Passengers are : Pet Tmatutt—Mr. Daniel Blythe, Cadet. William Sweet and George Millett, Valor. teers for Bombay Marine. Per CA wrolst-a.Mr. Fartunatus Bagley Pierce and George Challen, Cadets. James Settle and William Henry Penny* Volunteers for Bombay Marine. The Honourable the Court of Dirediors of the East India Company have permitted the ships Raring, Capt. Dlxoti MEADOWS, and the Lady Burger, Capt. A. F. W. SWINTON, to touch at rise Island of Madeira this season, in their passage t 0 Madras and Bengal. PHILIP HUGHES, Esq. is appointed to command the Company's ship the Briiniwici, consigned t° China, in the room of Captain JAmss LUDOYIC GRANT. The Brunswick is to be in the Downs aP the loth .of March. We have stated that MONSTEUR has returned 0 his residence in the Palace of Holyrood House, at Edinburgh. The following Notice Was issued bi His Royal Highness on the Ist inst. _ " His Royal Highness MoristEUß, solicitous to 011" 155 those sentiments of satisfaCtiott which he cannot but enter' tail', on returning again to a Country endeared to bin, V/ every possible testimony Of politeness, and every demonsti V tion of attention, will hold a Levee at Holyrood-HOUSeeltdi, „ Monday duri ng th e co u rse of the present month, at half 4 2•7 twelve o'clock." Died, at Tarbat.House, Ross.shire, on the 20 Dec. the Ri g h t H on. Lady ELIZABETH MACIO I II ZIE of Cromarty, Wido w o f the late GE O R GE LO , : ELL t anNg, and. Daughter of the late GEOgG' Earl Of C.ROMAR7'Y. Last week a Court-martial was held at Frew - Serjcant-major Newton, of the Third RoyalLo e cashire Militia, for using unbecoming language IT . lative to hi s C o l one l, Si r H . P . HOGHTON, Baia Of which b e in g convided, was, degraded, 321 discharged from the regiment.