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r - 4248 ER 3°l 7.1 _ . 'HE ANNVERSARY of the BIRTH.DAY RIGHT HONOURABLE WILLIAM PITT, 41 1 , vvtLLB ECp M E 0 R ED u/DAy, theaEthN of MAY , at, t Lon d on Tavern. L L SPENCER in the Chair. ' STLWARDS. of W w orcester J. Don, ESq. rl of F.uston W. Egerton, Lsq. N 4 ,3 3. s ri Tem p l e , Lt. Gen Egerton cnunt Mbrpeth C. R.'Ellis, Esq. 4.-o„ C. Levis o n G owe r . R. Ellison, Esq. .t.o r Louvain j. Film:, Esq. t ! r l• Wrott e sly, Bart. N. B. Frendh, Esq. ir sir W. Lowther, Bart. Francis Gregor, Esq. H. • Mildinay, Bart. Robert Milligan, Esq. sl, R. Vaughan, C ar t. W. M a nning, Esq. Sir ' i• W. Stuart, Bart. • T. Raikes, Esq. t . Peel, B art . H ans Sl oane , Ess. W W. Bootle, Esq. G. H. Sunnier; Esc] : I t? . R. Cartwright, Esq. Samuel Thornton, L sq. • Dickenson, Esti. J. Turin°, Esq. ets, One Guiea each, to be had of Mr. Hatchard, 1 9'3, Piccadilly ; n and at the Bar of the London Tavern. Dinner on Table at Five o' Clock. "LSH LY.I.NG-IN HOSPITAL FOR MARRIED WOMEN, rownlow-street, Long-acre, May, 11, 1802.. .' "ess, Her Royal Highness the Dutchess of York. President, His Grace tile Duke of Portland. His Grace the Duke of Ancaster. -v e-,Pr . e31(1 The Right Hon. Earl Spencer. • ents ' The Right Hon. Lord'Earchey. The Right Hon. Sir Joseph Banks, Bart. Treasurer, Henry Hoare, Esq. ' • THE Right Rev, the Lord Bishop. of Chichester this preach the ANNIVERSARY SER,IyION foi ' 4 r l tY at the Chapel in Park-street, Grosvenor • are -. 1 . t,O at sunday Morning the 23d instant. Prayers to be fwenty Minutes after EleVen. W. YEWD, cc. G. TRUWHITT,I S _ - • 28 B. There will he a Colle•Ction at the Chapel. 1 ! 93 Women have received thiler6;of Admission into this ;14 4 1 1) . 4 41, from its institution, in November 5749r.;..6 this LYCEUM. NOW OPEN, 1 11-T E EXHIBITION of an exten.live HISTO -I'()D,RICAL PICTURE, painted by ROBERT KER `4 0r 1 1 : ER,. executed upon the_ same gra . scale as the keki!nig,ot Scrinpoatani and the Siege of Acre, and corn th,7,4(ting, at one view, the most striking and interesting th e — !S Of contest between the Englis'n and trench Forces, on I n letrtorable :list of March, dot, at the BATTLE OF kLEXANDRIA, Ih e event of which terminated a destruckive War so much to th t iv totrof the British name, and finally restored to Europe ^,rlcsings of Peace. PICTURE is painted from personal communications tio ns e ye,ry, first authority, giving a correCi idea of the situa atid gnu moVeinent sof Ili:aril - the whole Lin: of both Armies, l' Or In troducing in the various Groups, which occupy the 'k u Lg r ound above g o Portraits of British Officers ; the sur tifj.`g Figures of the subjed being also paioted from the Sketches'to be hid at the Place of Exhibition, 7 ` be open every day, from Nine o' Clock till dusk. • Admittance One Shilling. . tbriCHEST AT CHATHAM. IS is to give NOTICE, that the Right Ho. Tr Arable the Lords Commissioners of His Majesty's .4 10,„ .11 , 1 1 have been pleased to appoint Money to pay P EN. I th o ' l ;'i, due to the Pensioners belonging to the. Chest at regi 4111, to Lady-day, 130 z; and that the said Pay will cb o l ,:_e'n Monday the zrst day of Pile, 18oz, the Chest His Majesty's Dock-pad at Chatham. _ - tb v , l FREE GRAMMAR SCHOOL. .1 1 / 4 -1 - 1 MASTERSHIP of. the: FREE GRAM,. ~,4 A R SCHOOL a; LEICESTER, will become mat t at Nfidstiminer next, by the Resignation.of the . Rev. 'i e 4el ty an i,, • •eyrielt, M. A. and the Governors hereby give No_ t that they will proceed to the Eleciion of a new Master the 2 . 40 1 June next. 'flee Master will be required to teach 4 k41 etn and Greek languages, and other branches o f Cl .as _ ` 4 tiard e4 rnilig, and to 'reside in the School House, whi ch tkt convenient accommodation for Forty-tour 4oarders, Allniber being now under the care of the present Master. tA i Dwelling-house no rent- be pant, : et.cpt (4 , ttalctium, which the Corporation require as an aCIEIIOW. Th t that it is their propertY. A hnual,Stipends which the Governors are in trust for. Ivill u ..s a t altogeth er to 55 1. tss . . rod. per Annum, to whi c h qtli k ",.,'ldded 671. per Annum, the amount of the Free G,ifts k-otpOration now enjoyed by the present Master, so 4 4 t: total income o f the Head Master will be 127,1055. r o d; rb:.. Out of-this he is to prov i de his own Assistants. k lioo n th ."(' 1 (1 Master will be :Nutted to admit under his . care, 4 g,e 0 , ‘e-E ouiktatioh, the Sons of resident Freemen above the I• est ` s P v cr(years, who can read correctly a Chapter ,in the ,r 311-lera. Zlicif:e:,.lkiaster must be a -Graduate of Oxford or Cambridge. at e t h,`,'.entlemen as apse to oiler themselves as Candidates, g bilto send proper Testimonials of, their 'Literary ph 0 ` "es, and Moral and Religious' Charader, to the Mayor, r before the first dayof June next. •THOMAS PEACH, Mayor. teice s ter, Apr.- -,' iSo To THE CURIOUS : IN FISH SAUCE. NOBILITY, GENTRY, and PUBLIC in to w general, are respedfully informed; J. BURGESS and toi,,, G ENUINE ESSENCE o f ANCHOVIES, continuesti je T Pre.pared by them in the same manner that has giver vhltniversal approbation for many years past. oil, e long justly -acquired superiority of that Article is Ners':=onfirmeci in the opinion of the Country at large, and at m e 8.24 resident in all parts of the World, and hay . ingtood . Tnt of trial, rankS it in the situation it now-maintains. ,ri c h ',`..eau general utility of their Essence ot Anchovies and other for Fish, &c. induce% them, from the numerous u r of!'ements daily appearing, to caution Families, &c in u t . 445 1ng the same, as none is to be had of their (Jenume, b a , th.ir WarehouSe as under. bt‘stvreir,.y..,o.ther Article in the Oil Trade for family use, of the V i r 1 . .411ty. Vi e 'Z4I.-Inclia Merchants, Captains of Ships, &c. l offieers . in Ih e E. "Y and Navy, supplied upon the shoitest notice for tr ast and West Indies, sec. klte 1..°1 * the convenience of Families in Scotland, they ill tir appointed Messrs. R. Johnston and Co. Edinburgh, w„sole Agents f or Fi s h S auces. "grehouse, 'No. 107, corner ni Savoy.steps, ,"!`,....._ strand, London. ESSENTIAL SALT OF LEMONS, 4 :taling. I ron Moulds, Ink Spots, Red Wine, and other i ns, out of Linen, Muslin, Li ce , &c. and tot manY , 1j ICI U ses, as a Sub s tit u t e for Leusons. Price One Slid th_e Box. VING received numerous .complaints that 41 0 ,,, "' ,Com positions sold und er th e t i t l e o f SALT .o f LE: ttro are not only it:et-Kauai,' but that they 'barn and de th: the Linen, I think it ne cessar y to i n f orm t he P u blic, l e 1 , my true ESSENTIAL SALT of LEMONS• and whole sa l e and retail,- my shop in .Cockspnnstret t ;9at e depended upon as niine ut ‘vhat has teth.ignature on the b o t tom ofeach box, smut on the outsrde Wrapp er. to R - • W. BAY LEY. 1.v . a . ',1. 1 hc, Salt of Lem.ons is particularly,uscful to Lad!ei r tNi„,sumg their hands, as it inStantly takes 30 - the •staln, of ,coloured gloves, Sec. and is tnUch more agreeable . tp use 4411_ I,e,innn. itself. farsa place may harLEayley's Senwering.D.ops, 44ulg was Silk, Stuff Woollen Cloth, tic. ~. _..,- ~. • le 4•41 e .4- ..:. 3 * %.7 .., A . ti - :,... To the Worthy and Independent ELECTORS of the BOROUGH of GRANTHAM. GENTLEMEN, A/TR. YORKE having signified his intention of tint standing forward, as a Candidate for the Borough of Grantham, - at the next General Eledion, I beg leave to offer myself in his room, and to soli:cit the Favour of yout Votes. I shall embrace the earliest Opportunity 'of paying my re speaks to you personally, accompanied by my Colleague, Thomas Thoroton, Esq. and should I be so fortunate as to be one of your Representativesin Parliament, I will endea vour to till the high situation you place me in, with that Independence you have a right to exped, and it will always be my pride to attend to the welfare and prosperity of the Town of G rantham. I have the Honour to be, SIRS, Yourmost obedient Servant, Denton-House, W. E. WELBY. Mayza, To the Worthy ELECTORS of the BOROUGH of GRANTHAM. cENTLIMEN, MR. SUr lON having expressed his determina tion to decline offering himself a Candidatt for this Bo rough, at the General Eletlion, I take the liberty of tender ing my ServiCes to you, on that occasion, and of soliciting your inSuffragesmy itavour. Should Ibe so fortunate as to e'it}icrience your kind support and assistance, it • will' be my chtet'ainbitionand pride to watch over tii particular interests and welfare of thc Tewn of Grantham, and to prove - mysel as far as in me ties; in some degree worthy of so great an Honour: I shall embrace the very earliest opportunity of paying my respeCts to you in person, and of - assuring you of that invariable regard with which I arts, G aNTLEMEN, Your faithful and obedient humble Servant, THOMAS THOROTON. London, May 20, 1802. SUN. SURREY MEETING, • May 26, 1802. ikT a Public Meeting of the Nobility, Gentry, Clergy, Freeholders, and other inhabitants of the County of Surrey, held This Day at Epsom, an Address to His Majesty, on the happy Event of the conclusion of a Peace; was unanimously agreed to, and ordered to be signed by the High Sheriff, on behalf of the County, and presented by him to His Majesty, accompanied by the Lord Lieute nant, the Members for the Ceuntv, and other Gentlemen. EDWARD PEPPIN, Sherift: The High Sherifrhaving left the Chair, the thanks of the Meeting were given to him for his impartial condud, and able assistance on the occasion. HALIFAX, MAY 13. A T a Meeting of the Principal Inhabitants of the A. Tows and Parish of Halifax, called by Public Adver tisement, and held this Day at the Talbot Inn, JOHN EDWARDS, in the Chair, Resolved, That our sincere and grateful Thanks are justly due to the Volunteer Corps of this Parish, for the important services rendered by them during the time ,they -have been embodied, by which the public tranquillity has 'teen pre served during the most critical and dangerous period in His tory ; an . honourable and useful example has been afforded to their fellow : ,subjeCts, of attachment to their -Sovereirn'and the Constitution of their Country, and the Public Defence as-;isted by their zealous and repeated offers of Service in any part of the kingdom.• Resolved, - That our most sincere and cordial Thanks are hereby giVen to the Volunteer Corps. Resolved, That Lieutenant-Colonel lltidsn be requested to corrimimicate to the Corps-the above Resolutions: • ResolVed, That a Piece of.Piate i with appropriate inscrip tions, be presented to each of the-two Field Officers of the Corps; Lieutenlint.L Colonel Hudson and Major' Priestle2,•, as a mark of the high sense this Meeting entertains-of theimpor tanf Services. they Have rendered to .-the ,Public during their respective Commands. Resolved, That a Subscription for that 'purpose be opened at the.two Banks. • - Resolved, That a Conirnittee be appointed to carry the above Resolutions into cited, and - that the following Gentle, men be the Committee,• vii . _ • Mr. Edwards Mr. W. Mitchell Mr. Burnley - Mr, Priestley' Mr. Crossley Mr. Swaine Mr. Edwards, Northowram Mr.AValker, Crow-Nest . Mr. S. Lees -• Mr. Walker, WalterelOugh Mr. Lodge Mr. Waterhouse ReSiolved, That the thanks of this MeClibg be given to the Associated Volunteer Cavalry, for the zeal and alacrity .with which they came fortVard at a very dangerous crisis, and for the essential services rendered by them to the public dining tlie period in Which they have been embodied; „,• Resolved, That it is the opinion 0f this , Meeting, that the continuance of the services ot that Corps, would be attended tvith'important advantages to the community. Resolved, That Captain Ingrain be requested to cotnrnu nicate to the Corps the two preceding Resolutions, Resolved, That the ptoceedings or this Meeting be pub ,a the Halifax and Leeds Newspapers, and in the Scar and Star. - Resolved, That the thanks of this Meeting , be given to the Chairman, for his conduct; in the Chair. JOHN EDWARDS, Chairman. This Day, was published, price. 7s. 6d. `TWENTY PSALMS and HYMNS, in Three .1. and Four\ Parts, as sungat the different Churches and Chapels in Bath. Composed by WM. DALMER. Adapted for the Piano Forte or Organ. In order to render this Publication of general' use to Choirs, the 'Author . begs leave to observe that the greater part of the Tunes • may be sung tu - rnany other Ps4msanddiymns of equal metre, and he has selected appropriate words for each Tune from M E R •R CK's, ana the New Version, and from the different Col lection c,ff{ysnns now most in use, a reference to which, is given in the Work.• . London : Printed for the Author, and sold by him, at No. 17, Tarragon Buildings, 'Bath : may also be-had of Mr. Pres ton, Strand, London ; and at all the principal Music Shops and Booksellers in the Kingdom. F RIDA Y, MAY 21, 1802. TO THE FREEMEN OF ROCHESTER. TT having been generally understood for some months past, that I intended to offer myself as aCandiiate to represent you at the next Generaf Eledion, I did nut think it proper so long before' that period to give you the trouble of a General Canvass; or prematurely to endeavour to engage your individual Suffrages. Since, - however, you have already promised a large proportion of your' Votes to two Gentlemen who have come forward upon your invita tion, 1 think it a duty 1 owe both to you and to myself, to take the earliest opportunity of informing you, that I do not intend, upon this occasion, to give you any further trouble: I certainly should have been highly flattered by the Himur of representing your ancient - and respectable City, but I am far trom desiring to obtrude iriselt upon yon, nor shall I offer myself unless called upon by yourselves to do so. I have only to add, that, although you •may easily tints a more able Representative, you vt l lll nwer find one inure truly attached to your interests—to the genuine principles of the British Constitution;—or to real and practical independence; than Your most faithful Humble Servant, Cobbam Hall, ath EDWARD BLIGH. -- May ISoz. The PARIS NEW DILLIGENCES, - - At only 41. iss. tail Passenger. ET out - from the Goltlcti-Cross, every Morning and Evening, to the Ship and King's Head Inns, Dover; the SilVer Lion, 'Calais ; Calaisdlotel, Boulogne ; London Hotel, Amiens ; and to Mr. S .Gr;- goirc'S Office, in Bouloys‘street, Paris, frotti when,:e Carriages travel to all the principal 'Towns in France, Italy, and Ger many. * * *l , The Public are requested to notice, the glove Car riages w.il be conduclkal in a manner, tar superior to any other at present established. BRIGHTON ORIGINAL COACHES; at Reduced Fares, a a_ ST out every Morning, at Seven, Half past Se ven, and Eight o'clock; and every - Night, at Ten o'Ciock, during the Season, from the Golden Cross, Char ing-cross; Old White-Horse Cellar, Gloucester Coffee house, Piccidilly, and Swan, Lad-lane ; to the Coach-Of -fee; •Nortibistreer r and- to the Castle, Old and New Ship Tavern, Brighton. Excellent Packets sail three times aWeek to Dieppe. Par liculars May'he had at the GOlden Cross. • 'Tile ASTBOU RN CONCH sets - off from the Gol(lm Cross, as usual. • • I3Y.HIS I'IATESTY's ROYAL LETTERS PATENT. WILLIAMS's SAFE-GUARD SPLINTER BARS. WILLIAMS ' I2. kVA. -Customs, PortsmouTh, respectfully begs leave. to in- . form the Nobility and Gentry, that he has 'invented a SPLINTER BAR, for Four and Two-wheeled Carriages, by means of which the Horses may be instantaneotislj disen gaged oirtheir becoming restive, taking fright, or The obvious utility of this invention,supersedes the neces sity-Ot any comment upon its'inerits whilst the elle& is pro clucedby anoperation performed with as Much facility as the 'inning Ora check-string. • ' • Notwithstanding the simplicity of the process by which the Horses may be disengaged, it will be found, oti the slightest inspection, that they are as securely attached tfi the Carriage as upon the common construction. In addition Ao the sanction of his Majesty's Royal Letters Patent, the Splinter Bar has obtained the Approbation and Patronage of his Royal Highness the Prince ot Wales, their Royal Highnesses. he Duke of York, the Duke of Clarence; and the Duke of Kent; many ot the. first 'Noblemen and Gentlemen in the kingdom, and the most distinguished Mem:. bers of the Society of Arts and Sciences. The Patentee has assigned the exclusive right of mann faCturing his Safe-guard Splinter Bars to ANDREW LEITH, and Cu.. Nos. 2,•4, and 109, Shoe-lane, Flcet street, from whom they may be procured on terms, which, compared with their novelty ,and inestimable advantages, Must be regarded as truly' moderate. ANDREW LEITH and Co. have fitted up a Carriage with the Patent Splinter Bar, which will be PUBLICLY EXHIBIXED in LORD'S GROUND, MARYBONE, on Saturday next, the 2-I,d instant, at Two o'clock, when the Horses Will be frequently disengaged. A Model may be seen daily between the hours of Eleven and Four, at No. 4t, Craven. street - , in the Strand; and any further explanation which may be thought requisite, may be iininediately obtained on application at the Manut4eihries as above. - • TCY - BE - PrREME P TORILY SOLD, Pursuant to a Decree of the,High Court of Chancery, made in a CaUSe, " SMITH against CO HO UN," with the approbationOfjohn Spragger, £sq. one of the Masters of the said Court; on Wednesday the 9th and Thursday the _ roth Days of June 1802, between the hours of Eleven and Twelve of the Clock in the Forenoon of each Day, at the Great Hotel - , at •liiixteni,•in the County of Derby, in 24 Lots (the first 12 Lots on Wednesdaythe 9th, and the re maining Lots on Thursday the loth of lune, 0102) ; E MANORS or -LORI)SHIPS of TIDES- J.. WELL. nd II LG H LOW, with the several Messuages and Farms, Dandt - Tenements and ,Real Estates, late of John Archer, ,Esq. situate. in the several Parishes, Town ships and Places of Tides Well, Highlciw, Nethee-Shatton, Hathersacige, Outseats, Hop; Castleton, Thornhill, Eyain Calver, Chapel in the Frith, Great and Little Hucklow, Pilsky, Litton, Wardlow; 6otheridge,Olforton, I lasleford, parntOrd, Holine, and Bakewell, in the Coianty of - Derby. PartitularS W.lie.reof May 114 had (gratis) at the slid Master's Chambers, in Southamptonlbuildings, Chancely-lane ,• of Mrs'ses. • Grahati, — Solicitors; "Lincoln's-inn (where, and at Al r. Gaunticy's, Baltewell; • Drrhyshire, P fans of the Estates may bes ;cf ressrs. Mayo and Pearse, Solicitors, Cloak lane, • London ;•at - Siessts. Epping,,.F.aseK,• anil 4leTexitpplc, .Londan; :Or. Whestoii Hall, Tides. well ; Messrs: Mills' and' Cru,o, Leek, Staiibrdshirt ,Mr. ,Castleton ; the Tenant a klighlow . ..Houic, I);::rbyshi:e; and of Mr. Hall; at zlic Ctait Hater; at Buxtd4,-- FOR PUBLIC SALE, At'tack's Coffee-house, over the Corn fkchange, on Mon day the z4th May, 18oz, at Half past One o'Clock pre= cisely, THE following GOODS, viz. for the, BENE FIT orthe UNDERWRITERS, so HOgsheads OATS, 18 Bushels each, t.to Barrels fine ENGLISH FLOUR, 196113. each, , Being Part of the Cargo of the Ship Betsey Caines,-George Johnson master, botlnci to St. Kitt's. ALSO, 300 Bags BISCUIT BREAD, 1500 New FIVE-BUSHEL SACKS, to,oco WHITE and BROWN CORN BAGS I Lying at the several Places mentioned in the CatalogueS, which may be had of • ' • GEORGE FRENCH, Sworn Broker, No. 6, Great Eastcheap. NORTHAMPTONSHIRE. TYTITES of BLISWORTH. TO BE LETT BY AUCTION, By Mr. KIRSHAW, On Mondays the 24th Day of May, aoz, between the Hours of:Three and Five in the Afternoon, at the Peacock Inn, . _ Northampton, upon Lease for Three 'Years, in One Lot, ALL the GREAT and SMALL iYTHES arising within the . P ARIS 1-1 of B ISWO RTH, in the County of Northampton. The Parish consists of Two Thou sand Acres, or thereabouts, of excellent Land, chiefly Arable, and in good Cultivation.; and the Tenant will have the Use of a large Tythe Barn. Blisworth. is 'distant five Miles from Northampton, and four from . Toweester : the Situation is desirable, as the Grand lunaipn Cattal passes through it. for further Particulars, apply to Mr. Rice, - Solicitor, Dufour-place, Soho ; Mr. Currie, - Blisworth; -or the. Au ctioneer, in Northampton. • MUCHWENLOCK, SHROPSHIRE. TO BE SOLD BY PRIVATE CONTRACT, A CAPITAL .and VALUABLE FREEHOLD _EI ESTATE, pleasantly situated on the Turnpike Road leading to and within eight miles of Bridgnorth, seven miles of Broseley, nine miles of Shrewsbury, and fifteen miles of Ludlow, ilia pi juresque - part of the County of Saloa ; con sisting of the I',IANO R, or reputed Manor of nt EST HOP E, with the Waste Land, Right of Common over the extensive Commons of Westwood, in the ancient and respedable Borough And Parish of MU CH W E CR, and 734 Acres of fertile Arable, Meadow, Pasture, and Wood land; divided into proper sized Farms and ancient Inclosures, with substantial Farm-houses, Malt i houses, Barns, Stables, Sheddings, and other convenient and necessary Out-build ings, now lett to respeaable Tenants, at the.uld -and annual Rent of 8101. or thereabouts,- but capable of .. .considerable advance. Tne Estate lies in A Ring Fence, abounds with Game, and contains several large Ponds or Reservoirs of Water, made for the • purpose of irrigation, with a never failing Stream run, ning through the centre of the EState, Manure in any quan tity May be purchased on reasonable terms within two miles. The Land contains an inexhaustible Mine of Ball and Stalao tical- LI NI ESTON E of the first quality, with every indi cation of other valuable MINER LS — The - Estate is sub ject to a Land Tax,lor)7l. is; a Chief Rent 'of 3s. 6d. is 'fitheahle. , _ 14,0;-,01. part 'of the purchase-money, may remain charged upon the Estate. • To .treat ti - ,r the- same, apply to Mr. lames, WeOsborn, near Strattord-on-Avun; ur to Mr. Coupland, 4.ttorney, Shrewsbuty; and lot Particulars to John Bishton, Esq. ; John Dodson, E. Cound ; Messrs. Pemberton and Coupland, Shrewsbury ' • Thomas Haslewood, Esq. Bridgiiorth • AViii..,Wheeler,. Esq. Wilitertold ; and at Mr. James's Office, Wellsborn ; Wm. Parsons, on the Preinises; the Stoat Tavern, Birmingham i and at Gogge'x Ccilec trouse,.Chamery-lane, London. :'—'- ...7 -,, ,.....!:, -^ .;,-,';.;;*. ' . ' -: "•- - 4 -47: ii:;- - .4.t:4 1 . '7 , .-# ti ...." ~,,,..,-. r . ~.1 , , ...t .J. 4 0 , - _ -: c - ... •,---....• • ... 1.) ,K , ~.. irl r-. 4 , ':•- '---. ', ~ , , ......,. * , •,i; 1,. ~..„` • Wl*, ,l, L 71A , 7 -1, .... ' '',,..: ,'.. \ f , l4, . -Aia„n - -.. , , ~....::.• 4,. - . 77 4 ~ -. . • . 9 ) t.... , , , ----,!-__ :"N• - r. 7 --•• . S ‹ " 7 [PRICE SIXPENCE. IMPERI,IL PARLIAMENT. MUSE OF PEERS, tHiIItSIkAY MAY 10. - Ti-tx various Bills before the House were forwarded in their respettiv, stage 4 and some private business was dis posed of. - Five private Bills were brought up from the Commons by different Gentlemen, and. read a first time. Certain Accounts relative to the proceedings of the Com missioners for the sale of the Land Tax i were on' the Mo tion of Lord AVCKLAND ordered to be laid before the House. The Order of the day for the second reading of the EleEtion Treating Bill, on which their Lordships were s-uinincned being read, the Bill was, on the Motion of Lord ALvAm- L Y, read a second time accordingly ; but on X Motion Ir...in his Lordship that the Bill be coininitted, The LORD CHANCELLOR quitted the Wool sack, and rather at length, stated his reasons for disapproving of the Measure ; he expressed his surprise that none of these Noble Lords, who were friendly to the _Bill, had come forward and stated their reasons why the Bill should he adopted by their Lordships ; it appeared as if it was thought the Bill ought to pass as a matter of course, and with as little observation as some inclosure Bills : lot his part, he thought the Bill involved soire and weighty considerations, and as .such, meri the best attention of that House.—The Bill, he thought, extended much, farther than was the intention of the Mt of King WILLIAM, from which it origi nated.;—the latter went to disqualifying persons who were convicted of the offences constituted by the Mt, at that eledion, respelling which the of fences were- - committed ;—the present Bill goes to extend that penalty to future eledions.—The Offence which was the priucipal objea of this Bill Was one of a very indefinite and uncertain nature ; the charge, which was hard to be disproved was easily to be made; and it afforded too great a temp. , tation and facility to persons whose minds were • heated by eledion contests, or possibly aduated by worse 'motives, to come for Ward, particularly in large places, and make 'the charge founded upon stich.faCts'as might implicate the best inteotioneel and most innocent persons. Another objeCtion which struck him was„ the regulations proposed by the Bill with resped to Petitioners, and sitting Members the latter were disqualified in conse quenee of the decision of the Committee in the fitst instance, whereas the Petitioners, who may be as , much implicated in the offence as the sitting 'Mem bets, were afforded the' opportunity of a, second trial. But what he disapproved of the most highly, and which he considered as a very strong measure was, the rendering a decision of a_ Committee of the House of CoMmons, .conclusive evidence. On the objectionable tendenCy 'of 'which, as well in a • constitutional, as in-a juridical point of , view, iris Lordship expatiated with much force and effect... Whether such a Bill was fit-to he farther proceeded - with, .their Lordships were to decide ; but he was certain, that some time should intervene before it passed through another stage, in order to give their Lordships time 'to turn in their minds a subjed •of such serious importance. Lord ALVANLY,Y, in a speech of some length, defended the Bill.—The circumstances of its being sent ,up from the House of Commons, and relating to the subjea of the right or eligibility of persons to sit in their House, was, he thought, sufficient to attraa the attention of their Lordships, though- not, a' word had been said in its behalf ; and that it . had attraded their attention was evident from the order to have the Bill printed.—He thought the Measure was highly creditable to its supporters in the. other House, whose sole ()Ned was to preserve its purity.—The Noble Lord stated a number-o£ cases, to shew the necessity of some general -and decisive legislative regulation on the subjed, to inform the House and the Country what the Law really was, and to prevent the ill effeds of different construdions* of the original AA, and clashing decisions under it,—He observed, that the Bill however, went no- farther • than to declare that which in a great majority of instances was held to be the sense of - the At or King WI t.L IAM ; with resped to the conclusive decision of the Commit tees of the House of Commons, on which , the Learned Lord laid such a stress, he observed, it was .a necessary regulation : —the Bill would be nugatory without it—the Law on this point - should be uniform and general; and - he asked their Lord. ships, was it proper that one EleCtion Law- should • be for Stockbridge and another for Canterbury ? In concluding; he expressed his convidion that there could -be no well-founded objedion to the commitment of the Bill, at which stage of it ha had some alterations 'to propose in the way of amendment, which he thought would go to obviate every shadow of ohjeEtion against the Measure. The Earl of ROSLIN offered some forcible -6.0 jedions tO the Bill :—What he principally disap proved in it, : was that provision, ,which, in effect, went to convert a Committee,of the House of Com mons, into a Court of Judicature.: a regulation of thaQ kind merely applying - to the decision of Contested Eledions, might not be objectionable, bUt as in the instance before their Lordships the proceeding would gb io ailed the character, persons, and property. of their fellow subjects, 1 the case was essentially - dif. ferent. The proceedings of these Committees were private, and bravrapid and•ssimmary process, they were enabled to decide ; to adMit which, in the cases, and to .the extennt prepnsed by the Bill,' would 'be a dereliction from the known and established principles of the Constitution 7 ,and was also- anoina, loos in the administration of our Crimieal Laws : His Lordship also adverted - to the indefinite - And un. certain nature of the offences con§tituted by the Bill, and instanced several cases in hiCh' the most inno ceikt and best- intentioned - ;persons might be implio cared in the offences constituted by the Bills