The Sun. — London, England, 1802-03-31 00:00:00

IMPERLIL PAIDLJuI Al 17.1\iL HOUSE OF PEERS, TutsuAy, m,A_RcH 30. . trszL were heard relative to the Sects Appeal—Cillies and others,-v. Scott—Mr. Gillies, at sonic -length, on the part of the Appellants. After which, their Lordships de terred-the further hearing of the Case till to-morrow. After the Counsel had withdrawn from the Bar, REDESDALE - (Chancellor of Ireland) moved - the C rder of the Day, for the consideration of the Report of the Committee - of their Lordships to whom the several Clauses ofthe Union Act, &c. relative to the Election of Irish Peers to sit in the Parliament of the United Kingdein, and relative to the riescent • of Peerages in Ireland, was referred ; and on which their Lordships Were summoned. The Order being accordingly read, Lord REDESDALE rose, acid after a few introduaory obser-- Vations, proceeded to move the.diflerent Resolutions of the Committee.. These consisted of ten Resolutions, every one of which produced more or less a degree ofdiscussion between their Lordships, which was carried on in a desultory and, in son;i: instances, rather irregular conversation, of considerable length. The speakers Were, Lord RED ES DALE, the Marquis or Scroo, Viscount CARLETON, Eat' of ROsLIN, Lords Tiro r. tow and ALVANLEY, and the Duke of Nutt roe*. Each of these Peers were on their feet several times, and tile greatest part of the -conversation passed in an und. - r-voice, and across the Table. These considerations reader-a 'regular,, or even a satisfadory Report of what passed, utterly imprac - - tit:able ; we therefore decline attempting it. The result of their . Lordshifs' deliberations upon the Report was—that the Second, Third, and Fourth Resolutions of the Committee were rejected by the House, and, the remaining Resolutions, with some 'slight amendments to one 'or two of them, agreed to by their Lordships. After the whole had been gone through, , • The Marquis of SLIGO rose, to make some observations upon the general subjea, which he was of opinion ought to be more minutely examined into.—Notwithstanding what had been done, he, seemed to think the impediments which lay in the way of the Irish Peers exercising their right's, were far from being removed, as by 'the regulations, as they now tood, two-thirds of the Irish Peers were precluded : thi s , we understood the Noble Marquis to attribute to the' provi sions of• the relevant At of Parliament, which he was •,-,orry to observe was in tin predicament of some other Ads, liable to two constructions. He took blame to himself for not agitating the subject in the last Session of 'Parliament, as the. Rights of the Peerage ofireland were deeply involved in it. By the operation of the existing regulations; the powers , of Eleaion would be very circumscribed; the matter should he farther investigated, and heexpressed his doubts whether the Bishop of DERRY could legally sit as such in the last, or the Bishop of RA ' , HOE in the present Session of Parlia nient: bird ViSCOUnt .CARLETON, said a few words respeiting what had fallen froth the Noble Marquis, but in such a tone of voice as prevented us froth distinctly hearing what he said. Lard REDESDALE said he should move,' that the kepOrt be taken into consideration on Frith) , next, in order to prO. pose to their Lordships, that the Resolutions ,agreed to this evening, be made Standing Orders of the House. . _ The Duke of NORFOLK conceived that the Resolutions in question would materially interfere with the regulations of the Standing Order of 1767. He would, if no other Peer was inclined to comc.forward, press. that consideration to their Lordships on Friday next. The farther consideration of the Report was then, on Lord REDE,SDAL E'S Motion, deferred till Friday, on which day their Lordships were ordered to•bc summoned. The various Bills before the House were then forwarded in their respective Stages. After which their Lordships ad planed till to-morrow. HOUSE OF COMMONS, TUESDAY, MARCH 30. MR. BOUVERIE presented a Petition from the Corporation of New Sarum, stating the abundance of the late Harvest, and praying that an Account might be taken of the Stock o f Grain in hand.— Ordered to lie on the Table. Mr. HUSS E Y presented a Petition from the Mayor and Commonalty of New Sarum, .praying for a Repeal of the Income Tax—Ordered to- lie on the Table. The Report of the Committee relative to County Bridges was taken into further consideration, read and agreed to. 1\41 7 . SHAW LEFEVRE moved for leave to bring in a Bill in pursuance of the said Report.--Leave given. - The Grenada Loan Bill was read a second time, and committed for Friday. Mr. ALEXANDER brought up the R eport o f the Committee relative to the Port of London, which was read and agreed to, and a Bill ordered: The Irish Revenue Colletion Bill .was read -A third time and passed. Sir ROBERT PEEL gave notice - of his intention to move lOr leave to bring in a Bill for bettering the condition of Apprentices in the Cotton Trade. On the motion of• Mr. N.ATANSITTART, a Com mittee was appointed to prepare an Estimate of the Charges of . the Pay and Cloathing of the Militia of Great Britain ; and also a Committee to prepare an Estimate of the Allowances made to Subaltern Offi cers of the Militia in time of peace. • CIVIL LIST. Mr. ALEXANDER brought up the- Report of the Committee of Supply relative . tt? the Civil List. On the question for the second reading of the Mr. NICIIOLLS said, he intended to concur with the Report, but _he thought that a degree of delinquency had been incurred - by the late CHAN CELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, in suffering the debt to accumulate, as Mr. - BURKE'S Bill in 1782 had prohibited the incurring of any future 'debt with iespe&_ to the Civil List ; a disobedience of that mTits therefore - a misdemeanor. He thought the HOuse onght.to take some steps to prevent any ac cumulation of debt in future upon the Civil List. • Mr. ROBSON wished some distinaion to be made betiveen the -Debts of the Crown, and the Debts of the Minister. HF was proceeding to make some observations relative to the Pension List, when he was called to order by • The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER who said, he thought the Hon. Gentleman was not at liberty, in discussing the present question, to comment upon any questions except those of the Civil List. Mr. BOkKE'S Bill, had liinited the amount - of those Pensions to 95,0001. a year, to which, he thought, the Hon. Gentleman ought to confine himself. , • The SPEAKER said, the Hon. Gentleman was not at liberty to comment upon the whole of the. Pension List, under the. present question. Mr. RoßsoN proceeded, hut was shortly after wards called to . order by the SPEAKER, and sat down. The CII4NCELLOR cyr the: EXC 1-lEQUE I? said, .he did not with to have it understot d, that he was unwilling to have the PensiOn List discussed, hut ttle Pension .List which alone had any reference to the ,prt-sent - question, was li m i te d by j Mr, BURKE'S ail! to 9.5,0001„ a year, and notwithstanding seve ral compensations tier the loss of Office;, there had teen an abual saving under that head, in sixteen years, including allowAnces to lAtc Mioistexs At Foreign Courts, and compensation kr loss or Or. fices, in consequence of sundry Plans of Reform, of ItS,sool. Thee Honotirable Gentleman, (Mr. Ntouou.s) had imputed blame to : the late CHAN CPSLLOR of the EXCHEQUER, for suffering the Debt to accumulate. The House would recoiled, that the subjeCt had been very minutely discussed within twnty-four hours past, and thOugh it was known Mr. BURKE'S Bill had prescribed a certain order in the payments of the Civil List, 'yet it was admitted, and admitted by an Hon. Gentleman in_ rimately acquainted with the intentions of theßight Hon. Mover of-that Bill, that the wording of that Bill was loose and indistind. It was then - stated, that subsequent to the year 1782, several Accounts relative •to the Civil List had been laid before the House, 'whilst the Right Hon. Mover of that Bill was in the House, by which it appeared, that the ,payments had nth been made in the order prescribed by the Bill, and that the ProviSions were wholly insufficient for the purpose which it was intended to answer. He thought it necessary to say thus much, because 'doubts had arisen as to the construction of the Bill, whilSt there was no ground fur asserting, that the late Ministers had flown in the face of a Legislative Provision—there was no doubt - that there would be a grave and solid ground of ac cusation against any Minister who .had done so.— The Hon. Gentleman (Mr. NICHOLLS), had ex pressed a wish that provision should be made to prevent any future accumulation Of Debt from taking place. He had stated, that it Was lus intention to propose a plan, according to which- every-addition to the expenditure of the Civil List should be laid before the HOuse, within a few days after it bad taken place : lie had also stated, that with resp e ft . to the occasional payments, r every exertion should be made by the Officers of the Treasury to class them under distinEt heads, and that estimates should be Made of the probable expenditure, in which, if there should arise any excess, an account of it should be laid before Parliament. lie trusted, that whilst the House adopted every necessary means of precaution and security, they would feel that to scrutinize and investigate the expenditure of the Civil List with too minute and jealous an eye, might lead to consequences highly injurious and mis chievous, and that they would not, .therefore, push that scrutiny and investigation to an extreme. Mr. NroxoLLs explained, and wished the title and preamble of Mr. ButucE's Bill to be read. Mr. BR/IGGE said, the Hon. Member did not surely mean to argue, that the_ preamble of an Ad was to be binding, if there was no Clause in the At to sustain it. He thought the whole Aft ought to be read, as well as the title and preamble. Mr. NICHOLLS again .explained. • Mr. ARCH BALL thought the Hon. Member did not confine himselrto explanation. Mr. ROSE said, the Hon. Gentleman (Mr. NI CHO ra,s) had charged a- Right Hon. Gentleman with a heavy misdemeanor ; he submitted whether such if charge might not as well have been brought forward-on the preceding evening, when his Right Hon Friend was in his place. It there had been a misdemeanor committed, the House were parties to it, as accounts had been laid -upon the Table sub.. sequent to Mr. BURKE'S Bill, which drew the at tention of the House, ,and on which they made grants, although those -accounts were in violation of the Aft as now interpreted. ••- Mr. Nicuoies and Mr. Roasozz severally ex.. plained. The ATTORNEY GENERAL said, he did not Mean to deny that it was a misdemeanor to ad con_ a Crary to an Aof Parliament ; b ut sure ly it would not be contended, that it was criminal to ait con trary to what might afterwards turn out to be the sense of the Aet of Parliament. Such a proposition could not for a moment be supported, and had .cer tainly never been lifted upon in any Court of jus. rice- If the late Ministers had miscondutied them. seives in this instance, they had done it in com mon with the House, who had sanctioned their-prp. cecdings. Mr. JONES was willing to give the Resolution his support, as he understood that the CHANCEL. LOR of the EXCFIEQUER 1. , 0u1d propose a plan, to prevent the possibilliry of a debt accruing again upon the Civil List. The CHANCELLOR o f . the EXCHEQUER said, he had'not stated that he shquid tnakea pro position to prevent the possibility of a debt being incurred... The Resolution was then agreed to. Adjourned at a quarter past five till to-morrow. THE SUN. SOLEM QUIS DICER.E FALSUNI AUDEAT ? LONDON, MARCH 31, 1532. WE last night received Parts Journals of the 26th instant. A Moniteicr of the z7th, a Copy of which was received in Town, contains the DEFI NITIVE/ TREATY OF PEACE, which, it appears, was signed by the CHIEF CONSUL on the 25th inst. but not by the Plenipotentiaries at Amiens till the, z7th, as we have before stated. •It will be found in our subsequent Columns. Tuts morning the Homburgh Mail arrived in course. It contains no new article of intelligence. Prince FREDERICK of Hesse Darmstadt, brother of the Dowager QUEEN of PRUSSIA, and of the Dowager PRINCESS of BADEN, died at Hamburgh on the 19th inst. Nothing had been done towards forming a defini tive plan of Indemnities. It is. said that the GRAND DUKE of Tus.CANy is to make a journey to Paris. The A;CHDATKE CHARLES has declined the pro posal of the. Diet oc :latisbon to ere a Monument in honour of and has expressed a wish that Like monestintended F..c that purpose should be employed in aid of the expences of the War, General ElEDouvit.i.r. set our, cn the Toth inst. fiorn Berlin on his way to Petcrst;argh. The Messenger arrived at Windior, on Monday about one o'cldek, with the news of Peace. hits MAJESTY was: taking his ride in Windsor Great Park. As soon as the news was made known ) the Band of the Staffordshire Militia marched through the town, playing; and the lolls were set a ringing. A number" of people followed the Band huzzaing. The KING, QUEEN, and PRINCESSES, came to . Town yesterday .from Windsor. Perhaps no one day - in the Annals of this, or ofany other Country, ever afforded more abundant and sub stantial causes 'of joy anti gratification, than the 29th of March, on which were at once announced the ar rival ofa Definitive Treaty of Peace, the intended Re peal of the Income Ta,thc laudable determination of 'Parliament to discharge the arrears of the civil List, and a considerable reduetion in the Price. of Grain. On each of these subjects we shall probably think it right to present our ..Readers with some observa tions. At present we shall content ourselves with offering our thanks to Divine Providence for the blessings which, at least, it has .afforded us the prospect of enjoying, and which we hope a grateful People will endeavour to deserve, by a becoming reliance on, and . . gratitude to that Superintending Power, which has hitherto pro meted us under a long series of complicated and formidable diffichlties, from which we seem to be gradually emerging, by an increased devotion to a Monarch who has on all occasions proved him self the Friend and Father of his. People, and by, an uniform obedience to those Laws, and attachment to that Constitution, which by their happy com bination of spirit and liberality, of energy and freedom, have afforded to wise Rulers, the .means of surmounting the united dangers of Foreign Force and Internal Convulsion. WESTMINSTER ME ETI !IC.— Yesterday a Meet ing took place in New Palace Yard, of certain in habitants of Westminster, for the purpose of p ro '. , curing a Repeal of the I nco th e Tax. Though by the intimation of the Minister in the House of Commons on Monday niglit, the purpose o f t hi s Meeting was completely frustrated, the independ. art Gentlemen '(viZ. Mr. WISH ART the Snzffman, Mr. WEST the Mustezrdman, and some others of equal respeetability,) resolved upon speechifyin g ; and the aforesaid Mr. WISHART, who in oratory, affeds to be the rival of the renowned Mr. Ron soN, was called to the Chair. In this situation' he thought necessary to throw some democratic snuf into the People's eyes, which set several a coughing and sneezing. . Some Resolutions were proposed by the Chairman relative to the Repeal ,of the Income Tax, which were supported by the aforesaid Mr. WEST, in the same style of elegant °raid?) , used by Mr. WISHART and Mr. ROBSON. Mr. Fox attended the Meeting, and indulged himself in a Philippic against the Tax, and insinu ated something respecting his firmness in his seat for Westminster. We have no doubt of his having the support of the Movers of the Meeting of yester day, who may amount to some twenty or a hundred men, ‘vhose'support " I would"not march through Coventry with them—that's flat," Mr. Rossom was going down to the Meeting, but was too late to have any opportunity of spechi , The LORD MAyotz held a Court of Common Coml. .at Guildhall, yesterday, at which were present 14. Aldermen, Mr. Recorder, Mi. Common Serjeant, the Sheriff's, and a considerable number of Com— moners. The LORD MAYOR, after the Proceedings of the last Court being read, informed the Court he had received two Letters froni the Right Hon. Lord HA wit ESBURY, , announcing the signing of the. De, finitit;e Treaty of Peace, at Amiens, which was received with the greatest pleasure and satisfaelion. The Chamberlain laid before the Court a brief statement of the receipts and payments of the City's cash for the year ending at Christmas last, which were read, and ordered to be printed far-the use of the Members.. A Report of the Committee of City Lands, re:- speeting the widening and improving the south etid of Dowgate-hill, was read,. agreed to, and referred back to the said Cottunittee to be carried into execution. • Messrs. Box, PIND,ER, and BLOXLAND were nominated and appointed this City's Representa_ tives to vote on all occasions at the General Meet_ ings of the West India Dock Company. Several Resolutions for petitioning Parliament for a repeal of the Tax upon Income, were read and agreed to.—(See front of this Paper.) Yesterday the Master and Wardens of the Bakers' Company waited on the LORD MAYOR, at the Man sion-ljouse, to set the Assize of Bread; his Lordship after minutely investigating the Returns of the Mealweigherg, ordered the Bread to be lowered a whole assize, or 2d. in the Peck Loaf, to commence tomorrow.—The price of the'Quartern Loaf will then be The Mansion House was last night illuminated with a large and beautiful transparency, represent ing PEACE descending from the sky, surrounded by Cherubs ; four allegorical figures, intended to ty_ pify the four quarters of .the Globe, receiving her with kneeling admiration. A r i c h pro f us i on o f coloured lamps ornamented the frame of this piaure, the word PEACE appeared in splendid charaEters over it, and the whole was surmounted by the British Crown. Yesterday evening the baptini of the infant daugh ter of the Countess of CHESTERFIELD took place in Stanhope-street. The Spopsers were TH EIR MAJES TI ES and the PRINCESS ELIZABETH. The PRINCE of WALES, DUKE'S Of YORK, CUMBERLAND, KENT, and CAMBRIDGE . , were invited. The ceremony was performed by the Bishop Of WINCHESTER.— All the principal apartments in Chesterfield-house were splendidly illuminated. A detachment of the Sr, GeOrge's Corps, of which the Earl °ICH ESTE R- FIELD is Commandant, formed a line from the outer gate to the inner hall, through which the Royal Per, sonlges vassed. DFFII\II77I 7 A TRA..17`1 7 OF PE-ICE' BTWEE , T THE FRENCH REPUBLIC, HIS. MAJESTY THE KING OF SPAIN AND THE INDIES, AND THE BATAVIAN REPUBLIC., (ON THE ONE PART); . , i AND HIS MAJESTY, THE KING OF ; THE UNITED' KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELANN (ON THE OTHER PART). THt First Consulof the French 'Republic, in - 0 ° Name of the French People, And His majesty till : 'King of the United KingctOni of Great Britain and Ireland, being equally animated With - a ,desire put an end to the Calamities of War, have laid 61 foundation of Peace; by the Preliminary', Article,. which were signed in London the . 9t...h Vendeoliai re or it), (or the itt of oCloher, ISotj. . And as by the x sth- Article o f the Prelimin aries it has been agreed o n , " That Plenipoten tiaries should be named on th e p art o f eac h GoverOni ent° ',who. should repair to Amiens, and there proceed to arrange a Definitive- T reat y, i n concert With the- Allies Of the Contracting- Powers;". The First Consul of the French Republic , in. tile name of the Frencli People, has named - as tentiary the Citizen jOs e ph B o na p a rte , Counsellor of State. • • His Majesty the King of the Unitcd'iCing tiota of Great Britain and Ireland,las named the Mar quis Cornwalli s , Kni g h t o f the Most' NobleOr`lef r of the Garter, one of His M a * • Colii lci "' jestys Privy General in His Majesty's Army, 'c. &c. His Majesty the King of Spain and the Indi egl and the Govern ment o f t h e 'Ratavian R ep u b l i c , have appointed the following Plenipotentiaries' ch wit, His "Catholic Majesty. hitS named Don . 1° . 4 , Nicolas d'Azara, his Coo nte llO r o f S tat e, Gr:l Cross of the Order of Charles 111. A m h as sol° - „ traordinary .of - His Majesty to. the French .e1)-- lic, Scc. Sec. - • übli C . And-the GO m Vernent of the Batavian B e l' 'has named Roger Jean Schimmelpenninck its szt , bassador Extraordi nar y to t h e F renc h R e public' m. , c Which said Ple n ip otent i ar i e i h av i ng dolt' (1 1 . 5 municated to each ot h er - their respectiveP vie which are transcribed at the conclusion of. oe , P f sent Treaty, have ;treed . up on t h e followin.g.l‘..l c Iles : Article I. There shall-he Peace, Friendshir, an Good Understanding between the French Tkel' u)lict A lc- His Majesty the King of Spain, his heirs st io cessors, and the Baravia n R e p u blic on the on e and His Majesty the King , of the United Kingd° of Great Britain and Ireland, his heirs and succes' sors on the other part. ost The Conttadirr g -T art i es sha ll use t heir nu ll efforts to preserve a p er f e ft h armony between their • of respective Countries, without permitting anY sat hostility whatever by sea or by land, f o r anY or under - any pretext. w bich They shall carefully avoid ev e ry thing v o os Tight for the futute distu r b th e h a ppy Vni° n re-established betwee n t h em , an d s h a ll n ot gi ve e t i l os succour or .protedion, dirediy or iudiredly,. who would wish to injure any of them. d the 11. All the prisoners made on one side arl • es other, as well by land as by sea, and the 1.-,tan carried off or delivered up during the war alit.i up ~0 0 1 to the present day, shall be restored without ra° ' t he In, six weeks at the latest, to be reckoned from day when the Ratifications of the p r esent p r• c h are exchanged, and on payi ng t h e Debts w ` ll they shall have contr a d e d d ur i ng their 01' 6 ' 11 %; Each of the ContraEing Parties -shall fesre 6lisre i c discharge the advances which shall have been 113 rc by any of the Contraeting Parties for the su P LO ° and maintenance of p r i soners i n t h e countries .be they haYe been detained. There shidl be 4 P °1 00 ; ed by mutual consent for thi s purpose a r‘°111111:S51;110 .specially empowered t o ascerta i n an d deterr l3 ' ° ° I ' l4 ' compensation which m a y b e du e to an y Qle Contraffing Parties. The time and the . pl ace ' jo g likewise be fixed by mutual consent for the ill eet of the Commissioners who shall be e ntrt:isie a w i t c the execution,of this Article, and who sh all ° c , into account, not only the-Expences incurred cooos, count of the Prisoners of the respeCtive I\l4tl op s) but likewise on account- of the Foreign ' fr() , at who before being taken,' were in the paY) ' lll ' the disposal of one of the Contraaing Parties' „ e c.. n 111. His Britannic Majesty restores to the':%.sy Republic and its Allies, viz. His Catholic av a and the Batavian Republic, all the possessi'''s Colonies which respectively belonged to ' l ' 6ll'4 a I 'l which have been eithe r o ccupied or congtie re csen t the British Forces during the course Of - tli c P r • • lid r I'o War, with the exception of the Island 0 ' f CcV l°°' and of the Dutch possessions in the Isiard 0 te 0 IV. His Catholic Majesty cedes a.1 ua ranof Tjani. in full property and sovereignty. Trinidad to His Britannic MajeStY• iran teeS V. The Batavian Republic-cedes and g th oon o ic . in full property and. sovereignty to His Bhme e n l' S j r 's 'n Majesty, all the possessions and es tablis the Island of Ceylon, which previous to the .1-