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IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF PEERS, FRIDAY, APRIL 17. THE Irish bon and Stamp Duty Bills were for warded in their respeaive stages. SCOTCH TUDICATURE: The nouse then resolved itself into a Committee on the above Bill, when. _ 'Lord KI NINAIRD moved, that the Sebti - JUdges,nS summoned to attend, do now attend this Commit tee. Several Amendments were proposed . to, this Motion, when it was ultimately, resolved to move, that the Judges be admitted into the ,body of the House. This last Motion gave rise to some discus= sion. It was opposed by Lords Eldon, Lauderdale; Grenville, Holland-,'"and snprorted by the Duke of Mentrose, Lord Havykestmry, Lord Melville, Vic. the question was, hos.vev k tr,_ decided in the negative. A ": The House then resumed the Committee, when Lord HaiAKEsLuRY-proposed, as an Amendment, to divide'the Court.of Session into two instead o f ..„, three Courts. Lord GRENVILLE opposed the Ati - rehdtrient i and went over his former argriments in &our of the estahlishment of Juries in Scotland. ' Lord HAW KES73.I) HY in explanation said,. that he had not argued against the establishment of Juries; but as to the principle of unanimity. Lord ELDON was of the same opinion with the late Lord 'Mansfield, who thought it impossible to introduce the Trial by Jury generally into Scotland; and whO thought it a work of extreme difficulty to introduce it, particularly 'with a good effe6t. Lord E;RSKINE thought it strange tkii it,shoulci be matter of such extreme caution and apprehension to extend to Scotland the general use of the Trial y Jury,. already partially'known and valued in that Country, and the best source arid the best security ‘ o f a ll the blessi n g s en j oye d i n this. observed a smile on the face of a distinguished per Son On the 00101: side (the Duke of Cumberland); Such a saile was iiiconsi , lent with.the respeEt and decorum with whiCh it was the usage of that Hchise to bear the sentiments,ofevery'Noble Lord in if.• Lord REDE,SDALE said the objeai 'of th e Bill ought to undergo the invt'stig - ation - of a CoMmission of inquiry, betbre it could come before their Lord- Ships in a. shape fit for them to pronounce judgment tipon it. • - Lord- HOLLAND was averse to a Commission of In quiry. He conceited the Report or such a Commis-- L.Ol - 1 to be no 4t anthority to dire& th - e judgment of their Lordships, who ought rather to ad on their own rights. = Lord MELVILLE took a general. view of the constitution and praflice of the Scotch Courts, to which he considered the trial by Jury as ,practised in tnglinid wholly inapplicable; The opinions of the first lawyers in.Stotland, and the general opinion of the country, was against the 'innovation. • LOrd ROSSLYN, Lord KINNAIRD, and LordLAti pERDA supported the Bill in its of cinal forrn. Lord AuCKLAND thought the opinion of the twelve Judges should be taken upon the question, )vith regard to the Law of Scotland; but the hour being too late to proceed in that way, it was agreed to postpone the further consideration till Monday. Progress was accordingly reported, and the Corn- Ixittee obtained leave to sit again on Monday. Adjourned at Three o'clock this rnorningr. . HOUSE OF'COMMONS, FaIDAy, APRIL' 17. The Right. Hon. Room'. DuNDAs, and the lion. C&IOI'LEY ASFILEY, took the Oaths and their Seats. EpINEURGH ELECTION. • Lord ROBERT,SEYMOUR reported from the COM mittee appointed to try the merits of the Petition cotnplaining of the Edinburgh Iktion, that Sir Patrick Murray : was duly ele&ed, Wand also that the Petition WaS friyolou . 3 and vexatiou3. The Smithfield Market Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be committed. Me.isage from the. Lords in for \ med - the Rouse, that their Lordships had a g ree d to the Irish Stamp Ditty Bill, and several Private Bills, without any Amendments. Lord TEMPLE begged leave, pursuant to his statement yesterday, to call the attention of the House to thee case of a Noble Lord (Henniker) whom he then sow in .his place. It would afford pleasure to him. if -the Noble Lord's explanaLiOu slmlld prove satisfaelory to 'the I - loose, and b e s h ou ld content bin - I:self - with baying brought the matter iiti der the Consieteratlon of-the flouse.7' Lprd HENIV,I KER stated, that he had beensome time since extremely indisposed, and on his re ., establishment had punCtually attended his duty in that House. A few days 'since he felt the symp toMs of his former complaint returning, and found it necessary to consult a Physician, Dr. Reynolds, who was of opinion that he could not safely attend i t o his duty, .as a Member of that House, on Eiec f.on Committees.' The certificate stated that parti cular duty, but he did not consider himself as pre 'chided from performing such other duties ;As he could safely, and therefore he had attended : in his place op the occasion alluded to, and given a' vote which he should never regret. Lord TEMPLE declared the statement of the Noble Lord satistktory. Lord JOHN ,%,I , Npisit, understanding that some allusion was supposed to have been made to him on the preieding day, as having.voted tinder similar cir -0 instances with the Noble Lord opposite, begged to state, that he had obtained leave to go out Of Lon don on Friday, and on Lis return to town, attended m Li his place, and vo t e d o n W e d nes d ay: Hd mentioned this to correct any misconception of the fad. .. . . , . ' COMMITTEE .OF SUPPLY. The House resolypd.itself, on the Motion of Mr. Hustils'ioti, into a committee of Supply, to which several Estimates and accounts vt.rere:referred 4 Mr. • Hobhouse in the Chair. . . . . . . m 111 tie Com: ttee the following SULTI were voted: To payoff three millions of Exchequer pills, • issued l'at S,:ssiOn, Outstanding and uniiro vid,:d foe - . - , 7 r„ - a ,moo ,0::q o • p Tti pay' otrone million and a half ditto - 1,500,c00 o' o Tio pay off a part of the Loyalty 'Loan - ► - : 134,1 3 8 16 o :4 'o nake•good the . 4-danCil du:: to thtiOtyncd. Of all: sv%. edisfil Convoy t; ' 3 l3 0 0 It was also resolved tha t a Pr ov i s i on § h o i t l d ' he n:adtt for the Pay and Clothing, and *iv. the Adju tants and Subaltern Officers, of the Militia a Great Britain and Ireland. Tlie- House" theti* - esurried, and the Repert was or dered to be received on Monday next. ' Ordb&ti, on the ',Motibti of the CHANCELLOR of the' , EkCITRQUER, that the House, at its rising, should adjourn to Monday next. Ordered, on the Motion of Mr. Ht7SKISSON, that an hno -,l )le.Addiess be presented to his. Majesty, that he would be graciously pleased to order a,Copyof the Report of the Royal College of Physithins in Lon darr,' with tespeet to the state of Vaccine Inoculation in the Unitedli.itigdotn,., to be laid before the House. Ordered also,: on the motion of Mr. flusxissotl, that there he laid before,the House a Copy of the :Report 9f the Commissioners of Excise to the Com missioners of the Treasury, respecting the sprinkling of malt upon floors. The' Nottingham Church Bill was read a second time, after a short .Conversation, and ordered to be `eckint i t ted . • Lord GRANVILLE LEVESON being reported in cus tody of the Serjeant at Arms, was ordered to be dis charged at the rising of the House. • POOR LAWS BILL 117 r. WH ITBR EAD moved the Order of the Day for the re=commitment of the ,Poor Laws. Bill ; and also that it be an instruelion to the Committee that they have power to divide the Bill into two or more Bills.—Ordered. Before he moved that the SPEAKER shohld leave the Chair, Mr. WHITBREAD recapitu lated his statement, on a former night, of the parts he'intended to leave out of the measure, and also tfiat he proposed to have the Bill divided into four Bills. The two first he should feel it his duty to press during this Session ; the two others he should suffer to lie over till 'next Session. The first Bill was to provide for the education of the poor ; the second 'vas to . provide a Relaxation of, the Law of Settle ments,_ to contain some after enactments of the ori ginal Bill for the Regulation of Vestries, to authorise theexemPting of certain Cottagers from the opera lion of the Poor Rates, at their desire ; to provide rewards for industribus Labourers, and to encourage parishes to build Cottages, to, be lett at'reduced rents to Cottiv'ers. The 3d and 4th Bills, which he pro posed to let lie over till next Session, were, for,the Estiblislilfiefit Of 'Parochial Funds, .and. an Asiurance Fund, and to 'make a Regulation of the County Rites.. Having stated thus much, he should move, that the St , E - At,‘t , fit do now leave the Chair. On the motion being put, Wr. C UItiVEN felt it to be his duty to state, that he did not think the Bill would'he effethial . to its ohjeCt, 'either by diininishing the Poor Rates, or improving the condition of the poor. The ,exeMp lion of the cottagers would .thrOW an' accumulated b . urthen upon the little shopkeepers. He objeeled • to.. the mode 'proposed:of ecivallizing the County. Rates, and concluded by recommending the estab= iihrnent of Benefit SoCieties, to whose fund the Parish - should contribute a certain proportion, as the best mode of arresting, the accumulation of the Poor . , Mr. PLOMER was of opinion, that the Poor Rates, if well and proPeriy administered, Were fully adequate to the support of the •Poor, and of a Sys tem for their Education. He did not think it necessary tO abrogate the existing Poor LaWs, because he was persundel - tlidt an amelioration in the,mode of adtui oistering theirs would. fully answer the purpose. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER sug- gested the prilpriety of letting the Bill go into the Committee, in order ..that the Hon. MOver mi g h t , have an opportunity of. bringing. it out of the Com mittee in the form in which he wished to submit his measures to the consideration of the House. This would divide the cons id erat i on o f the .eomPli cated Tiestion, and save a great deal of observation. After. this proceeding, he hoped the Hon. 'Member would have no objection to give the House an op portunity of consid e rin g eac h of the distin& Bills, by consenting to their recommitment. Mr. WHITBREAD-acquiesced in- this course; and ffer obseryations . from Mr. Fellowes, Mr. Patti Son, '.Mr. D. Giddy, Mr. Parnell, Mr. Shaw Lerevre, and. M r . - Wi n dh am , t h e H ouse resolved itself into a Committe e on t h e Bill • mr. Erobhuuse in the Chair.. .; A.desultdry , conVersation took place in the corn mince,' partly as to the course to be followed, and paTtiiion the merits of the measure. It was at length agr.lvq; on the suggestion of Mr. Wilberforce, that . Mr. Whitbread should be allowed in that instan'ce, to.divide the original 'lill., and carry the separate Tills, through'the Conarnittee in the form in w hich hp, visited thetn.,,to bear., as afterwards they could their .16 each be discussed o n cotn the' question for mit merit, or on the' Report. The several Bills - were then passed through pro forma; and on the House being resumed, they were severally reported, and the Reports ordered to be taken into further consideration on this day se'rinight. PLACES IN REVERSION. Mr. BANKEs brought up a' Bill to prevent. the granting of Offices .in Reve rs i on , or for Joint Li ves , with Benefit' of .`i.urvivonihip ; • read a first-time, and ordered to . be read a second time on Tuesday ne.xt. The Traders',Asseis Bill and the Oak Bark Bill . were :severally reported, and Ordered to. be read a third time on Monday next. The other'Ordcrs of the Day were then disposed of, and the House adjourned till Monday: From Ike FRENCH and DUTCH PAPERS. PARIS, APRIL 11.---Tne news from Constanti nople, given .in the Aloniteur; do not come lower down than tile 26th of February. Letters of the 9th of ,March have been received from that city, ' which mention, that the English had re-passed the Dardanelles. They returned on • the 3d;alter re ceiving a smari'fire from the batteries. These„ let ters also 'mention; that the Grand Signior had issued orders for seizing all the English property, and for prohibiting English m erc h an di ze o f a ll ki n d s through-. out the whole extent of. the Ottoman Empire.— (Journ'al do l'Empire.) On the . 4th of next month, and, the following days, one • hundred and thirteen Prussian vessels, seized in the ports of Bourdeaux and Livourne, will be put tip to sale at 'the Exchange in the, first of these towns. Lettefs from Bayonne announce, that E.7,oooSpa 'niarti,wlll. gobri pass Ciroosh Iho French territory, on their way ro join the French Army in the Vene tian Provinces. Of,thesc, 13,000 are to pass through perpignan, and 1,000 through Bayvnue, 4 - PRtt, 7.--The Official Paper of this day contains theitarticulars Of the sentence pronounced on, the 4th inst. by a Military Commission; appointed' by. his Excellency the Governor of Paris, in virtue of an Imperial Decree of the 21st of March, which una nimously condemned to death CHARLES *SAMUEL VUITEL, twenty-seven years of age, born at Neuf chatel, in Switzerland, calling himself, a merchant, but afterwards confessing 'that he was an . Officer in the Swiss regiment of Meuron, accused of being a spy, and of being employed to forward the crinit nal designs of the English Government. The-sen tence contains no other particulars of this affair.— The following 'we copy from one of our Journals ." VUITEL, in his examination of the 4th and sth of last month before the Counsellor of State, Prefect of the Police, declared that he was in the employ ment of the English East India Company: that he . left London on the 6th of February, in consequence of orders from Lord HOWICK,. Secretary for the' Fo reign Department ; that he was taken by his uncle, FRANCHE BOREL. to Lord Howicata who after re presenting to him the dangers o f th e s e rv i ce i n which he' was going to engage, sent him away, when he found he was resolved to brays them, tell;- ing him that FRANCHE BOREL should give him in strudions concerning -what, in his capacity of spy, lie was to do at -Paris. , This confessien he - repeated hefore the Military Commission, adding that he was a Lieutenant in the Swiss regiment of Menron, 'in the service of the King of England; that he was only an Ensign in the same regiment in the beginning of February, and that the Lieutenantcy was given him as a recompence for the Service he was about to render to England. " It is universally known, that this FRANCHE Bo- EEL and his brother were bankrupt several years ago. 'Without credit or resources they endeavour to make dupes every where. Were it not for the ex ample of Mr. DRAKE, we could scarcely conceive how Lord Howlett. could place the least confidence in such impostors., It is however taue, that they persuaded him that they kept up' a correspondence with , Ministers and crowned Head's." CHARLES Y UITEL was shot i n . the plain . of • Grea nelle, at four o'clocla in the afternoon of the day:on. which he was condemned. Letters from Granville mention, that six English Ships of the Line and two Frigates have, during some days, been constantly in 'sight of Granville and St. Maio, TalE6l3, MARCH 19.—Our port continues block aded by the English. frigates, and to all appearance it is not likely to be soon raised. The merchanta have made fresh:repreaentations to. Government on this subject. ENtcE, MARCH 29..—A letter of the tad of February,. from Scardona, mentions that some ttneaa: SiIRMS is excited in the neighbourhood of Spalatro, by some vessels whose crews are composed' partly of Russians and partly of inhabitants of the mouths Of the Cataro On the 15th of that month there was an engagement, which continued two -hours, between a Russian corvette and the two forts which defend the town. The corvette would certainly have been taken, were it not for a favourable breeze which sprung up. 'Some houses near the beach were damaged ; the other parts of the town sustain ed no injury. ZAI:A, MARCH 14.--Official Notification has been made to the Governor of this province, on the part of the Austrian Government, that a Convention has been concluded between his Majesty the Em peror of the French, King of Italy, and his Majesty the Emperor of Austria, King Hunaary'and -Bo hemia, for the passage of French and Italian troops through the Austrian territory, whenever they can not pass by sea to Italy. The respective Plenipoten tiktries on this occasion were, General ANDREOSSY on the part of France, and General BELLEG.tRDE on the part of Austria. This treaty tiaes and eata a blishes every particular relating to the quarters, sub sistence, and carriage. The price of each article 'IS particularly expressed. PARIS, APRIL 10.—The following notice has been printed, and posted by order of the Pretea of the department of the Seine All the young citizens of the departmenaof the Seine, constituting the class of the Conscription of 1808. ;.that is to say,-all those born- between the Ist of January, and .the 31 st of December, 1788, both inclusive, are required to present themselves, b'efore the.LOth of May, at their MtiniLipalniesi to. have . - their. names put on the list of ConscriptiOn." Letters from Naples of the 27th ult. mention, that the King'set out on 'the 22d, for Foggia, where a camp is.to be formed. PARIS, APRIL . 7 74 Decree, published at _Oster odeon the 52,0 th of March, orders . the forniation of five Legions of, Reserve, for the protection of the fiontiers.and coast. Each legion is to consist of six'. battalions, each battalion of eight companies, find each'company of one hundred and sixty meri, in cluding officers. The five legions of reserve are to befilled from the Conscription of 1808. A Second Decree appoints Senator COLAUD commander of the first Legion ; ST. SUZANNE, of the Second ; Do- moNT, of the third ; LABOISSIERE, of the fourth.; VALENCE, of the filth. By two Decrees of the 26th of March, Brest and Antwerp are both deela'r-'. ed in a state of siege. CONSTANTINOPLE, MARCH s.—Relative to the departure of the English Pleet, conjeaure is almost at - a loss. When tlTe Fleet first stood off towards the mouth of . the Black Sea, it was supposed to be with the, intention of attacking and 'forcing • that passarre,, as well as the passa g e of the Dardan e ll es . Whether the freshn es s of the .breeze .from 'the.Ni?rth was thought likely to increase the danger of the passage to the Black Sea, or whether the: English dreaded the effed of the batteries raised by Baron , DE TOTT in 1773—whether they wanted water and provisions, or waited for fresh orders, or a junction with the Rus4ians, all is uncertain. However it may have happened, we heartily rejoice at the delay. Every day diminishes our apprehensions, and in creases our means of defence; fig in case the Eng lish Fleet should' return, a n d carry the thrvat bombardment into execution;we shall be ready to receive'them with red-hot balls, furnaces being pre- pared for that purpose. Both the Eastern and Western Shoes of the Channel are occupied by our Asiatic troops, which were very fortunately on :their, way to the Grand "Army:. Qur new Captain Paella has determined upon an at of intrepidity, which can only be ascribed to his •zeal for the salvation of this city. In fad, lie has put to sea with between and f?,o. Sail, designedly to seek the E nglish, •gi‘e them battle. This determi.lat'o:i will, in nil probability, involve the whole of our Fleet in certain destrudlion ; but at the' same time the damage th* English' may receive, and the impossibility of getting repaired in this quarter, will probably induce them to give up their design. of destroying this Capital, or . influencing the Councils of the eivan in favour of Russia. Besides, it is not impossible that the Eng lish Fleet, getting into the Sea of Marmora, may, in Consequence of unfavourable winds, he unable to return. The batteries on the Canals are under the diret-tion of French Officers. ,Sir SIDNEY SMITH is generally supposed to have been the proposer of the plan for destroying our capital. ROTTERDAM, APRIL 14.—1 n a letter nom Con stantinople, of the 9th of March, it is stated, that as soon as the English Ambassador had withdrawn, General SEBASTIAN/ waited upon the Grand Vizier, and assured him of the necessity' of fortifying the capital, as the Dardanelles were not calculated to resist the attacks of the English. The plan of de fence proposed by General SEBASTIAN! was adopt ed, and the workmen began upon it on the lath of February, but with the indolence peculiar to the Turks. However, the sight of the Enemy .since that period has given new animation to all their efforts. The Grand Seignior has sent a pelisse - to the Greek Patriarch, an honour which no Christian. has ever enjoyed before ; but it is still More remarkable that the Seraglio, a place into which4•no stranger has ever been adtnitted further th a n the Ambassadors' hall. of audience, is now thrown open to the French, and the workmen ; a circumstance unprecedented ha the annals of - Turkish *history. VENICE, MARCH 19.—ft appears. tlAt hostilities will very shortly commence on this side of the Adri atic Gulph, particularly by sea. Three large' Gun boats, built upon a new constralion, to carry 44- pounders and carronades, 'were launched in Fe bruary. Two Brigs, to carry sixtccii 24-poundets, • will be launched in a few days ; and some floating batteries are also forming for the defence of this port. General C2ESAIf 'BEBTHIER has arrived, and ;joined the Army in the Frioul. FRANKFORT, APRIL s.—ln one of the Vienna. Papers, of the 25th ult. the following Letter appears from Poland :—" Believe none of the rumours of battles.and defeats ; for at this present tithe it is,im possible to fight.' The ground is so soft, that' it' is almost impossible to go from one house to another without being up to the knees.' The rain, and the inundajons have probably rendered this country impassible till the middle of Atly ; for so long the wet season frequently continues. Perhaps, in the interval between that and the present time, the Belligerent Powers may come to a good understand ing, otherwise- the first battle will probably be dreadful and decisive.- --They write from Panczowa, that a violent affray has taken place at Belgrade, between the ServianS and the Janissaries : thelatter were almost all killed, as well as their Pacha. CExTRACT'OP A LETTERI CONSTANTINOPEE, FEB. 12.—1 am at this" too , meat the only Englishman at Constantinople,--* .Most likely, betbre you receive this, you will have heard the manner in which the Ambassador an 4 Factory disappeared. On Thursday, the, Egth ult. Mr. AtuntrxtmoT sent to the Porte to demand a Firman or Passport, for a Courier he wished to dispatch Admiral Louis, which was roused him. He looked on this refusal a, almost amounti f , ing to a Declaration of War, and having at the samO time been informed it was the intention of the Turks to detain him, the Enda taion Frigate, and all the English here, as securities against any attempts Of an English Fleet against their Capital, he request!. ed Captain CAh.. to invite all the - English to dine ori.bOard the '4? . 4dinion, where they accordingly rq paired in foil: dress, and were then informed they could have no Ititore. co m munidation with' the shore . , as it was the ittention, as soon a); it was dark, to slip cables and escape. They s ere, therefore, obliged to go away; leaVing'tbeir affalWand - houses in con fUsion, without* a change. of :linen, and many without any Motley. 1 .happened to be indisposed that clay, and sent an excuse for not being able. to dine on board. I have now obtained the Danish protection, therefore; quite in Safety. War is not yet declared.' The Anitrassador, some days previously to his departure, had 'put several questions to th e Porte, to.Wriich'he required. written answers; the Princip4question, I believe, was, whether Tut - .• key would enter into an alliance w ith England-and Russia against France ? The French influence is at present such, that there is'no doubt the Porte will give a negative. answer,.especnilly as two or three French Couriers -have lately arrived, bringing the in telligence of the French having gained great advan tages over the Russians in Poland, in three succes sive battles, atyJnt the 20th December. SEBASTIAN! has ' behaved in a handsome trianiler: The day after the departure of Mr. ARBUTHNor, he sent a Drago man round to all the English Ladies to assure them both -their persons and property were in perfect safety, and if any of their husbands had ref - wined behind, 'he would ans.ter fir their safety likewise : as a Nation he would do England all the injury in his power, but it was unworthy the Representative of the Great Nation to distress individuals. EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM THE LOWEit ELBE; APRIL 7. " The most important intelligence at present in circulation, relates to Sweden, and the relief of So al sund. • After two unsuccessful efforts on the 31 st ult. • 'and on the 'St instant, theSVvedes suCeeeded in rout ing the French and Hollanders posted befOre Strut.. Jsund. The force of the latter did nut exceed 6 or 7000 men ; they ,were compelled to retreat. The • Swedes, according' to the latest accounts, have ad vanced to Rostock, Demars, and Gustrow. " The French Head-quill - ten; are at Parchim, in MecklenburgTh. • " The new colours intended for the Dutch troops in Pomerania have been sent back again. A g e neral, alarm prevails at Schwerin. A number oliugitiVei.. have arrived at Hamburgh from Mecklenburgh. "' Some letters' say the Swedes are 1 0,000 trongi that great'numbers ot the Dutch desert' ; and that the French army had dwindled away to or 600 0 .,, men.. " On Sunday Marshal BaugE very uneXpeledlY: reviewed all the military at. Hamhurgh . and yesterday he set off, according to.pubiie report, for Bremen, but it is guppubcck he 4as taken a very clifferen.t. route."