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414. PA itL1.1.311,4 NI. HOUSE OF PEERS. THURSDAY, JUNE 27. THE LORD .CDANCELLOR, the Duke of MON an,l Lord Witt.stwonAm, sat as Conimis sOner4, anJ notified the Royal Assent to several Publio and' Private Bills. A.inung the Public Bills MAI Starnp' Drty Bill, the Irish Malt 3). ity 1112 Iri.-11 Spirit Licence Bill, the Loudon F;4l Yl3rket Bill, the Army Paytnaster's Regulation Big; Off West Fee. Part the Irish Elec tion Lill, Szt. rc,e (tothiers! Bill, and the Bill for regulating the Corn Trade between Great Britain and Ireland, were tr)ught from the Qommons and read a first time. , Mr, Pirr'a Indemnity ,Bill was read .a third time and passed, Mr..IIISIICE FOX. Lord HA !PK ES DIM Y having moved the 'Order oithe Day for the second reading of the Bill for con tutiing . the proceedings against Mr, JrtSticti Fox un till next Session, observed, that a Noble Lord; who was not how in his plaCe, hid :expressed his disappro . haion of this Measure; lie was, however, at a less . to conceive on what ground .ahy . objeCtion could be Made to a Bill which was so evidently calculated to proniote impartial justice with re3pea to-the Public, with ,rcspeEt' ,to the ' Petitionen!, and with rOpeect to the le`arned Jude himself. He' would de that • Learned judge thelustice to say, that he had shewn every,diSposition on his part . to meet the chargefairly, and to facilitate that investigation, which he was, doubtless, desirous stionld be completed as speedily as possible. Witlirespe&yi the witnesses, it was obvi • ous that much expellee Would. be saved, by ;rendering it unnecessary M.bring back to this country those who' hadalready been examined. rf it shOuld.appear that the Bill would violate any broad Constitutional Prin ciple, it certainly Ought net to pass; but it was far froin having any such tendency. He reminded their Lord -ships that it was the plaice of the House to make a clistinftion between measures which were strictly le 'gislative;.:thd those which Werejudicial. The latter were ccititinued . froM session, to session, but the for tier alWays ceased tipon a prorogation or dissolution. There were other measures, which, though not strict ly judicial, were analogous to judicial proceedings; and with respeet to these, it had been the praCtice to Tiring in r Bill for continuing them, to *prevent. the inet4iVenienee of being obliged to renew them. Such a proceeding took place in the case of Sir Thomas, Itutribold, and also in that of Mr. Hastings. He could riot See how this ißill was to interfere either with the • prerogative or the privileges of the other House of Parliament. It could not pass without the con sent' of Aci other, branches of the Legislature, and when it 'had their consent it became their AA. The onlynossible ground on which it appeared to him the Bill could be consistently objected to, was that of the chatri against Mr. Justice Fo'c, being of so trivial 4 nitture as to deserve no farther investigation; Now to enable the House to form an opinion on this view tire subjea, they bad the ex pane evidence taken before the former Committee, to which he should • '' . .nOt have referred, had it not been made public at the deare of the Learned judge, :lid also the whole of the idence given at the Bar on one of the charges.:'..... In„nlindin to this last evidence, be ,shonld enly say, 'in' the words, of the Counsel for the Petitioners, that, untjl thch• Lordships heard what the. Learned and venerable Judgehacrlo say upon that evidence, no man could reg:thi a single lad as proved. It would be very improper .in him, or any one, to pretend to pr,,r1m 4 ,,, c , an opinion on the charge' from that evi -41,,1nee, but this he would say, that it appeared to allor,i ground for 'noro'e firtller proceedings-r-for giv ing, at 1ea , 4,, the Learned Judge the opportunity of cxpiatt4tion and 'vindication. Though there m'as-no peeedent that pe'rteftly ;ippiied to the Bill, the me a- supp:;iitsi by its atialow to other cases. He tlicrefori iii;u the Bill be now read a seeend Bill was then read, and ordered to be committed. • Aftee some conversation between the Loan CfrAlp ! ct.-.40n, Lord R.\ h•Noa, and the Bishep of Asten, on. Gardner's Divorce Bill, a Clause for bas tardising child borne bY Mrs. G. *let ordered to be left' out. • Mr. Adam and Mr. Parke were 1100 in support of .Mr. Jnitiec Johnson's Petition against. the Ofr tenders' Atralidment Bill,• in the Committee on the Bill, Lord WeIiTNEATII proposed an Amendment, to prevent the A& from arty tetrosnealye effea. ' The LOBI4 CILLIIICEL.I. 4 OR, said, that care ought to be taken that the . Bill had no tendency tp prjudice cases now depending; but it appea re d th at , in so far as, it' had a retiospeCiive etiCr, it would be beneficial to Defendants. lie should, hoOeer' ,:co& ider the .ftrtrrichnent proposed by the Li,lable• Earl,• rid if it appeared to him that substantial juitice to liw.Country and the Individual required it, he would n ove a Clause of that nature; which seemed most p,siper, either on the Report or.the third reading. The third reading of the St. Pancras Poorßill was ts.ostported to Tuesday.--Adjourned. POURE, OF COMMONS: i r11474431144Y, JUNE: 27. Set•jeant 13p.sT gave notice that. shouldst onq Motion Ott the Ele ven th R eport ' of the Comtnisiia of .Naval inquiry, which stood for .I:ILTS t t*/0114,i,ty, 1,0 ' , Cll4)rsday. •brought. Up the Report of the Corn-' tWtn•o on the Rank Forgery- 11i1t. IWeArnetitut (Te agrved to, and the 41-1 ordered' to be rear: third time to-inorrow.. ,;„ _NI was read a second time l' he Leith' Ihrbour and ordered to be comtnitted to-morrow. d +l* Lord GLENBEttrit4 brottght up the Report of the Committee of Secresy, to ',whom that 011 'or the Ei c i•enth Report of the Commissioners of Naval i ntju i r y, which ; related to the issuing, of 100,0001. fbr Secret Nayal SerVicCs, 'had been referred. It stated, that triving examined a variety of Evidence Lnd Documents, and hang given the s ubj e ct t h e fullest consider ttien in their poiver, they had come to . the following llesclations,-,That, in their opi nion, the sad simm of I'oo,oool,qt:id' been athfpccd tit objeCtS 'to the • money' approFriated to ;i'ervices Wa4 applicable, tind' l in •which' the ,eri'ettit'auel honour nt' , tho Ctmintry were 'tuner - pity been applied 11l the tittes! . : orminq it had been iw.ted by , P 4 ivciv V , lligiUT MC MUM 01 the Lords of the rt 1-,a.,,ury, and . with the know ledge of the First Lot% t of the Adoairaity ; that the' circumstances ()I - t 'fitlle at which, the transa&iou took pl-ace 'were Such as to render any disclosure of it impoNible, with Out consequences,of great pnhlte inconvenience ; that such a disclosure would hate been a subjea of much regret ; that the necessity of such sectesy had con tinttecl to the present mo, menu; and that the Committee therefore felt it their duty to abstain from entering into any details on the sub' e&. On the Motion of Lord GLENBERVIE, the Report was ordered to be printed.- The Townley Colleaion Bill went thMugh a Com mittee, and the Report was ordered to be received to morrow. . Mr. STURCiftS BOURNE obtained leave to' bring in a Bill to enable His Majesty to purchase certain Grounds contiguous to Westminster Hall and the Court a Exchequer, for the Public Service. Linghani's Divorce Bill was read a second time.— Evidence being heard to prove that Mrs. Ling_ him was out of the Kingdom, the service on her mother, Mrs. Dixon, was declared to be good ser vice. i n pursuance of a Message from their Lordships, the SPEAKER attended in the House of Lords, and on his return informed the House, that the Royal Assent - had been given by Commission to the Lot tery Bill, the Additional Stamp Duty Bill, the Spa nish Bed Wine Duty Bill, the Loyalty Loan Bill, the Pest-horse Farming Duty Bill, the Irish Malt Duty Bill, the Irish Licence Bill, the Commis sioners of Taxes' Bill, the Paymaster-Generals' lie gulation Bill, the. Auditors Account Bill, the West India Imports and Exports Bill, the Tri,h. Freehold Bill, the British and Irish Militia Pay , Bills, the Irish Compensation Commissioners' Bill, the Mi litia Subalterns' Bill, and a number of Private Bills. On the, Motion of Mr. HusKtssom, the House went into Committees on the Ad relative to the Drawbacks on Sugar, and on the Ala relative to the Duty on Hops. The Reports of these Committees were ordered to be received to-morrow. On the, Motion of Mr. WHITTIRRAD, Serjeant Busx was ordered to be added to the Committee to whom was entrusted the drawing ; up of the Articles sif Impeachment against Lord Nielville. ILA M in opposition to it, the House divided, when there appeared, `► • For Mr. CURVVEN'S Amendment, 12 Against it, 5O Majority, -r-3 8 The Bill was ordered to be committed to-morrow. On the Ordei. for the third reading 'of the Smug gling Prevention Bill, C o u nse l Ws called-in on be half of Dan Brock, and other Jurats of Guernsey, who had presented a Petition- against the Bill, on the ground, that it greeted their Tights, by interfering with the internal Legislation of the Island. ~ Mr. PLOMER, as Counsel for the Petitioners, Main tained, in a very able speech, that' the Islands of Guernsey, Jersey, Alderney, and' Sark,, were ap pendages of the Crown, as dependencies of the Dutchy of Normandy, remaining annexed to Eng land after the conquest of Norniancly by the French King. The Union of these ,Islands with the British Dominions 'WWII Union with the Crown alone. — The British Parliament had -not a right to Legislate for these Islands, any more more than for Scotland and' Ireland before the Legislative Union with these Countries. The King in Council had a right to propose . Legislative measures for the' Islands, which -were valid when registered by -the States of the Island, The Counsel allowed, that it was necessary to check the Smuggling, an d s t a t e d, th a t the Peth tioners . were only desirous that their Independence might not be invaded in the checks to be imposed. •In consideration of some objections made by the Counsel to some of the details of the Bill, the CHAN CELLOR of the Excitant.= wished to.defer the fur ther proceeding till to-morrow, and they were ac cordingly deferred, after some. conversation, in which Mr. WINDHAM and .Mr. GREY stated, that they thought the rights of the Islanders deserving of the most serious consideration, and the CitANcet.- LOR of the EXCHERU,ER maintained the right of Par liament to pass Aas including these Islands in their operations. ' Mr. FELLowas said, it was felt by his Constitu ents, that the evils complained of in the Bill required a strong remedy. Mr. S. Bouawc thought It odd, that the Counsel and the Petitioners contended for the comparatively arbitrary Legislation of the King in Counsel, in pre ference to the more deliberative Legislation of Par, liament. The Exchequer Bills Bill went through a Com mittee, in which a Clause was introduced on the motion of the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, to indemnify the Bank for advancing Money on the Exchequer Bills of the year 1803. The occasion of this Clause was, that among the occasions of the Vote of Credit for that year, stated in the Preamble of the Bill, the Invasion then apprehended was mentioned as the first. In engrossing this Bill, by an inadvertence, of which this was not the only in stance, all the other occasions but the Invasion were left out. As there could be no doubt, that the ob jeas of Parliament in passing the Vote of Credit were not restrieted to the event of the Invasion the money had been advanced ; and it was not till late ly, perhaps from the effeCt of events that had recent ly happened, that' it occurred to them to desire this indemnity, which there could be no doubt the House would grant for their satisfaCtion. The Clause VMS agreed to., The Reports were ordered to be re ceived to-morrow. A Person from the South Sea House presented Accounts relative to the Unclaimed Dividends on the South Sea Stock. Mr. BULLY, from the Pachequer,_ presented fur ther Accounts of the Grants not made good by Par liament. Mr. HUSKIISON obtained leave to bring in a Bill for better regulating the Property Tax,_ as far as re lates to Dividends on East India Stock. Mr. HUSKISSON presented an Account of the number of men Enlisted into His Majesty's Regular Army for the two years ending sth January 1805, Also an. Account of, the number of men who had Volunteered from. the Militia into the Regular Ser vice under the A& of this year. ' Mr. HUSKISSON brought in a Bill for Regulating the Calle&ion of the Assessed Taxes in Ireland.— Read a first time, and ordered to be read a second time. to-morrow. Mr. Husittesow gave notice, that to-rnorrow, in the Committee of Supply, he would move the re maining Miscellaneous Services of the year. Adjourned. MAILS. .4 R I Waterford. D 6 4'.3 Ilarriburth, • ; Qottenbutih. t Lisbon, t Waterford. PRICE oh h'fi)CKS TiltS DAY AT 'MU M& D t etOCK. - I Rai. Ann. - 55(1.1 limning . ) • 3 4 THE SUN. SOLit4 UOIS UICP.RC FALSUM AUDIAT hi R. Ilt.01"IrE R. Mr. WITITEREALi gave notice, that to-morrow he should move lbr leave to bring in a Bill to indem nify Mr. Trotter from the Penalties he had incurred by the ; Ads detailed in the Tenth Report of the Commissioners of Naval Inquiry. On the Motion of the SECRETARY At WAR, the Hous§ went into a Committee on the Bill ,for en abling his Majesty to keep in full pay the Officers of the Militia, notwithstanding the redu&ion. Colonel STANLEY introduced a Clause, empower ing His Majesty, where the Establishment of a Mi litia Regiment consisted of a Colonel, two Lieu tenant-Colonels, and two- Majors, in case of the death or resignation of one of the Majors, 4o retain the Junior Lieutenant-Colonel with his own rank, but with the pay of Major alone By. this measure the Hon. Colonel contended, that His Majesty would frequently be enabled to retain a valuable Officer, who would otherwise be lost to the service. After a few words from the SECRETARY at WAR and Lord TEMPLE,' the ,Clause was agreed to • and the House having resumed, the Report was ordered to be 'received to-morrow. On the Motion of Mr. Rosa, it was ordered that the House should, to-morrow, go into 'a Committee on the Aa relating to the Drawbacks on the E.x= portiOon of Linens from Great Britain. The Clustorn-house Fee Bill, and the Warehouse Bill went through ComMittees, and the-Reports were ordered to be received to-morrow. Mr. Rosy, hrought In a Bill for imposing additional Duties on Straw BOnnets, &c. imported into Great Britain ; and Mr. D. GINTY, a Bill for encouraging the Pilchard Fishery ; which were read a first time, and ordered to be rid a second tune to-morrow. Mr. PA or, gave notice, that to-morrow he should move for Papers relative to the appointment in India of the Hon. 1-1. WELLUSLEY• • Mr. S. 13oultNy. brought in a Bill for purchasing Giound in Old Palace yard, &e. Read a first time, to be reac) a second time to-marrow. ' The House went into a Committee 'on the Irish Lain AO, the Report of which Was ordered to be received to-trwrrow. Colonel C.R.AVFO RD , Ravening to the returns of the'effeklive streivth of the Regular Army that had been laid on tlie IN ibleye4e'rday, observed, that in the last R e tu rn theilecruits at the foreign depot in GKeat Britain' tor the Regirrients on Fftreign Service Were stated as" part . ot` the effeaive *strength of those Regiments, whi!:.: in the early Returini they were not includiid, so that We ouse wont(' be unable to judge aCiiniately of the c9mptirativO' 'strength of our Regular Army at, dill re.. 4 t poriiids ; he therefore moved; that there be laid bt-Vore the House a Return of number of Recruits foil. Regiments on Foreign Service at the Foreign Depot (yi the Ist of January, 18Q4, Ist of January, t Jos, anci tst of June, 1805 .; obs"erVing, that as these Returns' could with ease be made by to-morrow; he should not be obliged to de by his Motion crt account of The Seettar4ir atWAtt said, tli'vt in the Returna of the two tiiTeperiods ill the liotOi Colonel's Mo tho's6' Recruits (amounting then to 1000 men) ha not been included; in the Mourn of the last peribil, (to the amount of goon - inen) they bad beeirthcluded. Colonel CuAuroau' • Motion was tpii agreed to. The Dublin Harbour' Improvement -pip was read a second time, and , ordered to be co iamitted to .; • morrow. 1 1 On the Motion of Mr. Forma, it m las ordered that the House should to-morrow go into aCornmit tea on' that part 'of a certain Ad which alai to Mi litary*Skfrveys hilreland. Mr. Oa him' brought up the Report of tl. to Com mittee of Supply; the Resolutions- •Of whic, wer9 re; t 1 and 'agreed, to, and Bills ordered tsccordin 'The CHANCEL -I,oa of the ExCIIEWIF,It MCA's. 'N.I the .iacorid reading of the Illitke of Atha' Oompens, *Oen • ' Mr. Coawnwopposed the Motion, repeating L oll his former arktimetits, %ail* *the justice of t. Duke's Claim on the Public, and ccincludod by mot ng, as an Amendment, that the Bill be read 'a sewn( rime this clay Ihree months% •.• ' , .Aiier Mr. FULLRR had *Nitta iii favour of big Grace's claim ; and Mr, I); Gumr and Mr. Wimp- '., LONDOM VRIDAV, JTJNE 28, 3g95. wit this morning received Neu; York Pairs to the with ult.—The Reports of the Combined Squadron is thus mentioned in the New York Pa per of the gist of May ( 0 Captain FAtitcattm, of the Aurora, from Ha vannah, informs, that an express had arrivel over; land from St. Jago, with information that a French and Spanish Fleet of twenty-one Sail of the Line was off Jamaica, and had summoned it to surrender, allowing twenty-four hours to consider the proposal. Capt. BIiNNET, of the Schodner Venetia, from Martitiiijue, says, a Schooner had arrived in 45 days from ISyanC.e with Dispatches, stating, that some Ships 'of the Line from Toulon, and some from Brost, had formed a junAion, and sailed for Jamaica; and it was reporte4 that they had been joined by the Ruchefert Sqiiadron, attcl attacked jama . t'f The Sloop 1,411 e liel;e t cca froni linialca brings no intaligence lespeEting' 'these Sipladrons. s We know not what credit to attach to the reports. Our readers Innit'jtulko for tilatiisolves:" 4ubsequent Paper, however, gives my satisfac tory =tons for not crediting the reports; it states, r ' i " nbtwithstapding the repeaLc. ~....- Fleet of great Force having a pp eared tilt t h e bland of Jamaica, we are not disposed to.ghe credit to the report. The accounts ,ott this subjetl have ceineviii the Havannah, and have probably all originated in he mis-statement; d es i gn ed or unintentional, of is person that had arrived there from the south-east. That the Toulon Fleet which, according to late ad, 'vices from Europe, had ptit to sea, was destined fa the West Indies, is by no means Impossible; but it is very improbable that this Fleet; either by oelf , or after having fonned a jun6tion with the Rochefort Squadron, could have reached Jamaica without Or' 11 in been seen by Adm i ra l CocitaANe:s Squadr° (in which case intelligence would instantly ho e been sent to the Government of the Island) , Out accounts dire& from Jamaica , it ou g ht to be obiery ed, aredown to the beginning of this month anti news from that place by Havannah could scarcelYW later. We must considerthe report t h e n, all Av. ther intelligence be received on that subjed , 0 arising from something else 'than fait." A Meeting has been convene d of the ROI Itc' man Catholic Bishops at Dubli n. One of the 01; jets of the Meeting is, we * un derstand, to recd ters of Thanks to Lord GRENVILL.t: and Mr. YAW 11 supporting their . Petition, and to M. Prrr 0.,1: Bishops, for the candid a nd liberal nilo4, 1011 which they opposed, it. It is nigh the inentti4o of the Irish Roman. Catholic ilish4 ta or some public method of stating that their'r e*li I not signing the Petition was, that it een til a ed i s , h r i allusions to Politics, with which they cen celli"'; had no concern. , 'WE stated sorne Om no light ° Ill : .--,...........r e ago, upon tion, that the probability of a Confect 0,0 ten the Continent, upon a much larger thallato origiPlly.expeaed, had in a great degree . „ e 0 Os! protract the Negotiations pending be' s— ' 6 ,0 Country and the Northern Powers. 'E ve/ ~,d• account we receive from the Conti aen t stenr cei the opinion we have entertained, that 415 m ig st tl ii. at length the necessity cf making th e Pr- or gorous efforts to preserve her ity,lePeelob. rather to prevent her sinking into' it O de ° ,,, c a jea vassalage to France, It is not to be sir; in , that the Court of Vienna hail n ot,Mt deaP i l 00 01 numerable aas of aggression and insul t c°n , v , t3 to by France, almost without interruption, 'ineverely last Peace... But 4uatria had starr ed ,_ t t) stelipo during the. War, that some repose vr,as a b ' u . o , oa cessary to recruit and re-establiiii her ATn i l not or itaogresastsoisrteanhceer froth n rices ; besides, there (b u r ob o o , pear, till very lately, any probability of 1 1e ,,,, 00 ) and to engage alontehein°ltilielar. Wicoliattilftri.srt'a.34l r:°11:; Petlinent pregnant with clangor. FortnOtnilt' 01 . gatoe ever, we hope, for the independence . ~• d ales! for the future happiness of mankinil, twaii'oolol c it l s e el ar f ly in d:el s o o .ped f tt : th mad ambition. of the Usurper of Franco 4, a ' tliv iioo! intolerable eggressin% OA fence, and his Views of univerAl girt. OAI that Austria IVO e n 'f i ttiS vineed that the time is come in which ' lin tw ' to his. oandaoeolll 4 resist vigorously, or su bmit tan ore , ill his 1)1 1 13 power. So rapid is BJSAPAITS , de, so eager is he to aecomplish his oh.l° ore . . .. ca n 0 1 1 'Ai even the most tame submission cisoc, r' crastinate her fate for A vet/ sh' nct uis bit A l° itt have the strongest reasons tO b eiove t . , . a l sicos t r not only fully sensible of the critic to ws! which ~he is placed, . but that ' lig re , 111°11 1 s he o ni l strongly (before she Was acqua . of Genoa with France) Agallis I , so • t fro g 1 the Usurper in Italy. These —tem from Inducing BO2.7APAETE to desis t e hoe 1 00 have only inilnisied his ag e ' Oxiiie nnt ' : Letter from a Gentleman on, the two , 0 , 0 whose inforMation ilittetaheWpitri;(l4l4"o States, that Borkuavityrs, t iller res:,;.„ Wei lan a Dispatch front VienO.l, excl' ittn°`e 0 Pie FitAgots 11. is tired of the ti e ", c on , ege d t° '40 41f rial Crown ; it formerly bolo ~ ... mi l s in .'" ' li 4# MAol.lE—it shall be added to Aline. __ _ it t h a t we hov e `` oil, general chargter of the man, .. ..,,, oa r{ , and intemperate language is Of his having used it; but it should 1 : epr ei. o ccasieng, " rditlY , that although, upon these o .doit *) go COOqiiterg ;041 does not , himself inteniperately, lie ho 10 l' nrojea that elf but generally betrays some r „ has b oa 0 t , i , ,beets brooding over in his mind. totsidered the said at Milan, by those who arc s °. , rr t ot I the intends to be crowned by the Porn, li,,,latod he bas u ~.,,olg confidants and favourites of n"Ari:i;il,peror °' the Roman Empire, as soil 38 ' . c h am' ~ Vienna only ° 'r to P' y speak of a march to „ at i ii or ,lo me of teethe of Peace at Vienna. The ;french m' a few Iree_ks ; and it is Odded , tn .,. _..,..„. die P lc , vent Bussia from affording assiltd4c4Tio 0 WI; we Plac° greact:llll‘vinY'ot :111. the: German Empire ,is to be' d eC , 1 we 0 110° 0 t ,i tt er to Wb lC 1 , as OOP 4 Campaign. 'rile -4-A' ordere d vv , s6 olor itatds, that 11(01A PARTS . 1).-is A t hat a 104. tffil t tional Tioops into Italy, and. , . , o f t o • 0 134 : 3 ' meat hi to be frAFTP. - ..• til • Rhine. '