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frvi PER lAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF PEERS. 'TUESDAY, JUST_ 7. A r-r ti otne preliminary business was dispesed of, Court sal and Evidepce were, pursuant .to order, called on the questinn for the second reading of a Bill to dissolve the mar .. nage of EdTiiar•tt :(anterFootc, hsii. with Nina, his new wite, and to enanl4inn to marry v.gain, &e. Frootthe statements Olered At the Bar, it appeared, gene rally, that the Petitioner, E , J. Foote, Esq. is a Captain in the Navy, that in far:nary 17 9 3,.be married Nina, the (laugh , ter or Sir Robert Ilefties,. Kiat at Madrid, and afterward& at St. latnas's Church, We,tifillister ; that they rived together as man and wife, (exCent at such times as Capt.' Fbote was necessarily absent on His Majesty's Scivicey until Septentber rfiot,- when he turned iu His Majesty's Ship Seahorsc, for the East Indies, on the oth of that month, and ditl,not return tc , England until r. - )to:ier tBo2 ; that soon after his departure for the East Judie:, his 'said wife entered into an adulterous interceurst witifill4r: Owen Tones,. a Gentleman residing at . Warsash, near P.Ortsmouth i . where the Petitioner had taken a house:for tbc accommodation aids family ; that Mrs. Foote eloped irons thelonse•at War&ash; in August itioz, and soon aftt-rwatth, accompuoied_byNr: !ones, . went to Dieppe, in France, where in,Oelober Okra, she was delivered iota male child, which,is r,ow liVitlg; that upon learning those cYants, c'apt. Foote brought his attion against Mr,. Jones, inAlichacl ma=; Tenn, saaa, in the Court of King Bench, where judg , trent war sulPred tb gd• by default, and in consequence da mages were assessed to.-the atootint of pool. The usual process was afterwards instituted in til t : Ecclesiastical Courts, where the Petitionefobtained a Setitchce of Divorce, a nun.ra' sr thor4; A coniiderable part of the above statement duly appeared in evidence,. and particularly, those faCts from which the adultery of Mrs. Foote washiferred ; after which their ships aijournzd the further consideration of the. case till, Friday. Tim ; : the Ilettse were, in part, forwarded in 'their . • pi. Lilt wire brought up from the Commons, first time. Thu t)cdc:r cf the .Day,' respeaing the Clergy Residence .J3lll, read. The, LORD CIIAiVCALLOR quitted the; Wool. sack, and nude a few general observations re. eommeml,iti ,- .lt of the Bill. Ile adverted to some parts of the Statute of Henry VIII. which it be. c:nre nece , sary to alter, and Which was effetled by the Bill ; at any rate, the.subjeas to which the Bill re h rei l were well worthy the serious and deliberate attention of their Lnidships, and he expressed his hope that no serious obicelion would be offered a ga inst the Bill's going to a . Committee, prepara. to which he would inove that the Bill be read a second rime. . The Earl of SUFFOLK took the opportunity to express lei i opinion, that the Bill, if meant for the relief of the Clergy, did mit gti far enough. He regretted that the igformation which he soggested . on a fornier day was not laid before the House, as in that ease th,,ir Lordshi.), would have some precise data to goopon. His ; Lordship then entered into sone detail%„ to shesv.—the distressed situation of neinV of the lower orders of the' Clergy, and to establish dic propriety of 'ameliorating their condi. tion. Some other funds should be added to those afforded by Queen Ann's Bounty and he suggested some expedient to that end. He, concluded by ex_ pressing his hope that •something effetlual in the way of gt..neral regulation would be done for the suffering and meeiturious persons alluded to. Lend iIUCKLAND agreed with what fell from Lis Learned Friend on the. Woolsack, as to the pro riot y of x tall discussion of the provisions. of the which he hoped would be. discussed coolly and ;e:netacely. I lis Vordship seemed to say. beehould re , ,oree deteiled'statenvnt of his opinion for ano. t .e.r opportunity. r e . Rj.,•Te,p of Se. AS riPIL made a few gene. T3l olye,ryaeions upon the Bill, with the project of • re,'.';ich, as it then stood", he wits rather dissatisfied. He' was Aware of the propriety of some Material alteration in the Law alluded to 'by cite 'Noble and :Learned Lord, but. to do. that properly and effec tually was the .question. ' The Learned Prelate was proceeding, when, ;:i'ke Earl of . ROS'LY Al rose with reference to the poiet of Order, and reminded their Lordships that the eiestion'svaS merely for, the'Second reading of the Bill : he regretted thefrequent prattice of dis. dossing perticular topics,of a; Bill, when its principle e;one should be kept in view ;, the only •regular l'arliatnentary question then before the House.wa, whether the Bill was fit to go to a second reading. The . 110 o p. of St. in explanation 'said, he mistook the ;lethal, question befeep the House, pm' thought- the 'Bill had , been read a second time. The Dlite of RIPI,IMONp was proceeding to animadvert upon particular clauses of the Bill, especielly that which, went to authorise the Clergy to hold firms to any extent Whatever, when his Grace vvas;calleil to order by The ,13ishq• of St. ASAPII, who observed, the Committee aloee waiethe proper stage of :the . Bill for that species of discusszon.—ln consequence of which a few observations with respeit' to the point of Order was exdt ,nged between-the _Earl' of R os e. tem,' the Lord CHANCELLOR, and the Duke of Reclietoets, who' afterWartis _proceeded to. state sonic objeetionable poiets of view, in which he coniidered the Btll, and he,particularly alluded to some of its leading provisions, which went, in his trond, to place the Reverend Bench in very un. 'pleasant circumstances. The LORI) 1711,4p/a ELW) I! qeitted the Wool. sack and in a vete able, erguternrative, and mates; Speech, delivered his sentiments upon the eubjeCt before" their Lordships., He described in some detail s the tendency and effett of these yr o vi s lons in the Atts of Henry' VIII. which the Bill w . ent . to alter or modify ; and in for. Fibly she wlng The iojurious and oppressive tenden. ey tinder the 'present circumst;lnces of theie Provi. coons, evioced the necessity of substituting other Leeislative regulations in their room. Alluding to ieo , observation which fell from the Noble Duke, that the liiii went to take away from the arbitra. tion of Juries the points to question, he Ctated, that Miler the existing Laws, the determination unfor. tunately did not lit: with either Judge or Jury ; am.i they seere eeestreined in in4lly instances to dire f; aetl to bring in Verilitts very contrary ti„; ii. own opine in and feelings ; as- to the justice the c::-e lla instanced several striking instance 6 of th:: H4. ( lll,dity `r.f . the ,operation of the present v;:hicli attached the penalties alike, in cases Y:le2re , the hviolz of tkltarties amounted to .4000 or -cool yv,ir 3 :mil to those of 9n1)'501 1 and in • . ,Othitr 1)4.0t, Of . "tr els, where this etptally attached to Clergy Men of the most rperitongus chganer, ; 1,1 4 tLqgf of a Yell 0Pe 06 40 4c4cfilnigP, 'With respen to the point of diseretionary power, it must rest somewhere; and he knew of no qtyrter, in which it could hp cunstitationalty rest as with t! Bishops, and withifiut some enithnent of thts kini, they were unable to enforce residence ; neither did he think such a power wduld be partially or-impro perly exercised by these Reverend Charaters 'they were at any rate called upon to give the; measures proposed by the Bill a trial :—the length of its du ration, as well as any other particular provision of . the Bill, was fur the wisdom of the Legislature to consider. After urging a variety of other points in support of the Motion, he said, in case the Bill should then be read a second time, he would pro pose that: their Lordships should gas into a Com mitteesiin it, either on Thursday or Friday, as may be most convenient. Thc.Duke of RICHMOND proceeded to remark on some of the statements of the Noble and Learned Lord in such a way as induced Lord AUCKLAND to speak to Order, in conse /pence of which a short explanatory conversation took place between the Logo CHANCELLOR and the Noble Duke ' upon the point of Order. After a few farther remarks front the Duke of RICHMOND, upon the Bill, The Bishop of NORWICH delivered his senti. ments at some length; in the course of which he expressed himself not adverse to the Bill's going to a Committee. He entertained objeftions to some of the crauses, which might be removed in that stage of the Bill. The Bill was then read a second time, and on the qt.ietion' for its being 'committed, • Tbeßitbop of St. AqAPHtook the opportunity to offer some observations upon the measure, rather more in detail than in the first instance. He cx. pressed his y.lisapprobation of the fabric of the Bill, and seemed to say that the proceedings of the Com.. mittee must go,to a recasting many of the leading . provisions of the Bill, in Order to• render it unob jeaionable in hisopli,i,,n. The Bishop of NORWICH spoke in further ex. planation of sintiments, after which the ques. thin was put, af,d the Bill orderid to be committed on Friday. The rem:lining- Bills before the .House were dis posed of, and at. Eight o'Clock their Lordships ad journed till 'to:marrow. HOUSE OF COMMONS. TUESDAY, JUNE 7. ON tile 1110tiQt1 of Mr. VANSITTAkT, the House went into a Committee of the whole House, on so much of Hi . 3 Mdjelty's Speech of the 23d pr Nov. last, as relates to the accommodation to be afforded to the Mercantile Transaetions of this Country. Mr. VANSITTART then proposed some alteration in the Schedule with resped to the Duties on I lor,e Hair, Foreign Lace, Damask Table Cloths, Pearl Barley, and German and Hungarian Wines im. ported ihto this Country. The Resolutions were then read and agreed to, an d t h e Report ordered to bd received to-morrow, General GASCOY NE said, he wished to know when the Howe would go into a Committee on the Consolidation Bill. Mr. V ANSITT ART observed, that Thursday was the day at present fisted for the consideratitm L f that Bal. • . Mr. WICKHAM said, the °Neel of the Motion which he meant to submit to the HouSe, w'is for leave to bring in a Bill to enable the'Commissioners of First Fruits; in Ireland, to advance certain sums of Money to thelneutnlients of Livings, to enable them to re.btiild their Parsonage Houses. It was perie6ly well known "to every person acquainted with that part or the United Kiogdoin, that there t-as ,throughout the whale of it, a great want of Parsonage Houses ; much so, that however de sirable it might be to compel' theßesidence of Cler. gymen upon. their Beoefices, it was impossible from the want of house, in which they could reside,. It . happened, fortunately, that there was, at present, a large snip in Ireland, which may he applied to this purunse, anti which, froth, peculiar circumstances, could not be applied to the purpOses for which it was originally intended. The Board of First-fruits and Teothi, .were dire te,l by the , ..Aet o f q t3 6 co to apply the Revenue with-which they were en misted- in a certain mannyr, hut that Revenue had increased:so much; that it could not in faet be ap, plied to the purposes, originally intended'. There was therefore a considera . ple sum of money laying in their hands ; and the ()hied of his Bill was to enable the Commissioners of First-fruits' to lend - sums of motley to Incumbents, not exceeding the amount of two years Income of the Benefice, winch money was to be...applied to. -the building of . the Parsonage. houses. 'che Bill wOuldcontajbyrdwisions to pre vent the money so lent from bemg MisaPPlied, and also to enforce the re.payment of the money so lent, but not in a manner that would be oppreSSive - upoo the Clergyman. It was not" necessary for him to enter mote at length 'into the details the Bill. at present. If the tiouse would permit him to bring it in, he would move, that it should be printed, and Oentlemen ,yould have an oppnrtilnity of examining it fnlly. lie concluded with moving .for leaVe to bring in a Bill to enable the Commissioners of First. fruits in Ireland, to lend. certain. Sums of Money, interest free, to Incumbents of. Benefices, to enable them to build Glebe Houses, and to make provision forthe re-payment of such Sums, -lax. Mr. FII2GERALD said, he never in. his - life rose with more pleasure than to second the Motion of his Right Hon., Friend. Every man at all ac_ quainted with Ireland,. Mit be sensible of. the be- - nefits that would result to that Cotiotry from having the Clergy resident in,their Parishes, and this cer. tainly would be the effect of the Bill now propose& He had long looked forward to Ibis measure as one tWat would he produdiveof the greatest advantages, but it was not a measure that could be brought tor ward by an individual ; it gave him therefore great ilt,easure to see it taken up by Govetoment, andle was sure that by the adoption of this meastiit, the Government, and particolarly his Right H on. ,Friend, would be endeared to that Country. The advantages that would result from 111 would 'belt). enlculable, for he believed that . the primary cause of '4ll tree misfortunes which bad befallen, Ireland for these many y ears,. arose from tilt Want aaltesideut h(444.14 cicrsb WQ4 I LIC tfkfttli4HY removed by this Bill. tie therefore, with great plekiere, seconded the Mori , -,'l. Caw/ PF.ROKER said, he should upport the Motion with great pleasure I he la,nittuted chat there were many Pari,hel in Ireland without Churches, and he hoped that some steps would be taken to re build them. Air, WICKIIAM replied, that this Bill did not relate to PariskClurAel, but Government had that . objeet in their contemplation, LenVehlqS given to bring in the Bill. Mr. POLE said, he thought it necessary to uy a few words with respel to the Ordna Bill he was about to propose to the House. TI cation of the Bill was to establish a Dep&t for finance itit Stores at Weeden Beck, in Northamptonshire, which from its central situation, and its immediate con. nedion with several of the great roads and canals, ' Was peculiarly well calculated for the conveyance of Stores to Woolwich, and difFerent parts of the Country. It was also proposed to establish a Troop of Horse Artillery i ai Weeden Beck...—He then moved to bring n a B ill to the effed stated. A short, conversation took place betsvecn Mr. WHITBREAD, Mr. PCILII,-arld Mr. SARGENS with resped to the Powder Magazines at Purneet, %%hen leave was given to bring in the BIN. Mr. WHITBREA D expressed his surprise that no notice had been taken of the Report of the Committee appointed to investigate the Abuses of the Navy ; he certainly expelled that some' Hon. Member would have brought the business before the House:prior to this period. He then moved that copies of certain Examinations taken before the Commissioners, should be laid before the lHouse. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER assured the House that no negled had taken place with respea to the business alluded to by the Hon,- Gentleman. His Mitjesty's Ministers wished to pay every attention to that subjea this Session, but he must be permitted to remark, that the Hon. Gentleman had not given notice of his Motion in a regular way, he therefore hoped that the Hon. Gentleman would not press any Motion on the 'consideration of the House at present. Watraa 4 A 2) then withdrew his Motion, and gave notice of it fur Monday. 'Tice Ar roit Nay ( rtivt.a.AL brought in a Bill to remedy certain detects in the issue of Exchequer Bills which was read a first time and ordered to be read a tscoild tittle to morrow. Mr. Grt.nsbroughtin the Bribery Oath Bill ; !which was read a rinit time and cot - km(l to be printed The Ordnance I.ao is 13111 was read a third time and passed. Mr. Al.lt X ANDER brought up the Report of the Commit 'tee of S ppl y. The Resolutions were then read and agried to. Mr. CURRY moved to refer the Petitions presented ht the Tanners of Cork, Linteria, and Waterford, to a Select Com mittee to report thereon to the H0u5e......-Agret.ti to. Mr.CARTII3HORZI:4OIIght up the Nary Estimates ; which were ordered to iie on the Table. On the Motion of the S gest Er RY at WAR the Militia Pay 1;i I I was read a 'second timle, and ordered to be committed to a C )itimitteeof the whole _ House t0..r00l row. The Soldiers* Pass Bill .was read a third time and passed. Air. VA /4111'TM( T moved fora new Writ for the eleelion of a Member to serve in Pwliainent for the Borough of Northampton; in the room of the,flou. E. Bouv zit u. Mr. Cost a v moved, that the Committee appointed to prepare the Estimates for the l'ay and ClOathing the Militia of I refund he revived; —Ordered. Mr.• Ft TZ ER ALO moved for an Account of the Sums of Money levied by the Grand juries of Ireland, for the last tea years, distinguishing the amount of each year, and each As size : and alsothe amount of Sums levied by them for the „. Mr, Cott t v gave notice, that he should move t')r leave, to bring in a Bill to regulate the raising of Money by Grand ju ries of Ireland. The County Bridge Bill was read a third tune and passed. The House acijourrwl at Six o'clock. ,MAILS. DUX. ARRIVED. 1-10111nd Hatuburgh • - PRICE OF STOCKS, THIS DAY AT TWEANE O'CLOCK. . Consols& - s 7 THE S 7 N. SOL&M QOIS DICER& rK Litlla AUDIAT ? 'LONDON, JUNE 8, IFO3. Tull more we, hear of the situntion of the"Conn try, the more we see the necessity of vigorous ex ertion. Nothing else can put us in a state of secu rity. The exclusion of great and energetic Talents from the Administration at such•a moment, is a real misfortune to the Country, and is almostioniver sally felt to be so. We trust the suggestions of Mr. PITT it► Monday's Debate upon the Army Es timates, will be attended to. It is absolutely neces sary that atll.the strength of the Nation should be Put into 4 state ready to be called into at - 6°n on the first emergency. if we are well prepared, it is possible tliat no attempt will: be made to invade the Country, and if it is, we may, safely rely upon the'result—if we are not repared, the exiie riment will most assuredly be made, and the most sanguine will not venture confidently to prediet its failure: It is Said . .(though we hardly know how to credit the assertion), that no Letters of Marque are yet granted against Spain. If this be so, the effed will certainly be to let all the Spanish Trade escape, and we shall - have to make war upon her in a few months, when the Regitter.Ships are safe in port, and when, perhaps, she has been thus enabled to put, herself in a state of preparation. Spain is bound by Treaty with Ffrano, to furnish" fifteen Sail of the Line, and twenty.four thousand Troops; whenever. the latter is engaged in hostilities. Can it be doubted that she Will be called upon to furnish a sum of money . adequate to the expence of the per formatlce pf this erkg4geir s ent ? Perhaps the latter Is the most proliable, and solves the difficulty which OPI>C4r 3 t4gisa grit 91 thc Declugion at clw Vint r Cu!,o When hunts's( that the 'War will [re card without calling upon the People of France Icr larger supplied than would have been necessary in time of Peace.,"—.But in. Whatever way the Stipulation is certiedinto effect, no delay should take place in commencing Hostilities on our part. While 6ugh a Treaty subsists L if we ire at War with one, WC must be at War with both Nations. Many reports are abroad as to the nature of the proposed Taxes. We have endeavoured to prepare the minds of the People for large Burthens, A Land-Tax of Five per Cent,,and a similar Tax upon the Funds, are much talked of; Large additional Duties upon Wine, Beer, :see. When the 0111 passed for, the sale of the Land. Tax, we remember a clause was proposed (we think by Sir R. BuxT" ) providing that the Land which had by purchase bee" freed from the oici,jAnd Tax : should net be butcher . •ed again, 'unless Personal -Property teas reaett-atthe-samelinter The principle of th is Clause was surely just,—Whether it is to be atterded to 'on the present occasion, we do not know. t'i'c a rg aware of the great dif6culties 'which arise in the off tempt to impose, Kith equality, a Tax upo this species off' prOperty. it is also said, that the In , come Tax, in a different form, and Under lnoth a name, will be resorted to—but we ITICIIIIOIIIIIIS 011 as report. We trust that there will be great lag' rality in the Grants of Pailiament, and diAt out exertions will be commensm ire to that liberalirP ied cn . . LAST night we received the remaining Paris/I; tin to the - nth intr. and also a Thimkosh 111 ' ; '' The former bring very littlo intelligence in aiii• lion to that which 'was contained in the itionitegit' Tbe resolutions .which have been adopted by soma of the Cities and Public Bodies inTrance, to buil 3 Ships of War, are detailed with a great 'W I ol pomp; but we do not apprehend any i7,7;mli.itt danger from-the operations of a 'Fl eet , only now in cOntemplation to bbild. It does not appear that the French Troop; 10 yet taken possession of Haaov€r, but we aprelieri that no effeatial re D istance can be opposed tO th 6 r pi-ogress, unless the Continental Powers s hould o n * which we confess, cur in resisting this-most unpriLcipled Jet of 4gr' 6 ' which it it s , ion on- -•the part of France ; but this 1S :in el" : in the present gate of theColiti4 nem, we rather wish for than expect. It is, howtvcr: with great satisfafflan we learn, t hrough the a te ' 1 r ilium of private. Letters from ilambursir• i4l I:ussi4 and Plzosia have entacti into a ConViC al°ll 4 , for the• purpose or prcietvi,,g the Nco(l4litY °I , Hanl6":o . and the ,iianitatic Ta 4,01. .BY 11.1 . anoo territory of 05,..,-.4zos- f Ille ver as h " as the 2 tit ult. •TIIF, greater paet o . Hanoverian Army hid then begun its march for the 'llatitbnrgft M a il -,Aie Have ii,teiligence trout ii . lia. They Were then 48,000 regular Twos undrr arms, and it was expa-ted that they would be itl the course of a shOrt period augmented to 3°,(3ca` During the absence of the}(egular Troopsi all sv lic " and the frontiers of /tit/ that, were able to bear arms .were to mount gu.;rd " n e dig i do duty at' Hanover. ' A confident hope is cxiisse" in these letters, that ,ItusH4a would interfere in be: w ould half. of Ilallover,:aild.thst the ENtr,Eitqg take an aelive • part in its I was not attended with 9uouos. A 'twilit) Pleni' potentiary: was, it. is stated, expeif.ied at Ifoovdr. General Yesterday WV morning tits MAISSTY, AtteM• ~,4 GA arif, rode. to Richmond Gi)rden't returned_ to Buckingham-house to (linnet. In . the evening THEM MAJCITiES lidd 0.11- cer Yesterday e m a s n it: r i T HEIR i s e a l y lv e4l l: lo , F E r a n i s :I F r anal , • ~ - town on Frida g y ra f n o t r i i th ic e tidi icas%n. f Tout Guards had a *ed,lici rs i iftegdietnltnitk .0. le j y o n : f ti Y s Y h L ß l i e s l o s f rt i l de oa r- a :G C : He : A I ii i r s r: }i' d: o s e n r c A i n a os li t so nT e P g b ' e o rs t r e i t i t n ,e ll e k s r a ..IniPp.aecisi Dux e t cc ß 4d de t:: l t:i i i i i .e l k Y : sst Yost'' 'f it ': 4 "; :1 4 :r :1:i i ,t) 111 The quartered at Hounslow, Kingston, Egham, Soint.l '',3th Regiment of Light Dragutogr,n°o' Hampton, Islewortti, and Sunbury, are to b 4 r o '; viewed by His IVIAIESTY on Saturday ne 44 Ashford Common, at ten o'clock. . r 01' Dover is full of tromps. The Leicester, 0"'`) nie Northamptonshire Militia, and the isth gegi°4ll of Horse, are all stationed t h e re, Some ,mire 0 are expetted to arrive there in a day or two. , r y l t r,: r h o 7 l4 l - !o o ni GwitizahtsrpaLrEkA,NaSe(a)rN York, W l :t a t.: D of i C : 6 l' his services to Government to `r,lise a RegiO nt. By the latest intelligence from Paris, it t'l'V'';, l A r t s to be the general opinio n of the peo,t.v. capital, that BONAT'ARTE, id, conseque ple lo nce or ::;, severe agitation of his irritable temper, the' in.W," 3 , plicity and arduous nature of the duties of his s iti l tion , add - the necessity which he is under of gu 3 , r ` a ; ing against all designs against his perswit 84 . W ,:110 of poising and controlling the several patios., ie j have long been jealous of his power, and diswttistcr, with his manner of using it, I ts absolutely disord er' with ed in his intelletts. Every day some extr'd' ilii° ( s7 . , proof of this state of his mind is contidellaY 6 petted to burst forth, that will Pita , ' e ven °I S:. who appear to.be his friends, in t aking torne.ho cisivP inea6tlrci for elgvids thc PQvcfurPcnV in H " Innits,