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IMPERIAL PA R.L 'WENT. HOUSE OF PEERS. WEDNESDAY, Apitn. 6. t House resolved itsalfiiito a Committee of Pri. -alleges, and Lord WALSINOHAM having taken the- Chair, the consideration of the Claim of the Rev. Mr. Brydges, to . the BarOoy of Chandos, was re sumed; Mr. ATTORNEY GENERAL was further • hearifon behalf of ave . :CIO - ism, and Mr. ToWNsE ND, of the Herald's O ffi ce, gave evidence' at the Bar with respea to spine points which bad been advert. • cd to, in the course of the arguments of the Learn ed Counsel, &c. • The further consideration of the a - case was then deferred till this day fortnight. The House then resumed, and after prayers were tend,' their Lordships proceeded ,to' forward the Bills upon the Tahlei the , ' greater part of •these standing for third readings, they were read and , • . passed accordingly. • Lord' HOBART ill a ned'thC third reading of die itilifitia Officer's Bill, • The Earl of RADNOR took the opportunity to propose some slight Amendments in certain parts of the Bpi, which were agrees to by ,the House. • The Bill being read a third :time, 7he Ead of k A DNO R rose to propose the in trodualon of 'a' Clause by , way .of. Rider to the Bill, the particulars of which he stated to their Lordships, but the ,Icading efFet he described, • mould be to restore the command of those Companies so' the Field-Officers of the Militia Corps, of which, by the regulations. not, long since adopted, they < were depriyed, but which were still held by Officers of corresponding rank in Regiments of the Line. In mmunenaing the Clause to the adoption of she House,' his Lordship recapitulated some of his fotiner observations en the proceedings with respe6 'to• the Militia,, and urged, that he. sides rending, so far, to restore the Militia to its original constitutional principle, it would diminish the difficulty of finding Officers properly qualified, by lessening the number of Capiiins in each Corps. The Noble ,Earl also made some observations with respect. to the subordinate parts of the Clause, 'and concluded by regularly inOving for its adoption. Lod 11013.4 RT felt himself called upon, under Art present circumstances, to resift the adoption of the propOsed Clause. Tn the first plac i e, he served, it would direly controvert a Legislative provision made in the last Session of Parliament, fay which that alteration, proposed after a due consi :4leration of the point, was deemed advisable. Of the effeet of that regulation, which he thought likely to - be aevantageous, they had not yet had an opportunity Pfexperixneing, and he was of opinion that, at least,' Such an opportunity should be, given. Nqr ,was 'this* the only objection he-entertained against the claase ; it would go, in•a great degree, w render inalcacidus one ditheleading provisions of the Bill itself, as it would so far give a greater latitude to the poiwer of the Lord Lieutenants in these respells, than was Lin the contemplation of the Bill. The. Noble Ste ETARY here described the effect and in tention: of that part of the Bill ro which he alluded, and hiving. argumentatively ,. infOrced the above points, conelltao - 1-iy - Obser . Vrtig, he kit it tilsllc,ty sa - Ppprkse the Clause moved by, the Noble Earl. earl SP4NCER deli vered.his sentiments on the question at some length, in the course .of whi4 he explitiated , on the importance 'of the Militia as a 'Constitutional Defensive Force, and expressed his . regret at the alterations which had been lately made in that system. He thought the Bill befor e the douse, in chat point of view, one of considerable ampOrtanee, and with reipeet to it, he must observe, Oa no case of necessity for it had been made out by Mintstcrs, which' he thought should have been done before they 'could be justified calling upon /1?e Legisliture to adopt provisions so contradictc4. to the Constitutional principler4f the Militia as • origimilly•establiihed. On these general grounds, be was inclined to support the proposition of • the Noble Earl, whose particular observations 'in re. commendation of the Clause his Lot-MOP. also in. , forced. The question was then put, the ,proposed clause was reje4ed, and the Bill read a. third time and pa4se i l, and a mo t ile sent to acquaint the Com mons therewith. - The Exchequer Bills Bill, and Sir jnettii Situ. PAREZ . S A‘lrotlitY Bill, were both read a second rime, and ordered to be committed to.morrow. Mr. AGEXANDtR and others brought up from the ConiMons.the American Loyalists Conmissioners Bill, apd returned the Clergy Residence Biil. Three private Bills- were presented by Lord WlLetAtst Russf.t.z., arid read a hest time. The Order being read for their Lordships going into a Committee on the Bill introduced by. the of RAPNOR, for the more effeaual relief of Wounded Soldiers and Sailors on their, discharge, t &c.; the leading provision of which Was to facili. torte the conveyance of such persons to the places of their - legal settlement, the Noble-Lord stated his intention to propose to defer that stage of the . Bill. FrOin what we could coiled from the observations of his Lordship. his intention was to extend, as well as to ameliorate, the provisions of the Bill. He stated a ease of extreme hardship, which occurred with respea to the wife of a Soldier, and which seemed to induce him to the present proceeding. LORD CHANCELLOR said a few words on die occasion. He appeared to concur in what fell from the Noble Earl, and adverted generally to the case cited by him, .Which he deemed a matter worthy of the most serious consideration. The Committee Or) the Bill was then deferred till that day three weeks. Mr. REYNOLus presented several Papers from the C ourt of Chancery in Ireland, relative to the peed_• jog Appeal of D'Arcy and Irvin y. D'Arcy. Some private busines was then disposed of ; after which their Lordships adjourned till w-morrow, when a Commission takes place, for the 'purpose of iignifying the Royal Assent to.certaiti Bills. lIOUSE OF COMMONS,, WIDNESDAY, APRIL 6. 'the Spa laza acquainted the Hotise that he had received from the Commisbinners in Dublin, app6inteil to 'CX3MitIC evidenee reipeetin the Petition, complaining oil aft undue election it.a the Univeiiity of Dublin, a copy of their minutes, and that he had ordered an advert►sement to be inserted in y 44 , t , the imam atzette, for the purpose of re-esembling . the Committee on the vith inst. Sir lAtits Yuto'> n csr reported from the. Committee appointed to try the merits oftine Velition complainiq of an und2e eltidion for the County of Carmarthen, that the sitti ng Meffiber, Mr. Wtl.4tAits, was duly elected, and that the pe titions were not frivolous or vexatious. rhe'B:ll tor.btltldinga Theatre in the City: of Glasgow was read a second time, and ordered tob , z, committed to-mor row. . _ . . . Mr. Ca ovrou, from the 'freasury of Ireland, brought . up several Accounts . relative to the Customs and F•xcis ot .that Country they were a:corditigiy read, and ordered to be printed ter ihe use of the Nienthers. • - Mr. Wtexi44/4 ; gave notice, that After the Recess, he shou:d 'submit to the House a Motion r[:speeting some of those Accounts, AS Lord Hrxvit-Y brought up a Report from the Committee appointed to try , the merits of a Petition, complaining of an undue EleCtion for the Burgh of Berwick upon Tweed, stat ing, that TuoriAsTl Alt. and jouiv , FORDYCE, Etqrs. were not duly eluded, andlliat the Eleclion for ; the Burgh of Ber- wick upon Tweed was void, but that the Petitions'were not frivolous or vexatious.., Mr. ihritD,ON gave , notice that he would, to-niorrow, move -to postpone 'the consideration of the iMinutes of the (teat Qriinsby Elediop, from Tuesday the 17th to the Mott. day following. . • TilE CLERGY NON-RESIDENCE BILL. Sir WM. SCOTT addressed the House in an ele gant and impressive Speech, on the nature of the Bill he meant to offer to the consideration of Paella. ment. He said it was not his intention to trespass on the House any length of time, as the subje& had undergone much discussion at various times; but he.considered it necessary to . observe,' that ever since the establishment of Religion in this Country, there were existing Laws which regulated the National Church, and these Laws possessed considerable merit, and evinced the wisdom of those Legislators who framed them, and which enforced the Clergy to give the stridesvat_ tention to the duties of the Church, as well as al lowing a certain provision to render her members every resped comfortable. But 'these antient Laws harlfor centuries laid dorm ant : t h ere were also several Afis of a more recent date : in Lord Bacon's time, Laws were framed for the regulation of the Clergy ; the letter and spirit of them were nearly the same as those of an anterior date, but which had also lain dormant till within these five years, since which time they have been brought into use, and he was sorry to say, to the injury of many worthy men. Among the members 'of the Church of England, he had to contemplate with pleasure, many charaders who' were the highest honour to the-Nation. Men of_sirnple.lialits, amiable disposition, and laborious' life, who were liable to feel the effea of ooe of these old Statutes, and who would rather redeem themselves with money than suffer the exposure which, an intOrmation, founded .on the Aft of f-hNlt y VIII. would enforce. Not wl th. standing it was his wish that some measure sh6uld be adopted to make the Clergy attentive to the duties of the Church.—As the Laws stood at present,'relative to the duty - of Clergymen ; they doubtless Contained .much defect; and it was high time to do what my Lord Coke had recommended ! above a hUndred and fifty years ago, that was; to revise the Statutes ap plicable to the regulations of the Church. By the advice of his friends he had undertaken to give this Alibied serious consideration, and it would give him considerable pleasure, if he could serve ale_ spektable class of men, consistent with the safety of slut- /1/1 4.4 ty- -of the-Coaste rs . On former occasion,' wh en t hi s sUbjed was discussed, he had expresied hiswish that time should be given to kliberate on the Bill then before the Honsi, but every Member must recoiled what a mob of .Bills rushed through the House, in the last agony of passing; yet he did. not expea that the former Bill would have been one of them.— With . resped to the present Bill, he would inform the House explicitly, that it is fundamentally the Same as the former Bill. Thy Bill lie was about to submit to the wisdom of the House, contained an exemption to several persons is whether this was right he would leaie to the House to decide.—He had not made any provision for the Parochial Clergy, not but it would-be right to do so, but he thought it ought to come from another quarter. It was his wish, that the Parsonage-houses should he put in'proper repair for the reception of their proper inhabitants : from the great decay these dwellings had been suffered to go into many Clergymen '.here 'under the necessiry'of residing at a great distance from their duty.- A, to t h ose Benefices to which there is nolion3e attached, some provision ought to be made to 'render the Clergy more comfortable. Witif respect, 'said the. Learned Gentleman, to the small Benefices, somejhing has been done by • Mr, but he thought. it had not gone fir enough to be of real service to this Qrder of the Clergy. The method he should propose would be, that Governincot should advance a large sum of money, as a Fund, to mend the stipends. of Curates ; this he thought necessary for the better support of' those numerous, worthy, laborious men, on whoM the Religion and. Morality of the Country much de pended. He would not wound the feelings of the Hone, by any recital of the gloomy stories which had been communicated to him, of the extreme disteess these Gehtlemen have suffered since the Aft of HENRY VIII. has been put, in force,, as it has been the means of their losing those livings which just gave. them' bread. The letters he had received from Clergymen of this. description, who are now in the greatest of misery, affeted his mind much; he therefore hoped some measure would be adopted by the wisdoin of Parliament to relieve their necetsities. The alteration of'Queen Anne's AO has made some progress to relieve the evil of small benefices, and it would beia matter of future consideration, whether it would not be better to consolidate Queen Ann e ' s bounty for the advantage of small livings. He had not made any provision for the sister church, if that might be called ,the sister . church which was identi. Catty the same. The Learned Member said he had nothing farther to observe at present on the Bill; b e t b e ,hoped, that it might go through a Commit. tee after the Recess, as it possibly may he better regulated in a Committee than on a first reading.. If, on the, perusal of the Bill, the House should ex press their satisfatlion, he should be happy that he had been the means of rendering act effec=tual set vice to a large and valuable, body of Gentlemen, with have been much disturbed within these few years, by the Letter of an old An of Parliament: — But if the Biii should be (mind, by the good vokie of the House, not to answer the Uncoiled purpo•e, he should be one of the first to relinqui.,l) it. Ile, however, hoped, that it would be baud Gilculated to amulet' every purpose for which it was designed, rhert-fore he should, move for leave to bring in a Bill Hr preventing Spiritual Persons from holding Faring, and to enforce their, residence on their Be. nefices. Sir WM. SCOTT, Dodor LAWRENCE, the MA. smt of the RoLLs, &c.. were appointed to bring - in the Bill. A Meisage from . ' the Lords'stated, that they had agreed to the Southampton Port Bill, the St. Giles's ,Burial Ground Billy the Woolwiehrdnance , Bill, :the Catholic Bill, and the'lVlilida Offfeer's Bill the; '.latter of which ha's received several amendments . ; land the Lords desired the concurrence of that House 'to the said amendments. A new Writ was issued for the eledioti of ti.Vo. Members fOr the Borough of Berwick upon Tweed. The House having_ resolved itself into a Commit tee of the whole ['louse, to considet of a Motion for regulating the Laws now_ in being upon the subjed of the Woollen Manufadure, fir. DICKENSOY, Tun: 'after having adverted to the various Ads .of Parliament past in different periods .of our I listory, on, the stibjed of our Wool. len Manufactures, and of the changes which time had introduced into the trade 'Of that great article, and the manufadure of it, and which had rendered fresh regulations necessary, &c. moved,'". That tht Chairman be tlireded to move the House for leave. to bring in a Bill for iegulating certain Laws rela tive to the Woollen Manufadute." • - - Admiral BERKELEY said a few words, wishing to know. the Objeds of the Bill. Mr. BRAGOR thought the Motion at present ra ther leis specific than could he wished. The C ANCELLO of the EXCHEQUER oh_ served, that his Hon. Friend who brought this mat ter forward might perhaps think it right, under these circumstances, to withdraw the present Want), in order to be ready to-morrow to state to the'House what 'Ads, awl what parts of different MIS of Par liam.mr, in force upop the subjeft of the Wool len Manufafture, it was his 'objet to repeal, or to amend *or regulate, in order that the House might be at once apprized 0r the ,full , extent of his ()hien. To 'which Mr. DICKENSON assented, .and =moved, That the Chairman aka report progress, and ask leave tcysit again: ; which was granted accordingly. "The Order of the Day being moved, for the House to.resolve itself into a Committee of Supply, Mr. TI ERNE V moved, " - That the Petition of , Geo. Martin the younger, Esq. be. referred . to7tlte said Committee."—Ordered.. Mr. CoRRY moved ," 'That the several Estimates presented yesterday, .respeding the Pay and Cloath, ing of the Militia of Ireland, &c, be referred to the said Committee.—Ordered. The House having accordingly resolved itself into. a Committee,of the 'whole House, to consider of Supply, Mr. et E RNLI' rose, for the purpose of moving, That a certain Sum of Money be voted for the use of Geo. Martin the younger, EA: for the Toss which' he had .sustained, as an American Loyalist. The short circumstances of the case were these:, This Was not the case .of an American Loyalist now pre. : ferring for the first time claim to Parliament, . but woo the recewut of n application rriarle to the Commissioners of Americ an Claims thirteen years ago . When the final Report of these Cotnrnission- ' ers was made, it was found impossible fur them tO . carry intro effea his objet, .namely, to allow him • the sum of 6,6131. which was ascertained to be the : amount of his loss in consequefice of lila l u yal7y to, this Country in AmericA, ,d u ri ng ' t h e W ar and' , troubles there. The amount of the loss was clearly ascertained, but the Commissioners could not order, to him the payment of it, on account of a doubt • - . which was en t erta i ned on one of the Articles of the American Treaty, whether this loss ought to be sustained by this Country or bysthe United States of America, and therefore Mr. Martin was - advised, to apply to the American States for remuneration op which he made that applic at i ou , h ut w i t h o ut cf.' feet. Ueon this case Mr. Martin was entitled to the attention of the 'Committee, for he had clearly, • sustained 'a loss to the amount of 6,6131. and he had been kept out of that sum now for thirteen years ;• . and the only question was, whether this Country or the United States of Am,:riea ought to remune rate him ? That was a 'question depending on the construelion to be put on an Article in the Treaty between this country and America. He had done all he could to.obrain it of the United States, but without success, nor was it indeed likely that the Americans would go out of their way to remunerate a person who' had been so aBive in his endeavours to prevent them from obtaining their Independence : he had therefore failed in .his application to them, nor was it any'wonder. In this situation, unless the money was voted to him by a Committee of the House, his life might be consumed in the litigation of ascertaining who was to pay to him that which was due. When this Gentleman returned from his fruitless. journey to Americo, he applied to the Go vernment of thii Country, who concluded themselvii with liberality to him ; but they could not pay him the money without a - vote of Parliament ; and now he comes with his case before the Committee, which was indeed an appeal at once to the Justice and to the Humanity of the House: Tithe money now due to this Gentleman should be voted, the qwestion of right, who ought ultimately to bear the expence.of it, would not be prejudiced ; for if on discussion it should be determined that America ought to defray ir, our Government would have a claim upon the United States for that amount ; and it would hardly be said to be sufficient to interrupt or endanger the good understanding between the two Countries. But this Gentleman's life might not be long enough to see the end of the discussion : he had made a journey to America, and, he had been here waiting 'the event of this case now for thirteen years, and he now submitted. to the Committee, that.he ought to be paid the amount of this loss, with simple in. serest forrthe,amount• of it, without any dedutlion for fees, &c. such as are paid on ordinary Charges, &c.. Ile therefore moved a Resolution, Stlch, not exceeding i z,6261. be granted, to enable I his Majesty to make compensation to George Mat. tin, the younger, Esq, for losses sustained by him . iii America, &c." CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, that the lion. Gentleman, as far as he was acquaint, cd with this case, had stated it with accuracy, and ' 'constituter! a 'strong claim, not only on the Hu manity, but also on the JtAtice of the Committee, This Claim was admitted in the year 1784; and recognized by the Commissioners appointed uncle!. . the authority .of the Legislature... It Was then deemed nece'ssary that this Gentleman should snake. an application for the Sum specified to be the amoutit.of. hisloasawthe 144' iked States443S6Cas in hopes that they would liquidate that Claim, the full amount- of whiCh was fairly recognized. He went, he believed, to.AtneriCa in 'the full hope of bloaining.satisfattion ;. but in which hope he was disappornted, and he returned to this Country with is Claim still unsatisfied. 'He flattered himself that . his Cl itn mi?ht sill! tie. satisfied' by the authority of the Commissioners of American. Claiins,• by whom it was admitted in the year 1785; but in that he , was also, and unavoidably, disappointed ; for Lyda . his return frdm - America, the_ Board ut Commis. sionees for - American Claims was closed. He then applied to the LOrds Commissioners of His Majesty's.: Treasury, :tn'whorn the Hon. Gentleman who mule . this Motion did no more than justice, when be said they behaved-liberally to this Gentleman ;. they did nor,. however, feel that .they were at liberty tl liquidate the Claim, It was not for hiM to SaYi how it happened that, redress was, not to s a y re fused, but not obtained for this. Gentlemattin America, It was recommended to 111 r. Martin,' to present a Petition to Parliament up*);this subjeft, and Mr. ADDINGTON said, that be trotnia t ' give that, without which it cotild not r.gularlY b e entertained in the House of CommOni, namely, a recommendation from -the .Crown, ' rogetllef-with : a' promise to support it, in the .evenecif the case being satisfaCtoryL to the I-louse. He was now sati,fied of tie propriety of this application, and therefore, if the Committee• agreed with him; this vote ivUold pass. Unhappily,. this Gentlethan could not o btain entire satisfaaiun ; fur he could not be restored to the situation he was in before he sustained his 10991 .; n l o o s r s C O o f u , l l d i lele a C nd otn an m x i i t e t t e y e i c i o 6c rn e p t e i n le sa ; e ear hi l m 7 vote now proposed, w hi c h wa d . onl y f o r t he they would make hi t s some amen d s , b y p ass ing the, vote but . his Sum already ascertai ne d, w i t h I ntere s t fr ont h e . time it' was ascertained, that wa s to say , Simple Interest ; and he felt himself disposed to wssent to the proposi tion of the Hon. Gentleman, t h at i t s h ou ld b e with. , out any tieduetion for Fee s & • c , • ' The .Motion was then pu t , an d carr i e d.. Mr. CORRY then proceeded to move the Reset; • lotions, of which he had before given notice, foi granting Parliamentary Aid to certain Public Cita- , titles in Ireland. In moving for the Grant for the Lying.in Hospital, he said, it was a Charity of thb most extensive .utility, and. one of which, •he WO sorry to say, the.revenue had of late fallen short. The Resolutions were agreed to. He then moved' two other Resolutions, for the Pay of the Militia of Ireland, and for defraying t he 'Expence of the Subaltern Officers of the. Militia ; which were agreed to. Mr. CORRY brought up a Bill for, continuing se.. venal Ads of Parliament for colletting .the Reve. nueoflreland and to prevent Frauds therein. Read a first time, and ordered to be read a second time to.rnorrow:; Deferred Ways and .Means and further S'-va l t to this day fortnight. Adjourned to to.rnorrtr.v. 2 MAILS. DU S. French 0 Harnburgh i - 0 I'ItICE OF STOCKS, Titis L'AY A; TWILVE O'CLOCK. Cvnsuis . THE SU N. 1101.11. (AVIS DlCtita tAlLitllkt Al/DiAT ? LONDON, 'APRIL 7, igo3. Ws received this morning the Paris Papers tG the ith inst. yheircontents-are not very import• ant. It is stated potiitively, that the F IRS T. Cox• SUL will arrive it Brussels on the 25111 or 26th of this month ; anti that he will afterwards have an in terview with the KING of Pktrsst A at Dusuldott• A report is in circulation at the Hague, that the Dutch Government has applied to one"of the grit Ptiwers of the North, to obtain permission to pre. serve its Neutrality in case of a War between England and France. It is not very probah:e that the Dutch Government would make such a request, or if they had, that they would obtain it. • It appears to us impossible to read the /Ifirnifej# which appeared - in oar Paper of yesterday, %Yid' . out being impressed with the convittion, rh aC .the CHIEF CONSUL is determined upon a renely' l of the War. Ills declaratitins are as explicit) a° his abuse of our Government is coarse• and un just. The British Ministers arc accused d " Dishonesty, of avowed enmity to ,theytelxll Nation, of Perjury, , and a desire violating a Solemn Treaty." 'These arc heavY .charge ; but we are fully satisfied, will. recoil Pr" the person that makes them, in every p a rticular. -- n ' The CHIEF CONSUL complains of the r aper. • 0 1 which has been carried on with'so much violence for Aso many months=—ln any remarks_ which we have Made upon the measures of the Frei,ch Governmenrr we have as much as possible avoided all personal re fledion upon the Individual ; but where the rule of Government is' the will of that Indiviaual, a pet. sonal application of general remarks almost folio's -of course. 'mat persun teens determined that ,thc,..