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IMPERIAL PAI LL4MEN7 HOUSE OF PEERS. WEDNESDAY, AVM'', 20. THIIR Lordships resolved into "a Committee of Ptivileges; and Lord WALSINGHAM having taken the Chair, the consideration of the claim of the . ,Rev. Mr. Brydges to the Barony of Chanda . s was resumed. , Mr. CULLEN. art Officer of the ,ArchbishOp's Court. at Canterbury, was examined at some lengtb, 4elttiive to the Registry of Burials, &c. at certain parishes-,ln the County of Kent :.after whieh their Lordships adjourned the farther consideration - of the crepe fill Friday. The Mime was then resumed ; and after prayers were read, their Lordships proceeded. to forward the Bills upon the Table'.-Among these, the Ame rican' Loyalists Bill went through a Committee of the whale House, .and was ordered to be reported to. morrow. • Earl GROSVENOR, on: acceding_ to the. Peerage, on the demise of his Father, the late Lail, , was bworo and took his seat, The Bishop of Li Ncovt.t, and the new Bishop of HEREFORD (Or. PELHA), also took the oaths anti . their scats. The Earl of LIMERIC presented a. document, which, as we could coiled, was' a Petition on be.. half of one of the Irish Peerk, and was ordered to be referred to a Committee of Privileges. Lord Viscount MELVILLE (Lite the Right Hon. HENRY DU NDAS), was inttodUced with the nem. tomed , formalities, sworn and . took hit seat. His Lordship's Supporters were Viscounts HOOD and Lowm ER. The SECRETARY at WAR,, and others, brought up the Militia Officers' Bill, with the Amendments, a$ agreed to by the Commons. • Some private . Bills were brought up by other Gentlemen, and read a first time. Mr. Citorr presented certain Papers . frotti. the Court of Chancery in Ireland, relative to the Ap peal„Merokie v. Diel;, which was ordered, to lie on the Table. Mr. Towlrsitglio, of the Herald's Office, was sworn at the Bar, respecting his proposed evidence betne the Committee of Privileges.. Some routine .business was then disposed ofi. and their Lordships adjourned till to.marrow., HOUSE OF COMMONS. WEDNESDAY, Aritll, r.otit TARN LI. lAM AN6littSON moved for leave tobring in a Bill for the better regulation of the Leather,trade.—Leave granted. Qi the Motion of Mr. Coattr,' the House re. solved itsellinto a Committee of the whole House, on the Irish Revenue Laws. Mr COREY said, that he wished to call to the recolleaian of the Representatives Of,that part of the Kingdom; called Ireland, that this Bill. was to • continue the Alts now in force upon the subjeet but understanding by private information, that uorne persons in Ireland were desirous of present. ing a Petition with regard to a certain duty, the allowance of which was regulated- by this Bill, he wished to state that it was his intention, with per mission of the House, to introduce another Bill in the course of the Session, which would contain such further, regulations, in addition to these Whieft had Irithettn sub,isted, as might be thought necessary fur the better coile4inn of die revenue in Ireland. In that Bill any amendment might he inserted, if it should be thought proper, With respeit to the cot-: ,leet ion of the Leather, or any other Duty ; he thought it right to 'say, thus Much, that Gentlemen might. mnAk.e. liert;;selves,easy with regard to the present as they have another opportunity of siiggefAin such arnentirnents as. they might deem , peeessary. The '.1301 then went through the-Committee, and the Report was ordered to• be received s o-morrow. rise Minion ul -Mr. VANSLTTART the House rcioivea irscit into a Comatittte id the whole House, on the E)(pi ring Laws Llill, and 'the Report Was or tiercAllo be _received to:morrow.. A Co ; , a nittee Y. I 3 B , lpoint . ed tt) prepare an Esti. , of the AIIn,VAIICe, l() zy.:l - jeintt-M,tiors, and fitt.i t tit44- the ;Itliti,i,, %I/twit ciiseibbodied. WYFTINCIIANI ELECTION. Mr. [l.4;i7C/ WYNJ ttioved the (Wet. , of the 11.1 y I•ri' taking 111(0 consktetatton. the Re_ at t)t't.ic appoint , o tc.p try the rtierlts - • , T • gi• • rsiOt ttil1;.14:0 3`.ia.tir , ll. Ile then ntovea. thAt fast. 44,.t.sottitt;At read. It was read k e s o iwti, 'l' ha: it appears to this CotnrnittA, that John bentg the Rtitirsttug Other at the last. Etc:salon for thr. Tekvn County of the l'ovitti of N ott i nA h ar b,-aehm <ontrary to his duty ',nor:ming :t Poll, and Kocretitug to Lace for the tot . about an hour, and no.- 'tit tow ; Etortoi..; hot there tn,ing, - during the , tq:ot; of t;fog, no tou • J . • Mr. FL .131towNEt moved that its - consideration thonid be postpon, , ,:d, which was itgreeti to. , . . T ht• tu.contl Resolution was then read ai follows : That it apv.tr4 to this Committee, that afterthe tirst day of the said, Elediult, the frcetioto at the Elediptt was abkiiy vi6tatctl by thaturlianco ui t riott4, accoinpanted per:;un.4,l intilobtatton and *violence, pradisod And con tiouvd donut; the tii 4 sitbeciltent'dglyti of potting' ' Mr. ft BRow N 1 moved that. the liguse should ;pre with the tiaid Resolutionwhich was also ?g reed to. , 0` The third Resolution was read and agreed to, as the above ; Resolved, That it appears to this Committee, that the PG. litioaa, Daniel Parker Coke, Esc). after sustaining several reititts anti Sulteritrg personal. VlOteliCe, Vvia Obliged, front t h ; j a ,l appreheniion of hazard to trig lite, to lenv,.; the 4 j1 ,1,,,0iiitl not veitture to retorn ; and that 3. large: number of tretot i i. in his interest, were deterred hum exert:l4oi; their of voting• die fourth Resolution "]king being read as pi,:ti Ns : • , Atl.,)10;11, Th4t.it appe,ar* to this Ciimmittee; that Tolin P;olion, the Alayor, tint! Joseph (Mhlknow, ,anci 'rhom:is 0141:now, two cif the Aldermen or thy said Tawa 44;,,-I ,:p . iii, 4; T ty of t;laWit of. Nottingham, took no etittattal etvp.,ini3 to I ct.:l'vt: thc freedom at Eleetioo, or restore it' wile:; s 0 via. 1 ,, i, pf la puni:h the bNilders; - . , --.%t ~ , 1 ,0-, 1-. ) . 1 ) 33 , ,v90 It mo ved that the !louse should ertc• to the I,es.t) ,111, p. . . , • , t.i r , For t,,dj, I;I: fore qui san.;liop 'ci Ili; flot • I lie i l.)e vs • wu 'pv:,:tl t , ..) Li:I!, ....t.o)iup.ca.u., 4 tvot iwoittett to eiriCerVe, tttar It Ilia nor appear I tic %; v dence adduced before the committee, that arty blame could be attached to the Magistrates. I":othing . had yet been said sufficiently strong to convince the House that the Mit: , ktrates ha d b'en guilty of 'miscondua, mi d he was sure, from a minute. investigation of, the sphjett, that the House be satisfied with the ecind,iti of th: , se Gentlemen Whose names are wrninued in the kc,olution. • The Question was then put, , *and the' Resolution was agreed-to. • The. fifth Re.soluion. being read as follows ;' Resolved, That itappears to this Committee, by. ap Entry in the Corporation Hook of the Town en County of the Town of Nottingli::M, that at a Common Hall, held on Thorsdak"the Rth day of lsnttary last past (after. reciting the t'etitions referred to this Committee), .it was " Resolyed, " that this Corporation will defray all such legal Expences " as have already th. , .m, or shall hereafter be, incurred lay " them the said John lliviann, loseph Oldknow, Thomas " Oldknow, and John Allen, or either of them, or George " Coldham, under their direction, in 'preparing tilt . , or mak s, ing, their. Defence ; aLd that the Chamberlains for the time " being be hereby authorized and threetcd, from time to " titne, tcradvaoce Mr..Culdharit ail and eery such sum " and sums of money as may be necessary for this purpose." .Mr. HAWK, NS BRowNE said, as this Re'salution had no immediate connection with the 13111, he moved that it and the other,Reiolotions should he postpoped ; which the House agreed to. 'He also . obseried that he should tike an early opportunity to move for leave to ;bring in a for the better regulation of Eleetions at Nottingham. The SPEAKER informed the Hon. Gentleman that it would be agreeable to the custom of the House, to move far leave at that time. Mr. ff. BROWNE then said, that having had the honour to be Chairman 'of the Nottingham Com mittee, it became , his duty to address the House on a subject which in, his mind was of considerable importance to the inhabitants of the town and county of Nottingham ; and in offering the present measure to the consideration of the House, for the better re gulation of Eleitioos for that County, he did not mean to acpuse any partitsular set of men with illegal conduit, yet he thought the numberless evils which attended the fast eleition at Nottingham, called loudly for the set ious investigation of Pat lia. ment, and their immediate interference, to prevent similar riots from attending any eleition for Not tingham, Th e s c en es of wickedness praCtised due. ing the late eleelion exceeded all description. It Was impossible to give ,a pilurc 100 highly.ooloUr ed of the riots .aitti contusion which accompanied that eleilion : it was therefore necessary a strong measure should be adopted, for the proteftion of Electors, and the Freedom of .Eleftion. The Bill he intended .to propose would not go to dis. franchise any body of persons : it was by 'no means oppressive, yet he could not but observe that if the Magistrates had been more attentive to the duties of their office, and,had made an endeavour to have kept the/populace from that' outrage they suf fered theM to indulge in, there would have been no occasion for the present Etll ; but the Magistrates exhibited' no inclination to keep the public peace, on the contrary, they evinced a perfect negligenee Of every duty belonging to their office.. The Bill he should submit to the wisdom of Parliament, would authorise a concurrent jurisdiction; by which means the freedom of Election would be preserved. He therefore begged leave to ni:ne for leave to bring, in a Bill for nyire cfreClually• securing the peace of the town and county of Nottingham. , , Mr. PIER REPON said, since he hAd•tliehn. nour to be a Member of that HouSe, he did not re. colleft any case that called more foully for the in. terterence of the Legislature, th.in the Sobjea discus&ion. He was in the Town.during the Ma e . tion, and it was impohsible :to describe the scene or confusion and riot which daily interrupted the busi ness of the Eledion, and which he could venture to say, was owing to the negligenec of the Magi... stratcs ; he did not mean to say, that they po,i_ tively gave their ;sanftion to. the "wickedness that pervaded every corner of the: Town---.but he was sure, they might 'have prevented Much of the dis. turbance which took pkee on that occasion. lie thOught, the Bill moved for by the Hon. Gentleman, would he highly serviceable to the County of Not. Mr. FOX said, he must express his surpri , e that so much should have been said against the Magi. strates of Nottingham, by those Gentlemen who had just told the Itolse, that they could not accuse the Magistrates of wilful 'wrong, but of a negli. gence which amounted to an a4't of criminality in the Opinion of the Committee. He hoped the House would 'not depeOd too much on mere opinion, and a statement riot fairly proved .to the House by such evidence that would place the condo& of the Ma. gistrates beyond the possibility at doubt, before the House could lend itse:f to . the support . of the present Bill. If, the Magistrates had ailed as the Hon. Gentleman has stated, hr, for one, would say they 'deserved the "most severe censure ; but from. what he knew ,of thase Magistrates, and the minutes now lying on the Table,; he was sure they did not merit this attaek ; he was satisfied a minute inV6f. :;.at ,of their conduit would render them the objea4 of approbation, notensure,and instead Of receiving the castigation of Parliament, they would' receive the thanks of the House for their impartial cut o u t} at the late Elation. He had,authOrity for what he was. gf , i,i; to state, that. the Magistrates made every endeavour to subdue the riot ; he had no doubt but that they had Made every endeavour to keep the public peace, and support the freedom of elettiob.-- Bitt he would ask .the House whether riots were not the common attendantron dealt:Jos, and where was, the member who had riot' witnessed confusion and riot, at either 1113 own eleetion, or that of his friend ? Notwithstanding the Magistrates have used their utmost. vigilance to keep peace, yet their:cab:ls have ,in general, proved . ineffectual. The Ma. gistrates in the present case had giVen the police officers :the necessary instrodions to do their best endeavours to keep the peace, and give their legal and impartial support to the contesting Candidates. It was true, as head been observed by .some Pentlenten cntintited 'With the tleCtion, that ,the Magistrites hod not c..-01e4 but the Militia for the; s4fetk of the robli7. pence—Such an .ad firs tlrit part would h a ve H.Qll::`;; . ' to Law: it was a thing ttnlcnown in_ ihOrogirsh Cf. - materiel . ); anti if- the 1V 1 404; - iiie-b;0 FOattnitted such an outrage prOpOry, WC/lIILI IIdVC DCCn very inaecenr. tte was reany to alloy that the :Committee might have some 0 - nuod of complaint, yet the Magistrates could not fairly 'he accused of improper condua. Mr. BOND sai4 he should not follow the last . Geittlalan 'through alf.his remarks'On the condud of the Magistrates at, present . ; but at a future period, wheo the sublea is again discussed, he should de clare his opinion as to their conduit at the late Elec. don for Nottingham. It was beyond all doubt, that a shameful riot was suffered to exist, and if the power delegated by the Crown to ; Magistrates was not made use of, for the proreAion of the, public peace, - and the security of a free Eledion, but. was rendered inefficient by the negled of those to whom it was given,. -be- thought it highly necessary to adopt some measure for the future safety of the Public Peace and the Freedom of Eledion. The Honourable Gentleman then gave an 4Ccount of the dreadful disturbance that was suffered toexist with out the least attemet, • on the part of the Magi strates, 'to remove it. He said, among a number of ads of wickedness pralised on that occasion, there was one carried into execution, with a cant word as a signal to a certain Party to know those persons who where obnoxious to them io the elec. tion. This cant phrase was called. " Punch," and as soon as a person was called, or malice(' cut as.a Punch, his garden, or some part Of his property was nestroyed ; there was also another dreadful evil, which has long existed, and which he has every reason to believe is carried 'on at present by a set of Coen who have self.constituted themselves into a mock Tribunal, for the purpose of trying tlJose per. sons who have been inimical to the interests of this wretched set of unlawful Judges.. Several persons have-been tried by this mock Assembly, and ducked. for a supposed offence : this calls loudly for some regulation. He therefore thought it "as high time to take some method to support the peace of the Inhabitants, and the Freedom of Eledion. Mr. FOX said, he had alluded to former riots at . Nottingham, not for the purpose of proving that the present measure was not necessary, but toshew that if the Magistrates upon former occasions could prevent riots, which were hostile to interests which they were supposed to support, there was no ground to suppose them criminal, because they had not pre vented them upon the present occasion. Mr. FRANKLAND said, that if it was true that the Magistrates had not the means of prevent ing those riots, it was the strongest reason that could be for the present measure, which would in fi great degree remove the evil, by uniting the powers of' the Magistrates of the County with those of the town of . Nottingham. It therefore follo . .ved, that the more the House was convinced that there were no criminal motives in the_ Magistrates of Notting ham, the greater must be the.obvious necessity of the present measure. Leave was given to bringin the Bill. Mr. H. BROWNE then moved, " That no new Writ should issue for the town of Nottingham till this day three weeks." He said, if the House ap. proved of the Bill he hoped they would permit it to pass as soon as possible, in order that the issuing of the Writ might not be unnecessarily delayed. He hoped the House would perMit the Bill to be 'brought in and read a first time this day he shoold then nx. dr that it be printed ; he sho u ld the n p ro pose to postpone the second reading for a week, to give an opportunity to those whose interests were con cerned to examine the Bill, After that he htiped the Bill would be suffered to proceed in the other stages- day by day. , The Motion Was agreed to. STATE OF THE NATION. Ccl. P4TTEP' said, he had given notice before the Recess, of his intenti , nt to submit a Motion to the House on the State of the Nation. The notice he gave was . conditional, but he was rather einboir.. rassed'as to the line of conduCt he should adopt, in consequOhee of what tell from the CHAttc ELLOR of the Excutqu ER yesterday,. He did nor wish to give up his Motion, nor would he bring it forward; it he expected a speedy communication would' he made to 'theliouse,; At present, he sWulti fix Motion for Tuesday next, reserving to. himself the power of withdrawing it if he should think proper. •Mr. littowNE brought up The Bill respelling the'Magistracy of the City of Nattingham, which was- read a first time. lie then. Moved that it should be read a' second time on Wednesday flex!. Mr. FOX said,' he did not mean to oppoie the Motion, but, considering the distance of Notting ham, there would perhaps hardly be time for the Corporation to oppose it. He, however, wished, that as little delay as possible , should take place in the 'issuing of the Writ, because there were'most scar►dalous practices going on in that Town, licon sistent with the freedom of Deakin, and with the Resolutions. of: that House, lie alluded to the in terference of Peers, and men of wealth, with re gard to the. Ele&ion. lie wished, therefore, that any Gentleman who was so unfortunate as to lac come a Candidate for that Town, might go to the Election as soon as possible, before these prattices could have effect• • The Motion was agreed to, and the Bill ordered to be printed. Mr. FIORROCKS moved for several accounts re. speding the Importation and Exportation of Cotton Yarn, &c. front the year 1750 to the year 1788. Otderecl. The Committee of Supply and Ways and. Means Was put off till Friday. Adjourned at halt - past five o'clock till to morrow. French 2 I~amburgh DU E. 1' I: I,C E 0! YLSTL Bank Stock t 73 - Navy y foe!' Lelit. 162 lot rer c eat. r!rt tat tool dish ; per Cent. 4 pet .c.etit. Con. R.O 3i ; per Cent. Rea 653 bt si pvr C. Cun. 04 7e 61 7* ,Seri - ;3,, J 9. *)itio Sittgi 'ittni 4 ,ktio THIS DAY AT T Ci)001$ MAILS. ARRIv ID. SJ'OC'KS, kPAY. Inttia Stock zt to 2toi Soot h • Sea Stock. sciteq. Hilts s. s. diS. ForacAtite ditto prem. 31.1 Exchequer dis. ()inmost) 94 j pcf Cent. Ditto Aim. tluttit for ovening India for Acc. Cues. tor May 6646 "wrAvs, o'cLocx. . . 67 n L J A.) Lll • QUIS DICIB.I- •ALSUM AUpIIAT LONDON, APRIL zt, ISO 3. THE Ilamhurgh Mail due nn Sunday, attired _last night. Lertersfrom Arfsterclai.l state, that it; c;: , ,e of a Rupture between Englan:l nazi I= ' ramr; three Ar mies are to be formed on the Co:lst—lii;e Bak. logne, ano:her in Narman.lv, a third Mott EAU will, it is said, I ;ye the CottisnAti of it Camp which is to be formed tit if Breit. The number of French Troops that have :,Treat.}' entered Holland, aMOUtirg to about melt. They are to be paid, clothed, and sulgitted by the. Dutch Republic. It appears by Letters from Rtrar, that the I:esit Government are taking very efnetive measures to establish that tranquillity which the yir,t com;0 1 promised to the people of Suilzerlaad ; lot orio have been issued, forbidding any persons to walk in the streets after nine o'clock at night ; Arai in the daY-time four persons are not allowed CO verse together in the streets. PU I;sz consequence of the pacific construction upon the short speech of the Minister in the H.'"' e of Commons on Tnesclay evening, Stocks again a yesterday t 1 6 1a d l for aco Money,nsiderable rise..—The 3 per Cents.. left off . and Omnium rose to 91 discount, a n d 6 8 fc and d the h c doynn 3 1 ; twelve o'clock they continued steady at t hese prices. There dOes appear to us every re ason a i this to believe that the communication which . will prol:aLly soon be made' to Parliament, %via on' nounce an arrangement of the ,dispute wI ticlt haslor soffie time been under discussion between the two Governments. At the preservation of, Peace the Country will naturally rej and if the prospea of its permanence rests upon any reasonable grounds, - no part of the Public -will rej.,;(t- !note sincerely.at that event than we shall. At the " tr ' e time, the spirit of the Country being, at the presc" t moment so etreCtuallY roused, and the People I ' l unanimous in their feelings 'respeeting the hostile views anti inveteracy of France ag tinst the interrit* and Independence of Britain, unless a security is ,obtained against any recurrence of the late circuit' stances which have exposed the Nation to so Oc h expellee 'and alarm, we shall hardly be induced t ° join in the opinion that -the .annunciation o f sl l o p e rmanence of Peace is to be cn,siciereii at te al blessing. As we yesterday observed, Peace wi th France under the present circumstances of Europe, • can only be considered as a ll i arl;!e Peace,iii*' ll ` it we have the expenses of War, .without any. of the , advantages resulting to th is Country from an aktl°l - state of War, in consequence of the superiariti and pre.eminence of our Navy. We have repeatrali urged the fairness of•suspending .all jndgolor s a lt ' Ministers could properly make suet% a -counnunica don to Parliament and the Country as shooLl allo w some light on the subjed of the Ncgotiajon France, and the elitists of the hostile. ° both Countries. The propriety . of that req 3°t must be stifEciently obvious, and as the not be very . distant in which the public anx:e'Y kvill be reiicved-by regular and authentic inform'' ciao, there is the less unreasonableness in revesl it l . 'a rejeCtton and . disbelief of the various :peculation' and assertions w,hicli, through the mediu m of n ic4 of the Papers, daily outrage the feelings, and ittsw‘,, • the understandings of the intelligent part of ‘ l4 community. Yesterday at half past twelve o'clock 1 1 o rii ; F. sT Y arrived at St. janleti'S fttllll'BLlCkinkhant I i ° 7" c e and held a Levee, which was attended by his , C; k r i a the Archbishop of CANT RR 111.1 RY, the Ar ol) :: :i g, i . ,!( Duattm, .11ve CiIANC&LI.uIt cri 'the 110" fat3fEß, the SECRETARIES Of STATE, S E I TAbL, I I I O . dire WAR, M ASTIR of the ROLLS, jvvos of the 24 t R ALIT COURT, and other great Officers or ,: at the Foreign Ambassadors'ana Ministers, 3 1111 number of Military and Naval Officers ; 3t " 1 dot were i,4 l . zs d e cir n s t_ r tench, . , i i i io3l r , - , tuguesc, Danish, imperial, Swedish, Bataviant 62)*° ' - klavarian, Spanish Consul, Vifirtemburg, and Aalioveritio, Turkish, PJUSSI3II, TiAlssi3o: puler--:Mosttrose, Athol, Leeds, Roxburgh, and,r,lj OP Mareistes—Corawailis,Towosticod,Cercallo, sh - ° las, Worcester, anti, Salisbury. , sand' EJth—glintoun, Dartmouth, C hat barn, Berk ele r. ). ' rli4 c, . HA - court, StarritOrd, Estex, (7.1,44 44, ' , , i nd Mjcdestieidt. Bridgewater, Onslow , '' 3 6 , f oi- I lli ve.:.s ch t , in :v o l r n ia ir nt ai senor, Warwick, Fortescue, (Judo! hit Bradallmth:. p , i , . 'flat - ring - ton. , . 0 , 1 lie' Orosars—Fairtiouth, Newark, lydney (in Waitillw l i cr , vey, Castlereagh, Bulk.ely, fitzharris, Howe, and Law l B Archbisho ut Dublin. • ' . 'WAN ° iship—Ox p ford, Norwich, Chester, Lincoln;aild', ford. Lcrir —Montgomery, Grantham, llohatt,'Kini ,6 c re if! l :- `''Selsey, Walsiagham, Tasset, Hawkcsburylldthshl4,}di main, Baynitg, Glenbervie, Roos, }tads-tack, s#c":.a.ta.: Dynevor, Somerville, retre, Willoughby de liioke 700, cart., Napier, Louvaine, Ducie, VV(.loC;lotlie, .1,:11,P14,10+,' Staule} , Harewool, itelgrave, Cawdar, fort.:ltct,),l4llr , horotr4h, Chetwyud, C. Cavendish, Milord, El ienh.ritito. Kiorvord, Boston, H. t'o.iiet, C. SOllletse, )" l v "; icerr, vilk, Lauderdale, Hamila,n, Busik, ittdoti , le. ' ~.; sod G • avendi Ai, HolLand,, Stanley, Stewart, •14 .110 :" 4, , Molle. • 4: , Baron Nagel. , leo i f 2 e c. .)((• iri—R. Carr, S. Clarke, I, Sinclair, I . Roc 4' . ' i, (.o', W. Curdit W. Howe. W. 1.":0101..iii, I. Co:let", ~, ice' I T. Muir/Ye, A .Clarke, I.s. Erskine, E. liartopp,ll - o, • ft .