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IMP ERJ4L PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF PEERS, FRIDAY, MAY!: I • SCOTS APPEAL. THE HON. MRS. HAMILTON FUTAARTON AND COL. WNV. rULLARTON, - HER HUSOAND, V. SIR HEW PALRYMPLS) OF NoR.TH . 13 . ERWICK3 BART. Mr, CLARK, the second Counsel for the Appel la,nts, was finally heard at considerable length; af ter which their Lordships postponed the - further hearing of the Case till Monday, The various Bills ;before the House were for. Warded in their respeaive stages. Among these was-the Bill, entituled " A Bill, for the Relief of Debtors with respe& to the Imprison " ment of their Persons," and introduced by the. Earl of ROSLYN, while Lord Chancellor. On this the House resolved into a Committee, LordWALSINGHAM in .the Chair, and the differ ent Clauses of the Bill .were assented to without any observation on the part of their Lordships. When the House had resumed, and the Report Was made, the Earl of MOIRA said a few words, hut in so IoW .a tone' of voicei 'that we could not distinEtly hear the observation. 1 - The Order Of the a Day 'was then' read, for their Lordships going into a Committee on the Insolvent Debtors' Bill, when - The Earl of Mot RA. addressed:a few, words to their Lordships, to the effect, as we could under stand the Nobk:' Earl, that . in consequence of his proposing some farther alterations in , the Bill, he rhould wish to defer the commitment of it which proceeding seeming to meet the concurrence of their Lordships,-the Noble'Earl moved,' " That the Or der of this •Day. be discharged, and a new one for committing the Bill on 'Wednesday next be v_ pointed - .; which, on 'the question being put, was cr dered.accordingly.. • • Their Lordships then, after cl4osing of some routine business, adjourned till to-tnorrow. .110 USA OF COMMONS, FRIDAY, MAY I. Ms.. jErktuts'Presenteci. several Petitions from the inhabitants of Coventry, in favour of the Coventry Poor Relief Bill, Ivlr. XVILLIA:vt, BIRD presented some Petitions against it. Mr. Jura then moved the second reading of the Coventry Poor . , Mr. W. BIRD said; if he had not previously been inclined to objet' to this Bill; he should haVe been so from what had passed upon this occasion. There had been Petitions presented from, the Inha bitants of Coventry, some in favour of, and. some . against the Bill, and this•appeared to him a suffici ent reason why Any further proceeding. in the Pl. bhoulit be at least put off for some time. He, then entered into some general obje4ions to the Bill, which he did not think was calculated to afrord any relief to the Poor ; .on the 'contrary, it appeared to him rather in the light of a Job. He thereforecon. clu4vd with moving, " That the second reading of the Bill be put .off tor six months." • KE.6'NE said a few words, which we did not distinetly hear. • Mr. lEFFERYS'eti . d, he. rose under circum stances. of great *disadvantage to .oppose the great local information of his Hon . „Friend and Colleague, but there being decidedly, many respectable persons of Coventry to take up the Bill, which. his .1-lon Friend had forsaken, he had endeavoured, by corn --- mpication with persons of the first intelligence -ups) the subjefl, to gain all the information he could. He really believed the measure proposed to be not only necessary to the relief of the City of Coventry, but necessary to - its very existence. The Poor Rates were at an amount scarcely to be borne ; the, number of Out. Poor very great and unem. }Toyed ; and' the Poor in the Work-house employed were very . few, and the produce of their work of no consideration. The necessity of:a. general Work house on a large scale was in the greatest degree necessary. At present, those in the Work-houses were so limited for room, that part of them were obliged to sit up while others slept, and that .six, seven, and eight children slept In one bed.—The surgeon attending them had cleclarel his opinion, that an epidemic disorder must be - the consequenCe, if they•continued under the. present.systetn. With, regard to the charge of the proposed Measure being a ;Job, Mr, JEZiEIA.YS said. he not only .thought such 'n charge could. not 'be made out,. but that he was confident. any hint proposed by an Member, in tl:e progress of the Bill tlirCi . tlgh,,tjle tend ing to us improvement, would be, most' ratefully received by the Promoters of the Measure', His Colleague in adverting to the Petitions he had pivsented upon ibC..stkloje.tt, had omitted one whiCh . - Mr. jEF.t , rit*s'tbouett of;sotneimportanc to xnert . Lion, namely, the Pe.t tioq praying for leave to britsg in this. Bill, of 'which he was now so strenuous ail opposer. in answer to the Petitions preseitted against; the measure,' itminaating a danger-to the tradirig i: to rilsts of the from, the . monopoly cif a nufaaory, Mr. Jul. EkYs,said was intectied 'to 11' pl o y those' of the 1 . 3 ( . .):'.r applying for relief, in the _trades - in which thq had been • accustomed to work, thereby. procuring by their . .labour some means to defray the cxpences of their support , ancikeeping them front The destruaive :habits of idleness and l)egging. In reply to the remark of his Hon. Friend on ihe.petition from the Mayor and Corporation in favour of the wcasnre, that it was presented by as many as Could '‘vrite, Mr, JEFFERYs begged to observe, that the Mayor of Coventry was a well- Oucated. accernplibed man, aid very zealous in the discharge.Of duty. Mr. J Er FE ItY S said,. he had pndertatcen this measure at The desire of his Consti pcnts, not wishing, to court popularity on one side, or tfearing to•lase it on. the other ; he had aeled solely in the ,conscientious discharge of what he conceived to lie Isis duty ; and had his -ion. Friend • cont.-t0i1:33 to snpport the ,measare, Mr. J F PE it YS sari,he , bould very readily liay . :bepn. contented to •—•- • • • g ;ye nF,sistanco, .11aving no ambition (from a • • nowledge of cwp incompetency) to place him, self in A oonspitutua situation, in the discharge. of the duties of that House. Sir. R.: HILL expressed his astonishment thar any - Opposition could be made to this Bill, which lie considered as absoNtely,necessqy to'affoid -relief to" thc Poor of. that-City, who were in a state of die_ greatest misery. This measure had been represent ed as a Job ; if it was a Job, it was one, in 'his' opinion, that would prcive highly beneficial to . the Poor, and, therefore, be should give is his sup. port. Sir R. BUXTON said, he did not think incor pprated HouSes, in the ,Country,..wUre in general .advantage Ons, 'though he had alwayS found them to_ be so, in Cities and. - large H(knew no-, t_hing.Of the City , of Coireriiry; ,but he knew that the populous• City of•Norivich could not, have gong, on - without a plan of this kind; and'he as astonish ed how they had managed so long without it in Coventry. - Sir R. PEEL and Mr. S. LE FEVRE opposed. the Pill, After a few words from Sir WM. YOUNG . 1 . 1 favour of the Bill, the House divided, For Mr. BIRD'S Motion -2Z 'Against it. - 84. Majority The Bill was then read a second tine. EGYPT. "-- Mr. JONES said, heshould trouble the House very shortly, in moving for some further Papers respeaing the Convention for the evacuation of Egypt. If the late accounts which we had heard'froin that part of the world were 'true, he did not know whether he should not be tempted to anticipate. Ministers, and to pro-- pose 'Votes of Thanks to'ohr brave Officers and Men, for their gallant exertions. But whatever these events might have been, lie still thought him. self justified'in calling for further• Papers respeaing the Convention of El Arish, in addition to those Papers which a Noble t ? ord.(HAwittsaulty) in a fit, of generosity, laid before the House. But even if the .Papers for which he was now about to move,. were refused him, lie believed he might venture to go to trial upon the . evidence already before, the House. His chjca in making this Motion was, that the *hole truth shouldbc known, and he trust, ed he. should not be told that he bad not laid any. Parliamentary grounds for his Motion: He then `concluded With -moving. for Copies'of the Instruc. • mils sent to Lord E LGIN, respeaing - the evactia tiori of Egypt.; of• the Cotrespondence lAiween His Majesty's Ministers, .Lord :ELGIN,. Sir SIDNEY SMITH, &c. respeaing the said Convention,-,and of the last Treaty between Hts.MittEsTrand the OT, TOMAN PORTE. • • •-•'" - Lard HAIVKESAURY sa cl, '`that the frOn. Gentleman had Stated:no ground i whatevr in sup.... port of his Motion, it could not be. exaePed that , he should trotible the' HOuse, at ,xiy length. He . rose merelytO state his reason Thr elOpOsng.the non.. should - always"conceive it to he his duty to lay • before'Pnrliatnettf 'such trli and s uch DU , cuments, as would enable - them .to, forma corretl judgnient upon the - Subjet4, - but he did not think it . parliamentary to - iiroduc2 Papers, 'when no reason whatever h:".1 been assigned . for their protlitaion. As to . the Papers Mil& he, had the honour of lay ing before the House, 'they were produeed; because a case had been laid - before the -House sufficient to call for their procluftiOn, viz.-a charge hating been made by the French Goreint:l.Pu, that Si r'S.: . SratTu. had acted upcin that occasion, .with frill Powers. On these grounds he had stated: tci• the House, that ' he was' ready to produce any instruftions, given, to that Officer. These Papers were -laid:- before 'the House, and . they .proved that. the only powers gi ven to Sir SIDNEY SmITH, were to negotiate, con.' • jointly' with his Brother, a Treaty . .between this Country and the Porte.. He was not instructed to aft as a Plenipotentiary in, any concerns, with any other Power. As to the conduct of that—very- re. speaable Officer, (and no man .respcaed him more, or valued his services more highly'than did)' it could only Italie arisen from an erroneous opinion of his PoWers. The .origi•zial Charge which was ' brought upop this subject :was,' that "Sir 'Sturm's , ' had afted in his Military Qapactity, and it Was Con_ ! tended, that in that charaaser- he wasjustified: in' • concluding tbe,Treaty. He did not mean'to - deny that 'a Commander in Chief Might not,- iii particu lar 'cireuMstances, use his, own discretion, but he maintained,' - that; upon this occasion;'''Sir.Si DNEY SMITH did not of in his Military Capacity. If the French Poperal had..se,en .the PoWeiv•of that Officer, he'wonld have ; seen that he didritit aa' that capacity. But he wished the'.HOuse - to eon-, shier, what was the seguel'of :this transaaion: ,HAs soon as the English GoverpmenekneW that Sir - Stn . .' NEY was a party to the Treaty,. orders were sent out to fulfil it in the strictest manner. The ques_ t ion now before ihenouse- was entirely . iticl.4endet,t l othe instruetiOns_ which. were.'giyv-is to ~prevent the Evacuation of Egypt ; but if e6en .. thqt - i point shy uld bc discussed, he was ready . to meet it, and to state, that if .he had been in 'His Majesty% Councils at. that time, 'he should hive given. the same advice. If, under the : circtimstances,in which F f urOpe was then placed, a contrary policy . had, been adopted, then Ministers would' have been accused for !Ming ruined the affairs of our Allies hob', by so large a fince eb escape from Europe to attack them. He•would trot" take up any more of the - time of the House, beCause no Parliamentary Grounds had been laid for the Motion,. and ,the Papers already before. the House, proved that so far from there being any breach of faith of our Go vernment, that they had aaed . -with the most scru pulous adherence tosood'faith'. • Mr. NICHOLLS suposted the M ot i on, and said, that' if that Convention ' had .rit.been violated, we should have obtained as Much advantage by it as eve had now sacrificed 3000 men to obtain, ;,i; - 129850 N alSo spoke in favour of:AN:Mo tion, and , was proccediat,to,comment upon a , great variety of topics, when - he was called to order by • Sir IY. ELFORP, who said, that the Hon. Gen ' tleman's Observations were not relevant to the ques. 'lion, before the House. , The SPEAKER said, it was rather difficult to fpllow the Honourable 'Member tbrotigh hisargu- Bank Stock Navy 5 per Cent. per Cent, t ) . 97 • 11134 S per Cent. 4 per Cent. Con. per Cent. Red. 6oPi ;,per Cent. Con. 611,4 - ki Dittg Scrip Bank i.oag Ann. Dirt° Short Ann. Ditto Scrip ment, but he (1;t1 not Conceive nun w uc ...,,./ ... OrOet. . . - " . Mr, .70. ATES "Said, a few words- in reply, after whi,Ch all . his lotion s Were put and negatived wi th . :.s outalivision. , V :• - - EXEMPTION FROM TAXES. - `The CHANCELLOR cf theEXCHEQUER— " 'Sir, I rise in pursuance of the notice which '1 gave, to submitto-the'House - a proposition which- I hope,w ill Meet with 'general approbation. It will .be recollected that there are several Taxes payable in -this Ccnnitry which are not - in Irelandi_ and tyke .-ncas f r,, and it is a matter of ! Justice, that the inha ,bitantis.4 the one Country should - not . .be - liable to '.the pariknlar Taxes' in the other, unless- their resi dence in it .is optional. It will only be. necessary for me to,,,,state the•circumsrances of-the case: to the :ifouse,•to convince them that those persons whose residence is not - optional, (night to - be exempted from the payment of these Taxes. There is.tit_jsresenX a system of proportional contribution ;---while that system ContinUes,' the inhabitants of - Great Britain and Ireland contribute separately and distindly to the support of the State in each part of the- United Kingdom; that- must be_ unjust in some instances, for it must .be -unjust that the inhabitants of one Part of the United Kingdom .should be made to pay for both. I say, this must-be unjust when it takes place in cases where - the residence of . the Party assessed is not s - tridly optional. I have therefore to propose, Sir, that those Taxes from -which-it is possible to exempt Members of Parliament, either of Lords or Commons, for that part of the United Kingdom called - Ireland, from the ,payment of double Taxes, • that is, that they. .shall not be obliged to pay Taxes for both Great Britain and Ireland. - .I propose- that they should be exempted in this-manner, from the payment of - such 'nixes as they can - be exempted from ; all those indired Taxes which fall upon *the article as it comes into consumption, they cannot 'be exempted from,' the nature of things excluding the possibility: Of such exemption—but . from. all Assessed Taxes, they may be exempted, and I propose that they should be so.; for instance the Horse Dary, Servants' Duty; Carriages, Hair.powder; Armorial Bearings, and some others, but above all the Income Tax. The House,- -I am sure, will feel it is unjust in the high. 'est degree, -that those who attend their duty in • ParliaMent from Ireland, should he made to bein these -burdens doubled. I propose therefore, Sir, that those Members of Parliament for Ireland who reside in this Country during the Sitting of - Par. 'lament,. or for twenty days after, but perhaps : they alone, shall be entitled.to this -exemption.— Sir, I . Wish to go a step- fUrther—l am sure it will appear to the House-that it is matter of policy to give the greateSt facility to .an intercourse to all parts of the United Kingdom,. and I am. equally • confident that this House - will see it is unjust and , unreasonable, that .those,who are coming .to attend 'their duty . as MeMbers of Parliament frons.lreland, shoed be liable to 'the charges and inconyenienres of haVing articles they bring with !,them, such as books, plate, carriages, Sze. made liable to Duties on landing hem in this Country,—l.am sure, Sir. it 'n 4 rest appear to this House to be a. duty, on our , part, to do every thing that teals to a forgetfulness 'of all di - stifle - lions between the different parts of the United Kingdom . ; that we should, if possible, for get drat. there`. ever was an impediment to His Ma. testy's Subjects coming on their:l7olle duty, • from one ,part of his Dominions,, td the other,-,that we should forget. that; there was such a place as a Cus tom-house, where Duties were levied- on persons coming for such purpo4eS. I shall thereforepropose, Sir, :thatMembers of -Parliarneht,.couting from Ire land, shall' be:exempted from Duties payable on the landing. of various articles for which Duties 'are now receivable at the Custom-house. If this ex emption sliould,be carried to other persons and to the articles which they may bring, perhaps, under certain regulations that may not be improper ; but it should, be provided that such Exemption should not extend to articles which shall be afterwards-ex posed to sale. - I need not say that it is unnecessary as far. asit relates to Members of Parliament ; but it may be a necessary regulation: with , regard to others - ;---1 shall therefore move for leave to bring in a Bill ..fori the put-rote of prov,iding for these .tWo objects ? namely, to exempt persons serving . 'in Parliament, for that part of the United King dote of Great :Britain and Ireland, called Ire. land, from certain Duties to . be speci fi ed, and likewise for perMitting, in ce rtain cases, there.moval: of.. :their etTeißs without the - payment of certain Duties, .8:c. I shall then also . move to !refer that.-Motion to a Committee . of the whole :1-louse .to-consider of it. He theo moycd accord ingly, and -the Motion' being read, he moved that the House i wills on Monday next, .resolve itself into ! a Committee of the' isiltaie . House, to consider of the said Motioni Th at queition being put, . Mr. W. SMITH approved cf this measure as far a, it went, and expressed a wish to 'sea the principle of,it carried. ootier. .- . • .• I . Vir. ADDiNGTCr4Vsaid it Was more convenient to confine:the measere; for the:present, to the oh. jedi which hi .had - specified ; 'it might afterwards 1).-2 extended f if,Parliameor,thought tic. The ques tion was then put and. carried. The Irish Distillery Bill, the Irish Corn Impor. tation Bill, and, the - Irish -Hop ''lmportation Bill, were, severally committed, and ordered 'to be report ed on 'Monday next. . Mr. N. VA2CSITTART biousht up the English Militia 'Pay and Cloathing Bill, -the Militia Subal. tern Officers'., Allowance Bill, and the Adjutants, Serjeant-Majors; . and • Serjeants Reduced: Militia 8i11,,,- which _were each read a first time, and Or.: tiered. to be read a second time on Monday next. Adjourned ai?Seven o'Clock to Monday next. PRICE OF STOCKS, YESTERDAY. India Stock Ditto: Bonds s. dis. Exchequer Bills 3s. 4s. dis New ditto Lottery Tickets Omniutti 95 441 I nyer. 3 Pc( Cent. Ditto Ann. Ptak. for Account India for May Con.s..for Mar §:Hi 501.E2.1 QULS DICIALE YALSUAI AUDZAT ? LO ND ON, MAY z, 1801. WE yesterday had the satisfaaion of presenting a Confirmation of the glorious event in Egypt, which we the day before had the pleasure of 'atmouncifig to the British Public, in a Dispatch received yesterday morning, from Lord CARYSFORT at Eerlin, and by the East India Company from _ their Agent, Mr, TooKE, at CowtantinoNe. As we yesterday stated, it was on 'the z Ist- of March, at Rhattiaxia, , that the great battle took place. Sir. RALPH .A BERCkOI4DY marched to attack MENou, who. Was •at that it appears from the letters of MsNotr, .probibly marching to meet him. The defeat of the French waic compleat. Their Army was totally broken, and the pursuit was continued at the time when the dispatches came away. This defeat cost the vanquished SQO prisoners, zOOO killed, and an unascertained, but, no doubt, a very cerniiderable number of wounded., We have purchased the victory. with the loss of 3 03 killed, and t zoo wounded, among whom we find with great regret the Commander in Chief, Gen. ABER CROMDT, Dilitjor,Generals MooRE .and PARKER, and Sii SIDNEY SMITH, who, we already know, had a horsekilleti under him on the ,day of the land. ing. This vitory i not the only satisfaelory cir, cumstancewhic . h Egyy . kliords us. The Fort of Aboukir was already in possession of our Troops, and it was expeaed that illexaft.d ,-ia would soot: submit to the same fate. Such'a situation of affairs, after a Campaign of only thirteen days, leaves us little reason to doubt that the whole 'of ,Egypt. will, soon ha-:e been thi reward of the valour , of our Soldiers..-'"Are stated yesterday s in part,. the reasons oh... : r:11: - ,ci ( t.:7! fou n( l : .d our hopes, and we shall soon haye oLc.i,„m-to re turn to the subjea, YEsr£RDAY afternoon the Prince VW/riles Packet arrived at Yarmouth from Cuxhavebi . with a Mes senger from Lord •Mitrro at Vienna, containin g Dispatches to the East India Company from their Agent,' Mr.. Too E, at Constantinople. It was repented that this Messenger had brought Lord Dispatches, but uron inkuiry we found. that was not the case. The Prince of It ile.l left CuxliAven on Wednes; day last. . it is stated by the nts,engers who calm.; over in her; that th•! Danes were about to evacute Hamburgh.—Arnongst the Pasbengtis this VIMC I were Brigadier-General MACKENZ I E and his Suite, who is said to be charged with an"-important sion from Berlin ; and likewise Viscount AL LADI A s s Minister of the Marine Department at Portugal. The Advices which, Government vc3tcalay re. cei veLl from the North of Europe, by, the sani . Packet Eoat which brought the above inforthation, are, we learn, of a Very 'satisfaflory nature The Courts. of the North, as we had imagined, spew themselves disposed to regulate their conduit by that of the Emperor A.IIX.A.NDER., who on his parr, every day confirMs the high opiniditkvbich his sub. jeds and all Europe have formed oflii4Misilom , benevolence, and who shews M`DiT. his inclination to pursue,, with respect to 11:)e - vireos arid sentiments which direaeddhe condmq of the im mortal CATIi EILI.NE in the latter end of her reign. The following Bulletin, being the substance of the Dispatch, .transmitted to the East India Com pany, by their 'Agent, - at Ctiustantinople, Mr. sent. from the where it was rco t India Hcii V e a s r 0 y pi e l s o t y er d day ,7Co a ff ft e e e rno l o o n 4se, read, and reeetted with three huzzas. Coittaqtilleple, e • On the 2ISt of March General Mr.NOU, in his mash horn Rharpanie, with B,ooolnfantry, and 3 . ,000 Cavalry, wiiiii tack,cd and defeated - by General AriEße QM BY, 'Wi th tbeI CAS of 2,000 killed, and'soo Prisoners.. Our loss, Soo and 1,203 wounded; among the latter, Generals Ai Lk_ CROPARV, MOORE, PARKER, and Sir StD2iVY Sr 4 ITB. The Enemy was pursued in every direetion.—Abottkii.had surrendered, stud Alexandria Was supposed, by Pord KZ LT tit if not taken, oh the point of surrendering. • . The FrpoCh. Cavalry, in the stile of Mamelukes, attackid the-English Infantry with all the impetuosity peculiar to the; Arab Cavalry, but were defeated in every attack. - The Dispatches received yesterday, containing the agreeable advi,ces of the defeat of the French forces in Egypt, were sent off tolits MA) ESTY at Kew. We understood last night that Lord St..FIELEKs would set off for Petersburgh on Mpnclay. next.. A Frigate is now lying at Yarmouth in "readiness 0 convey his Lordship to Russia. His Lordship will be accompanied by the Son of Count Woorizow, the,late Russian Ambassador at our Court, who re_ mains in England until the arrival . of final instruc_ ions from the Cabinet of St. Petcrsburgh. At the Corn Exchange yesterday, Wheat fell full ss. per quarter lower than Monday's ma rker, and Flour has declined full 7s. per sack.. The Hereditary Prince of ORANGE has informal the Regency of the country of Nassau; now Sitting, at Dillenburgh, of his intended arrival in that little towns