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IMPERIAL PARLIMVI ANT. 11CUSE OF PEW, R D MAY 7. SCOTS APPEAL THE HONOURABLE MRS. HAMILTON FFLLARTON . , AND COL. WILLIAM FDLLARTON, HER_ HUE. BAND, V. SIR HEW DALRYIOLE, OF NORTH • - BERWICK, BiOtT; • Mr. ERSKI* was heard in continuation, this '.day,'on the part of the. Respondent. 7 —Afrer which their lordships appointed the further hearing to take place ttr,motroiv. A number of Hills, mostly private, were brought up . from the Commons ,y ditkietit Gentlemen, and - severally read a first time. Mr. Coar.y, Chincellarof the Irish Exchequer, brought up the Irish Spirits Duty Bill, and the Irish _I taps Importation Bill, which were also read. a first time. Mr. ABBOT presented a Message from the Corn. mons, requesting a conference with their Lord. ships, relative.to the most effeacal means fOr the . promulgation of the Statutes, of thetnited King 'clom ofGreat Britain and Ireland. _ I:he,Message being immediately taken into cab- Side - ration, their Lordships resolved tO comply with the request of the Commons, 'and - that the desired conference should take dace at' five o'clock to inorrow,'in the:Painted Chamber. The 'several Bills before•:the House were forward ed in their respedive stages. The Order. of the Day for the second reading of Cope's Divorce Bill he read i Counsel and Evidence :were accordingly calleein ;; the forther were Mr. GARROW and Mr.-o:rstow, and a number of Wit_ . oesses of various descriptions attended to prove the usual circumstances of the case, as well as the Peti tioner himself, Mr. cope ) who was ready to come forward,,if called upon. From the statement of Counsel,.and the derosi tiops of such of the Witnessei• as were examined, the principal of whom was Mr. De Barry, a Solici tor, and partner Of 114r.' Cope the Applicant for the Till, it generally appeared, that Mr. John Cope, a professional Gentleman, was married io the month of Feb. t 7.93, to his now wife, Elizabeth Melville, then a widow, Thatat.the_time of his-marriage he lived in Northumberland -street, Strand, and shortly after removed to the Broad Sanduary, Westminster. That he had uniformly concluded himself as a tender and affe'lionate husband until the period of the de tcdion of his wife's infidelity, from which moment he declined all intercourse with her, and even re rimed to see her..--The` Learned Counsel seemed to admit that the : case in question was rather a parti cular one, and - principally with regard to the line of legal proceeding diat was .adopted upon it, and such as required,a peculiar degree of consideration on the part of their Lordships; •but he appeared to reprobate the idea of any species of collusion or sinister pradice on the part of his Client,, who he stated wad, pursuant to the wise and salutary regulation of their Lordships, then in attend.. ante and ready to be exaMined . in the snidest way upon every point connected with. the case, which, as far as related to him, lie wished to have probed to the bottom. He was a young man of un_ blemished reputation, and remarkable for his in tense and regular ..application to his professional. business, 'which, as 4e had the misfortune to h ave an-artful and intriguing wife, afforded her an oppor tuni!y to pin her machinations - in praftiee.. His residence was in the Broad Sanduary. Mr. Cope was in the habit 'of 'attending several hours each day, at the Chambers ofhis,Partner in rile Temple, and it could be Proved,. that, on those occasions, she fre4uently made use of the back-door, which led to a communication with the Park, to get to her para.. mour, a Mr. Bristowe, and on whtise account this application for Divorce was made. It would also be offs red in proof, that - pn sundry ,other occa.: lions; particularly 'in the instances of 'two ex cursions of Mrs. Cape, into the Country, an adul_ terotite-intercoUrse - between her and, the said Mr. Bristowe took place. • Mr. PE BARRY, the Solicitor above mentioned, was the first Witness examined, who prOred his personally serving the regular notice on Mra. Cope, and in the course 'of his examination, stated some particulars With respell to the proceedings upon the Case, in which it appeared that damages were sued for in the Sheriff's Court, where 'Judgment wis suf fered to go by default.—The damages applied for were soool. of which the Jury, whom the Cpunsel in the course of some observatLps which afterVards passed between him and the LORD CJIANCELLOR, described to have been, as they were called in these inferior Courts, a good Jury, awarded the Plaintiff 5001. It further appeared that no evidence was Offered in .the Court alluded to, but merely the fart of the general conduit .and behaviour of Mr. Cope tehis wife. • It. further appeared, but generally by the evi dence, that in the course of *tlie years •i'79 . 8, and vao, Mrs, Cope went on 'excursions into the Catin try, whiell`took uli sonic time ; that on one of these in IS4ktictair, Mr. Bristowe accompanied her, and the 'Lady wits unattended by her husband, or anv,of his family. In the course of this tour, it was stated that evidence 'was ready to prove that an adultetous intercourse had taken place between the pa:ties ; and also on a subsequent occasion at Berkharnpaead, and at another placer in Hertfordihire, where the Lady was, as we understood the evidence, on avisit house' which Mr. Bristowe had taken. : In answer to questions put by 'one or two,oftheir Lordships, it was stated that no evidence as to-my of these faits, either on the Part of the Plantiffor tit De . - was offered id the 811.4rifi's Court; On vhich The LORD CHATIPE-LLOR observed, it world be a Question, whether their Lordships should- miive suds ycrdia as had been obtained in that.Courr."i ;fie • .Ecclesiastical' Proceedings 'upon. the case which-were had ,in., the consistory Cotirt O! the Dean And , Chapter of Westminster, were thes of fered in evidence.`-'Upon the Loop CHANCEILpi t asking thefOt&er •%idio proved the proctetliv, 'if lie knew boiv far the Jurisdiction of the Etclei as . tical Court in gifestion extended—the latter` reAita in the Negative. observation".were then interchange,cl be tween the Noble and Leaned Lord on i4e'wooisx',-, and the Leading Counsel, with respea to the Legal relations of the case, as the area, that the circum stances, which 'transpired at their Lordships' Bar, would, if regularly offered in evidefiCe, have had upon the -Judgment of the Sheriff's Court, the. non application-to the Court.of King's Bench, as'to what poisibly ,might, have been the conduct of the tespee tive Solicitors,. with regard ; to the - application to :the Sheriff's Court, and even of the principals them selves ; and, lastly, with respeet to the .discre tionary power of their Lordships, in calling the Pe. titioner to their Bar for examination. From the whole Of' what trans'Oreci, the case seemed to ap pear to their Lordsips to be of that questionable nature, as to induce them to defer the farther hear ing thereof till Wednesday next. The House immediately adjourned till to-morrow. HOUSE qF COMMONS. THURSDAY, - MAY 7. SIR WM. YOUNG gave notice, that he should on Tuesday next move for leave to bring in a Bill for the purpose of ascertaining the. Amount . of the Assessments for the Support of the Poor, 'for a cer tain number of years past. Mr. CORRY gave notice, for the convenience of IheY.ish Members, that he should on Monday next move, in ilie - Committee.of Ways and Means, for the continuance and regulation of certain Irish Duties. . The I-louse.resolved_ itself into a Committee., to take into consideration the Report of the Commit_ tee appointed to consider Of the most diedual mode ofpromulgating the Statutes. The Report being read, Mr. ABBOT said that the °Ned . of the mittee was direfled to two points, first to increase tbe nuMber of Ads allowed to Justices in - England, and the other was to extend the same regulations with resiva to- the promulgation of the Staiites to Ireland, that had been previously adopted in England. Sir J. SINCLA IR said, he had no objenim to this plan, but wished to know what exlieucc it would be attended With . . Mr. ABBOT replied, that the expence "Print- • _ ing the Statutes, before the late Regulations ttok place, amounted to about 70001. a year. The 'ob . , Jed of the Regulations which he had proposed, was, at the same time that it tended to the promulgation of the Statutes, to prevent any additional expemei which was done by not printing so many - private Ads (which were not of such general itnportanc.9, • and printing a greater number of Public Ads, and the saving made in the expence in the one ease by diminution, made up the Aditional expence in the other. In time of war, however, there were ways a greater number of Public Ads 'than in tine of Peace, and therefore, the, expence 'for the list, three years amounted to about 9,0001. a year. 'Tie Resolutions were then agreed to, 'and Wire ordered to be communicated to their Lordships. The Curates 'HorseDuty Exemption 'Bil4 went through a Committee. • • The House went into a Committee on the Bill fur the better colleaion of Fines imposed by its t ices, &c. Several Amendments were made, and, on the sug. gestion of Mr. TAYLOR, it was ordered to heprinted. Th 6 Report of the Adjutants' Allowance Bill was brought up, and the Bill was ordered to be read a third time' to-morrow. The 13111 for preventing persons, in ':Holy Orders from being eligible to serve :in Parliament, -was brought up and read a first time; on the Motion for its being read a second time,, Mr: jOLLIFFE- said, that as this, was a very important Bill; he hoped that it ‘ would not:be hur, vied through -.the House, and than a fortnight or three •weeks .would' be given before the Bill passed. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER Said, it was for the House to determine when the Bill should be read a second time, but if he understood the Hon.• Gentleman rightly on .a former occasion,. his objeaiOn was, not to the principle of ,the Bill, but to- some of its regulations, which would come 'more properly under considteilitionwhen the Bill was in a Committee: With respefl'lo :the delay pro. posed, no ground whatever had been stated for it, and therefore, he, for one, should not consent to it. It was his intention to propose that the Bill should be read a second time to-morrow, and that it should be printed, lithe House thought it right that three or four days should elapse between the second reading and the Committee, or, between the CoMmittee and Report, he should certainly uot . °Nett to it, but he could not consent to the Hon. Gentleman's proposi tion, for which he had not assigned a single reason. The Bill was then ordered to be rpid a , second time to-morrow, and to be printed. The Order of the Day for the further considera tion of the Report of the Committee on the Bank Note Forgery Bill, being read, several Amendments were proposed and agreed -to, and the Bill was tiered to be read a third time to-morrow. , Mr. DENT gave notice, that he' should early next Sessions move for the Repeal of certain Duties,' 'on Audion's, alid . prOpoie certain other Duties In. lieu - thereof. . ' . . . , The- House went into a Committee, to consider of the Bill respecting the Average price of Sugar. Mr. VANSITTART inove b ti a Resolution for the continuing and amending the said Bill, 'Which was agreed to. _ _ — Mr. VANSITTAIT moved for several Public Ac counts a greed to. Adjourned at half past Five o'Clock. THE SUN. Stll.l,Xl QUIS DICLRF. FAI.SLIM AVDEAT ? LONDON, M4Y 4, :Bv t. A Brig, with Lord K E iTH's Di; pa Hies, was spoke with on the 171,11 of April, going into Gibraimr, who said Ale was 'mining_ an account that the Ene my had been completely defeated in Egypt. T!tt Tiniqp of fiedinoq to the. French Republio, of which it n9s4'fitrins six Subalpine Prtartrients., where General JOURDAN remains Proconsul, under the title of Adthinistrator, is one more instance of the violation of that solemn Decree by which the French in 1792, disclaimed. all intention - of making conquests, and of-what was equany vain, the sub sequent professions of their RPleis, that - the}' meant only to extend the Republic to, what they called its natural limits, the .Ri3ne, thejurir, the Alp", apd the Pyrfnea es. The Army_of the Grisons, which it was supposed; was to remain-1n the. Country after which it bras named, and - in Swifter/mid, has suddenly received a contrary destination :It has.set out altogether-on its. march for France, and has been ordered to repair to the Coasts of the Ocean, in order to increase, the strength of the Army destined to aEt against Portugal, and to magnify the appearance of a serious plan of invading our Island, a plan so absurd in , the relative situation of France and England, Aar' we may be almost as certain that it will not be a ttempted, as that, should the madness of our-. Enemies proMpt them to such an enterprize, jt must fail. .There can be little doubt that this plan ,ha 4 entered into the views and intentions of BONAPARTE, but he. will no doubt lay it aside, as the Direflory" did in 1798. The Madrid Articles given io the Frencb Papri, still continue to speak of the preparatiors made for the Invasion bf Portugal. The advanced guard of the French Army was, it is said, to he on the Frontiers of the latter Country in the first days of this month. It is difficult to believe, that in the state of subjeaion in which the Court of Spain is, it can, when the French Troops shall be on its Ter, ritory, refuse any thing chat the Chief Consul may didate ; the LiJbou Mail, however, which arrived yesterday, suggests ,considerable hopes of ati ami.. cable arrangement. M. D'ARANJo, wh?,_ it is well known,- concluded the first Treaty at:. Paris . many years ago, which the Direilory pftertvirds broke, emllarAt - a on the 16th of April at Lisbon for L'Orient. The French Papers contain .. riothing Whatever respecting Egypt, .The arguments which they have lately drawn to their •own advintage, from t* non, publication of any Dispatches heite,, were - abandoned as soon as they received the news which Toched us by the Messenger from- Mr. Tooizz.. . - Fran? that time, they have no longer ventured to publish their negative presumptions ; and from this circuthitance we may be perniitted to form favourable conclusions. As the joterual des Defi-nterirr has itself informed: us that Easterly kinds haie prevailed for- a . fort.i nightiocc3santly, iu the Mecliteiranean,,, And thati a Ship might have arrived in eight' days from: Port Mahon, we have to observe, that still less fen! was necessary for its arrival thence at Mao:, 'Wavy in. telligence favourable to the Republicans could have been conveyed by it. The most pleasing articles which we find-is the French Paiers, are the different Ukasas published by the Emperor ALEXANDER, in which he en .deavours gradually to repair the wrongs of his pre decesso-r, and by which lie proves still more and more, his titles to the affeetion of his Subjefts, and to the , adrnititiori of Europe. HER MAJESTY yesterday, accompanied by The Princesses and Their Royal Highnesses the Di= of KENT and PRINCE Anot.mus, took an airing in their carriages; from Kew round by Harrow.on. the. Hill. Lady JANR Loiio left Town yesterday, for her Residence at Carthalton, in Surry. • Lord ST. Htiszes lefe Town yesterday evening for Yarmouth, to proceed qn his Mission to the Court of Petersburgh. His Lordsbip was accom; panied by Mr. BIDWELL, and attended by three of His Majesty's Messengers. Tilt EMPEROR: ALEXAND!IR is - to be crowned at -111a.scow, in the Mortal of Julie. By the Packet which brought over the llamhurgb Mail that arrived yesterday, two Russian Messen gers cam Pasengers. They 5!7, -- that on tife—zd the Danes were evacuating kamhzsr,kb, and it was expeaed that they would have completely left it in the course of days. • - This morning a Mail arrived from Jamaica, brought to Falmouth by the Printers Charlotte Packet, in six weeks. Colonel MANLY of the Royal Artillery, is ordered from • WoOlivich to Ireland, to rake upon him the command* of the detachment of that Corps serving in that part of the United Kingdom. The Staff Corps .under, the command of Lieut Colonel RUTHERFORD, 151101i1 on its march from Chelmsford to . its Encampment on the .same ground which it occupied last year on Hounslow Heath. The . Emperor - ALEXANDER has written a Letter to . I.4oujs ~XVLII. confirming the Pension- or 200,060 _roubles,- granted him by his Predecessor ; and ill*, unhappy Prince. that nothing should be waFwg„ en his part, to alleviate his this_ fortinies, whenever an opportunity should offer. - In•the College of Princes, at the Diet at Ratis bon, the P,:iLvian Deputy on the ;oth ult. suggest.. ed, in the name of his Master, that I-iis Imperial Miljesty should . request the co-operation of the Ent. tqltok of RUSSIA and the Kixc of PRUSSIA in fi nally atd.insting the clans of Indetr.nification and St'- plarizatiOn. LISBON, Ara:;. 1 6. - M. D'ARANJO is at : this moment embarking on boatdsa - Portuveze vessel; in order toprbceed im mediately to treat dirett - l!y with France. It is said the Frigate is bOandto:./,--Aot*t. The - Court of Spain has ccrisiderably softened its tone in coriseqUence. The Pri , nce Regent sent orders to his Generals on theirontiers not to com. mit any hostilities; as he was in hopes of terminat ing the business amieabiy.. • All the Auxiliary - Troops,,,excepting the Hospi. • tal, hafe - beesemliarkecl t;C• Sr)flit'of\Var and Portuguese: Merchant.Zhips, in orthicidto to Oporto, 4ut4.l , 6;l.le arn t that the •,1307# C onvoy was threatened by the • Spanish Frgatcs, th.Shiu -•- i e. . of War 'went *to'`lneet 4 theiii. During-she-week the Troops were on not the smallest complaint. was • heard. , The i'or. tugueze and English skewed the gratest esteem to one another: This is' a very pleasing circumstance, as the plan- of. cgrr.ying 'rho AU - xiiinty Army to Oporto, when the Convoy returns, still coktinues. • • . PARIS, MAY 4. AP!t It, •22.--On the 18th inst. in the evening, General Jou.RDAN received an extracirdi. nary Courier, and some moments afterwards the ple.aiini intelligence that Piedmont was free, and tutted to the Great .11rati:,,t, was published here.— The (allowing day patriotic .feasts. took place, and a general illumination in the City.and rheati7es. All the good Republicans testified their joy and —their gratitude to the First Coneul and to General Jo traDAzi, Administrator General of Subalpine France. New Trees of Liberty have bccn planted under the . French Standard. MONT DE- MARSANi••• AP It T 26.—The Adrian. ced Gard of the Army destined to aft againit.Por tugal, is now on its march ,throngli Three - Battalions of the Free Corps of the West have just passed through This place. Th e st h Re giment of Dragoo ns kre moin - elit marching in. They are commanded.by the Chef de Brigade, Citi. Zen Lou IS P O N A PAlLTEe'bfortirr Fifsf'Con. sul. The tosth Demi-brigade of the - Lioe will *r, rive to-morrow, and will . be followed in succession by,the 16th Light ; the ,24.01,,k3d,.72d, and 93d of the Line, whictPmust - read(.B6%*:o re by t h e +t i t o f May. • • - - irt":l -• 3..etter from Spaiir,l)y'io.lhy's pcisl fi • gate tliat the Spanish Government , had matum to the (20 . y Er; of Po R - ruc...k.tio : a.ic is eff e ti, : • That &she did not, within .24 Itour...orde r r e 4 hc h h e eipulsion'of th'eniglirsh m w - fro all her P o, - sent to-admit a- Garrison : orSpailish and French Troops, Portugal should -,be..deelarg4. 411*ititirgi Pro v ince of Spain, undert be, guara n tee of. - F rall ir c y. This' intelligence has been receiyed, from tt c op . •-mercial House, bin it r6iluires Confirmation. .BAs•LE j. APRA Ann)! • of .'she'Gris'cins • . . • •- - • has ,Commenced tts.mareh-,foc liverdeiluxt 11/0.0, • and An the Officers at 4tich,,.pritiwte, &c. have lecei-vecl 6rders to join t h eir Corps. 'Wher e remain no other Troops to-pass through this except two or three,B r i ga d es o f t h e Ri ght Wing,of the Army 'of the Rhine, eirming.part of Ivlor.t.raie. si oivilian,• whose ' i- lead-Quarters:have for these few• days been nut! at Sckairausell. American Papers _to the egth.of March t have leen recei ved 'in. ToOrn.' The Newspapers New. York say not a weird about the Embargo, which was a few days ago mentioned in 'a Paper hosted up at nor about any of.thpsepreparations.whith., according to that Paper, had been made by JEF. 'num, for joining in the demands, and co=o rating in the measures of the Notthern Confecleracr. The only ar t i c l e o f news; of. any -importanct, that we find . in the New.Y or l t Papers is, th e ra ki ng possession of the . S pa n i sh P ort of Hispaniola, in the name of the French Rephtilic, by the Black General TotrssAnstr.--The article is as follows JAMES BLAKE, Esq. Consul of the Uisi!ed States for Santa Domingo,- arrived here . on rhur4 r d4i the brig gostorb from. Cape Francois.' • • Mr. BLAU has furnished us with the " Bulletin Official te St. Domingue," of the 29th Phiviose (I Bth Feb.), from which I we translate USSAINT'S account of his having possessed himself of the Spa nish part of the Island. We arc alsb informed by Mr. B. that a Convention from the digrecent .Deprt. ments was shortly to meet at Port-au-Prince, in or- . der to form a Code of Laws for the Government of the Colony. These Laws areto be submitted, first, for the approbation of the Black General hinisrlf, and afterwards sent home for the concurrence of the French Government. ' COLONIES OF FRAN'CF, LIBERTY. Ent:AL ITT. St. Domi,,,co nth Pluvic.re 00741r2111:44# • F. , •exeit lifpublic, O n e alij fraivisird g• TOUSSAINT' LOUVRRTURS, GENPRAL IN CHIEF ARM.Y,op-sr-, DOMINGO, TO Ilts Fti.LoW.-CITIZENS Cit THS 7R . ENCIi PART OF 37. DOMINGO. C; TIZENS, • p 0 ses announce io n 0f T h y: s t t p W a s h h • g r p e: r t t s o a i s s f t a . a p io o n n , i t n h g a o t L l ii h t the e ta i led; f pf - tite , f rerich•RepubliC. ' .• • . • • : A Column commanded by the General of Brigade, Mo itiarched•th the Nortliagainst St. Yap ; a second Col um n tonlmitivded by the Chief of hrigade, l'A et. uy ER _ U,lt a, to 4he South West, against Santa Domingo. Eiich or rhein were attacked by the Spapiards, who swami deter..' mined to• oppose our raking possession., rho. Columns, notwithstanding, pursued that rout. The measures of dote, of prudence, and .of - which I had taken, prevented the effusion of blood: and with veryaitti , 104, I • gaincriPossession of the 'whole Island': Persuasions alone after the _first -att ac k, was the way ineini I made u s e of : . My enterprize was.crowned by the most brilliant sticeeis. Tire General of Brigade, 'May s4 . ,.con4utied himsrlf,:mi t h . , - tint courage, thirmo(feratiOri; and'tnat braverv, hit; h w a y s char - AA - tense a French • Get - Kral. , r re - a with precisi4ll all my orders. He las rendered me a clear and:ptecite ,. ia-- count -of all - his operations, and the tonclta, of,thesetli coc i and soldiers under hi s co rn an d ha s g i ven me infinite pi . 4 sure. Discipline and subordi nat i on h ave b een observedWitii ~ iisti u . • pttlous attention; and persons and property rigidly'risped ed. 'The Alljutlnt-General H EB E CO U RTE whom I sent to the , Spanish Government Joacitn Garcia, with my instructions to rieAocjate the taking possession of 'the •Island, has fulfilled his apSsten with honour, wisdom, and prudence. fkicre follows a particular detail of the marches of tli Q TrocP 3 .) • in consequence of this detail, which it gives me pleasure to make public, because it is true, I *dare that' the Ofiic er , and Soldiers composing the Army of St. Domingo havq d e _ served well of their Country.. • • Salut et fraternelle amine , le General en Cht f, • TOUSSAINT LOUVEIkTuRE. ~.