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ERP [AL PA A L ENT HOUSE OF PEERS, TUESDAY, MAY 5. SCOTS APPEAT. A 2 , ,T‘MECANN fItICITI ESOW. FTER- Counsel were finally heard in this Appeal, the further consideration of which was postponed from Said rd ay, The LORD CHANCELLOR rose, and in a Speech of considerable length, and fraught, with a profundity of learning hi the Scots Law, delivered his xen•timents upon the case. His Lordship con. eluded by moving, " That the Interlocutor of th e , of Session reversed." The . Eat 1 of ROSLIN shortly followed on the same side, and expressed his cordial concurrence with what had fallen from his Noble and Learned Friend on the Woolsack. The Question was then put, and the Judgment of the Scots Court superseded accordingly. The Bills before the House were forwarded in their respenive stages. Among those, - was Campbell's Divorce Bill, which was again referred to a COO. mittee of - the whole House, after passing which, it was ordered to be repaitcd. - The Oalerof the Day for summoning their Lord ships being read, The Earl of WART,/I'7K - observed, that it had been his full intention to bring forward a Motion on the subject he adverted to in -his notice of yes. ter*, as.he thought it one -of considerable public importance, and having felt it his duty to bring it forward to the consideration of their Lordships.— However, since that period, he had some communi cation with a Noble Duke high in office on the sub jeft, from which he , understood, that the mode which he . proposed, namely, that of referring the statements he should have brought forward to.a Com mittee of their Lordships, would neither be the most effetqual nor the most prompt way of redressing the grievances he had to complain of. He observed, that be had not come forward upon light grounds, and the faCts he shotdd haVe alledged, were such as would merit theseriotis attention of their Lordships, and those lievould, if necessary, prove by evidence at the Bar. The necessity of the case called for speedy regu lation.- The number of Poor had, from causes which he should not then_ state his opinion of, in augniented within the last tweltie months. In the town near _h he resided, the increased number was ?".f7...,; -- e: . mething ought Spefdily to be d 01..: in consequence of the com munication wbi f k . alluded to, ,he should not have to trouble t Lordships upon the subject at present. Entertaining the opinion of Ministers which he did, and deeming them to be men as much alive to the feelings of compassion for the sufferings of the poor, as any other set of men, he was in duced to decline proceeding at present on the oc casion as he had at first proposed, and he hoped that what had transpired would prevent the affair from being passed over in . neglell. Several Bills of a private or. local description were brought up from the Commons by different (entlemen, among which was the Leith Harbour Bill ; they were severally read a first time. Their Lordships then, after disposing of some private business, adjourned till To-morrow. HOUSE OP COMMONS. 113 DAY, Y Sir W. GEARY brought up . a Report of the Com mittee appointed to consider of building a new Gaol in the County of Kent, upon the. second reading of which S;r EDWARD KNATC lIBULL opposed the Air ther progress of this business in Parliament, for the purpose, he said, of affording to the Magistrater, of the two Divisions of the County an opportunity of meeting and coming. to a settlement of it, and moved that it be postponed to this day six months. Sir W. GEARY answered the objeflions of 'his Honourable Colleague, and supported the measure. Tit House d , hied. For proceeding now 33 For posrponing to this day six months 13 Majority 20 Mr. Lusiumprolv rose, in pur suance o f hi s notice, to call the attention of the House shortly to the Office of Public Notaries : He said, that at pre..• sent that business required some regulation, and there were some parties interested and anx i ous . to have a Bill passed in Parliament on that subje& What he chiefly referred to was the qualification of a person who should be permitted to aa as a Public Notary ; that qualification he should propose to be that of having served a regular Clerkship to a Li_ tented Notary. This was a measure intended to have been brought forward last year, and upon that idea a Duty was imposed upon the Licence of a public Notary, but the provision intended to have been made for the regulation of the admission, and for defining the qualification, had hitherto been prnitted, and his object was now only to supply that omission, He therefore moved, " That leave be given to bring in a Bill for the better regulation of Public Notaries praaising in England." Mr. CO RRY suggested, that as the Provisions of the Bill might be thought beneficial to other parts of tie United Kingdom, It would be better to leave the Title open and to mike it genaral ; to -which Mr. Lust!! N G.T N assented, and the Motion was then put thus : 4 4 That leave be given to bring in a Bill for tlx better regulation of Public Notatics.u_ Gra nted...L The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER moved, that the Qrder of the Day for the HQnse to resolve itself into a Committee of the whole House, to consider of certain Exemptions from Du, tics on MentherS serving in Parliament for Irelacid, be now read ; which bei4 done, the House resolved itself into a Committee of the.whole House et) con. sider -of this subidi. Mr. ADDINGTOY said, that as the grounds of the Motion he was about t;) submit to the considera. lion of the Committee, had been already stated'to the House, hr. die not think it necessary to trouble 1k therefore moved, ' 6 That the Chairman be di_ retied to move the I - louse, that leave be given to bring in 'a Bill to exempt, for a time to be from the Payment of certain Duties', such Members of both Houses. of ..Parliament-,serving for Ireland, as have only an occasional residence, in Grear-lri tain, and to permit the removal, in certain cases, of the EffeCts of such persons from Ireland to England, without Payment of Duty."—Agreed to. Mr. ADDINGTON ,then gave Notice, that he should to-morrow, move for leave' to bring in a Bill to remove doubts on.tbe .Eligibility of persons in Holy Orders sitting„as..l4nbers in the Commons House of Parliament. , . • 3C IA Mr. W. DurlD4 qr9upc.pp ,the Report of the Scots Militia Biff Xbel4rnentiments were read and agreed to, and the J3lll Was . ,ordered to be engrossed, and to be read a thita tinii‘ to-morrow, if then en grossed. Several A.eb of Parliament on the affairs of Ire land, were entered as read, and referred to Commit tees of the whole House to-mOrrow,' to be considered of, on the Motion of Mr. CORRY. The second reading of the Coal Bill was postponed to Tuesday ne:a, on the Motion of Mr. MAIkl- WING. . The Report of the Elephant Oil. Bill was re ceived, read; agreed to, the Bill ordered to be en grossed, and read a third time to-morrow, if then engrossed, 'On the Motion of Mr. VANSITTART. Tile Irish Hop Importation Bill, the. Irish Sugar Distillery Bill, and the Bill for prohibiting the Ex portation of Corn, Potatoes, and other Articles 'of Provision, and permitting their Importation into. Ireland, were read a third time and passed, on the Motion of 'Mr. Co RRY. Mr. V ANSITT4RT moved the second reading of the Bill for making allowance to Subaltern Officers of Militia in time of Peace. Sir W. ELFORD said, he had nothing to move at present in this Bill, but he gave Notice, that un less some more capable Person than he considered himself to be, brought . forward this Session, some measure by whiCh Provision was made for the Sur geons in our Militia in time of Peace, he should at tempt it himself. Dill read a:second , tiMe And ordered to be com mitted to a Comml: i- e . iifi the whole House, to. morrow, is was alsti Ve':iiltliti4 . ;Adjutant Allow. ance Bill, - 12 ;: ir.i:, , 71z).)..1. _ • i ifi ' 'lit • • ''' ' The House agr ee d to giiii;to a i ,Vommittee or the whole House to-morrovstii. :co9sider of the At which now regulates 'lOuiities 4lnd, Drawbacks on the Exportation o f SugarSi &c. * . . Adjourned at six o'clock, to to.niorrow. From the LONDON GAZETTE, May BANKRUPTS. - John Clark, of Shoe-lane, carpenter. Attorney, !Kr, R. S. Taylor, Field-court, G tay's-lun. John Kayll, of Great Saint Helens, money-scrivener. At torney, Mr. J. Skelton, Grenville -street, Foundling. Thomas Fenner, of West Wycombe, shopkeeper. Attornies, Mr.. G. Edmonds, Lincoln's-Inn, London ; or Mr. John Crafts, High Wycombe. Francis Larard, late of Manchester, liquor-merchant. At totnies, Mr. I'. Hewitt, of Man chester; or Mr. R. Ellis, Cursitor-street. Chancery-lane. Tames Jackson, of Manchester, muslin.manufaaiirer. At. tornies, Messrs. Cheshyre and Walker, Manchester. Thomas Hancock, of Kingswood, Wiltshire,-clothier. At tornies, Mr. Perry, Wootton-tinder-edge; or Messrs. Lewis and lames Gray's-Inn-squ are. Francis Robbins, of Deretend, Aston, near Birmingham, merchant. Attornies, Messrs. Kirellerley and Long, of Syniond's..lnn,' London; or Mr. Palmer or Mr. Mole, of Birmingham. - William Boddie the younger, of Chenies-street, Saint Giles in the Fields, carpenter. Attornies, Messrs. Swain and Stevens, Old-Jewrv, William Holmes, of . Puctsey, Yorkshire, drysalter. Afton. Hies, Mr. Battye, Chancery-lane; or Mr. Lee, Leeds. ' MITIDENOS. June r. Wm.. Mason the younger, of Richmond, Yorkshire, grocer, at eleven, at the Town's-Hall Tavern, Richmond. June 9. J. Coles the younger, of Penton -street, Penton villa, brandy-merchant, at twelve, at Guildhall. Alay zo. N. Morrell, •of Newton-upon-Ouse, Yorkshire, dealer, at twelve, at the White-Horse Inn, Coppergate. July 4. J. Richardson, of Holborn, linen-draper, at twelve, at June r. T. Beaumont, late of *Wakefield, Yorkshire, iron.. monger, at eleven, at the Straltbrd Arins Inn, Wakefield. June, a. J. Fickler and H. of Newgate-street, wholesale linen-drapers, 'at. ten„ at f..; pi ldhall June z. T. Lewis, of Abtrigdoiiiiterkfi t , hemp-manufaanrer, at eleven, at the NevvAiurnr (2iieettT-Arms, Abingdon. Nlay zB. Gill Slater, li4ter r •9llaNerpool, merchant, at ten, at the Globe Tavel 0, . , junt; 9. Pancras, . AlUilett, of Jaibt Pancras, vintner, at one, at Guildhall, June 6. • I::: Holmes, of Foster-lane, jeweller, at ter, at May 16. ) . Carless, of Row-lane, .Cli6apside, warohousc man, at eleven, at Guildhall. June 9. R. Hayward Gosford, of Pitfichl-street, Shore ditch, baker, at twelve, at Guildhall. Lune 6. Win. Grigg, of Wickham-Market, Sulrolk, linen draper, at ten, at ~,uildl~ali. June 6. H. Guest, of &lack/pan-street, Siirrey, oilman, at ten, at Guildhall. rune,. T. Whalley and J.• Wilkinson Whalley, of Friday street, waremusetneri, at ten, at GAdhall. May iz. H. Webster, of Fleet otittipner, at ten, at Guildhall. .CERTIFICATES. May 26. ,Eli Rfusgrave s rl Leeds, stuff* merchant. %V. Clegg, late of Beverley, Yorkshire, liuen-draper. D. f.illcv, of Mancheter, nianufaaurer. . 7 - • A. Mien, late of Market-Raisin, Lincolushire,,hawker. THE SUN. aoLzht QUI4 DICERX VaLSVM AUDZAT ? LONDON, MAY 6, iBol. IT was, we must acknowledge, with much astonishment that we have seen the effect produced on the Opposition Papers try the Official Dispatches ree , 2ive4 from Con;tallkinvie and from Egm. In stead of finding in them matte; for confidence and for exultation, they discover nothing but grounds for disappointment, and even for regret. Without stopping to inquire whether the latter sentiment be with them conneaed with the former, we would ask, in what point, of any consequence, do these - Dispatches diminish the ideas received in the be ginning of last week, respeaing the situation of Affairs in Egypt ? The only four faits Qf import. in military view, among all the vague KurPours which are always in extremes, whether ,the new be good or bad, have- been. confirmed.; we mean, . the Success of the Disembarkation,' that of the Battle which took place on the 13th, the Cap_ ture of Akukir, and the Vidory gained on the zest. Nothing in these respeets- tends to diminish the fustre• and the advantage of this last action, for the only material variation between the Dispatch of Mr..T44,0,p,,,,and that of Lord acts, is favour,,,theformeEestimating our loss at tico .Men killed and woyided, the latter maki n g it on ly _ Five kundred. • • Our Oppositiori Papers have been sensible that they could not, in fad, make, with probability in their favour, any drawback from the Vidory of the Ist ; they have, therefore, endeavoured to dis cover in the Dispatches which relate to anterior events, some faa which-perverted logic, and still more perverted dispositions, might turn to their account. Two such fads have appeared to - them of this nature, and of these they have taken particular hold. One is, that MENOU having joined the Garrisori of illexameliia with zoOo Horse, the Co— mmunication must consequently not have been cut off between that place and the bulk of the French Army; the other is, that in the Battle - of the:alst, : our Troops had only to engage the Garrison of .1/exandria, and the. Reinforcement which the Commander in Chief had brought it. These Writers consider themselves as having established these two fads, and have consequently shewn thit unpleasant consequences must follow. It will not be difficult to make it appear that they are de. ceived in both respells. Whoever is acquainted with -the Topography of the Country which is the Theatre of the Wat in gspyt,. .and -whOtWer has taken the trouble to ex amine Ai' Poil4Olf c ' i which our Troops had there taken, must - have seen that by it, they necessarily cut off. the :dieter Communiction bet Ween Alex_ . aultia and the Western Branch of the Nile, and consequently also between that City and laamania, and Cairo. This din-ft Communication was the only one which - our Troops were interested in; and which they had the possibility of cutting off; for they certainly could not think of advancing beyond the Canal of Alexandria, and the French could con, sequently continue to communicate with that place along the,lat of the Canal, that is to say, by the way' of the Desert. Thh fad, and the reasoning which it suggests, are both.of them proved by the Letter of Colonel ANSTRi;THER,'WhO says, in ea. press terms, " Oar Past:tion cant eke Cvmmatmi catictz between Alexandria and the Nile, excelling through the Desert."—ln these circamstances what did M s NOV to maintain his Communication with illexandr;a? He did that which is always done when is necessary to get to a City which the Enemy arc closely investing : he took with him all his Cavalry, as a body which could move with more rapidity, and which did not in its march require that baggage which infantry cannot dispense with, and which he could not have transported by the way of the Desert. He thus effeaed his junEtion with the Garrison of 4kxandria, in a manner which, we again repeat;: it was neither the interest, not in the power dfbiir - ,Trocip,s to oppose ; but ins, doing, he has na.:ie.eitablihhed the direct? Communication between Alexamdii4 .- and the Nile, a circumstance which Sir I(Atrit Was interested in.opposing, and which he hat succeeded in preventing. The first consequences derived from the Position taken by the latter on the 12th, remain, therefore, fully. confirmed in all their extent, and .all their ad. vantage. With respea to NIENou having on the 21st at. tacked ‘s ith no more than the Garrison of Alex andria, supported by 2000 horse, no one can assert that the ut is, or is not so, for we are not in pos. session of the least account that throws any light on that subje&. Supposing it even to be true, it must be recollected that the Garrison of Alexandria was 4500 strong, and that therefore MENou must have had in his attack.at least 6500 men, among whom were all his Cavalry, the most valuable part of his Army in his local and relative situation. If it be considered that the total number of men which it is calculated, he has at his disposal, does not exceed is,ooo and if we take .into account all that he must have been obliged to leave on the side of S)ria in UN& *ye, and towards Suez, it may be concluded thai. thcforce which he was able to leave aS Calitoniustillice been little more than wa s necessaiy for-keepitie the inhabitants of that City in a state Of'slibtiiissiOn. Indeed . hal it been other wise, however low the Military talents of MENou are to be rated, it is not to be conceived that when he had resolved to attack our TrOops from /14.randria, he would have neglefied to avail himself of the co operation, or at least of the diversion which that body Of Troops left by him at Cairo could have afforded, as It had much more time than was reces sary for marching against Sir RALPH. - 114!, in the Vitiory obtained by the British General on the 2 rst, he must either have at once defeated the two parts cf the Army of IVIENou, or else the Forces at the disposal of the latter mast have been almost entirely confined to the Garrison of Alexan. drier, and to the zOOO men with which he had joined it. In both • eases the-result is-equally favourable to us, and to the same . dezreeas it was.in the - first moment estimated. In this view of the subject, we flatter ourselves our Readers will neither accuse nr`btexaggeratit t ilor of false confidence, but wilr. tti - as merely drawing that inference fronuke 4ata which we possess, which a considerate and impartial at. tendon .enables us to do. We cannot predid what may he the consequence of this Expedition; for it is not in the power of the most able General to enchain Fortune constantly to his car; but all we say is, that considering the subject attentively, there never were better grounds for conceiving strong hopes. When the greatest difficulties have been surmounted, when we have been vidorious in three - sUccesSive Engagements, and when from si. es p...iing the dominion. of ..the Sea, .every-• day, 1. must improve our situation, and deteriorate that of the , Enemy ; surely the future may tile!), if ever, be looked forward:to with.confidenee. The silence of the . silioniteut, and the communications which reach us from France, are . 'sUffiCient . proofS ,that things were there viewed in the same light as they are here by us, and we cannot help quoting a pas.. sage in a letter written by a.person at Paris, who is not. unconnefted with the French Government: ti We entertain," says the' Writer, "great uneasi ness iespeeting the first successes of the English in •Egypt, and still greater are our apprehensions from knowing the mediocrity of Metio'u's talents, and. the weakness of his Army. The SqUatio n at. T on. • lon will have orders to attempt everv i tilikagi rt or d er to convey to him succour." 'ThitvLftter.fri`eriti-. which this is extracted, was Wore it".Wais known at Paris that the French had 'teen tic-tenet on 2lst ult. and it will be - readily admitted that since that time there has been still greater cauiefoi anxiety and alarm. The Hambiergh Mail which became .due this morning, had not arrived when this Paper was Pat' to Press. :. `,l . The QUEEN yesterday, 'accornpanied •by her,: Royal Daughters, in their carriages, ,rode tlirottik . . .Fulham. The Charlotte Yacht' will be 'ord ere d roun d We 3 - mou th , far die • r • ‘l ,, -,Fitmity when they .g0..0n - the water. *H. 13. - NtALF., it is supposed, will be appointed toccira.' amid her while she is employed 'on this; particular .service. Mr. SHA !RP E, late Consul at the Court or re; tersburgh, is_going back again to Russia in the same' capacity ; a Frigate being in, readiness at Tar., mouth to cpnrcy him to Petetsburgh. • Lord /La DWICItt 3 we..tuaderstaial : :rneans.sedet. off for Ircland on Friday next.; Lord CAR R t r °to g is resettled to Town fromiu Seat at High Wycombe. Lord and Lady Attavoit left Town yesterday * • for their Scat at Dynevor Castle, in Wilts. AU- the private accoun ts from rbittc;.ogrea stating, that the French Governtnetn is, , Aalyglyl. • employed in Naval Preparations along the y whole , line of Coast. Not only ships of ►al'; but gun. boats, and flat.bottomed boats, ate equipping, ureter the direition of the Maritime Prefetts. Letters frnm the• Hague mention these circumstances, and state, that it it supposed some ..Expedition will sail from the Dutch Ports.' A co n s id e r a bl e parr of the Troops which have been withdrawn from Germany, are filing towards the Coast. There are at /hese . 20,000 men ready for embarkation. At Rochefort there are three ships of the line, among which is L'Aij/e, of 8o guns,' ready for sea, and intended to take troops onboard. On various points of the French Coast likewise, - along the Channel, and through Flan. ders, great bodies of men are as!embled. cren.is sEN-A is intended to have the chief command of the . main body ; and it is thought that embarkations will be tried, in order to alarm.our coasts,. in different' parts. It we compare with these fads the virulent lan. guage which has appeared in some late Proclama_ no'. of the .French Generals, and in the Official Journ4l of -the Government, it seems evidentjhat:s: some great attack is meditated against this Country. The DtTicE o f YORK, in his InstruCkions to the Troops at Plymouth, desires; that not only light (-organic; are to be adroit in their particular exer cises, but divisions, of battalion, to be-occasionally detached and instructed to . a& as !inkers, and. as skirmishers, in attacking and repelling those . of the enemy ; and that the troops shall be taught to• provident of their ammunition, and not to fire buV:' when they have a good aim. His . 4e t ya,414,470E further states, that it cannot be too much on both Officers and SOldiers, that in' eiSe.otinva.. sign, our .great objeet will be to attack - OS Eifdiki-' • on the first favourable opportunity, and that not su much by fire as by the bayonet. The Second Regiment of Foot Guards had a field.. day yesterday in Hyde Park. It is with pleasure we inform the Public that a Subscription has been set on foot, in the Baltic Fleet, for the relief of the widows and orphans of the brave officers and men who fell in the attack of the Danish Flotilla, at Copenhagen, on the 2(1 ult. The Admiral has subscribed isol.—each of the Captains Isl. and the Ward.room Messes 201. each.