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IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF PEERS. FR IDA y; MARCH /3. THE Earls of GLAsoow, CLARENDON, aEd tINNOU L were sworn and took their Seats. 'the Eail of ST. VINCENT was introdtfced in 1411. form,.(the Duke of Noltroi.K a ttending the Ceremony as Earl Marshal, and ,Lord Gwyvut as Great Charnhez:lain),sworn-, And, took his Seat. : Lordship's Supporters were the Earl of CHATIIANS ) and Earl-S#FI4CE-11. . 'The Bills upon the Table were fprwarded in their respeftive stages, and some roptine buiiness slisposkld - - _ _ ii(TC/CL.AND, moved the Order of the Pay for summoning their Lordships for .the con sideration. of the Petition of Mrs: JANE ADDS. co praying for reaVethat a Bill may be brought in, to..dissolve the Marriage be .- , . tureen her and EoWAtto Atm 'soil, her husband ; Which •beint; read, ' • ' • ` .CIFANCE4LOR quitted the W.o9lsitck, and observed generally, that the Case tow under consideration, being not only cane of • ittl i pprpatety,.but no city, he b d suggested, eon_ trar.ySo .thi usual cotirse„ that the'Peittion should .lit;,`sotue. time - upon : the Table before their 4 . hips "sliiittld de6de - I.le' Then observ6L •in that ' vita .C-eteiwas one which. Shriuld ,be • • . treated' v.ith tleilbt'raribri,' ;and .the peculiarity of its , circumatances' demanded Inquiry ; •it• appeared t0 ., -,be nice •ot thoEe , whlch Waled to call for the iattentien of the Legislature, which *upon consi • cleration's•Of Policy or Humanity, the Case being pioperly m irie otit, 'might - interfere in behalf of the . iis. Lordship took a general siew.ol. the -principles of the existing Law 'as :applying to. _the relations of husband_ and wife, • whtelt to viewing 'did present case their Lord. ships would' have to consider, and 'particularly • the question, 1-a, woman legally mcty he' - entiilid to maintaio.a Suit against her bnlbiOd bad been laid .doWn as a rule of Law, -that' no •*married.,Worrian could maintain a Suit againsthei hubbatid:;. but. this on a general • principle, - and . with regard to : Civil relations, Lordship of :debts, ,4jc.. we understood his L • ordship .to 'say,. was not yet finally. deter_ mined. RCferring then to the point more immediately before' She . House, he seemed to observe,. shat under circumstances of 'great mo • ment, a novel case, and with reference to pre.' cedent,' no man wa3 prepared to say, tu*r what qualifications the general principle of the existing Law 'may 'be departed, from: In she present in stance, he would recommend, that the prayer of the Petition Ice so far complied with, as to give leaVe to bring in the 'Bill, and that; as is usual in similar cases, on the 'second reading of the Bill, all the Parties should be heard by their Counsel. Fee. which bringing all the circumstances . of the case before thetr • Lordshi.,s, site House:would be the better cabled to judge of its 'merits. But. in - sash recommenda tion, he begged A° be 'under. stood, as not pledging himself uoconditionally to. duppor . t the Bill. s • ••.Thesc.. observations seeming to meet the gene_ ral col:currene - e'of their Lordship, Lurd:AUcICLANI.), after a few introduaory words, presented the... Bill; which was read (short ly, as ,usual-) a fitst.time, -and on the Motion of the, Noble toed, ordered to be read a second time. on Monday fortnight. . . in, consequence of an observation from His' Royal Highness tHe DUKEQf CLARENCe, and a fey: , words interchanged in an under.tOne of voice, between the Royal Duke, and' the Noblertord on . the Wool r iack,-the ;Bill was read at length. It appeared to us to srate a cf;i)sidera!lly aggravated Case, which, when it , comes regularly, before the 'House, we shall detail, to otir4eaders. - • Tht - a,secpnd reading of the . Bill 'was 'then fixed fin the day . before - mentioned, and their . Lord.: ihipa adjourned till Monday. • HOUSE O? cOMMONS, FRIDAY, MARCH "13. New Writs were 'moved- for the University- of Oxford, in the room of Fan:Lie Esq, who haS accepted of the Chiltern Hundreds, ; 'also for the Tloirongh Qf, c a lli n gtO n , i n Cornwal). in the room of S.tr JoHN CALL, Bart: deceased. PoCli RELIEF BILL. Lord WILLIAM RUSSEL moved the Order of the Day, for the House resolving itself into a Cominittee on the Bill for extending Parochial Relief to tha Poor. On the Motion for the .SPEAKER'S leaving the Chair, Sir 3 . 0112 V IV ROTT ESL EY opposed it, on the ground of the measure's being unnecessary and `dangerous. A long Mr. 'conversation" took place, in which VANSIT.:EART ) - Mr. Jou. FF E, Sir W. .RLF(pt.D, Mr, H. LA9C ELL ESi Mr. SIMEON, Mr. MAI NW ARINC, Mr, RpsE, BUXTON, and I.ord W. RUSsEI took part. The. ATTORNEY GENERAL also objeOed to the measure proposed ; : as being ilk digested, de feclive in its Provisions as to answering the end kOposeel, conveyi,lg insinuatiOns to the pre judice of the exi:iting.Pbo - f I,.?triV DAS 'said, 'that -a' difference of opinion had existedbet,ween himself and i..wor thy Magistrate-ofthe-Con nt y in vai,ieh he iideet, respe4ing - a Ciame I s n the Toor La s ;ire there fore wished to put a 'citie§ti9t) "to the Dio n . an d Leaned Gentlenian, whether. a Magistrate was_ enabled' b? La‘V to relieve:a Pati . it' who was,pos- se'sSed, of a cottage, 'k.c. of his own, without ' cQrupelling him tOgive . up his Frey. LArl i ' td the Parish he obli.ined relief? -T he. ATTO RNEY GEYER //Z, said, accordin:g t 79.14: conception; Oh the ,rp4rifetlt, of the cot's ,'struition of the An of 43. EciZABETi4 ) ,the Mal g;strarg; bad no, suO . PPM4 4 ,fOrr ,0c "AtfdesetibPil t tb.4..kaiigiutra te i w s empu we red M . order relief, as he:ink:persons tnedns , " to relic ;~e thmelVes ; but a Clause in a subse. 1 4 , 1801. WE this morning receivedpr.;.s P.//cri . to thf; IWI fioin which we have in our su...,4equeati ;c:,citipiv4.gi yen. 54ch, tquaas . as h;tve interest n !yes.... , :Ih:tmg t h i y:F 0i ,ciak Notice of the Ratification of the Treaty, of Lude,: wille by the EMPEROR, yet the fa# appears, ccr- WIS., A ••• • • • ••••• •• •446, re WA . AA SW ) , uft: which our limits compel us to delay till Monday, contains an imperial Decree to the Ge neral Diet of the Enipire, in which the EmnROR states; that the. French Government haling pro posed to him to stipulate not only for himself, hut also for the Empire, he hoped that all Lion as to the unconstitutional nature Of the aft,. . • world give way to' the reasons he.i,siges for haying complied,with the demand. The Paris Papers have brOught''us nothing later from MN:burgh, than we were already in , possession of. When the Post left Yarmouth yesterday, four Packets were insight, supposed to haic on board the Four 14N:burgh Mails due on Wednesday., last Their arrival in Town may •be hourly ex .peded. The KING on Thursday walked for about an hour in the Gardens at Buckiogham-Honse, and also ye4crday morning. The Dukes of YORK, CLARENCE, and Cum- BERLAND, paid a visit yesterday.to their Royal PaKents at Duckinshatn-House. Yesterday FILR MA J E STY and the Pt INCE6s.s, accompanied by the Countess of HARRINGTON, and Miss GOLDSWORTHY ) took an airing round Hampstead anti Highgate, • • • The QuEEN will hold- a Drawing-Room at St. James's Palace on Thursday next. Sir HARRY and .Lady NEALE. Sir Wtr, and Lady BE INGHAM, and several other Noble Persons, dined yesterday at the Loan C s HANC EL. LOR'S House, in Guildlbrd-street. Lord GRENVILLE is going to leave his house in Cleveland row ; the Earl Of CARD !GAN • It is said has taken it for his family . residence. Lord and Lady GRENVILLE remove to their Country scat at Dropmorc. His Grac© the nuke of Sr. ALs4x's is going to aside at Brighton. i Captain Dor,NET, t was reported, arrived last night with Dispatches from Sir'Rt Lrls =A 4E .x_ CROMBY to Mr. Secretary DUNDA . S.—We did not learn by what. conveyance -he came from Egypt, 'nor what wpre the contents ,of his Dis patches.. • • The Sound is four milesin,width, solhe Danes may have the pleasure of looking ae. -our Fleet sailing through it from theirCastleXt Cronen. burgh, without being able in the leist. to annoy them. Frnut the Hague it is 'said• that the-merchants of Embden' have informed those of Amsterdam,' that the KING olPituss t A had . forbidden all coin. munication with Egypt. From Egypt.. we. are told, that the English had disembarked near Alexandria where General MUNGU was expect}_ iug thkln with part of his Army ; that they were completely defeated and lost 7000 men, the greater part of them . Prisoners ; and that the remainder of their troops had embarked in disorder, and taken refuge in Malta. This news is however given with an observation that it wanted confirmation. We have every reason to doubt whetherany such Paper has been received in London. . Mr. Fox, we find, can attend his duty in Par_ liament, in.oider, to. serve his friend Mr. FIGKNE . IOoKE,, but when a subject, of .the. utmost im portance, to the tranquillity. of Ireland, and on which, for ()tight we kno,. connexion with this Country, may essentially. dePend, is pro,, posed, the Patriotic :Recluse beeiiines, once. more• an igrentee: No man attached to the honour and interest of the British Empire, can regret the• abience of this man; but when his. Party hoM him forth as . a mirror of political virtue, and en-' deavour, by all possible artifices, to_ . get;him instated in Office, it is proper to compare his gross negldi, in one esssential point, 'with his' recent aftivity,npon a matter interesting' chiefly to:in:individual, that mankind -mak. see through his charader, and. fairly decide 'Whether such a man is ,fit to be intrusted with 'the concerns of great -Empire, at the most .awful crisis .in which Civilized sbciety ever was involved. Mr. *HITBREAD seemed very much adverse • to the•punishments inflicted, by 4V/artia/L,ase, in Ireland but, surely, the . ionourabid Gentleman did .noCsuffierently reflea on'. the, atrocities of which the Irish Jacobins and Rebels . have been guilty, or he would by no means have thought those punishments too severe. Eve ry barVarity, which it. is possible for human , dePravity, to . pia iii prglice, has marked. the' career of t!ic Wretches, who, under the influence of French Principles, have attempted' to. overturn •the.Goverenient in Ireland. 'The - examples that have been Made, and - the vigour of Government, _have, in sa - gre a t degree, but .not entirely, suppresied the flagitious spirit which produced .those enormities, but the fury,of Rebellion would burst forth w.itieredoubled violence, 'if tie restraint of Martial .Law were removed. It is therefore 4urprising, that any.man: who Pretends to tinderstancling,• or AO have the least regard to eliaraCter, can oppose a measure so. salutary, and which is,, indeed, dem#nded by imperious necessity. • • . Du a - e.—Sunday morning last, in- conseepenee of a s disagreement- the- preceding niglicat the Theatre, a Meech% took place at' Rathgar: Castle, near hew/nen Counsellor of Hat_ court-street,, and capt, of ilieArrillery i when the latter rtcei;led a wound in the gioin ; the se:;oods then interposed, 'arid' Pitt an end • to this unhappy rencontre. -On Friagy sennight, the Tritom Frig' ate, of 32 • g,uns t 11:apt. ( py, which arrived at I'l3rillo4th on sday from a Cruize in the Bay, fell in with arilqrattf,,sevral 'French Chasse Mar6e§; and GA, n chew ? one of ,tiie giips t unfOrtt.. iotel g iff tfulikny %t hi = ck • ficcideof Mi 4 THCINtAS AttfiglecuntftistUFmknt, and E i. L, the Gunner's Mate, were killecl ) 'anci eigh. leen others wounded, 1 / 4 . -•.:f i- + -.,:1141, NAVAL - y ~.,..---- k '. '4 0, . NEWS. ; , ' 2-. 1% ,Z illy hyperimm pelag:ri trif.emtem, Std rnrbi scrte datum. PLYMOUTH, - MAR c rz. THIS day, at noon, the followin i g Ships of War belonging to the Channel Fleet arrived hat, and anchored in Cawsand Bay, viz. Royal Sovereign too Vice-Admiral Sir H. HARV/Y, Bt. C ...apt. R. ItAcntor. Princess Royal Q 5 Rear-Admiral C. Col I..xxc..woor. . r ? Capt. J. laltrux. Rear-Admiral Sir E.G.owza,Knt. 9g •Capt. D. ATKINS. .• 98 Capt. R. GRINDALL. .. 74- Capt,j, Sin' TON. ParPeur - Formidable Superb Eleven other Men of War belonging to the Fleet passe4 hy.at,the same tinr fox Torbay.. Arrived the. Danish Galliot jokina Alargri ref:a,. laden vvith wine . an . dcotk, fro - mßourdeaux, bound to Erubden, detainett i by the Ferret Priva. 114,3/ 4. 4 k " ) .1 4.441 - 4114 Jll IN tY 411,444.44, 410 {/444.• jeas of relief, the. Industrious Poor. Although there was.. some doubt . upon the question, ye .it seemed to that :tinder the 43d ELIZABETH, thi Poor, so circumstanced, were without .a re medy, but that ,under the suksequent they had one. Mr. C. DUN.DAS said, he wished this Bill to go into a. Committee, for the purpose of having . this and several other doubtful questions respcA ing the Poor Laws clearly ascertained. Mr, WHITBREAD remarked on the: doubt entertained . by the ATTORNEY GENERAL and others, as to the construdion of Ads of Parlia ment respelling the Poor. He therefore thought that the House ought, by an enaetmerit, to set such -matters- perfectly clear. He could not but express his surprize at an opinion thrown out by the ATTORNEY GENERAL, that where a Pauper was possessed Qf a .small Eledive Franchise, and through losses and unforeseen circumstances was obliged - to apply forwParochial Relief; that in such case. he ought to-make a temporary •surrender of his Franchise. But what would this-produce but an aggravation of distress ? He had another doubt upon. his-mind, which was, Whether, if.a man was---summoned to- pay to the Poor -Rate,-but was- ,afterwards exdinpted, he was to be deemed chargeable to the Parish in which he happened to rsside He was for the. Bill's going into a Com mittee, that such questions might lys: put out of disrte. Mr, JOHNSTONE and Mr. BRAGGE objected to the . A Di:isiQn being called for, the Gallery was cleared. We understand. that the'Division con_ kistcd of an *equal number of .Members (37) on each sick, and that the .-RE,vicgtt gave his Cast ing vote fru then Bill's going into a Committee. When the Gallery Was again opened, the House was in a Committee, Mr. GREY in the Chair, The SPEAKER gave his opinion 'on the ques tion which had been proposed during the preced ing discussion by Mr. C. DUNDAS. He said, the construaion of the A& limiting relief to those who had " no means" of support, was ge nerally, understood to be, having no sufcient means ofrelief, -and not that they must be abso lutely destitute of all meals whatever. Thus, a man might have means , of relieving himself and wife, or one or two children, but not, if there were seven or eight children, and some of them perhaps blind or otherwise afflicted • . 119:. WHITBREAD brought 'up 'a• Clause, "That no , person•who shall hereafter be relieved from the payment of the Poor Rate, shall, in consequence thereof, be deemed or taken to be chargeable to the Parish in which he or she may happen to reside. at the time of making this or. 4c..r." . • The House being resumed, the Bill with Amendments,: was reported, and the Report or., dered.to be. taken into consideration on Monday next. • Lord CASTLEREAGHbrought up the fill for continuing, for a time to be limited, Mar tial Law in Ireland. The Bin waa read, a first time, and ortirrcil to be read a second time on Monday next, and to be printed. Lord CASTLEREAGH mpved, 4 ‘ That the Ads of Parliament of Ireland of the last Session, relative to the Postage of Letters, Stamp Duties, Seè. &c, be read," which he did, he said, witli a view of referring. them. to a committee of the whole. House hereafter. The AE s }yere entered'as- read, .it the usual form, in these cases. • • Lord C 4STLERE 4g II then said, he hitl given 'notice of moving. this day, for leave to bring in- a Bill for continuing, for a time tq be limited, the Suspension of the Habeas Corpus MI in Ireland, and he rose • now for 'that put.- pwe. He apprehended,-'from what had paSse.d lately on 'another sub3e4t sconneeled with this, there. would be no.opposition to , the . Morion now, as. be trusted there wits no, difference of - opinion upon thesttbje6l, at least in the present stage, of it ;. if any difference should hereafter arise; there would be abundant ,opportunities-fora the discus. sion of it. He then moved, " That"' leave .be .given-to-bring in the 'Bill for the above purpose,. fora time to bu limited,''' which was granted, and Lord CASTLEREAGH-, the ATTORNEY andSOLI- CiTOR. GENERALS, the CyIANCELLOR cif the EXCH EQUER, and the N'lisr aft of the Rot.i.s, were tiireaed tq prepare and bring in the Bill. The two Mutiny Bills were read a third time, and passed. . . Mr. BR AGGE-brought up the -Report -of a Committee for taking -into consideration certain Ditties . , the. Title of, which we could. not hear, which was read and agrFedAo - B RAGGE, brought ay also the Report of the Committee on the 'Bill for increasing the, Bounty to be given,, in certain periods, on.the importation of American Flour, which was read,., agreed' to, the. Bill was .ordered.to be engrossed, and read' a third time 'On Monday, if then en-' grof.seti„ A.Gcntleman from the Treasury of Ireland brought up .certain Public Accotnio,,whi,ch- had been.draereti to be: Jaid bc-foria tho House. Or., dered to. be laid OA the-:Table. The other Orders of the Day were ,deferred to Mondai•. - . At flálf past. Seven the HQuse adjourned to Monday next. THE SU N. SOLEM QUIS DICIERE I AUDEAT, teer, of London, Captain HosIER. • Arrived La - FriaFrier Sloop.A . f War, of 14 guns, from .Mj,lford, ..14v,ing under convoy the Spanish Ship. El liir,On Marj.,' from the flavan_ naii,..captlyed..five weeks since by the Argo, of 44. gyms/ Capt.,Bowzx, and carried into Milford. Arrived the Brig WilAelmina Eleora, of Hambro', J. MOHR master ; and. the Swedish Ship Tomo, of.Bruckstadt,H.kilkiaßEßG master, both laden with wine and barilla, from Teneriffe, bound to Harnburgh, detained in the Channel by the Lord - Nelsort - Privateer, of ;his Fort, Capt. GIBSON. _ TORBAY, MAJLcH, 12, t • • , kr4CHOICED •here this ' day,- the Pillede _Pa rit, Hon'. Admiral Coit - NWALLI4 -. .Royal George, &an Josef, Prince Georg, Windsor Castle, Glory, Temerairec gepune,' Atlas; Prince, and C~~tain. A strong•Squadmf was left off, Brest 'under Sir JAN/11;i SALTMAR um, lArtrt. - RortAcinliral of the • Blue, YARMOUTH, .11 , 14acti 13. haya heel) sent yes. .terday by thc:Ha;ard Cutter, were afteswards countermanded. In the afternoon 01C:Lit;erty hired Cutter, sailed with. a. Messenger,. 'Boposed for Cuxbavot cart ilremerlee ; but she was not per.,. 'flitted, to take any other passen,gers. Arrived in the Road;,. the .I).efiance, of 74 . suns, Admiral Giti,v Es, and Dra4 anti Maiy Cutters. Four Packets ate now in sight, bkt from a strong Westerly wind, and flood tide, they can.. not get time enough. for the Post, therefore cannot learn their natnes.• 3 PORTS AM • IVl4lrcit j, SA ILED His Ma j esty's Ship Aicmate s . forqite North Seas. 1)444L, IVIAR,c..H• 13. His Majesty's Ship D4*.axce, Rear-Admiral Paikvs,, sailed, yestcr4ay..vvening to. join the_ North Sea Fleet and the Fc,rtitile Frigate to the Westward., • ,The Eirphafit and Raiyeu Sloops•of " cal " in this morning. from , Portsmouth : the former sailed for 'Yarmouth the latter-remains with the geyer.y.fsel, Terpsichore, Neme.th, Swvtt i i r, and Gi f u Sloops, _ Tile Sir Stephen I f nihinton, Captain.Cooctr, with another East India:Company's ShipAnaaser‘ not known), came down this afternoon, *and ree main, SHEERNESS, MARCH 13. Tars day the Jamaica, Trimmer-Fire-Nesse,: and Provislenea hired Cutter, went put of Harbour. YESTERDAY Captain AU;TEN, of the Navy, arrived at the Admiralty, with intelligence of Adrnizat GANTRX MIMI'S Squadron hay it put into Tendon to refit; • In - this cast-, it will pro bably •bC overtaken by Sir ROBERT CALDER, and•blocked- up in T - oulon, or at least its progress towards-. Egypt .iery mattrially rctarded. s' Advices have beenjeceivectat the Admiralty, - Of the actual commencement 'of Hostilities against the Sweilei. = The• Dryad Frigate, Capt.' MANa.: 4 r 44 Li hr on -her passage to, the Westindies, fell in with a Swedish Frigate. Capt. MANSFIELD,, wish. h mg, to spare, t exprieeessary effusion of blood, sent a boat off to itiforin the Swedish 'Commander.of the-orders . he, had .received,, to stop and.detain all the vessels. of • that nation,-he -might faki' its with ; • and notifying. to him the inevitable consequence of his not surrendering his ship.‘ Not receiving a satisfakftory :answer, a smart I\6ion ensued .; *ha the. event was 'such" as mighCbe eXpeeted. The. Sweiliah- Frigate ha§ been brought into Cork, with the lbss . of five men killed and-seven.. , teen ivoundca. • ~~+►