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Gentleman, or ,some other Member, to make a Motion to that effett.—The Notices of Motions were, indeed, 'entered in the Book of Entries, by the Clerk, but this. was by . way of Courtesy, for such Notices aiti not pro perly form part of the business of the'HOuse, nor could 'they be inserted among the Orders of the Day. To follow up the 11. m. Members'Avish, the best way would be for him to give notice of his intention to make a Motion.on the Aibjea.— Here the conve:sation dropped. • • A Person from the Naiinnal Debt Office, ,pre sented an Account from the Commissioners for Liquidating the National Debt, for the Year the gth of January, 1801, which was or dered to be laid on the Table. HOUSE OF PEERS. THURSDAY, FEB. 19. The hiarquisses of WINCIiESTER and An EtCOR Earl of MACCLESFIELD, Viscount GRISISTONIi the I3ishops Lo w DON and BRISTOL, and other Peers, were sworn and took their Seats. . THEATRE-ROYAL, COVENT-GARDEN. rraMORROW EVENING, Feb. 21 ) 1801 ) 1 will be performed a Comedy, called EVERY MAN IN HIS HUMOUR. WITH IL BONDOCANI. THE NEW LYING-IN CHARITY FOR THE BENEFIT of the WIVES of the SOLDIERS of the THREE REGIMENTS of FOOT GUARDS, Under the Patronage of Her Royal Highness the DUTCH tSS of YORK. THE object of the above Charity is to supply the Wives of the Soldiers of the three Regiments of Foot Guards with attendance at their own habitations, and particularly' to assist thorn with the use of Child-bed Linen. To be supported by Voluntary Donations, to furnish the first supply of sets of Linen, and the immediate Ile cessayy expenees ; and, by an Annual Subscription of One Guinea, to defray the future current demands of each year. Tire utmost diligence and attention will be paid by the ConduElors of this Charity, to ensure to the objeas of it the full benefit intended by its Royal Patroness ; and no. doubt is,entertained that a Proposal of this important and benevolent nature, will be favourably received and dice tuallv supported by the Public. Subscription Books are now opened at Messrs. Ham thersleys and Co.'No. 76, Pall-Mall Coots and Co. and Smith, Payne, arid Smith, Mansion-house- Stfand ; street—for Donations and Annual Subscriptions, where further printed Particulars of the, Plan may lie , tisd, and at 113tcharcl's, No. 173, Piecadilly, as soon al the Rules and Regulations are finally arranged. - • • • • London, Feb. Ittot. • ENGLISH STATE LOTTERY, BEGINS DRAWING MARCH 2, 180 . 1. THE SCHEME CONTAINS 3 i) rim of 4:30,0r50 2 -------... 20,000 .3. —,........—... ic l ooo 4 .........11.11.4•••• 5 000 7,c00- i er) V..••••...• 1..... 5 D ' . . ' RALF A MILLION AT n()NEY o' Sterling in Prizes. 0 Pot of the Capitals will be determined as under : tirot-bravest Ticket astli Day 4. 10,e,30 r%tto, 29th Day 20,000 Ditto, -- 33(1 I):iy "-- 30„:oo • Ditto, 44,th Day 2,003 , Th e PRIZES of this LOTTERY will be paid at the U4U4I time in FULL STERLING MONEY without agy Disputa or Pecitaiori. 1 ItKETS and SHARES of TICKETS are selling at ~.,sty LICF-NSVI) LOTTERY OFFICE -in Eng land, Scotland, and Ireland ; and the Prizes paid un Demand. FEBRUARY PRICES. Ticket - - , 17 9 0 - StB 0 Eight 2 s 6 !carter - - 4To o Sixteenth - - I 3 o Tickets will rise gradually at the Drawing approaches, and will not be cheaper. (T Persons in the Country may be supplied with TicketA or Shares, the same as if present, by sending Post Office Orders, good Bills, Cash, or Bank 'Notes, to any Licciami Lottery Office. LOTTERY fur the P (GOT DIAMOND. THE Tickets are Two Guineas each, and num bered from t to ri,42,5, the First Drawn of which iii the ESC; LISH STATE LOTTERY, ad March, 18ot, will receive the Prize, now deposited in the Bank of Eng- . land, and described in the A.CI of Parliament as follows.: " And whereas the said Diamond is esteemed by skilful ' 6 Lapidists to be but little interior in weight, and equal in " Water and Brilliancy, to any known Diamond in Europe ;. " ancl the Value thereof is now estimated at a Sum little " short of THIRTY THOUSAND POUNDS." SWIFT and Co. No. rt, POULTRY, 'London (est*_ blished in the year 1759), and at their State Lottery Offices, in Dublin and Glasgow, arc appointed to sell' th e Ti c k ets of the above Lorn ee. A Model'of the tiaMond may be seen at eithet of their Offices. Letters answered, and Schemes s'clist gratis. To PURCHASERS in the LOTTERY. • I BEARDMORE reopeekfully acquaints the j Nobility and Public in general (as one of the C o n_ Inaors with Government for the present 'Pnglish Lot teryb that TICKbTS . will RISE considerably before the Drawing commences, in consegtience of the great de -3'604 for them, and the Scheme being such that" Sixty Thousind Pounds may bogained by one Ticket ; and as a Security to Purchasers, he engages to take bac k on . the Saturday before Drawing, all Tickets bought at his. Of *ice, or return the Purchase Money, shbuld Tickets be lower than the present price, the advantage therefore is eY.yent—you may gain but cannot lose. ickets and Shares are now selling in great variety, and en the lowest terms, at the old established °Mee, NO. 65, Piccadilly, . opposite St. James's-street, where Capital Prizes to a great amount have ben sold and registered, Amon g them No. a 5,19,11, a Prize of 2900 . 81. in the last July Lottery, No. 34,7691. io,oool. No. 39,657, tepoi. iec. ! &c. and thy Money for all Prizes paid ondonand.. VALUABLE EFFECTS, at MITCHEL GROVE, near ARUNDEL, SUSSEX: TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, By Mr. 'SQL/11313, On Ni9nday the 234 init. and Four following Days, at Eleven o' C lock, ALL the Excelle nt an d Gen u ine HO US E HOLD FURNITURE, a Pair of Pier Glasses, in two Plates, seventy inches by thirty-eight ; elegant Plated Articles, China, Glass, a few Cabinet Piaures, Prints by Ho arch , a capital Billiard T a bl e , an Ei ght-day C l oc k , an Oak Mangle, Waxgons, Carts Tintber-carriage, Horses, two Rams, about tifty Tons of Meadow llav, goo Bushels of Potat oes , an d a Variety of other Valuable Eti;:cts, the Property of _ _ • • Sir jOHN SHELLEY, Bart. At his Seat at Mitchel Grove, near Arundel, Sussex. The Furniture comprises lofty Four-post, Field, and Couch Bedsteads, with Chintz Cotton, Dimity, Needle work, and Damask Hangings; upwards of thirty Down, Goose, and other, Feathcr-brds ; excellent Hair, Wool, and Flock Mattresses, and Bedding ; wel l-made Mahogany Cabinet-work, in Ward-robes, Bureaus, Bookeasa4, double and single'Chests of Drawers, Dining, Card, Pembroke, and Library Tables; a Drawing-room Suit, in Chintz Cotton, Pier Glasses, large,Wilton, Turkey, and Kidder minster Carpets Kitchen, Dairy, and Brewing Utensils; large Coppers and Furnaces a Venison Safe, &c. The whole may be viewed' on Friday the Loth, and Sa: turtlay the2lSt. Catalog ues (at 6d. each, to be returned to purchaser s ) may be hal on the Premises ; at the Nor frilk firms, Arundel; the principal Inns at Chichester, Petworth,l7E - wzs, anti Brighton,- and of Mr. Squibb; at kip iltgliott-;9041, SAValc-row, London, ~. The Rad sf MO Mil presented a Petition from certain Debtors .contined in the Gaol of the County of the City of Dublin, setting thrth the extreme hardships they la boured under, which.were much aggravated by the present Scarcity and- Dearness of all sorts of Provisions. His Lordship observed that the Bill lately brought before the House, did not at all supersede the necessity of those ap plications; from the Noble and Learned Lord's own state ment, the Bill in . question by no means went tar enough, and in which opinion he most -cordially. agreed. The option of acting upon it was vested solely in the creditor ; and torlebtors of the description of which lie had frequently to solicit the feeling ancLattention of that House, it Willed to promise but a small,portion of relief. That measure not being then regularly before their Lordships, he should otter no detailed opinions upon it. His present observa tion was only to impress the idea, that the same grounds cur entertaining applications of the kind, existed as here tofore. 1k moved, that after the title, a particular part of the body of the Petition (setting forth the extreme dis tress of the Petitioners) be read.—Which was accordingly done, and the Petition, 90 his Lordship's Motion, was or dered to lie on the Table. The Bill for the exemption of certain persons from the payment .of the Poor's Rate, was read'a third time, pass ed, and a message ordered to acquaint the Commons therewith. TAYLOR's DIVORCE BILL. On the question for the second reading of the Bill to dissolve the marriage of George Taylor, Gent. witlt Ca therine Birchall Taylor, his now wile, &c. Counsel and Evidence were heard at some length, from whose statement and depositions it appeared, that Mr. Taylor, of Totness, in Devonshire, was married to Miss C. B. Elken, of Sloane -street, Knightsbridge, in May s 7 9 a, from which period until her being detected in a Criminal Intercourse with the Rev. William I lbert Bird. wood, of Totness, they lived happily together, and in every respect as an affectionate couple should do. It ap peared that the Petitioner's family and that of Mr. Bird wood., who was the son of Dr. Birdwood, lived on terms of intimacy and friendly intercourse. Mr. Taylor's being a professional man;.-land necessarily often absent from home, gave the Reverend Gentleman frequent opportuni ties Of praaising against his friend's peace and honour, and by the evidence of M r: Taylor's gardener, and his assistant, it appeared, that tile parties, Mrs. Taylor and Mr. Bird wood, were seen,in such 31 tUatiOliS, and under such eir eumstanees,• particularly in the Months of Nov. 1798, and of June and Nov. i 799, as seemed to leave little donut of as Adulterous Intercourse having taken place between them. Added to this, a young woman who had lived se veral years as servant in Mr. Taylor's family, stated, that on the artair being detected, Mts. Taylor expressed the greatest regret and concern for lief misconduct, mai ac knowledged to her, that she had'carnal knowledge a t Mr. Birdweod. a .tinestion,from the Marquis of Bee t: - N u4st,it appeared, that Mr. Birdwood is a single man, about twenty-seven years of age, still in Orders, and the son of the (sentlernan above-mentioned. In consequence of the above being manifested, the Petitioner, in Hilary Terni 18'co, broUght an anion in the Court of King's Bench, against the Rev. Mr. Birdwood, and obtained J udgment tier 5001. Damages, and Costs. The usual pro- LeattiO aping. the Lady .werethen instituted in the Ee. clirsiastical - Courts, where a sentence of Divorce a 171 Mil rr tboio was pronounced. These fads and circumstances, together with the .form of serving the Notice on Mrs. Tay-. lor, and the solemnization of the Marriage of the parties being certified, the Counsel, &c. were ordered to retire. The Bill was then, without opposition, read a second time,:and on_ the 'question lying put for committi ng it, • TIT illarpth of BUCKINGHtIM came forward and ob-• served, leit there should be any imputation of a with on' his part to take the House by surpris e , h e t h en d ec l are d, that in the Committee on the present Bill, as it was his intention to do on every . future occasion of the kind wher ever he had an opportunity, to propose the introduction of a Clause, founded . on the principle of -a Legislative regu lation, which had on a former occasion the Concurrence of their Lordships, but which was lost in the other House of Parliament, viz, to prohibit the Parties between whom the adulterous intercourse existed from intermarrying with each other during the life-time of the Husband. The Noble Marquis then read the Clause' he intended to pro pose in the CoMmittee, which ran precisely to the etti:ct above stated. The Earl of WESTMORLAND observed, that what the Noble Marquis had stated was a consideration of much importanct, as involving a . principle upon which great dit tete= of opinion existed in that House. He toped that. some interval would be allowed previous to the committal of the Bill, that Noble Lords might have notice, as,. if an early day was fixed, it would, iir edict, be taking the House by surprise. • . - The Marguis BUCICIPTGIIAM replied, that if what had just fat len trom hint had been sutlmently attended to no such design could fairly be imputed to him. 'He hail, not only given the notice, but read the identical Clause he meant to propose. It was certainly his wish that due time should be given. The commitment of the Bill was then fixed for this day fortnight. Mr. Banco t,, attended by several Members, brought up from the Commons a Bill to repeal tile Act for the use of Brown Bread, tirc. passed last Session, The Bill was forthwith read a first time. Mr. BaAoca also presented front" the Commons a variety of papers and documents relative to a system of 6enerallaclosure and the Cultivation of Waste Lands, agreeably to a recent Mepage. of their Lordships desiring stich communication: The titles of the.pspers being read, they were referred to the comiticratinn of 'the Select Committee on the Dearth of Provisioris, from which, as we could coiled, the name of the Duke of Bev roe o, on an application from his Grace was ordered to be withdrawn, and that of the Duke of AT Hot, substituted. An Officer from the Commissioners of the Thames Na. vigation presented several Accounts relative thereto. Al ter Which their Lordships adjourncxl till half-past three o'clock to.morrow. HOUSE OF COMMONS, THURSDAY, FEB. 19. Tit e Aberdeen Canal Bill was read the first time. Colonel BAGWELL (Member for Tippetary) said, he hoped the House would excuse his taking occasion to observe a different usage between the late Parliament of Ireland, and that of this Coun. try. In the former, it had been usual for the Sr tiara of the Commons House, to cause to be issued to the Members, along with the Votes, the Notices of Motions, and the Days when they were to be brought forward ; and as such a variety of Notices of intended Motions 'had lately been given, by different Honourable Members, he thought a similar praftice, if adopted in the Imperial Parliament, would tend greatly to the convenience of Members. He 'merely submitted this suggestion to the consider ation of the House. Tht SPEAKER observed, that the practice alluded to, had not been followed in the ParHameln NEW WRITS. New Writs were moved, for the norongh of Totness, in the rcolivot - the Right Hon. Lord., ARDEN who has accepted the Office of Master of His :Majesty's Mint : 7 —Also for the Borough of Devizes,. in the room of the Right Hon. HENRY ADDINGTON, he having accepted the Office of Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds . : --7,,, Also, a New Writ for the-County of Bang, Scotland, in the room of Sir WM. GRANT, has accepted the Office of Steward of East Henke& in The County of Bucks :—Also a rhnv Writ for the Borough of Bramber, in the County of Sussex, in the room of JAMES ADAMS, Esq. who, since his Elation, has accepted the Office of one of the Commissioners of the Admiralty. Mr. LONG presented Accounts of Outstanding Exchequer Bills, which were ordered to be laid upon the Table. The MASTFItS in CHANCERY brought up a • Message from the Lords, with a Bill' for extend. ing Relief to, a certain description of Persons, rated to the Poor, and for granting .Parochial Relief in certain Cases, which Bill was read a first time. The MASTERS IrICHANCERY also presented a Message from the Lords, requesting a Copy , of the Report of the Committee for promoting the Cultivation and Improvement of WaStc Lands ; which Report was sent to the Lords accordingly by Mr. BR. GGEt • A Person from the House of Correetion in -Cold Bath Fi:lds presented; :according to order, an Account ce• the Income, and Expenditure of . the said Hoag, during the years 1798, 1799, and 1800. • Silt SIIATY SMITH'S PENSION BILL. Mr. BIiAGGE brought up the Riport of thp Committee on Sir St EY SM rues Pen3iou Bill. . Mr. ONES said, that after having repeatedly suggested the ilropriety of rewarding this gallant Officer, he could not be supposed adverse to his • obtaining the reward now proposed to - be con ferred. At the same time he was: of opinion that the services of this Of&er ought to have been rewarded.before now, nor did he think' that the sum of i000l: was sufficient to be given to a man who, by his services, had . stem= med the progress of the French Forces, post: paned the destrualen of the Ottoman Empire, and contributed to the preservation .of our pos..' sessions in India ; nor ought his rhe?it, to be overlooked in framing a ConVention for the French Evacuation of Egypt, much ..as he re gretted that the terms of this .Convention had not been afterwards sanaiOned by Ministers: He observed,' the reason which had been stated by His Majesty's Ministers for deferring - this, Motion ~until this time, was, that the gallant Officer was now giving' up his Command ; but formerly they had asserted that he had no Cot_ mand given him. Not thinking Sir StoNEi's services were sufficiently rewarded, hehad'given notice of his intentions elsewhere (the: East India House) of moving a similai reward to'be comer_ red op him by that Company. The Repnrt.of the COmMittee wai then agreed to, nem. con. and a Bill ordered to be brought in • pursuAnt thereto, WAYS AND MEANS. Mr. BAAGGI brought up the Report of the Committee of Ways and Means. Mr. AL A. TAYLOR said, he wished shortly to call the attention of the House to this subject. He could not think that the Resources of the Country were quite eo abundant as the Right Hon. Gentleman had stated them last night; nor could he hear them so represented, without beg ging Gentlemen to refer a little to the situation of the large and populous Districts, and the crate of the Poor Rates in different parts of the Coun try. Without some relief was given, and the pressure of some of the Taxes was taken off, the Landed Interest of the Country would suffer most severely. He had Papers in his pocket which re ferred to one manufaluring part of the Country —the West Riding of Yorkshire, which chewed, that instead of the boasted prosperity and se sources of the Country, unless Peace arrived, the House might vote Supplies, but he believed there would not be found People able to pay them. He at tended not to declamation but to fads ; nor could the splendid exhibition of eloquence by the Right Hon. Gentleman, convince his mind in oppositu , n to fads. He had heard that Petitions had been agreed upon in various parts of the West Riding of,Yorkshire, laying their grievances before,the, Throne. At all events; he thought they ought to be known to the Representatives of the People. in the town of Wakefield, the Poor Rates in 179 i amounted to 191 tl. and ih 1799 they had risen to the sum of 28681. and from Nov. 3, i Soo, to Feb. 1, 1801, they amounted to - 8981. In varrou4 other township pasimilarctlies, a similar increase had taken place. If then the War should . he continued, and Taxes and Poor Rates thus pro gressively carried dn, he would leave Gentlemen to judge how far the Cduntry in its present"state • could bear them. With regard to th e Nlanufac 'turers in the' West Riding OlYbritshire, he nitist also observe, that almost all the Rireign Ports; were shut against Their goods, particularly the, guns or Russia,. Many- ot the Merdlan'ts were 'ilfeady undone, and at least two-thirds of the. ilantifaaurers were out of employ. Ahd such was the state of the poor shopkeepers, :that the r_ . tants of distress • might - in many instances be granted against them in Vain. - • - • Mr. jot.LIFFtt and Sir jowl P‘Attmt Lt. fcsy . about the same time; .when the House lo u d& calling upon Sir J. PARNELL, Mr. joLL'irrs, sat down. Sir ;ally _PARNELL-said, that his par rase • in rising, was not for - the sake of making objetti_ cans to'tite general statement_ of the Right lion, Gentleman (Mr: Pun.) lit would admit that . that part of his Speech which re:peCted Ireland, was perfectly fair: Without questioning either . the ability, or distindness with which the general -statement was given, he must beg - leave to that, so (dr as respeCted Ireland, it was not sperfeetly clear, inasmuch . AS, the Right Hon. Gentleman had not, in his Speech, • specified the -• miscellaneous services for that Contitrv, nor whether the sum m s were greater .or 'smaller for sills'. year than usual. But as the su'bjec't would , bably undergo farther, ciiseut , sitin,‘ he sho s uld•then have ito opportunity of making such:farther obser vations as might occur to his mind.-.4he rtjibtfret: 2.l7thS, which appertained to Ireland, as far as ra-, spetted- the general charge of the Empire,.-lie 11A.. L '44“oo({ would amount to the sum of 4;3i4,0001... but the internal expence of Ireland. far exceeded ) that sum. Last year it exceeded", 5,60°,6001. • ~English money: . The difference between these two sums exceeded that of 1,200i0001. for which Englund, by the Right Hon. Gent)einan's Sp!echi• ' would render herself . responsible, He men dotted this circumstance, to tiiiew that the Int.. pedal HOuse o Cirnimions was as Much interested in every article of Irish F.,xpendii'tire, as. if the Stateinent had been made 'in the Irisli',ll6use.,of, Commons. Sir Jon x then proceeded tai state the . usual made of bringing forward the S;rpplies in the. Irish House of Conunotts; The accounts for the*yices of the "current year, .inclUding the Civil :atti Military EstabliAments, were then called for, and he thought that, a prataice_. wbith had been found so beneficial in Ireland, .Qught.to be adopted in, this Country. .PITT said, he had heard, with great .sa— tislatlictn the Speech of, the Right Hon. .83r0.,. net, insomuch as it conveyed : , the disp..,sition to ; ' consider the - interests of both parts of the United., kingdom as indissolubly united, and tliat only One wish prevailed for equal justice to both parts' of the Einpire. 'lt was true, as the Right Hon, Wironet•had remarked„'. that he had not entered with the satne.minuteness into the i te m s o f Irish I,xpeticliture in his Speech, as he had done with respeCt to other parts of the general Charge; per haps, in some respects, he was chargeable with an accidental ornissioll; but so far as reTeaet,,l., the Miscellaneous, Articles, he would • observe, that it ,was not usual; nor necessary,' at the time of opening the Budget, to enter-into particulars t. • the time for stating them particularly would be when .they came to be voted ; and then the House would doubtless be .to receive - all - the in.,, formation with which the abilities and knowledge! of the Hon. Baronet could furnish them. But hi, must say that the Hon, Baronet was, completely mistaken, if he -supposed ,the that'he whole burden to be borne by Ireland for the, current yeat. amounted to the. suan.of 4,3 . 24,0001;which, 2!s• • di lte truly observed, was less thaw the sum; b.orne . ItiyAreland during the .last year, What .he (Mr. ; f.'pl-rT) had stated was, that this was ip. joint:, charge, according to the 'ferias of the Union,. exclusive of various articles of expencelor which, Ireland was liable, arising from her •Siokini , Fund,,Compensations, Treasory • Bills (in the-na.. sure of our Exchequer "Bills), and various other items. Ile had 'stated," that for these purposes, it would be necessary :for Ireland' to borrow . the ,sum of z,500,0001, " in addition to • this sum of. .4,324,0001. By the A& of Union, Parliament.wai to judge, what sum each Country was to furnish,- .and then to judge by what means the. aggregate ms were to be defrayed.—He had stata,• besides the sum whieh'lreland was to paY, .the sum of about Two Millions and a half was - the proportion of, the sum which was to be added-On, account of‘ Ireland. If he was mistaken, he should be 'thankful of every information he , might receive from-the-Right Hon. Baronet. ; With re, spat to what had fallen from an Hon. Gentleman (Mr. M. A. TAimuß), he was persuaded that, dot Hon. Gentleman had mi,intention- of inculcating any thing desponding. The Hon. Gentleman had begun bA remarking, that he had deferred mak,. ing any observations list night on the general statements he (Mr, Prtr) had.adduced, because it was not usual, on whit was died a Budget night, 'to make any observations, especially when co new matter was introduced. He should only say on' this point,• that during the last seventeen, years he recolleded no. day, excepting yesterday, with.. out some observation on a Budget being opened, What the Hon. Gentleman now 'stated, did not grow out of any nc* matter which.had beery nup gested yesterday, hut what grey: , out olbis pocket. in answer to, what he had then stated as to the gene. ral prosperity of the. Country, the Hon.. Gentle. man had' remarked that the gm Rates had in-