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,LVIPERIAL PAR_WiVLENT. HOUSE OF PEERS. THURSDAY, MARCH 13. The Committee of Privileges sat,again some time ima the Claims to the Barony of Robs. The Soli r citor General, on behalf of Lady Henry Fitzgerald; Sir Vicary Gibbs, on behalf of the Due - of Rutland; and the.Attoiney General.on'the part of the Crown, were, severally heard. .After whiCh; the further .consideration was pottponed till to=morrow ,foit 7 :• • Might. • • IMPEACHMENT OF 'LORD MELVILLE. Lord AUCKLAND called the attention oftheir Lordships to ~the further Article of impeachment against • Lord Melville, with respe& to which, he said,' the' first inipressien.Of his mind' Was; that it ought to be received. Was' glad that the House had afterwards referred it to . the ComMitted to search for precedents of their Lordships' pro ceedings in cases pf jintieachMent, as much informa tion was in eonsequence detived'fretii the'Corritnittee on the subje&. - He would not now trouble . the House with reading the Report of 'the Ccitutnittee, but should merely refer to three cases which'Were analogous to the present. The first was the case of Lord StratfOrd ; the second . that 'of the Lord Mayor of London, in 143, who, after putting in an An- Awer to Articles of Impeachment, also pleaded to further Artiele,s, .which were 'subsequently sent up from the Comnaons ; the - third - case was that off .okci DatibY; in which it was expressly 'stated, thai time should' 'be allowed him to plead to the :'Articles of ImpeachMent preferred against"' hiin; or to any further Article • which might be presented: --It was; therefore, clear; that the principle of calling upon persons impeached to answer any fur ther Articles of IMpeachMent which' might be sent up from the Commons was recognized' by prece dent. As 'to what-would have been the effeet if Lord Melville had entered a spec;al plea 'to the Articles first presated; whether he could then be called ' upon to ~answer a Thi-ther Article, he would dis cuss the ciliation, it: not being before , the House, the plea of that Noble 'Lord haVing been a general one ofNot Guqty. .In the Motion, however,which be intended to Make,. he Wished to. give Lord Mel ville the opportunity of either demurring to the fur . ther Article, of ''withdrawing .his s gene,ral plea and plcad';rig specially, or of pleading.fgenerally to the further Article. He concluded by moving,- . `.` That • a Copy of the further Article of Impeachment be communicated to Lord Viscdunt 'Melville, and that AD put in his answer to thetsanie onio'-morrow' fortn?glit. l :---Ordered; The further Article was ordered to be printed. The Corn Eigiortation "Bill, the Irish Duties Bill, the Foreign Troopkßill, the Royal' Marine Mdtiny Bill, .and the Greenland Whale Fishery Bill,. 'were severally rehd a' second time, and committed -for tor morrow. . Lord . HENRY PETTY, Mr, SHAW LEFEVRE; and ~. • , seVival ., (ither :Members of the House of Cortimons, brought up L6rd" Coliingv.-.iod'.B Annuity Bill, and .. a priyate MI; which *ere severally read a first time. , --=Adjourned till to-morrow" (this *clay); . • ' HOUSE OF COMMONS. TIIURSDAY, MARCH 13. Mr. MANNINd bthitht up the London Dock Im provement Bill; which was read a•first time, and ordered to b read a second. Lord Collingwood's Family Annuity Bill was read a_third . tim4 and passed nein. con. ' ' Lord H. PETTY "postponed to Monday the Ord- 7 Dance Treasurer 'Regolation Bill, after - a few words fro.n Sir' Ny:' ELt•ortp, who thought one of the ClalseS unnecessary, because the Law provided for that hart of the case already: JACon Astii.Ey'l*)vecl .for \ an. Account- of the' Amount Of Charges on Malt in England and Scot land fOi• the last two years; together with the Amount Of ,inty paid . theteoh.—Ordered. '''• Deferred the. COmmitterS of the whole House on the Tortola Free-Lichtßill till MOnday. Passed the Coainuttee o the ,whole House, and Report or dered to' be received to4norrOw, on the Mutiny Bill. As also the Militia Pay Bill (for 4:riglancl)—the satue•fdr Ireland.. Alsothe 'Militia Adjutants' Bill: Read atirst time the*Bill to einpoweriHis Majesty to accept the Services of such of the Irish as May volunteer into the Regulars, on the Motion of 'lr. VANSITT4RT. Reports of the English and Irish Sugar, Drawback • Bills were *brotialit up by Mr. ALEXANDiII read, agreed to, and ordered to be read a third time to , inorrow, if then engrossed. • The Wool Manufacture .Penalty Suspension. Bill ix/xi - reported and agreed to."' • • The Aniericim Treaty Continuance Bill was read a second time, and ordered 'to be committed to a Committee of the whole House' to-morrow: Thes.Newfonndland 'Judicature Bill was read a . 3;r6t - tirnf.;. second reading to-morrow. 7 --Ordered. Mr. W. KEENEmoired, that there be laid before the House a Copy of the COmrnission under_vvhich Commissioney are" empowered to ocarni - .4e into the :Claims niade on the late Nabob of Are*, and under which they are to ati: . This produced a short conversation between the Hon. Mover and • - Mr. H:ADDINGTON, who suggested the pro priety of withdrawing. this Motion for the present, if not abstaining from it altogether, 'oil account of the unaVOidable-•absence of hig Noble Friend from who; h ho'ped, would be able to at tend on Monday, and .aftenVards this document *Would be included in' the Report of a coMmittee, to whom'AVas referred matter *in which thig Paper was included : be had no- objeEtion to the produc tion °Title' Paper in:the form it moved for', but he submitted the prOpri - ety of this . 'delay for the reasons he had thus assigned.—Mr. Keene at lest withdrew his Motion. • • • TRISEL CLERGY , Dr. DUIGEN.>IN, moved the Order of / the Day on the - Bill 'for - enforciug 'the Residence 6f the Clergy of Ireland on their 'Benefices, &c. which Was the consideration of ,the Repoct of the Bill. Mr. GRATTAN observed, that a number of Gentlemen who represented „Ireland in i'arliaiiien( were absent, Who felt the necessity of stating their t‘piniolis in this subjc6.l, and who Wished lor•time ilr l th'A purpose: - They had. - requested him to ‘tate to thc House this; circumstance, and to mow that the present Report should be taken into cn sideration after the Assizes, wh'sch would not be over at . the 'beginning of Apri). • He supposed that the Learned Gentleman 'who brought t4iS ae.bjeet for w ard could " have po objeCtion' this delay under these circumstances ; and tberefore he moved, that the cbriSideration of this Report be deferred Until Thursday the _Bth day of gay Dotior DUIGENAY said, he wished the Hon. ,Gentleman would be good as to assign Sonic rea son for poitponing this subjea to so late a periodi for it Was an important matter that the Clergy of Ire land should reside on their benefices: Thia was a Bill brOUght in by the •direaiOn,Of a' Learned 4oard iii Ireland, and consisting of the most respeaable, as well as learned, persons in that Country. By the Articles of the Union of England and Ireland it was engted, that the Churches of the tWo Countries shall be one and theiarne'Church for ever; the reSi ke of the Clergy in England had been provided Tot . ' by - an ACt of Parliament; of which this Bill Was a mere copy, 'and he saw no reason why the ie.- siderce 'ShoUld not be alike, as the' Churches were alike . ; for these reasohs he did not see any good grourid'fOrspoStponing the Bill. In support of his obkrvatiOn that the' Bill was the same as' that which had passed into a law with respect to the resil dence of the Clergy of England, he - referred to . the ACt of the 43d`of the King upon that Subje6t. He should be very sorry to oppose any reasonable"clelly, but he saw no reason for postponing this measure for the period now proposed, and unless the Right Hon: Gentle Man would assign a good 'one fur the delay, he must 'dppOse it. Mr. 'RATTAN said, that the reasons for the proposed delay were, , the absence of those persons who represent Ireland in . that House; who were Most concerned in this.meassire, and who, gendrally speaking, were fit persons to be present at the dis cussion of a , Bill of this kind—he thought that measures' of this kind ought to be discussed by per sons of that description. It was their' duty to regard with care the ecclesiastical policy of that Country ; it was at their request he made this Motion, and the reason why he proposed so long a period :was, to af ford time to go over • the Assizes, for many Trish 'Gentlemen would not be able to attend sooner. With , respea, to arguments on the Clauses of , the Bill he should trouble the Housewith but few, and the House would excuse him for using any. The first conside ration upon the 'Bill itself, independent of the absence of those to ;whom hehad alluded, was, that it had not been debated, • which was a very strong objeCtion.— The second reason against the Bill was ,ft very strong one, although the Learned Doctor shad made use of it .to support the Bill, 'namely, that it was.taken verbatim from the Bill for England. That was a ri dieulous reason, for the Do6tor, himself would al low, that it is possible for 'a Provision to be ex tremely right for one Country, and extremely wrong fof another, because the situation of the Countries may be.extremely different; And in point of fat the situation of the persons in Ireland who were to be aifeaed by this Bill was totally different from that of the Clergy of England ; for in. Ireland there were many planes where there was no globe, and Parishes where there were no inhabitants ; and therefore that which suited one Country very well might. be totally unsuitable to another. So a taylor might make a coat to fit one than very well, but it might not fit another ; the argument of the Learned DoCtorwas like, the argument of a bad taylor, who reasoned that a coat he tavde must fit any body, be cause it happ6ned to fit one person —so here, the,. Learned Doctor contended, that this Bill would suit Ireland, because it was proved it had' suited England, although the situation of the two-Countries was, to tally'distina.. There were, as he bad said already, many places in Ireland where there was no glebe, and parishes without' parishioners, so that in many instances this Bill wbuld be perfealy impraaicable, and that was another reason why the argument of the Learned Dooctor,. in favoUr of the Bill, was a 'bad one. He meant, however, no disreped to the Learned Doelor, • for, certainly, nobody knew the situation of the Clergy of Ireland' better than he did; but , there were persons to be affeeted by this Bill who had no seats in the Hosise of Commons, al though they had votes for Members, and it Was' fit that some discussion should be had .on the provi sionS of the. Bill. , It was Very possible' that the Learned Doaor was perfectly right in persisting in this measure, butle ought to have an .opportunity of proving the propriety of his Bill'by much better 'arguments than .he had hitherto urged in support of it, and when other Members of the House should be ready, to meet him. He believed there was a clause in the Bill by which it was provided, that the residence of the Clergytnan, should be ." such as the Bishop should think fit." This might be right or wrong; he was not deciding on it, but he was con fident it was matter fit for discussion. To take the case, for insumee, of an old Clergyman : suppose a letter were written to such a person, requesting hiM to vote for a particular Candidate to represent 'the County in Parliament; and . suppose such.old Clergyman refused 'so to vote, and then he should be immediately directed to reside, upon his glebe Without ,pariShioners.—" What 'a Vexatious power (said Mr. Grattan) you put into the band of a poli tical Bishop—l do not say there. are any such Bishops in Ireland—but if there should ever happen to'be any such, you give them power to harass the in ferior Clergy. These are the reasons why I have moved the postponement of the Bill ; and I would only add, that if it be postponed, there are others who will attend the discussion, and who will be able to answer the Learned DoClor better than myself." Dr. DUIGENAN said there was t'so reason to complain of this Bill being hastened . too much; it was brought in three weeks ago, and, said he, - 4 ‘ if it haSpot been debated, why did not the Right Hon. Gentleman debate it ?" The second reading was postponed three weeks; if the Right Hon. Gentle rn'ais Meant to debate it, whose fault is it that it was riot debated ? As to the obserVation, that there is not a'sufficient number-of Irish Members in this House, there are at this tithe in town, as I am cre dibly informed,' no less than 70 out of the oo ; and if so; there no prospect that we shall litive a fuller attendance of Trish Members after the As size's:than there is an 'opportunity of having now. With' respeCt . to some -ot the observations which were Made by the Right Hon. Gentleman, I du not , pretend to powers fit to contend with 'them ; he. says ;, - .imt A bad taylor cannot tnahe ' .his coat to fit , 1: L ONDOIV, FRIDAY, '7%IARCH 14, 1806. WE are not among the number of those who doubt the sincerity of BONAPARTE, when be says he desires a PeacOwith England, because, in the pre sent-posture of the affairs of Europe, such an event would. be highly advantageous to him. It would re lieve him from the- apprehensions which, notwith standing all his viEtories, he cannot but entertain, and it would enable hitn to proceed, almost without in terruption, in the execution of his ambitious plans: He has, it ,is true, triumphed over the House of Austria, and diminished its power ; hut still the 'EmiEtton of GERMANY is not so reduced as, nor to be a formidable opponent to France, particularly if supported by 'Russia. In his Address to the Legis lative Body, BONAPARTE speaks, though rather in mysterious terms, of his confidence in the, future disposition ofthe EmiEEoE-Of GEEmAtcy but what ever he may think it-.expedient. to say , upon that subje&, he is much to shrewd a Politician to feel any grPat confidence in the friendly dispo sition of a Prince whom he .has. both' insulted and injured. With respea to the KING of PRUSSIA, BONAPARTE does not express any confi dence in his friendly dispositions ; he does not even allude to him in his SPeech; andwe cannot sukose, that if that friendly and intimate connexion subsisted between France and Prussia, which is so confidently asserted in the French Papers, that be would have omitted to mention it upon such au occasion. _ Be sides, if BONAPARTE were really free from any ap prehensions with respe6t to the intentions of Austria and Prussia, he would not, we think, feel it necessary to keep so large an Army in Gerinany, because, if his objeta were merely to levy contributions upon defenceless States, a much Smaller Force would be sufficient for that purpose. He knows also; that the. EMPEROR of RUSSIA, so 14 - from hav ing abandoned the noble plan he bad form ed for restoring the Independence of Europe, is ready to, devote the Whdle force of his Empire to' the accomplishment of so deslrable and important an ; • I . . objet. Under these'circumstances, a Peace with 'England would undoubtedly be highly advantageous to BONAPARTE; bat there can be nd doubt that if it were concluded, he would only adhere 'to it until he had organiied all:his . plans on the Continent, and until he had' reduced it to such a situation as would enable him., without interriiption, to employ the whole of his force against thiS Country. His 16- Sty's Ministers Must !be 'aWare. of his intentions, ioTl4ca* . i.;lj,icb he feels 141 .' • • t • 4 against Great Britain, a-d therefore will not, we are convinced, consent to any Peace' which, tho:01 it would afford a temporary repse, might lay tits foUpdatiou of the Future ruin of the Country. There seems to have been some precipitation in the removal of Lord IIEDESDSLE from the Chancery Seat in Ireland, and the manner, according to his Lordship's account of it, appears tb have been ra ther ungracious. But it should be observed, that as the Catholic Body of that Kingdoba manifest a spi- Pt of forbearance and moderation, as is strikingly evident in their determination_ not to embarrass. Go.. yernment at present with- their Claims, it might, be thought a measure of expedience not to let the highest Judicial Situation in the Country remain in the hands of a Nobleman who had appeared particu larly adverse to their hopes and. expe&ations. The Additional Article of Impeachment againa • Lord IVIELmLE was yesterday taken into considera. tion in the Upper House, upon the Motion of Lord • A 4 C!j LAND. His Lordship observed, that nD pre cedents could be found which bore an exa& analogy . , with the case in question, but that the cases Gf Lord STR4FF9RD, Of the Loan MAYOR of London, in 1942, aucl of the Ear! of DA.NpY, were nearly simi. jar, and seemed to prove, that al accuse,d person ,might be required to answer Additiopal Articles, if brought forward within a reasonable period. Upon. , • • a Motion of his Lordship, it was then ordered that Lord IVlAr.vu.a.E should be furnished witha Copy of the AdditiOnal Article, and be required to put in his Answer this day fortnight. It was also ordered that' the Additional Article sbould be,printed, Count. NIULIPTER, the new Hanoverian Minister, in the room ofßaron PE LENTHE, had an interview . yesterday with Mr. Secretary Fox, at his Office in. . _ Downin-street_ Lord-and Lady GagNvlrmp gave an elegant dinner yesterday, at Camelford 1- - Luse, to a sele4 party v, friends, consisting of the following Nobility and Gentry :—Loids GLASTONBURY, BOSTON, and MA:- HON ; General GRENVIILii, Lady RESTER STAW-• HOPE, Lady BANKS, Mr. IRBY, Miss BANKS, and Miss "Ray. • • ' Earl MotRA gave . a grand dinner yesterday to lc seleet party of private friends, at his house, in St. James's Place. Mr. GREY entertained a select party of friends yesterday; at his house in the Admiralty. The Countess of LOUDON and MOIRA'S tenants upon the estate of Rowallan, met at Fenwick on the , loth ult. and celebrated the happy event of her La dy ship's being delivered of a daughter and heiress, with great festivity. • A Letter was yesterday received from Glasgow, in which it.was incidentally mentioned that the Ameri cans had declared War against Spain, but we appre hend it is the report which preyailed here last week, and not founded upon any new Intelligence ; yet many people seem to expo* t it, Copy of the Tenth Article of the Treaty between this Country and America,as settled in the year 1794; Neither the debts due from individuals of the one nation to the individuals of the other, nor shares, nor tnonies which they may have in Public Funds; or in the public or private Banks, shall ever, in any event of tsar or national differences, be sequestered or confiscated, it being unjust and impolitic that debts and engagemA,ts.• contrueted and made by in- . dividuals, having confidence in each oth.gr, an¢ it} their respective Governrneutsi should ever be det4' stroyed or impaired by national'authority; on account of national differences and diSc'elnents." Had' 4ie American Legislature.adoptad thF, intemperate pror posal for confiscating private debts, for the indemni.,. fication of seamen pressed into our service, it wc 2;2 14 have been a violation of this Article, and a brea4n of national faith. Letters fro'm Amsterdam state ; that tilt Court Martial have concluded the prostecution against t to .Commissary General, BEURANGEA, and colon e l A. TENBURG... The insubordination of the Colonel; whose accusation sivas gathered out of Air. BERRA GER'S defence, has not been proved, and he ba therefore, been acquitted. The Co.ninissary ral is conviaed of not having peribrined his duty as Governor at Surinam, and is deolaled disqualified for the future to be invested with Soy public trust 'n Republic. )1 The fall of snow was so heavy in Kent, on Wed, nesday, the Dover coach wis yesterday greatly re, tarded in its progres's to to - rn. Upon its arrival at Barham' Downs, a complete stop took place, the snow being there of the ar : iiizing depth of ten feet. The Mail was taken out oi the _coach, and forward ed by a Messenger, on horseback, to town, where it did not arrive until two o'clock. A great number of men were colleded,on ifathatu Downs, who cut a passage through the.snow for the coach, and ena bled it to continue. its journey. It did not arrive in London until six o'clock at night. A Court of Common CounT:ii was held yesterday at Guildhall, at which were present, the LORD MAYOR, six Aldermen, the Recorder, Sheriffs, &c. and a great number of,Cdmmouers: The, Minutes of (he last. Court Were read, and confirmed. • , Several Deeds 'were Sealed with the City Seal. The LORD MAYOR laid before the Court a letter he had received from Capt. Sir Tuomns- MASTER.. MAN HARDY, Baronet, acknowledging the receipt of his Lordship's Letter, enclosing the Vote of Thaulcs of the Court of Common Council, together with the 'reedom of the City of London, and a valuable Sword ; and expressive of his high sense of the fa . - yourable opinion 'the Court entertains of him, and that he would use his utmost endeavours to merit the same. The Court voted the sum of-2001. to be paid out of the City's Cdsh, to`warde the expenee 'of building a Protestant EpiScopal Church in the City of Mon treal. • The Court also voted. the sum of 5001. in aid of the Funds of the Society for educating the Deaf ;Ind Dumb Children of the 1)9or, Wl' }person. I admire, and lam sure so must the House, the elegance of the cOrnparison, althongh I may not' be conyinc.ed by the argument. He then proceeded to shevv,that there being no glebe house,. was no. excuse for the non-residence of a Clergyman on his Benefice, and so it, had been held by the Court of King's Bench, as appeared by a 'case' in 1 .Cowper, where a,Clergyman had been sued for the penalty of 1,61. per month, for non-residence. He still continued_ think that the present Bill being the same as that whiCh passed for L'ngland was a great recommendation, to it, for that measure had been very much discu'ssed before it was adopted; for these reasons 'he could not assent to the delay. Mr. Secretary FOX hoped the 'House would 'feel - 'the propriety of Suspending the proceedings on this •Bill until ail onportnnity should be had for a farther ,discussion of it, and that those particular Members to whom his Right Hon. Friend had alluded, might hare a share in that' di,scussion, and that the more particularly, since there was no inconvenience to'be apprehended ' froM the' preposed delay, since the 1 'usual Period of the Session, according to the modern pra&ice of Parliament, would be much beyond that time. How many 'lrish Members of Parliament Might be in town he would not cilscus: he did pot know ; but this he'knew, that it ought not' to be discussed in the absence of those who felt the most interest 11i the discussion, and 'he agreed entirely in the observations of his Bight Hon... Friend, 'that the Bill might be a good measure forlngland, arid yet, kir Ireland; a very bad ,Coll, because that which was appliCable to one Country might be inapplica ble to the situation 'of another ; and therefore, al though the Bill for England had undergone great discussion, it did not 'folio* that a great deal more discussion might not be necessary io the same , in,ea sure when applied to another Country. There Were: 'persons connected with the GoVernmeilt of Ireland, who could give the House information on this , sub jed; but could not be present unless Ririe snch.de lay as that now proposed should be agreed to ; and there would be no danger to, the Bill by the pro posed delay, unless the Learned Gentleman meant to say, that if the House took time to'deliberate On , the Bill it would never pass. He hoped therefore that 'His Right Hon. Friend's proposition would be - adopted. - , . . . Mr. DILLON said the Bill was of great public importance, end that the proposed -delay, would not he in the least degree injurious : there 'were some objeaions to the Bill, which could not now be urged:• ' Strangers were ordered to p withdraw on.the ex-: pealation . of a division ; but we understood that the. House agreedto delay the measure until the 21st of April.,—Adjourned. .. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY,AT TWELVE o!cLacK. , - Consols MAILS. • ARRIVED-,—l Dublin, i Waterford. 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