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FRIDAY, AUGUST 14, 1807.

IMPARIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS, Tliu AAAAA , Avow: 11

The Royal Assent was given by Commission to
the following public and private Bills :

The English and Irish Militia Transfer Ells, the English and
Irish Completion Bilk, the Irish Arms hot, the Irish Salt
Duly Bills the Post MA•ter.(;e9erars Regulation Bill, the Legal
Quays' Bill, the Foreign and Colonial I iitereourx Bill, the
Spirit Et••wheek Bill, the Silk Drawluck Bill, the Malta Ca-
lico and Cotton Hill, the We,t India Anet‘on Duty Exemption
Ilill, the Srat;gling Prevention Bill, Fort St. George and
Bombay Government Hill, the,Swedish Herrings Importation
Hill, Genera/ De Linrer's Estate 801, the Military Canal
Bill, the Peterhead Harb..ur Improvement Bill, the City
of Dublin Improvement Bill, the Woolwich Paving.
Lighting, and Cleansing Bill, the Surry Road /1,11, the
Lancaster Canal Bill, the Canterbury Estate; Bill, the
Lunbeth and II irthass ltrad Bills, the Earl of Ely's, Lord
C. Spencer's, and !larrolten's Estates Bills, Ellie. Doirt:e
Bill, the Galway Gaol Bill, and several other Private Bills,
amounting altogether tetortystwo„ public and private.

The Commissioners were. the Archbishop of
Canterbury. Lord Wal.ingham, and the Lord
Chancellor.

The Exchegner Bills Bill, the Irish Treasury Bill.
(Votes of Credit), the Consolidated Find Appro-
priation Bill, the Curates' Relief Bill, and several
Private Rills, were read a third time, and passed.
The House heard the Appeal Cause on the Sti-
pend Augmentation Bill of the Retor of St. George
the Martyr, Southwark ; Serjeaet Onslew for the
Appellant, and Mr. Wetherell for the Respondents.
A ter 't 'AT'''. of C
The 1..5: CH SNCELLOR said, as this was
a dispute relative ti the situati, n of the Clergyrnan
of a parish, to which, on a vacancy, he, by ihs &I a-
iesty's favour, was patron, he should wish not to
take a decided part, by giving any vote on the sub-
jed ; he si.nuld, however, trouble their Lordships
with a few observations. It appeared, that in the
year 1747, the stipend of the Redor of that parish
was £zed by •gi cement with the parishioners at
1251. Since then, the parish was quadrupled in
population, containing at least 20,000 souls ; of
course the Ministerial Duties of the parish were pro-
portionahly increased; add to which the decrease
in the value of money since the year 174/. The
Rector now applied for the net sum of 'lOOl. per
...mum, to hr raised by a rate of (as we understood)
id. in the pound. Part of the parishioners had
atoteed to this proposal, whilst others resisted it ;
but if a parish held a vestry consisting of 111,000
persons, 9,999 of whom agreed. and but one persou
opposed. no tax they might agree to levy upon
themselves could have the force of 14w. Still,
however, in such eases, the Legislature were bound
to be guided, not merely by the consent of a parish,
but by the reasonablen.ss and justice of the thing,
alai its beat ags upon the interests of the Establish-
ed C:,urc. and of religion in that lurid). but
about two years ago a similar application had been
made fcr ming the Livings of the London
Clergy, whoa stipends had been fined soon alt tr the
fire of London. I. was a disgrace -0 the country,
that the respedabk clergy of this metropolis should
hare been left so long in a situation of poverty.
tending to breed come:net ; y.t ear reasonable ap-
plication had been strongly opp iced by the Lord
Mayor and Corporation of London ; notwithstand-
ing said, it appeased reasonable to their I,e.rd-
ships and the other House, that an augmentation
mould be granted. Upon similar principles he
could not see why the present application of the
Redor of St. Georges, Sduth week. should be refused,
notwithstanding the opposition made by a part of
the parishi inert. 1.1 addition to tie 4001 a year
out of the propo‘ed rate. the Bill went to provide
from the surplus of the same rate for the rredion
of a parsonage house. The actual residence of the
pirnchial clergy he ectipiJered a matter of great
importance to the interests of religion in ibis coun-
try ; and upon what motives the parishioners should
have mairlesied an aversion to the residence
amnrgst them of their Mini, er, he was really at a
loss to account ; but that was not to be the guide to
their Lordships' determination.
'The Bishop of CHICkiES I'ER then moved—
,. That this Bill be read a third time," wh•ch being
put and carried, the Bill was read a third time ac-
cordingly.
Mr. Charles Dundas, and other Members of the
House of Cv.mons. tippeared at the bar, and re-
quested conierence with their Lordships, on the
sutl f certain amendments made to an Enclo-
c toe lid% for the prim of Brandon, in the coun-
ty of Suffolk. A conference was accordingly ap-
pointed to be held, immediatly, in the Painted
Chamber, and Ott Bishop of Chichester. Lords
IValsingham„ Napier. Morton, Hood, Ice. were ap-
pointed to manage the same. Upon their return,
the Bithop of Chic." ster read the amendments to
the Bill, which had been proposed by the Com-
mons, which, upon motion, were agreed to by the
Lords.
_ DIFFERENCE ICIFHAMERICA.

On the order of the day being read, to consider
the motion of which Earl Stanhope had given
notice, and for which the House had been sum-
moned,
Earl STANHOPE rose, and lamented the ab-
sence of His Majesty's Ministers (not one of whom,
except eie Chancellor, was present. and the House
very thin); this looked as it they wished to avoid any
discussion on the 'Wile.. He thought this condua
was disrespeaful to the House, after the notice
given, and the summons issued for Members to
attend. As to himself, individually. he paid but
little regard to this inattention ; he remembered the
time when be was but one in foie who had voted far
the Abolition of the Savo Trade. although this
measure had been afterwards carried through the
House by a large majority. dasallosid, therefore,
at all events, premed to ins diet/haw of his duty
The vabie to which be mailed to cal their Lord.
ships' attention was of great importance, sod it
rested upon certain genera principles. Every nee
knew that a lam nntortunata great had caused
great dissatistadioa among the Americium, u to the

conduft of our Naval Commanders upon that
vation ; but no one knew whether any, or
' what instrudiwis had be-n issued from this
ccontry, to have occasioned this.dosput It there
were any man to be found who wished ter
the decline of our commerce, and the increase of
our taxes, or to promote the objeffs of Bonar:arte, to
the detriment of this country ; such a man would
certainly wish for war to take place between this
country and America': but if, on the contrary, he
were a man of virtue and benevolence, and a sincere
patriot, who wished well to his country, such an
one would lament, as one of the greatest misfor-
tunes which could have befallen it, a dispute with
the Americans, which went, at the same time, 'to
involve all our relations with foreign powers. The
subj.:et in question, however, was one which ought
to be settled upon general principles, independent of
this particular occurrence, and whether iudivichial
nations were more or lees powerful. Ry the !awed
nations all were equal. It was this principle which
alone ought to dire& and lay the foundation for any
principle of general policy. On this subject be
must observe, that there were circumstances
which rendered it peculiErly unfortunate that a
breach between this country and America should
have taken place at the present juncture, when the
ports of Europe were likely to be shut against thit
country ; when probably the greatest difficulty
would occur in obtaining naval stores from coun-
tries which would probably be is a state of warfare
with us : above forty millions went annually from
this country for the purchase of corn and naval
stores: and now, our supplies from Poland, Prus-
sia and Russia, could not be obtained ; and if si-
rniliar supplies from America were also cut off,
how were provilinns to be obtained, or our erse.iels
to be replenished ?—it was perha?; not sufficiently
known, that at this re-v moment exertions were
making to carry into ell'At in America, a plan, far
the disclosure of which an individual had a few
years ago demanded ofsaur Government the sum
of 15,0001. but had been refused. He alluded to
a plan far the invisible destrudion of and
particularly of men of war. 'f.ae inventor of this
scheme was now in America, at... 1 it was ascer-
tained that it wottlJ not, upon an average, cost
tOl. to destroy any ship whatever.—Another
rib-
jeft. eonneded with the present, was ts.e great
difficulty were would be to make a peace with
the various powers of Europe, bat upon the
principle of justice being administered, in the pre.
sent instance, to America, and on the footing of per.
fell reciprocity amongst nations. His Lordship con-
cluded with moving..." That the principle of vane-
lity and complete reciprocity ought to be the inva-
riable rule and condua of Government. with re-
sped to all independent nations, at peace with this
country."
The LORD CHANCELLOR rose, and said,
he toasted he should not be considered disrespelful
to the Noble Earl, if he deprecated the agitatioa of
this question, and all discussion at present upon this
subjea. The circumstances referred t, by the Noble
Lord were undoubtedly unfortunate, but it wou!d,in
his opinion, be as undoubtedly wrong to attempt an
undue investigation of them, for it was, in the first
place, absolutely necessary that the Haase should
have authentic information of all the circumstances;
and whilst they were deprived of t tat, he could
not but think it wrong to agitate such a question.
He could assure the Nellie Earl and the House, that
Ministers had been most cautious and anxious with
respell to this country's governing itself towards
others, according to the law of nations ; for it could
never be for the dignity of the greatest nation in the
world to govern itself upon any other principles.—
He should only add, that at present he should think
it by far the more pru lent way to postpone all far-
ther discussion on the subjed.
Earl STANHOPE. rose for the purpose of thank-
ing the Noble and Learned Lord tor the handsome
manner in which he bad treated the motion. It
would have given him great pain if he had said a
word against it ; be should have been truly sorry of
it had gone out unto the country, and to foreign
parts, that there was a disposition on the part of the,
Government of this country to withstand inquiry re-
speding the causes of the present breach of friend-
ship between the two powers. But the motion he
had offered to the House had been upon general
principles, without relation to any particular circum-
stances.

Earl MORTON remarked that the Noble Earl's
motion was so generally worded as to contain a
mere abstrad proposition, and upon this gri.uad it
was that he obje.fled to it, because he believed it
to he very unparliamentary, as well as very inspru.
dent, for either House of Parliament to discuu
and adopt general propositions.
The Noble Earl (Stanhope) seemed to nod as-
sent. The question upon his motion was then put
and negatived.
Mr. Hobhouse, Mr. C. Dundas, and others of
the House of Commons, presented at the Bar several
Bills,_ (the Traders' Astllta Bill and others), and
signified the agreement of the Commons to the
Amendments which had been m tele in these Bills
by the Lords.--Adjourned at Eight o'clock.

NOOSE OF COMMONS.

STATE AND CONUIFION 01 IRELAND.
Mr. SHERIDAN rose. about seven o'clock. to
make his promised motion upon this subject, and in
doini so. spoke nearly as follows:—" Mr. Speaker,
Sir, hsve bun prevented till this late hour from
procuring the attention of the House, owing is the
iiitanuty of humus, of comparatively an insignifi-
sant and trilling slaters. upon a matter of tha first
rational importance. notios of which I gave upon
a late occasion. This. Sir, is the last day of the
present Seuims. arid WU, ly the last hour of that lam
day, when I am presuming to ad.iresa you ; ani
am dairefore confidant of the anxiety whica Gen-
italia must fed to separate as snots u possible.
pow all the publec Imam is nearly dispatched.—