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London, England, 1801-05-08 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIMVI ANT.

11CUSE OF PEW,

R D MAY 7.

SCOTS APPEAL

THE HONOURABLE MRS. HAMILTON FFLLARTON.,
AND COL. WILLIAM FDLLARTON, HER_ HUE.
BAND, V. SIR HEW DALRYIOLE, OF NORTH

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- BERWICK, BiOtT; •
Mr. ERSKI* was heard in continuation, this
'.day,'on the part of the. Respondent.7—Afrer which
their lordships appointed the further hearing to
take place ttr,motroiv.
A number of Hills, mostly private, were brought
up
.from the Commons ,y ditkietit Gentlemen, and
- severally read a first time.
Mr. Coar.y, Chincellarof the Irish Exchequer,
brought up the Irish Spirits Duty Bill, and the Irish
_I taps Importation Bill, which were also read. a first
time.

Mr. ABBOT presented a Message from the Corn.
mons, requesting a conference with their Lord.
ships, relative.to the most effeacal means fOr the
. promulgation of the Statutes, of thetnited King-
'clom ofGreat Britain and Ireland. _
I:he,Message being immediately taken into cab-
Side-ration, their Lordships resolved tO comply with
the request of the Commons, 'and-that the desired
conference should take dace at' five o'clock to-
inorrow,'in the:Painted Chamber.
The 'several Bills before•:the House were forward-
ed in their respedive stages.
The Order. of the Day for the second reading of
Cope's Divorce Bill he readiCounsel and Evidence
:were accordingly calleein ;; the forther were Mr.
GARROW and Mr.-o:rstow, and a number of Wit_
. oesses of various descriptions attended to prove the
usual circumstances of the case, as well as the Peti-
tioner himself, Mr. cope) who was ready to come
forward,,if called upon.
From the statement of Counsel,.and the derosi-
tiops of such of the Witnessei• as were examined,
the principal of whom was Mr. De Barry, a Solici-
tor, and partner Of 114r.' Cope the Applicant for the
Till, it generally appeared, that Mr. John Cope,
a professional Gentleman, was married io the month
of Feb. t 7.93, to his now wife, Elizabeth Melville,
then a widow, Thatat.the_time of his-marriage he
lived in Northumberland-street, Strand, and shortly
after removed to the Broad Sanduary, Westminster.
That he had uniformly concluded himself as a tender
and affe'lionate husband until the period of the de-
tcdion of his wife's infidelity, from which moment
he declined all intercourse with her, and even re-
rimed to see her..--The` Learned Counsel seemed to
admit that the :case in question was rather a parti-
cular one, and- principally with regard to the line
of legal proceeding diat was .adopted upon it, and
such as required,a peculiar degree of consideration
on the part of their Lordships; •but he appeared to
reprobate the idea of any species of collusion or
sinister pradice on the part of his Client,, who he
stated wad, pursuant to the wise and salutary
regulation of their Lordships, then in attend..
ante and ready to be exaMined. in the snidest
way upon every point connected with. the case,
which, as far as related to him, lie wished to have
probed to the bottom. He was a young man of un_
blemished reputation, and remarkable for his in-
tense and regular
..application to his professional.
business, 'which, as 4e had the misfortune to have
an-artful and intriguing wife, afforded her an oppor-
tuni!y to pin her machinations -in praftiee.. His
residence was in the Broad Sanduary. Mr. Cope
was in the habit 'of 'attending several hours each
day, at the Chambers ofhis,Partner in rile Temple,
and it could be Proved,. that, on those occasions, she
fre4uently made use of the back-door, which led to
a communication with the Park, to get to her para..
mour, a Mr. Bristowe, and on whtise account this
application for Divorce was made. It would also
be offs red in proof, that -pn sundry
,other occa.:
lions; particularly 'in the instances of 'two ex-
cursions of Mrs. Cape, into the Country, an adul_
terotite-intercoUrse- between her and, the said Mr.
Bristowe took place. •
Mr. PE BARRY, the Solicitor above mentioned,
was the first Witness examined, who prOred his
personally serving the regular notice on Mra. Cope,
and in the course 'of his examination, stated some
particulars With respell to the proceedings upon the
Case, in which it appeared that damages were sued
for in the Sheriff's Court, where 'Judgment wis suf-
fered to go by default.—The damages applied for
were soool. of which the Jury, whom the Cpunsel
in the course of some observatLps which afterVards
passed between him and the LORD CJIANCELLOR,
described to have been, as they were called in these
inferior Courts, a good Jury, awarded the Plaintiff
5001. It further appeared that no evidence was
Offered in .the Court alluded to, but merely the fart
of the general conduit .and behaviour of Mr. Cope
tehis wife. •
It. further appeared, but generally by the evi-
dence, that in the course of *tlie years •i'79.8, and
vao, Mrs, Cope went on 'excursions into the Catin-
try, whiell`took uli sonic time ; that on one of these
in IS4ktictair, Mr. Bristowe accompanied her, and
the 'Lady wits unattended by her husband, or anv,of
his family. In the course of this tour, it was stated
that evidence 'was ready to prove that an adultetous
intercourse had taken place between the pa:ties ;
and also on a subsequent occasion at Berkharnpaead,
and at another placer in Hertfordihire, where the
Lady was, as we understood the evidence, on avisit
house' which Mr. Bristowe had taken.
:In answer to questions put by 'one or two,oftheir
Lordships, it was stated that no evidence as to-my of
these faits, either on the Part of the Plantiffor tit De.-
was offered id the 811.4rifi's Court; On vhich
The LORD CHATIPE-LLOR observed, it world be
a Question, whether their Lordships should- miive
suds ycrdia as had been obtained in that.Courr."i ;fie •
.Ecclesiastical' Proceedings 'upon. the case
which-were had ,in., the consistory Cotirt O! the
Dean And, Chapter of Westminster, were thes of-
fered in evidence.`-'Upon the Loop CHANCEILpit
asking thefOt&er •%idio proved the proctetliv, 'if
lie knew boiv far the Jurisdiction of the Etcleias.
tical Court in gifestion extended—the latter` reAita

in the Negative.
observation".were then interchange,cl be-
tween the Noble and Leaned Lord on i4e'wooisx',-,

and the Leading Counsel, with respea to the Legal
relations of the case, as the area, that the circum-
stances, which 'transpired at their Lordships' Bar,
would, if regularly offered in evidefiCe, have had
upon the -Judgment of the Sheriff's Court, the. non-
application-to the Court.of King's Bench, as'to what
poisibly
,might, have been the conduct of the tespee-
tive Solicitors,. with regard; to the - application to
:the Sheriff's Court, and even of the principals them-
selves ; and, lastly, with respeet to the
.discre-
tionary power of their Lordships, in calling the Pe.
titioner to their Bar for examination. From the
whole Of' what trans'Oreci, the case seemed to ap-
pear to their Lordsips to be of that questionable
nature, as to induce them to defer the farther hear-
ing thereof till Wednesday next.
The House immediately adjourned till to-morrow.

HOUSE qF COMMONS.

THURSDAY,- MAY 7.

SIR WM. YOUNG gave notice, that he should on
Tuesday next move for leave to bring in a Bill for
the purpose of ascertaining the. Amount .of the
Assessments for the Support of the Poor, 'for a cer-
tain number of years past.
Mr. CORRY gave notice, for the convenience of
IheY.ish Members, that he should on Monday next
move, in ilie-Committee.of Ways and Means, for
the continuance and regulation of certain Irish Duties.
. The I-louse.resolved_ itself into a Committee., to
take into consideration the Report of the Commit_
tee appointed to consider Of the most diedual mode
ofpromulgating the Statutes. The Report being read,
Mr. ABBOT said that the °Ned. of the
mittee was direfled to two points, first to increase
tbe nuMber of Ads allowed to Justices in-England,
and the other was to extend the same regulations
with resiva to- the promulgation of the Staiites
to Ireland, that had been previously adopted in
England.
Sir J. SINCLA IR said, he had no objenim to
this plan, but wished to know what exlieucc it
would be attended With..
Mr. ABBOT replied, that the expence "Print-

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ing the Statutes, before the late Regulations ttok
place, amounted to about 70001. a year. The 'ob.,
Jed of the Regulations which he had proposed, was,
at the same time that it tended to the promulgation
of the Statutes, to prevent any additional expemei
which was done by not printing so many -private
Ads (which were not of such general itnportanc.9,
• and printing a greater number of Public Ads, and
the saving made in the expence in the one ease by
diminution, made up the Aditional expence in the
other. In time of war, however, there were
ways a greater number of Public Ads 'than in tine
of Peace, and therefore, the, expence 'for the list,
three years amounted to about 9,0001. a year.
'Tie Resolutions were then agreed to, 'and Wire
ordered to be communicated to their Lordships.
The Curates 'HorseDuty Exemption 'Bil4 went
through a Committee. • •
The House went into a Committee on the Bill
fur the better colleaion of Fines imposed by its-
t ices, &c.
Several Amendments were made, and, on the sug.
gestion of Mr. TAYLOR, it was ordered to heprinted.
Th 6 Report of the Adjutants' Allowance Bill
was brought up, and the Bill was ordered to be read
a third time' to-morrow.

The 13111 for preventing persons, in ':Holy Orders
from being eligible to serve :in Parliament, -was
brought up and read a first time; on the Motion for
its being read a second time,,
Mr: jOLLIFFE- said, that as this, was a very
important Bill; he hoped that it‘would not:be hur,
vied through -.the House, and than a fortnight or
three •weeks .would' be given before the Bill passed.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER Said,
it was for the House to determine when the Bill
should be read a second time, but if he understood
the Hon.• Gentleman rightly on .a former occasion,.
his objeaiOn was, not to the principle of
,the Bill,
but to- some of its regulations, which would come
'more properly under considteilitionwhen the Bill was
in a Committee: With respefl'lo :the delay pro.
posed, no ground whatever had been stated for it,
and therefore, he, for one, should not consent to it.

It was his intention to propose that the Bill should
be read a second time to-morrow, and that it should
be printed, lithe House thought it right that three or
four days should elapse between the second reading
and the Committee, or, between the CoMmittee and
Report, he should certainly uot. °Nett to it, but he
could not consent to the Hon. Gentleman's proposi-
tion, for which he had not assigned a single reason.
The Bill was then ordered to be rpid a,second time

to-morrow, and to be printed.
The Order of the Day for the further considera-
tion of the Report of the Committee on the Bank
Note Forgery Bill, being read, several Amendments
were proposed and agreed-to, and the Bill was
tiered to be read a third time to-morrow. ,

Mr. DENT gave notice, that he' should early
next Sessions move for the Repeal of certain Duties,'
'on Audion's, alid.prOpoie certain other Duties In.
lieu-thereof. . ' .
. .
,The- House went into a Committee, to consider of
the Bill respecting the Average price of Sugar.
Mr. VANSITTART inovebti a Resolution for the
continuing and amending the said Bill, 'Which was
agreed to. _ _

—Mr. VANSITTAIT moved for several Public Ac-
counts agreed to.

Adjourned at half past Five o'Clock.

THE SUN.

Stll.l,Xl QUIS DICLRF. FAI.SLIM AVDEAT ?

LONDON, M4Y 4, :Bvt.

A Brig, with Lord K E iTH's Di; pa Hies, was spoke
with on the 171,11 of April, going into Gibraimr,
who said Ale was 'mining_ an account that the Ene-
my had been completely defeated in Egypt.

T!tt Tiniqp of fiedinoq to the. French Republio,
of which it n9s4'fitrins six Subalpine Prtartrients.,

where General JOURDAN remains Proconsul, under
the title of Adthinistrator, is one more instance of
the violation of that solemn Decree by which the
French in 1792, disclaimed. all intention-of making
conquests, and of-what was equany vain, the sub-
sequent professions of their RPleis, that -the}' meant
only to extend the Republic to, what they called its
natural limits, the .Ri3ne, thejurir, the Alp", apd
the Pyrfnea es.
The Army_of the Grisons, which it was supposed;
was to remain-1n the. Country after which it bras
named, and- in Swifter/mid, has suddenly received a
contrary destination :It has.set out altogether-on its.
march for France, and has been ordered to repair to
the Coasts of the Ocean, in order to increase, the
strength of the Army destined to aEt against
Portugal, and to magnify the appearance of a serious
plan of invading our Island, a plan so absurd in, the
relative situation of France and England, Aar' we
may be almost as certain that it will not be a ttempted,
as that, should the madness of our-. Enemies proMpt
them to such an enterprize, jt must fail. .There
can be little doubt that this plan ,ha 4 entered into
the views and intentions of BONAPARTE, but he.
will no doubt lay it aside, as the Direflory" did in
1798.

The Madrid Articles given io the Frencb Papri,
still continue to speak of the preparatiors made for
the Invasion bf Portugal. The advanced guard of
the French Army was, it is said, to he on the
Frontiers of the latter Country in the first days of
this month. It is difficult to believe, that in the
state of subjeaion in which the Court of Spain is, it
can, when the French Troops shall be on its Ter,
ritory, refuse any thing chat the Chief Consul may
didate ; the LiJbou Mail, however, which arrived
yesterday, suggests
,considerable hopes of ati ami..
cable arrangement. M. D'ARANJo, wh?,_ it is
well known,- concluded the first Treaty at:. Paris.
many years ago, which the Direilory pftertvirds
broke, emllarAt -a on the 16th of April at Lisbon for
L'Orient.

The French Papers contain..riothing Whatever
respecting Egypt,
.The arguments which they have
lately drawn to their •own advintage, from t* non,
publication of any Dispatches heite,, were -abandoned
as soon as they received the news which Toched us
by the Messenger from- Mr. Tooizz.. . -Fran? that
time, they have no longer ventured to publish their
negative presumptions ; and from this circuthitance
we may be perniitted to form favourable conclusions.
As the joterual des Defi-nterirr has itself informed:
us that Easterly kinds haie prevailed for- a.fort.i
nightiocc3santly, iu the Mecliteiranean,,, And thati
a Ship might have arrived in eight' days from: Port
Mahon, we have to observe, that still less fen! was
necessary for its arrival thence at Mao:, 'Wavy in.
telligence favourable to the Republicans could have
been conveyed by it.

The most pleasing articles which we find-is the
French Paiers, are the different Ukasas published
by the Emperor ALEXANDER, in which he en-
.deavours gradually to repair the wrongs of his pre-
decesso-r, and by which lie proves still more and
more, his titles to the affeetion of his Subjefts, and
to the,adrnititiori of Europe.

HER MAJESTY yesterday, accompanied by The
Princesses and Their Royal Highnesses the Di=
of KENT and PRINCE Anot.mus, took an airing
in their carriages; from Kew round by Harrow.on.
the. Hill.
Lady JANR Loiio left Town yesterday, for her
Residence at Carthalton, in Surry. •
Lord ST. Htiszes lefe Town yesterday evening
for Yarmouth, to proceed qn his Mission to the
Court of Petersburgh. His Lordsbip was accom;
panied by Mr. BIDWELL, and attended by three of
His Majesty's Messengers.
Tilt EMPEROR: ALEXAND!IR is -to be crowned at
-111a.scow, in the Mortal of Julie.

By the Packet which brought over the llamhurgb
Mail that arrived yesterday, two Russian Messen-
gers cam Pasengers. They 5!7,-- that on tife—zd

the Danes were evacuating kamhzsr,kb, and it was
expeaed that they would have completely left it in
the course of days. • -

This morning a Mail arrived from Jamaica,
brought to Falmouth by the Printers Charlotte
Packet, in six weeks.

Colonel MANLY of the Royal Artillery, is
ordered from • WoOlivich to Ireland, to rake upon
him the command* of the detachment of that Corps
serving in that part of the United Kingdom.
The Staff Corps .under, the command of Lieut
Colonel RUTHERFORD, 151101i1 on its march from
Chelmsford to . its Encampment on the .same ground
which it occupied last year on Hounslow Heath.
The. Emperor -ALEXANDER has written a Letter
to .I.4oujs
~XVLII. confirming the Pension- or
200,060 _roubles,- granted him by his Predecessor;
and ill*, unhappy Prince. that nothing
should be waFwg„ en his part, to alleviate his this_
fortinies, whenever an opportunity should offer. -

In•the College of Princes, at the Diet at Ratis-
bon, the P,:iLvian Deputy on the ;oth ult. suggest..
ed, in the name of his Master, that I-iis Imperial
Miljesty should. request the co-operation of the Ent.
tqltok of RUSSIA and the Kixc of PRUSSIA in fi-
nally atd.insting the clans of Indetr.nification and St'-
plarizatiOn.