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IMPERIAL PARLIAMEAIT.

ROME OF PEZRS,
MONDAY, JAZ:VARY 24.

Tuts day the LORD CHANCELLOR attended
soon after one o'clock.—About half an hour after
one, Prayers were read, after which the Clerks
proceeded to administer the usual Oaths, to such
Peers as presented themselves to be sworn, the
number of whom were considerable ; among
these were FIiS Royal Highness the DUKE of
CUMB ER L AND, the Dukes of NORFOLK, and
QUEF,NEEERRY ; the Earls of DERBY, SUFFOLK,
WINCHILsEA, BEIEOROUGH, OXFORD, TAL.
DOT, ST4ts., and AsIIBURNHAM ; Lords GLAS-
TONBURY, CAyIF.LVORD, WILLOUGHBY DE
131toRE, BRADrokD, GRENVILLE ; the Bishop
of ClitellEsTEß, and -the Irish Representative
Prelates, the Bishops Of KILDAiLE and AisATI-1,
(Doctor O'Bs E,'NE

Contrary to expedation, none of the newly
created Peers were introduced,
At four the House adjourned till two o'clock
to-morrow, in order to swear in such Peers as
have not already taken their Seats, as their Lord-
ships will not sit. on Wednesday, it being neces_
sary to finish the fittings up, &c. of the House,
previous to the coming of the KING on Thursday,
and on which clay there will be no time after
hits I.\l,kjEbTY retires, to swear in Peers,

HOUSE OF CQMAIONS.
MONDAI, JAN.

.ihe'Houte met at twelve o'clock, when the
Mernbtlrs continued progressively taking their
oaths at the Table. till tour o'clock, whet} they
adjourned till to-morrow. . .

THE SUN,

401,.)4 saI3I4I:IICLRE I'A.LSVX A!.:p.LAT

LONDON,
..TINUARY 27, !Sot.

THE extreme improbability that any Paper, in
the present situation of affairs on the Continent,
and particularly the Hamburg]) journal, the Carrel,
meteute,w, the best informed of all the German
Papers with resped to intelligence, and that in
most circulation, should have ventured,, we will
not hay to forge, but even to 'print, without
having ascertained its authenticity, such an article,
as that ;which we copied' from the Petershargb
Court Gaz,ette, decided our opinion on this sub-
jra, and wc 3,1 w yesterday that the same motives
produced the same circa on the greater part of
our cotemporarieg. We have since found -new
and decisive reasons for persisting in our opinion.'
We can assert positively, that the last Mail has
brought here an original copy of the Petersburgb'
Court Gazette, in which this article is inserted;
and we are not less certain that the Ministers
who now govern *Russia have taken direld
measures for publishing this article in the German
Papers. No doubt remains as to the truth of the
lad, nor is there any as to its having been the re-
sult of the unhappy state of the Emperor PAUL'S
intelleds. Of, this he has lately given another very
convincing proof, by sending back to this. Coun.
try, unopened, and pierced with eight or ten stabs
of a dagger, Conciliatory Dispatches which had

been transmitted to 114 from hence, The mad-
ness of this Prince is not the only conclusion
which the persons who have the means or most
corred information, and who are most interested

in the solution df the present state of affitirs,
draw from the article in question. The care
which the Russian Ministers have taken ,to pro.
mulgute the article, and the countenance which

Russian Agents - -Geimany have given to

have naturally given ris* to the idea, that the
Members of the Russian Government have in..
tended by this al to prove 03temibly to all the
World, the derangement in the mind of their So..
vereign, and to justify the measures which they
had prepared lbt transiztring the Power to other
hantig. Every thing considered, this opinion ap.

pears to,bc,the most reasonable that can be form_
(A, and there seems room expect early in.
olligcnce of a change having taken place in
Reuia in ate exercise of the Sovereign Power.—
The mind of the Public in that Country has long
been ripe for 'such an event. The, Flusband of
CATHE NE it is sell known, lost the
•ry
II on Sl;ghtCr grouruts. A total change in
= o', Cabimc of Pete' rsbnr.4 would
Ily follow, ;.1i inc' y gover'amnt would
he dmirous of conciliating Popularity,
would not be guilty of the fc,,lly of entering
i( War in Wbich their Country would have
,Acing to gain, and which its Inhabitants disap.
',love. 'The Confederacy frit the Armed Neutrali-
,
ty would vanish in an in,tanti as it is universally
known that the Court' of Denmark and Scved
have entered into it with regret, and bccau,e they
were apprehensive, if they Aid not do ho, of the ven.
geance of the Eur Ett o Piton. Thew two Powm,
and particularly tha latter, entirely at the

inflict upon them a more immediate and a more.
di.,:astrous blow than we could, and of two evils
they choso tie least, We believe that we are
warranted in asserting, that, according to the
Ad vices received from Stockholm and Copenhagen,
by the last Mail, the two Governments, and par-
ticularly that of Denmark, began to be seriously
afk6led with a different impression, and to place
before all other considerations the fear of the just
punishment which awaited them from us. A short
period may be sufficient to Confirm these senti-
ments, and we may believe that the Courier who
carries to them the intelligence'of a Revolution
having taken place in itnssia, will he joyfully re-
ceived. Should this event not yet have taken
place, the perusal of the Article which proves
the insanity of the EMPEROR Pout., will na
turally prevent the Danish and Swedish Govern-
ments from engaging in a disastrous War, at the:
mere impulse of a man who has already lost his
reason, and who is daily in danger of losing his,
Crown

It maybe supposed that the same motives will
have much greater effeCt with the prudent *and.
cautious Cabinet of Berlin. All the world know,
and the Parisian Politicians themselves agree, that
Prussia would take no part whatever in the Con..
lederacy of the North, were it not to avoid losing.
the Alliance of RUssia, This consideration may.
have determined FREDURIC to listen to the plans
of Plait, and thus to abandon, to a certain de-
gree, the' system of perfet Neutrality which
,accords with his interest in so many respdls, and
.
to which his Kingdom is indebted for the high
rank which it has enjoyed in Europe since the
Treaty of Basle. It is therefore extremely im
probable that this Cabinet would, on the mere
guarantee of a man who is in the situation of
the EMPEROR Nut., risk the advantages-:'at:
tached to the Systeni of Neutrality which it

bas hitherto pursued, and that it would re
nounce those which it must derive from an ami.
-cable relation with us. It- could no doubt do us
mischief; but this mischief would be no advantage
to it, but quite the contrary. If the Cabinet of
Peter/burgh would build on such lx;ses, that of
Berlin would not be guilty of the same folly.

It appears therefore to us, by the arrival of the
last,news, that an important•ehange has been Oro:.
duced in the affairs of the North, and we-ehould;
we acknowledge, be now greatly astonished at
seeing the plans formed again,t tis brought to ma-
turitp However certain we feel of being able to
avert them, it appears to us preferA;le, to be
able to avoid the labour and the ,expene6 of a new
War.

The :hrpmburgh Mail which became- due on
Sunday; 4:not yet arrived.

The KING yesterday, accompanied by Genera:
GARTH and other Attendants, rode out in Wind.
sor Great Park.

, The ROYAL FAMILY came to Town from
Windsor this day.

fits MA J ESTY does not go down to the House
of Peers this day as was expected. He.opens the
Parliament by a Speech on Thursday:
Mr. MAR 1 AN, the Messenger, left Town last
night with Dispatches for His EXCCIICDCy
LORD LI EUTENANT of Ireland : The nature of
his mission, it is understood, relates to Letters
sent to the different Members of the Imperial
Parliament, to attend their duty 'at the coma,
mencement of the Sessions.

•
Ti/EIR MAJESTIES, we understand, do not
visit the Theatre this week, as intended.
The Privy Council met at the Castle of Dublin
on tlw zoth instant, when a Proclamation was
ordered to be issued, perthitting the importation,
free of duty, of Rice and Thdian Corn, and pro-
hibiting the exportation of these -articles till tae
zsth of March. next, in consequence of the ascer-
tattled deficiency of the last atop of Corn in that'
Country'for the supply of the inhabitants.
Chapels are about to be built at all the Mili-
tary Stations in Bengal ; and in Consequence of re-
presentations of an alarming increase, or gutting
and dissipation throughout the Presidency, ibut
more especially at Calcutta, a variety of rules and
police regulations have been adopted, in order to
check the growing evil,

The University of Oxford have, through' the
several Colleges, subscribed 20001. to he ex-
pended by`a Commit tee for relieving the distresses
of the poor at this time of general scarcity.
The French Papers mention, that at a Ball,
lately given at Genoa, a disturbance was excited
by tiw Patriots, under the pretence that English
country-dances were danced. The Patriots went
in great numbers to the Theatre, as d signified
their intention to prevent any dances but suede 33
they should approve. An Adjutant. belonging
to General DARNAUDi the Commandant of the
place, desired the Orchestra to play the English
country-dances ; but he had scarcely given the
order when he was grossly insulted. Hemstantly
drew his sword, and ordered the doors of the
Theatre to be shut; and having afterwards sent.
tar a Company of Grenadiers, thirty of the rioters
were arrested, who were all armed with stilettoes.

Riger O'ConNor is arrived in London, and is
for the prdsent at the house alone of the King's
Messengers, it it' not deci,lo,l where he is to go.

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YESTERDAY the City Quarter SeS3iOD5 sat at
Guildhall, for the purpose of settling the rate of
Wages to be paid by Master Taylors to their
Journeymen, pursuant to an Aet of Parliament of
the Bth of the King, and in consequence of the
„lite disputes between the Masters and Journey-
men rendering some new arrangements on this
subjed necessary. In r769,.an At was made
regulating the rate of Wages to be paid to Jour-
neymen, vesting the Quarter Sessions with the
power of altering„this rate, on application froM
theparties, according to circumstances, and im.
posing heavy penalties upon Journeymen who
shall refuse to work at the rate so fixed, and up-
on Masters who give more than is appointed.—
By that Ad the rate' of Wages was -then fixed at
Os. 9d. per week, In 1772, the rate was rais-
ed, by the City Quarter Sessions, to Ss. 9d, —to
1785, application was made for a farther increase,
but rejeded. Since that time no application has
been made by either party on the subject. But
higher Wages have been given by the Masters,
contrary to the An. a i 795, the Journeymen
struck for an advance to aim. The Masters cog-
sented, and that has been since that time, the
ordinary rate of wages. It is ):sown that the
fourneymen have lately again struck for an ad.
.ince. The illegallity, on the one hand, of their
using such means to procure an advance, and on
the other, of the Masters giving more than the
last rate fixed by the Court in 1772, induced
both parties to concur in the present application,
for fixing a new Rate of Wages. On the part of
die Masters, the Commorr SE RIEANT allowed,
that they had been guilty of illegal conduct, in
consenting to pay higher wages, in 1795, with-
out the sandion, of the Court, and that the rate
last fixed by the Court, in 1772, is too low„con-
sidering the great advance that has taken place in
the price of all the necessaries of life. But he,
at the same time, contended, that present cir-
cumstances, melancholy as they may be for the
poorer classes, are far from authorizing or justi,
fying such an increase of Wages, as the journey-
men have of late demanded. He argued Iron
the nature of the trade of a Taylor, from
their working always under shelter, and from
their being able to continue their work all the
year round, that so far from their being intjtled
to a higher rate of wages than other Aradesmen,
such as Brick-layers, Painters,
4.`kc, that their
wages ought rather to be fixed at a lower rate,
because the average of the total produce of
wages would, at the end of the year, be in their
favour,

Mr. GURNEY, on the part of the journey•
men, argued, that the Masters, by consenting to
pay the men they employed ;ss. per week, in
1795, without applying to the Court, gave the
strongest proof of their • convittion that that
was Opt too high a rate of, wages even at that
time ; and he contended that since 17957 ale
advance in the Price of the most necessary Arti•
cies of Life, has been so great as to justify the
journeymen in ciemanding an increase of ticl.
wages to 305.. per week. As to the nature
the employnient of a Journeyman Taylor, he
contended that it was extremely unhealthy in it;
own nature, that the hours of their s,v(,ri.: appoint.
eel by MI of Parliament, are longer than chose off'
almost any ocher Trade, and that journeymen
engaged in this' Trade; have not on an average
more •than nine months employment in the year..
In order to prove these assertions, he called four
Witnesses who had been Journeymen, but who
have been for, from three to ten years, Master
Taylors, whose evidence fully corroborated his
statement,

The Court afterwards called three Master and
three Journeymen Taylors,. whose statements as
to the average time which a Journeyn)an is cm,
ployed during the year, and the rate of wages
which in present circumstances he ought, to haVea
nearly corresponded.
The Court, after maturely considering the
whole Case, determined that the Wages of the
Journeymen Taylors shall be 275. per week', or
4.5. 6d• per day, or in cases of general mourning,
Bs. 6d. per day, or s is. per week,

On the close of the Poll on Tuesday last,' for
the County of Wicklow, the numbers were is
follow
: •

For Lord PRORY, - 125
Mr. PONSONIIV, 98
We find in the history of Tournaments in this
Country, that /11Qatfieidt was formerly`a great
Theatre of adion. If the 'Emr littOlt PAUL per-
sists in his challenge, we can hardly imagiOe a
fitter place for the decision of a contest with
the EMPEROR ofRVSSIA.

The Monittur, in publishing the measures of
retaliation adopted -by the British Government,
seems to have forgotten that England has ,it. this
moment upwards of two hundred vessels looked
up in the Baltic by the justice of the Ally of the
Republic. -We publish, says' the French Editor,
,‘ The most outrageous act against the rights of
Nations, *id of Sovereigns, with which any
Government has ever been' inspired by the de.
lirituo of ambition, of avarice anti despotism."
The, following article ireopied from the 116 xi.
tear.—" The English journals have published a
Circular Lettpr, whii:h they say was written by
the French Minister for Foreign Affairs to the
Ambassadors of the Powers in Alliance with
Frarce denouncing the attempt of the a+th of
Decemiser. Some dour Papers have copied this
Letter literally from the English journals. But
the 14,61 is, that the Minister of Foreign Affairs
wrote no such Letter as that attributed to him."
A new method of conciliating the Chief Consul
has been found out by the German Journalists.
44 If," say they, the Astronomers in any 'of
our Universities should discover a new Constel.
lation, they have resolved to call it by thp Chief
Consul's name." All Europe will agree With
them, if the objeet of their discovery sbould be a
mai:Prato Start