The Sun.
London, England, 1801-03-17 00:00:00

IRISH MASTER OF THE ROLLS BILL.

Mr. M. A. TAYLOR was opposing the Bill ;
hut in case the Bill passed, he hoped it would
be provided that the Master of the Rolls should
not be called from that Country, and that he
should be rendered ineligible to sit in the United
Tarliament. He also objefted to tie Cla grantuse
ing,compensation to thp twb.Noblemen who 11.1 d.
held that'OtEce, during the pleasure of the. Crown.
Lord CASTLEPEACiIi tt,tfended .the compen-
sation. He .said, it was founded, upon similar
precedents in thelrish Parliament ; the last Par_,
liament had made a provision of :that sort in fa-
your of the Irish Judges, and had stipulated in
this, very instance in favour. of the persons hold-
ing this Office, in case it should be.put upon ano-
ther footing. He denied that in this Regulation
there was any job, or that it was for the sake of
obtaining Patronage. The compensation, pro-
posed was the result of a principle adopted and
acted upon by the last Irish Parliament, that all
Offices which in their nature or emoluments would
be ;laded by the. Union, should have the full,
amount allowed for the lives of the actual posses.
sors.

Mr.SHERIDAN-contendecl,-, that. the corn_
pensition proposed to the two commissioners of
the .Rolla in Ireland. tended, at_ leastA -.to:influence
their votes in favour of the Union, inasmuch
as places which hud been held during pleasure
'were. converted into sinecures anctannuities to be
held during life. It had been stated, ,that it.was
nsual to grant compensations in cases 'of suporan..
'nuation, and after long,and able services.. .This
he approved of—buq in the present instance, he
found ,one of the persons holding this office was
His,Majestyls . Ambassador- at Berlin, who was
now to be converted into one of the superati.:
nuated Masters ofthe Rolls for-Ireland. Melia w.
no good reason why the Chancellor.- of Ireland
should be aTeer of Great
.Biitain, or why he
should leave his immediate duty in
Ireland
to •
come and attend the House. of Peers in this Conn-
try. The Commissioners of Compensations, too,
he understood were to have a salary • of,
year. He supposed their office would not always
continue, but probably, according to the principle
assumed, when their office expired,. they would
have to claim their compensations also,,and, ac..
cording to the Noble Lord's idea, they woulit,be
the moire entitled to it in proportion as they had
little or nothing to do.
PIPT said, the principle of granting full
compensations to those holding offices in Ireland
at the time of the Union, had been adopted. by
The last Irish Parliament, and it was therefore.,
impossible that • this Parliament could trench
upon this testamentary disposition of the Irish.
Parliament, without a dire et violation of faith,
and of the principle on which. the. Union was
founded.,, He thought it
.would be very impolitic
to oblige the Lord Chancellor of Ireland to con-
fine himself to that Country, as it was proper that
the United Parliament should have the benefit, of
his presence : particularly as there would , be a
variety of Cases of Appeal from Ireland, and-01,
4aw transa&ions, which. would require his pt::
tendanee in this Country. The two Commission-
ers. who would be dispossessed of their office in

WE can state from undoubted authority, that
the HEREDITARY PRINCE Of ORANGE has been
,declared First Consul of the Batarvian .Republic.

THE Prince of Ifiabs Packet spoke Sir HYDE:
PARICER'S Fleet on Friday morning last, z;
leagues E. N. E. of Yarmouth. • They were
steering N. E. direct for the Baltic, and the
heaviest sailing Ships were towed by others.

The Channel Fleet, under
W At,L is, sailed from Torbay on St day -Morn.

TH E Prince Adolphus Packet arrived 'at Fal_.
mouth on Saturday last, after a passage ofseven.
days from Lisbon. She brings 'intelligent of
War having been declared by Spain
.against F'or=
rugal on the 22d .February, and by the Utter
against the former on the sth '

One Hamburgh Mail remained due when this
Paper was put to Press.
Mr. ADDINGTON 'does .110 t, we understand,
mean to he a Candidate to represent the Univer-
sity of Oxford. A tiew Writ was last night
moved by his Brother for Devizes, for Which
place he will, no doubt, be re-eleded. New
Wilts, it will be seen from our Parliamentary
Report, were also moved for a Member for each
of the Boroughs, Corjr Castle and Weobly, in the
room of Mr. BOND and Lord G. THY NNE, ap-
pointed Lord4CoMmissioners of Ate -Trnsury.

We have the satisfaaion 'to learn, that Wheat
fell yesterday from ip to is's; per quarter at the
Coro Exchange. ."
Letters and Papers from New-York were re-
ceived in Town. yesterday, 4y which we learn
that the Treaty. with France was ratified on the
.3d of February in the American Senate, with a
limitation of eight years for the continuance of
thee,
Treaty, and ,the exception of the zd:Article,
There wad only one vote more than the two-thirds
requisite for the ratification:
The Elcaion of President is flea yet decided
between BURR and JEFFERSON.• " "

Letters from Washington statei that the Presi-
dent had !nominated Mr..DEXTER to undertake
the _duties of Commissioner, 'tb ftegotiate with
France, on the subject of_ the. Ccinyention with
that Nation, lately ratified with an exception;--•
Mr. DEXTER begged leave.toclecline the honour
of that appointment. "
Orders have
,been received at Leith to stop the
Elbe .Convoy, which was to have sailed from
Leith on Sunday.
• The Pos t-4 boy, with the. Ma it.from Sevenoaks,
was yesterday stopped and robbed, within two
miles and a half Of6FarnhorOugh,..ol the fallowing
bags for London—Hastingsi, Rye; 'Battle, Lain.
berhurst„ Tenterden, biddenden,- Ctanbrook,
Tunbridge • and Sevenoaks.- : •
On Suiday last the Guard to -the Chester Mail
attempting to get ,the coach through a branch 'of
the Tame River at Hoppas, the other side Tam-
worth (the depth! of which being much increased
by. the,late :rains), got on one of the: leaders,
§wimming:turued round, by which oac-
ident;:ha, was carriedQf by the.streain and. unfor-
Innately. drowned.. •

CORN. EXCHANGE, MONDAY, MAltOit t 6.

We hatl.no great supply of any Grain this morning; yet:
the Wheat trade was.extremcly heavy, and full WS. Pa
quarter lower, owilt6 to the large arrivals otAmericin
Flour.

Barley and Malt wete ,cheaper, and :dull of sale ; but
fine Pease qt bath sortis.sold ; apd good fresh Oat;
maintained -Friday's pqe4 . th& lo4ver that; last MOh•
day ; and Beahb are decisralemvin'valuc, being plentiful.