The Sun.
London, England, 1801-02-20 00:00:00

LOTTERY fur the P (GOT DIAMOND.

THE Tickets are Two Guineas each, and num-
bered from t to ri,42,5, the First Drawn of which
iii the ESC; LISH STATE LOTTERY, ad March, 18ot,
will receive the Prize, now deposited in the Bank of Eng-.
land, and described in the A.CI of Parliament as follows.:
" And whereas the said Diamond is esteemed by skilful
'6 Lapidists to be but little interior in weight, and equal in
" Water and Brilliancy, to any known Diamond in Europe ;.
" ancl the Value thereof is now estimated at a Sum little
" short of THIRTY THOUSAND POUNDS."

SWIFT and Co. No. rt, POULTRY, 'London (est*_
blished in the year 1759), and at their State Lottery Offices,
in Dublin and Glasgow, arc appointed to sell' the Tickets
of the above Lorn ee.
A Model'of the tiaMond may be seen at eithet of their
Offices. Letters answered, and Schemes s'clist gratis.

To PURCHASERS in the LOTTERY. •
I BEARDMORE reopeekfully acquaints the
j Nobility and Public in general (as one of the Con_
Inaors with Government for the present 'Pnglish Lot-
teryb that TICKbTS. will RISE considerably before
the Drawing commences, in consegtience of the great de-
-3'604 for them, and the Scheme being such that" Sixty
Thousind Pounds may bogained by one Ticket ; and as a
Security to Purchasers, he engages to take back on. the
Saturday before Drawing, all Tickets bought at his. Of-
*ice, or return the Purchase Money, shbuld Tickets be
lower than the present price, the advantage therefore is
eY.yent—you may gain but cannot lose.
ickets and Shares are now selling in great variety, and
en the lowest terms, at the old established °Mee, NO. 65,
Piccadilly, . opposite St. James's-street, where Capital
Prizes to a great amount have ben sold and registered,
Amon g them No. a 5,19,11, a Prize of 2900.81. in the last
July Lottery, No. 34,7691. io,oool. No. 39,657, tepoi.
iec.!&c. and thy Money for all Prizes paid ondonand..

VALUABLE EFFECTS, at MITCHEL GROVE,
near ARUNDEL, SUSSEX:
TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION,
By Mr. 'SQL/11313,
On Ni9nday the 234 init. and Four following Days, at
Eleven o' C lock,
ALL the Excellent and Genuine HOUSEHOLD
FURNITURE, a Pair of Pier Glasses, in two
Plates, seventy inches by thirty-eight ; elegant Plated
Articles, China, Glass, a few Cabinet Piaures, Prints by
Ho arch, a capital Billiard Table, an Eight-day Clock, an
Oak Mangle, Waxgons, Carts Tintber-carriage, Horses,
two Rams, about tifty Tons of Meadow llav, goo Bushels
of Potatoes, and a Variety of other Valuable Eti;:cts, the
Property of _ _ • •

Sir jOHN SHELLEY, Bart.
At his Seat at Mitchel Grove, near Arundel, Sussex.
The Furniture comprises lofty Four-post, Field, and
Couch Bedsteads, with Chintz Cotton, Dimity, Needle-
work, and Damask Hangings; upwards of thirty Down,
Goose, and other, Feathcr-brds ; excellent Hair, Wool,
and Flock Mattresses, and Bedding ; wel l-made Mahogany
Cabinet-work, in Ward-robes, Bureaus, Bookeasa4, double
and single'Chests of Drawers, Dining, Card, Pembroke,
and Library Tables; a Drawing-room Suit, in Chintz
Cotton, Pier Glasses, large,Wilton, Turkey, and Kidder-
minster Carpets Kitchen, Dairy, and Brewing Utensils;
large Coppers and Furnaces a Venison Safe, &c.The whole may be viewed' on Friday the Loth, and Sa:
turtlay the2lSt. Catalogues (at 6d. each, to be returned
to purchasers) may be hal on the Premises ; at the Nor-
frilk firms, Arundel; the principal Inns at Chichester,
Petworth,l7E-wzs, anti Brighton,- and of Mr. Squibb; at
kip iltgliott-;9041, SAValc-row, London, ~.

The Rad sf MO Mil presented a Petition from certain
Debtors .contined in the Gaol of the County of the City
of Dublin, setting thrth the extreme hardships they la-
boured under, which.were much aggravated by the present
Scarcity and- Dearness of all sorts of Provisions. His
Lordship observed that the Bill lately brought before the
House, did not at all supersede the necessity of those ap-
plications; from the Noble and Learned Lord's own state-
ment, the Bill in. question by no means went tar enough,
and in which opinion he most -cordially. agreed. The option
of acting upon it was vested solely in the creditor ; and
torlebtors of the description of which lie had frequently to
solicit the feeling ancLattention of that House, it Willed
to promise but a small,portion of relief. That measure
not being then regularly before their Lordships, he should
otter no detailed opinions upon it. His present observa-
tion was only to impress the idea, that the same grounds
cur entertaining applications of the kind, existed as here-
tofore. 1k moved, that after the title, a particular part
of the body of the Petition (setting forth the extreme dis-
tress of the Petitioners) be read.—Which was accordingly
done, and the Petition, 90 his Lordship's Motion, was or-
dered to lie on the Table.

The Bill for the exemption of certain persons from the
payment .of the Poor's Rate, was read'a third time, pass-
ed, and a message ordered to acquaint the Commons
therewith.
TAYLOR's DIVORCE BILL.
On the question for the second reading of the Bill to
dissolve the marriage of George Taylor, Gent. witlt Ca-
therine Birchall Taylor, his now wile, &c.
Counsel and Evidence were heard at some length, from
whose statement and depositions it appeared, that Mr.
Taylor, of Totness, in Devonshire, was married to Miss
C. B. Elken, of Sloane-street, Knightsbridge, in May
s 79a, from which period until her being detected in a
Criminal Intercourse with the Rev. William I lbert Bird.
wood, of Totness, they lived happily together, and in
every respect as an affectionate couple should do. It ap-
peared that the Petitioner's family and that of Mr. Bird-
wood., who was the son of Dr. Birdwood, lived on terms
of intimacy and friendly intercourse. Mr. Taylor's being
a professional man;.-land necessarily often absent from
home, gave the Reverend Gentleman frequent opportuni-
ties Of praaising against his friend's peace and honour, and
by the evidence of M r: Taylor's gardener, and his assistant,
it appeared, that tile parties, Mrs. Taylor and Mr. Bird-
wood, were seen,in such 31 tUatiOliS, and under such eir-
eumstanees,• particularly in the Months of Nov. 1798,
and of June and Nov. i 799, as seemed to leave little donut
of as Adulterous Intercourse having taken place between
them. Added to this, a young woman who had lived se-
veral years as servant in Mr. Taylor's family, stated, that
on the artair being detected, Mts. Taylor expressed the
greatest regret and concern for lief misconduct, mai ac-
knowledged to her, that she had'carnal knowledge at Mr.
Birdweod. a
.tinestion,from the Marquis of Beet:-
N u4st,it appeared, that Mr. Birdwood is a single man,
about twenty-seven years of age, still in Orders, and the
son of the (sentlernan above-mentioned. In consequence
of the above being manifested, the Petitioner, in Hilary
Terni 18'co, broUght an anion in the Court of King's
Bench, against the Rev. Mr. Birdwood, and obtained
J udgment tier 5001. Damages, and Costs. The usual pro-
LeattiO aping. the Lady .werethen instituted in the Ee.
clirsiastical- Courts, where a sentence of Divorce a 171 Mil
rr tboio was pronounced. These fads and circumstances,
together with the .form of serving the Notice on Mrs. Tay-.
lor, and the solemnization of the Marriage of the parties
being certified, the Counsel, &c. were ordered to retire.

The Bill was then, without opposition, read a second
time,:and on_ the 'question lying put for committing it,
• TIT illarpth of BUCKINGHtIM came forward and ob-•
served, leit there should be any imputation of a with on'
his part to take the House by surprise, he then declared,
that in the Committee on the present Bill, as it was his
intention to do on every
.future occasion of the kind wher-
ever he had an opportunity, to propose the introduction of
a Clause, founded.on the principle of -a Legislative regu-
lation, which had on a former occasion the Concurrence of
their Lordships, but which was lost in the other House
of Parliament, viz, to prohibit the Parties between whom
the adulterous intercourse existed from intermarrying with
each other during the life-time of the Husband. The
Noble Marquis then read the Clause' he intended to pro-
pose in the CoMmittee, which ran precisely to the etti:ct
above stated.

The Earl of WESTMORLAND observed, that what the
Noble Marquis had stated was a consideration of much
importanct, as involving a.principle upon which great dit-
tete= of opinion existed in that House. He toped that.
some interval would be allowed previous to the committal
of the Bill, that Noble Lords might have notice, as,. if an
early day was fixed, it would, iir edict, be taking the
House by surprise. • . -
The Marguis BUCICIPTGIIAM replied, that if what
had just fat len trom hint had been sutlmently attended to
no such design could fairly be imputed to him. 'He hail,
not only given the notice, but read the identical Clause he
meant to propose. It was certainly his wish that due
time should be given.
The commitment of the Bill was then fixed for this
day fortnight.
Mr. Banco t,, attended by several Members, brought
up from the Commons a Bill to repeal tile Act for the use
of Brown Bread, tirc. passed last Session,
The Bill was forthwith read a first time.
Mr. BaAoca also presented front" the Commons a
variety of papers and documents relative to a system of
6enerallaclosure and the Cultivation of Waste Lands,
agreeably to a recent Mepage. of their Lordships desiring
stich communication:

The titles of the.pspers being read, they were referred
to the comiticratinn of 'the Select Committee on the
Dearth of Provisioris, from which, as we could coiled,
the name of the Duke of Bev roe o, on an application
from his Grace was ordered to be withdrawn, and that of
the Duke of AT Hot, substituted.

An Officer from the Commissioners of the Thames Na.
vigation presented several Accounts relative thereto. Al-
ter Which their Lordships adjourncxl till half-past three
o'clock to.morrow.

HOUSE OF COMMONS,

THURSDAY, FEB. 19.

Tit e Aberdeen Canal Bill was read the first
time.

Colonel BAGWELL (Member for Tippetary)
said, he hoped the House would excuse his taking
occasion to observe a different usage between the
late Parliament of Ireland, and that of this Coun.
try. In the former, it had been usual for the
Sr tiara of the Commons House, to cause to be
issued to the Members, along with the Votes,
the Notices of Motions, and the Days when
they were to be brought forward ; and as
such a variety of Notices of intended Motions
'had lately been given, by different Honourable
Members, he thought a similar praftice, if
adopted in the Imperial Parliament, would tend
greatly to the convenience of Members. He
'merely submitted this suggestion to the consider-
ation of the House.

Tht SPEAKER observed, that the practice
alluded to, had not been followed in the ParHameln