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London, England, 1802-05-21 00:00:00

FOR PUBLIC SALE,

At'tack's Coffee-house, over the Corn fkchange, on Mon-
day the z4th May, 18oz, at Half past One o'Clock pre=
cisely,
THE following GOODS, viz. for the, BENE-
FIT orthe UNDERWRITERS,
so HOgsheads OATS, 18 Bushels each,
t.to Barrels fine ENGLISH FLOUR, 196113. each, ,
Being Part of the Cargo of the Ship Betsey Caines,-George
Johnson master, botlnci to St. Kitt's.
ALSO,
300 Bags BISCUIT BREAD,
1500 New FIVE-BUSHEL SACKS,
to,oco WHITE and BROWN CORN BAGS
I
Lying at the several Places mentioned in the CatalogueS,
which may be had of • ' •
GEORGE FRENCH,
Sworn Broker, No. 6, Great Eastcheap.

NORTHAMPTONSHIRE.
TYTITES of BLISWORTH.
TO BE LETT BY AUCTION,
By Mr. KIRSHAW,

On Mondays the 24th Day of May, aoz, between the Hours
of:Three and Five in the Afternoon, at the Peacock Inn,
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Northampton, upon Lease for Three 'Years, in One Lot,
ALL the GREAT and SMALL iYTHES
arising within the. P ARIS 1-1 of B ISWO RTH, in the
County of Northampton. The Parish consists of Two Thou-
sand Acres, or thereabouts, of excellent Land, chiefly Arable,
and in good Cultivation.; and the Tenant will have the Use
of a large Tythe Barn.
Blisworth. is 'distant five Miles from Northampton, and
four from. Toweester : the Situation is desirable, as the Grand
lunaipn Cattal passes through it.
for further Particulars, apply to Mr. Rice, - Solicitor,
Dufour-place, Soho ; Mr. Currie, -Blisworth; -or the. Au-
ctioneer, in Northampton. •

MUCHWENLOCK, SHROPSHIRE.
TO BE SOLD BY PRIVATE CONTRACT,

A CAPITAL .and VALUABLE FREEHOLD
_EI ESTATE, pleasantly situated on the Turnpike Road
leading to and within eight miles of Bridgnorth, seven miles
of Broseley, nine miles of Shrewsbury, and fifteen miles of
Ludlow, ilia pi juresque -part of the County of Saloa ; con-
sisting of the I',IANO R, or reputed Manor of nt EST-
HOP E, with the Waste Land, Right of Common over the
extensive Commons of Westwood, in the ancient and
respedable Borough And Parish of MU CH W E CR, and
734 Acres of fertile Arable, Meadow, Pasture, and Wood-
land; divided into proper sized Farms and ancient Inclosures,
with substantial Farm-houses, Maltihouses, Barns, Stables,
Sheddings, and other convenient and necessary Out-build-
ings, now lett to respeaable Tenants, at the.uld -and annual
Rent of 8101. or thereabouts,- but capable of ...considerable
advance.

Tne Estate lies in A Ring Fence, abounds with Game, and
contains several large Ponds or Reservoirs of Water, made for
the • purpose of irrigation, with a never failing Stream run,
ning through the centre of the EState, Manure in any quan-
tity May be purchased on reasonable terms within two miles.
The Land contains an inexhaustible Mine of Ball and Stalao-
tical- LI NI ESTON E of the first quality, with every indi-
cation of other valuable MINER LS—The -Estate is sub-
ject to a Land Tax,lor)7l. is; a Chief Rent 'of 3s. 6d.
is 'fitheahle.
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14,0;-,01. part 'of the purchase-money, may remain
charged upon the Estate.
• To .treat ti-,r the- same, apply to Mr. lames, WeOsborn,
near Strattord-on-Avun; ur to Mr. Coupland, 4.ttorney,
Shrewsbuty; and lot Particulars to John Bishton, Esq.
; John Dodson, E. Cound ; Messrs. Pemberton
and Coupland, Shrewsbury ' • Thomas Haslewood, Esq.
Bridgiiorth • AViii..,Wheeler,. Esq. Wilitertold ; and at Mr.
James's Office, Wellsborn ; Wm. Parsons, on the Preinises;
the Stoat Tavern, Birmingham i and at Gogge'x Ccilec-
trouse,.Chamery-lane, London.

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IMPERI,IL PARLIAMENT.

MUSE OF PEERS,

tHiIItSIkAY MAY 10.
-
Ti-tx various Bills before the House were forwarded in
their respettiv, stage 4 and some private business was dis-
posed of. -
Five private Bills were brought up from the Commons by
different Gentlemen, and. read a first time.
Certain Accounts relative to the proceedings of the Com-
missioners for the sale of the Land Taxi were on' the Mo-
tion of Lord AVCKLAND ordered to be laid before the
House.
The Order of the day for the second reading of the EleEtion
Treating Bill, on which their Lordships were s-uinincned
being read, the Bill was, on the Motion of Lord ALvAm-
L Y, read a second time accordingly ; but on X Motion Ir...in
his Lordship that the Bill be coininitted,

The LORD CHANCELLOR quitted the Wool-
sack, and rather at length, stated his reasons for
disapproving of the Measure ; he expressed his
surprise that none of these Noble Lords, who were
friendly to the
_Bill, had come forward and stated
their reasons why the Bill should he adopted by
their Lordships ; it appeared as if it was thought
the Bill ought to pass as a matter of course, and
with as little observation as some inclosure Bills : lot
his part, he thought the Bill involved soire
and weighty considerations, and as .such, meri the
best attention of that House.—The Bill, he thought,
extended much, farther than was the intention of
the Mt of King WILLIAM, from which it origi-
nated.;—the latter went to disqualifying persons
who were convicted of the offences constituted by
the Mt, at that eledion, respelling which the of-
fences were-- committed ;—the present Bill goes to
extend that penalty to future eledions.—The
Offence which was the priucipal objea of this Bill
Was one of a very indefinite and uncertain nature ;
the charge, which was hard to be disproved was
easily to be made; and it afforded too great a temp. ,
tation and facility to persons whose minds were •
heated by eledion contests, or possibly aduated by
worse 'motives, to come for Ward, particularly in
large places, and make 'the charge founded upon
stich.faCts'as might implicate the best inteotioneel
and most innocent persons. Another objeCtion-
which struck him was„ the regulations proposed by
the Bill with resped to Petitioners, and sitting
Members the latter were disqualified in conse-
quenee of the decision of the Committee in the fitst
instance, whereas the Petitioners, who may be as ,
much implicated in the offence as the sitting 'Mem-
bets, were afforded the' opportunity of a, second
trial. But what he disapproved of the most highly,
and which he considered as a very strong measure
was, the rendering a decision of a_ Committee of
the House of CoMmons, .conclusive evidence. On
the objectionable tendenCy 'of 'which, as well in a •
constitutional, as in-a juridical point of ,view, iris
Lordship expatiated with much force and effect...
Whether such a Bill was fit-to he farther proceeded
-with, .their Lordships were to decide ; but he was
certain, that some time should intervene before it
passed through another stage, in order to give their
Lordships time 'to turn in their minds a subjed •of
such serious importance.
Lord ALVANLY,Y, in a speech of some length,
defended the Bill.—The circumstances of its being
sent
,up from the House of Commons, and relating
to the subjea of the right or eligibility of persons
to sit in their House, was, he thought, sufficient to-
attraa the attention of their Lordships, though- not,
a' word had been said in its behalf ; and that it .
had attraded their attention was evident from the
order to have the Bill printed.—He thought the
Measure was highly creditable to its supporters in
the. other House, whose sole ()Ned was to preserve
its purity.—The Noble Lord stated a number-o£
cases, to shew the necessity of some general -and
decisive legislative regulation on the subjed, to
inform the House and the Country what the Law
really was, and to prevent the ill effeds of different
construdions* of the original AA, and clashing
decisions under it,—He observed, that the Bill
however, went no- farther • than to declare that
which in a great majority of instances was held to
be the sense of- the At or King WI t.L IAM ; with
resped to the conclusive decision of the Commit-
tees of the House of Commons, on which , the
Learned Lord laid such a stress, he observed, it
was .a necessary regulation:—the Bill would be
nugatory without it—the Law on this point-should
be uniform and general; and- he asked their Lord.
ships, was it proper that one EleCtion Law- should
• be for Stockbridge and another for Canterbury ?
In concluding; he expressed his convidion that
there could -be no well-founded objedion to the
commitment of the Bill, at which stage of it ha
had some alterations 'to propose in the way of
amendment, which he thought would go to obviate
every shadow of ohjeEtion against the Measure.
The Earl of ROSLIN offered some forcible -6.0
jedions tO the Bill :—What he principally disap-
proved in it, : was that provision, ,which, in effect,
went to convert a Committee,of the House of Com-
mons, into a Court of Judicature.: a regulation of thaQ
kind merely applying-to the decision of Contested
Eledions, might not be objectionable, bUt as in the
instance before their Lordships the proceeding would
gb io ailed the character, persons, and property. of
their fellow subjects, 1 the case was essentially -dif.
ferent. The proceedings of these Committees were
private, and bravrapid and•ssimmary process, they
were enabled to decide ; to adMit which, in the
cases, and to .the extennt prepnsed by the Bill,' would
'be a dereliction from the known and established
principles of the Constitution7,and was also- anoina,
loos in the administration of our Crimieal Laws :
His Lordship also adverted -to the indefinite-And un.
certain nature of the offences con§tituted by the Bill,
and instanced several cases in hiCh' the most inno-
ceikt and best- intentioned-;persons might be implio
cared in the offences constituted by the Bills

77.,: EARL of ROMNEY spoke shortly, but de_
cidedly, in favour of the Bill, and panygerised the
motives of its original supporters in the House of
(frsoininoris, whose sole object was to pteserve its
purity, and to exclude improper charaEters.
.T,i-eed with the Noble and Learned Lord who spoke
favour of the Bill, that a settled and established
regulation of the kind was much wanted.
,7 he Marquis of BUCKIYCHAM, in deliver_
ing his sentiments of the Bill before the House, ad-
-I,:ei ted, as We cofieeived his Lordship, to the Bill fOr
regulatipg the trials of Contested Ele6tions, and took

occasion to speak in terms of high commendation of
" the conduft of a Noble and Learned Lord then in
his place, (the Earl of RosLIN) as being highly in-
Strumentai in perpetuating the benefits of that ACt
to the Country. With respect to the subjeft more
. immediately before the House, the Noble Marquis
expressed his cc4ncidenee in opinion with these No-
life Lhrds, who thought the offences constituted by
the Bill, of a very.: vngue and indefinite natu:e, and
t,lted, that under the language of the Eill, circum_

stances, very in their nature, and under
which no improper design could possibly exist, may
be construed so as to come within the letter of'the

Act. He could not conceive how an opposition to
the Bill, or not stiffcring it to go to- a Committee,
could be•a ?nark of disrespect, either on the parr of
an individual Peer, or of the House.collcdively, to
the other House'of Parliament—fur his own part,
as' he most decidedly disapproved of the Bill in tsto,
he must naturally be hostile to its proceeding any
further.

- Lard ELLENBO ROUG spoke in' favour of the
Bill ; • many of his Lordship's Observations went` to
strengthen and enforce the leading points urged by
the Noble and Learned Lord who first spoke in sup-
port of the measure ; he thought the prdmoters of
the Bili in the other House of Parliament, had acted
in such a manner as reflected the highest credit on
them, and called for the applause and gratitude of
the Country.—He argued for the necessity of Legis-
lative provisions on the subjed, and seemed to ob-
serve, that the drift of the arguments urged that night
vas, that it would be proper either to repeal the
original Bill altogether, or to enact a new legislative
provision on• the subjed. He thought the Bill be-
fore the House was one of great importance, even
in a constitutional point of view, and instead of
tieing hastily disposed of, merited the serious atten-
-tion of that House ; should the Bill go to a Com-
mittee,, he had an amendment to propose, which
would nut one of the leading provisions of the Ad
in.a clearer and stronger point of view.
Lard PEL NAM shortly expressed his reasons
far being hostile to the Bill. The Noble Lord's
observations were of a general nature. The prin_
. ciple which didated theM he stated to be, his en-
tertaining an exereme jealousy of all Bills which
went to incapacitate individuals from either voting
t‘.4, or sitting as,
°Representatives in Parliament.
The question, that the Bill be committed, was
then put, on which a division took place, when
there appeared,

Non Contents,

Contents,

Majority, r
A Motion ‘tqfs then made , for the rejeaion o.
t.h. Bill, on which their Lordships again divided,
. Contents, 7
Non Contents, 6

Mr.jority,

By this decision the Bill is lost for the present
Se,sion.

Their Lordships then adjourned till to-morrow.

HOUSE OF COMMONS,

THURSDAY, MAY 20.

THE, Bill for introducing certain alterations into the AEI
for regt&ting the- Provisions for the Poor, was, read a first
tine, and ordered to he printed, and read a second time on
ionday. '
The Report-on the gill for the better Protthion of Field
Crops was received, and the Bill was ordered to be read
toira time to-morrow.
The Report on the Bill for regulating the London Fish-
rmitets was received, and t he ]fill ordered to be engrossed and
mad a third time to-morrow.
On the Order of the Day being read for the third
reading of the English Militia Bill,
Mr. COOKE said, that in his opinion the in-
crease of numbers proposed by the present Bill,
tended to destroy the fundamental principles on
which the Militia had at first been constituted. He
feared also that it would be difficult .to procure
proper Officers for the Militia, without having re-
course to those who had been employed in the Re-
gular Service, which would also tend. to destroy the
original constitution of our Militia.
The SECRETARY at WAR replied, that, as
the Bill stood at pre:,ent, the numbers of the Militia
to be raised by it did not exceed 40,000 men, the
• same number to -which it amounted before it was
disembodied. The whole extent to which the sys-
tem was intended to be carried did not exceed 60,c oo
men, a number not exceeding that embodied in the
reign of Charles If., and proportionally much less,
when we consider the difference of population then
and at the present period. With regard to this Bill
affecting former regulations, he saw no reason for
k. s'Ach an apprehension. ' The Militia had been al
. .• ways exceedingly . well officered, without having
recourse to the I,ine, even to the very conclusion of
the:War, and there was no reason to doubt that
this would always be the case, while any remaies
CuF their former martial ardour glowed in the breasts
of our countrymen.
The Bill was then read a third time 42-id passed.
. The consideration of the Volunteer Corps Bit;
' was put off to Monday. •
The Report of the Committee on the Lottery B:11
was received, and the Bill was ordered to be en_
art s,cd, and read a third time to-rnot row.
The ATTORNEY GENERAL moved for leave
to bribi in a Bill to repeal certain parts of the
Alien Bill, and substitute other Regulations in their.-
place. . He.said, that as tilt %gain> of Europe stood,
it could not be thought expedient, at present,
wholly t6r, repeal the Alien Bill ; while, at the bailie
- time, it was evident that certain 1110;.liticaiions
ought to be introduced into it ; and these it vas his
intention tp propose.
T A Y LOR said, that he was so much
friend] of Peace, that he hoped nothing would be

introduced into the present Bill, which could any
wise tend to occasion disputes with Aliens.
• The CHANCELLOR of the F.XCHEQUER
said, that, as far as he understood the proposed
contents-Of the Bill, there was nothing in it calcu-
lated to give'any ground to the Hon. Gentleman's
apprehensions.
Leave was then given to bring in the Bill.
The ATTORNEY GENERAL then moved for
leave to bring in a Bill to repeal certain Regulations
of the Police Bill, and substitute others in their
place. •He said, that the Bill now in force was
rather experimental than an 'ultimate measure, and
therefore had not been carried to the length intend-
ed. The design of the present Bill was' to extend
the provisions of the former one, by an increase of
the number and pay of the Police Officers.
Mr. WILBERFORCE entirely coincided with
the sentiments of the Right Hon. Gentleman, and
expressed his hope that the proposed increase both
of pay and number, would not be small.
Leave was given accordingly.
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL then moved for a
Committee of the. whole House to-morrow, to con-
sider if the appropriated sum of the Consolidated
Fund xas sufficient to maintain the establishment of
Bumboats.—Ordered.
Dr. .JENNER'S Petition was ordered to be taken
into consideration by a Committee of the whole
House on Tuesday next.
The House then resolved itself into a Commit-
tee on the Bill for regulating the Committees on
Controverted Elections.
Mr. BANKES rose to move that the Clause con-
cernino. the appointment of Nominees pn both sides,
which had hitherto stood part of the Bill, be now
left out. He said, that he understood the Original
in trodudion of the clause'concerning Nominees into
the Bill, hal been a matter, not of choice, but of
necessity ; that it was a temporising measure to
take off the opposition raised against the Bill, lest
its salutary provisions should 'have been entirely
rejected. Now that the utility of -the Bill. was
universally allowed, he thought the Clause ought to
be left out. Instead of allowing each Party to
cause a Nominee, he conceived it would be much
better to appoint a President, or, if that was not
approved, Asscss'ors, to explain to the Committee
the difficult points that might occur. He contended
that by the present regulations, a Nominee was
placed in - a situation extremely disagreable. He
was introduced into the Committee as a friend of
the PartY, and then obliged to aft as a Judge. It
was unfair to place any Gentleman in such asitua-
tion, that he must give up either his duty or his
friend. Nay, he was compelled not only to give
up his friend, but also, when he found his cause
weak, to do him more injury than he would
wish to do ; for the other Members would of
course conclude, when any Candidate was given
up by his friend, his cause must be desperate
indeed. He observed, that it was now more ne.
cessary, than. at its Est institution, to provide for
the purity of the Committee's decisions ; as at first
they only decided on the present case, but now
they decided also on the rights of Election, which
rendered their decisions permanent. He observed,
that though no great evils had hitherto, resulted in
pradice from; the regulations as/they now stood,
yet every one must own, that the partialities of
friendship must in some cases have had their in_
fluence ; and it was proper to provide against an
ahnse when foreseen ; for if it, were once allowed
to be introduced, it would not be so easily again
gotrid of. He said, that the Parliament of Ire-
land had adopted Mr. Grenville's Bill at first in
all its parts ; but had afterwards foond it expedient
to abrogate Nominees, not only in these, but in ail
seled Committees together. He therefore begged
Gentlemen to consider in, what an awkward situa-
tion the Irish Members were .placed, in being sub-
jedectio regulations, which in their own country
they had rejeeted as unwise and inexpedient. He
concluded with moving, that the clause concerning
the appointment of NoMinees be left out of the Bill.
Mr, M. A;TAYLOR deprecated the lopping off
limbs from this Bill, in the manner proposed by the
Hon. Gentleman. He conceived that the Hon.
Gentleman had completely misunderstood the nature
of Nominees : they were not, he said, to defend
their friends in opposition to their Oath ; but only
to see that stria justice was done to the Parties by
the Committee. He himself had been in two Co-
mmittees where a Nominee had voted against him by
whom he was chosen ; and yet this was considered
as no breach of friendship. He said that he
always looked upon Nominees to be chosen by the
parties as men so well acquainted with the nature
of their claims, as to be able to explain them pro-
perly to the Committee. He had never heard an
instance where party spirit had prevailad over the
obligation of a Nominee's oath. He hoped, there-
fore, that the clause would be allowed to remain as
it stood at present ; and that the Hon. Gentleman,
if he thought it necessary, would introduce a se-
parate-Bill to meet his own ideas.
Mr. HARRISON said, he had never felt any
difficulty in ailing between his duty and his friend.
ship as a Nominee ; nor did he believe any just
ground could be advanced for, leaving out the pre-
sent clause.
IVIr. WILBERFORCE supported the arguments
of Mr. BANKES with regard to the impropriety of
the situation in which Gentlemen were placed as
Nominees.. He said, that in such a judicature it
was extremely improper to introduce the, least
temptation to do wrong ; that the delicacy of
friendship was sufficient to lead -a man astray, even
without himself being conscious of it,- and that
the very singularity of those instances which had
been introduced to shew that the ties of friendship
did not 'always overcome a sense of duty, was the
strongest proof that it very frequently did so.
Mr. Bi;.AGGE said, he could not think that cx-
ecrience by any means warranted the proposed al-
teration in the Bill. The appointment of Nominees
leaf been found produdive of benefits. These
benefits were not confined to the individuals that
Tla.ried them, nor derived' from the partiality of
fricodship ; but from these Nominees being usually
eersoos conversant with legal subjeas, and able to
give the' Cetrimittee proper information respelling
the rights of the parties. He allowed that the task
of a Nominee might be unpleasant to the individual;

but if it was found salutary to the Public, was it
for that reason to be abandoned ? With regard to
its being impossible to remedy the evil if once in-
troduced, he observed that this idea was refuted by
the original introduCtion of the present Bill. It was
also to be recolleae4that there was a Nominee ap-
pointed by each party ; and that therefore, allowing
both to be influenced by partiality, their defence of
their respeClive friends could only provoke a. more
ample discussion, of their claims. He therefore
hoped no objection would at present be persisted in
against the clause. ,•

Sir JAMES St. CLAIR said it was impossible
in the present state in which they had been intro-
duced to-decide upon the validity of the objetlions
urged against the clause, he should, therefore, until
a more ample opportunity of discussion was afford-
ed, consider himself bound to vote against any al-
teration of the -clause as it stood at present..
Mr. SIMEON supported the Amendment.
Mr. J. ELIOT wished the subject to be brought
forward in a separate form.
Mr. BRAGGE explained.
Mr. LEIGH suggested, that the Nominees might
remain, but that their right of voting should be
taken away.

The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER
thought, the suggestion of the Hon. Gentleman (Mr.
LEIGH) liable to great objections: It would be ac-
knowledging, on the part of the House, the Nomi-
nees to be Advocates, and would leave them so much
at liberty, that they might plead as Advocates for
their respective friends, as if they were pleading in
the charader of professional Advocates. With re_
sped to getting rid of the Nominees, he thought there
was an error in the arguments on that side, in
coupling the Friend with ,tha Nominee, as conside-
rations wholly distinct from friendship—merit fre-
quently actuated the choice of Nominees who were
chosen, because they possessed tried talents, legal
knowledge and Parliamentary experience in order
that they might bring fully and fairly before the Com-
mittee, the various points on which that Committee
was to decide. He could not consent to innovation
unless some great practical inconvenience was stated
as the ground of it. If, however, it was the opinion
of Gentlemen, that Mr. Grenville's Ad required
Amendment, it would be much better to bring in a
Bill which should embrace the whole of the Amend_
ments which might be thought necessary, than to
mix them with this measure, which was merely to
ensure dispatch in the execution of that Ad, and
which must be impeded in its course, if any of these
Amendments were attempted to be grafted on it.
After sore observations in explanation, from Mr.
WILBERFORCE, Mr. BRAGGE, and Mr. StmEoN,
The Committee divided on the proposed Amend-
ment, when there being only Thirty-four 'M tubers
present, an Adjournment took place at eight o'clock
till to-morrow.

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