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London, England, 1810-05-19 00:00:00

NAVAL NEWS

Speaker of this House, be brought into this House,
by the Custos Brevium of the said Court, 'on Thurs-
day morning next."

On the 1 eth of July, " the Record was read ;
and the House, thereupon Resolved, That the judg-
ment given in the Court of King's Bench, in Easter
term, 2 Jac. 2di. against William Williams, Esq.
Speaker of the_ House of Commons in the Patlia-
ment held at Westminster 25111 October, 32 Car;
2di. for matter done by order of the House of Com-
mons, and as Speaker thereof, is an illegal judg-
ment, and against the freedom of Parliament. '
" Resolved,, That a-bill be brought in to reverse
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the said judgment."
This bill was twice read, but went no further
in that session similar bill was in the follow-.
ing session ordered. to be brought in ; and a
.third
bill passed the Commons in 1695, and was sent up
to the House of Lords, but did not proceed there
to a second. reading. • •
• It appears further, that on the 4th.of June, 1629,
" a petition of John Topham, ,Esq. was read, set—
ting forth, that he, being aSerjeant at Arms, and
II attending the House in the years 1679 and 1680,
when several orders were made, and direoled
the Petitioner, for the taking into his custody the
several liersons of Sir Charles Neal, &c. &c. and
others, for several. misdemeanours by them com-
mitted, in breach of the privileges of the House ;
and atter that the Commons were dissolved, the said
persons being resolved to ruin the Petitioner, did, in
Hilary Term, the 33d or 34th of King Charles, sue
the Petitioner in the King's Bench in several thions
of trespass, / battery, and false imptisonment; for
taking and. detaining them as.aforesaid ; to which
actions the Petitioner pleaded to the jurisdiction of
the Court the said several orders; but such his
plea was over-ruled ; the then Judges ruling the
Petitioner to plead in chief,' and thereupon he
pleaded the orders in bar to the action : notwith--
standing. which, plea and others, the then Judges
gave judgment against him," &c,
UpOir the Report from the Committee of Privi-
leges and Elections, to ,whom this. petition of J.
Topham was referred, the House resolved, That
this-Howse cloth agree with the Committee, that the,
judgment given by the Court of King's Bench,
Easier Term, 34 Car. 11. Regis, upon the plea of
Joim,Topham, at: the suit of John Jay„ to the juris-
diction of that Court ; and also
.the judgments
given against the said Mr. Topham, at the suit of
Samuel Verdun, &c. are illegal, and a violation of
the privileges of Parliament, and pernicious to the
rights of Parliament.",- Whereupon it was ordered,
" That - Sir Francis Pemberton, Sir Thomas Jones,
and Sir Francis Wythens, do attend this House on
Wednesday morning next."
" In Consequence of this order, Sir Francis Pem-
berton and Sir Thomas Jones, who had been two
of the Judges of . the Conn of King's Bench at ,Fite
time when the judgment was passed, were heard in
their defence, and afterwards committed. to the
Serjeant at Arms, fo'r. their breach of the privileges
of this FlQuse, by giving judgment to over-rule
the plea to the jurisdiction of the Coutt of King's
Bench.".

PonTsuourti, MAY 18.—Came in last night his
Majesty's ship Goshawk, from Oporto, which place
she left on the gth inst. ; brings an account of
envoy to sail from thence for England on the 15th.

Arrived his Majesty's ships Meteor, from Cadiz,
and the Hope and Thracian from the East Ward.

Sailed his Majesty's ships Ganymede and Linnet,
with the whole of the outward bound that put
back yestt;rday for. the Mediterranean, with a fine
breeze to tile Eastward.

PLYMOUTH, MAY 17.—Sailed his Majesty's ship
://enus, with a convoy to the Eastward, viz. Ann,
W ALFoRi); Alpha, HUTTON ; Catharine, BROWN ;
.George; LOGGAN ; Prospect, SPENCE ; Christopher,
RUNDLE ; Ceres, -FLINT; Hero, BAXTER ; Pear
Tree, SMITH ; Thalia, CLYDE ; Brilliant, WILSON;
Britannia,. MAURIsON; Sibella, LOVE ; Jessica,
MESS.; Mary, ROBERTS; Sally Ann, PHELPS, and
Pomona; LAWSoN, for London ; the transports
Sally, HAMMETT•;" Dinar, HARRIS; Achilles, DA-
VISON, and Aurora, WEATHERHEAD ; the Portu-
guese brig Donzamento Felix, Gomoz BARRATT
and the Prussian Ship Florentina, DODLOF, for Ports-
mouth, together with several others, names un-
known ; also sailed his Majesty's brig Recruit to
the Westward.

The Venus, with her convoy, were joined off
t his port by a large A►nerican' ship, and three sail
of merchantmen, from the Westward, when the
whole proceeded up channel.

Your Committee think it proper to state, that Sir
Francis Pemberton and Sir Thomas Jones, in de-
fending themselves at the Bar of this House for
their conduct in over-ruling the plea to their juris-
diction in the actions of Jay v. Topharn, &c. de-
fended the judgnlent .they had given, by resting
upon the natureof the pleading, and not by denying
the jurisdiction or authority of this House ; and Sir
Francis Pemberton expressly admitted, that, for any
thing transacted in this Howe, no oilier Court had
any jurisdiction to hear and determine it.
Fro be continued.]

Sailed the Morristown hired armed brig, with
a convoy for Wales, consisting of the following
ships, vii. Venus, LOWTHER ; Providence, DAVIES ;
Phernix, TAYLOR ; Fillers, DALTON ; Birmingham,
GILL; Redruih, MOYER John Stroud, WILKINS ; •
Bedford, NtcnoLLs ;. and Gratitude, JENKINS ; also
several, others, names unknown.; also sailed the
Alfred,'AßlNE, for Bideford.; the Endeavour,PßlCE;
and Susanna, BARKER, for Swansea; the Argil,.
KEEN, for LondOn ; the Nelson, DAVISON ; and
May, CHAGOS, for Sunderland.

Arrived his Majesty's brig Crocus from Falmouth,
with the Tromp guard-ship, and a Dock-yard lighter
from thence; also arrived the Serapis store-ship,
from the Westward; the May Flower, of this Port,
WILLIAMS, master, from Alderney, w;,:h a cargo of
brandy ; the May Flower, MAY, from Cork, last
from Falmouth, with a cargo of provisions for this
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Port.

Sailed his Majesty's Ship Arethusa to the West-
ward ; his Majesty's ship Valiant fur Basque Roads.
Arrived his Majesty's brig Orestes from a cruize,
with her prize, a French brig privateer, of 14 guns,
which she captured in the Channel some days since;
also arrived the Cadmusgun-brig from Basque Roads.
Put back
,his Majesty's brig Recruit..

DEAL, MAY 1 B.—Sailed the Humber and Transit,
with the Hagover, Robert and Sarah; DuNmoae,
and La St. Neltune, for Portsmouth ; and Fly and
Trinculo sloops of war on a erniz:,.
Came down from.the River *Susannah and Atlas,
and sailed to the Westward under convoy of the
Apollo gun-brig.

=Arrived the _Rinaldo sloop of war from Sheerness,
and the Beaver sloop of war from a cruize.

11 E S UN.

SOLEM QUIS DICtRE FALSUM AUDEAT?

LONDON,

SATURDAY, MAY 19, 1810.

I SHEERNESS, MAY 16.—Sailed his Majesty's ship
Rodney, Capt. BUELTON, for Plymouth.
Came Down the 'liver Thames his Majesty's ship
1 Erebus,

I\IAY 17.—Sailed his Majesty's brig Rinaldo.

We are sorry to say, that the state of the Prin-
cess AmELIA's health is Rich, as to afford scarce any
• hope of her recovery.--We have, however, to con-
tradict the report which prevailed in the coarse of
yesterday, of the fital termination of her Rot al
Highness's disorder. authentic accounts re-
ceived in town yesterday, stated, " That her Royal
Highness was Much worse .then on the preceeding
day, -and that no further hopes vi ere entertained:'"
Sir FRANCIS MILMAN, who had disconthined visit.
ing her Royal'Highness for some weeks back, re-
ceiv,d orders yesterday to be at Windsor at ten
o'clock this morning, to attend a consultation.'
Dr. Sir H. HALFmin arrived at Windsor, on
Thursday night, at Princess AMELIA'S, where he
slept.

1.,(),ND0N I'omM by RICHARD HARRIS, or No. 4; Mattlett-COlrt,Bow-streci; and Pu,blished by WILLIAM ARMI.GER SCRIPPS, Scith fVll3lon.s:rect, G Yens; squats,
At the SUN•OFFICE, No, 112 Strand, where Advertisemeits, Orders for the Paper, 4etteri for the Nitor,. &re. (post- z: niusi tas Addregaq.

The exchange of prisoners between this country
and France has already commenced on an extensive
scale. , Four cartels sailed from Plymouth on Tues-
day evening, for Morlaix, with near 300' French
prisoners on board, many of whom had been seve-
ral years confined in this country. These will be fol-.
lowed by others, as fast as the
.cartels return with
our prisoners in exchange.
The Lords of Trade have determined to grant
licenses for the importation of grain, (with the ex-
ception of oats),'meal; flour, and burr-stones, from
the-Emins to Dieppe, and from Boulogne to Nantz.
The ontstanding,lisences are to be in force to the
10th November. All vessels importing grain under
such licenses, will be entitled to export licenses from
the harbours of the United Kingdom, for the arti-
cles enumerated in the Jande Export Licnses, (such
as foreign sugar, foreign coffee, East India prize
goods, &c.) save and except cotton. wool,- and the
article of tin for the present, upon the exportation.
of which their Lordships' decision is to be comma-
D.IB D.
On Thursday the roth inst. at Wimbledon, of a rapid c°11.,.;
nit.ated on Monday next.
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Sumption, universally and deeply lamented, Miss
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C. BRANDLING., Esq. Member fol.. Newcastle, Brays eldest daughter of the iate Alichaelßray, Esq. Mr. MOR HITT, and several other Gentlemen,-were 21 years. She vi as possessed or an enlightened mind, 1;"-n-c1
elected, on Wednesday last, Members of " LAE to
h the inostriffedionahte and *lint iitsposivon. All h
w- Zer.tifr*
PITT CLIJI3." The' dress usually worn by the Alvin-- naeersa,garnede
anikstazintgy,
couldtthat
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bers on the Anniversary is, a dark blue coat, with a she would have been immortal.
plain, yellow button, white waistcoat, and black silk forctstreet,,
On Thursday the iph'inst. at his house in HersilkEvelyn Shirley, Esq. of.E,atington, in the County u. breeches, with the club medal on the left breast.
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