The Sun.
London, England, 1817-07-04 00:00:00

CLERGY RESIDENCE BILL.

The Archbishop of CANTERBURY moved thartheir Lord-
ships should resolve themselves into aCommittee on the Cler-
gy Residence Bill.
Earl HAttItOWBY conceived that the Bill was not calm,
latest to enforce, with sutlicient strictness, the residence of
the Clergy, in consequence of the number of exemptions
which it contained, and expressed his intention to move se-
veral amendments in the Coubuittee fur the purpose of ren-
dering the measure more operative.
The Archb,shop of CANTERBURY maintained that. him-
self and the Right. Rev. Prelates around him were not less
disposed than their predecessors to take all. possible steps for
insuring the residence of the Parochial Clergy. It was an ob-
ject to a hich they were gradually approximating,.
'the LORD CHANCELIAM. defended the hilts which had
been brought in on this subject several ',cars ago, from some
imputations which he conceived had been cast on them, and
expressed his regret. that. the present measure had been sent
to their Lordships at so late a period of the Session, that, in
consequence of the other important duties which pressed upon
hint, it would be utterly impossible for him to devote that at-
tention to the clauses of the Bill befote their Lordships,
which he should otherwise wish to do.

The House then resolved itself into the Committee, in
which the various clauses of the Bill underwent considerable
discussion.

The Report was ordered to be received te-morruw.—Ad-
jourued.

[For the Proceedings in the House of Commons, we refer our
headers to the Last Page.]

BAST INDIA HOUSE.

A Special General Court of Proprietors of East
India Stock was yesterday held, at the Company's
House, in Leadeuhall-street, for the purpose of
taking into consideration the Rettort of the Com-
mittee of Bye-Laws, which way laid before the
last General Court by Mr. Howorth.
The minutes of the preceding Court having
been read, a long and desultory' discusSion took
place on the various &Iterations proposed in the
bye-laws by the Committee. They were ultimate-
ly agreed to, certain verbal. amendmems having
been previously adopted and a Court ‘yas ap-
pointed! to be held on Wednesday nest, for the
purpose of confirming the alterations.
Mr. D. KINNAILin requested to know, whether
it was in the power of the Court of Directors,
tamj if so, whether it was their imention, to reduce
the interest on their India Bonds ?

The CHAIRMAN answered, that it certainly was
in the discretion of the executive body, and they
would, when a proper opportunity occurred, pro-
vide for the reduction of the, interest,

Tl►e Court then sdiournell. •

. t •
CITY BUSlNESS.—Yesterday the. LORD AIAYOR
held a Court of Common Council, at Gnildhall,
which was numerously attended.
~Mr. Remem.
brancer presented the Act of .Parliament, passed
this Session, fur granting an equivalent ,tor the
diminution of the Profits of the Oth" of Guager
of the City of London, and incieasing the Pay-
ments to, be• made by Brokers.—The nqtt Court
was RITA/IWO ,for the Election of a Governor of
the Irish society, in the root; of Harvey Christian
Combe; who bas resigned his seat a$ Aideilnam.

THE SUN.

BOLEN QUIS DICERE r.usum AunEAT

LONDON,
FRID4Y, JULY 4, 1817.

THE PUNDS.-This morning Consols opened at
781, and immediately rose to 79 ; they receded.
to 781, and an immense quantity of business was.
done in the early part of the morning ; the' Monied
Men still continue firm in opinion that the Consols
will be at 80, although much re-action is expected
itt the interval. The SeCondary Exchequer Bills
will be issued next week ; and as the Dividend
will be paid to the Public, no doubt the principal
part of them will he devoted to the purchase of
Stork, an additional reason for the probability of
a further advance in the Funds. 'lt is reported,
that when the four-per Cents, have risen to 100,
(they arc now 96) that Ministers intend to pro-
pose paying off the five per Cents. ; Consols, at
12 O'clock, 7811.

At a late hour this day, we received the Paris
Papers of Monday and Tuesday last, The fol-
lowing are extracts :
" PARIS., JULY 1.-By a Royal Ordonnance it
is acknowledged that the Count de Croix neither
sat, nor attempted to sit, in the soi-disant Cham-
ber of Peers, summoned by Napoleon Boonauartc,
and therefore the Ordoonance of the 2-1,11 July,
1815, so far as concerns the Count de Croix, is
revoked.

" The Portuguese Squadron having arrived at
Leghorn, the etineess Royal of Portugal is to
embark immediately for the Brazils, without go-
ing to Lisbon.

" A representation has been made by the Mi-
nisters of the Hanseatic Towns to the Diet of
Frankfort, respecting the attacks upon their corn-

tierce by Barbary Pirates in the North Seas, in.
conseq►►ence of which the Diet has appointed a
Committee of five, to consider of the best tneani
of protecting the commertte of Germany.
" From Commercy we learn, that a daring
robbery wits committed on the 25-th ult, by a ban-
ditti, near la Carriere, upon two Englishmen,
Lord Clanwilliam and Captain Gordon, who were
travelling post from Vienna to London, on Diplo-
matic business. They were robbed of all their'
money, wearing apparel, arms, jewels, and papers.
Great exertions are making to trace the robbers.
" The King and Royal Family return to Paris
On Saturday next.

The King of Prussia is expected at Torplitz
this day,. Es n d from thence, after ten days sojourn,
to proceed to Carlsbad..

" The Queen Dowager of Wurtemberg is at the
Baths of Deinach.

" The price of Grain continues to fall.
" The numerous families of.t he Duchy of Baden,
who, at the instigation c>f certain individuals, had
quitted their country to p‘roceed to the United
States, have almost all re'urned to their homes.

" The Direction of Subsistence is definitively
organized.
" The Prince of Solms, from London, arrived
at Brussels on the 24th ult.

" The King of Prussia is expected to review
the Prussian Army of Occupation in France about
the 15. t- of August.

" FIVE PER CENTS'.

"Monday.

64f. 95c."

Boston Papers to the 11t1h June arrived this

morning :
Accounts from Curagon state, that the Caraccas
Government have prohibited the exportation of
Cocoa, except in Spanish vessels.

In the month of March last there were 920
Slaves imported into the Havanna!), and in the
coarse of that month 5, brigs and 5 .schooners
sailed for the toast of Africa in the same trade.

" It is with ranch gratification' (says a Bahl-
.m.ore Paper) that we are enabled to state, upon
the higlult authority; that our relations with

. .
Foreign Po vets , n'el-cr tin a niore
favourable and amicable foutiog. 'the sir4.uge,t
manifestations rif Itieutll!liri; itnc't expressions uf 4
sincere tlesiii iii ,'reciproel Cutorierti,Ll nitd;
other aliaira, siilisiat;tial reason to Le-
lieve, have beeti receisf.ecl 1)7

through the medium of Ptt,:etionarieh;
font the Emperor of ItUhi.-n, the Regeut of Eng-
land, the Kitig of Frame; 4ntl otiyr PO.‘ers Of
Europe: we shall not be sir ri3ett skottlil we.
soon experience such a to,:tlifit.etiori in Britist4
dicts, as to Hilow us a free mici niri.“itiietett pat.-

ticipation in her We.,,t Luria Trade."

The subject of discu4,ion last night in the house
of Commons was a Motion, brought forward by
Mr. M. A. 'JAY LOR, respecting the lamentable
state of distress which prevails at Newfoundland,
The Motion does honour to the feelings of the'
benevolent Member, who proposed that a bounty
of 2s. per quintal should he granted on the Fish
exported for one year. The CNANCELLOR of the
EXCHEQUER opposed the Motion, on the ground
of the impolicy of granting bounties, and it was
negatived without a division; but the Honourable
Gentleman signified that proper attention should'
be paid to the subject, expressing his hopes that-
the same humanity which relieved the sufferers bY
the fire at Sc. John's would equally operate in
favour of the unfortunate inLvabitants of New,
toundland.

The Financial Resolutions were postponed on
account of the intli,position of Mr. TIERNEY, of
whose continued illness the CHANCELLOR of the
EXCHEQUER spoke in a warmer highly honourable
to his feelings, and manifested a libesality
sentiment far aloof from all the narrow consider.•
ations of politics and party.

-- The Middlesex Petition has somewhat fancifitiry
been stiled " Argote," witieit we suppose Ineaol

Its " argwteness" however, as
the protection of the law is again retr►iered legal,
matters little; though, for curiosity's sake, we
cannot help noticing a few of its oddities.--
These humble petitioners apprise the House;
that they feel the very act of petititi,►.ring a
grievance and a degradation :"a trAerable proof
of the temper with which they- submit to the
es4ablished ►rms and ordinances of the law
%Slat the " }ight inherent and un►alienable"
they do DM condescend to set forth ; and indeed',
not being accustomed to consider any right so
inherent that the Law cannot remove is, or s(-)
unalienable that the Law cannot st•rspcnit
are rather anxious for the thfinitiou. Whif►e the
Habeas Corpus con►i►-ryes by the Law, it is as re-
gular a right as they may chase to thi't►k it :--but
as the Law alorle rendered it inherent i the penpi.e.,
scathe Law is always equal to the power of its arena-

argumentative.

Sion. It is time to have dote with the jargon of
natural rights; all which are surrendered by enter-

ing into a state of Society, and cationly be re-
stoned by re-entering into the state of nature.
The English Constitution is compounded of, and
governed by, three bodies ; all of which must eon--
cur for the eutt-cttnent, or the abolition, oy the stis-
pension, of a law :—but the law, so enacted,
be-
comes a part of that Constitution ; told the taw,
so abolished, or so suspended, cease:-,eithcr per-
manently or temporarily, to be one of its parts..
Nothing unconstitutional Call be done by the Le-
gislature; because the Legislature is the Constit3.
Iron ;. and they who seek the Constitution in,
charter or statute, are either deceivers or deceived..
—But the Constitution knows not of any fourth
power. The House of. Commons is the P:ople :-
and however the People may contoomicate their
wants and wishes to any of the thtee Estates,
they cannot object Id the proposition of a Law,
on the ground that it affects them without their
concurrence.--Still less can they object to the in»
ternal proceedi .gs of the House of Com Mons ;
which, in its share of Legislation, is not obliged

to. act 1.11/t/i1 any pat tieular erklence„ or, indeed,
upon any evidetwe at all. if it chases to proceed
by a Committee of its own Members, it is not
tecptirett to investigate the Report of that Com—
mittee; the knowledge wkevcof, kt.s, be:ng a part
of itself, is the knowlege of the,. House. Amt
though the House cannot legislate in a Committee,
it may receive front a C.,mmittce tic causes of the
[
legisicion, and act thereupon; since, in its legis
lit' isve capacity, the House is nut formally 04,
essentiany bomid to make those causes it subject
of inquiry. The absurdity, and tie mischief
too, oi. this part of the Petition, rests in the wil.,
tol confusion of the term Delegation. A Com.
mittee is not a delegation of the House, .v hereof
-it still remains a part ; and if it were, the subs.
fluent Report of the Committee's opinions and,
reasons would not undelegate its function, Tlit,,,.
the very enquiry which the Midullescs-men desir,
ell, would, upon their own argutueut, be as de.
fectiVe and as illegal as the absence of that 41.
viidry, Sir Putur FRANCIS iS, 4 bad Lozirian, 94

ht would not have -given is a syllogism JO -
pe ?4'ect

cle'leg'atell body cannot delegate
•'The Moose of Coininons'i,s a delegated body :
Honse of Commons cannot delegate.
5o tal good.—But we Must go a Hide farther :
The-House of Commons cannot delegate :
A Committee is a delegated body :
-Ergo—The House of Comm:us cannot appoint

a Committee.
we do no= deny this second Minor, and stop
file " 'vgnerAle" Knight before he gets at its
1;;1".(40, what will become of his other. " grievance"
---that the Committee (lid not state its reasons
since the reasons of a body which had no reason
to be appointed are as unreasonable as tui reason
at all.—We offer no apology for this confusion. It

is wholly occasioned by the Middlesex Petitioners,
and their " argute" Knights, Majors, and Minors.
"7-Having succeeded so ill in their logic,.we can
Hardly expect a better " arguteness" in their
'l3'%'• These fanciful Gentlemen have taken it
into their heads—and truly, after certain past oc-
currences, they are not so-much to be blamed for
the notion, that Treason is to be calculated only
by the means of the Traitors, instead of their pur-
Poses and that assemblages against taxes, or
for bread, arc not treasonable. Taking the Law,
ilowever, as it stood two months ago, we used
to think that the actual subversion of the Go—
Iternment was not an essential proof ; since Juries '
/lave beer found to declare, under the direction of
the Judge, that assemblages for the pulling down
of enclosures, or even of brothels, incurred the
Penalty of Treason. We trust the petitioners
'will not he too confident in an interpretation of
the Law, which may not only bring them into a
crape, }Mt leave them in it. We shall not enter
on the old subject of the House of Commons be-
ing the people's house ; by whom it is neither
Called together nor dismissed. The Parliament,
'whereof it is a part, is the King's Parliament,
into which •the people are commanded, by the
lloyd writ, to send a certain number of persons,
Properly 'qualified. And in that Parliament there
is no such thing as a separate power, acting in

oPposition to the other constituted parts. Nei-
ther shall we delay ourselves with the comical
itiPa of the Ministers' taking up on suspicion of
treason, all the Opposition Candidates at a Gene-
ral Election :—but we must desire to see the bu-
tiuess of p.,titioning taken. aut of the bands of
then who can seriously desire the regular prero-
gatives—and those the most essential ones—of
the Clown to be abolished or suspended. The
Knights and the Majors of Middlesex are very
" venerable," and they may be very " argute :"
but, for ctr.itrouling the Legislature, they are ei-
ther too old, or not old enough. Now the Sus-
..
IMsiOn Act has passed, w.e care not which.

The Report of the state of the Doke of CLA•
yesierday wag—t'His Royal Highness is
betict."

Mr. Po.soti3-v.—There has been very little al-
teration in the; state of this Gentleman's health.
lie has passed a quiet night, and his Physicians are
tot without hope, though the progress of his re-
covery is very slow. The PRINCE REGENT, other
&inches of the Royal Family, and many of Ole
most distinguished of our Nobility, &c. &c. have
testified their respect for his character by daily
enquiries.
The report of Mr. PONSONBY this day is, that
ne is better. •
Lord YARMOUTH is much indisposed.
Mr, and Mrs. CHARLES LONG give an elegant
and magnificent dinner to-morrow at their beam-
"ll Villa at Bromley, to the Duke of WELLING-
t°I`,I and a large assemblage of distinguished per-
T"tlages. Among the company invited to meet
tile Hero are, the Earl and Countess BATtwasT, Vicotint APSLEY, Lady GEORGIANA BATHURST,
the Marquis of tVoRCESTER, Lieutenant-Colonel
l'enqY, and Mr. and Mrs. ARBUTHNOT.
Yesterday the PRINCE REGENT gave a dinner
t 0 the Duke of YORK, the Duke of WELLINGTON,
tile. Marquis ANGLESEA, and a number of
()titer,.
The QUEEN and Princess ELIZABETH visited
the Duchess of GLOUCESTER yesterday, and in
the eveniug her MAJESTY had a select party at her
Palace -
Yesterday, at one o'clock, her MAJESTY, ac-
"hipauied by the Princess ELIZABETH, went in
I"ivate manner, in• the 'Countess Dowager of
11ADIGAN's carriage, attended by her Ladyship,
'l".' 44 Spone and COPELAND'S porcelain, Stafford-
re, and extensive. glass warehouses, in Portu-
gal-strcer
,
rot oy Sir where they were
w
HENRY CAMPBELL. 'The Royal Party
ere
received by Mr. COI'ELAND and Mr. As-
BURY, his nephew, strictly in private, and were
conducted over the different apartments. The
I,;.le.tvlY-illvented china, called stone china, by Mr.
PnljE3 Was eXhibited to the QUEEN ; it so close-
ly resembles
India china, that it is with great dif-
Ark!' that the difference can be discovered,. Her
ii„A,jEsT,v hurl a service for herself, and a va-
tor "tricks for presents. The 'Royal • party
creintained upwards of an hour insrecting the spa-
oUs
przlniSes, and expressed themselves - highly
as, ratlrsed : as they hail no Royal carriage, and
at the QUEEN'S express command, no pre-
Patation was made for her reception, they retired
onobserved.-
It is nut Sir B. HOBIIOUSE, as was stated in the
2",‘ili:ers of yesterday, who is appointed to the
,‘-).aiee of Ifiukr Secretary of State in the room of
BECKETT, bat HENRY FinEnOUSI.7, Esq. a near
relation of the worthy Baronet.

P 0 7, R Y.

.1 IIPItOtiIPTU.
THE LEGAL LEAP.

Officious Sc:ribhherS cheek your envious kris,
SIR VicARY merit Sees ‘yithout a
./.ct.,4;
Yet through a Lens if he shmild cast his eye,
'Twould spew True 11, not ma gnily.