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CLERGY.

The House resolved itself into a Committee on
the Appropriation Bill.

Lord ifoLLAND,objeaed to the appropriation of
100,0001. to Queen Anne's bounty for the'poorer
Clergy. He thought the present a Most, unpropi-
tious season for such a grant, at a time when bur-
dens presied so heavily upon the people. Another,
objection was, that it Was'a
.mere tempdraiy grant,
and did not form, part of any permanent. system for
ameliorating the situation of the poorer Clergy, nor
was be satisfied with the mode in which the money
granted for this purpose was, applied. He did not
mean to cast the slightest reflection upon the Go-
vernors of Queen Anne's Bounty ; on the Contrary,
he believed that no abuse existed in the management
of the funds of that establiqmient but he obje6.led
to the mode of the application. „He thought that
the relief of the poorer, Clergy might be elfeCted to
a manner much less objectionable than adding to
the burdens of the people, by means of the higher
benefices, either by raxing them in cekain propor-
tions, or in some other mode, and that certain bene-
fices; where , no duty was attached, might be,
suspended, and the profits appropriated to a fund
for tie relief of the poorer Clergy; some regulations
might also be made with respect to livings in the
gift of the Crown.

The. 'Earl of HARROWBY, supported the grant,
which he contended to be absolutely necessary, if
they wished to prevent the Esiablished Church from
becoming a mere name,.. The higher benefices,
with very -exceptions, did not produce more than
sufficient to support the dignity attached Ao.them.
his Ltirdship adverted to" the increase of Dissenting
Aleeting-houses, observing, that in the fist•l4 years
of the present reign the licenses for them were 1400,
whilst in the, last 14 years they amounted to up-
wards of 70003 and that the whole number grauted
in the present reign amounted to 12,260. To con-
tend against this they had 1 i,OOO benefiCes of the
Established Church, in many of which the Ministers
were non-resident. He contended, therefore, that
it was absolutely necessary to give a greater etEcien-
Cy to the Church, by increasing the amount of the
benefices of the poorer Clergy, and he thought it
would be highly expedient to adopt some more
stri& regulations for either enforcing residence or
giving to the Curate, in case of the non-residence of
the Incumbent, a larger proportion of the income
of-the benefice.

Eat' STANHOPE said, that, however he might in
general differ from the Noble Earl, he had always
hsterwd to him with a certain degree of satisfaetion,
because that Noble Earl always appeared, as contra--
distinguished to many of-his colleagues, to speak
really what he meant. There was about him no
affeCted obscurity, no .inclination to evade the dis-
cussion of a question, and to confine himself to the
object of misleading their Lordships. In his pre-
sent speech there was much to approve, and he
(Earl Stanhope) had only to obServe, that if from
his lips some like observations had -fallen, he would
be charged as a libeller of the Church, as the enemy
to our religious interests, and plague knew what.—
For what said the Noble Earl in defence of the pre-
seht grant ? The Church of .Engla.pd is poor, said
he, and it will be impossible that it can hold up
against its numerous foes, unless it is supported in
all its strength and dignity. To many parts of thdt
observation he had strong objections. Did he (Lord
}Tarrowby) mean to 'say, that the only way to sup-
port your religious establishment was by voting to it
the public money ? Did he mean to tell those who
differed from it, that the strength and security of the
Protestant Religion lay, in its accumulation of riches ?.
If such was his opinion, he fedred he would increase'
instead of diminishing the number of persons who
dissented from it, and whom the Noble Earl, per-
haps rather warmly, had designated as the foes to
the Church ot -England. 'Could it be tolerated, that
because men differed in certain points of discpline,
(for instance, in the case of Baptists, who thought
Baptism should not take place until the age of dis-
cretion), that therefore they were foes to the Church.
It was unjust to make such .aspersions—but it was
consistent with the cry of No Popery. But be
would tell the Noble Earl, that those Dissenters,
those foes to the Church, as he styled them, would
continue to increase even from the number as taken
from their 12,000 'Chapels; when they found that
the advocates of the Church Establishment conceiv4
ed that its best means of security was to be conti-
nually applying for public money. He would ven-
ture to. predict that, whether you voted six mil
lions or sixty millions, whether you built churches
or no churches, whether you CaluMniated Dissen-'
ters or otheriise, the number of Communicants of
the establishtnent would decrease, and that of Dis-

senters . increase, as long as they saw the. Church
of England made the engine of state po;icy, as long
as they saw its prelates translated and preferred, not
for their religious merits, but their slavish support to
the Minister of the day. Fur 'he would ask the
Noble Earl fairly to answer, if he knew of no pre-
ferments in the higher rooks of the Clergy cpnter-

red upon such pret6isions ? When hi saw the
Bishops, according to the injonctiuns of their reli-
gion, voting against wars, when hi saw them vot-
ing for the liberties of the people, then he world
pronounce that the Church of England had,no rea-
son.to fear. But it was always thecase fOr:.an esta-
blishment to decline, when the Clergy drew their
emoluments by compulsory means. Ile people
had no interest in their support, although they had
no objthiOn to subscribe, 'and that liberally, for
those religious instrualors that were not so provided.
In America it was wisely ordained that the Clergy
means.--
There not be paid by any compulsory
There was beside that a positive law, that any bond
given to a priest for the performance of religious'
duties could not be recovered in a court of, law, and
for this shrewd American reason,--that as it was the
end of all-religious instruelion to make people ho-
nest, the very necessity of being compelled to sue
for the payment of thibo'nd either .proved that the
priest had ,not done his duty, or that the person
sued was not honest, and that in either case the in-
strueior had no claim to compensation.

. .
Alter some observations from Lords Liverpool,
Sidmouth, and Holland,i the clause was,agreed to,
the Bill committed, and the third reading fixed for
to-morrow.

Lord HAWKESBURY intimated his intention of
moving the committal of the East India Loan Bill
to=morrow. Adjourned.

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TUESDAY, .11./kE 19, 1810.

There are a variety of rumours from Spain and
Portugal, respeeting the,Movernents of the British

and French armies, and some of them even state
that a great battle has been fought. These reinfOurs
are, however, without .any foundation; but we
think it very probable that' we shall very soon hear
of a decisive battle between Lord WELLII4GTON and
General MASSENA. The last Dispatches from his
Lordship expressed, 'we understand, his opinion that
a battle would vety, soon take place.

This morning a Goltenturgh Mail arrived.
stated in an article from Stockholm, that a marriage
had been negociated between the Crown Prince of
Sweden, who lately died of an apoplexy, and a
(laughter of LUCIEN 115UONAPARTE. A Courier is
said to have arrived, with BUONAPARTE'S consent to
the match just after the Prince's death. I.,efters
frOmPetersburgh mention the pr(ibability of a change
in the admiriistration of that country, which is
likely to create a coolness with France. BUt BUON-
APARTE's'recent alliance with the House of Austria,
will make him very indifferent as to the deiermina-.
tions of the Emperor ALEXANDER. It is said that
Austria is about to cede her possessions in Gallicia,
for which she is to receive a valuable compensa-
tion.

It is

We lal.ve made some Extraets from the French
Papers, the arrival of Which we mentioned yester-
day. The intelligence frOm Spain is very scanty.
With respeal to the siege of Cadiz, they are quite
silent.

The circumstances attending the capture of the
East India. Company's 'Settlement of Tapponoolly,
which we mentioned on Friday last, were of so
atrocious a nature, that if they reach the French Go-
ternment, we have little doubt that ,the perpetrators
'of it will be-disrnissed from the service and proper-
ly puniahed. The capture took place, as we stated;
on the 12th of April. Mr. PRINCE, the Company's
Resident, was absent at Bencoolen, and Mr.
HAYES aEled in his place. The garrison were too
few in number to resist the assailants, but they did
not surrender till they found resistance hdpeless.-L
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Captain ItIrAUD, of the Creole frigate, who took
the Settlement,, on landing,; promised Mr. HAYES
that all private property: should be respected,
as will that belonging to the Malays, who inhabits d
the place, as that belonging to the British Officers,
Residents 4nd Seapoys. He very soon, bOwever,
forgot his promise, seized upon every thing be could,
get hold of, and wantonly destroyed what could riot
be removed. But this was not all—he destroyed all
the public records and account_ books, , for the pur-
pose of
,concealing ere nature and amount of what
he had seized, and under pretence that Mr. HAYES
had secreted two boxes of gold dnst, had him con-
fined, and he, as well as the rest of the inhabitants,
were hardly supplied with food. The Ladies and
subordinate females, who had run for shelter in the
woods, were
.fired on in the pursuit' by the ruffian
besiegers; and one Woman and. her child who was
overtaken, were exposed to the most brutal treat-
ment.

At length the French Commodore, HAMELIN, ar-
rived at the Rlace, and an appeal was made by Mr.
HAYES to his justice and humanity, but without ef-
feet. He approvel of all that had been dope by.
Captain R1',41), concurred with the latter in ac

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cusing Mr. Hi ;
° sling Pii
uttering the most florionsrlitemetlacesuc duj'
unless is waj
produced. It was n vain that proofs were offe'e
that no such concealment had been made, arid "13t
no such property was in the Settlement, the sPle
barbarous treatment was continue...i, and the Whol!
of the vialitns of this wanton cruelty were re'
moved to the Isle of France, after they had beer),
required to ransom' the Settlement, when they 1141
been deprived of every thing they possessed..
To complete this infamous violation of • natioll3
justice, and disregard of every humane and honour'
,
able feeling, the whole orthe Settlement was set °.
fire, and Commodore HAMELIN expressed the LSIOS
savage exultation in witnessing the destrueliob, •al
his vessels were leaving the place.
A party of soldiers, under the command of 111
PAUD had been previously sent to the country-116u.se
of Mr. PRINCE, the absent and of course unotienti‘
ing Resident, who completely destroyed it, with ail
its contents; the stableslalso were consumed, Sese'
ral valuable horses were turned loose intu the %%rods'
and a flock of fifty head of fine cattle were &all
destroyed by shooting them.

Such was the condua of an enemy who Pre-
tends to respea the rights of property, and tratoPles
upon every principle of justice and every feeling 01,
humanity, though our countrymen upon every ac"
casion set them an example of generosity, and AO
expose their own lives to rescue their foes when till
are no longer capable. of
.hostility, and, in dinge.r
of perishing.

It is stated in the public prints, that the Office
of the Royal ArtillerY, in which Mr. DODD IS Car
taro, have had a,meeting, at which it was resolve('
that they could not any longer associate with hini
an Officer or a Gentleman ; and it is added, that 3
representation founded upon that resolution has been
draun up and transmitted to Lord Mui.GRAvE, as
Master-General of the Ordnance.

On Sunday evening his MAJESTY, and Princeses
Sopuiti•and ,ELIZAtETH, walked on Wii,dsor Ter-
race till half past eight o'clock. Hiti MAJESTY W°s
accompanied by Lords RIVERS and BULKELEY ; GC
nerals CHERVELEY, GARTH, and ErrznoY, Lady
COLLYEft, Miss GOLDSWORTH Y, and the Hon. Mrs"
DA M ER. • The Terrace was crowded v ith the 61'4
fashionabies of beauty and tas'e, whilst the Boods
of the Royal Horse Guards (Blue) played a nutobt,
of martial airs. • . .

Her MAJESTY and Princess AUGUSTA visited Pria'
cess AMELIA, W 14114 hi. MAJESTY and the other
Princeses were on the Tel-ft-ace.
,Yeser: ay m aning.tho Duke of YORK arrived 3t
Windsor, and rode out with hls MAJESTY and Fri'''.
cesses AUGUSTA 'and SOPHIA, till twelve o'cludc"
His MAJESTY was accoindanied by the Marquis
CORk/WALLLS, Lord RIVERS, Count MUNST"'
Generals GARTH and FITZROY, and aolonel TA"
LOR.

Princess,AmELlA remains the- same as she 11135
done for several days past. • Dr. POPE IS :n constant
;ttendance upon her Rcyal Highne,s.,

We are happy to find that all possible vrecsutio9
is to be taken to prevent disturbance the GLensioll
of the release of Sir FRANCIS BURDETT frot
sonment on Thursday next. The Vo:unteer Corp
have received orders to be under arms) and the Rosg
and Renfrew Militia are to do duty a: the Tower,
in the room of the Veteran Battalion.

; This morning the Hertford Regiment of Militia
marched into Islingtktt
The 3d Regiment of Light Dragoons are also arrived
in this metropolis, and are stationed in St. George'"'
fields and Camberwell. Several other Regiments
have arrived, and more are expetled to-morrow:
,The following is said to be the latest =hell'
tic accounts from 'the British head-quarters in
:Portugal
" CELERICO, MAY 23.-7-A French Officer, bear-
ing the Cross of the Legion of Honour, arrived at
•the Britih camp on the !list, having deserted, in
consequence, as he said, ,of having been provoked
to cut down his superior Officer 'while on duty.--
This Officer stated that MASSENA had joined the
French army with reinforcetnents, Which made the
entire rimpbers under his 'command along the ; fro
tier amount to 80,000, or lion) that tn. 84,000 rhea;
and had his head-quarters at Salamanca ; but that
this force, however formidable in collective nom:-
bets, was not held, adequate to the imastouof For,-
tugal."7---The Informattoo ;given by spies and de-
serters must 'always be received with dt4rust -; but
as it was a known tad that the collection and con-
,veyance of supplies was matter of exireme difficult)"
and insecurity in a country where the Frenchcould be
said to be masters only of the surface they occupied
with a military force, and where their convoys at;d
foraging parties were constantly annoyed \ by the
peasants, who cut oft all straggk:rs, it was thought
that not more than, half the total numbers under
-MASSENA could attempt to enter Portugal with a
chance. of suhsislence, and with the assurance ,
leaving a sufficient force to keep the Spaniards in
awe; and from this conviction Lord WECLINGTOr
kept his, position, not ,thinking it advisable to ad-
vance, not necessary to retreat.
"' In the front of Ciudad Rodrigo the enemy had
three small corps, making colleotively about 9000
men. These corps had suffered and were still sof-
tering
.so much from sickness, arising from the
effects of the rains and the heat, that they were un-
able to form the siege of the place, which, though
fortified Upon an old plan, is considered perfectly
safe, being well provisioned, and having a strong
garrison.

" Private letters from iPortalegre state, that in
consequence of some disagreeable circustances, in
which -the Spanish General, BALLASTEROS, had
been involved (the parziculars of which are not,
mentioned) a British corps, of about 600 men, con-
sisting priirripally of cavalry, under tho command of
General Hill, had proceeded from Elvas to Badajos,
and succeeded in-the objects of its march."

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