Star.
London, England, 1808-05-17 00:00:00

MENIEL, APRIL 9.

INDICTMENT BILL.
The LORD CHANCELLOR said, that in consequence of some
misunderstanding, several Noble Lords were not apprised that
this hill stood for a second reading this day, and conseyuentlywere
not in attendance. His Lordship coosider.d this a very important
Eiii—and, as some of the Law Lords had declared their inten-
tion of expressing their sentiments upon it, he should stove to
discharge the ord,r of the day, fixing it fur Keemsday next.
Lord STANHOPE observtd, that had the Home been sum-
mon. d for this day, there w,,md have been no necessity for post-
poning the second reading of this very important Lill, as tht-Noble

and Learned Lord cn the woolsack had termed it. The Noble
and Learned Lord wotild net have sa.d wrong had he called it the
mo.it infamous bill that ever was in nt up to that House. It wert
either to annihilate trial by Jury, or at least render it ridiculous.
He trusted and hoped there would be a full attendance of their
Lordships; and in order to insure it, he moved, that their Lord,
ships st.nurtnntd on W:1111,141, near.
The origir.al order was then dhichar,;ed, and their Lordships or-
dere,' to be summoned fur that day accordingly.
After sonic further roil:Lie !It:gilt's, the House adjourned.

The persons enumerated below had engaged at
Liehau, Captain Koop, of Lubec, to cal ry them over
to Sweden, and they set sail on Sunday, the 3d inst.
with a favourable wind, and had reached the Swedish
coast without any accident, when they finind the en-
trance impeded by ice, on which they changed their
course to Bornholm, where they cast anchor.
The violent North-West wind which arose, ob!iged
the Captain to raise anchor, on which the ship was
driven near Memel. The Ca•itain, who had never
made a voyage to Memel, and was not acquainted
with the entrance into the harbour, finding his ship
grow leaky, was desirous to reach shore as soon as
possible, but missed the entrance, and, about six in
the morning of the 6th inst. was stranded near Memel,
upon what is caned the Soder Haelcen. The vio-
lence of the wind, and the height of the waves, made
it extrenlAy difficult to approach the ship with the
life boat ; but with great exertions the boat was
brought so near the ship, that the Captain, three
sailors, and a servant, succeeded in springing from
the bows?rit into the boat, and were saved. No
other persons could he rescued during the whole of
that day. On the Sth, four passengers and two chil-
dren were saved. There were on board nineteen
passengers, of whom three were children, and six
were servants ; and there were nine belonging to the
vessel. The following were washed overboard and
drowned : Lord Royston and two servants ; Colonel
Pollen and one servant ; 1). T. Baclay, from St.
Petersburgh ; Renny, from Rip, Becker,
from Hamburgh ; and one servant, one nurse, and
five of the ship's crew ; Mr. Focke. of Haniburgh,
and one servant maid, died on board the vessel dur-
ing the night of the 7th and Bth. Of those who were
brought on board, and who likewise died, one sailor
and the youngest child of Mrs. Barris. The others
who were rescued, and are still living, are the Lady
of Colonel Pollen, Mr. Halliday firm Petersburgh,
Mrs. Barris, with two children, and M. Pereira, who
had been sent by the Portuguese Charge d'Affaires
from Peterskirgh to Portugal, as well as the above-
rientioned Captain and servant, and two sailors—in
all ten souls.
Ar1:11. I I.—Among those who were saved from
the stranded vessel Agatha, was the Portuguese
Messenger, Mr. N. J. Pereira, frcm Oporto ; but
the extraordinary exertions he had made upon the
vessel to save his companions, occasioned his death
the day after. The magnanimity with which this
young man offered himself up a sacrifire is altoge-
ther worthy the chivalrous spirit, which, GOD be
Praised, is not extingmshed n ior ,g his countrymen.
He possessed also distinguished talents and cnalities
heart, which will prest•rve his memory among

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PARLLMIENTARr PROCEEDINGS. thought the Right Honourable the Chancellor of the
I Exchequer, who had brought in a bill to enforce the
HOUSE OF LORDS, MAY 16. I residence of the Clergy, would, in consistency, be
Lords SCARBOROUGH and CLINTON were severa:iy introduced bound to support the present Bill, the object of which
and took their seals. was to provide glebe-houses for the Clergy, anti thereby
Mr. WHARTON, and a deputation &Om the Commons. bmught
up the Interment Bill, the Irish Post-Oflice Itegulation hill, and encourage their residence.
Mr. HORNER supported the motion of Sir John
two private Bills, which were .evira!lv read a first time, and or-
&red to be read a second time to mrrrow. ' Newport, and contended the Bill was not to tax the
The Three Million; Exchequer Pills Bill, the One Million and Clergy, but to render available a fund appropriated
a Half Exclieritur Bills Lill, -the Irish Assessed Taxes bill, and
by law for the purpose, which had so long been lie-
some private Bills, went through a Committee, aud werereporusi
without any amendment, i elected. His Majesty had this moment the right, not
i 1 irtue of prerogative but of statute law, by
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Irish and English Acts, to order those First Fruits to
be valued over and over again, from time to time, in
order to render them as productive as possible for the
purpose they were intended.
Dr. DUIGENAN opposed the Bill, upon the
ground that it would impose a tax upon the Clergy
of Ireland, which they could not afford to pay.
Mr. G. PONSONBY supported the motion for
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the Bill. He said, he knew a couple of Jishopris.
in Ireland which produced 20,0001. a year. Were
they to contribute nothing to serve their own order ?
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER
also declared lie opposed the Bill. He thought, in-
stead of an advantage, the measure would prove only.
oppressive and detrimental to the Clergy, on whom
he thought no additional espence should be thrown.
As to the addition of 30,0001. which was supposed
would be made by this Bill, he professed, considering
the deduction of mines benefices, which he understood
was intended, he could by no means comprehend it.
Ile declared, if he had it in his power, he would
sooner release the Church from any burthens which
were imposed on it, than re-tax it.
Mr. MAURICE FITZGERALD said, he was
surprised that the Chancellor of the Exchequer should
be so uninformed on a subject which had given him
sa much trouble—he meant the Church. He would
advise him, however, not to lead into an investigation
of church property in Ireland by a vexatious and un-
called-for opposition to this Bill. The intention of
the First Fruits from the beginning was to build
glebe-hones for the residence of the Clergy, which
tntention was so far from being fulfilled, that the
want of houses was the usual excuse in Ireland for
non residence. He denied that the object of the 11:11
was to burtiten the poor, but, on the contrary, it went
to relieve then;. There was in Ireland no tax on the
Clergy ; no property-tax, no house-tax, nor many
other taxes in force here ; and he therefore thought it
would be better for them to bear some of the public
burthens, than apply to the people to defray ex-
pences for which this fund was expressly appropriated.
Sir J. NEWPORT wondered much that any
question should be made about appropriating the
Church revenue to the service of the Church. He
had been most curiously charged, in the course of
the debate, with wishing to affect the smaller livings,
which he had set out by expressly setting his face
' against. Every man acquainted with Chur h his-
tory knew, that there had been valuations dawn to
the reign of Charles I. In the rein cf James 1.
there had been a valuation, and so far were Bishops
from supposing it detrimental to the interests of the
Clergy, that the Bishop of Meath, who always pre-
ferred the interests of the Church to his own, was
himself a valuator. He was asked why there was a
valuation proposed in Ireland, and not in England
for two obvious reasons ; firtit, that the revenue of
First Fruits was much larger in England, and se
enough to answer all purposes, and the seoad was,
that no demand had been made for a bounty to defray
those expences for which the First Fruits had been
particularly appropriated. As the power was placed.
in the hands of the Crown of making a valuation, it
certainly was not so ordained for a nullity ; if, indeed,
there had been no fund allotted for this purpose, the
House would be right in making a provision ; but
since there was a fund so allotted, any additional taxes
on the people for the purposes for which it had been
intended was unjust and oppressive. On the question
being put, the House divided, when there appeared,
For giving leave to bring in the Bill 50, " -,,, 4,ainst it G 7.
DARDANELLES.

On our admission into the Gallery, we found Colo-
nel WOOD on his legs : he moved,
" That there be laid before the House a Copy of the Logbook
of Captain R. Dunne from the 15th of February to the 22d, It'o7.
Also a Copy of the Negociation between Admiral Duckworth
and the Ottoman Porte, from the time of his enterirg the Dar-
danelles to the 22d of February, according to his letter of the 6th
of March."
Admiral HA RVEYsaidhetkought that the Honour-
able Gentleman who made this motion ought to men-
tion the nature of the charge which he meant to ground
on this paper to an officer who had so often ventured
his life in the service of his country ; he thought every
fair degree of information ought to be given on a sub-
ject of this kind.
Colonel WOOD said, it was not his intention to
have said a word on the Paper, but merely to have it
produced ; but as the Honourable Admiral had pres-
sed so urgently for a charge, he would read to the
House the substance of what appeared• on the log-
book, together with a letter from Sir John Duckworth
to Lord Collingwood, and some observations which
he made thereon. -
[He then read these to the House ; and it appeared from the ob-
servations, that Colonel Wood's opinion was Sir John Duckworth
had not taken every advantage of the winds he might have done.)
Admiral HARVEY said, he never had a shadow
of objection to the production of the Paper; and as
from the Paper read it appeared there was a direct
charge, he had no doubt but the gallant officer would
be ready to meet and repel it whenever it might lie
brought forward.
YOR KE said, he thought the House ought
not to entertain charges against officers of high rank,
on the svgestion of any individual Member, how.
ever respectable, unless the matter had been previ-
ously brought before a proper tribunal, and justic.
had not been done. There had been two Adminis-
trations since the affair in question took place, and
neither of them had thought proper to call that gal-
lant officer to any account for his conduct on that ex-
pedition. Why not propose to the Admiralty, if the
Honourable Member thought there was any charge
against that gallant officer, to have him tried by a
Court Mart. al ? I-le would then be able to meet it in
a proper way.--Colonel WOOD explained.
Mr. Secretary CANNING said, that when the Pa-
per in question was originally moved for, he had not
opposed it, lest it should be deemed a part of those
which Hon. Gentlemen on the other side of the House
niight think necessary to call for; but as the question
now stcod, it was very different. There was a great

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