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PARLIAMENTARY pitoasznacs.
HOUSE OP COMMONS, APRIL 26.
This day the House met pursuant to its adjourtisent during She
Easter recess.
Mr. JEKYL presented a Petition from the Prisoners eonAned
for debt in the King's Bench Prison, praying relief by an Insol-
vency Act. The Honourable and Learned Member said, be
shouliafterwards propoie to refer the present Petition, with all
others of the same nature, from different prisons, now before the
House, to a Committee up stairs, with instructions to consider of
some measures on the subject, and to report their opinions to the
House. For the present, he only moved that the Petition be re-
ceived, and allowed t 6 lie on the table. Ordered accordingly.
A Petition spas presented from the Tanners and Glovers of
' Surrey and Middlesex, against the Landon Flaying Acti Ordered
to be referred to the ommittee on the Bill.
Read a third time, the Irish Recognizance Bill. Passed, and
ordered to the Lords.
Mr. ROSE moved to postpone the further consideration of the
Pilot's Bill till Monday next. Ordered.
Mr. TREMAINE gave notice of a Motion on to-morrow, for
leave to bring in a Bill to provide for the burial of drowned bodies,
cast nn shores ih consequence of shipwreck, upon the coast of this

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country.
The Irish Sugar Drawbatk Bill was read a second time, and or-
dered to be committed to-morrow.
The Irish Tithe.; Bill was te.id a third time, and paned.
IRISH CHURCH.
Sir ARTHUR WEL.L.F.SLEY Moved the second reading of
the Bill for enforcing the Refidence of Irish Beneficed Clergy upon

FOPEIGN INMLLICENCE.

their Living.
Sir JOHN NEWPORT concurred folly in the object of the
STOCKHOLM, APRIL 9; Bill, but he thought it did not answer its purposes efficaciously.
Yesterday morning his Majesty received an express His leading objections were, Iliac, that the whole ditty of enforcing
from Count Kutoseon, one of the Lords of the King- i oshr odu
il
sle del svi nofv e on the withtheresidence of the beneficed Clergyman
Bishops, and that no provision wasmade
dom, and General in Chief in Finland, &c. with a re- ' by the Bill to allow any extra m
provision for the Curate who te-
port, of which the following are extracts, dated Head : sides and does the whole of the duty ; whereas he thought a con-
Quarters at Pedersore, March 31 t I siderable share of the profits of the living should be appropriated
' to the person who resided to do Rs clerical duties ; for it appeared
" The state of this country has, since my last, been , by the retards made to that House, relative to the resident and
altered iii a remarkable and unexpected manner. I'l
le : non-resident Clergy, that too many licences for non-residence had
column which followed the army, and which has con-1 beets given by the Bishops, without any reason assigned. It
tinu.tlly troubled our rear-guard as far as the neigh- ; alight be said, that provision had already gone far enough for the
bourhood of Wasa, has not made its appearance since ; curates, by a Bill which had passed houe. It was true,
i that by a clause in that Bill it was provided that there should be
our arrival at Toby. - paid to Curates a stipend not more than a certain sum, which
" Count CttenesTADT reported, on the 23d, from Pul- those who paid them took very good care should but very rarely
kela, that the column which had operated against him 'that amount : but he
oughtthou the prov Lion, in order to ans
in Savolax, had retreated from Coupio, through Rau._ I sorer the obvious intentions of elure, shotild have run the
talambi. It seems, therefore, that when in his verbal 1 other
sum. wHa ye ,
was and
led r e q
tou i rt chic
the stipend
fivyesroti on
instancesebe less
ofn
shame-ie
report to me, and which I stated in my last report to tel evasion practised in remunerating the Curate for duty done for
your Majesty, he mentioned that the brigade was . absentee Rectors and Vicars. In the single diocese of Kildare,
harassed as far as Pulkela, it must only have been by the returns from which only he yet had time to examine, he obser-
ved a miserable stipend of alas. a-year paid to a Curate for doing
light troops, who have afterwards retreated. . the occasional duty, a sum beneath the acceptance of a day-la-
" Confidential information has been received, that . sourer; in another al. and in another, where the Rector and Vi-
the column which went through Rautalambi, Sarger- ' car were both non-resident, 2sl.
fir and Karstula, has proceeded to Lappo ; and that 1 sir ARTHUR WELLESLEY admitted the inadequacy, in
! many cases, of provision for curates in inland, and said it was
the e olurnn tinder the command of Colonel Adler-
his intention to introduce either another bill, or a clause into the
crentz, has proceeded on towards Ihmola andStorkgro. - present bill, for the purpose of remedying that defect. But in the
" It seems that the enemy's columns have all of present state of the church in Ireland, the Right Honottratile lia-
them directed their march towards Wasa. Whether ronet would admit, that pluralities Were inevitable, and that con-
ituentl itt.was indispensably necessary to vest in the hands of the
was their plan there to surround the army, Cr
Bishops a dspenstng power.
whether the enemy is satisfied with occupying that , The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER coincided in the
part of Finland, which is to the south between Cuopio arguments of his Right Honourable Friend (Sir Arthur Wellesley)
and Wasa, it is a difficult matter to decide, as well as who, he observed, in the present Bill, had limited the powers of
whether the mistake, which appears to have been dispensation within much narrower hounds than the Ece,!ish bill.
l;he bill was read the second time, and committed for 'Thursday
made in the plan, or in the eTecution thereof, must be nex
attributed to the fu =t framing of it, cr arises from Sir ARTHUR WELLESLEY then moved the second reashog
want of provisions, &c. In the mean time, there is no of thc ?rich Glebe House BilL
Sir JOHN NLWPOR* T said, that there was already esotua(bl;dliicsbhhe:
d3ubt but that the army will join the troops of Savolax. I
elidoiunseirstinudd
Canhauprporoccertiaotewfuhnicdhfohretle purpose
—Orders have been sent to Count Cronstedt, who, thought r cc)otu buildingrse s
agreeable to his last report, is at Ulenborg and Lem- had in the first instance. The source to which he alluded was the
mingo, to proceed with part of his men to Franslea, First Fruits,arising from the income urrichurch livings in Ireland,
and of which no general valuation- had taken place since the reign
front whence the mad leading to Brakestad may he
protected, and to send the remainder of his men to had so '' 112 Notwithstanding
.tiyiacrc.e thesince
valueth oftimatl,l
scohnulrecohf
ti. livingsln i n
' of
drlesl
Lemmingo. And if the road to Idensalmo be Pro- - paid the first fruits, and great numbers did not. His object then'.
perly reconnoitred, the joining of the troops cannot be , was that all should be fairly taxed in proportion. A large addi-
tional fund therefore could be raised in this way, which, together
prevented Cr hindered by the enemy. I have (as far
crodn
as i ds cr a bokt,
6boalancie
awarded
tw` nal
ri Idi It:
di n
them
e\n‘'
In
by
1 thehe oanrcil.of First
as I have lieen able) paid with ready money for every : w'
Etituh a
aitsthing for the army, with a view to economise the pro- : of Compensation in Ireland at the Union, foryxhe loss of borough
s
visions, and to make it More difficult for the enemy .: property, would form a very considerable fund for thebuilding and
to get any." .
o purchasing of glebe houses, before it should become necessary to
APRIL Is.—The Committee of Convoys have, with- lapplyir tfk)RPailiament.
TH• UR WFI.I.EcLEY answered, that any aid which
in a few days, bought five ships, which are to be armed could Ise derived from the first fruits, would be very inadequate to
and put to sea at the expense of this Corumistee fearthe purposes proposed by the Bill.
the protection of the merchantmen in the Baltic. 'The 1 Mr. PARNELL supported the object proposed by Sir John
news from the Western Army (the head-quarters were NeDwri7u.
IGFNAN said that the tax proposed by the Honourable
last at Eda Skans) contains the most satisfactory Baronet had 'never been exerted sicethe days of Charles the
details of its present good condition. The General, First, und therefore he deprecated the idea of establishing an in-
Baron Gustaf Maurice Armieldt, is commander in quisition for the purpose.
Mr. MAURICE FIT ZGF.RALD said, that he understood the
Chief ; one detachment is commanded by Major-Ge-
Board of First Fruits were possessed of estates to the amount of
ncral Baron Vegesack. N,5C01. a year, for the disposal of which they refused to account
In Carlscrona, the most vigorous means are taken II to the Government. He wished to know if this were the fact.
to provide for the epipmesit of a second detachment i Mr. FOSTER answered, he had a recollection of some funds in
of the fleet. There is the greatest activity, and a con-
the hands of the Board, arising from the bequests of Primate
mutter and Primete Rohn:son. They were bequests for parti-
stant succession of sailors and troops corning from the cular purposes, for which the Board were not bound to account to
northern and inner parts of the kingdom. the Government, only so far as was applicable to the building of
On the island of Aland, lying between• Finland and Churches. A very considerable suns was applied to Increase to
loft peer annum such livings as did not amount to that sum.
Sweden, bolt nearer the shore of Finland, several fires
Nir.T. JO NitS took this opportunity to observe, that he thought
have been seep', arising from the Russians burnin;,
their i the churches too small, and intimated an intention of culling the
Maga7ines, &c. 1) n leaving the island. From the Nor- ! atteotion.of the House to it on a future day.
them part of Finland too, the Russians are retiring The Bill was committed for Thursday next.
toward; the Southern parts of the Grand Duchy ; and I onnEris IN COUNCIL.
it is not improbable that our troops may be Ali! el de- I Mr. TIER NEY.moed, that the further examination of Wit-
rOnrtdedrssont Council, be
m.„,,,
nupcoi ntothA.
fend these Northern Provinces against a new invasion. 1 olt::::‘.(re'n, xtre.4:lt,i(vier It,o: the,. lately n t hav-
The Russian Envoy, Count Von Tarrach, is to leave I. Tn7roW.at taste for the consideration'.i bo'irthera.
Stockholm in a few days. He goes to Carlscrona ; FAST-INPIA COMPANY.
from which place he will embark on board a Swedish Mr. GR ANT obtained leave to present a Petition
ship cf war, on his passage to Germany. on the subject of the Company's Affairs. The Petition
The winter has been very hard till now; it is but set out with stating, that there were two objects in
a few days since the ice has begun to diminish con- I the direction of their affairs, viz. the Military and
siderabiy. Territorial, and the Commercial. It then described
t.OTTENBURCH, APRIL 18. the state of their finances, and concluded with praying
The force that is gone against Norway is upwards the aid of Parliament.
of 2,000 men, and there seems no doubt in the opinion I The Petition having been read, the Hon. Gentle-
' of people here, that they will succeed, at all events man moved, that it be referred to the Committee ap-
Sweden itself is secure from any attack in that guar- pointed to inquire into the state of the Company's
ter. The army already on foot (including the above) affairs.
is 45,000 men in Sweden, 16,000 in Finland, where Mr. M. A. TAYLOR wished early to state his
they have lost very few men, 25,000 supplementary determination (founded upon twenty-four years ex-
militia are called out, and there is further, a levy be- perience of Indian affairs) not to agree to the prayer
tween the ages of 18 and 25, of about 28,000 men. lof the Petition. Upon a subject of such great impor-
The latter are waiting only for the arrival of the am. tance, he thought the more decorous mode of pro-
munition, &c. from England, and in the meanwhile seeding would be to give notice of referring the Peti-
arrangements are making for their preparatory exertion to the Committee to-morrow. It was tf great
cite. This last consists of people from every clam, importance to the public to know whether they were
bent they have the option of providing a substitute.— to acquiesce in these repeated claims or demands for
The greatest unanimity semis to prevail now, and money free. the Company. He did not approve of
there can be 410 doubt of the security of the country. I giving away the public money (for it was a gift, and
From the last arrival f-enn Finland, 31st March, it not a loan) in so thin a House. He much doubted
would seem that the Russians have relinquished the I whether one-third of the House were acquainted that
conquest of Finland ferther north than the line from I the Petition would be presented to-day—delay was,
Wasa te Kn:pio, or that want of provisions, and the therefore, necessary. It was fit for consideration to
fear that in the breaking up of the frost the bad roads I inquire whether, under all the circumstances of the
might bring them into a dilemma ; they may, under Company, it would be prudent to renew their Char-
these considerations, have determined itin falling back ter when it expired ? He nittst, in this stage of the
on their owo frontiers. However, vel'ether it is one or business, lay in his claim, that in no case made out
the other of the motives that occasions their sudden dis- by the Committee, would he consent to vote one
appearance, the consequence is, that the Swedes will shilling of his constituents' money in aid of the East-
be enabled to concentrate their forces' again in tie India Company. Their trade was a monopoly, which
neighbourhood of Uleberg, or, perhaps', more to the ought not, in his opinion, to exist longer than the
South, to make a firm stand between them and Tornio. charter. He could not Arget that year after year, in
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