Star.
London, England, 1801-04-11 00:00:00

FROM THE PARIS PAPERS.

VIENNA, MARCH 13.—Letters have 'been re-
ceived by the Britifh Minifter and by our Court
from Confantinople, announcing that General
AsEacßomsy had fucceeded in effecting a landing
in Egypt, near Damietta, with a corps of &co
men. It is added in the fame letters, that the
Englilh have difembarked a body of 6000 men in
the environs of Jaffa, intended to form a junetion
with the army of the Grand Vizier, which is en-
camped between Jaffa and Gaza.
MARCH 20.—As foon as the French (hall have
evacuated Upper Auftria and the Palatinate, an
Auftrian army of 18,000 men will be collected in
that quarter, under the name of Army of Exe-
cution of the Empire, in order to carry into effed
the fyllem of fecnlarization and indemnification.
If neceflary, it will be affilled by a French army of
the fame fiute.

All our regiments will begin their march en the
z4th, to return to their relpettive garrifons.
BRUHN, MARCH 18.-.-PASSWAN OGLOU IS COl-
- frefh troops at Kladowa, and ritaking'pre-
parations for fume enterprize. The Ipirit of re-
volt which daily extends itfclf in Bofnia, increafes
the general alarm.
. Immenfe quantities of provisions are purchafing
in the Bannat, and conveyed into the military
magazines. A number of the troops which com-
plied the Auftrian army in Italy ;arrive in the vi-
cinity of Semlin. The regiment of Staal is in full
march for the fame place. Very extenlive bar-
racks are conftrutting at Nenhanoize, about four
leagues from Semlin.
RATISBOX, MARCH a3.—The Miniflers of the
Ecclefiaftical Princes are ufing their utmoft ef-
forts to prevent the execution of the article of the
treaty of peace concerning fecularizations. It ap-
pears that they have received from their Conftitu-
ents orders to unite, and to avert, by meafures
taken in conjunition with each other, the ltorm
which threatens them. The Elettor of Cologne,
and the Bifhop of Wurtzburgh, feem defirous of
putting themfelves at their head. It is in contem-
plation to make a formal proteft againft general
fecularizations. We are affured they will lend de-
puties to Vienna, Paris, and Berlin, to demand
that the Princes and States difpollifted on the left
bank of the Rhine fhall be indemnified on the right
bank by the Empire in general ; and that each
State !hall contribute its quota towards the indem-
nification. It is alfo propofed to apply to the En.
P E LOR of RUSSIA to intercede in their behalf, fince '
if the principle of general fecularization fhould be
adopted, the Germanic Conftitution would be an-
nihilated. They propok particularly to reprefent
to the Court of Vienna, that they have always been
its fupport, and that by their fuppreffion it will
lofe the greater part of its influence in the Empire.
On the other hand, the Auftrian Government de-
mands that a deputation of two Members of the
Diet !hall co-operate in the negociations relative
to IndunuiUJS : it is detirous that the Elettors of
Mentz and Saxony fhould be nominated to the
Deputation: but the KING of PRUSSIA is equally
defuous to co-operate, and to be a Member of the
Deputat ion.
MAW A.—The Departmental Admini ftrati on
of the tlincio publithed a proclamation for cele-
brating a Fete in honour of Virgil.—After allud-
ing to a letter, in which General Mioaa is, Com-
mandant of Mantua, invites them to place the bull
of that Poet in the city, whilft the monument
treks' to him is repairing, the Adminitiration
defcribe the manner in which the Kir fhall be cc-
lebrated.—lt took place on the i Ift oh.
On the evening before, there wat at the Scien-
tificTheatre an Academical Seflion. Prole and
vcrfc compofitions were read, and the National
Band executed appropriate Airs.
The commencement of the Fee was announced
at day-break by a difcharge of artillery. At ten
in the morning the Civil and Military Authorities,
the Academicians, the Virgilian Colony, and the
Men of Letters, proceeded to the Scientific The-
atre. The bull of Virgil was placed in a car pre-
pared for the purpofe. At the top of the car was
Apollo and below him the nine Mules. The
proceff:on took place in the following order :

A Corps of Cavalry.
Military illufic.
A Corm of Infantry.
Military Authrwitica.
Illutilwra of the Academy.
'l•lic Colot.y.
'fle riumph..l Car.
Thr Conflautcd Authoruks.
A Carps of Infantry.

The Cr!,',t prorceJcd to the Plate dr PArghtr,
where a co7;:mn was cralcd, furmounted by the
bull of the !;rtat Pint. Around the column were
lour antisitt.: o,rt hes, which burnt during the whole
tertmit.ny. A. liion as the huh was placed on the
coition', A and the Mules delcended from
tl.e ear, and phiced th-ir crowns on the pedeff.d.
In the cs c:i;rz the ei; y was illuminated, and a
gr.usd W.ll gi-..rn at die Tiscatrt

~PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS.

HOUSE OF• COMMONS.

REPORT FROM THE SELECT COMMITTEE OF THE
HOUSE OF COMMONS, RESPECTING THE ELIGI-
BILITY OF PERSONS IN HOLY ORDERS TO SIT

IN THE HOUSE.

The Seidl Committee appointed to examine the
Journals of this Houle, and Records of Parlia-
ment, for Precedents relpeCting the Eligibility of
Pei tons in Holy Orders to lit in this Houfe; and
to report the fame to the Houfe ;—have proceeded
in the examination direCted by the Houfe; and
have agreed upon the following Report.
In profecuting the Inquiry di reCted by the Houfe,
your Committee have thought it right to dire a
fearch to be made into all the Returns to Writs
Axed for the Eleftion of Members to ferve in Par-
liament, from the eat-bell period in which they are
extant, to the prefent time; with a view of afcer-
taiMng, from the additions to the names in Inch
Returns, whether any of the Clergy were therein
included. They find, from the refult of this fearch,
that in the early periods, previous to the Bth Hen.
IV. when the praetice of returning Citizens and
BurgelTes by Indentures annexed to the Writ, firft
prevailed, the names are generally returned without
anx addition whatever, except in the inflance of
Knights, and the general addition to cad. Return
of " Citizens and Burgeftes." Your Committee
find, however, that in five inftancer dining that
period, particularly fpecified under the Third Head
in the following part of this Report, the addition
of " Clericus" appears to the names therein con-
tained. That from the Bth Henry IV. the addi-
tions arc more frequent and particular, containing
often the addition, " Sadler, Mercer," and the
like ; but none that ofClericus, except in the tingle
inliance of John Robfon, who appears to be the
perfon whole Return was declared void by the
Houfe in die t Bth Jac. I.

Under the uncertainty of the poffible applica-
tion of fome of there defcriptions to perfons in Holy
Orders, your Committee have thought it fit to 7n-
fert all thofe that can poffibly admit of fuch a con.
firation, though fully aware that many of them
are well known to be Civilians only.
In the examination of the Rolls and Journals of
Parliament, your Committee have thought it thcir
duty to lay before the Houfe fuch pafrages as came
under their obfervation in a diligent fearch through
the whole, as appeared to them likely to throw
any light, by way of argument, as well as dire&
Precedent, on the point in queftion.

They have not thought it neceffary to add to
their Report, any Statute printed by Authority,
which might appear conneaed with this fubjea ;
but finding that an Ad of the 16th Car. I. which
was repealed by an AR of the 13th Car. 11. is not
fo printed, they have fubjoined a copy of it from
the original Roll, together with the proceedings
in Parliament, which may be necelfary to explain
the objea of it.
The refult of the whole they have arranged un-
der the following Heads :
I.—Summons of the Clergy to Parliament—par-
ticular inftances of the mode of exercifing their
funaions thete—their privileges confequent to Inch
attendance.

ll.—Taxation of the Clergy.
lII.—All filch inftances as could furnilh any
prefumption, of individuals in Holy Orders having
been returned as Members of the Houle of Com-
mons. Under this head, however, your Commit.
tee think it right to remark, that though they have
infcrted the cafe of Sir Thomas Haxey, Clerk, as
having given rife to different opinions among wri-
ters upon this fubjee, they find, upon an examina-
tion direaed by them into the Returns, perfes2
and extant in the Tower, of the zoth year of Ric. 11.
that no fuch name occurs among them—and that,
as to the name of Chriftopher Parkins, returned as
Dean of Carlifle, in the 39th and 43d Eliz. it ap-
pears by a Patent in the Rolls Chapel of the 38th
Eliz. that the faid Deanery was granted to him
with the following exprefs difpgntation :
" And in regard that the lieen 'had admitted
him into her Family, and been accuftomed to em-
ploy him in weighty concerns, the difpenfed with
his not being in any facred or other Orden; and
alio granted her Difpenfation to him, on account
of his being married to a wife then living; and like.
wife difpenfed with his refidenca on the Deanery."
IV.—Proceedings in the Houle of Commons re-
lative to the "Ail for difinabling all Perfons in
Holy Orders to exercife anie Temporall Jurifdic'-
con or Authority ;" and a copy of the Aft itfelf.
[No. I. 11. and 111. contain extras from the Par-
liament Rolls from the Reign of Edwaid L]
EXTRACT FROM THR JOURNALS.
.7001.1. t 2 011°644 1553.
Mr. Secretary Bourne, Sir R. Southwell, Mr.
Tregonwell, Mr. Merfhe, Mr. Story, Mr. Got
nolde, to enquire for Alex. Newell, burgers of Loo,
in Cornwall, Prebend of Wefirninfter, if he may
be of this Houle ; and likewife for John Foe icr.
Pewit, 13.
It is declared by the Commiffioners, that Alex.
Newell, being Prebendary in Weftminfte ,r and
thereby having voice in the Convocation Houfe,
cannot be a Member of this Houfe ; and fo agreed
by the Houle : and the Queen's Writ to be dire/l-
ed for another Burgers in that place.

Voseril:B Dir 7vaii: 1604.
Mr. Tate :—Some of this Houfe be of the Con-
vocation : they to be enjoined to bring in a copy,
and a copy of the Letters of Authority to the COI).
vocation.

Sir Creor,,,,e Moore—
Mr. Speaker—touching fuch of the Convocation,
of the Houle, as ought not to be here.

Lune, 1 1 Apra:, 12 iambi, 1614.
Sir Rich. Willyamfon o precedent for Mr.
Attorney-General, is L9C irs4fividao j fo nothing
agaitill him, but he might be of the Houfe.—Con-
lidcrablc, a, he is a cubic& Every Freeman may
be chofen. The worth, of the Writ, drprolhd rtf-
rryriordwr He both thefe.—The precedents, to
dilable him, ought to be (hewed on the other fide
—Doetor of Div inity.—The Boroughs have chofen
according to the Writ.
Precedents upon the fame rtgottea!pe rilautari-

45u oari ratiost..—Preeedents for the Serjeant, above,
and Solicitor, below, the Attorney.
Jeffreyes, 18 Eliz.—Ruled, becaufe no voice,
nor any Member there.

Mr. Whitlock :

No Record that he can Snit, that Attorney, SO.
licitor, Serjcant, Matter of the Rolls, Secretary,
Chancellor of the Exchequer, from 26 H. VII!.
Onflow, Solicitor ; Cordell, Matter of the Rolls.
—Never any Matter of the Rolls, of the Houle,
till Cromwell, a 6 H. VIII. becaufe, before, all
Matters of the Rolls, till then, in Holy Order.,
and fo could not be of this Houle.
Mr. Finch :
None to be excepted by Law, but Sheriffs, in
Orders, and Judges.
The Judges mutt be of the Upper Hottfe, for
Writs of Error, which mutt be done by their di-
redion and advice.

Mercurii 7 Fetruarii, 18 Jacobi, t 6 20.
Sir Geo. Moore reporteth, from the Committee
of Privileges, meeting yefterday, firft in the Ex-
chequer Chamber, and from thence into this Houfe.
1. All of opinion againft .... a Clerk, return-
ed ; becaufe had, or might have, a voice in t 1 ,e
Convocation-houfe ; therefore not fit to be admit-
ted here : And would have fined the Town, but
for their poverty.
a. For Vifeount Fawkeland, eleeted a Kn;;,4l
for Hertfordfityre, before he was a Baron of Sect-
land.

Mr. Hackwyll, accordant : For the reafon of
ferving [here,] hecaufe a voite,or attendetb,at.ov,;
Clerks [of] the Convocation, &c.
Sir H. Poole :—No Englifhman, but to be either
of the Upper or Lower Houfe.—Contioueth a flii.,-
jett of this kingdom
Sir Edw. Coke :—Cannot be fdent in this.—Ez-
cellent learning to determine it geom. Trial here
pa-para. For Nobility, not by Dukes, for Dukes;
but by the Nobility.—Either of Me Upperor Lower
Houfe, except Come few cafes : A Knight not to
be tried by Knights. Every Englifhman not of
Upper or Lower Houfe.—Nowell put out, be-
caufe had voice in Convocation. A Bannerett can.
not ferve here, in refpea of the honour he bath at
Funerals, &e.

Yolk, 8 Felmearii, :8 1620.
Sir Geo. Moore proceedeth with his Report for
the third (tieftion concerning the return of
a 2vEnifler, returned for Morpeth, in Northumber-
land.

Sir Edw. Coke :—When he Speaker, one put
out : And that he faw Alexander Nowell (though
he had not curers ashearam) put out, becaule of the
Convocation Houle.

Upon Ql.t.eftion, Refolved, his return voids and
a new writ to Rine, for a new Eleftion. _ _

oois, 9 Die yam:sari, 13 Car. Re:ir, 166 r.
Upon reading the Petition of John Wandesford,
Efq. • and a certificate alto being produced, touch-
ing Dr. Craddock's being in Holy Orders ;
Ordered, that the matter, upon the faid petition
and certificate, be referred to the Committee of
Privileges ; to take the fame into confideration ;
and to examine whether Sir joreph Craddock be in
Holy Orders, and fo difabled to fit as a Member
of this Hoare ; and make report of it to this Houle.
Yaw*, 17 Die January, 13 Car. Rtgir, 1651.
Serjeant Charleton reports, from the Committee
ofPrivileges and Ekaions,touching the EleEti:m for
the Borough of Richmond, in the county of Yorke,
that it appeared to them, that Dr. Craddock was
in Holy Orders; and that Mr. Wandesford had
the majority of voices prefent at the EleCtion :
And the opinion of the Committee, that Dr. Crad-
. dock was uncapable of being clotted a Burgers for
the Borough ; and that Mr. Wandesford Was duly
eleCted, and ought to fit as Btirgefs fur the laid
Borough of Richmond.
Refalred, That this Houle cloth agree with the
Committee, that Dr. Craddock was a perfon un-
capable to be eleaed, and his Eleaion void : And
that Mr. Wandesford was duly elefted a Burge&
for the raid Borough of Richmond, and ought to
fit in this Houfe ,• and that the Clerk of the Crown,
or his Deputy, do attend this Houle with the re.
turn ; and do erafe out the name of Dr. Craddock,
and infert the name of Mr. Wandesford.—Which
was the nut day done at the Clerk's Table.
Die Mereurii, to Mara' 1640.
Refolved, upon the Qsteition, That the. lcgifla-
tive and judicial power oi Bilhops in the Houle of
Peers in Parliament, is a great hindrance to the
slifcharge of their Spiritual Funaion, prejudicial
to the commonwealth, and fit to be taken away
by Bill : And that a Bill be drawn to that purport.

nit 7.44 11 Martii, 1640.
Refolved, upon the QLteftion, That for Bifhops,
or any other Clergymen whatfoever, to be in the
Commiffions of the Peace, or to have any judicial
power in the Star-Chaniber, or in any Civil Court,
is a hindrance to their Spiritual Funaion, prejudi-
cial to the common-wealtkand fit to be taken away
by a Bill ; and that a Bill be drawn to that purpofe.
Die Nadir, TricAste Mara, 1641, Pei ilierikit-
Prima vice Icaa eft Billa, An AR to reftrain
Bithops, and others in Holy Orders, to lntermedle
with Secular Affairs.
Du jevii, 'twilit, 1641, P 4 loferitfuss.
Secund-a vice late eft Billa, An Ad to rennin
Bishops, sma others in Hely Orders from inter-
meddling with fecular affairs; upon Qaeftion, com-
mitted unto the Committee for the Ada to difable
Clergymen to exercife any Temporal or Lay Qt'
five or Commiftion.

Die lifercerii, 2 1 ariks,
Mr. Prideaux reports the ill, inthuled, an AS,
that lliihops, and others in Holy Orders, !hall not
intermeddle with Secular Affairs. And the amend-
ments thereunto were twice read; but, by reafon
of the great buftnefs of the Houle, by former order
appointed for this trine, the further confideration
of the faid Bill, and amendments, was adjourned
to the next convenient time.
An Aa for difabling the Chill to eXercirs any
Temporal or Lay Office, or Commiillon in his Ma-
jcily's Courts of fullices within the realm of Eng
land and dominion of Wales, was this day brnught
from the Couunitto ; and. according to the opi-
nion of the Committee, for laying of afide,upori
the queftion for ingroiling, it was rejected.
Au 44 for dilinabling Perfons is Holy Op
•

rs to exercife anie Temporall lurifdidion or"
uthority.
Wli&eas 13ifhopps and other Perfons in Holie!
ders ought not to be intangled with. Secular'
,rifdic'con (the. office of the Miniftry being of.
ch great importance that it will take upp the
hole,man) and for that it is found by long ex-
dare that tbeire intermeddling with Secular
rifdie'cons hith occafioned great mifchiefes and
;mall both to. Church ana State His Majefty
pais religious care of the Church and Soules
his People is gratioufly pleafed that it bee enad-
. and by, authority of this prefent Parliament
e it enadecl That no Archhifhopp or Bifhopp
other Perfon that now is or hereafter (hall bee
Holy Orders (hall att attic time after the isth
,:b. t 641 have anie, Seate or Place Suffrage or
• oize or ufe or execute anie Power or Authority in
e Parliaments of this Realme nor (hall bee of the
•rivy Councell of his Majefty his Heires or Suc-
,Fors or Jultice of the Peace of Oyer and Termy-
or Gaole Delivery or execute anie Temporall
uthority by virtue of any Commiffion but (hall
c wholly difablecl and bee encapable to have re-
eive ufe or execute anie of the Paid Offices Places
'owers Authorities and Things' aforefaid And
. e it further enaded by the Authority aforefaid
at all Ads from and after the Paid rsth day of
cbruary which (hall bee done or executed by ante
firchbifhopp or Bifhopp or other Perfon whatfo-
irer in Holy Orders and all and evcrie Suffrage
or Voice given or delivered by them or anie of
them or other Thing done by them or anie of them
nntrarie to the purport and true meaning of this
prefcnt At (hall be utterly void to all intents
:enftruc'cons and purpofcs.

LONDON.

SATURDAY, APRII. U.

PRICE OP STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK :
Confols yi--for April ace. ..571
M $ per C. 941 95—New 44n^. 921 93-4 Per Cent. 7.4—
Long. Ann. 171 s3-16-omniont 41 t.
PRICE OF STOCKS YESTERDAY.
Eank Stock 138+ 3 per C. Loy. pa 92,3
3 per Can. Red. Mut Long Ann. syl
3 per C. Cola 37,1 if Imp. pee C.
4 per Cent. Conf. 7yi Omnlum 441
5 Per C. NM 951 941 Conf. for May 38

Government, it is (aid, determined yclicrdai
that the Foreign Mail difliatched latt night fhould
fail from Yarmouth to Cuxhaven tinder a flag of
truce, and fliould not be landed without a pofitive
aiTurance from the Commandant of tht Danifh
troops, who now occupy Hatnburgh, that the let-
ten and difpatchcs !hall be held facred, and
fcred to Oafs without interruption:

His MAJESTY, we learn with great pleafure, was
no lets than three hours on horfeback in the
Riding-houfe at Pimlico, on Thurfday, and we
further learn, with peculiar fatisfaftion, found him-
far much benefited by the curdle.
The ROYAL FAMILY did not take an airitig yet-
terday.
His Royal Highnefs the Duke of CUMEPRLAND
had an interview yefterday morning with the Right
Honourable the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEGIJER,
at his houfe in Downing-ftreet.
A Council of the Cabinet Minifters was yeller-
day held at Lord HAWKIEBURY'S Office.
Lieutenant Scorr, of the Navy, arrived yeller-
day with difpatches from Admiral Sir Roots
CURTIS, at the Cape of Good Hope.
The Earl of MALI; asISVRY left Town yefterday
for Brighthelmftone; the Counters was expe&ed to
fet off in the courfe of this day.
The Eceleilaftical States of Germany manifeft
ftrong fymptoms of difcontenr at the Secularifa-
tions agreed to between the Republic and Auftria ;
and the EMPEROR has ordered them to be carried
into effect by an army of iB,OOO men, called the
Al" of Execution.
MATH.—The beneficence of her Royal Highnefs
the Duchefs of You has difplayed itfelf in fo great
a variety of ways during her refidetiee in this city,
that no eulogium which we could offer could do
juftice to her unbounded philanthropy. From her,
every public charity has experienced proteaion,
and every fuffering private individual, folace and
relief; merit in all its walks has been patronized
by her kindnefs, and the humble exertions of rub-
ordinate talent encouraged by her liberality.
ENGLISH STATE LOTTERY.THIRTY-FOLIRTH
DAY,•-.Nos, 28,518, and 56418, sal. eac.h.—No
other prise was drawn yetterday above 181.
COVENT-GARDEN THEATRE.—Laft night Mrs.
GLovsa made her firli appearance in the part of
Defd *Mai but it is one not very well adapted to
her powers, which are not much turned to the fok
and pathetic, yet the was received very favourably.
On Tuerdai evening, about eight o'clock, as
Mr. Titomm Davy orPentonville, was returning
home acras the Long-field near Sadler's Wells, he
Was flopped by three footpath, in (mock frocks,
who with horrid imprecations demanded his Aid
neyi and after having robbed him cf upwards of
91. blindfolded him, and threw him, face down-
ardo, into a ditch, in which lunation be remain-
ed a conilderable time before any perfon came to
hl. relief.

On Wednefilay night, between nine and ten
o'clock, Mr. DowmEs, of Great Saint Thomas
Apotlle, was flopped in Lock's Fields. Walworth,
by three footpads, who robbed him of his money.
The New Grand Speltacle of Rinakfuri, at the
Royal Circus, St. George's Fields, creates the
:nod powerful attratlion upon every quarter .
the Town.—The Scenery, by (;a£ wool), the
Splendour of the Dretfes, &c. arc incomparable.
The Mune, by R r F.lts, is delightful and impretiire.
Patella's Risatkai has the grcateß propriety and
rergy of adion ; and the rdertlid of MA N% V
I' powerfully affeCting.—Mr. IRELAND, now ',cr•
f:aly recovered, performs filch jumps as are
fearce credible.—Mil's E. DONNY'S Pad Sad is ad-
mirable, and highly charmed the audience.—The
/3at de dew*, by the Miff ADAMS'S, is the Mirk
• i,•••••-, was alto much applauded.

NJUTICAL INTELLIGENCE►

MAILS THIS DAY.-WIND W.

ARRIVED
o Hamburgh
2 Dublin, April 7,8,
it Waterford, April j, •
• Dormasimdee, April 7,
I Jamaica, Feb. aB,

This morning a mail was received in town from
Jamaica, landed at Liverpool, from the (hip'
Thomas, Captain PINCE, a Guineaman, mount-
ing 22 guns, and 64 men ; the failed from Jamaica
on the 18th Feb. under convoy of the SWALLOW
brig, through the Windward Pallage, and left at
that ifland his Majefty's (hips SANS PAREIL, CAR-
NATIC, ABERGAVENNY, QFFREC, MELAMPIJS, and
SURPRISE.—She fpoke the (hip Alexander of Phi-
ladelphia, on the xoth of March, in lat. 38. 47.
long. so. 20. five weeks from London.
The Thomas had an aelion with a French priva-
teer, on the 3oth ult. for nearly an hour, when the
latter thought proper to flieer off.