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London, England, 1802-02-09 00:00:00

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A-
N ESSAY v.inling to thew that the Pmphecies
now Accomplithing, arc an Evideuce of the Truth of the
CHRISTIAN RELIGION.
thiblifhed, in purfuatice of the Will of the Irate Rev. Mr. JOHN
Hasa, of Etworth, Cheihire, as havinggained the Annual
Prize In apt, initituted by him in the Univerfity of Cam-
bridge.
By JOHN BIRD SUMNER,
Under-GraduateFellow of King's College.
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ney, Windfor.

PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS.

HOUSE OF LORDS, MONDAY, FEB. 8.

The confideration of the Standing Order, relative to Petitions
for lrith Bills, upon which their Lordthips were fummotted,
was pußponeditill to-morrow.
A variety of private bufinefs wts difpofed of.
Several Petitions for Private Bills were received, read, and
orders made accordingly.
The returns of money paid and received by the Bank of Eng-
hutd far a hated time, were delivered at the Bar by the proper
011icers, and onkred to lie on the Table.
A Suitor for a Naturalization Bill took the Oaths.
Crew's Divorce 8111, on which, in coofequence of what took
place towards the dole of !aft Seflion, the proceedings com-
mence u sow, was formally introduced; it was intitled " A Bill
to diifulve the Marettge nitween Richard Crewe, Efq. and
Mitlborough Allprefs, his now wife." The proper Officer laid
a Ire& CoPy of the Proceedings in the Ecciefialtical Courts be-
fore the Houle, and the Bill was ordered to be read a fecond
time on Thurfday the asth inttant.

S-COTCI APPZAL.

SIR WILLIAM AUGUSTUS CUNNINGHAM, BART. AND OTHERS,
v. HIGGINS, ASSIGNEE Or THE !lON. HENRY ERSEINE, ETC.
Mr. ADA ,as leading Counfel for the Appellants, was heard
at rnnf,derable length; after which, their Lim-Whips poftponal
the further heath* of the cafe till to-morrow.
The Earl of CARLISLE raid, certain public events
had reached this country, which made it neceffary
to put fome quetlions to his Majesty's Minittets for
information and fatisfaaion. It had been known
fume weeks fince that a very confiderable force had
t:tiled from the port of Breit for the Weft Indies.
Nlinilters had bean called upon, as report faid, to
explain how that matter Rood, and whether they
were fatisfied that there was no intention hoftile to
this country, in the fending out fo formidable
an armament at fuch a critical period ? An ex-
plicit anfwer had been publicly given on that (se-
cation, fignifying that the °Ned of the French
fleet's failing was to put an end to the rebellion
and infurreCtion in the ifland of St. Domingo, and
that the minds of his Majefty's fervants had been
made cafy on that head. S►nce that occurrence
another event equally necefiltry to be explained had
taken place; a fquadron of five Chips of the line
and forte frigates had failed for the Eaft Indies
under Monfieur Gantheaume. As there could be
no Similar pretence for the failing and deftination
of this fqiistdron, like that alledged in juftification
of the failing of the form-3- fleet, and as it was ex-
tremely important to the public intereft to know
I the grounds on which fuch an event had been per-
t milted to take place, he wished to know-if it had
j been made known officially to his Majefty's Mini-
; iters, and whether they had it in their power to give
the Houfe any information relpeding it?
1 Lord Honattr laid, he did not believe there was

• any of his Majelly% bbnitters who would not be
ready to give the noble Earl and the Houfe fads-
faaion upon fuch matters as he had referred to,
whenever it w's in their power. The noble Earl
had fpokcn to two occurrences : the firft, the fail-
ing oldie French fleet form weeks fence from Brea
for the Weft Indies, upon which, he had Paid, full
and fatixfaaory exglanation had beeniven to the
other Houfe of Parliament. The other point the
noble Earl had fpoken to was, the fuppoted fub-
repent failing of five fail of the line from a French
port for the Eaft Indies, and he had anted, if Mi-
lliners had received any official explanation on that
head? He could affure the noble Eatl that he vas
not aware that any fuch explanation had been
given, nor did he know that any fuch-lcoadron
had failed on the declination Rated.--adjourned.