Star.
London, England, 1806-04-15 00:00:00

OFFFNCIS ON THI HIGH HMI.

Mr. JERVIS, in purfuance of a former notice,
moved fur leave to bring in a Bill fir alre:ing and
ex,editing the trial of cffences committed' in irritant
parts on the high feat. The grounds on which he
iabinitted hi...motion to the Houle here as follow :
By the AA of Henry VIII. the jorriftliaion of the
Admiralty had been extended to all offences commit-
ted qn the High Seas; but the exercife of this j ritildic-
dun had been often attended with great delay and
inconvenience, inafmuch a. it became neceffary that
the offender and the witneffes fhould be brought to
this country, and that the trial fhould take place
here. To remedy this inconvenience, the Admiralty
by an Aft of Wiliiam, were empowered to appoint
a Special CommifSon for condu.ting the trial of of-
fences in dißant parts. But the authority of filch
Commillions was confined to the Colonies ; and be-
tides, they ailed upon the principles of he Civil
Law, which were very different from there of the
Common Law of this country. The dcfiln of this
Bill, therefore, was to prevent the neceffity tor bring-
in; borne the' offenders, and alfu that they might
enjoy the benefit of the Trial bip Jury, and not be
tried according to the forms of the Civil Law.—
Leave granted.

PlOlll5lOll /OR STIPENDIARY CURATES.
Mr. PERCIVAL, in purfuance of a former no-
tice, mnvi.d for leave to bring in a Bill, for making
more effeCtual provifion for Stipendiary Curates and
'for enforcing their refidence on their Cures. He
trufled it would not be neceffary to trouble the
Houle at much length on the expediency of the Bill
which he now propofed. A Bill to the fame effect
had lately palled this Houle, but in conlecp,ence of
certain alterations which it had undergone in the
Lords. and which were not agreed to by this Houle,
the Bill had, at that time, been 1011. He truaed,
that the Bill which he Maw propofed, would meet
with the concurrence of the Houle, as fonse alteration
wa• rendered (till more necelfary than evet, by the
rife in the value of livings, in confeeptence of the im
provements in agriculture, and particularly by the
depreciation of money of late years. He was con-
vinced it would appear but reafunabie that. •vhete a
Living was beyond vol. a year, m're , 751. •
year thould be granted to the Curate.
Lord PORCHESTER laid, :hat it appeared to
him, from what had fallel. Honourable
Gentleman, that the prop •. was founded on
the fame principle as the f •inter : a principle which,
he nulled, would never ISe recogni4A by the Houle.
This Bill was to give the Bitho•p toe power of rating
the income of incumbents, and adding theus acme-
dirk! to his pleafure. It c,,mmunicated an nncon•',
trended power which was liable to aboie, and audio-,
tiled the invation of the property of the fulrja. Be-
tides, it would be premature to introduce tot, :n a Bil:,
whilia Committee had been lately appointed to ob-
tain information refpeeting the refideore and ftua•
tion of the Clergy. Thefe inquiries thoold he corn
pleted before any loch meafure was brought forward.
Mr. PERCIVAL replied, that he h:id heard no
thing that ought to prevent the introduCthat of the
Bill. ft might be brought in at preienr, and the
Huufe might pole before the Bill received a final
d;fctiffi..n, till the Report of the Commit o.e was
ceived. It could not be Paid, that the power rut the
'Whop would be uncontrnuled, fine an appeal would
lie to the Archbifhop. The alteration in the value
of money was fuch as mutt convince every man,
that 751. per annum was not an adequate Itipend to
be paid to the officiating Curate by the nun reiident
Redo►. The value of fome livings in England
amounted to 20001. a year, and it was furcly not un-
reafonable that the Billsop thOUld Lave it in his
power to increafe the Ilipend of the Curate ;r, lime
&pee of proportion to the value of the living. The
great ohjtet of the Bill was to give filch a power to
the Billsop as might enable him to wake adequate
provifiisn lot the officiating Curate, who perfrrmed
the elude* of the non refident Incumbent.

Lord PORCHESTER, in explanation, laid, no
cafe bad been produced, to (hew that the 1-Luie
lhould adopt this novel Proceeding.
Mr. Secretary FOX (aid, be did not rife co oripofe
the bringing in this Bill, but to obferve. •ha,
opinion, the all,iwanee to the Citrate ought not to be
proportioned to the wealth of the re Cory, or living,
but to the duty be would have to perform, and the
relative litnation in which, in other refpeets, he hood
in the pariah
The quettion was then pot, and leave granted to
bring is the Dill.