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roller any any objeateins to hint if prefented to a th._
lice, it could not anfe from his being a Layman ;
in that view he flood on the fame footing of other
Clergymen. He could no more refign his prieftly
charaeter than a Peer could refign his title, for
both were equally fandioned by the law. Looking
at the Conflitution of the Church, he faw feveril
regulations of the Priefthood, refpeding fulpen-
lion and excommunication for milehaviour, but
not one word refpeding the refignation of a Prieß.
No fuch inflance had ever occurred ; a. ftrong evi-
Itnce that none fuch would have been allowed.
was contrary to the frame of the Civil and Ec-
clefiaftical Law of England. Upon thole grounds,
independent of the confideration of public utility,
te fhould fupport the Bill, though it might be ar-
goal, as fo often pleaded in the cafe of marriage,
that it was cruel to compel perfons to remain
any fituation, after they fhould have found
emfelves difcontented. He conceived it for the
eneral intereft to impofe thole reftraints.
Dr. LAUREN ca agreed in the legal ftatements
of his Learned Friend.
Mr. GREY Paid, he was not difpofed to difpute
the arguments of the Learned Gentlemen as to
the indelibility of the Ecclefiaftical Charafter, but
he muft confider it extremely cruel to compel a
man, who at the age of 23 years fhould become a
Deacon, to continue in the profeilion of a Prieß
againft his convidion, and by precluding him
from t'': liberty of choofing any other occupation,
oblige him to fpeak the language of truth with
the lips of falfehood, and play the hypocrite at
the altar of GOD.
Sir Ws cue,* SCOTT obferved, that it frequently
occurred in ancient times, that Bills were prefent-
ed by perfons who were in Holy Orders.
TheCtutactxxolt of theExcutqyza, in a fpeech
of confiderable ingenuity, replied to the arguments
of Mr. Grey. If the Hon. Gentleman, he raid,
wiflied as he propofed, to preclude Prieas fitting
in that Houle, from the liberty of accepting any
eccletiaftical benefices, did he mean alto to dill
qualify them from difcharging any of the duties
of the ecelefiaftical fun lion ? If fo, it would be
in vain to talk of the indelibility of the charader.
From the earlieft times, he contended the Houle
of Commons was a Lay Affembly, and indepen-
dent
of all other authorities, he fhould rely on the
lex et cionffistuelo rat-liaise:di, to prove that Priefts
were ineligible to fit in that Houle. With refped 1
to the cafe alluded to by the Hon. Gentleman, re-
lative to a Deacon being compelled to remain in
holy orders, he fhould conceive it the higheß de•
eve of impolicy to hold out the leaft tenfptation
or encouragement to any Prieß to defert his fa,
cred funetionsto withdraw him by the allure•
silents of ambition from that fpecies of Rudy and
devotion which rendered the chara&er of a Prieß
refpellable anti dignified—to excite in his mind
any profpeds inconfiftent with thole feeljngs' fen-
timents, and hopes which belonged to and befit•
ted the contemplations of a Clergyman, by tell-
ing him he might have other and better refources
than the profeffion of a Prieß afforded—by open-
ing to him other walks in life, where he might
employ his talents with more advantage to him-
felf—and laft of all by turning his thoughts to po-
litics, and thereby inviting him to form connec-
tions very incompatible with the performance of
his duty. Nothing .vas mote deferable than that khe
Legiflature fhould preferve the fandity of the Cle-
rical Charafter, by guarding againft any impro-
per collifion between the duties of a Prieß and a
layman, and fuch was the °Ned of the Bill before
the Houle.—Mr. Geer explained.
Lord HAVIKESISURY fupported the BilL
Mt. Bianca oppofed the Amendment; after
Which the queftion was put for the third reading of,
the Bill.
Mr. Toot' rote to oppofe it; but was told by
the Speaker that he was out of order: he could
not then oppofe the third reading of the Bill, but
if he had any amendments to propofe, he might
fubmit them to the confederation of the Mode after
the Bill was read a third time.
The Bill was then read a third time.
Mr. TOOKE then role, and was proceeding to
argue upon the different claufes of the Bill, but
. was again reminded by the Speaker that he was
out of order.
The SPEAINE raid, he might propofe fuch
amendments as furgefted themfelves, but he could
not argue upon the principle of the Bill.
Mr. H. Toole raid, that from his regard to the
reputation of the Houle, he fhould avail himfelf of
the opening. He fhould be fore), to fec the Aft in
its prefent Rate go down to poftetity about the
neck of the prefent Parliansent. If the fame of
the Parliament w...s not ftrangled by it, loaded with I
the various other Ads lately paired to abridge the I
liberties of the fubjed, it could not hope to cfcape
fuffocation. The Honourable Gentleman then pro.
ceeded to point out various inconfiftencies, ince...
xruities and abfurdities in the Bill. He found par-
ucular fault with the preamble. It was there Rated
that doubts had arifen whether perfons in Holy Or-
ders, &c. and it was afterwards enaded that no
• TrEnifter of the Gorpel in Scotland fhould fit in the
Houle of Commons. But would the Right Ho-
nourable and Leatned Gentleman oppofite to him,
or would the Bench of Billops allow that the
Scotch Clergy were in Holy orders? It was the
doftrine of the Church of Rome, of the Church pf
England, and of every Epikopal Church, that none
were but fuch to whom the nosy SPIRIT had been
regularly tranfmitted from the Apoftles, and the
Biffiops, their lucceffors. Therefore all that had
been Paid with regard to the indelibility of the cle-
rical charades., to them wee wholly inapplicable.
Speaking. of this indelibility, he afked, whether
. Cbriflianity was indelible ? Nobody would pretend
that it was; yet it was conferred by a whole &em-
inent, viz. by baptifm, whereas orders were con-
ferred by ball a -fectament, or at moft by Tome
fraftion of one. Suppofing the dodi inss of the
Church to be fuddenly changed, what became
of ter, indelibility ? In the reign of Edward VI.
the Clergy 411 went to bed true Protellants, and
waked good Catholics in the morning, for Mary was
Quern. If the Legillature exercifing an undoubt-
• ed-right were to change the eftablifhed creed, would
the charafter of thofe who had been ordained
ritas of the Church of England remaiaindelibk I

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more recent date than
laft Gazette Extraordinary.

No, it would ctiangwymr.....
cumflances. He profeffvl he could 4.litcover
in the fpeech of the Right Honourable and
Learned Gentleman no proofs of learning what
ever. He had dealt only in myfterious affertions,
and if this was to be reckoned learning, the molt
learned man was the boldeft. No adjudication
had been produced! When had it been adjudg-
ed that a bifcuit baker is eligible, an oilman, a
porter brewer, or a jobber in the Stocks ? Corrup
tion was dreaded ! But with whom would the re-
proach lie ? With the feducer, not the feduced—
not the clergy but the Minifter. The proper way
to guard againff corruption, would be to look to
the either:, not the elated. But to talk of the
qualification of thofe who choofe the reprefenta
tyres would be reckoned rank jacobinifm. [Some
one hollowed out Old Sarum!) The Honourable
Gentleman is in the right, Paid Mr. Home Tooke,
Old Sarum was certainly in my mind. But the
Hon. Gentleman was egregioufly miftaken, if he
imagines that this confideration will influence my
opinions or profeflions. I throw down Old Sarum
on the floor ; I abandon it. Disfranchife it, and its
filler boroughs : thus get rid of me, and I (hall
think the day that you do fo the happieft of my
life. lam indeed very much obliged to the Gen-
tlemen who fent me here, but I accepted their of-
fer upon no conditions. lam as independent as
any man in this Houfe. I did not even undertake
to defend Old Sarum. [The Honourable Gentle-
man was here reminded by the Speaker that he
had made no motion, and that he' ought to con-
fine himfelf now to moving an Amendment.] He
Paid he fhould move one pro forma, but whether
it patted or not he was very indifferent. After
propofing an alteration in the preamble, by which
it was Paid that the Aft was pallid becaufe the in-
termeddling of Churchmen in politics had been
found to be attended with great fcandal to their
own body, and great detriment to the public, he
went on to give his opinion of the clergy in a very
humorous manner. He then returned to Sir W.
Scott's opinion about holy orders. I have Paid he,
often heard of a cafuift fplkting a hair, but never
till to night didi conceive it poffibleto fplit a facra-
ment. This difcovery reminds me of the achieve-
ment of a certain grave and learned Divine. For
the edification of the faithful he undertook to thew
how much devil there was in each twine of that
herd into which our Saviour threw the legion he
had taken from the poffeffed perfon. Legion, he
thought to himfelf, that is the name of a divifion
of the Roman army; but of how many does it con
fill ? After much refearch he afcertained the num-
ber of the Roman legion in the time of Tiberius.
—By confulting whole libraries filled with Eaftern
antiquities, he likewife was to fortunate as to cal-
culate with great accuracy the prnbable number
of a Samaritan herd of twine about the time of He-
rod. He then retorted to his (kill in arithmetic,
and by dividing the one number by the other he
proved to the admiring world that in each of thefe
unfortunate hogs there was about a devil and a
half, or a devil and three quarters.—He was
reckoned a molt learned Divine, Sir, and highly
refpated. (This Rory produced peals of laugh-
ter). The name of the Divine was Dr. Small-
well, or Dr. Smallbridge, or Dr. Smallbrook.
I do not recoiled which, but he was ever after
called Dr. Split Devil.
Mr. SPIARER here reminded the Honourable
Member that he was wandering from the queftion,
and :liked if he ,had any amendment to move ?
Mr. TOOKI propofed an amendment, he Paid,
for form fake. The Bill wanted many. He did not
with to oppore its operation, but for the honour of
the Houfe, and the character of the Honourable
Gentleman who introduced, and the learned Gen-
tleman who fupported it, he wifhed they would
undertake to fend it forth in a coned fhape. He
moved, that in the preamble, after the word
whereas, thefe words be inferted The Clergy
ought not to be entangled in fecular affairs ; and
whereas, from their intermeddling in political mat-
ters, much mifchief and vexation have arifen to
Church and State; and whereas"—[ There ewe
now a load cry of withdraw, witbdraev].—Mr. H.
Tooke, and thofe near, called out no, no—they did
not with to divide the lioute. The cry of with.
draw was louder from the Treafury Bench than
ever, and the gallery was actually cleared. The
Houle continued fitting to a very late hour, but
!hangers were not re-admitted. We underftand
that the amendment was negatived without a divi-
fion, and the Bill paffed and ordered to be carried
up to the Lords.
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intelligence in the

We are extremely forry to learn that doubts are
entertained of the fafety of the EARL TALBOT, In-
aiaman, which had failed from Bombay for China,
and was miffing. The accounts from every part
of India were highly gratifying.
It is faid that the corps of Swifs which afted with
that a the Prince de CONDE aetually embarked,
and failed frOm Triefte on the 15th of "April, to
reinforce our army in Egypt.

There was a rumour yellerday that the troops
at Minorca were about to be fent to Alexandria.
This, we prefume, cannot be the cafe, as tbefe
troops are the volunteer corps from the militia,
auld whofe fervices are Maly limited to Europe.

The foreign corps in Britifli pay, ferving in Por-
tugal, are alto Paid to be defkined for Egypt.

The LORD CHANCELLOR yefterday had a long
audience of his MAJESTY, at Kew-palace.
The King has been pleafed to grant the dignity
of a Vifcount of the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland to the Right Hon. HORATIO
Baron NELSON, Knight of the Molt Honourable
Order of the Bath, and Vice-Admiral of the Blue
Squadron of His Majefty's Fleet, and the Heirs
Male of his Body lawfully begotten, by the name,
(Lyle, and title of Vifcount NEisow of the Nile,
and of Burnham Thorpe, in the county of Norfolk.
The King has alto been pleated to nominate and
appoint THOMAS GRAVES, Efq. Rear-Admiral of
the White, to be one of the Knight Companions
of the Moft Honourable Order of the Bath.
Mr. ARTHUR PAGET is appointed Envoy Er.
traordinary to the Court of Vienna in the room of
Lord Moro, who returns to England ; and Mr.
CHARLES STUART, fon of the late General of that
name, is to be the Secretary of that embally.
The Earl of HARDWICItE left town yefterday
morning, for Ireland; Colonel CHARLES MAc.
DONNELL goes over Aid-de-Camp and Military
Secretary to his Excellency.
Government is bufily amployed in preparing
reinforcements for our army in Egypt. The de-
tachments of infantry will confift of five thoufand
men, and the TRANSPORT BOARD received orders
yefterday morning to provide the neceffary ton-
nage for the imbarkation of fix regiments of light
cavalry. The corps of artillery which is to be
fent out, will be compofed of picked men. The
York Huffars will form a part of the Expedition.
The detachMent of Guards ordered for Egypt
leave town to-niorrow.
CITY BUSlNESS.—Yefterday the LORD MAYOR
held a Court of Aldermen, at which were prefent
thirteen Aldermen, Mr. Recorder, and the Sheriffs.
The LORD MAYOR nominated the following Gen-
tlemen for Sheriffs of this City and %county of Mid-
dlefex, for the year enfuing
Edward Gale Boldero, golanith ; Wm. Marriott, baker .
George Browne, merchant taylor ; Thomas Aria Pearfon,
Ra-
doner ; Richard Welch, glover; Jofeph Warner, grocer; JO.
feph Bramley, founder; Philip Ronda, draper; James Alex-
ander, butcher.
The Serjeant at Arms was ordered bythe Court
to wait on the above Gentlemen, to acquaint them
of their nomination. •
Bezzo.—Yefterday the Wardens of the COM. I
pany of Bakers attended the LORD MAYOR retpeet-
ing the Affize of Bread, when his Lordfbip order-
ed the price to be reduced two affixes and a half,
or sd. in the Peck Loaf, to take place on Thurf-
day next : the price of the QBartern Loaf will then
be is. std.
On Thurfday morning, about aide o'clock, the
foundation (lone of the new wet docks at Leith,
was laid in the pretence of the Right Hon. the
LORD Pitovorr, Magiftrates and Council of Edin-
burgh, the Magiftrates of Leith, and a number of
other Gentlemen, by Roar. DUNDAS, Efq. of Mel-
ville, depute grand mafon of Scotland. The grand
lodge and all the lodges of Edinburgh affifted at
the ceremony.
The Rev. Dr. TROTTER, of Knightibridge, Lon-
don, has addreffed for publication the following
obfervations on the Metallic Pradlice, to Mr. Fla-
ws s of Leicefter-tquare, London, the Patentee :
pear Sir—Since my letter to you, asith of March laft, I
We operated with the defiral died in eighty different Cafes,
Mem my Mends and acquaintance, with the Metallic Tr .
I am more and more convinced of the importance of this
angpory andllinsokind cannot help pitying thofe who, el.
tier iftraitol ignorance or prejudice, attempt to depreciate its
tanks Hare are one or two Cafes;
ERYSIPELAS.--* A Lady was Aided with an Efipelm
Y herface. The inftunntation and fwelling were fo grea ryt, that
ISO of her eyes wss clofed, and (he complain of great pain..
Milling operated on, the (welling inflammation were
dal& and the face came to Its natural colour, and which was
lbaleasa as to be voluntarily remarked by one of the family
eln a few minutes more me cheerfully acknowledged
was quite well.
GOUT,-* A Man, aged 37, had for (enrol years been fob-
jed to the Gent. I found him in bed, and very much diftrellibi
with the Weak in one of his feet. After I had operated 'moo
it with the Tradon, be raid his pain was entirely gone ; wheof
at the fame time, I obkned the inflammation and (welling faho
fide. He has bad no return of his complaint theft Svc narmtha.
BURNO-* A Lady burned her band. I haaa:si at
doe book immediately after the accident, and *Mena
ton. In about ten minutes the inflammation do
mikado° was prevented, end the laid the pain was gene.
crank Tradors to be molt ufeful harm
This morning about eight o'clock, a Domeßic " and wi beieve ts M
no family Should be without, 'Specially as
of Lord Mauro, at Vienna, arrived at Lord they are In no danger' f doing any harm by the rriniaty.`
Os the ift of April was put:dialed, by the Patentee,ao main I
HAWIIIIIIIOItIr'S Office. He is the bearer of Dis. new Wart, entitled « Cafes of fuccefsfol Pradice with Paso
patches from Lord ELGIN, and of an overland. nines Patent weak Tradtors, recei
les." vep d fillet e
la. januorf,lloo4
Difpatch from India. Lord Ezones difpatehts the date et the farmer publication, ric
kid by J. 'elation, St. Paul's Church-yard, Lonesa..ly
which relate to Egypt, do not come down spry/
.so the Patentee it nosy be had gratis, by all who ham
later than the Gazette accounts which have already reCmcwathe Togit‘cout,Un. ad ea
Togrgook
bCca publiffied. Sprains, Smiles, sod mologans Wades of Hales which are
imaiseerabie.
The arrival of the Hamburgh Mail yefterday The Trodtors, fit nevermy In every Family, and among
none of Hark, be bad. penulc. with new and improved dine-
was followed by a number of reports,
Psa-
which, we believe, are entitled to much credit. ;:"*.s.,:m. dm4plusteef", FiniveLeiGratcr.ulneurgthuaree Seiy;
anlalLDFreactie•
Among other things it was Paid that the ezpedi. Senstekit, Own&
it Drrnat,t!nn LaLentiaralrcket, Lemke ;
Lion to Rofetta bad fucceeded, which place had Coach, or even by Pot!, perfedtty convenient. Letters
heel-
fallen into our hands. A rumour of another corn ing theiresont (paw pee
eNeks l? duly ad
proper s:
toed to.ify.
that
he..r.
The
plexion was, that the French had aftitally thrown removed from No t 11, to No. at, Leicefter-fquare, Landes; the
Houle orate late John Hunter, Surgeon, which he has taken
Co reinforcements into Alexandria.—We could
from its (opener Conveniences tar cocci% Pal,ients, as well as
not find, however, that either the Ealt India Com e „mom, yam,.

• MAILS THIS DAY.—Wind N. N. W.
AORWILD

put

o Hamburgh,
a Dublin, May id,
o Waterford,
a Doonagbadec,May ad,

A Mail for the Leeward Elands will be made up this Even-
ing at the General Pott Office, to be conveyed to the Weft
Indio illthe PRINCISS CHAILOTTE packet, Capt. Kea, now
lying at Falmouth ready for Sea.