Star.
London, England, 1801-05-12 00:00:00

RUSSIA.

ST. PRTERSBURGH, APRIL :6.

The Court Gazette contains the following :-
4, ALEXADDII I. by the Grace of GOD, Emperor
and Selfruler of all the Ruflias, &c. &c. Our care
being extended alike to all ranks of our fubjeds,
we have made it a law to ourfelves not only to
convince the loyal inhabitants of the country of
our inceffant attention to their advantage, but alio
to lead back to its bofom its apoflate children ;
and, by an example of kindnefs, to revive in them
the love of their country—extinguithed either by
error or vice. We have thought proper to grant
our Imperial pardon to all who have fled from
Ruffia, previous to the publication of this Ukafe, ,
and are concealed in Moldavia and other pla-
ces on the frontiers : and to inform them, that, in
configning to oblivion all the crimes that prompted
them to efcape, murder excepted, it is our will that
they return to their country, with their families
and property, under the protedion of our fceptre,
inviolably to enjoy perfbnal fafety, together with
all the property belonging to rhem, to fettle in the
midfi of our people, that they may ferve as an ex-
ample of good and faithful lubjeds. For the pe.
riod of their return, we fix the ift of March 18oz;
and to thole living at a great diftance, we allow
the fpace of two years, ordering that, in re-admit-
ting them, the manifeflo iffued on the sth of May,
5779, by her Majefly the Emprefs CATHAItiND 11.
our worthy grandmother, of glorious and eternal
memory, may ferve as a tile, on the balls of which
the neceffary meafures will be founded.

-(Signed) ,6 ALEXANDER."
Done at St. Petcriburgh, the uth of March, zBoz.

PARLIAMENTARY PROGEEDINGS.

HOUSE OF LORDS, MONDAY, MAY ii.

Mr.butoce, acc. brought up from the Commons the Mili-
tia Pay and Cloathing Bill, and the bank Note Forgery 818,
and alto two others, one of which was a private Bill.
On the Motion of Lord WAL,INGHAM, the Orders width
Rood for to-morrow, refpecilng Mrs. Addifon's and Cuiplldrli
Divorce Bills, were poilponed from that to the following day.
The Bills recently brought up from the Commons were than 1
feveraily read a Brit time.
Mr. ADAM, leading Counfel for the Appellant,
the Hon. Mrs. Hamilton Fullarton, and. Colonel
William Fullarton, her hulband, v. Sir Hew Dal-
rymple, of North Berwick, Bart. was finally heard
in reply. After the Counfel, ace. had withdrawn
from the Bar,
The LORD CHANCELLOR quitted the Woolfick,
and adverted generally to the great importance of
the caufe which their Lordfhips had finally heard
argued.—(involving property, we underfland, to
the amount of nearly 60001. per annum.)—He no-
ticed the length of time in which it was in litiga-
tion, little lefs than ten years, and the circum-
fiance of its having been before the Houfe tome
time fince, when certain Noble and Learned Lords,
not now prefent, had given particular confidera-
tion to the forms of proceedings which were then
previoufly had upon it, and to the merits of the
cafe ; in confequence, the Houfe thought proper
to make an order for remitting the cafe, as it then
flood, for the reconfideration of the Court of Sef-
fions. Since that period, his Lordfhip obferved,
the Judges of that Court had, it appeared, molt
diligently confidered the cafe,—and fince it had
come a fecund time before their Lordfhips, in the
way of Appeal, it was unnecetrary to fay it had
been argued at their Bar in a way that manifefled
the powers of the Counfel, and their uncommon
diligence as well as firiking abilities. The cafe it-
fell, it was alfo unneceflary to obferve to their
Lordfhipi, was one of very conliderable import.
ance. With refpeft to himfelf, he fhould of courfe
fubmit that line of decilion which he thould think
it
would be moll becoming in their Lordfhips to
adopt, confident, that it mull be the anxious with
of all to do juflice between the parties, and in or.
to give their Lordfhips an opportunity to take
's full review of the cafe, and to make up their
'winds upon the fubjed, he deemed it proper to
move, that the further confideration of the cafe
be adjourned till to-morrow fe'nnight ; which, on
the nueltion being put, was ordered accordingly.
T& Bills before the Houfe were forwarded in
their refpeeive Rages.
The Order being read for their Lordfhips again
going into a Committee on the Infolvent Debtors'
Bill, Lord Waa.stetonam accordingly took the
Chair.

A few verbal alterations were, on the Motion of
the Lord Chancellor, adopted by the Committee,
when the remaining provifions of the Bill were
agreed to by their Lordlhips.
The Loan CHavcsiLoa rote and announced his'
intention to take a regular opportunity, on tome
future Rage of the Bill, to propofe the intreduetion
of a Clam, the effect of which lhould be, to ex-
clude from the benefits of the ACt, three defcrip-
tions of perfons confined for pecuniary confider-
ations--namehri Fir*, perfuns confined for dama-
ges given in *Crams inftituted for Adultery; for
damages given upon aitions for Seduction; and
thirdly, for thofe upon actions for malicious Pro-
fecutions. Thefe regulations he conceived, would
be in aria conformity with the principle of the
BM, and had no doubt of the Noble Earl who had
propofed the meafure, agreeing with him that the
objeCt was to relieve the unfortunate but not the
criminal debtor.

The Earl of MOIRA rofe limply to exprefs, he
aid. his cordial concurrence in the objects Rated
by his Noble and Learned Friend.
Thi Houfe then Termed, and ordered the Re-
pot t to be received to-morrow.