Star.
London, England, 1801-06-30 00:00:00

GERMAN r.

HAMEURGH, JUNE 20.
If very refpeetable letters from Drefden and
Brunfwick can be relied on, the Kis° of Patissia
has alreadyfuggelled by his Minillers that to de-
fend the North of Germany in cafe of a rupture
with the French Republic, contingents or auxiliary
forces thould be kept in readinefs by the Allied
States in the following ratio :
Sauey
Hanover
Heffe Caffel

- - lISPOO MCD.
- SS P/J0 ••••••
ISPOO •
Bruntaick - zspoo
The Affembly of the Circle of Franconia has re-
ceived from Berlin a very remarkable note ; it en-
joins the civil and military authorities, dependent
upon the KING of Pao ssi s, not to permit the paf-
fage of any troops without his exprefs permiMon.
The Diet of the Empire is not idle in its fecret
deliberations upon changing the Germanic Confti-
tution in fuch a manner as to give it a quite
difr
ferent but more folid and lading form. Moft of
the States confider the fecularizations as abfolutdy
=airy, and are for granting confiderable in-
demnities to the Eledor of Bavaria. But in future
the furnifhing of the Roman months is to be totally
fuppreffed, and the Houfes of Auftria, Pruffia,
Saxony, Bavaria, and Hanover, are.alone to fur-
s pith the necegary contingents for forming an army
of the Empire.
By letters from Petertburgh, we have received
confident afurances that the negotiations between
Lord St. Hetaa's and the Ruffian Miniftry, are
attended with the belt fsccefs. The French Ara,
Safrador Dosoc, who arrived there before his
Lord fhip, was not admitted to the conferences with
`the Miniftry till five days afterwards. He brought
with him Tome very valuable jewels, which he pre-
tented to the Emperor and Emprefs, in I3osa-
TARTS% name; but this will not, by any means,
make any alteration in the firm refolution of the
new Sovereign to procure redrefs to thofe Princes
who have been Dripped and otherwife aggrieved
by the treaty of Luneville, efpecially tote Kings
of Sardinia and Naples. the Grand Duke of Tst 1
eany, and the Eleaor of Bavaria. Otisen Doloer
whom the Emperor was not very anxious to fee.
nfed all the affidoity and finefe of a Frenchman
to throw himfelf in the Monarch's way, either on
the parade, or in thofe walks pf the Imperial rum-
mer gardens, where he knew his Majefty was in
the habit of wklking with the Emprefs, attended
pnly by a fingle fervant. Dvaoc has, at the fame
time, found means to infinuate himfelf into the
Food graces of the Grand Duke Coarrairrial,
who has of late frequently invited him to dinner.
There are very favourable accounts from the
Pi-kith army in Egypt from Corftantinople, down
to the 246 ult. An engagement had, it is laid,
• taken place on the 9th of May, between the com-
bined Angio-titrkith forces, and the French force.
lotreached, to•the number of ebree thoufand men,
pear Rabmanie. The combhted army attacked
the French, who were forced back into the town,
which was to be takep by aff...alt on the next day;
but favoured by the darknefs of the night, the gar-
rifon got out and efeaped to Cairo' and eon men
who remained, hoifted the wkite flag at day-break,
and furrendered at difcretion to the Britifis. The
Captain Pacha is raid to have performed prodigies
pf valour in that Cllgaoenteat, and fhot a French
General Officer with his ows band. The number
of the killed and wounded on both fides has not
yet beset afcertained, but it is fuppofed to be rather
confiderable, the French having made a very ob-
ftinate refillasee. The Eaglifh force, with the
Captain Pacha, after leaving a fuffteient garrifon at
-Rharnanie, marched immediately againft Cairo,
and the Grand Vizier has alto penetrated as far as
flank.* with his army on die fame deftination.
Te fecund the combined operations, Admiral
Lord Karroo was to fail up the Nile with NI gun-
boats. His Lordfbip had font a divifion of his
*et to the Adriatic to (coin it of the pirates, and
to watch the French movements from the fide of
A multitude of letters from Smyrna and other
parts of Turkey confirm the delperate fitnaticm of
the French in Egypt,•and a battle at Cairo wa,
impeded to deddc the fate of. that country.—
Ws no sells ip this latter city, and endeavoured to
orgpsise
.chip inhabitants to rife in a mars, but
they were generally difareded to the French party,
k caulk number iiLonta and Grcelia.

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WRLIAMENT,Rr PROCEEDINGS.

HOUSE OF LORDS.
Among the Bills which received the Royal Al-
fent Taft week were—Molfcroft, North Froding-
ham, Hornfea, Stanton,' and the Little Weeton,
and Riplingham Inclofure Bills. '
MONDAY, JUNE
Lord ROMNIT and Lord Gary Dt WILTON were introtlue-
ed, and took their feats, on their late promotions as Earls.
An Enclafure Bill being in a Committee of the whole Houk,
the Duke of Bei:frosts in the Ountnittee,made & variety of oh-
fervatioos on the Refolutions to winch the Houfe had come re-
Wive to Enclof re Bills, and pointed out in what manner a
chute in the Bill appeared to him to bear upon one dans& Re-
folu.ions. He laid he would content himfelf with having called
the &vendors of their Lordlitips to the fael, butte d make oo
motion upon it, though perhaps he might tw, when
the Committee above Mrs, 4/ whom the fubjed of divorce had
been referred, would put their Report on the table.
Counfel was again beard in the Appeal—the
Earl of Strathmore v. A. R. Bowes, Erg. Al-
mod all the Judges affifted on this occafion, and
upon the queftion being put to them—" Whether
the Codicil to a Will, 'which Codicil related to a
certain eftate, was a republication of a former will
made previoufly to the pnrchafe of that eftate"—
they all gave their opinion in the negative.
Lord Teuatow (poke for Come time in favour
of the Appellant's claim.
Lord ROSELYN fupported the judgment which
had been made in the Court of Clq.ncery in &Aar
of the Refpondent, as well as the opinion given by
the Judges of the Court of King's Bench. He
was foliowedby.the Loan CHANCELLOR, who alto
(poke on the fame. fide of the queftion. After
which, Lord THOILOW withdrew his oppofition,
which, after the refpe&able authorities who bad
differed with him in opinion, he would no longer
perfift in.
Their Lorain: then affirmed the judgment of
the Court of Chancery.
or THE CLERGY.
On the queftion for the third reading of the
Clergy Refidence Bill.
The Duke of Noarocc rote, and made Tome
obfervations on the general fubjed. His Grace did
not Seem hoftile to the meafure as far as it went,
but ftrongly erpreffed his opinion, that the ell&
ing Laws relative to the Refidenee of the Clergy
were highly defeftive, and called much for rev,.
fion. He had hoped that ere now Tome regular
and comprehenfive plan would have been brought
forward on the fubjed, and which he thought par-
ticularly Should Originate with thofe Members of
their Lordfhipa Houfe, who filled the Reverend
Bench. He meant n thing difrefpedful to the Re-
verend Prelates : he hoped they would take what
he obferved in good part, but he conceived it was
their duty to fuperintend the regulation of fuch
matters. The Noble Duke then expatiated upon
the great importance of the Clerical Fundion in a
political as well as a religious view, and particu-
larly with reined to the confideration of Refidenee.
Hit obfervations, be was lorry to fay, applied too
much to this Country; but with regard to Ireland
they applied in a far greater degree where, it was in
a great meafure owing to the remiffnefs and inatten-
tion of numbers of the Clergy, to the Superior Or.
ders • and particularly with reined to refidence. that
theu'nfortunate troubles which agitated that part Ofj
the United Kingdom had arifen : had that part of
the community afted in a manner more confident
with their facred fundims, Ireland would now be
in a very different fituation from its prefent, and
even it might have been a Proteftant Country.—
He threw out thefe hints in the hope that when a
regular opportunity &out& offer, fume Reps would
be taken to remedy the evils in queftion.
The Anchbilhnp of Casa It laid, he Should not
have troubled their Lordthips, were it not for the
afertion juft made by the Noble Duke, who ap-
peared to fpeak with as much confidence as if he
had lived in Ireland all his life. He would, how-
ever, do the Noble Duke the juftice to believe that
he fpoke from mifinformation ; and with that im-
preffion, he would declare, that the charge againft
the Billions of Ireland was the mod unfounded that
ever had been made. There was not a Clergymen
in Ireland of whole refidence and general conduit
a return was not made once a year nor a Bifhop
is
Ireland who did not regularly vifit his diocefe once
a year and the Archbifhop vifited the province.
once in three years. He had himfelf vifited the
province over which he ptefided five times, and he
never had any reafon to charge the fuperior Clergy
with want of attention to their duty. He could
allure the Houfe mod folannly that, in his opinion,
there were not to be found in his Majefly's domi-
nions, nor in any other part of the world, a let of
men more attentive to their duty, more orderly,
or correct in their cooduet, than the Clergy of the
diocefe of Caffiel. Aker; having thus anfwered the
unjuft charge that had been made wind the Irifb
Bilhops, he would next fay a word or two on the
prefent Bill. It was a meafure which met with
his approbation, becaufe its objeft was to relieve a
large body of men from perfecution ; for he would
call the proceedings againft thole perfons who were
defendants in penal aftions by no other name. The
object of this peife'cution was not to reform the
Church, but the members of the Church were per-
fecnted becaufe t were Clergymen. He was
lorry that the'Honfe was allowed fol Short a time
to difcufs a meafure of this importance, becaufe, if
the bufinefs had been taken up fooner in the Houfe
of Common., a more effeftual remedy might have
been devifed : but fuch as it was, he confidered it
better than no remedy at all.
' The Billion of ROCHISTER Wined that the Com-
mons had fent this Bill fooner to that Houfe, in or-
der that more time might have been afforded for
the difcuflion : but he hoped that before the asth
of next March, when the Bill would expire, Tome
more effedual plan might be adopted, not only to
relieve thofe who Coffered harelips from vexatious
pinfecutions, but alfo to compel thole *ho abfent-
ed themfelves from their parither to do their duty.
A plan of this kind could not be adopted by the
Billsope, as the Noble Duke had oveoroznended ; if
a meafure which was to he. followed by peonsiary
penalties was to originate in that Houle, ft would
be loft in the other Houle of Parliament.
The Lc:4w Ca c tom* wept over rewind of the
obfervations which be had made an friday hit.
wilted as much as an man to compel the rc-
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fiance of the Clergy t bvt k was abfolutely neeef-
fary to peavent the hardthips atifmg from the Sta-
tute of Henry VIII. which in fome cafes had led
to great oppreffion, and in others was totally in-
fufficient to cornea the evil it was intended to re-
medy. For inftance, an unmarried Clergyman
might have a living of the value of c tool. a year ;
the penalty for not raiding in his parifh would
amount to t 201. a year: if, therefore, he was fa-
tisfied to live upon I °Sol. he had nothing to do but
give up fo much of his income, live where he chofe,
and negled the duties of his parifli. Bnt, on the
other hand, fuppofe a Clergyman with a large fa
mily, having a living of tool. a year, and for want
of proper accommodation unable to refide within
his parifh, the duties of which, however, he molt
diligently attended, he was equally liable to be
protecuted for non-refidence, add he muff lofe the
whole of his well-earned income. Was fuch a law
therefore equal ?--No--it was abfurd and unjuft,
and loudly called for amendment. Among feveral
cafes which occurred in the Court where he had
'prefided, the Learned Lord Paid he would mention
two, an aftion was brought againft a Clergyman
for non-refidence who was punted to have been un-
remittingly attentive to his duty. His parifh was
in London : the parfonage houfe had been let by
the former incumbent, and he could not by law
eject the tenant, and if he did, the houfe was not
fit for him to live in. He could not get a conve-
nient refidence in the parifh, and ,therefore lived
as near it as potlible ; he had a houfe in Ely-place,
Holborn. Yet after all thefe and many more fads
had been Rated on the trial, he as Judge was
obliged to declare, that by law, the defendant
wasliable to the penalty. But another cafe occur-
red shortly after, of a very different nature. The
Incumbent of a living in London was profecuted
for non-refidcnce, and was _proved not to have
vifited his parith for feveral years, during the whole
of which time be lived in Somerfetfhirc, wherein
amufed himfelf by following the trade of a fox-hun.
ter. His Lordthip alfo mentionod the cafe of
another Clergyman' who found the glebe honfe
much too large for him, as he had either no fa..l
mily, or a very (mall one. There happened to
live in the parifh an Attorney with a very large
family: the Attorney propofed that the Clergy-
man thould refide in his houfe, and he would re-
ticle in the Clergyman's. At the end of the year
the latter called for his rent--A 4 No, (fays the At-
torney) I'll pay no rent to you ; and if you infift
upon it, I'll bring an anion of Ryi Tam againft
you for the penalty of non-refidence," A
Reverend Prelate had laid, that all thole penal
a& ions were brought for the purpofe of perfecuting
the Clergy ; he mutt, in oppofition to that opinion,
declare that no fuch motive could be jottly imput-
ed to any of the perfons bringing fuch attions ; and
he could affure the Houfe that many of them had
been brought from the pureß and molt confcien-
tious motives,and with a view to corre& the abaci
that prevailed in the Eftablifhed Church. And if
Tome of thefe aftions bad been brought even for
the foie purpofe of recovering a penalty, he did not
think it proper that the Houle, or any Member of
' it, fhould brand the profecutors with the name of
informers, after Parliament had encouraged them.,
to do what they had done. The Bill before the
Route was a temporary expedient which was ab-
folutely neceffary until Come better one could be
adopted.
The Duke of Noarote rote to explain what he
had Paid with regard to the Irith Bifhops.• When
he was in Ireland, he had heard complaints which
juttified him in what fell from him. In many pa-
rifhes of Ireland there was not a church to be met
with ; no (cry ice was ever performed; and the
people knew nothing of the Minifter except what
they heard from the Proftor, who came every year
to collet the tythes. With refpeft to what had
fallen from the Rev. Prelate oppofite to him, about
the claim of the other Houle to originate money
Bills, it was in fa& the cafe ; but had the Rev.
Prelate never heard of fuch a thing as a Bill
framed by the Rev. Bench, or under their aufpices,
being introduced into the other Houk, paled, and
fent up to their Uri:fillips' Houle ? To his for-
mer admonition to the Rev. Bench, which he had
been glad to fee was taken in good part, he would,
add, by hinting to the Rev. Prelate, that the other
Houfe bad already fent up a Bill difabling Clergy-
men from- fitting in their Houfe, and perhaps it
fome effe&ual nieafure was not taken by the Rev.
Bench in regard to the concerns of the Church, a
Bill might find its way into that Houfe, extending
the difibility of the clergy having feats among
their Lordfhips.
The Marquis of Buczniona se approved of the
prefent Bill, although he could have wifhed for a
I better one. When he had the honour of prefisfing
over the Government of Ireland, be frequently
turned his attention to the Rate of the Church he,
that country, and he could fay, that no men could
perform their duty with more care and attention
than the Bithops of Ireland.
The Duke of CLaainoca expreffed his approba-
tion of this Bill, and perfealy coincided in the opi-
nions of the Noble and Learned Lord on the Wool-
fack.—The Bill was then pallid.
The Earl of Lamont Paid, the Hull River
Navigation Bill was of great importance, not only
to chore locally interefted, but to the public in
general ; he hoped therefore their Lordships would
agree to fufpend the (tending order, No. a 6, which
Rated that no bill thould pars two Rages in one
day if that were not agreed to be fufpended, the
Bill could not pats this fetfion. His Lordfhip ac-
cordingly moved the fufpenfion of the order.
The Earl of RADMOR concurred.

The Lost' CHANCELLOR Paid a few.words to re-
mind their Lordthips that if the Order were fut
pended, he was not to be blamed for putting the
quiftion for commitment after the Bill had been
read a fecond time.
The Earl of RADNOR thanked the noble and
learned Lord for his delicacy and attention to the
Standing Orders of the Houfe.
The Standing Order was, on Motion, agreed to
be fufpcnded.
The Bill was then read a fecond time, went
thraugh the Committee, and was reported.
calms!, DIVOIICS
The Houk having prococdecl to the further con.

fideration of this Bill, the waiting-maid belonging
to Mrs. Crewe, who gave evidence on Fridayhi,
was called in and examined by his Royal High-
nefs the Duke of Clarence. - Sbe natal that Mrs.
Crewe had frequently been ill, .or affeeted to be
ill, and that was the esnde of heenot fleeping with
her hutband that Mr. Crewe ufed to come into
her chamber of a. morning, and pay her the ut-
moll attention ; that he did to during the time when
he was (Fated to bare been out of an evening: that
when Mrs. Crewe wanted to go to Bath, he pofi-
tively objeCted to her going, and did nut content
until the made it appear to him that the ftate of
her health required fuch a joqrnoy that Mr. Crewe
pai.ei the utrnoft attention to the education of his
daughter) and that on thole Sundays when the
and his wife happened not to go to church, he
would read prayers for them at home.
When the Witnetk withdrew, the further pro.
eeedings on the Bill were potiponed ttll to.morrow.
Adjourned.