Star.
London, England, 1801-05-14 00:00:00

HOUSE OF COMMONS.

Coked Er IVID prefented a Bill, founded en the petition of
Mr. Coop, to prevent the invention, of making Paper from
ftnw, he. from being tranfmitted to foreign countries, by do-
ing away the neceffity of regiftering that invention in the Pa-
tent Mice.
Sir Wi LLIAN You no prefented a Bill to afcertain tlik amount
et the Affctiment of the feveral Parietal throughout Great Bri-
tain under the Poor Law's.
There Bills were read p Brit time, and ordered to be read a
fecond time oe Tuefday next.
The Militia Adjutants' and Selman? Allowance,
Bei Was
read a third time aad•paffed.
The &coed reading of the Country Bank Note Forgery Bill
was deferred till to-morrow.

Mr. DICKINSON ga•e notice, that he &mid tomorrow move
for the appointment of a Committee to confider the Standing
Ord as relative to inclofure bilis.

Lord HAWZIIISURY prefented, purfuant to the Order of the
Houle, Copies of the Proclamations iffued by his Idajcfty tome
time back relative to the Chubb's Mande. Tiede papers were,
on the :notion of My. Ladhlngess, after fawn marks from
Mr. jones, referred to the Coornistos oopsiwool to maks the
Peticlee of the Plasters of the laud Elk Vistait.
Mr. Re *oda repotted from dill 01111111111•161111 the Irubjea of
allowing Portugal Wines to be holed nod weenhaufsd without
payment of Duties. The Re MO= of do Coossittee was
read and agreed to, and a Bill adored accialibily.

114111111111.
The Houk having rcfolved itfelf into a Com-
mittee on the Aas of stft and 34th of his pre-
fent Majeay, relative to Seamen,
Mr. SulDoll called the attention of the Commit-
tee to thcfe Ail& which he conceived to melte

very material emendations. He prorated Meat,
unwilling to impofe any hardfhips on a clafs of
men that deferved fo well of the country as the
Seamen, but was of opinion, that the motion he
had to propofe would, by making the agreements
between Mailers and Seamen more hid and re
pdar, tend to the common benefit of both parties,
and cOnfiderably to the intereft and convenience of
the malting trade of the country, which was fre
quently much impeded by the conduct of Seamen
negleding to fign the agreement prefcribed by the
Ad of the 3ift of the King, who, when engaged,
took occafion, on the chip's being about to fail, to
refute, on the fpur of the moment, to do their duty,
and demanding higher wages than they originally
engaged for. The Matter was, under the exilling
law, liable to a penalty if he put to fea without
having this agreement (ivied ; the Seamen were
liable to none. To put both on fomething like an
equal footing was his with. He allured the Houfe,
that this defed in the laws was much complained
of in the Northern parts of this country. It was
alto his detign to enlarge the power of Magiftrates
on this fubjed, as, if at prefent a Mailer fhould
take any Seamen he had employed before a Magif-
trate, for refuting to put to fea, the feamen might,
by denying that refufal, and expreffing his readi-
nets to obey his commander, evade the penalty,
and defeat the end of the law. It was therefore a
part of the propofition he meant to offer, fo to ex-
tend the power of the Magiftrate, that he Mould
apply to the original ref-nal of the Sailor to ad,
and thus provide againft the fhufiling pradifed fo
much to the delay of Ship-mafters,and to the injury
of commercial intercourfe. He concluded with
moving 3 Refolution according with the fubftance
of his fpeech.
Mr. WM. Dv tins s difapproved of the manner in
which this propofition was offered to the Houk.
It concerned very materially the intereft of a body
of men peculiarly entitled to the refpeet and regard
of this country. The better way would have been,
in his opinion, to appoint a Committee to inquire
into the circumitances of the cafe mentioned,by the
Hon. Member, and to examine how far the new
management called for was neceffary. He thought
it a meafure of too much importance to be adopted
by the Houfe on the mere ftatement of any Mem-
ber, however refpeetable.
Mr. BURDON thought the mode he purfued heft
calculated to anfwer the purpofe in view. Should
the Refolution before the Committee be agreed to,.
a Bill would of courfe be brought in, and printed;
and as it was not his intention to carry it complete.
ly through this Seffion it might be circulated
through the country, and fully examined before
the next Seffion by all that were interefted.
Mr. Ww. DUNDAS explained.
General GAScoIGNE knew the meafure propofed
to be highly neceffary, and thought the condo& of
the Hon. Gentleman with whom it originated, was
entitled to the approbation of the Houfe and the
country.
Mr. N. Primly approved the principle of the
meafure, but confidered it as likely to bear more
feverely on the Seamen than on the Matters to
that inequality he fhould object.
Sir WM. E,JORD fuggefted, as the more eligible
way, in order to give time for confideration, to
move the Chairman to report progrefs, and ails
leave to fit again.
Mr. M. A. TAYLOa fupported the propofition
before the Committee as effentially reqnifite to put
the coafting trade on the fame footing with the fo-
reign trade. This regulation, if adopted, he was
affiired, would operate much to reduce the price
of Coils, by facilitating the intercourfe between
the different parts of the country.
The Sr EAR se was not of opinion that any ftate-
ment of fad was neceffary in this cafe. The de-
feets in the Ads under the confideration of the
Committee, were obvious to the reafon of every
man. To remove them was the object of his Hen.
Friend ; he fhould therefore fupport his propofition.
He, however, recommended him to adopt the idea
of the Hon. Baronet, to move the Chairman to re-
port progrefs, and afk leave to fit again.
After Come further obfervations from Mr. Dent,
Mr. W. Dundas, Mr. Jones, and Mr. M. A. Tay-
lor, the motion for the Chairman to report progrefs,
and atk leave to fit again, was put and agreed to.
The Houfe having returned, the Report of the P
Chairman was received, and the Committee ap-
pointed to fit again on Tuefday next.
The CnaNcseeoaof the Excii any Knave notice
that he fhould to-morrow move for the appointment
of a Seled Committee to examine the laws relating
to the Duties on Salt, and to report their opinion
thereon. He alto Rated that he fhould, on Mon-
day next, in the Committee of Ways and Means,
move for certain Taxes in lieu of thole on Printed
Linen, and on Pepper exported.

WAYS AND 111.1111$ OF IRELAND.
Mr. CORRY moved the order of the day for the
Houfe to refolve itfelf into a Committee of Ways
and Means.

Mr. O'Haaa role, not fo mnch on his own ac-
count as on that of the Members for Great Britain,
to re4uca the Right Hon. Gentleman to explain
the nature of the motions he meant to fubmit to
the Committee ; and be trufted thofe Gentlemen
would, when fully informed, be difpofed to paufe,
before they confented to make that fupply, which
had been annually voted to the Crown_ by the high
Parliament, a perpetual grant. The on. Mem-
ber was proceeding, when
The &RA to role to order, fuggefling that the
explanation demanded by the Hon. Membcrwould
more properly arife in the Committee.
The IT oufe refolved itfelf into a Committee.

Mr. Coaav (aid,the obje& of the motions he
had to (übmit to the Committee was to cover the
Supply already voted ; and to provide for the in-
tacit of the Loan which had been obtained for
Ireland. He hoped, after they fhould be fully
underfkood, they would prove completely fAtisfac-
tory. The Refolutions he had to offer were few.
The amount of the Taxes he meant to move for
was (mall ; and it was not by any means intended
to apply for perpetual grants. • The principal ad-
ditioa,he propofed to the calling Taxes was on the
articles' Stamps, and this duty was to be con-
fined to.** fame period at which the Stamp-Tax
yin Irelaajwas fund. smash; lb° anth bf Zuch.

. iSot. He flattered hirnftlf this exilanation would
he fufficient. He therefore moved,
" That towards railing the Supplies granted to his Majefty,
there be laid oa every Bond, Deed, or other obligatory Con:
tract, where the principal Sum mill be L J, d.
Under tool. an additional Tax of - 0 1 6
Above tool and under 2001. - . 0 2
- 2001. 5001. - - -0 3 0
soot. wool. - ro 0
100 CI. 15001. • - -015 o
- 15001. •••-•• 210001. • - r 0 0
- 10001. •••••. 50001. - 2 0 0
This Refolutiv was agreed to.
Alfo on every Inland or Foreign Bill of Exchange, or other
Note, exceeding to! and under sol. an additional Duty of os. 3d.
Exceeding sob and under tool - - - is. oil.
" To be paid In Icilh Currency.—. Agreed to,
Alfo a Tax on all Goods, Ships, and Mercbandize 'refuted
in Ireland, where the principal Sum Mall not exceed tool.—:.„
6d. and fo progreffively on every mob in addition. And :so
on any fraetional part of toot the Sum of 35.6 d."
Sir Joni* PARNELL objefted to this motion, as
in no wife calculated to render the Revenue pro-
duftive, while it would tend to damp the fpirit of
fpeculation among commercial men in Ireland, by
precluding them from the advantages of that fyi:.
tem of under-writing which was fo necefrary to
commerce, and the growth of which it would be
unfair to prevent among them. If the prattice of
infurance could induce the emigration of Englifh
capital to Ireland, which be by no means expec-
ted, it would be Rill more unfair to prevent it on
that account. It was, however, abfurd to tax the
praftice before it prevailed, with a view'to Revc.
nue ; and to tax it at all, with a view to the corr.
'tierce of Ireland, would be illiberal and impolitic.
Mr. Coxxy raid no man could be more uawi'.
ling than he to propofe any thing in that Houfe
which could in the fligh. teft degree prevent Britifh
capital from finding its way to Ireland ; but it
muff be obvious to every man, that the capital em-
ployed in infurances was not likely to emigrate to
Ireland, or to remove from this city, the centre
of our infurance and our foreign exchange. With
regard to Revenue, however (mall the produce of
the tax might be, it was not definable that any
part of the fmall capital of Ireland, which was ne-
ver fufficient for the legitimate pnrfuits of com-
merce and manufafture, fhould be applied to the
purpofes of gambling. But the principal objeft
of the tax, which could be confidered no hurthen
to Irifh commerce, was to proteft the Englifh Re-
venue from fraud ; and it would be ungracious to
complain of it when the liberal conduti of Great-
Britain towards Ireland was confidered—when it
was tecollated that in this Seffion, the firft in
which the Reprefentation of England bad legifla-
ted for Ireland, two molt important advantages
had been obtained for the Irifh trade, namely, the
liberty of bonding wine and fugar imported for
payment of duty, thereby putting them on the
fame footing with the Englifh, Merchant, Whx
then objeft to the payment of a tax on Inftuances
in Ireland which they pay in Great-Britain ? The
tax would'be mutually inftrumental to the collec-
tion of the Englifh Revenue, for a party of Englifh
Underwriters might, to evade the tax in this coun-
try, fend an Agent to Ireland, who could fign the
policies there, and have the lofres paid here; thus
defrauding !te &kills Revenue without at all be-
nefiting the frith commerce. In fad, a confider-
able deal of the foreign infurance might be carried
on in that way ; at leaft fuch as the Britifh Un-
derwriter would have time to tranfmit to his Irifh
Agent. Under all the circumftances, he declared
he law or heard nothing to induce him to abandon
the propofition before the Committee, Much as he
refpetled the opinions of the Hon. Baronet an every
fubjeft.
it JOHN PARNELL oppofed the arguments of
• the Right Hon. Gentleman, that it would not be
definable to encourage that fyftern of infurance, or
gambling, as he termed it, in Ireland, which was
I conceived to be efrential in Great- Britain. What,
he allied, would become of the tiade of England,
if the Merchants were forced to infure in another
country or what would be thought Of the wif-
-1 dom of the Right Hon. Gentleman, (the Chance,-
lon of the Exchequer) if he fhould propofe a tax
on Englifh Underwriters., merely to preferve the
Revenue of Ireland, injuribufly to the commerce
of England ? If the Houfe was kat to Ireland, in
the cafes cited by the Right Hon; Gentleman, ne-
fpefting wine and fugar, that wend 'no reafon that
• injullice fhould be done to that country on the fub-
jeft of infurance. _ _

Mr. Ross defended the refolution propofed ; ar-
guing that it would be unfair to levy a tax in one
part of the United Kingdom which was not in
another. The queftion before the Committee he
conceived to be, whether it would be righrto grant
a premium to-the Irak Underwriters to the prep-
'
dice of England ?
Sir J. Patinae'. faid, the quellion rather was,
whether it would be•fair or politic to impofe as
high taxes on the poor country as on the rich? Be-
fides it was to be obierved. that the idea mentioned
by the Hon. Gentleman, as to the propriety of
equalizing the taxes of the. whole Empire, was
diametrically oppofite to the.fkualamental
lions of the Union.—The Motitin was then *geed •
to, and the Report of the Cosonsittsa.was ordefea
to be received to-morrow. +.•• • •
CLIILGT IICI.OIIIOIII ALL.
The CHANCALLOR of thORICHICWAR =WO the
Order of the Day for the Houfe going into, a-Chin-
mittee on the Bill for removing refpaling
Perfons in Holy Orders fitting in that Houfe.
Mr. VANSITTAILT faid, he had a Petition to pre-
fent againft the Bill by Mr. Rufhworth, fo 611. as it•
affected his individual rights.
The CHANCILLOIL of the EXCHIQytt raid, he
was not difpofed to oppofe the bringing up of this
Petition, although he believed that a fimilir one
was not to be found on the Journals of the Houle.
The P:titioner flared his right of fitting in Parlia-
ment was eflabliftled by the decilion ofa Commit-
tee, but he could only affert his right to fit in that
Parliament in which the Committee eflablifited his
right. He apprehended Mr. Rutliworth's intereft
was not fuch as to give him any clains'opon this
Parliament to receive his Petitioo; at the fame
time, as he waited there might be a facility in the
Houle of receiviag Petitions, and as this Petition
was couched in rdpeEtful language, he would not
object to its being brought up.
lir. Hoene Toots thought that Mr. Rantworth

was ju (lige,' in prefenting, and the .Houfe in reedy. I
ing his Petition. The prefent proceeding was im-
portant and unexampled, for it ought to be confi-
dered that it affeaecr the rights of a numerous,
body of men, diftingui(hed from other holies, who
enjoyed their incomes only for their lives, whilft
they paid ten per cent incom: tax, the fame as
thofe who polreffed Freehold Estates.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHRTIER ObferVed,
that Mr. Rufhworth did not petition on behalf of
the Clergy, but becaufe of his own particular cafe.
The Petition was then brought up and read :
It Rated that the Petitioner, Edward Rufhworth,
Ecct. was above 21 years ago ordained Deacon,
but that he had never performed the duties of that
office above two months, and that he had since
rslinquithed them entirely ; that he was elcaed a
Member for Newport in the Me of Wight, and
when his Elation was petitioned againft, a Com-
mittee had declared him duly elthed, and that he
had continued to fit in the Houfe till the di‘folu-
Lion of Parliament in t 790 and praying that the
propofed Refolution, declaring the Clergy ineligi-
ble to a feat in Parliament, fo far as related to his
right, might not receive the lanaion of the Houfe.
The Petition was ordered to be laid on the Table.
The CHANCELLOR of the Excn soots moved,
that it be an inftruftion to the Committee that
they do make provifion for the extenfion of this
Bill to Clergymen of the Church of Scotland, as
by law eftablifhed—Ordered.
Mr. Jotting fpoke at Tome length againft the
Speaker's leaving the Chair. Not one argument,
be affirmed, had been adduced by the supporters of
this Bill. He was not fond of long fpeeches, but
he really fhould have been happy to have heard It
few words in vindication of a meafure of fuch mo-
ment. What were the qualifications of a legisla-
tor? Were they not aknowledge of the hiftory of,
language and the different fciences ? And who
pofreffes: thefe in fo eminent a degree as the Clergy?
They were difqualified by being fubjed to the in-
fluence of the Crown. The Crown had in its gift,
indeed, prebendaries and canonfhips, and reetories;
but had it not regiments to bekovr, and govern.
ments, and contraas ? The idea of the holinefi of
the Clergy was ton abfurd to bear being argued.
Mr. MARTI*, with the greateft pollible deference
to the high' authority of the Right Hon. ind Learn-
ed Member, begged to be permitted to addrefs a
few obfervations to the Committee in fume* of
the claufe as it flood at prefent. The difficulty ap-
prehended is, that by the preamble of this hilt the,
Reverend Gentleman may poffibly be fubjed to
being deprived of his feat, cokrary to the mean-
ing and intention of the Legiflature. The pre-
amble lays, it is expedient to remove doubts,
which have arifen refpeding the eligibility of per-
lons in holy orders to fit in the Houfe of Commons;
and alto to make more effeaual provifion fo'rexclu•
ding them from fitting therein. This preamble
does not declare that perfons in holy orders, now
feated in the Honk, are to be excluded. Un-
doabtedly this can be colleeted from the recital he
had. mentioned, that the Houfe entertained an
opinion that the law is unfavourable to the right
of Priefts fitting in the Houfe of Commons. But
does it follow that becaufe the Houfe entertain this
opinion they are to aft upon it ? Here the Houfe,
toiuftify their excluding the Clergy in future, fay
this, that the better opinion is, that they were be-
fore palling the Bill ineligible.—lf they enaaed
this declaration or preamble, then it would be
making an a& to exclude the Reverend Gentle-
anan.—lt is not faid that all Priefts or Deacons
returned to Parliament, face the beginning of
the Seffions, fkall be excluded.—No, but it fays,
w That from and after this Bill shall become a
Law, no Priers or Deacon !hall be capable of
being eleaed a Member of the Houfe of Com-
mons." Is it not evident, that by there words
the Legiflature mean only to area fuch perfons as
Ball be in future eleaed. This muft be con-
Itrued as a penal ftatute, and therefore no fubtle
conftrudion would be attended to, fo as to work
a penalty to attach upon any man. But he
thought it impoffible, even by the molt equitable
conftruftion, to contend for this, that by this law
the Honourable Member would be affeaed as to
his prefent right. Would any lawyer get up in his
place and fay, that this day month, when, proba-
bly, this Bill may be a law of the land, he would
fecond a motion to expel the Honourable Member?
It is impofilble the law could fo apply, and there-
fore he ftrongly inclined to think further caution
onneceßkry, but it is more, it is tnifchievous. This
law he could confider as declaratory, certainly not
in tfie ufnal fink, for all its effea and operation
will be future. Thofe who believe the Hon. Mem-
ber's feat would be affeftcd, mull fiippofe he would
be liable to the penalty for having fat, as thofe,ll
will be in future, for every day they than fit in
Parliament after palling this Alb—Now this would
be abfurd, and yet fuch an idea did not teem to his
.mind more unreafonable than the opinion that any
other enaaing claufe, raying that all perfons in
Holy Orders than in future be incapable to fit, can
by any con ftruaion apply to the cafe of the Hon.
Member who now fits in the Houfe. As he did
not mean by this law to prejudice the Hon. Mem-
her's title, neither did he mean to prop or fupport
firth tick.—lf the Hon. Member was by the law,
and ufage of Parliament incapable of fitting or
Voting in Parliament, he meant to leave him fo.—
If, on the other hand, it might turn out that though
in Holy Orders he had the right to fit with and re-
prefent the Knights, Citizens, and Burgefres in
parliament, in fuch cafe he thought this law ought
not to exclude him.—The Bill, in its prefent form,
appeared to avoid both thofe difficulties, and there-
fore he inclined to approve its prefent form—he
fhould however fubmit what he had faid to the cor-
ration of the Right Hon. and Learned Member's
better opinion, fenfible that if he perfeveted, him-
felf mutt be in error.
The Houfe now went into a Committee, Mr.
Basocia in the Chair. After a few forms, Mr.
Hosea Tool's rote. He was told by the Chair-
man, that the only quellion then was, whether
the preamble fhould be pollponed ?
Mr. Hose I Toone faid he felt the civility and
attention of the Right Hon. Gentleman, and ac-
knowledged the obligations be was under to him
fir the corm in which be had brought this Bill

before the Committee, for his intention of not
fiif-
fering the Bill to have any retrofpeCtive etre.% with
regard to himfelf. But for his own part he world
be contented to go back to his home to-mor-
row, and give up his feat there. He did not de-
fire any peculiar exemption in his favour, although
the duration of the prefent Parliament might ex-
ceed the term of his natural life. It was his in-
tention to move certain amendments to the Bill.
In the firft place, he fhould move feveral
which, if they were not agreed to, he Mould then
propofe an addition to the Bill, by which he fhould
wave all the civility that was intended him, and
call upon the Houfe to place him in the fame fi-
tuation with other perfons whom the Bill fhould
eff:a. If the Bill paffed in its prefent form, it
would be abfurd and inconfiftent to fuffer him to
remain there. If the introduction of perfons who
had once been in Holy Orders were capable of pol-
luting that Houfe, a permiffion to fuch a perfon
to continue in it mutt have the fame effect. How,
therefore, could the Houfe be guilty of fo great an
incontinency as that of declaring, that it was ne-
ceffary for the purity of Parliament to exclude a
certain defcription of perfons, and at the fame
time Coffer the Houfe to be rendered impure by
permitting one of thofe perfons to remain in it
He would therefore, if it fhould be neceffary, en-
deavour to relieve the Houfe from this dilemma.
If the omifilons he intended to propofe were adopt.
ed, the Bill would then be to this effect ; " As it
is expedient to remove certain doubts, and to make
more effectual provifion, &c. be it coated, &c. that
if any perfon having been ordained a Prieft or a
Deacon, flull be elated to fit in Parliament ; and
being eleCted, fhall fit in the Commons Houfe of
Parliament, he (hall for ever after be incapable
of taking, holding, or enjoying any Ecclefiallical
Benefice whatever; or of taking, holding, or en-
joying, any office or fituation under the Crown."
He fhould be happy if he found himfelf laved from
the neceffity of entering into, or noticing the (tate-
ments which an Hon. and Learned Gentleman
(Sir William Scott) had made on a former night,
u to the impolfibility of a man who had once been
a Clergyman ever ceafing to be fuch : ftatements,
which, in his opinion, were more extravagant,
wild, and fantaftic, than any thing that could be
found in the Arabian Nights Entertainments, or
the Fairy Tales. He had a high refpeet for that
Learned Gentleman, as well as for the high Jim.
ation which he held ; but he could not forbear
making there obfervations on his attempt to bring
forward as religion, that which was not religion.
If fuch an alteration as he propofed was made in
the Bill, the Bill would anfwer all the rational
objections that could be made againft the admif-
lion of' Clergymen to feats in that Houfe ; for if
Clergymen fhould. by being defied, be rendered
incapable of holding any benefice, there would be
no fear of the Houfe being crammed by ecclefiaf-
tieal candidates. The Houfe in that cafe would
not commit any aft of inconfiftency, nor would it
have to meddle with things which it was incom-
petent to. There was but one publication which
he knew of concerning the indelibility, of the dui-
cal character this was a book written by Dr.
Campbell, Profeffor in the Univerfity of Aberdeen;
and he certainly had argued the fubjeft more ably
than filth a phaniom deferred. He was fare the
Houfe would never trouble itfelf about fuch a dif-
cuffion as that of the indelibility of the Clergy;
as that of deciding whether a man once, ordained
could lay afide his illations or not t Were the
foes and friends of the Clergy to unite at this time,
and ffigmatize them in a manner that was never
thought of before ? He then moved that the pre-
amble of the Bill might not be poftponed.
The that
was put on this motion, and it was
ordered that it fhould be poftponed.
Mr. Tooxe then moved to leave out of the Bill,
the word declared, becaufe it was not proper that
the Bill fhould be a declaratory aft.
The CHANCELLOR of the Excnsculsa agreed
that it was proper to leave out the word.
The SPEAKIR Paid it was not neceffary in cir-
cumftances where doubts had exifted to declare
what the law was before: and therefore it would
be better to make the claufe merely an enacting
and not a declaratory claufe.
Doctor LAURINCt Paid, that the leaving out
this word would be an acknowledgment that the
Clergy were hitherto eligible to fit in that Houfe,
and of courfe the prefent Bill would be a complete
disfranchifement of that Body. The Houfe would
therefore aft contrary to the principles on which
the Chriffian and civilized world had flood for ages.
The Socicrroe GINERAL thought it would be
neceffary to remove any doubts that might arife
as to the exclution of an Hon. Gentleman, whom
it was not the intention of the Houle to exclude ;
and therefore he thought it would be better to
omit the word than let it remain in the Bill.
Mr. Wicciasi SMITH was or the fame opinion.
Mr. BURTON raid, if the word was not left out,
the public would think that the Houfe was aban-
doning its right to the prefent difcuffion. If the
Mottle was ever of opinion that doubts hail exifted
on this fubjea, it would completely abandon its
right of judicature as to its owq privileges; if by
fuffering the word to remain in the Bill, the qnef-
lion fhould remain as if no doubts had ever been
entertained.
Mr. TAT Lpe raid, he was clearly of opinion,
that the Clergy had alwayslaten ineligible ; it was
neceffary to declare that in this Bill ; and honer
than leave out the word in queftion, he would
move a fpecial provifo. that the Bill fliould not go
to deprive an lion. Gentleman of his feat.
Mr. BAKU, Mr. ALIZANDIR, and Mr. STUR-
DIER were againft leaving out the word.
Mr. WHITIIRRAD thought that ever fence the diiTo..
lotion of the Convocation, the Clergy had a right to
fit in that Houle; and if a law was now to be made
for their ineligibility, it met be an malting and
not a declaratory
The Sprain laid, the Bill was to have a pro-
fpeffive and noe a retrofpeaive effect ; and that
could not be, if it was to be declaratory.
Mr. WINOHAM 'rinsed that previous to the in-
troduaion of the Bill, the Houle had gone (trait
forward, and declared what the law was; that
without (hewing any hoffility or complacency to-
wards au individual, it had barely Qated the law

itch as it was. As eireumflonees now Rood, he
vas for retaining the word in question ; but the
eat of the Hon. Member lhonld not be affeded by
'uch a clank.

The CHANCELLOR of the ETCHEQVFR approved
)t- the remedies propofed by Mr. Taylor and Mr.
Windham.

Mr. SHERIDAN thought the Bill prepofterous, as
;t proceeded entirely upon a prefuniption that it
vas the opinion of the Houk that perfons in Holy
Orders were ineligible, whereas there was no de-
cifion on that point.
The converfation was then continued by Mr.
ALEXANDEr, Mr. VANSITTART, Mr. BANKS, Mr.
WARTIN, and concluded by Mr. Joustsou. After
which the Houfe divided on Mr. Tooke's amend.
ment, which was negatived by a majority of 102
to t t.

An amendment was then moved, conformable
to that fuggelled by the Chancellor of the Exche-
quer, by inferting the word " is," and a fpecial
provifo, exempting any perfons in holy orders
then having a feat, from the operation of the bill.
Ayes for the amendment 102—Noes 11.
The gallery remained flint while the other
daufes were paffed through the Committee, and
the report was ordered to be received to-morrow.

LONDON.

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Laft night we received Paris Journals to the
loth inclufive. They contain no official intelli-
gence from Egypt, but the official Paper, in com-
menting on the intelligence given in the Englifh
Journals, Rates, " That there remains a corps of
Frenchmen, to the number of 13,000, who have
not as yet fired alhot. This corps will be united
with the two or three thoufand Cavalry, which
General Malmo is fuppofed to have collected at
Alexandria, and with the troops that are nation.
ed in that fortrefs, and in that cafe on what lies
the probability of fuccefs ; what man in his fenfes,
who calculates the refiftance which three or four
thoufand men only have fo effeftually made to the
whole of the Englifit army, as to keep the field,
without being compelled to fbelter themfelves
under the cannon of Alexandria, and in fpite of all
the efforts of the Englifh, to preferve their com-
munication with the interior cf the country, muff
not be convinced that the Englifh army will not
be able with an equal force to withftand our at-
tack for twenty minutes." The fame Paper adds :
Although the troops who compote the Army
of the Eaft are unconquered, we agree that they
are not invincible. The art of war is compofed
of many different elements, of which the courage
of the foldier conftitutes but one. At the fame
time we can Ain with confidence, that if General
LAMLISSE, inftead of having four or five thou-
fand men againft feventeen or eighteen thoufand,
had had one againft two, the Englifh army would,
by this time, be re-embarked ; and certainly there
are few examples of an army five times more
numerous than its antagonifts, having been fo long
engaged without making any impreffion on it;
without making a fingle prifoncr ; withoitt, in a
word, driving them wholly out of the field."

A letter from General MouNIT to General Li-
CLIRC (in the official Journal), Bates that the ad.
vanced guard of the French army had arrived at
Burgos on the a6th of April.

The Kum, yefierday morning before breakfaft,
walked in the Gardens of Kew Palace, accompa-
nied by the Quits and Paincassis.
Difpatches -from Sir Hvos P were re-
ceived at the Admiralty this morning.
Yefterday arrived Major BROWN and Lieutenant
Gamoity, with duplicates of the difpatches from
Lieutenant-General Tama' and Admiral Duck.
WORTH, refpeding the capture of the Dana and
Swedilh Iflands.
Mr. COURVOISIUR left town !aft night with dif-
patches for the Court of Peterlburgh.
Tuefday GROROR GARLAND, Efq. was unani.
morally re-eleded to ferve in Parliament foi the
town and county of Poole.
The Corn-Market yefterday was very dull, fo
much fo, that wheat has again experienced a fur-
ther decline of 98. per quarter, Flour 7s. per Pack,
and other grain in proportion ; Malt was very
heavy, and full Bs. per quarter lower.
Captain Moscow, of the ssth regiment, rode
his bay horfe, by Young Morwick, on Thurfday
morning laft, from Leiceller, through Wilford,
to Northampton, a diftance of 32 port miles, with
apparent cafe, in 98 minutes, for a wager of too
guineas.
On Tnefday fennight, two gentlemen, with each
a fecond and a furgeon, arrived from Edinburgh
at Berwick-upon-Tweed, in two poll chaifes, and at
a (bort diftance from that place took their ground
and fired each-a (hot without effed. The feconds
then interfered, the affair was made up, and the
whole party returned in the fame manner as they
arrived, without any of their names tranfpiring.
At Hendon Fair on Monday, the !ports of rink
ping for a foaped pig, grinning, running in lacks,
&c. were exhibited with tome fuccefs.
The Middlefex SefGons will be opened on Tuef-
day next at Hicks's Hall.; and the SeiGons at the
Old Bailey will begin on Wednefday.