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Ibt:ELIET OF "eigLE 13RiTISk1 'PRISONtIi:S
DI FRANCE.
Amount resolved - X 38,32.1 13 $
Parish of St. Martin 1u the Fields, per Mn 3. Collins,
Church-warden - - - • 173 1 0

Wirt. Russell, Esq. Brancepeth Castle, Durham
Fawkn and Horner - - - -
Bantipton Parish, with its Hamlets, Oxford, per Rev.
G. Richards - - - - 20 7 6
The Baptist Meeting at West Retford, Nottingham I 5 6
Pikkiktuveh Parish, DOser, per Rev. A. Abner 14 0 0
John Eutwisle, EN. Foxholes, Lancaster - 5 0 0
Stew keslry, Bucks, per Rev, C. Ailingld - 516 6
An inhabitant of St. Luke's, Chelsea . - 1 0 0
Bedfont Parish, per Rev. H. Whitfield, D. D. 16 0 0
Parish of Stoketeny, Lincoltl,•per Rev. H. Robinson 611 0
Ditto Wereham, ditto, per ditto - - , 1 7 6
Ditto West Dereham, per ditto - - 0 10 0
I Ditto Wretton, per ditto - - 0 7 6
Ditto North Meoles, pox Rev. GeFord, rector - 117 6
The Rev. George Ford . • • • 2 o 0 ,
Mn. Ford - . .. . - - 9 0
Dr. Joseph Denman • - - 5 0 0 ,
Chapelry of *Widnes Licitissbiref, per Rev. J. Miner,
Curate - . . - 3 0 0.
Uetfield Parish, Sussex; per the Minister and Church-
wardens - - -
14
4 6
United Parishes of All-Saints and St. Peter's, Maldon,
per Rev. Charles Mathew - - , 37 IS 6
Parish of Woodham, Walton, Essex, per J. Hance 10 5 6
IPaglisbam Church, Essex - 19 10 6
Parish of VIM, Devon - - 12 2 10

50 0 0
10 10 0

Eiesley Parish,Cambridgeshire,per Rev.F.H,Maberley S S 0
Parish orCaitton, ditto, per ditto • - - . 110 2
Kingston near-ditto, per ditto - . 1 17 4
Sr. Nichi;its Parish, Thanet, per Rev.W H. Chapman 13 13 2
Parish of Cam, Gloucestershire, per Rev.W. Fryer 7 16 6
stincheombe Pariah, ditto, per ditto - - 11 5 2
Fordingbridge Parish, Hants, per Rev. T. Howes 60 0
Parish, Brnughton, Huntlngdon,•per Rev. T. Johnston S 9 9
J. I.,Da Garna•Marbadli, Esq. - - 5 0 0
West Farleigk, per Rev. E. M, Alifne - 8 11 9
Ditton, ps-r ditto - - - 1 11' 6
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Morpeds:
Morpeth Church° . 1 . - 15 17 11
Methodist Chapel, Maps* • , - - 1 2 0
Presbyterian Cliapt.-1, tio• • r • 4 3 4
Wm. Orde, Esti. do. - f • 5 5 0 ,
Inhabitants of ditto . .- • 17 7 0 1
I Transmitted by Sir Wm. Forbes and Co. Edinburgh :
A Lady - - - 1 1 0
Capush, Perthshire, by Res. Mr Inverarety - 7 0 0
Cupar, Angus, by Rev. J. Walker . 15 00 ,
wn of Elgin • - - ;3 2 0
J&. Philip " s - • a$ 0
Parish of Kittens . - - 6 12 0
Treustrer of the former . . . 12 0 0
THOMAS FERGUSO3I, Secretary.
No. 3, George-yard,ltumbard-street.

MEETING OH PROTErfANT.
AT a -augment:ars and 'ratan respectable MEETING
of PROTESTANT DI;SENTERS of variour denomina-
tions, and other IRIBNDSto gßucnous LIBERTY, residing
in different "paratof the United Empire, livid at the London Ta-
vern, Bishopegate-etreet, on•the iath of May, 1611,
SAMVEL MILLS, Esq. Chairman,
The following Resolutions were agreed to t—r.
I. That this Meeting beheve - that there are at least two mil-
licMs of Protestant Dheentetts in the Kingdom of England and
AVales; including persons of opulent fortunes, high literary at-
tteinments, and active benevolence; that their exertions have
hontrakieed to prentibte Industry, knowledge, gOod morals, social
order, and public prosperity; that they are hot interim' to any
fellow subjects in fervent love tp their country, nor in ardent
loyalty to their venerable Sovereign, whose tart promise to
A's eaeselkyk Titt.T6Lill4TION ACT INTIOLATe, hat made an
indelible Impression on their hearts, and that any means whiah
Wight itchy' their diseenteit and enfeeble their attachment,
would thereforeut any time; and especially at this period, be in-
s:Consistent with the net ional interest and with wise and liberal policy.
2. 'Mat although this Meeting consider the tight to Worship
Cott according to indittidual judgment as en inalienable right,
loperiot to-aU social Regulations; and although they -have lung
anticipated a period when all Penal Laws for wortshipping•Geo
Iktbrding to their consciences would be abolished, they have
'been unwilling to agitate the public mind for the utalninent of
their hopes, and presuming that no person wouldin this age ven-
ture to assail the .1c: of Toleration, after the ever memorable
declaration of the King, they have been content to regard it with
grateful emotions, and to esteem it wan effectual protection from
the tecurrence of forms+ persecutions.
3. That the persons assembled at this Meeting have received
With great anxiety the teohintupicatiens frequently made by the
Right Hon. Lord Viscount Sidmouth, of .his intention to pro-
pose legislative Enactments intitferinrwith the laws relating to
Protestant Dissenters; that they did hope the applications he has
received, and the information communicated, would have pre-
vented his perseverance ; but they have learned the disappoint-
ment of their hopes, and have ascertained the provision of the
Bill which be has at length introduced into Parliament with ex-
treme regret; and with mantel apprehenition.
4. Thas this Bill declares that all the provision relating to
Dissenting Ministers contained in the Toleration Act, and In the
subsequent Act fur their further relief, were intended to be
husked only to Ministers of separate Congregation., and enacts,
J. That such Ministers, upon being admitted to the peaceable
possession and enjoyment of the peace of Ministers of separate
Congregation, may, on a certificate in writing, under the hands
of 'okra! substantial and reputable Householders belonging to
such Congregation, signed in the presence of some. creditable
witness, who is to make proof or their signatures upon oath at a
General Sessions of the Peace, be permitted to take oaths and to
sign the Declarations previously required, and • shall then, and
then only, during their continuance to be Minis/Ors of such sepa-
rate Ctingregation, be entitled to all the privileges atid etempriotts•
which the former Acts had conferred. id That any other per-
son who may desire to qualify himself to preach as a Dissenting
Minister, must prekure several substantial and reputable house-
holders, being Dissenters of the same Sect, and of the saute Con-
gregation, to certify on their conscieFees, in writing, to his being
a Protestant Dissenting Minister of their Sect, and of the same
Congregation, and to their individual and long knowledge to hi*
sobriety of conversation, and to his ability and fitness to preach;
and that such Certificate must be proved as before stated, before,
he be permitted to take the oath and subscribe the declaration
before he be exempt from the pains, penalties and punishments
to which he would otherwise be liable as a Dissenting Minister.
And 3. That any person of sober life and conversation admitted
to preach on probation to any separate Congregation must pro-
duce a Certificate from several Dissenting Ministers, who have
taken the oath (to be also proved on oath at a General Sessions)
of his life and conversation, and to their lone previoAlmowledge,
before he can be admitted to tate the Oaths and subscribe the
Declaration, and that he may theti, during a limited togiod, to be
sper.iied in the Certificate, officiate as a probationer to any Dist
salting Congregation, and be. during limited period, exempt
front prosecution and punishment; bat neither of the t'*b last
--meted chisor rumor 101 Fir *NO**, pitvecosip ipt

to the exemptions from offices conferred on Dissenting Minister $
by the Toleration Act. '
X, That the principle assumed as the foundation of the Bill
is incorrect.. That the 'foleration Act authorised any persons •
to become Dissenting Ministers, who conceived themselves tel
be called and qualified to preach, upon givng srcitrity tcrthe
State for their Loyalty and Christian Principles, by taking cer-
tain Oaths, and by subscribing certain Declare/ens, and not
only prevented their prosecution under Laws made in times lest
favourable to civil and religious liberty, but conceiving their
labours to be of public utility, ,granted to them exemptions
from all parochial offices and other duties which. might inter-
fere with their more Important exertions—that such CQUE cuction
of the Oath of Toleration has been sanctioned by the general'
practice of a century, and has never been impugned by city deci-
sion in a superior Copt of Law; and that it evert such construc-
tion be inco -rect, and lemislative exposition be required, such de-
claratory Bill ought to follow thelntention of the only Act whirls
has subsequently passed; and should extend, and nut contract
protect, and not impair the relief aZorded by the former ancieat
and venerable statute,
6. the Bill introduced into Parliament is not j!:tt:iled by
any necessity, and will be highly injurious; that It is unnecessary
because the evils presumed to result front the abuses of the ex.
isting laws by few persons who may have improperly taken the
oaths required from Dissenting Preachers and Teachers, do not
exisflutltaa. most Inconsiderable extent, and because the exten-
sion of all such abuses has ln-eu anxiiiisly and wowid_lhesifecs-
tually discountenanced by every class of Protestant Dissentrtsb
and thee It must Le injurioni,Jaeuause it will introduce forms un-
precedented, inconvenient, or hnpracticabte—will render itita4-
rant Preachers, Students of Divinity, Ministers on Probation,
and many persons 'to whose ardent piety and disinterested lahours
multitudes are indebted for Religious Instruction, liable to serve
all Civil Office.; and will expose all Ministers or the witnesses
to the Certificates to be harrassed by repeated attendances at dir.
ferenr Sessions, and to capricious eraminations andounlitnited ex.
• pence, because by limiting the right of persons to become Dia-
senting Ministers in obedience to their consciences, it will ins.
pose new restrictions on toleration, and because it will create a
precedent for future attempts at -even more dangerous or fatah
experiments against religious liberty,

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7. That although most reloc:ant to interference with political
affairs, they therefore cannot regard the present attempt with-
out peculiar sensations of alarm, and that veneration for their
ancestors, regard to their posterity, respect for rights which they
can never abandon, aaa the sacycd obligations which they feel,
will therefore compel them to diwegard all doctilusi and actual
distinctions, and to unite, by every legitimate effort, to prevent
the pending BM from passing into a Law, and to oppose the ,
smallest diminution of the privileges sepured by the Ira of To-
leration.
8. That, from the noble declaration of the liberalsmirded and
Illustrious Prince Regect of the Empire, that he will deliver up
the Constitution unaltered to his Royal Father, this Meeting are
encouraged to Indulge a eoafident hope, that nreasures so
novitiog and injurious can never obtain the sanction of his high
authority, and that they also rejoice that .it ha; not been intro-
duced by his Majesty's Government; and that respectful appli-
cation be therefore made to them for their wise and continued
protection. That a Petition to the i-losse of Lords against the
Bill be signed by all the Persons present at this Meeting; and
that all Congregations of Protestant Dissenters, and other Friends
to Religious Liberty throughout the .Empire, be recommer-ded to
present similar Petitions ; and that a Committee, con,b:ing tit
I'ersons resident in London, and in the Country, be appointed to
effectuate these proceedings, and to adopt any ineastrxe; they may
deem expedient, to prevent the puccesstUl pros/m.ooo of this Bill
—and that such Committee may increase their number, mid th.at.
• any three Members be competent to act. .
• 9. That these Resolations be et.mmtin tested by the Carnmittet
Maw eptudeseeiLto the Committee fdr guardlPg the
the Methodists, and to the Deputies and Aitnisturs of the Cqa,
;relations of Protestant Diesenters of the three denominations in
or near London; and that their co-operation and assistance be
reeneetfully invited.
10. That a Subscription be entered into to defrsy all expel:mei
which may beincurred; and that all Friend! to Religious Liberty
throughout the Empire be Marked to contribute ; and that such
SNabscrlptioo be appropriated at the discretion of the Committees -
11. That Subscriptions be received by Messes. Roberts, cards,
and Cn. I.ornbartreereet; and SW James Esdaile and Co. Logue
bard-street.
12. That Thomas Pdlatt, Esq. of Ironmongers' and John
'Wilk', Esq. of Heaton-square, be solicited to am as joixt Secree
titles to the Committee.
13. That the acknowledgements a this Meeting be presented
to the Gentlomee by whom it was convened, for tbeivigVance
meritoriously displayed, and for their prompt attention to every
'attempted infringement of qui Invaluable and long-establishyd
litre% of the Protestant Dissenters.
14: That this Meeting present their ardent Thanks to the
Chldrnean, for the attachment to Religious Liberty which he hag
diepleyed,by consenting to preside on this occasion, and tor the
attention and ability which he has manifested,
13. That their Thanks be aim-presented to John Wilke, Rsq.
fee the-ability and euif which he his manifested as temporary as.
Meaty, and for his eloquent aeJ useful exertion; at this Meet Mgr
16. That these Resolutions be published in the Newspapers, -
' signed by the Chairman, and that inea•ures be adoptsel by the
Committee, necessary to give them requisite publicity.
irthiGh'l. MILLS, Llminnam

LIBRARY., RED•CROSoIt rt El, MAY to, 1811.
A T u numerous MEETING t)1 the General Body
A 4 of PROTESTANT DISSEN.IING MINISTERS of the
Three Denominations, n and about the Cities of lin*
dun and Westminsier, regularly sunittweetl, to delberase on the
Means of oprosing the fill introducel into the House of Lords
by Viscount SID uctoyu, which has a tendency to narrow the pro:
visions of the Toleratiotf Act, the fuilowing Resolutions were
unanimously adopted t
1. That the right of peaceably assemblir•.g for the purposes or
religious Worship and public Instruction,acconling to the dictate*
of our own constiences,belonp to us as Men, as Christians, and
as Members of Civil Society; that this right ought nor to be
abridged or contreuied by any secular Authority; and that we
cannot consent to the alienation or surrenda of it without crintie
nality on 'qur own part, disrespect to the memory of those front .
whom We have, tinder PROVIDE tact, received it, and injury Ns
the best interests of our descesidants end successors, to whom it
is our duty, as far as we are able, to transmit it Inviolate.
9. That this right has been recogni;ed and maintained front
the Revolution to the present day, partly by a liberal constructtin
of the Toleration Act, and partly by the protection of tbe Muse
trious•Prinees of the House of Brunswick; and that it would
betray a want of confidence in the favour of our Sovercii;n, in the
justice of the Legislature, and in the .spitit of the times, to sub-
mit to any proposed restrictions of this right in passive silerce.
3. 'I hat as faithful and loyal Subjects, attached to the civil
•Constitution of our Country. and desirous of contributive to that
tranquillity and union od which its permanence and prosperity
very much depend, we cannot forbear expressing our regret that
any measures should be proposed which haye 1 tendei.cy, by
.abridging our Liberty as Protestant Dissenters, end restraining
the exercise of social worship among those with whom we are
connected, to excite dissatisfaction and diseontet t at the present
imeresting crisis; and more especially at a time when we had
reason to hope that our liberty mould have been enlarged, instead
of being restrained; though we are peaceably waiting for the pe-
riod in which this happy event shall take place, and penal law,
no longer have any operation in the province of religion.
4. •I'bat the Bill now introduced into the House of lords sp.
pears to us inconsistent with the unmolested liberty which we.
have long thankfully enjoyed ; repugnant to our own principle.
and profession as Protestant Dissenters, who disavow the a.uthoe
rlty of the Civil Magistrate in the province of religion ; std {me
posing resuictioos which will be in various respects i4urious and
oppressive.'
5. that it is cue duty, oe our own 'behalf and on behalfof our
brethren, as well as with a yiete to the wise of religious liberty,
in general to make every constitutional afore is our power fee
prereenting this Bill frogs passing into slaw; and that for this par.
pose sieution be rpsentc,4 by tbis body to the House of Pecos
DAN. TATLOR, choirtaas.

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FRENCH PAPERS.

• PARIS. MAY 5.
ARMY or PORTUGAL.
The army has continued its march : it quitted, on
the 23d March, the route of Almeida, and proceeted
upon Guar,l.a ; there it remained till the 28th without
seeing the enemy. It took the direction of Sabugal
to traverse the mountain. The 6th and Bth corps had
entered Spain. The General in Chief was at Ciudad
Rodrigo, and the 2d corps, under General Regnier,
*.:as in front of Sahngal. On the 3d April, the latter
being informed of the approach of the enemy, made
his dispositions accordingly, by taking a position
on a height behind Sabugal, where he could observe
the movements of the enemy and check them. A
thick fog favoured the forming of the English army,
consisting of six divisions and 25,000 men ; it ex-
tended to the left of General Regnier, on the road to
Penamacor, and after having formed in masses on the
declivity on that side betore arriving at the Coa, pre-
sented itself on the banks of that river. The fog be-
ing dissipated, General Regnier judged it to he the
intention of the enemy to get before him on the road
An Alfayates. He immediately placed upon that point
his posts from the Col and the brigade of Hendelet,
Nvhilst thesbrigade of Sarrut remained on the height
to wait for the enemy. The height was soon attacked
by the heads of the enemy's columns.
The 2d light and 36th of the line precipitated them-
selves spontaneously on the enemy, overthrew all ob-
stacles, and pursued the enemy to their reserve. The
English redoubled their efforts against the height.—
General Regnier brought up the first brigade of the
second division to support the brigade of Sarrut. The
enemy were constantly repulsed and mowed down by
the artillery. The 2d corps, master of all its move-
menl s, retreated by echelons, in the greatest order. The
enemy endeavoured to cut off the last echelon, which
awaited its tern to quit the eminence, but the General
of Brigade Soult made so vigorous a charge on the
flank of the enemy, with a squadron of the Ist regi-
ment of hussars and the 22d of chasseurs, that he
drove back all that were not sabred. This last action
threw the enemy to a distance. The 2d corps arrived
the same day at Alfayates.
Our loss in this affair was 200 killed and wounded.
The prisoners whom we have taken estimate their loss,
as very great. We have reason to believe that they
had 6 or 700 killed and wounded, by the terrible fire
of grape from our artillery, by the brilliant charges of
our infantry, and, above all, of our light Wahl.
SIEGE OF CADIZ.
Some days after the battle of Chiclana, the Duke
de Belluno marched against the parties of insurgents
which were spread around the Medina-Sidonia. This
town was retaken by our troops, and the insurgents
entirely dispersed. The labours of the siege have been
resumed with new activity, and the bombardment
continues. The effect of our batteries has been such
as to oblige the enemies vessels to remain in a bad
anchorage, a station so dangerous, that they were ex-
posed to the effects of a dreadful hurricane, which
I#ste fiom the 27th to the 29th of March-150 ves-
sels of all classes lost their anchors, and were driven
Upon the rocks, where they were lost.
Great dissentions prevail at CAUIZ. The English
*siert that they failed at Chiclana, in the project of
raising the siege, because the Spaniards did not sum
port them. The Spaniards, on their side, assert, that
they were not supported by the English. The fact is,
that the combined army was actually '22,000 strong ;
that the Spaniards kept I,t the head of the column,
and were beaten ; they lost 2000 men and several
• standards, which proves beyond a doubt that they
were in the action. Nothing can more strongly cha-
iacterise the present epoch, and the spirit of falsehood
of the English, than this imprudence of publithing
officially such gross falsehoods in contradiction to the
testimony of facts. One can have no confidence in
the statements, howl ver official, which are published
in England ; they are all rendered subservient to po.
- liticel purposes, and to the object of disguising from
the people the danger of the contest in which Eng-
land is engaged.

rAtLi;imEArrifkr PROCEEDINGS.

HOUSE OP LORDS. MAY 17.
BERRF.LisY PEER/46e.
The Committee of Privileges was numerously attend/4 this
day at had two o'clock, wheu the Suhcitor-General proceed-
ed to call Mr. Fendail and Mr. Chapeau, the Later of whom was
examihed at great lergth. Tbe turther proceedings were post-
poned till Tuesday.

ROXBURGH ESTATES.
The LORD CHANCELLOR hull the enadderation of the
Roxixirgh Caws for Wednesday; with a determination to bring
them on on ibit day.
PROTESTANT HISSINTERS.
Viscount SIDMOUTH moved, 44 That the Bill
relating to Disseining Clergymen be read the second
time."
4 '
Earl STANHOPE, on the ground of a thin atten-
dance, and also of giving further time for those vibe
considered themselves aggrieved, suggested the pro-
priety of postponing the second reading at least for a
few days.
Earl GREY concurred in the recommendation of
his Noble Friend (Earl Stanhope), as time might be
afforded for those concerned in the maintenance of
the Toleration Act to petition ; and on.account of the
distance of many in remote parts, such as that part'
to which he belonged, he would press upon the No-
ble Viscount's consideration, whether it would not
be better to let'this measure lie over till another Ses-
I sion of Parliament. It was a Bill of considerable
importance, and was entitled to the discussion of a
full House.
Viscount SIDMOUTH referred to what passed on
a former day, when there was a general understand-
ing the discussion should take place on the question
going into a Committee on Tuesday. Fromthe cons. ,
munication which had existed between him and the
Dissenters on this subject, he expected their support
instead of opposition. But if they had altered their
opinions, it was both just and proper they should
have more time to state those altered opinions in the
way of petition to the House. On these grounds he
moved, that instead of the word now, the word
Tuesday' be inserted."
Earl GROSVENOR said a few words expressive
of his approbation of this measure.
The Earl of ROSSLYN suggested, that the ad-
journment of the Berkeley Peerage was to Tuesday,
and thought another day would be more convenient.
After a few words from the Earl of BUCKING-
HAMSHIRE, Lord REDESDALE said, he did
not see the propriety of postponing public business on
account of the Berkeley Peerage. His Lordship then
urged several topics in defence of the principle of the
Noble Viscount's Bill. A similar measure had been
proposed, with some differences, when he held an offi-
cial situation, and when he prepared a bill, though it
was afterwards given up, from causes he could not
explain ; but from all he heard, the measure then met
with general approbation.
Lord SIDMOUTH did not wish to press the Bill
with unnecessary haste. He considered its object to
be the strengthening of that respect in which religion
' ought always to be held, and not the infringement of
toleration.
The Bill was then ordered to be read a second
time on Tuesday next, and the Lords were ordered
to be summoned for that day.
The other orders of the day were then disposed of,
and the House adjourned till Monday.
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HOUSE OF COMMONS.
The Grand Junction Canal Water Works Bill was read a third
time and passed.
The Extra Parochial Bastards Bill was read a second time,
and committed for Monday next.
Mr. MELLISH presented a Petition against the Highway Bill.
Mr. LOCKHART brought up a Bill for regulating the Re-
gistry of Charitable Donations—which was read a first time, and
ordered to be read a second time on Thursday next, and printed. '
The Quarantine Bill war committed. Report on Monday.
The Irish Transportation Bill was read a first time, and order-
'ed to be read a second time on Monday.
The East India Establishment Bill was read a second time.—
Ordered to he committed on Monday.
The Canada Rum Bill was read a first, and ordered to be read
a second time on Monday.
The Irish Butlerage Wine Bill was read a first time, and or-
dered to be wad a second time one day.
The Cinque Ports Justice Bill, he Bank of Ireland Seen-
rity Bill, were read a second time and committed for Monday.
The Matt Duties Explanation Bill, the Inland Coal Bill, and
the £4,900,000 Loan Bill passed through Committees, and were
reported.
Sir JOHN NEWPORT gave notice that he would, on Friday
next, move for leave to bring in a Bill to repeal so much of an
Act as imposed Duties on Advertisements and Hand-bills in

Ireland.
The Newfoundland Trade Bill went through a Comndttee,
and the Report ordered for Monday.
The Copper Duty Bill was read a third time and passed.
Mr. W. POLE brought up a Bill it) authorise the punishment
of hard labour to be inflicted on those liable to transportation,
and to repeal so much of an Act as related to that subject ; which
was read a first time, and ordered to be read a second time on
'Thursday keit.
The (rid Militia Volunteering Bill was read a third time and

The
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER moved, that the
House at its rising that day, do adjourn to Monday. Ordered.
The Portuguese Treaty litH was read a third time and passed.
Mr. W. POLE brought in the Irish Uonunissiouers Public
School Bill, It was read a first time, and ordered to be read a
second time an Monday.
The Southern Whale Fishery Bill was read a 9d time and Based.
HIGHWAY BILL.
Sir JOHN SINCLAIR moved the commitment of the High-
way Bill.
The SPEAKER submitted to the House, as the Bill was of
great importance and very minute detail, that it would be better
to have it go to a Committee above stairs, where it could be care-
fully considered, and undergo an accurate revision.
The Bill was accordingly referred to a Select Committee.
MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT BECOMING BANKRUPTS.
Mr. THOMPSON gave notice that he would on an early day
move for leave to bring In a Bill to declare vacant the Seats of all
Members of Parliament who should be proclaimed Bankrupts,
and should not pay their debts in full within siz months after the
date of the Comittissiun.--LHear ! hear'.]
DUTCH SHIPS.
•
Sir FRANCIS BURDETT moved to enforce the
Orders already made by the House, relative to the
nett pfoceeds of the Dutch ships.
On the suggestion of the CHANCELLOR of the Ex-
CHEQUER, he postponed his motion till Monday.
Sir FRANCIS BURDETT then moved for a
long Aries of Accounts respecting the nett proceeds
of the Dutch East-India ships put under the manage-
ment of the East-India Company, and captured be-
fore September, 1795 ; also for a return of the ships
prosecuted in Admiralty Courts of our West-India
Colonies.

MR. ST. JOHN MASON.
Mr. SHERIDAN presented a Petition from a gen-
tleman, a member of the Irish Bar, a W. St. John
Macon, complaining of severe oppressions alledged to
hoe keen suffered by bier under the Adminisuation

of the Earl of Hardwicke. The Petition stated, in,
substance, th a Mr. Mason had been arrested while\
on circuit in I, eland, i* the year 1805, and lodged in
jail on so spicion of treasonable 'practices; tha%-he re-
mained in confinement for two years, during which
time he was repeatedly, but ineffectually, applying to
be brought t' trial, or made acquainted with the
I causes of his demtion. These allegations, he stated,
could be proved ; and that he was then in humble at-
tendance upon that Honourable House, to give his
evidence in support of them.
Mr. W. POLE had no doubt that Lord Hard-
wicke had sufficient grounds for procuring the arrest
of this gentleman. The information upon which he
had been taken up was secret, and from his know-
ledge of that information, he had no hesitation in
saying that Lord Hardwicke bad not only grounds
for what he did, but that he would have been guilty
of a gross dereliction of his public duty if he had not
done so. He had no objection, however, to the Pe-
tition lying upon the table.
The Petttiu.n was then ordered to lie OR the table,
after a few words from Messrs. Sheridan, Wellesley
Pole, and Peter Moore.
BRITISH AND IRISH swam.
Mr. Secretary RYDER. brought up the Militia In-
terchange Bill.
On the question that it be read a first time,
Lord TEMPLE rose, and apologised fur so unu-
sual a proceeding as that of opposing the first reading
of a Bill ; but the principle of the present Bill was so
hostile to every feeling of his mind, that his opposi-
-eion to it could not be removed by any subsequent
modification of the provisions of the Bill itself. He
should have opposed the motion for leave to bring in
the Bill; bad he not been kept from the House by the
illness of ,a. near relation. He objected to the Bill,
first, because it involved in its consequences a direct
breach of faith with the Militia, inasmuch as the Mi-
litia had enlisted for service confined to the soil.—
( Here Mr. Secretary Ryder intimated across the table,
that with respect to those already in the Militia, the
interchange would he altogether optional.) This mode
though not so objectionable, was yet, in the opinion
of the Noble Lord, one that ought not to be adopted.
It would put the Officers at the mercy of the men ;
for, according as the men determined in that country
must the officers. This went to affect the first princi-
ple of subordination. Another objection was, that if
one part of a regiment volunteered, and the other did
not, there would be two distinct services ; the evils of
which were obvious. He further objected upon a
constitutional ground. The Militia was a species of
military force, that might be said to .be independent
of the Crown —it was a force independent of the
Standing Army. Besides, it might deprive the ser-
vice of the talents of the ablest of the Militia offi-
cers ; and without meaning any thing invidious, it
could not be forgotten, that it was a different thing to
an English country gentleman to go over to Ireland,
and to an Irish country gentleman to come over here
with his regiment, where he must have come at all
1 events to attend his Parliamentary duties. Another
' objection was, that it would cut up root and branch
the means for recruiting the Army. The effect of
it must be to increase the bounty to the substitute
by increasing the reluctance to enter the Militia, and
thereby throw great additional burden on the public-
Mr. Secretary RYDER answered the general ob.
jections of the Noble Lord. He denied that there
was any breach of contract expressed or implied, and
admitted that if that could be made out, the objection
ought to outweigh all the other great public advan-
tages expected to result from the measure. As to the
objection, that the men were to be put in opposition
to their officers, the Bill would put men and Offi-
cers jowl pans. There would not be the slightest
difference as to their respective right of volunteering.
The personal, inconveniencics that might affect in-
dividual officers he lamented, but still thought that
they. were not to be put in competition with the great
public advantages likely to result from the Bill.
Mr. HERBERT 'spoke highly in praise of the
principle of the Bill.
Colonel BASTARD could not sit silent and hear
it said that this Bill was not a breach of faith—it was
the greatest possible breach of public faith with the
Militia.
Sir JOHN NEWPORT asked if it was the inten-
tion of the Right Hon. Gentleman to propose any
clause to secure the Irish Roman Catholic the undis-
turbed exercise of his religion in case of his serving in
his regiment in England ?
Mr. Secretary -RYDER replied, that the Bill
would place each regiment in the same situation
precisely in the country to which it came, as that
which it enjoyed in the country it had left.
The Bill was then read a first time, and ordered to
be read a second time on Thursday next.
EXEMPTION OF FOREIGNERS FROM THE PROPERTY TAI.
Mr. HOWARTH rose to make his promised Mo-
tion for doing away the exemption granted to Fo-
reigners holding property in our funds from the Pro.
perry Tax. Let us examine, he said, into,the relation in
which the Fereigner stands, who residing abroad, pos-
sesses property in our funds. Let us examine under what.
conditions he became possessed of that stock, what
faith has been either expressed pr implied, what honour
pledged to him under which he can derive any colour
of right to be placed on a different footing from the
general mass of stockholders.. In the first place. ,
none of the Government Loans have been contracted
with foreigners. The loan is necessarily compleat-
ed before the stock is created. There is then
no pledge on the part of Government towards
I foreigners. Why then, there can be no violation of
national faith—there can be no sacrifice of public
principle; and I call uptet the advocates of this clause
of exemption to shew the contract, if it exists, by
Which any exception is taken, or any exemption se-
cured, or even promised, to the property of Aliens.—
I can find no such contract. Foreigners become
stock-holders by purchase. The stock is in the mar-
ket before they can become proprietors. They aan
only purchase that right in it which the seller was pos-
sessed of ; and by that purchase they are placed in
the same situation, subject to the same regulations and
liable to the same contingencies with the original
subscribers. If then you break no 'faith in taxing the
annuities payable to natives, you break none to fo-
reigners. Taxing natives and exempting foreigners
is a gross injustice. He concluded by moving, that
this subject be referred to the Committee of Ways and
Means.
The C RANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER
opposed the motion, aot because there was any pledge

given to the foreigner that his property should not he
taxed, but because, during the present war, the rigla
of exemption had been admitted several times by P,tr-
liament. Besides, the enemy might think we were
driven to our last resource, if we had recourse to this

measure.
Sir T. TURTON supported the motion.
Mr. P. CAREW spoke against it.
Mr. HOWARTH replied ; after which the ques-
tion was put, and the motion negatived.
DELAY IN 111 E COURT 0/ CHANCERY.
Mr. M.A. TAYLOR brought forward his motion relative
to the delay of suitors in the Court of Chancery. The general
outline of Mr. Taylor's argument was, that the House had al-
readrwaited too long for the remedy that had been promised
from another quarter—that it ought, at all events, to examine
into the-causes of the evil, that they might be better prepared
to deride on the remedy when it came bcfore them—that
the remedy to be proposed from another quarter, if be bad
been correctly informed of its name, would not remove the
evil. That it would hardly do any good to apppoint a Vice.
Chancellor, or another Master of the Rolls, and to make the
Chancellor solely a Judge of Appeal. He suggested that the
Chancellor ought to be relieved from the Bankrupt Causes—tad
that Judges of Appeal should be appointed in the Hogan of
Lords, to sit, notwithstanding any adjournment or prorogatioo.
He &averted to the vast arrear of• Appeals, and to the delays in
Chancery—and stated, that it was of importance to inquire a he.
cher this was owing to a temporary or permanent cause. It was
a remarkable circumstaoce, that the number of bills now bled is
Chancery, was not greater than the outnber filed in the time of
Lord Hardwicke. He concluded by moving a reference to a
Committee to examine into the causes of the delay in Chancery
suits and Appeals to the Lords.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER opposed the
motion, on the ground that the Report of the Committee of
Lords would be soon Wel on the table. He moved the previous
question, but afterwards withdrew it, 'to make way for the
amendment of
Mr. LOCKHART, who proposed that the debate be adjourned
till Thursday'
Sir S. ROMILLY, after adverting strongly to the magnitude
of the evil, which, however, id appeared to think, arose front
temporary causes, opposed the Amendment. The House ought
to' examine the causes for itself, more especially as the reme-
dy about to be proposed would go far to alter the whole frame
of our equity system, and destroy its symmetry and uniformity..
Mr. MARTIN, Mr. ADAM, and Mr. Cls ates ADAMS, sup-
ported the motion. Mr. Secretary Realm, Mr. Mogan, and
Mr. StEPHeN, opposed it.
All the speakers bore testimony to the industry sad ability of
Lord Eldon in the discharge of his duties.
The House divided—For the motion 19—Agdnst it 40—Ma.
jority 21. The other Orders were then disposed oflAdjoumed.

THE EVENING STAR.

LONDON.

SATURDAY, MAY Is.
!AMR OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCX.
Cons. money 65—for account, 65.
3 per Cent. Reduced 64i
4 per Cent. 79{ 80-5 per Cent. Navy 97
Eacheq. par to 4s. prern.—Bonds 225. 225. prem.

The GLEANER hired ketch has arrived at Plymouth
with dispatches from Cadiz and Gibraltar : she left
Gibraltar on the sth, and Cadiz on the Rth instant.—
This vessel brings a confirmation of the capture and
destruction of five Reach frigates, on the 14th of
Much, off Lissa, in the Adriatic, by the Astratos,
Aertvs, CERISERUS, VOLAGE, and ACORN. The action
seems to have been very sanguinary—the VoLa‘ox
alone having lost 100 men. The AMPHION and
iI VOLAGE ,bore the brunt of the action.
The dispatches brought by the GLEANER from Ca-
diz are of-tho most gratifying nature. Every thing
seems to indicate that the besiegers of that place ar:
about to break up for Seville. The Spaniards have
taken the important fortress of Figusras, and the coun-
try between Barcelona and Rosas is completely cleared
of the enemy. In the north-eastern extremity of
Spain, where the people are farthest removed Iran
the aid of Great Britain and the superintendance of
their legitimate Oovernment, the patriotic spirit of the
inhabitants has done wonders. Letters from Tar-
ragona speak generally of the prosperous condi-
tion of the Spanish affairs in that
.quarter ; of the
improving discipline of the new levies, and the
daily addition to the fortifications of the ton of
Tarragona; from which it was augured, that the
French would never be ableto possess themselves of
the place.—The GLEANtu has brought home several
wounded soldiers of the Guards. She had also on
board a wounded French General, who died the day
previous to her arrival.

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An Anholt Mail arrived this morning, but the in-
telligence brought by it is not of much importance.
All seems quiet in the North of Europe, and even
the Turkish and Russian armies seem to be at a stand
for the present. From Vienna we learn, that many
Austrian-Officers of high rank have accepted of ccm-
mands in the French army, in consequence of the!!
being no prospect whatever that their own coun•r'
will require their services. Another severe Decree
against the liberty of the Press, has been issued is
l Holland.

Moniteure and other Paris papers to the 9th instaMi
have been received. We have extracted from then
the statement given of the retreat of MAENA Cll.
dad Roirigo, including an account of the affair at
Sabugal, in which the French claim a brilliant vic•
tory. We have also given from these papersthe French
account of their operations at Cadiz.
In a subsequent part of their details they acknow-
ledge the loss of Figueras, which they state WAS taken
by means of treachery. It is also mentioned that
General SUCUILT arrived before Tarragona, with hs
corps d'armee, on the 26th of April, to lay siege
the place, and that the trenches were to be opened
early in May, In detailing the affair with a Fart of
the troops under Sir WILLIAM BERESPOnOt the Fotnch
lay claim to a great deal of glory, and boast
taken 180 prisoners from the Sd, 4th, and IStb Eng
lish Regiments of Dragoons.

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