The Statesman.
London, England, 1810-05-12 00:00:00

1M PE IC Ira PAR L LIME NT.

HOUSE QF L0.R1.4, MAU.

Several Private Bills were hrought up from the Conrunons
awl read a tiiSt time:
The oa the table were forwarded in their ropectlve
*taxes.
The. Doke of ATKOL prop-vel the d .*erring of the se-
e-nod roaditig of the fi V 4 Llellf • Rill WI T 114.031, on account
ef. the abseste.e ftfesliohle Marquis wiko o '1,1104 um:the.* part
in the disrusbuiii; 194 tl‘i* their Ltirtlshikis bssuminoneLk to al-
Owl an that day.
" THE NAVY.

Lord MELVILLE adverted to.the state of prephratinn iq
which he found the papers he had itowed,for on the tattle. It
w.,tull lint be pnssihle that the whide of them could be pro=
dared before 'rue-day or Wednesday. lie has, therefore.
desirriess to defer his *potion respecting the einployineut of
vhip. of war as trAnsporb. till Thursday uext, which day
;heir Lardihips were vitinitioned to titiciel.

- • AFFAIRS OF SPAIN.
The Martinis of LANSEILIWN E advellai to the prodac-
Cop of sisitte papers ispon Wig subject, which had bent moved
foe yeptectiy by a Noble Lard (Iloringiliml, nod thought it
nould ha' mom advisable to have ell the paper, c.oineyted with
viasahject before their Istrdshißs, before he brought fdyward'
his inntion respi.ciing the tote campaign in Spain. Ile t herc-
!bre w'i,tied to defer theinotian of n hieli he had giv6l notice
.for Monday till Friday next, fur which day he moved that
I.lor Lordships be suru•sone,l.
The irl of LI V ERN)CM, in the absence of his Noble
Friend (Niargois WelleSlev), thou4:it pro'pet: to observe,' that
the papea to which the Noble Nl.tryais hadalluded were not
at air considered as e44ential to the discos•• of the motion of
which the Noble Nlarquis hid given notice. tie thilreford
but no wish that the maims should be deferred Oil that ac-
conut,
Time Marqui4 of IttNiIIOSTNE utiderstool that ns the
pipers moved for yesterday were eltpe.sed to be produced
Imtwedi4tely. hod hi he understood Many Noble Lidds Were
4esiro4s to have the whole of the stibject before the Itiule,
before they tintereil twon the discuss:on of it, it was his wish
to defer his motion till Friday,' for is It ica.dity a new order
\MAO& out.
TRI CLERGY.
Lord 001.4iNet, after tuuvitig the 'Qrder of
the flay, rose to, submit certain resolutioits to
their LordAhipa't }loose, of Which he hod given
podia. Re conceived, that this, his iniquition,
must have been miscogceived by many Noble
Lords. Ile had been represented as bringing for.
ward ;moo ntimatroui proposition, as intruding,
iq tows treasure, on the solAcism sanctoruin, and
as profanely reuturing to touch the Arch.Chati.
minor, tlitaughrit were only to prevent its falling.
.7714 bad no swill intention. Nu man respected
more than hp did the sicced right of property,
whether vested in an individual or in any gtriteral
body of pmts. fieh when the country laboured
limier such severe burdens, he thought that every
class of his Majesty's subjects sheep take their
share in thorn, anal thus alleviate the 4eneral pres.
sore. It hail been solemnly recommended in his
Majesty's Speech at the cotielusion of the last,
4IN the beginning of the present tiession, to make
a provision fur the inferior Clergy. He was ready
to allow that no description of njeu were more me.
ritudotis, Rut were there no other means of re.
tiering their distrestc than by increasing the load
of taxes which already pressed so hard upon the
people ? Was there nut a fund in the First Fruits
and Tenths, originally destined for their uselwhich
might pow be made available for that purpose
without 'flying any additional fierdeu po the
shoulders et the people at large ? The Noble
Lord then entered into Itn historical examination
of the origin and destioqtioq of the Fir,t. Fruits
and Tenths from the time of Henry VIII. down
;Roust to the present time. Ile particularly in-
sisted on an act of that Prince, which authorized
the jsspiug of a commission whine duty it seal to
re-survey and rp.value annually the clear improve('
amount of the First Filial tied Tegthsof Bete.
!ices. This law had never been repealed, and
might therefore be pot in force. By enforcing
that Oct, an ample fund might be provided fur
relieving the distressed state of the 'Jeerer Clergy,
a fund to which indeed they were originally euti.
;led, although of late years it vrasspossessed and
eljoyed by the superior Clergy almoo exclusively.
140 Nu* Lord then traced down the history of
this fund through the reigns-of Henry the Eighth,
Edwerti theSialli,, Elizabeth, Anne, and Guoroc
the first, inferring from all these different Acts a
right of the inferior Clergy 41.6 e full enjoYMent
of these funds, The. Noble *Lord conelatled by
moving eight resolutions, live of which were mere-
ly historical position; restlpg op tfie Acts he had
Tinted? an three more, as practical deductions
iog to be inferred from these Acts.
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The Archbishop. of PAN rl:RgUltY could
net help referring to some observations which had
dropped from the *A de Baron un a former ucca.
stag. They were certainly expretsed lot very
• stroug and energetic language. 'The inferior Cler.
gy were represented as defrauded and rohh:•,l ok
what really belonged to them by the aupetior
Clergy-.--but where was the proof ? The Noble
Baron has quoted a variety of facts to prove Lis
as,citions ; but, xs the most material of these
acts, lie had omitted (unintentionally no doubt)
the most material clause. He alluded to the Act
of 1704, and to the ciause Which provided, that
In all revisions of the property arising from the
First Fruits and the Tenths, the amount' should
t!,.: taken frog] what it was originally stated at.
if this ground then was to he taken away, as
;,Isly it should be taken away, from the assertions
.f the Noble Baron, the whole yf his proposi.
ti uityst fall to the ground—they have oothil
else to stand upon.
The LORD CHANCELLOR. argued at longth
against the positions amid interpretations pot upon
Acts of Parliament by the Noble -Paroti, and con-
-1:11.1cd, that if lit fact such, an Act as the 26th of
Henry VIII. could bg considered as still in force,
it should be repeated.
Lord GRENVILLE differed furl) his Noble
Frieutl in the tleductions drawn by him from the
Acts he had referred to, and contended that it was
not only for the inteioat of the indivislualp who bad
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