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Earls Fitzwilliam and Suffolk fpoke against the bill. Vifcount Limerick, in an eloquent and animated fpeech, defended the bill. Lord Holland, in a fpeech of confiderable warmth, argued against the bill, of which, he said, he not only entertained fentiments of difapprobation, but eyen of difguft and abhorrence. Viscount Carleton (one of the Irifh reprefentative Peers, and late chief juftice of the Court of Common pleas in that part of the United Kingdom) argued with great ability in favour of the bill, and exhibited a detail of ftrong facts to eftablish its neceffity. The Archbishop of Cafhel gave his decided approbation to the bill: he faid, that the evidence laid before the Houfe in the Report of the Committee of Secrecy, proved the abfolute neceffity of the measure. There was nobody who would object more ftrongly than he would to the introduction of Martial Law, but when noble Lords saw in the report, and had heard from every noble Lord who came from Ireland, that it was utterly impoffible for the municipal law to be put in force in that country, unless under the protection of the martial law, the neceffity of this bill muft be obvious. The Duke of Leinfler faid, that notwithstanding what had fallen from the noble Peer who fpoke laft, he was one of those men who would affert, that the prefent fituation of Ireland did not require martial law. He knew that tranquility was in a great degree restored; and he knew, that the allizes had been held in perfect fafety, and at one of the affize towns he knew, that above 200 prifoners had been tried, many of whom were convicted and executed. Lord Hobart faid, a noble Duke had stated, that at one of the afsizes in Ireland a great number of prisoners had been tried and convicted, but what was that owing to? It was to the protections which was afforded by martial law, for it was well known that without it witneffes could not be prevailed upon to give their evidence, nor would juries do their duty, becaufe if they did, they would inevitably be either murdered or driven from the country. It had been faid, that means ought to be used to conciliate the people of Ireland, inftead of paffing acts of this kind; but if noble Lords would read the United Irishmen's Oath, they would perceive that they were bound in the moft folemn manner to drive every Proteftant of every defcription out of the country, and to fupport the French if they fhould invade it. He wished to know what kind of meafures would fatisfy men of that defcription? On a divifion, the numbers were, For the fec. reading, 36 Proxies 10-46 Againft it, 10 Proxies 3-13 to the eradication of Chriftianity from the kingdom. He said that the bill did not go to fufpend the Statute nf Henry VIII. it merely ftayed the proceedings under it, and at the expiration of the term fet forth in the bill, the Clergy would be liable to be fued as heretofore. The Lord Chancellor fully co-incided with the noble and learned Lord, both as to the object of the bill, and the juftice of punishing thofe of the Clergy who had fhamefully rendered themselves abnoxious to the laws; but he lamented that by the letter of the law as it now ftood (and he had witneffed many cruel and grievous inftances of the kind,) the very fame penalty for non-refidence, attached upon a meritorious Clergyman, often encumbered with a wife and children, who though without a houfe affigned him to fhelter his head, upɔn a finall unproductive living, with an income fcarcely enabling him to place a fcanty meal upon his table once a week, though labouring night and day among his parishioners, in the holy avocations of his facred duty, as upon the rich Pluralift, who, with a living of 100ol. or 1,200l. a year in one part of the country, fcarcely once in twenty years vifits his minor parish in another, from the day of his induction. The Bishop of Rochefter explained that he was by no means adverfe to the bill, which, under the circumstances in which it was introduced, he thought a wife and a good measure, but he was only anxious to have the extent of its operations fully explained. Lord Alvanley agreed in these fenti ments. The bill was read the fecond time. The Speech of the Lords Commiffioners to both Houses of Parliament, on Thurf day, July 2, 1801. "My Lords, and Gentlemen, "We have it in command from his Majefty to acquaint you, that on account of the advanced period of the feafon, and the ftate of public business, he is induced to relieve you from a longer attendance in Parliament. "His Majefty highly commends the wifdom, temper, and diligence, which have marked all your proceedings; and particularly acknowledges the affiduity and zeal with which you have purfued the investigation of the important fub. jects brought under your confideration, in eonfequence of the fevere preffure occafioned by the high price of corn. The beneficial effects of the measures you have fuggefted for the alleviation of this calamity, have afforded his Majefty great confolation, and he has the utmoft fatisfaction in indulging the hope that, under the favour of Providence, the bieffings of Plenty will be restored by the produce of the enfuing Harvest. "Gentlemen of the Houfe of Commons, "His Majefty has directed us to return you his particular thanks, for the liberal provifion which you have made for the various branches of the public fervice. While he regrets the neceflity of fupplies fo large, it is a relief to his Majefty to obferve, that the refources and continued Profperity of the country have enabled you to distribute the public burdens in fuch a manner, as to prefs with as little severity as poffible on his faithful fubjects. "My Lords, and Gentlemen, "The brilliant and repeated fucceffes of his Majefty's arms by fea and land, important as they are in their immediate confequences, are not lefs fatisfactory to his Majefty's mind, as affording fresh and decifive proofs of that vigorous Exertion, undaunted Valour, and fteady Perfeverance, which distinguish the National Character; and on which the chief reliance must be placed for respect abroad, and for confidence and fecurity at home. Events fo honourable to the British Name derive, at the prefent moment, peculiar value in his Majesty's eftimation, from their tendency to facilitate the attainment of the great object of his unceasing folicitude, the Reftoration of Peace on fair and adequate terms, They furnish at the fame time an addimoderation and juftice, which will ever tional pledge, that if the fentiments of govern his Majesty's conduct, fhould be rendered unavailing, in this inftance,' by unreasonable pretenfions on the part of his enemies, the Spirit and Firmnefs of his people will continue to be manifefted by fuch efforts and facrifices as may be neceffary for afferting the honour of his Majefty's Crown, and for maintaining the permanent Interests of the Empire." Then a commiffion for proroguing the Parliament was read. After which the Lord Chancellor, by virtue of his Majefty's Majefty's commiffion under the Great HOUSE OF COMMONS. CLERGY NON-RESIDENCE BILL, Mr Ellison oppofed it, and read a quotation from Jofeph Andrews, relative to the various avocations purfued by Parfon Trulliber, for the purpose of ridiculing the Bill before the Houfe, which, he contended, went to make Parfon Trullibers of all the Clergy in the kingdom. He could not confent to allow the Clergy to become Jobbers and Farmers, nor could he confent to difpenfe with their refidence. Mr Sheridan faid, this was not a queftion which ought to be compromifed to popular prejudice and clamour. As the law at prefent flood, a Clergyman was authorised to cultivate his glebe, and to difpofe of the furplus produce. Gentlemen must be aware that this was a very vague and undefined privilege. Not only the extent of the glebe, but the number of the Clergyman's family, came into the confideration. A Clergyman with a large family, and an ordinary portion of glebe, might have very little furplus produce to difpofe of. But, fuppofing him to have no children, or, fuppofing him to be unmarried; Was it not his right and moft undoubted privilege to turn his glebe to its full advantage? Could he do this, to its full extent, without pofleffing agricultural knowledge? In the cafe of Inclosure Bills, which of late had multiplied exceedingly, there was always a certain proportion of land allotted to the Clergyman.-Was the Clergyman to make ufe of his fhare?--Was he to fuffer the land to lie wafte? Was he to neglect at once his own right, and the national benefit? Yet, as the law at prefent ftands, he was liable to penalties if he difpofed of the produce. Was this confiftent with common fenfe-confiftent with the national good? At a time when the neceffaries of life were at fuch an enormous price, when the produce of the country was ftated not to be adequate to its confumption, was this a time to pally the energies of mind, and to throw obftacles in the way of improvement? Were acts of Parliament to be rendered futile and nugatory, and Bills introduced for the avowed purpofe of turn ing land to its utmost advantage, to be Let the House picture to itself the cafe of a Clergyman coming into a wild and uncultivated diftrict, coming into a place deprived of all comfort, and prefenting nothing but caufe for discontent and alarm! a church in ruins, a parfonage-house in a state of delapidation and decay! the inhabitants rude and uncultivated-the foil itfelf ambiguous-and from local circumftances, calculated folely folely for the rendezvous of Smugglers and Plunderers. The roads impaffablethe country at large wafte, defert, and neglected. This one individual man, this Clergyman, gifted with fuperior powers of mind, with energies which defy even the common operations of human agency, reverses the whole face and complexion of things. Blending inftruction with example, he civilizes the inhabitants; forms their minds to virtuous purfuits; builds, at his own charge, a Church, where he inculcates by precept what he illuftrates by example; reclaims the foil, and forces Ocean to reflitution; erects and perfects the roads; plans, and carries into execution, measures for the public fecurity; renders man the friend of man; and from aggreffors converts them into brethren; convinces them that private good is confentaneous and dependent on public benefit; that individual intereft must give place to general happiness; and transforms the whole character and fituation of the place to which he is appointed. The fervices of this man are fo important, fo confpicuous and exalted, and have fuch an imperious claim upon acknowledgment, that the Lord Lieutenant of the county feels it his duty publicly and officially to thank him; the Magiftrates fecond and echo hack the vote of praife; the Judges, in their official capacity, bear evidence to his worth and merit; the Board of Agriculture feel themfelves called upon to pay him homage. Is not, he begged leave to afk the Houfe, the cafe of a man like this more than a counterpoife, more than a fet-off against the fictitious character of Parfon Trulliber? But he was not now oppofing hypothefis to hypothefis; not contrafting one idle character with another. No! his defcription was given, not from the pages of a Novel, but from hiftorical fact. He was fpeaking of a man actually exifting, a man known to the world, and efteemed by all the good, the virtuous, and the intelligent. However unneceffary it might be, per fe, to point out the individual, whom every Gentleman muft immediately recognize-a man whofe merits were their own herald, and needed not panegyric-it might be proper, in the prefent inftance, to oppofe name to name, and, as a fictitious clerical character had been introduced, he would meet and contrast it with a reality, by exhibiting the Rev. Mr Dudley v. Trulliber. Mr Gregor moved a claufe for permitting Clergymen to occupy farms to a certain extent. Mr Windham fpoke against it; and recommended the Hon. Member who brought the Bill forward, to adhere to what had been firft propofed to the Houfe, namely, to relieve Clergymen from vexatious profecutions. He thought the prefent claufe was taking the House by furprise. Mr Dickinfon, Mr Gregor, and Mr Courtney fupported the caufe. Mr Sheridan then moved to leave out the business of licences, &c. fo that it fhould be merely a bill to fufpend all actions already brought, and to ftop any others until the 25th of March 1802. This amendment was agreed to. The other claufes of the Bill were then gone through, and the House adjourned. June 26. A Committee, confifting of Meffrs Steele, Yorke, Corry, and Alexander, were appointed to manage the conference with the Lords, refpecting the amendments made by the former in the bill for the relief of infolvent debtors. Mr Steele reported that the Lords had agreed to the firft and fecond amend ments, but diffented from the third, which required that 4-5ths of the creditors fhould agree to the bankrupt's certificate. After a fhort conversation, Mr Steele was ordered to report that the Commons did not infift upon the amendment. The bill was then returned to the Lords. Thursday, July 2. Mr Dent gave notice, that he should take an early opportunity, in the course of the enfuing Seffion, to move for leave to bring in a Bill to place Country Banks iffuing their Notes, under certain reftrictions. The Speaker, after paying a high compliment to Mr Lee, Clerk of the House, faid it would be neceffary on account of the great increase of bufinefs, to allow him a third Clerk. The Chancellor of the Exchequer feconded the motion, and Mr Tierney, though he said he thought it his duty to watch over the Public money, perfectly agreed in the propriety of the appointment. Sir William Grant, Mafter of the Rolls, took his feat for Banff hireParliament was then prorogued to the fixth day of Auguft next. MONTHLY |