1 122 cafe of pluralities non-refidence was neceffary. He acknowledged that in other cafes beneficed clergymen of good talents may be more ufefully employed in the metropolis and in great towns, than in remote churches in the interior parts of the kingdom. But he must infift, that in every inftance where the income of the benefice could bear the expence, there ought to be a good and fufficient curate at all times refident in the parith during the abfence of the beneficed perfon. It was an old faying, that "Talis eft populus qualis eft facerdos," and certainly there can be no greater blefling to a parifh than a good and exemplary refident clergyman. Speaking as a fincere friend to the interefts of the church, he could not feparate the interefts from the duties. The recent hiftory of other nations, and of the difaftrous times on which we are thrown, has made it more than ever important, that the intelligence, the loyalty, the benevolence, the religious fenfe, and all the Chriftian virtues of our churchmen fhould exert their utmost activity and energy in every part of the empire. Amidst the awful deffons which this turbulent and disjointed age has given, we have found that we owe our fafety to our being lefs diffolute than other nations, and to that moral and religious impreffion, however weakened and imperfect it may be, which ftill prevails in the middle clafs of our countrymen. It was the firft duty of the Legiflature to give force and effect to an impreffion fo falutary and fo effential; for the reft we muft repofe ourselves on the infcrutable will of that Providence which rides on the whirlwind and directs the ftorm.” Lord Auckland having here clafed his general remarks, was proceeding to ftate fome doubts whether it would not be right to introduce a claufe to limit the duration of the bill; when The Earl of Carnarvon fpoke to order, and said, that both the noble Lord and the right rev. Prelate who preceded him, had been irregular in difcuffing the claufes of the bill, and ought to have referved their obfervations to the Committee. The noble Lord whom he had called to order, had not faid one word againft going into the Committee, which was the fole queftion under confideration. He was anxious to attend the Committee, but he wished to know, whether the Houfe meant to go into it that evening or not? Because he thould be very glad to withdraw, if it was not meant to go into the Committee that night, as he did not wish to liften to arguments which he must hear over again in the Committee. Lord Lord Auckland replied, that he and his right rev. Friend had spoken, with the indulgence of the House, under an understanding that it would be eligible to state their objec tions, as bearing a connection with the whole plan of the bill. But certainly that the noble Earl was entitled, if he thought proper, to enforce the ftrict order of debate; and he would give way with a cheerfulnels, which the noble Earl would be the firit to imitate on any fimilar occafion. The Lord Chanceller faid, that without deciding whether the debate had been regular, he was ready to lay, that it had brought forward many objects of contileration, which would engage his thoughts preparatory to the Committee, and which he hoped would tho ten the fubfequent difcuffion. The further proceeding in the Committee was adjourned to Monday. CHANDOS PEERAGE. The Earl of Suffolk wished to poftpone the further hearing of this claim to Tuefday next, as his noble relation could not be present before. The Duke of Cumberland faid, he understood that it had been fettled the preceding day that it thould positively come on on Monday; and as many noble Lords ftaid in town on purpose, and it would be inconvenient to them to continue in town longer, he hoped it would be attended to." The Earl of Suffolk faid, he would yield to the wish of the illuftrious perfonage who had juft fat down. CLERGY. The Earl of Suffolk faid, he had been mifrepresented, probably from having been mifconceived, in what he had faid on a former night, relative to the tiers etats of Fra ice. He had faid, that they, making a fourth part of the National Affembly, had been the means of the revolution, and the overthrow of the monarchy, but he had not faid a word to convey an imputation against the right reverend benea oppofite to him on the contrary, he had exprefsly declared his conviction, that under fimilar circumttances the conduct of the right reverend bench, whofe virtue and piety were undeniable, would have been directly the reverie. The Bishop of St. Aiph tard, the proper courfe for the noble Earl to purfue would be to move, if any mifreɔrefentation had been made of what he laid in that Houle, that the printer be called upon to attend at the bar, and anfwer for his misconduct. The Earl very liberally faid, "No, that I do not chufe to do." Lord Auckland moved, that the proper officer do prefent to the House a statement, to the latest period for which the fame can be made up, of the proceedings of the commiffioners appointed under the great feal, by virtue of an act of the 30th of his prefent Majefty, for the purpose of regu lating all fales and contracts for fale, made up by bodies politic or corporate, or companies, for the purpofe of redeeming their land tax, with their dates, and the amount of the fame, with a ftatement of the total faved to Government by fuch redemption, &c. &c. Ordered. Lord Auckland alfo moved an humble addrefs to his Majefty, that he would be pleafed to order an account of the revenue of the Poft Office, from April 5, 1782, to the 5th of April 1803, with an account of the charges and penfions thereupon; and alfo of all the remittances from the pott office in Scotland during the fame period. Ordered. One bill was brought up from the Commons. The bills on the table went through a ftage each. The Houfe adjourned till the next day, when all the bills that were ready would receive the royal affent by commiffion, HOUSE OF COMMONS. FRIDAY, JUNE 10. A perfon from the office of the chief fecretary in Ireland brought up an account of the number of diftilleries in Ireland, the number of ftills employed in each of thofe, and the number of gallons each fill contains; with the number of gallons annually exported from Ireland. Sir J. S. Erkine brought up a report of the Committee appointed to confider the means of providing for the families of Scotch militia-men; which expences, he faid, the Committee had determined ought to be defrayed by an affetiment on lands and houfes. The faid report was ordered to be referred to a Committee of the whole Houfe on Monday sext. Lord Glenbervie moved for an account of the ftatements, made to the lateft periods, of the proceedings made by the commiffioners from fales of the land tax on the property of bodies corporate and politic; the quantum of stock purcha'ed, and the gain to the public. Ordered. Mr. Fitzgerald brought up a petition from the debtors confined in the prifon of the Four Courts Marthal, praying relief. Ordered to lie on the table. The report on the exchequer bills defect bill was agreed to, and the bill ordered to be read a third time the next day. The affeffed taxes confolidation bill, and the confolidation collection JUNE 10.] collection bill of the affeffed taxes, were feverally committed, and the report ordered to be received the next day. The militia transfer, bill was read a fecond time, and ordered to be committed on Monday. Mr. I. H. Browne gave notice, that he would on Monday move the House to grant a fum of money for making roads in the highlands of Scotland. COMMITTEE OF SUPPLY. The Secretary at War, before the Speaker left the chair, moved that the estimates of the barrack board, and those of the tranfport office in Ireland, be referred to the faid Committee. The Houfe then went into the Committee, Mr. Alexander in the chair. Sir P. Stevens moved, that an additional number of 40,000 feamen, from 7th June, for seven months, be granted, for the fervice of 1803, including 800 marines. A Member, whofe name we could not learn, observed, that the marine fervice was generally looked to as the molt ufeful in our military establishment; he thought, therefore, 8000 marines too few, and could have wished the number had been 20,000. Mr. Ballard faid, the marine fervice was a favourite fervice, as well as a most useful one; and he believed that almoft any number of men might easily be raised for it in the ufual way of recruiting; and he thought this mode of raising men would be infinitely more conftitutional, and more con fonant to the withes of the people, than any forced levies, the idea of which had been thrown out on a former night. The Secretary at War laid, that this vote of 8000 marines was only intended for prefent purposes; that more could be had if they thould be wanted, and more in fuch case would be moved for. He hoped, therefore, the hon. Member who made the objection would, for the prefent, be contentedwith the number moved for. Lord Temple asked, what number of men board the fleet. were now on Sir P. Stevens said, the number that had been voted was 8,000, but not more than 70,000 were on board as yet. The Chancellor of the Exchequer faid, that, to prevent any miftake, he begged the Houfe to recollect, that his hon. Friend had stated, that there were now about 70,000 men employed in the fleet, but that Ɛ0,000 had been voted, fo that the complement was defective by 10 000. The first refolution was then put and agreed to, as were the following: 118,000l. 118,ocol. for paying the faid 40,000 feamen. 840,000l. for wear and tear of thips. 100,000l. for hiring transports during the year. 24,9331 for charges of barrack department of Ireland. Alfo, that provifion be made for payment of the cloathing of the militia of Ireland. The Houfe refumed, and the report was ordered to be received next day. CONSOLIDATION OF THE CUSTOM DUTIES. On the order of the day for the Houfe to go into a Committee on the bill for confolidating the duties on cuf toms. The Chancellor of the Exchequer rose and faid, that before the motion for the Speaker to leave the chair, he begged to make a few obfervations, which he doubted not would confiderably fave the time of the Houfe, as he would fhortly flate to the House the several alterations propofed to be made in the bill. Several petitions, he faid, had been prefented from the thread lace manufacturers of the counties. of Buckingham, Bedford, Northampton, &c. &c. complaining of the duties intended to be laid on goods of this description propofed to be allowed to be imported. The intention of this was as much as pottible to aflit the fair trader, and to counteract, as far as could be done, the designs and schemes of the fmuggler. He imagined that in this article there was to the amount of 400,000l. brought into the country, of which not more than 20,ocol. paid duty. Some alteration, therefore, was abfolutely neceffary. The attempt to prohibit it entirely, would positively be nugatory and ineffectual, the article being to be brought into the country in so small a compafs. It was propofed, on this account, to lay a duty ud valorem; and it had been determined to fix on a fum that should discountenance the fmuggler, and give every possible advantage to the fair trader. He had found from the beft information he had been able to procure, that the fmuggler could enfure his profits in time of peace at to per cent. and in time of war at 15 per cent. He therefore propofed the ad valorem duty thould be fixed at 20 per cent. which he thought would be fuch a medium or average, as would not fail to fecure the fair trader. The only difficulty he |