establish fuch a regulation in a free country as bad baffled the attempts of abiolute power; and that not being able to accommodate the living to his fatisfaction, he was determined to try his hand with the dead. He also moved for a return of donations given to parishes, with an account of their pretent application, which were order ed. He then gave notice, that he would move on Tuesday for two claufes to be inferted in the Police-bill, the one to prevent the clerks of Divifional Justices acting as attornies; the other to annex ten fhillings duty on private fedan chairs (which formerly belonged to the Work houfe, and was now vefted in the Police) to the du35. ty payable to the Lying in Hofpital. He laid the number of chaus were two hundred and fifty, the amount the efore only 125, per annum-a trifle that could not be confirued as material to the public; there we e few gentlemen who did not throw away as much annually, yet this grant would prevent 40 beds from being clofed on the 25th of March, for the number of refident ber.efactors who fupported bed did not exceed 24, and the foundation contained 64 bed. On this ground be was determined to flow the propofition in every flage, and if not carijed there, he hoped it would meet protection in another Houfe. He requested gentlemen to attend, as it was a meafure on which the accommodation of many depended. He faid, that if the poor found relief, and the public entertainment, it was to the Speaker (Mr. Folter) they were indebted, who in 1785, had efpouted their intereft, and created what they were now in poffeffion of; that in pursuing the measure he intended to propofe, he did not mean to give trouble to the prefent adminiftration, for whom he had real respect; their fituation was unufual in this country; fupported by the landed and independent property, they might, fet at de. france the fohcitations of private men, the abilities of any individual, or the following of any parliamentary party. If they erted they were doubly criminal, for they were without temptation. He then flated the prejudice the poor must receive if deprived of two parts in three of their prefent relief-which must be the cafe if the fund for their fupport was converted to pay juit debts. The Chancellor of the Exchequer in reply faid, that he believed the other Houfe would be carious how they interfered in money matters; if ublic entertainments were wanting, the public, who frequented them, fhould pay; and he obierved, that the charity had long fubiitted without any parliamentary grant. tec. Compensation bill, the House in a Commit Mr. Browne, of the College, moved, that the proper officers do lay before the Houle the number of persons and their names, indicted and tried at the comin fion of oyer and terminer and general gaol delivery, in his Majefty's Court of King's Bench, and Quarter Seffions for the city of Dublin, from the first of December, 1785, to the first of December, 1786, and from the frit of December, 1786, to the fit of December, 1787.-Mr. Browne faid, that his realon tor caling for thefe returns was, that a very confiderable expence had accrued from defending Police men who were indicted for several crimes, and this expence ultimately fell upon the citizens of Dublin; and hom the information of leveral very Lespectable perfon, the Police were in general the aggreffons of the law.-Didered. The Provoft moved a claufe, to the following, eff&: that if the parishioners entered into combination against the parton by giving him notice, that he should draw his tithes on the fame day, in that cafe the parion fhould recover by civil bill from the party, except he proved he was in no way concerned in la d combination. -- Mr. Curtan reprobated the claufe, he faid it went to deprive the farmer of what he was by law entitled to do, that is, to pay his tithes to the clergy in kind, and in refpect to the combination, how sha!! the perfon prove that he was not guilty of a combination; is he to prove a negative? Sure there is no law hurman or divine to make a man prove himself innocent before he is charged with a crime-and if the committee was to fuffer the claufe to ftand part of the bill, it would be putting it in the power of the clergy to punish every innocent man in their parith-by the claufe now proposed the parfon may bring his civil bill--it is read before the judge, and the judge need not call on the parfon to prove his cafe, but without enquiry he must give a decree against the defendant-he faid this claufe was not congenial to the conflitution-it was fetting up a kind of inquifition, and making the laws more tyrannical and abfurd-he reprobated the bill now under confideration, as repugnant to the genius of the conftitution-he concluded with declaring it to be a law of tyranny, and a law of oppreffion; he fhould therefore vote against the claufe. Mr. Se jeant Toler called upon the learned and hon. Gentleman to know if he would make ufe of the fame arguments in a Court of Law as he has done in the House of Commons-for his part he thought the bill an exceeding good one, and highly neceffary, and the right hon. Gentleman, who had taken fuch uncommon pains in bringing forward this bill, well merited his thanks. He laid that the principal cause of the origin and exiftence of difcontents was the publication of pamphlets of an inflammatory tendency, and he mentioned fome as coming under that defcription, particularly the white boys addrefs to the King. mult Mr. Solicitor General faid, that as the principle of the bill was admitted, the claufe was irreHe faid the whole bill did not contain a Giftible. more innocent claufe than the one now propofed by his right hon. Friend. He faid the claufe was not a violation of the conflitution, and he would fupport it; for the claufe fays, that a plaintiff that he is rector of a parish, and that prove there were certain tythesble articles growing and produced out of the lands of the defendants and the defendant will be permitted to prove that he let out the tythes, and gave notice to the parfon to draw. He asked, was there any tyranny in that, and that was the whole of the claufe, and was that fufficient to justify fuch language a had been made use of ? that it was a violation of the conflitetion; for his part he loved the clergy, and he loved all his fellow fubjects, but he allo loved the conftitution and the laws. He fad he had been in the courie of of the last year, eight weeks in the fouthern parts of this kingdom, and he received information from almost every defcription of perfons, and the refult was, that the clergy were in general moderate; at the fame time he thought it but juft to declare, that fome of them were reprefented to him as fordid men, as avaricious men, and as oppreffive men-but indeed the number of thefe were but few, and he hoped that no honourable gentleman in that Houfe, would look upon him as an advocate for exaction; and addreffing him felf to Mr. Grattan, he lamented that he had uadertaken the bufincis which he had brought for ward on Thursday night laft, as he was confident that no good confequence could ar fe from it; and for his part, he hoped, that the rev. Bench of Bishops will, in future, at their vifitations, recommend a fyftem of moderation to their clergy in respect to tythes, and to prevail on them to adopt fuch lenient modes as would put an end in future to the agitation of questions of fuch a difagreeable nature in that House. Mr. Boyd approved of the principles of the bill. He faid that the clergy had as juft a right to their dues, as perfons who had titles to their eftate, had to their property. Mr. Grattan contended that the bill is more likely to agitate the public mind than any thing that fell from any member of the House. He then commented on the claufe, and he declared if it went to deprive any part of his Majesty's fubjects o of their just rights, that it is an ex poft fallo law. He obferved that very great inconveniencies had arifen in this country from making laws without being acquainted with the fituation of the country. He compared it to a taylor making a fuit of clothes without taking measure. Mr. Browne, at the College, bore teftimony of the existence of a combination, where the whole parish gave notice to the parfon to come and draw his tithes on the fame day. The Attorney General faid, he heard it affert ed that this bill invaded the conftitution, and he heard it afferted that it overturned the trial by jury, but he muft inform gentlemen, that the queftion of tythe never was triable by jury, and in refpect to combination, he contended, that without the intervention of the clause, a court of equity would give redrefs to the clergyman, and the claufe was for having any difference decided in a fummary way by the going judges of affize, without going into the ecclefiaftical courts, which had been fo much the subject of complaints on the other night; he obferved alfo, that it had been afferted, that this claufe went to pervert the rules of evidence, but he denied it; for if the farmer fet out his tithe fairly, an affirmation on the part of the plaintiff must be proved or the party can't recover; he he e obferved that he knew the fouth of Ireland well, and that the Rt. Hon. Gentleman did not we know the fituation of that part of this kingdom; be faid the difcontents that had prevailed were principally owing to the inattention of landlords in not caquiring into the fituation of their tenants, and he declared it to be the duty of the landlords to protect their tenants, and to fee them redreffed when they are injured. The claule agreed to without a divifion. Mr. Curran moved an amendment, “* that the judges, when any doubt fhall arife, in refpeâ to the claim made by the parion, shall summon and impanel a jury to try the fame." This was opp fed by Mr. Serjeant Toler, the Attorney-General and the Provoit. And the queftion was put and negatived. Went thro' the bill with feveral amendments. 19] Sir E. Newenham moved, that the account of the receipts and expence of the Police establishment, prefented yesterday at the bar by the Accountant to the Commiffioners or Police, and now lying on the table, be referred to the committee on the Police bill. Ordered. Mr. Holmes moved, that the return of the Commiffioners of Police in refp & to the state of the goals in this city, and now lying on the table, be referred to the committee appointed to enquire into the fate of the gaols.—O. dered. Mr. Gardiner moved for leave to bring in a bil!, for the improvement of the avenues leading to the city of Dublin, by errecting turnpikes thereon. (To be continued) T POE A CONTRAST. O India, John and Tom departed, John had a confcience ;-Tom had none. Now, Tom's carefi'd among the great; His ancient friend John may felect; To his opinions all fubmit, And praife and blame, as he thinks fit. John has much learning, fenfe, invention He rides along in gilded carriage; The wretch would have me, I suppose." Than Than be a vile plebeian's wife, She'll rather be a maid for life: Then, tho' your beauties dread and hate her, She'll check and edify with fatire. Ak Tom, how fares his old friend, John? Tom really knows not such a one : Lord! how you make him stare and wonder, At fuch an execrable blunder! John, with true philofophic lore, Contemns this mifcreant, with his (tore.Had John the wealth which Tom has got, Of either what would be the lot! The following beautiful Lines, addressed to Dr. Warner, in his leaving London, and more fe. rious Bufinefs, tempted by the Hojpitalities of Maton, the Seat of G. Selain, Ejg were written by W. Hayley, Bfq. For these pretty frolics, when call'd to a trial, He 'fcaped, but difdaining his genius to bridle, To the fhe-wolf of Ruffia that Princefs compared. H! flippery MONK to leave thy book Thy character clafs'd with a heart fo canine, AH! and bell, Put out thy candle, and defert thy cell! While rich October gives to groves of gold Threatening death and destruction to all that they meet. Illuftrious defcendant of Auftria's great line, Call'd to trial again for his whimseys and lies, But thofe turbulent wretches themselves caft him out. For they, though engaged in frequent rebellions, Nor fuffer the faction to wrangle in quiet. Where awhile he lay ftill, but the next news we hear, The champion of Chrift is become a Jew priest: Has adopted their tenets, their diet, their fashions, And vows to ftand by them in weal and in woe; Wears a beard fo enormous, his noble relations, When they fee him, can't tell if they see him And our holy religion now dares to degrade. What farther adventures this genius betides, On hats, breafts, and windows, blue trump'ry 'Tis hard to determine, his volatile mind difplay'd, Still thirsting for novelty, ftill will change fides, The champion profeft of the Muffulman's caufe. ! By excoriation his confcience to parge, The gods our forefathers were wont to adore, May all take their turas when the trange fit is on. What wizzard was muttering his fpell in the air, What planet, malignant, prefided that day, When G, bright Duchefs, this prodigy bare, And threw fuch a tumbling block into our way. Brave G, ye great names of Scotland difclaim him, The ftain of your high blood, the shame of your race; No wisdom of this age's line can reclaim him, Nor rivers, nor oceans, wash out his difgrace. F Reafon's Expoftulation with Love. OND, feverish boy, why madly feed A reftlefs love, without an end? Sav, to what good thofe wifhes lead, Or whither does thy paffion tend ? The flame you nurfe, that very flame Shall prove a ferpent in your breast; Of itrength thall rob your fickly frame, Your days of work, your nights of reft. Say that thy love can't injure thee, Yet, for her fake, oh! quench the fire; Think how you'd wrong the maid and me, If once you kindled foft defire! Thou know'it the nymph can ne'er be thise, Than teach the maid like thee to bleed. And, when he's gain'd it, breaks the toy. Would love, did love do her no harm, From paffion's ills thy fool relcafe? Would that which made her bolom warm, Restore the long-forgotten peace? Thou canst not bear th' averted check, Thou can not bear her filent eye: Tho' Scora may make thy fetters grind, Thy love tick heart can ill endure; I tells how Fate thy doom has fixt, And clearer thews the gulf betwixt. Why wilt thou rush to certain pain? To he thy foot who madly flies? IN Love's Answer to Renfon. NTRUDER bold, whofe impious tongue Prefumes to chide my ha'low'd flame, Art thou of earthly parents Iprung? Whence doft thou come? or what thy name? Not earthly thou: fome Hell-born toe, Or fare fome stranger from above: Its nature well thou segm’it to know, But ne'er did't feel what 'tis to love. Give me a breast as cold as thine, Or teach the maid to frown like thee; Then fhall this foul no longer pine, And thou alone fhalt govern me. But, whilft I view that eye lo fweet, And in that eye a fweeter mind, Stili may't thou idly ever prate, And preach tay leffons to the wind. Go, tell the Sun to hide his fire, And tell the stars to shine no more;、 Go, bid the furges back retire, Nor dare to lath the bellowing shore. Seek Bedlam' din and mingled yells; There, if thou canft, refune thy reign; B Madness leave her iron celis, And drag no more the clanking chain. Go call her wand'ring fenfes home, Her frantic rage and storms allay; To laugh and dance the hours away. And Age itfelt once more be young.. Is not the badge of creeping Time; Which marks the lover's penfive foul. Or fondly fmooth'd the frown severe. That trumpet tongue, whofe harther noife Would from this breaft her image fcareIt never us'd the dulcet voice Which Love employs to woo the Fair. Or leave her face to gaze on thine? FOREIGN FOREIGN Conftantinople, June 2, 1788. TRANSACTIONS. HE Talhifet, or Referee, of the Grand T Vizier has arrived here with intelligence of the conquest of Moldavia by the Austrians on the 7th ult. when the Hofpodar of the province and Prince Ipoilanti were made prifoners. Among other circumftances attending this difafter, it is related, that the force of the Ottomans confifted of only 6000 men, while that of the enemy amounted to 25,000; but that the former made a long and vigorous refistance, nor vielded up their arms till they had made a prodigious flaughter, which, after all, they found fruitless. At prefent there is violent fufpicion that this event would not have happened, had there not been a fecret understanding between the Hofpodar and the Auftrians; and according Jy orders have been iffued by the Porte, not only to confine the Halpodar's lady, his fon, and fon-in law, but to confiicate his effects. It is alfo affirmed, that Prince Ipoilanti, previous to the defeat, had prudently lodged a confiderable part of his property in the bank of Vienna. Madrid, June 10. We learn from Cadiz, that during the four first days of this month, eight veffels arrived there from Vera Cruz, Guayra, and the Havannab, with 1,482,208 piaftres, 337 marks wrought filver, and a quantity of merchandize. 29] We learn from Fuente del Maeftre, that a terrible storm fell there on the 8th inft, which did a great deal of damage, and killed a number of people and cattle. On a fudden a cloud appeared fo dark as to cause a general confterna tion; after a heavy form of rain, hail, thunder, and lightening, a bail of fire fell, accompanied by fo dreadful a clap of thunder that every one thought he was killed. The lightening fell on the Convent of the Conception, demolished part of the tower of it, in which it made a large JOH hole, passed into the upper choir, where it hurt two owns: afterwards running all over the church it returned to the lower choir and tore the wall in fuch a manner that the principal one was obliged to be pulled down, and the reit propped up to keep them from falling. Notwithstanding the great danger they went on with the mafs, which was faying at the time. A fimilar accident happened laft month at Milan, where the bells were melted by the lightening, yet the prieft continued the ceremonies, and the affiftants their prayers. Grenoble, June 17. The occurrences of yesterday were truly alarming. The Duke de Tonnerre was in danger of lofing his life; the people affaulted his hotel, and having forced their way through the guard into it, and fired through the windows; they then endeavoured to find the Duke, faying his fkull fhould make a mitre for the Prime Minister; they broke all the doors, windows, and tables of his cabinet of natural history, &c. The whole was a frightful fpectacle, and many were wounded, both citizens and foldiers. The adjutant of the royal regi ment of marines had the imprudence to order them to fire on the people, and the carnage would have been dreadful, but for the coolness and preffing intreaties of the First President, and the timely and wife proceedings of the Comte de la Tour du Pin Rollier, who at length got an order for the troops to retire, and tranquility was restored; but the people continue to quard the Magiftrates carriages, to hinder their depar ture. There is ftill a great fermentation; and thole people who cannot forgive the foldiers for firing on them, and killing and wounding fome of them, endeavour to excite a difcontent amongst the mountaineers. Much depends on the answer which a courier dispatched to Versailles by M. de Tonnerre, will procure. BRITISH INTELLIGENCE. LONDON, July 3, 1788. OHN Brown, a boy of about twelve years of age, who had been employed in the PoftOffice, in Chefter, in receiving, ftamping, and forting letters, was on Friday laft committed to the Northgate gaol of that city, to take his trial at the next feffions, for taking and destroying a Jetter, containing bills to the amount of 7284 9s. the property of Thomas Patton, Elq. 7]. Yesterday morning, about nine o'clock, a decent dreffed elderly man went up the monument on pretence of viewing the profpect from that pillar, when he came to the top he would walk round on the outfide of the ballußrade, and when he came to that part over the Monumentyard he threw himself down, and was dashed to pieces; he had fome money and a watch in his pocket. A drunken man, who faid he lately kept a public-house at Hungerford-ftairs, appeared against a girl of the town, who he charged with having robbed him of 250l. in Bank notes. History Auguft, 1788. was, that having fold fome ftock in order to make a purchase of a small eftate in Buckinghamihire, he accidentally met with this woman, whom he took in a poft-chaife to Hounflow, after being with her fome time he fent her back to London, and foon afterwards miffed his money; he then returned to town, found out the girl, and brought her to the Public-office. Nothing appearing to fupport the charge, the Magiftrate difcharged the girl. A woman attended the hearing of the above matter, who declared, that he was the plaintiff's wedded lawful wife, and had been fo three and twenty years; and moft devoutly wished his worthip would fend her busband and his where to the D together. Edinburgh, 17] This morning early, Mr. Brodie arrived from London, He was immediately carried to the houfe of Mr. Sheriff Cockbura, at the back of the meadows, or HopePark, for examination. Mr. George Williamfon, meffenger, and Mr. Groves one of Sir Sampfon Wright's clerks, accompanied Mr. Bro Kk k |