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Sir Robert Smith faid, that in confequence of the preceding evening's debate, he was induced to trouble the house with a motion, which he hoped would not be opposed. The affair of Sir Hugh Pallifer's trial had been brought anew upGo the tapis, and an enquiry, of which that was a principal object, was to be investigated after the recefs; but as it was requifive parliament Should be apprised of the facts upon which it was to deliberate, he begged leave to move, "That the minutes and fentence of the court martial held upon Sir H. Pallifer be laid before the hour."

Lord Surry feconded the motion, and it paffed ananimoudy.

Admiral Keppel now folicited the indulgence of the house, while he offered a few words on the subject of yelerday's debate. The governer of Greenwich hofpital had on that occafion read a long pamphlet, the contents of which be ing read in a very unintelligible manner, he did not underfland at the time; but had fince been iaformed out of doors, that it conveyed feveral pointed charges against bim, which it would have been proper immediately to have noticed. He hoped the house would excute his omiflion thee for the realons affigned, and afford him a futu e opportunity of reply to every afperfion deliberately. As enquiry was his warmest with; for he confided both in the juftice of parliament and his own integrity, nor could be dilcouraged because his party was the weakeft. He bad difcharged his duty with fidelity to the king and to the public; therefore ecfired his conduct thould meet the h.ht.

Alderman Sawbridge applauded the hon. admiral's fentiments, and cenfured the defence alluded to, which he faid was read to imperfectly, that that it seemed not to have been admisar Paililer's own hand writing.

to. The committee reported fome progrefs, and the houfe adjourned till to-morrow.

Wednesday, May 31. Mr. Malon presented heads of a bill for regulating the laws and proceedings on cuftodiums.

Mr. Chapman, the Speaker, and Sir Lucius O'Brien expreffed their difapprobation of the prefent mode of proceedings on cuftodiums; approved of the intention of the bill, and hoped there would be a full house to difcufs the nature of a bill which affected every man in the kingdom.

Sir John Blaquiere moved, that the committee on the naturalization bill be impowered to receive a claufe for punishing any perfon, by a pensity of zol, to be fued and recovered in a fummary way, before a juftice of the peace, who thall interrupt, diflurb, or prevent any alien under the bill from following his trade, art, or occupation; and alfo another claufe, that any fuch alien fhall not be compellable to serve any corporate or parish oftice under the term of feven years. Ordered ac cordingly.

The house being in a committee on the natu ralization bill, Sir John Blaquiere moved the foregoing two clrutes, which was agreed to by the committee.

The chairman reported, and the report was ordered to be received to-morrow.

Sir Lucius O'Brien presented heads of a bill for the better regulation of the woollen manufac ture.

Mr. Coppinger prefented heads of a bill for continuing and amending the revenue laws. The house went into a committee on the mutiny and detertion bill. Mr. Dillon in the chair.

Went through the bill. When they came to the heads of the bill, the provost moved to alter the time thereof, which after fome converfation were agreed to, and altered as follows: "Heade

Wednesday, Dec. 6.] Adjourned to the 23d of a bill for the better accommodation and regu of January.

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Sir John Blaquiere moved, that the confideration of the claule in regard to quartering foldiers be put off till to-morrow, which, after lame debate, was agreed to.

lation of the army in this kingdora." Mr. DilJon reported. Ordered to be received to-mor

row.

Thursday, June 1.] Mr. Godfrey Green said, that the committee on the bankrupt at had come to a conclufion, that it appeared in the courfe of a long examination, and many witne e, that 473 commiffions of bankruptcy had been iffued fince the year 1772; that there had been a defalcation of crecit in that time of 1,082,165. and that, upon an average, pay. the pound; he therefore wifhed to know the ments had not been made to creditors of 3. in fenfe of the houfe, whether he should report or bring in heads of a bill to amend the bankrupt laws now in being?

Sir H. Cavendish thought the report should be fuft made; upon which

Mr. Green gave notice, that he would report the proceedings of the committee to-morrow. The house in a committee on the naturalization bill. The heads read,

faid bill, exprefsly mentioning, that no foreigner Mr. Ogle moved, that a claufe be inferted in

who shall come here under the fanction of luch

General Cunningham adverted to the many inteareniencies which arole from the delays given in the payment of the military establishments; and Sir John Claquiere faid, he woule to-mor tome, that his excellency the lordlieutenant de in tuue illue his warrants for the more effect thall be returned to ferce as member in parliament, or enjoy the place of privy counsellor, tazi payment of the army. magiftrate, or any truft, civil or military, in

The several claufes were then read and agreed

any

any town corporate, or other part of this kingdom, or be entitled to vote for members to ferve in parliament. His idea, he faid, for introducing this clause, was to exclude Jews, Turks, Infidels, and Heathens, from forming any part of the legislature of this country.

Mr. Dillon faid this was the actual claufe which was yesterday unanimously rejected by the committee, and he knew no resfons which eccurred fince to make them alter their fenti

ments.

Mr. Fortefcue was furprised, that lo humane a character as his hon. friend should introduce fuch a claufe; it was introduced by an honoursble knight yesterday, and rejected by the committee, and he thought it ulelefs to introduce the bill, if fome temptation was not thrown out, as an incitement to foreigners to come bere.

Mr. Yelverton moved, that the preamble of the bill fhould be read.

Mr. Dillon afferted that the clause militated againft the principles of the bill. It exprefsly cut off foreigners from enjoying even a freehold in this country. It was, inded, a cafe peculiar Jy hard, that a man should be supposed to abandon the privileges of his own country, to come to a country where he was excluded all privileges. Mr. Fitzgibbon, thought the claufe a necellary, and a proper one.

The attorney general said, however tolerant he may be in every inftance, yet that very toleration led him to raise an objection to certain parts of the prefent bill; it was the cruelty of granting that privilege to foreigners, which we deni. ed to a loyal and deferving part of our own community. The Roman Catholics would complain with fome juftice, that you put foreigners on the footing of fubjects, and left them, your felJow fubjects, on the footing of aliens. He was forry that fo cruel a diilinction thould be made, and therefore thought fome claule neceflary to prevent fo unnatural a jealousy at home.

Sir H. Cavendish was for the bill in its prefent form. He would be glad to fee a foreigner arrive to the honour of being even attorney general in this kingdom.

The right hon. Mr. Scot faid, the attorney general of Ireland was no Jew,-if he was, he might demand the principal and intereft of all the debts it was his intereft to recever.

Sir H. Cavend fh faid it was a Swifs gentleman he had in his eye (whom he named) and not a Jew.

Sir J. Blaquiere was fatisfied the claufe fhould be for the exclufion of foreigners to any of the aforefaid privileges, except fuch as fhould conform to the protestant religion.

Lord Crofbie faid he could not confent to the pating of any act, which was excluded by thofe laws which called the houfe of Hanover to the throne.

The attorney general would not object to that part of the claufe which could render Profelytes to Chriflianity.

Mr. Yelverton faid, that all clergymen under the dignity of bishop were cut off from a thare of the legislation of the Bitish empire. That men of that denomination from foreign cosatrics

might come here, and by the tener of this bill, enjoy a privilege denied to our own. Another objection was, that all justices of the peace ex`cept justices of corporations were denied any cognizance of fuch foreigners, so that if a foreign Quaker was to make his affirmation, we fhould have no record of his maturalization, but what might be furnished by the little portrieve of a petty town. Jews, Turks, Heathens may renounce the Pretender, and, the Pope; may take the teft, and become the first members in the flate, whilft the Papifts the unfortunate Papilts of this kingdom, were alone excepted;thofe Papifts against whom the rancour of the penal laws had been extended fo far, that the gates of all fortified towns were that against them, and even their induftry curbed so far, as to limit their number of apprentices to two, under fevere penalties. if you ftand in need, (faid he) of a further degree of population, encourage those injured natives by removing their restrictions and render the refort of foreigners lets neceflary. The bill could not país in its prefent form. He was therefore for re-committing it.

Mr. Walter Burgh faid, that foreigners could never be brought here under the prefent circumftances of the conftitution. Our friends the Quakers would not uncover, the Turk would not relinquish his turban, nor the Jew his beard. It was impoffible that any gentleman in that houle fhould fay, "My friend in the broad brim -The hon. gentleman in the turban; or my circumcifed friend in the beard. The ladies too might object to the monopoly of the new right hon. member's feraglio. To be ferious, however, he asked, Was it the real intention of the houfe that they should have fpies of every nation fitting there? Was it poffible they could be ftrenuous for Exotics to the injury of the native This clau'e could only exclude the rabble of mzo, who might pour in, as deftitute of principle as affection. Foreigners of eminence could feel no inconvenience, as they could be naturalized by act of parliament. It would be a monftrous perverfion of power to fee foreign Papifts enjoy a feat in that houfe, while the native Papift, tho' deferving and inclfc ding, was excluded. It was an invitation to the mob of all nations to create confution, and he would therefore vote for the claufe.

It was then re-committed for the further confideration of the committee of the houfe tomorrow.

The order of the day being read, for the houfe to go into a committee on the petition of Robert and George Gamble, Elgrs. and Sarah Norman, devifees of the late right hon. Francis Andrews, Elq; provoll of Trinity College, Dublin.

Sir Frederick Flood, after fome converfation, moved the houfe, that heads of a bill on faid petitions have have to be brought in où Taeíday next, and council board at the bar on the fame.

Ordered accordingly.

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HUS Plyche fpake, divinely fair- of harms I

Ye timorous Gaidian maids, beware!
For Cupid rifes in his arms.,

If all anarm'd be yet can wound,

And ravage hearts are forc'd to feel, How dreadful will his might be found, When every shaft is barb'd with fleel!

Retire, ye Gnidian youths, retire

Or, if ye ftill would fondly itay,
With diftant awe, unleen, admire.

My fon has left all childish play.
No more his leisure he confumes,
With graces link'd in airy dance,
To tend with pleafing care the blooms,
Or down the flowery flope to glance.
Or chaunt in Sylvan's careless cave,
Or kim the pool with pebbles light,
Or part with ivory arm the wave-
My Cupid rites in his might!
What are his arms, ye Graces, fay?
'Twas ye who ting'd from yonder kies
With radiant bues his rich array

To dazzle rude invaders eyes.

What are his arms, ye Cupids, tell!
Since every wondrous pow'r is yours,
And yours the port, by magic spell

To poist the thaft, which kills, yet cures !

What arms can be require who wields,

Tho' naked, fuch refiftleis darts?
Why fhould he fear the clang of fhields,
Who, fafe himself, invades all hearts!

A fhield compofed of fame and ice,

Of contraries its wond'rous mold,
That, feen at diftance, can entice
Beholders, nearer to behold,

And neareft drawn, can nearer draw
'Till now hearts burn and now are chill-
So blended was, of zeal and awe,
Its make by Love's fuperior skill !
They lofe all fenfe, from fire and froft
So doubtful are th' effects they fhare-
Thus trees on Scythia's frozen coast
Are parch'd and chill'd by magic air.

ladented on the field, were strange
Tales of the fate of lovers old,
Who felt from love each wond'rous change,
And now to heat, and new to cold.

Asvarying paffions drive, they veer.
Vahappy Phædra here is feen.

Sad Philomela lingers here,

† And proudly turns the Tyrian queen,

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And Cœneus, fair transfigur'd boy,

Who love's reftoring pow'r could feel, And he, whole fame confum'd thee, Troy! Here gleam'd in gold, on ground of steel.

A chain o'er captive limbs to wind,

Touch'd by that Ceftus Cypria wore
When fought the mighty Jove to bind,
And love o'ercame almighty pow'r.

A choufand links compose that chain,
Each one a fpirit to enthral-
Soft words, that hearts refift in vain-
Soft breath, that melts an icy wall!

Soft fighs, that break the ftony heart

Solt thoughts, that dwell in bofoms brave, And tempt even Hate to join their partThus mighty love can all enllave,

But who, among most beauteous things
That charm and pain fpectator's fight,
Can paint the luftre of his wings?

Not Maia's fon had plumes so bright.

And now, in modeft guife reclind,

They feem'd to guard his tender breast,
And now they role to meet the wind
That breathes from Saba's spicy vest.

To fave from killing eyes each friend,
His face he fhaded with a mafque
Where rays of milder influence blend,

And o'er his head a dazzling Cafque !

Helm of fuch radiant plume before
Ne'er magic wrought nor hero claim'd
So from the Cafque § lulus wore

O'er Heav'n the flood of glory flam'd!

Guarded with golden braid, around

His taper leg were cuishes neat,
Beneath with jafper buckles bound,
To fave from ill his filv'ry feet.

A gorgeous mail fecur'd his break,
Fit cafket for a gem fo rare!
Its fubftance, every virtue's beft-

its workmanship, each grace's care!

O fay, what pow'r can him affail?
What foe dares for his progrefs wait?
When he displays that dazzling mail!
When be goes forth in gorgeous ftate!

The magic fword, the fhaft of fame,

Whofe wound, whatever mortal felt Would with again to feel the fame !

The looks, that to foft pity melt,

The tears, that favage foul can quell,

Th' alternate blush of hopes and fears, The files, that forrows all difpel

Such are the arms my Cupid wears.

This long attend with cautious care,
Be timely warn'd, ye Gaidian Maids
Ah! what avails it to be fair

When love the vanquish'd heart invades?
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