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John Wallace, Margaret'Par-'' ker, Jane Gough, the Hon. '. John Evans, now the Rt. Hon. John Lord Carbeiryy Moles worth G r e e n l a n d Marcella Da-vjj,' ;

P L A I N T I J . F J .

John Scott, George Evans, Catherine Shad well,. per- t

sonal Repjescntativqof Jo-siah S h a d w d p e c . ^ i « W -9 had well, Anne'^htd well, Sarah Shadwell, Bridget Shad well, 'Belinda S had-Well, John Shad well,,' the

• Rev . James. Kenny, John, Cox, and RicKard Evans, Esq. Heir atXaW of Simon' Evans, deceased, •

D i r E S S A N T S . ' • • • -"'.'" •'.'•• i • -

Pursuant toa Decretal Order made in this Cause, bearing date the 15 th day. of December, 1804, I do hereby give notice to all -the Creditors and L e g a t e e Rich. Evans, deceased, in

I M P E R I A L P A R L I A M E N T 1 ;

HOUSE OF L O R D S — J U N X -II 1 3 M A J E S T Y ' S 1 1 E S S A G E . •

T h e Order 'of the D a y being read for taking H i s i Majesty 's Message into consi-deration, ;' '•,.'.• •'. •'.' ••••••' ( ;;.-,

, Lord M U L G R A V E rose, and stated, the Plradtngs_namedv Mf]1M-fj,. j n o v i n H W Add rt»sj' he should not

mandsj' on or before' the i'6th Day of July

. next, otherwise they; will be precluded the Benefit of said D e -cree. Dated this 14th

'.day of .-June, 1-805. , " T , WALKER-.

For Particulars appiy to Mr.-BLOOD, Solicitor for the Plaintiffs, Aungier-street,-' Dublin.

By the Lord Lieutenant and Council of Irelaiid, A PROCLAMATION.

-. HARDW-rCKE,. . ' •• ' TTTHEREAS by an A'G patfed in the .Twefity-firll and V V Tweiitv-fecohd- year of his Majcfly's reign, enti-

tled " An Aa for the better lec'urin» the' Liberty M'the. Sobjeft,-"v»nU'-commonly called the Habeas Corpus Aft-,; It is prb»ided "'th»t it IhalUnd may. be l-jyful. 19 ihd. for the Chief Governor i-nd Governors for iHe Time bcin:-, *nd PrivyCcuftcil of'Ireland, to.fufpend the faid Ad, durinirfach time only as thcte'.ihtll bean «£hial invafion

Rebellion in IreUnd ur Crest Britajn, jo-.lge or Judice of Ptace fh'nll bail or'try any-Perlcin or rpilnns chareed with being'concerned ia fuchTrtvili&n or Rebellion without.»n Oriler.-?"rom:lb« Lieutenant,- or. Lord Deputy and 'Privy C6uncil of Ir't land for the Time being, figne.l by Six of the i'aid Privy Council, any-Law, Statute, er Ufage to the contrary in any. wife hotwithl1and:n£.

And whereas a daring Rebellion hath aflnally broken out in Ireland, anil it hath bfccctae jdvifeable ;to (iilpehd the Operation ,pf the laid Aft during the Continuance

'thereof: ••"."•.." " -..'_••••• - .Now we the'Lord Lieut>.Hant:and Council do hy this.; our Proclamation declare. That the..laid be,, and ths same U hereby ful'p nded, of which all Judges, Jullices of the Peace, -a.tfl-Sthftrs.-are, required jo.take Not-icei

- And wb'er.ei ijusi^UviWfop.'to ap,pr-iheDil that feveraj.; Pri-fonr, .charged with hosing feptRconcerned in the faid ; Eebe'llioii, are^a.favbu'ring to el'cape Joltice by dtpirt-i'ng'from.Ireland ;

Now Wr the Lord Lieoleriain, being defirotts tt> bring till.I'uch offenders to fpeecly Punilhment,; dti, liy and with tile Advice of bit Majefty'o moil Homiura'lile Privy Coun-cil; forbid'any Pcrfon wRofiifo'eVer to depa: t from Ireland without 'hiving obtained a Pafiport -for. th-at- pur • ';

- p.ofe,, iignrd hy our Chivf Secretary, nr the Under Secre-tary for"the Civil Department, or either of them, or by fome Pcrfon authoril'rd by ah Infl'rument. fiibjcnbed by «hem, or either of them, to lign-l'uth PalTpoits,

Arid w-e do hereby, ftiicl'ly command . all 'laflers am] . Commanders of all Sh: « and Vcffek dep'i.'rtiilg from Ire-

land, that they do nut, upon any account whatfoevt-r, jtske ort. hoard their V-. iTels, when dep)rting from Ireland,

. a;\y Pr.rfon-not having filch PalTpoi t as al'orefaid, l'aye and ixcejit thV ptifons adluilly employed to navigate fuch •VvlFeli rc-Tpc&ively.- - - •->'.,.

And we do juithei cominand all Masidrates, Officers ! of the Revenue,-and all Officers Civil and M'ditai y,'.and ailiother h'.i Mai-:!)'* Su'-jefls, to ufe their utmoll En. de2Vours to prev -nL the departure of arty Periods from Ireland not having I'uch I'alTpoVts as afo:elaid... •

Given at the Council Chnmber fa Dublin, the, 8th of July,'sB03

' ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ • ^ i M r f i e ^ a M h i s -motion with atitl-prove theit'seve- - 1 , ,, . ,,. .,1: .- . .- , -, - , , rKlandtespective:De,-vbany observat ions , . i n a s m u c h as the A d d r e s s

w h i c h he wf-as- about t o ' m o v e , went only to assure'His. 'Majesty,; that that H o u s e vvould concur in taking'such measures as the e x i -gency should require. •

L o r d C A R Y S F Q R T objected to the m o -tion,' and stated,' that no grounds were la id, whichcot i id ffuthorize Ministers to c a l l , f o r the confidence of the H o u s e . A t the begin-ning of. the Sessions they had received a communication f r o m H i s Majes ty , that he had received overtures of a pacific nature from France, but that he had' declined a n -swering them, until he had communicated with the Continental Powers. , F i v e months had now elapsed 3ince ;that per iod, and it did. not .appear, that any, even the; smallest advance had been made by our Ministers to-w a r d s a coalition with Russia, or any one Continental , P o w e r . In fact, the N o b l e L o r d .contended', that by -the T r e a t y of A.mieus we had abandoned the w h o l e C o n -tinent, and f i o m that period none of the Poweis .couid have any confidence in our alliance. H e theri entered into a review of o u r Nav-al.and Military Establishments as compared \vith those of the enemy. H e in-sisted that the A r m y had not been rendered so'efficieilf as the Ministry hai'd vaumingly .promised they w o u l d make it upon thei

anil tlva't

fo-rccs, with their dispositions and services, from which he inferred that so far f rom f o r -feiting the confidence of the country, that Ministers had done every thing to merit it. H e denied that the treaty of Amiens hati. i any influence upon the Continent,' and ob-

) served that the fate of ' the Continent had been before decided by the T r e a t y of L i m e -r t l l e , and that the. Treaty, o f . AmiCils had been concluded upon the expi-ess- principle that it might be best 'for the- interests of-the-. Continent itself, s6 - far from being: made

. wi thout any regard t o j h e Continental inte-rests'. Since that't'reaty-also every measui e had been made to consolidate our interests with Continental P o w e r s . : W h y that -en-deavour had not succeeded'was- quite ano-ther question,'" and not n o w fit matte 1. for discusion. It had always, been, usual ;f,o.r Parliament to refrain from asking any i n f o r -mation on treaties pending the negociation of them ; and in fact, the vote asked to-night was but a fair inference from the' vote Which the Ho,use had a lways come to in^the beginning of Sessions. W h y the negotia-tion had not yet come to a conclusion, was not matter of b lame, and lie trusted the H o u s e w o u l d not in this instance deviate f rom the usual and Parl iamentary mode, but accede to the motion for the Address.

P.edefdah-, C. .-Clias"; Dublin. ,-y/m. Tuam.

Droiheda.'- --Annrfley.- •* Muj'kisrv

TyriW.v ' J",; Eercsford. H. li, For..

l.insriU'.e ,M. Smith.:. .

GO.P la.v«.,the K-1NO.

Henry K.'rtg. D. Lnoui he. S. Bamilton. Wau. Fiti'Gerald. Standilli O'Grady.

B y i h « LorilXieutenant and Council oi Ireland, - ;' A PROCLAMATION.

. CAMDFN. , ; • • , i^TfTH!iR.EA§'.it jiith been le.prefentrd to us,'that diver -

V V Artificers, Manufa£tuieit, Seamen and Seafaring. Men, His ^ajelly^Snbjv^s.haye b'een fedlicid to-embarfc

1 en BoaTd'di viTS Foreign Ships' nd yeffels, for the, Purpofe of quitting this Kingdom,.and going into/Paits - eyond. the Sea's, contrary-to-t-hetiaws aiid-Sutnt.e«^)l-the.iiealmt

We,- the Lord Lieutenant and Council, da, hereby or-der and direct:,, that no Foreign:Sh-.p^r V'elTel be permit-, ted to Tail f rom any Port of this K i n g d o m , until-, an A'c-

. co.unt fnall .be delivered to the • principal Officei: of fuiii , Portv duly attefted, on the. Oa th or .tht Mafler or Com-

msnder-of fuch Ship oi' VcfTels; 01 on his-Affirmation, if » Quaker, of all Pcrlohs on Board I'uth- Ship or Vetl'el,

. txeept th« Ci ev/as re|rorted on k'cr Arriv'al'.i'fi ;this King-dom.; fuch Account fpecifying the 'Names, the Ages, »ivd the'Trade and Occupations of' all fuch Perfofis, ind. whether fuch Perl'ons, or iny of them, are, or is His

• Waje.ft.yls Subjeas or Subject, which Account (hall be .. ..trajifniitted.tn the Clerk-of His Mijefty.s Privy Council.

'And if arty I'uch Ship or Veffel Hull have ort Board.atry Pirfon, being Ills MajcHy's Subjcit, and art Artificer, or MinufacVurer or Seaman, or Seafaring Man, going out of Ki>';fy!ajelly's I3ominions'into.-.Parts beyond the- Seas,

' contrary to the (.aws'stnd Statutes ot this Realm, except the Crew fo reported as aforelaid, fuch Ship or VefTel

• (hall nst be. pertiiiturd to fail with any fuch P'erfon, being h't MxjtGy'* on Board jts aforefiid, till fpecial

- PtrrnfiiKin !}j«J! br givfii for the Purpo'fe. 1 1. ire, Ar,d-tl:e CeniniiWoriers of his Majelty's Revenue

t®iy«t ihie iir.ceihrj infections' herein accordingly. ..Giyen *t rile Cettncll Chamber in Dublin, the 14th

•'•>•/ April, 1795. • PHigibboo, C/ • Porta, liiigto'se H. Lanurislre • Chaiiei Ca.Oiel.. . Dill-oil. ' -• H. t , Cl.men'tfi '•

V/iiliain Tu.am Carelton ... Denis Browae. "V/atcrlocii " Mountjoy' " • -

: ' " > ' ' : G O D " S a v e the . K I N G . : - R '..'/J V . - -

r entrance inur'Oflice, and that the N a v y hatl beGn sp'ba'tlly directed, . that the. enemy's squadrons Sailed out of port whenever they pleased, and' 'had committed depredations without check or coi-.troul. Hcinsisted that Ministers who'liad so conducted themselves, ought not to have the immense sum of five millions put. at. .their,disposal; o n - t h e c o n - . trary, under the pieser.r alarming circum-spanpe's:-.o) the country, he thought it was •the, diuy of that House-to remain at their post until His- "Majesty' Was enabled to g ive them, some specific information-on the issue of the Negocmtion pending with R u s s i a ; and concluded by moving an-amendment, •praying that His Majesty would no; prorogue Parliament until he was enabled to lay before them the iSsntS'of the Negociation.

L o r d M U L G R A V E - r o s e in reply to the .assertions;of the- K p b l e ' L o r d respecting the army and n a v y . H a v i n g first,.'.observed, that the' T r e a t y of Amiens had no effect whatever on the present pending treat}', but that.£he delay arose Irpm causes not arising out.'of that treaty; 'and w h o l l y unconnected ,wjth it. :.Wi,th respsct'to o u r a r m y , he o b -servecl, that.in 16 months a f t e r t h e ' w a r b e -gan, we had 119,000 men of disposable force,' of tvhU'h 17,000 had been sent to the reinforcement of our distant colonies. - W e

. had also ninety-four ships of'th'fc line in com-mission and service. T h e w h o l e o f the enemies force, as w a s collected, from what", was Relieved tp be authentic sources of itj-

j f p v w ^ o f i . y / 0 '"> I^'a'rooTi-nted to 8 8,, iSo^that w e ha'd^el^v^fr. ftip'ej'i'br' in -number,'-- including -a l luhe F r e n c h , Spanish, aud D u t c h sh ips united. -1?ntii Very lately they had been lockedufS in/ their :own ports, a l though it w^s true that a fleet had lately escaped and gone upon distant s e r v i c e . : His . L o r d s h i p ad vetted to the V o t e of Credit , and observed, it was the usual V o t e passed; at the end of e r e r y Sessions, and that the present request was nothing extraordinary, o r unusual, in parliamentary,practice. H i s L o r d s h i p w a s proceeding to discuss this point, but stopped several times j , at length- he declared, he laboured, u n d e r , such, severe indisposition, that he jiould not proceed, * and therefore, begged leave to conclude, which his, L o r d ' ship did,. and shortly after was obliged to retire from the H o u s e . ,

: L o i d H A W K E S B U R Y took up th6 a U ;, tftent w h e n the last N o b l e L o r d from illness,

•tr-as obiiged to. bxeak off . . - H e defended the present proposed Vote, as consistent w.i!th al l the practice of r ir l iatnent, ; and-;wen,t. into a .detailedir.evie;^. M owv naval .and.mi l i tary

L o r d C A R L I S L E contended, that the A r m y and N a v y were in a worse condition than they were last year. It was import-a n t f o r I 'arl iament to k n o w what was bun-actual situation, whether we were, to go on in this war, . , and coritend sifigl'e-iha'rtded against France and her Al l ies : H e had heard great blame imputed-for tHe disposi-tion of our naval force,- And wished to'hear those charges denied. • It wassaicfthat-our cruizers^had. been. ' more '. intent int Taking prizes than watching the., mQiions''.of our enemy. H e wished that ih'c^Adtriir'alt'y would confute those statements. H e was 1 clearly of oplniori tbat Ministers Ought not .' to hav.e.. that'confidence which they "demand-ed1; a l l the wor ld k n e w what squables there existed in'the Cabinet , .and whi le We we're discussing w h o should come in and w h o go out, Bonaparte was-parading uninterrupiecj throughout Italy. -T ha -Rochfort squadron had plunderetl our West India possessions, and another fleet had sailed n o b o d y knew whither . H e concluded by declaring that he should vote for the amendment.- .

L o r d C A M D E N stated, that since M a y 1804, we had'encreased, our nayy beyond all former precedent', and that 17 sail of the line m o r e ' w e r e shortly coming- f o r w a r d ; that with respect to our military fo ice , w e had 3000 troops more than we had at the highest period.during the last w a r .

L o r d D A R N L E Y agreed fh'dt the-'Minis, try had not entitled themselves to the confi dencc or Parl iament, and, t|ierefoic, "he should oppose the original motion,'.and sup -port the amendment.

L o r d W E S T M O R E L A N D supported the motion, and argued it was .a good proof of the great care which had Been taken to protect the West India Islands, that w h e n the Rochefort squadron arrived there, -they could make.no permanent impr.^sib^ p u - a n | one place. . - ,-'.>-. r o,'.- -•';; / : I L o r d S P E N C E R contended that having assented to the former vote in f lile''beginning df the Sessions, by ho'toearisVpledged the H o u s e to adopt the vote which-Was propos-ed to-night. H e had no objecftion to agree in a rote w h i c h should pledge .the House to concur in Supporting'' H i s Majesty in case of e x i g e n c y b u t he considered the vote of to-night as a vote of credit to an extraordinary extent. W h y this sum should be voted was w h a t Parl iament ought to kno.W, for it was not us«al to keep Parl iament in ignorance as to the state of oui alliancest V . .,

' L o r d H A R R O W ^ Y defended the Jhotioh on the ground that it was the usual P a r l i a -mentary Course at.tlhe close of every Session to pass a vote of credit. v . ; : V L o r d S I D M G U T H observed , that it had

.a lways been the practice at the close of every Session.of-,Parliament ^during the W?Ir, to', pass a.Vote of ctcdit ' for the supply of unfor-seen contengencies,; and that in fact the mode gdop'te'd.lift the present cjec-'asjori was th& ihost

respectful that could ' b e o w a r d s the HdUse. In another place the suni ot five millions-had been'voted, and it would have been regular to ha-Ve.r'c'fel-i'ed that vote to a Committee of S u p p l y , .to have a p p r o p r i a t d ' -if,for the purposes of a vote ,of credit. His L o r d s h i p next- adverted' to the Treaty of .. A miens, whicii h.e sai.d was concluded wii'h ,£i vifew to tha general interests o f Eii'i'-dpt',:

and particularly with,,a' t-icw to . gi ve il;e Continent the best-chance .of restoring it's ' fallen energies. And 1 -although--, that vrea- . ty had' been most fecl'u.pulously adhered to' on our port* yet had i.t hot been ft if the interval-of peace it afforded,,', and which •• exhibited the t iue character of F i a n c e , we- s.hbuld never have witnessed those energies, which " this country, had since evinced, and which did not exist before-that T r e a t y . , Unfortunately before that period, the .peopleof this country Were carried a w a y -by a, too ardent -desire for peace, wi thout ' :

d ii 1 y consi de ri n g whet h er.i t- w as tb -b^d bt a i n - f ed upon stable or permanent grounds. T h e .

/ interval afforded by. that treaty had s h e w n them the,delusion of their hope's, and ilicjr afterwards came lor ward iviih a zeal and*'' energy w h i c h f but-for that cdhviciioh,- tfjej ' >-never would hg ve expressed, In 2,5 month's w e had double the amount of the w h o l e in--tejest of- our capital debt, '"we had addcd'.-;at' millions to the resoui'ses of the countryj•— W h y had the 'people of Ei:j;iand borne ih'ii increase 0} burthen,- not o n l y wi thout 'muiv-m u n n g i .but-with cheerltilness, but-becatisS • they were codvinced pf the necessity ' o f the; war,- which.before the T r e a t y - of A rn'renS1-' fh'e'y were not convinced o f . . A great d e a l ' had been said by N o b l e L o r d s on the other .-side on the insufficiency of our naval a n d ' military forces, i Iq six months after the w a r : ; -w e 'had .,98-,000 i n f a n t r y , : i o , c o o ' - c a v a l r y i 90,000 militia, and 4005000 volunteers.-— W i t h respect to the amount and-distribution-; of. the N a v y he was liriacquaihted,- but" he-had not the least-doubt but ' that equal zenl , • energy; and- efFcct had been produced i.n.r'hac department. L i e • considered- -that •.{£&&•:'.' proofs warranted the demand of confidence . made by Administration, -and 'suflicicitt -ground lor supporting the original motion. -

L o r d H O L L A N D ; in a ve-ry-Clbiig- and .. able speech,, reviewed tlie--whole; p ioceed-ings of- the w a r ; H e insisted, that 'it- -was founded on an iofracticrj of. the Tieat-v .of AiTiiens, and that it . w a s supported, by a statemriit founded in falsehoodi : ..He believ . ed the Conti'hent-wished.for pe3ce, and.Ltiat they had an abhorrence o f those wln> w i s h -ed-to rekindle the flames of w a r . H e c o n . sjdered the situation of the cotintrV so criti-cal , that the House ought to be at its post, ^nd.eoucludcd by giving his assent -ID the amendment. /

: L o r d C/Ri fs ' t fORT'expla ined/

L o r d G R E N V I L L E s a i d , he c o u l d - n o t .possibly consent to the disposal' of ,so large a isum as that required without 'ascertaining. " iwhether there w a s a reasonable probabil i ty ' •of the professed object beLig attained; H e . condemned, in .pointed term's the'^Ttealy. <jf Amiens , Whic-li, • he. said' ,-had .sowii the seeds o f our present misfortu.ne'in -sa.pro'fifip.'..

; a so i l , that.it Was.'impossible i t l ia f the tnos.t poisonous fruits should ii'ot l i ;ave-' : .gtowti from them. T h e men w h o concluded that treaty formed at present a psirt; of His. M a - > jesty's Counci ls , and from such men- w e could not reasonably ' look ' - for a remedy for oUr present embarrassed situation. - H e then adverted to the disunion which at 'pre-sent prevailed in the Cabinet. This-, hs; said, . w a s so notorious, that it 'Was impossi-ble to w a l k the streets without hearing the fact,publicly asserted 5 and, under such cir-cumstances, it behoved their Lordships to call for an explanation of the actual s itua-tion of the country; If a Continental c o -operation could be obtained, be: was ready to admit that it w o u l d be very des i rab le j and eveii if that object could notbe attained, he should consider it desirable that Russia Should be made the mediator^ in order to shew the w o r l d that the cause in Which Were engaged was just. T h e T r e a t y of Amiens had placed tiie country in Such an Unfortunate situation, that it was agreed on all hands, that nothing was , left to r e s . cue us frofn its evlis but the recur-

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rence of w a r ; arid the men w h o coricluded [hat treaty, he concei ved to be the most un-lit of any upon earth to be entrusted w i t b t h e conduct'of OLD affairs in a moment like the presentj>s;-w:hen we were in treaty with F.o.r reign T o w e r s tor tire purpose of,..extricating the country from the evils to "which their, f o r m e r measures had subjected, ps.'-" By ihem the Continent had: been ' abandoned, and it was not by iheui'that ',sve could hope: to regain he confidence of • those-whoui we had so imprudently''deserted. > H e admitted , that Vhe force of the country was very ior-n i id A b l e , and with, proper, management,,did , not despair of pur coming honourably .out,.

, of the present,contest.; O h . the,. Whole,, he';' .•perfectly, agreed;, with ..the m o v e r of the amendment:, .and should of . course give his., hear.ty assent to the motion." . . ;

T h e , L O R D C H A N , .vindicated the T r e a t y oi: Amiens, w h i c h , he said, enabled us to,ascertain the perfidious v iews, of, the e-nemy j and expressed .his siirprise that the -advisers of. the negociation o f , L i s l e , should., disapprove, ;of the terms; of:, the T r e a t y . of Amiens. T l e t h q u g h t it very, unreasonable to 'qa.ll ^ t j t h ^ r e v e a l m e ^ p r t h e w h o l e p,f, the secrets of .Government pending 'a. negoci-

, ation, and:,notf ess e^traprdinary that a w hole Administration should be,censured, :because., the.conduct of a part of it had been, disap-proved. . . ;>.: . . • [ . [ I, ,- "- :

T h e Karl of C A R L I S L E expla ined, that . the .whole secrets of Government were by. no moans called, for :• all .that ; was warned ,

Enable t h e , Hq,us?:to judge,qf . the,propriety of the pre- ; sent measures of.• Ministers'. -• • ,.:-,- . . . .

L o r d . G R " E N ' V r i L L E . a l s o , . e x p l a i n e d . , - : H e did not mean to. convey,,a censure upon

.the wtjoie ,pf.:the Membersiof-, A d m i n i s u a - ; don-; ' :but such,of '.hem as had concluded the

• disadvantageous T r e a t y of A,miens. , T h e L O R D C H A N , ' said a few .words,.

in_exp!anaiion. ! ,-•••:: ' ::; H i s R o y i ! .Highness the P . o f . W A L E S , , :

.in., a, very low. tone,of voice, lamented, the absence-.of a-;Noble L o r d , w h o would hay.c f u lly e x p ressed t h e s en time 11 s ;'o f his , R o y a 1

•Highnesson, the present question-. : He. was by no means desirous of, offering liis opinion to tneir L o r d s h i p s ; but. under the present, circumstances- he could not iietp saying,.•.that..

. the amendment proposed, h^d his entire a p -probation. • .- . • • ' .•• > , . . .' „<"-';:-.;'

• . . .The House, then d i v i d e d , ; w h e n there a p -

, peared f o r the Address,. 'as ino.ved by L o r d . M A L G ' R A V ,-V, .3

v . r:, Contents ; . P r o x i e s -,

;No_t:';Gontents P r o x i e s ; ....

:. „,.;;••;•'; '"-.-- Major i ty .

statements, had formerly giveri hU. i j tent io* 4rid j f no improvement h i d been tf»a3e.tn ttie tq the subject,' arid-would, he-hoped, bring ! ' m S i i d e . p . a ^ J ; t n e . p t l i e - • was s o r r y ; t o say,' if now again before the House, in,his usual >.-tl|$re was here much lcsisi> room for satisfac-. in inner, ft was now two years since we :< tisfaction.. O n >a general compaiisotv of the 1. . 1 i-..-.. . . . 1 1 . 1 . . . . , i . „ , . „ v.i,.i ' i k i . . vl - V . . * r - ivioi-' .. . . . r , t-u^t. . . t tu had. been told that the w a r coOld. be main tained; tu this period without any addition to . die c-Vpiial of ' 1 ' '"' ''"'' ' ' raised eivery

'}«">• 1 t.vuvji. ,vr 11,1,1 v/ ui. t i l uv.1uii.1v/ii L

our debt , ;byrliiiijting the loan;., y?:ir to the; ainount pi the i;ed

• na'val .force of l;ast" year , with that of this year , there were 88 sail of the line in c o m -

very first year, 1 art addition, tho\',certaihly;:a ' sm il 1 one , " was acfdal'ly^"dnade'ito "11 on r

m i s s i p n i p t y e a r ; and o t w h e T g t h of June, 1 7 9 5 , thy.rc W r c 9 r , being an addition of three ships. T h e r e . was a fhrtWr. addition ' o f ; 7 frigates, s loops, and gun brigs.

: L a s t year ttiere w e r e 78,000 seamen voted, but%7,o'§'o w e t e ' a c t u a l l y employed for the

.... «w,^..n;'j!^sf8i'x''iodnXh8'of)Lhe yeari..being.an-c«crease.

fore this time three loans had ' been ma!'cle' of .9600 nfien. T h i s vear, whatever diffe-b y which, taken together, an addition of renci; there may h a v e been in the fitting out 40 millions was •made to pur debt beyond of ships, .there .'was no reason to think-that -w h at' was e-xti ngu is hfecl!-b.y • tlle'Cbm-missioni'- the number of effective ...seamen exceeded ers of the.iSatidiiiil Debt- and tlic Red'emp- i what .was mustefed last yeari. • !He;Cq,uld not

at was extinguis'hediby the'Cominissibn-o f ' the..Xati(i;ikl Debt ' and ' die Redemp--

tion of the Land'Ta^x. ' W h e n he looked at' ' the immense'athouht' ri'f' oilr national-ebrperi- :

' diture, • when he found by the resolutions of ' last year , th.-.t 7 ? millions had been expend-' '

ed. i ti t Ii at yea r j "arid ffltind that the e x p e b d U ' tui e- miist be stiil more, though he -trusted'' the finances'of rhis 'cuintry , . i f wisely acl-min'istered w o u l d stiil fii mish resources ade-quate to any e x i g e n c y , 'yet he coil id -nHt help'considering.them as one of t h e ' f i r s t objiscts demanding the ca ie of "a wise Admi'-' nisi ration, with a vieW .to put a stop':o--this ruinous expenditure, 'if it should not be ab " solute!}' necessa.y to persevere in- a w a r ' which rendered if inevitable^ T h e conse-quence- of the demands upon the -public was-not only the imthecliiite stil3tVa'ctibh':of:,a I ar'ge po nipn o r ' his.pwperty :-from' -the parse ojf :e'v;er-y subjactj 'but -afeb the "eht'ail "of i m -metis's ' burdens' upon h'is - post'e'nty.' H e

'wou'l'd-net be-contradwted wdVSn h;e- sVat'et-!, 'that-- we..paid f o r the interest of - pur ;precent :debt hot-less thani'thii'ty ; miilionV, -of vvhen

think the s loops'and gun-brigs 1 capable

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' H O U S E - O F C O S I > r 3 N I 3 ~ J f : i * t o . '•.

ST3t(T-E-.: O F 'Tln'E- N A ' T i O N .

Mr:: G R E Y rose, pdr.suam to notice., -to call the aftemion'fof .the.House-:to the present

crit ical situation o f the c o u n t r y . - L. w a s not

necessary; for him to o f f e r any a p o l o g y , but

is; hat:.aros^:ini mediately, -f irobd'a^-^it^vr-of fc&d-v

s i . n a t i o n , , w h e t h e r ' w c l o o k ' io b u i fore ign

relations- or • ouv domest ic 1 ' concerns , to o u r

distant comtnerc ia l estabtishnierits,: Or to the

state o f g u r e m p i r e at h o m e ; to o u r finances, ,

•nnr rrad.e,.o.nr aVniyj 'OT o u r n a v y ; w h e t h e r ]

,we looked to the chance of be ing s u c c e s s f u l ;

in the w a r , : -or to th& s i tuai ion in vvliitli w e

fwere.l ikelytt.o iitod. o'uiSelVes'. On the r e - i s t a - .

.bjisliraent'.o.f peace, ' A l l these-were i n d i v i -

most' i iniportant, con^iderader.s,- and

fornied- in -thes,aggregate the sum - of. ..the .-.sfirengt'i o f ; the e m p i r e , snti therefore 1 .'they;'

jusdy-gaVeiifiser'to reflection, on the means .of-

;>,extricating ourscl ves f r o m .the d a n g e r o u s a n d

;-.cnt.icahsituation in .w.hiolv-we: were. . . .Coin- '

bine-J . t o g e t h e r , ; ihese '.subjects '-were i o f a:

iiraag.nit-ndCit6o'.g.r.eatifor;:anyi:orie discussioni

. A n y of thetn; w.as too much tbv !iim, ^nd ihe ; - . pt i ly j .excuse;he;pou Id ma:k,e: fd:r touching:up7

o n . : t h e m : - e v e n separately., w a s , . . t h e urgent

v:ne.ce.s.sity of : ;bi . inging be fore t h e . H o u s e : and

';;i£he P u b Li c;: :•. s 11 bj e ct s -which s o ' i m p e r i o u s l y

• dem,ancled-\consideration'. ' It .-was now two ; :year's;s-ince.t'he:comnicncenieut'of. a -war, in ••i-iwhjch we;were:sti 1 hengaged^ a f t e r t w o years A o f ; a disturbed and wavenng:peace. <'.'It>Wa!s

• the duty of Pa-rltaTOchtiaehq'oire>'h:at;p'ro-' g iess had been taa'de towards any. of the o b -

• -'jects 'proposed, and what pojicy was called -..: foit by a regard 1 o bur: fat u re: interest?. • ^ "Orie

o f the first points wras^ that of the' finan'ees. ; T h i s in itself v\ as an ample subject for a , "future discussion. . H e would not no"w enter .1 -into it,- 'as it had: been oh'sonn>any otlier.'.o.c-' ( ' easions'ciisGUSsed.by pefcso.ns'moTe able-'ithan :> i and it was the'less nVcessaiy for him :to t„> adve/t to i t , ' as.it if as the cu,storn'>to 'vote.at •

• the end of the-Sessions; resolutions expres- ' , o s'iveioP the, state in which pur -fina-n.ceskwete.-' : " A n , H o n . T r i e n d b L h i s (Mr., -- 'ti teho wais reiriarkabic fo.r tbef'a'ceuracy.'of his

hestated that this must be inerea'sed-•-L'y';tfie necessity which-the present state of : 'tlie''Co'n-' tinent would impose'ori^us of mainta'ini'ng'a peace establishment, ; n'ot'below /|.'o'miuiohs.-W h e n tlie, taxes would amount to near,, 50 millions, and , when tliere >vvas.. cven, now ' some difficulty in collecting t h e m t h i s alone.; was one great g r o u n d for considering^ w,he-, ther- w e should .persevere in the. w a r , or , seek the means of putting an e n d to it. l i e left' this subject, 'which was fitter:fcjr;; sep'a-, rate consideration.,, sincl -proceeded to '.the., hext, point, which was the stsate-pf pur mili- '

' ta-vy force;,, a net jv h at. i m p ro v emen t had b een •made it. On.this it was not necessary for him, to enter into detail from - the discussions it l.Kid undergone at, the beginning of the Session; jat the instance o f his. Right Hon. -Friend belo w hi m ( M ' i v W 1 N D a i M.), Who., fiad canvassed it with so much abil ity, and from the notice of further discussion giv;en by an Hon.', Officer every W a y sp;well q u a - , lified to examine it , , T h i s at.' iea-r, ;w,as,

.certain:,,that the.necessi.y of a gt'ecit irB-p'foyej., meut was ndt.;i.i.ispu;ed.'last. year. Fi t?r\J •

; the : ,vehement charges made by the R'ig.ht; Hon. : Gendeman-, opposite :againsr.;his *d 1 e -decessprs in office, -proved that, ;he was ,de-cidedly of., opinion, that impiovement.'; was then necessary. N o such improvement; as We were entitled to expect , nor as o u r s i t u -aticn requiredy had, h o w e v e r , been triaile. One i.mprovdm'enf,/he, a l l o w e d , .had , been .nijicle.b.y.the .'rfe<,l.uction. of the Supplementary .Militia, and 1 he transfer of the men beiong-ing to it to the i::ie. • T l i i s , h o w e v e r , was short of what the' necessities.'ofpur situafibn feqirirecl, even for 'Home defence.-1 'An ! ad-

1 vantage hscl been-'1'gained in: point 'of disci-' piine and form, but- 'without one additional siVidieV. But when -'we 'considered the. growth of the enemy, and tiie : ;expeclitionsj it was necessmy 10 send out-, r.ot for the pur-pose of attack, • btul of - mebting,:the enemyj

"in his a'.terapts .on our settlements, 'it: was! ie.v.ident in this: respect w e Were nbt ' in-abetJ ter situation thsn^u hen the R t / H o n . Gent.j brought ?uc\vheavy charges. , The.irium.beif of men laise'd. by the ordinary:re6i|uiting since 1 he isr ci . January 1805,^ was .4 ,650, of, w h o m a,Sp.3 ^-ere . .f'0.j\ home, jservicci

', T h e loss by casualties at h o m e , in the same • time, was 2,9.7.4,, exceetjing the.numb.e.rHe[

:cruited b);: 1:7:1:men,:. , ,Theie was leasom to :<suppds^ that the."casual,ties on.foreign .stations

w e i e nut less '111 p i o p o u i p n ; so thattbe res,ult was, that whatever impro.vcment may :hav :c ,

•5.r, b e e n . m a d e , d i s c i p l i n e .of .-topT-i^iOoo ' - ' men, the,army was not ;• incieas'ed,. but had !

rather.suffered a,probable; diminution,; ..-As ' this.', would probably.'be ;.betteredUjcicJat^d5" when the accounts moved, for by ;the: R i g h t "' H o n . Colonel w o u l d be before the P l o u s k ' '

g iv ing any additional secur-iiy, and ;if they were'necessary to ou in security,, the number of them was nothing 10 compare with ,the

•: enemy's "flotiWa, t h e continued increase, of

• w h i c h was stated'

• H e would not enter hie fits bf-' the 'differeiit 'species . though he- should think if ; the; H o n . Geht

• rpj aced-much reliance''on'his craft''He was'mi.s-r' - l e d , ; ancf tfiailhe'r'e'W-as:a 'much;better mPiJ6l

of increasing pur maritime'strength:•'•' - If the ' dnfoVmatibn he 'had received- wks'-correct; •many of ' th'e last description' of vessels' were •not depended upon. ' T h u s ' f r o t n the com-parison of the State of tlie nav'y atr t h e ' t w o '

- periods no^satisfactio'n ii 'ose. If ' was 'ad-' mitted on all sides that the navy was not in

' the stated hat could be wished. ' B y some it! 1 wa> 'tbpu"glit'matter of charge that it was in

such a state ,by those w h o did not- think it matter of 'cliarge' in tlie'quai ter' accused, it was a l lowed to be at least matter'of d n q u i i y . ; H e had'not made any minute ' inquiry, ' bur' from the information, he had had; " he- pre-fei red 'the 'system, p'ursued -'by' L o r d S T . ¥ i N c i N T : , ; and he #as coh v'i'nfced, 'if that N o bit; Ldrd had' not beeri femoved from 'he he-ici of the marine departmint, .the British • navy would have been.'in-the'"-situation that B ritain- would 'have wished. " T h i s also' was a subject for'separate consideration, on which r

inqhiry; was' necessary for 'the honour of the country' : only when it was made matter of -charge "against Ear l S T ; V IN-CENT,,,and ;

an H o n . Gentleman undertook to p r o v e that Noble L o r d the worst enemy the British ' navy ever had, he t rusted that the present session,' late'as i t was would not b e ' a l l o w e d ' to pass' W'itHour'som'e investigation'of 'a point '• so' m a t e r i a l . ' — I f - ' h d w e v e f j 'there was no. rpom for satisfaction on the points he had

.hitherto adverted to, he "was happy to think' , that if an internal situation was looked t o , it afforded'ground for the mostf agreeable re • flection. N e v e r did the people of England submit'with more chearfnlness to the 'bur-thens'necessary for carry ing on the war.; ' ne ver w a s a a more universal and determined: loyalty displayed ; never was a firmer resb IP tion to resist every attempt on the honour and independence of the country' T h e ' burthens,of ' the war were at the same timer severely felt. T h e y ' were matter of- pres-sure on all, ' ' t b ' s b m e they were matter of difficulty, arid under these circumstances the ebeirfuih'ess'Wirh1 which' they were borne should'operate as . a ' d o u b l e reason for e x a -

in that also ground of inquiVy', for cbnsicler-ing whether we ought not to acquiesce in the just claims of the people of Ireland* on the l iberal ity, if not t h e j u s ice of Parl iament. If the claims of the Catholics were acceded to, and, he believed, it w o u l d not be neces-sary to accede to them al l , he believed the tranquillity, and attachment of Ireland,..would be completely secure. ' ' M u c h , h o w e v e r , would depend on the G o v e r n m e n t . — A s far as ' .the-character arid iconduct of the L o r d Lieutenant, personal ly , ;'went, 'the beot e f -fects must be calculated from it. But he w a s

not a l l ; for there aiso was felt what was the source of'-so much mischief here, a divided Government . • A l l knew-that the sentiments • of pne pfirs'oh-in.-paTliicul'i^fef.e^.iJrate.itaJ'J.jS differerit'ft0m th'ose'of tlie L o r d Lieeftenahtj AriotH'er; whorndfe : k n e w ; p 6 i Whether:'to-address. aS;the; first prltfie'second Minister j for Tr41.apd'.(Mr,.;,Foster) was eqpal ly opposite. )Thus,r.tihough .thene;was some' htng.cpnspl--:-/;' i n g i h , the preserif, !'and_ moi'e' in tbe" ;ho'pc, far p'fWater be'n'efits-'m'aV'M'-afWinivJ!Yiir>* *sv«.

mihirig i'nto'the possibility of affording relief f r o m them'. Jf ive looked to Ireland,'"there j

'.also there wb'ukl be found much reason to | congfatiitale ' oursel ves. « H e 'belie'ved 'tlie » satisfactory" state'of ' that country ' was o w i n g ; in :a 'gr'ea't'rtieasiire to L o r d "-Hird'w-icke's ad }

''mi'hi's'fi-ati'ori; the 'character' p f ' W h i c h musti ha v e had a powerfu l ihfi'uence in al laying '

:disconterits; ' ' But great an effect as i h e c h a -racter'of L o i d ' Hardwicke's . a'dmihistrai'idn

'Had,'^sfi'il^more must have 'been atchi'eved by the e x a m p l e of other Cbuntfies; vvhich, France-hadbppresis'ed under the pretext 'of '

' ' a s s i s t i n g ' t h e m I f ' all tlie cordiali'ty ;afid' af-l lection which Were .to be wished: did nbtj subsist belwe'ch the two countries, ''they ^be-'

d i e v e d the peojal-'e of Ireland s a w , that 'hbw J ever'th'ey may have reason :to ' complain f of s o m b par t o f t he crihdiict' o f ' this••'' coUnt'ry 'compared ' wi th->hat i ' just ice i l ' reason," 'a'hd

^Wu'ndi,:pBHcy:;'L"%:bu'iaQ,K'ave':iii'ctatecl, ' f e e y >mOrst b^'sa't'isfied 'that' What" they 'could: hot h o p e f w m m jusire'e of ffirit"iiinV'fhty cod 11 ?

l iVi i j X^IIVftllJj VI'JlllV/UL VlJIUlil

?thHiiiselves Jn^h'atdist o f ' s laves ' : and : ^ c t f m s -w'hPftf 'Fi-ance^ad deprivethnoi obiy of their " - 1 " sbut ' of a'n 'esisterice worthy of men.:

T h u b , though there was much' gi'ouVid r, for

foreign 'pps|e^iphi on'e jg'e.rierar.anxiety. pre"! vailed, ,with (the exception of-. India, , tha '

'state of- w.hi'ch'was recendy-fandabl^'ilis-' cusseclfi?y'his H o n . Fr iend near'"hiTn-(-Mr; -

V k-'A'iM'G-i s ). — T h us -i n ai'li the deadin'g.'ifeai' ! t'ures of pur'pbitt ical 'Me'fe ' ts", we were 'iri

that situation that no improvement had been ' made sinGetherlast.yeafe j.wh.en so, much i m -• provement was:.allp.w;cd}t.p,' be necessary.

H e came novi', to,the,objects, of the' w a r , and the consideration whether,al l or any of them were attained, o r in the ::course of being at-tained. ' T h e general object"of the 'war h e . Co,ok to.be, to confine the. enormous p o w e r and inoVdinate ambition of France; W h a t prog re & 'had been riKKle' towards these o b -jects, and what w a s to b e expected from the war as it was n o w conciuctcd ? T h e Chie f of the'Fi'eri'ch Government h a d assumed1 the' dominion of Italy, and... was -crowned w i t h the iron -cro wn of L o m b a r d y . Spain, f rom becoming a useful tributary to him had be-come an active a l l y , — P o r t u g a l , because w e could not defend it, w a s obliged to furnish its determined enemy with money to attack us, its antient arid natu ral al ly. 'Holland was obliged to furnish the means of attack, , at the sjame time that its coasts and harbo.uTS increased the opportunities. " H a n o v e r , the:

j hereditary dominion of our o w n K i n g , , w a s : robbed to fu rnish'resources for maintaining ' the w a r against its Sovere ign . T h e A l p s ,

the R h i n e , and the Pyrennees were still the: ; boundaries of the .French territory and w e

had no means of confining it within harro'w limits. . A l l . this 'extent was c o v e r e d - w i t h vast' armies. Switzer land and Italy were held as advanced posts against the E m p e r o r . H a n o v e r afforded to a French army d r a w n from Hol land a near point f r o m which- to direct an invading force against this country. B u t , perhaps, the French army was disor-ganised, the French finances dilapidated, the French N a v y annihilated, or some other g reat distress a n.d. de rap gem en t',m ay- exist, to console us under tlie disadvantages o f the state of- power arid dominion. T h e r e ' w a s not in tliis any .statement of .financial d i f fe-rence between the ' two countries ; no com-parison of credit. We were not told that ilie enemy.was either'in the.gulph of bankruptcy or on the verge.of ..it-. • One person only ,of respecta b.l e a.u.i l.),pjity.;.np w. fi.e.id.s uch_opi.nj.9ti8 (S ir Francis D'lv.ernois). H e cited T a l l e y -rarid's'speech to one o f , t h e French D e l i b e r -ative Assemblies, in answer to that of His M a j e s t y to both . Houses of - Parliairient. T h i s speech stated, that'if the war.tontiriued ten years , the debt of the French-nat ion must diminish, but could by no 'means i n -crease. ; " ' ' T h e French 'annual expenditure

'.did riot exceed thirty millions, and h o w e v e r the. writer he aliuiied to may dream of cm? bai rassmenis from the cessation of Spanish *' subsidies , I.hope'(SAID M r . G R E Y ' ) Spariish

succouis may not be found more than an equivalent for these subsidies, the • natural resources of the F i e n c h ' t e i l i t o i y , would beai such an expenditure , whi le w e could not possibly bear up u'ndcr-a'ri expenditure of seventy m i l l i o n s . W e r e they not on the cont rary increased in, numbers and full of

•spirits,i. occupying the-countries most oppor» tune l o r o v e r a w i n g arid, o v e r - r u n n i n g ,rop'e, and ready-to fall upon us w h e n e v e r a davGurable' bceasio'n'W'as presented to them ?

•if . 1- •.. . . .>.:.. 1. ... - . ' . . -

'quisite to be'

c o u l d Ho'did riot thinkarithe. 'e pieparaticiis to be feared,," if our'-means were :piPperly admi-nistered ; but 'in the present 'circumstances •hedbought 'there'wai 'g'f'eat' rbbin' for 'appre-hension, indeed. , He had stated that the in-

-crease in our navy, was- e i g h t ' s h i p s of the

,v..„. W p ^ r ^ - ' f l S f i o n a l ''not ftFtht 'purp 'o^of 'rtpd'f ing the'enem'y', a d d i d o ^ o l h e f r own^fleet ^ i c J c o a s t e d

presentihtterest,la'n'd' 'Wh^tt _ ' d'brie if

i t 'would not be fair and honouiab'le to 'efr- ' tain prbpositioris'of s peace'. ! 'He , 1i6#®£a: to '-t'h'fe' most I W i l l S i i i a ^ ' P ^ ^ m

- , - /''"'T T

Whatever b a y be th'6 charatfter of the

. ... - • n- i ' person at the head ot" the French G o v e r n -1 1 * h a d ^ w . ' mentinbthcr respects, in his military charac-

ilfoixled 2 5 ships fi.t for service. , T h e Spa- ! t e i . h f t ^ riQt ^ t o p - a 3 s i o n . H i s pro-n.sh fleet consisted altogether of 67 ships, ,m.: ^ ^ w c r e w d l d i g e s t e d , and fitting out which great exertions had .been • . e K C C ' u t f e d . T h e r e was every probabi-made smce^he wa.i- ; bui he^would count • . A e f e f t r t e l h a t - t h e auempt w o u l d , be Only fit for seVvtce. T h u s France, l m ^ d e b e f o r e t h e e n d o f t h c , w a . r . . , m which with her allies,, had..a fleet of 83 ships iu.for , c a , s e h e c o u l U n o t entertain, any douot of the

issue, but he still was of opinion that-the sea, which was only eight short of the num -ber of the British fleet. Without being disposed to depreciate the enemy, he did not hesitate to say, that he calculated oil the b i a v e r y , skill, and enterprise, of our . seamen, as giving us an advantage thai, if well managed, "would render our. preportd.e- J xante decisive. Y e t the enemy, by a skilful ij .enterprise, and wise combination, and above j ait by our mismanagement at the same time that, we were kept occupied in watch-ing a large line .of coasts, and in constant blockade, had contrived to send out difFe-lcnt expeditions. to commit depredations on our Colonies. Another large expedition was now on its way to attack us where we could possibly- have no means of def.ence.— It was a singular want in a. war undertaken to tiiminish the power of France, that France was then allowed to want only a navy to ena-ble her to overwhelm us," andtha'Cnow her power was undiminished. and. her navy threatened OUT distant possessions. T h e French fleet sailed from T o u l o n , effected a

•junction with the Spaniards from C a d i z ; and sailed again on a distant enterprize, the nature of which we must collect from, the, event. T h a t this was done without inter-ruption shewed what mischief the want of a convenient station in the Mediterranean was ef t o us, and may, perhaps, furnish some-excuse for keeping that which was the p a r -ticular cause of the present war. . On the 9'th of April these fleets had sailed, and riow, on the 'iorh June, we had no intelli-gence, of. their course or destination. T h e conduct of our Admiral appointed to watch of f C a d i z , may be justifiable, but the pub-lic had right to 'enquiry and explanation.

T h e superiority of our Navy was owing to nothing so much as a strict attention to the rules of the service ; but if ever an occasi-sion of this kind was passed over without •enquiry, the system was destroyed. Sir ]ohn Orde had not explained w h y lie had

left. his'sta-t'ion. Apprized as he was of the designs of the enemy, he should have risqued tauch to prevent the attainment of their ob-jects. T h e administration was to blame if his force, was inadequate.. Here the Hon. Genf. read a statement of' the condition of

•the ships under Sir John O t d e , which wete described to be defective in their masts, and otherwise in bad condition, and not pro-perly. supplied With water and other articles. It was also to be explained why Sir John Orde, if he was obliged to quit Cadiz , had not endeavoured to join the squadron off Per-rol. All that was known was, that he quit

. ted his station as fast as he could, and that there was no account of the enemy, ive-po.rt said, hey were gone to Jamaica, and it was probable they w e r e ; another, report mentioned the Brazils as their destination. T h i s settlement would be of the utmost im-portance to France. With a military station at Rio Janerio-thcy could cross the line ot our Indian trade, arid prevent,us from car-lying it. on, except with large convoys.,— In a war with England they may deri ve large

. supplies of timber from this possession, and check one ot our .most flourishing manufac-tures by cutting ofF our' supply of' Brazil Cotton, T h u s , in every sense the Brazils were.more important to. France than Egypt , about which we were so anxious. If they were gone to India, though they may take possession of the Cape and Ceylon, and irafSck with the native powers, the mischief was remote. From Sir T . T r o w b r i d g e and S i r E . Pel lew every thing was to be expect-e d ; but their force was inadequate. T h u s the state of the French marine was improved beyond ours, and where even its operations were directed we had no force to meet it,—• H e could rfbt therefore see in what respect our situation had been, improved.... T h e

. invasion of this country had been threatened by the enemy, and if that menace had not been carried into effect, it was not so much to be ascribed to the improvement of our means of defence, as to the superiority of our flee s, which surrounded every point from which an attack, could be directed.— T h e threat had the effect of keeping us in a state of alarm and ap'prehensio, and at enormous, expenditure, whilst we were

' obliged to employ our disposable troops for home defence in the place of active opera-tions, abroad. T h e preparations ot the enemy had been continued as stated in his Majesty's .speech from the throne, without inter asp- ion ; and if the invasion had ever been seriously their object, there was no reason to suppose that if had been abandon-

invasion was as practicable as ever. H e had already shew n that no-improvement had taken place in the situation of the country, that no one of- the objects for which, the war had beed undertaken had been,attained, and consequeht'ly contended, that it was the duty of the House to oblige his Majesty's Minis-ters to gi ve some explanation of their views in-continuing th'e w a r , or state w h y they did not conclude a peace, if that could be-done consistently with the interests of the country. In this place lie came to consider the s ate of our. connection with the Conti-nent,. and was afraid that he could not, on this head, congratulate the House a n y m o r e than 011 the improvement of our internal means. N o satisfactory progress appeared to have,been' made in any alliance with the powers of the Continent. A t. the coin men ce-ment of the.session, they had been told that his Majesty had received a communication from the- Fiench Government, containing overtures for the restoration of the blessings of peace, which iiis Majesty declined ac-cepting till he should consult certain powers of the "Continent j with whom lie maintained a confidential intercourse. T h e r e was not he believed, on the Jouraals of the House an instance of a similar communication at the cdmmenceftte'nt of. a session. T h e House of Commons and the public remained still ignorant o! the subjects referred to .—It had been usual at the commencement of a ses-sion during war to make to Parliament a communication of one of .these different des-criptions— either 1 hat the warcolitinucd from the impossibility of making peace, or that proposals had been made for a negotiation, baton terms inconsistent with the interests ot the country; or that negotiations were ac-tually engaged in. T h i s was the general character of communications to Parlia-ment on such occcsions; but the confiden-tial intercourse which his Majesty was re-presented to have with the Continental Powers 'was no indication to the House ol Commons of his Majesty's opinion, whether in consequence of his communica:ion with Russia, the overture was to be rejected,

•and the war to be piosccutcd ; or whether the war was only to be continued till terms consistent with the interests of this coun-tiy could be obtained. T h e r e were some of the sentiments of the Speech from the T h r o n e , from which he did not dissent.— He, was ready to admit that the security of His Majesty's dominions was connected with the' general security of Euiope , moie par-ticularly now than at any other period. He distinctly subscribed to this position, but it was vain to hope for success without a Con-tinental co operation; it was vain to hope for a secure and permanent pacification, without the concurrence anil guarantee of the leading Powers of the Continent. T h o u g h lie admitted this,principle, yet there was an alternative. A confederacy might befoimed but'notsuch a one as would be sufficient to reduce the' power of the enemy, in which case we should stiil have to carry on a de-fensive war. T o this a separate peace would be preferable ; but if it could not be obtain-ed on terms consistent with the security of

the country, lie should wish the Right Hon. Gent. P o e t :

to exclaim in the language of the

• Poterat quas pkirima Virtus " Esse, : f u i t t o t o certatum est Corpore Regni'."

If Wa.i-rwas to be continued, he thought that the House ought to inquire into the manage-ment of- it, and to take care that it should be conducted with proper vigour and economy. It was impossible to determine "beforehand what might be the result of the negotiations with the Continental Powers ; but if w e were not to have Continental co-operation effectual 'fbi^fhe reduction of the ,power of France, he should prefer a separate peace to such a species of connection as would put us upon a defensive war.:—Ih 'bis his M a -

1 jesty's Ministers would take upon themselves j a greater responsibility; , but, /he trusted, j they would not make a peace if not founded I upon such principles, and guarded by. such . sanctions as would shew the violence of tlie i enemy, if they should commit'a'breach bf. I it hereafter. T h e great, points,.to ,which, he. ' had to direct the attention of the House %

his motion, Were, whether it might not be possible to enter into negdiiationsih conjunc-tion with the Powers of the Cp'nnnent, or

'.b,y their mediation. ' H e ' s h o u l d prefer the fpimer ; but if., the arrangements were not very forwatdj, he. would-not ' be tdisp'esed to

risk the treaty bf peace , in order to make those powers parties-rather than guarantees. It was possible that ho negociations could be entered into without Russia, but the House was wholly ignorant of the engagements en-tered'into with that P o w e r . Without c x -pressiilg-ahydisapprobation, of the conduct of His Majesty's Ministers, this appeared to him a matter of considerable doubt, unless they could state that some answer had been returned to the offer, of negociation. _ O n this subject much information was required, to enable the House to judge of their conduct. It was with a view to' such information that lie had given notice of his motion, that the House should not separate without some

.communication or explanation on the subject. Since his notice was given, another commu-nication had been tnade to the House last night, telling them that the negociations had riotanived-at the point fo enable His M a -jesty to lay any communicaiion.betore Parlia-ment on the subject'. In the speech from the throne'they had been told o f ' a confidential intercourse with Continental Powers , but were left in total ignorance of the views of His Majesty's Ministers- Since that they had no information except from the Right Hon. Gent, on bringing forward the Bud-get, in which he proposed a provision of 5,000,000 for a subsidy to Foreign Powers . Five months had'elapsed, and now at the

;endof the Session they were le f t in a state of total ignorance, and yet they were to be call-ed on for asubsidy to such an amount. T h e situation was , he believed, unprecedented in the history of the country. T h e commu-nication also at the commencement of the Session was unprecedented, without stating what the foreign powers were with whom we were connected ; whether the war was to be carried 011 in Europe again France, , or only in the event of the rejection of such terms ot peace-as w e should think consistent with our security and interests. T h e vote of 5,000,000 was. to give..a'-large" and dangerous discretion to Ministers, .andsuch as no M i -nisters ever had entrusted- to them without an explanation of their views. D u i i n g last war there bad ^.been many instances of'subsidies voted to Ministers for . Fo reign Powers , but none to the amount of this sum. T h e difference- was that we then knew the Powers , their possibili-ty of action, and their views-in the w a r . — T h e House would not discharge its duty as guardian of the public purse >f it voted such a sum without information. H e was not disposed to dispute that subsidies to Conti-nental Po wers might not be desirable, but the policy of them would depend on the means of the country to supply them, and on the objects for which they might be g 1 anted. If ever there,was a time when it was desirable to have the advantage of co-operation, it was the present; but Russia was the only P o w e r named. H e had no hesitation in saying,, that without Aust i iaor Prussia, and particularly the latter, no ef-fectual confederacy could be formed. If Russia, which was too remote, was only named, he asked Gentlemen, Whether the time and circumstances would not make the House of Commons hesitate before they would give such a dangerous discretion to His Majesty's Ministers ? It was now June, and it was known that no considerable pre-paiations had been made by' that P o w e r — He insisted, therefore, that it would be a dereliction of their duty to vote so large a subsidy. Al l he asked, and he did net think the request unreasonable, -was, that before the House should vote that sum, His Majesty's Ministers should give them some distinct explanation of. their views and ob-jects, and of the alliances which they had in contemplation. H e had thought this infer • inktion necessary before ; but. the necessity had, in his opinion, been increased by the communication that had been made, espe-cially when so large a subsidy had been called for . T h e Honourable Member con-cluded by moving, " T h a t an humble address be presented to his Majesty, that he would be .graciously pleased not.io prorogue

•theParl iament, until h e should be enabled to make a more ful l communication to the House on the subject of his relations with Foreign P o w e r s , arid of his views and ob-ject's in the contest in which he is engaged."

A s soon a M r . G R E Y sat d o w n , L o r d C A S T L E R E A Q H rose to reply—his speech, together with the remainder of this i n v e s t -ing Debate, shall be laid before the Public imour next.

1 S A T U R D A Y ' S M A I L .

F R O M T H E L O N D O N G A Z E T T E .

i! ,In the House of; L o r d s , 011 the 22d, L d . H A W K I S B U R Y gave notice, that on the 25th he would move to stay the proceedings for the present against M r . Justice F o x , and. at the same time bring in a bill to continue, those-which had already taken place till next session, to avoid the necessity of recom-mencing them.

WHITEHALL, JUN7. 1 it. T h e following intelligence has been received at the

•East India House from Bengal : — Tojiis Excellency the, Most, Nfibtc Marquis Wellesleyi

Governor Gene/al, Sf,c. &c. M y Lbi ' .B ' -~My dispatches of the 24th and s'stli

instant*, V/iil b'ave i nformed your ' Lordship of ihc complete success of otir operations against the towii

. and fort of Deig.

| attribute our early pdsseSsion of this stlong for-tress entirely to. the panic which the garrison expe-rienced on witnessing the iri-esistibfe valour and in-trepidity of our troops, in cah-ying By assault the outwork, and storming thei-j numerous batteries un-dir the. walls of the town, which were supported by extensive entrenchments, occupied by a large force, consisting of several of the Rajah of Bhurrpore'l Bittalio r.s, and the remaining infantry of j e s w u n t R a o H o l k a r . T h e number of the enemy killed in tli'e night of the 23d inst. was immense

T h e ardent zeal, energy, and irrestibje Valour which has marked the conduct of our officers and troops employed on this occasion under circumstances of peculiar difficulty and danger, m i i i t e v e r reffcct on Ehem the highest credit ; and the benefit the nation has ieceived from their exemplary and heroic W m -vioul-, must be matter of proud exultation to t i i x f well wisher of trie British Empire.

Too much praise cannot be bestowed on every corps engaged, f o r the perfect -regularity with which this service was performed.

' I found it accessary to divide the force destined for this service into three column's, the whole moving : off so as to reach the different points of attaik a little before 13 at night.

T h e right columti, under Captain• KeUy,..consist? ing of four battalion companies of the Hon.. Compa-ny 'sEuropean Regiments,, and 8 companies of the, ict battalion n t h regiment native infantry, was or-dered to carry the enemy's batteries and .trenches, on the high ground to the left of the t o w n , — T h e success of this party was complete, and entitles Capt. K e l l y to every praise for the manner in which it was con-ducted, and for the coolness and gallantry, hs display-? ed under every trying circumstance, exposed to a heavy fire from artillery, which was defended: with desperate resolution.—Captain R a b a n , . o f tht aftilr» lery, who accompanied this party for the. purpose of spiking or bringing off the captured ordnance, par-ticularly signalized himself on this dangerous servics..

T h e left column, ..under Major Ralcliffe, consist-ing of the remaining four battalion companies of the-Horr. Company's European Regimentj and five com-panies of the 1st battalion 1 uth regt. Native Infantry^ was destined tocarry the trenches and batteries on the. enemy's right. This column was equally successful with that opposite to their left ; and the,service; w a s performed.with equal gallantry and spirit, aiid.rcfiectf infinite credit on Major. Rateliffe.

T h e centre column, led by Lieut, Col. Macraf (

(who had the general command of the. whole) con-sisting of the flank companies.of his Majesty's, s z d , 76th, and of . the Hon. Company's European R e g i -ment,, and of the 1st battalion Sth .Regt. . Native In-fantry, composed the storming party.

1 have hardly words to express my sense o f the, conduct of this party, who, under a galling fire, on' their flanks, of cannon and musketry from the ene-my's batteries and trenches, and over brefken arid ex-tremely unfavourable ground, rushed on to tha breach, and gained possessiorl of the work, with a spirit and ardour which must have ensured success1

whatever might have been the opposition,..

I feci mysei. under the greatest obligation to Lieut . "Col. Macrae, to whose conduct on this occasion 1 at-tribute the ultimate success of the attack.-

Lieut . Col. Ball, who commanded the 1st battalion 8th Regt. Native Infantry is entitled to the greatest praise fur the activity and spirit he displayed in.lead-ing on his men ; and lor the able assistance he ren-dered Col . Macrae, in the adoption of such measure* as became afterwards necessary to secure us in posses-sion of the place. It is with sincere gTief I add, that this valuable officer received a severe, though 1 trust not dangerous wound, but which/wi l l , I fear,, dt-prive me of his services for some time.

T h e conduct of Capt. Lindsay of his Majesty's J i d regt. has been represented to me ashighly iheri'torioiis; I lament to add that this" gallant officer is likewise' wounded.

It is unnecessary for me to detail more fu l ly t h s conduct o f individuals, 011 a service vyhere merit has been, throughout all ranks, so eminently conspi-cuous ; but 1 feel it my duty to draw your Lordship's attention to the services rendered by Lieut . Co l . Horsford, commanding the artillery, to w.hosi pro* fesstonal knowledge and activity .th"ougho.utEhis>iegef

and on .every other occasion, I feel inEnifely indebted, as well as to the whole of that corps, fpr thei i spir.iti.-d and unremitted exertions.

T h e officers of the engineer department, Captain Robertson and Lieut. Smith, ha.ve peculiar mfiiit, and are entitled to my best thanks and approbation.

T h e corps of pioneers, under the orders of .Capt. Swinton, command my warmest praise, .for the chearfulness with which they performed theirTa,b6'-» rious duties, and particularly for -the alacrity :they displayed on the night of the 3,3d inst. Tcio much credit cannot.be bestowed on Capt.-Swintpis,-who oft this and every former occasion has been most zealous; and active. 1 am sorry ,to add that this excellent offi-cer is severely wounded, ns is Lieut.. Forrest, of the same corps, whose conduct was equally meritorious.

, Y o u r Lordships wi l l , I am confident, receive much pleasure in learning, the highly exemplary conduct o f the three corps of British cavalry in the. camp, the?

r w h o l e o f whom volunteered their services as working parties for the trenches and batteries, and.assisted very materially in atcelerating our operations against this place-*—they'have received my Sincere'th'anks for theii? exertions, and for a zeal So honourable to the British character.

•I have the honour to enclose returns o f the t i l led and wounded during the siege, and. on the night o f the assault, with a return of the captured ordnance, &c . T h e fiig-itives, composed of the R a j a h of Burt-pore'S-battalions, and his garrison,- with the remairidel' o f - J u s w u n t R a o Holkar's infantry, appeared gene-rally to -iave taken the direction of Bufthpw-g. B y Cvefy information great numbers have deserted,- and I do not imaginethey will:again attempt to-oppose, us .

These letters have net hen rect&ej.

1 shall move towards Burlpore as soon as possible. Before Xconclude this dispatch, I beg leave to men-tion to your Lordship the very spirited conduct ot M r . M e t c a l f j p f ' the C iv i l Service. He volunteered to accompany the storming party, and was, I am informed,' among the foremost who ascended the beach. I h.tvc the honour to be, &c. .

(Signed) G . L A K E .

Htad $gairt:rsj CampatDieg, Dec. *o, 1804.

Heed •S'uartm-Sj Camp near D eg, Dec• 16. Total return of killed and wounded of the troops'

that formed the.storming party, commanded by B r i -gadier Macrse, on the night of ths j^d inst — E u r o -p carts—38 killed, 78 wounded ; natives—101 killed, 100 wounded, S missing (supposed to be killed-)

(Signed) ;" G . G E R R A R D , Adj . G e n . Names of the Officers Killed and Wounded.

K i l l e d — 6 t h Reg. N . T . — C a p t , Y o u n g ; s j d ditto — - L ' e u t . B.oWcr,

W o u n d e d — A r t i l l e r y , L i e u t Smith; his Msjety's sad-regt. Capts. Lindsay and Mac knight; Lieuis. Sw.eetenham and-Cicsswell; his Majesty's 76th regt. Capt, S c o t t ; Hon. Company's European regiment, Lieut. Merrimaii; istBattalion 8th regt. N. I. Lieut. . Col . Ball ; Major BiSsett ; Li iuts . Aberhethy -and Anderson — C o r p s of Pianiers, Capt. Swinton ; Lieut. Forrest.

(Signed) J . G E R R A R D , A d j Gen. [Here follo'ws the return of the Ordnance, &c.

captured at Dieg, on the 2,3d Dec, which is very n a -rnerous.j

To his Excellency the Most-,Noble the Marquis Wei' lesleyGovernor Genera!,, &c.

My LOR D — I have the honour to inform your Lordship, that, in consequence of the breach in the wal l of the town being reported practicable, I deter-mined storming the place yesterday evening. I chose this time, in order to prevent the enemy from block-ading the breach during the night, which had hither-to been the case.

I-am sorry to add, that obstacles of an. insur- 1 mountable nature were opposed to the storming party. on>: their arrival at the breach, the water in .the ditch was exceedingly deep ; this. difficulty however, was speedilysurmounled, and the party gained the loot o f the breach-—but though every exertion was made' by both officers and men, the breach was so imperfect that every effort 10 gain the top proved fruitless, and the column, after making several attempts with hea-v y loss, was obliged to retire, which they did in ex-cellent order, to our battery.

A m o n g the many brave-men who have fallen on this occasion, it is with sincere, .grief I report , the death of Lieut. Col . Maitland, of the 75th regt, w h o commanded the storming party ; his exertions are described by all , to have been of a nature the. most heroiCf and his example animated the men. to .persevere in their attempts, which nothing but diffi-culties of a nature most unexpected, could have ren-dered unsuccessful. . This gallant officer,, though he received several severe wounds, continued to exert himself unti l he received a shot in the. head wh.ch proved instantaneously mortal.

Although we unfortunately failed in gaining pos-session of the plflce^ w e were not wholly unsucce.j-f u l ; a flanking column on the right, under the or-ders of Major Haw kes-,-gained possession of the ene-my's battery, and succeeded in spiking and disabling their guns, and in destroying the greatest part of the «nemy who were opposed to them.

I beg to assure your Lordship,' that the conduct of our officers and men employed last night, has been as -exemplary as on every former occasion ; but.circum-stances of an unexpected and unfortunate nature occurred, which their utmost efforts could not sur-mount, but. i hope in a f e w days their excellent conduct w i l l be rewarded by the possession o f tlie place. 1 have the honour to be, &c.

(Signes) G . L A K E . He ad-quarters,. Camp before Bhurtpcre, Jan,

Return of killed, iv^nnded, and missing in the assault of Bharpore., an the,night of Jan. 9, 1805.

1 Lfeut. Col . 4 Majors, 5 Captains, i 8 L i e u t e -Jnnts , . 1.Ensign, t Adjutant, «6 Sergants,- 13 Cor-

porals, 3 drummers, r?9 privates. 4 subs da res, 4 j e midars, X3 hayildars, t j n a i c k s , t drummer, 149 Mpoys, % bheasties, 1 lascar, and 18 bildars. .

A.mong'the.number returned wounded, there aTe not more than 30 serious cases, the'remain'd'er are so slight, that the men will.be fit fur duty in the coarse of a very few days.

' (Signed) J . G E R R A R D , A d j . Gen.

frames of Officers killed, ivot-fdei, and missing. "•

K i l l e d — H i s Majesty's 7 5 tk'regiment, Lieut. Col-' Mait land—his Majesty 's 76th, R e g t . - L i e u t . Glubb

- ~ s d Battalion 13th Regi ment,1 Ensign Waterhnuse

— A r t i l l e r y , Lieut . Percival (in the battery during, the d a y . ) — N . B. Capt. -J. Wallace,. Major of Br i? gade, missing, and supposed to have, been killed.

Wounded—His Majesty's ? j d Regt. Lieutenants Sweetnam and-Creiiw'ell—His Majesty's; 7:5,1 h" Regt. M a j o r Campbell, Capts Hessman • and- Bruttoh, Lieuts. -Byne, T.ulJy,-M'Lacklan, and Mathewson — H i s Majesty's 76th Regt. Capt Webmer, Lieut. Cosgrove — H o n . 'Company's European Regiment Lieuts.- Wood, Hamilton, and B r o w n — 1 s t battalion n t h Regiment L'ieui's. Laiter, K e r r , and T u r n b u l l — i d battalion n t h Regiment, Major Gregory, Capts, O'Donrtel and Fletcher, Lieuts. Sharpe and

- Barker—»d,battalion sad Regt. Ensign Hatfield. Missirfg—His Majesty's 75th regt. Ensign Hatfield.

J . G E R R A R D , Adj . Gen. S y . a d v h e s received this day from the camp of his

E x c e l l e n c y the Commander in Chief, under date the 13th inst. it appears that a body of 700 of Jeswunt R a o HoTkar's horse had quitted the service of that chieftain, and come into camp that morning.

The-sirdars of this body of horse had visited his Exce l lency the Commander in Chief upon their ar-l i v a l ' a t head-quarters.

[This Gazette contains a letterfrom Capt. Cochlan of his Majesty's sloop Renard,. on the Jamaica sta-tion, giving an acqo-urrt o f the destruction of the G ? n e f a l E r n o u f priyafeer, late his Ma'.-sty's sloop L j l l y . — A l s o , another letter from Capt. Hardyman, of the Unicorn, stating the n.-»ptii''e oi. a French na-. tional privateer, called L e Tape-ii-borcl.]

S I R S U N D A Y ' S M A T E ; .

LO i\ DON, MONDAY, JUNE H- ' We received this morning, Paris Papers to the 16th

ana Dutch 10 the 1 9 t h , — T h e y announce the import-ant, certainly not the .unexpected intelligence, oi the annihilation of the Ligurian-Republic,, and of its I IN-C O R P O R A T I O N with the F R E N C H E M I ' I R S , — W h y it is incorporated with the French Empire , rather thai:, seet.r 'to, be mirt'e- natural, with the Kingdom of Italy, may be accounted for by the cir-cumstance of the French Empire 'having been de-' elated to be. hereditary in the family of BOJCA-P A R T S ; whereas the Crown of Italy is not, except in the person of R o a i P i i i T i , to be united upon the same htad with the Imperial Crown of France.

Thus has finally perished the Republic of. Genoa, so famous once for power and opulence, for its mili-tary arid'riavalatchievemenls, It is some aggravation of her misery, for we will not believe that her peo-ple, that'any people, willingly sacrifice their liberties and independence, that a descendant of the author of her freedom and splendour was amongst those w h o signed the warrant .far hqr execution and death— A ' D o a. FA, the linM'fdesceiH of A N D R E W D O R I A , .was,amongst the -Senators-who laid A-e freedom o f their country at the feet ot-a forfeig'ri Despot.

•The other intelligence in the .French' Papers-is of minor importance—-Prince E U G E N E BEAU-1-IAR-KOIS has been appointed Viceroy of Italy, a dignity v.-hich is to render him a lit match for her Majesty of E T & U K I A , and.MELZI. retains for four years his situation of Vice-President, with remainder of his family .

BONAPARTE has instituted a new Order of Knighthood; it is to be called the Order o f the Iron

' C r o w n — t h e motto to be " Dieu men I'a domtee,gare a quiy touchera."'

It was yesterday reported, that the Island o f C u -racoa, with twenty sail of merchantmen, richly laden had been captured by a British squadron. W c should be glad to have been able to confirm the ru-mour ; but no account of such an event has been re-ceived by Government.

Letters from B j y o n n e announce that a Spanish vessel, the Gavin fait Chancios, had arrived.from the Isle of France, and brought intelligence that Admiral LIJIOIS had captured 30 English ships, 10 of which were said to belong to the East India C o m -pany.

Admiral C0p.NwAX.n5-resumes the command of the Channel Fleet immediately. T h e Ville de Paris

' is expected daily at Portsmouth, for the purpose of receiving the Bag of the gallant Admiral . Admiral N U G I N T is appointed to act as Captain of the Fleet, under Admiral C O H N W I L H I , and is to l e a v e t o w n in a few days for that purpose.

T h e brigantine Nymph, o f Montrose, B A R C L A Y master, has been lost near Damelness, in the Baltic. She was unfortunately jammed in betwixt two pieces . o f ice, which in ten minutes laid her on her bro.-fd-side, and in five minutes more she went down with all hands. T w o of the Moijtrose vessels witnessed the sad catastrophe,-but from the vicinity of the land,.and the-violence o f the wind, could render no assistance.. Five.of her crew were the Captain's nephews, and one his intended son-in-law.

•ft may-.perhaps, b e t h e i r f i i ' s t ' o b j e c t t o t h r o w

i n s o m e r e i n f o r c e m e n t at T e n c r i f f e , w i t h o u t

c o m i n g t o a n a n c h o r t h e r e . I n a c e r t a i n

s o u t h e r n l a t i t u d e , t h e S p a n i s h ships- w i l l

s e p a r a t e , a n d m a k e t h e b e s t of. t h e i r w a y to

t h e B r a z i l s , f o r s e c u r i n g w h i c h , a b p d y o f

c a v a l r y w i l l b e i n d u s p c n s i b l y a c c e s s a r y , a n d

t h i s e x p l a i n s t h e m a n n e r , in w h i c h t h e g r e a t

n u m b e r o f h o r s c a c c o . u t r e m e n t s , t a k e n '-.on

• b o a r d , a r e to be e m p l o y e d ; a n d ' t h c , bet ter

to r e c o n c i l e t h e P o r t u g u e s e to s u c h a n act of

h o s t i l i t y , a p r e t e n c e b to b e set u p t h a t it is

m e r e l y to p r e v e n t G r e a t B r i t a i n f r o m t a k i n g

p o s s e s s i o n . T h e F r e n c h w i l l p r o c e e d to s e -

c u r e t h e C a p e o f G o o d H o p e , a c c o r d i n g t o

p r i v a t e t r e a t y , , f r o m w h e n c e t h e y w i l l h a s -

ten to C e y l o n , a n d a f t e r : , h a v i n g e s t a b l i s h e d

t h e m s e l v e s a t T r i n c o m a l e e , - t h e fleet w i l l

m o s t p r o b a b l y d i v i d e , in o l d e r to laird a ,

b o d y of t r o o p s at P o n d i c h e . r r y , . a n d t h e r e - ,

m a i r i d e r in t h e G u z e r a t , t h e r e b y t h e y h o p e

to b e a b l e to st ir u p t h e c o u n t r y . P o w e . r s ^ a n d

f o r m a j u n c t i o n at a n y g i v e n poi-nt -in., D e c -

c a n . I n t h e m e a n w h i l e tb.eir fleet w i l l eU~,,(

d e a v o u r to S w e e p t h e India: s e a s , f r o m , ' t h e

S t r a i t s o f B a b e l m a n d c l to B e n g a l a n d C a n -

t o n .

LONDON, TUESDAY, JUNE sj. Mr. LE V CESTER in the House of Commons yes-

terday gave notice that he should.to day move to change,the mode of proceeding against Lord M E L -V I L L E 10 Impeachment; instead of Criminal Prose-cution by the A T T O R N E Y - G E N E R A L . '

Sonie expedition is expected to be immediate un-dertaken from'the T e x e l . A letter from an Officer on board one of the frigates cruizing off the T e x e l , dated the 17th inst. says, " We still continue cruis-ing off this p lace; yesterday we boarded a vessel under Prussian colours coming out, from the master of .which we learn that the enemy's force consists of five sail of the line and three large-corvettes in the Mars Diep, one line of battle ship, which has been hove down, and put in a complete condition for sea, an'd.a.Iarge frigate in the Niew Diep. T h e whole were preparing for sea. Several corps of French troops hsd of late marched in for the purpose, it is supposed, of accelerating the works that are carrying o n . "

A neutral Captain, who is just arrived, asserts, that on leaving the T e x e l , on Thursday last, the whole of the transports at that anchorage, amounting to.about seventy,sail, were f u l l y watered and provi-sioned, and ready to sail on some expedition. T h e y were to be.accompanied by five sail of the line, two frigates,, two brigs and two corvettes, w h i c h were 'then lying in the harbour.

A letter from Dover, dated June 24, s a y s — " T h e weather being uncommonly fine yesterday- evening, the Camp at Boulogne could very plainly bediscern-

'cd by the naked eye, -as also the French troops on. the -beach, which, by the help of glasses, appeared to

r^a.ch-(as nearly as .v/e could judge) about two mjles and.a half.,in ?c;ngth,_ with theBattHorse Ammunitiot! ' W.iggons, Sc.' included; ahd t-He-nurtb'efof-merj were supposed to be about 15,000 ; the Commanding Offi-cer,' with Lady, c;oukl be: seetl. i-h front: giving tlw ijrord'Gf command, as also, a ,great concourse of peo-ple who were upon the hills viewing them. T h e whole of the troops which are stationed in the Castle and Heights being 'also drawn up on the beach, under-the command o f Major^General Lord FORBES. I can assure you we- had a-fine sight to see the Armies of England ot each side.of the Water, and in front of each other ."

( O r T H I S D A Y ' s M A I L .

D UB L IN, J UNE ag.

O n M o n d a y .last, - f ive p e r s o n s ; w h o -had

b e e n c o n f i n e d uiader S e c r e t a r y ' s w a r r a n t s ,

w e r e l i b e r a t e d f r o m K i l m a i n h a m p r i s o n . — • .

It a p p e a r s f r o m t h e r e c e n t l i b e r a t i o n s f r o m

t h e P r e v o t a n d K i l m a i n h a m p r i s o n s , that it

is n o t a p a r t i a l b u t age-nera l c l e m e n c y , w h i c h

it is t h e i n t e n t i o n o f G o v e r n m e n t to e x t e n d

to t h o s e c o n f i n e d o n s u s p i c i o n o f state o f -

f e n c e s . — B . E.P.

S a m e d a y , t h e f o l l o w i n g p e r s o n s , c o n f i n e d

in C a r r i c k f e : g u s g a o l , s i n c e J u l y , 1803^

w e r e l i b e r a t e d . b y an o r d e r f r o m G o v e r n -

m e n t , o n e n t e r i n g i n t o s e c u r i t i e s :

T h e R e v . P a t . G r i b b i n , D a v i d . T h o m p -

s o n , J o s e p h T a n n y h i l l , A r c h i b . M ' C l e a n ,

S a m . M ' C l i n t i c k , J o h n . V i n t , J a s . O ' B r i e n ,

R o b e r t W i l s o n . .-, •

I n c o n s e q u e n c e o f t h e d e a t h o f D r .

B r o w n e , the, o f f i c e o f P r i m e S e r j e a n t , as

t a k i n g p r e c e d e n c e o f t h e A t t o r n e y a n d S o l i -

. c i t o r G e n e r a l , is to be l a i d a s i d e , a n d a n e w

a r r a n g e m e n t a d o p t e d , b y w h i c h A r t h u r

M o o r e , E s q . - is a p p o i n t e d F i r s t S e r j e a n t -

S i r J a m e s C h a t t e r t o n , S e c o n d S e r j e a n t — a n d

C h a s . B u s h e , E s q . T h i r d S e r j e a n t ; t h e .

F i r s t S e r j e a n t to r a n k i m m e d i a t e l y after the

S o l i c i t o r G e n e r a l , t h e o t h e r s to f o l l o w in t h e

s u c c e s s i o n w e h a v e s tated. . .

I n p u r s u a n c e o f a w r i t o f H a b e a s C o r p u s ,

d i r e c t e d to t h e S h e i i f f s o f t h e c o u n t y o f the

c i ty pf D u b l i n , ' M r . R o w a n a p p e a l e d , on

T u e s d a y i n c u s t o d y , a n d w a s p l a c e d at the

b a r o f t h e C o u r t o f K i n g ' s B e n c h , f o r the

p u r p o s e o f h a v i n g t h e o u t l a w r y a g a i n s t h i m

r e v e r s e d ; b u t u p o n M r . A t t o r n e y G e n e r a l

c o m i n g i n t o C o u r t , h e i n f o r m e d t h e i r L o i d -

s h i p s , t h a t h e h a d o n l y b e e n a p p r i s e d of t h e

m a t t e r o f M r . R o w a n ' s a p p e a r s n c c i n C o . u i t

that d a y , at h a l f past 1 0 o ' c l o c k in t h e m o r n -

i n g , a n d c o n s e q u e n t l y w a s not p r e . p a i c d or

f u r n i s h e d w i t h t h e s p e c i f i c w a r r a n t , to s a y

h o w f a r he w a s a u t h o r i s e d by t h e G r o w n to

a c c e d e to the p r a y e r o f t h e P i isomer 's C o u n -

s e l . — A f t e r a f e w . w o r d s f r o m i b e P r i s o n e r ' s

C o u n s e l in r e p l j - , w h o c i ted t h e case of t h e

King-n*. D a v i s , ( B u r c . 6 3 8 ) a n d a s u g g e s -

t ion f r o m t h e C o u r t , t h e m a t t e r , by c o n s e n t ,

r e s t e d , u n t i l : a l l p a r t i e s w e r e , m o r e f u l l y p r e

p a r e d to c o m e i n t o C o u r t u p o n a I 'utuie daj* -'.

LONDON, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 2,6.

T h e o p i n i o n w e j i a . v e ' i i r v a r i a b l y m a i n -

t a i n e d that the F r e n c h a r e g o n e tb t h e E a s t

a n d n o t to t h e . W e s t I n d i e s s e e m s to. g a i n

g r o u n d . H a d t h e y , b e e n g o n e to t h e W e s t

we-^should in a l l p r o b a b i l i t y h a v e h e a r d o f

t h e m b e f o r e th is t i m e . A r e p o r t p r e v a i l e d

y e s t e r d a y that a d v i c e s h a d b e e n r e c e i v e d o f

t h e i r h a v i n g p r o c e e d e d a g a i n s t T r i n c o m a l e e ;

- in . the i s l a n d o f C e y l o n . T h e r e p o r t is b y

n o m e a n s a n i m p r o b a b l e o n e , b u t w e k n o w

not o n w h a t a u t h o r i t y it rest's. T h e f o l l o w -

i n g s p e c u l a t i o n u p o n t h e o b j e c t s a n d d e s t i n a -

t ion o f t h e c o m b i n e d s q u a d r o n s i n c l u d e s t h e

p r o b a b i l i t y o f a n a t t a c k u p o a T x i n c o m a l e e .

L I M E R I C K , J U N E 2'Q. -Thursday Jas.t, the Right Worshipful Robert Bris-

coe, Esq; Mayor , as Coroner of this Ci ty , hel'd-an Inquest on the body of Owen Sullivany-bf B o w -Lane, Boat Owner, who died on said dav ;—af ier examination, the J u r y returned a verdict, " -That he died in consequence of bruises.and violence he re-ceived from John K e a n j o f B.unrattv, Co. C l a r e , — — . Haysteens, of Tradree, in said Co. and ano-

t h e r person unknown, 011 the n t h inst.- at 'Bun-iratty." ; '- ' * • .. -',," ... ' O-ii Thursday night, an affray-took place, tin : W i l - , son's-Quay, in this-City, between two Private?, of. theLight Company of the 45 th Regt . '.a.nd.s.ome other' Soldiers, when,-one of theformer, narhed,Jeremiah Riordan, received a stab of a bayonet in the breast, of whieh wound he shortly after died. Yesterday

- the-Maybr held an Inquest on the bodyv when the J u r y , after;the examinations, found a-verdict ' " that became by his death,, in" the manner above'stated,

i by Soldiers, whose names were,,-.to the Jurors, un-' k n o w n . "

E N N I S , JU L T 1.

T h e Packets to the 27th ul t . received since' 01 last, have brought some intelligence o f ' importance.. •—The Ligurian Republic (formerly the Genoese), hat been annihilated, and. incorporated with the French Empire, a.circumstance which it is thought, cannot fail of introducing Austria into the war.

Were not the' Powers of. Europe either blind or. paralysed, there is hardly a Single step that has been-taken by BONAPARTE' since -th'evpeace-.of Amiens thatWotild not have roused'their indignatipn,' and united them in a. firm bond for the general safety. , Since.that period the' independence of.Switzerland

has been destroyed—a French Military Government ettablished in Hol land—Hanover sscc.upic-d by French troops, and-the people, robbed, .plundered and op-pressed by the Frcncli tyrant, iii violation of the rights'

..of the Germanic B.ody—the urne Body again irfsuJt'-ed by the seizure of the Duke D'ENGH^EN on its territories contrary to the rights.'of Natiojnj, and-his being put to death contrary to the principles of j u s -t ice—a British Minister,seized in a free city, in vio-lation of the rights of all civilised Governm'esrt~tfeS Cr«wn, of Lombardy usurped—and now the Ligu-p ria.n Republic annexed to France I

No certain accounthas yet been received respestiiljjJ-the destination of the Combined F l e e t s — S o m e of " the English Papers seenrr now to think that they are gone. ts> the East Indies.

Indications of some attempt to be speedily made from the T e x e l have.been observed.by o.ur cruisers.

A report prevailed in London on Monday last, that the Island of Curacoa, with s o sa i fo f merchant vessels, richly laden, were captured by a British Squadron. ', . " '

It is still rumoured in-the political circles in-Lo'ri-don, that a division continues to exist in the Cabin'e';, which must terminate .in the resignation either o f L o r d S I D MOUTH or M r . P I T T .

On Tuesday last, in the House of Commons, M r . LEYC'ISTEP.'S motion for changing the modeof pro- '

'ceeding against Lord M E L V I L L E , .from a criminat' prosecution to an iinpeackment was carried by .a ma-

j o r i t y of 23. • ... ... .... The, following.is an extract of.a letter, relative'to the proceedings^gainst-Lo.rd M E L V I L L E , which 'waSs

received ih'Dublin on Saturday last, dated. H.puse o f " ' Commons, Wednesday evening, 7 o ' c lock:

' ' Mr. W H I T B R K A B , attended by the majority o f the Opposition Members, has j u s t returned from1 the House of Peers. When he appeared at the Bar, , the". LORD CHANCELLOR approached him with the Seal's:'" in. his hand, and'.'Mr. WHITS READ ..said he Was

"commanded by the House of Commons to impeach H E N R Y Lord Viscount M EL VILLE of High Crimes and Misdemeanors,, in.the name of the Commons o f the United K i n g d o m . — A f t e r Mr. WHITER EAD had taken his place in the anti-ministerial side of the House, he moved the appointment of a Committee to draw up the articles of impeachment. Messrs. F o x , G R E Y , W H I T E H E A D , S H E R I D A N , J E S Y L L , G I L E S , R A I N Z , D r . L A W R E N C E , and Lord. T E M P L E , form part o f the Committee."

T h e Gazette of the i2d ult. which wi l l be found in our preceding columns, contains the success 61 G e m Lord L A K E against the Fort of Dog, in th-e East Indies, which is described as reflecting".the ut-most credit Upon the intrepidity and bravery of the tToops employed upon that serv ice ,—The disastrous-•repulse of Col. MJUTLAND'S party, in their attempt upon the Fart of Bhurfo're, into \7hich H O I E I R . had thrown himself, is also stated.

T h e gallant exploit which "we-mentioned in our" last to have been performed by Lieut . Y E O , and J o -Officers and men of the Loire, in the Bay, of Muroc on the coast of Spain, is detailed in the same Gazette and corresponds precisely with our relation of the affair. "

— M -A R R 1 JI D — A few days since, the B,ev. Rich . 'Maunsel l , o f

Dunkerriri," co, Tipperary, to Mist Hawlaha-w-, daughter of Benjamin H a w k s h i w , of K n o c t a n e , ia said county, Esq. • -

Saturday morning, in Limerick, Maucte l " gent, Esq; to Mrs. Maunsell , relict af the late J o k * -Maunsel l , of that' city:j Esq; Attorney.

— D 1 ii D — ' ' -On Thursday morning,' in Limerick,1 Wm'. Tay lor ,

Esq; Staff Adjutant of "that district. *. Last week, m Limerick, Mr, James Hallinan, 3*

eminent Glazier and P l u m b e r — h e v/as an honest sin., cere, upright Man, greatly regretted by a numerous acquaintance.

f i ' - - Stolen, from off the lands of Lodge,- near Sixmilebridge, on. the night of Thursday- last, a small B L A C K M A R E , aged, with a' blaze arid-three 'white fetlocks; switch tail. F I V E G U I -N E A S R E W A R D will be given-fordiscovering and. prosecuting the Thie f to Convict ion,- or. O N E G U I N E A for intelligence where the M a r t may b e . had, to be paid by S A M U E L S P A I G H T , of Ledge, Esq; J u l y 1, 1805. '

James O'Neill \ a. - (

Patrick Hill.

S H E R I F F ' S - S A L E .

( T o be Sold, by Auct ion, by ) v i r tue of the wr i t s of Fieri Facias

and Venditione Exponcs to me directed in this Cause, on Friday the 5th day of J u l y , inst. at Ennis, ia the County,of Clare, the Defendant's Stock,' consist-ingot Cows, Sheep, and Horses. T h e Sale to begin • at one o 'Clock on said Dav. Dated this 1st dav of J u l y , i S o J . • T . S T U D D E R T , Jun. Sheriff.

A General Meeting of tlie GOVERNORS and D E P U T Y G O V E R N O R S of the C O U N T Y ©F

C L A R E is,requested at the Court-House,of-.Ennis, o n T B U R S D A V n e x t , the 4th o f J U L Y . ' -

. Signed by -order, n," , ,D. F I N U C A N E , C ; 6 . , M , .

. JU'ne';j-7,'l8bS.,.- .-- -• , - - • , . ".'

: • . - E N N I S - R A C E S

A r e . u n a v o i d a b l y ' p o s t p o n e d u n t i l •

. ' MO.YD A T the 15ik. of JUL K -

JOHN." M ' N A M A R A ' , 7 c . , • f - S t e w a r l ; . B O Y L E V A N D E L E U R , ] "

(Cj~ T h e Public are cautioned not to .accept, in any dealing, of a Note for about 1 o f Guineas, which I passed to P A T R I C K M ' N A M A R A , as said M ' N A -MARA has been paid the amount of said Note, partly in cash, and the remainder in diet, washing, and lodging at my h o u s e . — G i v e n under my hand at Cahirbaiina, this 30th June , 1805. '

J A M E S F l T Z . G E R A L D . " ^ —

Stolen or strayed,, on the.14th instant, f r o m the Fair of Spar.silhi'ii, an aged Bay M A R E , about IS hands high, with a Star rather low 6n the .Baclc, whereon she also had a Gald : whoever' g ives 'anv account of her, so as that she may be found,' shall receive Two. Guineas Reward, or if stolen, .Five'. Guineas on prosecuting the Thie f to conviction, by applying to P A T R I C K ' F I T Z - G E R A L D , of Cur-rag'nkcal, or Mr . M I C H A E L H I C K E f , Ennis.

N . B. Said Mare had a Bridle and Saddle on at the time. J u n e 27, 1805.

E N N I S — P R I N T Z B » Y F . P A R S O N S .

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