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1:e end, be highly prejudicial to the interetis of chi. 4runtry, without obtaining that revenge we fought tn our enemies. The Noble Lord had, to his great urprife, Paid, that his requeff was unconflitutional, sod even urged, that it was improper Members 21r uld interfere, or animadvert on the conduit of Milliners, in the relent Rate of the Winds, ex cept they were of opinion the country was fo far in danger, through the inability or imprudence of Miniflers, as to make it neceffary for its well withers to addrefs the Throne, and intreat that thofe evil advifers fhould be removed from his Majefty's Councils ; and the Noble Lord had there upon fisted, that had he conceived it was his (Mr Perceval's) intention, to found, on this application for the Papers in que(lion, a Petition to the Throne, be would willingly have given it up. Now this he conceived to be a principle not only the mon abfurd in argument, but alto the moil dangerous in its conic quence to the community. What ! Mall not the Houle of Commons, in the event of an indifcretion, or impropriety of conduit, have the liberty to inter pole their counfel or remonarances, with temper and moderation, and warn them of their danger, before they were irrecoverably overwhelmed in the fatal confequences of their error ? Are we never to check the deftruelive progrefs of error, but calmly wait till its confummation ? Or is it by removal alone, we are to corral the perhaps venial errors of the Minfitry ? It had been obferved by the Noble Lord, that while a firnilar oppreffive Decree had palled in France, is 1798, England, though her power at lea was not then equal to what it is at prefent, thought it im proper to retaliate in the fpirit of that order.— Now this very circumflance of our comparative in feriority then at lea, alluded to by the Noble Lord, explained the reafon of England's not retaliating on France. The neutral nations being then more on a footing of equality at lea with us, would have re monarated, and perhaps carried the matter to an open rupture. It was obferved by the Noble Lord,l that France had made an exception in favour of America. He wiffied to know, was that any reafon in the mind of the Noble Lord, that we should not impede her in her enjoyment of this exception ? In fine, was it proper that we should content to the Americans carrying into France the colonial pro duce of the French, provided France permitted them to carry to us the colonial produce of England ? The principle of ading, in this cafe, was undoubtedly falfe, and the conceffion dangerous in the extreme. He concluded with Hating, that, had the Noble Lord, on a former occafion, Dated, that fuch an ex planation of the conduit of Minifters would neceffa rily di dole cireumllances of fuch a nature, as might be prejudicial to the welfare of the nation, he would not have trefpaffed on the patience of the licufe by requiring the paper in quefiion. Lord HOWICK role, and obferved, the Hon. Gentleman had rather unfairly laid on him the I blame of bringing the prefent difcuffion unneceffarily ! before the Houfe ; he was much millaken in his re colletflicn, if• he had not before, in a general way, Rated his objeClion to the motion of the Honourable Gentleman, to be the apprehenfion that, in our pre fent fituation, with regard to neutral nations, fuch an explanation might be attended with dangerous con fequences to the welfare of Great Britain. The original motion of Mr. Perceval was then read from the Chair and negatived without a divifion. Mr. HOBHOUSE then brought up the Report of the Commit tee on the Canaria Yarn Bill ; the amendments were read a fe cond time and agrefd to. On the motion dLIVIr. WYNNE, the Bill for the prevention of the Sedudlion of the Military; and alto that for the prohibition of the importation of gun powder into Ireland, were feverally read a third time, and patted. The other Orders of the Day were then poßponed to Friday next, and the Houk adjourned at twelve o'clock. WEST INDIES. HOUSE.OF ASSEMBLY, NOV. 27, iBo6. It was recommended to the Hour", to dited the Receiver General to remit to Edmund Pufey Lyon, Efq. the font of three thoufand guineas, for the pur• pole of purchafing a fervice of plate, to be prefented to Vice Admiral Sir John Thomas Duckworth, K.B. A debate thereon atofe, and on a divifion taking place, there were, Noes t 4 ; Ayes 19. Ia confequence of thefe proceedings, a meeting of the Freeholders of the city and pari(h of Kingfton, was held at Kingfton, on the 4th of December, to con -1 filer of the propriety of the condo& of their Repre fentativcs, in the Honourable Houle of Aftembly, in voting with a majority in a late divifion, as above, &c. &c. DANIEL MOORE. Efq. fen. Alderman, in the Chair. Among feveral Refolutions which were agreed upon, were the following : Refolved, " That the voting of 300(o guineas for the purchafe of a fervice of plate, to be prefented to Sir J. T. Duckworth, is a wanton and improvident expenditure of the public money." Refolved, 4 That an addrcfs and petition be prefented in bumble and conftitutional terms to his Majefly's Reprefentative. praying •ti it he may be pleafed to diffolve the prefent Affembly, which has i( r:eited every claim to the confidehce of the good people of this ifland, by its ineonfiftent, extravagant, and uneonftitutional eon• duct, ih refpedt to the difpofal of the public money, Etc. &c." Thefe Refolutions,:tcgether with others, were pub lifbed itt the feveral Journals printed and publifited in the gland. This being dine, the Houfe took the matter under confederation on the t3th December. Mr. 'TAYLOR, Chairrwin of the Committee of Pri vileges of the Hon. Hook of Aftembly, made the following report to the Klee : " Mr. SPEAKER, ant &reeled by the Committee of Privileges to report to the H oufe, that iti their opinion a breach of the Pri vileges of the Houfe has tu en committed by a Publication, putt portirg to be certain Refolutions which have been adopted at. a Mce:ing of Freeholders of the City and Parini of Kingfton, on the 4th Member, ittob, an/ ligned Dan. Moore. Chairman; and by the insertion if the fame in the refeedlive Newfpapers. entitled, Vs !Lily Advertifir, Tbs Kingpins arras& aid City Advertifer, abd Tte Courain" After this report was read, the Houfe, among other things, refolved, " That any fet of individuals prefuming to cet.fure the proceed ings of Kit !lode, is a breach of Privileges, and tkftrudtive of the freedom of this Houfe. Th the Editors of the refpedlive P.ll.(trs, and Daniel Moore, Chairman, arc guilty of a breach of Privilqe of this House, &c." Thefe Refolutions wete fdllowed np by a motion, which was unanimetufly carried, to order Mr. Daniel Moore, and the reipeaive Editors, to attend the H o ule on the Toefday following. They accordingly were taken into euttody, and brought to the Bar cf the Houfe at various times. The refult of the bufinefs w th it Mr. M. ate wits difchat ged, and the Editors feverely reptimanded, and luffered to depart upon payer& ufual Lea. KINGSTON, JAMAIC3, NOV. 29. By a Captain Nelfon arrived at New York from the Havannah, it appears that a Spann packet had anchored at Trinidad in Cuba, bringing accounts that Eaft a.al Weft Florida had been ceded by Spain to France, and afterwards by France to the United States ; alfo that the island of Cuba had been ceded by Spain to France, on Bonaparte agreeing to rein awe the King of Naples on his throne. We undernand that in confequence of the ceffion of Cuba to France, as mentioned in the above para. graph, the Governor of the Havannah has made a propolal to the Government of this Ifland, (which has been communicated here by the way of New Providence) to deliver up to the Britilh immediately on a fufficient force being fent for the purpofe, the Ifland of Cuba, and all Spanifh and French veffels of every defcription lying in the different ports, bays, &c. of that Colony. The following veffels, captured and detained by la Pique frigate, arrived on Monday, via. the Spa nifh brig El Cabarito, in ballaft, cut out of Porto Rico by her boats ; die French felucca la Surprife, of. one gun and feven men (nineteen being abfent in prizes), taken off the fame Ifland ; a French (loop, with logwood, captured off St. Domingo ; and the Danifh fchooner Eleanor, from the Bay of Cumana, bound to St. Thomas's, in ballall, detained by her. The Refinance frigate, of 36 guns, Capt. Adam, arrived at Port Royal the fame afternoon. She failed from Plymouth on the 4th ult. with difpatchcs for the Governor and Admiral, and touched at Car thagena on the i 7th init. for the purpofe of landing Signior Mendoza, a Spanifh Nobleman. We underhand that the Refinance has brought accounts of a powerful force being about to be fent out to the Well Indies, intended to take poffellion of tome part of the Spanifh dominions, which his Catho lic Majefty has determined to deliver over to Great Britain, to proted it from the rapacious grafp of the Corfican Ufurper. This appears very probable, as the Duke of Kent packet brought intelligence of the arrival at Falmouth on the ill ult. of Mr. Coelho, a Spanifh rneffenger, with difpatches from Madrid for the Briiifh Government, and it is fuppofed that the Refinance was difpatched in confequence of the in formation they contained. DEC. Anton frigate, of 4o guns, Captain Lydiard ; the Arethufa, 0138 gnus, Capt. Brilbane, and the Latona, of 36 guns, Capt. Wood, failed from Port Royal on Saturday morning, for the purpofe, we underfland, of taking poffeffion of the Dutch Eland of Curagoa. The Qatement publifhed feveral weeks ago of the Elephant and Veteran line of battle (hips having proceeded on that fervice was erroneous, thofe veffels having been difpatched on a cruize off the Havannah to watch the motions of the French tio gun (hip le Foudroyant, and the Spanifh 74, San Lorein. Mc. i 3.—The Cleopatra frigate, of 32 guns, Capt. Love, put into Port Royal, having fprung her bow fprit. She failed from Halifax on the 24th September, with the General Carleton andßofina mall (hips under convoy, and arrived at Barbadoes on the 19tn OEM- bcr, from whence the proceeded with them to Ai- tigua, which Wand (he quitted on the 18th November for St. Thomas's, and from thence the failed on the :ad for Tortola ; the latter 'nand (he left on the a for the purpofe of returning to Halifax. A report was current at Antigua of the arrival, at I Martinico, of four fail of the line from Rochefort.— While the Cleopatra was at Tortola, the Moyne For tunee fchooner, of 14 guns, Lieut. Brown, arrived there with the lots of her malts, having fallen in, off I Baffeterre. with the famous French privateer brig General Ernouff, of 18 guns, and 150 men, which the engaged for upwards of an hour and a half, and would have captured, had not her malts been unfor tunately (hot away, in confequence of which the enemy efcaped. She had left Guadeloupe the day previous, where the had been to repair the damage fullained in an action with the Grenada brig, of 12 guns (five days after the engagement and capture of the Tobago tchnoner), in which the was beaten off. Arrived the Mary ; on the 3oth ult. at five P. M. near Cayenne, the defcried two ftrange fail handing towards her, from which the endeavoured to efcape, taking them to be French cruizers. At ro P.M. they came up with her, when the funained a running action with them tilt daylight next morning, when having her boatfwain killed, her Captain and feveral men wounded, her maintnan and bowfprit feria* da maged, fix or eight (hot between wind and water,her fails and rigging much fhattcred, and after ufing eves! exertion ag , intt their furpolid enemies, with great reluctance Capt. Crow was compelled to ; but to his great fad sfaCtion the two veffels proved to be his Majefty's (hips Dart, of 33, and Wolverine, of 18 guns, Captains Spear and Collier, which were fent lame time ago fiom Barbadoes to cruize off Cayenne, in hopes of intercepting a large French privateer, of 36 guns, reported to be fitting out there, and for which they unfortunately miflonk the Mary. Captains Spear and Collins were extremely forty for the accident, and rendered Captain Crow every affiftance in their power. The Mary carries twenty 9 and font 6 pounders, and at the time of the unfortunate accident had on board 4S feamen. Captain Crow was feverely wound ed in tire left fide, and nightly in the left arm, but we are happy to add that he is in a fair way to recover ; the boatfwain had both his legs (hot off, and expired fhortly after ; fix feamen were badly wounded, and five Negroes killed and fix wounded. Late on Thurfday evening laft week a duel took place at Port Royal, between Lieut. B. of the Royal Artillery, and Lieut. S. of the Second Weft India Regiment of Frt, when, on an exchange of {hots, the former was feverely wounded in the breaft. A race was run on Thurfday laft, on the Parade at St. Ann's, between Captain M—'s bay mare, and Mr. C—w's chefnut poney, which afforded very little (port to the amateurs of the turf, but was at tended with many ferious accidents, and one molt lamentable cataftrophe. On Ratting, the mare proved relive, but the poney went off in good ftyle, and walk: have dillanced the other before (he took the courfe, had not a negro boy imprudently croffed im rn,-...nately before the poney, by which the rider, a Gentleman named MAIDEN, was thrown, and tlit negro bad his knee luxated ; by which the mare Iliad the cpporturtieg.. of coming up, although it Ilia proved :t dead heat in favour of the poney. The . fall of Mr. Masis i t being perceived by his father (a refpeCtable man in the Naval Storekeepet's depart ment) he, With, many others, let off in full gallop to his afflaance ; but in a moment, a Gentleman coming in conta6t with him, he was precipitated to the ground, and the horfe on him, bearing the whole prelfure on his theft, which inftaraly deptived him of fpeech, and, notwithftanding medical aid was immediately afforded, after lingeting totally infenfi. ble for three hours, expired without a groan,leaving a widow and eight children. The fall of Mr. Milani was not known, owing to the immenfe crowd, to his fon until the fecund round, which was won by the poney with cafe ; during which another negro got his fkull fraeured, and a Gentleman his arm broken. THE EVENING STAR. LONDON. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY s. . PRICE. OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT MN. O'CLOCK. Cot&ls, tummy, 614i —for account 6t/ 6a—Oninium 64 prem. Exchequer Bills, par.. Laft night Mr. Pszcavat. brought forward his promifed motion for the produftion of the Order of Council of the 7th January, refpeding the Trade of Neutrals. Not only the Houle, but Mr. Paaca►AL himfelf, were fo much convinced by the arguments brought forward by Lord HOWICK, that its produc tion would occafion a difclofure of circumaances which ought not to be divulged, that the motion was negatived without a divifien. It is reported that Government have determined to afford every pnllible aid to the Allied Powers now in hoftility with France ; and that befides the propofed Loan of fix millions, a formidable military force will be fent to the Continent early in the enfuing fpring. All the Foreign Ambatradors, it is likewife reported, have been requefled not to go more than a convenient diflance from town for the prefent, as it may be ne ccffary to confult them on fome important points. It is our duty to Rate fuch intelligence as reaches us from the Continent, even when we cannot appre- ciate its value. A letter from Memel, of the Bth of January, but which appears to have been opened for the infertion of a Poilfcript, written fume days afterwards, flutes as follows : MoR grltifying intelligence has jpa been received here from Konning(berg. On the 28th of December the fortune of war changed in favour of the Ruffian arms, and continued decidedly fo till the 3oth, the date of the laR difpatches from the fcene of aftion, which at that time had removed nearer Warfaw, to which city the French had retreated. after fuffering repeated defeats. Particulars not known." Here preeife dates are given, and there fubfequent to the 26th December, and therefore we cannot help indulging a hope that the French have encountered a more form check than that detailed in the official I letter of General BEININGSIN I which we gave in our Paper of Tuefday. An account is Paid to have been received of the Englifh having been obliged to evacuate Maldonado, in the River Plate, after retaining polliffion only three weeks. This ill agrees with the report which we mentioned a few days Since, of Monte Video having been captured by the Englifh. Neither of thefe (late meets, we believe, have the Illation of any refpeaable authority.—A new attack upon Monte Video was meditated early in November, and its failure might lead to the evacuation of Maldonado. Accounts from Jamaica to the 13th Decem'her, mention a report received from America of Eaft and Weft Florida having been ceded to the United States, and Cuba to France, in eonfequence of the promifed re•eftablifhment of his Sicilian Maje fly on the Throne of Naples. In confequence of the celEon of Cuba, a propofition is Paid to have been made from the Go : vernor of the Havannah to the Governor of Jamaica, to cede Cuba to the Englifh. We apprehend there is fome miftake in this ftatement. Probably the furrender of Curacoa, announced in the letters from Jamaica, received by the mail of Tnefday left, is the circumftance alluded to, though garbled and dif turbed by the relater in confequence of his miftaking the name. Yefterday, at twelve o'clock, his MAJESTY MA to town from Windfor, and held a private Levee at the (teen's Palace. The following had the honour of being prefented to his MAJESTY Earl NeLsow, by Lord Grenville, upon his reeeivingthe grant of a Penfion and Eftate,and his Majefty's permiffion to accept the tide of Duke of Broate, in Sicily. Vifeount TRAFALGAR, fon of the Earl, by Lord Grenville, upon his receiving his Majefty's permiffion to affume the title of Vifeount Trafalgar, and to accept the Order of St. Joachim. The Noble Vifeount wore the ribband and all the infignia of the Order, as worn by his late Uncle, Admiral Lord ?hum Mr. Mt!Rl' by Vifeount Howick, upon bis return from his. Embaffy in America. The Earl of CALEDOM took leave of his MAJESTY, previous to his departure for the Cape of Good Hope, to take upon him the government of that place. The Rev. Dr. Luxuoaa, the Dean of Gloucefter, laid before his MaJESTY his Sermon, preached before the Clergy of his dincefe. His MAJESTY held a Privy Council, when he, ac cording to annual cuftom, pricked for the Sheriffs for the year enfuing, and they were finally fettled. His MAJESTY gave private audiences to Lords GattilviLts, H. PETTY, and Howtca ; and Earls Darrtiourft and MortA ; the lait-mentioned Noble man laid before his Maje 'Tv his propofed new regu lations for the Ordnance. The Conftance, SAMS, from Africa and Antigua, is arrived at Liverpool, and reports that his Majel ty's fchooner NETLEY is captured in the Weft Indies by two French frigates and a brig—particulars an ' known. - NAUTICAL INT4i.LIGENCE. CORK. JANUARY 30. A Sip which was captured by a French privateer, and ret a k e' , by the Alcmene, and arrived at Padftow, fell in with the latt outward-bound convoy three days after failing frost this port. they had then got aoo miles to the Southward. Ilse molt Lade. Fable nnedures are porfuing by Admiral Lord Gesomes, for the detedlon of Foreigners who may be on hoard neutral fhips. Th e fearch for this purpofe is of the molt rigid ftridnds. Since the failing of the outward-bound Weft India fleet, out of whish up. wards of 3o Foreigners were taken, 16 have been taken from the valets which have arrived for the fame deftination, but were sue late to proceed with the convoy. The impropriety of auploylog the Caftan of thofe countries at war with Great Britain and ire. land, in evafion of the law which demands than as prifenen, evident ; the culpability in this instance would merit corredissapp penalty. 111 occurs, we uoderftand, not unfrequently, that 1166 whom the chances of war put into our poffeffion in the WA dies, are fem home in Weft Indiames, In order to be Used is Brit* prifons. This intention, however, is not always Mash for as (allots under there cir curaltances will remain in thsiscrthank {mice upon much ealier terms t han Bridal or Irish faints, they are retained, without referring to the authority TAM feet thus, or that which received them. FALMOUTH, FEB. 2. Arrived the brig Succefs, WALLaa,fmro Londe % Gratitude, Rowe ; Dove, Swarm ; and Fame, ma Kim, from Lifbon ; Lark, MORGAN, from ear& gan ; Ceres, Garvvrrus, from London ; his Majetly% brig Swat. Low, and Insoxvisr gun brig, both from a cruize. Sailed the Gratitude, Rowe, for London ; Pelican, MUDGI, for Exeter ; alfo the American mica Louifa, CLACKNER, for Amfterdam. The Rssts. TANCE, of 38 guns, which I mentioned in my IA to have arrived at Jamaica, on the 26th November, Its from Carthagena, where fhe had been for the purple of bringing to England one million of dollars, not being ready, the was fent to Vera Cruz for the fame purpofe—fhe left Jamaica on the t ith December— the was fent to Carthagena for the above par. pofe. Both theft veffels have Spanifh licences,. PLYMOUTH, FEB 3. Arrived the Snap Dragon privateer, of this port, with the following Tails detained by her, penburgh galliot Dedry Gefullers, H. B. VROOII matter, from Oloron, laden with falt, for a market : the Zee Stern, B. G. ALBERTS matter, from Mar runes. laden with falt, bound to Pappenburgh : and the Mercurius, H. J. ALBERTS mailer, from St. Martin's, laden with fait, hound to Pappenburgh. Arrived alfo the American (hip Henrietta, J. NrcsaLs matter, from Leghorn, laden with fundry merchan dizes, bound to Tonningen, detained by the John 801 l privateer : the Portuguefe fchooner Santacrus, MARL. PAN ALOE matter, from Pool, with Hu and oil, bound to Bilboa. Arrived the bug Indefatigable, of Conway, CORNELIUS FOA LK es matter, from Mont fe,rat, laden with fugar and cotton, for Lrndon, taken by a French pt ivateer, and retaken by his Ma jelly's fhip TRIBUNE, on the 7th of January, near L'Orient alfo the brig Comet, of Whitehaven, laden with coals, bound to Cork, taken by a French hugger privateer, and retaken by his Majelly's (hip PLovez. The PLOVEL was left in chace of the privateer and a flip the had captured. Arrived the Stanoess and TRIBUNE, frigates, from a cruize. DEAL, FEB. S. Arrived the Coezaratce armed brig, HUMBER, armed (hip, and DEVASTATION bomb, with convoys from Plymouth, Portfmouth, and Falmouth, will& failed through for the River ; Plymouth tranfport, from Plymouth, and failed for the River; ESPIEGLB (loop from Waterford, having under her convoy the Patent from New Providence ;—Catherine, Amity. Mary Ann, Almathia, and Abeone, BRYANT, (tranf ports) which failed for the River ; INVETERATE gun brig from a cruize off Boulogne. Sailed the MONKEY, DESPERATE, BUSTLER, INvaTERATs, and .WRANG. LER gun brigs, on a cruize off Boulogne ; Fount's gun brig, on a cruize off Offend. Arrived and failed for the River, the Beagle revenue cutter from Dart mouth, with the Dartmouth, GA EAVES, of Dart mouth, laden with condemned fpirits, &c. Came down from the River the Lord Duncan EaR India nian, and remains in the Downs with the (hips as per all ; alfo the Devaaation, Humber, Cockatrice, and In the Thetford Committee, it was ye flerday decide ed that the return of James Mingay, Efq. the fitting Member, was a void return, on account of (me de. kits in the elation of fevera l of the corporators who had voted for him,!and that Thos. Creevey, Efq. was duly eleded by the majority of good votes. By this decifion the Committee have necefftrily decided, that they can go into the qualificatipn and corporate rights of the Corporators of a Borough, and decide upon the legality of their titles, and that it is not fafficient that it appears that a voter has been a Cot , porator de JaBo for a certain length of time. In the Eaft Retford, and two other Cafes, in the lag Parliw tent, the Committees refufed to go into the titles and corporate rights of the Corporators de fall., where there had been no attempt made to remove them.—This prefents a curious queftion for cafuifls: Whether is the line of conduit adopted by the lad of the jorefent Parliament molt commendable ? THIRTY THOUSAND POUNDS PRIZE.The Fin Drawn 'ticket yefterday, No. 12,283, entitled to Thirty Thoufand Pounds, was fold at Melts. Ha• ZARD, BURN a, and Co.'s Office, Royal Exchange, in one Half -and eight Sixteenths. The following (being nearly the whole of the Capital Prizes drawn this Lottery) were fold at the above office : Ne 5.12,183 - £.30A00 24.490 - - 20,010 13,81; - . 10,C00 In Shim 846 - s,OOO • 3,376 - t,cro $ And 24,468 Low, a whole Ticket. The avidity with which gainers of zol. Prizes, dove ing Monday's and Tuefday's Drawing, afterwards exchanged them for frefh Tickets and Shares, is as additional proof how general is the aim of Advew curers at that all attrailive objet—the forthcoming 30,0001. Capital: As one of them crowned the Fir Drawn Number yefterday, k was both fair and judi cious in the framers of the Scheme to allow the Pre' fent interval between the Fifth and Sixth Day's Drew' ir.g, in order to give Fortune's votaries in the counts'', time to become candidates for the immenfe Prises with which the Wheel is (1111 enriched. MARRIED. On Saturday la& at Afton, Thomas Parkin, Efq of Looter& itrtet, Merchant, to Mils Hughes, daughter of the late WSlista Rothe., /If+ of Birmingham . Li.*IJON: Printed and publithed by Lk.: 11, KU% I, tut 4 u , terbury-Place, Lambeth), at the Sr.aa Outer No I, Ca r C l• Etna. Pab41116•4 ago tht Fa* Orricks, Tante r~