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• 'TICKETS and SHARES are Idling in a yarnme of Numhers, warranted untfrawn, and will can o•, S ,!e. during ti , e Drawing, at DRUNIMOND's LUCKY 01. F ICE, No. 65, fleet-Arco; where the Two Firft Prizes drawn this Loiter), were Sold, Shard, and Regift ; and where al fo was fold No. 53,43', drawn a Prize of load. the Eighth Day.—STATE of the WHEEL : 2 Pri:.es of - L.30,c 00 20,CC0 3 I00:00 3 3,0c0 6 2,000 6 - - - - z pco Bcfidessool. cool. &c. &c. . Country Orders carefully attended to, and Prizes paid as (non as down ; all Kinds of Government Sec4rities bouglit and fold by Commillion. AMERICA. PHILADELPEIA, DECEMBER 20. A multitude of letters have been received in this city, from Algiers, which fully illuftrate the na ture of the affair recently announced. From mo tives of delicacy, the gentlemen who have received them, forbear giving publicity to their contents. It is evident from the whole, however, that the coercion under which Captain BAINBRIDGE has been obliged to a&, was of the moil imperious na ture. Nor was he, or Mr. O'BRIAN, remit . % in making every prudent and pradicable oppofition to the degrading requifition. The following is the only extrad which we have been able to obtain: Extrad of a Letter from an officer on board the GEORGE WASHINGTON frigate, Captain BA IN BR IDGE, dated at Algiers, Oftober 14, 1800.-- ,, I am lorry to infurm you, that we are to let fail from hence to-morrow, for Conflantinople, which will of courfe detain us from our country at ie.& nine months. We are going to carry prefents from the Dey of Algiers to. the Graad Seignior. We are to take with us so gentlemen, 100 negro Turks, 6o Turkifh women, two Lions, two Tygers, four •Horles, zoo Sheep, betides Jewels and - Wiley. The Dey infifted on our going; and we had only to choofe between compliance and slavery. They have hoifled the red flag at our maintop-gallant mail head." It is further underliood, that Capt. O'llet AN had to enter into a fecurity on the part of the United States, of 800,000 dollars, for the fafe delivery at Conitantinople of the cargo of the George Wall ington. PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS. HOUSE OF LORDS, WEDNESDAY, MARCH zs. The Earl of Strathmore (one of the Exteen Scots Peers) was (worn, and took leis feat. The o..ths of Allegiance were adminiftered to Mn. Amelia Welt*, relief of the late Welt*, Efg. previous to the difeuflion of a Bill for her naturalization. Some routine hufinefs was then difpofed of; af ter which their Lord/rips adjourned till to-morrow, when, at half pal} three o'clock, the LORD CHATI• mama comes down :o the Honll, and a Comrnif fion takes place for fignifying the Royal Aifent to certain Bills which hat•c paffed both Houfes of Parliament. HOUSE OF COMMONS. Sir H. MILDMAT gave notice, that he fhould to-morrow mere for an extender, of the time appointed by the Houk for receivvig private petitions. - - . . The 7 , Wine Bill pffed through a committee, the Report was bm: ..,ht up, and ordered to be received to-morrow. Sir r. a A NUS BUILDLTT rote to fay, that he fttould lay in a claim at a future period to contend that the evidence in the cafe of NIT.. Home Tooke, delivered at the Bar laft night, was not concluilve, and in the mean time moied that it be printed for the cafe of the Members of the Houft—Ordered. Mr. BRAGG& moved, that feveral Aas peed laf Seim of Parliament in 'Mood, relative to the Duties upon Wine, Rw ihruld be read. Mr. Beeoor then moved.'" that this Houfe Mould to-mor row rthire Well into a Committee, to confider the faid Ads." Ordered. MUTINY SILL. Mr. STEELE role 'JO to tell the Committee that there was nothing new in this Bill, or different from the Mutiny Bill of the laft feffton, fave the extenfion of the feveral provifions of the Bill to that part of the United kingdom, called Ireland, as a meafure necetlarily confequent to the Legifiative Union between both countries. Mr. WHIT BREAD role to ftibmit to the confider ation of the Committee a matter, which he con ceived highly necelfary fnr amendment. It was generally known, that in bringing out foldiers for punifhment, uneler the fentences of Court Martial, it was always cuaomary for the Regimental Sur geon to attend the infliClion of filch punifhment, in order that the degree of infliftion Ihould not ex ceed what human nature could bear at one time. But he undcrflood it was cußomary in fuch cafes to bring nut the culprit again, and again, until the fum of punifhment ordered by the Court Mar tial in fuch cafes was fully infii.3ed. There was betide this, another point in the punifhment of lol l: •rs, in his mind, equally ohjeaionable on the .nind of humanity. It was a cuflont eflabliffied r fume regimentsof Wing twodifferent inflruments • ornament, calculated for different degrees of ~..verity. Thole were what arc called the cats for Il ,yellating the foldiers in fenteneed to punilhment, of which there were ufcd a lighter and a heavier kind, at the difereti.a of the Commlnding Offi ers. By %ilk!: it w.... where the Court Martial te: - ...eneed onl! ~to: li.tnehed lathes, by the ufe of one fpecies of ~it le :der the punifh 'Lent much fevere titan it two htindr..d had iolliaze; with tl e 0:1 , c1 ; and (.11 the Ole: !mad, v live the (,;,.:41c had Icntcoced to too Lon 41:c.l ladles, if Z:1 , ! ot:;:er farad.' be ilic'iLtd to fa our the culprit, it aas cal) , by the other cat to render the puiti:hruent 1-fe revere :lean one hundred :1.: rat. • Bit he conceived it w.ts t f tile imporrtnce to the fervice„ that in the f ~ft ti ~ :Ling wi.h 11;) match of the appearance flri.dl he continocd, as that mea a :mind and a third time to •.cive t;;.• rif 6:elt punilhment as ha in nature w to beat' in the in lance, •?..I.lfe br %e t , tiOly i.-ri - JAdt:d every en I :anti or •i;e of pha:l;ini:it. c(.3:trrpl.itcd by the tudiz.ory cs)de, ustrucly, exarnkle to stem oziters frens farts. lar delinquent:l , , where deterrence was at all pot& ble, ”.•ould be fully anfwered by inflicting, in the firil inftance, fo much of the lenience as human nature could bear, without the cruelty of complet ing that featence by fub:equent portions; and he was equally well convinced it would be materially for the good of the public fervicc, if it was geae rally underdood that only one fpecies of cats was to be ufed for indium punilhments, and that no fuch difcretion as that lie had alluded to, with refpefl to a choice of cats for the infliction of fuch punifb ments, lhould be left to the difcretion or caprice of Commanding Officers. Mr. STEELE was ready to admit that in the in fliaion of the fentences of Courts Martial upon delinquent, foldiers, the cuftoni was, as Rated by the Hon. Member, for a Surgeon to attend during the operation, in order to prevent the punifhment from being continued to endanger life. But he could alftre the Hon. Gentleman there was no part of the duty of a Commanding Officer per formed with more reluftance, or felt with more fe verity than that of fuperintending the infliction of fuch punifhments ; which, he regretted as fincerely as the Hon. Member, were indifpenfible to the difcipline and good order of the fervice. But from every thing he knew, through experience or hearfay, he was warranted to affert, that the in- , fiances of bringing out a military delinquent a fe• ' cond time to inflict upon him the remainder of', a fentence he was unable to bear, in .the firft in fiance, was very rare indeed. It was well known that men's conftitutions were different; and that, while one man would fink under the application of forty or fifty lathes, another would bear five hun deed almoft without wincing; and as to the cir cumftance of cats for the infliction of punifhment, the preparation of thofe inftruments was always left to the Drum-Majors under certain regulations; and he never heard of two forts being ufed by any regiment. Bus as to the difcretionary power of inflicting on delinquents, at a future time, the whole of the punithment fentenced, and which they were unable to bear in the firfi inftance, he thought it would be better both for the good of the fervice, and the humane ()hied of the Honour able Member, not to infert any reltrietion in the bill, but leave the matter to the difcretion of the commanding Officers, whofe feelings were by no means infentible to the dictates of humanity in fuch cafes, and who would never be inclined to extend punifliment beyond the neceffary point of feverity. But if once this difeletion was removed, and that the delinquent foldier found it was out of the power of his officer to bring him out a fecond time to re ceive more punifhment than he chofe to bear in the firft inftance, the confequence would be, that the culprit would prepare himfelf, by reducing his body to weaknefs, fo as in no inftance to (Whin a tenth Of his fentence, and the dread of punifhment would be loft to the good of. its example. Mr. WHITBREAD, in explanation, maintained, that it was a thing known in the -world, that fol. diers have often been brought up a fecond time to punifhment, and he felt himfelf bound to repeat that be confidered this pradice as a fpecies of the moft unjuftifiable flow torture. As to the other circumftance, he was compelled to fay that he had received his information trom fuch high authority that he could not poffibly doubt of its truth. He did not mean to fubmit any motion on the fubjed, but he conceived it to be his duty to lay the fads before the Committee. General TARLETON deprecated the interference of the Houfe in this bufinefs. He was forry he could not agree with his Hon. Friend (Mr. Whit bread) in his ideas of the cruelty of bringing up a prifoner a fecond time to punithment. Con fidering, as he did, that difcipline was effential to the very exiflence of an army, and that an officer ought to have a hold of his troops, both by fear and love, he could imagine that it might in many cafes be of great confequence to keep the feat of punifhment hanging over the heads of fuch of them as had been guilty of any dangerous offence. He thought that if at any time men were brought up a fecond time to punifhment,the officers would fiel it neceffary to excrcife their right in fuch a manner as to fuperfede all interference on the Ran of the Houfe. A claufe was then brought up, explaining more explicitly the operation of the Dill as far as regards perfons ferving in the artillery, or acting as engi neers or military infpeftors, which was agreed to. The Report was then brought up, and ordered to be received to-morrow. COAL TRAIII. Mr. MANNING Paid, he rote purfuant to the notice he had given for the purpofe of moving for leave to bring in a Bill for the better regulation of the Coal Trade; about a twelve-month ago, be had moved for a Committee to enquire into the Rate of that Trade.—That Committee had paid esery attention to the fubjet, which appeared in two keports that were made. He had been in duced to make that Motion in confequence of the high price of Coals in 1799, and 'Boo. At a meeting of the Coal Owners in the North, it had been admitted by them, that they faw with regret the price of Coals in the Port of London, higher than the value of the commodity required. At the fame time he underflood that there had been an agreement amongli the Coal Owners, not to fhip any more during the year than a certain proportion, the tendency of which Refolution was, to flint the marka, and to cattle the price to be confiderably advanced to the public. He underflood that it was cullomary for the Coal Owners in the North to charge the high price upon the mal-praltices of the Dealers in the South, sv!ii!ft thz•le in the South imputed it to a combina. tin, amongft the Owrers in the Noqh. Mr. M.ta r'n alfo Rated the praftice amongfl the Coal Dealers at the Coal Exchange, of meeting by ihtmfelvcs in a room, &c. whilil the Public wcrc xcluded, and left at the mercy of a few indivi dcals to regulate the price of the article. In the Bill he walled to introduce, he meant to pmpofe Clatife to empower the Lord Mayor and Court 41 Aldermen to exercile that fort of jurifdiltion as m' ;hr enable the public to purchafe Coals at the Pool, and he trufted it %medal& appear advifable that the prcfent praoftice at the Coal Exchange 11.uuld be aluted by new regulations. There were at preterit four diftlna Ads agenft the Combing -I tion of Coal Dealers and Owners • it was his in tention to move the repeal of thol e Ads, with a view of confolidating them, fo that Coal Dealers might fee at once what the Law was upon this fubjeft. It was alto his intention to propofe a Claufe to prevent the intermixture of Coals in the Port of London. There were already pretty high penalties againft thole in the North who fhould mia Coals, but this did not prevent fuch pradices when Coals were brought into the Port of London. The next point to which his propofed Bill related was that of Meafure. A different pradice now prevailed in the Port of London in meafuring out Coals ; and what he fhould propofe was, tl.at in- Read of perfons retorting to the Coal Meter's-Of fice, each waggon load of Coals fhould be accom panied with a tneafure of three bufhels, and to al low every houfeholder to have the opportunity, if he chore it, of meafuring any particular tack at his own door. The Port of London annually re ceived and paid for about 9d0,000 Chaldrons of Coals, which was equal to 36 0 , 000 Chaldrons Pool Meafure. It might alto be a fit fubjed of consideration, what means could be adopted for bringing other Coal into the London market, which were now 'hut out ofit ? with this view he fhould propofe fome regulations, as to . bringing Coals to London by the Oxford and other Canals. He fhould only add, that he meant to propofe, if the Houk fhould give him leave to bring in the Bill, that it be printed, and lie on the Table for two or three weeks, to give Gentlemen fufficient opportunity of confidering its provifions. He then moved for leave to bring us a Bill for repealing fe veral Ads now in force for preventing Combina tions amongft Coal Owners, and alto for prevent. ing frauds and abufes in the Coal Trade, in the Port of London. Mr. BURDON made tome obfervations on the general nature of the Coal Trade, and vindicated the condu& of the Coal Owners in the North. There were many taxes upon the introdudion of Coals into the Port of London, and he thought the Coal Owners of the North were entitled to claim the protedion of the Houfe, not to Coffer fuch ar rangements to be introduced with refired to inland Navigation, as would prevent Coal Owners in the North from the right of fending their Coals to a fair market. The Coal Trade was the belt nurfery for the Navy, and on thiraccount alto it deferred encouragement. Mr. Wax.x.ics contended, that the volumes of their ftatutes would thew the Coal Trade of this country to be a hiftory of combinations, mono polies, and mal-pradices. The Bill now propofed may have good effkas as a matter of regulation, but could not tend at all to prevent the recurrence of there abufes,the mifchiefs of which were fo revere ly, felt for the laft two years; though he was aware that the evils arofe even Rill lcfs from the abufes themfelves, than from a fyflem radically and fun damentally bad. The fource of all the ills was to be found in the limitation of the vends in the Nor thern Counties of Durham and Nortymbei land. He would not indeed accufe the Coal Owners of the high prices of Coals in the London River pro ceeding from other caufes ; but be accufed that combination, which profeffed to have for its objea the proportioning the fupply to the demands of the market, and thereby aiding every fcheme Sf rapacity and extortion. On e ground on which Coal this agreement amongft the Owners was de fended, was, at firft, that it ferved to currea a depreffion in the produce of fome inferior pits. But the fats would (hew this was merely a dela fion and difguife ; for the returns proved, that, within the prefent year, there were imported into the River upwards of one hundred and fifty thou fend tons of coal more than in the year 1799 and 1800, when the agreement was in force. The effeCt of this increafed importation would be appa rent, when he Rated that it amounted to about an eighth of the annual confumption. It appeared in evidence before the Coal Committee, that, in confequence of that agreement, (hips were tome. times detained at Newcaftle, while the Coals were lying on the banks, but were not allowed to be (hipped Cll a particular time of the month, accord ing to the terms of the agreement. When to this artificial delay Were added there proceeding from natural caufes, fuch as unfaVourable or adverfe winds, &c. it muff be evident that the public re quired fotrie additional protedion nand thofe fchemes and fpeculations which people were tempt ed to pradife in times of fcarcity. Were the means of the& monopolies once broken, by which the trade was fo often fufpended, new fources would be explored, and new pits of Coals opened, allow ing at the fame time to the old Proprietors a fair price for their commodities, and 'a fufficient in tereft*for their capitals. It may be objeded, that fuch meafures might interfere with the profperity of thofe Northern parts ; but he did not with to fee the profperity of there or any other countries founded on injuflice. The only means, therefore, would be, to create in this article a competition with Newcaftle, by admitting the importation of Coals from other parts, duty free, in times of fcarcity; and he knew not why this might not be done on the fame principle that Parliament en couraged the importation of foreign grain, to pro ten the Public from the rapacity and impofition of the farmers. Mr. M. A7rAYLOII depiecated the difeuffion upon this fubjed at prefent, as it had no connec tion with the motion before the Houfe.—ln anfwer to what the Hon. Member had Elated, he thought he could prove, at the proper time, that the limtta• Lion of the vend entered into by the Coal Owners, was the molt effeifinal method for the Ready re gular fupply of that article, and for preventing Coals from being at twice the price which they at prefcnt bore. But though he difagreed with the Hon. Gentleman, it was not his intention at pre fent to argue the matter. A Member remarked on the thinners of the Houle, and moved that the Houk be counted ; upon which (rangers were ordered to withdraw. Upon our re-admiffion into the Gallery, there being more than forty Members prei.mt, we found Mr. Mavis ' , to on his legs : he inifei:d (or leave to bring in a Bill to prevent frauds in the acbsea furemcat of Coals, btc. Her MAJErry and the PRINCESSES tool an ing yefterday morning to Clapham. His Royal Highnefs the PRINCE of WALES 7 td yellerday an interview with his Royal Either fur the fira time Once his MAJESTY'S illnefs. Two horfes which his MAJ'ESTY was accuflon,. ed to ride at Windfor, were yelterday brought to Pimlico, for the purpofe of his taking the ben,:tit of the air on horfeback. The Reverend Dr. BINGHAM preached yeller. day before the Nobility, at the Chapel Royal, St. James's. Government is raid to have received intelligence that Portugal has rejetted the conditions of peace offered by France and Spain. A Secret Treaty is faid to have been concluded between France and Spain, by which his Molt Catholic Majefty cedes Louifiana to the Republic, in return for which the latter promifes Tufcany to the Duke of PARMA. A Later received by the left overland Difpatch from Bombay, informs us, that the Commanders of the enemy's armed vefels feldom come to a regular engagement, if the fame can be avoided. They adopt a pradice which is univerfally ad. hered to in molt cafes, that of boarding. The number of their crew is concealed between decks, until they are nearly on board their opponent, when they pour in from all quarters, and thus overpower a fbip which depends on the effea of her great guns. It is a fid well known in India, that lately the Javanefe were at great variance with the Dutch at Batavia, and frequent irruptions have taken place in confequence. The north part of Java, be. twcen Batavia and Bantam, is very populous ; and it is alfo known that the King of Bantam was fre quently fo difpleafed with the Dutch, that a con fiderable force was always in motion, compofed of a very fierce people. Both the Kings of Bantam and Mataram have ever been favourably difpofetl to the Englith ; and fence the war, our Settlements in India have had proofs of their friendthip. The troops belonging to the Kis° of Butte Ass have at latt demoldhed their eredions on the Company's frontiers, and withdrawn all armed boats from the Naaf. Colonel BONJOHER has concluded a treaty with the Chiefs of the Bur. inah army, not to moleft the Emigrants who had fought the Company's protedion, and might here after return to Burmah. We hear from Canton in China, that the Em peror has tent a Mandarine of the frit clafs to. Macao, in order to refide near Canton, as a mark of retpea to the Englifh faaory. A palace had been fitted up for the refidence of the hlandatine, who was received with all the honours due to his rank. The foldiers were drawn out in the even ing, and the number of lanterns, lamps, and tor ches employed on the occafion, were beyond all calculation, as the two extremities of the illumi nated fpace, through which the Mandarine patted, taken in a firait line, and without ettimating the finking . of the vallies, or the inequality of the mountain tops, could not include a lets dillancc than three miles. It was faid to be the molt mag nificent illumination ever teen in Macao. The courfe of the Tae, for feveral miles, received the light of day from hia artificial blaze. A valt diftria near Kitoone, in the Mahratta dominions, has been inundated in confequence of heavy rains, which canted a (well of the Malperbe, and the cbnfequent overflow of the banks, and up wards of one thoufand perfons are reported to have perilhed. A few precious Rones have lately been brought from the Interior of Ceylon. It was &id, thatla fore we had pact:Gm of this place, Mines of Ru bies, Sapphires, and Topazes, were open in many parts of it, which Ratement has been corroborated by tome of the dealers on the Ifland. An experiment has lately been made refpeaing the water with which Canton, in China, is fup plied..—ln a tingle gallon of it there remained, on (training it, half-a-pint of yellos land; yet in this Rate the people of the country univerfally ufe it, and have no idea of purifying it by filtration. A moo remarkable tower has been ereaed in Nankin, in China, which is two hundred feet high front the bate; it is built entirely of fine poreelass, of various colours, and exhibits a very curious appearance. The people inhabiting Cochin China, have filch a dreadful idea of the effetts of fire, that when ever a conflagration takes place in a ward,: all the inhabitants are Mimed, except the wow= an - 4 did& en. Leave was given to bring in the Pill, and Mr. Manning, Mr. Burdon, and Mr. W a ll ace were ordered to prepare and britig in the JIM:. THE POOR HOUSEHOLDERS' RELIEF BILL. Lord WILLIAM Russiet. having moved for the Committee, a motion was again made to c , the Houfc, when a fufficient number of Memb.rs not being prefent, an adjournment of courfe ttok place. LONDON. THURSDAY, MARCH T 2. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONT O'CI ncle. Confolassi—for acc• 55 2 4 per C. 9/I—ono.. it./ p i un . PRICE OF STOCKS YESTERDAY: Bank Stock !hut Long Ann. dim 3 per Cent. Red. !hut Short Ann. that 3 per C. Conf. ,33z; a Imp. 3 per Cu t . 53+ 4 per Cent. Out Omnium r 13 per C. Navy 91! Conf. for Al.rll s3i Ditto •Loy.ilty Glut India Stmt.- - The capture of Batavia is mentioned in a!ninft the whole of the laft letters received from Arno ;CA. By a Blip arrived at Briftol, we have received the following letter on this fubjcet :—New York, Jan. 3 t.—" I write by the (hip Fair A :ncrican, to in- form you of the important news u, have received from Calcutta, by a veffel in ninety-rive days, that. five Brilifh frigates, with the ith regiment on board, have taken the Dutch Setticatent of Ba- tavia." Her MAJESTY and the PRINCESSES tool an ing yefterday morning to Clapham. His Royal Highness the PRINCE of WALES t td yellerday an interview with his Royal Father for the fira time Once his MAJESTY'S illnefs. Two horfes which his MAJtsTY was accufloth. ed to ride at Windfor, were yelterday brougbt to Pimlico, for the purpofe of his taking the betide of the air on horfeback. The Reverend Dr. BINGHAM preached yeller. day before the Nobility, at the Chapel Royal, St. James's. Government is raid to have received intelligence that Portugal has rejeded the conditions of peace offered by France and Spain. A Secret Treaty is faid to have been concluded between France and Spain, by which his Molt Catholic Majefty cedes Lou ifiana to the Republic, in return for which the latter promifes Tufcany to the Duke of PARMA. A Letter received by the halt overland Difpatch from Bombay, informs us, that the Commanders of the enemy's armed veffels feldom come to a regular engagement, if the fame can be avoided. They adopt a practice which is univerfally ad. hered to in molt cafes, that of boarding. The number of their crew is concealed between decks, until they are nearly on board their opponent, when they pour in from all quarters, and thus overpower a fbip which depends on the effeet of her great guns. It is a fia well known in India, that lately the Javanefe were at great variance with the Dutch at Batavia, and frequent irruptions have taken place in confequence. The north part of Java, be. twcen Batavia and Bantam, is very populous ; and it is alfo known that the King of Bantam was fre- quently fo difpleafed with the Dutch, that a con- fiderable force was always in motion, coin fed of