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What, however, were the re a l a nd avo w e d o bj e & s of the war ? To prevent the extention of French power, and to flop the propagation of French Ja cobinical principles ; how had we obtained thefe obieds ? France had aggrandized its power, and enlarged its ten itory beyond even the hope of the moil ianguine of the firti revolutionifi., and beyond even the calculation t.fthofe plans which French am bition had formedat thecloft of the Taft century, and to refill which fuch expenfive and fanguinary wars had been undmaken. As to Jacobiaifm he would elk, was not the power of Bonaparte rooted on ja cobinifm, was he not its child and champion? What fecurity had we that he had totally changed his principles, or that he would not aft upon them on the fit ft convenient opportunity ? Such was in real truth the fuccefsful ithie of the war, and fuch the ground of the Right Hon. Gentleman's exulta bons. The Right Hon. Gentleman complained that he was calumniated, but no calumny, as he termed it, was ever to his knowledge thrown out by any of his friends againft him, which had not been frequently brought forward againft him in the !lupe of a charge ; aad • which would not he brought forward again. The Right Hon. Gentle man triumphed much in his attention to cultivate the arts of peace during ten years previous to the prelent war, but the Right Hon. Gentleman's memory teemed to fail him, for ought to recoi led that he on two occafions ncgle&ed that plan of economy which he this night would perfuade the Houle he had had uniformly in view. The Right Hon. Gentleman might remember, at leaft the country would, that there were two very ex penfive armaments in the courfe of thote ten years, the neceffity for one of which was to generally quef tioned throughout the country, drat the Right Hen. Gentleman was forced to give up the objed of it. The Right Hon. Gentleman's words in the Fear t 792, were not fo mifreprefented by his Hon. riend. as he would intimate. According to his (Mr. G.'s) memory, the Right Hen. Gentleman then laid, " that notwidillanding the convulfions prevailing in France, the Government of that Country was likely to become mote formidable, but lefs obnoxious to its ne;ghixiurs." It would have been well for England had the Right Hon. Gentleman continued of that opinion, and de clined to interfere with that Government ; cer tainly nothing occurred fubfecptent to that decla ration which could urge a prudent Miniller to plunge into the war, in which it was now manifeft he engaged from a falfe calculation of the re fources of France ; and of the power, principles, and fidelity of the Coalition. The Right Wm. Gentleman no doubt reckoned very high on the energies of the Britilb people, and on the extent of their refources, but it would have been happy for the empire if he had not put their eneigies and rtfources to feverely to the tell. Had not the Right Hon. Gent. attempted to take lb much merit to himfelf for the origin, condo& and conrequences of the war, he (Mr. Grey) would not have troubled the Houle with an obfervation upon the fubjed; but the Right Hon. Gentleman was not contented with endeavouring to vindicate hinifelf, without pronouncing a cenfure upon the conduit of other', among whom he was one, for their feceffion from that Houfe on a former occafion. Whatever the reaferi of that conduct might have been, thole per fonr were certainly not accountable to the Right Hon. Gentleman;—they however in no cafe came forward to oh rf rust the legitimate efforts of Govern ment for the defence of the country, as the Right Hon. Gentleman infinuated ; nor did they ever defpair of the country. They for a long time en deavoured ineffedually to perfuade the Houle and Minikes to abandon a fyllern, which, in their ap prehenfion, if perfevered in, would tend to en danger, if not to extinguiih the importance of the country. They therefore deprecated that fyilemy but finding their views of the fuhject fo different from thole of the majority of that Houle, they raw no good that could arife from their interfe rence, and they therefore retired. On rum c occa lions of great public importance they were in duced, from a fenfe of duty, to return to the Houle— always, however, he could for him felf declare, with much reluftance. A s to the propriety of thefe coniiderations, and of the con duit which arose out of them, it was not for the preterit Parliament, but for the public and polle rity to judge, and he could alforc the Right Hon. Gentleman, that if he looked back with fo much latistadion on his former condo& he could fcarcely feel more gratified than he (Mr. Grey) did, in the retrofpeft of his own ; particularly that part of it which was the °Ned of the Right Hon. Gentle man's cenfure. Although the Right Hon. Gen tleman on the floor exhibited in his proceedings this day a flriking contrail with his predeceffor, Rill he too vaunted of the happy confequences de rived from the fortitude and judgment of the for mer Adminiftration—of the fecurity which Mo narchy received from the war—but the proof he quoted of that fecurity was rather curious,namely, thealacrity with which that Honfe, afew days back, voted a confiderable fum for the payment of the Monarch's debts. If the safety of the Monarch depended on the readinits of that Houle to ac quiefce in any propoial his Majelly or his Miniflers might think proper to make to it, furely no man I win) knew the Houfe could entertain a doubt of that fafety—it was fufficiently guaranteed—and there could not be the leaft neceffity for entering into war to add to its (lability. Mr. Purr denied that he unneceffarily obtruded any oblervations on the Committee not immediate. ly connected with the fubjea before it ; they were drawn from him by the remarks of the Hon. Gen tleman's Ft iend, who travelled out of the fubjeft under conlieration, in order to introduce tome animadeerlions upon his conduit in Adminifira tion. With mired to the Hon. Gentleman's af fection, that the plan in the contemplation of his Right Hun. Friend would utterly fubvert the fink ing fund fyflem, or that it would be an infringe ment of that Aft, he would recommend the Hon. Gentleman to read that Ati with more attention, and he would find the plan defcribed by his Right Hon. Friend to be in (trill conformity to the fpirit of it, the objed of which was, to pay off ninety-fix miliicns of debt in forty-five years ; while the plan pr , poied to be introduced by his Right Honoura- Me Friend, which W2l not new to him, (Mr. Pitt)l would operate to difcharge in a fhorter period not lets am- one hundred and fifty millions of debt. is _loxes remarked, that whatever degree of collation the public might afcribe to the Right Hon. Gentleman on the floor, and his Right Hon. Friend behind him, there teemed to be a (Inking variance between them on this occafien, for the Right Hon. Gentleman on the floor fung the Te Drum of vidory when propofing the repeal of the Income Tax, upon the . death of which his Right Hon. Friend pronounced a funeral oration. The repeal of this tax he, however, attributed to the decidedly de. dared opinion of the people ; for he did not think the Right Hon. Gentleman had otherwife any filch intention; if to, lie certainly did not make him (Mr. Jones) the keeper of his confcience, (a laugh ) having rather always intimated a different purpofe. Here Mr. Jones took a view of the con duet of Mr. Pitt's Government; and perceiving the Right Hun. Gentleman leaving the Houfe, he exclaimed—" it is no wonder the Right Hon. Gen tleman, rho has added 250 millions to the na tional debt, who has granted 583 penfions, and created 75 Peer% ()load endeavour to make his efcape when about to be charged with his mitcon• duet by even fo humble an individual as myfelf." (A laugh). He expreffed a with that petitions againft the Income fax should continue to croud in from every part of the country, in order to deter any future Minilier from again retorting to that diabolical tax. He afked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether Government was not in debted 2,700,0001. to the India Company Mr. Alderman Comas faid that the complaint of the brewers was not fo much againft the pro pofed tax on Malt and Hops, as againft that on becaufe the private brewers were, in com mon with them, fubjeet to the two former, but exempt from the latter, and of courfe had a de cided advantage over the public brewer. Mr. VANSITTART rote to corred a miftake in the ftaternent of an Hon. Gentleman (Mr. Grey) that the Income Tax was pledged to any clafs of pub lic creditors, which was not by any means the fad. Mr. Bakke hoped that the diftindions exifting between the London and country bre•vers would be fairly and fully confidered by the Right Hon. Gentleman, in his arrangement of the propofed taxes on beer. Mr. Mat ?maim o had no doubt that the Right Hon. Gentleman on the floor would obtain uni. mild popularity by the repeal of the Income Tax ; hut there was an obfervation in his fpeech, which alarmed him much, namely, that it was a legiti. mate War Tax. He earneftly hoped and entreated the Right Hon. Gentleman, whom he fincerely refpetted, not to harbour fuch a fentiment, led on any future war any Minitler fhould be encouraged to propofe a Tax lo odious, that he was perfuaded the Britith People would rather contribute their laft guinea, than fubmit to the inquifitorial power which that tax treated. Mr. jowls, as one of the conllitnents of the fait fpeaker, gave him his thanks for the manher in which he had declared himfelf on this occafion. 'rhe Refolutions were read and agreed to, the Houfe Tamed, and the Report was ordered to be received to-morrow. Mr. Jos as repeated his queftion ref Being the debt of Government to the Eaft India Company. 'fhe CHANCELLOR of the Excumiron replied, that an account was depending between Govern ment and the Eaft India Company, but as the ba lance was not yet (truck, he could not fatisfy the Hon. Gentleman upon the point be required. Mr. Rossow wilhed to have the Refolutions of the Committee of Ways and Means printed. The Srto IC ta replied, that it would be informal to propofe it,until the Report fhould be brought up. COIN TRADE. On the motion of Lord CLAYS' lIVIE, the Houfe rethived into a Committee on the Report of the Committee appointed to confider the Rate of the Corn Trade between Great Britain and Ireland. Lordfhip then moved, " that it be the opi nion of the Committee that it is expedient to per mit, for a time to be limited, the exportation of Grain from Great Britain to Ireland, though the prices of Grain may be higher than thofe at which exportation is now permitted by law." A limilar Refolution was moved with refped to the Exportation of Grain from Ireland to Great Bri tain. Both Refolutions were agreed to. The Houfe refumed, and the Report was ordered to be received to.morrow.—Adjourned. LONDON. TUESDAY, APRIL 6. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK: 3 per Cent. Conf. 77/ 71 71 f for April ace. 771 784 78 79 78 77/I—for May 78f. Omrdum 5 6f 7 64/ ?RICE OF STOCKS YISTERDAY 3 per Cent. Red !hut Imp. 3 per Cent. 75/ 3 Per C.ConG 74 75 744 761 Imp. Anns. 13 1-16th} New 4 per Cent. 1777 that Irifh 5 per Cents. that 5 per C. Ann. to6l tos # too/ Exehcq. Rills za. 3a. is. diC 5 per Cent. z 797 that ConL tor Ace. 741 774 The Milliner's budget embraces but few articles. The charges incurred by the funding of the Income Tax, and the Exchequer Bills, and by providing for the Interell of the Loan, are to be defrayed by the following Taxes Milt and and Beer £.2onoopoo skalled Taxes t,000,0c0 Duty on Exports and Imports z,000,c00 Laft night we received two days Paris Papers, namely, to the 3d in(t. inclufive. They contain no news. Joskrl4 BoKAPARTi is returned to Paris from Amiens. General MURAT, the aaual Go vernor of Italy, is alfo 'returned to Paris. The French funds are at 55. In the evening a Mail arrived from Holland. The contents are given in a preceding column. THEATRES. Dattar-LANs.— Laft night Mrs. jostats re turned to the Rage in her favourite character The Country Girl, and was received by a very crowded audience with rapturous applaufe. She looks extremely well in health, and is not fo much en botopint as hit feafon. COT VNT GARDEN.—A new Grand Spedtacle, fomething of the defcription of Obi, proAluced at the Haymarket, and by the fame author, was perform. ed lag night, for the firft time, intitled Brazen MA A IPolith Baron, whore cattle is fi tuated on a rock, is the hero of t he pantomime, and his ex ploits, in the difguifed charalter of the direCtor of a defperate banditti (whore refidence is in the fub terraneous receffes, deeply fituated beneath the cattle, and to which he has accefs by trap-doors and fecret paffages) form the main bufinefs of the fcene. This is altogether of the terrific kind, well calculated to keep interett alive for about an hour: but the piece is too long by full that length of time. The fcenery, however, and pageantry are very fine : yet, after all, Brazen MO does not feem calculated to pleafe in its prefent form : on being given out for a fecond reprefentation, there was much hitting throughout the houfe. The acting of HARRY JOHNSTONE, MTS. H. JOHNSTON', FAR. LET, the BOLOGNAS, Young MENAGE, Mrs. ST. LEGER,&c. was admirable of its kind, but we can not fay much of the mufic, by MOUNTAIN and Davy, partial as we are to the works of thefe compofers. Yenerday died at Bath, the Right Hon. Lord Kaaros. The following arrangements are mentioned in confequence of his Lordfhip's death : Lord ELDON, Chief lattice of the King's Bench. Lord REDIADALI, Lard Chancellor of England. Lord ALVAIRLIT, Lord Chancellor of Ireland. Sir EDWARD LAW, Chief Mice of the Common Pleas. The Hon. SPENCER PERCIVAL, Attorney General. SUTTON, or Rout «r, Solicitor General. Lord and Lady CONTIIGNAI4 are arrived from Ireland, at their houfc in Stanhope-fireet. Mr.Courrs, the Banker,bas iiien the fpacious houfe in Piccadilly, which he lately boutt of Mr. MUNDY, to his daughter Lady FRANCES BURDETT JONES the adjoining one he had previoully fet tled upon his other daughter, the Countefs of GUILDFORD. The Bithop 0/WINCH/STIP!! new refidence in Baker.areet is furnithed in a Rik of uncommon fplendour and neatnefs. The windows of the two drawing rooms are formed upon a very fingular confirudion. ' When the limners are clofed, by touching a fecret fpring, mirrors, the Gee of the window, revert on an axis from recelfes in the wall; the curtain, forming a canopy over the glafs, gives additional aid to the room. The Reigning Patace of ORANGI arrived at Frankfort on the 26th ult. There is a report prevalent at Naples, that the Patmcs ROYAL is to be railed to the Throne of that Kingdom ; and that the prefent Sovereign is henceforward to reticle at Palermo, under the title of KING of SICILY. The Empalme of Morocco, it is faid, in an ar• tick from Cadiz, of the 4th ult. has notified to the Swedilh and Dutch Confuls, that if their Govern ments do not, within three months, make him the accuftomed prefents, he shall declare war againfi them. Orders are gone to Torbay, for all the Chips' books of the Channel Fleet to be made up without lofs of time, in order that the whole may imme diately be difinantled. On Sunday laf an over-land difpatch was re. ceived from India. Some private letters repre fent the commotions in the Carnatic to be lefs formidable than heretofore. The Poligars in Tine velly and Madura are making fubmifflon. The Telegraph packet, Captain SAMSON, failed from Saint Helena for China, with the account of the peace, on the sd of February. Gsoacs HILARO Beaeow, Efq. who is ap pointed by the Court of Diredors of the EaR India Company to fucceed to the Supreme Government on the coming away of the Marquis Waxessxsy, the Governor-General of Bengal, has been force time the Secretary at Fort William. We have the pleafure to Rate that Captain Meows, Aid-de-Camp to Lord CLIME, is arrived fl at the Cape of Good Hope from the Ie of France, having been taken in there as a. pz ifoner by tome French people who rote on the crew of the Prince, in which (hip Captain BaowN was coming to Eng • land. Captain BROWN arrived at the Cape in Ja nuary, on an American, with 45 invalids fent from the Mauritius. A letter from Madras informs us, that on Wed nefday, the 16th of September, the Right Hon. the Governor, attended by his Excellency the Commander in Chief, the Members of Council, and the Gentlemen of the Civil, Naval, and Mi litary Services, delivered to his Highnefs the Na bob AZEEM UL DOWLAH, at Chepauk Palace, the ratified Treaty received from his Excellency the Moil Noble the Governor General in Council, for fettling the fuccefion to the Soubabdarry of Ar cot, and for veiling the entire Civil and Military Government of the Carnatic in the Hon. Com pany. On the delivery of the Treaty to his High nefs, royal falutes were fired from the Garrifon of Fort St. George, from the (hipping in the Roads, and vollies of murquetry by the troops under arms, On Saturday laft Philip Edwards, the poll-boy employed in conveying the mail from Warrington to Chester, was committed for a month to the Cagle, fur loitering on the road with the mail. ENGLISH STATE LOTTERY-Thirty.fiEft Day— No. 57,520, a. prize of Soot.—Nos. 1,316, 35 , 945 , 7, 2 7 6 , 42,618, 35,875, and 14,082, prizes of pal. Thirty-fecond Day.—The Firft-drawn Ticket this Morning, No. 48,752, entitled to Twenty Thoufand Pounds,was fold by Ric HARDSON,GOOD LUCK, and Co. at their Offices, Cornhill, Charing- Crofs, Norwich, and Liverpool, in Two Fourth, Two Eiglath, and Four Sixteenth Shares. NAUTICAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, AI'RII, 5. This day arrived the Nine& Royal, Dommott.t. from Gibraltar, and is put under quarantine; Thomas and Ann, CURTIS, from Bridport ; and the Morning Star, CHANDLER, from Southampton. Arrived alfo a frigate, fuppofed to be the SANTA DOROTHEA, from the Straits, and is put under quarantine. A fmall thip is alfo coming up from fea. Sailed the PALLAS and the IhvssFs, for the eaftward; and the Difpatch, J. WOOO, for Lon don, with ordnance [toms. YARMOUTH, APRII. S. Sailed for London the following merchantmen, with corn : James, WARREN, Star, ARTIS, Ac. tive, Hoot, John, BUTCHER, Hope, °SWAN, Wray, WILSON, Friendfhip, CON YARD!, and the James, PTE. The VasuvE gun-brig has failed to Sheernefs with ftores. The North Sea fleet, under Admiral DICKSON, are expelled to fail the latter end of this week for Chatham. A veffel is now in the offing, fuppofed from her rigging to be a packet from Cuxhaven. The following packets, it is Paid, will be (la. tioned here, to pats between Yarmouth and Cux haven, viz. Prince of Wales, Capt. DEANE ; King George, Capt. FLYN ; Diana, Capt. STEWART ; King George, Capt. DEANE ; and Prince of Orange, Captain DEANE ; and Prince of Orange, Capt. BRIDGE. The following will fail between Harwich and Helvoetfloys ; Exprefs, Capt. DELL ; Earl of Leicefter, Capt. 1 HOMPSON ; Diana, Capt. Os aoau ; and Prince of Wales, Capt. SANTER.— Between Dover and Calais ; the Princefs Royal, Capt. HAMMOND, and Prince of Wales, Captain SUTTON. FROM LLOYD% LIST. DEAL, APRIL s...—Arrived the INCONSTANT, RUBY, TEZEL, TRUSTY, ARGO, and ASTRFA fhips of war, from Portfmouth, and failed for Sheer nefr to he paid off.—Wind N. W. GRAVESEND, APRIL s.—Paft by the Lady Tyr. connel, RAIT, from Oporto; Jacobus, —, from Amiterdam ; Renadina WOOLSON, from ()Rend; Hammond, BYSAM ; Hannah, Kr vcra ; and Friends' Good Will, GRAY, from Rotterdam.— Sailed the Fame, CONWAY, and Hibernia, COIYG. LIP, for•Belfaa ; Nelfon, PARR, for Q . licbec ; Di ana, PALS ILL, for Dublin; Friendibip, —, for Cork; Vrow Chrifiana, BAKKER, for Rouen ; Vrow Catharina, Vass, for Barcelona; Patty, —; Recovery, BRAIN ; and Elpcditte, for Roucrdam. ---A . - MILFORD, APRIL v. This day arrived the (hip Ephaon, of Poole, Lisar, mailer, from Liverpool, bound to New Brunfwick. At eight A. M. of the 3oth, being about eight leagues to the northward of St. David's Head, (he fell in with the brig HOPE, of Workington, entirely diimafted, her cabin broke up, pumps taken out, and from all appearances plundered of every moveable article appertaining to the veil : her cargo, confifting of about one third of her burthen of potatoes, indicate her hav ing been laft from Ireland ; but what has become or her crew is pall conjefture, as no trace thereof could be found on board. The Ephaon has towed her fafe into this harbour. Alfo arrived the Com merce, SEMPLE, from New-York, for Newry.— Sailed his Majefty's (hip SEAGULL. on a cruize after fmugglers ; and PETERELL (loop of war, for Li verpool. ELSINEUR, MARCH zo. A brig difmailed and upfet has drifted into Sandbogr.n, near Uddevalla in Sweden. On two oars found on board is marked " the Star, Aber deen." Her cargo confids of oak and fir plank, pipe Raves, and trindlcs, fuppofcd to be the Star of Aberdeen, Captain JAMES, who failed from the Sound in November lafl. The Tagus, STRA• CHAN, is athore on the Swinebottoms, and nearly full of water. The Trolly, of Dylart, LAVROCK, coal-loaded, is arrived at Frederickvork, about zo miles from hence, where the is difcharging.— Wind S. W. blowing hard, open weather, with no appearance of frott. LONDON MARKETS. CORN-EX CHANGE , MONDAY, APRIL S. RETURN of WHEAfr in Mark-lane, inclu‘ling only from the 22d of March to the 27th of Ntircb, agreeable to the new Ads. Total -5529 Quarters. Average 765. 91 3s. 4.;d. higher than lait return. PRICE OF HOPS. I Kent 31 vas to 51 ol a Kent 41103t0 0 51 r2s a &dr. 3 1.0. to A". .1 1 Suffcx 41 los to 51 6s t l EMIR 31 aos to 41 Bs, 111 Forth II 12,s to xi cb e a SMITHFIELD, April 5. To fink the offal—p" "De cd. Sib. Beef 4a Rd to 5s 8d Veal . 6s cd to 7s 64 Mutton •6s od to 7s od Pork - 53 44 to Gs 8d Stock at Market this morning, Beath woo, Sheep 6coo. NEWGATE and LEADENHALL, April S. Per (tone of 81b. by the earcafc. Beef 3, 8 d to ss• od Vcal p od to 7s od Mutton 0 8d to p 8d Pork p 4d to f s 84 PRICE OF HAY AND STRAW, April 5. Smithfield. St. James's. Whitcchapel. J.Hay 3toto 5 5 3 octo 5 1a 014 ooto 5 5 o itravt Ix6to a 5 I 16 OW 2 2 o 2 0 oto 2 8 o \ lover 6 oto6 ao --.. 5 to ci to 6 to 0 stl crop 5 o to 5 to COALS, April c. Deft Coals in the Pool, 21. Is. J. per Clialdroa. Delivered :1. to:. cd. Sunda-land, 21. 15s. od. DeFvcred 21. 4, ed. BIRTH. On Wednefday morning, lA, at his feat Dovenby Hall, county of Cumberland, tLe Lady of J. 1.). B. Dykes. Efq. of a daughter. DIED. On Thurftlay !aft, Franck Buller, eldeft fon of Sir Francis Buller, Bart. of Lupton-houfe, in the county of Devon. At F.dinburyh, on the Both ult. Mrs. Janet Thonifon, wife of Henry johnfon Wylie, Lfq. W. 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