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their goods in that way, and diareffed perfoni, who ' were often obliged to bane recourfe to it, would he much affeaed by the propofed addition. He recom mended an exemption in favour of fuch perfons, on the fame principle on which an exemption was grant ed under the Property and other Taxes. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER Paid, that he thould not at prefent enter into a difcuf- Goa of the merits of this props:dation. He fhould only obfetve, that if the Noble Lord's argument was adopted, it would be impoffible to bring fnrward a tax that Ihould be received—for no ter, however ge nerally good, could be free from Tome particular ob jettions. The objeaions, however, Dated by the Noble Lord, were not applicable to the general prin ciple of this tax. The Refolution was agreed to. An amendment was introduced, on the motion of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, into the Refolu tion refpeaing Coffee, which renders the flock of that article on hand imported previous to the Isth (silica to the new tax. Upon the Refolution being read, relating to the Tax on Cider and Perry, Mr. BASTARD Rated, that, according to infor mation which he had received this day, Cider was, in confequence of an alteration made by the Excite in the courfe of the loft year, rated from the nomi. sal Duty of SOS. to ais. per . hognsead. Whit the propofed addition, therefore , it would be fubjea to . per hogisead. He hoped, however, that the new Duty would not attach to the flock on hand.. If it &mid be fo propofed, he declared his intention to oppofe it. The Refolution was agreed to, as were the others, and Bills ordered accordingly. CATHOLIC PITITIOW. Mr. FOX rofe and (pole to the following aid : In' the courts of my parliamentary life I newer rofe to execute any duty with more fatisfaltion than I feel upon this «m . Certainly lam happy in being the inflrument to prefent a petition, which, whatever be its merits (upon which I (ball make no obfervation at prefent) offers the moll fatisfaftary proof that the great body of the Catholics . of Ire land, whatever exception there may be, leek to re medy the grievances they feel by legal means.--by an application to the Imperial Parliament—by a mode the moll conflantional and refpellful that could be devifed."—The Honourable Member, after having read Tome part of the Petition, Concluded with mov ing for leave to bring it up. which being granted, the Petition was brought up, and teed as follows : To Tat RIONT How. AND HON. TEt Katoars, CITIZENS AND Blllotrats or Tilt UNITtO KINGDOM Of GRILAT BRITAIN 11110 I AAAAAA , IN PAtUANIIIIIT.AIAtIitta The limbic Petition of the Room Catholics Cl Ireland, whole Names are Inroads ildieribettoo behlif of them (times, sad of others hie Majeity's fohjeda peciog the Koons Catholic Renews Slaws.' a, 'flat your Petittooters are &saltily attached to tie really, aod GOVerOlnelit of their oath gradom tierareigat elan they are inoivied with (animate of ellidlierate graduals for the benignant laws which loveless goat ted for indignities their oessitioss doing his *anal reign; sod that they eaotenspbee, with redone' and ridded prefab/La, the arablepritscipke of • the Beidi Cestitudon. Veer Petitioners molt humbly hate, that they have fetwonly jai publicly takes the oaths prefe riot by kW to his Maithy's was Catholic &Meths as mita of sided and moral piathrke; sod they coolideotly to the fullerings which*" inch Meg and u red. mod the volikk they Ail wee, nether than vl airk their goefideocee (by talsiog gads of a religious or *Mod Impart erarewy totbeir Wien, as aedikooprooto et daft peigoad • amd (amulets rewrote fee thefarreidirstia, eramistli. Your Podding's bce leave to reprefon, that by s 4 whim& , they iieitheisibtth in the pedant of the Al feting WITT Wheal on elites Cl Chelitans adore, to be faithful and bear true Or 0 Clot !hair soft gragios, Sovereign Lord Meg 'George the ash him se ethos', lathe mod of their power, spina 0 WI essigindes mod aesentpu whetfeever that id! be • merle is *Phi kb pd., awe. or Iv/Ay, to do thir soma calm -0 then an Nisi and molotmewo to his hieldty sad bac Wee, di wthibos s omi traitorous castpradee which may be formed O M. Ma at than. sod tabfoly to Timis. Imam and •h▪ eto the mama of their dp Needles oda Crowo is his hiapifs holly way peas or parkas whelp ** ewe that bre* oaths " they reamagge ad altars obedi• • Diti s od simian' unto any other path &loft ge prated -0 lag a right to the Crowe alibis Rohm that they reps& and 46.- 0 tell. as anchriniao and impious, to being that it is lawful in 0 any ways to Ware any poke le redoes wisadoever,ander pre. 0 tested their bolos Reredos, sod ago that tinchriniao and lin " pions pelocipit, that so faith is to be tot with Heretics; that 0 k is so article of their faith. sad that they moms and rep& 0 sod abjure the imbibe, that Macs. eaconmesodiated by the 0 Popo aid Conoth, or by any asthorirr whatfoewe, may be de espied or mudeogii by their (ablate or by any palm shade '' ever ; that they do not believe that the Pope of tame, or any 0 other Pankow Prince. Prelate, State. or Potentate, bath.. or ▪ ought to have any temporal or civil jwifth&on, power, Coped " oricy, or pre.aninenee within this Realm ; that they finely he 0 Mae that as aft. In Uhl( asp& immoral or wicked, the ever ° be Janina or nested) by or under Vegetate or colour that it * was done for the good of to Chock, or in thedienee to say o Ealthaikal power whadoever, and that it is not an article of O the Catholic faith; neither arc they thereby requised to believe 0 or protis that the Pope is infallible, or that they are bpand to ° obey any orJer In its own nature immoral, though the Pope or 0 any &deadliest Power aloud Wee or diced any fifth tinier; " bet col the contrary they hold, that It would be' Antal to pay " ,lolly rdped oe obedience thereto : that they do not believe that " soy fm whadoeser committed by them can be forgives at the " Nacre will of any Pope, or of any pricker of any offence pr. " foot whatever, bat that any perfon who roxives abfaintios for " the fame without a Anent farrow for than, and a Ann and casteillotion to avoldfotont guilt and to atone to Goq is far " from obtaining thereby any ronillioll of his nos; locum the additional guilt of violating a !aeronaut;" and by to fame 6- 'crap obligation, " dog are hosed audfrody plata 'Veal lb at of % ar i jtbebpswcr, the fettlossost dud errairensant of popery is " their Rein h, Iheififlsedhy the taws sowisi heissz I tha - tiwybare " declaimed, &avowal, and folannly abjured say isstestion e. fit~ " -art the pnfiw Church ElLtryhasost a (or thorpurpofc of febititat ing a Catholic F.DalalillelClN ET its Read;" and that they have alio Wont. (worn ° that iley wilrast 1.11,0 ailitrisilfge to with* they are or may become entitled to sghsrhw toodess the l'retOrot R P“ltylaai Coq:mm=llst he leoLsolL" r Petitioners molt imashly bog leave to taw. that hawsver odui it is to their hallow, shalt &add ROI be doyen sod. t.. Ind Inch alts from theta, (god from them sloth did M.ijtit.ts (hbjetts), they am with period truth aim that tip political and moral principles width see thereby amok ore last only eonformahle to their ophtleos and Wits, bet are ez= s i er o- s culated by the rale= which they porde and yew molt humbly MR. that the religious doctrines which permit lock cells to be taken, will be pronounced by this Hower:ebb Honk to be entitled to a Oh:ration bat rowdy partial bet cemaphse, under the happy Coalitional and Goveronsan of this Redo ; sod that his Majesty'. Roman Catholic fobjedi, holds( theft will be cashiered as Myths, open whole Oddity the IC kl e i te r 7 report the finned reilesce. Your Petitioner, fortiori. mod humbly thew. that twestra: van have now defied, ham abet molt grades, howirdso sod the Honourable Hooks at Parliament in helot& by desk pubis and deliberate aft; declared. that frosts the onifersa. peamablei " bchavic.ur of the Roman Cathodes of belied few • Mei Wieser " years, is appear' reafonabk and sotpsdient, to Met tie difehnir " ties and bseapacities under which ditylabouttd,4lllll that It Old " tend not only to the egkivation alad Improvement Cl dAs Meg- Join, but to tie profpaity and Maga of all kis MORO do " nun. on', that his Majefirs faisjedgef di dalconinsithe= • tbe Mamas of a free Conftintimarthil theold be • The oath is Inspored by the Statutes at 8773 td 17 312 n r.d . it be taken and redted publicly is Caret to aide a wawa,' .-)7.ny eon:pilots front the Oki PalaLwa ° to each other by fatal Werth and maul shation...a 4Kit •I fades, founded rpm swan* p= of Mk° fond " policy, which MI remains to be Into fell dish/ r al. though your Petitioners are impaled with a belief,- that the op. preheamos which retarded he buelkial spend= previous to the Union,. cannot exit in the Parliament of the United Kingdom. For your Petidoneri weft humbly hew, that, by artse of di. vets Sautes, now in face, his Maki?' Roman rotate ado. jab, *rho form fo great a proper** of the population of Irdad, end conielbute fo largdrto the 'dooms of the State, do yet la bour under many inequities, reitreints and Filmdom, which af fed them with peculiar freaky In *nob play Radon_ Wei that, meet 'Cudahy, they are deakd the capacity of %dug or weleg in either of tba Himoutabb Hooke of Parliament. the manifold evilnun which issor-• , thpy min k unnecceary to = il o t enumeilate to this Mnattable Houk. dit=t: h difibled hap bakes or estrelling. aside by 'a *dal any emporia elite tambour to the aka and towns Is which they 'Wei they ore hiceralsted wed turn bolding or ezertifing the elkm of Sbarlife Phi laNbalPs, and various *Sees of craft, banter, and madman h the State, in his Moiety's military and maul lathe, end is that adminiltration tithe kw* is tW their ugh lend. Vest Petitiaserq, deellobe teensy into the peisdpet detail of the marry ppities end been' odesdee avowedly Whited by .thek taste upon ids Majety'a •Reenes Cabals kite*, beg laws, however, molt earseltii,tri fella the attention et this Ho nourable Heide to Jo kandliadag and ipistablese fyitem of ex deism, reuse* ma fallaku whisk their lames generate and beep olite. For ula Peddesen and ham* hew, that in estfequisee of the Issift Ili& thereby fa hom& their Mrs again/lei ewes tie Iblelleges Which. threighlhe beapity of disk mat amides 40eadlip, they bow hem aspeahaßed to enjoy, at semi, shear .het Manned, be Is lied. *a they an In did ist ma hens Wm* all the Wean, *Oda ad likes ef taut aisi ashols halt in the 104 from ask and Atha is his Ids= ast ma shy, and ewes from the keret anodes' and he the Chiral aim ash earterate herb; throughout his lidapirs thenbians. AndUer IPediesets OM* hel.tha this unquilied intords hi a thole of their aillsouldu from alt msnidp.l antleweskel° kadifes of di gelds sod corporations, and teem the patron age and hensits mimed to tbde ituadene, Is net an evil *end ues* is h&lf ; for they beg have to hate, that by giving an id. usage overdid' of tidy eammemies to odsers, by whom Inch kudos& are added, palkilia, k eftaillites a (pecks of qua iled mastoperf. saverfahy epenting bs their disfavour, rearm to the fitrit.and highly detrimental to the freedom of trade. Year Petitioners thew& leveret/ feel, that big Majefty's to- L ain Cliche %blab, itieenkasene a their acclaim from the otiios of hailkend fob-haillb, and of the batik fpink of thole Rasta, (hoot %ay ephy wash ether lneltlmable priyilqes of the Brad: Cosititocion, which the law has molt jealosily main tained ad hewed to didr fellow-fubjerts. Tow IPetidenere molt humbly beg leave to kick the attention a this Honourable Houk to the diftinaion which he. ceneeded the Elaftin, and denies the Reprefeatative fraothife to one and the tome daft of his ?deities fubjeds ; which detaches from property its proportion of politiesl power seder a Coahuila°, whisk vital prbelpit is die salon if the one with the other I which end.. every aysinte of legelled embidon aide* :We who mat hdprefunied to have great tuatara Inhumes anseagit the mars • the pardialen of the country; width refde" to Peas of the Reim al hare is the Leglbaivetepvdentatieh, either &anal or 'halal, and renders the Shaul ptulimea of the law to Roman Ca tholics • mere *led of pecuniary trait, defpoilsd el its bier aid of its human. • • Tear Nahum' further mat humbly thew, that the exelsboo of to sumaeo• and dirket a portion of his Majdty'a fabled' as Auras Cabala of this Realm from dell bonents and a hem, seta from adeanament la his Majeity's aony and navy, .lavabo, is a eery material degree, the molt valuable re of the %kik imam by impeding his Majefty's general OR* the wet behourable and poviedul incentives to Warr and dell eat; aid ennearally reftriaing the aracife last height traepthe of the Crews, which moorages good prOmae the *ilk wailers, and Gaelic. than to mal adies". by a wall Peplatsi diedhation of public honours Tut Nakao' bag bus mot kid* to fubmit, that theft billnaldhitsinddoh eiltrlbts, awl Oudot'', are Wollner' re papest se the thee* sod esespeeheilft pdadnies reminded by shdr lwaibldsno b ust red nits ralksiont of Windt that thief we MOJIdIde Wen his MOW% Royal Prerogative, *stag alb Wahl and undoes to tie haw of a loyal and undiths peg eft that the tend abandon efthem will found Ira silt ealphilik with, but highly coodudee to the ported fr. air* of fiery ebb/Ram, religious, or polttial, now hitting bias nobs. Tar, year Patti: ha melt expliddi degtsre that they do not hiker with, In the Naha degree, to Irish or encroach upon el the rights, to immanitia, peffelhons, or MOWS ap e' pertaining to the tulip, sod Clergy of tbe Pr.:attest Religion, ▪ as hy kw ettablihed, or t o the aortas committed to their • ollatie,or to any of demi. The foie Ojai of your Petitioners lobe as equal participation, epos equal tams, With their fellow. , of the full beaks a the !rid& Laws and Comititutien. our Petitioners beg leave molt humbly to obferve,that 'Mope' they might well and jelly inift upon the Arm and unabated loyal ty lib hiajefty's Roman Catholic fajta. to tbar mat gracious their profound ref ft (lithe Legihature. and their du to the laws, yet they mod *mat r i d their Moak deism' sod a:pea:sic= d relief, apes the clear and ma alidiamasdunds of the Es/store which they rabbi to the Le' sad Id peressout tranquillity, hal* , and bappinefs of the add& Einar* ; and your Peddcmas, 'a:entrain no doubt of be Ina acompilievent, from its evident lofts and utility, do melLkkamly Ware this Horsourabk Hoare, that their moth Co 'kith% hr it M this peculiar trills, afire* principally from their assieue hike to eadoguilb all moat% to and all means of whin dila:atom For your Petitioners matt humbly hate it as their decided opi dos, that the enemies of the /kid& Empire, who meditate the libingatbe or Ireland, have no hope of faced', lave is the dilh- AIM of its inhabitants; and therefore it is that your -Pedionas r e e i d o r sd analeue at this moment, that a medure Obeid be &t -wig& will annihilate the principle of religions aims ley, ma ashnete all ddaiptions of his Malefty's fable*. in as hablellk deface at the belt Conftionloo that has ever yet bees 4:imbibed. Tata retidesere, therefore, bat humbly. pedant to eapede their emelt but relpatfal hope, that this Honourable Hawk will, in its wildest and liberality, deem the leveed hilutes now in fora "obi than,' se isioga neadiery to be retainthood *St his Ma leafs loyal and dutiful Mites padding the Raman Catholk Religion, may he dratually relieved hero the operation of thole Routes, and the fo they *nay bereltoted to the full enjoyment of the beselta a the hid& Canaltudes„ arid to every endue. at of attachment to that Ceohltales equally-Pa In chums with. darit fellow hblnie dimullient the kit* Empire- Ani yea Petitioners will ever pra" 1 Oa Mr. - Fox moving that the Petition ( hou td lie on the Table— Mr. CAlierWßlGHrrote, and after difclaiming any intention to enter into the merits of the petition at preknt, espreffed his regret that the fubjelt to *bieh it referred fhotald bebrought forward for dif caws under exiling eircumnances. • He. was forty to bear the allufinn to this topic on a former day, and Whatever opinion he might entertains. to the oh. jeft of the Catholics. knowing that there was to the attainment of that objet fin infurmountable of which the-Catholics thentfelves mull be aware, he wasforPrifed their advocetesfhould prefs the meaftwe until that obflacle Mould be removed, as they tuna well know that againft it there was no chance of foe tea.. [Alai cry gorier! order !]—The Honourable Member refunted, end' obferveri, that he lamented' much the introdu&ion of this queftion at pretest ; carafe it was a inbjeil upon which the feelings of the 'people of Ireland were fo much alive , he was ftrongly rapPrehenfive that the diftuffron might produce a fer meptation in that country, which m the prefent eir tumßances of the empire might lead to soft danger. oar eonfequences. Mr. FOX laid that the Honourable Member had .alluded to an infurmountable obftacle ; but what that ' This is the piebalds el the lab haute •f int; when the Masada soniesaksh t Tbk essireienik tke vsly atur a hie Ma IWI Cosa' des Oath. Made was the Hottontathe Gentleman Wad. not mentioned. He fhould wait tg hear, upon the dif culfion of the ineafure to, wMch'the Petition referred, what the nature of that obftacle was, and thee he. thould take occafion to Rate hii opinion lirefpeaing 'it. At prefent he fhonld only fay, that it' was his intention to appoint a day for the difentfion of a propofition founded on. the Petition. From infor mation received, he underflood that the hint/dem bersiwere for the moil part at prefent in Ireland, upon ' the bufinefs of the axes, and that they could not conveniently return for tome time. It was his with to fix upon as early a day ds potfible. he (tumid men tion the gth of May I but in the courfe of the earning week he lhould be able to Rate the precife day. . Dr. DUIGENAN witted the Honourable Mem ber would fix upon fomething abobt the gth of May, as he meant to (peak Upon this queftion, and could not conveniently remain in this country much after the beginning of May. _ Mr. - FOX - had no objeaion, for himfelf, to fix defi nitively upon the gth of May I but was nat'at prefent able to Cay what day it was mot convenient to ap point. The differtnee of two or three days would not, ha fancied. be material. The notice itandkat prefent for the gth of May. AN isuctis TRUTT. o • Os aelfdi et Mr. itOCE, the Houk went foto a Camesalttes ea the Ceameu Treaty wit► America, sad weed to a vacill ate ta permit Aatvin to trade whit Ws country la neutral bet. tow. astier mega refti &one. ' Time Haab bias refused, dee Item was received, sad a BM ordered. MIA 411111A11111, Mr. FRANCIS, for the convenience of thde Gentlemen who had timed their attention to India Affairs, put off h.* impending intake on the foliket to Monday fortnight. iIIAVRLLING IN IRELAND. Mr. FOSTER pve notice, that helhoadd en WeJaefilay move for a Committee toessMer of the gate of the Mail Combo, and Man Coach Rada in Ireland. TOULON, - - - - General WALPOLE rote to give notice of a motion, which it was his Intention to fubmit w the Houk, foe an Account of the Diltribudoo of the Prize Money for the !dips captured, or that were funtodered at Toulon, in 1796. Mr. PITT (aid, that the dldribution had taken place according to AG of Parlianiest; and it would not be pradicable to make out fuels an amount as that fpoken of by the Hoo. Member. • General WALPOLE Laid, be &add take time to ceidder, and tswald cot eprdent Au any day for his notion. Tim notice* accordingly. b Wed void. The Committees of Supply, and Ways and Means. were ap- pointed tor Wkdnefday neu,—Adjourned. • LONDON. TUESDAY, MARCH $6. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCII Coof. for wary ssl*—fot 4. Government received ioformation yeterday, that his Maje(y the 'Clio of PRUSSIA has fent inftrue dohs to his ofinifter at Paris, to prefent an imme diate remon*rance to the French Government againk the blockade of Lubeck, &e. to demand that the , French troops occupying the paffage to that city, (hall be Inftantly withdrawn. • By the Gottenburgh Man. which arrived yeller day, after our Paper was at prefs. we received the following : _ _ _ Lowal Etas, MARCH 3.—lntelligence hu been received from Lubeck, thlt French troops hive oc copied all the villages in the neighbourhood of that city, and only permit fuch perfons and goods to enter or some out as they think proper. GOTT 111 RO N, MARCH 14--Letters received from Lubeck, to day, confirm the accounts brought by lad poll, that French troops occupy all the villages round that city, and:that not a waggon or cart with goods is permitted to come out of it : the °bled of this, it is kid, is to flop all Englillt commodities.— Great fears are, however, entertained that it is not the only use, but that contributions will alfo be de manded. PITLISIVROH, rsa. ty.—The winter has been uncommonly fe•ere in this country : the wolves have approached feveral towns and ♦illages in flocks, aasl force of them have even entered the aresu, and taken assay dogs. We have received the Monitors to the Toth infant, factorise. The intelligence which they contain is of 'the higheft importance. Box APA IT a has been declar ,ad gigs/ Italy. We were prepared for tome great changetin the Conftitution of the Italian Republic ; but we fcarcely could have conceived, that in addition to the Imperial diadem of France, Naroason would have furcharged his brow with the weight of the Re isal Crown of Italy. We rather thought that one .. of the younger branches of the honk of BOOMPAILTS Walla bane bees nominated King of Lombardy but the ambition of the twice Conqueror of Italy knows no bounds. He teems to derpife or defy the effortrof Anftria and Raffia, the two Powers which, fades intereft or inclination, have Drown a difpotition to procure fotne'fernblance of independence for the weaker Italian States ; and inked of limiting the extent of his fovereignty to either the Italian or Li gurian. Republics, or to both conjoined, he proclaims hitefelf at once the King of Italy. In this fweeping and comprehenfive term is compiled, wh.n he ball find it convenient to difcnfs the force of the Award, the Kingdom of Naples, the Papal States, and every part of that country, from the Alps to the extremity of Calabria. The Conititotional Statute, it is true, provides for the reparation of the two Gowns—when the Wand of Malta shad be evacuated, and the lonise Mends ellablilhed as a free Republic. Extravagant and improbable as thole conditions fee's. TALLIT• SAND, in his (perch to his Mager, confiders them as events not fo remote as the *dual eircumitanees of Europe would lead us to topper* Piembino has been ereeed into a Prineipali ty, and she hiss* 4111‘ ha ben inveled with she fove- nig*, of it, Vor ef to France.- The ofienfible motive for the eretiOn of this new power in the heart of Italy, 4 to fuccour the French garrifun in theifland of Elba, and to prosrifion it when necefery. This is one of the etpedients to wpich BOWAPILITI has recourfe for reboring the Mediterranean to that prif tine Rate, without which heavy'', hisdeterminatlon not to make peace. - L'lndoWiptable and la Coynelie, *MA had fepa. rated from the TouLin fqtradron, have got back to that port. We have alto received Dutch Papers to the s 4. Thofe of the a2d Rate, that on the sots, the Cote.' mil:Goners appointed by the Legiflative Body wank. a• Report on the two important letterrof Ihe'Direc tory of State, the one proposing a new form of Go vernment, the other the railing of an Extraordinary Loan on property of 3 per Cent. have re6tlved in fa vour of the propofition. The toporeamerweisieretl to be printed for the ufe of the" tiers, and-were to be taken into confideration osildikiltd. After op pointing a new Prefident for thi 4nag siccing, the AffeMbly will adjourn to the sseh of April Din; and, id the mean time, the new Conflitution will be febmitted to the people. Letters from the Hague mention, that Admiral Vainness had been feat for to that refidence, from Dunkirk, where he commands the Dutch flotilla, but that be had been prevented by indifpofition from obeying the fummons. His brother arrived on. the . 14th. ' aPpears that Scentless., inciace totally mitcarried in his attempt to nice a loan of fifty mil lions of florins at Amfierelans, and that the propofal for a new contribution of three or four per cent. upon property, is in confegitence of this failure. This loft' attempt cache& great difcontent, as it was underfiood, upon his.settirn from Paris, that there would be no more forced loans or contributions. A letter from the Lower Elbe, deed the 15th in- R an i. n i y i: --6s Swedes and Profs* are not ;woo the molt amicable footing at prafent ; but it is thought that matters between them will not be carried to e tretnitits."—A pretended article from Berlin *flirts that Raffia has departed from her plan, of ahiapce with Great Britain, which afertion we know to hi ngfoeoicd. The citadel pf Mentz continues to be' demolithtd, aid th e greater part of the Artillery Cilficers at that place have received orders to repair to the• Northern . Coaft. • • • • • Admival paqa senate has retaroed to Brelt CM* Pavia, mid has reeoiveci the aiSts of the civil and nii• Mari anthotitlea. • - Yeller* the Catholic Petition was• prefented by • Mr. Pot in the Houfoof Commons, and Lord Qat*. vtisa in the Haute of Lords. Vets, little difeaffion took place upon it. in either Houle. In the COMMOES Mc. CARTWILICIPIT exprefersl hit . furptife that it timid be prefented, when it was known that there was at prefect an infurmountabk °beads to the Prayer. W. Fox replied, that he could not. according to the Contlitution, acknowledge any in furmountable objeaion. Lord Hawks sau av in the Hoofs of Lords, pledged himfelf to oppofe any Motion : that fhould be founded on the Petition in favour of the Roman Catholics, for reafons which he Would then Rate. The Petition was ordered to lie on the Table in both Hooks. The gth of May is the day fixed for taking the Petition into confuleration. Yeierday, after our Paper was at pre's, we were favoured with a perofal of Come pnvate letters from the Mediterranean, all of which continue to (peak of Lords Nation having been left in purfuit of the Too lon fleet. One of thefe is from Captain HARDY, of the Ship Hero, of London, d.sted Malta, Feb. 9, of which the following is an extra@ : At prefent there is an embargo laid on all fhips under Englifh colours, till they have heard where the French fleet, which flipped out of Toulon, is gone. Lord NeLsom, and the Britifh fleet, paired here five days 'ago is parfait of them, fuppofing them to have gone to Egypt. 4 0 I jure you the French fleet being out puts every thing to a Rand, bat the frigates and fioops are de tached in all &veinal* to find them out. 44 One of the French flo gnu fhips being difabled was chased into Carrie, fix days ago by the Poosaa frigate. The remainder of them confining of eleven (ail of the line and eight frigates, have not been feels fence. The Sax Hoes& frigate was very near being taken by the ettemy." Another loter emu the number at twelve (hips of the line and (even frigates, two of which were chore that had attacked the Aaaow and the 4cinaon, and that the flips had t 2,000 troops on board. Letters from Gibraltar, dated the 27th February; • *ate; that the Toulon Meet, after they efcaped the vi • gilance of Vice-Admiral Lord Miaow, were moll effeditially difperfed in a violent gale. and were fo much difabled as to reek atelier in different Ports in the bledttervanean e Theft letters Mate further, that three fail of the line, fell of artillery and troops, are in the harbour of Carthagena, and want much refit ting prelims to their being ready for fee. .This morning Sir T. Teovesit it or, Rear Admiral of the Blue, received hi, final infitudtions from the Admirahy Board previous to his failing to the Eafi Lan night orders were ifued to Admiral Retool* to prcceed to Porttmouth immediately to hodt his 84g on b and the (Zy . arri, and wait further orders. The Admiral is to taped the embarkation of the troops defined for a fecret expedition. Oa Friday died r after a long illnef, at Stoke, the Right Hon. Lord Gaosos Laroox; Governor of Plymouth. Colonel of the asth Regiment of Foot, and only brother of hi, Grace the Duke of Rico. mood. His Lordfhip was in his 68th year, and mar tied Lady Louts• Kaaa, daughter of the Earl of Mauve, by whom he has left General Lassos, Collate(' &TOM; sad the HO& Dim haus. I T.. ri • 2 I • 111 le . In le ed ed a. in 1, for !re )al of ' ow of of yips se. i five eve ' 1 very