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lind teen alluded to 1' cften, fell fighting againff trot reitel, at As klow ; and the other refilled them in p7rp 4 , till he was driven out of the County of Wex ford by force. Whets thele two brothers had thus !hart their loyalty, patrintilm, and bravery, he awe was font claim upon the attention of 1 ;., : joule in the prefent cafe. General LOFTUS was at Wexford at the time Court Martial was held, and he thought there v ,:re this teen nr lout teen refpedable officers upon it, as well as the Judge Advocate. He believed he gave Gcazi al Lake the information where Mr. Grogan ,vas to he found. It was very Iliange that Mr. Gro ;la th 'old h Ire gone out of the way at that time. 1l: remembered Alf.), upon tome repretentations,go jeg to General Lake, and b-gging him to put off the t.hich was deferred g .CAZ part of the day; ;..ot the information he fubfequently received from tt.l prople of the town, did nut warrant his plea.— T.isi county, he confidered, to be in a mod diffurbeci a i• rgtrons flare I..rd CASTLEREAGH explained. His Lord faiir tr.onght, that after what had paired, the matter appeared rather in a different view. Nothing could have been more exemplary than the condua of the brothers of Mr. Grogan, who fuffered at Wexford ; and indeed the Crown had conveyed the entire pro perty to the family of the deceafed. After a few words from Mr. Francis, the motion was agreed to arms. 11ILITIA RIDUCTION. On the motion of the CHANCSLLOIt of the Emit tuna the Englifh Militia Bill was read a third time. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER brought up a claofe relative to the allowances made to the wives and families of the Militia, which was read a firil time ; but on the queftion for the fecond reading, Lord DOUGLAS and Sir W. Yooso Rafted (rime obje6ions, which led the Chancellor of the Ex. eaequer to explain. The objed of his claufe was to prevent allowances being made by their refpedive pa riles after a certain time, to the wives or families of Inch of the Militia as may volunteer, according to the provilions of the Bill. The claufe was then read a fecond and third time, and agreed to. Upon the quellion being put that this Bill do paff, The Marquis of DOUGLAS obferved, that the relent mealute was nothing lets than a repeal of the Additional Force Ad, which the Right Honourable mend of his had been blamed for comparing to a ;attic maid, of which the Miniller was enamoured. Perhaps, on the other fide of the liJufe. it might be called by a much loftier name ; it might there be CAW to be a fecond Minerva, not extradcd from the head of Jove alone, but far furpalfing th tt, as being the produce if the united genius of all Olympus Notwithlianding the high opinion which might be fiere entertained as to the merits of both thefe he contended that the former had fallen fhott confi• derably of its objelt, and that the latter was calcu• lazed to ruin the by taking the Gentlemen of landed property away fruit it, and dettroying the confidence which the men now had in their officers; it was alto unjolt in in operation on the public, as it occafioned an inequality of taxation on different chiles of the people. Mr. SHERIDAN agreed with the Noble Lord, that the meafore now prop:did had a tendency to de• Bray the Militia fyitem, however, he did not think that it did fo in the moll fair and manly way, but, on the contrary, he thought it did fo by the moil in !ldiom means. The Honourable Member, after forne other obfervations, remarked, that there was one point which hid not yet been touched upon, that was the wording of the preamble of the VII, which appeared to be fornewhat extraordinary to him. The Bill began with a very figacious remark, that, as whereas it is neceirrry to augment his Majefiy's forces." This was, truly, a mod notable difcovcry, and he would be glad to hear it mentioned when it Islas that the Right Honourable Gentleman was Cu very fortunate as to hit upon it. He fhould have thought that the Houle was acquainted with that circumilance when they paired the Additional Force Bill—it would be very fingular, indeed, if they paired a Bill to add to the forces without knowing that it wis neeary that they &mid be augmented.— Being convinced, therefore, of the fuptrfiuity of making fuch a remark appear to be the bafis of an An of Parliament, he thought it would be more proper that the preamble &odd run thus: " Where as an Ad has been palled lag Seffion of Parliament, for railing an Addition to his Majefiy's Forces, and it has been found out that, from the time of the palling of that An to the prefent period, not a Jin gle man has been added to his Majelly's Infantry ; it is therefore expedient, &c." This would at lean be truth, and that is a very good thing in an An of Patliament. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER Paid, that a Ratement of the fad would be the re. yet& of what had been fuggelled. Mr. FOX remarked, that it was not likely that the Right Honourable Gentleman would choofe to con. fefs that his own meafure had failed. But the Houfe would recoiled with what contempt he treated the late Adminitlration. Then when he came into power, he mull, of cnurfe, produce fomething rew, and the Parilh Bill was accordingly brought forward. If that had not failed, where was the necellity of refining to the prefent unconllitur ;mai meafure of transferring men r ailed for home defence, into fervice of a general nature, both as to its extent and its duration. I fix olijedion to the prefent Bill, however, was, that •t was formed upon that fyllem to which the Right denourab'e Gentleman was fo partial, namely, that it was only a temporary expedient. The SECRETARY at WAR Rated, that the for mer Ad had, for the laR fifteen weeks, railed in Great Britain, from rBo to zoo men per week, and that was upwards of what would be nceeffary to corn plete a force of ro,oco men within the year. That he conceived to be a material addition to the military firength of the nation. He therefore infißed that the meafure could not fairly be Paid to have failed. Mr. FOX, in explanation, (laid, that be had fpoken of England only, and not of the Empire. Mr. SHERIDAN °braved that, by the accounts upon the table of the Houle it appeared that the pre fent total of his Majefly's Infantry, inllead of being confiderably more than it was at the palling of that AO, was fomething left. Mr. WINDHAM reminded the Houfe that they Dad paired an Ad for the gradual reduaion of the Militia. Now it lensed to be found necellary that the Militia fhould not only be reduced, bdt that they ' fhould be immediately reduced, and further, that they fhould be tranfmuted into regulars. Why did not Gentlemen call things by their proper names, and fay that this was a Bill for transforming Militiamen into Regular foldiers ? Was their fyllem fo very changeable that the recolleaion of their former mea lures palled away like their vifions ; or did they think ' that they had performed fomething like a military manoeuvre, that they had marched away in filence without the beat of drum, and left only their tents (landing that we might not be aware that the main body had (lotto awitY under cover of the night.— h irhey had Paid, however, that their former meafure had not hada fair trial,and accordingly they had more time given for tsc accomplifhing of their objea. But now it feemol that it was put off ad Greta: Calendar in order to make way for this new plan. Mr. CANNING infifted that it was impoffible that any Gentleman could have a with to accompliffi an objeet, and not at the faine time agree to any mode that was offered for carrying it into execution. If perfons approved of the abolition of the Slave Trade, for indance, they might be divided in their opinions as to the propriety of immediate or gradual abolition ; but it was impoffible that they could dif approve of botn thefe modes. One plan had been brought forward to recruit the army, and though it had added confiderably to the number of our forces, yet it had fo far failed that it had not railed the men within the time expeCted. Here was another fcheme offered by which the army would be immediately re cruited, and yet it was objedted to as much as the for mer. As to the idea of an inroad being made upon the conflitutional fyftem of the Militia, he oblereed that it had but little weight with him, as in a free Rate the very exiftence of a (landing army was a fort of compromife, and that compromtfe was effential to the fafety of the nation. Mr. GILES obferved, that the Additional Force Bill bore three Ratements upon the face of it—firtl, that it fhould rani a permanent Additional Foi ce for the Defence of the Empire : 2,11 y, That it fhould raife that Force immediately : and 3dly, That it fhould gradually reduce the Militia. lint that Ad, he contended for it, was to be repealed by the pre fent Bill. TheCHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER rofe to reply, but Mr. Windham ipoke to ordct, in which he was fupported by the authority of the Speaker. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEZJER then Paid that he would dare to - fay that the Honour able Gentleman (Mr. Windham), or fame of his fricnd4, would give him frequent opportunities of ('peaking in the courfe of the night. The (Z2eflion was then put from the Chair, and the Bill palfcd.—Adjourned. LONDON. TUESDAY, APRIL s. PRICE OF STOCKS THB DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK Conks, for :wary. 58i—for ace. 58W—Onmium 311. PRICE OF STOCKS YESTERDAY. 3 per Cent. Red. that 3 per Cent. Conf. 381 4 per Cent thus S Per cam 14arT•_89ii i per Cent. :79j Anit a Lang Ann. glut Short Arm. (hut India Bond. is. a as. diC Excheq Bills, is. as. prem. 3.5 prem. Engisib Tickets 181. Conf. for atc. 58t The 1-lamburgh Mail, due on Sunday, arrived this day. The only articles it brings worthy of any no tice, will be found in the preceding page. It is currently reported in the City, that intelligence has been received by a mercantile houfe, of the French fquadron which failed fome time ago from Rochefort, having taken the ifland of Dominica. We hope this intelligence will prove unfounded, bin we have our fears, as the channel through which it comes is highly refpedable. No further accounts have been rec eived refpcn:ng the Brea fleet, but the following men of war failed yefterday from Portfmouth in confequence of the news of its having quitted the harbour of Breit, viz. the PLANTAGAWET, of 74 guns, the Q . Easis, of 98 guns, the Daacom, of 74, and the Diansm of 64 guns. It is reported at Porfmouth that the (Zings and DRAGGY have fine been recalled, but whether in confequence of later intelligence having been re ceived of the Brea fleet, is nut known. A refolution was paired on Friday lair by the Court of Diretors, that all the Company's officers on fur- lough, under the rank of Major General, who have been one year in England, Shall return to thcir duty in India by the flips of the prefent feafon. Ey a letter from an Officer of rank, from Co. lumbo, dated 9th Augua laft, we are glad to find that tranquillity is at length reflored in the 'nand of Ceylon. The troops are now enjoying repofe after the long fatiguing and very dearative warfare en- tered into with the King of Candy. We have fcen a letter from a Gentleman of high political confideragion, employed in an important fituation in the Decan, which mentions Col. SlON som's dcfeat as an affiitling event, productive of con fiderable lots on our part in men, guns, and Rores ; but he does not cape& that any further difAgreeable confequences will refult from it. Houtaa's army, be fays., is compofed of 70,000 troops of different defcriptions, with about 70 pieces of cannon, which, he has no doubt, from the difficulty of fubfiftence in a country entangled by years of internal dillurbance, mull difperfe when the Britifh army is collated and brought to ait againfl them. SCINDIA is Rated as having no inclination to join Houcaa, that chieftain being himfelf in a very reduced Rate, from the effects of the late war ; and the &Tar Rajah is Rill leis ca pable of exerting any effeCtual vigour againft us, from the diftralted Rate of his own territory, in which he finds himfelf incapable of fubduing the refraftory Ze minclars, now in open rebellion againit his authority. A converfation in the Houfe of Commons yeller day, is particularly worthy of the attention of the public. Mr. PITT communicated to the Houfe, that Lord Macmce had, on the 28th ult. written an explanatory letter to the Commit loners of Naval Enquiry, upon the fubjeft of the Tenth Report ; which letter the Right Hon. Gentleman thought it Would be proper to lay before the Houfe. After Tome converfation, it was agreed, upon the motion of. Mr. Geer, that the difcuffion fhonld be de in; lively fixed for Monday, by which time the Letter of the Noble Lord, together with any comment upon it by the Commiffioners (if they fhould have thought proper to make any) would be completely in poffef Pion of every Member. We underQood the CHANCELLOR of the Excu B olan to fay, that Lord MBLVILLE intended, and was determined to verify the particulars of this letter upon oath ; and we apprehend that Marrs. TR °TT Ee, WI c ame, Sir Aerie sw HAMMOND, and all the Gentlemen who have hitherto availed themfelves of the protraion of the sth claufe, will now tender explanations in the fame manner. His Royal Highners the PRINCE of Watts made a few obfervations in the Houk of Lords lag night, being the full time for fifteen years that he has had occafion to addrefs their Lordthips. His Royal High. ncfs expreffed his fentiments with a f.:ci!ity and dig nity that leave us to regret that he does not oftener exert this conftitutional privilege. COVINT-GARDEN —The Public are already ac• quainted with the interrap:ion which took place in the performance at this Theatre on Thurfday even ing, in confequence of Mr. BRA HAM having refuted to perform his part in the Cabinet. Mr. HARRIS with much liberality declined to en force the penalty Ripulated in BRAHAM's articles, and fent them to him, but that the public, who had taken tickets of Signora STORACE, to the Opera of the Siege of Belgrade, for the benefit of that Lady, might experience no freffi difappointment, he contented to BRAHAM'S appearance laft night, and to the intredoc• tion of thofe longs which had occationed the difpute. On his entrance be was received with the Rrongeß marks of difapprobafion ; for half an hour nothing could be heard but " Off! Off!" " Hear him !" " An apology !" During all this time BRAHMA Rood clofe to the lamps in the front of the ttage, and at length addreffed the audience, but the noife was fo loud and incetfanr, that even thofe who Rood on the Rage could not cone& a fentence. An attempt was then made to proceed with the performance, but after going through one fcene the performers were obliged to retire. After a confulta lion among BRAH AWS and Signora STORA COs friends, in which the latter was prof ed to folicit a hearing for &AMA M, but which her fears induced her to decline, the reqtreited Mr. Fawcurr to Rate to the audience, that if they would (offer the performance to go on, a full explanation of BaAHAM's condat thould appear in the public prints on the following morning. Mr. FAVCITT with much difficulty obtained a hearing; but was pretend) , interrupted by an unanimous call for Mr. Kim ate. The audience being informed that he was fent for, order teemed to be rellored, and Mr,. SECOND came on the Rage ; but, on being hiffed, the refired. S-roaac a then appeared, and was heard with fume patience through one air ; but on •Mrs. MARTY/ appealing, the clamour became as violent 35 ever, and though the performers lung the finale to Ithe 6111 aft, it was wholly unintelligible to the au dience. At half raft eight Mr. Ktmatt arrived, and, of ter ftve, al :attempts to obtain a hearing, during which a cen'tant cry was kept up of " BRAM m, Apology," Mr. K. applies! to Mr. BRAMAN to come forward, wh'en he did, but was obliged to go off again. Mr. K. was given to underhand, that it was defired that he and Mr. DRAtIAn lhould come forward together; chi. way cornped with, and Mr. K. read BRAMAN'S letter, in wi;cn he &elated he had " difcharged him fell." Mr. K. hated, that on the receipt of this let ter, every poffible her was taken to make it known, and to fupply fins Ham's place. BRAHAM was now 'called on to explain, and Mr. K. retired a few paces, and hood behind him.- I , Baltmem lad!, as nearly as we could collee, " that it had been fur four years his ambition to merit the favour of the public ; that it had been cultomary, from time immemorial, to introduce Tongs on benefit nights, that thofe referred to had been advertifed for feveral days without oblation by the Manager, and that it was not till Thurfday he was informed the printer of the bills had been ordered by Mr. K. net to announce the tongs any more ; and that he felt fo indignant at this treatment, that he determined to difcharue himfell from the Theatre, and forego the advantages of his benefit, and his falary for the re mainder of the feafon, which would be a las to him of feveral hundred pounds. He concluded with dc daring, that it would ever be the fit ft ambition of his heart to contribute to die arnuftment, and to ob tain the favour of the public." This addrefs was received amitift applaufe, hiffes, and groans, together with a call for an apology. Mr. KIMBLE and BEANAM then retire.l, and Mrs. SECOND again came forward, but was obliged to with draw, in confequence of a renewed cry for Mr. KSM. ate, who advanced, and arazd if any gtntlem in was defirous of putting any further quelii:ns ? After a fhort pante, a gentleman afked why M-. B:tatlabl was refufed the longs? Mr. Kk MOLE laid, he hoped the liberality arid candour of the audience would di& criminate between the cuftom of introducing favourite longs from old operas, and thofe ailing pieces on which the profits of the houfe in a great meafure de pended ; that he hoped they would believe he had every difpofition to promote Mr. &AKA res intereft ; a proof of which appeared in their getting up an opera belonging to the other houfe; hut that the Proprietors found the more they conceded to Mr. B. the more he demanded. This fpeech, which was delivered with great animation, was received with rapturous ap plaufe. Mr. KEMBLE then retired, and at about so minntes before nine the performance recommenced. On Mr. BRAHMA'S entrance the hitting was revived, but was quickly difcontinued. The performance then proceeded. The houfe was crowded in every part, and tome hundreds returned without obtainin; ad mace. NAUTICAL INTELLIGENCE. MAILS THIS DAY.—Wind W. S. W. ARIL DUI.. Dublin aa I Hamhurgh a 0 Waterford I a Gortentiurgh 0 I Linton o I Jamaica t 0 Leeward Iflands, not up. ARR. nur. FALMOUTH, MARCH 30.—Arrived the GANNETT floop of war, from a cruize; PRINCE ADOLPHUS packet, BOULDERION, with a mail from Jamaica, which place fhe left on the t all February ; and the LADY ARABELLA packet, with a mail from the Lee ward Iflands : the failed from Tortola on the 11l of March. Sailed the CAROLINE arnfed brig, on a cruise. PORTSMOUTH, APRIL I.—Sailed his Majelly's Chips PLANTAGAAETT, QIIEEN, DRAGON, DIADEM, an,.l RANG ER, on a cruize, in confequence of information received here of the Bra fleet being out. Arrived the SPEEDWELL brig of war, from Lifbon ; a Spanifir brig, of is guns, captured in the Bay of Bifcay, coming from Corunna, by l'lmmostraur frigate; Charlotte and Alert tranfports, from Gu e rnfey. ANOTHER LETTER, SAME DATE. It was rumoured that the Breft fleet had come into the outer Roads, confining of twenty five fail of the line. Whether they are gone back again or not, is not known ; but this afternoon the RAPIDER, of 18 glns, Capt. Coors, flipped her cables, and proceeded to fea, with orders, it is reported, that the gram and DRAGON may return. Dam., APRIL t.—Sailed the ARIADNR frigate to the Weaward, Ofbourne armed fhip on a cruize, and the Ocean, —, for the South Seas.—Arrived the MARINER gun•brig from Sheernefs ; Fultious arid SPARKLER gun•brigs from a cruize, and remain in the Downs with the tea of his Majetty's &c. as per lall.—Wind Wcilerly. YARMOUTH, APRIL I.—Sunday arrived the SNIPS gun brig, and PRINCE of WALES cutter. The Scott kiwi has fent in here the Argus, Palos ONDERWATIt mafter, from Embden, bound to Rotterdam, with a cargo of coffee, and the Vrow Margaretha Geert, HARMS STEER, mailer, from Amfterdam, bound to (tentberg, near Breit, with a cargo of chtefe. The FLY cutter has fent in the Euterpe, JOHN KeMMORT, mailer, from Rotterdam, bound to Bourdeaux, with fundries. A large flip, laden with coals, got on the Scroby fand on Saturday laft. and this morning the funk in the fand ; the crew and part of the rigging are laved. The !hips of war here, under Admiral RUSSELL, are the Monmouth, Adamant, Inflexible, Boadicea frigate. Infpeitor and Cruizer !loops, and Prince of Wales, and Florence cutter.—Wind E.S.E. FROM LLOYD'S LIST. GRAVLIEND, MARCH 30.--Palled by the General Wrangle, --, and the St Sufan, Everett, from Malaga; Woolfart, --, from Barcelona ; ll*yeen of Sweden, Plomer, from Alme ria; Con Hanna, Davidfon, from Gonfale ; Vrow Mentor, Yaffer, from Norden ; Jonge Agatha:4 Dogger Boat, and the Vrow Ebbw, —, from Embden. Sailed the London. Stafford, and the Harlequin, fur Jamaica ; Kabalist, Lamb, for Qtrebec ; Jane and Elizabeth, Hewlzt, for Trinidad ; Ezperi mentaning, for Surinam; Purfuit, Pumus, for Antigua; Hamp den, Reap, for St. Vincent's ; Boyd, Laughren, for Grenada'; Fan ny, Lee, for Dominica ; Barta, Howland*, and the Perfeverance. Favalho, for Wilton ; Swallow, Brady. for Newfoundland ; Ama • zoo, Kitchin, for Peterfburg ; Iris, Germone, fur Mentel; Somas. Ratcliff, and the Michael, Manan, for Dantzic ; Anna Margare• this, for Yard; Nereus, Shilker, and the Friederiek, Syr, for Tonningen. Ali aiv D—Off Dover, the Pilgrim, Wheelwright, front Charier ton—At Cowes, Hannah,Towers,from Charlelton-At Falmouth. Magiftratc, Cobb, from New York—At Briftol, Mermaid, —. f. om New York—At Cork, John. Hunt ; Mary, Anderfou ; Cof mo, Banderfon ; Windermere, Arman ; and the Speculation. Pearfon, from Surinam—At Liverpool, Bryan, Bradley, front E.urinam ; and the Refource, Redman, front Maffachufettr•At Clyde, Ardent, Crofwell, from New York—At Limerick, George Wafhington, Mame, from New York; and the Lord Dinzan. Lane, from London—At Belfaft, Jane, M'Donnell, from Lon don—At Plymouth, Portfea, Cos, from Surinam—At Surinam, Mary Ann, Nicholfon ; Favourite, Volans, and the Betfey,Talley, from London. The lords Commiffioners of the Admiralty have been pleated to eider. in addition to the cruisers off the Land's End, a frigate to cruise for the protcdtion of the trade in that quarter. The Intrepid, ipanilh privateer, of to guns and 75 men, is cap tured by I'lmmortalite frigate, and fent into Scilly : fhc had cap tu. ed th ee prizes, one of them a hark, belonging to Dartmouth; an Ame ican veffel from New York for Falmouth; and the Da nifh veffel Copenhagen, which the captur:d on the t 7th ult. and fent for Corunnl. The Heilri.:tta, Ford, and fix other war 14, arrived at Surinam on the 19th of January : they parted from the Ha:IciVCI, and about 36 fail, (part IA the klyzna's convoy) on the 12th, in lat. 13. 41. long. 47. 20. Extract of a letter from a Gentleman on board the N. S. del Carmen Spanith privateer, at Waterford, from Mideira, dated Waterford, March 27, 1805: . - " In anfwer to your letter, witting to know if there were any authentiely in the report of a Iquadron being fern off Madeira, I have to inform you, that before I left that ifland, which was on the lad of February, three veffels had touched there, each of which reported that he had teen, in the beginning of February, a numher of men of war off that ifland. One of the veffelq, in particular, reported, that the faw an Admiral's light, and the light of a look. out (hip, which was carried at the bowfprit-hcad. She alfo re ported, that they appeared to her to be Reefing to the South-weft. All the veffels gave nearly the fame Account. A fchonner came in from Porto Santo the day after there veffels had reported they faw this fleet, hut the had not fern any thing of them. They did not fay precifely the numlier of veffel,, but fuppofed form Of eight fail of the line. Tics is all the information Icm give you on the rub.. jedt, but it was generally fuppofed at Madeira, they were not Engliih, having allowed fo many Englith yards to pars dote to them without communicating." The IMOGeME flonp of war, Captain Vaucmas, funk at tea, on the i ft of March, after the officers and crew were taken nut. She was convoying 25 veffels from the Leeward ItLnis. Several of the have arrived. On Thurfday night, as one of the Royal carriages was conveying Generals Mars Fas and FITZROY, two of his Map STY'S Equerries, to Kew, as the carriage was paling near Knightthridge green, fome perfons called to the pollillions, and informed them that there was no coachman on the box ; upon which they (top ped the horfes, and upon enquiry, it was dilcovered, that as the carriage was patting oppofite Knightf bridge Chapel, one of the fare wheels went over a very large hone, which threw the coachman off the box, and he was found lying in the road, with his right arm and leg broke, occafioned by a hind wheel o the carriage going over them. The man was conveye to St. George's Hofpital. • , 1. I , 1 1 $ i 1 1 , 1 1 I $ f 1 . 1 ' i f I I : • I 1 i i I 1 I ' 1 1 1 1 ' i t • t . if I I 1 i I ! , . 1 . 1 i I / 1 1 4 1 t i 1 t t i , i • l ' s 0 • # , I . i 1 t j I • , 1 • r 1 . , 1 i i ; ~ i .., - ; i