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PJAZIA ME PITA R r PROCEEDINGS. HOUSE OF LORDS,TUESDAy, FEBRUARY t). SIR SIDNEY SMITH. Earl SPENCF R delivered a Meffage from his Ma jelly to the fame effed with that delivered yeller d r ;n the Hrnil of Com mons by Mr. Pitt, in which his Majelly recommends it to the Lords to take the necenary ileps for fettling a penfion of wool. a year on Sir Sidney Smith. His Lordfhip then ob ferved, that after the declaration which both Houfes o Parliament had lo exprefsly made of their fenfe of the important Cervices performed by this gal lant Officer, on the coalts of Syria and Egypt ; and after his merits had been fo fully acknowledg ed by the whole Country, it would he unneceffary for him to add any thing in his praife ; he would content himfelf with faying, that he was happy in having this oppowtuoity of doing what Mould probably be the lift ad of his official duty—of propofing an adequate recompence to a molt me ritorious and gallant Officer, who was not likely to have a fuperior command any longer in the Mediterranean. The Meffage was then received, and ordered to be taken into confideration on a future day. WASTE LANDS. Lord Cartaivo;;;4 laid, he was inftrufted by the Committee of their Lordfhips for confidering the High Price of Provifions, to Hate to the Houle that they had taken into conlideration the belt me thod for a general Incloffire of Waite Lands, and that in confequence of the inaration of the Com mittee, he fhould then move, that a Meffage be fent to the Commons requefling them to tranfmit certain Papers on that fubjea to the Houfe.—Or dered. CATHOLIC lIMANCIPATION. Lord Hoira;;obferved, that on a former day he had given notice of his intention to move for certain Papers that might ferve to throw fume light on the fubjeCl of tile late change in his Ma jelly's Councils. He had felt himfelf at that time, as well as on the prefent occalion, under fume em barraffment, on account of no Minitters being pre fent, or his not knowing whom he was to confider as Minifters. His object then in riling was to know whether the new arrangement had yet been fettled, or whether any circumftanceattending them would render it inconvenient to bring forward this mo tion on Friday next ? Lord AUCKLAND fail it appeared to him that the Noble Lord's motion would involve in it the queftion of Catholic Emancipation; and if that quetlion was to be brought forward, he only beg ged that it might not be confounded with any other fubjed ; but that it might be fully, calmly, and maturely difcuffed ; until then, he lhould re ferve what he had to fay on the fubjeCt. He con ceived that that thing, called Catholic Emancipa pation was not properly undcrftood. It was there fore of the hi heft importance, not only to Ireland but even to Great Britain, that the fubjeet fliould be fo difcufTed as to place it in its true point of View. It was, us fhort, a queftion which involved the deareft interefts of the Brats Conftitution and the Church Ellablillinient, and lhould be confider ed not only on the principles of policy, but of to leration—he meant a fair and rational toleration. It had been truly Isid, on a former day, by a No ble Friend of Isis, that tile Church Eliabliflunent mutt be fupported, not for the purpofe of confer. ring power on the Church, but that the State might be religious. Ile had again to beg of the Noble Lord, and he would even take the liberty of mentioning it as an advice, .hat he would not fuffer any other topic to be confounded with this quettion. A motion for a general enquiry into the State of the Country flood for Monday next, and perhaps it would be better if the Noble Lord would defer his motion till after that day. While lie was fpeaking on this fubjeCt he would juft take the opportunity of expreffing the extreme regret he felt at tne change in his Majelly's Councils, and he Rill more regretted that a circumfiance of fuch a nature as that he was alluding to, ihould occalion the bell friends to be feparatcd from each other, and deprive the Country of the benefit of the molt exalted talents, which, at this trying and perilous moment, were nccetTary for its fillvation. Lord Hoi.LANo laid, that provided the new ar va:sgetEcnts fhould be fettled by Friday next, he f.sw no inconvenience that could follow from his bringing forward his motion on that day. The objea of his motion c rtainly was to have laid be fore the Houle all fuels papers and documents as went to thew how far the expeetation of the Irith Catholics had been railed—what promifes had been made them—whether thefe promifes were to be fulfilled—and how far this bufinefs had given rife to the late change in his Majefly's Councils? Lord AUCKLAND again repeated, that his only object in addreffing the Houfe was to have that queftion feparately difcuffed. Lord HOLLAND was about to addrefs the Moore again, when he was called to order by the Chan cellor. _ _ _ _ . No deciilon was made as to the day for bring ing forward the motion. A Gentleman from the Admiralty prefented at the Bar an Account of the State and Condition of certain Settlements on the Coal" of Africa. Adjourned to Thurfday. HOUSE OF COMMONS. Mr. WINDNAM moved for Ir3V , to bring in the Mutiny —Ordered ; and that M.. Windham and Mr. Ryder &mild prepare and bring in the fame. Mr. W. DUNDAE CH, that as the Call of the Honfe lined for the 3d of March, he rote to more that an Honourable Relative of his, the Lord Advocate of Scotland, who was prevenett by ledifeefahk habil( fs from anew:int, fhould have leave ot ah. fenec until the soth of Keel —;.tave granted. VOTE OF THANKS TO MR. ADDINGTON!. The S: FAKER role, and, addrceing Mr. Ad 4ftrton, raid, that he felt particular pleafure in preKnting to him the Thanks which the Houfe had unanimonfly voted him on the preceding day, for the exemplary manner in which, during a period of twelve years, he had dtfcharged the du _s of that nation from which lie had lately retired, aTuring him, that tht. unciai:ucal evidence lac. had given, under the molt trying circuratiances, of his attachment to the Conftitution, the ability integrity, and unremitting attention he had evin ced in the exercife of his Parliamentary duties, had deferved and obtained him the refped and gratitude of the Houfe." The Speaker added, that were he to indulge his private feelings, he might expatiate more at large on the fubjea ; but he was aware he could offer nothing in addition to the terms in which the vote of the Houle had defcribed the fervices of his Right Hon. Friend— he would not therefore attempt to weaken the ex preffions of that vote, but content himfelf with' conveying the fentiments of the Houfe in the manner and the language in which they had de creed it. _ _ • Mr. ADDINGTON raid, it was with fentiments of the molt fincere and heart-felt gratitude he had heard the Vote of Thanks with which the Houfe had been kind enough to honour him—to have en joyed their good opinion, would he the pride and comfort of his life. It was uniformly his find!, to difcharge the duties of that nation to which the Houfe had fo often advanced him, with fidelity and attention ; and he mutt ever feel happy in the reflation, that his conduft had met their approba tion. The Chair, he was perfuaded, would by his retirement experience no Ids of that dignity of charater and urbanity of manners which was fo neceffary to preferve the regulated freedom of de bate. They had provided agailift it by the elation of a Speaker to whom his thanks were particularly due—while to the Houle he felt himfclf indebted by every duty of attachment, veneritiln, and gratitude, which could bind the feelings of an in dividual to the first Affernbly on earth. Ordered, on the motion of Mr. Pitt, that the Addrefs of the Speaker to Mr. Addington; with Mr. Addington's Anfwer, be printed in the Vptes of the Houle. COMMITTEE OF SUPPLY. Mr. BR AGGE brought up the Report of the Com mittee of Supply. On the &it Refolution being read by the Clerk, Mr. Jot.t.trst rofe to exprels his difapprobation of the manner in which the propofed augmenta tion of the army was meant to be raifed, and to a(k the Right Hon. the Secretary at War, whe ther the railing of one thoufand Cavalry, in the prefent fcarcity of corn, was an eligible meafure ? As they were not that kind of force which could be of effential ufe at prefent, unlefs it was intended to attack France, the progrefs of Inclofure: in the country rendering it difficult for fuch a force to ad, lie fubmitted that it would be better to make that addition to the Infantry. Mr. WINDHAM faid, the . refolution before the Houfe contained an anfwer to the Hon. Gentle man's queflion. It was true, there might be no ne ceffity for the employment of the Cavalry, but it was with the view to the poffibility of Inch an oc. cafion, which no man could pleafantly contemp late, that the augmentation propofed was brought forward : and he could :jure the Hon. Gentleman, the neceffity for fuch an increafe, and the ufe to which it might be applied if necelfary, even in this country, was fuggelted by great military opinions. The obje4tion hated by the Hon. Gentleman, re lative to the confumption of corn, had not diffi dent validity to forbid a necelfary increafe of the army in the prefent hate of the country. The fe vend Refolutions be ing read and agreed to, Mr. PITT moved, that they thould be taken into confideration to-morrow. REPEAL OF THE BROWN BREAD BILL. Mr. RYDER moved, that the Bill for the Repeal of the Aft of laR Seffion, prohibiting the manufac ture of Bread from fine Flour, (hould be read a fecond time. Mr. Wiessieroxca BIRD ra:cl, he did not rife to oppofe the propofition of the Right Hon. Gentle man, but to requeft his particular attention to the growing price of Corn. It appeared to him that fome frauds or mifmanagement mull be praailed from the time the Corn arrives in the River Thames till it is brought to market; otherwife how came it that, notwithltanding the meritorious economy of all ranks of people, the vaft importation of Grain, and that the warehowes from Limelioul'e to Vs ellminfter-bridge were now glutted with Wheat, no reduction had taken place in the price? All experiments in Bread had been found to an-' fwer no material purpofe: the fault lay elfewhere, and it ought to be inquired into and corrected. The learcaty was Rill fo diflreffing in diftant parts of the country, whore markets were operated up on by the rates in London, that in the part he be longed to, the Poor Rates were railed from ns. in the pound to 235. and that not in land merely hut on aaual flock. The Houfe would form a judg ment how the middle clafres muff be affeaed, when they were informed, that out of 26,000 perfons generally engaged in one branch of ma nufaaure (the filk), rB,OOO were now out of em ployment. Mr. RYDER raid, the rubjea of fcarcity involved a number of confederations, each of which the Committee appointed for the purpore had en deavoured to attend to. They thankfully received, and maturely invcftigated the information of every man; and he fubmitted to the Hon. Gentleman whether it would not be more prudent to make his communications to that Committee, (as was the praaice in all Inch cafes during the 'all Salon) where he might be allured that any arguments he fhould advance, or any remedy he Ihould purpofe, would be molt rerpeafully confidered—than by offering fuch ltatements in that Houk as could be produaive of no praaical life, and might be taken advantage of by evil.difrofed perfons for the moll mifchicvous purpores. Lord SHEEFIELD raid, he was lorry he was not prefent yefterday when the Right Hon. Gentle. man (Mr. Ryder) moved the entire repeal of the Aa in quellion. He had underftood that it was a partial repeal, or modification, that was pro ' poled. Plc lhoul.l not at this time difpnte the ex pediency of repealing or modifying the Aa, yet i he conceived the principle remained perfetly found and good, and sex - by no means affeaed by any of the evidence or arguments that have been brought againft it. Ile obl'erved that no meafut e had a chance of fuccefs which was to be maita7Ted 1 ant formed into a law by thole who did not it well, and which was to be (44 . 175:1int:1 exectr• tion by fome who have uniformly oppofed it. He alfo obferved, that the flour or bread now made under that AEt was much coarfer than was iii tended. It was originally propofed that from about fix to about nine pound's of creole pollard, according to the quality of the grain, fliould be taken from a bufhel of wheat, but according to the new mode of dreffing meal by the means of bruflies through a wire cylinder, the whole of the wheat may be made to pars through it, even wheat of the worit qualities; and he o,feryed that cloths drefs finer than wire, and foreign wheat requires finer cloth to make equally good meal. It was Paid the demand for inferior Britifh wheat was decreafed, and . .vas much increafed for the fine, which might be accounted for by this circum flance, that the fine are wanted to mix with the coarfe pollards, which were taken from the flour ufed before the At took place, and all() to mix with the coarfe foreign wheat that was on hand..l He laid the Al certainly had not had a lair ex periment ; the adulteration had been excti:ive. He yielded to the acclamation for repeal, bee:ink ; no effelual mode of preventing adulteration that may be unwholefonie, or to decreafe the prejn. I dices of the People, had been propoled. He de fired not to be under(lood to mean that adultera tion takes place only in refpe& to brown bread ; full as great a degree of it was praClifed in making I white bread; but the People were difpofed ;o (wallow every thing contentedly that was given them of the white fort. The fmall difference of price between the white and the brown was brought forward as an argument againft the ACT, viz. ten !billings per lack, or leven farthings the quartern loaf; he fetid, lie could not difcover why the difference was not greater, but Inch experi ence as h 6 had, taught him that there might be one-fourth difference. He had, before the Al took place, circled a confiderable quantity of bread, nearly of the quality intended by the ACI, to be made and fold to particular dekriptions of perfons at two-thirds of the price of London white bread ; he did not conceive he had any great pro fit, but he was not a Infer, and the bread was fo good and well liked that he could not completely fatisfy the demand for it. He wifhcd to thew that brown bread was wholefome when not adulter ated, and that it was not univerfally difliked ; it was ufed in many places before the palling of the Mt. He thought a total repeal would be a de claration againit the ufe of Inch bread ; that it would raife a clamour againft all thole who had exerted themfclves for the purpofe of diminillung the confumption of wheat, and would. turn the country look from all ideas of management. He wifhed, therefore, fomething fhould be fubflituted in the Bill of Repeal; it would only teaze and perplex the country to have a Bill relative to brown bread brought forward fome time hence, and he delired it might be underctood that he did not objett to the repeal of the limitation to one kind of dour, becaufe the adulteration is fo great that the flatutable bur is laid to difagree, parti-j cularly with children, and he did not with to run any rides in that refpett. Mr. Buxroa dilapproved of the brown bread, and fupported the Bill before the Houfe. He was allured that from the fuperior conftruetion of the machinery in mills, &c. at prcfent, as much of the nutritious particles were obtained from the dreffing of wheat as could poffibly be had, and that the injurious flour in brown bread tended by no means to augment the fupply, while the At gave rife to the manufafture of a very had fpecies 1 of bread. He had a fpecimen fent up to him from the country, which was fcandalous to difiri bute to any human creature. _ _ _ Mr. YoaKE laid, he gave his fupport to the A& of laft Seffion at the time of its enaehnent, under the opinion that it would be ferviceable in the el ating fcarcity, but he now found that it produced no advantages to contravene the difficulties and the complaints reftilting from the execution of it, nor was it prodnelive of the laving that Gentle men expeeled. He oppofed the idea of intro ducing any claufes into the Bill before thr Houle which might delay its progrefs—it Walk an ohjeet to carry the Bill through as quick as poffible. The views of thole Gentlemen who withed to give Bakers the liberty of Rill making brown bread, might be anfwered by bringing in a fcparate Bill. In his opinion the itet of the 36th of tl,e King, ' which the Bill before the Houfe would leave an full force, fecured to Bakers the licence demanded. He concluded by feconding the idea of hii Right Honourable Friend, that it would be far more proper that fuck-faits as thole Rated by the Ho nourable Gentleman oppofite fhould be communi cated to the Committee. Mr. VANS' TTTTT was againft the total repeal of the Bill, conceiving that the stanufaCture of various kinds of mixed bread, which was certainly of material benefit, would be thereby difeantinued, and might nut. be again efreftually introduced. He thought it would be eafy to repeal all the corn pulfive parts of the Bill, and yet retain thofe elaufes which were favourable to the manufaCture of other fpecies of Bread betides Wheaten. ' Mr. \Visite roacr BIRD explained. He con felled his attendance at the Committee was not very regular, but conceived it unjitft he fhould therefore be deprived of the privilege of uttering in that Houle whatever faits he might deem im portant, relative tri the fubjeEt in queftion. Mr. RYDER %AMd to explain why it was thought necegrary to repeal the Bill is tato. It was, he laid, becaufe thole claufes which allowed the manufaCture of other fpecies of Bread betides Wheaten, were fo interwoven, by means of various references, with the other part of the Bill, that they crittia not be rendered of any ufe alone ; and it fliould be remembered, that the difcontinuance of the manufaaure Of mixed Bread, alluded to by the Honourable Gentleman (Mr.Vanfittart) could not take place, fince the repeal of this Bill wou'd have the immediate effeet of reviving the Aft of the 35th of his prefent Majefly, which went to that precife objeft. The Biil was then read a fecund time, paced through a Committee, and was ordered to be read a third time to-morrow, if then engroffed.— LONDON. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY t!. Asit-Wtoscsonv.—Holiday at the Public pliEcet PRICE OF STOCKS YESTTRDAY. Bank Stock 1.. Ann. 271 7-16 3 per C. Red. 561 57 Short Ann.s 3 per C. Conf. 56 55/ 561.11 1111 1).3 per Cent. 4 per C. C. 76/ Imp. Ann. xcil 13-16 5 per C. Navy 901 92190/ Conf. for Acc.s6iii Ditto Loyalty sizt Omn. for Receipts / 2/ Donuts, FEL ri.—Price of Stocks this day : 5 per C. Gov. Deb. 801-6 per C. Treaf. Bills 99. Difpatches, dated the firit ult. have &en re. ceived at the Admiralty from Lord KITH and Sir RALPH ABERCILOMBIE. The Expedition tin. der their command had left Rhodes, and at the date of the advices, was within two days fail of Egypt. The troops had been greatly rcfrelhed by touching at the Greek Wands, and were in ge. nzral good health. Thefe difpatches (late that two French tranf ports, bound for Alexandria, out of fix which failed from Toulon, had been taken ; that two had efcaped the vigilance of our cruizers, and Lad got into Alexandria ; one had foundered, and one was Rill at fea. They had taken a veftel from Alexandria, on board of which was TALLIER, whom General MENou had fent, with feveral other Frenchmen, to Europe, for having fomented intrigues among his troops. If credit is to be given to their account, General MENOI/ was by no means prepared to expel fo large a force as that Under Sir RALPH ABERCROMBIE, particularly if General CRAIG flrould be able to co-operate with it from Suez. It was determined to at tempt the defcent as loon as meafures could be taken with the GRAND VIZIER at Jaffa for his afTiflance and co-operation. The French, however, will not be difpleafed at four out of fix veffels not reaching their deftina tion. Two out of that number is more, perhaps, than they could expert to reach Alexandria under all the prefent circumftances. We have the pleafure to learn, that the fqua dron under Admiral GANTHEAUME has not ef caped the vigilance of our fleets. Advices have been received from Sir ROBERT CALDER, com manding a divifion of the Channel fleet, which mention that he was in fight of the enemy, whofe !hips were in a crippled hate, having experienced very bad weather. Mr. Ross, the Mellinger, whofe arrival from the North has been fo long anxiouily expefted, reached town yellerday. He brings the refult of the Negociations which our Court has attempted, in the hope of adjuiling our differences with the Northern Powers. We have reafon to apprehend all our endeavours have proved fruitlefs. We now underhand that Mr. SHAMS. left St. Pe terfburgh in confequence of an intimation that his IMPERIAL MAJESTY would not permit any per fon to reticle in his dominions who held any civil commit:Gm from the KING Of GREAT BRITAIN ; and he therefore brings nothing aufpicious to peace from that quarter. _ _ - This day we received French Journals to the ta.th inftant inclufive. The official paper, le Moni tear, contains a Copy of the Treaty of Peace con cluded between France and Auftria—a moil im portant hate paper, and which, in fad, may be confidercd as the bafis of a new fyftem rerpeCling the rovcreignty of Europe. How long will it laft ? For ever! Pays the Treaty : but every one knows that in the Diplomatic dietionary, for ever," means till either partY charge their mind. The new alliances forming againft England, if once fufficiently extended, mull. fact- the fame fate as the confederacy againft France. There alliances have in them, always, fomething of the ftrength of iron, but it is iron mixed with mu day* which, as loon as dry:7o pervades the mars, be comes fragil, and falls in 'pieces, either before or after thy accomplifh apart only of their purpofe. A change of fyflem is introduced into Europe. Where will it flop ?—Not where the itfirumente in. tend ! We fubjoin a Trardlation of die Treaty, on which we [hall only obferve ;t prefent, that as a return for the attachment of Spain, the sth arti cle aipulates, that a Prince of that Houfe is to have the Sovercignty of Tufcany conferred on him. ►ARTS, FED. 12. Letters from Amiterdam of the 4th int. Rate, that a Ruffian Admiral arrived there on the ;tit ult. who had afterwards fevcral conferences with the Minifter for Foreign Affairs, and the French Admiral &tuts ; after which Couriers were dd. patched for Paris and Peteriburg. We are allured from Holland, that the Ruffian troops in France will not return to Ruffia, but will be cmployed with the confcnt of PAUL I. in co-operating with the French and Battvian Troops, in expeditions directed againli England. The fame letters announce, that an intimation had been lent to the Englith embander at Stock. holm to quit that capital within three days. General Bs cLavEw arrived haft night from Lu. n:rille. He was charged by Citizen Jossrn 80. II rmt rr, Miniller Plenipotentiary for negotiating Ell= 3 ( the Bo: cha lots Pea the Rip' Paid to k Ea bot] prel lam full, jthy, ft. &neje zd. to the Rhine, Repub, latter V. It the Gran la and and t h e ; as om the hkreafter by his Th full and — The GI ll_