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£d ST HOUSE. Yeflerday it Central Court of Proprietors of Ealindia Stock, affembled at the India Houle, purfuant to notice given for that purpofe, in order to take into confideration the following motion, v iz. That the houfe and furriture purcbaled by the Court of Di redtors for the accommodation of the late Prdident of the Board of Commiffioners for the Affairs of India be ecmfirmed to him during his life, in the manner defigncel by the Court of Di r edors, by their Ref°he ions of the scth Auguß and loth Fe bruary lat., as an additional and fpontaneous math of the gra titude and refpret of the Cow... ±f Proptietors for the fervices rendered by him to the Company. The CHAIRMAN acquainted the Court, that a letter had been received from tile Right Hunour. able HENRY DUNDAS on the above fuojdt, which was read. This letter, addreffed to the Chairman, contained the fentiments of Mr. Durres, refpdt ink the very liberal condua of the Proprietors in their late refolutions in his favour. He Paid, he felt the utmoft gratitude for their expreflions of kindnefs towards him, for any fervices it might have been in his plwer to render the Company. lie felt alfo the force of their diflinguillied libe rality in requetting his acceptance of a place of refidence in Dowatng-ftreet ; bnt at the fame time difapproved of the meafure, as it appeared likely to be mifreprefented, and, were his opinion to be admitted, he ihould certainly advice his friends to vote °pig the motion, conferring upon him, dur ing life; the houfe and furniture purchafed by the Company in Downing-ftreet. Mr. CHISHOLME then moved, that the houfe and furniture in Downing-ftreet, which were purchafed by the Company, for the dwelling and accommo dation of the Prefident of the Board of Commit !loners for the AfFairs of India be committed to fait, and the proceeds thereof carried to the credit of the Company. This motion being feconded, Mr. LAW introduced another motion, which met with objelion as to its regularity in point of form. This produced t, a very long and tedious converfa tion, in which Sir STEPHEN LVSHINGTON, Mr. ADAIR, and Mr. TWINING took part. The Com pany's Counfel, Mr. Roes, was repeatedly called upon . to explain the. informality of Mr. LAw's motion, which had the appearance of an amend went on a motion made upon the original quer tion. At length the fubjea of the mouon was ad journed,-J re die! ' • SIR SIDNEY SMITH. The CHAIRMAN Rated to the Court, that the Court of DireEtors had taken into confederation the matter referred to them at the laft General Court rerpeiting the remuneration to be given by the Company to Commodore Sir SIDNEY SMITH, for hil gallant conduit before Acre, in conduiling the liege of that place for 61 days, and repulfing General AONAPARTI / and that they had refolved to recommend to the General Court, that Sir SID. NIT SMITH be prefented with the furn of 30001. as a reward for his dißinguilhed fervices on that °coition. This being fibmitted to the General Court, paired unanimoufiy. COMMERCIAL PAPER& Mr. MOOCH sun role to enquire why any delay was made in the pttblication of the papers for the perufal of the Proprietors, rerpeaing the enlarge ment of the private trade from India. Sufficient time, he thought, had been given for the produc tion of thefe papers, which were of the utmoß im portance to the merchant and the private trader. The CHAIRMAN informed the Court, that the papers alluded to refpeaing the private trade with , a and this country, had engaged the very ferious attention of the Court of Dircaors and the Right Honourable the Prefident of the Board of Comma:Goners for the Affairs of India ; that they were now in the prefs, and would be fubmitted to the confideration of the Proprietors in a few days. Mr. Timone; raid a few words on the fubjea, and contended that no unneceffary delay in the produaion of the papers had been made. The Court then adjourned. Yellerday being Maunday Thurfday, his MA mres annual donation was dillributed at White. hall Chapel, by the Rev. Dr. VINCENT, Sub-Al. rimier, to as many poor men and women, as the Knso is years old, in commemoration of the Pair over. The diltrefed perfons, to the number of Ira, being feated at the tables, after a fuitable ayer to the ALMIGHTY for his blefling on the bounty, were each fupplied with a ration of and bread, and a large bowl of fifh, confifting falmon trout, falt Sib, and herrings : and af terwards were (creed with a cup of wine and ale to drink his MAJ sari's health. In the afternoon the fame number of perfons at tended divine ferrite in the Chapel, where Prayers were read by the Rev. Dr. Mom' (one of the Minor Canons of St. Paul's) ; the Gofpe . l being ' taken f rom t h e aft h Ch a pt er of St. Matthew, v. 34, and 35 : a Cow yr obit/ Cedires goy F. - rNsit, inherit sips kivhe Priered fir Po fr" she faushistio Fate ',era Fir I war as issfest s t cod ye pa or meta was thirh ail ysow me drill, svu laird and ye elided ler.'°&c. to the cosclufson of the 4(4 vale. After the Prayers were concluded Dr. Caorr's „, mach - admired Anthem, taken fmm the loath palm: " Prasfi the Loath 0 fey AIM was fung uy *FM BARTLIMAIII NIILD, and KNYVITT, !mt. with the yo ung Gentlemen of the Chapel. Royal. The performance had a moll fublima ef t The Rev. Dr. VlMcsMr then delivered to perfons as follows : fufficient quantity of cloth for a mat, kith cloth for flirts, a pair of Moe., and a Fair of Rockings, in which was enelokd a one Tasnd note, and a leathern bag, which contained many filver pieces as his MAJIITY is years old, v t., 54 pennies, t two pence, t threepence, and. 1 1:!r-pe nn y pi ece . tke Poraless.—A fuffieient quantity of Ruff for Rtt n, Ira cloth for shifts, a pair of (hoes, the l ' i r" At the men, ame feral ark, and the Cant %-'"irty of River money. 4 ft,r this diftribution they again received a cup I 'lit, and then departed with cheerful and te•allifil hearts. krides the Royal bounty, YeaajaP a g reat Limber of diiireired perloni have received misty 4 . 4 '11 the week, at the office, in tkodandlaid• cnT BUSINESS. Yeaerdsy a Court of Common Council was held at Guilaall, at which Were prefent the Lord Mayor, Mr. Reccrdtr, Mr. Common Serjeaut, fix Aldermen, and upwards of 160 Commoners. The proceedings of the laR Court being read and confirmed, . Mr. Alderman Curris prefented a petition from the Whartingers, Lightermen, and others, refl. dent in the City of London and Borough of South wark, and interefied in the Navigation of the River Thames ; which, after being read, was ordered to lie on the table. Mr. WADD laid belDre the Court a Report from the Thames Navigation Committee, on re-con fidering their Reports relpeel:ng the Croydon and Grand Surry Canals, and the Iron Railway, (Eat ing, they had no cattle to deviate from their opi nion, and referred the Court to their original Re ports. The Report of the fame Committee on the Pe tition of the Subfcribers to the Croydon Canal was read, requefting permiflion to communicate with the River Thames, on paying an acknowledge ment annually for the lots the tolls might fuftain. A motion having . been made to agree with the prayer of their Petition, Mr. WAITHMAN moved an amendment, that all the words after " That," be lett out, and the fol lowing fubftituted, viz. " This report be referred back to the fidd Com mittee to reconfider ; and that they he infiruded to confider how far the propofed Canal would he in jur!otts to perfons concerned in the Trade and the Navigation of the River Thames, and report their opinion to the next court. Mr. Deputy GOODEEH ERE feconded the amend ment, and a debate of confider:tide length took place ; on the queflion being put, die motion, as amended, was twgativcd. It was then moved that the Ser.l of the City be affixed to the Bill, and was agreed to. Two Reports of the fame Committee of the Subfcribers to the Surry Canal and Iron Railway Company, were read ; and it was alit agreed and ordered, that the City's Seal Ihould be affixed o thefe Bills. The inhabitants of the Ward of Tower prefented a Petition by Alderman Curtis, praying that part of Lower Thames-fireet, oppofite the Cullom houfe, might be widened ; which was referred to the Committee for Letting the City Lands to ex amine and report to the next Court. The Coal and Corn Committee reported on the Bill pending in the Houfe of Commons for regu lating the Coal Trade, was read, and referred back to the &id Committee to take inch Ileps as they fhotild be advifed to invell the power therein mentioned in the Court of Aldermen. The City's Reprefentatives in Parliament were inflruEted to fupport the alteration to be made in the faid bill. _ _ The fame Committee reported on the Petition of the Deputy Corn Meters refpecqing an increafe of one per.ny per ha on all grain, which the Court agreed to, and referred it back to the Committee to carry it into execution. Mr. Jamas EN sot; moved, That it be an ;dime lion to the fame Committee to lay before the pub lic, in the newfpapers, a weekly account of all Corn imported in the Port of London, which was unanimoufly agreed to. Mr. Remembrancer laid before the Court a Bill pending in the Houfe of Commons, for building a Pier at Sheernefs, which after being read . was re• ferred to the Thames Navigation Committee, to confider and report their opinion thereon to the next Court. The Bridgemafters or Wardens of London. bridge laid before the Court, the Receipts, Dif burfiments and Revenue of the Bridge-houfe Eftates, from Chriltmas, 1799, to Chriamas, I Roo, which after being read was ordered to lie on the Table. The Court broke up at half paft three o'clock. A Prayer of Thankfgiving has been offered up in all the Churches in the Hanoverian Dominions on account of the Knto's recovery. Mr. VADISITTALT is not arrived in London, from Denmark, as has been reported. Lord WYCOMBR palled through Turin about the middle oflaft month, on his way from Florence to Paris, with a French palrport. In obedience to a requifition from the War- Office, the out-penfioners of Chelfea hofpital, in the counties of York, Derby, and Nottingham, ambled at Sheffield on Monday and Tuefday left ; when they were examined, and a great num ber (elated for garrifon duty. Yefterday the Light Horfe Volunteers had a general mufter, previous to the commencement of their Field-days for the feafon. General MOREAU and his wife are gone to vifit the famous falt-pits in the Bifhopric of Saltrburgh, which, when illuminated, prefent the appearance of a palace of diamonds. Mousy has already ken this fpeitacle, hitherto referred only for crowned heads. It is again to be illuminated for the gratification of Madame MOREAU. The Ruffian troops that were prifoneis in France are not to return home, as was intended, but are to be encamped with a large body of French near Dunkirk. General Moasau is to have the com mand of all the troops that are to be affembled on the line of coaft from Havre to Oftend. The Lords Lieutenant of Devon and Somerfet went down poll, in order to arrange matters with the Magiftrates, for the reftoration of order in thole counties. Government have tent down Mr. CONANT, one of the Police Magiftrates, into York!hire, in or• der to 1401 the juftices of that county in taking the necefrary evidence againft the principal rioters of that county. At the Corn Exchange on Wednefilay, Whcat was not dearer, and fine Flour met little or no alteration. ENGLISH STATS LOTTSTRV.—Twentyeighth Day.—No. 84°6, a prize of 2.cool.—Nos. 5 r,425, 30,214, prizes of gool—Nos. 1,600, 28,121, 30451, Pte' ofiool.—No. 47,26 th a prise of sol. NAUTICAL INTELLIGENCE MAILS THIS DAY.—Wind N. E. /tilt ME, ✓ Hamlin rgh , March .7, I Dublin, March 29, • Donaghadon, March Watcrfuril, March 29, • Jerfcl•, March 31, • Guernlcy, Aptil 1, FALMOUTH, MARCII 3t. nut, Arrived the (hip Trelawny Planter, Capt. —, from Plymouth, for Surinam ; and the American flip /Wive, Capt. M.Douotii.t., from London, for Philadelphia ; and failed again this evening. Pared this Port this day the outward-bound Lifbon and Mediterranean fleets, under convoy of the St. FIOR &NZ° and 3ANTA MAtoaterrrafrigates. —Sailed the SURPRIZE fchooner, Capt. Ros- IC URGE, to join the above fleet, for Litbon.—YeC. terday failed the American !hip Katy, Captain PH /LL! Fs, for New York, and a fleet of velrels from Yarmouth, with grain, for Liverpool.—On Sunday ha arrived the American brig Lucy Ann, Capt. IticHALDSON, from Alexandria, with boa) barrels of flour, to difcharge at this port.-.-Wind freth to the Eallward. nymouTH, APRII, z. Came in the brig Perfeverance, of and from Newcaffic, Captain ANDREW attorr,laden with coals, for a market ; fhe was captured by the Flying Fill, French logger privateer, pierced for 14 guns, but having only fix mounted, and re taken by the Pt yNo writ lugger, of 16 guns, Lieutenant ELttorr ; the privateer had taken the brig Peggy and Poll), from Sunderland, laden with coals, which velrel would have been re-cap tured alfo, had not the Flying FA lhcwn a difoo lition to fight, but this was only a feint made to enable the other prize to cfcape, and the lugger then made off; the crew of the Perfeverance, ex cept two boys, are on board the privatt:er.—Sailed the EXCELLENT, et 74 guns, Capt. SIOYEORD, on cruifc. SHEERNLSS, APRIL s. Sailed yaterday his Majefly's (loop GANNETT, Captain COTGRAVY.—The .RACKe R,ATTAC K,and METEOR, gun-brigs, arrived this day to be re paired; and the Sett DWELL guu brig, Lieutclunt REDDY, failed for Yarmouth. YARMOUTH, APRIL 2. refterd.ty arrived a fleet of Merchzntmen from Hamburgh, under convoy of the Ritmo,. !loop and a cutter. This day arrived the North Sea fleet, under the Command of Admiral DICKSON, from a cruife off die coat of Holland. Arrived the KING GkORGE packet, with Mails, General GRANAIII, Colonel Hors, and feveral Paffengers from Cuxhaven. The KING GEORGE, FLYN, With Mails and Pat fengers, is prevented from failing in confequence of contrary winds. FROM LLOYD'S LIST. DFAL,ATRIL 2.—Sailed the Nam ESIS and TER r -11CHORE frigates, and the RESOLUTION lugger, on a cruise. Wind N. E. GRAVESEND, APRIL 2.—Palled by, the Two Brothers, Jacoes, from Altona ; 011 ego, —; Patriots, HALL; John and Peter, —; Lady Agnetta, ; Johanna, ; Vrow Elizabeth, —; Hope, FURNACE; Vrow Catharina,—; and Johanna Elizabeth, SWAAT, from Hamburgh. —Sailed the Atalanta, CUMMINGS, for Africa. KINGSTON, JAMAICA, DECEMBER 17. .On Thurfday his Majefty's Ship Lowtsrort a, Captain PLAMPIN, arrived from a cruize, with an American Blip, her prize. We are affured that Captain PLAMPIN, during his cruize, fpokc a veirel that had been boarded on the aad of November, by his Majefty's flip 1) %CFI, for the Safety of which there has been fo atad h rea fon to be apprehenfive. It appears froin this in. formation that the BASET was then cririzing, and that General Kaox was not (al board of her; a circumftance which, when compared v.ith the in formation of the matter of a neutral veal, who declared he had ken General Kr:or at St. Chrido. pines, about the ill inftant, may give very teeing hopes of his fikty, though there appears nothing to account for his detention. Jaw. t write frrm Savanna-k-Mar, that, the brig Union, Captain MITCH LLL, belringinf.,7 to Kingfton, had an ived at that place, Ater having been taken by a French privateer, and retaken by the VotAcs. They plundered her of what was portable, when they Saw the mutt be retaken : amongit they reft were nine chells of arms and ac coutrements, for the militia of that parifh. Jaw. I 7.-111tTlligence has been received of the capture of the brig Alert, from this port ; the was on a trading voyage to the Bay of Mexico, and had landed only a Small part of her cargo, when the was fallen in with by a Spanifli brig of fitperior force, to which lie was obliged to Surrender. . A Spanifh fela,oner, laden with peafe, prize to his Majelly% Ship Rrirar.r R, and the American brig Greyhound, fi om Jaemel bound to Charlet . - t ((((( with coff.:e, detained by his blajelly's Ship Caivrso, in.(' on Sunday evening. We learn that the,Spandir fchnoner Efperrinin, Captain R P/4A F t COT to, which failed froin this port for the Sriiilh Main, on the aath o,"tober tall, was detained on the 3d intl. off Point Negril, by his Majefty's (hip la Vot.aos, and arrived at Port Royal on Wednefday fe'unight. She hum board 39,u00 Jonas s- JAN. 24.-.-The Daraadlo(l7lC: Hope, SMITU ) froth St. Domii , v, with feven pafienger,, four . women and dlr.: men, arrived on Sunday.— They . inform, that 'roc f:A N T was within three miles oldie city of St. Domingo, which occatioiled their departure ; and that they had every reafon to believe he wipild ham be in complate poffellion of the whole of the Spattiib part of that illand. Ja v. 3 h—The Spanifh 11.11:ioner Nettllra Senora del Carnicn, from this port, bound to Porto Ca vclli,, with dry good.;, detained by hi:. Majefty'S fhip CIRCE, arrived on 'llatriday ; X')a Danifh feliouner horn St. Tlionta,'s, ckzained by his Ma jeily fhip LARK. FALMOUTH, DECEMBER 3z. On the sth of this month, about five o'clock in the evening, a Nall felucca picaroon appeared oft this harbour, rowing eight fweeps on a fide, in chace of a fchooner (landing in for this port : at this time there was very little wind, the fchooner had out two oars, but the felucca gained on her fall ; which being perceived by John Dickfon *Laughlin, a free black fifherman, he went out armed in a large canoe, with fix hands, and fuc ceeded in taking the velfel in tow : as foon as that was ken by the privateer, a mufket was difeharged from her, which was boldly returned by the Mei-. man, followed by a fecund and third, when the maurauder hauled his wind and gave up the clam The fchooner was brought in fate, and proved to be a Spanifli trader from hlontego-Bay, bound to Cuba. A N I.' APL Y 2 B.—A rrived Sir A. Hammond, Capt. Timm ' , sox, from London, and Richard, PERRIN, from Dry litrhour. S:r A. Hammond is one of the London outward-bound Jamaica fleet, which failed from Pcrtfmouth on the 7th December, numbering atont zoo fail for the different iGands, under convoy of his Majefty's filipS A NDROMEDA, abd GARLAND. CAW.TH OM P SON parted with the fl.:ct in a very heavy gale of wind, on the 14th of December, which Lifted 48 hours: he tt.atc, that from the length at:d feverity of the fame, lie has every reafun to believe the whole of the fleet meal have been dilperfed. He arrived at Barbadoes on the t3th init. failed from thence on the isth. and arrived at this port en Sunday laft. —During hi flay :it Barliadoes, only two of the fleet arrived there, vir.thz hip Mar-, Capt. CRAW. , OP.U, with troops for Martinique, and the {hip Tliarm:s, tor Tubago : they had feen nothing of the fleet :diet Inc gale. According to letters from Amlerdam, dated March .21. the Swedith Admiral CRONSTAOr was received at the Hague with the greatcft diftinaion. That Admiral is expeaed there with Admiral De WINTER. It appears from every preparation, that the fleet will fail from the Texel very loon. A flotilla, to be comps:4;A of a number of glut-boats, cutters, &c. and three frigates, is equip?ing with (peed ; its deftinatinn is unknown. The feamen of the St:eel's frigate, the fire. (hip, and the cutter, taken in the Mediterranean by GANTHT AVM L'S fquadron, are to be fent to Minorca from Toulon, and an equal number of feamen font from hence to France. The Officers of thofe velfsh are upon their parole. Capt. EnwarD BRACE is appointed to the corn mand of the NsPTI.IVE man of war, on board of which (hip Admiral GA 7•1111EI: is to hoiß his flag to join the Channel fleet. By the matter of a malting Yea arrived in the River on Wednefday hat we are informed, that on Friday evening Lift the Harmony and another veffel lying at Tyncmouth harbour, bound for London with Foods, plate, and furniture, belong. ing to the Right Honourable Lord DELAVALL. with ten of his Lordfhip's fervants, were cut out of the harbour by a French privateer, who pro ceeded to fca with the prizes, after having landed the palfengers within a few miles of the fpot.— There were hopes entertained, however, that they would be met with before they gained any of the French ports. We gave in this Paper, on Tuefday, the refult of 3 the Court of Enquiry, held at Sheernefs, on Rear Admiral TOTTY and the furviving Officers of his Majeay's (hip INVISCIELF, in confeqnence of the lofs of that !hip ; but as we had not then the means of being acquainted with the particular cir cumftanees of the evidence, fo honourable to the Admiral, Officers, and Crew, it gives us great fit. tisfluftion to be now able to Ripply that deficiency by the following flatement After the Court was fworn, Rear-Admiral Tor- TY'S narrative, in a letter to the Admiralty, del. eribing the melancholy fate of that fhip and the greater part of her crew, was read, and fworn to by thc Rear Admiral, and proved by all the far. to be a jolt and faithful flatement. It went tc prove, tbat the lot's of the (hip was folely ow. ins; t. the ignorance of the Pilot and Matter, who was himielt a North-Sea Pilot, for from Yarmouth Roads, or rather after getting through the ll:icicle, the (hip was (leering with a free wind, and till halt an hour before the Renck they hld the advantage of the lani in tight to ay! When the ftruck, the Pilot and Mailer art rted that it mutt boon a bank unknown, or on a know! that had recently been made by forte convultion.— , However they were deceived, and it proved to be no other than Hammond's Kee wl, on which they were drawn by a moll r 'pia tide, Allen ance for which they hail not mad:. After all the evidences were exam'oed, and af• ter a very (hurt deliberation, Pear-Admiral Tor rv, the furviving Officers, and Crew were acquit. ted. By every thing that aopeare,l, the Ready, cool fubordination that prevailed. from her tirli ((riling until the fatal monies': Ili it (he went down, I•cfpoice her high Rate and makes us the more deplore the lots of an Offietr I.:cc Cart. NNIE, who rnulJ, out t`f company, produce fuels order and te.gillarity to the The feeling that Admiral "Garry and the furvi. vors (hewed during the wh,.le proceedings was ex tremely creditable to th3mfelses. When the Ad miral (poke of his Captain, it was with fuch feeling and emotion that he could %fah difficulty fuppiet to fty nd ;CT.* na ay ;ve has the e in rgla eral I or heir tare Atia :heir • the Pies. ult. onal our }gate. it Sir jvits roeet4 CAL. be the MAC t• heth:r tr."