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S AND MEDWAY CANAL. 'lO BRICKMAKERS, &c. NOTICE is hereby given, That the Company of Proprietors of the above Canal arc ready to contradt with any Perron or Neon' tor One Million and a Half o bard burnt Statute Stock Bricks, to be delivered tzar Grarefend, in the County of Kent. Sealed Praporab for the Caenm:ttee to be addreffed to the Thames and Medway Canal Office, R.c.ehefter, Kent, on or before the atath initant, or to Mr. a. Dodd. E:igineer, 34, Parlianunt.ftreet, Weft.ainiter, of whom any other informa tion may be had. RUSSI.I. PETER sityanH, FED. ; 2.—Count PAN ir; hasbeen invited by the Emperor to remain fometime longer in Peterfburgh. The buttons or. the uniforms of the Senators are to have the image ofthe impreffion which is wn the b.ick of the metl4ll, call on the occafion of the co ronation at Mofcow. The Emperor has communicated, in a Refcript to the civil Governor of Nifehegorod, his approba tion of the Refolution of the Nobility of that pro vince, to cor.tribute 30,000 rubles for the erection of a noble military fchool. GERMAA'r. Mu!CICH, Fes. 3.—Witt,refpeCt to the fupport of the fine arts, a refoltnion, from high authority, has been publilbed to the following purport: “ In the full conviltion that the welfitrenf a Rate can only be promoted by the cultivation of the wind ; the du ty of Government requires—that it fhould not on ly turn the greateft attention towards public edu cation ; but alto, on the happy relloration of peace, dire& its nearer attention to the line arts, lb im portant for the national improvement and incluftry, &c. The true and corm& political principles in this rape& are, t. That every one, of whatever age or condition, may, without money, receive good inftruftion, that he may be able to tile in civil life the elements of thole arts, fo important, and al aloft intftwoven with all branches of induftry and profellions, fo as thereby to be a more ufeful citizen of the Date. 2. That the labour of thole who with to make a profellion of the arts, and de• ferve the name of.: true artilt, may be properly di reeled, or at lean their elrorts be tendered more eafy. According to there two principles, it is or. dered—tft, That Ma w zic it, the Direaor of the Galleries, (hall deliver over to the DireCtors of :he country a plan for the better and more fuitable ellablifhment of drawing reboots, and art academy of painting here : as well as for their fituation, the perfons to he engaged in them, the apparatus, and premiums, &c. with particular mention of thofe things, which have already been done upon the fulled : and ad, The Land Dire.lion receives the bit of thole artills who do not, as DireCtors and Profetrors, contribute to the fervice of the (late, or as the painters for the theatres to the daily fer vice of the Court, and yet teethe yearly a coal derable falary : that the Director of the Gall: ies, MAN LICE, may underflal•el in what manner there I ttics ought to be merited by the delivery of pieces of art, winch are, however, to be valued snitch higher than at the current price. To thofe who will not fubmit to the niiml.er of the pieces of art to be delivered, which is, however, liberally prefcribed, we pofitively declare, that we cannot continue the liberality of our Cnvernment in filch a fruitlefs manner; and accni ding to our duty to obferve the arida economy, we dare not continue it. We will, for the future, no longer pay to any artist a yearly penfion, or fupport the arts in no other way than in the appropriate manner before mentioned." • SWITZERLAND. ZURICH, Fri. is but too true that the abolition of the tithes was one of the firft difafters of our revolution, and that our inftigators begun with this aci of injoilice, and would recommence with it once more. But if our Government, fince the 7th of Auguft, had maintained the meafures then preferibed it by the general welfare and pref. Ping neceffity, tb dangerous a weapon would long linee have been wreitcd nut of the hands of the faaious.—lt is button true that our Prete& found himfelf in the melancholy neeeflity of difmiffing feveral public officers, who were, more or lets, pi tied by the difcontented, fince they participated in their fentiments and fames of anarchy. But it is ridiculous to aferibe the tumults and diforders to there difmiftions, as they would have been (till more alarming had there men continued in the ex ereife of their funaions.—lt is but too true that the Deputies of the three diftrias repaired to Berne, to complain of what was termed ads of violence in the Prefea ; that they infifted anew on the ranfom, or rather the annihilation of the tythes ; that they demanded the liberation of Ci• tizen Su LZIER and his adherents, without bail even; but they have already been refuted by feveral of the places of which they named themfelves the deputies ; and their demand is the more injudi cious, as SULZER is no longer detained by an ex traordinary authority, his procefs now depending on his natural judges, the Tribunal of the Canton. Certain it is, that we do not yet enjoy that trin quillity which an eftablithed government affords ; bet it is no lefs true, that the diforders which have place among us, are confiderably magnified out of our canton. If no one came forward to feek to renew them, they would foon vanifh.— The greateft part of the tythes is already paid ; and this would have been done much fooner, and with more tranquillity, if the fpirit of patty, difappointed ambition, and pretended poverty of not, by its infinuations, ren- Id and the credulous unrea- P4RLIAMEN7ARr PROCEEDINGS. HOUSE OF LORDS, WEDNESDAY, MARCH TO. The Earl of Allot one of the Scotch Reprefentativt. Peers, was (worn and took his feat. The Sotterroa Oen tit AL was heard at eonfiderable length, relative to the Scotch Appeal, I.othian and others o. Hender fun, Riddell, and Co. after which their Lordlitips deferred the further hearing till Friday. The Order being read for giving judgment refpetting the Scotch vole, Scott 1,. Brodie The Loan CHA NCZ t. Loa rote, and in a Creech of great length, in which he difplq ed his ace uft omed talents and profound legal erudition, delivered his opinion upon the cafe. He concluded by fubmitting to their Lordlhips a proposition to the following died: That in this cafe, the tenant not being entitled to a way-going crop, &e. the Haute do remit the cafe to the Court cf Selfion, to review the interlocutor complained of. Lord Atvanter expuffed, (barfly, his concurrence with what fell front the Noble and Learned I.ord. Lord Bantu:mi.: (poke to the fame gentval effedt. The queftton was then put, and the above was ordered ac cordingly. The Bills upon the Table were forwarded in their refpedtive Rages. Some routine bufinefs was then difpofed of, and the Houk 'tongue'', tall to-morrow. HOUSE OF COMMONS. An Account wa. prefented from the Comtniffioners of Ex. elk. of the amount of Drawbacks paid on printed books Im ported from the sth of April 1795, to the sth of April Mu, and for the three quarters ending the sth of January 1801; which was ordered to lie on the Table. Mr. W. ELIOT prefented ERimates of the Ordinary and Es traordinary of thc Navy for two lunar months, commencing the 26th of March, 5802, and alto kitimates of the Tranfport Service, the expenses of Prifoners of War, Sick and Wounded Seanten,and Sick Prifoners of War, for the Caine pericd; which were ordered to lie on thc Table. Mr. Roasox moved for an Account of the diitribution of the turn of 600,0001. granted for the furvice of the year 1831. The American Treaty Bill palfed through a Committee, and the Report was ordered to be received to-morrow. The Cinnamon Duty Bill was read a third time and palfed. Lord STANLEY moved for leave to bring in a Bill to explain and amend an Ad of haft Section, entitled, " an Act for the Relief of Debtors with Irked to the imprifonment of their per foss," fo far as the fame related to the county Palatine of Lan- , caltero—Leave given. 6 • the inhabitants, had not, by - its infinuations, ren- dered the inexperienced and the credulous unrea- fonable. The abolition of the tithes, having (hewed the people the poffibility their fhaking off a debt, which they had hitherto regarded as one of the molt leered of dutie s , and prejudicing at the fame time the maintenance of publle worthily, and fo r b 'nflitutions of benevolence and with relation to the moral charatter of the people, l produced more mifchief than with refpee to the finances, of which it alone impeded the eafieft and molt regularly flowing fource, and that, notwith- Randing, mutt be made good by opening force other channel. PRUSSIA. Be RUN. MARCH 2.—For tome time the Clergy had tolerated parents in negldtingto have the Sa crament of Baptifm performed on their children. His Majeity, however, willies this religious cere• militia) to be Aridly obferved, as he is of opinion, and certainly not without foundation, that by fuch a toleration, a very dangerous example will be given to the lower dares of the people, as they may contra& an indifference to Religion itfelf, if fuch an indifference to Religious Ceremonies be allowed. The newly born Prineeft. daughter of Prince ANTHONY RADZITILL. has been baptized by the names of FREDERICA LOUISA ALEXANDRA HELE NA HENRIETTA AUGUSTA MARTHA. TURKE r. CONSTANTINOPLE, JAN. 25. --On the 18th the Englifh Ambaffidor here, Lord ELGIN, laid the firit lime of the new hotel which the Porte is canting to be built for the Englifh Embalfy. Lady ELGIN and all the Engin here were prefent at the ceremony. The r Bth mftant was chofen becaufe it is the birth-day of the Qvssw of England. The Capitan Pacha, on this occafion, had the humani ty and gallantry to prefent to Lord ELGIN, at the moment of inauguration, I.to Maltefe haves, who were fet at liberty in honour of the Q2een of Eng land. On the aoth inft. the Dutch Envoy, VAN DEoSM, arrived here from Buchareft. The re ports Rill continue of an embargo laid by the Englifh on all (hips which would fail with commo dities from Egypt. One only, with a (mall cargo, has hitherto arrived here from that country. A firman has been publithed by the Grand Signior, by which the importation of {laves into Egypt is prohibited, becaufe they may ferve the Mamalukes. In it the old Government of the Beys is declared abolifhed. This firman has been communicated to all the Foreign Minifters here, and will be made public throughout the Levant. COM.; F RS. Mr. Mairrwaßtmo called the attention of the Houle to the Petition of the Coroners of feveral counties, praying for an increafe of their fees and allowances, which he considered highly deferring of attention, and therefore moved that the Petition (Could be referred to a fele& Committee.—Ordered. TRANSPORTS. The Houfe refolved itfelf into a Committee on the Bill for continuing an expiring law relative to the tranfportation of felons. Lord G L EN at a %fix obferved, that the Houfe would recollect that loon after the tranfportation of con vies to America ccafed, an Aft was palled to ere& Penitentiary Houles for the confinement of trartf ports ; which Act, however, from a variety of caufes, had never been carried into execution.— Since tlkat period another mode had been adopted, i of fending convicts Sentenced to tranfportation, to a new fettkment in New South Wales. Till, how. ever, they could be aenally fent away, they were confined in hulks at Woolwich and Portfmouth. He did not mon to throw the leaft imputation upon any pirlon concerned in the management of thefe convifts, but it had happened that at Lang. Ron, near Portfmouth, whtre the convicts. were confined. confiderable abufes had taken place with refpee to their food and cloathing, and various other matters. What he willed to propofe, for the purpole of remedying thefe abufes, was, that befides the Contractor, an Infpeftor (honk' be ap pointed, who Should take care that no abufes took place, and make a regular infpeeion, once a quar ter, and who Should report to Parliament, every year, upon the conduct and management of the Contraftor and Officers employed there, and the general Rate of the eftablifliment. He therefore annum. rive hundred pounds per annum would be Caved, he fail, by the new contra& relative to this eftablifhment, and therefore if this Wary was paid there would Rill be a laving.. There being fume irregularity in propofing the claufe, the Chairman reported Progress and Aced leave to fit again. The Committee was appointed to fit again on Friday. MUTINY BILL. The HOufe having refolvcd itfeif into a Com mittee on the Mutiny Bill, The SECRETARY AT WAR raid, that the Bill was precifely the fame as that of lalt year, and he intended to propofe to fill up the blanks precifely in the fame way, except with refpelt to the dura tion of the AEI. He propoad that its duration fl)ould be limited to two months, as the fupplies were only voted for that period, and he had no doubt the Houfe would be convinced that the Sup plies for the Army being only voted for two months the Mutiny Bill ought to be commenfurate with that grant. If the Committee' agreed to this, the Bill would be continued from the zsth of March to the 24th of May. It had been the conaant prultice to continue the operation of the Mutiny Bill in our Colonies and Yoffeilions abroad, for one year after it expired in Great Britain ; but this would be unnecelEiry in the prefent Bill, as by a claufe in the lag Mutiny Bill, its operation would extend, in thofe polfefficns, until the 21a of March, z 8o:t. In the year 1783, when the coun try was in a fimilar fitnation to that in which it at prefent flood, the Army Services were voted upon a War Eflablilhment from the 25th of December 1782 to the 24th of April 1783, and the Mutiny Bill was paffi:d only for one month, to the 24th of April, a preceding Mutiny Bill extending to the 25th of March. In this Bill, for one month, a claufe was inferted, extending its operation in our pad - tons abroad, for one year from the 24th of April 1783. By a fiteceeding refolution of the Committee of Supply, the Army Services were voted for two months, from the 25th of April to the zgthi of June 1783, and a Mutiny Bill was pallid for the fame period. In the latter Bill no thing was faid relative to extending its operation to a longer period to our Polfellions abroad, the former Bill having provided an extenfion until the zstli of the enfoing March. In June 1783, a Peace Eaablithment was voted, and the Mutiny Bill was _puffed, extending to the sith of March 1784. The realms why he propofed to leave out of the prefent Dill any claufe extending its opera ' Lion to our Army abroad for a longer period, was, that the laa Mutiny Bill was already extend led to the 25th of March, 1803. When the Mutiny 'Bill for the whole year atould come before the Houfe, he had feveral amendments to propofe, arifing out of certain new arrangements which had taken place in the Army ; thefe amendments, however, could not he grafted upon a temporary Bill like the prefent. He thought it due to the Houfe to Rate thefe circumtlances, and should now propofe his amendments, The Amendments propofed by the Secretary at War, were agreed to; and the Houfe having re fumed, the Report was ordered to be received to morrow, Expenditure of all the money toted to his Maje(lyn Minifters, and that the Commiffioners of accounls would have additional powers granted to them, to I examine and audit all the public Accounts. The Bill was then ordered to be engrolfed, anJ read a third time to-morrow. FINANCE OF IRELAND. Mr. WICKNAM moved for an Account of the Permanent Charges on the Confolidated Fund of Ireland, from the sth of January 18ot, to the sth of January am, as far as the fame could be made up.—Ordered. Mr. CROFTON, from the Treafury of Ireland, fhortly afterwards prefented the above Account, which was ordered to he on the Table. Mr. FOSTER moved for the following Account„ which were fevcrally ordered : An Account of the Imports and Exports of Ireland fur one year, ending the sth January:Sox, diltingnilbing between na tive and foreign produce, and the amount a the Duties or Drawbacks thereon. An Account of the net Produce of all Permanent Taxes, and additional or increafcd Duties in Ireland, from 1791 to z An Account of the Produce of all New TALLIII within the fame period. An Account of the Progrefs made in she Redudion of the Public Funded Debt of Ireland. Mr. VANSITTART thought a fltUilaT Account had been laid before the Houle. Mr. FOSTER laid, he had locked through the Book, but could not find it, and therefore he had made the motion.—The Account was ordered. AD Account of the Produce of all Taxes, and additional and inereafed Duties in Ireland, fince the 25th of March 18or, with the average produce tbr three years preceding. An Account of the Revenue of the United Kingdom, with the proportions paid by Great-Britain and Ireland refpeetively, according to the Adt of Union. That the Conuniffioners for the Reduetion of the National Debt fhould lay the fame Accounts before the Houle, as they Dad been regularly prcfented to the Parliament of Ireland. An Account of the Imports and Exports of Ireland. from tic 25th of March sue, to the ift of January Igor, diftinguithing between native and foreign produce, with the atnuout of the Duties or Drawbacks thereon. An Account of the Quantity Of Spirits dittincd in Ireland, from the 25th of March 178 i, to the 25th of March Ant, and front thence to the sth of January aoz, with the Duties paid thereon. _ _ _ . . Aa Account of the quantity of Malt made in Ireland durin4 the fame period, with the Dutiel paid th e reon. . LINEN MANUFACTURE OF tkEtAvn. Mr. FOSTER Enid, he wifhed to give notice of his intention of moving for leave to bring in Bill to regulate the Linen ManufAure of Ireland. He was aware, it would be irregular for him tl.en to enter into any difeufilon of tbefubjeti, he thottld therefore content himfelf with giving notice, that he thould make his Motion on Vriday. BENICOOLEN. Mr. AI,EXANDER brought up the Report of the Bencoolen Bill. Mr. W. DUNDAS moved that it fluattld be re committed. The Bill was then re•committed for to-morrow. GRENADA MERCHANTS. Mr. LUSHINGION moved to poapor.e the Corn. mittee on the Report of the Grenada Nlerchants' Petition till -Monday.—Ordered. The Committee of Ways and Meat was de ferred till Friday. The Indemnity Bill was orde,cd •to be read third time to-morrow. Adjourned at - five o'clock, till to-morrow. im. Five hundred pounds per annum would I Expenditure of all the money voted to his Majefly'- • • I • 1 _ _ .1- ..t.,.i.,. to Minifiers. and that the Commiffioners of accounl s I NCOM E TAX. Mr. Joxis raid, he had come prepared to make his intended Motion, relative to the Income Tax, but as he did not fee the Chancellor of the Exche quer in his place, and linderflood that the Right Honourable Gentleman would not be in his place that day, he thould pollpone his Motion till Fri day. WAVY. The Honfe having refolved itfelf into a Com mittee of Supply, Mr. W. ELIOT moved a Vote of 130,000 Men for the Sea Service, for two lunar months, from the :sth of March to the 24th of May. Agreed to. Mr. Eucyr then moved for the following Sums, which were feverally agreed to : For Wages for the fad Men, for the fame period, at tl. Os. per Man, per Month . - 481,000 For Victuals for the fame Men, for the fame period, at aL tBs. per Man, per Month - - 494,Cc0 For Wear and Teat of Ships, for the fame period, at 31. per Man, per Month 78opoo For Ordnance, for the Sea Service, during the Caine period, at ss. per Man, per Month - 65,000 The Houk having refumed, the Report was ordered to be received to-morrow, and the Com mittee to fit again on Friday. GRAIN. Lord SHEFFIELD noired --- tor the following Ac• counts, which were feverally ordered: An Account of all Grain and Rice imported into the Ports of England, from the Toth of March dot, to the sth of Ja nuary 1802, diftinguifhing the Ports into which, and the Countries from whence imported. An Account of all Grain and Rice exported from the Ports of England during the fame period, diftinguifbing the Ports from whence, and the countries to which exported. An Account of the avenge price of Grain in England, from the sth of July atm to the sth of January asz, log the refpcdtive prices in each month. EXCHEUER BILLS BILL. - Mr. ALEXANDER brought up the Report of the One Million Exchequer Bills Bill, which was read and agreed to. On the queftion that the Bill (horrid be en grofted, Mr. Jos's Paid, he never had refuted any Cup plies to Government, but he thought it wasan ob i Jeet of peculiar importance at the prefent moment, when he could not underftand whether we were in a ftate of War or Peace, and when the (Ned of the Firft Conful of France appeared to be to put off ligning the Treaty as long as his Majefty's NU:lifters would permit him. His Majefty's Mi niaers took fupplics by doublets and triplets; why did they not aik for enough at once ? He trotted that they would look ltriEtly to the appropriation of the Supplies granted by that Houle, and ufe the utmoft ceconomy in their application. He be. lieved they were not of the fame temper with the laft Minifters, and he hoped they would confider that one and twenty fhillings made a guinea, which the laft Minifters teemed only to confider as worth feven fhillings. He had good information, that the Firft Conful of France was goaded on by feve ral perfons who had heretofore fought refuge in this country, to renew the war, for the purpofe of re. He ho• d that exa& 1.0 .Isl DON. THURSDAY, MARCH EL PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK 3 pa C. Con. money, 67 I—..for ace. 68,t. 5 Wr Ccnt. 991. PR4CE OF STOCKS YESTERDAY. Bank Stock i ES for the open. 3PerCent.Cunt.67f4 3 per Cent. ADM styfi India stock 213 for the open. Imp. 3 per Cent. Of Inip. Ann. t 2i 5.16 Excheq. Bills 4a. a za prem. Conf . . for Aco. 684 Her MAJESTY and the PRINCESSES ye(lerday breakfalled at Lady Ca/Limo-rya FiNoes, at her apartments in St. James's Palace. His MAJESTY, ye(lerday, held a Levee at st. James's Palace, at which were prelent, his Crave the Archbilhop of CANTERBURY, the Duke of Yoax, Bilhops Of OXFORD, ELY, DURHAM, the Rev. CisaaLESCAVI, the Chief Baron MacoosaLo, Mont*. PLAFVEL, the Right Hon. the CHascELLon. of the Excasox se of Ireland, the Foreign Ambaf fadors, moil of the Cabinet Miniiters, and the fol lowing Nobility : thol, Norfolk, and Rozburgb. Marquisp—Loroe, Earls -Chatham, Kasha, Aylcstord, Kinnoal, Eike, Kings Ron, Carliik, Manstleki, and Cheitertield. 1/1 Kenfingtoo, and Be'grave. Lords—Alvanley„ Napier, Boringdon, Dude, Lilford, Cadet ton, Sondes, Dundee, Begot, ICenfingt on, Cawdor, Whitworth, Brownlow, Roufe, Wodehoufe, Petre, Carrington , Calk's , Louvain,, Sunderland, Amherft, Cozens, Hawkefinrl.Stnlo• ford, Cathcart, Willoughby de Brooke, Hobart, and Paget. Sirs—P. Moray, W. Elsford, R. Milbank, F. Sykes, R. Peek, S. Smith, W. Jerninghanz, R. Hill, W. Wynne, and W. Welby. Generals.—Egertatt, Floyd, Bade, Coote, Cradoek, and Ralmford. Colooels--Dalrymplc, Cooper, Ran, Hope, Macleod. *l e, and Mony. -- - - - Captains-Markham, Hothant, and Hood (of the Navy), Jaekfun, Legge, Governor Bentinck. • Mces.--Dcnt, Windfor, Penn, Long, King, Milner, Law, Sesvel, Langlofs, Dickaifon, Beresford, Ligon, W. Dundas, Bagot, Stapleton ' Windham; Elliot, C. Bentinck, Gunning, K. Dundas, Gordon, Spencer, G. Villiers, Held Addington, Hon. C. Yorke, and Huldich. The Prefentatiolls to his MAJESTY were : Lord Kenfington, by Lord Cawdor. Lord Petre, for the tint time fince the death of his Label, on coming to his title by the Duke of Norfolk. Mr. Bagot, by Lord Bagot. Captain Jackfon, by Lord Amherft. General Ctadock, on his return from Egypt, by General Coote. Sir S. Smith came Lou late to Court. After the LevAe, a Council of his W l Erres Miniders was held, at which his Grace the Duke Of PORTLAND, Earl of CHATHAM, ERA of KlN soot, Lord PELHAM ; and Sir S. COTT ER EL, at tended as Clerk of the Council. After the Mini flers had withdrawn, his MAI EST r rcturn , 4 tc, the Queen's Houle. The ROYAL Fere ILY laff night honoured the