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eh ou. rge the 114 let tit • fit • i ' • .. . • . • l i o to thole who had not been fuppliesj with . thens. a Noble Lord. for whole fentiments he enter tile higheft relped. thought proper to bring in • to explain and reconcile the objetions which ' been noticed, he certainly poffeffed the right of g fo. But, for his own part, he was not friendly e introdoElion of Bills, which tended to clot-t -o upon explanation, expotition upon expofirion, amendment upon amendment. Their Lordlhips Id have ample opportunity, after the recefs, of daring the fubjeft, in all its relations, and ella. ing a lyflem as clear and intelligible as the No. Lord could defire ; but at prefent it appeared to im improper to delay the palling of the Bill before le Houfe. With regard to the opinion of the Law seers of the Crown, it was fufficient for him to oh. ayes that their opinions had always their due might; and that it had been the cultorn to crinfult KM on the conftriietion of Afts of Parliament, and isich had given rife to little difference of fentiment Phen they paged. Lord FITZWILLIAM explained. The quellion was then put, and the Bill was read third time, paffed,, and ordered t.i the Commons.— lfter a (port interval. the Bill was returned from the :ornmons, and their Lordfhips adjourned till to sorrow. • • HOUSE OF, commom. Col, HARLOW, from the ftikeeler-Gemerars Ogler, prefente.l. Return of the Royal Acmy of Refave. Ordered to lie on the The SPEAKER ordered a new Writ to be Htued for the I • gh of Carmarthen. in the .twons of John George Phillips, ES+ ho had aceeptcd the Chiltern liuodredo. A pawl front the Excifs Once prefented tome Accounts rela tive to Breweries. . Mr. 14011 HOUSE hrnught op the Report of the Conimistee of Supply relpening the frith Linen Board. _ WAYS AND maim, TOR I' . Mr. CORM' role for the purpofe of giving no• tice, that after the recefs he fhould bring forward the Ways and Means for Ireland, to raife the Supply already voted. He obferved, that it had not been heretofore ufi•al to enter upon this fuhjel till after the Chriftmas recefs; and that the propriety of this euftom was confiderably Rrengthened at prefent by the thin attendance of the Members fur Ireland, whole zeal and patrintifm prompted them to attend to their military duties in that part of the kingdom. He fhould, therefore, content himself at present with ftith a general Ratement as might give explicit notice of the meafurespropofed. The leading feature of thore Ways and Means, he Rated, would be a confolida tion of the Revenue of Cultoms and Import Excite now existing hi Ireland ; a meafure which had been brought forward in the ha Seam of Parliament, and which had not been brought to perfeBion at that time, from the refpeet due, as well to the Merchants of Ireland, as to the Reprefentatiees of that part of the United Kingdom in Parliament, who, by the delay which took place in confequence of deferring the meafure till the preterit Salon, had had the op portunny of fully confidering the fchedule proporeds and of fuggeiling loch amendments and alterations as might appear necelTary. With refpeet to this fchedule, on the foundation Of which the new con folidation now propofed was to be founded, Mr. Corry obferved, that the duties edited to foreign articles only, whether imported into Ireland direetly from the place of growth, or through Great Bri tain ; but in no refpee to articles of Briar growth or manufaCture, imported into Ireland. That 'the duties now payable are principally thole under an AR of the lag Sefton of the Taft Parliament of Ire. land, viz. 4o Geo. 111. e. 4. and under an Aft of the Ira &Rion of the fir( Parliament of the United King dom, 41 Geo. 111. c. 33 ; which ARs had been (inc e continued; and under what is ufually termed the 3 per Cent. A& 42 Geo. I I I. C. 1 17. That to thefe dunes an addition of to per cent. on the amount was shade in the lan Sefton, viz. 43 Geo. 111. C. That all thefe feveral duties were intended to be confislidated, but that it was not propofed merely to make an exaS numerical confolidation, inafmuch as &ft, all frallions of a penny would be changed for the next integer, above or below ; and fecondly, in certain cafes, the duties would be fomewhat increaf ed, as on the Eaft India goods on which the duties of 42 Geo. 111. c. 117, were propofed to be extend ed: and that in certain cafes the duties might be di- Initialled, when compared with the duties under the former ABs he had mentioned. That in all inßances where the duties payable by 4o Geo. 111. c. 4, were ihrpofed on the article ad valorem, and the additional duty of 42 Geo. 111. c. 117, was by a rated duty, or the reverie; thefe two duties would, for the cafe of Merchants, be blended into one firm, either by rate or per tentage, according to the nature of the article. With refpeet to the drawbacks, Mr. Corry Rated, that the were allowed on the export of fo reign articles to foreign countries, under the Alas 4 0 Geo. 111. c. 4, and 41 Geo. 111. c. 332 and it was propofed, that the duties under 4.2 Geo. 111. c. 117, which by that AR were not allowed to be drawn back, (hould, when confolidated with the other duties, be allowed to be drawn back in like manner as all former duties. He then explicitly Rated, that though the fchedule fubmitted to Parlia ment in the lag Seffion,was intended to be the ground of the new fchedule, it wac, neverthelefs, to be un derßood that the new fchedule might vary from the former in many cafes where it might be found expe. dient, in purfuance of any fuggeßions from Mer chants or others, made for that purpofe. Mr. Corry concluded this part of the fubjeft, by declaring it to be his intention to propofe, that all thofe duties which heretofore had been impofed and continued by an nual Ails, fhould, in future, be made permanent. — Mr. Cot ry next Rated, that it was alto his intention, its providing the neceiTary Ways and Means for the enfuing year, to recur to the measure of a contribu tion on property in Ireland, similar to that which had received the fant.lion of the Legiflature in the !aft See ..r, fo far as related to Great Britain ; and that, in doing this, particular care would be taken to adapt it to the existing Rate of Ireland. vostorrass. LZCMPTION BILL. A Mefrage from the Lords announced their Lord. Gips' affent to the Volunteer Exemption Bill, with amendments, to which they &fired the concurrence of the Houk. The only amendment which could be conlidered as any thing of fubttance, was that which altered the ex emption from the ferrite on five days fervice in a Volunteer Corps. As the Bill had paired the Com mons the clan& Rated that a any perfcn who was returned in the mutter roll as having fared fire days in a Volunteer Corps, fhould be exempt from being Balloted or enrolled to ferve in the Militia, for twelve months from the date of his enrolment in the Volun teer fervice." As altered in the Houfe of Lot:cis, it Rood that fuch krfon fhould be exempt from (cry ing in the Militia." The other amendments were merely verbal, and did not give rife to any difetifliqn. Mr. YORKE obferved, that the principal amend ment, that perfons exercifing five days are not exempted from ballot, was eradlly the fame as the two former Ass, and perfealy accorded with the intention of the Legiflature, which was, to render them liable to the ballot, though, if ailually ferving, entitled to exemption. This was highly necetillry, as in cafe they had withdrawn their names, they would he liable to ferve. The Right Hon. Gentleman was proceeding to make a few more obfervations, when The SPEAKER. reminded him, that the ufual courfe was, to read the amendments through. The amendments were accordingly read. Mr. WINDHAM thought it extremely nece(Erry that the Houfe fhould have 24 hours time to under. (land thele amendments; and many Gentlemen had quitted the Houfe, under the idea that the matter would not come on this night. He begged leave, tberefort„to fuggelt the propriety of its (landing over till to-morrow, when the Houfe would have time to comprehend them. M i r. Secretary YORKE replied, that if it was real ly neceffary he would not oppofe it ; but as he did not fee the neceffity, he hoped the Houfe would not adopt it. . Mr. CALCRAFT concurred with the Hon. Gen tleman (Mr. Windham) in the propriety of his fug ; and thought, if they really looked round them, they would find fufficient inducement for poll. poning it till there was a more refpedable Houk. Lord FOLKSTONE perfedly coincided in the propoiition of the Hon. Gentleman (Mr. Windham); he knew many Members who had gone not thinking the bufinefs would have come on to night. The SPEAKER thought it neceffary to obferve, that when the amendments are merely verbal, they are taken into confideration forthwith; but if they' are tubilantial, they arc refereed for the opinion of the Houle. _ _ After fume further converfation, Lord FOLKSTONE moved b as an ametdment to the qui:llion, " that this Haufe do now adjourn."— The quellion was put thus amended, and the gallery was cleared. No divilloo, hewe'ver, took place, the amendments to the Bill having been agreed to. — Adjourned. LONDON. TUESDAY, DECEMBER so. PR (CR OP STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONR ottnex• Copralls foram. ssi—Reduced 1414—Oninitien 6 ad:. 4 Per Cent 69N—Lon6 Ann. is es-i6—Sbon Ann. 3 1-161. .. PRICE OF STOCKS YESTERDAY : Bank Stock . .. I ?tort Aon.b [-VS _ . 3 per C. Red. 341+ 3 per C. Conf. gun 4 per C. 6 944 3 per C. Navy it S Pa 0 - 1 797 94 Imp. Ann.... Omnlum 619 diT. EDO& Tlekets i 71. Sr. Cod. for O PI SSC The Lifbon Mail which arrived yefterday, has brought us footle farther accounts refpe6ing the pre- parations for war carrying on in the potts of Spain. They are Inch that we think. in fpite of. every effort made by our Minifters to maintain peace with that power, they will not long find it polible to do fo. Two days ago a morning parr, by way of cor. rating " Come extravagant and abfurd opinions which are entertained in the newfpapers," gravely dated as follows : It is known that Spain liss long had a treaty offenfive and defenfive with France. Now, if Spain were to give the flipulated fuccour in (hips or money, it would be no Leach of neutrality, an by the laws and prudice of nations is fully ac., knowledged. Then we have no right to complain of Spain giving afliftance to that extent. Neither does there feem any good reafon to objea to Spain giving an equivalent in money for that *Mance. The defire of Spain to do fo, is a fnfficient proof that fhe does not with to go to war with England ! !" We apprehend, however, that fhould the Spaniards fend the flipulated number of Ihips avowedly to join the French, any of our Commanders that might chance to fall in with them would know what to do, without confulting Purvitanoarr or Gaorios : We fubjuin the letters that have reached us : 0 GIBRALTAR, NOVEMBER le so Since my IA nothing has occurred here ; but we learn from Spain, that they are now bury fitting ;Put a large fleet at Cadiz, and preffing men in all their ports. The Spaniards in our neighbourhood make no fecret of their furprize at the forbearance of Great Britain; and in the garrifon here. we are in daily expeftation of the arrival of a man of war from England, with accounts of hollifities againft Spain. Knowing that the Spaniards are fitting out a fleet, which, if employed at all. can only be employed againft our own country ; we are not a fettle morti• fled when we fee their line of battle (hips paging this for Cadiz, while we have three fail of the line here, under Sir R. &mac Nan. which could eafily capture them." " CADIZ, NOVEMBER it. " Orders hive been received here to fit out 15 fail of the line with all ponible expedition. It will be impoffible, however, from the unprovided (late of our arfenals, which, for fome time, had been much ne glefied, to get them ready for fea before the fpring. Indeed, it is generally thought, that will he as (*eon as France will have any real occafion far them, and that they will be at the dieporal:of that power, is doubted by no one who has the lean knowledge of the lituation and relations of this country. Many repro bate the idea of a war with England. and all pride, while fome laugh at its forbearance, which has been and probably will fill be of great fervice to us. 41 Coaderablc prefents have lately been fent to the Emperor of lefotetece. The oneafible objeft that we may be idlowed to draw a fupply of corn from that eoaratry. Certain it it, that we are very (hort of that article, and will be more fo if involved in a war, but it is thought, notwithaanding, by fume well informed people, that. Dow JUAN de la PICDRA, now at Tangiers, and entrutled with the care of the prefents, has another objet to accompli(h at the fame time—namely, to beget, if poffible, a difpolition hoc. tile to the Engli(h, that the neighbouring African ports may be fltur againft that country in cafe of a war ; as was the cafe during the liege of Gibraltar. when the Emperor, for an annual fum, (hot all his ports againil the Englith, to the great dif trefs of that gartifon and of their men of war in there feas, who depend foleiy on Barbary for flip plies of Befit provifioas on a war taking place with this country. It is afferted that betides the prefents for the Emperor, Dow JUAN de la PIVDItA, carried with him one hundred thoufand dollars to diaribute as circumllances may require, the better to enable him to aecomplilh the objet of his million. While our dollars laa, the Englith mull offer high if they coca to outbid us—but alas, whit with the French, the Moors, and the war which we fee ap proaching, we do not exped much of that treafure, which we were fo fortunate as to get home from America, to remain long with us." We received laft night fome Paris journals, but they are not later than thole which had previoufly arrived. They contain no intelligence refpeeting the difpute between Bavaria and Auftria : indeed they do not come down late enough. We have however made fome farther extrafls from the Dutch papers which reached us yefterday, tending to throw fome light on that fubjeet. If we might draw any certain inference from what has yet tranfpired, we fhould fay that the FIRST Cow_ sus., to reward Pruffia for its neutrality, or rather for its friendthip during the latter years of the laft war, is now bury endeavouring to undermine the in. &tenet of Auftria and to let the Brandenburgh family at the head of the divided, and paralized German Empire. Bavaria is one of the Catholic ftates, and yet Bavaria. sifting under the direction of France and Pruflia, for without fuch guidance that El.!Por would hardly have dared to venture on afloat hof tiJities at the prefent moment, purfues meafures cal culated to promote the views of Pruffia, which has the intereft of the Proteftant party with it. and, without doubt, the fupport of the FIRST Coasuz. At prefent there is no King of the Romans. The King of the Romans is always heir to the Imperial throne. For more than two centuries the influence of the Auflrian family has been filch as to be able to fecure the eleetion.—Now. however, it feems pro bable, that in the clepion of a King of the Romans the intereft of Brandenburgh may be oppofed to thole ofA atria. Were the times common, we fhould fay from what is apparent refpetting the prefent Rate of panics. that PrufGa muft carry the day—but in times like the patent, this queftion threatens much more ferious confequences to the political order of Europe. LaR night we received tome papers from Holland to the iath, with extraas from the Paris Journals to the Bth inßant. An entire fupplentent of the Meitimar is filled with a Decree, relative to Csufiriptr, which fully jufli6es the opinion entertained here of the difpofition of that dab, at lean, of the French foldiery. The Flags. Comsu6 had not commenced another tour from Paris, folate as the 7th. Count Malmo's was aWo at Paris on the 6th, but as it is certain that he has received and prefented his letters of recal, his flay can have no political purport. A letter from Vienna, dated Nov. 26, Bates the probability of an amicable arrangement of all differ ences between his Imperial Majelty and the Eleeor of Bavaria. It will be recollelted, however, that the article announcing 'Dual hotlilities, was dated Nov. 30, and that fo late as the 28th, the Emperor had given orders for the al ernbling of 13,000 Cavalry, and :7 battalions of infantry on the Bavarian fron tiers. It is with pleafure we flare, that a very confiders- We augmentation is immediately to take place in the very valuable corps of Royal Engineers. The Newbury Volunteers. nearly 400, received their colours on Tuefday lafl. The arrival of an American Gentleman from Paris, reported to be Mr. jarreasom. fon of the Prefident, gave rife to a rumour laR night that he was the bearer of a pacific propolition from the Fitter Con tut.— The Stocks bad rifen before the dole of the market, and the rife was afcribed to fame American honfes having been in the knowledge of this circumflance. It is true an American Gentleman has arrived, we believe the one named—tl e reit is mere conjeaure. Fnday evening Coats'. Rooms, at Edinburgh. were opened tor the feaiOn. with a promenade and ball, which was attended by Hit Excellency dm Earl of Mu" Commander in Clikt. The Earl of Errol. Lard Illadclek. Thu Earl at Lauderdale. Lard Forbes. Thu Earl a Buchan. Comb& et Earl. Tin Earl of Dalt+ oulle. Coen& at Dub za. The lad et Glatiow. Cotaiteis et Olefsow. The Marquis 0 Douglas. Lad) Cherleste Camping The Marquis of Lorne. Lady Lacy Rouen , . And many other fdhionables of the firll rank. The dancing comenced about ten o'clock, and continued till an early hour in the morning. The military bore a confpicuous part in the fcene, and the great earisty of the bandanas usifornas was much adannid. ~~• • - N.Iur.TAL MIT.LLIGENCE. MAILS THIS D. ARR. DUE. oAY—Wind S. F. AIR. DVR• o 4 tremtil% t! .ford o 5 Gottolbvi ‘ h 3 0 PENZANCE, Dec. t 7.— This dar arrived The Bare, of St. Ives, London trader, PURCHASE mailer, laft from Falmouth, with fund: ies, for this place ; the Danifh brig Sere Damar, of Straallind, Captain JENSIN Gtse, from Falmouth, with a few ii , gtheads of pilchards, for Italy, but came here in order to compleat her cargo; and tile Nt m , ann (loop of war, Captain O'bilet., from a cruize. The RR SOLUTION and the RANGER revenue cutters, which came in yet. terday, failed again laft night on a cruize to the weft. ward. The wind is now blowing a Ilroug gale at S. S. E. with a very heavy fca. PORTS:AIit/1-H, Dec. /9.—Arrived feveral veltzle from the Downs, bound to the Weft mai) at St. Helen's the BRITANNIA, PRINCE Gaoace, PKINCLSs Itifikt., and WINDSOR CASTLE men of WAT. Dsm., Drc. i9.—Arrived, and failed for the River, the Alexander, Noa MAN, from Bot.;ny Came down from Sheernefs, the JACRALL gun brill, and remains with his Majeßy's tips as pea lalt.—Wind E. S. E. Doran, Dac. 19.—The French logger dif. )vered from hence yefferday, and fuppofed to be a pri:•ateer. proved to bi a French gun brig, which, in company with eight others, had come out of Dunkirk, to go to Boulogne, the general depot for fuch fort of craft. She was chafed by the &nitric gun brig, who coming up with her gave her one broadfide, when the (truck; the had on board twenty fir foldiers, and eleven failors ; the wind coming off the French land, had blown them off their own fhore ; the is a low built veffel, about 56 feet long, and 24 feet wide, with a poop abaft to give headroom in the cabin ; and from the poop to the foreman, her hatches take off, to let the foldiers (land on the platform below, and fire over her fide, their heads only being fern; the had a long heavy gun forward, and a aunt brats :4•poundera abaft.—Being a very bad railer, the Bemis& took her in tow, and it is fuppofed the (trained, being very weak. After towing her well, in with the land, they left her ; after which it was dircovered that the leaked very much, and the heavy gun forward nulled the water to run that way; the pump being abaft, it was nearly ufelefs; after having in vain endeavoured to bail her, and attempting to run for Dover, the became water logged, and fell over on her broadfide. In this Rare the run in near our picr, and between eleven and twelve, P. M. the fentries on duty heard their cries, and alarmed Come of our boatmen, whu went off, and picked up a mid thipman, two Icemen, and two Frenchmen; two Englith feamen. and nine Frenchmen, were wafhed overboard, and droehed. The veffel warped round into our bay, where the lay until morning. when our boatmen went off. and having faftened ropes to her, and cur away the long gun, which had fallen overboard, they fuccecded in getting her this tide into oar pier: being under water, but little can be judged of what damage Ike has gut. When the tide leaves her to-morrow, I will acquaint you of further particulars. The public may judge of the difference between our gun boats and thole of the enemy ; theirs though afloat will not bear to be towed along ; while our gun brig the Muir lay in our harcifitore fix or levee days, and though it blew fret* molt of the time, came off without being bilged. and is now fafe in our Pier. I learn from the Frenchmen fared, that there are no gun boats at Dunkirk, for as they are finithed they are all tent to Boulogne. The foldier fays, there are not above anoo men at Dunkirk, bat at Boulogne he thinks there are about to, or rsomo. The pi on o f j o y a d„, ing England in fuels kind of craft he fays is execrated by the foldiers. YARMOUTH, Die. 19.—Yefierday the WOO' COO. tali, KLAAS SCHOLT, of and from Embden, bound to London, laden with butter and cheek, put in bare with lots of an anchor; the Johannah Elisabeth, Awls Witrima, of and from Bremen, bound to London, with oats, has put in here alfo with lots of an anchor. The Horatio, FOILITIR Flocs, which put in here leaky, laden with wheat from Dantsick to London, is repaired, and has taken in her cargo for the above port, and will proceed firll fair wind.— Sailed the Areaua frigate to the Note; alto the Csisoa gun brig, For, No. t, and Kiva Gismos cutters, on a cruise.—Remain in the Road the Re twist, Admiral ROML t PILINCIIIS or 011111121, of 64 guns; Am suscalis and Caucus, frigates, and the 0 (loop of war, which will take under ' convoy the tranfports bound to the Wder.—Wiad S. E. Strong breeze, with rain. LIITH, Die. 57--By a vela arrived here left night, it was reported that a French or Dutch pri. •steer had been driven up the Frith by firefs of wea ther, and wag at anchor in Aberlady Bay, from whence (be could not get out. Notice was imasedi. ately given to Admiral Bung , ' fo that if inch a *el: fel has appeared, we have no doubt one of his Ma fbips will loon have her in cuftody. FROM LLOYD'. LIST. Cla ovum), Dec t,, —Paged by tin St. Mary, room St. Übe's; Caroilot,Laltmaia. from Stathi; vnto..g Vrew Clarillttans, and the View bwi,h Kind.).. from Embalm—Sidled the Friends, Nowa; and Maddest', Domin o foe Jamaica; a...resna, Caffrey, foe DestacrorA; h:ertor, Barearr o for betiott Minerva, Loiter ; Meth, liott:op ; end the Was. fpeil, Wish, for Vann ; Vreitidichop, leen, ter Iced; Army Anderiatakb t Geed Weiwasidis. Otair; anti VAIM Smith Marprots,.....-1, fir &Adm. I g I li (~