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SHIPPING CONCERNS. HP. SALE of the MIA R ES of the CAPITAL T STOCK of the UNION SHIFPING COMPANY of LErni and BERWICK upon TWEED; the Sli ARES in the FORTH and CLVOF NAVIGATION COMPANY ; and Sloop HAZARD, of rel. which flood Awn-tiled to take plate a.. F.dintrTh, nn AVtlnefday the lath Dezember inßant, is neceffa rily pot off to a future day. PARLIAMENTAItr PRocEEDINGS. HOUSE CF LORDS, MU:R.:AMY, DEC. I. Certain pagers relative to the appl Cation of Qyen Ann's Bounty were prefented, and ordered to he on the 'rabic. The Houle then refolved itfclf intc a Committee of Pi i% lieges, when the bar was cleared, —Adjourned. • , T o'clt and 1 the ' for : I pew and Lor of ii ' it hl t ' riot toil gen brit fort brit was pro • 1 leas Sul and • ord que tylt vati circ all , writ foro con whi plo : I cafe the to Rik ing I ' Col as alp Lis oft • fed Ell 1 the he ma Mil tea thr . I agi Die tha an Ne the• do qn rll 1:, col lat 11 f pa ec t dil Pr inl Et fir mi mi tin ful to. hit Ti fot th, Cl to 1 wl 1 1k be on fel P C Ca Pe e th th • Li bra I" thi I' avr 10 HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPFAXTR t 001: the Chair at half pail three o'clock, and loon after one Member took the Oaths and his. Seat. Sir W. SCOTT rnfe to remind the Houfe that in the courfe of the tail SeiTion he had introduced a Bill for the purpofe of encouraging the Residence of Sti pendiary Curates. This Bill had palled that Houfe and been carried to the Houle of Lords for their Lordlhips' concurrence. In confequence, however, of its containing a money claufe after it was returned, it had been, as a matter of courfe, rejcaed. The pe riod of the Setlion was fu late that it was impofliole to introduce a new Bill, hut the fubjeft was of to ur gent a nature that he took the eatheit opportunity of bringing it under confideration. He had now, there fore, thin for the purpofe of moving for leave to bring in a new Bill, in which the clank alluded to was omitted, but at the fame time containing fuch provifions as would anfwer the fame end. The Honourable Member accordingly moved for leave to bring in a Bill to encourage the Residence of Stipendiary Curates. Leave was granted accordingly, and the Bill was introduced, read a firft time, and ordered to be read a fecond time to morrow. A Ihort time after the Chancellor of the Exche quer entered the Houfe, and having been informed what had taken place, role to make a few obfer •ations. He begged leave to apprife Members of a circumaance which ought, in propriety, to precede all future proceedings in the progrefs of the Bills. It would be remembered, that when the general Bill for enforcing the refidence of the Clergy was under confederation, provifion was made for thofe Curates, who, by its operation, might be thrown out of em ployment. A fimilar provision was neceffary in this cafe, and therefore be thought it neceffary to fuggelt the propriety of fubmitting this part of the fubjeCt to a Committee of the whole Houle to.morrow. The Right Honourable Gentleman concluded with mov ing, that the Houfe do to-morrow refolve itfelf into a Committee to confider of a provifion for fuch Curates as may be affelted by this Bill. The motion was agreed to. Mr. SP4ITH appeared at the Bar and intimated that his Majesty had been waited upon with the Addrefs of the Houfe yenerday, and had been gracioufly plea ted to give dire lions for the produCtion of the Estimates In a few minutes after, Sir Philip Stevens produced the Eltimates, and at the fame time gave notice that he fhould to-morrow, in the Committee of Supply, make them the fubjea of a motion. Mr. HOSHOU sat brought up the Retort of the Com mittee of Supply ; the tetolutions of which being read a first and fecond time, were agreed to, and three Bills ordered accordingly. On the motion of Mr. Varisirraav, the Houle agreed to refolve into a Committee of Way► and Means to morrow. The Cum.:m.l.ot of the Excuccuita gave notice that he fhould to-morrow, in this Committee, move an additional Ate of Five Millions of Exchequer Bills. He intimated that he fhould at the fame time move the annual vote of the Land and Malt Tax. Thevßight Honourable Gentleman, before he fat down, moved for an account of Outstanding Exche quer Bills on the sit day of December, ißos, and the tit day of December, :8..43, relpatively. The ac count was ordered. Lord CAITLIMIGH introduced the Bill for regu lating the fulcra on Bonds of the Eaft India Com pany, It was read a &it time, and ordered for the fecond reading on Monday, without occafioning any difcuffion. It was in the mean time ordered to be printed. Mr. VANSITTART brought in the Bill for continu ing the Sufpenfion of Macs of CAI by the Bank of England, for a time to be limited. It was read a fief time and ordered to be read a fecond time to morrow. Mr. Hosnovse brought up the Report of the Com. mince on the Expiring Laws. The leveret Refolu tinns were poltponed with the view of being more fully confidercd in a Committee of the whole Houfe to-morrow. The Bill for the better Prevention of Defertion in his Majek's N.tvr was paired through a Committee. The Report w ts ordered to be prefented to-morrow. bEFENCE OF LIVERPOOL. Mr. blear prefented a Petition• from certain per- Cons, inhabitants of the town s.f Live, pool, flating, that ftorn the repreftntation of the Commander in Chief of that diitria, it appeared to them that the town and port of Liverpool was in a defencelcfs 111 . . : And that in girder to put it in a lunation by "Joel. :r could be proteCted againll any attempt on the part of an enemy, it would be necelfAry to have Iflnat,•.g brateries hulloed at the mouth of the har bour, and tl lveral works Ilsould be conitruCted nn Ihnre. In confequeoce of thick reprefentations, feveral merchant:, and others belonging to the cot potation .1 that place, slid, at their own expencc, carry plans into tifeet for the purpores of defence, and cairfed fever tl works to be creeks!, by which they expended large biros of money. But thefe p e rj.sm, ere unable to carry on the plan of defence, erfeau.tliy, without an aid to he tailed by the au thotity of Parliament ; and they, therefore, prayed that they might be enabled to rade a film for that purpofc, either by an alTeffment upon the town of Liv e rpool, or by a 1. an ; and that a Bill might be brought in to that cllca. The SPFAICER thought it neccfrary to apprife the Hon. Gentleman who prefented the Petition, that the Knife could not receive any applir tt itt n, which bad f..r its oi.j:stt the ereltion offorto cations or other works of defence, nnlefs fuch application Was fop otted by a recorameadatiou lion& the Crutra. The Citaxcitxxoe of the rrl'ltTPtwitt Paid. ) 1 4* thought it his duty to inform the Houk, that he was authorifed, by his Majefly, to fignify his Majefty's content and approbation to the meafure now pro poled. He was wholly unacquainted with the parti culars of the Petition, until he heard it juft read.— But, whether he had or not been acquainted with it, he fhould have Signified his Majefly's recommenda tion of the meat - me. He would not then make any obi - creations on any particular part in the Petition ; he would nut then enter into any difculfion as to what might be the defigns of the enemy, or what kind of defence it would be necelTary to prepare, in order to counterad fuch defigns. But he thought it neceffary to obferve, that there was a defea in the Petition, which mull afterwards be fupplied in any Bill that fhould be brought in upon it. The Holife could not agree to any public Bill for ereCting works of defence without direEtions from the King ; nor could the Houle, without fuch a direCtion, make good any expences already incurred for eretting fuch works. Mr. CREIVEY laid, thi. was the fir( time any ap plication had come from Liverpool, for erecting de fenfive works at that place. No fuch meafure was thought neceffary during the laft war ; hot it Eitel) , happened, that his Royal Highnefs Prince William of Gloucefter, who was Commaader in Chief of that difirid, did, fome time ago, take a furvey of the pent and town of Liverpool, and fay that the place was in a ddencelefs Rate. Whether it was fo or not, he would not pretend to fa? ; blit if it (honld appear, that the place flood in need of del.:nce, he hoped it would be the opinion of the Houfe, that the expencei attending the erection of defenfive works fhoald not be defrayed by the inhabitants of Liverpool in parti. cu:ar, but by the nation at large. It was as muck a national concern as the defence of any other part of , our coati; and he law no reafon that, becaufe a very few perfons had petitioned for certain public works to be crated, the great majority of the inhabitants, who required no fuch thing to be done, llwuld be fAddlcd with the expence attending them. The CHANCELLOR of the EICHEOSER Paid, he begged it to be underlluod, that he did not pledge himfelf to fupport the meafure when it thauld be brought forward. He did no more than Rate to the Houk, that his Majelly had aiented to that which conflituted the prayer of the petition, in order that the meafure might not be prevented from being brought before the confideration of the Houk. Mr. DENT laid, be thought it neceftary to reply to an obfervation made by an Hon. Member, that a very few perfons had figned the Petition. He could stake that Hon. Gentleman, and the Houk, that the names on the Petition were not only numerous, but many of them were the names of the firft merchants, and polkaing the greateft property in Liverpool.— They confidered it abfolutely necdfary, at this time, to do fomething towards promoting the defence of that place. The &ft military Officers were of the fame opinion ; and as loch a recommendation had come from them, it would not only be improper, but indecent, if men of the fire mercantile confequence in the place did not take fame Rep towards carrying. fuch a recommendation inul efFeet. A fum, amount ing to au,ocol. had already been railed by individu ass, and expended in crating fortifications, which were far from being complete; and as there works appeared necelTary, it was fit that a Parliamentary provifion Ibould be made to raife farther films to wards their completion, upon thole who were to be benefited by them. When afillance might be given, there it ought to be procured. It was on thek grounds that the petitioners now made the prefent requeft to Parliament. The Petition was then, on the motion of Mr. Dent, referred to a feted Committee, who are to rake the fame into confideration, and report their opinion to the Houfe.—Adjourned. LONDON. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 2. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ON? O'CLOrlt Redate.ed 34-omintunt 7 --Corr. for Tin. Ss j. die. on. 4 per Lent 6) Oki 5 per Ceut. 9z—New ditto 90. Osmium 7 dif. PRICE OF STOCKS YESTERDAY. Bank Stock 1 431 1 441 Sbi-.rt Ann. 3 t-t 6 3 per Ccnt. Red. 33;i India Stock 164 168 . 3 per C. Conf. Ann. thus India Bonds, par 4 per Cent- 6 91iti Bill,, 3 s. a 41. s per Cent. Ann. IS9 41 as, omnium 7-1 7 dif. Ditto, 1797, 901 96 7...kett t.l. es. LAMS Ann. ij 13.16 at-161 Cont for opg. 541 351 SS We cannot refrain from calling the particular at tention of our countrymen to the Gazette of l.ta night. They will be at a las whether moa to ad mire the bravery or the humanity of our gallant tars. This day a Hamburgh mail arrived, by which we have received Dutch papers of the 18th Nov. betides Hamburgh papers to the 2:d, and various letters from different parts of the Continent. We are concerned to Hate, that our letters from Copenhagen, report the Lis of a Britifh frigate, com manded by Captain BaRESFORD. The veffel is not named, but we know that one of our frigates, la Atilt GINIF, of 4et guns, Captain BERESFURD, failed for the North Sea fome time ago. Our letters from Peteriburgh of the 4th tilt. Date a fa& that feems in lime deg; re to corroborate fome late accounts from that capital—The French Am hafrador was to quit St. Peteriburgh in a few days. The I.I4PLItOR has alfo ordered a new levy of recruits to the amount of 36,0c0, to be completed by the 27th of next month. The news from Berlin feem alfo to deferve the confli!eration of politicians. The Ruffian AmbiaLtsfor at that Court, was to fct out On the aoth ult. to 'Mt F.utin, Hamburg!), Lubec, and Bremen—Certainly not for the purpole of recommending to them to cons ply with the demands made by France, of a fupply of money. from aisle towns under the name of a least. We null m t dwell on this at pram, but only ob fer ye, that neither the Ruffian r. Sas,m Amtiaffa• ,l ( IA were pieft.i.t at the /korai% way of tl.c iSth flutmaire, (Nov. to), celebwed by th e F lei .,l ati &Act at Vicua.t. It Weirs ho our Wants from the South of En. rope, that the Fix sr CONSUL meditates force move ment in that quarter. Numbers of French troops have been marched from the Kingdoin of Etruria for the coAft of the Adriatic ; but their ultimate detli• nation is a fecret--not to his Majefly's Minifters we fhould hope, as we cannot fuppofe that they have not kept a watchful eye on that quarter in particular. At Toulon the French have a number of troops embarked, watching for Lord NELSON being blown off their coal, to Sicily, an opportunity of putting to fca. In this expeCtation we hope they will be difap- pointed. LEGHORN, Ocr. 28.—A French fquadron, with a great many tranfports on board, is now lying at Toulon ready to fail on a fecret expedition, as loon as Admiral NELSON may be driven from the coati by bad weather. The Enghth fquadron, which block ades Genoa, eonfifis of two (hips of the line, eight frigates, and four cutters, befides fcveral Ilat-bot turned and other velrels. The blockade extends from Capo delle Melle to iareggio. It is added, that the Englilh have given all the neutral rads, lying at Genoa, persniflion to fad from that place within fourteen days. _ _ BOLOGNA, Nov. 4.—ln the courfe of the lall eight days a great many French troops from the kingdom of Etruria have palled through this place, on their way to the coati of the Adriatic. Their def lination is Ilill a fecret. The two aerial travellers Count ZABISECCAII, and Dr. AN DR EOLI, have At length arrived here from Ve nice. The former is hill in a very bad Rate of health, and it is much feared that he will lofe the ufe of his hands entirely. He has been advifed to ufe the baths of Pifa. HAGUE, Nov. ,6.—" General VICTOP. yefterday informed the DireCtory, that within twenty four hours, he mull have 500,000 florins, on account of the pay due to the French troops encamped between Utrecht and Ametsfort, and in North Holland; and that if the money was not paid before eleven o'clock this day, be would order the troops to march to Amiterdam, there to pay themfelves is the Bank. Couriers were immediately difpatched to Amfterdam and Rotterdam ; and leveret rich Jews, and other wealthy individuals, were invited to wait upon our Minifler of Finance, to confult about railing the money. Much anxiety and doubt prevailed. At length, at two o'clock this morning, 350,00 florins were procured, as report fays, at an tatereft of neatly twenty-five per cent. which, with the 150,000 florins in the National Treafury, made up the fum demanded by BONAPARTE'S armed Proconfnl.— Four waggons loaded with this money, or, as fome think, with only a part of it, went away this morning at ten o'clock, under the efiort of a party of French buffers. They took the road for. Utrecht. The pay of our own army is three months in wear.— our treafure is empty, our commerce dearoyed, our profperity fled with our independence, while beggary and slavery have fucceeded to both. It is impoffible our prefent fituation can tall for twelve months longer. Without fome favourable change in that time, we mull ceafe to be a nation, May our exam ple prove a warning to Englifhmen, and confizm their diflike to French fraternity." HANOVER, Nov. 18.—The day before yeflerday appeared a proclamation of the Magiftrates, to the following are :A All arms, ammunition, cloath. ing, equipage of every kind, belonging to the Ha noverian atmy, or to fingle regiments, whether in magazines, or the care of individuals, mull be de dared and delivered up in 48 hours at the bureau of Gen. Sot tele, under pain of military execution."— No inhabitant of this city i.; permitted to wear arms, and no one dart go out with a fowling•piece without a particular permiffion from General Scutt:la. All (hangers arriving here mutt be immediately an nnunced without diftinetion. Several waggons, with uniforms, great coats. fhirts, Sec. are gone to Zelle. General MORTIER'S Guides will ffiortly have new uni forms, cloaks, boots, caps, complete horfe.furniture, 3tc. for which a fum of zo,ooo riz•dollars is required. DRESDEN, Nnv. z4.—The Duchcfs of P•au• is arrived here to fpend the winter. ST. PITERSILIRGH, Nov. I.—The baptifm of the new born fon of Citizen Von Hocarnear, the Bata v Lin Amballedor, has been celebrated by the preacher of the Reformed (Calvinifl) Church, in the Tauric Palace, in pretence of the Emperor, who hirer& flood fponfor, and fume minutes after caufed a cap, in form of a diadem, richly ornamented with jewels, to be prefented to the mother. His Imperial ?staidly alfo prefented the Clergymanwith a fine brilliant ring. —We have received the news that two Caravans from' Bucharia are on their way to Ruffia : one goes to the Fortrefs Orfk, and confills of 1500 camels ; the other of woo camels, goes to Trnitzk. Nov. 4.—The French Ambatrador leaves Petert burgh in a few days. An Ukafc of the 2,1 inflant, orders a levy of recruits to the number of 36,000 men, to commence on the 27th November inn. and to be completed on or before the 27th January, 'BO4. —The Emperor has appointed 250,000 roubles, for the building of the New Exchange. A National Theatre is alto to be ereited. Cortmuacsa, Nov. if.—Two merchants, for nierly eftablifned here, who have been found guilty of procuring Danish paffports and other fhips papers for a foreign fhip, have been condemned not only to pay a heavy fine, but to lofe their right of citizens. Lad week there arrived (candy a Logic lip from :r the N. , t t!1 gel, on leetitifit of the wind. .A convey from London, and another from Hull, are cape:led. A Britilh frigate, commanded by Capt. Bsessroan, has brought Tome merchantmen to Hornbeck, and then immediately put off to fea. It is faid to have been ftranded loon after, together with a Danilh bt ig, upon Anholt. According to the lateft accounts, the population of the Duchy of Slefwick amounts to 250,003 fouls. and that of HoMein to 120,000, exclulive of the town of Altona, which contains 23,003. AUGSBULGII, OCT. 28.--Lcrters from Italy Rate, that the Englith have colleeled a new fquadron, com poled entirely °flight yeti's, frigates, floor's, and cut ters, along the coafts of the kingdom of Naples, to prevent the French from having any communication with the Neapolitan territories and other parts of Italy. We learn Ali), that Lord NeLson has fent a very laconic letter to the Minifter of the King of the two Sicilics, in which he afTerts, that having been in formed that the enemies of the Englifh receive Air. tance and protection from the Neapolitan Govern ment, he will be obliged, if theca meafures are conti. nued, to treat his Majefty as an enemy to Great Bri, tain. This morning, about two o'clock, a fire was dif. covered in the long range of auelion-rooms, manu faElories, and warehoufes, between Frith•llreet and Dean-ftreet, Soholquare. On the firft alarm, the manufa&ory of Jac x sow and Mos ER, furnifhing iron mongers, and the work (hops of Jastssom and Wu xi:, coach makers, appeared to be in flames. The drums of the St. James's, and of the Royal Weftminfter Volunteers immediately beat to arms, and detachments from thefe valuable corps, hallened with the moft commendable alacrity to lend their Xll finance in fubdning the flames, and in proteaing the property of thole perfons who were fuffering frons this calamity. It was near two hours, however, be. fore water could be procured in fufficient quantities to fupply the engines, now colleeted from every cor. ner of the town. In the mean time the flames were raging with uncontroulable fury. Adjoining to the buil4ings already on fire were, the large furniture repofitory of Meffrs. Hamilisos and WESTWOOD, extending from Frith-11feet to Dean. &set ; the fcbool-room of the Frith•flreet Academy; a large au Lion-room in the rear of Compton-ftreet, and the back warehoufe`, full of goods, belonging to Mr. Bosco, furniflsing ironmonger, alto of Comp ton-ftreet.—all of which loon formed one general mats of conflagration. From thefe premifes the flames were rapidly communicated to the dwellinthoufe of Mr. Rau, upholfterer, in Compton.flreet, and to the potatoe warehoufe adjoining, both of which houfes, together with the back part of Mr. RIM'S the grocer, were confumed. At this time, the wind changing from due North to near South Well, the games, avoiding. as if by mitacle, the corner houfe in Compton-itreet, com municated to the Weil fide of Fritloireet, where the following lioufes were deftroyed in regular progref. Pion, one after another : The houfe No. 39, gutted. The houfe of -- Efq. a complete ruin. The following houfes are levelled with the ground a The houfe of Mr. HOGARD, attorney. The Frith•Qreet Academy, front and rear. The houfe and premifes of Mars. Hawaiians and Wasrwoon, auftioneers. The houfe and eztenfive agrkfhops o Mars. Jamison and WsLitz, coachnzakers. The houfe and workthop of Mr. Lucas, a refpeco table matter taylor. The dwelling-houfe of ---- T .- 7 Moss', Efq. and The dwelling-honk. offices, And extenave manq. &Flory, of Meas. jscasort and Mossa. It was in their pretnifes that this dellruEtive cala mity is fuppofed to have originated ; and it was with the dellruelion of their dwelling-houre, within three doors of Queen-flreet, that the provers of the flames was arrelled, and end put to a conflagra tion which threatened with defolation the whole of a very rerpeetable neighbourhood. About ten o'clock this morning, the front of on of the houfcs in Compton-firm fell in with a terriblg crafh. Several friends who had come to enquire for Mr. Ram, the clothier at No. co, were iu imminent danger—the parapet from the falling bottle opporite drove in his (hop-door juft as his friends, feeing their danger,were running into the back-parlour for filcher. &fides what is above Rated, the back parts of all the honfes in Dean-greet, and the whole fronts of the eaR fide of Frith -greet have received great injury.-- Indeed, the latter greet exhibits an awful fpeftacle to the feeling mind ; the only confolation arifing from which is, that nn lives have been loft. A Fire-man of the name of Crocker, feeing the front of one of the burning honks giving way, took fhelter in the door-way of the honk, No. tB, oppofite—but here misfortune overtook him ; both of his thighs were broken by the falling brickwork, and the door was completely driven in. Great paife is due to the Volunteer Gentlemen who attended on this occafion. It was owing to thrin en tirely that perfons and property were prnteaed. The flames were not get completely under till after 6 o'clock ; but the Volunteers, with a perfewerance charaficriftic of their zeal, and aufpicious of their future prowefs, remained on duty the greater part of the day, protraing the furniture of tbe fulfacts from the hands of depredators. Viil i