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guineas, the individuals who might be ejlofen by ballot, would avoid the chaige of ten or fifteen pounds for fubllitutzs. Betides, what could be more um eafonable, than that a yeoman who had not five acres to defend, fhould (land equal chance of a ballot with a man of soool. a year ? General TARLETON agreed in the priniples fupported by the Speaker. Mr. Ettior again role in fupport of his former principle, aliening that the recruiting fervice in Iyeland was already much impeded by the boun ties offered to militia men, at a crifis fo perilous to the country. The SECRETARY AT WAR denied the fa& Mr. STUART (the Attorney General for Ireland) exprefred his allonifbment at the kind of oppofition this night given by the Hon. Member (Mr. Elliot) to fuch a bounty as four guineas, and the principle of recruiting ; while he remembered to have fat by his fide in the Parliament of Ireland, when he filled the office of Secretary of War in that king dom, and where the Bills he himfelf introduced, propofing to recruit the Militia by a bounty of fix guineas per man, when the public fervice required it, paired without objeftion. It was his own fate to have been chofen a Member of the Secret Com• mittee appointed to enquire into the confpiracies which exifted in Ireland previous to the rebellion, and it appeared to that Committee, that a leading principle with the rebellious confpirators was to get as many of their number as poffible into The militia, either as principals or fubftitutes, thereby to acquire arms and difcipline, for the purport of deferting to the enemy in the hour of danger.— Apprehenfive, then, that there were fill many difaffeaed perfons in that country, likely to avail themfelves of a fimilar defigu; he was decidedly for recruiting by bounty, an o l i) n by ballot. Mr. Lea and Col. t. both fupported the fame pricinples.—The.tmeftion being put was agreed to,and the Bill gone through, and ordered to beereported to-morrow. The Sac RR at Wait brought op the Bill for plodding for the Families of Militia Men called out, which was read a firft time, and ordered to be read a fecond time to-morrow, and to be printed. The Right Hon. Gentleman then rote to make the motion, of which he gave notice yefteriay,relative to the Eftabilausent of Officers in the Militia, and filling up Vacancies. The pro anions, he faid, were nearly the fame as in the left Bill, reladve to this fubjedt. In cafes of Vacancies, lft., Field Officers of Milliia, who are qualified, (hall have power to fill up Vacan • des, if figned by the Lord Lieutenant, and approved by his Majesty. telly, Captains, though not qualified, if approved by his Majefty, Scald be able to fill Vacancies. 3dly, Cap tain-Lieutenants, wbo fervcd in the lan war, mall fill Vacan cies, and preferve thdr rank. And Mthly, in all cafes, °Mem on half-pay, either in the Army or Marine!, nail fill Vacancies not filled up within two months. He then moved for leave to bring in a Bill to provide for the more fpeedy and effedlual Ef tablinurient of Officers in the Militia, and for facilitatiag the Bing up Vacancies thereln.—Granted.—Adjourned LONDON. WEDNESDAY, MARCH i 6. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK : SPerC•ConCoosei• 63111411 it 1. Ditto. for April ace. 631. 64. 631, 644, 631, 6 44, 641. Old 3 per Cent. Ann. 98-omniont 141 dl PRICE OF STOCKS YESTERDAY: 3pa C• Conf. 6 3 4 6.4 6 3 44 Exch. Biu•, so. to 6s. dif. 5 per C. Ann. 961 971 Omnium 141 13 t4l dif. India Stock aos for opt. Engrath Tickets t7l. as. Imp. Ann. xol 1 Conf. for April63l; 641 631 Adviees of a very fingular nature were received this morning, which, if true in all their parti- culars, will require no common degree of ex planation. Thefe advices (late that a large French wird, forced into Cork by (refs of weather, or (fronded on the neighbouring coon, was found to have ten thoufand (land of arms on board, with French Colours and Irifh Standards of Rebellion, betides a quantity 9f warlike (ores. What degree of credit is attached to this account we know not, but fuel' news have reached the Admiralty. The converfation which took place laft night he• tween the Earl of CARLISIA and the Loco CHAM. tILLOR, refpeßing the prefent Miniftry, will be read with much interea. Reports of changes in Adminiftration are afloat, but whether they have arifen from the Debate al luded to, or are entitled to any credit, we cannot determine. Indeed tome of the llatements are In direltly at variance with themfelves, that few will be inclined to give them /nifty belief. According to force, the change is to be a very partial'one. Lord MOIRA, it is niid, has accepted the office of Mafer•Gencral of the Ordnance; lard PILHARI refigned his fituation in the Home Department in favour of the Earl of CH AT 111 M and Earl Sr. Viscosity is inflantly to retire. According to others, his Majefly ltas exprefirsi a defire that his government lhnuld be fircni;thened by the aceeffion of any one, rr of every one, oldie different parties into which the State is divided, with exceptions to two individuals only, and thole tyro individuals are Mr. Fox and Mr. Purr. That men (horrid with for (licit arrangements as may Wit their particular views h nothing new, nor are the mean► now retorted to new. Reports are often propagated, not only to found the public mind, but to prepare it to hear of a change when dole who fabricate them think the times favours. ble to their views. The Public, however, mould he cautious how they receive rumours of the kind alluded to. The Proclamation iffued by the Dotch Govern• meat, and which we yeflerday laid before our Readers, is highly interefting to commercial men, and if peace continues uniiaturoptcd, will demand the ferious attention of this country. By the mea fure alluded to, the whole trade to the Dutch Eaft India Settlements is to be laid open to the Citizens of the Batavian Republic. But this is not all.— Holland is in eft& made a great free Port for all Eaftern commodities. Permitlion is given to bring all the produdions of India, with one or two ex ceptions, to Holland, on payment of duties, fo that the objet of the Dutch Government evidently is to render Holland a depot for India commodi ties, a meafure which, if realized, would be of the utmoft prejudice to the commercial interefts of this country. Nor could it fail of (*tweets unlefs fome wife regulations fliould be adopted to encourage and to fecure that traffic to this country, as the grand emporium of it. At prefent a very conflderable pact of the trade of India is driven to foreign countries, and obliged to be carried in foreign bottoms, as if it would be highly injurious to Great Britain to be the medium by which the reft of Europe fhould principally be fupplicd with Eaftern produce ! It cannot be doubted, that if peace were to continue, many perfons would avail themfelves of Dutch flags, and of Dutch privileges, to carry to Holland that furplus trade of India, which by the ftrange impolicy of the Court of Diredors,and the rapine nefs of others, is prevented from coming to Eng land. Since the French Government has allowed the Dutch to adopt fo liberal a policy, it is not improbable that they have refolved to follow the fame fyftem in France, by which fill more this country would be rivalled in the fupply of the Con tinent with all Afiatic produce. The veffel by which we yefterday received the Paris Journals brought over alto Mr. Maws, one of his Majefty's Meffengers, with difpatches from Lord WHITWORTH. A French Mcffenger likewife arrived yefterday with difpatches for General ANDRLOSSI• The paffengers who came at the fame time all affirm, that not the leaft fufpicion was entertained at Paris of any probability of a rupture. This (hews how completely State fecrets can bee kept at Paris. should we afcribe this to the virtue of B she's Council, or to the fear in which he is held by all who are about Wm. Be that as it may, the motive which keeps them from benefiting in the Stock market, by the knowledge which their fituation affords them, mull be a powerful one ; for we have no doubt of the French Government having been officially informed of the King's Mef rage before the Taft Meffengers came aw 47. Indeed, it is pretty.well underftood, that the Cabinet Council which met yelterday was fain mooed for the exprefs purpofe of taking into con fideration the difpatches from Lord Wit rrwoam, announcing that he had made the official commu nication to the French Government. We have reafon to think, however, that nothing decifive on the topics in difcuffion has yet been received. What thole topics immediately are, we do not pre tend to Rate, but our Readers have long been prepared for the crifis which has now arrived. We have long feen, and have not failed occafionally to notice the irritation and ill-reftrained hoftility which has prevailed in a certain quarter, towards this country, ever fince the fignature of the Defi nitiv: Treaty of Peace; and the extenfion which has been made of the French power fince that period, though perhaps not a fufficient ground for the renewal of War on the part of this country, yet could impart no very fanguine hopes of the probable duration of peace. Every change in the I relative fituation of France, fince the Treaty of Amiens was figned, was a virtual infraltion of that Treaty, and it was only a fpirit of forbearance and Peace, on the part of otir Minifters, of the molt fincere and confiftent nature, that could prevent us fi om endeavouring to arreft, by force,the ambitious career of the CHIEF CONSUL. The Spirit of this Nation blazed up indignant at the violation com mitted upon Switzerland, and would have fop ported the Minifler in any meafure calculated to avert the fate of that devoted Country; but it was wifely determined in our Councils, that the circum fiances of Europe were not favourable to the fuccefs of fuch an interference. The period of retribution, I however, may foon come. The reliefs and gigan tic ambition of Bo feems likely to provoke a renewal of War, which, in the prefent fituation of Europe, mull, we have no doubt, be ultimately difaftrous to the French. If we are to wage the War frisk banded, we make it a Naval one, and, under Peoviosaca, the Are mull be glorious to the Britifh arms. But will the oilier Powers cf Europe tamely view a conteft which involves the independence, and even exigence of thole that can dill claim an exemption from the yoke of France? Will they view with apathy, the glorious exertions of the only nation that has the fpirit openly to re lift French encroachment, and to difregard French threats? The Estraamt of Russia we believe to be folly aware of the true objeas of France, and to be alarmed at the danger which they threaten to all Europe—in this cafe we are fore of his neu trality, if not of his aetive co-operation—and the Ebert Loa of Galina"! v we may fuppofe to have no great affelthm towards the Freock .interells, when we taiga how moth his was difresarded ia the arrangement of the indemnties. The brave and indignant S‘%if. too, whol.: free and ardent fpirit cannot yet be wholly labiltt.:d hy the ft.; ter s of the livery impofed upon thLin, %%;i1 leize with avidity, the fir( favourable mitzmitt for throwing off the French yoke. Under all thcfe circumflances, if War we mull have, 'ap rlidp, we could not com• mence it at a more atiipichmis moment than the prefent. At.g.l events, whatever may be the iffue of the pending Negotiation, we may reit anred that hottility has not been provoked by the intem perance of our Minifters on the one hand, and that they are properly alive to the Honour and Interefis of the Country on the other. They will draw the Sword with reluCtance, but, if forced to it, they will draw it with fpirit and effca. With refpeEt to the caufes of the prefent difpute, as we have already Elated, all that is known for certain is, that the difficulty attending the adjuft ment of the affairs of Malta forms one of the prin cipal points of difcuffion. The tottering Rate of the Turk Empire is, however, alfo underftood to be another material caufe of difference. Private letters from Paris nate, in confident terms, that the Frosr CONSUL has actually formed a plan for partitioning that unfortunate Empire between Ruffia, Aultria, and France, in which he propofes that Auftria (hall have the Turki(h provinces in Europe, Ruflia thofc in Afia, and France the country of Egypt, &c. Auftria, it is Paid, has taken time to confider of the prudence and expediency of the projed ; but Ruffia, indignant at the Con• fular intention, has honeftly rejeeted the oToiture, as altogether unprincipled, difgracefnl, and p,:rfi dious. The anfwer of ALEXANDER, in which he thus virtuoufly expreffes himfelf, has of late been handed about in the political circles at Paris, and a copy of it is hated to have been fent to the Bri tifh Government by Lord WHITWORTH. If this ftatement be correCt, it affords an additional illuf tration of the danger to be apprehended from the infatiable ambition of the Confular Chief; and while it (hews how little dependence is to be placed in any treaty formed with him, proves the preffing neceffity, on our part, of taking the mon vigorous precautions againft his dark defigns to humble the greatnefs, if not to annihilate the'power of Eng land, in every quarter of the Globe. After the Council yefterday, Lord GARDNER, who is to have the command of the Channel fleet, was at the Admiralty till (even o'clock at night, when he fet out for Portfmouth. His departure had, perhaps, no connexion with the proceedings of the Cabinet, but it certainly took place fooner than was expelled; for he was this day to have been at the Levee, to prefent a Gentleman to the KING. Sir E. PtiLaw alto left town yetlerday for Ply. month. . Greater buftle was not known at Woplwich during the molt furious part of the late war, than in the courfe of yetterday. Orders were received for fending forty-fir field pieces to the Southern Coat, and Taft quantities of military fibres of all kinds in the ordnance of that place, were preparing to be (hipped for 'Malta. The fame energy pre vails on all our Chores. Tl.urfday night there was a very fevere prefs at the port of Leith. Every (hip was ftript of her hands ; but thofe belonging to the veffels about to fail for the whale fifhery were liberated again. The QussM, with the Patmcissts, took an air ing yellerday morning along the Edgware Road, and viewed WEIRS'S pleafure boats on the Grand Junction Canal at Paddington, as the=. palled by. Several Admirals, among whom were Sir HYDE Palma, Sir R. ONSLOW, and Admirals Knialer and NUDIST, attended yeOerday at the Admiralty, as did alfo the Hon. Captain EL: ►HIMITONE. His Relcal Highnefs the Duke of YORK held a Military Levee yellerdav at the Horfe Guards, at which upwards of fifty Officers were prtrent, ten dering their fervices. The next Levee will be on Friday. No time, we find, will be loft in calling out the Militia. That of the county of Gloucefter are ordered to be embodied on Monday the 28th inn. the South Gloucefter Royal regiment, commanded by the Earl of BERKELEY, Lord Lieutenant, at Glouceller ; and the North Royal Glouceller Bat talion, commanded by Col Rowse° r, at Ciren ceiter. The Snmerfet Militia are ordered to be embodied on the fame day. Orders are received at Plymouth for the imme diate embodying the South Devon Militia, on which account Lord ROLLS is expelled there The Earl of GROSVKNOR has given notice to the Gentlemen forming the Volunteer Corps of St. Margaret and St. John, Wellotinth.r, to hold them felves in readinefs to be embodied. The following Circular Letter was yefterilay fent by Lord AMHERST to the St. James's Vo• lunteers:— Sta r —Yoa are requelted to attend Parade on Wednefday seat, tie t6th of March, u la o'clock in the evening, at the putkniar regoeft of Lord Aeolian. March te, slog. Jonas Pica, Sec. The obje& is to put the corps in an immedia! e Rate of preparation, and the example will, no doubt, be followed by all the other Corps in town and country. Many offers have already been made of railing regiments. Among others, Sir CHARLIS Bassi , SYLDI has offered to rade a Regiment of Infantry ' for general fervice. His letter of fervicc was tea- Idercd to the War Office yefterday. CORN :f K ET, rYR li IG. Not h.tvilcf any aT:I , -.!: fi:cc 'an, Sales which tr,(4: pl..cc tbi, duy v••ci,t off it.l,- )itt Any :theration r: ic:. Y,:flerd.ty the 1.00. NIkYOP. arrer 'taper :ling the Ntea!wj:,;hcrs' p-irc 1.; 4 C:1 ti (0 continue at yd. the Val ter a loaf, •vhe.a.,...n, :tad houfauld at 74i. NAUTICAL IN7 FLLIG&NCE. .PI : VNIOU cra, NTARC! r 14. Came in the It Evni.ur Lost( ia E, ut gunc, Cr.7lr LocK, from the Weftward, with leamen for the (Lips fitting out here : (he went immediately up Hamnaze. The ATALARTF, (4 . 18 guns, Capt. MANSFIELD, is gone to the Wellwarci, to tow the Calico flo.ip of war from Motints•Bay, where fhe lies difmalled. Orders are this day received for the Revenue Cutters to be put under the direaions of the Port- Admiral, to be in readinefs Gtr any fervid fur which they may be wanted. Came in the Love and Friendfhip, of Cork, Capt. BLAKE, from Cork, for thii poz t ; the Ran ger Cutter, of 14 guns, Captain FRAZER, from a cruifr, with a leiAllrC of 220 Calks of spirits ; the Eagle and Reno%n Excite Cutters, from a cruise. Sailed the Dutch (hip Amicitia, Capt. C. REY. MENS, from Surinam, bound tthAmiterdam, with fugal- and cotton. The SIKIUS, of 36 guns, is removed from Cawfand-Bay to the Sound, and this afternoon nude the fignal for failing : the is bound abroad with fealed orders. The Husirrit, of t 8 guns, is come from Ha mosize to Cawfind-Bay, to wait further orders. Sailed the Dutch 'hip Drie Gebroders, from Gucrnfey, for Amilerdem, in ballad. Came from Hamoaze to the Sound the Boat:1;- m%, of 38 guns, Captain MAITLAND. PORTSMOUTH, MARCH is. Arrived the Chance, Mu., fruni Liverpool, bound to Newhaven; the Eager, SILVER, from Burfelton, bound to Liverpal ; the Governor, POUND, from Lynn; and the Morrifon,TarmyNE, from Plymouth. _ _ Sailed the Endeavonr, Tv 'sox, for Sunderland, and his Majelty's (hip Jv ?to, for Ireland. Went out of harbour the Ay loss frigate. SHEERNESS, MARCH 15. Arrived at the Note, from the Thames, the AMELIA, Lord PROBT ; and Altercates, Capt. MAN.? I—from Sheernefi, the Idussaa, Capt. WILKINSON ; and the,Ers&LloN, Capt. STUART. The three latter have been paid two months ad vance this day. The ItArsoNceLe, Capt. Ho- THAN ; and the MINOTAUR, Capt. MANSFIELD, are both put in commiffron, and ordered to be fit ted with all pable expedition. The DILIOINCI iloOp, Capt. KER., arrived yefterday from the Thames, and is ordered to the mouth of the river to imprefs men from the Mpg coming up. A hundred and feventy regular troops are ar rived at the Garrifon here. The men in the Dock Yard work from daylight in the morning till dark. and every exertion is ufed to equip the fleet. Ad miral Sir JAMES SADMARSZ is arrived here, fo that the place now airtime, a warlike appearance. DOVER, MARCH is. ' Lail night, about twelve o'clock, the Dueness or You, C. WATSON, arrived here from Calais with Mr. Masow, King's Meffenger, with 41f patches from Lord WHITWORTH : and MCMG DRAGON, A. French meffenger, with difpat c h cs f or. General HDRIOSSI : they both fet off for London in a poll chaife and four; 39 cafes of foreign money came alfo by raid veffel; this Charlotte, French packet, came alfo with foreign mails, L. Gowsa, and nineteen paffengere. Thirmorning, about eleven o'clock, a French open boat landed Monf. Cruz al., Chef des Couriers, with difpatchcs for General ANDRIOSSI : this laft appeared a perfon of more confequence than the ufual Couriers, and has been with Bo AAAAA is, it is laid, for twelve years, in all his campaigns, and is never fent, only on bufinefs of great impor tance. Lord IVirrriroarit, it is underilood, has received a very haughty note from M. Tatter. 'attn.—Sailed the Duchefs of York, Capt. War. sow, with 24 palTengers for Calais.—The Capt. SMITH, and the TARTAR, Capt.Woarniwo. iroN, both conk in their guns, and failed, to put themfelves under the Admiral in the Downs. The following communication from Mr. Patna, Jeweller, of Brewer-ftreet, will be a proof of the benefit to be derived from Dr: fate's's Powder, in the prefent Epidemical Diforder -- To Mr. NEWBERY, No. as, St. Paul's. Sta...Obferving a Paragraph in the Papers, of the efficacy of James's Powder in the Mimosa, and my Wife having bum face attacked by that complaint in fo violent a manner as to become in a very Ihort time delirious, I feat for Dr. James. of George-ft:vet, who uftially attends my family, a• d who, by means of his Father's Powder, removed the delirium and the fever in 1 few hours.—if you think this fat can be of any fervice to the Public, you are at liberty to relate it w tk my name. I ant Sir, &c. &c. PHILIPS Patna. No. t 7, Brewer-ttreet, Arfarch 12, iBo3. To ADVENTuaLIM—The prefent State Lottery begins drawing on Monday, Ap r il 4 , an d, f rom `the Scheme being upon the old cftablifhed princi. ple of tiqating Prizes, affords peculiar advantage to the pit:chafers of Tickets andShares,the fmallef Price is 201. and there are four of Twenty Thos. (ands—Three Ten Thoufands--befidesThrcc Eve Thou/ands, and others to a large amount. It is therefore highly probable the Tickets will rife con. fiderably before the Drawing.—Meffis. J. Jonas°, and Co. ever grateful for the preference mith which they have becn honoured, b.g leave to reccom. mend an early purchafe to their numerous Fliers+, and inform Lb.= they have on file, at their Old Formate Licenfed State Lottery Office, N 0.,,//, Pope's Head Ailey. Corrhill, Ticket , , HANS. Q,carters, Eighths, and Sixteenths, in a great Va. iicty of choice and /ilea Numbeis.—This Office has been remarkably fortunate ;n and fiear..l in g Capital Prizes, being the only one that ever 'fold two Twenty Thoafankh drawn on one day.