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I. A~ I ~: e • I J .0., teal persons bolo ,ig tat._ dente on their benefices. Leave *as g'ten to bring in a Bill accordingly. A Isle Stage Item she Lords announced their as sent to the Southampton Dock Bill, Royal Dublin Canal Bill, Roman Catholic Oath till, Militia Offi cers' Bill, and several private Bills. Lord HARVEY moved that the Speaker should ;awe his writ for a new eleaion for Berwick-upon- Tweed, in the room of John Fordyce, Esq. and Thev'sas Hall, Esq. whose eledion was declared t• in the motion of Mr. DICKENSON, Jan. the H rasa resolved itself into a Committee of the whole 11. , use on the Woolien Manufacturers' Petition, Mr. Zit court inahe Chair. Air. DICXENSON, Jun. requested the attention of the Committee to the subject, which required every degree of attention and investigation. He 'mid he neither courted nor solicited to be the patron of this measure, and he was Confident, had it been in other hands, it wonlci have able support. It was not a measure, as had been observed, to sweep away all the Aeis respeaing the trade, but it was a measure silculated to amend thirteen Ada out of twenty-three, which respelled this manufaEtory ; and it ssas a measure founded on the result of experience and prailice. liavitig entered at some length into the different Afts, he observed, that the whole his tor of our Comtitution was an history of amended isas ; and it was well said by my Lord Chief Jps t;:e Hult, th it it may as well be expefted that the clothe, which fitted a person when a child would answer for his purpose when a man, as that laws .would continue equally well adapted for all seasons. His wish was to pursue the pras'itiee by which the woollen trade had risen to its present prosperity. .Tbe Laws respeetiniz this trade were put in force by atv ciations in Yoritshire and Wiltshire, and in this VICAMIIIT the interes! of the workmen and proprie tors would be found equally consulted. He then Formed, that the Chairman shonhl move for leave to twilight a Bill lot repealing certain laws, and for re galaung the laws respeffing the woollen trade. Sir. Ilnix(;:.; F. said, he hoped the lion. Gentle r,:ut wools' not specify all the Afts in his Motion, .111 hich the Bill was nirmit to refer to, ask might tel I to ; ikons a great part of the country. AJaiiral BERKELEY said, the whole of the wt.-faint would be underatood, when the Bill should be beenght The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER repo emoted the necessity of the title of the Bill de legate" the purpose for which it was intended. If it was wended to repeal, not the whole, hut a part or she Bills. then those parts should also be recited in the rumble, su far as they related to the 06 . 0. It was probable the Hon. Gentleman was net at pre sent prepares' with a suitable Motion ; he would re commend that the Chairman should report progress, and ask leave to sit aw.in to-marrow, when the Bill might lie brought in, read a tint time, and ordered ft, he ;stinted. This suggestion being acceded to by Mr. Do:K -5...0N, WA& adopted, and the House resumed. The C,ommiure was appointed to sit again to morrow. Mr. Ate...sante brought up the Report of the Committre on the Expiring Laws, relating M cer tain I)uties oa Sugar and Coffee, which was alined to. COMMiTTEE OF SVPPI.Y. ".'he Order of the Day biing read for the House to resolve itself into a Committee of Supply, Mr. TIF.IINEY moved, that the petition of t ;eorge 11artin, jun. be referred to the same Coro.. num? which was agrtvd to, on receiving his Ma jvsty's approbation from the Chancellor of the Ex cliever. e Esti:trite% of the lay and Clothing of the Militia of Ireland, and that of Great Britain, were alert referred to the said Committee. Mr. 'PIY.ItNRY as soon as the House resolved itself intothe Committee) rose to state to it the cir cumstances under which a claim for comrnsation was referred rut the part of Mr. Martin. That Gen tleman did not come to them as an ArncricAn Loy alist, now for the first time setting forward his claim —lt Sras preferred, and underwent the examination of the Commissioners, from the year 1710 to 1786, at ss hich time it was fully and fairly admitted Ilthent. They awarded him compensation to the amount of 6,6151. —but a question arose, whether that sett: was to be defrayed by this country or by the United States of America. According to the terms of the treaty of peace, it seemed that it ought to have been charged to the United States, to which Mr. Martin's demand was referred, hut the money h.wever was never recovered. Mr. Martin had said that he used all pocsibre industry and diligence in his endelvours to put it in a train of liquidation. 'Eke cia that the petitioner was placed in one t!w nn,. difficult of all situations in which an individual could find himself. The question rested not on the merits of his case; but on the coestruc tion of a treaty which was in dispute betweenthe two nations. The !louse and the Country had, no doubt, a dispo,itior. ¶0 deal very liberal)). towards persons who mitered for their atzachment to the Royal cause in America, and amongst these it was known that Mr. Martin's family were remarkably conspicuous. Some of them had intreed obtained the reward they merited, but his remuneration having been put of for 13 years past, be was under the .necessity of returning once more to Parliament. During all these 13 years, he exerted himsef to his utmost for prnsecuting his claim against the States of Ame rica ; hut he could not be considered as meaning to ses' * -rshly of that nation, if he supposed they %%g i ro., ..er-zealons in attending to.thc interests of a man who did Otis best endeavours to prevent them from becoming United States at all. The Congress had indeed recommended his claim to the State most inemediatelY concerned, but there he found but eery little attention paid to Lira Ills right still = remained ired on the jovirnals of the House, and he harc'Enim not ant/ paltheir humanity, but in his opinion on their justice. The application moreover was so far recommended, that a compen sation to him -would be attended with no loss, be rattse if the British Government succeeded in im pressig sin that-of Aasialea, that this cc:livens-4km IMIIN .16 titioner was entitled to interest for the money held from him for these thirteen years past, and also to be relieved from the, fees payable for issue of the sum from the Exchequer. He then moved that the sum of 12,02(i1. be granted to George Martin, jun. in compensation for his losies as an American loy alist The CHANCELLOR of the F.XCHF.OI.3ER observed, that • the settlement made by thC . Hon. Gentleman appeared to him to be exaa and ac-. curate. It was perfally tine that Mr. Martin's claim was recognized by the Commissioners in 1786, who referred him for liquidation to the American States. Mr. Martin, he understood, in consequent: of this, went to America, and spent a long time in fruidere 'endeavours to prosecute his claim, without any circa. Of course he was obliged to return to this country, or at least his claim returned, at a time when he flattered himself the Commission was still open to his application, but had the disappointment to find the Commission was then closed. His •next appeal was to the Lords Commissioners of the Trea sury, who were sensible of the justice of his demand, but did not think they were at liberty to take the matter on themselves. Under these cireum , tances they recommended to him to present a petition to that House, andel . .? (Mr. Addington) promised to give it his Majesty's recommendation, pro fcriva. which was his usual prglice, not however pledging himself by that to any future support of any thing that might be proposed. The petitioner 'had cer tainly been placed in a situation in which he had some hard , hips to complain of, and he theretOre thought it the duty of Parliament to make him at present all the amends they could. He was un questionably entitled to interest for the money al lowecthim for the time that it was detained, and as there would have been no deduaions had the mo ney been paid according to the award of the Com missioners, any fees for the issue of the sum from the Exchequer were not to he thought of. The Motion was then put and carried una.ni =tidy. Mr. CORRY said, he had a resolution to pre sent, in favour of a Charity of the most extensive oper..tion, but which was on the point of being shut up, in cueisequence of the deficiency of the means of carrying it on—He meant the cha rity of the Lying-in-Hospital, one of the most extensive and beneficial charities in Dublin. He af terwards inovecl, that the sum of 25001. Irish cur rency should he granted, for defraying the charge of the Militia of Ireland, for 1803. He also moved, that a sum should be granted to defray the expences of Subaltern Oilit;eri in Ireland for the fame period. The House resumed, and the Report was ordered to be received to-morrow morning. The House agreed to resolve itself again into a Committee of Supply on Wednesday the .20th inst. The Bill for the better collenion of the Irish . Re venue was read a first, and ordered to be read a se cond time to-morrow. The other Orders of the Day were deferred, and the House adjourned till to-morrow. had never appeared. The French teghly incensed that the paper bacteria beetrinserted entire, insisted upon its being published as he bad delivered it to the Editor. A threat was held out, that he would quit Hamburgh if his wishes were not com plied with. The Alan was referred to the Senate, and an extraordinary meeting was held, which List ed four heals. The Russian and Prussian Mini sters were consulted; and et length the Manifesto was ordered to be inserted in its nrieinal form, in which we have laid it before our Readers. — Some persons assert that it is the composition of the Flier Comes, but it is sufficient for us if it be his by adoption. If, then, it be considered a State yaper—an appeal to the nations of Europe, (and as such he evidently wishes it to be understood,) it is an insult to their understanding ; it is an attack upon their indsperatence, and a libel upon England. It begins with abuse of the press, that deadly foe of all despots, and deprecates " the petty Newspaper-War which has been carried on for some months between Eng land and France, by hungry scribblers." But was his Official Journal no party in that War ? Was he not a Commander in Chief himself in all the en gagements ; or at all events were they not carried on under his special orders ? In the next paragraph he says, " Notwithstanding some difficulties in the complete execution of the Treaty of Amiens, the French Government still believed they might rely on the good faith of the British Government, and direeted their attention solely to the re-establishment of the Colonies."—What a monstrous assertion, in the face 'of Europe ! ! ,re- The French Goverment has direacd its attention eve role& to the Colonies! ! Has no part then of its at ,eing the tention been directed to Switzerland, to Germany, cha- to Holland—in short to every staCe of Europe, most within the reach of French force, or accessible to 1 leaf rish cue- French intrigue ? The FIRST CONSUL, if he is to be e charge believed in his Manifesto, never heard of the parti- He also tion of the Germanic Empire, or the proceedings defray the nd for the of the Congress at Re'tadt.—He has never heard of the Helvetic Consulta.—the subjuga - ordered tion of Switzerland, and the government which he has imposed at the point of the bayonet..- He has not been endeavouring to squeeze the Dutch by a pretended loan ; he did not send Sebes tiani to Egypt, to offer his mediation between the Turks and the Beys.—ln short, ever since the sign ing of the Treaty of Aniiens, he has never thought of any thing but its eaecution, and the enjoyment of St. Domingo and Louisiana. " A new war," he says, " would have a different objeet from the last : France would contend for the liberty of the States of Europe !" This is modest.—France will no doubt be ready to fight for Holland, Switzerland, the Italian Republic, &c. because they are her vassals —because they are, in fad, part of her strereth, her territory and revenues ; bin are there no other States in Europe, except such as are vassals of France ? Are Russia, Prussia, and Austria unable to contend for their liberties ? And by what right or authority does the Filter CONSUL dub himself their Champion, and set them down inadequate to the defence of their libertiev, unless he shall condescend LON DON, I to take them under his proteCtion ? But one of the THURSDAY, APRIL 7. most curious circumstances of the Manifesto is, the place of its publication. At the very moment the We yesterday made some observations upon the writer is representing himself the Proteelor General state of the public mind in France, and the policy of the liberties of Europe, he commits a flagrant pursued by the Ft esr Cosset, to throw the odium attack upon an independent State. He forces the of a renewal 'of hostilities, if such should uniortu- Senate of Hamburgh to sanaion, adopt, and circa nately be the result of the present disaissioni, en late a libel upon England, a Potver with which Ham tirely upon England. We this day insert an offi burgh was at peace, to excite a jealousy, if not to corn cial article of great importance, which proves that roil her in hostility with a Power with which she is our observations were perfeetly correa, and founded now in intimate friendship, and with whose interests in Let. The article to whic!l we allude is the Mani her own aie conneeted in a peculiar degree. This fest° of the FIRsT CONSI:L against this country, is to be a Proteaor of the liberties of the. States which was published in the Hamburgli Corry:ton of Europe. But though there be something novel in deans of the eoth ult.—Affer the perusal of this _ time mode of publishing, it is not difficult to discover document, our readers must be convinced that we • why Hamburgh has been sele&ed for the purpose. yesterday truly appreciated the real temper, seirit, I larnburgh is the great channel by which our trade and policy of the French Government at the pre- with the Continent is carried on. England must sent crisis. We said that the FIRST CONSVL con have no trade or conneelion with the Continent. ciders England as aftuated by hatred to France, nis citeenel must, therefore, be stopped.— and that he is endeavouring to hold out this country For this purpose, the Fleet CONSUL has lately :Ns to all Europe as guilty of perfidy and bad faith. covered a depot of 50,000 stand of arms, wllich In his Manifesto, alluding to the condua. of Eng wifich were intended to be conveyed from Hamburgh land, he says, " In short, no rational motives remain for the use of the Blacks in St. Domingo. For this to which it can be ascribed, except bad faith—ex- purpose he has charged Harnburgh as the channel cept a sworn enmity to the French nation—except through which English gold was conveyed, to pay perfidy, and the desire of openly breaking a solutes hirelings, emplo excite war upon the Conti- Treaty."—We could specify many other p oints nest. For this p 9e its press is now made the in which our observations are confirmed ; but we medium of a hostile. Manifesto against England ; have no vanity to gratify, aria these are suffieient and for this purpose -every day will produce new for justice. The circumstances .which ushered tics pretences and devices. The Manifesto next proceeds extraordinary production into the world, are not the to give a version of the conversation between Lord least extraordinary part of its history. Some Weeks WHITWORTH and the FIRST CONSUL, which does ago, as we stated yesterday under the -head of .1 not differ materially from the accounts already before private letter fiOnl Hamburgli,) the FIRST CONfUL thesublics The FIRST CONSeL put amend to the, sent direetions to ftriskAsto, his nilliter at tilit DRuRr-L.4RE. Ou NRYNTDAY nrbirt.„ April 11, will be performed THE HERO OF THE Nown-t. The 00;rture .uld Musk er•mposisl and selected by Mr. Kelly, The iwiseipal Charactixs by Mr. Pope, Mr. Holhowl, Mr. Kelly, Mr. Ittrmond, Mr. Merton, Mr. Bannister, Jim. Mr. De Canip, Mr Caulfield . Mr. Soilgwick, Mr. Gri:ntldi, Mr. tiibbous, Mr. Fisher. Mrs. Young, Mrs. Morintain,Mrs Darluvre, r.sw Menage, Mrs. titarid, :Miss Tyrsr. Tii which will lir itifileit, LOVE AND MAGIC. The revived Cornett! of All in the perfurrned on Saturday Evening, by ni; Ir!en received with great applause, uutice will br elven of it'. next Repreientation. On Easter 'fuetday, The Castle Spea On We.lne day, wi lbe pro•laxd a New Comdr, in Five Act 4, (Never perfumed) called The Ma nage ERITLS}I PRESS. With the foiinwing rcm.-trk—" if It tppen th4t we se.►lly mast go to war, tile is exclosivt4with those who deny the own contra as, since they refuse treaties which they had conchided." words of • the FIRST CoNsut.," adds tl:e require no comment. They explain his present opinion, his past conduct, and in for the future." From these con eluding words, it is easy to infer that the Fins r coNsui. is determined to insist upon the complete c:.- ccution of the Treaty of Amiens. The most important part of the article remains t,i be noticed—We mean the denial, that there are any preparations in the ports of France or Holland, of sufficient magnitude to be around of alarm to Eng land. Upon this point, however, we cannot form a positive conclusion at present ; but we do believe, that Ministers would not have alarmed the country upon va: , ,ue and uncertain grounds, or put words into the mouth of hls MAJLsrt, whi,:h they should nut be able to prove. For that proof, however, we must wait for proper time and place, and hope that as the Manifesto is false in every other p a rt of i:s charge, that it is Lot true in this single instance. We received, yesterday, the Mora/eur of the 3d of April. It brings no news. The French Funds are 3-10ths. We have received papers from America to the Bth March. From the extraels which we insert, out• readers will perceive that the United States are likely to assert their right to the free navigation of the :Mississippi, with an activity and vigour -which; unless the point in dispute shall be conceded to them, can scarce fail to engage them in speedy hostilities against whatever nation may be now Sovereign of Louisiana. • Yesterday a Court of Dire&ors wai held at the East India House, when the undermentioned Com manders took leave, previous to Aleparting fur China, viz. Capt. James Pendergrass, of the --- Wadsworth, of the 1.7:irl of Aber - a enny; -- Henry Sturrock t of the at.d Williana Moffatt, of thet:aug..• The Court adjourned at a late hour till this day. The Admiral Gardner, ouTvrard, a ived at Ma deira the 12th, and was to sail from thence the loth of February. • The payment of the Dividends due this quarter will commence to the Bankers aid Merchants to morrow, and to the Public on Wednesday next. Yesterday we received intelligence from Dover, that on Sunday last a very large body of troops had marched from the interior into Dunkirk. A rendezvous was opened at Whitby, on the `3oth ult. for seamen entering for his Majesty's service, by Capt. Pouto EN, of the Royal Navy. Tuesday morning Sir W. PAzTON very hand somely declined prosecuting his petition against Mr. HAarcvrc WILLIAMS, the Sitting Member for Car niarthenshire. A bridge of boats is ereaing over the Thames. from Tilbury Fort to Gravesend; in consequLnce of which, the Governors of the Trinity-liouse have given notice to all captains of vessels, not to' tome . to an anchor within half a nide above or below Gravesend, which distance is marked out with NVhite Nun 's on both sides the river. a Buoys i. ..._ _ The Earl of Coat.liAit is still confined by the gout. This is the reason why the Cabinet Council's. on Saturday and Sunday, were held at his' Lord ship's house in St. James's square. Tuesday I.ieut. Fox, of the Army, arrived fro= Malta, with dispatches from the Commanding. Offi cer of that Fortress, dated the :41 of March last :-- they represent the Garrison to be in good heal% and high spirits; but that they were in a state - of much incertitude respecting the evacuation or re tention of this important key to the hlethterramean. Lord and Lady ELGIN had arrived from Consfae tinople a few clays before Lieutenant Fox left Malta, and were then lying off, en quarantine. Two troops of the tith, or Enniskillen Regiment of Dragoons, that have been stationed in Derby for a considerable time, marched on Wednesday for . Loughlyro' and Ashby de hi Zouch, where they are to reniaht until further orders. On Sunday last the fourth troop of Loyal Suffolk Yeomanry Cavalry assembled. on Eldo I leath„where • they received a very polite letter of thanks, for their great zeal and attention, from Lord Piro ME. ' Never has there been More attention di,splard in our Naval Departnient than at the pre sent moment. The Visory, Britannia, and Royal Sovereis . n, of 100 guns each, were yestes•lay ordeved to be gut wady inr commission iintrtetiiately ; as is the Zebra bomb-vessel at Woolwich. Tile Ville de Pori:, of 110 guns, San Yard', of I I':?'... guns, and Prince, of 9 guns, are ordered into commission at Plymouth. Captain SF.VMOUR is appointed to the command of the ;Pile de Parir; Captain Griadal, to the Prince; and Captain Spicer to the San Pref. ' The ihnpkion frigate lies ready at Spithead, to carry out fiord NEtsos, to take upon him the cora- Maad in, the Mediterranean. It is possible that la% Lord ),hip may sail in a day or two. On Friday last a match was bowled at Bury, for -twenty guineas, between JaNATHAN PLATT !LLD, sige4 83, and • WILLIAM DUCKWORTH, aged 72, which was wonby the former. On Friday next they bowl again for thirty guineas. • The eletr.tion of a new master of Trinity Hall, l Cambridge, was expeßcd to have taken place yes- Nerday ; common report consigns the honorary trast to Sir W.IVY.NN.c. Knt. senior fellow of that society. i, - - - -,'clock Sir WILLIAM HA mit.sox died at ten o yesterday morning, :it his house in Piccadilly. It was the house his Lady bought for him► on an inter-, ruptiin of his own finances, with same jewels, a pre sent to her by a foreign Princess, who, in s letter to our own Sovereign, praises Lady HAMILTON, in full gratitude of heart, " as her best friend snd pre server.! to whom she was indebted certainly for life: and probably for the crown !" His age was seventy three years, of which lie spent thirty-seven Is crr embassy it Naples. • • 7 E 40111111. ball" .41111P111110111110.... ~....001wirr • .* l ' . . •••`‘' •,"', * • . - . , • . I • _ , I "' • • . • • • .. . ~ • 4. 'am not take into considcratich the state of the sister 1 examghteriocaccoettAtirftaty be defrayed by th..- ' tier, ts lon church, because be had no local knowledge ; but the Members from that of the United kingdon money ire° ere co be via doubt bist dm --- ' ' ... . . 1 ' r : ta -.' I n i Statis may have : 7 .4 ; ‘ ,` , ,-,• ,- -• • vt' • tc• W in cOotion to tse of iusjett eat . . a., d rs ..h at:o r n pen , . I'. ~.‘ g . Cerreeprelet,i*nr% a paper £;•t eat - . ..., • he was confident, would afford every information an lice dritte.them ift situations 'where It migis . • ~4 , ...i: ', ' and celebrity. linseanifesto war shews reePonsibili,y • their power. lie hoped, that after the recess, when yond the teach or compasit of aninclividuaL: • - - : ... Ceram. of the Press, who found it so fun of validity of t:. the subjed would undergo afull discussion is a Com- he conceived to be the liberal mode of p *., : . ecent invedives against England, that. he to observe tre: , . mittee, that many objeftions would be done away. instead of making this suffering Gentlem an nr- : .is :-.. struck out several of the passages. 'The rest was '' These wo fie then moved for leave to bring in 2 . 8i1l for ren- remuneration for the whole ot his probable L I I / dering more etiedual the laws for regulating spiri • the contrary, he believed the Cemmittee would be tnal persons holding farms, and - for enforcing resi- of his opinion and concur with hint in it, that the pc. inserted, as an article said to have been extraded from the Bulletin de Pai ii, in which, however, it Manifesto, “ completely his .:.:-.,.,.....,. entitled to interest for the money with. t,..,i never appeared. The French Minister, I..ghly his resolution • r