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w 5 .41" . .RMF IMPERIAL P.-IRLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS. weDer.soav, rte. 16. A Naturalization Bill was read a second ti:r.e. NOTICES. The• LORD CHANCELLOR rerninded their Lordships, adverting to the order for the further hearing of the claim to the Chandos Peerage, that it had been in hearing for several Sessions ; that it had been generally argued before two Noble and Learned Lords (Tnuaeow and LOUOILBOROUGU, now Earl ROULYN) who had hitherto, in the course of the present Session, been prevented from attend ing by indisposition, under which they still labour ed, and that he himself had been employed in it as Counsel at the Bar, on behalf of the Crown, during the last stage of it, excepting only the hearing of * the Session, in which it came before him while sit ting on the woolsack, or at the table. lie meant, therefore, to move to adjourn the further hearing to a future day ; because, although there were two other Nolel - , and Learned Lords, who did attend generally (Lords ELLAKDOACIV:ti and Atvast. T. v), yet to his knowledge those Noble and Iraraect Lords could not be present to-morrow, and it would bo 4TipTsper to leave so import:int a subject u to him. for many obvious reasons, but most espe cially on theaccount that he had assigned, viz. that he had been employed in the cause during the greater part of the hearings had upon it. His Lordship next reminded their Lordships, that he meant, either that day or on Monday, to move that it be referred to the Committee of Frivileges to enquire and report, as to what ought to be under stood to be the right mode of semniuning the Lords Spiritual in that part of the United Kir.pdom called Ireland, to take their seats, by rotation, in that Ileese, every Session. He now gave notice, that it was not his intention to move that matter before Monday next. He had, his Lordship said, further to observe, that the further hearing and giving judgment on the appeal cause, Lawson v. Maxwell, stood for that day, but that he should move to adjourn it. till Mon day. The Loan CRANCELLOR then returned to the woolsack, and rose to move " That the further hearing of the Claim for the Chanel(); Teerage be adjourned from to-morrow to that day, Thursday, iormight. " that he sigo aid give notice, in the Committee of Prier 'Ages of a ? e r e a:ice, relative to the Spiritus Lunis in Ireland, oslvionday next. " That he should proceed to give judgment in the last Ap peal that had been heard, on F.iday next." Which several Motions were ordered. Mr. BLACKBURNE and others brought up from the House of Commons, and presented, the Bank Restriaion Bill. MAJESTY'S MPSSAGE. After the House had waited for a considerable time, Lord PELHAM brought down a Me s sage f rom his Majesty, suggesting the length of period that had elapsed since the last arriangement of an estab lishment for the Household of his Royal Highness the PRIFCE of WstEs had been settled ; the expe dience of providing at once for the whole of his Royal Tlighness's debts,and for granting him sueh an establishment as should be more suitable to his high rank and diguity ; azxd expressing his Majesty's re !iance on the experienced liberality of his faithful Parliaincut to enable him to discharge the same. (This Message %Y-as sie-stantially toe same as that delivered by the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHISZVER in the House ci Corarnons.] Lord PELHAM moved, that his Majesty's Mes. sre he taken into consideration on that day se'n sight. mourned at half after five. HOUSE OF CO:iTMONS. WED> tsDay, rEs. A ballot took place for electing a committee to enquire into the raerits of a petition complaining of an undue eleetim for B. rest When the fates , . ing Gentlemen were chosen and sworn in accord thgly. .folin Atkins, Fsl. • Wm. Manning, Eli. Sit M. B C.. f qkes, Bt. Win. Baldwin, Eq. John Mtrie. , l, E Sir Evan Nepean, tart. J„4 Vb. lii.ichiribroake, Alex. Matker.z.e, Sir Geo Douglass, Bart. Ed. Berkley rortn:44, W. D. Nev , uen, Esq. Rt. lion. Jo!iu Steuart, and W. Stepp. ?orbs, tsq Henry Aleaand-t, E.q. George Garland, Est. Colonel STANLEY brou, , lit up a petition from the Woollen Maittfacturers of Derby, Ycrit, and Lancaster, against the A.t for regulating disputes • between masters and servants employed in that trade.—Ordered to lie on the table. Several private petitions were presented. 1:13 MA.TESTY's MESSAGE. The Cita:loft. on of the EXCEegralt brenght up a r :1,1=7 from his Majesty ,which was read Pram , the Chair, as follows : " His Majesty hating taken into consideratirm the length of time elapsed since tae adoption of measurts which the wisdom of Parliament thouglat fit to sanflion for arranging the affairs and deachartirithe incutbrances of Mt Royal 11th res.' the Prince of Wal.cs; and haring adverted to the pro grtss made for carrying the same into elect, recommends to the consideration of his faltllcl Commons the present s tua- Coo of the Pritre ; and initivit4s . .and ng, the very reat re luctance he NA; in surgestiug a•taitionil binthen on his Peoples reuxt t'i the experienced lip-rality and attaetiment to his Royal Flouse, so often manifested by his faithfid Commits, and to recommend such nieustiret as should seem best calculated to limpport the dignity and promote the cumbers of so distun;inshed a branch of his Royal Family." The Cn ANCLL L 0 R of the Fie ',Eger is then moved, that his Majesty's most gracious messsage be refer red to a Committee. Agreed to. The CHAve xtEott of the EXOlirqvißthen moved, that the House should resolve itself into a Commit tee of he whole House, to take the same into consi deratioa on Wednesday next. Agreed to. On the motion of Mr. SAEOEAKT, the order of the day for committing the militia training bill was postponed till to-morrow. • the motion of Mr. theervsoN, jun. the peti tion from the clothiers of Wiltshire, Gloucestershire, and Soraersetshire, wal read and referred to a Coni mitts& Mr.. WICItHAM brought a in a Pill for the bet ter securing the rights of e ion in Ir.i..!and, by pre venting Commissibuers, and Other ()dicers of the Customs, Excise, Stamp, or Post Oillces. from voting for Iklembrs to serve in Parliament; which was rca a first titre, and ordered tolbe read a . second time on Monday next. The other Ordcis of the Day were t!ten deferred. Adjourned. --, ~. i THE ITRE-ROTAL, DRUR 440. E. lIIIS will be preseuted e4e welly et • HE WEST INDIAN. Steck-well, Mr. P.,wel:; Zeicour, Mr. Dwyer; MajwitYlrla lserty, Mr. CaulFeld; Var'aurl, Mr. Suett. eh:aorta Kuspert, Mrs. Young; Louisa . Dudley, Mis. - s Campbe.l. u wlio•is will be added, MIDAS. RPM THEATRE-ROrAL, Co VENT-G AR DSM: E v zit! be performed the COMM Opera of FAMIIX QUARRELS. The principal aoa.;seri by Mr. lipiham ' Mr. Muuden, Mr. Blaaltste,4 Mr. Emery, Mr. beverly, Mr. Simmons, and Mr. lnel.`lowit Mrs. Matuxkii, Vfisa Chebmat, Mrs. Dihd:u, Miss Middy, And Signora Stomu. To which will be added, the new Melo-Drame, called A TALE OF MYSTERY. THE BRITISH PRESS. LONDON, THURSDAY, FE B. 17 . It was report yesterday, in the political circles, that the Earl of WLs rStottEL AND is to succeed the Earl of St. VINOLNT, as First Lcrd of the Admi- rapt':. l'ecterday arrived two Mails flvm Holland, with letters and papers of the 11th. By them we find that nine English ships had reached Alexandria, to bring away the English troops, and that General Sruakr had a:Tived at Constantinople. Consi derable alterations, it is said, wi:l be made in the original plan of die Ditzcli Loan. Paris Papers of the 12th, were also received at the same time, but their contents, as will be seen in our extracts, are of no importance. They will be found. in the last page. We have also received New-York papers of the i oth and 11th ult. from which the following are the most material extrafts : Waihirtztan, Jan. 1.--• The Governor of the Mis sissippi territory (WM. C. C. CLAIREORNE) has re ceived an answer from the Governor-general of Louisiana, resident at New Orleans. It is under stood in the political circles, that the Spanish Go vernor has' been so far from disavowing what has been done by the Intendant at New Orleans, with respell to the navigation of the Mississippi, that he has attempted a formal vindication of the Intend ant's condo . Captain SUTER, of the brig Sophia, infcrms us, that on the 20th December, off Cape 'I iberoon, he feU in with eleven English74's, wiiich were watching the motions of the French fleet off St. Domingo. By papers from Cape Francois, we find that Gen. CM at /M AU is actively engaged in endeavouring to restore tranquillity in St. Domingo. It appears, that the Negroes took the garrison of Mirebalsois, after a vigorous resistance, but were soon after wards obliged to retreat, a reinforcement having arrived. Leogane had been twice attacked by the Negroes, but they were obliged to retreat, having lost a considerable number of men and arms. All the establishments made by the Negroes on the river Massacre, in the Bay of Mancenille, were destroyed on the 14th December, by sixty grenadiers, com manded by Capt. DivEasCa. Extral of a Letter from a Gentleman residing at Cafie Francois, to his correspondent in Phila delphia, dated Dec. 20, 1802: " Our situation here has for a very long time indeed been very precarious; so much so, that about the middle of 03.ober last, the evacuation of the Cape, and with it that cr the whole island, was considered as inevitable. Evory article belonging to Government had already been shipped ; and had the Brigands succeeded in cz;rying their point, even our lives would have been greatly endangered ; but, thanks to Providence ! whose hand dire&s every thing, and whose kindness averted this danger from our heads, the Brigandt, after repeated attacks on this place, every one of which resulted to their great loss, were obliged to retreat into the mountains, and we new again enjoy ierfed tranquillity. Ever since the death of General Lt Cttec, and from the moment that General ROCIIAMIItAU succeeded to his place, every thing has taken a different - aspen, and we may now look with the fiellett hopes for the fu:art." _ _ _ On the SO!li December arrived at Fredericks burg, the schooner ifeantic, Capt. Hill, in 17 days, from St. Christo;her's, and 1 from St. Eustatia. The Captain states, that on the day before he left St. Christopher's, an express arrived from Barbs. doss, to apprize them of the prospeEt of a war be tween France and Great Britain, and departed to the Leewird Wands with great expedition.. This inforznatiou was received at Barbadoes by the Ra coon brig, which was dispatched from England for the purpose, and had a passage of 11 days. This news caused very aftive preparations for the defence of the island. 'The Dutch took possession of St. Eustatia, a few days before Capt. Hill left it, and trade began to Sourish. • Yesterday, at twelve o'clock, her MAsnrrY and the raincrsses took an airing in her MaJEsrv's carriage in the neighbourhood of Hampstead and Highgate, and returned to Buckingham-house at hall-pa.;: two. Last night their AIAJTSTIES Ind the Pniwcrssrs .honoured the Concert of Antivitt Music with their presence, which was under . .he direction of the Earl of UV:RIDGE. - ppv. .t.or L 146 COUP. r. • • Teiterda*, . quarter before tme o'clock,. his 11Ltits IT James's Palace, from 33tIckinghtn-Hos.e, avid !. id a Levee ; which was attended by his !loyal ivghness the Duke of YoaK, ~.the Lord CHANCELLOR, the CHANCELLOR of the ExcitE,ad,R, the StciaTAßltS Of STATE,• the St.- cRETARY at WAR, his MAJESTY'S ADFOCAIR GE NERAL (Sir Joint Nicuots) the SHERIFFS of Lon don— Dteifits—R ncburgh, Pereand, Somerset, and Brant'. Maristiiacs--Hertfurd, Aberzurn, Titchfield, Douglas and Salisbury. Lurk.--Onsiow, Effingham, Morton, Dartmouth, Wit morland, Egremont, Glandw, Courtown, Mansfield, Har rington, Darnley, Coventry, Warwick, Chatham, Fortescue NortbamptondMaccleafield, Malaisbury, Bathurst, Suffolk, and Dumfries. Fiseototh—Weataraisth, Sydney, Falmouth, and Dow ne. Lareitwetrnherst, Wil!oughby de Broke (in Waiting), Hawkesbury, Somerville, Farnham, Hobart, Castlereagh, Pel ham, Grenville, Mountnorris, Walsilighain, Bruce, Henley, H. P:Atit, Nevitidrough, Selsey, Napier, barley, C. S v c,. cer, Leslie, Andover, flarewood, Selkirk, C. Somerset, and Gosfotd. ..(I,4Ziiimadors—Dutch, French, Danish, Russian, Neapolitan, SwerliA, Portuguese, S?aiiish. Atairtds--Young, Coruwallii, Sir R. King, Sir J. Saurus r:.!z, Sir J. Orde. Gem-rats—Sir 11. Morro, Forbes, Churchill, Stevens, ford, !Simard, Read, Sir A lured Clarke Coionds—Gieville Bondman, Hope, Grey, Host:art, Bigh, Hutchinson, Giffirrel, Bolton, Monson, Lung, :sod Peacock. t • . • Capttitb—Legg (Groom in Waiting), Yorke, iiartw,•ll (Yin ), King ( Navy), L. Gower, Markham, Stanhope, [)cum• nicni.i, Pierrepoint, and Cheater. Bishapi—W.ford, Cliieheter, Chester, Cashel', and Dublin. Crnniur, J. no-t, P. Hale, J. Niciadry C. R. Booghtar, J. F. Craddock, and J. Aidiery. Masirurs—rlion. C. Yorke, Hon. T. Grenville, Sal!, Pe:.s, Bniwn, Wickham, Cn,ille, nth. Addington, 11. Mclington, Worish, Alexander, Hon. R. Walpole, Hon. H. Walpole, Faulkner, Brooke, Hord, Tynt, C. Tyta, Merry, L igh, Morgan, Dupree, De Gray, North, Hon. C. Kin nard, Orrrishy, Harcourt, Elliot, Portman, Gordon, Brown, Ni', ' 2 (de, Ord, }Tann:ton, Dorset, and Dawson. The following presentations took place to his MAJESTY :-- Mr. Solley, by . Lord Mottntnorris ; Lonl Farnham, by Lord Somerville ; Mr. Helcy Addington, on his appointment to the Joint Paymastership of the Forces, in the room of Lord Gesibervie, by his brother, the Chancellor of the Exche quer, Mr. Charles Tynt, by his father, Mr. Tynt ; Major Christie, by the Earl of Northampton; Mr. Leigh and Mr. Faulknor, by the Earl of Ormond; Captain Richard King, of the Royal Navy, by his father Admiral Sr Richard King, Bin. , The following were at Court, for the first time this season : Mr. Brown, Lord Down, Lord Bruce, Lord Napier, Mr. Wickham, Lord Molesworth, bit John lion, (first time these tofu years,) Earl Fortiscut, Sir John Aubrey ' Earl Darnley, Mr. Dawson, Admiral Young, the Duke of Somerset, (first since his return. from France.) The Levee closed at about three o'clock ; after which his MAJESTY held a Brivy Council—not for the purpcsu of receiving the report of the late trials for High 'fro:lcon, as some of our uninformed con temporaries have asserted, but for the purpose of swearing in Mr. HILEY ADDINGTON one of his MAJESTY'S most Hon. Privy Council, which was done, and he took his. seat accordingly ; and other special business was entered into. After the Council broke up, the Chevalier SWYA, the new Portuguese Ambassador, was introduced to his MAJESTY by CountLEsta,th elateAmbassador, conducted by Sir STEPHEN COTTEKELL, Master of the Ceremonies, when the Chevalier delivered his credentials to his M AJESTY. His Maisry then gave closet a;tdienccs to the Loan CHANCELLOR, the CHANCELOM" of the Ex co Loom, the SECRETARIES Of STATE, and the SE CRETARY at Watt. A Chapter of the Ktights of the Bath was then held, for the purpose ofd isposing of the Redßibbon, vacant by the death of Lord BEatit.:Eu, which was attended by his Royal Highness the Duke of YORK, Sir WM. FAWCETT, Lord HENLY, Sir HECTOR Nlosito, Lord NscsoN, and several others of that noble Order. The proper officers from the Herald's Office likewise attended; when the usual ceremony being gone throu gh, his MAJESTY was graciously pleased to invest General CRADDOCK, now Sir JOHN CRADDOCK, with the honour. He was invested with the Garter accordingly. This is considered as an honorary mark of his MAJESTY'S royal approbation for the brave manner in which Sir JOHN distinguish ed himself in most of the battles in Egypt. The Levee was more numerously attended than any this season, particularly so by Noblemen and Gentlemen from Ireland. At half-past five o'clock his MAJESTY returned to Buckingham -House. • 1 . 1 . =I 1 CONCERT OF ANCIENT MUSIC. The Concert of Ancient Musk was yesterday performed, under the direlion of the Earl of UX BRIDG E; assisted by the Duke of PORTLAND, the Earl of Carsrze FIELD, Lord FowrzscvE, and Lord DARNLEY. Their MAJESTIES, the Prince of 'atts, and the five PRINCESSES honoured the com pany with their presence. The Royal Family par. ticipated of the harmonious treat with the greatest satisfaCtion, and were never observed to be more de. lighted upon any similar occasion. The perform tnce refleeted the highest honour upon the Noble Dire..tor, and the performers in general. All was a scene of &light and cheerfulness. The first duet' Tu vuoi dew viva," composed by Vim, was sung in the most scientific style. by Miss TENNANT and blr. Na Atr.. " Haste my Nannette," was per formed by 14ri. HattaisoN, whose vocal powers compensated for the absence of Mrs. BILL ING TON, • who, we are sorry to say, was prevented from con ' tributing to the pleasures of the scene by the effect of a severe cold. Thecharming glee of " 0 Nanny wilt thou," composed by CARTER, was sung by Mess.. KNIYETT, HARRISON, BARTIIELEMON, and Mrs. llaeassoN, in a most grand and excellent style.— This is the third time the Concert has been per formed, but at no former meeting was.there observ . ed so brilliant and elegant a company. • The sub scribers. have very considerably increased. Their MAJESTIES, his ROYAL HIGHNESS, and the PRIN CESSES) retired highly gratified. We have no reason to believe (and our informa tion reaches to a very late hour last night) that Go vernment have not come to any final determination with regard to the persons now under sentence of death for High Treason. Had any thing transpired, it would, in all probability, have reached us. In the absence of positive information, we will not ven ture to hazard our conjeaures, or attempt to antici pate what may be the decision of his MAJESTY. The prisoners remain precisely in the same situation and condua themselves in the same manner as we already stated. Duro! MAIL. CONSTANT 1/401t.Et DEC. V. According to official intelligence from Alexan dria, eight English ships have arrived, to take on boird, as is said, the English troops in that country, :Lnd to convey them to England. The Adjutant of General Stuart arrived a few days ago in this capi tal, and this evening will have an audience of the Reis Effendi. nothing yet has transpired respeaing the contents of the dispatches which he brought, and which have been delivered to the Grand Vizier. In consequence of an express and repeated re quest, made to the Porte by the Russian Ambassa dor, permission has been granted to the Spanish, Neapolitan, and Dutch merchant-ships to navigate freely the Black Sea, and carry on trade in the Rus sian harbours there; but with this restrietion, that they are to be restrained from the farther privileges granted to the French and English; of trading in t he Turkish ports in that sea, and of establishing Consuls in them. The Dire tors of the Sun Fire-thEce have recently done an aCt of generosity that. deserves to be re corded. At the time Mr. 11 silt.rox's house was burnt down, in Falcon-court, the widow of the late GILBERT WAKEFIELD had books, written by her husband, to the amount in valtr of 10001. upon the premises. They had been insured at the Sun Fire- Office, but the policy had expired about ten days before the accident. The Directors have notwith standing presented her with 8001. _ - The arrival of the extra ship Sovereign, from Bengal, was yesterday announced at the East In dia House; her Passengers are, Nt.s. Montgomery, Mrs. Holland, Miss Holland, Calory.' }lolla,id, Capt. Montgomery, Dr. O'Neal, Mt. &troll, Mt. Werlderlv, Mast 11.onfielrl, Mess Has/kill., Mir E. Harlerns. The Caledonian left Bengal 94 Oa. and semained at St. Helena. _ _ . The. Nortiamtionisexpeaed to sail from Bengal in Nov. Ladj Jane Dundar, Waltham:tow, and Man thip, in December. The Mellen, and Fame arrived in Bengal fronx Europe. 'I he Sovereign left the following ships at Madras, viz. Britannia, General Stuart, and Admiral 4ple— expeEted to be dispatched for England in a few days. The General Stuart was supposed to be going into St. Helena, when the ...sic' twregn sailed. Yesterday a Cour: of Direnors was held at the East India House, which adjourned at six o'clock. till to-morrow. The French Government have definitively orgz. nised the Protestant Refrirmed Church of Paris. They have established a Consistorial Church in that city, and granted," for the celebration of the re formed worship, the national edifices a St. Louis du Louvre, of Pandlerson in the Fauxbourg St. Germain, and of St. Marie in the Finxbourg St. Antoine. . On Saturday last nearly 100 pair of shoes werw burnt in the market-place of Norwich, for being made contrary to At of Parliament. They were the property of near twenty different persons, con vieted before Sir ROGER KERRISON, Mayor, and who severally paid the fine. One person, a shoe maker, paid the full penalty of 5L for refusing to suffer ;he Searchers to perform their duty. - The best-informed merchants of Antes . erp, Ghent, Brussels, and Louvain, and several other cities, are. at present, occupied in drawing up memorials. as to the means of restoring the -commerce of Belgium. and of reviving the manufaCture-s, and several other objeCts of public prosperity. These memorials will be presented to the Comet in Lis progress through Belgium. It was stipulated by thre treaty of Amiens, British subjeds might recc.vcri. their private cla'aus against those of France, by pleading at the tribu nals of that cnentry ; but a law has been passed there, that no tle..iigners can obtain the effeet cf de finitive jucigrrnt, unless security is'givcn by a per son established in France to the full amount of the debt (not casts) ; and that the said person must be possessed of an equal sum with the debt, free fromr, any engagements. May it not be asked, who will be found willing thus to bind himself for a foreigr.- er ? or, if the sum is of magnitude, to shew his gc vernment that he is worth it ? M. de St. LAM BERT, one of the forty of the French Academy, and member of the second dais of the National Institu:e, died on the 9th instant, aged eighty-five years, after a lingering illness. M. de la HARPE, one of the forty of the French Academy, and member of the second class of the National Institute, died on the 10th instant. The Right Honourable Si Lveszza DoncLAs - Lord GLENNERVIIi, has been el2aed a Member of Parliament for the Town and Port of Hastings. Mr. WILSON, the. Petitioner for Barnstaple, Ave understand, conduCts his own cause. He sat in the late Parliament for that Borough: A Committee was ballotted for yesterday, but they could only make 26 out of the 49. He has the Right Hon. JOHN STE wAier, the Irish Attorney-General, as his Nominee, and petitions against Sir E. Pm. LEW for bribery. • Tuesday came on at the West India Dock House, in Fenchurch-street, the cle&ion of a Dire6tor, to be taken from the Corporation of the City of London; when Mr. SL ADE eras declared duly elected, he having a majority on the ballot, which *toad as follows, viz. }or Mr. SI. ADE 115—For Mr. .BtAx- LAND 76. • _ _ _ It is said, that there are a hundred and seventy carriages on the road from Coventry, loaded with Witnesses, who are summoned to give evidence be fore the Committee which is to be ballotted for to morrow, for the purpose of trying the merits of the Eletlion for that City. The labours of the Com mittee are expe(ted to be of considerable duration. The French Government appears to be making considerable exertions to reinforce the remnant of its army in St. Domingo. A battalion of French troops have been embarked at Leghorn, and the Polish demi-brigade have embarked at Genoa. They wete all expected to sail for St. Domingo on the 26th ult. A considerable part of the garrison of Brussels having vciunteered their services in the Colonies,' their offer was instantly accepted, aLd they were ordered. to march to Duakirk..to be ewe barked.