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I , • . - • • 11;ns (reelects: to the records at the Nadia 'Reuse ; *l,l at .the :acne time they appointed! him *historio grapher to the Company, with a salary of 3001. a year. In order, 2wwever, to obtain .all possible in formation respecting the operations of the French in the Carnatic, he applied to Lieutenant-general Missy who had borne so considerable di part in those operations: zud that officer thought himself under such obligations to Orme, for The precision and impartiality with which he had recorded his nEtions in his first volume, that, upon his going to France, he invited him to his chateau, where he mated him with elegant hospitality, and furnished him with several authentic documents. To b.! continued. IMPERIAL PARLIAAIENT. fIOUSE OF LORDS. TVESDAV, APRIL 19. l'he Bills on the Table were rt.-Ad a third tiro. InclosnreSill was brought up from the Com br Mr. PILIIIIMIULNT And others; presented. and read a first HOUSE OF COMMONS. xso or, APRIL 1!). Sir WILLIAM ANDERSON moved for leave ''ring in a Bill for building a Coal Market in the t of London.—Leave granted. On the motion of the same Member the petition of the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, ice. fOr a Bill to im prove the Port of London, was referred to a Com mittee. A message from the 14oise of Lords announced their having agreed to the four million Loan by Ex chequer Rills, for the service of the year 1803, Sir James Saumarres Annuity, and several private Bills. The House then toot into consideration the amendments made by the Lords in the Militia Offi cer's Bill. The SECRETARY at WAR said, that some of thew amendments appeared to him unexceptionable, while others, on aLcount of sonic classical errors, left no sense or distill& meaning in the clauses. Ile therefore proposed come literal alterations in the amendments, which were a g reed to, and the Bill or dered up to the Lords. I'he order for the second reading of the Militia Substitute's Bill was deferred, on the motion of the Secretary at IVar, from to-morrow to this day se'n- the Grenada Loan LI, was read a third time and passed without producing any conversation. A Committee was appointed to prepare an esti mate of the expencesto be incurred by making an allowance to militia subaltern officers in time of rear:. Nir. JOHNSTOXF presented a petition from cer tain freemen of the City of Coventry against the el e ltion of sand return of Peter Moore, Esq. The SPEAKER observed, that the certificate was regularly lodged at the o ffi ce of the Clerk of the Peace ; but that the petition did not come within the fourteen days prescribed in the Aft of Par true nt. As this transaction, hoWever, happened in the time of a recess, he supposed the House would not obje(l to the same degree of indulgence which it was accustomed to give on similar occasions. *1 he petition was then ordered to be taken into consideration on Friday the 19th of August next. STATE OF THY NATION. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER 'roved, " that his Majesty's Speech to bikth H ouses of Parliame-t, on Wednesday the ‘23d of November, be now read"—which being complied with, he far ther moved," that the House should, on Thursday se= resolve itself into a Committe, to take into con aidt r itiou as much of the said Speech as related to grantiog such accommodations and facilities to mercantile transaCtions as may be consistent with the security of the public revenue." General :.;:ViCOIGNE observed, that before a measure of such importance was brought forward, the House and the public had a right to expc& some communications relating to public affairs, on the part of the Ministers of the Crewn. Six weeks bad now elapsed since his Majesty had announced that the country was in danger, and threatened with hostility ; and surely, the commercial part of the nation and the community had a right to know, prstvicusly to the adoption of e,sential measures, upon what ground we stood ; and whether these plans were conneaed with a war or with a paace establishment. It was with surprise and regret, he obierved, that no conununication was made of the nature he alluded to, though the trade of the conn ry experienced a considerable check and loss, which not be remedied by the silence of Ministers ; aad the suspense in which the country was held, af t, r so lons a recess. lie therefore gave notice, that he should not admit the proposed Motion to ',ass, without taking the sense of the House on the opriety of entertaining it while the Ilouse was de prived of the necessary mformation, at this time so de,:rable, through the culpability of Ministers. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUF.R 64 What the conneCtion can be between the subjeas referred to by the Hen Member, namely, the silence of Nlini,ters, and the question, what the House would, unciar any circumstances. he naturally in. alined to adopt--I mean that of giving facility and accommodation to mercantile transaclions, I am at to conceive. Th, Hon. Gentleman has ac cused his Majest y 's Ministers of persisting now in !be same silence they preserved respeCting the situa- Lon of political affairs before the late receFs.— I can assure the House, however, that the silence complained of on the part of the servants of the Crown, was not wilful, but v rendered necessary , from • the nature and.iniportance of the case. There are no men feel more strongly than they do the inconve niences land checks to which our commerce has been exposed by the cincunistances alluded to, nor ssaio can be mare ausious to relieve them. I should therefore have expeaed trout the candour of the lon. Gentleman, that he would have preferred to s.ohstitute the word responsibility for culpability.— Ministers strongly feel themselves responsible for all tl kat has taken place, and are sensible that the I louse has a tight to eyed a satisfadory explanation. I can with confidence assert that his Majesty's Mini sters have omitted no eirort, which could tend to shorten the suspense which is justly-considered as inju rious, and I must add, that at this moment I am nut enabled to make any communication of the nature that Hon. Gentleman requires. I am not therefOre prepared to pledge myself to any thing, but have TCASUn to think that in a very few days I shall be au thetrisellso Mike n‘comMuniention on the stibjea of what the public at large, and the commercial con cerns particularly are so materially interested." He then gave notice that it was his intention, in the Comrrnttee, on Thursday next, to propose a plan which had been long in agitation for the consolida tion of the Customs. Mr. FRANCIS contended that there was a very material connexion between the mercantile interest and the political subjeas, on which, in his opinion, Ministers observed too long a silence. Nothing regarding trade could be fully or fairly discussed, until we knew in what situation we stood: and the present state of delay and suspense was such as could not long be endured, and which the public would not long bear with. No reply being made to Mr. Francis, the motion was put and carried. The b:xpiring Laws Bill was read a second time, and the - House adjourned till to-morrow. THRATRE-ROTAL, DRURT-LANE. THIS EVV.NIN4: will be preientett a Neer Comedy Gelled THE MARRIAGE PROMISE. The Cheraßera by` Mr. C. Kemble„ Mr. Dwyer, Mr. Dow ten, Nlr Hollittreertle, Mr. Baneiliter, .jun. Mr P:thner, Mr. Pnite, Mr. Poem% Mr. Purser, Mr: Fvan4. Mei. Powell, Mn Jorflant Mrs. spark', Maddocks• The Prok . xue In be :Imkett by Mr. Dwrer, To which will be GILA, A HOUSE TO BE SOLD. T...motrow., the New Comedy, with Blue BwAl. we.ew TO CORItF.SPONDENTs. Corrripturdenta are reirtnimuril to atklresa their (7nmmitniiiations 6a dti. Piet to the Erlime, at the Oct,ffi Sa!iabiery-square. THE BRITLSH PRESS. LONDON, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 20. The Funds yesterday experienced a considerable ri.e. The- 3 per Cent. Consols were, in the course of the morning 66 1 , and they left off at 66. A report universally prevailed iu the Market, that a Message would be brought down from his M ,Jtsr v to both Houses of Parliament, announcing an adjust ment of the differences between England and France. This was the only reason assigned for the rise, but the real cause WAs a confidence now estab lished in the ptiblic mind that the differences, though not yet settled. are in a fair train for such adjustment. The evening, however, did not pass ever without some notice of the subjeta.— General GASCOIGNE stated, that the House had a right to expeit some communication from his MA-• izsr v's Ministers upon the present state of public affairs; and he observed, with surprize and regret, that no such communication was offered. To this Mr. ADDINOTON answered, he had reason to think, that in a very few days he should be authorized to make a communication upon the subjeit, but that he was not able to make acommunication of this kind at present. It will be seen in our Parliamentary Report, that this conversation arose out of some meas tires of a mercantile and financial nature, of which the Minister gave notice. One of them he fixed for so early a day as Thursday. The Minister denied, that the measures alluded to had any conneaion with the question of war or peace ; but still it is obvious, from the tenor of the conversation, that his pro mised communication is pacific.—We cannot, more over, help thinking, that the introduction of com mercial regulations at the present moment, is some proof that our affairs with France are in a fa vourable train. The Minister's answer admits, that they are just coming to a crisis, and if he conceived that crisis to be a new war, we cannot think I.:is at tention would be now turned to the detail of com merce and customs.--But the strongest ground for confidence in peace is, the rupture of the nego tiation for the return of Mr. PITT to office. We have uniformly stated, that it was only in the event of a war Mr. PITT would resume the reins of Government. It is now certain that Mr. PITT remains out, and hence we must infer, the ap prehensiun of hostilities have vanished. Other causes, we know, have been assigned for this result. Sonic say that the negotiation between Mr. Purr and Mr. AnnismroN broke off upon a question of terms: others, that an obje6lion was made in a certain quarter to any Administration of which [Mr. PITT or Mr. Fos should form a part. As things are likely to turn out, we believe there is some truth in both these statements, but we are also convinced that they would have given wayin the event of resumed hostilities with France. Yesterday the arrival of the A Inwici Castle, from China, was announced at the East India House. She 101 at St. Helena the Walthamstose and Lady gone Lauda:, from Bengal, whence they sailed 28th De cember, in company with the Tillicherry and Mansb:p. The two latter ships parted company un the 19th of 1.*:13 !liar y. Yesterday, there not being a sufficient number of Aldermen at Uundhall to make a Court, his Lord ship ordered the price of bread to be continued the same as hut week, viz. 9d. the quartern loaf, wheat- en, and 70. household. A Court of Common Council µ•ill be held at Guildhall to-morrow, for the eleftion by ballot of a Comptroller of the Chamber, also of a City Mason and Painter. The house in West.square, St. George's-fields, on which the telegraph is ereaed, was yesterday pur chased by Goverament for thy use of the people be loaging to! chit station, and therefore the tele graph will not be removed, as was formerly pro posed. An aoeonnt his been received from the Mksiena ries'at Otaheite, that there has been a civil war in the island, which has ended in the complete victory of PON AR, who is the &lard of the Missionaries, and a constant attendant on their public worship. The rallying cry of the partizans of the Govern ment is constantly the Treaty of Amiens—nothing tut the Treaty of Atn;enr. While your Government is making preparations at sea, the Great Man is mak ing them by land. He has sent troops to Holland and Italy, where they live at the expencc of our Al lies, and induced them mavelously to cherish the French name.—Courier de Londres. Though our Hero has terminated the Revolution, his friends, who by a singular chance are all Revo lutionists, more or less criminal, willingly employ the forms which so well succeeded in the joyous days of the Constituent Assembly, and the Convention. The Consul allows them to do as they please, though at the bottom of his heart he detests revolutionary means. He is enchanted when lie reads in the re ports of his private Police, that the Coffee.hoose po liticians demand the entire Treaty of Amiens in tke same manner asunder RORESP I Ell KE they demanded the entire Constitution. We begin to think, that the English Ministers are wrong in wishing to keep Malta, because the FIRST CONSUI. will not be able to do as he pleases in the Mediterranean, if the En glish retain a port there.—Bid. It is reported hat the Great Man is not altogether so well satisfied with Russia. The conduct of M.' SUR ASTC AN, has displeased the Emperor A LEX , MIMI, who has signified that he would never see, without displeasure, the nese CoNsur. interfere in the affairs of the Republic of the Sever. Islands. Perhaps also the Court of Petersburgh is informed of the intrigues of the Fr RST CONSUL with another Northern Court. Time will unfold those manceu vres, which for the moment are enveloped in im penetroble mystery. All that we know is, that some plan from which M. TA LEITR AND and his Master augured a favourable issue, has proved abortive.-114d. _ The intended journey which has only been re tarded by the incidents that threaten the interruption of peace, will last six weeks. We are wholly occu pied in providing for the tranquillity of Paris dur ing the absence of the CONSUL. M. CA M BACERES will only be entrusted with the privilege of giving his advice, and with the receptions of etiquette. ft is the grand judge who will be invested with all the powers. He is a severe, repulsive, and entraaable man, just such a one as Bon APART E wants.--Aid. A vessel, from Flushing, arrived on Monday at Dover, with a large,quantity of household furniture ; it is supposed to belong to several English families who were settled at flushing, but who arc now pre paring to return to their native country, to escape the depredations they apprehend from the French troops. The report of the Island of Sardinia having been purchased by England, has been tontradi&d ►n the Foreign Gazettes, in which it originated. The English Court has sent an officer to Vienna, to request that a certain number of officers and com mon men, from an excellent corps of bombadiers, and cannoneers, may be permitted to enter into the English service. This request, however, has been refused. Thc Correspondence is very frequent between the different Port Admirals and the Admiralty Hoard— so much so, that when fog prevents the telegraph from working, Messengers are dispatched, inde pendently of the post. Lord NELSON is not yet appointed to any com mand. On Saturday morning General WntTELOCKL reviewed the :3 1 st and 40th regiments on South Sea Common. These regiments severally performed their evolutions, greatly to the General's satisfaction. This day the Report of the Nottingham Eleaion Committee will be taken into consideration in the House of Commons. The Berkshire Militia arc now complete ; they had their arms delivered to them last Wednesday. In several of the New York papers it is said that the people of Kentucky are determined not to wait the result of negociation, but immediately march to ; dispossess the Spaniards of New Orleans. Captain Brown, of the brig Polly and Mary, ar rived at Baltimore on the Gth in twenty-eight days from Aux Cayes states, that no reinforcements had arrived there from France. The Blacks had grown very formidable, and were at onetime in possession of Auc Aucance, but a sortie was made against them, and they were obliged to fly with loss. The stagnation of business of all kinds was excessive. Captain Spoorter, of the schooner Harvey, from Havannah, states, that the day previous to his sail ing, a ship belonging to Philadelphia left that place for Cape Francois with a number of blood }iands to hunt the Blacks. The French frigate which sailed a few days before, and on board of which a reinforcement of this kind of warriors was said to be embarked, had a considerable number of Spanish troops on board, but no hounds. A New York Paper, of the 15th nit. mentions, that the British frigate, Bolton, Captain Dot 41. AS, anchored in Hampton Roads, from Bermuda. Left there the British squadron, under the command of Sir ANDREW MITCHELL. The Lily sloop of-war was dismasted in a gale of wind, on her passage from Halifax, and had put into Anti,gua. The Lady of Sir ANDREW MITCHELL., who had gone to Bermuda, for the restoration of her healtli, died a few days befOre the Boston sailej. The appointment of V clam Hucnes to the command of the new Frent h Colony in Louisiana is partica.rly disaw,reeabie to the americans. The charaaer and ci‘aulua of this man in Guadaloupe, might have prevented his being employed by a ci vilized Government. By the Mercury, arrived at Philadelphia from Trinidad, we learn, that the inhabitants of that island are under great apprehension of the rising of the Negroes—that a new Governor arrived there about two months ago ; and the Ex. Governor, it was said, was to be sent to England in a frigate, lying at Trinidid, being accused of imprisoning many of the merchants and others, for a consi derable time, without even alledging any crime against them. The Overture of the new Clinic Pantomime at the Royal Circus does Mr. SAs WON infinite cre dit ; it is a very pleasing compositi , n. 7he Scenery is the best we ever witnessed. The Machinery is admirably managed, and the ch t , ge of the Plum piddier to a ,sedan-shair meets wi::1 ,he utmost ap probation: it is invented by M• ts, amt does him great credit. - POSTI2r. EXTRACT FROM " THE CULPRIT.* AN 146EGY, 111 , NATHANIEL SLoostritt.D. WHEN li:elfin, with syspended breath, A wretch his dreadful senvinze huts, wltcre worse than. Death The Nlititary Culprit fear;. And when encin text by the torinent.„.nblic 51L412 Severity'i nuost ruthless: hand Lacerates his manly frame When many a hardy Soldier weeps, And grieves that hes compeli'd to stay; Who perforce his station keeps, " * MAP Or wonld soon be far away ; 3 64;V:443141b Yet see beyond the circling guard, Idle gazers ducking, rui:tid, To see and hear are pressing hard, a. " 7 .4.11411 Ai if the Spot were fairy ground. • wet•rl Ids; it,t4l w it- What is it that a charm imparts ? 'eels Why do they press to hear .and sec! ar: Can it be that human hearts .• Delight in human misery ? • . •: !- • When the inexorable lons Chills the hopeless coaviceA blood 1 - When sunk and deowli'd his ev'ry power. Sorrow's overwhelming t10.,d : To view the svelte the titutly run, And o'er the ktpless 'attach to sigh • 4 1. Nor once enquire the crime he's donor-. They only come to sec him die. Variona cares mankind 4mplvy But to gaze on 11111117111 woe Seems the universal joy, For which they all their cares Alr4:llL - - - Lai h from his purault departs, Suffering dying Man to see; Suraly there are human hearts That joy in human misery. Where fictitious tragic wua Entertains the gaudy ring, Each the horror can forego, And instant mental comfort bring. When the spirits take alarm, Prompt to anger, grief, or spleen, Reason can di . ris:iire the charm, .:.:.~ 1 -•••• .. And sin•, 'tis a fictitious scents But to scenes of real woe. Whey: a wretch is truly dying, Wherefore do such number. to, What can be the joy of -i_hL 1,; ' Men of thought, who soar serene, And loftily philosophize, Will say they seek the solemn weir, To contemplate and s!nttrathize. And all the throng nil t:1 y‘t so iympathy that b 1:1; them there They :ow to We .let: ' wor, And come butt . , y a tear. • a ..: , if to cquy the tnr that 'tart:, They run the s grm,..l scene to Alas : fur pity—liuman hearts Delight in hunt misery. • Early yesterday morning Mr. MAJOR, the Mts • stinger, arrived at Windsor with dispatches for his Majt:sr v from the Secretary of State's Office. His MAJ ESTY, attended by Gen. GWYNNE, yester day morning took an airing cm horseback, and in spaled the extensive improvements making is Windsor Great Park. Lord :Ind Lady H A lIC 0 RT, the Marchioness of BA TR and daughter, Sir W:f.LIA m and Lady NTT. who have been for some time on a visit to the Royal Family, left Windsor yesterday morning. Yesterday morning her MAJESTY and the Piu*. CESiEi, attended by Lady CRAN LEY, left Windsor at half past nine o'clock in two coaches and four, with their usual escort, and arrived at Buckingham-house a little before twelve. Soon after three o'clock his MAJESTY also arrived at Buckingham-house. His MAJESTY will this day hold a Levee at St- James's, and in the evening the ROYAL FAMIL Y will honour the Concert of Ancient Music with their presence. The alteration of York-house, formerly Mel bourne-house, is nearly completed. The merit of the design is attributed to Mr. Hott A ND, the cele brated Architect, and the whole is executed under the auspices of Mr. COPEL AND. Lord DUDLEY and WARD is so much indisposed, that his life is despaired of, at his house in Park lane. The Duchess of ST. ALB SNS, and Lady DE Cur roßr, have each issued 500 cards of invitation for their intended Routs in May. The Duchess of CUMBEfti. AND, after various tra verses through Italy and Switzerland, is now on her route for Paris. SrENCEu.'s Annual Dinner at the Garrick's Head, was attended on Monday by a very numerous and respeftable company. Mr. ST. PIERRE, the Dancer, is said to have lost one of his wise teeth at an affray which took place at the Opera House on Saturday night. The Duchess of BOLTON'S Rout, Grosvenor square; Mrs. VILLIER'S Rout, North Audley street; Mrs.THELLussoN's Rout, Chandos-street; and the Countess of PORTSMOUTH'S Rout, Lincoln's-inn fields ; are this evening candidates for the favour of their fashionable friends. bill ES PLTER ANDREWS, Esq. will give an ele, gant music party to above 500 of the nobility, at his house in Cleveland-row on Wednesday next. Captain MACNAMARA was last night in a fair way of recovery. On Monday morning last died, at a quarter past on c o'clock, at Stratford-House, in the county of Essex, the Right Hon. JOHN Lord HENNIKER, Baron HENNIKER of Stratford-upon-Slaney, of Stratford-House, and Newton-Hall, both in the county of Essex ; Great Blealing's-Hall, in the county of Suffolk, and St. Peter's, in the Isle of Thanet.—His Lordship was descended from an an cient family in the county of Kent. He is succeeded in his title by the Honourable JDHS HENNIKER MA;4) a, of Parunan-square. C 7 I - ~,r I 3 4 6 .1