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PIIP,^w7 - - _ lefwm pra l / 4 '.lif,e3 by the varions erns eir managers et e.,tates, and an hrteresting trie in .altunration. Letter XX. gives a statement .el opinions tespea ;lig the stare trade, with an account of a species c internal leg station, 'est:Misted by custom and rea son in the hands aftheoolnnists,the present state.of slavery in Jamaica. the elefeas of the colonial sys tem, and remu ks on the negled of iticultsting reli gion among the negroes. Letter XX I . an ltst ceetinuee the same sabjea, and offers a plan for missionaries. The :maim then gives his reason for apprehending little danger t o .larnaica from St. Demingo, :wrd for thinking any general insurreaion in Jamaica improbable, con .cludes this intertang work, which will form a vat?, litahle addition to <very West-India Plsinor's brary, with suggesting flans for the farther seco rl•). of the P4XLI.IMEICT. HOUSE OF LORDS. sarmenav, JCNE ;4.. The Bonse met x three o'clock, =4l a Message was sent to the 'loose :of Commons, requesting their ;Attendance in the house of Beers. The Commons acconringly attended —and in their presence the Moral Assent was givetto -several Bins. (For astirb su the Commons.) • • The Lord► Connnis.siOnscrs were--;lAvrd Chancel lor, Lord Walsinghans, and Lord AncllancL Adinsrned to AloiaLq. HOUSE OF COMMONS. SATURDAY, .It7NE The Usher of the Black Rod desired the imme diate attendance of the House in The House of Peers, to hear the Royal Assent given by commission to se veral public andprivate The Speaker, attended by several of the Members, gecordiogly proceeded , t , ) the. Upper House. The riblic Ails which received the floral Assent were — Abe National Defence Bill—the Irish Courts of Law Rill—the Militia Completion Bill—and the Scotch Schoohnasters' Bill. Among the private Bills ws Markham's Divorce Bill. A Message from the Lords inf. .rmed the I louse their Lordships had agreed to the Bill tirr protaling the Trade of the United Kingdom durin ,, the War with France ; and the Scotch Emigrant Mr. VANS! ITART gave notice, that on Mon day his Right Hon. Friend, the Chancellor of the :Exchequer, would, in the Committee of Supply, bring forward a Plan fur Consolidating the Duties of Excise--and at the same time it was his intention to move for leave to bring in a Bill for et couragiug Foreign Seamen to enter into the Naval Service of this country. The House resolved itself into a Committee on that part of His Majesty's Speech of the 2.341 No. venther, which related to the accommodation and facilities to be afforded trade. Mr. VAISIITART observed, that the Commit tee must be aware that there were certain articles which could be regulated by the Committee on the Lill, without a previous Committee. At present, he had only two articles with which he should trouble the Committee—they related to imports from the .Last Indies—the one was China-ware, and the other .oipium. It was proposed to augment the daties upon •tkose articles. With regard to Opium, it was suspected that it began to be used for the purpose of adulterating beer. It seas even said, that in conse quence of the prohibition of Opium in China, it was likely to become an article of speculation in this country. lie proposed an additional duty of 801. on every 4001. real value of China-ware imported into this icountry by the East-India Company—and on every pound of Opium imported, an additional duty at Ss. with a draw oack of 6s. on exportation ; and a duty of 12s. 6d. on every pound of Opium imported from the I.evant, not the place of its natural growth, with a drawback of 7is. on exportation. He added, that in the Bill which had passed last year, relative to Brewers, every possible care had been taken to peewit the adulteration of that necessary trticle. It vvis provided, That every Brewer, in whose possession any OPiurn should be found, should p l y a penalty of 501. Mr. PATTISON observed, that the Right H. Gentleman had brought c,re.-ard a charge of a very serious nature against the Brewers. He was con meted with persons of great respectability in that line, and he never had heard of such a practice.— Ile wished the Right Hon. Gentleman would state some fact—the characters of the Ilrew•ers were at stake, if such an assertion was suffered to pass cur rew. Mr. VANSITTART said, Le was far from bringing a general charge.—He did not wish to irn flicare those who were of the description the Hon. Plember had alluded to—but certainly. it was stmroly suspected that the practice of using Opiuni .had commenced. It was highly necessary to check and prevunt Mr. PATTISON said, he wished it was in power to give any intim:ration on the subject. He reared it would be very ArtiliCUlt to obtain any.— Opium was a drug so easily secreted, that nothing was inure easy than to escape detedion. He felt much for those Gentlemen who carried on business fairly and honourably. Sure he was, there was no necessity for using destructive drugs—on the contra. ry, it was more particularly unpardonable at the present moment—tor the ingredients used is brew ing were at a price which enabled the Brewerisiot only to make a good and wholesome commodit), Lat to d,oao at a fair profit. He wished the penalty tOr using Opium, or Oeulus Indium, which was equally pernicious. was extended. Mr. VANSITTAR'I' said, the penalty was 5001. for any drug whatever. Mr. PATTISON wished the penalty wa 5,0001. The resolutions were agreed to, and the report 'WE ordered to be received 4an Monday. The Report of the Assessed Tar Bill was brought tip, ordered to be taken into further consideration on Monday and in the mean time printed. The Report of the Assessed Tax Consolidation Bill was /brought up, ordered to be taken into fur ther consideration on Monday se:might, and in the mean tame printed. Mr. ALEXANDER bronht up the Report of the Committee of Supply, and the resolution for granting an additional Number of Seamen was *greed to. Fil.roTT wiled to know whether we had aftually 70,000 se:unen. Sir P. STEPHEN said, we bad not quite on ma /lb some detachaicats of marines raisin be on illore. ••• - - i . ~~-.. Ctßorie' 'BAGWELL *id, Ite had received :4e letter from the riry 'of Cork, inform* him, am the merchants of that place, with a degree of sesl, loyalty, and patriseism, which did them honor, bad had a meeting, and had voted a very considerable sum of money for the purpose of raising seamen. f ?fear, bra. !) The seamen to be thus raised were to be dehvereil ever to the commanding officer near est that place. The Etohequer Bills' defelt Bill was read a third time, and passed. The Irish Ship Proteetion Bill was read a second time, and committed for Monday. Adjenrned till Monday. ~- -I~iT-t`TT Till; BRITISH PJ*ZESS. LONDON, MONDAY, 13. About two o'clock on Saturday, Government were informed by the telegraph, corresponding with Deal, of the assassination of BONAPAILTE. In the evening, the following letter upon the subjoa ar rived in town, by express, from that place. 4 4 A French ishing-boat is drove into the Downs, which was intended for Dover, with a person from France. He has dispatches, and is ordered to communicate than to the Collector at Dover, said to be of great consequence. He is now examining before the Col lector of the Customs here. I undisstand he brings an account of Bow n r arcr t being assassinated." The person in question, we understand, verified his state ment upon oath before the Collator. Letters to the same eflat, it is said, have been received, by Mr. RAMIE R, brother to the Admiral of that name, and several other gentlemen of respectability. The de. position of the person examh.ed x Deal, has been also received by Government, but we do not:find that they attach any credit to it. Not having seen the deposition whether the opinion of Government be founded upon any deficiency in the evidence, or whether the true eight of evidence has not been reduced by throwing into the opposite scale that extreme caution, which so many recent stock jobbing tricks must have contributed to create, we cannot •ay. The report is certainly not the least liable to suspicion, because it was circulated upon a mar ket holiday, and too late, had it even been a day of business, to have any operation upon the funds. In dependant of any such views, there is another object upon which it might be intended to have a consi derable influence ; we mean the terms of the loan which a:e to be settled this morning at 10 o'clock. As to the subject matter of the report, abstractedly considered, we should regret if it were to prove true. The fall of a tyrant by the hand of an assassin, is only the triumph of vice. In the fall of BON A• P TE We should like to see the triumph of virtue over infamy, of liberty over slavery, of loyalty over usurpation. We should like to see him fall in the field like RICHARD 111, by the hand of the rightful Sovereign, and the husband of the Ps incess, whose union stiengthened and cemented that lawful claim. We had 'written thus far, when we received an ac count of the arrival of two Messengers from Paris at S o'clock last night. They came in a post chaise and fcrar, and drove withal! possiblespeed tot ord HA WK vi ne r's office in Dow - ming-street. It was immediately circulated that they brought a confirmation of the re port of the assassir.ation of BoriA TART Z. We appre hend, however, that they are only the Messengers, in ordinary. who are permitted to pas.; and repass until the 2ith inst. the day on which it is agreed that all communications between the two countries shall be completely dosed. One of the Messengers was richly dressed in a suit en,broidered with gold, and a medal suspended at his breast. The other was the same person who brought orer the account yesterday month, of BOMAPARTZ having been thrown from his carriage in the garden of St. Cloud.---The two Messengers, after having delivered a small box at Lord HAWKESBUItY'S office, went to au hotel in Leicvster-squan:. The accounts from tlx Cent:nent are various awl contradiClory. Some state that the French troops have taken possession ..of Hanover, Bremen, ecc. and ase on their march for Hambnrgh. Others as confidently assert that a compact has been entered into by Russia and Prussia for the protection of Hanover and the H.nase Towns, and tims ist CO/1.• acqueace the Eletiorate has riot bees entered by the ', French army. Thefollowigg are the several au thorities upon which these several opinions are founded. EXTRACT 01 A LETTER, DATED HULL, wax 9. a The Master of a ship arrived here on the 7th, from Hamburgh (who left Cuxhaven last Tuesday) says, that it was reported, when he left Cuxhaven, that the French had taken possession of Bremen ; and, as he sailed along the coast, he saw the alarm flags flying, and heard the guns fire, from which he is led to believe, that the French were entering Cur haven : under these circumstances it will not be safe for any ship to sail for Hamburgh till something certain can be learnt about the fate of that place. The Hamburgh Convoy is yet is the Humber), but two American ships that have taken goods for Hain burgh have sailed within the last week past." EXTRACT OF ANOTHER LETTER, DATED HULL, JUNE 9. " The French took possession of Bremen, on Thursday last, and it is reported, that they were then on the march to Hamburgh." H A RW 101, JUNE 9. " The agent .of the packets, at this port, received yesterday, the Hamburgb and Bremen Mails, as usual, though with an order not to tOrward them till he has farther instruEtions from the Post-Masters- General, who wait the arrival of the packet, now due from Cuxhaven the passengers now on their way thither are consequently detained awhile at this port. Orders .have also been sent down for the Prince of Irala, Capt. HEARNE, the next packet in turn, to sail to the Eyder, to take the sound ings of the harbour and other necessary observa tions; but this morning the Agent received instruc tions to detain him, and the packet having sailed, we fear they arrived too late; the Agent, in conse quence, hired a vessel immediately, and sailed after him, in the trope of being able to overtake and bring him back." A letter has been also received in town, through a private c.hannel, to the following effea : It:NE 10, 1803. " We learn from undoubted authority, that ac counts have been received from a Senator at Ham burgh, desiring that their friends would be perfectly at ease, as a compact had been entered into for the protection of the llans Towns, and there is every reason for believing that Hanover is included in the compact, and that the French troops (agreeably to the former informations of the letter, dated 28th ult.) had been stopped in consequence." Through another channel we are informed, that the Itiartilst, Captain Scainvea, left Bremen on the sth, and arrived off Southwould on the 9th. He contradids the account of the French being at Bre men. The Paris Papers up to Wednesday last,and the Hamburgh Maas containing letters and papers of the 3d instant, are silent upon this sue Et. It is evident, however, that our Government entertains very serious apprehensions for the fate of these se veral places, from the order which they have sent to prohibit the sailing of the Hamburgh and Bre men packets until farther instruaions. Lora MELVILLE leaves town to-morrow for Scot land—Mr. PITT also leaves town for the remainder of the session. The political prospects of these two great statesmen are completely blighted for the pre sent season. On Saturday morning, about eight o'clock, their MAJLSIIES and the PaiNcissEs, attended by Gen. GARTH, Col. FITZROY, and Col. SPENCER, at tended Divine Service, at the Chapel Royal, Wind sor—and will continue to attend Divine Service at the same place, when at Windsor, during the sea son. After breakfast, Her MAJESTY and the PRIN. etssss, attended by the Countess CHATHAM and Lady NIATILDA WINYARD, took an airing in two coaches to Frogmore, and walked in those beautiful Gardens till between three and four o'clock. Yesterday morning, the Royal Family, attended by Gen, GARTH, Col. Fl T TAW Y, Major DESIORO% and Major SPENCER, the Hon. WIC PRICE, the Countess CHATHAM, Lady MATILDA WIN. YARD, and Miss Goinisvoarnv, attended Divine .Service at St. George's Chapel—where they heard an excellent Sermon preached by Dr. 141.toroaD, Canon in Residence, from the I tith chapter of St. Matthew, and the '23th verse. His MAJESTY, after attending Divine :.etvice ' walked to Frogmore. On Saturday morning his MAJESTY reviewed the 11th regiment of Light Dragoons, commanded by General Sir JAMES CRAIG, on Ashford Common. His Manstv, attended by General GARTH. ar rived on the Common about i 0 o'clock, and was received with a royal salute, the Prince of WALLS, Dukes of YORK and CUMBERLAND, Earls MOIRA and HARRINGTON, Lords CRAVEN and Roma? MA...NERO, • Generals Hutu.. F•WCET, DUNDAS, NN LES, GTWNE, and a number of Military Of ficers of ilistinltion. The men continued to go through their different evolution► till past twelve o'clock, when the review finished and his MAJESTY left the Common. The Marquis of HCNTLEY leaves town this day for Kimholton, on a visit to the Duke and Duchess of MANCHESTER. His Lordship will stop in his way, for a few days, with the Duke of BEDFORD, at Wo barn. The Duke of &Dross) gave yesterday his annual dinner at Woburn Abbey, preparatory to the sheep shearing, %%Lich wif commence this day. The Earl of TRANI. r, Lord W. RUSSELL, Lord SOMERVII LE, and a large party of Noblemen, were present on the occasion. The Marquis of Satisauav left town on Satur day to join his Regiment now lying at Ipswich, pre paratory to their being reviewed, which will Like place in a kw days. The present is called the Rump Administration, became it does not contaiiithe head any one great Amity. ._..~ 4 PRIVATE CORR ES POND ENC rams. ;USE 7. In three days two couriers have arrived from St. Petersburg, and the Russian Ambassador, after frequent conferences with Talleyrand, went yester day to St. Cloud, and had an audience of the First Consul for more than two hours. It is said, that the Empercr of Russia has much disapproved the condo& of France towards Holland, and the plan of seizing Hanover. Fresh troops have been ordered to approach the Rhine, and the Corsican is highly displeased both with himself and every body else. The military forces in La Venclie are augmented every day, and orders are issued for colleting an army of 2.5,00) men on the Spanish frontiers; whether it be in tended as a threat to Spain, or for an attack on Portugal, is yet the secret of Bonaparte. Lasnes has again complained, and asked to be recalled ; and at the grand review and audience, the s th inst. in speaking with Chevalier D'Azzcra, the Spanish Ambassador, the upstart sovereign loudly abused Portugal. Joseph Bonaparte has been offered, but declined. to be the Deputy Eletor of Hanover. An univer sal confusion and ferment reigns in the Corsican Councils, and the greatest discontentment amongst Lis Ministers, who have more or less lately expe rienced the drab of his bad temper and violent pas,ions. Berthier and Chaptal have given in their resignations, but by the persuasion and manoeuvres of Talleyrand, they were brought over to continue in place. Moreau, Massena, Macdonald, and Angoraut. arc more than ever suspeded by the usurper, and watched by his spies. For the sixth time in three weeks, the journey to Brabant has been fixed by ambition, and deferred by fear. This is one of the many proofs of the boaritc I popularity of the Corsican. and of the general approbation of the war, which bis absurd vanity and insolent conduct have provoked. It is reported that twenty thousand British troops are to be sent to Portugal with all possible expedi tion, for the defence of that kingdom against any attack of the French. Sir S. Sterrn has sailed from the Suffolk coast to relieve Admiral Tuoanzoaoenn off Goree. The Antelope, with some smaller vessels, were on Wed nesday off Dunkirk. Lord GARDNER is to sail for Cork from Ports mouth, as soon as the Doris arrives there for his conveyance. Saturday the Lord Lieutenants of Counties drew for the Rants of the different Regiments of Militia. It is supposed that Government intend to raise some new Regiments of Infantry. Lieutenant-Colonels T. F. KILLY and the Hon. J. Pa o sY have obtained companies of the First Regi ment of Guards; Lieutenant-Colonels J. Putts*, H. TAYLOR, and Lord AYLMER, companies in the Coldstreami and the Hon. Colonel Cote, and Lieutenant-Colonel DUNiFORD, companies in the Third Regiment. The Hon. Captain HALLYPCIITON, of the First Guards, is appointed Assistant to the Quarter-Mos. ter-General, with the rank of Major in the Army. Major C. Hs 'mover, frons tbe half-pay of the 40th, and Captain Covet:4, from the Staff corps, have re ceived like appointments on the Irish Staff. Lieutenant-Colonel WOOD is appointed to the Colonelcy, and J. GIBBONS, Esq. to the Lieutenant- Colonelcy, of the East Middlesex Militia. ♦V. MANNING, Esq. is appointed Lieutenant-Co lonel of the Bank Volunteer Association ; J. PUGET. Major; and W. MELLISH, E. Sisisox, T. LANG LEY, J. OLIVE, G. DO RIEN, S. THORNTON, CBOT.. LEH, and J. BOWDEN, Esqrs. Captains. Colonel M. HUMBER, of the 48th regiment, is ad vanced to the rank of Brigadier General in Ame rica, and Colonel W.Dv 07 T, of the 25th Regiment. to the like rank in the West Indies. Detachments of artillery are tinder orders t• pm ceed from Canterbury to the different batteries upon the coast. The Kent Supplementary Militia are not to form a •eginr.tnt, but to be attached to the East and West reginie:-.1, according to the number raised by each division of the county. The Sea Fencilides are ;gain to be called into service. The different Neck ships at Sheerness have been ordered to their respeCtive stations off Margate, in the Queen's Channel, &c. Amongst the latest arrivals at Bath, are the Earl and Countess of SPENCER, Earl and Countess cf WEST e A TH, Countess of G;;:toroito, Colonel, Mrs. and MiSsCaSTLLM AIN, &C. Colonel Fisite a, Chief Royal Engineer of Ireland, left Dahlia on the Gth inst. to inspect the defences of the coast and the atniaments lately ordered in the southern district. The Auckland packet arrived on Friday from Calais, as a flag of truce, and brought over dis patches for the Russian and Austrian Ambassadors. An order has been received at Calais to send all the English there to Valenciennes. '1 he Gazette of Saturday contains an Order in Council for prolonging, to the Ist of January, 1804„ the Order at . the 13th July, 1801, which declared the port of La Valetta, in the island of Malta, to 'be free to the subjetis of all States in amity with his Majesty. The Hamburgh merchants have applied to Go. vernment for a convoy to be appointed to proceed to Hamburgh, for the purpose of convoying from thence the vessels bound to the different ports of England .and the Baltic. Their request has been complied with. The squadron under the command of Admiral !Altos! had been met with on the other side of the line, having been previously joined by th e advice boat, disp a t c h e d w i t h the first intelligence of his Majesty's Message of the Bth of March. Captain • General Drcaes, and all the soldiers on board the squadron, were in the best state of health. Tha t squadron is supposed, by this time, to klave arrive. a at the Isle of France, THE ATR E-RorAL., n4rM sR K ET. THIS EVENING will be prNented THE MOUNTAINEERS. A Play in Three Acts. Oetwrisis, Mr. Ellisvin ; Virolet, Mr. 11. Palmer; Katmai lock, Mr. I)enman; Roque, Mi. Chapman; Lope Tortro, Mr. Bult.in ; Rillcazin Muky, Mr. Archer; Ganem, Mr. Smith; Sadi, Mr. Mathews. Zorayela, Mrs. I. NVuotif.:l; Flounthe, Mrs Gonda! ; Agnes Mrs. Atkins. T. winch will be added (by Desire) for the Sixth Time, a New Comic Piece in Two Acts, called Mrs. WIGGINS. Principal Characters by Mr. Mathew.. Mr. 11. Kelly, Mr. Denman, Mr. Burton, Mr. Palmer, Mr Manors, Mr. Field, Mr. Waldron, jun. Mr. Johnston, Mr. B.irtlift, M. flak, Mrs. Kendall, Mrs. Cle land. To-morrow Sylyeqer Daggtrwool, with the Grar.d Pantn ntimicrl 1/bi ; or Three-Finger/I J;.ck, and other Ei:teitatineitn. NVtalliestlay the frim Chest, whirl% %v.:sag:tin received on Saturday KY.-fling with the in , ,St uittoilivlrd appllau.e, weed %tacit can only 1.. pur formed Tn ire innrc this ?...a.rwn, on ac court sir rhe NueditiCS in pitsp,:fation. Olt Thursday the Cottietly of the r.