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. - yszl h0...1 in tou.:11 intlidlted. U. mend emote iiai tips tens nut the mar, and that sdch * state. Whit .1.1 4 1 it Iry very easily cantradicted, when they wire iris taken by surprise. it would appear wuen the paper was produced that Griverm tricot had merely complied with the Aot of Parliament in disposing of Crown lands, which were thoti4lit unnecessary for the Hospital to re tain. If they had toot adopted such a conduct, he believed troy would nave had a motion Of censure from the Hon. Barouet or that they had par chased more land than was necessary for the good of the public. Did the Hots. Baronet mean to say, that the Treasury, instead of referring the 'nat ter for the °Osumi of ewers Surveyors. should have raters his "(the firm. Baronet's) opittioti ? If so, he ;vas afraid the public would think them very intprm *titlent stewards of their property. Hornig no 010 titattion to the yobbo having the mom aothentic in .f.isrinatiou upon the aulsject , he should net eels ii 4 ree with the Hon. Baronet's motion, lilt he %thanld sl.o approve of other documents brims fig 'before them. General TaabaTolti fat 604 ore 6 th; with ehil was said by the Hight Hatt. (lent. who had jest eat ikon, said, he rejoiced that such a motion had been brOtight forward-..ror.iii his opinion, theme. fort of those gallant soldiers, who had served *Mr 'country, should be the chief object Governninet ought to have in view. Chelsea Hospital woo • nionoinent of the benevolence of the English na tion, and, certainly, to keep it in its best omissible stole, must not only be a pride to the country, but .prove an encouramintent to persons catering into the army. Redid not think the paltry tax received Yor the lease so grouted, cculd be any object to the country—Anil as a soldier he bliould say. that there was uo military person now living, nor inty that were dead, not even the Great Duke of Marl- Itoreitigh himself, to whom he would have consented to grant the Linde that eautribated to the comforts of that Hoapital. Mr. Bose wished any Inman look at the terms of the lease, and the set of 24111 i of the King, aid say whether Government haul made an improvident grant, or shown the smallest partiality to a favour ' ed object. He could venter, to say, there were no lands belouoisig to any private individual, more strietly monsigal than the Crown Lands were. Mr. Btoout.en thought it was certainly proper for the Surveyor General to calk . * the isaiAaoce of twonther Surveyors, according told), 4th of the Xing. fit vela* Crown Lands ; bet be could not agree in thinking that the lands so valoed. should be otherwise disposed of thmi be public sat*. Now did they know but many Gentfemen in that Howes might not have boo•do• competitois for the pills chase of the !cum in question F !(sbddy Meld tell chat it was to be a close bargain made op Meets the Lessee and the Crowe. ' Sir FR A NCIS BoanstiarMed. test he hod Aron all possible respect in bringing flinirard this motion. and had not eviuced any if fiat ieskuent warrath and feeling which tine Right MAL Gesitloman op . - posite displayed upon this Oistnime, Although he bad been tench infperichedlio,lbee stating his on • against that of the Stillpin s ,Physi4an, stud Surveyor of the Hospital, ' lirady thr Su rve ) ors, mid whatever arrogaiiee he ini fit be supposed thereby I . to have assumed, he cook not help Stilt remainius ortn. original opiisiou spec thit sabjEct. What bad lately coins before the pilblie In another case, certainly crested suspicion attaching to the estoluct of His lilitjesty's Munster. in every particular step they adopted. He ens sorry that such ad opi nion s!iould be entertained at the present inOment, thinking, as lie did, that the minds of the public had bees asleep much too longs That grauud so arloantmeetiosly laid oat for' the eertorumodation of Cob Gordoti, might surely here hems as advau taoeously laid out, but for tharodOantagge of the Hospital.—The puhlic were to receive aal. a-yoat from Colonel Gordon, a ruin that he (Sir Fran cis Burdett) would rather cormeitt is pay out of his own pocket, than that the build ing Mould be disfigured. No physichin, surgeon, nor surveyor. could persuade him that it was other. wise than moat absurd, to disfigure such is luificif ficertt building, tad to deprive the infirmary of s free circulation of air-t=the very p u rpo,e for which that situation had bete rhoien. Ha haul no doubt. the surveyor himself thought this was a mode of bringing himself a job. He toned met consent that say mau Assad have that greeted upon asy et. count, instead of being laid est be the Won't of the Hospital. He owned, that he did fiat attach alive to all matters of this sort, whets bossy srrideut signs of corrupting. sit ellaPleello at "111146 non. Ile did arre melee ilazile r i v re from env herldiffr flo the P"Neet ; for he lied an slits to here tholi dilleged. er pet eat of their places. foe he draught they were es geed es any ether pervess whatever ; but he simeld ever look 110 them with sir/sloes and jaundiced eye. white lsethireght the p u Mle interest had been overlooked. There appeared to he no way of explaiaing away this ateteer, that did not the more Newham him it wee a jab. He should appeal to the Chair, and every man who heard him, whether he hod ever beau accustomed to bring formird captious motions. He could assure them that it was a painful duty to him to hying forward such motions ; for it would be much more satis factory to him to concur with every thing thut hlinixten; dial. He was sorry to my that this mat ter had much the appearance of a job. After this motion was complied with, lie should call witnesses, to whom he might pet questions in his owe wry. Mr. STURORS BOURN s expressed his approbation of the grant, as having been perfectly regular and consistent with the Act of Parliament. Mr. WoRTLEY STUART mid he sew no anode for granting this paper, awl he thought et ism a matter of serious inenseut for en Hoe. Member to accuse Ministers of somelelom job. ' and the more especially when it appe ar ed thew had acted ape the report of the Physician. Surgeon. sad Ser. velor of the Hospital. Mr. Penni MOURN. mid that Ministers appeared to be perfectly ignorant of what might he the effect of these building, , being erected, anti that the first using to he attended to was a free circulation of air to the Infirmary. The motion was then put and agreed to. Mr. Realise% then moved for copies of cer tain letters that had passed between hint mid the Svetetary of Chelsea Hospital, Mr. Harrison. and finest, closet Gordon, dated is December, Jas • ottio,', owl February lest, rr)atire to tfte seautof Imola to the latter Geotleosan. I'hir motion, str:er r few words *tea Mr. Peter lloore, war 32.rtted to. 111 r. Rostotr ‘Vsan apprised the Hours. that the Loriht Commivviwters of the Athetralty had ailed their worniot for a Court Martial, to be held upon Admiral Harvey, of the Royal Navy. Mr. Citctve moved. " That Owe, should be laid led'ore the House whatever &carotids or no notes related to the official re.itknee of the Preta dent of the Board of Cootroul." Mr. PERM:VAT. lAid, that it house in Downing-- street was purchased for the Preeident of that Boarilehat what renames were in possession of the Treasury, he was not aware of ; such as they were, however, the !tom Member and the House could have. Sir C. eleepte at one time had held that office; when he Frowned, he wee permitted to re tain the house attached to it, in consequence of which, the next person who was appointed, rectiv. est a pecuniary compensation of 3401. a-year, in lira of the Moose ; this was all that he knew of the circnneitence. Ha did not mean to object to the production of any minutes that sleight bear a refer ence lathe point, bet thought it necessary to suite all the facts of which be was in povaessioo..--th dered. Mr. eletereee wished to know whether the Dublin Nein* Bill was intruded to he brought forward; his °pimento was aeiiiiist every part of it ; a variety of petitions hod been preseuteel against it; sod the 'tense of the city of Dublin was in complete hostility to the measure. He wished to know when it would he brought forward ; or whe ther, from a inuriction of its inutility, ter a con sideration of its unpopularity, it was intended to be withdrawn. Mr. CROKEZ said, that the first Bill did certainly contain ninny exceptionable clauses ; he was not surprised that it should have been so unpopular. His Bight Hon. and Gallant Friend intended to have satisfied the city of Dublin in every respect with regard to that Bill, and therefore it was not his inteutiou to proceed any further with it. Sir Joni %tweeter moved, " That the Report of the Committee on the Irish Education Bill should Ise primal."—eardered. Mr. Gesereax suggested, that the best way to disposie of the Bill to which lie had before alluded, and the most consistent with the forms of the House, was to move that it should be read on that din six moonlit. Mr. CMOMII adopting the suggeetion, the mo tion was accordingly made and agreed to. Mr. Sneer (of moved, "That the Re pan of the Dublin Playing Board should be print ed."ess-Ordered: THANKS TO THE NAVY AND ARMY. Lord CASTLE/SA(2H rose, in pursuance of a no tice he had given eu the former day, to submit a motion of thanks to the Navy and Army, for their services ut the capture of the island of ILtrtiniyu.. The House had often to record its gratitude for services of that nature, but upon no occasion inure strongle than the preleut ; t'nr whether they coon dem) am short period of time in which it was ate complished, or the little ellen that it seemed to have en t, they would see every reason to distin gutsh it with their approbation. Withoilt putting; the egeeary reeoureesef the coutstry to my tower. vehiroomb that important event we* brought about by the ability of the officers. It was a proud circumstance for the country that the conquest of Martinique should have been effected by such !ignited numbers, wiwout drawing oft from the other objects the country bud in view. 10,066 mew had completed it, and so active was the system of operation adopted and executed by them. that they were eminently entitled to the gratittile of Parliament. Throughout the whole, the utilitery character had maintained its usual re putatiou ; it had thootioguislied itself as it always hid dots., and, and always (he was persuaded) would coistinee to do. It was plessiee to reflect that this object had been effected without that ineiry to the health of the troops, which generally was consequent upon etpeditioiss iu the %etre ladies. At the expiration of the ee days, they were as perfect in health as if they had been all that time within their cantouments. Every kindliess and favour had been sheen them by the people en their march; the utmost goed will was ex hibited towards them upon the part of the inlia bibents. It was not, lie was persuaded, necessary to use any farther arguments to convince the House sof the propriety of expressing its thanks to those eetwerned in the action ; he should only add one observation before lie submitted his motions, which Was, that the two services had acted together with that enenirnity and vigour which became them as Beleria, end which would always redound most effiecteelly to their own honour, and to the advan tage mid the glory of their country. His Lordship thee severally !Imposed— " thin liseTheaks of tims Howe should be gives to Gene rals ibekwith. Peewee i sitl.na, Herightun, Shipley, Sc owl the semi Oodles toe nee adder these command, fur Mead their pliant sad eon services, at the capture of the leartbeigee. 's Abs, that time Tealsks •f the House vtiould be given to the blow erablerlir Ahstauster eocti roar, Cuguesualore George Colmares, sad the severs! OMan, sod men under their coo. sand. Aar desk stream epos the same oceasauo."-•••Agreed to sew Mt • Mr. PaacevAr, pmerewd, that Mr. Alderman Slew, of London. Mr. Shaw, of Dublin, and Mr. Leiden!, should be added to the Committee ap poiuted to consider of the Drawback upon Sugar and spirits.—Agreed to. INNKEEPER' ADDITIONAL ALLOWANCE BILL. Hr. SMAw LEIPsYm► said, that the mu-keepers were exposed to many hardships by the Bill already passed ; it was his object that the House shined ret•is, in its own hands, the memo of correctiee such abuses as might he seen to arise out of it in the course of the Present session ; all they waned was e fair indemnity; he would therefore propose an additional clause to the Bill. which was, that Parliament eliould be empowered to vary alter. or repaid 14 sit any time its the course of the present session. Sir Je2lll6e PULTISSIC allowed that hardships did meat; the House was hound to consider whether the attempt to relieve some cases of individual in jury might not be ',reductive of a more serious evil in casting expenses epee others which would not produce any material henetit. From the par ticular ciretunstienerst of this/ear, there were mum I Soldiers ou the march than at other *Mee which . . . I glive a colour to the Inh-[teepees eo plaint, both was of iti JI tt inn, that if any regula oveQsAutalle place, it would bear hard upon the public. One cipp i eimistance which gave rise to the coinArint s 4 4v * .s. , that the treat Inn-keepers let on their titp-roonisto , inferior toles, who derived jt . 1 0 , 11 ;14; lirrifir troin • the Soldiers raiwniditure; fo r t o aessous, ile'titust object to the clause. 44 ii;:. Mr. Situcux thought, . . lb, !pelt' arid most convenient way a pro4e: ,I op* that tillieh the Hun. filentlentan hid actwAl ~ fiot to preireht the progress of the [Sipe, India wnposq the rese 3 , ! ttig oil. a poster to meet any pinicul a r extrethity j lir 43,4i5e , its tendency sh ou ld be firniid to he iejttrft 'nis.'` I ' Mr. lialtnAu 'odd, tlint nriny pawns had been r '' ed by the present allowauces„ "Mai-mien to lie increased. He thought that a mare iidhli:; , ite proposition would nu L I le m a d e . t h an thilleveliiidi had been sob:flitted by the Illom. Geist. It did not re quire. that the allow:ince should he enlarged, hut olify that a power should he retained to make such al terations dunng the present Se.SitNit as e 4 Perienee might prove to he necessary. The clause had his I hearty support. C o4ot 1e I Wow, agreed with Sir James Pulteney, that letting their taps was a principal Cause of the complaint of the inn-keepers; those who hired them enjoy e d th e profit*. Soldiery were not a class of men likely to keep their money on going into places of that description ; and lie was piosuatle.l, that so far front being injured, they were served by *brie aihutisaiou. It would be a groat expense to the public to atterapt to remedy it, by iucrensttig the allowance ; and th ere f ore lie woul d oppose the claw... Mr. SHAW Lcrevaa &echoed availing himself of the privilege to which he was entitled by speak ing again. The Gallery was then cleared, and the Hone e aivisling, we understand there appeared--- Fat the Ayes Fur the Nees 4 9 The further constderatiots of the Local Militia NI was by consent postpoilect to Tuesday next. Mr. WHARTON to gist up the Report of the Committee on the Irish Spirits Bill, which was agreed to. Upo n the motion of Sir S. itoimum.s the *use resolved itself into a Committee of the *hole !louse, to take into farther consideration' the Bill for the further and better 'scanlotion of theedfairs of bankrupts. Upon the clause indicting apenalty of go per i Cent. upon ass i gnees re t a i n i ng mproperly money of the bankrupts iu their hands, Mr. Jacons sag itecl the benefit likely to act Snit from erecting a Board of Auditors or Trustees of Baukrupts' of- . fects, for the better secarint and ithanaisteritig the same. Sir SAMUEL ROUILLY suggested that however that might be the subject of a future Bill, whtit! properly digested, this was no time to " intOteoblel the measure proposed is the mean time. *. a's 3• a, A couversayou of some length, on the effsct bearings of the clause, took place, which was stately adopted. Some other amendments were pooetl, mud negatived. The House resumed, and the Chairmaatcllditlid progreis, and asked leave to sit agisits oulis4llll6 • - oext. The SOLICITOIWGIBMIItAL !mart up a Ott • the inure effectually preeentinic: ytnK Mit selling _of public o ffi ces, which vratprerd a drat 40% 4 and ordered to be read a oecood time wr Tlismllgt next. The accend rending of the Smithfield litArll i , Bill was postponed to Tuesday. The other orders of the day were then dip, of, and the Blouse adjouroed at half peat Tworiewl o'clock. 1--- - ••• Fur Miscellaneous dilleArt see last TILE 81111.7 M SS, 63 t..-1/ • lI)YSI)6N i , - • , SATURDAY, Aran 16.' ' The Pacific, with dispatches from America. tar-. rived off Falmouth, on the 1 Ith, and was expected into the harbour next morning. The nature of the dispatches brought by her has not transpired.— They will probably reach town this morning. Let ter however, have been received from Charleeton, asisel the 19th of March last. They were brought bronAinerican vessel, theSally,frora that port,w hich touched at Dartmouth, and state that the Non-In tercourse Bill lied passed, and was to take place the 20th May. The Embargo. as far as it regards all Powers, Great Britain and France excepted, was taken off on the 15th of March, and the vessels were loading and preparing to sail fur i.eutral ports at the above date. By dispatches received from Lisbon, dated the of April, it appears that Oporto has surreadered to the French. The Portuguese behaved very ill upon the (motion, having put to death all those who proposed a surrender, hut having afterwards surrendered immediately without making an effort to save the place. The Bishop exerted himself to the utmost to instil hie own brave spirit into his .sountrytaen. but iiiifottemately without the least snceess. Our 0111f:era were employed in endea vouring to organize the Portuguese. Thirty sail of British vessels that were loodiog at Oporto, • said, hare fallen into the hands of the enemy. . The Captain of a vessel arrived at. Plymentb, 'hoe the River Cliaretass. Itseimet letinvivto tone. :1111 , 411.1hat the French ecieptittanpa &ague Roods had, hose the insecurity tic:itiheituatiovi, and the apparent preparations nantittlv.thellititiela Admiral for its destruction, weighed snifter, sad proceeded to Rochefort through the L'heittalitt Reads. When the signer to unmoor was 'mole by the French Admiral, the utmost confusion Inwood. Their °Sag olio so narrowed by the station of the British fleet, that the French had nut sufficient seewoorn, wad naturally ran foul ell each otbstio retinue di- Last 1 rA Ls /- '1 ...'''''.- • k .llk ••• • V) a', ~. . ruction', „pint ono adieus is stated to have got in without serious deluges Some are said to have liCusioselliky did were in danger of beinglOtally Ilis f, initeli v itlfiesv their guns overboa r d, and most *A them were disinasted, and rendered unfit for services ' The letters add, that this nndert•tking was coin- rienced on the 4th ; a circumstance which takes o ' Burn its credibility, as we nudists .4 there rife int. I entotts from our squadron of zo late a slate as the • 1 ,Bth, which are silent on this stilijetde and state ,Elton , the British Admiral was then preparing to attack the enemy.-r-The following paragruph "i which if. extracted from Woot.stri•l Exeter woo.. is probably an anticipation of-that tvent ...-- " Rafter, April No tin, half post *ma o'clock this evaAAC• " A Captain of the Royal Navy passed expreo ~ through this city, in a chooser and four, front Fel- ; ' month, with the utmost expeditiou for !Awl, a iiiidoobtedly the bearer of some very importayt • intelligence, either from Adisiirol litcatiolltru or Admiral Stortosa's squadrim, no parte:asis of which were communicated ; all thit transpired was as follows ;---" that he was the hearer of GiP44 NMI. a Sinking Bareness, and a Ivry hot one— and mkt that we aught prepare oar Bellropet for' .. Itirigiag." A piety of the redloective %ituamon if onr Beet. , clef Lord Ci•matca, and of the F r e nc h Hote l force, • has been transmitted to this coootry by au ingr s 1,1405 ()dicer. It dusplays, as io a m i rror , the whole scene. The F ren ch fleet, moored ver y .. closely together— onc e so tha n , i re imagine, they --, awl' to be—is seen between the little We of Aix and the North-eastern point of &Beton, cciiirrt.d be the batteries of those islands. At a considerable •`''' distance without, in Paopre Rowels, warty one's_ ..' site La lioclielle, between a prrannimiery called Chef de Hoye, which forms the Northern entrance of the harbour of La Rochelle, and the Easse; a p.sint of the Isle de Rhe, lie the Englishships 0f . .1 war, much more spread, having sloops anchored 4. a-head, and frigates a-stern. The weer shoals rapidly between the Isle of Aix and the F shore, towards the mouth of the River C If we can contrive to prirent our tire-dope being rank by the land batteries and ship, in ap-- ;, pouching the French fleet ; or if Cousteau; eass:,. throw any of his rockets into them, it i s obriiii.;;: 'that their situation must be Most perilous, as they , 1 &SCnether retain their positida without - burnt, .ttof cut their cables, tad steed , withouti imminent risk of gfeunding, and piii( : - ). pieties. The Ville de Preribrie, a nen . ' ship, is . 4. 'lying ton her beask-onda, dose * .• ~.. other vessels of the French Betas We may !mall very interesting intelligence from tliall'•'• so.. .._tostossag._ serremeter ght, in the Hoist of Lords, Earl Gs I his motion upon the coodtict of th e sea t • Spain, fkratt Tuesday to Friday next. The Ri4iii Hon. Honest thINIDAB succeeds Sir Aitetioit; ELLCSLIST in the Mice of Irish Secreta ry. I).' '4 Writ was moved in consequence fart afloh,,, f,`-fis the House of Commons for the Shiro vell ac ialliirgh. • "•A Court dlartial it is said will beheld on Admiral Haas cm, for contemptuous and improper lan.l gorge towards Admiral II anima. It is said Wei the latter having given orders that a heat, a boar* crew;' and on ofllietr should instan , l) b e volt •clt .1 by every ship under his cow:amid ; the vs hole of •the men tiring required to volunteer. astir a view. to attack the French squadron its Basque Road% Admiral ll•avilr and the greater part of Iris of losers and men volunteered but were rejected be Lord GAMBIER, as Lord COCHRANE was to cores mood the expedition, of which appointment I • (Lord Gssistsit) had himself some reason to . v : complain, as it seemed to indicate that there was rte Officer in his fleet fit to take charge if the service; lint that Admiralty orriers to this effect had been received, which of course he must obey. Here. upon Admiral Illaavtor is stated to have expressed the greatest dissatisfaction, and to have be stowed upon Lord GAMBIER himself epithets do. 1 scriptive of other qualities than those which he ' has evinced in his profession, filch as Jesuit, Me thodist, and Psalawinger : red ail this is the pre. sense of Captain Boerne D, Of the Caksionio• by whom. with the knowledge sod consent of Admiral HARVEY, they were reported to Lord GAMBIER. Advice has been received that His Illastarr'i frigates Horatio and Lames lately fell in with the Antos French ship of war, of 4$ 'rum and Stitt men, off the Saints. An action ensued. the result of which ens the surrender of the enemy to the British flag, with the loss of 130 killed and woman:- td, among whom is the Captain, who was killed early in the action. The loss ou oar aide was very triffing. Among the wounded is Capt. Scott, of the Horotio, and his First Ueirteataut. The ./PlOt , ' ,, was laden with entire and sugar, f r om Goad sio:l i s. , The Melpomene frigate. Capt. PUTS& 1' A ':1. ' 1.. on her way to the Baltic, has taken a rich Das.o.:ll reify, which . ' ly arrived tit Shields. is , The his to arrived from Lisbon, with rat dispatches for ' eminent, but they sire lint sup posed to be or impel Lance. The Fn ouch were daily tiptoed at that cot. • The Nonpareil schooner is arrived at Falmouth, wish dispatches Nat Sir Joie Hotta - or/a, at filisdairm the lulled oa the 36th last. Sir Joau7.l [Amami:ram% oto3dron had arrived there on theilii preceding dray. It consisted of la sail of the lin Niel three filmier; four of the former, the Litt GAIN Coarywecor, lariseible, amid Leeiatlitirs, w immedistely ordered to takeoff board ere months rrostsions, with a view, as it was first *apposed, . asttlitlirkentbase to pursue the L'Orient cecrinved•ern belt wholethe hno te i ft is e tt r. .lfi were gtocr on hsis the l being fleet ispiwtootiikreatournoptio cadis. nionpresailed t 41' whole I • 1,