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at re shoot f 4 gi" . • join, withont Wending to the fakg which had adjured to them, that two ships sent out by Govern mernment to the West Indies with stores had been lost, which was the primary and grand occasion in t he great rise in the price of stores. Ile felt it his duty to make these observationsiiand having done in g he w nild leave it to the lionse to say, whether the Thanks moved for should be given at the present moment. Mr. FOX contended that, however fairly the Right Hon. Gentleman who spoke last might have rated the reasons which influenced him as to the cindult of these commissioners, be must say he sl ooglit them so futile, that they ought not to have an y weight with the House on an occasion so im portant as the present. How they might a6t in future he would not pretend to say, but as to what they have already done, he was certain the more their conduit was sifted, the more it would be liked. and the more it would every time receive the decided and universal approbation of the country. Sir A. HAMMOND s&d, that if what was eon tsined in the two first reports were true, that Board ought no longer to exist. He applied to a Right Hon. Friend of his (Mr. Rose) for advice, a; to the best way in which he could proceed to vindicate the Nary Rood against these accusations. That Right Wu. Gent ellen had pointed out to him a prece dent of a similar nature which had been charged against the V aualling Board in the reign of Queen Ann, and Which had been referred to a Cominittee of the House, and fully investigated. What had been done in the present case ? On being mace known to the First Lord of the Admiralty, he said such a proceeding might then do ; but in the present case it would nut answer his end.-- }{e ;oak time, therefore, to cons•der, and after wards refused his consent to any application to Parliament. Being towards the close of the Session, and finding these reports going on, he went to Earl St. Vincent in his way to the House, sod t ld him, that he would early in the next Ses sions firing the matter before the House ; E +el St. Vine= answered him, that the business was under the direSion of the Admiralty, and he would not consent to any such application being made to the Hoote of Commons. - Mr. ROSE spoke at considerable length as to the sublea of the third Report, which related solely to a constituent and relation of his (Mr. Taylor) relative to the contra& for blocks, and concluded by saying that he thought it would be more to the ho wls!' of the Commi,sinners, if thanks were not given to them till all their Reports were duly considered Admiral MARKHAM expressed himself in warm terms against the attack made, as be con. ceivcd, h Sir A. Hammond, on the charaler of Earl St. Vincent ; that Noble Earl was now out of town, and he could only say That he would, on the part of the Nblile Earl, in his absence, be bold tc. eiallenge any charge that could be made against him. ought , thel . 1 4 . I in* ate. m y cv to a .en &bag cape rea re la wiatf Lye - b/111,, Mr JEFFREY (Poole) said, he was sure ht spoke the voice of the whole naval and mercantile int •'rest, as well as the voice of the great body of the people, when he said that the navy wa, never worse condtated than while it Was under the manage ment and direaion of Earl St. Vincent as First Lord of the .dmirslty. [Here air( we aN idaire , sai Cr,, gt Order I Order Order ! Chair Ckair ! ir!) And in consequence, The SPEAKER informed the Honourable Gt.% tlemats that he could not be allowed to use such hr•gtute Mr. WILBERFORCE expressed his desire to thank Inc Commissioners fur the diligei:ce, ability, and fortitude, with which they had acted; but thought the word .4 whole," applied to their con druct, had better be left out, as the whole of their reports had not yet been investigated; he, therefore, annvel, that the words " the whole of" shonl ' be • struck out, mid that it should stand, " thanks for their esmiluet." instead of " the whole of their compact." Mr. FOX said, that if the Motion had been ori ginally made without the word ' whole,' it would hsre been ex icily the same ; but when it was moved !.lit the word should be lelt out, it altered the case; would nor, therefore, consent to it. If the Hour, tl.ought the Commissioners d: serving thanks, Vie) , s'.oald give those thanks fully and fairly ; if other else, " in the name of God, don't thank them at ell." Mr LANGLI A M was sorry the amendment had been prnpesed, as he thought there was no differ ence. If the ptevinus question had been moved, he would have voted far it.--(A cry from tits froesory Benoit of wove / move !) Sir W. ELFORD expressed himself in favour of the previous question. Lord HENNIKER said, he could nut vote for the thanks in the manner thus proposed, and there fore, he mov.ed an adjourninent.—(.4 tumultuous cry cf order ! order! chair! chair !) Mr. COKE (Norfolk) said, this was a very plain question, and he would vote for unqualified thanks. Mr. BOND (one of the Lords of the Treasury) said, he had no scruple in giving unqualified praise to the Commissioners: he had originally approved this commission, and though he had since been 45.• persed by reports that he had thrown cold water on ft, he asserted, he never had done so, nor had ever given a vote to screen delinquency of any kind ; he thought in the condo t of the Camtnissioners there was every thing that marked zeal, integi ity, and great talents ; and if they had made use of any ex pressions, such as that relative to the Jury; or any other particular sohjeek, it was what all men en gaged in very ardnow. undertakings were liable to; and therefore there could he no object ion to the thanks of the House for those eminent services which they had a&ually so meritoriously peel:armed. Sir JOAN WROTTESLY concurred in opinion with the last speaker. Mr. GREGOR spoke against the Motiou. Mr. BASTA KD said the Commissioners not only deserved the thanks of the House for whet they had dire, but it was necessary they should have their support, to eacourair teem to pr need in their further investigation.. Mr. FULLER spoke warmly in support of the erigin4l °riot). IF4r. SHERIDAN. in reply, expressed himself eitrente;y sorry that the word " whole" had been inserted in the mezion. He was convinced it would do as well without it, but having been placed there, though he would do every thing in his power to prom, unanimity, he woald ant agree it shouLi . appear in the journals that he had withdrawn it; hut if it would meet the opinion of those who inclined to the amendment, he had no objcainn to withdraw his motion, in order to corer it again without the word 4. whole." It was then agreed by the Homo, that Mr. She ridan should Withdraw his motion, which he did, and offered it again without the worth " the whole of;" when the question was put, and the motion agreed to without a division. . Mr. SHERIDAN then moved, 4 , that the said Resolution be transmitted by the StE•ICLII to the said Commissioners."-.-Ordered. After which it was fixed that Mr. Whitbread's Motion should come on on Monday next ; that of Mr. Kinnaird, on the subject of Sir H Popham, on Wednesday next ; and that of Mr. Serje mt Best, relative to the II th Report, on Monday se'nnight. Mr. HUSCSION brought up a copy of the Com mission of John Duke of Athol, and Lord Henry Murray, as ,Goverwir General, and Deputy Go vernor of the Isle of Man.—Ordered to lie on the Table. The other Orders of the Day were disposed nf, and, at TWELVE O'CLOCK, the House ad• journed. TICE I IP ;.( LON 1)0.\, FRIDAY. • Mar A Information has beea received at the Admiralty, that the Toulon Fleet, which appeared off Cadiz, on the 9th April, were no longer there, on the 10th; and that the number of Spanish ships in the harbour was diminished. On the 11th and 12th, five sail of the line, supposed to be Spaniards, were seen beat ing to Westward. This intelligence, we understand, was brought home by the!Beagie, sloop of war, which arrived oa Tue;day, at Plymouth, with Dispatches for Government. It is probable that the Toulon Fleet. having been j.)ined by at force from Cadiz, Proceeded fir its des tination—hut of that there is no ground for con jefture. A letter from Lisbon of the 14th says A cut ter has jiist brought intelligence of the arrival of the Toulon fleet at Cadiz ; it consists of about twelve sail of the line, be.ides frigates ; the Spaniards have an equal f (badly manned), ready for sea ; Sir JOHN Oroe's sqaadron of five sail of the line, do . ws, at anchor off Cadiz, when the enemy made their apnearance; but, notwithstanling their superior streag.h, an.l the advantage of the weather gage, thy inclinatiqn to come to astion. The cutter let Sir Jon i 4 ()Hoc oft Cape Sr. Vincent, waiting for eintinceinents ; a frigare has been dis patched after L ir.l N I,sos, who, it is feared, is gone to thi Mist .v u. •' Oar Fdmoutn correspondent, however, states, that Sir JOHbi o.tot's squ.tdron was off Lisbon on the 14th. When the ira ,ili. 2 izant packet left Lisbon, the fears which had been entertained of Portugal being firer,: by Fr.tneir to take a part in the war, had, in some measure, subsided. The Prinreuaa, Capt M ter 0.4, arrived off Dover, sailed from Canton the 51st Dec.; arrived at St. He lena, 10th March, and sailed on the 12th: left there the Esvourste, Capt. Cur FIN, and Star, Capt. Butt. sus. The English fleet sailed from Canton on the 31st December, under convoy of the Cramped., of 50 guns, and Caroline and La Dednienesce fri gates, consisting of the following ships. viz. the Vans's, Wallin., Castle, Canton, grinthehrn, Marquis of Ely, Chalon, Cirencester, Bruntathrek, Currmandrl. and several country ships. The Exprriatent, WI TH Ems, and the Ocean, from Botany Bay, arrived at Canton on the 17th of December. The Fcederva, Bent inenT, from Gnttenburgh, arrived at Canton on the 22d of December. W. are informed that a Gentleman, who held a place under Government in Ireland, has been dit, mksed from office by the Earl of HARDWICKE, on account of a violent speech made by him at a late meeting against the Roman Catholics. It was reported last night th.rt Government liter received a satisfa&ory assurance of the friendly dis position of Austria towards this country, with re sped to the contest with France. The American Papers, of the 25th of March, con tain a report that the French, after evacuating Do minica, had proceeded for Antigua. Yes:erday the Court of Chancery was crouded at an early hour, in expeCtation of the Cm ANCEL Loa's pronouncing his final judgment in the case of SET. Nova v. Evsvort, with respeft to the guardianship of the youngest daughter of Lori Huon S,. v nova, now under the care of Mrs. Fri - Ansa easy ; but. to the great disappointment of many, his Lordship rose without mentioning the subje't. We un derstand the cause stands over fur some further Affidavits. It Is a well-known GEL that Hoatisav and Co. were the first who sold two Prizes of 30,0001.—N05. 33,979 and 42,569. The present Lottery affords tly Adventurer two Chances of that importance, besides an extraordinary number of Capital Prizes, such as never were before introduced in any Lottery. HORPISIIV and Co have the 526%121E60n of acquaint ing the Public, that the demand fur Tickets and Shares at their Office, 26, Cornhill, has increased, is increasing, and, no doubt, will, continue to increase, as the Drawing approaches ; as such, they beg leave to advise their friends to purchase their Chances without delay. as they will save considerably. THE COUHT. Yesterday, about two o'clock, Her MAJISTV held a Drawinz-roam at St. James's Palace, which wo very numerously and elegantly attended by the Antient Nobility, and Families of DistinCtion. It was attended by the Princesses Ei IZAILTH, MARY, SOPLI A, and ASIF LS A, the Princess of Wsi Duo!less ot Ynn.; and Princess SOPIIII• of G 1.01 , MIRK ; Dukes of YORK, CklNt KKR L AND, K EST, Sussex, •And CAMBRIDGE, and Prince WILLIAM of GLOUCESTER; the SFCRETAPILS Of STATE, the Loßt) CHANCELLOR of fiat AND, Archhishop of CANTERBURY, the Bishop of EJCRHAM, the DEAN of Yolk, the De AN of WINDSOR, the LORD CHIEF „TEKTITE of the Court of Common Pleas, the JUDGE ADVOCATE of SCOT LAND, their Excellencies the SWEDISH, HESSIAN, SANDINIA'I, NEAPOLITAN, HANOVER' A N,And WIIITEM SERGI AN AMBASSADORS.; and there were present, Diikesa—Somerset ~ Atbol, Rutland, Beaufort, Montrose, Gordon, Button, Devonshire. Ducheue—iSomerset, Gordon, Northumbeiland, Dowa;ir Leeds, Devonshire, Beaufort. Marquirvesv-iliertford, Lorne. Marchionesses—kbercom, Wadfort,Slipa,Salisbury,Downa shire,lstli, Staffiad, Donegal. Earls—Uxbridge, Warwick, Chatham, Camden, Kingston, Pembroke, Spencer, Westmorland, Winchelsea, Mansr,hl, • Westmeath, Egientoet, Bo:cherry, Carlisle, Maccle.field, Chatham, Romney, Chichester. Banbury, Morton, At/Arnie, Craven, Aylesford, Aberdeen, Mansfield. Countesses-.-Uxbridge, Cholmondeley, Warwick, Camdea. Stamford. Del-ware, Pembroke, Fulton, Macele.field, Harring ton, D.utm iiith, Darnley, Ilchester, Stamford, Aylesbury, flardwirk, Dorchester, Errol, Imhoff; Limerick and ter daughters, Ile, Carlisle. Cardigan, Mansfield Viscounts—Carltten, Sidney, Bulkeley, Gage, Downe, Cas deresgh. Viscountesses—Somerton, Carleton, Denran, Castlereagh, Crahlcy, Bulkeley and two &Lighters. Lords—sAshbrook, Braybrook, Rouse, Alvanley, J. Thynne, G. Thynne, Amherst, Aboyne, Rodney, Bayning, Broom, Brook, Loraine, Radstock, Billing, Bruce, Rieleutale, Montgomery, C. Somerset, Harewood, Dorville, Boston, Somerville, G Cavendish, Harrowby, Barham, Valera, Hawke, Grantham, D Ikeith, Falmouth, Cawder, H Fitzgerald, H. Somerset,A. Somerset, Stopford, Seises, and Mulvey.. Cuuut Munster. Baron Leatna. Ashbrook, 9 Marshams, Northeak, Bray brook, Rouse, F. Hatton, Yarborough, Alvanley, J. Thyme, G. Thenne, 3 Thynnes, Amherst, ()Masai. Fitzgerald, \Val shigharn, Mar., Moyne, 2 Grays, 2 Hamiltons,Shamben, Honteirs, M Taylor, 9 Percya, Brook, Loraine, Rarktock, liming, IL and E Townshend, Balkelev, Redesdale, Dinevor, De Clifford, Canieve, M Sentinel", VernanJMorpeth, Mont rimm, D.shwood, A. Cumberland, Smith, Brownlow, Ginn tham, Dawkins, L Enkine, Shaw, Somers, Northwiek, C Harper, Villers, C. Bellasyse, Deering, Powis, W. %Vinyard, C Luean, Alsf ird, Ilarrowby, 2 Fitzgerald], Batiks, G. Caven dish, F. Spent-r, Douglass, Somerton, Campbell, Walpole, Finch, lirownlow, Cornwall, C. Levison, 2 Yorks, Bishop, Hall, G. %%Hey, Cavan, ?Jitney, L flronm, Finch, Rawley, Cotton, Morrison, Rodney, Cawder, 2 Toond-nds, Calth,rpe, Montague, Fineastle, Trigg, Fitzroy, A. M. Stan horte, Selsva, Hales, and Mu'grave. Admiral Gambier. Lieutenant Gera•rils—Doele, Hunt, and Abney. Gensrals—M rrienn, F.l,llile, Doyle, Needham, Paoli, Cal vert, Phipps, Manners, and Burton. Coa•mclt—Tnoinas, Dalzel, Campbell, Howard, Askew, Drsbrow, Dahey, Cornwall, Herbert, Doran, Paget, Harley, Farmer and Fane. Lieutenant Colima, Askew. Majors.—Shioley„ly, and Letwortb. Causains—RagersSeld, R. Pirrrepuint, Gill, Herbert, 11 , 0 alee. fitsseleYs Rahman. *Owns, Torn, R. PI., &ewes, Ir. Skinner, B. N. Ondow, and Burtows. Count "kohl. Si •—.E Isepey, J. Mentor mery, J. Mansfield, T. Trigge, J. banks, A. Da,hwood. J. Douglas, C I Heard, S. Scotto, G Conrwall, S Cntterel,J. B.War reel, T. Chirps, W. Clayton, and H. Clerk. Doctor Marihatn. Reyer trod Mr. Legge. The following numerous Presentations to Her MAJ LST Y took place: Colonel Dorien, Major Elty, and Lieutenants Horst and Abney nt the Royal Horse Guards, by Earl Nlorton. Lieutenant Colonel Askew, on his being appointed to the command of toe Gatehead Volunteers. Lads Charlotte Lemon, by her mother the Marrhionrss of Stai!ord. The Earl and Countess of Chichester, on their coming to their tires. Mrs. Cnampney by the Countess of Uxbridge. Mi.' Smith by Lady Smith. Two Miss Nottbs by the Lady in Wahine. Captain Herbert, by his blether Colonel Herbert. f! sptain Horsley, of the Royal Hum Guards, by Earl Marton. Couloir% Holston, by Earl Banbury. Mr. H. %u•nner, by Earl Mort in. Mr. Va.,outtart, on Ors toting appointed Secretary to Ireland. Capt.ins Lynn and Stegrait, of me Royal Nary, on their promMions. Mr. Jekyll, on his being appointed Solicitor General to the Prince oi Wales, and King's Couit.el. Lieutenant General Doyle. on ths promotion. Colonel Daisy, by General Burton. Mrs. Luttibridge, by the Canute , ' of Aylesbury. Lady Finch, by the Lady in Waiting. Lout Col. Holmes, oii his rerun, from Gibral.ar. Cokeiel Cornwall, by Sir Georfe Cornwall. Lord Barham, by Admit,' Gunther, on his creati.m to his title, and being appoi ~red First Lord of the Ad.uiraity. The Rer Dr. Maieha , n, by Fla Romney. Mr. Ginkel, by hie Father, F. Athlone. General Champney, by the Eirl of Uxbridge. Miss BeckfuiJ, by the Lady 1,1 Waiting. Mrs Lane Fox, by the same. Mr. and Mrs Gunn, by Farl Morton. Captain Hill, by Co oncl Dorian. Mrs. Marshes, b) the Lady in Waiting. TWO Mia Hamilton, by the Marchioness .Aberenm. Captain and Lady &lap, on their marriage, by (Ads B shop. Captain Skinner, of the Royal Nary, by Earl Morton. Generil Stewart, 'lwo his return tom Ihdia. Caoitin Shipley, of the Royal Navy, by Earl Morton. Major Shipley, ay the wine. Captain Bennett, of the Royal Nan. by the nine. Sit Jame= Montgomery, the a..ord Advocate of Scotland, by th• Duke of Mr. Sidley, by Lord Roston. Lord Ashbeneit, by Earl Morton. Lord Hawke, on his coming to his Title, by Lord G•entham. General Paget, of the 211th Respnwilt, and Major G •ne-al Champney, by the Earl of Uxbridge. M De Rchausen, by Sir Stephen Cotterell, the Mister of the Ceremonies, un his arrisal to be Ambassador from the Court of Sweden. _ ----- Baron stiverbielta the late Amhatiador, took leave of Her Maiegy. Lord Hinton, by hit Faber, Fail let The Du. hess of YORK came in state aboat three o'clock. attended by Lady ASINK Cut t two SMITH, in her carriage. Only one carriage followed. with two Gentlemen—•the other rive waited in ♦ain tot them. for half an hour. The third carriage enter ed the Palace-yard. about ten minutes atter H:•r Royal Highness, and the attendants followed her in to the Drawing-room. The Drawing-room closed about fire o'clock. Yesterday, about five o'clock, His Mans Tie sr rived at the Qusam's Houma. from Kaye. to the evening Her kt Ai ury had a selea party• . ,• . . •••• MIDDLESEX MEETING. Yesterday a Meeting, of the Freehnickes of the county of Middlesex was held at the Mermaid Ina * • Ilackney, for the purpose of taking into considerl rition the gross violations of the law, and the fla:. grant abuses in the m magement and expenditure of the public more y, lately dehaftral by the Comm:s sinners of Naval Inquiry. "4: GISOROE Sconce', Esq one of the Shoriff;•, opened the business by vending the requisition for that purpose. signed by the Dukes of Norfoik, Bed ford, Devonshire, and Northumberland, Thomas Holmes, Joseph Thompson, and several others. Major Tustrztt then rose, and congratulated thil Meeting upon its number and resp,:dah.lity, at the same time, that he admitted it would be a disgrace to the county, if aquestion of so great magnitude had not produced a full attendance. In the husineu before them they had the advantage of the example of the Livery of London, and he hoped that the same pro prietywhich prevailed upon that occasion,would cha racterise the present Meeting. He then proceeded to uhserve with great force alid energy isprer the nature of the abuses disclosed in the 1 enth Report of the Commissioners of Naval Inquiry, A misapplication of the public money was, at alb times, a great offences as there WA4 nothing that operated more to endanger our liberties, than the corruption of men is KWIC', and the want of confidence on the part of the people in the Government. It was particularly the case at a period like the present, when taxation was strained to the utmost extent to which i t could be carried. At such a period, it was of infinite importance, that the people should be convinced that the money which they paid with so much difficulty, and at the expence of so malty privations, should not be mis applied, and diverted from the public service into the pockets of individuals. Such, however, was the abuse which they were then met to take into consideration, and mark with their abhorrence ; as abuse the more aggravated, as pradiaed by a man who had for sixteen years the management of a de partment which absorbed one-third of the morey voted for the public service ; a man second only rs power and responsibility in the administration of the affairs of the country, and whose rank and situation placed him above the suspicion of being guilty of such miscondud. A great deal of merit was his to those who had brought these pradices to light, and the country ought also to be gratehl for what had been done; but it was impossible not to see with anxiety, that the tame influence which partly defeated the attempt to punish it, was still exerted to screen the delinquent. After dwelling upon these topics for a considerable time, in a very ahle and impressive speech, Major Tufael concluded with moving the first of a series of fdesoLitiout. which sir our fi reit rage ) Mr. Alderman Ss ur ii ca seconded the Resolution. Major CARTWRIGHT ' , aid. he had proposed Sn'ne amendments ten the Resolutions; but, at the requel of some distinguished personages present. he hail consented to wave them. The meeting, however, must se.i, that the steps which had bccn taken to punish the delinquent, An , l prevent the recurrence of the crime, were nor efficient to the purpose. For his pare, be thought nothing short of a Partausen tary Reform could attain the end, by nurgiog it of those rotten Boroughs which Mr. 0 ..-Ice had t on !mined with so mach force and eloquence. The Resolutions were then severally put end agreed to, with some verbal alterations and amend ments. Mr. WAITHII•N apologised for the absence of Sir Francis Burdett, both from that Meeting and from the House of Commons, when the abuses dis closed by the Tenth Report were under the sobjed of debate in that Assembly. His absence upon these occasions, he assured them, was entirely owing to se vere indisposition, and not want of zeal in the dis charge of his duty. He concluded with moving the thanks of the Meeting to Sir Francis Burdett, for his rublie conduft. Mr. Ct.' ?MOD seconded the motion, and begged leave to add his assurance. that Mr. Waithrnan had truly accounted for the absence of Sir Francis Bur dett. He felt it the more necessary chat this should be clearly understood, as an idea had gone abroad, that he had absented himself from choice, and not necessity. He could assure the meeting, however, that the worthy Baronet's mind was occuoied upon a subjed, in which his exertions would be folio 1 as useful to the interests and liberties of the country, as his personal attendance could possitily have been in any debate upon the abuses disclosed In the Tenth Y Report. The question bring put ; Sir W. Ciiris said, much as he admired the pri vate virtues of Sir Francis Burdett, and ready as he • should always be to subscribe to them, he cou'J not approve his public condutt ; aod, therefore, he must vote against the motion. The motion was then agreed tn. Thanks were afterwards vetted to other Gentle men—for the particulars see the Advertisement and the meeting hrnlta up. It appears fiom an account laid before the House of Commons, that the total number of Dollar Tokens, i , :sued by the Bank of Ireland to the Ist of March, 1805, at the rate of Six Shillings par Token, was 671,509. The audience having called for a rep titian of God sere Me Ring. at the Dublin Theatre, on the 2.5 th last, and the music not being ready to pity it, a dreadful fracas ensued : in which oranges, candles, and chandeliers, were dying without mercy at Mr. HJ I. M AN and the orchestra. Yoroz Romp played Rie4oed last night, for his ow' benefit, at Drury Lane t heave. The h:roic part of th e ch•trater, and tho love scenes with Lad, Amts. were given in a style that ranks with his best perf illy successful in the di volence, and ambit thins for the bank displayed much follows, he made ever, a treat deal k she field of battle. /rirhopord in a wa, And protoned rhfatre. The '' , ntained a very wield. The CA?? heart-lane to Wy, Theatre, and down rformances f but he eras not equally '1 deep hypocrisy, the cruelty, male. nbition of the tyrant. His tnatruc. tie, and inquiries about his armour. beauty ; bat in the tent scene which enn impress:on. There was, how. al of energy and fire in his aftion on le, and he fill in the combat with way ss, excellent, it drew down loud applause from every pun of the Hou:or, though vo.'t overflowing, ry large rumen of the fasbionage 'triages extended in two rows down Vych.stroet„ on t':e rule Jule of the nen Catherine-street upon the other.