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IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. nOUSE OF COMMONS -SA fUNDAT, MAT IS. /iri more than 48 Members being assembled at four o'clock, a ballot for the Liskeard Elealon Committee could not he formed, and an adjourn ment of course tunic place till Monday next. SATURDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE. wir 11'hitch .If, May 12. The King hat been pleat , ' t r rant to the Right Him. Wm. Pitt the office , of Chancellor and Under Treasurer of His Ma jesty', Excheqtie.. The King i.a!: been pleated to grant the dignities of Baron, Vireount, and Earl, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, to the Right lion. Edward Baron Clive, and the neir.. male O. his holy lawful, b.g.itt,m, by the tamer, styks, and ~dew of Baron Poww, of Powi -Castle, in the county of Montgomery ; and Baron Herbert, of Chirbury, in the county of Salos ; Vet . olint Clive, of Ludlow, in the said county of Salot., and Earl of Pow*, iu the county of l'idmiteomery Tr, •• er,:• h •,i Wear- Ito rant the diglity of a Baronet of the United Kingdom of Omit Britain and Irelmil to the lot lowing Gentlente y ..nd the respective heirs male of their bodies lawf,lly begotten, via. W .nyinalt, of Armada% and Greenway. in the entin• tir of Orkney and Linlithgow, Esq Penroie Cum• mi ig Gordon, of Altvr and Goolonstun, in the county of Elgin, Esq.—lichar.l Joseph Sullivan, of 'thistles Dolton, in the county of Surrey, El,-..linnry Mainwaring Main Ififtllg. of 0110, Peony in the county •milatine of Cheat,, Vat —Was Al .1 Heim., of Crnwhold Hal, in the county of stiffolk, Eso.•—• /avail Maxwell. of Cantorwra, in the stow artry of Kirkcudbright, Psi -i-Drioninond Smith, of Tring Park, In the crow*, of Items, Etat. with rentamder to Charter Smith, of Snit tut, in the county of Essex, Viso —Win. rmtri, of IVhamtmr-y. in the county of Ihrolfries. Jaw, Aeon W. , .1,, of Ormathwaite, in the c inlity of Cum burl:ma, aod of V7A.fielel, in the county of Illerks, John Lethbudee. of %Volterra, lion-c and IVinkley Court, in the comity of Devon, and of Ssod:till Park, lit the county of Sontioset, tee Th • Kind has brim pleated to constitute :IA appoint ti... Right Francis L •rrl Ntoler to he efts Contini.ttionor to the General Avelmbly of the Church Scailarid. At Ow Court of the I:tieen's Police, eh! Bth of Mav, IRO4. r"lents the rine , Mott F.seellent Ma - testy i^ Coimeit. This dew the Right Hm. Sr James hiansheid, Knight. Lord Chief JulOoe of Hit %la . :eves Court of Cornin•iii rcass war, by His NI eninnwind, lit•cflt of H s M4icst- . % Mu.' /Tonne-able Privy Council, and tn.ik hip place at the Board C Jr tingly.. His Nkli^lfT. lu Cloneil, was tint day plc-..aid to appribir Thorns. Holmes,. of L.l to be Sheriff of the tooth wr Wo , c.etar for the year 1804, in the rano OtEdarahllßinchli of Woirerley, 4.lfairaleqU ce, 3lsy 19. Ulm.% of a lettar from Viee-Adnitra; Rainier, C.centaande. in Chief of tits desty's clip. and V. in the Laid Ind. to Sir VA Nieoran, But. dated :n B 7 robsY Havhowt December I', 'gel. The Maria Frtncnise, 1 Trench transport. laden with GM na,i •••• rtn old •sorrisiona, has hew captured by Ms Ma 'ekes ship Sheernee (Here foll•iws another Lett? from Admiral R iinier, enclreing a.li4 of Nor merrhant ve , tels, captured by the squadron under his command, belonging to the enemy.) Thai palette also erintatn: a notice to all Officers of the Lana Fume on hal- ;ray, resident in Gte.t Britain, Ireland, Or the adjacent Wand., requiring than. to transmit to the be cr•tir, at War, LI .teCount in *rains, of their eye, past ,cr. Was, rank, drr Those keep:dale or SerinCs are to seeein• piny their reports w,th •iiifficient voucher, of eh• it inability.— Officers mi half-pay, serving in the Niilan., rencetles, or V. liinirterit, OM to speedy their corn inissron , or employments 'terry career nsatoettna to make hie report within one moon from the 10th inst. struck ea ca. THE' BRITISH PJ(ESS• LON DON, MONDAY, MAY t 4. The Casette of Saturday night only announi.es Mr. PITT as the new Premier. Of course it disap p0int....1 those who expected to see some of the new subordinate appointments. Its silence upon that bead skews that the difficulties, which Mr. PITT his met with, are not leis than common fame re ported them. The exclusion of Mr. Fox is the great sourceof the embarrassment, and mostcertainly there has been no want of real and address to overcome it. A proposition has been made to admit five of his friends into the new Ministry ; but it has Is, en re jetted. The G a cavil. Le Party, we understand, claim great credit for this proof of their honour and disin terestedness. What a fallacy ! They are bound hand and foot to Mr. Fox, and cannot, dare not, desert him. In a moment of despair they leagued with him against W. ADDINGTON, to their now great mortification ; so heats d were their imaginations with the overthrow of Mr. ADDINGTON'S AdElliglii• tration, they looked no farther. Earl Tsang de scribed it as a" milk and water Administration," a " thing of shreds and patches :" in the very same week, if not in the very same night, Mr. Wilton*. as, the leader of the GRRNVILLE Party in the House of Commons, called Mr. Fox " the pander of all the base and sordid passions of the human heart." Yet we find the mighty GRENVILLE Party unable to meet this milk and water Admi. nistration, and to league itself with this pan ' der to enable it to overthrow this " thing of shreds land patches." If this be, as assuredly it is, a tri umph for Mr. ADDINGTON, what a much greater triumph must it be for Mr. Fox, and what a humi iation to the Gasses I. Lis. Here then we shall :leave them. We wish, and perhaps for as good tilvlotives as the GaxaviLLa party, that Mr. Fox as to be a Member of the new Ministry. We think i'lis philosophic temper would cone& the violence of 34r. PITT. We think his enlarged views would revent the recurrence of that narrow persecuting •:ystern of politics which experience teaches us to ear under the uncontrouled influence of Mr. Pir r. 3ut then, we are assured, that there is a fatal objec ion to Mr. Fox. If so, every motive which in tuenced our wish to behold his advancement to ,owes - , now operates direaly the other way,— Were the objeaion of that vture that could be con stitutionally overcome, it would be laudable to make the attempt, but, under all the circumstances of the case, such an attempt would be factious, and preg nant with strife and discord. To simplify the ours tion, it would be this: Whether the GRENVILLI: Party or the Kirio is to make the King's Minis ters. We believe the anxiety to bring in Mr. Fox has been pursued as far as it could with propriety. We repeat our regret that it has not proved successful. But we do not, there fore, think ourselves at liberty to raise au outcry against the fair exercise of the KI NG'S prerogative. And, whatever may be the result, we own, it is not unpleasing to contemplate a state of things which proves that the Kum, and not the Gate LL. Es, is the maker of the K isa's Ministers. What Administration may be formed without them we do not pretend to say. The various plans for the purpose, certainly shew that much doubt and difficulty still prevail in its formation. The following is the edition of it pub lished last night in the political circles, and though it differs much from ever) other we have seen, is, we believe, not thcleast aut!'entic : LORDS OF THE TF.EASLAIT. Lord LOUVAINE, Lord FITZIIARRIS, and Air. C. LONG. LORDS OF 111 E AOMIRALTY. Lord MELV ILI .E, Commiviuncr HOPE. Sir JAMES DOR • HA 'l, itel Comoro COCHRANE. The Earl of Itom vie rice Lord EL oos. Lord lIAMIWOURY rice Mr. YORK'. Lord liAaLowty vie Lord HAWILLSIILRY. Lord Mr i.. RAYE rice Lend Eft:MUT. The Eat of V: N 11 ISE • to be Groom of the Stole sire the liukt: of Roam:east. deceased. The Earl cf DAR) ,touro Lord Charnbetlain, vice the Marquis of SALISQURY• Mr. VANSITTAST, General MAITLAND, and Mr. may cintinue if they please; but the I r.t is said to have positively refused.—The Ea of to-eicits, it is also said, will be permitted to remain in Ireland; but some say that the place will be kept until an answer shall be received limn Ea:l biome. Others say that the Lord Lieute nancy has been offered to Lord EUSTON. We have in a fcrnier paper stated that the Duke of Mou- Tit on was also mentioned fur that station.—Mr. CANNING was expeiFted in town yesterday. As an ekes of Mt. P:rs, some importance is attached to that, gentleman's movements.—The circumstances of Mr. Anni rox's Administration are variously described, and a good deal of poetical licence has been thrown into use detail. His MAJESTY cer tainly wrote to him A very elegant letter, lamenting the necessity which he felt himself under of remov ing him, and offering hi:n an Earldom and a Pen sion, both of which Mr. Awn it.o tom declined. His M AJEST Y has since written a second letter, in which he says, one of his first instrutions to his new Minister will be, • request to the House of Com mons to make a provision for their late able and worthy Sp:aker—mcaning Mr. ADDINGTO►. Some presume, from the moderation with which the latter has condu9ed himself upon this trying occasion, that he means to retire to private life ; but we think they are a little mistaken. We understand he reckons upon 35 friends of natural and political acquire ment, and the speculators on these things do not hesitate to say, that the ADDINGTON Party will be able to cope with the Old Opposition, or even the great Gassvittz Party in the House of Commons. Yesterday His MAJESTY, accompanied by the Duke of CUMs6ILAAD, and followed by the Qui.Lis and PRINCESSES about the same time, took an airing to Kew. On Saturday Mr PITT had an audience of His MaiLst v, and in the course of yesterday morning, we understand, saw His MAJESTY. Lords HOBART and HAKRESBURT, and the Earl of Dsarmovrn, afterwards had audiences of His MAJESTY. On S4tarday His MAJESTY signed a number of official papers. On Saturday night Lord Hos Aar had an audience of His NiAJZSTT. On Saturday, about twelve o'clock, His MAJISTr, accompanied by the Duke of CAN IRIDCE, took an airing in a post-chariot to Kcw t His NI AJWITY was followed ►y the QuEtsr and PIINCESSIS, in two coaches and four. The Royal Party remained a considerable time viewing the new Palace, walking in the Gardens, &c. and returned to the Queen's House about three. The following extras of a letter from Rouen of the 6th inst. furnishes a new proof of the impatience of Boma, A R rt to assume the Imperial purple: " In the ',lulus of the 31 inst. the Tribunate, after hating heard the report of the Special Commission, appointed to eon. stder of the proposition made by Chiron Curer, bare resolved : ht. " That Napoleon lll.otaparte, Fait Contol, .hall be pro claimed Emperor of the ' , roach, and in that quality be charged with the Grrornment of Franca. it godly. That the title of Emperor, together with the ra• petial Power, shall he hereditary in his family, in the anal, Jan in the Order of progeniture. " "Lily, The Constituted Authorities, in forming the nem srr.: reeutatimts for the establistiowist et the hereditiry power., sh _iiaki• all doe proriiions fur preservisig equality, liberty, an d iights of the peo;ilo. 4•!..y, The present v de shall be carried to the Senate by a &potation of ant Members, who are to explain to it the mattes witch have iatd :Iced the Tribunate to take this remilutiun " It appears by a letter from Flushing, that the r d. I,„t Sir SYDNEY' S'.ISTII 9 S health is so much tat paired from constant fatigue and watching upon the Dutch ti.a.t, that he is obliged to rcl•nquish the coalman,: of his station fot the present. LAUNCH OF HIS MM TIN YACHT, frIE ROYAL ~OVERtIGN. On Saturday a Royal Yacht, bulk with all the grandeur and accommodation proper tor the recep tion of Their Majesties, was launched at Deptford Dock Yard, amidst the shouts of an admiring mul tituda. The launching of vessels destined to in crease our glorious and valuable navy, or those for extending commerce, has at all times afforded the highest gratification, to such as witnessed the pleas ing scene ; the skill of the artificers and workmen employed in the Dock Yards excites general admi ration; and the bulwarks of Old England are ushered to the watery element with thousands of wishes for their future prosperity. Upon the present occasion, the vessel intended to receive His Majesty, who reigns in the hearts of his people, raised an extraor dinary degree of curiosity, nor was the general ex peaation formed of its beauty and magnificence dis appointed. The yacht, with the Royal Standard, Union Jack, and St. George's ensign, Hying on board, while in the slip, exhibited a brilliant spelta de to the surrounding speCtators, who not only oc cupied the rigging, tops, &c. of the gay decked ships lying in the dock, but an extet.sive range of scaffolding erected for them, covered with canvas. About half past two o'clock, the tide having flowed nearly high enough, the shoars supporting her stern were separately' removed, and at a quarter before three she began to move off the slip, with all the grandrur which the motion of so beautiful a mass of mechanism could produce ; a burst of approba tion at the4nstant was heard in every diration, while the yacht rapidly Flitted without the least ac cident into the arms of old father Thames, whose bosom gently swelled as proud of its burden, and glowed with the effulgence of the vessel's radiant sides, which, in the language of Shakespeare, lit.' a burniad throne, zriAl on the water:" On being secured by a warp, within the bacon, no thing could appear more elegant and superb ; her take and moultfing are such as cannot be objeCted to : the depth of water she draws is 12 feet. The external decoration is splendid beyond description ; the stern has rive windows, each one intire plate of glass, separated by casements adorned with five Isesatiful ligiirs.s, over which is the shield bearing tile arms of the Royal Family, supported by Fame and Victory, finely carved and gilt; direetly under the tafril is a variety of ornaments, and the three lanthorns on the poop are painted and gilt so richly as to afford nonderful relief to the whole stern : un the counter Neptune is described with his atten dant Tritons and Nereids ; the quarter badges ex- , cel any that have recently been carved; each is formed by a brilliant star, the circle is the window of French place glass, and above are boys support ing a canopy with festoons, oak leaves, flowers, &c. on the angles of the quarters are two beautiful al legorical tseures, finely carved and gilt ; leiel with the rirtin chains appear four medalions of Her Ma jesty, and around the ports a variety of superb or naments. Front the gunwale to the water a luminous display of gilded devices shines on the sides, laurel leaves, naval trophies and figures, are arranged in alternate order, the whole relieved by streaks of crimson, blue, yellow, and 'slack. The head is ornamented with a bust of the Queen, over which two Cupids hold a crown ; various attributes are placed about the cut water and bows with taste and effect ; mermaids, naiads, dolphins, 8:c. are seen in every direction where ornament can be shewra,-and the whole pre sents the greatest magnificence. Within board the decorations are equally handsome; the apartments f a. the Royal Family are parted from the remainder of the deck 'appropriated to the nobles, and the whole is hung with crimson velvet : and gold lace, pier looking-glasses are fitted within elegant gold frame-work ; in &bort, nothing is wanting to render the vessel fit to receive the Royal Party for whom it is prepared. The dimensions between decks exceed those of the old yacht: the height in the stare cabins is ti feet 6 inches, and breadth on the beam 22 feet. She has a fine copper bottom, and is expected to be very easy, should she have to en counter a rough sea in her passage to Weymouth, where she will be shortly conveyed. Among the persons of distinction at the launch were, Earl Spen cer and Lord and Lady Castlereagh. The specta tors were standing in the most perilous situations, but no accident happened to damp the pleasure of the scene. A private letter from Munich states, that the ELECTOR of Baratta has promulgated a law re lative to the passage of any foreign troops in his dominions, and the opposition to be made against any territorial violation. This measure having im mediately followed the arrival of messengers from Berlin and Petersburgh, is supposed to have resulted from the dispatches which they brought. The 17th Font, lately quartered at Cork, embark ed there on the 7th ult. for India. The rumour which prevailed a few days ago, of His Majesty's sloop Ryser& having sunk a trench privateer, is totally unfounded. A letter from on board the Pr liens Orme', off the Traci, dated the tith inst. says : " Our squadron is constantly on the alert, anchoring when ever the weather will permit in sight of the Dutch fleet.—We understand that there are 20,000 French troops at the Helder ; and that their cavalry and fodder are shipped ; their men of war and trans ports are obviously ready for sea. The Dutch have in the Mass Diepe, five line of battle ships, besidesir igates, sloops, and transports; and another ship of the line is now on her passage from Amster dam to join them." The Britenme, arrived in the Downs from Lisbon, brings an account of the almost entire destrueion of Bayonne by fire : The Rimes were not din• covered till six o'clock in the morning, when they burst forth with irresistible violence ; the large stores filled with brandy, tar, &c. presented one Fleet of fire, ascending into the air upwards of 200 feet above the building. The brandy, tar, oil, &c. formed a stream, and running in flames into the Adour, presented the singular and terrible spec tack of a river on fire. The fire continued burn ing violently for two days, during wnic.-. many lives, and property to the value of two miT.:ns of francs, were kit. The if this cal;e:C.ty is not mentioned." PENSIONS. ExtrA frm an Account presentA to the (Joule of CoMiriam of the Petitions mirit:4l by the Crayon by Sio Ma nua l__ Tue f..l;nwing are among these granted in Mr. Alhltnies Adolli:st Pensions per An. L. 1. June I, 1803. R. II Made; Abbot, and Peter 114aac The Hutton, In trutt tor Fleenor Madeline Wickham . . 675 0 0 I,COO 0 o \tech le. D::arnber 2. Downer Lady Clare . haac Curry, Robert Ra and Srasuel Lanford, in trust fur Dune ELzabair l‘hria Sher . . March 10. Captain Percy Fraser Vaiessint Fauconberg . . Arthur Murphy . . . . Lord Harry Montfort (ad.) William Mossier . . . . Lady George Murray . . Dim. Jane Stephenson . . Anne Baroness Dowager Trimblestown . . . . Sir Geo. Young . . . . Thos. Mg/meld . . . . Sir Geo. Shee 4;0 n 0 U 0 2.00 b 0 200 U 200 U 0 200 0 0 385 10 0 130 o 0 June 1. Dece • uher 3. June 1. Ntarch 10. Feb. 8, 1604. January 10. 200 0 0 1000 0 0 770 0 0 770 0 0 LATE FOREIGN MINISTERS. March 12, 1801. llun. R. Walpole, late Mt nistar at Lisbon, . . . 2,000 0 0 Ditto Daniel Hales, late Minister et Stockholm . Jolty L. Doevfielcl, late Charge d'Affairs at sere ral Courts Jan. 14,1204. James Talhot, Secretary to the French Republic . 400 0 0 Petitions payable out of the 41 West India Duties. April 30, 1904. Sir Abraham Hume, in trust for the family of Master 300 0 0 Oct. 23, 1801. Rolm% Waller March 14. Ehz. llewgill lOO 0 0 May 17. Wm. llu.kiason . 1200 0 0 Nov. 30, 1902. Heathcnte Aatriniett, Widow 300 0 0 October 20. Ed , vard Miioribanks . 250 0 0 June 1. MR. Alin Hill, Widow . . 130 0 0 Dec. 19, 1903. 800 0 • 2SO 0 0 PASSENGERS TO ISO FROM IRELAND. • THE torsos. Passengers from Dubin' to Holyhead, May 9. Mr. Warburton, Ma j or Bice •sham, Major amen! C.,ek home. Mtn Cockbume, Mr and Mrs. Trench, Mrs. 3. Trench, Miss Trench. Mts. sad four Aliases banns, Mr. Daran, Mrs. Hardman, Mrs. Clarke, Limit. Harvey, and Mr. Henry. - • Premien from Holyhead to Dohlin, Mav 9 Mr. Bambuty-and fomilr , Mr. APCauviarld. Peter Latoush. Eli' and family, and Mr. Johntoit. Tfir. UX3RIDGE. Passengers front Dublin to Holyhead, May 9. Mr. Rog. Mahon, Mabott, Mr. Wynne, Mr. Gor don, Mr. Jackson, Mr. Swoatnan, Mr. Daly, Mr. Ryan, and Mr. Caulfield. TAR f EICISTER. raflS:ngett from L. b on to Holyliestl, May 9. Mr. Alum), Mr. Coa,r, NI, pgraley, Lord and Lady Ass 'own, Ntus Frenc:l, Mr. Peonoll. On Saturday Lord Mttvitta entertained Mr. PITT, Earl ROSLYN, Col Hors, and Messrs W. and R. DUNDAS with a dinner. Yesterday the Prince of WALES visited the Duke of DEVONS:IIfIE. On Saturday morning the door leading to the back entrance of the uses's house was opened for the first time since is MAJESry's indisposition for the admittance of tradesmen, Sec. Yesterday, about twelve o'clock, Mr. PITT had an interview with Lord Hawses's& v at his house in Piccadilly. The Hon. Mr. Moncetrost, eldest son of Viscount GALWAY, will shortly lead to the Hymeneal Altar. the amiable Miss HANOVIRLD, daughter of the late Captain GEORGE HANS:WIELD. Mr. PITT paid a visit to the Duke of PORTLAND on Saturday. Lady Hunrimortse.o will leave town to-mor row for Cheltenham, on account of the health of her daughter, the Hon. Miss VANNECK. The Bishop of CA a Linz has presented the Rev. J. Sm tr it, one of the Ushers of Westminster School s to the icarage of Newcastle. Captain GisDART left town on Friday fur Ports. mouth. Should the Ranatdr► of Drury-lane Theatre be taken away, how can the Manzgers exped to fill the I-louse above. stairs? Several very fine Mails were caught list week upon the Nymph Bank and forwarded to Bristol. where, it is said, there is a great scarcity of that ar ticle. The Vinegar-Hill Infantry, county Wexford. commanded by A. I!. .1 *cos, have unanimously volunteered to extend tharservices to any part of the United Kingdom. Robes parrends with Frepch and Spanish flies are reckoned fashionable. The fair wearers, we pre sume, have constitutions very different from those who are under the necessity of using the Carapdor bag. Should the French land, even our fashionable will be able to put them to the Rent. The lust of new Baronets is, for the greater part. a da , cis of Scots cakes. The enemy's jeauttoined boats are very appro. pi-lately manned with Dutch sailors. Our fair countrywomen are AS good humoured as ever, and yet, with their fit,' tippets, they look as if they had got the d.•g on their bock. The Old Batley Sessions. and the new Mtnistry, this week cornmecee their operations together; the latter being under tie ditettion of Mr. PIT r, is likely to prove a maiden bu•ine , s. Boss', is said to •ie very fond of the Poles, by which. no doubt, we arc th, understand that he would extend his empire to the very teoraulsil et the world. In consequence of the great etorms that prevailed last week, w repOtt that the firmly of the TeMpVIS Were cutnlllg 440 power. Tlyie appears to be souse mistAke is BONA. eARLE'II seClJed his p.,is•-icrt no doubt inJuee _huts t. , meter vivi d ,: of ladarsi• street 10 Lang of Losselleset,. hal of to E sot the ftit the as vi he be eu fc it tl b It, rs. co' 'U kx parte Tsui _ _ IN TR& 11 This is on has for matt of the Bantu to persons in solicitor. T the Court ; : e t:v buths n h ;o forboT h u l e dA u a l f n W a t o b u e l h °al and gniill:=si ba n k' n bankrupt, b in the year titer, Vince b a nkruptcy Vincerit K upon an brother, tt framed as the rate of conveyanc ;ugly mad , the sum that he, V the premi 5 one years should al, raises in meat of 4 n d psi seq ud centutu.tcreeecanll e som e aui sot; c been con one Bros villo ha( Bond-str at the re Robe barrasse - - against Kennett one 1)) quence bankrui tented, sedcd, done, v Tllll , t certific du Red defraui In superst ugatnsi Tre:h-4 nsist first