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I best he libel but in cused ationi hould thou). Mr. Smart, being then ordered to attend at the Bar, was shewn the paper containing the offesseive matter, which he acknowledged as having been prioted and published by him. He was then asked " What he had to say for himself When he shortly addressed the Speaker as follows: " Pe-mit me, Sir, to assure you, that I very much regret that anY part of the contetts of my Paper of yesterday should ),.,r incurred the depkasure of tilt. Honourable Nome. If, S r, I !use expressed myself Mai warmly in favour of Lord Melville...for whom I Shall always entertain the highest respect amid est , em--1 beg that this Honourabh. Han,. will view it as the and ~ language of the heart, and not a wilful intention to protoke the censure of a power on which our dearest rights and :,berries depelid. 1 intreat you, Sir, that some allowance rn.:y be Merle for that Freeelons of Discuvrion of Public kffairs which for a long series of years has beets sanctioned by common u s,/e ; and that the hasty composition of a Newspaper may not tw e m,idered as a deliberate design to offend this Honour abl.• Howse " Mr. Stuart was then ordered to withdraw. Mr. GREY said, if the House was satisfied with the apology, he should have no disposition to go bother. He was influenced by no hasty motives of resentment ; and thought the fittest time to notice the paragraph to be when it came to his knowledge. and for the present he should move " that the said oaragraph is a high breach of the privileges of this House." The ATTORNEY GENERAL said, he did not mean to oppose the present motion, as he did not know how the House could ad otherwise at present, as on the former day the Honourable Gentleman would not consent to a delay of even twenty-four bouts, though now, perhaps, he was sorry for hay ing one so. He could not help observing, that this great readiness and alacrity to prosecute be trayed more of the irritability of soreness, than of the soundness of charader. The Honourable Gentleman did not seem always to have the came sensdrility to his own, as he had now for the cha. rafter of the House; but be recolleded the time when all the newspapers contained libels both on t himself and the House of Commons without his taking any notice of them. He would not say that the newspapers spoke the truth, but, lie re membered to have read paragraphs in them which represented the Honourable Gentleman as saying, in clubs and at meetings, that the House , of Commons was so lost and degraded. that there was no me in his attendance, as he could do the people no good in it. Bad as these representations were, it was something extraordinary that the Hon. Gen tleman did not feel so sorely on them as to induce him to make any complaint whatever, but withdrew himself from attendance in his place Mr. FOX said, that, as be came under the de scription now given of his Honourable Friend, if the Learned Gentleman had asked him at the time whether these representations were trite. be should have told him that they were. He was never ashamed of what he said, or whit he did. He said the same things that were now told of his Honourable Friend ; he said them out of doors ; he said them at the same period of time in the House, and he said them still. Ile did think the House of Commons such, as that he knew he could do no good by attending it, and be aaed upon that opinion. The Hon. and Learned Gentleman n -vet, then or since, asked any questions about it ; but treasured it in his mind to be brought forward as an observation ad hominem, to be brought /forward whenever he thought the occasion suited. He then concluded with observing, that he thought this {libel, as it appeared when the proceedings of *e Rouse were not thought to be in unison with the wish of the Ministers, and when there 'vas reason to suppose it written by some person in their pay. The resolution was then put and agreed to. Mr. A. WRIGHT then proposed, that Mr. Stu art should be reprimanded from the chair. Mr. GREY said, he had no great objeftion to that mode of proceeding. provided the House Thought it a sufficient measure of punishment. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, that however disposed the House might be to leaity, yet, after such a resolution, he could not think that it would be consistent with its d , gi , •; - .• to do less than commit him for the present ; undiostanding, that he should afterwards be discharged upon ap plication being made for it. He then moved, as an amendment on the motion, " that Mr. Stuart be for the present committed to the custody of the Serjeant at Arms ;" which was agreed to. Mr. CANNING moved for several papers rela tive to the proceedings in the Office of Treasurer of the Navy; which were ordered. FLOOR CONTRACTS. Mr. Serjeant BEST stated, that he had to submit to the House a transaftion which he should not have meddled with, if he had not the strongest assurance of its truth given him b.. , a Gentleman who expressed himself ready to prove it at their bar. It was this :—ln the year 1795, an order was issued for sending a number of neutral ships laden with corr, into the ports of Great Britain, and for ap plyilig their cargoes to His Majesty's service. The 11.ords of the Treasury employed Mr. Claude Scott, a Member of this House, and now in his place, to sell the cargoes, the produce of which was ?towards of 200,0001. which was suffered to remain in Mr. Scott's hands from the year 1795, to the year 1200 He then moved, "that there be laid N. fore the House copies of the orders given to Mr. Scott, for the sal* of flour. the produce of the car goes of neutral ships ; the accounts given by Mr. Scott of the produce of the sale ; the time the mo ney was suffered to remain in his hands, &c." Mr. Best added, that he was further informed the pur chase of these sales was made by Mr. Scott. with the putilic money. V. , . SCOT!' admitted, that this money had re m lieed some months in his hands, but that so little use did he make of it, that he frequently applied to be allowed to pay it. Mr. ROSE said, he was glad the motion had been made. for, to the best of his knowledge, the money did not remain even for a month in the hands of Mr. Scott. Mr. prrr complained, that when notice was given of this motion last night, the objed of it had not been mote specifically stated, in order to enable Gen tlemen to prepare themselves for giving an answer. Mr. FOX said. that motions were not a part of the oederly proceedings of the House, but it would be quite disorderly if in long speeches. Mr. GREY then referred to the order in the book in which the ob j eas of the motion were specified. Mr. PITT said, he had not seen the entry. After a trifling conversation, the motion was agreed to. Mr. Serjeant BEST next moved, " that there be laid befote the House a List of all Pensions grant ed by the Crown, from the Ist of May, 1804, to the sth of April, 1805 ; also, Copies of all Writs un der the sign manual for any increase of salaries in the public offices ;" which were agreed to. THE TOULON FLEET. Mr. SHERIDAN wished to know whether Go- vernment had received any official or authentic in formation of the sailing of the Toulon fleet ? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHKQUER replied, that no such official information had been received. Mr. FOSTER said, he rose in consequence of the notice he had given yesterday, to move for leave to bring in a bill to amend, explain, and extend the Act passed last Session, relative to the issuing of silver tokens in Ireland. He desired that Aft might be read, it was entered as read pre ,forma, and leave was given to bring in a Bill for amending and extending the Provisions of the said Aft, and for promoting the circulation of the said tokens. Mr. G. PONSONBY gave notice, that he would, at the latter end of next week, or beginning of the week after, call the attention of the House to the conduct of the Commissioners for lighting, paving, Stc. of the city of Dublin. Very large sums of money were expended under these different heads, and there was not a street in Dublin that was so well p.sved as the commonest lanes and alleys is London. IRISH 1.0C4. The House resolved itself into a Committee of the whole House, to consider further of Ways and Nlcans towards raising the supply granted to His Majesty ; Mr. Ai, BX A NDEIt in the Chair. Mr. FOSTER rose, and said, that he would tres pass as little on the time of the Committee as pos sible, and proceed immediately to state to them the terms of the Loan which he had lately negotiated in England for the service of Ireland. The House would be pleased to recoiled, that very early in the Session he had informed them, when in a Commit tee of Ways and Means for raising the supply for that part of the United Kingdom, that a Loan was arranged in Ireland to the amount of 1,800,0001. ,Irish currency, if it was raised in Ireland ; and ti.at it would be 1,500,0001. sterling, if raised in Eng land. He would now state to the Committee the nature of the Loan : For every 1011. advanced, the Subscribers were to take I. of Long Annuity, which, at Hit veers, is . L.Bl 5 241 of 5 per Cents. at 881 is . . . 21 " interest of Money at 4 per Cent. if paid accord . ti.g to innalments . Further amount of Discount, if paid in full . 1 6 1 6 L. Ikls which would. altogether, form an amount of charge on grants of 61. 17s. 2d. per cent. He stated, that it was originally intended to have raised this loan in Ireland, but the gentlemen who were the bid ders there had not agreed with the Treasury, and they had therefore sent to him to get it transalled in this country. As there had been some ru moors gone abroad respelling this transaetion, he thought it necessary to call the attention of the Committee to it by a brief statement of falls; especially as these gentlemen say they have a right to the loan, and have rafijaid a. accept back again the deposit. When they were first applied to, they made an offer at 574, they were told that that would not do. They then made two more, which aot being satisfanory, they prevailed on the Treasury in Ireland to transmit their offers to him, and they undertook to abide by their offer, as last made, till an answer could be returned. An ex. press was accordingly sent off to him on the Sunday, and he returned the answer by the Mon day se'nnight, which was as quick as an answer could possibly go. He, however, rejened the offer, as the Irish Treasury had done, and instantly negotiated the loan with Messrs. GA& smid, Rolisarts, sec. by which he had made much more advantageous terms for Ireland, as the first loan would have amounted to 61. 17s. 7d. whereas the latter was •nly 61. 17s. 2d. and he had given it the preference accordingly. Besides these. the loan, as offered in Ireland, created a capital of about 1,000,0u0L the other created a capital of nearly two millions. The Irish Gentlemen, who were bidders, proposed also to derive to themselves a knits of no less than 13 per cent. Under all these circumstances, he had therefore given the preference to the English bidders,and he thought every Irish member would see at one.. how vet y advantageous it was, when compared with the other. The Right Hon. Gentle man then moved That 1,500,0001. be granted, &c. on an annuity of 51. per The question being read from the Chair; Sir J NEWPORT expressed himself extremely happy to hear the Honourable Gentleman give so truly satisfaftory an account of this transattion. He Had heard of the rumours that had been alluded to, but could not believe them, and it gave him the greatest pleasure to hear them so completely done a say. He highly approved the loan having been made in England in preference to Ireland, because it could not fail to be eventually truly advantageous us that part of the empire. In a poor country, like Inland, the great objea should always be to bring capital into it. Here would, therefore, be nearly 2,000,0J01. of capital sent thither, and that Irish capital, which, if taken as a loan, would be locked up for that purpose, might now be much more be neficially empliyed by being vested in trade, in the promoting and encouraging manuladures, in the improvement of agriculture, and in many other modes which that part of the kingdom is deficient in at present, and to render which most nourishing and prosperous, capital is only wanted. He allowed, there were some things attending this mode of raising money by loans which he did not altogether approve, such as being connected with a sinking fund, and other inconveniences ; but it was but fair and right to consider every =two( this kind in all its bearings, and to pin up with the bit ters, for the sake of enjoying the sweets. Upon the whole, he thought the Right Hon. Gentleman had condv9ed the business in a manner highly cre ditable to himself, and very advantageously to the country, and it was with infinite satisfaaion he gave Lis apnrolsation to it. The resolutions were then read and agreed to ; the House resumed, and the report ordered to be received oil Monday. Mr. VANSITTA RT gave notice, that he would, on Monday, move for copies of the correspondecce between the Lord Lieutenant and the Judges of Ire land, respelling the case of Judge Johnson. The mail coach road bill wera through a Com mittee, the report to be received on Monday. The other orders of the day were then read aad postponed. —.^Lujourned to Monday. THE BRITiSII PKESft. LON DO N, SATURDAY. Arai'. 27. To a question last night in the House of Com mons from Mr. Snaatems, Mr. PITT answered, that no official account had been received of the sailing of the Toulon fleet. The report, therefore, of its having made its escape, rests upon the au thority of the Foreign Papers. Rear Admiral Rusts Ls. sailed on Thursday from Yarmouth with the force under his command, to resume his station off the Tezel, in consequence of intelligence which had reached him that an unusual degree of aCtivity had been observed among the enemy's shipping. A letter from Deal, dated the 25th, contains the following account of the late engagement with the enemy's flotilla, off Cape Grisnez : " Eight large scbuyts, each having on board from IS to I. soldiers, beside: seamen, and carrying two 111-pounders, were last night and this morning towed into the Downs by His Ma jesty's ship Railieu!, Capt. Collard. The Locust and Starling gun brigs appear to have sustainer, the brunt of the pelican, being within pistol-shot of a range of French batteries. The Starling arrived yesterday much damaged ; and last night at eleven o'clock the Locust, commanded by that meritorious officer, Lieutenant John Lake, also arrived in the Downs, in order t 0 ' repair the &linage sustained in this gallant &Rion. " A considerable number of the enemy, flotilla were ma. nceuvring close in under the rocks of Cape Grimes. The Le( Mt, in company with the s imadron under Capt. Honey man, was ordered to tire attack, and immailistely ran one of the flotilla alongside, and, notwithstanding a most tremen dous Ere was opened hers the batteries, sad a spirited de fence made by the Commander of the French vessel, the L .cost succeeded in cutting of her opponent, and bringing h. r out • the prize was than ordered by the Admiral to re ceive the prisoners from the other captured smut., which are arrived safely in the Downs. The Lomat, in running so close in shore, received three shot from the batteries In her bull : one at the water line, going through the starboard side, rut the cables between the decks, and forcing her planks quite open in the bends on the opposite side, occasioned her making is much water, that she was obliged to bear away for the Downs. Notwithstanding the severity of this engage- meta, within pistol shin, Lieutenant Lake had net a man killed or wounded. It was mentioned yesterday that the Starling had three men killed but ftuon all iLa Ssieensesson I can get 1. day, am in hopes it is not the fact ; and there is reason to think she has been equally fortunate in this respect with the Locust." We have received Paris Papers to the 21st, and Dutch to the 24th, but they contain no news of any importance. According to some accounts, Lord isisisos's fleet had put into Malta in the beginning of this month ; others state, that he was off ear. celona. A camp of 20,000 Batavian troops is to be formed in the neighbourhood of Munich early in the ensuing summer. A Gottenburgh Mail arrived yesterday. It has brought a letter from Stockholm, of April 14, which says—" A camp. to consist of 8,000 men, is ordered to be formed in Schauer% the ensuing sum mer ; preparations are already making for it." Yesterday, at half-past ens o'clock, a Cabinet Council was held at Lord Mucus ttt 's Office. he Earl of CHATHAM, LOrdHAWILLSOUILY, the Russ) AN SASSA DOR, and Mr. Piss., attended; the Coun cil sat till four. _ _ Early yesterday morning Mr. BAcsrT, the Kirio's Messenger. Arrived M town, with dispatches from the Court of Russia. _ _ A letter from an Officer in the squadron off Os tend states, that all the enemy's armed vessels have left that port and gone to the westward. "[he dm, a Spanish ship from Lima, with a va luable cargo, and 280,000 dollars on board, has been captured by the Mersey privateer of Liverpool, and sent into Falmouth. A letter from Goree. dated the £Bth of February, states, that the island is in a very healthy state. Major LLOYD, and the Royal African Corps, are very healthy ; the only officer whom they lost was the Assistant Surgeon. The Lark sloop of war has been very unhealthy on that station ; last season she lost five officers, and a number of men. They heard of the war in January, but not o ffi cially—they seized a rich Spanish vessel in the river Gambia, on the faith of the report of war. The Rebecca, Amu, from Jamaica, for Halifat, put into the Havaaaah is distress, and is detained there. The Crater, Bazar, from Cadiz. for Charleston, was deserted at sea on the 10th of February. In all pursuits of an interesting nature, it is a sa lutary plat), in order to induce candidates to enter early into the race, to make the first objea of real consequence. Upon this principle, die construdors of the present grand Lottery seem to have aged. They have. accordingly, made the first drawn num ber a Prize of (0.0001. When it is considered that the powers of the mazy wheel can add 50,0001. more to this first objed, it inculcates a most striking lesson to all such adventurers as have been in the habit of delaying to purchase their Tickets and Shares till after the Drawing has commenced. Such procrastination, in the present instance, will evi dently cut them off from the chance of possessing. at the very offset, a princely Fortune. PICTURE GALLERY. 7 -, , No. VII. , M•mM, Nc. 82. Earl Err -y. The •tout Eat' of A tow to God du: in&ke, - 114 p:orure in the Scottish woods Throe Summers days to Wm.—Chao) Chace. By C. GRZT, R.A. . The gallant Chief of Northumberland is mount• ed upon a fine grey steed. A Scottish archer, who had discharged an arrow against his merry men all, lays dead at his feet. The arrow is faatheresi frona a ;re; goose wing. No. 87. Aei FV,11% By R. W A rritmAs,O.A• This is a grand venison feast in Guildhall. The Lord Mayor and Aldermen, in their robes, are seated at the end of the Hall, the body of which is filled with the Livery. Two fine fat bucks, a pre sent from the Commissioners of Naval Ingliry, are roasted and served up in great style upon the occa sion. The company seem delighted with the enter tainment, and are cutting away with an excellent appetite. There is a great deal of spirit in this pic ture, aad a wonderful degree of karnsouy la the colouring and erftressioa. No. 89. Oassan destroying e beentrlnt impression of M. ro w Roads... 13y Macrae BCTTY, R. A. A celebrated painter of antiquity had almost fi nished a beautiful portrait, retired to bed, and was as tonished to find his work, next morning, defaced and disfigured. A mischievous monkey, it seems, had got in at the window, and, taking up the brush, be daubed the picture all over. This story appears to have suggested the design of this piece. The scene presents a beautiful impression of the Taal At4Cl4ll, the joint produdion of Norval, Achmcl, and Fre derick, R. A. ; and Mora, in the ad of destroying all its character and feature. ROYAL FETE AT FROGMORE. This superb entertainment was given on Thurs. day, after the Royal Review, of which we pester. day gave an account. As soon as the Noble Visit or:had changed their dresses, they accompanied the RoY•t. PARTY CO Frogman. It consisted of His MAJESTY, the QucaN and Pareceu of WALES, the Princesses M•RY. So►UtA, AUGUSTA, ELIz•IETI4, and Assiut ; the Dukes of YORK, CAMIRIDGE, Kass, Sussex, and Gtoucurea ; in their train were the Dukes of RUTLAND, MONTR(RE. and BEAUFORT, and their Duchesses ; the Marchioness of B•TM, and Marquis of Azteca' $ the Earls of Romwsv, Cowrie, and CHATHAM; the Count.. esses of Bucßisnn•Msalac, CAaoto•s.and Cn• r. a•a, and all the principal Nobility that attended the Installation. . ment was given were fitted up with mconceivable grandeur. The colonnade was the principal place appropriated for the reception of the guests. On the lawn opposite the colonnade. there was the suite of pavilions which formerly belonged to . Ti'. Coo SULT ANN, obtained at the storming of Se ringapatam : from the top were pendent a number of Eastern lamps, finely painted. All these pa vilions leading from one to the other made the suite of apartments as complete as possible.-- From the last tent fronting the KING'S apart ment there was an aisle or avenue matted over, roofed, and latticed. It led diredly to the thatched barn or ball roots On each side were columns wreathed with artificial flowers, with the exception of the laurel leaves, which were natural. All the pillars that supported the roof were interwoven with. garlands and flowers. A Chinese lantern hung in the middle, with the letter M. in a transparency on each side. As soon as Their Pei AJEST las entered, the whole of the company rose. and the Staffordshire hand played God one Me Ki.ig. About seven thr ball commenced with country dances, The Princess of WALES and Prince WILLIAM of GLottcErr La led off the ball. Lord Sem aav it. La danced with the Princess MART. the Duke of RUTL AP. D with the Princess SorniA, and the Duke of CAM. 'RIDGE with the Princess AMELIA. His MAJESTY was dressed in the new Windsor uniform, and the Queer: and the PRINCESSES were all in white and silver. Her Royal Highlieu the PRINCESS OF WALES% drcse wu extremely beautiful, and elegantly emhfoiiterrd with gold ; over which was tastefdly displaced a commit Grecian mantle rizltly worked to correspond, with diamond troika and neck lace. Head-dress, wreath of diammuts and Oath% feathers. THE DUCHESS OF RUTLAND'S dress was extr e m ely, elegant. It was white Linnet with a lace deem over it. I)sae mond armlets, bandeau, COUNTESS PAULET—An elegant white drew, tastefully ornamented with /INK ; head dreu, white hat and plume of Ostrich leathow. LADY S PAULET wore a white dross richly ornamented with silmr. The dresses consisted principally of the finest lace, clear muslin, embroidered crapes,and gold and silver muslins. White generally was worn in compliment to Princess MARY. in celebration of whose birth-eh] the Fete was given. Hats were universal. with Plumes, and without Plumes. But the ant pre vailing head-dress, and the m o st admired, was Miss Pa vist's Grecian hat. It possesses superior elegance, and is extremely becoming. Every thing that taste or magnificence could de. sign was displayed in this entertainment. Yesterday morning HerbllanslT and Pe t pqsas took an airing in two carriages and foul, in Windsor Creak Park. His M aJ EST r. accompanied by Generals Go Y NM, FITZROY, atc. took an airing on horseback in Wind. sor Great PArk. _ _ . Yesterday morning the Foot Guards left Wind.or kir London; they were relieved by the Stallnrdshtr• Militia. Bo watts was proclaimed King of Italy, at Milan, on theta/ 0 . / Ar.u,, with great pomp. The Earl of Rowney, the three Lad.. Masa s and most et the Nobditi Lett Wasbor yesterday. Mobility, belt Virff lre :be er. lvt e of that tit], isoa i