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nittee appointed to enquire into the state of the effin n Ireland; and likewise the exchange between inalaisd and Ireland.--Ordered. The Bill for tegnlating the prices of grain, meal, tnd Hour, to and from Great Brita:n and Ireland, espeteively, was read a first, and ordered to be read second time tomorrow. The Report of the Corn Committee was received, end of dered to be recommitted to-morrow. Mr. S. BOURNE moved for leave to bring in a 101, to punish the counterfeiting dollars in England, t od what ne called tokens in Ireland. Mr. PIIINSF.P ohjeaed to this motion, on the round that no coin should be issued without the tuthnrity of the master of the mint. which was not le case with dollars. After a few words from Mr.S. BOURNE, leave was given to brill in the Bill. It. The Danish Mint Machinery Exportation Bill was wad a second time, and ordered to be committed to- DerrOW. Mr. S. BOURN: E moved for leave to bring in a Sill for issuing Exchequer Bilis, to he made good iWn aids of such grants and supplies as may be tweed for the service of the year 1804. Mr. WHITBREAD said, that understanding the Tapers he had moved for, relative to the Lord Advo • tie of Scotland, had this day been presented, he moved that the same be printed for the use of the Members ; and gave notice, that it was his intention bring 'toward Ms motion on the subjeC, on Fri day next. Mr. JERVIS moved the Order of the Day for the second reading of the Prize Agency Bill, in 'order to postpone the same to this day se'nnight, which was clone accordingly. ADDMONAL FORCE MI,. • Mr. rrrT moved the Order of the Day for the third reading of the Additional Force Bill. Mr. TYRE said, he deemed this Bill to be a dan perous innovation on the Constirntion, and as such had been extremely anxious the House should re jell it. The clause, however, which was yesterday introduced, had removed great part of his objec tions. As to the question of removing Ministers to make way for men in whom he had greater confi dence, he was averse from it, from the recent example s-if an Hon. Gentleman being driven from the helm of Government, who had uniformly united atcono toy with vigour, and, during his whole administra tion, retained the esteem of all parties, for the in variable regard to the principles of the British Con witetion. Mr. WINDHAM said, he considered the fate of the Bill as pretty well decided, and that the mea elle was absolutely determined on • but he was so ri leely impressed with the ruinous eals of the Bill, hat he must beg leave to disburthen his mind on hos- points which have been overlooked, or not .ufficiently attendtd to in the various discussions m the Bill. He first viewed it in regard to he recruiting for the regular army, and was sorry o find, that, instead of the good o ld s t an d ar d play of Tile Rerraite.vofree we were to put up with s new untried piece called The Regimental re.- Iy, or Church Ira-Jens. This Bill, he :aid, diridcd itself into two questions. tst, How • it was necessary to recruit the regular witty by a force raised from limited ta reice ? 3,11 f, To what arr ount it should be carried, and for what length of set +ice f The 4ight Hon. Gentle man then tonk a view of the di ent provisions of the Bill nearly on the same groand which he had trodden on the geestion for the second reading of the Bill, and insisted that the ellesl would be, that it would be like a dead weight on the military spirit of the country, and, like wet sand thrown on a fire, would extinguish its martial and heroic ardour. There were in every country three certain descrip tions of persons who will enter into the military ser vice: those who prefer the borne service; those, though not so numerous, who wish to enter into Foreign set vice, in preference to the home service; and those who, from a carelessness of disposi tion and versatility of temper, are willing to enter into any service at all. He reprobated the Bill, as fraught with inconsistencies; as tendu.g to bribe men by double bounties, to enter, first into limited, and then into the general service; as calcu lated to become s exatious became frivolous, and frivolous Societe. , vexatious • as imp . nog penalties en people for net doing wha t it was uses.' • and to all intents and purposes, out of their powet t.. do. He insisted that, throughout the greatest pita of the kingdom, the parishes will give up the point at once, and pay the tine, by which it will become a system of extortion, from those who can't afford to pay ; and a Bel of pains and penalties against those who have never intentionally offended, or com mitted a crime. The effea it will have on the pa rish oilizers will be this : it will make them more litigious and veaa:i.us than they have ever hitherto been. It oil: not excite the military ardour and spirit of the couuuy, but wi 1 rather extinguish it. it will not increase the regular army, but rather tend to di.oi;.isli it. It will be attended with this fur tl.er nii.chievous are, that it will fill the country with crimps—will produce an immoderate ex pence —and keep up that competition which has been 13 •eoli complained of in the Army of Reserve, and which was the chief rea on for suspending its ope• ration. The effete cif this Bill must operate in itch a manner, as, like that, to raise the bounty, and of coat se to increase tile competition. It would have been much mote rational and politic to hay, begun with a small bounty, and to have gone on to a large one, rather than to begin with a .high bounty hit first. Ile was perfectly convinced, that front the operation of the Bill. many of the parishes will be induced to give high bounties, and in that case you will get no men ; you will, however, have a cons. quest increase of litigation. Parish Officers will find' it necessary to learn military affairs, and military men will become students of law. ho that the chief ,Gent-rd of an Army must become an At torney-Central, and insteae of sending them to mi litury academies, you must give them a ion A the Inns of Court, and put into their hauls Ballet Jur owe, instead COS A 7ir.tssc en Taeic,, or the Art .1' War. lie deprecated the Bill as fatal to the interests of the Regular Army; as a nu a.ure which had bees hastily delivered to the Home, as it was hastily con ceived by the mini of the Right lion. Gattleman, and in its operation wholly inn : event for the purtx,ses for which it was intended. It had been compare.l to the Army of Reserve Bill, but was nothing like i. ; and he should. usi sitt!'asos too great, which might induce the House ,to recousi4icr the Bill, before they suffered it to proceed hit ther. Mr. NTT, in Ctplitiution, declared the Rt. Hon. Gentleman spoke in a total misapprehension of the plan, which he (Mr. Put) had on a former occasion detailed to the House. 2`irotwitlistanding all the wit, humour, and sarcasm, as well as invefiiye, with whien the Right lion. Gentleman opposed this mea sure, it was the yery!sanie in principle which he had before stated' to the House. He would assert that he had expressly proposed recruiting by !wishes. Mr. FOX said, he suppe,ed it would be recruit ing by the pai jibes for the parishes. Lord 1)E 131.. kc2l,llEli.E rose to, address the House ; hot at that moment the qucsti:•n aas loud ly called for, and all the members on the opposition benches got up and went away. • The Bill was then read a third time and passed. Adjourned. FOREIGN INTVLUGENCR PARIS, JUNE 9. LETTER 01 THE GRAND JUDGE. TO GENERAL MOKEAV. I submitted your letter of this day, Citizen Cffteral Moreau, to the First Consul, at 11 o'clock this night. Ills mind is extremely afreazd by the measures of rigour, which the safety of the State required of him. " At the moment of your first interrogatory, and while the conspiracy, and your connedion with it, were not yet denounced to the first authorities, or to France, he had charged me to condud you before him, S had you expresse.4l a desire to that effea. " Before an appeal was made to justice, I was wil ling, by a second interrogatory,todiscove, whether it were not possible to separate your name from this odious affair. But you afforded me no opportunity. " Now, that the judicial proceedings are com menced, the law ordains that no document a7ainst or on behalf of the accused be with-held from the judges; and the Government has ordered me to add your letter to the other proceedings. " Bth March. (Signed) " R sourer ." The journal de Dyeu of the 29th ult. contains the following articles--" The Grand Judge has, as a measure of public safety, ordered the PtefeEt of our department, to send in a general list of all persons included in the late amnesty, emigrants, or Chouans, under the ins?edion of the police, in cluding even those emigrants nr priests, who have entered France in consequence of the SCIIaiNJ Con :ales of the 6th Floreal, year 10, and who, since the first Vendemaire that year (Se,•t. 2d, 1802). have obtained passes either for the interior or for foreign countries. The Mayors and Sub Prefeas cannot in future, on any pretence whatever, deliver a pass, without first reporting it to the Grand Judge, who, thaw hearing the opinion of the Prefcsl, will permit or refuse it ; and no person, under pain of being arrested, can be permitted to leave his home without a pass. These inconvenien ces are required by the public safety, as, if every person was at liberty to travel where and as often as he chooses, it would be.impossible for the po lice to watch over the conduel of suspicions or suspeded persons; and it is certainly better that a few good Citizens sufl'_•r some trouble, than that the State should be troubled by the evil-minded, by Conspirators, or by English Emissaries, whom our Prefed, in a letter to the Constituted Authorities in our department, accuses of being the cause of the numerous desertions among our conscripts, mho; if the Sub-Prefeds and Ntayors were stria in the ob servance of the law concerning passes, could find no plsce any where to conceal themselves." ance. tRIVATE LETTER, araLIN, ppga 4. Though our Spring reviews are over, and Trento( our troops returned to their former quarters, four ar.nies, of 40,000 men each, may be ready to ad at a mouth's notice, according to the di.7pcsitions ma !a by our Sovereign; and which the present unsettled state of Europe requires. The different parks of artillery continue in the same state as during the re views; and the completing of the new regiments raised in Westphalia is hastened in such a manner, th it, before three m mths, our troops will be aug mented with 25,f :0 men from the territories ob tained by the treaty of indemnity. Our arsenals and military magazines are so well stocked, that three campaigns, if ever so disastrous. cannot empty them. sly the regularity and economy of our King, the financial department is in an equally flourishing state as the military; and the royal ueasury contains more money in gold than is required to pay armies, more numerous than even our ' , for years. In such a formidable posi tion, it is not surprising if most other states court our alliance, and that the balance of power must incline to the side we join ; and that, if we remain netiaal, the Continent will continue in it. present political anarchy. '11:e personal friendship between Frederic William and Alexander is regarded by all Laval men, who love their country and abhor E 01141•• parte's tyranny, as a SeCIII:iy and pledge that no nearer tics will unite us with revolutionary France, at the saute time that Ler latv r.:evocaticns evince _ a LONDON, WEDNESDAY, JUNI 20. Last night we received a series of the Mon:tesr to the 10th instant. There is a long supplement to the Paper of the 6th, containing the interrogatories and aniwers of Nlopeau, Pico ECRU, and the other alleged conspirators, upon their several private ex aminations. These appear to be the only proofs ad duced upon trial to establish the guilt of the Prison ers. Their great length prevents us from entering at present into any particular detail or observations. We have only translated the pretended le• . ter of the Gismo Junce to MOREAU, stating that he had laid his pretended letter before BON A r Art TE. The Mimi/ars contain nothing else of the least import- Mr. PITO. Defence Bill was read a third time last night without a Division. At the moment when a new Debate upon the subjeft was expeeted, Mr. Fox soul ienly quitted the Flouse, and was followed by the prißcipstl Members of his Party. The next grand attack upon the Minister will he on Friday, when hit. WHITBREAD wiU bring for ward his Motion against the LOIZD ADVOCATE of Scotland. The Minister, however, feels quite con. fident in the strength of his little Irish maj-;rity. Monday morning, His Al AJLST Y, accompanied by the Dukes of Cc nett LAND and KENT, the Prin cesses S&PHIA and AHLLIA, attended by Generals GARTH and NIA took an airing on horseback in Kew and Richmond Gardens. Her MAJESTY, and the Princesses Auousr a, ELI% A SITU, and Maas-, followed in a sociable. Yesterday morning. His MAJLsr y, accompanied by the Dukes of CUMBER,. AND and CAMBRIDGE, the Prineesses,SoPui A and AMELIA, took an airing on horseback through Richmond and I lampton Parks. Her MAJEATY, accompanied by the Princess Emzancrii, attended by the Count ess o f Ay LES. au RY, followed in a sociable. Yesterday, a Court of Diredors was held at the East India House, which adjourned at an early hour till this day at 1 I. Yesterday the Lose Mastoa ordered thz price of Bread to be continued the same as last week. TI Gerwrai Stuart a: rived at Madras on the 3,1 of January. in company with two men of war. We are happy to state the safe arrival out of the (*.Bowing ships : At &NO.—Lord Melvil:e, Earl Speacer, ?nacos Mary, N. , rtliamptuto. At MAI.. —.Giory. At 11.mbay.—Ann. The Admiral Apun and EepArete‘ had not ar rived. It WAS very confidently reported that His Ma jesty's %loop of war Rattle , mile hid &lien into the hands of the enemy. A French Privateer, that has fvr tome time an. nord our [ride in Indi 1145 been captured by some of our cruisers. It w.is stated that she kid made above a hundred cai:teres since she had been on the Indian station. Capt. Woxi.zy, of Ilis Majesty's ship Getqhhod, 6th June, 180+; has addressed a note to the mer chants and ship-owners of Hull, requesting them " to Live dircdions to the ni.cters,tif ships trading to the Fliimber, on their p • ssi Ills Ntijesty's tdlips, to thew their colours, and i pay the respea due to His Majesty's colours ; as the Senior Officer in the Humber will otherways be under the necessity of firing at thorn and bringing them to for examination. And. should they not bring to on the first shot, shall cause a prosecution to be entered against the ship in the Admiralty Court. to oblige the owners to pay, according to law, for every shot so fired; all damage done by firing must be at their risque " Mr. Bolton, of Soho, near Birmingham, h at present employed by the Bank of Ireland to stamp 800,000 Spanish dollars, as tokens of the Bank, for the purpose of circulating change. In stamping this coin, the Spanish coinage is totally effaced, and the dollars come from under the dye with c most beautiful impression of our beloved Sovereign ; and on the reverse side an inscription, purporting that they circulate for tit. each on the credit of the B ink. —lt is erpeZted that the Six Shilling Tokens of the Bank will go into circulation heat week. His Ex cellency the Lard Lieutenant has received from Mr. Bolton a proof coin of them, which is so exqtii sitely beautiful as to leave no danger of imitation by our clumsy coiner.. Half and quarter dollars are alto in preparation. races, •iew. THEATRE-ROYAL, RICHNVMD. This elegant little Theatre opened nn **day night last for the season, under the management , of Messrs. POWELL and kussexx, with the new and popular Comedy of The Soldier's I)s,dir4 , ee, in which Mr. Ciu:7:rtY (the Author) performed the part of Gcreernee fleurtail, and Mr. Ressa.s.c, He Prtaft, with the greatest eclat. The other charaaers weie ably sactained. particularly the senior Alay'a,t, by Mr. DIUDEA a, and the Widow elseeeln, by alts. Cur may, who delivered the original Epilogue with uncommon spirit, and deservedly received the re. peated plaudits of a very genteel audience. The co medy was succeeded by the musical farce of Tie Watery/J.4 in which Miss Tv era (who is en v , ..; for the season) highly contributed by her voice to the evening's entertainments. She intro duced the favourite ballad of , 4 Wapping, Old Stair," with considerable effeet. The theatre has been newly and really very neatly decorated ; and the performers were warmly gree , ed as they made their several ealreel. The Play was preceded by a:, an propr; ,te Address. written expressly for the OCCa• Sioi; CMr CHERRY, 30.);,-h was admtrsbl srkeii by Mr. Iti sets..—Want of room obliges us t de ter it until to-marrow. The LCHtD MAYOR, yesterday, gave a grand cEn ner at the Mansion-House, to a seled ratty, incltid ir.g the SPANISH Am s•ssaDos, his Leidy. Sun, and two Daughters; the Tuaitisa AMBASSADOR, Eat! Po ill RBI', Mr. Bull L AND, and several other Mem bers of the House of Commons, with their Lilies. The evening concluded with a Ball and Supper. The dancing was in the grand saloon, which was beautifully ornamented with shrubs and il.r.vers. Sir H. HALts, Dr. PRICE, and Capt THubIAS, are in the list of recent arrivals at Hot Wells. The following are among the Fashionable: lately arrived at Cheltenham.-- Lord and I. dr Rouq, I:mottos of Kilkenny, tidy and two Lady and two Wu M4ys, Sir R. Oidow, Mover. M.: or Jourdan ' Col. Runner/31+in GiOb.ogs Lieut. Cupm, Capt. E. 0 .11101111, R. N. br. Mud, Ref Dr. Askew. The King his been pleased to appoint Cm ARl,rs List+. r, Esq. at Dodoes Commons, to be the MA. j •sty's Proctuutor-General, in the place of J AWNS kIZSELT NE, Esq. deceased. On the I eth ins,. the Hon. Capt. PAoeT V/3, fleet ct Member for Melbourne Port. in the room of his lea ther, Lord PAc tr. The Bishop of CARLISL es public Jays will be the four Thursdays of next month. The Duke of Bedford nn Sunday gave a grand dinner at Woburn Abbey to . The Duke of Manchester, Earl of AP.ermarle, f.nri Shd fi.thl Prt , itt.nt of the B of Agt•c‘.lrint, lAA 1.4 ow, Sir H.rry Ifeatterstone, Sir Georg: P.g.tt,S r o.turge Paw, Mr. Charles Smith, \lr. Vlusely, Ntr. Mr. Plitaitt,, Mr. Willi anus. Mr. IV. VVitbraham, Er. Motteaux, Mr. Garr. Mr. kiollati.l, and Mr. Young. Miss De Cam! and Mrs. S. KeNtscx concluded their engagements at the Le,-.li heatre, on Satur dAy last. They are bala succeeded by Mr. S. Ken. 11I.E In a tieli in ‘Volfardisworthy, Devon, a tortoise of the Bengal species wis lately found. It is now alive, and in the possession of W. Courses, Esq. A highly finished portrait of Mt:sautes, allowed to be a striking likeness. will shortly make its ap pear,nee ; done by one of our best artists, in a mit masterly style. T!te Earl of Mote • sat last week for his pin!tre at Eklinhargh, at the particular desire of the Prince of W bas. On Friday the remains of Sir Fa , soisaNno POOLS were interred in the f.uuily vault opt All Saints Church. The LORD ADTOCATS of SCOTLAND if czpc&d in town this day. A medical laboratory has been recently establish• cd at Brighton an a most excellent and Tromising plan, and which cannot f a il t o b e extremely useful to the town. Lord and Lady CAMDIM have engaged Wick house, pletsanly situated about half a mile to the west of ilrig:iton, fur their residence during the eu suirg summer._ ICis now understood at Brighton, that the Prirce of W• its will not honour that place with his pre &enc./ until within a few days of the approachii,g Brighton R ices commence the last week its and are expeded to be numerously attended : th.Te is scarcely a house or lodging disengaged for that period, at the present time ; indeed, such is the con. tinued advance of this extraordinary town, that ad vantageous speculation does not y et , appear to have nearly attained its acmi to the fortunate possessors of property there. Wigton Races commence en the 27th inst. It is said, that Lord and Lady Gasz,vtl.ex intend spending the summer at Boconnoc, in Cornwall, the seat of the late Lnr.l C cerosto. Lord Db: DuNsrmivittr. is cxpeacd at Telti,!y- Park, in vhout three weeks. On Thursday, H. P. WY %1:111•11. Esq. ore •Lc I:nigh's of the :shire for Wilts, arrived 4 the :- lege, his v:at rta: Stlishary, from London, tot i summer ct• c cm Oa Sun a.. v, Thrir Roy Al ITizhn , :sies Pr'neo 1 : 11 4M and Pi i.l:cns 3oPai k CLUCCCSTEU the PANOR A a.t in the Strand; e.wy are (Flainted with limn., rod express tie fallen with the care-tness and execution of t 'I he Countess of llARcounr's rout, on Ist-n. I •Y night, WAS one „f the most brilliant of the The Light Dragoons in quartets in South.mr ton, have received a route anti orders to march Hampton Court, there to be revicwcti with 5 crt•74l other tegiments is a few days, by His Royal I N nets the Duke of Yoitt. A large detachment Y..ts already Ic!t t: . ..tt town. Count Et. si est+ r, a Grandee of Spain, ss 12!I , last %seek. :it Falmemth, is understood to this country for the purpose of sulking a maw- , nial offer to the younger Miss BrcaPOID. said to 13,, an accomplished young Nobleman, a sk sczn !ant of the anciei:t Dukes of GUILDRES, d immensely rich. On 'fits.sday he passed through Salisbury, on his way to Fonthill, where he AI Tint/ that evening ; and on Saturday the Count set oa from Fontnill, in company with Mr. list: k i oao, and again passed through Salisbury its his way Li r,. that she resents the instance our cabinet keeps since the disgrace of HaugWitz, and the spirited manner in which the attempt to ruin the trade of Embden has been resented. In our political circles, many well informed persons pretend that a perleB under standing prevails between our Court and those of Vienna and St. Petersburgh : and that, perhaps, the time is not distant, when their united efforts will fix a boundary to Bonaparie's outrageous ambition . Citizen La Foret; in announcing to Baron lar denberg, Bonaparte's imperial dignity, presented a plan for dividing the European continent into four grand E mpires , or those of France, Austria, Rus sia, and Prussia ; and that no other Soverein should be permitted, in future, to assume the inir rial title. Hanover was again offered us, to cenrea trate better our possessions, and to make our popu lation nearly as great as that of Austria, &c. The absence of our King has prevented any determina tion from been taken ; and, probably, at His Ma jesty's return, this scheme, with a hundred others, proposed lately by France, will be declined ; at least such is the common opinion here. THE BRITISH PRESS. 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