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an* notice wai to be taken or information given or the sum of 5,001,0001. voted at the commencement of the session towards Continental Alliances, as he understood the trays and Means had been pro 'Lied ) Mr. PITT an s wered across the table, that the sttm had been voted. but tot provided for hi the Ways and Means He thr 'eht " would Sys tie thought it would have been in his power to have delivered to the House a Mes sage from His Majesty on this subjeet on the present evening; nay, be was not certain but it might still =rive before the House broke up; if not, it would, however, be delivered to the House tn.mormw. Mr. GREY said, that the reason of his giving I notice of the . Motion which stands for to-morrow was, because no information WAY brought forward on the subj.ret of that 5,000,0001. so voted. The House then resolved itself into a Committee of Supply (Mr. Alexander in the Chair). Mr. PITT - _ - moved that a sum not exceeding 4,000,0001. be granted to His Majesty out of the surplus of the Consolidated Fund of last year to wards raising the Supply of the present year.—Or dared. He afterwards moved, that a further sum of 1,I:0,0001. be granted out of the said surplus to wards raising the Supply of the present year, which legs ordered accordingly. The House was resumed, and the report ordered to he received to-morrow. The House then resolved itself into a COMMITTEV AF' WAYS AND MEANS, in which the sum of 16,0001. was voted towards the Pay of the British Forces in Africa; 15001. towards the Support of the Veterinary College ; and I 5,0001. to the Board of Agriculture. The report was ordered to be received to-morrow. The 4iiitia ()Ulcers Pay Bill was read a second time. and ordered m hecommitted to-morrow. The Barrack Masters Bill was read a third time, and passed. The Repo , t or. the Loyalty Loan Bill was brought up and agreed to, and the Bill ordered to be read a third time to-morrow. The University Advowson Bill was ordered to be had a third time on Friday. The Poor Clergy Amendment Bill was cad a first, and ordered to be read a second time to-mor row, and to be printed. The ‘Voollett blanufaCtmers Bill was deferred 611 nett Session. ISLE OF MAN. On the Order .f th. being read for the further consideration of the Duke of Athol's Pe tition; Mr. FRANKLAND rose, and opposed the Duke's claim at considerable length. Sir Wikt. YOUNG, Mr. GIDDY, Mr. JOHNSTON, Lord lILNNIKLI4 Mr. Witataroacc, Mr. BA R• HAN, and others, sp-..ite against the Motion, and M. Savaluau, and the Art OKNEY GCNLHAL in favour of it. After with]) the House divided—Fur the Motion. 95—Against it 38.--Nfsjority 37. The Sill was theu ordered to be to-coromitud on Friday next. HIS MAJESTY'S MISS %IA While strangers /per.- esclu IPd ; T 1 . e CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER broisgl.t up a gesiage from the Lug, u follows : " GEORGE X. sa His Majesty thinks roper to so saint the House of Com mons, that the CO.llolUttieltiOni which have taken and are still depending, between His Majesty and sum. of the Powers of the Continent, have not vet been brought to such a point to to enaiiielfis Majesty to lay the result of them benne the If in., or to cite- into any farther explanation se h thr For. h : . :13% , ernrstent, eunsi4eiady with the sent estpressetl by Ilis Majesty at the opening of the present Session But His Meirty cmceives, that it may be of esseidoil imprt ance that He sli.tu!cl have it in his power to avail himself of any ray nirable conjuncture f ur giving effeel to melt a concert with other P Iwent, as may aind the brat meat.; Of resisting the in4olinate ambition of Ensure, and may be moat likely to lead to a termination of the weitent contest on grounds con sistent with the permanent satcty and interests of s jeityli dominions, and the security and independence of EtICOP4t. His M..; , sty, Omni:Jr!, rawmmends it to the House of Commas to consider of making pro,sion for eimiding His Majesty to take inteh measures, and enter inn) such engage. masts as the •••og •ncies of again may require. G. It." lie then moved, that it be taken into consideration on Friday next ; though he did not think that it would be produaive of much d;ccussion, as it would neces►arily be embraced in uic motion which was to take place lei-morrow. After disposing of the odicr orders of the day, the House adjourned. THE BRITISH PRESS. LON DON, THURSDAY. JUNE 20. An important Message from His MAJESTY was delivered last night to both iI4 ises of Parliament. A correct copy of it will be f its proper place in our Report of Parlianlentary Debate. It states, that the communication. ailutled to in His MAJES TY'S Speech, at the opening of the Ses.ion, between this country and some of the Continental Powers, are still depending, and have not been sufficiently brought to a point to enable His MAJesry to lay the result before Parliament. The Earl of Ca R YSTOIT in the House of Lords, and Mr. Gear in the I !wise of Commons, severally gave notice, sons! days since, of motions, both of which are fixed for this day, for the porpose of obtaining 1,011,C explanation upon this suhjoa. Although His MAJESTY'S Mcssagc may not prevent them, their objea . may be now considered unattainatrie, as, under the exist ingcircurnstances stated in the Message, no such explanation can place. We own that we feel no surprise at the substance of His MAi UT V's Message. We have more than once endeavoured to chew that there was no ostc: - .siLIJ ground for the sanguine es;Eta•ims whkh soma of our Contemporai its i hare entertained of an iMIOCCINIMI Russian alliance. and aaive co-operation with England, in the war against France. Our Mondays Paper contained the following paragraph:-14 It was reported on Saturday, upon the authority of a letter from Tortola, that a French force of 20 sail had arrived at S. Domingo, and were immediately to attack Jamaica." Although WC did not at the time give any credit to the report, we thought it our duty to mention it. We ate con cerned, however, to state that some corroborating circumstances have since occurred. A letter received yesterday at LLOYD'S from Deal says, The London Packet, Capt. WPDongall, front Philadelphia, in tie-my-two days, is arrived in the D mu, and landed up ward, or 1,000 Letters at Deal : The Captain informs, that wlrcu lie Lit that place, an Alrmicaa vessel had just arrived there, and said that Jamaica was taken by the French ; but little confidence is given to the American's reprint. The New York Paper of the 20th also contains the following paragraph upon the same subjeZt: NIW YORK, MAY 20. A few days before Captain Light left the Ilavatinah, an American re,scl arrived there, and bro.ight intelligence of having passel through a French fleet of Nineteen sail of the Line, and some Fugate*, off Cape St. Nichola.. The Captain made s Deposition to this before the Governor. We have more than once remarked that the re ports of American vessels ought to be received with great caution. A solitary report to the above died could not, therefore, have made much irapres• siren upon us ; but three c::neurrent reports, from quarters so distant from each other, give a great degree of consistency to the rumour.— The description answers no force which the enemy could possibly have in the West Indies , except the conthined fleet. Some persons Ca:nee contend, that the report is unfounded, as that fl •et did nut sail from Cadiz until the 10th of April, and they think there was not time sufficient for an account of its arrival at Jamaica, if such an ev •nt reAlly took place, to reach N'ew York and Philadelphia, and be thence transmitted to England. Such expedition is very extraordinary; hut we believe not impossible. The London Packet has cone from Ph.ladelphia in 22 days. She consequently sailed or: the 27iia of May. Allowing then 12 days for the account to reach Philadelphia from Jamaica, we :nay date the arrival or the French at Jamaica about the 13th of May, which would leave 3'l days f.• its passage from Cadiz to Jatilaissa. The no , st timid, however, do not seem to -••.'send, even in the event of the Cadiz and Toui ,, a fleets having reached the West Indies, that the Island has fallen entirely into the , :in:% of the French,• although they may have ef fated a landing on it. While a loyal and affeetionate people were cele brating the anni• ersary of Ilis MAJESTY'S Birth day at home, by peaceful fetes and speCtacles, our gallant tars displayed their z ral abroad, in a way not less loyal to their Ks vn, or useful to their country. The Lair, frigate, which arrived on Sun day evening at Plymouth, cruising on the 4th to the southward of Cape Enisterre, received intelli gence that a large priv iteer, a gun-boat, her prize, and a sm iller privateer, wit', mar.: sail of Clipping, were in the harbour of Muros, a few leagues south of Cape Finisterre. Captain MA ITL AND carried the Loire into the !labour, and manned his boats with fifty seamen and marines, under command of Mr. vet), his First Lieutenant, and another Lieutenant, to attack a fort and a battery, de fended by Spanish troops. The boats landed, cover. ed by the firing of La Loire. The crews immediately advanced to storm the fart—the Spanish troops gave way ; but a severe fire was kept up from the fort and battery, and the ships in the harbour.— Nothing could daunt the spirit of our gallant tars ; they took possession of the fort by storm, spiked 16 of the guns, and threw them into the sea ; sent four boats full of long Spanish 12-pounders on board the Loin, and made the Spaniards themselves bring down great quantities of naval and other stores, chests of tools, sails, powder, and cordage, which were also sent on board the Loire. They captiir,d, besides, and brought cur a Spanish Urge g.t-t vessel, with one long 32-pounder, and six 24- pound carronades, a large Spanish brig fitting for sea, and La Confiasee, French privateer, of 26 guns, and 170 men—they burned another French privateer of 16 guns, being without a rudder, and several other vessels. The town of Muros was not plun dered; our tars bringing off only the government stores. The loss ache enemy in killed and wound ed was fit eat. We had one man badly, and a Lwytenant and eight seamen, slightly wounded. Another account of this brilliant achievement, from Cork, into which the Loire put with her prize, states, it that at Muros, which was protected by a fort of 12 guns and a ba:tcry of two, some shipping were observed, and the First Lieutenant of the Lo,re, Mr. Yeo, was detached in boats with .50 Lien, in order to attack the fort.' Tr is service was so chear fully undertaken, and so gallantly executed, that in about three quarters of an hour after leaving the ship, Lient. I'Lo had stormed and carried both the fort and battery, killing 30 of the Spaniards, and wounding 1 2; he spiked the guns and threw theminto the sea. It was his fortune to be opPlised to the Go vernor. Lieutenant 10Eo's sword snapped, and he was wounded in the breast by the Governor ; but fortunately he had a second sword at his side, with which he gallantly slew his antagonist. Of any loss which his party might have sustained, ou r account is not circumitantial ; none, however, were killed, but a few, we understand, were slightly wounded. The efforts of Captain NI alrt.arm were not less effeCtually direCted against the shipping. A brig, pierced for 20 guns, which was fitting out, was burned, and all the small craft, gun-boats, &c. with the exception of one gun-boat, were destroyed. A beautiful copperecl ship, pierced for $6 guns ; a merchant brig, in ballast, and the Egperance gun boat, were brought off, with which the Loire, on the 13th, arrived in Cove harbour." A third account of this courageous atchievement is contained in the following letter from Plymouth : " Arrived this day (the 1 ith) La Loire, of 40 guns, Capt. MAITLAND, from a cruise off the coast of Spain ; and has brought in with her the Spanish gun-brig El Experience, mounting three carriage guns, and four swivels, with 53 men, cut out of a Bay near Cape Finisterre, on the 21 inst. by the La Loire's boats. Alter her capture, 30 of La Loire's crew were put on board her, in order to mite, which the Spaniards observing, sent out six gua boats and a cutter to retake her ; but she beat the whole off, and they all returned quietly to the har bour. " On the 14th inst. the Loire's boats stood into Mures Bay, and cut out the French ship privateer La Confiaaee, pierced for 32 guns; she had lately un dergone a thorough repair, and the carpenters were working on board her when the boats entered the Bay ; on discovering which, they escaped to the shore, leaving an their working-tools behind them. The batteries on shore now opened a heavy fire on the boats, notwithstanding which 50 men were landed, headed by one of the Lieutenants of 1.0 Loire, who stormed the two forts, one of 12, and the other of two 24-pounders, all of which were spiked and thrown into the sea; after which they took possession of the town, seized on all the mili tary and naval stores, and took them off in Sp midi boats on board the Coo:fiance. The Spanish Corn matadalt, with several Spaniards, were killed in the aSion. Eleven of the Loire's crew, including the Li-atenant, were w , unded, three of them badly. the Lieutena•lt received a wound in the neck with a sword, which is not considered to be dangerous• La Coljfanee is arrived here, as is also the Spanish brig La Maria Delos Garcia:, in ballast, cut out at the same time. A French brig privateer, whose rudder had been taken off that she might not be car ried from the harbour. was scuffled and sunk, toge ther with two or three gun-boats." We have received American Papers to the COth. Those from New-York contain several accomits of the gallant resistance made by the garrison of the town of St. Domingo, against DEssacirtEs's army, and of the complete route of the Blacks. The con duff of General Fa RR &No, on that trying occasion, was distinguished for military skill and intrepidity. When the negro army appeared off' the city, and were in a coaditical to a:tack it, the follk,.ving sum mons was sent : " inn Jacques the Firt. Emperor of to G,:nrral Ferranti, rommanding e division of the troops ol the French Republic. " As it is inc r isistent with the laws and independence of the Empire, that ail portion of the French army should be allow ed to remain in the Nand, Qmeral Ferrand is summoned to surrender the city of St. Domingo in twenty-four hours ; if at the end of that time the city shall not be evacuated, it will be lebvered up to plodder, and all the inhabitants thawf be put is the sword." It being extremely difficult to procure any person who would risk the delivery of a suitable answer to this demand, the General ordered three cannon shot to be levelled at the Black camp, which con veyed a defiance in terms as strong as the pen could have done. and doubtless as well understood. The a&ion was fought on the plain of St. Charles. The resources, not less than the courage, of FtratAla) and his associates, were eminently displayed, in his finding means, with so small an army, to garrison every part of the city, and to make a sortie against a fo_ so numerous, and so insatiable for blood and vengeance. lie, however, attacked successively, and carried every intrenehment of the enemy. His second in command, heading the attack on the first line, received a very severe wound; not discouraged, be led them on to the second, where he received several others; still concealing Isis situation from his companions, he condufled them to the third, in carrying which he received a musket ball through the lower viscera, of which he almost instantly died. From the Spanish troops but little aid was received in the first cud partial engagements with the blacks; but, in this decisive one, the presence of their Corn- Mantler, whom they loved and feared, animated ' , OFT' I 9PI them to anions which desire to surpass the The defeat was counted dead on the munition, a large Were arn. their magazines of _ military' chest and tre:uure of the ENIPEIIO3, fell into t!i.r hands of the vidors, whose loss in the battle did it exce_id eighty men. Another account says—" General FERSAND was informtd, by his spies, of the intentions of Dcs. A . Lt NES, to storm, at ten o'clock at night, the wall s of the city of St. D tm:ngo, with all his array, composed of about 13,000 men. Immediately he took the resolution not to wait for the attack of the enemy, but, on the cootrary, to make a sortie, with a part of his garrison, and direrfted them against two of the principal batteries raised by' the The troops chosen for that bold cusp de maim t't'it• ready to march out, when a fleet made its appea— anat. General Fr it RA ND, ntt doubting but it was the reinforcement expeaed, maintained his first re. solution, and o:dered the sortie of his troops intme. diately —they were soon engaged with the whom they cut to pieces, and stormed their parks with the bayonet. The fleet lan •ed about 1005 men in the middle of the tiring Suns and berry, and were instritled to ma ch ri tie rear of the besiegers, who mide them but a fai.,t resistance, and, with the loss of their other works and baggage., they fled in all dirations, leaving the grouni co. vered with their killed and wounded soldiers; the garrison then entered the cry, after being fatigsed with pursuing the Black:." The details differ with respcd to the dty on which the adion WAS foitght. Some fu it on the f.'Sch of March, and others on the 4th of April. It does not appear certain, re , twith. standing the account we hare just given, :Lot 0:: reinforcements brought by the Rochefort sq ia.lr - .n had any share in the defeat of the Blacks. Fe folk Ledger says—" The Bret of Admiral Mi.sitssv arrived either on the day of the battle or the day succeeding, Id ial not at Me tone landed any trovr. The ships did not come to anchor, but, after putting the aids which they had for the garrison un shop., stood out to sea. We understand that the iritoth::- ants of St. Domingo have been invited to return. as the army of DESSA LINES had completely with drawn." The whole of the Black army had era. anted the Spanish part of St. Domingo, and DE'. SALINES Was, according to the last accounts, at tie Cape on the 19th of Aptil. -- • While His MAJESTY WAS no his W.lll to town yes terday, he was met on Tu - nhnm Green by an A. miral, who delivered to His &WEST T. in his cl a box, containing dispa tches from Lord BAROAM• Yesterday a Coon of Direftors was held a: die East India House, which adjourned at seven o'clock till to-morrow at One. Yesterday a Q . iarterly General Court was ltetd at the I.as: !l.su=e. when the Lndermen:kaPd Yr•iprietors welt. appointed a Cnmm•ttee fA. the in. speaion of th • Company's Bye Law', viz. . . • John Jiil•ut AngerKein , tVilliam Dino, ttiSier: Hunter, rArt Sir Henry Strachey, Bart. Gno-ge 5A0114.1 Wegg, JoSu cipoirithi, and Gee!trey Thornton, Esqrs. The two last Gentlemen were chosen in the room of Ps: rca lios.rono, and Gaosioa WILWN, Esqrs. deceased. 'the Dividend for the half year commencing the sth of January last, and ending the ith of July next, was declared to be 51 per tent. The Cu Ala M AN then si.quainted the Court, that it was the intention of the Court of Direaors to call a General Court as early as possible, for the pur pose of laying before the Proprietors their pr.). ceedings respeaing the Institution of the Seminary at Hertford College, for the education of young gentlemen, who were to be appointed Writers for their Presidencies in India. Private letters have been received from India, which mention the arrival at Bengal of the Lid 7 Barges, Sw it( TON, and Derrr Carne, Ricil ARMS, on the 29th November ; and the Ileagai, Cuisiss, and Asia, 1 . 11(14 Vfil LEGE, on the lit December. The Masud frigate, Captain Goes. which sailed from Portsmouth, on the 1-kh March, with Mar quis Coitswews and his suite, for India, touched at Port Praya Bay, in the island of St. Jago, to water, and take in fresh provisions, from whence she sailed on the Bth ult. for Madras. St. Jagu is the most southern Qf the Cape de Verd Islant:s. The passage was made by the Mrihos in sevens: en days, being the quickest ever made by a ship of that de scription. We are happy to learn thud the Marquis and his suite, with the. ship's company, were all well. The Eliza Aint. of Liverpool, was captured to windward of Surinam, by two French privateers. one of 2.4 guns and 200 men, the other of 14 guns and 116 men, and carried into Martinique. The report of Admiral bleu, essv's squadron hay. ing ag.tin sailed from Rochefor: is unfounded. The squadron, which sailed some weeks ago, under the command of Admit al NI s aow, is supposed to have proceeded against Newfoundland. The R4ll gf Pg ••••-•, front Africa, for the West ladies, was captured to windward of Barbadoes, by two French privateers, ore of 18, the other of 14 guns, and carried into C u t.Oaloupe. Atit.ording to advice: from Lyons of the 30th ult. a second naval armament is fitting out at 'Conlon, which is to c-iisia of six sail of the line, exclusive of frig•ates and other armed vessels. The utmost aclivity prevailed at Toulon and all the other French h about s, to !JUL the Frt.nch navy on a miat formidable footing. 'l'hese letters boast, that in less than Rate years, the naval force will ernsist of 150 sail of the line. A body of troops is colleSed near Toulon, in order to embark tart a secret expe dition ; and near Rochefort, a camp is formed for the same isurpe..e. 4 . 416 4 C 41" • NOIR - ich see i •edby a ere e co F m re p n le c t , e "r t.. T antsic ie tield • z. their arn• portion litary store;, f provisions, and the maitArr r .