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V Tim nstolpOs on dos Wm of Company's pods 1111 1 4.....t.d at 1,M3,360 Actually amounted to 11,462..44 Bring len than estienatatt . 60j,191i Charges and profit on private trade urinated at 110.00 u Actually *amounted to . 176,air Exceeding the estimate be GENERAL RESULT• The balance of cash eaellisted to be la (vim of the Company, as the let Match, 1604, ootoontod to' The balance b the Waal &counts is iu Emma; 3,1'5 !weer tl+alttirnated Principally in conseqL .et the diebenemertt for Ind*: ltd Chine, and IN% some other accounts being les than estimated, which, with the protraaion of the paytpc at of the debt to the Sank, exceeded the greater expenditure on freight, bones, lidded to the tielicieut receipt on the sales of goods. ESTIMATE 1103.4. Receipt for sae of Company's goods GENERAL RESULT. The receipt front the sale of good* bk ir.o cal culated at a larger amount than last year, and the expectation stated of a ta•is.ue of bonds paid in the caspyily for Lida and China, baw l ; taken on a soialler scale, and the ligniilat of the debt to the lank, net being reckoned opal, the ►Vance on the let March, 11105, u estiotakd to ha In favour in tbe suns of . . DEBTS AT HOME. Os the let March, 11103 On tee lot telateb, 1804 Increase . ASSETS AT HOME. On the Ist of Muth, 1803 . tbs Ist of March, 1804 . Increase Deduct* the increase r f data' froal the in grows of roes, the ,iiiionveinetit of the horne ewers la the year is CHINA AND ST. HELENA. Ilaisse. at C. 11114 last rear ru tz..r) a 9 I 4.34 et at Clitaa br t e pf,a4llt me &pion Moreau ut China %Iran e at St. en aA.Skik of dept. I 6GI , in fa (root . . . • rano at Dltto net the 12tb M best. 1114. w taseur 1n5,114 . 2t7,0.900 2,534 , Incas.. at St. Helena 46,346 Nat &create at C aid St He'etta . . 373,988 GEYER AL CO P kRISON OF DF.DTS AND ANS KTS Inese..4 •of Debts Ir. Intha . L 1,214,842 lootaase of DaLtts at Homo . 14,779 557,940 . 1,728,143 Total inmate of Debts !aerator of skat•as us !Mitt Lwow of Matsu at Home L.1,28b,e83 tt:eiret net deerea.n of Balance st China and St. Helena . . Net lIICKASC Or MIMS 1,959,396 The net iinprone.nent el the year, rn thn view, .4Prto be . . .• . . . re l te dna sum should be deducted the amount wpm arriving in previous in the Jeth 4140 , 11,11108, and included in the quick Knelt,' then, which formed past of the eariaes afloat Sieweed in the nevus at home 6,548,496 3:5,0t0t 1,229,'!? I The remaind'r is which stay be considered at still ':able to farther attestants, when the anal arrsagenient of the claim of the enntoapy upon Government, a/ stated io the home watts, shall be completed. 312,375 His Lordship rhea concluded with moving his first resolution. Lord ARCHIBALD HAMILTON took no tice of the promises that had been formerly made with regard to the increasing prosperity of India, when it was asserted that it would add considerably to the revenues of this country. Now he wished to ask the Noble Lord whether he meant to say that any of these promises would ever be folAlled ? These promises were mad: by the Noble Lori's predecessor ; and when be tired from office, it was said that the debt mould be diminished, instead of which, the debt had been since increased. The whole of the debt last year was eighteen millions, and this year it was nineteen. He was therefore very far from feeling so sanguine on the increasing prosperity of the affairs of India as the Noble 1...f.rd was. Lord CASTLEREAGH said, that what he him self had stated last year as to the encreasing pro sperity of India, was certainly meant to be a pledge ; and be hoped he had proved to the House, that the pledge was fulfilled ; for the produce of the net re ' land the estimate he then made, did not know that a war would , NE supported the arguments of .REAGH observed, that India rough the diffitultics attending intinuance; on which account it that the Company should con _ time. But it debts bad been revenues and aueu had increased in ..ETTY said, he wished to re tormation from the Nobk Lord, with - which the Company had upon those services, the expences of let - rayed partly by Government, !ornpany. He alluded to the ex , to the Cape, that which had sent against the Manillas," Jac. REACH said, that this stiltjeft, \-ery difficult and delicate ii tame, to Commissioners, who v ere to accounts, and he hoped before rould be brought to a final de- these commissioners could only t decide. Their opinion could te the decision that s!tould he the House of Commous that ide. 1) wished to know whether any take place in the exportation of ,EACH said that the funds of lot provided as much bullion as sent abroad ; but it would be to take measures for procuring as possible for that put pose. :E said, there certainly must Le in every estimate made c-acern lafilia; because there was always pledge was totalled ; venue had gone bey of ' and at that time he di • take pier? in India. Mr. JOHNSTON • Lord A. H•ssir.rom. 1 4 Lord CAS I LER , ‘ bad to struggle throe war of ten years con i was not surprising t} traa debts in that ti r edutraaed; the revers ! proportion. iLord HENRY PE ceive some inform:air rasped to the claims Government, as to t ' which were to be del and partly by the Co t pediuon to Ceylon, i been proposed to hes / Lord CASTLER which was one of a rt bad been referred t, adjust the separate next Seniors, they wt vision. 1 Mr. PI IT said thi investigate, but not very much influence made I but it was i i must ultimately dccii i Mr. KINNAIRD ;.I increase would uke ilil butnrId?CASTLER the Company had no was aecessar y to be t bit object, shortly, u as large a quanti.y a Dr. LAURENCI aollae radical fallacy i I tog the afain of lad • 713.84$ failure of promises, whether they were made in peace or in war. And if there was a war of ten years, it maw be recolleCted that there was a great accession of territory ; whicn should not only have covered all increased expences, but ought to have produced great additional resources. Mr. W A LI.AC e replied to Dr. Laurence. Mr. PRINSEP said, he would deliver his senti ments upon this question, when the report was brought up. Mr. FRANCIS said, he had no reason whatever to alter the sentiments which be delivered last year on the subjed now before the Committee. The NAle Lord had given some new information to the !louse that day. He stated that, although the Nlarildtta war had not commenced till last Odober, the preparations for it were begun in November, Ifto2. But the Noble Lord was ignorant of such patisarat;ons last August ; and that very circum• stance was a proof that some great defect existed in the affairs of India. _ Mr GRANT entered into a statement of the Company's accounts, and expressed his readiness to join in a deliberate discussion of their concerns, at a future period. Mr. JOHNSTONE urged the advantage that might be derived from having the accounts made up in India to the 81st of 041ober, instead of the 80th of April, in each year ; as they would arrive in England out of the usual time, and, by coming be fore Pat liament at an earlier part cf the session, re ceive a more ample discussion. After a few observations from Mr. Faat;eis, on the latter subjea, the Resolutions were agreed to, and the report was ordered to be received to-morrow. The Lottery Bill was read a second time, and or dered to be committed to-morrow. _ _ .... The House went into a Committee on the Bill for allowing the Circulation of Small Notes in Ireland. The other Orders of the Day were disposed of. Adjourned. THE 8R1T1.,511 PitEiS• LON DON, WEDNESDAY. JULY lie We are happy to announce the safe arrival off Portsmouth, of a fleet of South Sea Whalers : they sailed from St. Helena the Sth May, leaving there the Cdßipany's ships Britannia and Georgian. His MAJUTY'S ship 'L'Egyptisene, Hon. Captain Pte. :two, and the Wahlur Catel4 Capt. Bono, arrived at St. Helena, all well, the former on the 7th, and the litter on the 15th April. When the Whalers left Ss. Helena, it was stated that L'Esyrioute would shortly sail for England, with the expeaed &et from Indio: and the Weisser Castle was to pur sue her voyage to Bencoolen and China. The American ship Vaacoarer, Captain %own, sailed from St. Helena for Boston, the 24th April. She sailed from China the 2sd January, when the China ships, fifteen in number, were lying in safety there. Accounts were received at St. Helena, by a Danish ship from China, that they were seventeen in number : in which case the irsety...ni must have arrived out. The Peacosisn.Ml in with a French squadron un der Admiral Linos, near Pulo Tinson, consisting of one ship of 80 guns, two frigites, several corvettes, and a brig, waiting for, the ilkineward-bound China .hips. They had taken a very large East Indiaman arid a brig; but had made no other captures, ex cept the affair of Bencoolen, in which Lx tots stated that he had destroyed six sail of country ships, and captured two of no consequence. 'I he anxiety of the public to ascertain the safety of the China fleet was so great, that the different reports were very numerous yesterday morning ; it was confidently reported that another squadron, unda Admiral H A ItTSINK, was waiting the arrival of the homeward-bound China fleet in the Streights of Sunda, while Lteois was off Pulo Timon.— This account, however, we believe to be entirely without foundation, as the intelligence above stated is all that has been yet received by Government, or the East India Company. The &aorta and nolurs, whalers, were left at St. Helena. The Unicorn, Capt. NEWTON, and the lint, whalers, were captured on the :Ist April oir St. Helena, by the French privateer I.• Sqiisante, of 2ti guns. The privateer took the principal part of the cargo out of the Whim, and shipped it on board the Mi.. COIN putting the crew of the latter alp on board the Whim, which vessel was ransomed by the Captain. and is safe arrived of Portsmouth. Capt. NEWTON, of the Unicorn, arrived Tut slay night at the India House with the above intelligence. The following ships sailed from St. llelena, is undermentioned : • Rosebud, Peme, from the Cape to Philadelphia, April IS. Muir, Gray, from Chem to Roston, April 14. Joueph, Lee, from Mocha, last from the Cape for &moo, April 24. Varkouver, Brown, from Chian to Bruton, April 24. The Two Friel.lop from Prince Edward's Island, was at St. Helena, and expelled shortly to return thither. By the above account it will appear there is no confirmation of the report respelling the destruaion of the China fleet, and that the account from Lisbon must have alluded to the country ships at Bencoolen. Much anxiety is still entertained respelling the China ships, though it is stated they knew of the arrival in the China Seas, of the French Fleet. In that case, it will delay their departure from Canton.— The Jove intelligence is copied from TILL Gcoac of yestrdaysvening. We yesterday announced the report, that Sir F. BURDETT would become one of the new Candidates for the County of Middlesex. By his advertisement, in the front of our Paper, we find that report con firmed, and are at liberty to assume it as a fae.— From the pressure of temporary matter, we have not room at present for one-twentieth part of the obser vations that occur to us upon this important subjed. We say important, for never was there a question in which the interests of the empire, and of every individual in it, were more im mediately and extensively involved. The strong est constitution, the utmost exertion of human vigi lance, have a moment of weakness and relax ation, of which disease and hostility may avail themselves to make their insidious attacks. At such a moment Sir F. BURneTT formerly presented him self a candidate for the representation of Middlesex. The country was then so safe (we were then at peace, as they called it, with republican France), as to be considered beyond the possible reach of danger.—lt was precisely in that state in which a man is, who, glorying in his health and strength, attent . .ts some wonderful feat to gratify his vanity and pretensions to extraordinary manhood. At such a moment Sir FRANCIS Buten exr was permitted to ascend the hustings at Brentford, and there declared himself a candidate for the first commercial county in the world. At such a moment,,such a man suc ceeded so far as to be able to seat himself for two Sessions in the Ilouse of Commons. MT.MAINWARING his adversary upon that occasion, is diqualifi,l from starting again ; and the question now is how far Sir Flamers BURDETT'S hopes and chances a:e encreased or diminished, by any change that has taken place since his last contest ? At that time, the Minister of the day, in his extreme delicacy, in that outrageous regard for chai acter which Sir FRANCIS Bu [MEV!' and his retainers laughed at and ridiculed, made it his boast that he had suffered the influence of the clown to lay dormant thro' the I.4zd, and the business of election to take its course without controtd. The Doctor had no notion of proceeding tecaindstrot &Hem, and thought the patient sufficiently strong to be left to the course of nature. What was the consequence ? The centime) having announced by his conduct that all WAS safe, the public were thrown off their guard, and the saturnalia of a con tested election were hailed as a scene of innocent mer riment. "The Aright day Srinp forth the adder ;" but forgetting that its appearance craves " wary walking," the Electors of Middlesex wrapped them selves up in unsuspecting security. The factious remains of the Corresponding Society. like serpents that had newly cast their skins, came forth from their hiding holes to show their vigour in open day. Men, unacquainted with the first characters in Mid dlesex fur property, rank, and virtue, presented themselves as the representatives of these distinguish ed personages.—The names of the Prince of W A L kS, of the Duke of DEVOIISHIRL, the Duke of 13 to roan, the Duke of NarritU IR se:a LAM o,were prostituted and abused as the friends and supporters of Sir F.BUR• rice e.---By this jacobinical trick, this fraudulent artifice, public opinion was entrapped, and the honest, well-meaning, and loyal Elector, was led to believe, that, in supporting the Baronet, he Was fighting under the banners of his landlord, his pa tron, or his employer. A similar system is now on foot, and his retainers are now playing the sante game. They have all eady come forward to 2S. sure the FreeholJers of Middlesex, through their favourite organ, The Morning Chro:iirk that " Sir F. 11vIlDEll is surrounded by Mr. Fox,and all the great Whig interests of the country."—Who are meant by Mr. Fox and the great Whig interests of the country in The MOM, C‘;',3nieb, requires no great sags- city to discover.—By this the creature: ci Sir rlllAt4. Lis &Attars direaly assert, that he is not sur• rounded only by Mt. Fox And the Old Opposition, but by the New Coalition, by the Sr...miens, die GRENVILLIS, the WINDIIAMS, by Earls SPENCER' CARLISLI, &c. ICI spite of repeated slights :rid rebuffs, Sir rsioccis 13t;11.13LT1 sticks lilt: a but to the skirts of the Old Opposition ; ant now that the Gaerrvist Ls and WINDHAM% have coalesced upon one great political question with Mr. Fox, tliv .lacobins exclaim, 10 We are all one party, one soli mass of equality and fraternity." This is the most barefaced imposture that was ever attempted to be praaised upon public credulity. We do not think, there is a man in Nliddlesex so stupid as to believe that all the great Whit intertsts are zealous for the success of Sir Fnarrcts BI:k0I TT. His friends formerly boasted that he stoid upon the Old Opposition interest ; they now insinuate that he stands upon the still broader and firmer ground of the New Coalition. This, however, is not the case. He has neither the Gatsvixxxs, nor the Wrvn ' HAMS, &c. with him ; and. as to the Old Opposi tion, they are aware of the abuse praised upon them, and will not be likely to submit to it again. They will not be likely to alarm their new coadjutors by extraordinary zeal in the ca me of a man whom the Gaasivittas and .Wientsen never will recognise in the circle of their friend s . So far then as Sir FRANCIS BURDETT was indebted for his former success to his conneetion with the Old Opposition, and his abuse of the names of its most distinguished members, his strength, instead of having acquired an encrease, has suffered a diming. tion. But is any loss in that quarter made up by an ac. cession of popelarity among the lower classes? Many men, who, in SO2, thought the proceeding; of Sir F. B ußnErr, at Brentford, good sport, would consides themat thi s moment a serious business. So far the tast e for such scenes is certainly reduced ; and the popularity of the Baronet is rather upon the wane. But cr rience of his conduit operates, porhapc, still t::• e powerfully against him than any change in the a c;:. tical situation of the country. Who, that ever read his speech at the Crown and Anchor, can cal' hi-no a loyal man and give his vote to Sir Fa ANCIS B oot , stmt. ? We will not say it was a speech of i.rditinn; hut we would ask any lawyer how fir it Ml sh in of it ? We would ask, if any good suhjen wo u ld wish to see, at this particular moment, the Strand filled from Charing-cross to Temple-bar, sni t a populace ready to obey the first impulse gives by their leader? We would ask, if any eleCtor of Middlesex would wish to see a second edition c f Mcrae re's conspiracy; a conspiracy era, out of the hopes of the Corre.poading So c i eys brought to life, by the success of Sir FRANCIS Bel- DETT, at Brentford? BON A P ARTE has thie., , ,:••l invasion, and he has I nO,OOO men within view of our shores, ready to carry his threat into eeecntion. He is not waiting for winds or tides, for fogs or dark nights. No, all these advantages he has had to as great an event as he can expel ever to enjoy them. One moment of internal riot, one moment of confusion in the capital, would be to him the most favourable opportunity. B►s. aas and REWORLL, Mauer and ROAFSPIERRE, rose to power, but none of them were ever able to abuse the public credulity a second time. lips* the same principle Sir Fa ',non Besnerr must fail in a second attempt fir Middlesex. Ail tee arts ky which he imposed upon the eleflors are now re vealed, and any adversary, free from the objes:im.s to which Mr. MA INIVAttING was liable, may with confidence to a majority. Lest night we received l'Aris Papers to :!1: , Ist invtant. Their contents will be found interesting. Sunday evening His Limy, the Die:e ri CAMICE/01., the Princesses SoeniA and Misty., rode on horseback to Osterly Part, attended Lady J. THYNNE, Generals GARTH, MANNERS. GWVIVNE, and Mr. V: t Ltes. Her MAJESTY the other PRINCESSES tuilow•ed in three open c.tr riages. 'l'bis morning the Ito \rat. Fa uttv are esieled at thc flou*e. Ills MAJESTY will hold a private Levee. Yesterd.ty, at two o'clock, a Cabinet Council WJS held at Lot dli A I:ROW LI Office. The RESSI•II I3AagADOR attended. A Court of Aldermen was held at Guildhall yes terday, at which were present the Louis Mavoa, twelve Aldermen, Racon DER, and Met Mr. CHAMBERLAIN informed the C”tirt, JAM'S Otiiit OL DHAM, Esq. Citizen and Draper, had paid his fine into the Chamber. Mr. Com sio4 CRTFR informed the Court he had given notice to Jo it+ I.A aLe Lc Murry. Esq. of his ti.:ing elated one of the Sheriff+, and the said .1. L I.e Morrk, Esq. not attending to gieetheusual wind for the performance of the Whey atter having been called three times in the dp2n H.dl, the (*Alit requested ti e LORD MAYOR to issue his pre alit for a Common Hall, to he held to.morrow for the eleflion of two other persons in their stead. The Court ordered the price of Bread to be raised half an Assize, to take place to mon ow, the Qua' , tern Loaf Wheaten will then be 8 ;d. and Household 71d. The Loin MAvore ordered the Court of Com mon to be held this day instead of to-mar row, in consequence of the precepts being issued for a Common Hall. Batik or ENOLAND.—Notice has been given, silet the Gentleman who may be inclined to treat for n e Fo.lt Lottery frr MI, are to wait on the Ca as,-9L- Lot: of the Ev - alLtit:Eit, in Downing-street, uas morning, :it 11411 . :11ter ten o'clock pm:l,cl)% V o lonteei ; from the Army of Reserve are. in f . ,. tore. to be allowed a hooray of ten guir:•" , ‘ .2 beir. approved at the head-quarters of the :mo ment int:, which they volunteer for general serv" . Lt.,t week the l'ilc.hire Regiment of Militia coin menc:d then march in three divisions from NeWCAs' tJc LO the F, istern District—in confoimity route transmitted by the Quarter-Master-General " the LICCN. The Navy Office has given notice by public ell ver:iserm•Rt to all Masters in the Lary, at preremz unemployed, that they must immediately send is formation to the Navy Office of their place of abode, and whether they ate capable of service not ; if unit or .et vice, a certificate from a mesh' cal praditioner i to accumpan) such ii,forrnatier. la case of not complying ssith this requisition waltia a given time, trey will he struck p!T The list of Nlas• Lis. At a time when the exigencle. of the SIAM call fur such heavy impo sts u p on the public pnw ; and when every man capable of aetive set vi,:e should be employed, we cannot too much commend the vigilance cf the Commission e r s of the Navy 013. -t. A 'attic two of the I of an hour. I ken to the Their reque brought bac ers embrace they receive dryssed in t The pent ,Ixt ate, Francnis•LC Armand-Ft August in-C Frederic lat Letters of conceived it Napole stitutions of To tbo Criminal C Seine, sittir " Our b new plots by the ener rensiered 141 part in they B y yo have cons" Bouvet de wished to effects of t in singular " in CO in Privy C 2d of the the Empi the Grand ter for Fo Frarsois I the Couro D'Angde3 Court of Glared, ar respea to commute which sha during wh soncd in ti " We d tens, seals presented received b in a public obtained I read, stan that the v into your margin of Lino. " Give Seal By "1 h "See as Tb 'an stl tt :a T' • men'. w 1. 1. AtMATI the Castl the Castlo 41. FlaEsa Francois reand.lto Haum. Jules P merit, wi brother. G-nera Stars -- .ICC')r, viand 1.0 eitence of Cardinal of the Fr A jour Was Walt ti• , :le by leer will i There adds wilt line, that arms, ac eagle iu stars. ( Vice Chief of written tin?. &c of Toulo GU, I Lave p :tt.ng to it. ir.i. som t e Hieu frigate',l to sail fat C:cY ant: )eAerJa) • their 1 and a . loth into meal Nt tap s at Fir the • I Perxi Ca. the a Ixecuted, kt e ft,trn Ii c with ill,: TLe Jec at "' I ; • I the ‘‘, a • 26,567 69,993 83,0 ,6 157,634 4„773,R46 4,788,5 GS 17,440,691 19,10,736 1,7'48,144 1,713,164 14,979 417.000