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Y:' IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS-W aaaaa pity, JAN 16 Atter° o'clock the LORD Cit4stost.soa took his 'moat an the Woolsack. • ThwEarl cif A v LECTOR', (Lord Steward) signi fCed in the House llis Majesty's pleasure to receive their Lordships' Address at three o'clock, at St. James's. INSOLVENT DEBTORS. Lord ELLENBOROUGH presented a Bill for the consideration of their Lordships, the objeil of which was to reetifir certain •mission; of the In s.)lrent Debtors' Bill of last Session ; and More clearly to acertain how far the provisions of that Bill were meant to extend; one of the leading provi sions of the ma seemed to be a specific regulation of the lists to be furnished by jailors of the prisoners in their custody liable to the operations of the late Insolvent Debtors' Acl. His Lordship moved that the Bill be now read a first time. The LORD CHANCELLOR, after reading the breviate of the Bill, quitted the Woolsack, and es pressed hi; opinion, that the Noble and Learned Lord deserved the thanks of the House and of the country, for his condua in the present instance, ar,d on two grounds ; First. in coming forward with a provision to rectify an A&, which greatly require] st ; and, secondly, for bringing it for.vard at so early a'period of the Session. The Bill of last Ses sion was brought in, he observed, at so very late a period, that the House was unavoidably deprived of the assistance, in its discussion, of several of its most able and best informed Members (of that of his Noble and Learned Friend, for instance), who were absent on calls of indispensible duty ; he wondered not, therefore, at the late Aa requiring so much amendment. To this was to be added, another consideration ; that Aas of that description, when passed towards the close of a session, gene rally create an idea that the relief is meant to be extended farther than is really the case. On these grounds he highly approved of the present Biil, begged leave to repeat his thanks to the Noble and , Learned Lord for bringing4tiorward at so early a period. 'the Bill lies over for ft.rther consideration. Some Naturalisation Bills were forwarded, and fi variety of arrangements made with resix:a to the • judicial business of the House. Amon:, the latter, the important Scotch Appeal, Cooningham r. the • Countess of Glencairn, was, fur the mutual conve• nience of the parties, fixed fcr a hearing tile 24th of March. At half past two o'cicck the House adjourned till Monday next, after which, their Lordships pro ceeded to St. James's, with their Address to His Majesty. HOUSE OF COMMONS. Mr. Rost and several other Members took the oaths and their seats. Mr. FRANCIS moved for the renewal of the Order made on the 7th of May last, for Copies of all the Treaties entered into beevreen the Govern ments of Bengal, Fort St. George, and Bombay, with any of the Mahometan Princes in the upper part of India, particularly with the Mogul. Ordered. Lord WILLIAM RUSSEL brought up a Teti. Lion from the Proprietors of the Surrey Iron Rail Way Ordered to he referred to a Committee. The Standing Ordoirs of the House were read as usual at the commencement of every Session. Mr. DILLON: h - ought up the Report of the Ad. dress to hits Majesty on his Speech from the 'Throne, which was read and agreed to, and ordered to be presented by the whole House, and that such Mem la are of the Privy Council do wait on his Ma jesty to enquire when he will be pleased to receive the same. Ordered that the Speech be taken into considera tion to-morrow. Mr. FRANCIS gave notice that he would, on Monday next, move for certain Papers relative to the War in India now carrying on. He said, that since the peace had been made with the Mahrattas, a new war had broken out between the India Corn- parry and the Chief, known by the name of Scindia, and the Rajah of Rerar, the objeas of which were not at all understood in this catintry. It was, therefore, for the purpose of explaining that sub jeft, that he should move for the papers he al luded to. Mx. WILLIAMS presented the Ninth Report of the Commissioners of Naval Inquiry. Ordered to lie on the Table, and to be printed. Adjourned. THE BRITISH PRESS. LONDON, THURSD I .Y. J A ,4uAltir 17. --........- The Funds yesterday were rather dull. At ,ste part of the day, the Consols wore dcne ar ai.our se ven-eighths below the price of Tuesday. It b , ing settling day in Oruniorn, little or nothing toss dor.e in it. This mey have rendered money scarce, and caused the depression in :he Conso!s. We were the first to announce the intention of the Mirrisrea to double the Income ax; anal that there would be little or no Iman.—This account being now strongly correl.orated, indeed almost confirmed, by ilk MAJZST WS Speech, it has been mattes of surprise that the Funds have not risen, and the state of the omnium, though it may have a par tial effed, is not allowed to ;re a competent reason for the dullness that prevailed yesterday. The fancy of the speculators in the Funds has accordingly been at work to discover what they conceive an ade quate reason ; and one of them has had irgenuity enough to find out, that the pacific overture from Frame is a hoax, while many others have been cre dulous enough to swallow this discovery ; and the confidence of many has been shaken. The sus picious circumstances attending the Message have already been the stiNen of comment in this Paper ; but they have not been pointed out by it for the . purpose of thr,..os:ng a doubt upon the authcn- •T••••s, ticity of tile Message. We stated, that the mode of conveyance was unworthy of the importance of the subject, and derogatory to the dignity of the two great nations concerned ; that the cot ruption and extravagance of Monsieur TA P.I.EY. SAND were notorious, and might have conse cmently produced this Message for the purpose of aiding his speculations in our Funds; and that a pa cific proposal from BONAPARTE was inconsistent with his conduct, in forcing Spain, at the Same time ) to declare war against us. But these chj •c -tiors were not urged as proofs that the Message was the hoax of an individual, and did not come front Monsieur TALLEYRAND as Minister for Foreign Afairs, and the organ of the French Government. They were urged with a view to restrain that too sanguine expectation which the event was likely to excite, and to inspire a just mistrust and suspicion of the sincerity of the French Government. We cannot allow ourselves to suppose, for a moment, that our Government could be the dupe of any individual in a case of this nature. With this impression upon our mind, we should have treated this rumour as one of the idle tales of the day, and passed it by without notice, had k not derived some importance from the extent of its circulation, and if some plau sible reasons had not been adduced in its favour. Among these, it was stated that houses of French connections and business sold out rapidly in the rising market. One very eminent house of that description, we knew, sold out largely. Without, however, having recourse to the supposition, that the bless +go has been a fraud and a forgery praaised npon our Government, there appears to be enough in His M sa vs.!. v's Speech to account for the dullness of the Funds yesterday. Coupling it with the Speech and Lxpose of BONAPARTE, both of which have been echoed by his Parliament, if we may sa call his Tribunate and Legislative Body, as the creed and poiicy of France, it is not to be expeited that the recent overture can lead to peace. The Treaty of Amiens, and nothing but the Tseaty of Amiens, will satisfy BONAPARTE. He will new model the Italian and Batavian Republics, and ren der them, whether as barriers or provinces of France, more subservient to her interests and her views ; he has acquired an undue influence over the Continent, and that influence he has pledg ed himself to maintain, without the abatement of a single particle. These are the conditions upon which France declares she will make peace ; but there is not one word in His MAJESTY'S Speech to encourage an expeaation that England will actinic:we in one of them. His . MAJESTY has espres,ed an earnest de s ire to embrace the first opportunity of restoring the blessings of Peace ; but he has • declared, at the same time, that he thought it his duty to consult the Continental Powers with whom he is engaged in confidential intercourse and comsetion, before he would enter into any more particular explanation upon the subject of the over ture from France. Are we to presume, that the powers alluded to will advise us to make Peace, leaving the Continent to its fate, under the tyranny and dilation of BONAPARTE, which he has declar ed his determination to preserve and uphold ? Will they adsi.:e us to make Pease with Bo:: •e A its, leav ing Holland, Switzerland, and Italy, in their present slavery ? For Hanover, no doubt, he would, in the ex cess of his kindness and generosity, gladlyrestore, as a proof of his satisfattion at our surrender of Malta. The most siiperficiallobserver, and the most short sighted politic:an must be aware, that if England were to abandon the Continent to its fate, and make peace with France, BONA PA RT I would de. cla:e war agaiteit Turkey before the wax was cold upon :he treaty. Our Indian possessions would br rnci e threatened through Egypt, and we should be again plunged in was, before we had :asted the sweets of peace. BON•F•IIT IL may DOW WWI to make peace with England, which he is una ble to injnre. that he may gratify his ambitious. and eatiate his revenge upon Turkey. He may wish to tie up cur hands and stifle our voice, that he may trample upon the law of nations without reproach, pour his fury upon the brave and generous King of SWEDEN, and insult the magnanimous ALLIANDER. Hr may wish for a peace with England, in order effec tually to destroy that for ever which he flattered himself was already dead. while it only slept, the spirit of the Continent, which is now awaking, and threatens to set bounds to his crimes and aggressions. England, therefore, cannot make a peace with France, that promises even a chance of permanence and stability, without consulting the interests of Russia, Sweden, Portugal, and Turkey, the powers evidently alluded to in His MA ILST v's Speech, with whom he is engaged in confidential intercourse and conneißion. Nor can it lie their wish to be left without the support of England, at the mercy of the Government of France. Unless, then, Boa*. shall retran the principles which ho has de clared to be his creed and policy, so late as the 31st of December, and at the very moment, perhaps, when he was dispatching his messenger with his over turn, Instmonntable difficulties stand in the way of any treaty that shall provide for the security of the continent, and hold out a prospea of a solid and durable peace. A patched-op peace, to answer a temporary purpose, or a selfish peace, upon the nar row basis of our own immediate interests, without any feeling for our neighbours, might, no doubt, be atchieveci ; hut, experience has proved, that we could not pat a more deadly weapon into the hands of the French Government. The in trigues of TALLEYRAND have conquered more countries than the sword of BONAP ART?. A self. ish and narrow peace would render him invin cible upon the contit.ent, by the tears, the doubts, and the suspicion, which it would inspire. If Austria was charged with pusillanimity in making peace when her very existence was at stake, and a victori ous army within a few days march of her capital, what reproaches would not England deserve, if, standing safe and secur:;ifrosperous and flourishing, she should descend from her high and commanding station, and patch up a peace for the sake of Han over or Malta, leaving die powers of the Conti nent, who are now linking themselves to her fate, at the merry of France? Coupling then the speech of BON APAR TE with the speech of HIS MAJESTY, and seeing, that the peace which the one would de mand, is the very reverse in charatler and quality of that to which alone the other could accede, we have no rea,on to expel Cult the recent overture can lead to a prosperous issue. The name of peace is always grateful ; and, though it may prove only a deceitful sound, will be always heard with transport. The pacific overture, therefore, however question able the shape in which it came, must have affeaed the funds; but the smallness of the effea proves how little are our hopes of the possession of peace upon a solid and substantial footing. We cannot close these observations without no ticing the petty and disgraceful squabble among our contemporaries, each claiming ptlority and superi ority of intelligence, with respea to the pacific over ture from France. As cowards are the greatest boasters, so the most ignorant always affect to be the most intelligent. The principle'that governs both is the same. They alike feel their deficiency, and flatter themselves that the resemblance may pass fot the reality. True to this feeling, the most stupid and ignorant pints are the most loud in ex tolling their sagacity and information. If these prints would have justice done to them, we would advise them not to appeal to the evidence of their own selfish views and passions, but leave the public to decide upon their rispeaive By the judgment of that tribunal we are ready to stand or fall, upon this and every other question within the range of our duty. If we maintain upon this occasion the superiority which we have uniformly displayed over our competitors, the dis cernment of the public requires not that it should be pointed out to them, and we know from expe rience that their candour will not refuse us what is our due. The Planing/met, 1) , •5g04, and Prince George, ar rived on Tuesday from orf Brest at Portsmouth, to refit, and on Monday, some more ships of Admiral Co arm t is's fleet returne.! to Torbay. Dutch Papers to the 9t/. inst. have been received. The Journal Poiiiique, formerly the Leydra Gaseve, of the Bth, contains an article from Constantinople of the 18th of November, which states, that General BRUNE had demanded his passports. It is probable therefore that he soon after left that capital. The Dutch Papers contain no other news of importance. ssemewriL—e!ewe---ae The Diane, New Lev, from Africa, is captured by a privateer in Congo River, The Eliza, Los ino, from Montevido, for Lon dor., has put into Waterford in distress. The brig Apar, laden with hides, tal low, and three chests of dollars, front the River La Plata, captured by the Fe,rard frigate, was spoke with in lat. H. 110. lon. 16. 20. being leaky, and having only seven people on hoard, intaaded making some port in the N.W. of Ireland. The Victory, WMEA rL V. from Limerick, for Lon don, is now on shore in the Shannon, and full of wa ter. Cargo landing. The Nancy, WILSON, !roar Piaou, for Scotland, has been found at sea without any person on board, and towed into Wexford. The Bunt Coara•r, of the 25th December, states, that about thirty brigands, under the command of Gutt. LEMOT, Aid-de-('amp of Gamic ss, bad landed at the point of Aiguillon, near Auray. The ;ear erannerie and the troops wens immediately in pur suit, and took the greater part of them, including the Chief, GUILLEMOT. who was carried. bound with cords, to Vannes.—(Pubtierrie). The rublirsite says, that of the 850 English cap tives at Verdun, eighty•five have been lately sent to Sarrelibre. 7'he late advance upon paper is understood to be upon the finer sorts only, owing to the scarcity of the finer sort of the raw material. We are sorry to hear that the Mallard gun-brig is on shore near Calais. The Repulse, belonging to the squadron under Admiral COCHRANE, off Ferrol, has captured and sent into Plymouth a Spanish vessel from the Ile• vannab to Corunna, laden with cocoa, cATre, &c. Twenty other vessels were in sight, and the situ,- droll was left in chase of them. . ' • TEL ‘ITR E, Mr. MOM TON% new Cornedy Reform; or, ft, to Rqlr R 111141 !Pi time performed last night, and re , first representation, with extreme pearei to have undergone some weeds remained, not hide its beauties It is evi the KOTZEBUE model, with . incident and long acquaint etc the stage and stage effect can may he considers 1 as a piCture date and Ty/.r are to be full all the rest sketches, to set Ti,ie is the of the piece, representation of him is bey child of Nature, cast iu one t His manner of telling the father, his progress in vice, father, his return to virtue, hi Aw.. oafs ; in short, the sentimental formance is equal to any ailing v nes;el Mr. COOK v. did every: The charteer of Ferment serve Lewis of all his shrugs, shakes, without one of those traits of given to him. Mrs. Lovnut from Epicene, Or, Me silent h TON'S charader serves to display and a fine woman. The General Hartwell, in The Sather's Daa scene, there was a new trait, ling, but there it ceased, and w how lie was cured of it. M looked and played the amiable and Mrs. DAVENPORT, in busy and loquacious as necessary, teresting and impressive in Mrs is g.,1 ep with every attention, and bids fair to prose a lasting favourite. Indeed, there are so m toy just compliments to the philanthropy, generosity, and humanity, of Jays Bolt, that, did it possess less merit, he must proteil it. It was given out for repetition with unbounded plaudits. The allusions to Mr. MORTON'S former produaiorn, as claims on public favour, that the Ladies would not forget his IV-sy to get Married, or his ,jar the Heart Avhe, titc. &c. in the Epilogue, are given with point, and admirably delivered by Mrs. Lercit risio, whose clear, well toned voice was distinztly heard in the remotest parts of the Theatre. ADIEU. corasT °Assn's; 'ornedy of The S c h e i v Tv I liwban4; was a wow PA , and received, as fk, 1+ :creme appla.ase. It ap. cn tome pruning ; but many col 6111T1Cierlt, hewcver, 1/ 6 1 evidently designed after tit( th all the ashiscancst nice with tit.• business or th an give. This Comedy L. mre in which Lord Akr,a. dl len:rh portraits, and sv them off to advantage. ece, and Mr. LmEttv's teynnd praise. lie is 6, e of her happiest moulds. e supposed death of bis c, his meeting with 114 his interview with fi Lament:o part of Wipers Laing we have ever n•:!. y justice to Lord.' t ' ves as a rehearsal ; 1 takes, and eccentrics:: t , of henevok;ice generics art Lo's /salt is a sketca Woman. Misi isplay a 13=116E11 dres,, Gestral is the G , : . ern., Daughter. In his lirt tit, a propensity to duel. I we never were informed Mr. CH•111.(1 KILMI3r.E. ble Fr-drra adMrably ; the Ilatorkettar, was g. tsary. Mrs. GI sits was in. Ws. RaJno.•. Thel).ec.• in. and Fi;el, Adieu, ye tender visions of delight, Which flaming Hope's delusive pencil When joy, gardatieing, charm`d my youthful right, And, wimfd by Love, the rapid moment. flew. And thou, too charming, lovely Mail, (vessel!. To whom a one my captive heart is giv'n, With whom the native, artless virtues dwell, Whose soul is spotlest as the light of amen. Now &Wit horn thec—.and torn from all I love, I go to wind my solitary way ; But still whereer my devious footsteps rose, My heart can stover from my Delia stray. ! cease, ye throbbing tumults in my heart, And thou, too busy, mournful mern•ry Soon shall my woes in calm quiescence rest, The calm quiescence of eternal peace. Wide o'er the tomb where rests my lowly head, • When in the dismal space for ever laid, The annabrous Ycw its branching arms shall spread. And moon beams glimmer titre' the solemn shade! H. S Yesterday, at _three o'clock. the Loan CMAR• cet Loa arrived in state at St. James's Palace, with the Address to His MAJESTY from the House of Lords. His Lordship was attended by Dent Gw v DES, the Vice-Chamberlain of England; Lord ELLENRUROLIGH, Lord WA Ls, sows sr,' and the Bishop of i.IIETER ; followed by PHILIP QCARME, Esq. the Deputy Usher of the Black Rod, and Mr. Cour RR. the Clerk. The Levee being so uncommonly crowded, it was impossible for Elie MAJESTY to receive it at the appointed time, and it was four o'ainek before EI MaJssry could withdraw from the Levee Rowe: His Masts! y then entered the Grand Cou.iol Chamber and ascended the Thrrme, when His MA JESTY received the Address from the House ra Lords, attenied by those already named, and et number of other Lords, spiritual and tempera!, is their full robes. At half-past four o'clock His MAJurY return. - J to the Qi:SEN'S Horse. Yesterday evening Their hi aJESTIES had a se;ei't party of the Nobility and persons of distinaion to tea and cards. His Maasur T did not go to Kew till ten o'clock. Yesterday, ..escart one o'clock, Iler MAJ !Tv anJ the Pal ricesscs left the Qualm's House, in two ca. - riages and four, for Blackheath, on a visit to the PriIICOSS of WA I. ES. Mr. Neends N J last week, purchased Mr. CR AL - 'RAID'S 1101 tit' ill Giosvenor-square, late the rd Mr. .1. ILN 'lto pc:chase money is iepo7r to be 10,0 1 Y1:. It p S furAT: ?h.? late French papers, that G, : • an.l .so4rd. are once more necessary appeudagcs p•t a court d.-ess at Paris. Prince 1-fsmitY of PRUSSIA hAs Sent to the Pain• MS LOUISA CHAALOTTI. daughter of the here ditary Prince of DENMARK, his destined bide, magnificect diamond ne:klare ; and, he has reee;v ed in return, her portrait in miniature, by the cele brated HOZNEMANN. A balloon, in the shape or an imperial crown, sent off front Paris on the day of the fit, given by their IMPERIAL MAJUT I Ls, in honour of their co ronatkn, fell into the Lake Btacciano, near Rom-. It traversed that space in forty hours. The Rev. Mr. GORE and family are arrived, fair the season, at their Town House, Duchess-street, Portland-place. HUBER, one of the most celebrated writers ie Germany, died lately at Llro. The presentation of the Countess Sr. MARTIN de Eva:: t to Her MAJESTY, upon her late Marriage to the SARDINIAN ANDRES %DOR, is obliged to be postponed, his Excellency being still cot:tiled to has rut with the gout. • n•=.1... THE KTNG'. -rill. Yesterday, at half-Vast of of west from the c2uaart's Palace, to hold a Levee, ar His MAJESTY'S indis -ositi4 crowded. At two o'clock, which was attended by Big Royal Highness the Dolc• the Hessian, Danish, Ruviaii, Pr Portuguese, and Hanoverian A. cella', the Lord Chief Juitice of the Lord Chief Justice of C LoGlChief 11J11/11 of the Gum ir the Farehequer, the Seer.-ta . War, the First L01(1 of the Adu Court, tlic Attorney, Sig Cuancenor iif the Duchy of 4 ,1 the Recrolltr of London, State. And there were present Dukes—sillexburgh, Muotrn Bowled. Marqui:es--lhonsond, Blanc field, Circello, Salisbury. Lore E ar l,—Chesterfield, Sandwich, Athlone, Westmorel ...ci r tney, Moira, Mountnurris, Spencer, Cloven, Romney, I. Fifa, Deerhester, Searboroug 1. ietou, Buckinghamshire, D Writ)°, and Portmore. N'lacounts--Hood, Limerick resign, Went wont', Sidmonth, Lords--Heatheeld, R o lle, g •iine, Ossulona, Kin', Banal Iluntingkeld, Mo-4‘31, D oiling, Fitaharris, Bray hmoke, Aguas ; . • .!en, Selkirk, Loftus, C G son:•, Arden, Harvey, ompeach, Lenth li‘dlops—Durliani, Imam .1 Wells, Norwich, Gloom. Rev. Des —.Jones and Burin Sirs—J. Coffin, B Watson, W. Scott, A. Grant, W. Me. well, G. Lee, T. Metrolfa, Warren. A. Clarice, T. Trot A. N. Hammitt, F. Wills, C; F. Douglas, W. Dickinson, chey, H. B. Neale, F. Spent: Admiral,. —Campbell, P.M ti egret. Generals--Smith, Leland, I.nter, Leslie, Flurrarn, Its Grosvenor, Minuets tin, Calvert, and Bmoolfteld. Coloneis.—Carey, Taylor, , Walpole, Camphell e Fuller ley, Chester, Rebow, Beaas Yongley, Keating. Gore, an Majors—Ogg, Brown, As Gres, and Crutchicy. Captains--Olirsen, Cl Fielding, Gore, Toasty, Ma Dundas, Paul, and Biotin. ' , Messrs —Broderick, Ne d I Yorke, Williams, Sibbald, B. Mainwaring, Pam Long, Long, Hunter, Boni, Adams, Bishop, IL, Shaw, Lnghton, Scott, Di Golding, Driimmr Villiers, Manning, 1 Wallis, Penn, Ilerhi Brugge, Foster, COM', Cro ) ion, Addington, Hihberdel Huskisson, W. Elliot, F. F Liana. The following wen lliS MAJESTY. This being the first Administration, the / duced to His MAJCSTI Mr. Pitt introduced the I Sir George Leith. Maje Prince of Walvis Idand, Mr. Beetzroct, upon hit Lord in Waiting. Captain O'Brien, of Thurmond. Major Ogg, on hi' he; c amber to the Duke of Si Colonel Carey, by Gem Lord St. Asaph, by the General Whitlock, by I Major Brown, bs the a Capt. Brown, by the lal Major Askew, by Colo , Lord Villiers, by his 1, pnarriage. Colonel Taylor, by Lou HA Grace the Duke al his coming to his title. Mr. Pole Carew, on hi. Moat Honourable Frio) , Right Hon. Charles Yorl Sir Isaac Coffin, by Sir Captain Cheilwell, by Mir. Williams, by the Lord Elot, on his c , Waiting. Mr. Canning, on he Mr.' Walpole, hr his 1 Mr. Adams, on his b "Ciiimeil. The Rev. Willia• la Citarfet Long 'ho L t %favor of Alto...pre , 1 I Inntet, by Str Leighton diet :x, Wane. ktato of II NT r. J. V. Firm, on MICIIII M' -Imam?, by SIT Dood Llairti, by t G. B. tds.nwanng, - - inn s Esq. Nit John e.lo,Ann, by • • TWO Mt. PUPO'4, by Thi Hon. Mr Gunk Lord Ituongdon, on inurland. Aft. Bishop, no his Sr. Wilhite. Scutt, Sir Alriandrr Gran., The Hon. John K. Vi.eeunt Sitlrnouth, Pre%ident of the Count The Earl of Illuekin and hrin: appointed C • rue Prince limn de J:7.:rspereer de la R us. t - olonet (;ore, b 7 CI \lr. Scott, the son on Mg m ato,so. Two Gentlemen frr sailor. 110 Mr Fatter, front II Mr. Limn, on his Lieutenant-Colonel Lord in Wading. General Martin, 01. Cytein Torrey, of Mr. McCaw*, of Major Crutehk", Seery on hit promoti Borges, the Knight ' llwtuer to kra His M Major Askew, by I Sir John Gordon, Colonel Taylor, by Lend Selkirk, 011 h '4 3 ...