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least influenced by the eloquence of the Right Hon. Gentleman. Mr. JONES observed, that the claims of the Prince were cbmptehended in one Word, and that was " justice." The laughter which the mention of the word justice created on the other side of the House, should not appall him from delivering his opinion. He thought the honour of the House, and dignity of the empire were at stake— " Ruat ccelum fiat justitia." He should accordingly vote for the Motion. Mr. DENT made a few observations, which as as we could collea, were either in favour of the Motion. Mr. M. SUTTON spoke very ably in expla nation, in the course of which he observed, that by what fell from a Learned Friend of his, he con ceived the question of right was conceded. By an other Learned Friend it was stated, that the ques tion was, whether no part of the revenues of the Dutchy, during the Minority of the Prince, should be applied to his maintenance and support. This however, he said was not the question ; it truly was, whether Parliament can apply the revenues in question in aid of the Civil List, in fan, whe 'ther the Prince was a creditor or not, and that fad could only he ascertained by means of a Committee. Nothing could be more unfounded, he observed, than these assertions, that he came there to involve His ;Majesty. and the Prince in variance ; that could not possibly be the case, for the question was, not be tween the Prince and His Majesty, but between the Prince and the Public. His Majest• had no right to receive the revenues in question, nor in fan. did he receive them ; they were received by the Public ; and he asked them of the latter in Parliament, the only constitutional representative of the Public— his Hon. and Learned Friend had said, the only remedy was by an adverse suit at law. lie was not aware how this was praCticable, as i:► the opinion of one of the first legal authorities in the country, (Mr. Hargrave) no petition of right could lie with respea to personal property. He knew not by what rule of-law the King could be called on to restore, even supposing His Majesty to be the object of application ;—but he would again repeat, that if, in point of filet, the King did receive, and should resist, the Prince would not enforce his claim : hut, in reality, it, was the Public that received, and the claim was upon them eventually, for the benefit of the Prince's Credito . rs. The SoLtr ITO it GENERAL spoke shortly in ex planation, and to reference to one or two legal points which had transpired in the course of the discussion. After which the Q'iestion being loudly called for, a division took place, when there appeared, for the Order of the Day 160—against it 103 — majority S 7• The House then disposed of the remaining Orders of the Day, and at half past twelve o'clock adjourned till the usual hour to-morrow. The LATEST EDITIONS of this Paper are distributed in BRISTOL, BATH, and their Envi rons, by M. andPETER LATHAM, NO. JO, Park- Row, and en the Exchange, Bristol ; and at No. z, Frog-Lane, Bath ; to which Places the Public are reyuested to send their Orders. • THE SUN. SOLENT QUIS DICERS FALSUM AUDEAT ? LONDON, APRIL 1, 18 oz. YESTERDAY afternoon, at four o'clock, MarqUis CoßNwAws and his Suite landed at Dover from the Swift . Passage-vessel, Captain BLAKE, after a pleasant passage from Calais. YESTERDAY forenoon an uncommonly full attend ance of Bankers and Monied Men took place in Do•wning_street, at the CHANCELLOR'S of the Ex_ CHEQUER. The Governor and Deputy Governor of the Baul , ;. were Present. There were seven Lists given in, viz, The COMMITTEE Of BANKERS. Diestsrs ROBARTS and CuRTIs. Messrs. BARIN'r. and ANGERsTEI::. The STOCK EXCHANGE. Messrs. SMITH, PAYNE and SMITH. Messrs. EVERETT & CO. Messrs. E SDA ILE & CO. The sum which the CHANCLLLOR of the Ex- CHEQUER proposed to contraa for was 25,000,0001. with the option of taking one or two millions more, if it should be necessary, in which case notice is to be sent on Saturday next. A Loan of not less than i,000,0001. and not more than z,000,0001. is to be raised in Ireland, for the service of that Country. The Loan is proposed to be contrailed in the Three per Cent. Consols, the Three per Cents. Reduced, car►d a deferred Three per Cent. Consols, tl:e payment of which is to commence in IsoB. For each tool. 'of Loan, 651. is to be of Consols ; 601. of Reduced Three per Cents, and the Bidding to be in the deferred Three per Cents. The•ContraEl to be.makie good at nine install_ meats, as follows re per Cent, on the 14th April. to - Atst May. to - 18th June. TS' 16th Ittly. to - zoth August. 17th Septe►nber. to 19th Ober. to - - 19th November. 15 - - 17th December. IOC) Discount on prompt payment 4 per ant. The Exchequer Bills issued payable on the loth Instalment, to be taken on the 9th, that is, in the December payment, as there are only nine Instal- men t s. We understand that the CHANCELLOR. of the Ex. crltQtr ER stated, that he proposed to consolidate the old and the new Sinking Fund of One per Cent. ,and that they should be made applicable, at Com: pound Interest, to the Payment of the whole Na tional Debt, without the Limitation of the former at 4.,00p,0001. in Interest, as it now stands. The -etfea of this new Measure, if adopted, will be to avoid the necessity of laying on the Public Taxes to the amount of nearly 900,0001., and of redeeming the whole Debt in a shorter i , eriod than by apply ing the Funds for that purpose, as they are now direeted to be applied. There is a power in the AO: which enables Government to make this altera- tion. IVIr. ADDI NGTON reserved tie power of issuing Exchequer Bills not exceeding 5,000,c001. should it he necessary. The Proposals, or Biddings, are to be given in on Monday next, before ten o'clock in die morning, This morning we tweived Paris journals to !fie 2Sth ult. inclusive.---It is stated in the Gazette de Franre, on the authority of a private Letter from St. Domingo, of the t9th February, that General LECLERC had defeated TOUSSAI Nr, and made him self master of his Camp. The French Funds have rather fallen since the publication of the Treaty of Peace. On the 26th ult. the Tiers Consol. was at 57. 50. ; and on the 27th, the day of the publication of the Treaty, it fell to 57. There were grand Illuminations at Paris on oc casion of the Definitive Treaty of Peace. By Letters from the Hague, of the zoth ult. it appears that the Dutch Funds had risen consider ably upon the certain prospeCl of Peace. We yesterday gave to the Public the Definitive Treaty of Peace, but as it was a translation from the French copy, the French Republic was placed before the other Powers concerned in the Negotia tion. YVe had occasion to explain this point before, wh,2.ii the Preliminaries were signed, the French copy of which was the one first published here. It is the official etiquette, that each copy of a Treaty has the name of the particular Power first described for whom the copy is designed. When the Definitive Treaty is officially published here, it will be found, as we have before explained, that this is the general practice. The Illuminations were partially repeated on • Tuesday night ; but the grand and final one will take place on the day of the Proclamation of Peace, which may be in about three weeks hence. The Piirk and Tower Guns will not be fird till the Ratification of the Definitive Treaty shall ar rive here. Lord WH TWORTH is making every necessary preparation, for his speedy departure for France. MISS ADDINGTON, we were happy to perceive, was yesterday well enough to take an airing in Hyde Park. • It was the Bishop of NORWICH, „and not -the Bishop of W [NC if EST ER, as stated by mistake, who performed the ceremony of baptism at Chesterfield_ house on Tuesday evening. Lord fIuTcHINSON'S health, it is stated by the last letters from Malta, is considerably amended,. but his Lordship means to pass some time in Sicily. The intended Naval Promotion, it is now sup_ posed, %s ill. very soon be announced. •Lord CLIVE, we understand, soon comes home from Madras. The Court ofDiredors of the East India Com pany have resolved to increase the number of extra ships to be sent to India this season, by the addi tion of two ships, making in the whole iz ships. The Cuffnells, Captain COTTON, and the Neptupe, Captain REDD; E, are ordered to be in the Downs on the 2jd inst. being the last regular China ships to be dispatched this season. 'THE ORATOR success which attends the Oratorios, at Covent Garden Theatre, is the pro per tribute to their merit. The Selection from HANDEL last night was judiciously chosen, and ex quisitely performed. The prominent excellence was, '' Oh ! lovely Peace," which was most de lightfully warbled by Mrs. BILLINGTON and BRA HAM ; " Together let us range the fields," by the same Performers ; and " Pious Orgies," by Mrs. BILLINGTON. The audience were vehement in their applause, which was amply deserved. The Opera on TueSday night, was La Schola di Maritati, with the ever-pleasini Music of MAR TINI. The Duo Buffo, in particular, was much ap plauded and encored ; V I Nees Song was also well received and encored. M. GIRAUD made his third appearance in the &Het of Irza, and displayed a great deal of activity and power of Eatrechat ; it would, perhaps, be as well for this Dancer, if ,he was to do less, and finish more perfectly what he does. There is in the language of Mr. BaowN, great capability in his means, if he would but bring them into execution in the best way. An unfortunate and melancholy circumstance took place on Fi iday last, on board His Majesty's Ship Bata'vier, at the Nore. The Master's Mate of the Ship, going on the forecastle, discovered the Cap_ rain's Cook, a black man, hanging by his neck on the bobstays, when, in his eagerness. to free him from his dreadful situation, he cut the rope, and the man fell in the water, and a strong flood-tide run ning ar the time, he was never aftecwards seen. The unfortunate man had attempted to comknit this rash aft early in the morning, but was di'co .vered by some.of the crew, who took every posslble means to prevent him froui the commission of it, for which no oust' can be assigned. NAVAL NEWS. PLYMOUTH, MARCH 30. Li i s morning passed by to. the Eastward, the Ship Scarborough, Capt. SCOTT, from Bengal for London. Sailed the Ship Retreat, Capt. SHAw, for the West Indies ; and the Maltese Ship La Lin, Capt. ARENA, for Malta. PORTSHO(IUII, MARCH 31. ARRIVFD this day, the Sir Edward Hamilton, ANDREW ROBERTSON master, from Bengal. Sailed from St. Helena in company with the Sir John Bor lase kfrarren, Nutweil, Guilwell, and Dille of Kent. Arrived the Triton, HIGGINs, from St. Michael's; Ranger, GARLAND, and Mary, CROWLEY, from Lisbon. Arrived the Earl St, Vincent outward.botind East Indiaman : she ran down a Brig off Beach) , Heat!, name unknown, and is supposed to have damaged her considerably , . There will be a general Illumination this night, on account of the Definitive Treaty of Peace. SHEERNESS, MARCH 31. SAIL ED His Majesty's Gun-brig lackall; on a Cruize in the Channel. Arrived the Boxer Gun brig, from a Cruize in the Channel. The Hebe kas sailed for Chatham, to be paid off. In consequence of the Definitive Treaty being signed, orders were received this day to pay off the under-mentioned Ships—the five former at Chat ham, and the remainder at Sheerness. cunt GI:7IS. 20 A rdent 64 Daphne 54 Redoubt 54 Alliance and Alceste Float ing Batteries. 36 . Boreal Slop-ship. 36 Raison Receiving-ship. 32 Firm Gun-biig. 36 Clatton Beschermer La Seine Hebe Shannon Unite Ylieter BRITISH NAVY. STATEMENT OF THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE BRITISH NAVAL FORCE TO THIS DAY. Exclusive of the Ilia to ARMFD Visstts, which are chick:yr employed in protecting the Coasting Trade of GREAT BRITAIN. - - Line In Pert and fitting - - 21 G and-shipsh - - - 4 In the English and Irish 2 16 Channels - S On the Downs and North t 10 Sea stations - At the West India 'stands and on the Passage On the Jamaica station S 31 and on the Passage s*'s $ r 2 ~. _ American & Newfound land stations - S o C. of G. Hop_ ?e, E. Ind. 8 and on the Passage S Coast of Africa - o Portugal and Gibraltar 4 In the Mediterranean - 16 Hospital and P rison Ships 2 I Total in Commission i 2 Receiving Ships Serviceable ant repairing for Service S Is la ordinary - - 23 Building • - - 22 Sps. 81 I 0 3 3 0 I 4 2 7 2 1 36 0 Tot, 171 68 2 7 97 31 2 I 606 I 14 3 1 { 63 5 0 2o 128 Total 197 1 25 1 243 1 322 7SB STATE OF THE ORDINARY AT EACH PORT. Line. so's Frig! Sps. Tot. 13 1 lI 27 52 IS o 10 14 42 9 I 0 I 10 3 1 I 18 0 Portsmouth - Plymouth - Chatham - Sheerness - River 41 I° 151 I 5 Total 43 i 5 I 4 0 i 66 1 154 The Viper Cruizer having been sent in search of •the Earl Talbot, Capt. DEMPSTER, returned to Bombay with the account of her being last seen off the Shoals of Prata, in i 800. By a private Letter from Calcutta, we are in formed, that the new Palace is nor yet finished, though the building was begun more than three years ago. An edifice so stupendous as this is de. scribed to be, and which will long remain a monu. went of the magnificent spirit of its projeaor, as well as of the greatness and wealth of its ansters, must require some years yet to come before it is completed. General L'ANE, the French Minister to the Court of Portugal, was stopped at Badajos, by his Lady having had a miscarriage. The uncommon rich state of the Wheel makes the present a most advantageous time to purchase Tickets and Shares, for the Lottery has but a few days to draw, and there are three prizes of zo,oool. two prizes of to,oool. two prizes of zoool. four prizes of 'OOOl. five prizes of 50°1. besides prizes of tool. Sol. &c. &c. and the first-drawn Ticket next Tuesday is entitled to z 0,0001.. The sale for Tickets since the drawing 'began has been great be yond all former years, which may be attributed to two reasons, first, their being kept at a moderate price, and next the Capitals keeping in. Un drawn Tickets and Shares will continue on sale at the old established Offices of T. Btsti, No. 4, Corn.. hill, and No. 9, Charing-Cross, whilst a Ticket can be procured. The following is the State of the Wheel, at the conclusion of yesterday's Drawing : Prizes of 20,000 io,oco' 2coo loco S soo Besides Prizes of tool. &c.—Undrawn Tickets and Shares are selling at every Licensed Office, and the first drawn Ticket next Tuesday, is entitled to Twenty Thousand Pounds. PARIS, MAR CH 28. ----- Tar - Senate, the Ttibunate, and the Legislati ve Body, have severally presented Addiesse::: to t he FIRST CONSUL, on the signature of the Detiniri'' e Treaty of Peace ; as have also die ll:partnient of Seine, and the National Institute. We are assured by private Letters from St. Do' ming°, dated the loth of February, that an Engag e ' ment had taken place on the Morning of that day's between the French Army and the Rebels, and th at General LECLERC, after completely defeating them , bad made himself master of the Camp of 1 : o ussAINT LOUVERTURE.—(Gazette de France.) Letters from Cicadaloupe, dated the 12th 01. bruary, announce that at that period the greatest tranquillity reigned in that ColonY.---(Gazeile d France.) The Clef du Cabinet of the z7th inst. con tains an Extrad of a Letter f r o m J. B. BELLEY, a Chief of Division at St. D om i ngo , as f o llows .Th unfortunate Town of the C a p e i s aga in burnt, al li only a few houses escaped th e flames. The p owder Magazines, which th e B r i gan d s set o n stroyed a great part of the town , i nc l a ding all the public buildings. I hope th at t h e R e public soon triumph over these Brigands. " General LAPLU ME is re t urne d with cl everi millions, and some of the b est Tr oops o f Louv" - •ruKE, who were in that part.. Port.au.Princ e 1)39 been taken by our Troops, with all the milio r l stores it contained. ral « PAUL LOUVERTURE has ret urn ed to KERVERSAU. General CLERVAUk miintains his position. LOUIS LAEINAT, Commandant of ifr manacle, has returned with a quantity o.f military stores. e n " The Towns which have bee n most unfortunate' are the Cale and Port-ait-Pa;x, where 00 1 Y t " re : houses escaped the flames, This Town wa s c°n. manded by . the Brigand MouNrAs, 4ho has 1113a4 considerable resistance against the European ft General LECLERC promises to re-establish 1n . a short time peace and abundance in the Coloro and to give the Inhabitants the 'means of re-es t2 ' blishing their destroyed Towns, ' 6 The usurper LUUVERTUILE is in the Nc' rti) pail of the Island. The brave Genera! LEcl' Eg a c has given him six days to submit, He OfW ere • nothing within that space of time, but just 5 / a confidential person to treat with the G° lera . ? With Brie who replied that he would not treat Bands, and that he wo u ld h e o n the field , battle in person on t h e next dy. W e ace abou l t i a to enter upon .the C ampa i gn, an d I trust we O f spare no exertion second the benevolent views ° the Pacificator. " 2E LLEv•:' Note.--q—BELLEY is a black man of St. ,0601711111 and an Ex-Deputy to the Legislative Body. 7 FIAGur, MARCH 20.—Manv Orange F. rtiiies, ili es ' . a of who emigrated at the epoch of the Revo;t l c l° n g 1795, have solicited permission to return, to pay those Contributions to which tbeY `" the have been subjected had they remaine3 in Country. n kr atfrf SEMLI N, MARCH I.—We learn from that the Janissaries, having been iiiforniea that " PACHA Of SILISTRI A intended to Mak e his e i nt r l a into that City at the lead of 9 000 men , c cl3 ' e ale , ' their determination to shut the gates, 4° ` . .ior fend themselves to the last extretnitY• added, however, that they would rece ive te a with all the honours due to his rank, if he P re ' eri se . himself at the head of 300 men only. In c°!;3.. quence of this, the works begun betweco theoap nube and the Save, are continued night ai' d with the greatest aftivity. Let ter MILAN, MARCH IS. —We learn by a j t o from Paris, that, the First Consul has annottoc e bes all the Italians resident at Paris, that Fr` i ' si3 formally recognized our Government, and that other Powers are disposed to do the sar;___.... YESTE DAY Pink Stock • Navy s per Cent. 103 to2lii ; per t cut. 1797, shut risla s per Cent. shut 4 per Cent. ('on. shut per Cent. Red. shut per Cent. COIL. Ditto Scrip Blnk Long Aim. shut Ditto Silo!! \nu. Ditto Scrip India 13:;nds xche. 2s. 4 5 ' d i ls. Flindal)lC ditto Pre'''. 3(1 Excheque r Dills par r".nv S. S. Stock. llntniuut t. !flyer. 3 per Ce n Ditto .Ann. • i;ank for (yelling L 9 I (OUt f"or opening Consols for Account 701 t,, .T,.:,>.. .. _. . _ HOSIERY. • Aft: l" C COOKS continues t N i o n t u t e i n s a t i a o ti i l l ; x i v .. , iL t: t. o l I n ° I i St r :t ea o t 1 4 1 : ; ' st e r v al er ; description, NVlliCil, for (..4 , -: , ance, an extensive and valuablc; A-ssr_.rtirint of I lOSIL ,i o ual'„r ite ms "" e `, l , 9 r ielY, has never been cqual led, and ' 'f' -•., ne ti . .t. „ f ro. be suroa •• .d Ti SSC . IC Milo IV advantages he ..) 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