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141PER1IL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF PEERS, TUESDAY, DEC. 7. HEAtt.r. Counsel in a Scotch Appeal. The Promissory Note Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be committed. Some private Pctittons were presented.—Ad journed. HOUSE OF COMMONS, TUE.SDAY, DEC. 7. A Bill was brought in, and read a first time, for enlarging the Burial-ground of St. Giles's Parish. Several Members were sworn in. Mr. ADAIP. presented a Petition from the Drug gists aoki Chemists of Tavistock, against the late Medicine A6t.—Ordered to lie on the Table. Mr. TIEILNEY presented a Petition fr'Om the IVlaltsters of Warminster, against the late Duty on Beer. Mr. SCOTT presented a Petition from the Prison ers confined for Debt in Worcester Gaol. Sir F. BUR DETT presented .4 Petition from Shefteshury, complaining of a ,Clentlemin bein g re turned for two places : it was therUbre entitled to, a priority of hearing, and was fixed for the zist of December. Petitions were presented, complaining of undue Elections, from the following places, viz. Kingston upon Hull (three Petitions) was fixed for the same day with the former Petition for the same place. Newcastle under Line was fixed for the same day with the former Petition from the same place. Middlesex, a Petition from the Freeholders, charging Sir F. BURDETT with a violation of the Treating Act. Another Petition was presented from certain Freeholders of Middlesex, against Mr. MAIN WAR INC, stating, that he was not qualified to re present the County, not being possessed of a suf ficient Estate in Lands, &c. that he was also dis qualified, in consequence of certain places which he heid ; that he was guilty of Bribery and Corruption ; that he employed Police Officers, &c. who prevented the Freeholders in favour of Sir F. BURDETT from voting, &c. The SPEAKER said, that some doubt had arisen in his mind, with respea to the Petition which had just been presented. The authority of the House to refer Petitions to the consideration of Commit tees, was founded upon an Ad of Parliament, in which Petitions were classed under different heads. If the Petition on the Table complained of an undue Eledion, it would of course be ordered to be taken into consideration on the same day with the former Petition from the same place. But it was for the House to consider, whether this Petition complained of an undue Eledion, or whether it was merely a Petition against the Petititiner. These appeared to him to he material fads for the House to consider, in the determination which they would come to with resped to this Petition. Sir C. .84,111'FYLDE, who presented the Pe tition, moved, than it should be taken into consider ation on the same day with the former Petition from the same Place. • Lord HAWKESBURY said, he rose to deliver his, sentiments upon t hi s quest i on w i th great diffi dence, because he had not had an opportunity of considering the question. The Ad which had been alluded to, only provided for Petitions coming un der certain descriptions, and the question was, whether this Petition complained of an undue Election, and came within any of- the descriptions mentioned in the Aa ? This Petition complained of no grievance in existence ; it complained only of an eventual injury, viz, that Mr. MAINWAIt I:Cr; might not be returned. If Petitions of this kind catosi he received, it would produce this conse quence, that whatever number of Candidates there might .be for any Place, the Eledors might petition against every one of them, and the House would never be able, to get through them. The only question was, whether the Legislature did not mean to confine persons from petitioning, except against existing grievances ? This was what occurred to him upon the subject ; and these were the reasons why he did not think the Petition was borne out by the Att. But as in questions of this kind, the best guide would be precedents, he wished, if it could be done consistently with the forms of the House, that the discussion could be postponed until the subject could be more fully considered. Mr. TIE RNE Y also expressed a wish that time should be given to consider the question. The SPEAKER was of opinion, that the Debate might, consistently with the forms of the House, be adjourned, and it was accordingly adjourned to Monday next. Another Petition was presented from Middlesex, which being similar to the former one, the discus sion upon it was also adjourned to Monday next. A Petition, complaining of an undue Eletlion for the County of Carmarthen, was ordered to be taken into consideration on the same day with the former Petition for the same County. A Petition, oomplaining of an undue Election for. thid g ew a ter, was ordered to he taken into con. sideration on the same day with the former Petition lur the same place. The following New Petitions were presented,com plaining of undue EleCtions, viz. Tregony, ordered to be taken into consideration on ti:_ gth of May. Sudbury, ordered to be taken into consideration on the loth of May. Seaford, three Petitions, ordered to be taken into consideration on the z zth of May. Minehead, ordered to be taken into considera tion on the r7th of May. Hereford City, ordered to be taken into consider ation on the r9th of May. Durham City, ordered to be taken into consider *On on the z4th of May. London City—A Petition from Sir Watkin T-rAies, complaining of unfair condutt at the late 14:1(-Clion in the returning Officers, Sheriffs Rawlins and *Cox.--Ordered to be taken into consideration 26th of May. LONDON, DECEMBER 8, iBoz. We last night received the Paris Papers of the 4 .th, and this morning the Illon;teur of the sth inst. The Deputation of the Empire have adopted their Covdusum upon the long depending question of In demnities; but we have not yet received any specific account of the additional Territories which it was supposed would be allotted to the GRAND DUKE of TUSCANY. The French are taking the most efFeCtual rnea. sures to ensure the tranquillity of Switzerland, which however does not appear to be a very easy task, for notwithstanding the arrest of the Patriots, and the presence of so formidable a French force, the inhabitants of that Cowitry still seem inclined to re. sistance. Gen. NEY has given orders that the French Troops should assemble every night, on an appoint ed signal, and remain under arms till break of day. All Letters arriving in, or sent from Switzerland, are to be examined by French Officers, one of whom is to be stationed in every Post-house for that purpose. Most of the Deputies from Switzerland have al ready arrived at but they have not yet Com menced their deliberations. The Illoniteur of the sth, contains a Decree o r the Consuls, the objea of which is to facilitate the payment of the Creditors of the French Republic, who arc holders of Lire Annuities, and who are ei ther Foreigners, or residd in foreign countries. The Creditor is to deliver to the French Ambassador, or Envoy residqnt in the Country of which the Cre ditor is a native, 'or is th;tniciliated, a Certificate signed by four credible Witnesses : the Ambas sador is to authenticate the Certificate, and upon its being transmitted to Paris, the Creditor will be Letters from Vienna state, that the City of Co,, stanlillo, 'le was rr:a v destroyed by an Earthnnake on the z6th Oetober ; but we are inclined to think that this statement is much exaggerated. The Funds are sz. 20. WE also received a Dutch Mail, but irt firings no intelligence. THE Debate today on the Army Estimates for the Peace Establishment, cannot fail to be a very interesting one. The leading men on both sides of the House, if. it can,properly be said to be divided into two sides, will probably take a part in it. Of those, we understand that Mr. GREY' is not likely to be present. It remains to be seen what degree and description of Opposition will be made to this important measure, either by those who may he of opinion that there is nothing in the situation of Europe which can warrant an increase in our Mili tary Establishment, or by such as may think, that even a larger addition to our annual expenoe would be justified, and is a&ually called for ) by the relative situation of Great Britain and France, and by the views of aggrandizement which the latter has not thought it necessary to conceal. We have no inclination to attempt to anticipate what precise measure Government may mean to recommend, or what the specific addition, either in quantity or quality, may be, which His Majesty's Ministers intend to propose ; but surely, if there ever was a period in our History, when precaution, if not jealousy, ought to be awakened and acted upon, it is the present. Under some circumstances, every reflefting man must surely admit, that parsi mony may justly incur the charge of prodigality, and that present economy may lay the foundation of future extravagance and profusion. Never can we be induced to agree with those who maintain, that the Security of tht Country depends on the smallness of our Establishment. The thesis of Government seems to be—" We wish to pre serve Peace, but are determined that the Country shall be in a state of preparation for War.— When all may be at stake, we will not on the one hand subjea Great Britain to the temptation to aggression, which a knowledge of our weakness might inspire ; or on the other, to the unnecessary and boundless Expence, which unworthy sentiments of ungrounded Apprehension and Alarm, must, if aled upon, necessarily produce."—For a menacing posture there seems to be no occasion ; for a firm one a great deal ; and, if we are at all capable of estimating the feelings of our Countrymen at the present crisis, we believe that there is very little disposition to place confidence in Any Minister who should be induced to adopt either extreme. For these opinions we shall, probably, incur the censure of eager Partisans on either side can - only 'as sure our Readers, that they are the unbiassed result , of mature refleaion. We are fully aware of the unpopularity that in an Insular Country, and under such a-Con3titution as ours, has ever been attached to a considerable Standing Army. On numerous occasions, in the course of the last Century, there have been abundant declamations agiinst it, which have perhaps never been perfe6tly well-founded, at least to the extent to which they have been carried. But, admitting them to have been just in other times, will any real Statesman venture to assert their application to the period in which we live, and to the circumstances in which we are placed The circumstances of the times,"--a phrase which has been much repro bated—but a due attention, to which we will ever maintain to be the Standard by which the Wisdom of a Politician should be measured, and the Basis on which all the measures of a Wise Government must necessarily be founded. What does it mean ? —ln case of Alarm, arising from Internal Convul sion, you must proportion the vigour of your mea sures to the danger to be apprehended. The Public need not be reminded by us, how far the application of this Principle, during the last ten years, has operated our Salvation.—Nor is it less applicable to the ap. prehension which may be externally entertained from the possible, designs of an ambitious and formidable neighbour. What is the nature of his means of annoyance ? Are they Naval, or Military, or both ? If principally the former, common sense would of course dictate to Government the propriety of direft ing its principal attention to our Seamen ; if the second, to a proper Army Establishment; and if both, to each. Our present superiority over the united forces of France, Spain, and 'Holland, has been recently and publicly deinonstrated.--H9w far an entire and ex. clusive reliance should be placed on 'this,, let those determine, who have not forgot the instances during the late War, when notwithstanding such decided superiority, our safety was vitally endangered by the insufficiency of our Fleets to block up hostile Armaments in the Ports where they had been equipped.—lt is possible that we might have to contend with a Power, more than ever essen, tially Military, against the character of whose at tack common Prudence should slgae2t to us similar and proportionate means of resis tjlice i ; Our unparalleled S uccesses towar d s - t h e dose °I late War, have happily inspi re d a Military Ar d°tlr l : which, if properly m a d e use o f, ma y prove a M a h n instrument to secure to u s t h e p res ervation of the blessings of Peace, or of en a bli ng us to prose cute War with safety and' advantage, should the restl ess : l ness or ambition of our Neighb ours un happiii l ead to a recurrence of it. On this Subject a great deal more might be sa t j; and perhaps we may think it right to revert t it.—We shall only now ex p ress t h e sat i s f a Ction : feel, at finding the assertions hastily made by some Gentlemen, of the unnecessary and itvr °ll. dent reductions in our Military Force, so c°111 ; pletely contradieted. We shall no t p resum e to h in at the indiscretion of arty Gentlemen, i n any F uw ‘ lic Assembly whatsoever, suffering themselves t° til l be prompted into the a d vancement o f c h arg es ) they are quite sure of the truth and soundoes g the fasts on which they re s t. T o our Constittiti°s 4 Force, large as it is, it could hardly be thoor prudent to make any addition ; and -a furthet crease to our Navy would, in our 'opinion, be 165 efficient, and would be, beyond all compari s°° ' more expensive. SV understand that the Statement of our 51 nances, which the CHANCELLOR of the Exc HP QUER proposes to giv e on F r id ay, i s l ik ely to for t is one of the most fl a t ter i ng an d sat i s f alory t h at Iva n ever presented to the House of Commons. Indeed it cannot be other w i se , f rom w h at we already kr'c)if of the crate of them. The Budget will 0 4 b° brought forward till after Christmas.. TfIE/R MA J EST IES an d t h e P RINCESSES caffi --, to town this d a y fr om Wi n d sor, when firs A l l b ,: c JEsry held a Levee at Sr. J ames ' s P a l ace f o r i" Foreign Ministers and Noblemen. le The. QUEEN will hold a C ourt f or t h e Fenl a Nobility to-morrow. The Duke of BEDFORD arrived yesterday at ' la house in Arlington-street, from Woburn. Lord CLERMONT gave a grand dinner yesterday to a large parry of fashionables. Lady SUDLEY had a small card party on MOM evening. Mrs. JEFFER YS , of South Audley_street, hau•A st night a card party. Dowager Lady CLIFFORb gave a grind 'din er yesterday to a stied p art y o f f r i en d s, an d i n 4h o evening a card party. Mr. W M . Dow DESWELL proceeds as Private cretary, and Major H ENRY M ONCTON as Aid- 0 Camp to Lord W. BE NTINCK, going to Madras. Mr. HALLIBURTON returned last week to /3 011 / Grove, from Paris. Col. Au GUSTUS BOSC A WEN has purchased I‘ 4ll° ATKINSON'S'neat house in Mortimer-street, Cave n4 ' dish square. $ The Hon. H ENRY T UfTON l e f t Town abo ut week since for Paris. Mr. HAMME TT an d hi s L a d y are arr i ve d ifs Town for the Winter, from their Seat in Wales. Lord KENSINCTQN is on a Tour through Wa les ' s accompanied by a party of friends. 'Yesterday the Whig Club held their first Meet‘ ing for Eh , ' season, at the Crown and Anchor''" Lord WILLIAM RUSSELL in the Chair.—Mr. Fol 4 made a very elaborate, but not a very successful a t ; tempt, to expl a i n away t h ose sent i ments an d t ha language, which have complet e ly d estroye d the small remains of popularity he possessed. Yesterday the LORD MAYOR, after examirlii l l the Returns of th e iVl ea l we i g h ers, o f the Aver ag' Prices of Wheat and Flour, which appearing to nearly the same as the preceding week, oracle, sam e the Assize and Price o f B rea d to co n t i nue t h e so as last week, viz, nine-pence farthing the Quarter n Loaf, wheaten, and seven-pence three.farthing s o household. At a numerous Precina Meeting of the Inhahl d tants of Sr. Andrew's'', Holborn, held yesterday evening, Mr. 13s.Arrscoms and Mr, REEVE %ye ll' unanimously returned, to the Wardmote as Conlin ( ' 3 Councilmen fur the year ensuing. General LA CR,osiE has been installed in the GO' vernment of Guadaloupe by General RrcHEpAN S4 but only provisionally, to assert the power of G°' vernment. He was to give up the Government a short time to General RICHEPANSE, and to pr° 4 ceed to, another destination assigned him in the Co' lonics; but in , consequence of the death of Riogs' PANSE, LA CROSSE retains the Government. ref' mission had been given to the People of Colour to return to Guadaloupe. The ports of that island are in future to he opened as formerly to American V"' sels, ancrthe exportation of colonial produce per' mined on paying duties. THE EMPEROR ALEXANDER.—During his late visit at Riga, the EMPEROR attentively surveY . e' the shipping in the Harbour, and particularly notic ing the Rwurce, of that Port, he observed th e words "Long live Alexander" upon her Stern: He inquired of one of his Attendants, Prince G A LLIT - mil, the reason, an d w h et h er i t was 'e xecut ed 01 Russia or in England. He was informed that the ship was under embargo in Russia, that the inscrir tion was in gratitude for His Majesty's gracious liberation, and had been executed in England; appeared highly gratified by the recital, took off h is hat, and bowed to Capt. BELL. An arrangement has been made by the Excis e Office, in virtue of a former Ad of Parliament, bi which we understand all publicans are to make 3 .7 entry of the cell ars , & c . i n w hi c h t h ey deposit the,,ic malt liquors: and the brewers are in future to placed in a s i tuat i on somew h at s i m il ar to t he dis tillers, by being obliged to, send • n • permits WWI eac h Sir EVAN NEPtAN presented some accounts re_ lative to Prisoners of War, &c. which he moved for yesterday. The Irish Militia Bill went through a Committee, and the report wali ordered to be received to-morrow. Mr. VANSITFART moved that there be laid before the House an account of the money advanced out of the Civil List in consequence of Addresses of that House, and which had not been made good by Parliament.-,?Ordered. This Account *as afterwards presented, and was ordered to lie on the Table. The following Bills were read a first time, ant ordered to be read a second time to-morrow, viz The Melt Bill, the Land Tax Pension Bill, the Ex, chequer Bills Bill, and the Navy Bills Bill. The Indemnity Bill was read a second time. Adjourned till to-morrow. From the LONDON GAZETTE, Dec, 7, 1802 irbitelmil, Dec. 7, f so2. Tuz King has been pk;ised to present the Re_ verend Ambrose Goode, Clerk, Master of Arts, to the Vicarage of Terrington, in the County of Norfolk, and Diocese of Norwich, void by the death of the Reverenti William Walker. Ordva , :re-o . ffic.% D,c. 6, tBo2. Corps of Roy a l A, , , g i wers. Captain-Lieutenant Fr,:deriek Ilfulcar:t2r to be Captain, vice Bartlett, kiecc4sed. Dated Sept. 24, First Lieutenant Chat es Hayes to be Captain-Lieutenant, vice Mulcaster. Dated as above. Second Lieutenant Richard 4,10 yd to be First Lieutenant, vice Hayes. Dated as above. BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED, john Tremlett, of Exetcr, limper. II AN K. R. il PTS. James Hill, of Nowgate-street, linen-draper, to surrender Dec. zt, and Jan. 18, at ten, at Guildhall. Attorney, Mr. Alderson, North-street, City-Road. John Morris, late of Shaddoximrst, Kent, horse-dealer, Dec. 13, and fan. 17, IS, at eleven, a t th e W oo l pac k Inn, Ten re:ie!), Kent. Attornies, ht r. De Lasaux, Ashford, Kent ; or Messrs. Man!..,:y and J. and W. Lowe, Inner Temple. john Peter Holloway and.'Alichael Curtis, of London, mer chants, Dec. 14, 21, and Jan. 13, at one, at Guildhall. Attorney, Mr. Marsou, klewington, Surrey. Oliver Apiin, of Banbury, Oxfordshire, scrivener, Dee. to, 21, and Jan. 13, at eleven, at the Rein Deer, Banbury. Attornies, Messrs. Walford, G olby, and Walford, Banbury; or Mr. Meyrick, Red-Lion-square, London. DIPIDENDS. - - - - Jan. 28. Jonathan Barker, of Upper Thames-street, grocer, at one , at Gtolandll. Jan. zB.' George Rtiev, of the London—Road, Southwark printer, at one, at Guildhall. Jan. Co. William Green, of Swansea, cheesemonger, at ten, at the Bush Inn, Swansea. Dec. 29. lohn Roberts, of Shrewsbury, linen-draper, al eleven, at the fox Inn, Shrewsbury. Dec. 30. S.imon Aloxton, now or late of Whitey, Oxford shire, blanket-weaver, at eleven, at the Staple-Hall Inn, Witney. Jan. 3. Samuel Bradley the younger, of Leicester, grocer, at twelve, at the Bull's-Head Inn, Leicester. C E RT IF/ C ill ES . Dec. 28 . John Finegan, late of Hatton -court, Threadneedle. street, merchant. Edward Scholtield, of Nat Bank, Lancashire, fustian-:Hann. faCturer. Thomas Verstille, of Leadenhall-Market, butchrr. john Healey - , of the Sun B rewhou se, Laystall-street, brewer, iohn Burton Timrnirrs, now or late of Porteea, grocer. - inornas Cathro, of dtct U ravel-lane, baker. MAIL. ARRIVED. DUE. I 101 land 't rttnch I - flaniburgh PRICE OF STOCKS, THIS DAY A r TWELVE O'CLOCK. Consols for Opening 6% I Omnium - ro disc. THE SUN. LOLEM LUIS DICERS. FALSUM AUDEAT means o: