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IMPERIeIL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF PEERS. WEDNESDAY, DEC. I. THEIR Lordships met this day pursuant to ad journment, and prayers were read by the Bishop of. ROCHESTER, as junior Prelate. Counsel were heard (the first time this Session), relative to the Scotch -Am4al, Thomas Graham, Esq. of Calcutta, 'v. Isobel and Ann Henderson, sisters and executrixes of the late Lieut. Colonel John Henderson, of the Hon. East India Company's service, &c. namely, Mr. ADAM at considerable length as Leading Counsel for the Appellants. The further hearing was deferred till half past two o'clock on Friday. A number of Petitions were presented, and se veral arrangements were made relative to the hear. ing - of Appeals. z A few, Petitions from Ireland were presented. The 'Duke of CLARENCE observed, that he bad a Motion to submit to their Lordships, which chiefly respecled the situation of the House. - How the circumstances which he had in contemplation agreed With the constitutions of their Lordships in general,. he could not, precisely tell ; but judging by himself, as well as his own personal observation, he was sure they must agree very ill. As an in divir'ual Peer he could say, that he felt much in convenience from them. However, the peculiar nature of what he had to propose was / such as he thought must meet with the general approbation of their Lordships. His Royal Highness concluded by moving to the following purport ; " That a Committee of all the Lords present_ be appointed to take into consideration the present situation of the House, for the purpose of considering the best rood • in which the House, and the parts and cham bers appertaining thereto, mly be rendered more convenient and commodious for the reception of the Peers, &c." The LORD CHANCELLOR, before he put the Question, begged leave to offer one observation, which he thought the experience of nine months would warrant him in making, namely, that he could not live much longer in the variety cf climates in which the House abounded. The Question was then put, and the Committee was ordered to be appointed accordingly. It was afterwards ordered, on the Motion of his Roy-al Highness, that the said Committee do sit on Monday next, and that Mr, Wyatt do have notice to attend their Lordships. A number of Naturalization Bills were, after the Petitions had been duly presented and read, , brought in and read a first time. On the Motion of Lord WALSINPIIA'Nf, a former Order of the House, which operated during the greater part of the War, and until the close of last Session, requiring, on the part of Petitioners for Naturalisation Bilk, Certificates from the .Secre_ tary of State's Office, - respeding their residence in the Country, good behaviour, compliance with the regulations of the Alien Ad, &c. was ordered to he taken into - view,• as we could collet, of considering the -ex— pediency of its .revival. Their Lordships were ordered to be summoned on the occasion. Some fa:ther arrangements were made respeling the hearing of Scotch Appeals. Petitions were presented from their Royal High_ tresses the Dukes of CLARENcE and Cum - BERLAND, As Peers of Ireland, in substance, requesting that they may be allowed their right to vote at the Eleetion of Peers, to sit and vote in Parliament, for that part of the United Kingdom called Ireland. ,The Petitions were referred to the Committee of Privileges. Mr. Robinson, from the London Wet.lDock Company, presented at the Bar certain Accounts relative to the receipts and disbursements of that Corporation, from the Ist of June, 18or, to the Ist of May, 1802, inclusive ; and also a Report of certain Surveyors relative to the progress of the works carrying on. The Earl of MOIRA called to the recollelion of their Lordships what he ,had stated towards the close of the last Session relative to the transalions which had taken place respeding the Nabob of Arcot, and the notice he had given of his intention to come forward early in the present Session on that occasion, In pursuance of the latter he now rose ; and though the events which had since taken place rendered the objet for which he had principally intended to come forward unattainable, yet he thought a consideration of the subject might still prove of public utility. In this view, he then fave notice, that on Friday next he should bring orward a Motion for the produCtion of some'papers Telativc to the subject, particularly a copy of the or ders transmitted to India, by the Court of Diredors, since 1797, relative to the succession to the Musnud of the Carnaric, With resped to those Noble Lords who so worthily filled the highest official situations in India, and for whom he had great personal respell, he had observed, that he by no means considered them as Respondents in the present Question ; in his opinion they aced merely as instruments. Al luding to the absence of some Noble Lords, who seemed to take an interest in the proposed Dis cussion, the Noble Earl _seemed to say, he did not think it, in the present instance, so very, material ; and with respeCt to what be should have to advance on Friday, it was so much narrowed, so plain, and reducible into so small a compass, that he deemed it superfluous even to move to have the House summoned on the occasion. However, it was competent to any other Noble Lord that thought proper to move fur that proceeding. jhis: not taking place, and no farther business iring before the House, an adjournment, on the Motion of Lord WALSINGHAM, took place till _Friday. HOUSE OF COMMONS, WEDNESDAY, DEC. I. ANOTHER Petition was presented from East Grinstead, complaining of an undue Eleaion, which was ordered to be taken into consideration on the same day with the former. . A Petition was presented from Cirencester corn. plaining of an undue Eledion—Ordered to be taken into consideration on the loth of March. A Petition from Bishop's Castle.—Ordered to be taken into consideration on the z gth of March. A Petition from Evesham—to be taken into consi. deration on the i 7th of March. One from Retford—to be taken into considera. tion on the tad of March. The SECRETARY at . WAR presented the Army Estimates for the year tiio3—Ordered to lie on the Tabk. The SECRETARY at WAR gave notice, that it was his intention to propose to vote the Army Estimates in the Committee of Supply on Wed.. nesday next. He should not. move that the Esti mates he had now presented should be printed, be.. cause it was not consistent with the usual forms of the House ; but there was an abstraft accompanying the Estimates, which contained every necessary infor mation, which lie shOuld propose, with the permis sion of the House, to have printed. _ _ Mr. I. FlAwicirrs BROWNE and Mr. DIJGCALE presented Petitions from the Maltsters of Whit.. church, and from the County of Warwick, praying for relief.—Ordered to lie on the Table. General GASCOY NE rose to make a Motion, to which, as he conceived, no objeaion could be made; he should not take up much of the time of the House, by stating his reasons for bringing it forward. It had been asserted, in the Speech from the Throne; that the Trade of this Country was in a most flour ishing situation, and he had, upon the Debate on the Address, controverted that position. He there fore now thought it necessary, by the present Mo tion, to clear up any doubts that might exist upon the Question, and also to anticipate one which would soon be brought forward, respelling the state of the Tonnage of the Country. There was an inten tion, at present, in most of the Commercial Towns, to petition against the Duty upon Tonnage. He therefore moved, " That there be laid before the House an Account of the number of Ships, with the amount of Tonnage, and the number of Men em ployed therein, who have cleared outwards, and en tered inwards, from the loth of Oaober, 18o°, to the sorb of OEtober, 18ot, and from that period to the loth of OEtober, iBoz, distinguishing Fo reign from British Ships.** The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, it was his sincere wish that the House should receive the information required by the Motion, and indeed every possible information upon the subjea. He was, however,- concerned to state, that the infor mation must be withheld till the month of January next, at which time the Accounts , were regularly made up. If the Hon. Gentleman wished to have the information for the Port of London, it might be produced in a short space of time. He was not aware that the Hon. Gentleman had contradiaed the state ment which had been made of the state of the Trade of the Country. He understood the Hon.-Gentle man to speak only of those parts of the Country with which he was acquainted, and also to state it to be his *Opinion, that the Manufaaures had con siderably increased, though the Port Trade had di. minished. He really wished, that the information wliirh the Hon, Gentleman rectuired_ could be duced ; but as tar as the Port of London was con cerned, it might be, produced. General TARLETON was surprised at the ob servations which his Honourable Colleague had made. He had reason to 'know that the trade of this country was in as flourishing a state as it was possible after so long a War. He was io daily ha bits of intercourse with his Constituents, and no complaints, such as had been stated by his Honour able Colleague, had hitherto reached him. The Merc4ants of Liverpool, like all other men enga ged in Commercial Speculations, were certainly anxious to know whether the, Peace was likely to continue, or whether there was a probability of Wary but the inhabitants of Liverpool had too much good sense, and too much loyalty, not to know that their interests were conneaed with those of the Country' at large. It was undoubtedly a truism, that Peace was most propitious to Corn. merce -; but he never heard any suggestion from the Merchants of that town, that would justify the language held by his Hon. Colleague. Mr. - V4ATS/TTART recommended to the Hon. Gentleman either to postpone his Motion, or to confine it to the Port of London. General GASCOYNE said, he did not consider the Port of London as a criterion, by which to' judge of the other Ports. He believed that his Hon. Colleague did not know much of Liverpool, for he seldom visited it but in case of General Eledions. He• wished, however, after what had been said, to confine his Motions to London, Li verpool, Glasgow, Bristol and Hull. _ _ Admiral BERKELEY wished the Motion could be postponed, because he was inclined to think that the defalcations would be greater in the ensuing Quarter. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, he was obliged to object to the present Mo tion, because it could at best afford but imper fed information to the House, when in a short time the most ample information could be obtained. The information moved for by the Hon> General could scarcely be laid before the House before the Christ mas recess, and in a very short time after, the ge neral returns would he made, and the most ample information could be procured. The Motion was negatived. _ _ Mr. VANS I TTA RT brought up an Account of the Exchequer Bills issued in pursuance of the At of last Session, at present unprovided for—Ordered to lie on the Table. The Report of the Bill for suspending the Ads of the isth and 7 thGeo. 111. respelling Promissory Notes was brought up, and the Bill was ordered to be read a third time to-m0rr9,,y,i.,., . The House having resolved itself into a Commit tee of Supply, and the Estimates, presented to the Houle on Monday by Mr. NAT4SITTAxi, having been referred to the said Committee, . The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER moved, that a Sum not exceeding 2,781,5321. 15s. 31d, be granted•to pay off Exchequer Bills issued in pur suance of the 42d. Geo. HI. The object of this Motion was to discharge.,those Bills which bore an interest- of 32d. a day; the other Exchequer Bills only bore an interest of 3d. per day. The Motion was agreed to. Ski'. STEPHENS moved the following Resole. tions, viz. That se,ooo Men should be employed for the Sea Service, for the year 1803, including 12,0ca0 Marines.--Agreed to. That a sum not exceeding z,zoa,sool. be granted for Wages for the said 50,000 Men, for thirteen Lunar Months, at the rite of 11. 175. per Month, per Man.—Agreed to. Th4t 4 sum not exceeding x,z3 . 5,0001. be granted for Vic tuals for the said Men, for thirteen Lunar Months, at the rate of IL tfis. per. Month, per Man.—Agreed to. That a sum,not exceeding t,950,0001. be granted for Wear and Tear of the Ships on board of which the said Men are to be emplOyed, 4 for thirteen Lunar Months, at 31. pet Man, per Month.—Agreed to. That a sum not exceeding . r6z,sool. be granted for Ord nance Stores, for the Sea Service, for the said Ships,at the rate of as. per Man, per Month,—Agreed to. The Report of the Resolutions was ordered to be received to-morrow. IRISH MILITIA. Mr. CORKY moved, that the House should re. solve itself into a Committee of the whole House, to take into consideration the Militia Laws of Ire. land. The House having resolved itself into a Corn. mittee, Mr. CORRY said, that from the situation in which Ireland had been, the Militia Laws of that Country were numerous, and were passed in periods of peculiar pressure. Under the present circum. stances it would be expedient- to enable the Lord Lieutenant to give orders for the Enrolment of the Militia, and also to authorize him to order the Com missioners of 'the Treasury to advance the Money which would be necessary to raise the Men, which Money was afterwards to be,repaid by Assessments upon the Counties, with certain exceptions, jvhich would be specified in the Bill which he should have the honour to propose. As soon as the Bill was introduced, he should propose that it should be printed, in order that the most general information might be given upon the subjed. 1-16'only meant to propose that the Bill should continue for six Months. He concluded with moving, If That the Commis. sioners of the Treasury of Ireland be authorised to advance the sum of +O,OOOl. to defray the expense of raising the Militia of Ireland, &c. &c." The Motion was agreed to, and the Report was ordered to be received to-morrow. At five o'clock the House adjourned till to.mor row. MAILS. ARRIVED. but. French o -•- Hamburgh I PRICE OF STOCKS, THIS DAY ♦T TWILVZ O'CLOCK. Consols . . • 67 I Omnium Ilk disc. THE SUN. SOLik4 QUIS DICIAM lALSONI ♦UDZAT t £o AT ; 0 , n_CCS 2119. R SF 1802. WE received this morning the Moniteur of the 28th ult. It merely contains the details of the proceedings in the 27 t h Sitting of the Deputation at Ratisban, and some Decrees of the FIRST Cox suL, respeaing the formation of Schools in the French Departments. Txts morning arrived a Mail from liamlurgh, due yesterday, The EMPEROR of GERMANY has ordered the Governor of •the Tyrol to occupy the Bishoprics of Trezit and Brixen,' until the Negotiations entered into with the Mediating Powers, relative to the affairs of the Empire, are finally terminated. The Ministers of the Mediating Powers have presented another Note to the Deputation, earnestly pressing that Body to arrange the subjects under their consideration in such a manner as to bring the business speedily to a final conclusion. This morning arrived a Mail from Jamaica, brought to Falmouth by the Princess Charlotte Packet, in six weeks; BY Letters from Paris we understand that Count STAHREMBERG ) being there on his route from Yienna to London, received an Order from the French Government to quit the Territory of the French Republic, in twenty-four hours. Yesterday a Privy Council was held at Lord PELssAM's Office, at which the LORD CHANCEL. LOR, the ATTORNEY GENERAL, Mr. WHIT& the Solicitor to the Treasury, and several others attend ed. We understand the business they assembled upon was, to take into consideration the evidence that has been given relative to the Meeting in Oakley-street, Lambeth, in order to determine on those who arc to be sent to trial. A man was examined privately before Sir RICH. FORD, on Tuesday, relative to the business. Colonel DESPARD, we find, is not only charged with the capital offence of seducing Soldiers from their 'Alleia'nce, but he is detained under a charge of High Treas r on. A detainer on that charge was yesterday sent to Newgate. Mr. WM. P AXTON arrived in Town last week from Carmarthen. Lord OSSULSTON is expeaed in Town in a few says at the Earl of TANKERVILLE'S house in Port. man square. The Countess Of HARRINGTON ' and Lady A. M. STANHOPE ' arrived in Town last night from NAVAL NEWS. PORTSMOUTH, Dsc. I. ARR IV ED theTopaze Frigate from the Downs- PLYMOUTH, Nov. 30. SAILED the Akmese Frigate, with Marines Portsmouth. - Arrived the , Rebecca, Capt. PEACOCK, fr °ll/ , Newcastle, bound to Lisbon ; the Theodosi.i, 141. , MUS, from Copenhagen, with deals, &c. for Else Dockyard, and the Swedish; Brig Navigator, frog Stockholm, with tar. Sailed the French Brig Pet Zze, Capt. PENt O ' for Havre de Grace, and the Abbey, Captain BAH' NAFORD, for Portsmouth. Arrived the Lady Andover, from the West IP . dies, last from Falmouth. DEAL, DEC. I. SAILED for Sheerness the Pixel/ Gun-brig. Remain His Majesty's Ships Irnmarta 1 1# maica, Arronv Sloop, and Snipe Gun vessel. Arrived and sailed for Stangatc Creek, the O r° severance, HAYWARD, from Malaga. A General Meeting of Ship Owners was Ok i yesterday, at the London Tavern. The Commit` appointed to wait on Mr. ADDINGTON reportto : that their reception was very flattering, and go, thein hopes (though the Premier had not altoge(h e ' made up his mind) of a favourable issue. A Pe:itio. is in the mean time to be prepared, and presented g. Parliament after the Holidays. Another General Meeting is to be held in a fel days, when the suhjet of Mediterranean passes vo; be taken into consideration. The penalty of $ OOl for sailing through the Streights without the doc, l " merit, it seems, has been lately enforced, with $ ° 1 :„ glee of severity, perhaps, very salutary, but titi!'", unexpetted, and without any precedent. thir Yesterday a Court of Direetors was held at East India House, when Capt. THOMAS GiAliA s, was sworn into the Command of the Wndham, af s g tined tadjourned Sr. George. The Court adjourned Six o'clock till to-morrow, _ . The Prim-est Charlotte East Indiarnan, lately Zi t rived at Limerick from Amboyna, laden princip /dif t„e with spices, is the most valuable ship that has . ff e v , yet arrived freighted With the - produce of the mv: luccas. fr e t Between. the 4th and • xis - t ult, thirty-six Pac k - , floats entered Calais from Dover with lot paso e f; gets, and thirty-five Packet Eoats quitted former Port for Dover with 347 passengers. All vessels arriving in the Ports of Den i i. from' the United States. of America are, by vi rt u of an order of His Danish Majesty, to be subj e „`l44 to the visit of it Officer of Health, and are Ob"„ t y den to have any communication With the 5 11000 til that forinality is complied with. An European vessel lately run upon a sand v -2 it i, on the Coast of All:ltalia. The - PAC HA. of Scu r ", on being informed of the circumstance, ordere d ,P ro 1 10 per assistance to be given, by means of whi co, vessel was got off; but the was not allowed OP i los ceed on her voyage, till - she had delivered lip tc' s ,. ic ts Paeha a third of her Cargo, and of the Money 11 " 1 ,0 was on board her, both which he claiined as right. Yesterday another Petition was presented c c/ 4i'; Bank by the Holders of Omnium, praying " l or the arrangement made for the redemption 111.10 be so far altered as to divide, the paymen t 0 f 0 per Cent. in January into two payments 0 . 0 6 per Cent, each—one to be made in January! t hat the other in April.—They further reque 9 t) oti instead of the payment in January being ma Friday the 2llt, it may be either on SaturdsY op , 22d, or Monday, the 24th.—They justify thi s fo r plkatiOn to the Diretlors on the ground tha t t o that time the CHANCELLOR of the Exc O r o' may have ascertained that he will want se t , Loan, or at least a very small Loan, for t he o rs, vices of the year; and that therefore the Direl„,sy without any charge of caprice or indecisiont safely give the holders of Cranium this further dulgence. The Hon. Colonel VAUGHAN arrived yest erdil at the Hotel, in Berkeley-square. dif Earl and Countess STANHOPE are expected • at the above Hotel. este r ' Lord SOUTHAMPTON gave a grand Dinn er j day, at his house in Grosvenor -street, to the Dinner; of Lord Rokerti SEYZAOUR. 4,a to The Hon. Colonel WILLIAM FITZROV, Oo r Lady, arrived yesterday at their house , in C street May-fair, from their scat in Norio • 11c. 00 The Hon. Mn. CORNWALLIS, and the tw° its TOwNstitt463 'arrived yesterday at their hou se ' h y. Seymour-place, from the Marquis of Cogs' Lis's 'seat at Culford. Sir JoRNSMITsi, Bart. and family are N Or, 10 in Portman street in a few days, froin St. ie` l° 'Hall, near Dorchester in Dorsershire. to sir Miss EL IZ A CRAMER, the y o unger siste r JOHN COGHILL, is on a visit at Lad/ DOP andW Aim's, in Staffordshire. the lf Several English Families have taken tiP the re. abode at Nice, intending to pass the Winteer goon, On Wednesday the loth ult. in the attetoogge arrived at Stockholm, after a thre e day' tiohos from Abo, His Royal Highness Pairrce w osl of GLoUCESTER, and repaired immed iate ' he t JaY landing to the King's. Ap a rtments. 1-4 e% • • tile di n was presented to the Queen Dowager, forme evening the Opera of Gustavus rasa was pet 0 - 0 ar• As the Prince had thrown off his incogrow_t il ierp riving, he was saluted with a discharge of, a , l e city. and lodged in the Hotel of the Governor 01 he Cit y . Co , The suite of His Royal Highness consistns AO . O 1:t lonels HAMILTON and BARRA, Major Ryo -014, Mr. SNELL, the Sectetary, and IVIr. Physician.