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LIE ) ERI 1 L PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF PEERS. WEDNESDNY., DEC. 31 . THE Marquis of Welloley,, the, Earl of Tanket ville, Earl Nelson, Lord Viscount Carleton . , Lords Glasroubury and Boringdon,..took the Oaths and their seats, •• - ' The Committee, of Privileges were appointed to meet on. thel 6th of January, to take into.considera ten the Petition of Charles Rose Ellis, Esq. claim ing ,the Barony of Howard De Walden. Mr. Johnstone, from the Office. of Chief Secretary for Ireland,. presented the 32d Report, of the C,,m mtssioners of Accounts in Ireland; which was or dered to•lie on the table, and to be_ printed. Mr. 41itford,- ,from the Treasury, and from the Commissioners of CUstoms in Scotland, presented an accouot,uf Bounties and Premiums paid for bring ing Fish. to the Cities of 'London and Westminster, and an Account of Ships fitted out from the Ports of Scotland', tbr Davis's Straits, &c.; which were. O rdered to lie on the table. • .. Mr. BoaHousE and several other Members of the House of COmMons. brought up a Bill for making p2rpetttal au Add of the 42d of his present Majesty, for the -further Regulation of the Trials of contro verted EieetiOns . ; which was read a first time. (he motion of LOrthWALSINGHANI, it was or dered-, that no. Petitionsfor Private Bills should be recei.:ed' - after•the 21t11 of February next; nor any reports of the itidges respeaing Private bills, sub sequent fes'the - first day after the Easter Recess.— A:tiourned till to7 . tucrrow (this HOUSE OF COMMONS. • WEDN2SOAY, 'DEC. 31. Dickenson and tw•o. other Members t the. Oaths and their Seats. Mr. Milford presented. the : following Accounts, an Accbunt frorn the Treasury of the Bounties paid upon the Importation of Fish into the Cities of London and Westminster—an AcCount iron) Scot land of the Penalties and Forfeitures received in the ExcheqUer of that Kingdom,, tOgVtlier with the Compositions which had taken place, &c. for the Years 1801; 2," 3,4, s—an Account from the cotch'Customs of tho quantity of Corn, Meal, and Flour imported into Scotland from Ireland for. a cer t.tin time, with the alties, paid upon the same— also .an• Account of, the Bounties and Drawback's paid upon - the Corn exported from Scotland to Ire, laod.--Ordered . to lie on the : tal),le. • , T • JOIINSTOE, -Eotn‘,t Ir ish -reasury , p.e sented the 32(1 Report of the Commissioners for ex- 7 milting the hish Account.--Ordered to lie on the .tauie. PARNELL, pursuant to :notice, .moved for an Account of the Sums levied by. Grand Juries in Ire-. land, in each County respeCtively,, ivy four years, from the 1 t of January .1803, .diAluguislung 'the Amount, levied in each .year and at each Assize:; and also the Sums levied for therme pr, the from those levied for other purposes.--0, - dered according ly.—As was an Account of the Rates on each Acre in the: several Counties. ' . . Ilion the Motion of Mr..F*l.owEs, the Order of theth of 'July hyt was ,renewed—That there shoul,l he laid before the House such Returns as have bei:n made to the Privy Council by the Archbishops al:tt Eishops of the several Clergy who are or have been Non-resident in their several Parishes in conse- , 9tHlet,..of licences or exemptions granted under the Ad -of the' 43t1 ef the. king ; and also of such Clcr!,v as are or have been 'Nod-resident without such ex: mptic,ni. ,vo Fetitioni were presented, compliiining of the Return for l)ownpa;riek which were ordered fbr eowidel'at.;oll uii the 12th of Vebruarv; A Petition pre,ented reinive, to the Eleakin for Liskeard was ordered for consideration on the 17th of February. Upon the Motion of Mr. VANSITTART, the Ho - use resolved into a Comnintee - of Ways and Means; and upon the Motion of the Right Hon. Gentleman, the Votes of.ihe Malt and Land Tax were a_;reed.to ; -and the Taxes upon Places, Pensions,: Perr;onal Estates,; upon 'Sugar, -Tebacco, and were, recommended to be farther continued for One year up to 1808.. , -• , „ - The House resumed, and the Report was ordered to be' ht ought up to-4norros.v. Lord TEmiLE brought in a Bill to' indemnify Persons who have, by the 2d of James the First, in-. currM Penalties by Re-grating Oak Bark; and also to repeal the said A:et...Read a first, and ordered to be read a,second time to-morrow. • Mr. _C'Ai.da AFT. presented the Ordnance Estimates far Great -Britain and Ireland..whicti were ordered to lie oil the tat* and' to be printed au.d the Hon. Gentleman gave notice of,hi intention to Movesthe soid'D'itirnatcs on this day sennight .in: the Com roil tee of Supply—Adjour.:i . ed. • MAILS. All 2 IV ED -3 Waterford. Du z— s Gottenburgh, z Dublin, W aterford. THE SUN. SOLL'I QUIS FALSUM A UDEAT ? L 0 .11 7 D 0 N, THURSDAY, JANUARY 1, •1807. TO THE PUBLIC. THE revolving Year finds us ready to offer those acknowledgments to the Public, which both grati tude and duty imperiously call upon us to pay. ;Our feelings upon the liberal suppOrt which has for a series of years been afforded to us, are better express= el, trust, condua, than they can be by a y professions it is in our power to make. The f;tutiments of respea in the minds of the more e3tima-:,le part of the Community, which we know hbuour our' humble labotirs in -the puOlic service, 'are at of the b , 2st proof of the .integrity and uni formity of. our priocilles, and to us thqir most va- 1(:;~?fir' nrd, The year that' has elapsed brought with it many great and affliaing calamities. The Country Was, in , . the.earlypart of it deprived Of its great and virtuous Statesmanand Minister, and Europe of that political . lurninary whose. influence had done much to destroy Jacobinism, and whose genius, if supported, might yet have restored the Nations to that station of ho nour and independence from which, by their own • blindness and :niscondua, many N of them had so un happily fallen. While the death of 'that Great Man was felt in this Country* as . one of the chief National calamities which could befall , us, it threw a sensible;gloom over the whole Euro pean hemisphere, ' France alone excepted. The great Champion of Order and Religion,' and the most. dreaded Enemy of French Tyranny and Usurpation; was fated to•pay the debt of nature at a moment when' the civilized world was appalled at the equally unexpeaed and iinJxampled successes which attended the arms of the general Enemies of Mankind. But though the British Natio'n was struck to. the heart by this national calamity, it felt at'the same time that. it ought not to despond: There were men remaining of approved ability and tried experiences, to whom the -Country could look tip with confidetice; and.these were 'called upon by the paternal feelings of the King. to supply the loss which ..:, . . he bad sustained. To these Ministers we have felt it our duty to give our decided, and'Unqualitied sup port. The circumstances of the Country and of the World demand, unanimity—The .snore recent and still "More tremendous successes :of ' the French Usurper ought to stimulate our energy and increase the fervour of our Patriotism, till the People' shall / be prepared with one heart and one hand in their own defence, and in defence 'of that Constitution under which we have enjoyed so much 'Private haP pit-less and public prosperity... THE last intelligence from America, dated the 6th ult. states, that Colonel Bunn, whO had been ac -cusel of treasonable machinations, had arrived at - Livingtori, : ni the State. Of ICentucky, and had sub mitted his condu& to the decision,of the law, on the .gth of .NoVember. - Matter's were in train to bring. On his trial. It has been inferred from thiS volun 7 Wry surrender., that Colonel BURR. is fortified. by the consciousness of innocence; but• it is hardly .to. be Supposed that such a Serious charge would have been: brought against him without foundatiori, - parilcularly as some very respeEtable persons have. been mention,- . as his accusers. ifeisa man Of great abilities, and of. the most determined spirit. He — is also said to be of a very ambitions cliara6ter. It is not impossible thatheMay court:prosecution for the purpOse of in teresting the people in his cause. . The meeting of Congress - took . plate .on the first of last month, but no. account of its proceed-. ings have yet arrived. It is confidently said that the French I.linistei to the United States has signified , his desire than the law which prohibits. American Shi . ps from carrying on a commercial intercourse with the Empire of Hayti - may be an nulled. His objeEt. is supposed to be not.so much to please the Americans, as to prevent this' Coun try from engrossing the trade of that' extensive. 'gland. . A PrOtlatnation has been issued by the President, in which he enjoins all ()Meet's . to be aaive and vigilant in discovering and arresting every person who may be cOncerned in the Expeditions Which a re understood to be preparing against the 'Spa- . nish .Settlements.-- The ditTerence§; however, be tween the United States and the 'Spaniards, respe&- . . ing the' limits of Louisiana, are .by .no means in a train for amicable adjustment. The latter were corn pelled to • retreati • but it appears that they have, since " re:crossed the Sabine, though not in great, force. • • . • Yesteraay at twelve o'clock HIS MAJESTY cane to town from Windsor, escorted by a party of Light liorse. At two o ' clock His MAJESTY held , a private Levee at the aneen's Palace, which was attended by The Arch6istio,j) of C4litt:lOury. The Lord ellidli:‘:11or. • • The I. irst LOrd of. the Tieasury. The Chancellof of tie Exchequer.; -. • .• . ;. The Secretaries of State tor the. Home, Colonial, and Fo reign Departments. . . The First Lord of the'Admiralty. . . The Master General of the Ordnance. ‘ . - The judge Advocate. ' . . His Excelkney.the Imperial Ambassador.. Count l'oteskce. The Dean of Westminster. Earl Breadalbane. • . Lords—Willoughby De Broke, .11.- Fitzroy, and Heathficld. General Hewitt. . . .. . . Colonel Pane. • Mr. Pawkener. • . ,- The following persons had the , :honour.of bein a c , presented to His MAJESTY: Earl Breadalbane, upon Iris being created an English Baron. General Hewitt, upon his being appointed Commander in Chief in India ' .in the room of 'Lord - Lake.' • ' • • The Rev. Lord Henry *I itzroy, upon his being appointed one of the Prebends of Westminster tObey, by Earl -S p',:ticer. Count StahremberA, the lniperial AnioaSsador, piescoled Count Poteskie, and a German Officer.. . . .The Archbishop of - Canferbury, and Dr. Vincent;the Dean of Westminster, in full robes, presented to 1-lis•Majesty.: the Addresses or the Convocation oh the Ciersy; l'aroy - Hein a t Westminster Abb.:) , and- St. Paul's Catticdra4 tfiv.zn t. 5.., senibling of the w, L new. Par:hi:tient: . . , . , „„ Alter Ow, .111S.I.VIAJESTY held-a Privy Coun-. His MAJESTY..gace" audiences to Earl SPlitic.F,a, Lords GRENVILLE, no WlC's, and PETTY, 811t1 Mr. BOND, the Judge Advoqte, who laid before 118 MAJ . usTy the proceedin i ;s of . several Courts Matiial. At Li.e o'clock HIS - MAJESTY set oil o►l ll►s ,re tura to Windsor. NA P 1 L IV EPr S. PL+MOUTFr, DEC. 30. - Arrived the American Ship Rodney, from Wilmington, laden with timber for the Dock-yard at this Port also the Gailiot brow Metta, laden with wine, from Bourdeaux, bound to Bremen, detainA in the Channel by the Snap- • Dragon Privateer. Sailed the lose Sloop of War, with a Fleet of Viauallers under Convoy, for Torbay. PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 3 I.—Arrived the Dryad Fri 'gate, Capt. DRUMMOND, from Cork. Sailed Rear-Admiral MURRAY, in the' Polyphemits . „ of 64 guns, together with-the whole of.the-Squadron under, his command ; ,also the Alticore Sloop of War, Capt. BARNS, on the Guernsey station ; and the Pomone Frigate, 'Capt. BA AR Is, on a cruize to .the WeStward. The wind having been to the eastward the whole of the day, it , is'expe6ted that the Downs Fleet - will bo here early in the morning.: .DEC. 3 t .—This morning sailed from the Downs His Majesty's Ships Amaranthe an.d Fury, with the . Britannia, ,Alfred, Retreat ; Scalesby Cas tle, Devaynes, and True Briton Eastlndianien ; the Transports having on board the 14th, gth, 60th, and gtst Regiments, bound to Ireland, and: a very large-Fleet of other outwardbound Vessels, Coasters, and Colliers; under Convoy for Portsmouth ; Hum- . ter.ArmediShip, with the Convoy for. Plymouth and Falmouth ; Thames. Frigate, and several other Cruiz ers, for the French Coast. • • Arrived the Firm and Blazer Gun-brigs from a cruize, and-remain in the Downs with the rest of the Ships as per last.: I• . 'Came .doWn from the River, the Nottingham East indiaman, and several other outward-bound. Vessels, and sailed for Portstnouth. P.S. The outward-boundfrom Ramsgate Pier are just sailed throUgh , the Downs, under convoy of a Sloop of War, for Portsmouth. DEC..3I.—A Packet is now in. sight, supposed to be the Lady Aepean,• GEORGg DEANE,- with a Mail from Gottenbutgh, but . as the tide iS . COntrary, the Bo it C . annot, be on s'hore in time fot,post the Charger, .Centinel, and E,scprt Brigs, with. the 41,:gits, Badger, and Viper Bei:curie cruizers,, sailed 1 , ,,r tnol - IC% lhig moruing_ali z,i, thathave been de taiiked some tithe b ) L.. sailed for their respei - 3tie ' pdrts (,1 ; the wiud .hav- . inn - Ohan b e.: t., ward, the Mails of t o=day wt .; • the - /Auckland. Packet, Capt. the Eft;../ qf Leicester, C3pt. ioiwer for Gclitenburgh, and the _Litter 1 . 01 5 these Packets re:main with the Acute Guti-bri. SHEERNESS, • Court. 'Martial was held yesterday on bawd the Maranime fbr the trial .of the First Lieutenant of the Sophie for drunken ness and disobedience of orders : the charges were proved ;- but, in consideral:iGn of 'Circumstances,. he was only reprimanded. • • The Firm Gun-brig saild fOr the Dmens. All the Sloops of War here that have been fitted for. foreign service have . received orders to return their :additional stores, .and fit only for the North Seas.; two Ships, of 74 guns, ,and forir, 'of have had their, poops cut down, and'are:fitting for the North Sea station, and Will be ready in two months. DEc..sl.—"Went into Harbour the: Sophie Sloop of War. -- r FALMOUTH, DEC, 29.--Yesterday morning -ar- • rived His Majesty's Ship Moselle, to give instruc .tions'to the outward-bound Vessels waiting convoy , here for the Mediterranean. The Bacchus Cutter, Lieut. WERMICK, from Plymouth ; and this day the Ship Middleton, Capt. GARBOUT, from Gibraltar,' in • 34 days. Sailed His Majesty's .Ship Fortune, 44 'guns, .and Nimrod Cutter, with the Savage and Rapid Gun brigs, on a Crie. Remain, per contrary wind, the followint Packets, :—The • Prince of Wales and ToivOliend, for Lisbon • Duke .of Illontrose, for .New_Yerk ; Duke of Kent, for the Leeward Wands ;:and•Ploidc Frigate and • Cecilia Tenders, for ,• the•W6t lndier. ~ . . R GREENOCK, 'Dec. 29.—'The George, TAYLO rived here on Saturday, last from New-York, after a passage of 24 days.. The BRUCE;' was. ex peeled to sail flat day for this Port. The Coißmerce, M'INTYRE, from hence , for New-York, had not ar rived when Capt. TAYLOR sailed ; Capt. TAYLOR fell in with the Sally, frcim Baltimore for Cork, in great distress, ,having made a deal of water. Capt.. TAY LQR took the Captain and crew on board, and saw the Vessel go down soon , after.:---Five of the hands were put on board a Vessel, bound for the ,West loiFs. I v iie Diana, LYON, from Newfoundland, for this Purr, has got into West-Loch-Tarbet, with i loss of sails, &c. ;111.1 three of her.crew. The Indlencience alt.) WALKI:I), from Charleq ton, mentioned iii our last as having been driven on shore at the Hill .of Ardmore, with the loss of her foremast and main-top-ma'A, has beet) since got off without farther damage. All the others have re gained their fOrruer anchorage. The . fallowing are the losses whiCh have come to our"knowledge in consequence of the gale on Thurs. day . . The Margaret, STEWART ) from Dublin to this port, is,lost at Port-Crav;ford, near the point of Pen corse, .opp - osite the Cumbrays—a man, a boy, and threepassengers, drowned. . The Elizabeth, PEARSON, a Sloop, from Port. , _Glasgow. to. Tortola, driven out of LamLish Bay, on shore at Knock Castle, near Largs, but expeaed to be got off with little damage. The Aurord, BRYPENT, of ,Irvine, from Ireland, with grain, driven out of Lainlash Bay, and totally lost, with all the crew, on the little Cumbrays. A Sloop on shore immediately below the Cloch Light-house. The Juno, AGNEW, from Stranraer, with 340 quarters oats, on shore at Weinys Bay, and unload 4 ing there. An abstract from the . ..H4ton's (of Lynn) Jog-' book, WILLIAU GARLAND Master,..frorn Lynn i bound to Portsmouth, lying in the Downs five A. Al. saw a. Brig of War iu the east of us, fore-sail pp, .and. Main-top-sails to the Mast, having a:large Sloop brought to tinder his stern, We were at .this time going,about five knots through the water, <wind about W. by N. the North Foreland .Light,W.-S. W. of us. • "At half-past;six A. NC saw - ,two Sail, in the- S.E. which Idid not like,: of-course kept the Ship to the I\ . .Wr. At this time the North Foreland-light bore - of me W.N.W.abotit four or five leagues, wind ,about S.W. by w, ". As soon -as the sails were trimmed, I made out very plain the one io bey a.Lugger boarding a Brig; I immediately began , firing guns, and making the signal common -for an enemy being near: wheo-it was good day-light we .roigitt- , be- about two miles , from him ; he was then very busy in capturing-and sending - off the sternmOst and leeWardmost. Ships, and continued this as long as'lcotild ste hitn, whiCh was till nine o'clock A.M. ; he was ther4boarding a Brig, and going off, the rest steering for a port its France: , • 1 7 4 :1t is. my firm opinion that he took•ac ma ny a s cfnlid man ; for after-I had been under the North Foreland some time, fw . O . Brigs came up within ; they informed me that they were close by him when he ; Weill off with the last Vessel ; myself and others Lkept our signals . hr an Enemy', top :gallant sheets flying, and close under the laud, thd most part of the ) day. • " I plainly saw the Ships in the Downs; also a Brig' of War riding open of the Queen's Channel; but no notice whatever was taken of our signals-a great pity indeed,.. for if either of them had, the Merch.inen :night have been retaken, and very. likely the privateer brought into. an, English porte Otxt of about 70 Sail only tiff came in ; those wnich were not captured 'must" have gone back to Yar mouth roads. (Signed) WIC GARLAND." 1 BRITI s.zi Nitvil;--Ttie following is the state of the s 1 tritish Y .vnl Force tip to this day :: in' cOrnmission 1.1234 Ships of the 'Lille (8 1 of them at sea)• E, 13 of from 60 guns to 44 (8 of them at sea); 163 Frigates, Y .. ..(N3.0f the.tn at sea); Igo sloops, itc:(l4s of them ' tit . sea);.: and 266 Gun-brigs and . other Vessels (2c t of the,rn at sea), making a total of 765 Vessels (55E4 .1 - Of thew at sea.) In ordinary; 50'Ships of' the Line ; :flg - fr6in 50 to'44•guns; 62 Frigates, 50 Sloops, C. I and le: Gun-brigs, and other Vesses.—Total 183. 1 Building, 37 Ships of . the- Line, 32 . •Frigattsi 3g ' Sloops, 6, - ..e. 7 Gun-brigs, and other Vessels.-=—Totat 1 115. The whole amount to'lo ,p :Ship - sand Vessels, of which. 220 are of the Line. The last convoy for Eni,riand, from Np'.i.found , land, was ro sail•the2oth of Deceinuer, under the icare of H. M.S. Heron. Tuesday Dispatches; were received at Mr. Wind-' i ham's Office, from Botany Bay, brought by the Ocean, Captain .Batsrow, who 'has arrived in the River, . „ . Yesterday a Court of Dire6tors v'vas held At the East-India-liouse, when the following .Captains :vim worn' into- the Co',* , tnand of 'their rep.:.ctive Ships, viz. Capt. T. Hansom, 6ley/on LANDS, Walpole ; .Madias and 'Bengal. 'The Court adjounied at six o'clock till Tuesday next. :Oa Tuesday the ,Chairman and Direaor's of the ,East India Company will entertain Minits, and 3 number of other pers6ns of dktirfftion, with a sump tuous entertainment, at the London Tavern. The late Duke of RICHMOND, according to 're- port, • has bequeathed no less tilat, iy-o,ooot.l.o:c„cix- )f' bt . threedaughteri by 'the Lady to ‘‘l i orn the Gossipping Ciicies had united - hits in Hymeneal bonds. . By the demise of His Grace of RtcmCioND, the lucrative Coloneley of the - Oxford .Biti6s to he disposal of Ministers, 'as' well as a blueribbon Of , the'Order-of the Garter, the Lord Lieutenantcy hf S'usSex, and the command of the Sussex Militia._ The Duchess of GORDON has at length received tiie' high gratification •of seeing four of her daughters elevated" marriage; three of them to the rank of Duchesss, and one to that of an English 'Marchioness, viz.--Lady .Georgiana, Duchess of BEDFORD; Lady Stcan, Duchess Of MANCHESTER 4 Lady Charioite, now Duche,S of litciAUND ; and Lady Louisa; Marciiioness CoaNwAws. • This being IN . v * v:Kear's Day, his Royal Highnes s , the Duke of GLOUCESTAR Msoe6ted his Regiment of Font Guards, of which his loyal Highness is Co lonel, in their new state clothing, on the Parade in 'St. James's Park. A very extraordinary instance of the premature: gNwth of the human body i at present exilibn e dl Antwerp. A male child, born in theneignb burn i# l `: of that. : iown,, and the rcglster of whole birth pro , e' that he is only . aged five years, ,weaures about French tc l :et, has. thSvoice ,)(a man, and a beard, ao' can)Wiffry pounds weight with 'each hand.