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R !Ire gr ail, uSe of the Country. rer i.cd a greater rnistortur.e befal the ci , nivny thin that the aimiiiistrat-it wh;cli Earl Si. Vin. cent w:s a prorn , nent member,. did not cortinue lerng enough to cone& a'l the abuses of which they ha.; temtemplated the remedy. (Row: kr. r The last two appointments made by a Noble Lord (Barham) in the naval depaittnent,lie was very 'crry to find, 1!I accorded with the swam of E• 01 St. Vinceint, of puttir g cotore•ent perschls ;ru , . which rtad placed that Nobleman on an rnint•nce, *here he wns not to be iijured by the Attacks of his tspotmerits. Lord C.kRETES and Mr. DENT explained. Mr. BAS PA RD vindicated the condua of irl M. Vincent, as to the discharges which he had occasioned in the docktyards, where the artificers bad arrived to a pitch of licientitntsntss which was above all law, civil or military. Those Then, he said, on being discharged, went to Brert, is French principles were nintn accnedant 16 their n*n ; and he thontrht thanks were due to three who effeeted the reform, and relieve I the country from a nest of inarchs. He thougl t there was no ground for any of the charges against the Noble Earl. Mr Tyßwiiyr said, more work hid been done in the dock-yards, since the administration of Earl St. Vincent, than ever had been done before. He wished, however, that the idea should not be suf fered to go ahroid of Earl S. Vincent having established a system of terror, as the only terror he had ever inspired was in the enemy, and which hid continued since the 14th of February, 1797. He hoped the reform so happily begun by the Nob:e Admiral, venuld be persisted in, as the most effeaual • step to reconcile the people to the burthens of taxation. Mr. OSBORNE MARKHAM said a few words to disprove the assertion, that a scarcity of timber existed in our Naval Arsenals. Mr. BAjIKN said, he dtiapproved of the manner lin which bis charge had been preferred by the Hon. Mover, who, having once given vent to it. • bad said, he cared not to pursue it farther. He thought the House would be fruitlessly spending time, by entertaining a long discussion on the Motion. (Meow! Henri/ He must remark upon an obser vation which fell tzom a Noble Lord (Viscount Howick) that the Board of Admiralty ought to have unlimited contents' over the wbnle Naval Depart. ment ; and he was therefore surprised to hear him say, that that Beard was purged of the charge ea the subjee of a sctrcity of timber, because it was the particular province of the Navy Board. With respea to the condua of Earl St. Vincent, he thought there was little to blame, and much to com.uend. Viicoant GREY de HOWICK explained. The Admiralty, he said, certainly had predominant con trail); and if he had been suppoted to state wher eon., he had failed in clearly expressing himself. Mr. FOX said, if in any branch of the naval ipantment. abuse, negligence, or incapacity, was aservabit. it was indispensibly the province of the .card of Admiralty to correct it ; and he thought 'le administration of Eail St. Vincent, in cases of enwranee and unfitness, had been too delicate in nrsuirig their system of reform. He thought it sras a wrong principle, that persons should only se discharged from offices for which they were unfit, .n case a criminal charge could be proved against diem ; and he was glad the Noble Visct. (Howick) did not intend to be fettered by it. The country :night be little less ii i jured by having ignorant and escapable parsons in responsible situations, than by having ill designing persons. He did not think, with the Hon. Ce:aleinan (Mr. Banks), that the ''charges against Earl St. Vincent should be lightly /passed over; one good end Was At least likely to be / reduced by discussion, namely the exculpation of root Notieman. There was not an article of the sharp preferred supported even by probability. The qaestion now was not whether Kiug's yaids or merchants' yards should be used, but whether the administeation of Earl St. Vincent merited cons -wieudation or censure ? and he would now state his intention, when this ebate was disposed 01, of mewing the thanks or the House to that Adminis trating. Nit. ATKINS made a few observations upon the supply of timber, and tspeessed his approbi.uon of Earl St. V neeritts mcasuics. Mr. JEFFERY, in a reply of great length, ad verted to the statement of an lion. Admiral (Mark barn). which be insisted was not authoris. d by the documents spun the table. lie next enuracrated a number of ships, which were built, and required al ir• t iasmediatti repair, in thl Adm;aistration of the Noble Earl ; some of them were t trill fcr mere ex- petiment, and in to in.utEcient a nanner, tlr 1 tLey sL7nn !ell into ruin and disuse. He particularly al lu led to the Ajax, which, soon after 0 - ,e. "sat built, required repairs; her b6ttom, and all other parts, being comoe:ely rotten. lie was p:ocee hnz to state some calculations, from pipe::, when Chair. ,Lwar! was loudly called. fbc SI'EAKEIi rose, anJ said he wished to take the sense of the House whether it was usual for any Hon. Member en read his ',leech. Mr. CANNING observed, that when an Hoe. Member had to state Lets from an intricate calcula tion, it was generally uttiai to refer to any axes he might have made upon the subject. If this pranice was to be disallowed, it would certainly curtail the proceedings of the House to a very narrow eons ,pass. Mr. Secretary FOX said, if it was any thing like a calculation, lie certainly would accede to the Right Hon Gentleman's observations' but this was a set speech, and might have beau written by some per son nut in this House at all. The SPEAKER observed, that the paper read by Hoe. Member, appeared to him to be a written argument ; he thought the House was not in the habit at receiving such, and therefore felt it his duty ,to interfere. Mr. JE.FFERY answered, that, although he ad mitted the paper was out hit own hand-wining, yet it was vopied from his writing, by his direttions.— ittur a iew observations, he coittluded with stating, that he Lad fally made out his charge against the Noble h.arL The question for referring the papers to a t'orri . a di- very elegant panegpi.7 noon the eonditift and seer.:is of the t.al of St. Vincent. adverted An several rlP cedents, both of N4v4l and hlilitat y Officers, against whom charges had beef. brought in bunt Houses of Parliament w;tlicut any foundation, when the Holm immediately alter agreed to a Vote of Thanks. Ile crncluded by moo fug, That tte ermtl.ket Ba . Kt Vin-tut in hi, tare Naval Pt added lustre. 1.18 ex,-81 dia.:BB:w, and en t::1e81 11.818 to the avprobatior !hit HM:Se. Mr. WILBERFORCE perfeflly agreed with the Right Hoar. Secretary iu his exalted character 'cl the Noblest/en-I ; he considered his services to his country, the most bnlliant and lasting, and his con dtrA upon all occasions, that of a brave and gallant office% ; but he could not agree upon the principle of this motion. No charges had been brought against the Noble Earl ; it was only a motion for referring papers to a Committee. No man had a higher opi nion. or greater esteem for him ; lett the House go into the Committee, and dispose of these papers, and then no one would be more forward in voting his thanks to the Noble Earl than he should be. The Hon. Gentleman olio brought forward this motion had stated falls with great perspicuity, which, in his opinion, had not been answered ; up on those grounds, theretore, he opposed the motion. Mr. YORKE enerely differed with the Hon. Gentleman ; he considered the charges as frivolous and vexatious ; and he most heartily agreed in the motion of the Right Hon. Secretary of State. The very meritorious services of that Noble Earl, and the endeavours he had made to correct abuses dure ing his short administration, deserved the thanks of the public at large. Mr. CANNING warmly opposed the motion t he referred to the case of a Right Hon. Friend ; upon going out of office, a' censure was proposed to be passed upon his condua, and when the thanks of the House were moved, the Right Hon. Secretary of Sate very warmly opposed it, and seemed to forget all the cases Ise had this night cited for his own purpose. In the case of Sir Home Popham, it was never dreamt to pass a vote of thanks on his conduit. He confessed, that he had very grave and serious doubts in his mind, from the statement of the Hcn. Gentleman (Mr. Jeffery), which had not been answered by any arguments on the other side. He concluded by muvink the previous question. Mr. Sec. FOX said, that when a Gent. brought forward such a business, he ought to know what he meant to do. When the Honourable Gentle. man was pressed, he said,)he did not mean to move the resolutions for which he now contends. It would have been better, no doubt, to have made his motion in a Cominittee of the whole House, but the diretlion of the charge against the Noble Earl, made the recnlution necessary. It was objeaed, that no thanks were voted to Sir Home Poaam, but the reason was obvious. The service per. formed, though he admitted its value, was not of a nature or kind that called for it. The spirit with which Earl St. Vincent entered into an In vestigation of the abuses in the Dock--yards was as meritorious as the most brillieut naval achievement, and when he was so get:m.ly and hi volously attacked. it became the House to speak out. Had such unfounded censure been cast noon Sir Home Popham, he should have moved a simi lar vote to him, because the unfounded attack made it necessary. His objeft was the honour and cha racter of the House of Commons, as well as the honour of the Noble Era, which requited thit it should not hear an unfounded attack without afford ing prntelion. The present attack never would have been made, bet fur the inspirits ea° abuse. instituted by the Noble .Earl (a tAid cry et bear! amp n . His meriturieue e,ettions to put an end to the most scendalous His that ever disgraced a state, had provoked this hosti lity. When he saw a man attacked for his me rit and his virtues, he f-lt hintself called upon to de fend them. The Hiuse were bound to protea this meritorious officer and statesman, against an un founded attack, and should pithbely express their approbation, of his merits and his virtues. Mr. Canning, Viscount Ilowick, and Mr. Jeffery, severally expliinert. Mr. STURGES BOURNE had no objeaion to the vote, provided it wes coofined no the ;eel of the Noble Earl for reform, and did not extend to a general vote, comprehending the dockyards, naval stores, and his naval atipunistration in general. He would allude, and that relueuntly. to one fact, he meant the impressing of a naval officer, in the Hall of the Admitehy, by the order of the Noble Earl ; and he contended that unless the House ap prosed that fact, without consideration, they could not agree to a general vote. Mr. 'TIERNEY expressed his most hearty cone's, rents in the motion of his Right Hon Friend (Mr. Fox), and asked, Was it because a Gentleman hid thought proper to move for papers from month to month, aed from day eo day, which, when pro duced, could not subsanthee a single charge against the Noble Earl, that the Noele Earl was to be still held up to the. public, as a suspicious character e With respect to Bartholomew, he was not an offi ccc be had only passel examination for a Li. ute rent, and acted with insolence, for which he y. as chas tised. As to hirre.elf, he certainly spoke with pre indite upon the subject, because there seas no man he had a greater regard for than the Noble tart, mad all teat had been proved against him was, that he had been guilty of some mistaken ceconomy. Was it to be said, that after his meritorious services, the public have not some claim on the House, has not the Navy a claim on the Horse, to have the question decided one way or the whet? and urn every ground he would most cordially vote for tee motion of thanks to the Noble Earl. The inference to be.drawn from the case of fir Home Popham, did noti.he considered, at all apply in this instance. Mr. BANKS thought that this motion came quite by surprise upon the I louse, and after a few observations, declared he should oppose it. Sir CHARLES POLE considered the charges alleged against the Netle Earl as frivolous and ) vexatious, and riot confirmed in anyone single point. Earl St. Vincent, he observed. never knew Bar tholomew had been pressed ; and the meritorious conduct of the Noble Earl, in endeavouritee to sup. press abuses in the Naval department, dears aee high public approbation ; Ite, therefore, should hearth,' concur in the Right Hen. Seerete:y's enotien. Mr. rk.ituvAL sail, trz certaioly ,ote against the previ,4 ,stion ;he was Mos arleesse to referrhig those &oars to a Committee of the whole House, as hr thoegLit no public good could possibly Win Irons it. lle confeksed he could not speak on this subjzfl without partiality. as hewas pre judiced in favour of the Noble Earl, having had the honour to aft with him aud appi eve of his measures. He thought the question should have been gone into is some shape nr other, and really wished the Vote of Thanks had come in some better way, as the manner in which it was to be carried, would certainly deprive it of that value, which the Noble Eall would otherwise have set upon it. The question being loudly called for, strangers wet e ordered to withdraw. In their absence, the previous question was •negatived, and the original Vote of Thanks was carried without a division. The other orders of the day were then disposed of. Adjourned at HALF.PAST THREE O'CLOCK. THE BRITISH PRESS. LONDON, THURSDAY, MAY 13. After the Levee yesterday, His NI aizsvr held a Privy Council, at which Sir J. NicsioLs, the King's Advocate, attended, and laid before His MAJESTY and the Council a Declaration of War, and Letters of Reprisals and Marque against Prussia, which His Mai CST Y and Council were pleased to approve, and they will accordingly appear in Saturday night's Gazelle. The Prinrew :Very packet is arrived at Falmouth, with a mail from New York and Halifax, in 27 days passage from the latter place; the letters will be de livered this day. The Totrrabend Packet, arrived at Ealmootli, from Lisbon, on the 11th last.: the d.sy before, in lat. 47, 53. long. t, 45, at 4p. tn. she saw six sail of the line and a fleet ; at half past 5, spoke his NI a.; crr v's brig Di4patch, which informed her that the men of war were tinder the command of Admi ral Stiltxtuw ; and the ships, part of theWest-Indi: fleet which sailed from Portsmouth on the 4th ins. who had lost theii convoy, and that the Admiral had dispatched the Sawa Afargaretta frigate with them. We received, yesterday, Datch Papers to the I lth, and Paris to the 7th inctant. In the latter it is officially announced, that the whole kingdom of Naples, except Gaeta, has submitted to the French. The loyal and brave army of Naples, appears t' have jlined its St.iereign in Sicily. The orz. i.a report admits, that upwards of 50 transports with trots sailed from Reggio for Messina as soon as the French made their appearance. Their Maatiftes do not leave town for Windsor until Saturday. Their intended stay is attributed to the trial of Lord Maxvlt.t.a; which is expeCted to conclude on that day. Mr. PLOILLIt concluded his speech yesterday, after which, the High Court of Parliament ad journed to this day. Yesterday, Sir Jostrut BANKS transafted business with Mr. WINDHA te, from two till three o'clock. On Tuesday, soon after the arrival of Mr. J C son, in London, from Berlin, Ministers had a M. natation with him, the result of which we it 4 a dip itch to His MA JEST Y, informing him of tlfeir proceedings; likewise requesting His MAJESTY'S permission to hold a Privy Council on yesterday, to which His MAJESTY was pleased to consent. Ministers likewise sent instructions to the offices, to prepare the necessary documents for a declaration of war, and letters of marque and reprisals against Prussia. _ ----- Admiral Sir J. SAt, MAI= is arrived in town from Jersey. The Lord Nehen and the Jamie of Liverpool, which were captured on the coast of /alien, by the French squadron, consisting of the Re.f , u/its man of war ; S.:4We ani Pre.irdent frigates ; FavottrPe and Sqrvediente sloops of war ; have been fitted rmt cruise's, the former with le, and the latter with I : guns : the squadron was at Cape Palmas, nn the 31st of January, and intended to proceed to Ca meroon:. The lick frigate, from Portsmouth ; Pere,. Dar IDSON , and the Swan, SMITH, from London, Were all well on the coast of Africa, en the 16th et January last. A letter received in town yesterday, from Wey mouth, states, that all the bullion shipped on board the Adergar.lory, except eight chests, has been re covered. Twenty-six chests were sent off from Weymouth, on Friday, for London, ond will arrive at the Bunk to-morrow morning. A confident ex pedation is entertained, that the remainder will be recovered, but with much trouble, as a great mass of broad. &c. guest be removed before Mr. BRAITN. WAIT& can reach toe aests. Great praise is due to that gentleman for the intelligence and aeivity which he has successfully employed it. recoveting this great property. The Sadden Drab, tender to His Majesty's ship has arrived at Plymouth with the flags an.l bath that were taken a few days ago, on Inner Terra Firma. by our brave tars, as mentioned in our paper of Monday. The cargo of this small vessel cs•nsists of the spoil of seven Signal Towers, which were all destroyed,with the adjoining houses and the Telegraphs. The crew of tne emilas had also a skirmish with some French troops whom they beat off. taken the Sudden !hark left the Pallas, they were about to attempt to cut out about twenty sail of vessels, with a gun-brig their convoy, that were lying at anchor under the guns of a battery, and it is expeded they will succeed in the attempt. The following remai kalJe occurtence has al ready taken place in the present Lottery : Monday morning, before the Drawing commenced, a gen tleman called in at an Office, to purchase a Share. Among those presented him, he noticed two of the same number, and purchased one of them ; the (Mice-keeper advised him to take the other also, as he seemed to fancy the number. The gentleman declined it. In less than half an hour afterwards, the number came up one of the five of 'WI each, so that the Offi::e became poise oed 01 tie Share loft. .;er . -'-~_. ... . . mittee Was then put, and negatived w::huat vt , , 45$ )4 ' 8L qT I - ' , A:IJ -::cr . - THE COURT. Yesterday, at two o'clock, His MAJESTY Lai private Levee at the Queen's Palace. which w,, s arended by the Seca 'Taal Es of STATE, Earl Se: x• cat!, and Mr. Fox. the Four LORD of the A MIR %LTY, the 11 DOC ADYOC VIE GENERA( ' KING'S AD'VOCATE, the JUDGE ADVOCATE ut SCOT. T.• ND sincout.ts Tt.st PLETOWN and HOWIC; Lords WILLOUSIIIIIT DE BitOICE and H. FITZOSE•LD; Baron Ile/kill.; Sir JOH N NICHO Ls; Generals OAKES and NUGENT; Admiral Bestasti.mt ; Captain STOr. FORD, R. N. Messrs. HERS BET, Bonn, PARNELL, ADAIR, and Jackson. _ The following had the honour of being presented to His MAJESTY : Mr. Parnell, on his being appointed a Lord of the Treasury in ',eland, on which occanoti he had the honour of His Itiojesty's hard. Lord Henry Fitzgerald, on his being appointed Joint Master of Ireland, and had the honour to kilt His Maieny': hand. Baron Heart, the Master of the nurse to the late Prince of Otange, on his arrival from Germany ; and delivered to His Maje.ty the (flue kibband worn by •the Lot kink*, likewise the whole inaignia of the Noble Order • General Oakes, on his being appointed to the command of a regiment, and had the honour to kite his Mojegty's hard. Vicount Tettipletown, un Lai: creation to that title, nail bad the honour to ktis His Majesty's hand. Admiral Berkeley had the like li , gtiour, on his being appoii‘r• oil to the command of the fleet in North America. General g vast his return to England, (ruin the Govern - ment of J a maica. Captain Stopford, of the Ito)al Wavy, (who wag severely wounded In Admiral Ltu: . kiviirth's engagement,) by Viscount I hit return to England. T :ia f fa ti ry Erskine, on his being appointed Lard Advt.:ate of Scioland. Mr Robert Adair. by Mr. Fox, on :Cis being appointed Am - bassador to the Court 14 Vienna, 'in which occasion he hadtLe honour cokes His Mitegv's hand, and c . terwards took lemma lily Maiesrt rrevinus to his departure un his embassy Mr. JackSoh, on his return I litleillbarly at Berlin. After the educed, His Ms:Ls-iv gave audiersces to Mr. JACKSOK, Lord littillY F:TZGLII Al Pi, and Mr. lion , who laid before His M , t .lLs'ir the pro ceedings of several Courts Martial. Yesterday morning the Prim"... &las/writ 10. floured Lady C. FINCH with a visit. Her Rov At. Htonuess and Her MAJZSLY likewise honoured Mrs. How., with a visit. Her fatairsys , will hold a Drawing-room. this day, at St. James's Palace, which is expected to be very splendidly and numerously attended. His Royal Highness the Duke of Your had a long interview yesterday morning with Lord GI LS. VI tar, at his Lordship's house in Downing-stree':. previous to his attendance in the High Coast of Par liament in Westminster-Hill. Yesterday, MarquisWat.atstar transacted busi ness with Lord GI INVII LB, from out' till three o'clock. Earl SPENCER yesterday afternoon attended at Mr. Secretary Fox's Office in Downing-stre.t. The Annual Election at Westminster Schml ter m;nated yesterday ; the Gentlemen elected were— Ter Chnstchur,h CoDeer, Uaf ed—Mr. Vernon, Ms. Ran dolph' Mr. Roe, and 1.1).. Luttrell. To Trinity Col'ege, Cambridge—Mr. Day, Mr, Ranee, Mr. Hicks, and Mr. Phillips. The Right Hon. Earl Gary has appointed Lla do mestic chspL;n, the Ker. 11. Homes*, M.A. Vicar of Embleton, Northumberland. I ler Royal Highness the Princess of WALLS breakfasted, on Sunday, with Admiral Sir IL Svitactiati, on board the Cater, of CU guns, in Cawsand Bay ; and afterwards prweeded in the barge, belonging to that ship, from Cawsand Bay to Mount Eilgocurnbc, where she dined, in com pany with several Navel Officers. On leaving the Caw-, a salute of 21 guns ssila deed , in compliment to Her Royal Highne.s. Ro3trisos had a gr.isid rout, at house, in Albemarle -street, last night. The Countesses of CLONM ILL and PORTA LINOTON, Lord and Lady HAS C.URTON, Ladies C. PA otsct..., S. and L. DAs/so:, Mr. O'Grtaor, and the Right Hon. Ca. KNOX and Lady, acre present. The subscriptions for the intended University Sta tue Of Mr PI TT now amount to 72501. 18s.—Whilst those in Norfolls (his native counts) for the gallant Lord Nstsoit, do not amount to 100 4 31 ! lAD! 1 SHIPPING. The ships Charlton, Der onshrre, and Metcalfe, wore by the last accounts, to be sent horn Hensel, and to touch at the Northern ports for part of their carves, on their way to Ma. dm., from whence they wart to ;MN. VI to :.sand. The Earl Camden armed r..t0.0.rd to ttoultay (rem Bengal, on the Irith of January, with the Pliethia, Ceylon, and Preston, in coogiony. The Lid Comet n was to proceed to the Coast with she Co v of London, to lead; from ulierize they Isere to he ditp.itcni d for Europr : and the itangri ships (P1ut.0.x.C.71,0t, evil Pres ton) weft prep.irmi to return tomes Prrsii/eney. int Company's ship V per was taken by the I:ll,:mietr• Trench privateer, on she Itith September, id lat.. 9. IU. long 73. E. The Admiral Gardner had arrival at Mu.lrao, sod was to be ellsps:cried for Ete.:+ll4. . . _ . The Lady Casthre..igh paned with tLe Ad.airAl Gaulalt 4 11 the Vt'l Nantasbar. PRICE 0 4 STOCKS YESTERDAY. 3 per (:cs.t. 10.1iaced 3 per Ce.•t. Commis 6 Oll O. 4 irvr Come • ' ra , ~ Cent. Navy I,llg 4 , il 'tunics lii S 1# o.a.i.tin• ‘ RI 1..4 a Itoskto I.aritv.:mer Bilis 1„,e , ,t, Lottery Tickatt . WI 17a. Cail,..s tor 0... 60i9 T. 111S14. Stvwk-E•oller, Na. 4. Ccantill. rod 9, Chatiararala. ARR A On Moivtay laet, at the •.f St nylon's, Reprow. 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