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i~ HOUSE OF LL)R ' • N 1 ,11.1 I) AT, Tee 3. CONTI/M.O:TM. WAR. After some routine hn mess had been disposed of. Lord MUI.GRAVE, who had been iu the lious, some time, movel the Order titles Day, relative to summoning their Lcordsiiips ; which, being lead, be proceeded to observe, that, pursuant to his notice of a former evening, he had to lay before their lord ships some farther imps r ant documents illustra tive of those Treaties with ltursia, Sweden, and Ails. trio, which he had the hominy to present last week. He observed, these additioteo flippers were deemed necessary for the full consideo.otion of the suirect : and, from the whole would be seen the gteA• ex tent arid imposeaece of the ohjests which the Bri tish Gov, rnmeut, in concert with its Allies, !Lid in view ; which referred, not only to a vigorous pro secution o hostilities against the common enemy, but t.• ..n ultetior arrangement of the affairs of the Continent. In these great and desirable ohj, Els, the treaty with RUSi4 would chew the viewsnt, and part taken by, that power, independent of tni reentry. With respehtnthegeneralohjeAsoftl rconfederacy, he thought therecould be no difference of opinioe. To effectuate these, the Papers would sh-w, that an aggregate force, ell the parts of Russia and iku tria. of, at least 5110,000 men, was centraClei for. Of these, 320,000 were to Le supplied by Austria, and axi3OotO by Russia. With respeet to the for- Ilier power, it wo.ild appear, that, so far from a wish. on the part of the British G v enrireit, to pie. cipitate the edv ince 4.4 ' the troops, it was stiplitated, that they should not advance beyond a given point, until the co-neer:aims of the Russi oat was insured This would also :respect, from the plan of en tre:l.36.in suegested at St. Petersburg') it would also he eviden, nn waiit of wisdom, foresight, or prudence. pervaded Any part of the plan, as (-origin ally agreed upon by the connecting powers. The lamented failure in the execution of these schemes, i n t h e coal se of three short months, which had re duced one of the first-rate powers on the Continent to a state of mitigation and thrald on, and the whole South of Etrope to a sultana- the most de p!orable and calamitous, it would appear, was, in no respert, attributable to those to whom responsibility ees attached on the part of this country. And this imporunt consideration was an Additional receive to bring forward the documents he should,that evening, lay before their Lordships. From these, as illustrating the ten:ties, it would incontrovertibly appear, that the disastrous result was not owing to any want of prudence, foresight, wisdom, or sagacity, in those who concerted tl,e measures, hut from a subse quent and roes; uniel ornate departure, in its execu tion, from the plea ss loich had been laid down. To these abberretiens, the wh•.le of the failure was to be attributed. Ever a degree of c.ortion wis ex ercised, on the part of the British Government , and ever! measure was adopted by them, Isr a due execution of the Treaties, Ste, and a scrupulous ad herence to the plan of operation. On the Ist of OCtober, an official return was made by the pr inco pal contracting powers, that 500,000 men were under arms; and tidier at their pests, or on their march, by different roues, to the places appointed; and this would appear from the supplementary pa pers. The cam* of withholding a part of the do cuments. he had before explained. He, however, repeated, they involved no points in which the he. 'tour or the chaeffer of the country were con cerned nor were they withheld from any view of screening those, who were responsible for the part taken by the British Government. The dom . ments to which lie alluded, would 'non be in the hors f, of others, who would jedge, whether or not they could, with propriety, be communicated. Were it deemed proper to bring them forward, they would farther tend to evince the truth of what be advanced in behalf of His Majesty's Minis ters. The facilits of finding fault, and casting obloquy, was sufficiently evident; but those who were at a distance front the scenes of ad: on, could ill comprehend the difficulties of execution, or be aware of what unforeseen obstacles might arise. They should not forget the magnanimity of the Emperor of Germany ; the unprecedented sacri fices he made toe the advantage of the common cause—the abandonment of his capital. What he had doae, should not he forgotten, nor unfelt. He trusted. the general subjelt would be hereafter dis cussed ; whirls the more it was investigated, would the more fully evince the truth of his positions. He thought it necessary to say thus much on be half of those with whom he had the honour to act, and in justice to chat Great Man (now, 1111. happily. no snore!) whose commanding influence had, necessarily, such a share in the measure adopt ed on the part of this country. Upon the whole, he would solemnly repeat, that he could recolleet of no measure of caution, prudence, energy, or fore sight, which bed been omitted, or, that he knew of any step or measure taken, on the part of this country. that lie should wish to retraCt. His Lordship concluded, by presenting, pursuant to His Majesty's commands, copies of certain addi tional papers ; among which was a Dispatch from hie Arthur Paget. K. 8.---4 Dispatch from Lord G. L. Gower—mother from Count Worenzoff— I and the Proclamation of the Emperor of Germany, which were ordered to lie on the table The Archbishop of CANTERBURY moved, that the Lord Bishop of Bristol be requested t,. preich before their Lordships, on Wednesdae. the Vitt) inst. beano t h e day appointed by His Ili.ojesty, tor a General Fast, &c. in the Collegiate Church of St. Peter's, Westminster : which was ordered ac cordingly. Lord AUCKLAND mewed, that the Standing Orders, Nos. 104. and 105. be taken into cone aeration. and their Lordships suannened fur that day. A.'j urned till to-marrow. HOSE Of uAtNIONS. Mr. Wilberforce presented a petairn from the in solvent debtors contioed in the couaty gaol of 1 nrk. —Ordered to lie on the table. Mr. Johnson, from the Ci,ief Secretaty's Office, in Leland. presented the report of the Columi.sion. cis appointed to exArrtine the expendit tre of the pAvvig Board, of the City of publia.-0 4 dared to lie on the table. Nfr. Iti illiaru Dic,....n.0n presented tha First Re port of the Ciangaisuswers ape:loud by Ills Ilisj...ty to average the civil concerns of the Vtvy.s.-Ordered to lie on the table, and to be printed. fie also pre sented an account of the navy (tett, which WAS dis posed of in the same manner ; as was likewi'e au account presented by Mr. Brevin, from the Ake of the Commissioners of Customs, of the amount if prolibited Els' India goods, imported to the '.:11.t of January, ISOli. MALT DITTY. The House having resolved itsolt into a COM_ mittee on the Bill I.r continuing the- ditties on land, malt, sugar, snuff, and tobacco; Mr. A zi.x A since in Use Chair ; Mr. HARRISON wished to know, whether this bill contained a clause of appeal from the summary jurisdietion of Magistrates, in matters of penalty, to the Courts of Quarter Session ? In the malting counties, he observed, the persons dealing in that article, were under wine hardships, in consequence cf their barley being often so eated by drippings and oozings of snow and ram, and also by other acei drnts, which were trequently taken, or pretended by the Exciseman to be taken, for illegal wetting ; and this belief, sworn before the Magistrates, subjefted them to the heavy penalty of 2001. for each offence. It a clause of appeal. therefore, had hi therto been omitted, under these circumstances, it was necessary that the defed should be soprlied. Mr. S. BOURNE replied, that this bill was exactly in the same words as the bill of last year; but he was not aware, at present, of any objeCtion to such a ( - Luse as that proposed ; and he added, that, should it not, upon consideration, prove objeition able, a clause to that effed would be prepared by to-morrow Mr. PATTERSON supported the objeelions made by Mr. Harrison; observing, that the maltster was completely under the lash of the exciseman, who had the penalty infliEted by the Magistrate, if he only swore that he believed the malt to have been wetted Mr. FULLER observed, that in all justice there ought to he an appeal to the Quarter Sessioos. The hardships sustained in the malt counties were intolerably severe ; and people living at a great dis tance, were often under the necessity of payi. g the penalty, sooner than be at the trouble and expence of coining up to London to seek' for redress. He loudly complained of sending visitors to insped the malt, who had an interest in infliding penalties ; and thought the Excise Board ought to enipioy proper officers for that purpose. Mr. RO-4's said, that the officers of Finite had no interest whatever rn the penalty inflifted. Mr. PA PERSON insfited, that they bad a considerable interest in the am tint of such penalties as 2101. He knew himself, he said, of an instance, where an information against a person who em ployed forty workmen, without ever going before the magis•rates, was sent up to the Exchequer, and sent to prison, upon the infliCtion of two penalties of 2001. each. He afterwards paid these fines, and immediately discharged his forty servants, preferring to relinqui.b the busit.ess, sooner than be liable to so much severity and i; justice. Mr. ROSE asserted, that tl:e dealers in malt vre:e not under the lash of the excisemen, but of the magistrates. There was no branch of the revenue in which there wets so many frauds, and so difficult to be deteeled. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL observed, that though some hardships might have been experienced by particular individuals, yet it was well known that the very circumstance Row complai. eel of Was a mast abundant soto ce of frauds upon the revenue. The pretences of snow, rain, and other accidents. seldom turned nut, upon examination, so be any other than frauds attempted on the revenue. He believed he recolletted the case alluded to by Mr. Patterson, and, if he recollected right, the party was only subjeaed to one mitigated penalty ; as it appeared that the fraud was attempted by a servaio, without the apparent privity of the master. It was, however, rather singular, that the servant should wantonly, and of his own accord, have ventured on a fraud, in which, as a servant, he could have had no interest. Upon the whole, it seldom failed to be made out to the satisfaCtion of Juries, that what was called sweating, tamed out to be an aetual wetting of the malt; but, at the same time, he was ready to admit, that it may be right for the .parties to have the power of appeal. The clauses were then agreed to, and the report ordered to be received to•morruow. Mr. D. Browne brought up a petition for the improvement of the harbour of Sligo. Referred to a Committee. Mr. Alexander brought up the reports of the Committee of Supply, on the Ordnance Estimates, and of the Committee on tbePensionDuty Bill,which were agreed to, and Bills ordered to be brought in on them. LORI) GRENVILLE's PLACE HILL Mr. FRERFI rose, pursuant to notice, to move for leave to bring in a Bill to remove all doubts, and to enable Lord Grenville to appoint a deputy to the place of Auditor of the I:xchequer, while he, at the same time held the place of one of the Lords, Commissioners of the Treasury. Before last night, he said, he h.td no conceptioa that any objection whatever could be made to the Bill. That both these places were before holden by others, was too notoricus for any one to dispute ; but Lord Gren ville WAS particularly desirous that no poet of this terteletibn should be withheld from the public. The difficulty stated, with regard to the two offices being clie..ks upon each other, was net accurate; as the Auditor was certainly the check upon the Trea sury Board, and not the Treasury Board on him. It WAS not to be expected that a patent place, such as that of Auditor, would be given up for the uncertain appointment of a Commissioner; to proof of which, he observed, that the first Auditor of the Fiche quer, appointed ender Gen. I. resigned for it his place at Use Treasury. Upon the wh, lc, however, he thought it better to Lave a Parliamentary sane tiou, than to stiffer doubts to remain upon the sub ject; but if there should be no doubts, and the word, therefore, thought useless, it might be lett out in the preamble. Mr. ROSE declared, that no one was less disposed than himself to put dtdiculties in the way of the Noble Lord's appointment. which gave him much satisfaction ; but he could not consent that the arrangement should be against the law. No two offices appeared to him so in compatible with each other. 'rhe aQ cf the Sth of William, which was designed to preserve the an. I dent courre of the Exchequer, direttcd that no money slar•ild Le i.sued at the instance of the Com mis,ioners, without anorder from the Auditor of the Exchequer. This was the pr s, coati - coil, for the warrant of the Lords Commissioners vots Mere nullity, until this order was ()0 Illed j and he himself knew, that when the Commissioners hap pened even to draw to the amount of 5001. their werant was sent back again by the Auditor. By the mode now proposed, the same person would dire& the warrant, and be the check upon himself. The case of I. ord Halitax was not in point ; he was Chancellor of the Exchequer, and when the vacancy in the Auditorship occurred, he gave it to his bro ther in trust for him a and, on the death of his bro ther, took it to himself, resigning his other office. This formed one of the Articles of Impeachment against him, which was not tried ; and though he made no doubt. that if tried, the House of Lords would have paid but little attention to it, yet it shewed the sense of Parliament upon that subjeCt. Even if Lord Grenville were to appoint a Deputy, suhjea to the approbation of the Board of Ttea silty, yet it tsauld he for the House to consider, whether such a Deputy would he an efficient controul upon his Principal. Mr. Pelham was First Lord of the Treasury in 1743, and then gave 'he ihuditorship in trust to his son-in-law, not taking it upon himself till 1751, which aas eight yeats af terwards. He said he should have no objeCtion to his Lerds:iip's retaining the emoluments, while the office should be held by somebody else, but he could not consent to incompatible offices. Mr. C. W. WYNNE did not see what objeetion there could be to a Deputy optima-4 by th e chan cellor of the Exchequer; t; .t = ewis to have his oath of office for a faithfel administration, aod they could have no more security from the Auditor himself. It was certainly better done, will the ap probation of Parliament, than by evasion. Great changes had taken place, since the reign of King Willem; as, at that time, the Auditor had an in terest in the issues from the Treasui y ; being paid by a per cenage on them ; whereas, now he was paid by a fixed sum . I The A CTORNEY-GENERAL agreed, that it would be mere tin the honour of Lord Grenville, that this should be done in an open way, than in any underhand manner. lie would no: °Neil to the hill being brought in, and would be better pre pared for thy consideration to-morrow. He thought it would be better that the office should be holden by another person in trust. than by a deputy, re movable at pleasure. The two offices together appeared to be incompatible ; as the auditor was, in poutice, as well as theory, the check upon the Ex chequer. Mr. FOX said, he would not citric& to the Learn ed Gentleman's proposition; whether the office sh uld be transacted by a depu:v or a trustee, ap peered to him a matter of indifference ; and, before any further discussion, he wished for an oppormaity of having tome converovion with his Noble Friend 'spun the subject. He felt, however, very strong. the great propriety there would be in placing tile deputy in as great a state of responsibility as the audito- himself. Mr. ROSE said, thit what fell last from the Hon. Gentlemen, would effectually do away his objeftion. Leave was then given ; the Bill immediately brought in ; read a first and second time, and com mitted for to-morrow. Mr. Alexander brought up the Reports of the Committees of Lady Nelson, Lord Collingwood, and Sir Richard Strachan's Annuities. which were agreed to, and Bills ordered to be brought in upon them. —Adjourned. _ . • Should any new Sander upon Government appear 10 T4c Crwier, a this day s we will gas it anuthwt dousing To-nstow. THE BRITISH PRESS. - _ lON DOS, WEDNESDAY. FEIIaCARY 5. A Lisbon mail arrived yesterday. We have re ceived by it a letter from Lisbon, dated the 20th last, of which the following is an extra.!l:—" A vessel arrived here, on the 13th. in 6.5 days, from Bahia, on thy coast of Brazil, which left the English expedition. consisting of 70 transports, with troops on board, under the command of General BAIRD and Sir Yong POP!! A NS, taking in refreshments at that settlement ; its destination was reported to be the Cape of Good Hope, by others, the river Plata. Two of the transports were lost in the shoals near Bahia, and three persons drowned, one of them a StafFOfficer. Only 400 persons were al lowed to land at a time, by the Portuguese. who were become very uneasy at the arrival of so great an expedition. It was reported. at Faro, that Lord Cot I. IN , MOOD had captured four sill of French men of war, but this report appears, by the following arrick to he destitute of foundation. A letter from an ofscer of La Saph.e sloop, says.--.. Lord Cot, INGWOOD is arrived off Cadiz, from off Car thagena ; he has been looking. flr the Preach fleet these three weeks. There are seven sail A the line at Carthagena, commanded by an Admiral ; their destination is not known ; they arc quite ready for sea. We have captured a Spanish brig, in c - unpany with His M.ijesty's ship Neptsv.e."— Another account by the Lisbon Mail, from the fleet under Lord Coxxisrowoos, states, that it was cruising off Cape St. Vincent. The squadron from Erest had formed into two divisions, of six sail of the line and a frigate each. Admiral Duo a wORTN was in par-suit of one. and Admiral Lours had been dispatched after the other. Jcnoass. Bo le A PAR TI bad his gag on board the cf '74 guns. The Ibiiaimis (East India Company's RI Reit, front London, to India, and the transport, were lost the 4th November, in Ririti River, en the Coast of Brazil ; two men are be drowned: Part of the cargo will, it is exile be saved. There has not been any int 11i gni of the above circumstance received at the East 1r.2 !louse, yet ths.re can be no doubt of the faa, a s has been communicated to Liu v o's by a very to spedable mercantile house. The Britannia had o board, bullion to the amount of 10 0,0001, sh sailed from Cork the 31st August, under conv, of Sir HOME POPHAM. Messrs. !)auto Scar? and Co. have received Irt ters from Capt. Foca°, advising the capture d. the /lePe packer, in the Bay of Biscay, by d i Rochefort squadron, five days after she left Porn mouth. We are sorry to learn, that all the Cot pany's dispatches and private letters have titil, 4 into the bands of the enemy. The prisoners hag, been treated well, and were expeded to be removi to a healthy situation. They were all blacks. The list of the new Cabinet, which we gave ps terday, was not comet in one particular. Th t Earl of MOM*, and not the Earl of CwarN ‘x, h to be Mister of the Ordnance Some days Inv elapse before all the other offices are finally settled, but the following ate said to be already fixed a— nte Duke of Vogt, to continue Commander in Card, eh a Council. Mr. SUM DAN, to be TtriNtlttr of the Navy. General Ft rSPAIMICe, Secretary at War. Lord MINT°, - Board of Contnaul. Earl Tem r Let ?Joint Pay n2a , tersof the Ara l . Mr. HALLy A DDINGTON, Lard Sr. JOHN, JOifit Lord C. Sran can , - tart of Maar, 3 Chancellor of the Duchy if Uneasier. The Dula of Beor.ot D, I.nril Lieutenant of Ireland. Mr. Tile/rev, - Secretary to the Lo-d Lieut:natit. Mr. G. PONSONIIT, Lord Chancellor of I-Cand. Mr. Ireland Mr. ADA ma, • • C4ancel!nr to the Pri of W-Irs, Mr. PIGGOTT, • Atturnel-Grneral. , Mr. Roe I car, - Solicitor General. Mr.VAltal ' S ecr etaries Joint Secretaes to the T is. The Second daohtful, j sory, Lord A. 11111111.T0/1, 5 Two of the Lords of the TPII. ELLIOT Ir, • fury. Mr. Bose, - Judge Advocate. Dr. LAU aaNce. - Ring's Advocate. Sir FRANCIi Views's, Under See. of State to lidr Foe, Mr. C - Ditto to NV WIIIDH Ali. The KING'S Household remains. We shall be able to state the other appointments to-morrow. The Lord CH A ricaLLoß took leave of the Coon of Chancery yesterday. See the last page. No Privy Council was held yesterday, nor were any of the new Ministers sworn into office, as stated in some of the venin t papers His Majesty will bold a Privy Council to day at two o'clock. The Marquis of Bucks NGITAM, Earl Motßa , Lord Gazvvis.mandMessrs. Fox, SaraioArs,andGi t y, had an isverview yesterday, at three o'clock, with Earl SP LtiCER. at his house in St. James's-place. The m'st disp•stches from Sir HOME POPOSAII Will, most proNshly, announce the capture of the Cape of Good Hope. A Coon of Aldermen was held, at Guildhall, yesterday, at which the Luau MA Yilft presided. .JOHN Pe CER HANILEY, Esq Citizen and Gold smith, was sv:orn into the office of Alderman of the Ward or Candlewick, in the room of the late Alderman PERCUA AD. Notary FENTON, Esq. Deputy, and Mr. Ro -1 star FISHER, were •worn into the office of Coal Meters, in trust for this City. SAMUEL Hiszcairs lON, Esq. Deputy, Mr. Jostro Attoim, and Roatur ATKINSON, Esq. Deputy, were worn into the office of Corn Meters, in trust for this City. The several bills and salaries, due at Christmas, were ordered to he paid. The Thanks of the Court were unanimously voted to the LORD MAYOR. ( for particulate, 4ec the front 'a" the Paper.) A Court of Common Council will be held to morrow, to consider a Motion for ereEting a no,nu ment, in Guildhall, to the Rotaiory of the late Right Honourable WILLIA.ss PATT, and on over business. DAVID SCOTT, of Dunnicald, Esq. is returned to serve in Parliament for the bosough of Yar mouth, in the room of Sir Honk POPII AY, Knt. who, since his eleftion for the said borough, bath accepted the office of Steward of His M LS Manor of East Hendresl, ir. dor comity of Bert/a. The Honourable Writ:to 61 La a, of %A bitehall. in the County ut Midalesex, Lag. is returned serve in Parliament for the Borough of Lenaninater, in the room of the Honourable CH aa Las 11.1 NO* t at/ (now Lord KINNA I It 0). and One of the Peers of rite I`nitel Ku:gdom. Paris Pagers, to the 46th ult. have been receive'. The Alonitc.ar contains no news ; but some of the minor Paver., without statittg the result, went ni that the hrench army, commanded bir General S t. Cr a, after having pas.i.4 the Neapolit an territory had an adios with the army under the orders of tie fansous Cardinal Burro, in which his heroic emi nence was alangerously wounded. Otior accounts state, with every appearance ul truth, they the nary bare possessed themselve , of the ('it, f N ysleL These Papers contain no tritier hurlligence worthy of notice. The Ga:ette of last ri;tr,ht centains an order in CouLcil, allowi ng the importation or bread, door. pease, Indian corn, butler, and live st. ~, into the Island of Newfoundland, from say of the Terri tories belonging to the United Sates of Americs. by British subjects, and :n Amish-built ships, to the er.stpag seaoaa. fount; treme T:ieat Sn pe i I LICCeI W4S On called perfor linty 1 Sol 1 jure-i ;I( able.. Sir Hooel, Fic Drart r. 2 1,1 e I t~.►~,. 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