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much greaten ones formerly prevailed in tlle Ord tinnce.' He had known cases in .which the same clsks had Leen sold and paid for five or six times over Many of these praCtices had been put a stop to when he was in the Ordnance, and he should have been happy if the late Administration would have allowed him z per cent. on what he had saved for the Country. But that was a Stoical Administra tion, and thought proper to let virtue be its own reward. He hoped, however, the present Minister would grant it to him, and he assured the House that it would amount to a considerable sum, with out compound interest, for the zo years it had been due. Mr. BURDON said that a reference to the Fi. ranee Report would prove, the necessity of granting these powers. Mr. JAR PIS said a few words in explanation of what he had said upon a former night. The Motion was then agreed to. Mr. SHERIDAN gave notice that it was his intention, soon after the recess, to make a motion reipefting the transa6lions in the Carnatic. He would to-morrow muve for some papers upon the subjeCt. _ _ The Committee on the Navy Board Bill was put off till Friday. The Felons Transportation Bill went through a Committee. A Petition was presented from the Maltsters of Shiliinatbrd against the Malt Duty. The Hous e —then resolved itself into a Committee of Supply. The CHANcr;LLoR. of the EXCHEQUER moved, that a sum not exceeding 15,1601. be granted to mike good sums which had been issued in conse quence of Addresses of that House, and not made good by Parliament. The Motion was agreed to, and the Repc:rt was ordered to be received - to-morrow. The Navy Bills Bill was read a third time. The Report of the Committee respdling the Im portation of Malt was brought up and agreed to. The Report of the Committee respeeting the Drawbacks on Sugar was agreeed to, and Bills were ordered to be brought in. Lord GARDNER moved that the Papers presented respeaing the Wet Docks should be printed. The Report of the Dublin Baking Bill was brought up and agreed to. _ The Sugar Drawback Bill was brought in and read a first time, and was ordered to be read a second time to-morrow. The Woollen Mantheture Bill was read a second time and ordered to be committed to-morrow.—Ad journed. NIAII.S. DOE. AR R IVED. 801 l and rent: 11 o - Ha niburg,ll r - - o - THE SUN.. •OLLM QUIS DICSRI FALSOM AUDZA T ? LONDON, DECEMBER i 6, 18oz. WE understand that it is proposed that Parlia ment should adjourn on the 23d inst. not to meet again till the 3d day of February. THE Dehate of last night in the House of Lords, will doubtless be read with considerable interest, although some of the topics urged in the course of it have been before discussed. The film and cau tious conduct displayed by the Ministers redounds highly to their honour. It is worthy of remark, that Lord PELHAM stated in answer to Lord GR EN- V ILL E, that His Majesty's Ministers had not re ceived any intelligence of Cochin having been de_ livered up. By the Hamburgh Mail which arrived yesterday afternoon, we are sorry to find that the coolness of the Turks towards the English still prevails. This, we fear, we have to attribute to the prevalence of French influence. Lord ELGIN was about to take his leave, on his return home. The Earthquake of Oftober z 6, had done very immaterial damage, though it had excited considerable alarm. Yesterday a Court of Dirthors was held at the East India House, when the Rev. HENRY SHED_ HERD was intr.,duced, and took tha us'72.! oath, on being appointed one of the Company% Chaplains Fort William. The new ship -, Capt.EDMEADES, for Bengal, was permitted to touch at Madeira, outward bound, instead of the Calcutta. The Court adjourned at a late hour till to mor TOW. We are authorized to say, that Mr. ADDING_ TON'S Speech on Friday in the House of Conlmons, is pci)iished without any authority. It is in fad no more than a Copy from one of the Morning Papers, Oa Tuesday last PAscoe GRENPELL, Esq. of Sprirg Gardens, was eieeted Member for the Bo roogli cf Great Marlow, in the room of Mr. Wrt.. I,tAlts, deceased. r ari- at present boasts of a numerous and very svlen.!id party of English. This was indeed to be cqetted, as soun as the Ambassador and the D,utchess of DORSET had fixed their residence in that Capital. General ANDREOSSI, .we understand, is much pleased at the reception which he has met with Le.re. Sir SIDNEY SMITH is very assiduous in his atten tion to the French Ambassador, and all the persons 4ttached to the Embassy. The performances of the Westminster Boys closed for the season on Tuesday evening. The Andrea teas upon the whole admirably represented. Amongst the company present on Tuesday were, Earl GOWER, 1 ord ELLENBoRouCH, the Lorc. Chief Baron and r WILLIAM SCOTT• NAVAL NEWS. PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 75. ARRIVED the Sincerity, HARBUN, from Wey mouth and Ann, SEIEEDON, from Sunderland. DEAL, DEC. 15. SAILED for Sheerness, the Adder Gm.ship, of 1 4. guns. REFEAUE. AN Account of the Total Net Produce of all the Permanent Taxes, in the Years ending the loth of Oaoher, 180/ and 1802, respectively. In the Year ended In the Year exiled loth Cl 1. iBol. loth Oet. igoz. Total of Customs, Excise,Stamps,and Incidents, prior to ,C. s. d. the Year 1793 - - 11,440,514 12 Add proportionate part of Sugar now annually granted - 1,814,977 I oi Additional Duty on Malt, ditto - - 343,756 o o Duty on Tobacco ditto - - - - 408,931 r. d. 11,065,376 18 10 !,7 2 ,49Z 1 9 5 641,z49 0 0 426,606 0 o t4,008,2z8 13 8i Total of Duties pro An. 1793 232.,r t t o Ditto /791, • - 74 2 ,7 ,8 a 6, / Add proportionate part of Sugar, now an nually granted - 392,424 17 5.1 Total of Duties pro An. 1795 - r,497,829 7 To Ditto 1796 - 1,308,-745 I 0), Ditto 1797 - 2,629,553. 8 tit ? Add proportionate part of Sugar, now annually granted - - 367,900 6 6 Total of Duties pro An. 1793 - 6z8,500 6 Ditto 1799 - 176,767 t 7 2 Ditto tßoo 454,9 86 1 3 4 Ditto ISot . 496,213 19 8 Ditto ISoz 2 :4,0 6 ,309 1 4 it 1 3, 8 53.7 2 4 18 31 239,897 o 785,620 6 of 37 , ,99 8 9 71 1,401,064 • 6 1, ,z 0 5 2,5ie1,068 3 41 34 8 ►74S II Si 62 4, 0 57 1 3 9i 146,866 I 3 636,953 13 04 1,642,1,6 11 o 986,j70 16 21 z5,199,0E8 14 of THE TH I ATRE.—The Merchant of Venice was represented last night at . Drury-lane Theatre, for the benefit of Mr. STEPHEN KEMBLE, who per formed the part of 61) , /ock, with very great ability, and who excited throughout the warm applause of the audience. His conception of the charader, in s . our opinion, was perfettiy just. He gave a very forcible outline, and the colouring was vivid and appropriate. After the Play he delivered the fol lowing Address, written by himself, in the charac ter of 'Falstaff, with charaeteristic humour, and a strong expression of grateful sensibility. Every point told, and he left the stage amidst the applaud ing shouts of a numerous audience : To carry Coal to NrwCASTLE--abSUrd Who has not oft this hackney'd adage heard'? Yet it implies at least some share of Wit, Thither to go C,ai-lauten—from this Pit,-- W hat ! ort a London Audience, Falstaff' fob ! Sooner perhaps thou might'st " Exchequer rob what ! vainly hope from them applause to win, Who still remember -Ht.NDEp,i,or, and Qe'tti 'Tis wild Ambition and And you'll return to us as melancholy, 4 4 As an cld Lim, or a poor lugg'd Bear," " Or ar Moor-ditch, a Gib -cat, or a Hare ;" This was of friendly Monitors the cry, But 44 plague upon c/i Cowards," answer(' I ; A London Audience can't affright me—" Cue"— " my Masters, that I did not know ye ?" Though true indeed, had I misearry'd here, My sack had turn'd as fiat—as dead small beer; A failure here had driven me from my station, Asham'd henceforth to say —" '1 is my -vocation." But my resolves ill-bodings could not daunt, " Far I'm no coward—the no 7,hn of Gaunt ;" 'Twas instinct gave a firmness to my mind, I knew true Critics ever are most kind ; I came—your favour justified my ?lan, " I ne'er felt prouder—since I -was a Man !" " I shalf think better of my,elf, andyou, " During my life—or I'm an Ebrew e . w !" Farewell—believe me, I shall long again, To meet you in Eastcheap—pshaw—Drury-Lane; Grateful I leave such friends—what thus con move mc! " You've giv'n one medicines to wake me love you !" Once mote farewell—Ah how 'twould warm my heart, Could I but hope you'll say as I depart, While al S' demerits you torbear to scan, " We could have better spar'd a better man!" The Trustees of the Lying.in_HoTital in Dub lin, have publicly contradiaed the report of Mrs. SI D DONS having refused to perform for that Cha rity', declaring also, that no application of such a nature was made to her. Relative to this affair, which has occupied the public conversation for some time past, Mrs. Si DDONS thought it incum bent on her to address the following Letter to the Proprietor of the Theatre ;' and we do not think a more effeftual method can be taken to eontradia the report alluded to than the publication of it : " " I take the liberty of addressing you on a subject which has caused me much uneasiness. Public censure is, under any circumstances, well calculated to wound our feelings, but it irs p.a..1.71y distressing. when it is heightened by injustice. That reports must injurious to me Ease nett' , i-iresillteci, can no longer be doubted, when I assure you that I understi.,:d it is generally believed I retuned to play for the Lying-in-Hos pital. On this subject you will, lam sure, be as anxious to do me justice, as I am solicitous to vindicate myself in the eyes of the Public. I theretbre beg leave to bring to your re- colledion, that you did me the honour of calling on me at my House in Park-street, last summer, when it was liberally pro posed on your part, as it was cheerfolly accepted on mine, that I should perform for some Charity : you also recoiled that it was considered by us both as a compliment justly due to Lady HA R DWI CK E., that she should have the choice of the particular Charity tor which I was to pertorm—and you . „ thought it likely that her Excellency would give her prefer ence to the Lying-in-llospital. You also, Sir, must remem ber, that I was not only willing but desirous of exerting myself for the benefit of so laudable an Institution. Why so amiable a purpose was not immediately promoted, I can not even guess—but sire I am that its postponement cannot be attributed to any backwardness on my part. The same . motives which actuated me then, are no less powerful now ; and it will give me infinite pleasure, it; by the exertion of any powers I possess, 1 canoe al.le to promote an import ant object of public utility. " And now, Sir, if I may he permitted to speak of myself as a primate individual, I have only to regret the sad neces sity unposed upon rne, of vindicating my charades from the imputation of a tailing as unamiable as, I trust, it is foreign - to my nature. I regret that I should be constrained, from un fortunate cireumstane, to endeavour to rescue myself from an °biotin), whic. s ' lope I have never incurred by my con dud ; I re ,, rer, th:f; 'the Country in which I am obliged so to do, should - be Ireland. " I have the Honour to be, Sir, " 'Your obedient Servant. " S. SIDDONS. " Dublin, Dec. 8, 18°2." Lord WiltTwoltnes Equipage is altogether one of th; most splendid that the Ftartsians ever saw. St. Cloud was efriljghtened at Madame BONA PARTE'S Drawing-rooai by a blaze of British Beauty, jAW REPORT. CRINI. CON. FOOTE , V. JONES. AN inquisition, awarded in the Court of King's Bench, was yesterday evening executed before S. COLLINRIDGE, E-q. and a Special Jury of Mer chants, in a cause in which Edward James Foote, Esq. was Plaintiff, and Owen Jones, Defendant, for criminal conversation with the Plaintiff's wife. The Damages were laid at zo,oool. Mr ERSIC,INE said, he was Counsel for the rain_ tiff in this Cause, in which the Defendant, without making any defence, had suffered judgment by de fault, and in consequence of his confession of his crime, the Jury were assembled to assess the Da. mages. Plaintiffs had formerly suffered much in convenience from the course pursued by adulterers, in suffering judgment to go by default, and with drawing the question from the superior Tribunals. This had not been the case of late, because, in con sequence. of a Rule of Court, the same Gentlemen were called upon to decide upon an inquisition, who would have formed the Jury upon a trial before the Chief Justice. There were circumstances in this case peculiarly affecting. The Plaintiff was Captain of one of His Majesty's ships of war; he had been 2Z years in the service of his Country, some of them in the most perilous but glorious times England ever knew. During the whole of that pe riod he had been little mere than two or three years ashore. Deprived of all those comforts which sweeten , human life, he had nothing to support him in his ab sence from his family, but the satisfadion that he was doing his duty, and acting a part not only be neficial to the profession in which he had been bred, but to the Public at large. He had hoped, that while he was protecting his Country, his Country was protcding him. It was impossible, said the Learned Counsel, to avoid adverting to what had once been said by one of the most eloquent men he had ever heard, and the more eloquent, be cause every thing he said proceeded from the honesty of his heart. It was in the cause of Sutton against 7ohnsoli, in which the Plaintiff complained of the •:Delendant's having deprived him of his command, and ruined him. On that occasion Mr. LEE had described the Plaintiff as labouring under every injury, but the one which formed the subject of the present action--he had represented him as walking to and fro' upon the deck, with the moon shining over his head, full of affi:ttion and sorrow, and comforting himself with this refiedion, " Well, thank God ! I shall one day meet him face to face before my Country ; and that Country you are." This observa tion, so eloquently delivered, had the effect of elettri city on their minds ; they felt as if desirous of having their victim delivered over to them. The present Plaintiff asked only sobriety of thought on the part of the Jury, and the conscientious discharge of their duty. The Plaintiff had, in the year 1793, mar ried the daughter of Sir Robert Herries, an eminent ' Banker. She was his natural child, but she had been bred up under the eye of his wife, and so much care was taken of her education, and pains bestow. • ad rtu..:tlstii ..virttiO9s principles in bet mind, that when she became marriageable, she was considered to be a fit wife for the Plaintiff; the brother of Lady Herries. They were married by the Chaplain of the British Ambassador, at Madrid, in 1793, and re-married in this Country. Captain Foote was af terwards obliged to vlasent himself in the service of his Country. He was in the Channel service; but anxious to dedicate as much of his time as possible to his wife, he purchased a place between Portsmouth and Southampton, called Warsash, where, on his ship's coming into harbour, he might fly to the em braces of his wife and children. He had by her a boy and two girls. He was called on by his duty to go to the East Indies, and sailed in September 18ot, leaving his wife under the protedion of Sir Ro bert Herries, her Father, and Lady Herries; she was left with a comfortable and satisfattory esta blishment, wanting nothing ; on the contrary, she had an unlimited credit to draw on her Fa thei. She was in this comfortable situation, and might, but f or h er subsequent condutt, have been now in the arms of her husband,. who was serving his Country at the most aw ful period it ever knew, in hopes of returning to the bosom of the woman he loved, and en joying the blessings of that Peace, which I pray to God (said Mr. Erskine) may give satisfaction to us all. [AMEN ! exclaimed several of the Auditors%) What could be more affecting, than that this Gen tleman,-on his return to England in 18oz, found that he had been robbed and plundered, his wife gone, his children abandoned, and a considerable part of his property wasted, in consequence of her adul rel. with the Plaintiff. She had gone off in the month of August, having drawn on her hus band's Banker for two different sums, one of :eacisal. and another of wool. She went first to ilrighton, then to Shoreham, and lastly to Dieppe, vviiere she was when her husband returned. Shortly after she sealed her husband's dishonour by the birth of a child. With regard to the Defendant, he happened to live in the village between Ports 'mouth and Southampton, .in which Mrs. Foote re sided. He had a wife and six children, whom he negleded in order to pursue his adulterous inter course with this Lady. The only question for the Jury was the damages a Plaintiff who had sustained such an injury ought to receive. Inadequate as pe euniaty damages were, yet, as the law knew no other mode of compensation for such an injury, it was the duty of the Jury to give Damages up to the event the Plaintiff demanded them, unless theDe fiaadant,could bring forward some ground of mitiga. ton.- He did not mean to contend that the De fendant was a man of fortune; he had formerly held place in the Custom-House, from which, for his Disctinduet, he had been removed. He should call such Witnesses as were necessary on a Judgment by default, and he was persuaded the verdia would yc satisladory to the Plaintiff, secure the chastity if married life, proteft the morals of the country, tnd operate as an-example to keep pure the sources of all those comforts from which society derived a Local habitation and a name. Admiral PATTEN, Lieutenant WEMYS, and Cap tain BOWYER, proved that the Plaintiff and his wile, up to the month of September, xBo 1, liveri upon terms of the utmost harmony, love, and affeetion. The 'ast witness said the Plaintiff reloicca to RO to fight his Country's battles, but he rehlaantly his wife. Mrs. Hill proved, that Mrs. Foote lived in open adultery with the Defendant at Dieppe, where sh e had been delivered of a child. The Witnesses for the Plaintiff' were examine ( ' by Mr. GARROW and Mr. DAMP TER. Mr. RAINE addressed the Jury in a very long speech. We are the less inclined to detail al part of it, because the defence he was instructed to make, and afterwards attempted to prove, was O fs nature which highly aggravated t h e conduitof th e Defendant. The Witness called for the Defendant was a Su r ,' geon, but hi s te s tim on y ent i re l y repe ll e d t he ino' nuations suggested. Mr. ERSKINE replied with much force and elO quence. He observed, that by a note just put int° his hand, he was informed the Defendant, who wa g supposed to be at Dieppe, was actually in Caur t ' hearing the story of his own infamy. The eyes of the numerous Auditors were instantll turned towards a man, disguised as a Servant, Wit was pointed out. H e i mme di ate l y ret i re d . he Learned Counsel having finished his remarks, Mr. COLLINRIDGE summed up the evidence t° the Jury, accompanying it with appropriate obscfr vations. The Jury retired, and returned at ten o'cloci‘ with a Verdi& against the Defendant—DamaSe s . Five Thousand Pounds. By a Gentleman of opulence lately returned fro Botany Bay, we learn, that the noted offender why called himself General Holt, conduets_ himself ther 6 in a very proper manner, working as a gardener in the agricultural line. The well known person, Ives (from Carlow) is dead, whose name was in the co: rious pass-word, as they called it, that admitted rebels to the convention they had at Bond's, if:, Bridge -street, Dublin, viz. " Whe re ' s M‘C a nn • Is Ivers from Carlow come ?"—Dr. O'Connor is in Norfolk Island. Barrington got his death by e% cessive drinking ; he held an employment called Hcadborough, something similar to that of 0 0 , High Constable, for which he had a salary Qi 601. a-year ; he had been endeavouring to obtain pardon from the Governor of Botany Bay, but being disappointed, he took to drinking, "to banis li sorrow."—lt appears Botany Bay is much proved ; stock has considerably increased, partia l ' larly that of sheep. We stated yesterday that Mrs. JORDAN'S O f ' riage had been robbed of jewels, and other vroper,lY: as she was leavin g D rur y-l ane Th eatre on Dina" evening last. Th e manner i n w hi c h t h e di sco ver' , , of the villain was made was as follows : Ear l " on Saturday morning, in consequence of an inform' anion that John Tyne, alias Murphy, who was CO vicled in the last September Sessions, and sentencm to transportation to Botany Bay, had escaped from the Captivizy hulk at Portsmouth, Richard Limberi and young Croker, two of the Bow -street 06cerfa went in pursuit of him, and apprehended him in the neighbourhood of St. Giles's, and on their rear: from apprehending him, through Parker's-lane, cli c ' observed a well.known thief passing with a Or,- die; they stowed him, and qt y searthi,c3- 'bundle, it was found to contain a gold chain, sever ral articles of jewellery, e i g h t pa i r o f l a di es ' al' stockings, and a large quantity of other arLieleso i s ladies wearing apparel. The Officers having ba t of Mrs. JORDAN'S robbery, they too k th e article, to her, when t h e y p rove d to be her property. i ; veil of considerable value, and other property, a r still missing, that were taken out of the carriag e ' Yesterday the above man and another were exalll ed befo r e A. G RAHAM , E sq . at B ow-street , 2 11 ordered to remain in custody. Yesterday morning, at a quarter past eig l4 o'clock, were executed, pursuant to their sentenc e ' in the front of the Old Bailey, J. Gnit f , lot pe r ' sonating James Bannon, and receiving his pra el money, C. Hawkins, E. Thompson, and K. M`K.ar zie, for a highway robbery, on the person 0 1 ); Atkins, and ta king fro m hi m a s il ver watc h, and 0 five pound Bank of Engl a nd N ote . They 4 . 1 behaved with that propriety w hich b ecam e the l unhappy situation. DIED. „ On Saturday the t ith inst. at Elvers.lie-House, near w* -- .0 gow, the seat of A. Spiers, E sq . L a dy Dundas, relitt a late Sir Lawrence Dundas, Bart. and mother to Lord D ung das. RDAY. inctia Stock South Sea Stock Excheq. Bills s. Fundable ditto prenl• 3d Exchequer Bills dis. Oniniutn 54 41)1 4 Inver. 3 pei 69 7 011 Ditto Ann. Bank for opening India tor Acc. Cons. for Opening 721; WELV It O'CLOCK. d isc , Omnium - 4a 2 it a L.... 1!" TESTS Bank Stock Navy 5 per Cent, shut I:erCent, f loki zji Irish 5 per Cent. 4 pet cent. Con. Bsi 61 3 per Cent. Red. 7ck 7101 3 per Cent. Con, shut Ditto Scrip (tank I.. Ann. 20 5-161 Ditto Short Ann. Ditto Scrip Consols THIS DAY AT T -73 i a 74W WANTS a SITUATION, as LAND : i f-, HOUSE STEWARD, or to ad in both CaP 2 ' t- tl ' l o having lived in the former Situation, a Person bcovee''„ of . age of 30 and 4a, and every way qualified for it : his ki l n - i s /1 ledge also of toe Grocery Trade will enable him 10 1111... .u:13 the Family with whom he may engage, those Articles 107 to below"the usual prwes at whic., 1.,:y ot‘y then), ). 4- orY cause a considerable saving iiousekeeping. Satissa' references as to Charader will oe given. I R lea" A Line direded to A. B. at Mr. Pa..e's, NO. 47 , - friars- roa', •••'.l! tic attended to. U4.51.1C-th..1'14 bOW .S Rb Dei:ember 15, TWENTY POUNDS REWARD. W njy HEREAS JOSEPH f-EARKS, carnal" ih called Old Pearks, stands chirgcd on oath c vv o - c h feloniously stealing at Shepperton, Middlesex, tw ° ap- Horses and Harness, and other Prop c the erty. —Whoever will prehend, or give such inform a ti on t o Sir Richard F ord. ,_ Magistrate of the Police at the above Office, as inaY re means ()this being apprehended, shall, on his convictioptsaid ceive Twenty Pound s Re war d f rom the. O w ner 01 Hor T ses. he said Joseph Pearks is between 40 and of ag e ' 5 feet 6 inches high, rather stout made, little markeu, fa lls the small pox, rather a Roman nose, his upper DP dark close to his teeth, spe a k s rat h er groug h, fresh col our ' e t, 00 ija ninstcva hair, lame in nis right h an d ; h a d on w hen he left r Saturday the 27th November last, a flannel under-w--_-d jot, a drab-colour close body coa t, b oo t s , and a silve r lac ' S which he had stol e n. beg et ' N. B. The sa id joseph Pearks i s well known a t ton and that Neighbourh oo d DS= 45 years London Pnted M' I L,A N r . Covent-Garden ri by ) and P übli ß. shed l I IL at by , W L(Io AM A g' ,.1 ' ft s South MQlcen-street, Grosren or "V46' k (