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IMPER PA4L,LIII4ENT. nousE 9F PEERS. TYF , DAY, APRIL 2. Nl*. CLERK eoncindetti his speech. fir the Ap 'pellant, in the Callie BLANF. the F,all of CAS. SPAS and otters", and Mr. AVAM was heard for the s p 9: The Mili!ia RerloAion Bill, the Neutral Ships 1311, !lie A,nerican '13 , 11, the Foreign Prize Ships Bull, the ektdition,4l Excise Duty Bill', the Additinal Custom Dotits Bill, and seveal Private Bulls, were received lroM, the Crtmmons, and read a irst time. T,ord HA wx essoltoe, after the Militia Redudion, Bill had preen read a first time, stated, that it was hi. iorention to move the second reading on Thurs. day next. In the mean time he moved that the Bill be orin , ed.e r -Ordered. It was also ordered, on the same ,Noble Lord's motion, that their Lordships be summoned for Thursday. Lard IVIULGR APE lose and gave notice, that, in consequence of . wha: had passed last night, he intended to call their Lordships' at t ention to the 'Standing Order No. 30. If the dodrine maintain el/ last .night was right, it must follow, that any Noble. Lord could, whenever he pleased, controul the will of the majority. He conceived it to be ins 'portant that this point should he decided, and for that purposebe moved, that their Lordships be sum moned to attend on Monday, to consider of the Order - in question. • Earl SPENCE not rightly know what was the object of the Noble Lord's notice. If he meant to propose the expungement of this Order, because it might enable one Noble Lord to contralti the ma jority of theirLnrdships, that was anobjedion which applied to every Standing Order, as it was always in the power of any Noble Lord, it he saw occaaion, to put the Standing Orders in force, however dis. agrveable that proceeding might. he to others, The LORD CHANCELLOR agreed with tile •Nohlc. Lord who had given this notice, that it was proper to,call the attention of the House to this ar. tide of regulation; he would not call'it a Sanding Order, as it differed from other Orders of that de scription in this, that their suspensiottivould be moved an two day's notice being given. Out with reaped -to this Order, no such notice could be given, unless it were intuitively discovered, that on a certain day it was the intention of some Noble Lord to en. force it. • had SPENCER asked Lord Mu Lott Ave to state the precise obj , .!Ct of his motion. 'Lop MULG R AVE stared, that he intended to call.their Lordships' attention to the Order on Mon day, with the view of moving that it he expunged. The LORD eiIANC,'.ELLOR hoped that on that ty there would he no motion for a Committee. 11 there was, he sln remind their ,Lordships that there was another Standing Order, which direded, that each Noble Lord should sit in his proper !One when the House was in a Committee. Now, it per. baps would not be easy for their Lordships to find their proper places, as, since the House in which they at present met was fitted up for their reception, no regulation had been made on this whjettl. ,Lord MULG RAV aprecated the enforcement of the Order alluded to by the Noble and Learned thmt case their Lordships must be mar. shaled according to their rank, flukes on one bench, Marquisses on another, Earls on..a third, Sec, Carrying such an Order into- etr , e.Ct would cause ennfosion i .and- would impede tho.busioess of the [louse, • _ LORD CiIANCELLOR Observed, that his 144 ,, b1e Friend could not suppose that he seriously meAnt ro enforce such an Order. He only alluded to for the purpose of shriving the ah4urdity of rigid. iy enforcing every tegulation that titood among the Orders. Earl SPENCER said, he never recolleded apy instance of 11)6 Order the Noble and Learned Lord had tnentirmed - being. enkreed, though in the old 11„4 34 0 every Noble Lord knew his place. A Cutn• tnittee had been appointed to regulate the places of their Lorddiip4 in the present House, but as yet that Committee had made no Report. Alter some farther c.inversation, an Order for summoning their Lordships on Monday next was wa4e. Adlourned. HousE OF COMMONS. VIIFDAY• AEKIL 2. I.OtlD DUNCANNON and Lurd JOHN TN YNNTI tflok. the. 0,,thl and their Seat, the fim:. for the Vorou KnareNhorongh, arid the latter fur the City The S::otch Excise incorporation Bill was read a teeqild The Ip4.vich P , rt Improvement Bill was read a 4rst, and ordelett to he read a second time. Mr, CtlNl3v iw gave notice, that he should move to.morrow for .Aectitinvi of the further. Balances of the Hun. Kat ra STuART, RecciVer.General of the Land 'roc in Scotland, Dut.ior DUICENAN g.ive notice, that be should to-oiarrow move for leave to bring in a Bill to omen(' Queen Ann'd Bounty Act, 46 it related to ire3=4nd. STURGUS 800/I.NR pregented, in obedience to an O r der nt the H.use, an Account of the Appli. cation of the Surplus Revenue of the Isle of Ordered to he printed, The Innkerperh' Additional Allowance Bill, and the Irish Spirits Permit Bill ? were reported, and ordered to be read a third time to. morrow. The Customs Duties Bill was read a third time, 4TI SC d pas . d SO Jour NE wpoar gave notice, that he 4109111 to-morrow trove for a Cvy,of the Opinion of the Attorney and Solicitor. General, relative to certain PJAMS for Compensations in Ireland. The American 'freely Bill was read thud time, wind passed. The Bengal Supreme Council Bill was a OW time. '` • REDUCTION OF TUB, IRISH MILITIA, The CHANcvLt.oa of the, Ecit Tuft moved:' order of the Day , for the House to resolve it_ sell into a Committee on ihil4ll for reducing the Militia of Ireland. S;1- 701111 T NEWPORT ohserVed, that as he had upun - former occasions urged his reasons against the proposed measure, he had not now risen either to repeat his argometos, or further to oppose the Bill. It was sufficient that the sense of the House was in opposition to l►is. He ruse to suggest a mat. ter which, it appeared to I't hi►t-, would tend more to conciliate the minds of the people of Ireland than any thing that could be adopted. lie wished some. thing to be introduced in the Bill with a view to making provision for the wives and children of such of the Militia as should volunteer into the Line. By the law as it at present stood, the Wives and Fa milies of Militiamen had a provision allotted to them.' but there was nothing of the kind in the Bill before the House, so that the Families of those who volunteered into the Line would be in a worse condition than they were before.; He could assure the House, that after the embarkations of the Force last war, the wives and children of the Troops were left destitute, and obliged to beg their way home from door to door. Great part of the misery and wretchedness of the poorer' People of Ireland resulted from the Want of such a provi. sion. It was manifestly a great and crying griev. once, and undoubtedly had operated, and would continue to operate; as a considerable drawback on th i at zeal and energy which prompted men to enlist for general service, He had reason to be lieve, that in subsequent to one embark. ation which took place at Portsmouth last war, from Woo to toot) women, with their childrep, came back to Cork and Dublin without the means' of sup. port. it was certainly the interest of the Public, and the duty of Parliament, to make some provision on this subjed. The CHANCELLOR rf the EXCHEQUER said, that what the Hon. Baronet had stated had not escaped his observation. The inconvenience alluded to arose chiefly from the, circumstance of Ireland having no regular system of Poor Laws ; but it was an inconvenience tar which, for many reasons, independently of those applicable to an increased public expenditure, it was not possible to provide an adequate retnedy„ the question as to Ireland could not be considered without embracing many other parts of internal regulation besides the military. h was a goestion of too much extent and magnitude to be confined to one particular ob. jea. lie could assure the Hon. Baronet it was un. der the consideration of His Majesty's Government. With regard to die Wives of the Soldiers returning home from Portsmouth in a destitute state, he had only to observe, that he was sure there was a sepa. rate bounty given to gall the Wives of the Troops, to enable them to retufn home. Sir JOHN NEWPORT said, it was true they received a bounty of a guinea and a halt; but it was insufficient, and they were lauded in the greatest misery. Colonel BAGWELL was glad to find this subject had not escaped the attention of the Right Han. Gentleman. He believed that last war, when Irish Regiments were ordered on different set. vices, there was an allowance made to the men's Wives. The manner in which the Wives of `diets in Ireland were left was a subject of the great. eat possible concern. The streets of Ireland were covered with beggars of this description, By the former AO, last %! ,, ar, the Wive& of 541iers wero al. lOwed 45. a week; ar present they were only allowed Its. this was evidently not sufficient; at least they were entitled to the same allowanCe they had last War tic trusted, that with the view sug gested, there would be an Imperial contribution, as the men were employed in the services o f t h e Enapitc at large, and were not confined „to ire. land. The House resolved itself into the said Commit. tee, and the Bi!i, with the Amendments, was agree d to.—The Sr AK lt having resumed the Chair, the Report was ordered to be received to. morrow.—Adjourned. MAILS. ARR En-1 Leeward ISLidd. Du E.-1 1-Luriburgit t Cot, teaburgh, Lisbon, t Wat‘rtorit. PRICE: OF STOCKS 'Tall DAY AT TWILLVA o'cLocA, Consols -57 i, omoium zi 'rll E SUN. SOLLAI QUI:3 , IIICZAZ FAGIUM ONUDEAT L NDO N, WEDNFSDAY, APRIL 3, 11305. WI yesterday stated our doubts as to the truth of the report of the Capture of Dominica, and we are now happy to have it in our power to state, that although the French have. eireeted 'a landing in that Island, and taken possession of Roreau, yet there is very strong reason to hope that General PaivosT would be able to hold out until he re.. ceives reinforcements. The Rochefort Squadron, consisting of five Sail of the Line, three Frigates, and two Brigs, arrived at Fort Royal, Martinique,- after a passage of forty days. The Fleet was corn. mantled by Admiral Misuses*, and the Land Forces by 'General LAGRANC,I. On the xoth of February the Three.deeker and two Seventy-fours, Frigates, ike anchored in tit• Bay of jßoseau, in Dominica, and fired uporythea Forts and Town, but made no itriptessioufuntil the latter onfotturately caught fire: As the Force at this place was not considered adequate to a contest With the very superior Forces of the F,ntoty, f .and In order to S3VC the l'own from destrunin ft , General Neves:l . thought it iltudc nt to fall back to Prince Rupert') Bay, which is a much more tenable place than Roseau. The following is the Dispatch sent by General Ea a sal' • Aupol, Dumbilc., 2 4 ,6 Fa rawy, ie. •5 . " Stn ---You will inform the Cnirtnander in Chief. of His Majesty's /1,1; , a1 and Land Forces, that a Force from France, consisting of one , three.decker and two 74's, Frigates, &c. with Troops on board, invested the Island on the zoth, and made good their landing on the following day (the 2 ISt) they were most successfully resisted by the Troops un der my command, and repeatedly driven back. 4 4 The Ships of the Line in vain attempted to si lence the Batteries ; but unfortunately the Town being on fire, the Militia on the right, notwith standing their spirited condua, were compelled ty fall back. " I deemed it prudent to allow the Council to Ca. pitulate for the Town of Rosean and itsDepentlencies, whilst I attempted, by forced marches, to get into Prince Rupert, with such force as I could collet, in which I have succeeded, and wait their attack on this post, with a well grounded " expeaation that Ills Majesty's Regulars` and Militia Forces Will again distinguish themselves; I retreated from Roseau on the a Ist, at 4. p. in, and under stand the terms I prescribed are acceded to. I ordered none to be accepted' that were — not honottisi. ble, and desired the French Commander not to al. low his Troops to thsgrace themselves by plundering, or any aft of wantonness. You are hereby desired to sail immediately, 'and make tke first Isfarld you can. If Privateers in the Guacialoupe Channel pre. vent your turning to windwardonake Montserrat or Antigua. " i have the honour to be, Sir, " Your most obedient Servant, (Signed) " GEORGE PE Elfk,Ef." " n the Mosterof the Sloop Endeavour." 411 To be delivered to the Commander in Chief of His Majesty's Naval and Land Forces, or the Governor or President of the first Island you make," We are happy,to be able to add, that no appre. pension is entertained fur any of the other Islands. The Troops in St. Lucia, St. Vincent, Grenada, anti Antigua, have been reinforced by General MeYEtts. Litst night we received Paris Papers to the 4.01 alt. and Dutch journals to the 28th. ult. The Coronation of BowArArre as King of Italy is fixed to take place at Milan on the 233 of May. , A Letter from Caen states, that a Division of the Flotilla, consisting of twelve Vessels, had had a smart Attion with an English Squadron, the result of which was, of course, according to the Parisian account, that the latter were obliged to sheer off. The Russians are said to have been defeated by the Persians. It .is also Awed that a Rw.sian Ship of War, of 8o guns, which sailed from Sebastopolis in the month of Oetober, full of Troops, had been lost, 4nd V i lely_ soul on board perished. Mix feel great satisfaction in having it in our power to l.iy before our Readers the Leltt written by Lord Me Lvit.LE to the Commissioners of 'Naval Inquiry, upon the subject of the Loth Report. W e shall nut at present offer any observations upon the Letter, but we are convinced that it will have 'the greateit effed upon 411 wen, of liberal4nd candid minds, We this•morning received the New York Papers to the z4th of Feb. They contain nothing hut the Answer of Judge CHASIS to the Articles ut peachnient. Yesterday, about twelve &cluck, 'Tut MAI F3TY and the PR INa BSSILS arrived at the Queell's !l ouse from Windsor; in a shun time the Pit INC ESS pH/A , o f GLovcosTeit visited 1 - Iga MAIEoTa anal the PRINCESSES. Fits MAJESTY arrived About lour o'clock from Kew. Yehterday the Duicus of Yottx anti SVASEX dined with THEIR MAJEbTISS. Ibis MAjetay has adopted a new uniform for the Grand Installation Ball on St. George's Day. He desires that all the Gentlemen shall he dreascd in a scarlet waistcoat, gniti-laced, with long flaps —scarlet breeches, with gold knee-band, and a blue coat.-- This is after a celebrated painting nt KingGeurte r 1. CITY, BUsitillsb.v,—A Court of Al4cimen was yesterday held at Guildhall, at which the Lotto IVIA.YOI, 17 Aldermen, Sheriffs, and City Offic t r i ,' attended. Five thousand pounds Orphans' Stock was drawn out of the wheel, and the Chamberiain direeted to give six months notice thereof to the Parties interested. The Court ordered the Price of Bread to euntitioe the same as l ast wee k, v i z. Is. 31d. the quariern Loaf.. A Report was also • received from a Cutrunittee relative to the present state of Gilopur.street Cornpter; 'and stating i t as their opinion, that a new Compter should b e immediately built in lieu of the one in the Poultry ; which ma, agreed to, and the Lot;ri MAyoR re _ quested to lay the same before the next Court Common Council. • The following requ i s i tion was yesterday presented to the LORD MAYOK, signed by se vcral Liverymen., his Lordship informed that be shuiild sake • i their application into. consideratu m , .4111 r.v.e a n answer on Thursday • 141 v Loan —We the undersigned Liverymen do request your Lordship to convene a Common Hall, upon on early =day, to consider the flagrant 'abuses in the inaii.igenient and expen dj ulto .a the public money, brought ti; lignt by dila iwports of tr. CoutirtiSSinUerti appointee by Parliament to t s4ll.lif, And. to instruct our. Itepreseffiativ t;s strenuously to promote and, prosetatte alt intoiries into the tsaid ahuscs ; and alsd to Note for such Nlutions as may kook: for their obj4et the tett - loyal from flis Majesty's councit4, or any pl.ice of trust or profit udder th e Govtranleia, all personswilt) may b 4 implicated to the said Abuses." LETTER from LORD MELVILLE i TO THE COMMISSIONERS OF NAVAL INQUIRY. CtNTLEMEN, frAvING read youir Tenth Report, and observing particulsrly the Ultimo ng S'aragrsph in Atli OW page, " However the erprehension of diseinlitl delicate and confidential transaaions of GOO"' ment might operate with Lord 114eLvtLts withholding inforanation respeaing advances to other departments, we da not perceive how that arptr. hensism can at all account for his refusing to St3tC whether he derived any profit or advanias! 1 0 ° 1 the use or employment of money issued for the services of the Navy. If his Lordship had received into his hands such m onies as Were advanced by him to other Departments, an 4 19d replaced thefts as soon as they were repaid, he couli t h nor have derived any profit or advantag e front loc transactions, however repugnant they might be t° the provisions of the Legislature far the tirec int* of Public Money." I think it necessary to state the following 06—eff,fr tions, in order to place in their just view ther7 i on which I declined answering your 1.!j,, and which you appear not to have accuratitfrer. stood. it'll When you first called upon me for lee kip /1 k I stated to you that I had not materials eewilic: could frame such an account as you requited Iti ;:; that time to prepare, an d a,„ connotk n i? ,/ ' with Mr. Tool-rim, before my examination en the Sth of November last, I learnt, foe r be h fir tll i l time, that in the Accounts he had kept resper',,,.o S. my private concerns, he had so bl e nded bit ° w- aablt 4 vate monies with what he had in his hands money, that it was impossible for tutu to,4sC ert , ot , with precision, whether the advances he hai v O lt casiun to make to me in the course of MO • the ° private account wi th rne , were tissue .-- or from the other aggregate sums whi ch C " OW . toted his balance with Messrs. COUrrio, cumstance, which I understood glitL Tl 42 : 4 .ooo ts lble d g i e s n t e in r 4 al ly coinmunicated to you, ina e it I 1 01-6 for me to return any other answer than - ji : ime htt • carrying tD Nlr.f ft 0 ( T n e c a:d:a li r p e c n p i app l ied i e d o r u a v i i i i it u e t o f e l ; r r i: : ; ( *- 0/ o f°l f , v tuti' the I n 10 9 benefit or advantage ?" and to this cirr i ' s 400 uniformly referred in my answerositothtelth9;:aelhllll,, resPeailng the manner in which Mr. Tl °ll plied the money in his hands. is When me you pe r: the question t o f o l titerclued or authorize Mr. Ti?,,lls,l'.'paii/ oat °I4PPIy, or Q AUSC- to be, kid "t*-certet My s a any iocnfes,.tto,r► h fe e t m iwm o a n Ns e , y a v i r s u t e o d m fo y r e t) : r n r t y fi l t n g o : o n t v " c o,ntlichi g c loi r neveedid." rootlet' That . answer I now repeat. inquire whether e - ver had — ani n " ncl e " tan ‘ r a pressed or imolied, with Mr. Tttorrstl re'r " To the hest of my tOP jo ived any participation of ad vantago ha bet lo , the custo iy &2f the public mtin e Ys °t•w,"- toell# any titnt knowingly derived any a6r4n"gi self from, any advances., of. public , ulangr'; no's ha v e had no hesitation in declaring, 111 14 ' 0 44 Clare, that there never was any s u ch , cr u nd n ef l s l ' i - s, nor any thing lik e i t , b et ween Me; -- A sp y OP myself : that I never knowingly lle rile " s een° advantages ; and that whatever etn°ltiri_4,,canill to Mr. TROTT/R in the condua o f ihcr . 0 4; 0 10 concerns of the office, was, so far a s - arts " • exclusively his own. Int 'T ° w ri With respeet to any advances whic h . _ O ase TP I might make on my private accounts tctarionSi; ed myself as debtor to him alone, 3 6 ' 1 45 • 00 1 „ m nt with regard to him, in no other Pred lc i . bo sitr7 should have done with any other trvin ° in rhd who tnight be in occasional advance to gl iC 0"; ted I° i* ncral management of my concern" en" . hv It is linpwsible for me to ascertain for° esw .anents , or vouchers in my hand 4, or ha ve her what the extent of those atiVarICCS Mig ht do t i yO, ti at any particular period. The a ceouo w t ill have inserted in your Report I (Icier 1: them in the Report itself. Titer-09,11°.iityre011111.,,b 1 of mine, nor am I a party to them. pie , #7 41 a variety of sums issued norninAllY "4 0 n o'ciS l :: never carne into my hands , a nd thei g t OIT A for various sums ,received by Mr. Tg. ° T • u rtpsutc r h private account from my sal3rY as o f w hi Navy, and other sources of ino m r 4 ns , t ieti e le Was in the teceipt, nor do they rak e 1 : ` 0 0 the security of which he was in passel°, , 0 0 ' 1 to o r f_ e tot i t ' t a) i l ir li t e v n a t te D F l o a rt n l Y s. °aim.'" at anY 1:ei? 4; With respect to the sums of servicelt,-10; Nl' fill Y I P 10 Ivanced to r me, and applied to ov not tech it necessasf CO make ar i . Y hd i li nef s r ea o vations, except to declare, that all Ih °s wer e tsP, or i returned to the funds from which th e y or ly t having in no instance been wit dva st-v any purpose of private emolument or