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IMPERML PAR LI /IMENT EDUSE OF PEERS. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 27. TIIFIR Lordships resolved into a Committee of Pt iviieges ; and Lord WALSINCHAM having taken the Chair, M'r. Townshend, of the Herald's Cot. ge, was farther examined, as was also a Mr. Col. thurst, respening certain points touching the claim of tix Rev. Mr. Brydges to the Chandos Peerage ; after which, the Committee adjourned the farther consideration of the Case till Friday. After.the House was resumed,. the various Bills upon the Table were forwarded in their respalive stages. Among these, were the ,Sugar Duties Drawback Bill, the Irish Revenue, arid the Inn. keepers' Subsistence Bills, which were read a se cond time, and committed for to-morrow. Lord AUCKLAND moved to the following effeet, that there be laid before the House an account of the amount of the Sums granted from time to time so the Commissioners appointed to manage Queen Ann's Bounty, from the time of the first appoint ment of these Commissioners, to the latest period to which the Accounts could be made up, disti n _ guishinc , the Amount of the Sums issued in each •year.----And, secondly, an account of the distribu. tiun of these Sums by the said Commissioners, the amount, and the appropriation of the -surplus of the said Monies, &c. which, on the question being put, were ordered accordingly. The Duke of RICHMOND was sworn and took his Sear. The Bill for the better regulation of the Law with reaped to certain capital offences, &c. introduced smile time since, and laid before the House by Lord ELLENBOROUGH, was read a second time, and committed for Friday. The Orders respeding the three Irish private Bills, being read, Lord 1? EDESD ALE rose, and made a few ob. servations, arising out of what he had stated yes. terday on the occasion. He referred to what ap peared in the Reports of the Committees on these Bills, and adverted to the pradice which prevailed in the Parliament of Ireland, of proceeding legis latively on the Certificates of Judges and others ap pointed to examine Witnesses upon oath, which superseded the necessity of bringing such persons up from distant parts of the Country to be examined before the House, &c. which incurred a considerable expellee to the Parties, and which consequently would be increased to an , enormous degree, were they brought to this Country for that purpose. The Nobld and Learned Lord repeated his observations cat yesterday, respeEting the propriety of having a Legislative provision on the subjed, to regulate and extend the pradice, and to render it more effectual. He corm luded by recommending that the Reports of the Committees on these Bills, ,be received in the usual way;--which, as we could coiled, was ordered accordingly. Some.routine business was then disposed of, and their Lordships adjourned till to-morrow. HOUSE OF COMMONS. 'WEDNESDAy, APltrt. 27. . Mr. I3anooa moved for leave to bring in a Bill to improve the Harbour of Eris A.—Leave granted. Mr. Wm. MINE)As gave notice that he would move this day se'nnight for leave to bring in a Bill for the relief of Schoolmasters in Scotland. • The Order of the Day was read for the House to resolve it s elf into a Committee of the. whole House on the Coroners' Bill. .Sir R. BUXTON said, he continued in the same opinion with respell to the Bill before the House. He was satisfied that so much interest would not be made use of to get the situation of Coroner, un less there was something very lucrative attached to it. From all he could learn on the subjed, he was satisfied the former pay of nine-pence per mile, was quite enough ; therefore he should vote against the SVIIAKEIt leaving the Chair: Mr. HURST aaid, that men of charaller should be elelled to fill the situation of Coroner, and when they wete chosen, they ought to be supported in a handsome manner. ' Mr. FULLb.R said, unless the Coroners received A handsome income, it was not to be expelled that they would do their duty. Sir WM. GEARY said, it was his wish that the Bill should go before a Committee. Mr. D/CKENSON said, the antient Law of the Country was against the Bill now in the House : according to the Law of the Land, the Coroner ought to his duty without reward : the Sheriff's were also governed by a similar Law, which pre vented them from taking money for the discharge t f their duty. A Member of Parliament was not vvortily of himself, if he did not do his duty to his Constituents and Country, without remunera tion. lie therefore thought the Coroners had already :cceived sufficient pay for their labours. The House then divided, - For the Sr EAK Eft leaving the Chair - 6z Against it - - 44. On Our return to the gallery we found the House in a Committee on the Mr.7OI)DRIa proposed an amendment, It That tltr sum d ilowed to Coroners should remain at nine iwoce per mile, with a power to be vested in'the Nlairistrates, that they may grant the additional huni -' of eighteen pence per mile upon extraordinary t)L ,tslt)fs, Atter a short conversation between Mr. DICKEN hryN, Mr, Iluasi, Mr. Dv.N.r, and Sir ROBEKT 13u7,:T0N, the House divided on the Amendment. F o r the Amendment, 69 Against it, SS The Sr r,,,s!::r it gave notice, that he should count Hoase to. morrow at halt past three o'clock, to prweed to ballot two Committees, and that the of the Mcinners would be called over, and th'i;e Members who were absent would be ordered IQ I>e taken into the custody of the Serjcant at A rffi - $. The Order of the Ehy was read, for a scum.) rci.!diog of the Wo;ilten ManotWittrers' Bill. , I, 4SC I I. L, 48 said, he thought a!i 1 1 ; crt severdl Pctitioos the Bill, it would be better to TeTer the Petition, to the ori. ginal Committee. Mr. DICKINS said, he did not think the mea. sure which the lion. Gentleman had suggested was necessary. Mr. LAcceLt.rs said a few words in explanation. The CHANCELLOR of the EXC.HEQUER ob. served, it would be right, in his opinion, to send the Petitions to the Committee up Stairs for their combideration : this . he did not mean as the only, proceeding, but the House could then consider the clauses of the Bill, with the objedions to them. General L4SCELLES said, it was not his in. tention at present to enter into the merits of the Bill, but lie thought it ought to be taken up on a broad footing. Admiral l3Eßt;rt.E v repeated a few' of his former observations on the Bill. Mr. WILBERFORCE said, he considered it a subjea of great importance, and it would be for the Committee to determine what will be proper for the House to do after they have heard the arguments for and against the Bill. The Bill was then read a second time, and or. dered to be committed. Mr. Ho BIIOUSE moved, that the Petitions against the Woollen Manufatiurers' Bill be referred to a Committee, anti that Counsel be permitted to be heard in support of them.—A greed to. Mr. DICK INS moved, that Counsel he permitted to be heard against the Woollen Manufaaurers' Bill. Agreed to. Mr. LEIGH moved for leave to present a Petition against the Irish Courts of Law Bill.—Leave granted. A Petition was presented from the Tanners of Waterford, against the mode of colleffing the Tax on Leather. . The Sheerness Pier Bill was read a first time, and ordered to be committed, Mr. ALEXANDER brought up a Report of the Militia Families Bill. The Report was ordered to be taken into consideration to.morrow.—Adjourned. MAILS. DUI. ARRIVID. r• rench Ilunburgh z PRICE OF STOCKS, THIS DAY AT TWELVE O'CLOCK. Consols THE SUN. 1101.1141 QUIS DIC&RS VALIUM AUDZAIT ? . LONDON, APRIL 28, 1803. We received this morning the Paris Papers to the 26th inst. It appears by a letter in the Mimi. tear, dated 7 anion, the t 3th inst. that the Evacua tion of Alexandria by the English had taken place on the 17th March. The Garrison, which consist. ed of 4000 men, had arrived at Malta, where they were performing quarantine. The appearance of the English Squadron on the Coasts of Holland, seems to have excited very great alarm : the preparations for defence are carrying forward on a most extended scale, and with the ut_ most expedition. The Ratification of the Emr EROR of GERMANY to the Conclusurn of the Diet of the Empire, was expeded at Ratisbon on the 22d. The Funds are 54. to. The Ihmburgh" Mail of the isth inst. arrived this morning, but Papers of a later date had been before received by the way of Holland. Thy occupation of Flushing by the French, and the march of so many additional Tloops into t hat Country, arises chiefly, we umbrstantl by very authentic private letters, from an appeal made by the Batavian Government to the EMI' FitOß of RUSSIA and the KING of PRUSSIA, for their infer_ Terence to prevent Holland from being involved in the War between England and France, should War be the result of the present Negotiations. A re quest, we. understand, was at the same time made by the Batavian Government to ours, that their Ncu. trality, in the event of hostilities, should be reaped ed.—The answer of our Government was, we believe, equally just and generous, .viz. That the Neutrality of Holland should readily be respelled, provided all the French Troops were. withdrawn from it, and that Country left independent and free. That the French Troops will not in any ca se b e withdrawn, we may easily conclude, for so unani. mous ate now the People of Holland, and so im patient and indignant under the French yoke, that the moment an opportunity presents itself, we believe they would to a man sacrifice their lives in their last ditch, rather than submit again to French Fraternizatiqn. Our private letters inform tI4, that the Squadron at tif/vott destined ostensibly for Louisiana, h as suffered so much in the late tempestuous weather, that they have been obliged to disembark, not only the mep, but the stores, and that the Ships cannot again be rendero fit for sea for more than two tuont:o to come. Soon after nine o'clock yeste►'lay morning, His MAJESTY and . the DUKE Of CUMBERLAND, af- ICOLICd by Ge'neral PA: YN J left Buckingham house on horseback, and rode through Pimlien, by Fits MAJESTY'S private Road, to Kew, where Fits MA JESTY Spent a considerable time on foot, inspening the works carrying on, and the new Palace in Richmond Gardens. His MAJESTY returned by Hammersmith to Buckingham-house, between two and three o'clock. Last night, THEIR MAJESTIES and the PRIN. Cases honoured the Concert of Antient Music 1 with their presence, under the direetion of the Earl FORTESCU E. The ROYAL FAMILY will honour the Exhibition of the Royal Academy at Somerset House to-mor row with their presence, previous to its being opened for public inspedion. Mr. ADDINGTON was yesterday forenoon closet ed with Furs MAJESTY fur upwards of two hours, at the Queen's House, it is supposed, upon busi ness of the first importance. Mr. PUT, we understand, left town on Tuesday last for Walmer Castle, where he proposes staying for a few days. Yesterday a Court of Direlors was held at the East India House, when Capt. THOMAS MORTIMER and CHARLES GRAHAM were sworn into the Com mand of the General Stuart and Tigris; the former destined to Madeira, Madras, and Bengal ; the latter Madeira and Bengal.—The Court adjourned at six o'clock till Wednesday next. Yesterday the Dispatches for Madras and Bengal by the Europe, were finally closed at the East India House and delivered to the Purser.—Her Passengers are : FOR MADRAS. Captain 1. Rowles ; Mr. S. Cotton, Assistant Surgeon; Mr. T. Prother ; Lieut. Col. Fancourt and Lady ; Miss Olim p►a Campbell ; Messrs. R. Crewe, I. Lowther, E. Peard, R. Packer ; H. Massey, J. Reed, T. Youngson, R. IPhson, T. Burman, G. Leggate, G. Semmes, ,E. Richard son, and E. Ormes Davenport, Cadets. FOR BENGAL. Messrs. G. Harris, and B. Barons, returning for three years; Mrs. Churchill and two Daughters ; Miss Birch. We have the pleasure to state, that the Hon. E a st India Company's Ship the Travers, Captain THOMAS SAUNDERS, arrived at Columba on the zd of November, with a detachment of His Majesty's 65th Regiment, consisting of zos men; she was to sail for Bombay the 7th November. The Lords of the Admiralty have appointed the Rev. C. Bittowooo, A. B. late of Exeter College, Oxford, and Chaplain to the Right Hon. the Earl ST. VINCENT, to he Chaplain to the Si. Jost", of 112 guts, Capt. SPICER, now fitting for sea in Hamoaze. Alderman HUGH CROTHERS is eleeled Lord Mayor of Dublin, and Messrs. J. POWNDEN and M. J. HAY, Sheriffs, for the ensuing year. To encourage Settlers in Trinidad, a small plan. tation of ten acres is assigned gratuitously to any person who asks it ; assistance is given him to build a house : when he has cleared two.thirds of his plantation, he is to receive a charter of freehold right ; but he receives these advantages under a prohibition, for the present, to sell his land. Jr is said that the Court of Direaors of the East India CoMpany, have made considerable redulions in the allowances of their several Warehouse Keepers. The abuses in the Warehouse Department have long been the subject of very general .complaint; and it has been said, that the Committee for that particu. lar Department, did not formerly possess sufficient power to give redress to those who ventured to re. monstrate against them. A Letter from the Hague says, " Many of the richest persons in this country are preparing to escape by emigration, to seek in other climates a country less exposed than this to those vexations and impositions by strangers, to which we have been here so perpetually subjed during these last nine years, and which become so insupportable, that all taaions, all parties, those even who arc mutually the most opposite in their opinions, agree in loud imprecations against a Government to 'which outs is subject} by its weakness, and since Belgium has become a part of France, by fatal vicinity of con fines." The.thAND SIGNIOR, according to the French accounts, is now upon the most amicable footing with the G ► allic Republic, and wants nothing more ar dently than to renew anti improve old ties of friend. slvp. But i it to be supposed that the Ottoman Court . can have . forgotten the unprovoked and hor. riblc ravages of France, in its Egyptian Territories ; and can it he possible that none of those feelings are yet in existence that produced its vindictive Mani festo, which, with strong and merited reprobation, spoke of 44 the treacherous genius of BONA. PARTE. ! !!'' The total disregard of national customs, which has been shewn by the French General at Malta, is of . 4 piece with the whole system of France in its treatment' of other States. General VIAL is sta tioned at Malta, as Ambassador to the Grand Mas ter, not to the Island ; it is therefore his duty, ac cording to the established etiquette of Courts, to attend the Sovereign, wherever he may be. But General VIAL, instead of going to De THOMASI, in Sicily, invites (and the world pretty well knows the nature of French invitations) the Grand Master to attend him in Malta. Such a violation of na, tional usage, such an inversion of reciprocal duties, would excite surprize, if it did nut result from a Revolutionary General. There is a report in the French Journals, that by perildLtiOn of the KING of NAPLES, 50)000 F !'Tench Troops were to be passed into Sicil y, in case there should not be an amicable ter m i nat i on of the disputes between France and England, respeCti ng 'the guarantee of , Malta. This is one o f t h ose ridi. cutous fabrications which the French Journals s p rea d over the Continent, , in order to deceive a ll ot h er could States, and terrify England. B ut ait were p oss i. b K I that NG of these'roops t c must l be evid ent to all man. a pass by p erm i ss i on of die NAPLES, i kind that the KING of NAPLES would thereby give France permission to take le i s Crows, On Monday the workmen began pulling d own the houses which have been s o l ong shut up, at the west end of S t. Clement's Ch urch-yard, for the purpose of extending the noble improvements carry. lug on at the WCI bide of Temple.bar. NAVAL NEWS. PLYMOUTH, Arait ARRIVED the Doris Frigate, and rate A'litho:. Sloop of %Via, from a Cruize. PORTSMOUTH, APRIL 27. SAILED this day, the Earl llcrwe and LoaCasilt. Trash, outward-bound East India Ships. DEAL, APRIL 27. THE Hon. East India Company's Ships Hip, Dorretshire, Ceylon, and Prevou, sailed this morning from the Downs on their respeetive voyages, in company with the whole of the outward.bound. Lott KEITH'S Flag flies at Plymouth on board the San Salvador del Mundi, of 112 guns. The ritiory, of too guns, was to take het guns on board this day, and will be ready for sea on Saturday next. The Minotaur, of 7+ guns, is at the Note, corn. pletely manned. Her crew were paid in advance yesterday. She is under orders to proceed i m nle. diately to Torbay, whither the Sceptre and Baia" able will follow in three or four days. Accounts have been received at Lloyd's, foo l France, that the Poreber, an extra India ship, taken in the mouth of the Bay of Bengal, and carried into the Isle of France, has been condemned by rhe Council of Prizes at Paris. The Porcber was op' tured within the period fixed by treaty, when ve l # sets taken should be restored ; but the cap tors were apprised of the conclusion of Peace. The Portbtr; was a prize of immense value., little short a 200,0001. ~ The Duke of RICHMOND was every day at Goal wood Races, on the course on horseback, and app rently in better health than he had fur sOnte tiln e before enjoyed. Refreshments of every kind were provided by the Duke's order in the g reatest P e n a fusion, and from forty to fifty of th e Nubility Gentry were invited ,to his G;ace's table every 44. Goodwood Races are in future to be held in the first week after Whitsuntide, a sewn more foot% able to such sport than the month of April. The Clopton Estates in England and Ireland claimed by Mr. IVIONCKTOS; HALE, whose g. mother, SARAH HALE, was daughter and sole • heiress of the late ANToNY .C.I.orToN, Esq. Of, • Tullibane, in the county of Wertmeath, and O Clopton House, Steatford.upon-Avon, the last male. descendant of that family. INCLEDON had an osediewink audience on bis Benefit last night at Covent. Garden Theatre. whimsical Opera of Fentaintleau was represent ) on this occasion, and very well supp o r ted by l Performers in general. Ls wts was all l ife am': humour in Lachlan./ ; MUNDEN supported,... j ..s9 , t r Tallyho with spirit, and MURRAY was illsis ene‘ diverting in Lepoehr. INCLaDON gave l e nt t song, " The Lind of Tom Moody," with es eel spirit. It is most admirably composed by s}o lll ', De and will becoint a very popular ti e 3 1 1 sung " Black ey'd Susan," "The Storm," and osle• favourite songs, with great effect. The %clinic v"4 a good musical melange.—The Farce was Tke P r " saner at Large. The Itlarriage Promise and John Bull :re ( a irl i f t committed to tight a pitched battle. 'rho' W l Maintain the contest sturdily, and it is "t tike )' 'that either will give in during the present season' BANstsTee is much resperled by t he Performer s and Proprietors for his condua as Manager of Dit ti' ry.lane Theatre. By all accounts he is affable a conciliating, as well as firm and impartial. KEeteee, it seems, in consequence of his arrang* meats raoha!)tCioe: thatentG he ar w ile i n il , has renounced his tension of going to Ireland in the ensuing SurnMe:r; It i s p for a few nights at Newcastle. !be fo rhtleiasarlil whimsi ers cally p t o so s a i ip t li i ; O o n siej s n: C uai a ltl l eM e h u Mi i r t ßr t n. e ri d on; fhterP:ralSpinl'ebi:t that hair stand on end. MaNstost.Huuse.—Y esterday, a little after 1: o'clock, Mr. Aslett was privately brought to Mansion-I-loose. About eleven o'clock th e DePi.utr; I D ,r i i r % e t t e or r s oc o m f Governor, Mr.lCAye the Solicitor, anti Witte Olio , to he p the Bank, resent t t at i tteti L ie o fi a i ta iai M ex is a y m o i g na i i n i o . ,, , , , , which lasted upwards of two hours. Mr. Asier tell nier examinations were all read over, and he wss rh o mitted to put questions to several witnesses. A l ' e! t er whole of the evidence was gone through, the Prisl i a w AS fully committed for trial, and the patties , 11° „ 11 0, over to attend. The amount of the Exer' e 's i s Bills Mr. Asiett is chargrd with embezzl i . n i g he 200,0001. The Aa of Parliament under wh' c ' t d will be tried, is the isth of George the Secongi: which provides against the embezzlem ent of d i he lends, securities, monies, or etfetts, belonginglt)Ca, Bank. During Mr. Aslett's exa mination yesr ci h, he evinced the same fortitude he had done Moiler., out the whole investigation, anti e ven appeared cile f o r ful ; but on his commitment being made •0 0 e a Newgate, and while on his way thither, he seen l en , absorbed in thought, and for the first time wilY $ O , sible of his unhappy situation. Mr. HoLoswoe„,t,. the Marshal, delivered him in to the care of ral; Ks it y, who lodged him iii the state side of prison. pet We are requested to contradia the Parag r i,e which appeared in this Paper on Tuesday, re i3f .il to a Corporal Lynn, of the Second Battalion, 11°.!0, Artillery, stated to have been shot for Deser t,l . v of as there never was a Non.comtnissioned Officer( s that name in the Battalion, nor was there els e Man of the Regiment shot for Desertion. fire consurned the loCtor:usistneige.::t C i t ' i r i l i ct r i e ec l ° ) ° , u- st t g l a t t e lta 13 . ei . nc , fh callc's, a a. ins the fire. nelmetriidtilifieasltcbyollyrleirn'eXttehret exertio n t o ; fs accidents t t ie he ss ( i r i f r eainsisesela; riticor:chi'aintvrel,