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LAIPERML PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF PEERS, SATURDAY, IVLY 9. . - THE various Bills before the Ho use were for. warded in their respeaive stages. The relevant 'standing Orders being duly taken into consideration, and suspended for the purpose, the Irish Additional Force Bill was read a second time, committed, the Report received—and after. wards the Bill was read a third time, and passed. The Lottery Bill was read a third time, and passed ; and Messages were ordered to be. sent to the Commons, to acquaint them with the above. .The Order of the Day, tespeding the Woollen Manufacturers Bill-being read, The Earl of MOIRA rose, :and made a few oh. servations on the occasion, which the probability of his being out of town during the further progress of the Bill induced him to take that Opportunity to do. —He seemed to think it preferable, were a Bill of Indemnity proposed for what liad taken place with respdt to the existing Ads of Parliament upon the subject, down to the present period. He noticed the strong disapprbbation of a considerable number of the parties to be alteded by the present Measure ; they were hostile to the principle of it; and as such, he thought they should be heard by Counsel, on .the • second reading of the Bill. The LORD CHANCEL LOR, in answer to what fell from the Noble Earl, observed, that the forme/ Bill which had been brought in, went to suspend one or ,two and twenty Ads of Parliament, upon the subjed of which it was found that : seven or eight' had, for a very considerable time, grown per. lettly obsolete. The present Bill, to a certain extent, tended to repeal them.—Without meaning, in the pfesent instance, to express himself either hostile or friendly to the Bill, he must say, it was one which merited the serious and deliberate consideration of the House, particularly as it, in some measure, went to affed that principle which, for centuries, gene. rally regulated Manufattures in this Country. He begged leave to observe to his Noble Friend (he hoped the Noble Earl would allow him so to express himself,) that the Petitions upon the Table were against certain parts of the Measure, and as such, were solely for the consideration of the Committee upon the Bill. With resped to these Petitioners, who were hostile to the principle of the Bill,, the regular mode would be, to present a Petition on that ground, and pray for leave to be heard by their Counsel against it, on the second reading. He was certain their Lordships were inclined to pay every proper attention to the interests of the parties con. cerned. He adverted to the absence of a Noble Lord, which was an additional motive with him for wishing the discussion to be deferred. The Earl of MOIRA, after speaking shortly in explanation, moved that the Bill be read a second time on Wednesday next -which was ordered ac. cordingly, Some routine business was then disposed of, and their Lordships adjourned till Monday. From the LQNDON GAZETTE, July 9, 1803 ICrvum-Pffice, jay 9, 1803. MEMBER RETURNED T( SER.VE IN THIS PRESENT PARLIAMENT. coour y or PLRMANAGH. The Honourable Galbraith Lowry Cole, of Florence Court, in rho room of the Right Honorable john Willoughby Cole, commonly called Lord Viscount Cole, now Earl of Enniskillen. B/INKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED. Henry Aveson and Samuel Avcson, of Manchester, corn. deAters. BANKRUPTS. Daniel Willmott, of White-cross -street, Middlesex, wine end brandy merchant, to surrender July 21, 22, and Aug. a°, at eleven, at Guildhall. Attorney,: Mr. Walker, Coleman-street. ,Joseph Shepherd, of Aldgate lligh-street, London, linen draper, Julyjulyat, 22, and Aug. 20, at eleven, at Guildhall. Attorney, Mr. Pullen, Fore-street, Cripplegate. Gen. Fraser and Andrew• Fraser, of Bow-Church-yard, ware— housemen, July 19, at ten, Aug. i 6, and zo, at twelve, at • 'Guildhall. Attorney, Mr. Brown, Little Friday-street, Cheapside. Benjamin Rushforth, of Marshall-Hall, and Wen. Rusliforth, ,ot Crowstorne-Hall, Halifax, merchants, July 1 3, and August 3, 20, at ten, at the Pack-Horse inn, Birstall. Attornies, r. 'Stables ' Huddersfield, Yorkshire; or Mr. R. Baum Chancery -lane, London. fames Jacks, of London, merchant, July 16, 19, and Aug. zo, at eleven, at Guildhall. Attorney, Mr. Bland, Racquet. court, Fleet-street, London. Tobias Purcell, of t boot-maltzr, July 16, at twelve, 30, at one, and Aug. 20, at eleven, at Guildhall. Attornies, Nlessrs. Iligden and Sym, Curriers% Hall, Lon- Edward Gallon, now or late of Ilford, Essex, innkeeper, July 12, 19, and Aug. 10, at ten, at Guildhall. Actor. . nies,lMessrs. L vitt and Rixon, Ilaydon-square, Mlnories, Lond9n. James Perkins, of Birmingham, tailor, 'July 22, 13, at four, and Aug. 20, at eleven, at the Style's lintel, Temple-row, Birmingham. A mimics, Messrs. Kinderley, Long, and Ince t Sy aloud's- I on, .Chancery-lane, Lond o n ; o r Mes srs . Smith and Arnold, thrmin , ;harn, Matthew Foy, of Wapping-Wall, butcher, July 16, 10, and Au,!. 20, at ten, at Guildhall. A ttornies, !Messrs. Vincent and L4ystone, New North-strect, Red-Lion-square. nr Hey 'I redwell, late of Wolvereot, Oxtbrd, yeoman, July so, 2!, and Aug. 30, at six, at the Mitre inn, Oxford, Attomies, Mr, Robinson, Oxford; or Mr. Latimer, Gray's lon-square, London. John Rush, of SatAville-street, VVestrninster,, Wine-mer. chant, July 16, 13, and Aug. A?, At one, at Guildhall. At. trey, Mr. Rice, Duteues-Place, Broad-strest, Golden. square, , THE SUN. 1 4 31.1 u (butt nictgi 141.auld 4UPSAT ? LONDON, ULY 11, 1803, Our Tort Letters this morning present us with a Considerable Lkt of Captures from the Enemy. 'We have zit the same time, however, the disagree. able duty of statiog the loss of One of ills Majesty's FfigatlS• La Alinerve, of 44 guns, Capt. 13& RN -1•0!/, off Clip-bouts, AN Extraordinary Special and General Meeting of the 1-Itcriy.Nti Soc rry was hcltl at Edinburgh “1 the 4AI io . fit, at which Lord Viiconnt MEL. vit.t.st presided. Some spirited Resolutions analo gous to the present situation of the Country, and to the nature of the Contest in which we are involved, were proposed by the Duke of BuccLEutm and unanimously adopted. These Resolutions will be found in another Column of our Paper. After they had been unanimously adopted, ,Lord MELvtLLE addressed the Meeting in an admirable Speech, which we regret our limits to.day will not permit us to insert, but which we shall certainly give to our Readers tomorrow. • We see likewise from the Edinburgh' Papers, that' the Edinburgh Royal Highland Volunteers have offered to extend their services to any part of Great, Britain, and to Ireland, in the event of d►e Volunteer Force of Great Britain, or any portion thereof, being deemed necessary for the de. fence of that d part of the United Kingdom, in case of Invasion. We have peculiar satisfaction in recording these traits of Patriotism, the spirit of which seems to burn with a brighter lustre in the North than it does at present in the more Southern Districts of the Island. In a subsequent part of our Paper will be found a corral. Abstrad of the Bill for raising a contribu. tion upon all descriptions of Property, or what is more generally known by i the name of the Income Tax Bill, as amended in the Committee. The Schedules which describe the various specie of Pro. perty affected by the Tax, and the new Clauses, which are intended to obviate the necessity of dis. closing to Commissioners the private afrairi of indi. viduals, we have given at length. Saturday morning Hts MAJESTY, the DUKE of CANtatt tocE, and the PRINCESS SOPHIA, attended by Generals GWYN and GARTH, MAjors Dssuo.. ROUGH, Lord HENLEY and Lady THYNNE, took an airing on horseback in Windsor Great Park, and viewed the haymakers. HER MAJESTY and`the Princesses AUGUSTA, ELI ZAB ETH, and MARY, at.. tended by Ladies AYLESBURY, CAROLINE DAMER, Mrs. DR AX, and Mrs. STANHOP E, took an airing to Frogmore. After dinner the Royal Party walked to grog_ more and drank tea, and had a select party there. Earl and Countess Uxaatnce anti Lady HENLEY were of the company. After tea the Royal Party walked in the gardens. Her Majesty's .Band at. tended, and played several Pieces of Music; it was near ten o'clock before the Royal Party returned to the Queen's Lodge. Early yesterday morning two Messengers arrived at Windsor, with Dispatches to Hts MAJESTY. About half past so o'clock the ROYAL FAMILY walked to St. George's Chapel, where an excellent Sermon was preached by the Rev. Mr.CHAMPNESS, from the second Epistle to Corinthians, ch. iv, v. 7. On Saturday Dispatches were received from Ad miral CORNWALLIS, dated on Tuesday last. ; At that time nothing had been seen of the Saint Domingo Fleet, so that we fear the report re. ceived from Falmouth on Saturday is unfounded. Admiral CORN wiaLis had detached the Malta, Canopus, Sceptre, and Conqueror, all of the Line, to the Mediterranean. Sir EDWARD PELLEW, with the Tonant, Spartiate, and Mars, continued cruizing off Rochfort. Admiral CORNWALLis had with him sixteen Ships of the Line. The Gazette of Saturday contained a Proclama. tion, dated the 7th July, for granting the distribu tion of Prizes during the present hostilities. It is similar to former Proclamations on the subjeft, cepting that it contains a number of regulations concerning the One Eighth part granted to the Flag Officer or Of fi cers, who on being appointed to a command ars not to be entitled to a share of any Prize taken by the Fleet or Squadron under their command, until they arrive within the limits of the station, and have communicated orders to the Flag Officers previously in command. Flag Officers also quitting a command, unless upon some urgent ser. vice, with an intention of returning to it, are not to be entitled to a share of any prize taken by the vessels left behind after they have quitted the limits of their station. There is not an instance of a more numerous and respettible Meeting of the Lieutenancy of the County of Sussex, than took place on Thursday last at Brighton. The Duke of RICHMOND, the Lord Lieutenant, presided. The plan sent from the War Department was generally adopted, except that part which requires a return of dead stock in order to its removal, and the proposal that every 25 or so men should form into companies, and chose a leader. The latter was unanimously re. jetted, Lord ST. ASAE'II, Lord GAGE, LOrd Stitt. EMI), Lord ECREMONT, and other considerable Gentlemen of the County, were named Lieutenants of Divisions,and are to have Commissions fromtheKing. Several arrangements were made, preparatory to the appointment of Inspedors of Districts, Superintend. ants of Parishes, the mode of Removal, the forming of Corps of Guides, Pioneers, &c. General Sir DAyia DVNDAS, Lieut.-General Sir JAMES Put.. TENEY, and Lord PE LH AM, attended. On Thursday there was a very respeaahle and numerous Meeting of the Lieutenancy and Magi. stracy at the Castle of Devon, to consider of the Defe nce of th e Country. The Lord Lieutenant opened the business. Proposals from Lord Ho. UART were read, anti his Plans acceded to, with some additions. General SitdCOlt recommended Fortifications on the old system ; likewise intro. duced a Letter he intended to send to the Bishop, for the disposal of the Clergy. Lord RoLLt sub. [flitted the propriety of addressing the Kt No on the piesent state of the Country. lie moved a ;equi. sition to the Sheriff' to convene the Coun:y that purpose, which was seconded by Mr. Cog's. voRU, and paced unanimously. The High Sheriff expressed his approhatioa and readiness, NAVAL. NEWS. From the LONDON GAZETTE, yuly 9, 1803. Admiralty-Office, July g. Co of a Letter from the Hon. Captain Paget, of His Majesty's Sip the Lnomion, to Sir Evan Nepean, dated at Sin the 23tb Jane 1803. I have the honour to transmit a copy of my Letter to the Hon. Admiral Cornwallis, for their Lordships' information. I have the honour to be, &c. CHARLES PAGET. • SIR, Enelymirn, at Sea, June 2s, 5803. I have the honour to inform you, that this morning, in lat. 47 deg. to mm. North, and long. to deg. West. the Endymion fell in with and captured, after a chase of eight hours La Bacchante French Corvette, of eighteen twelve pounuers, commpnded by Lieutenant de Vaisseau Perimel, and having on board two hundred men. La Bacchante is a remarkably fine Ship, of large dimensions, quite new, and sails very fast. She was on her return to Brest, having been sent from thence three months ago with dispatches for St. Domingo. - The Captain persisted so long in his endeavours to escape; that the Endymion's chase guns killed her Second Captain and Seven Men, and wounded nine others. I am happy to add her fire did us no harm. I am, &c. CHARLES PAGET. Honourable Admiral Cornwallis, &c. &c. &c. . 'Admiralty-Office, July g, 1803. Copy of a Letter from Captain Dixon, of Hit Alajettes Ship , the Apollo, to Sir Evan Nrptan, Bart. dated at Sea the 29ta of Yune 1803. SIR, I request you will inform their Lordships I fell in with and captured Le Dart, a French National Brig from Marti. pique, with four guns and Forty.fiveMen, bound to L' Orient. She has been employed with several others in carrying stores to Martinique. I am, &c. T. W. T. DIXON. PLYMOUTH, JULY 9.--Arrived the Spanish Ship Peggy, Co GEOT master, laden with coffee, cotton, and skins, from New Orleans bound to Havre, de. tained by the Sally Privateer, of this Port ; the Spanish Brig, John and Marie, R. GEORC ET master, from New Orleans bound to Havre, laden with cotton and logwood, detained by the Catharine and Mary Privateer, of London • the' French Ship La Virginie, Capt. C UCNE AU, from St. Domingo hound to Bourdeaux, laden with coffee, sugar, and cotton, captured the 3d inst. in tat, 49, 58. long. 54. 32. by the Miranda Privateer, of Falmouth, and the Minerva Cutter, Tender to His Majesty's Ship L'hapeteax ; the Brig Plums, of and for Bre. men, Capt. JoNAsoN, laden with sugar, coffee, &c. from St. Thomas's, detained by the Ferret Privateer, of this Port ; the latter has also captured and sent in here ,the Dutch Brig lirow Henrietta, Capt. Boss, with sugar, coffee, and cotton, from Detnerara bound to Amsterdam. Arrived the Ship Princes: of Wales, of London, laden with rum and sugar, from Jamaica, captured on the ad inst. by La Reprisal French Privateer, and re.taken on the 6th inst. by the Lord Nelson Privateer, of this Port, commanded by Captain CROWTE, in company with the Trimmer Cutter, of Portsmouth ; the Lord Nelson engaged the Prin. test of Wales an hour, and had one of her crew wounded. Arrived the Catharine and Mac Privateer, of London, commanded by Capt. GOODALL ; she un. fortunately missed the English vessels which were captured by the Reprisal French Privateer, and which she went in pursuit of, after re.taking the . Se winger, of Glasgow, as mentioned in our last. . Sailed the Prwre of Wale:, of g 8 guns, Rear. Admiral CALDER, to join the Channel Fleet ; the :Chamell Sloop of War with a Convoy to the West ward ; and Hazard Sloop of War, on a Cruize. Arrived the Neu Kerrison, BARBER, and Bee, TUCKER, from Cork, with provisions ; a l so t he Culloden, of 7+ guns, from the Channel Fleet. Arrived the Edgar, of Leith, Capt. IsiaLts, from Jamaica, seven weeks passage, put in to wait convoy for London. Left loading at Jamaica, the 304 May, the Neptune, HoPplts, of this Port. Arrived the French Schooner La Pravidence, from Rochelle, .laden with guns and naval stores, bound to Brest, cut out of a Harbour near the Saintes, on the 6th inst. by the boats of the Naiad Frigate, after being deserted by her Crew, Arrived the Ferrel Privateer, from a Cruize. PORTSMOUTH, JULY 10. —The Outward.bound East India, Mediterranean, and Lisbon Ships, are expefted to sail to-morrow, under Convoy of His Majesty's Frigate Srahorse. We yesterday had the unfortunate information of His Majesty's Ship La Minerve having been lost on the rocks near Cherbourg, but that the Crew had been saved, but made prisoners. It is since re ported, that the Frenchmen gut the Frigate uff ,iga in with little damage, and that she is now ready for sea. Sailed this day, the Cartel Brig, 'Providence, NE AL, for Cherbourg, with French Prisoners. His Majesty's Ships Magnificent, Pearl, and Mercury, are gone out of the Harbour for Spithead. Arrived the following Ships, detained by His Majesty's Ship Diana: iVaser, from Baltimore to Bremen, with tobacco; Herma n and Thurnelda, from Philadelphia to Hamburgh, with tobacco. FALMOUTH, JULY S.—Arrived this day, the Dutch Ship De :bilge Johanna Theodore, Capt. HENRY DORTZEN, from Demerara fur Aulsterd4ol, laden with cotton, sugar, and cot Tee, and the French Brig La Courieuse, Capt. J. L. TROUQUIT, of and for Havre, from Martinique, with coffee, sugar, indigo, &c, both Prizes to the Cutter • Privateer Edward and Henry, of Dover, Capt. OLDEN', which she captured last Sunday ; and on the day following fell in with a French Ship which she was unable t take possession of, for want of men. This Cutter h a d also taken, in company with the Nile Cutter, a French Brig from the West Indies. Arrived also this day, the Mira?lda Cutter, Pri. meet*, of this port, Capt. WILLIAM SNOW, from a Cruize, having taken on Sunday last the Ship Le rerginie, Capt. CriciNaito, 55 days from Sr. Do. mingo, with coffee, sugar, cotton. mahogany, &c. bound for Bourdeaux. The Miranda had pre. viously fell in with a large French - Ship of about 500 tons, which she engaged for three hours, and would have carried her had not night come on. A large Dutch Ship is taken by a Privateer, and carried into Mounts Bay. She is expeEfed here to morrow. Arrived .here this evening, the Privateer Trimmer, of London, Capt. CLARK, to get men : the Ship Cretcent ) Capt. PERRY ) 57 day s fr om S t . Ki tts, to F a , n la.:, wait Convoy ; the Swallow East India get, Capt. MENTOR, from Bengal, the Purser of which set off immediately on his arrival.—Late this even. ing arrived the American Ship Cato, Capt. FREI' MAN, from Alexandria, in 4+ days, with floor ; the English Ship Henry, Capt. JAcKs, in z 8 days f►on Notfolk, with tobacco, for orders ; three days since saw a French Ship horn Norfolk for Amsterda, (did not know any thing of the War) • left ready several French Ships at Norfolk, ready to sail lot Europe. • Pissed this Port this evening, two Brigs, one Dutch and one French, the latter from mas's, awl th e f ormer f rom D emerara , Prizes to 3 Cutter Private er . St. Thu. The Atli've Cutter, KINSMAN, arrived here on Wednesday last, and spoke a re-captured English West-India Ship, which had been captured, as also six other West-Indiamen, by a Schooner Privateet from Bourdeaux. DOVER, JULY 10.—The iltallandPatket sailed last night with the Mail for France. A Spanish and another Foreign Messenger went in her. A Russian Messenger arrived this morning in I, Flag of Truce, from Calais, with Di s p at ches. go took a post-chaise and four for Town the moment he larded. DEAL, JULY ro.—His Majesty's Bomb Stilfilf , and Sappy Navy 'Transport, came down last t ught:' from the Northward ; the former remains, and tto,. lattersailed this afternoon, with the Sea. Gull Sloop of War, and the outward-bound for Portsmouth,- Arrived the Fu r y Bomb, Sli4e Gun.brig, 111;14rook Schooner, this tututliug, fivm I 1 14.10• FIRE IN WESTMINSTER ABBEY. Is h with extreme concern we state, that 'K' devouring flames so frequently originating in publid., buildings by the carelessness of plumbers have reach.,. ed this venerable pile. Some men in the employ tall,' Mr. Jones, of Tothilhstreet, on Saturday, havint a firelighted in their portable furnace on the top oti the square Tower, in the center of the cross aisles,' Over that part of the Choir which is between thss, Pulpit and Altar, for heating their solder to repair the leads of the roof, carelessly went to dinner aC one o'clock, without leaving a proper person tc/ attend the fire, and about a quarter before `t" o o'clock, before their return, this part of the WI which was flat, .supported by braces of timber 3 0 . plaster, most curiously gilt, was completely 1° flames, and was in a short time entirely consumed, for, from the great height, it was impossible to, convey sufficient water quickly to it t the fella its , melted lead, and of the half.burnt timbers, Wak most tremendous, and would soon have laid the whole Choir in ashes, but for the exertions of the. engines, which arrived in time to play upon and extinguish the burning wood as it fell ; and we are happy to state that the Organ, and that part of the Choir between it and the Pulpit, and the Monument' in general, have escaped with very little damages except what the water from the engines may circa; We were concerned to observe the sad and ra p id drat of the torrents of water which the engines stationed without to supply those within occasioned to the floor, which was presently sunk a foot of more over a considerable part of the cross AO, and even in the nave, the sandy soil in which "le bodies are interred, from never having been befog°, wetted for centuries, settled so much; and it will be well if some of the piers, against which 'del, graves have been construCted, do not settle , sun damage many parts of this fine and venerable build: ing. The tremendous fall of the burning wood and materials, the loud and confused noise of the en" gines and people, amidst the monuments of motto pity which we have been so long accustomed to contemplate in silence, excited the most awful ideas. Detachments of Horse and Fuot Soldiers Wse timely ordered out, and kept the avenues clear, and the St. Margaret's and St. John's Associations well mustered, and did duty at the doors, 'and within side the church, and were of essential service 0 preserving the Monuments from damage, by persons pressing against or climbing on them. j. By six o'clock the fire was entirely extingusih .. without exte n din g to an y ot h e r p ar t o f the roof,cl buildings except the top of the Tower in which begun. We were much surprised to observe th° none of the large timbers which fell struck "sk i screens which part the Choir from the cross aisles. and they remained to the last nearly unhurt. C sn l of the Firemen h a d a narrow escape o f a MI 16) " . the top of the Tower, as he was employed with I hook detaching the burning wood. clic fl.imea asp atirafted the notice of spetiators in cended a great height above the Tower, and I ' l '4 every Orr of the present, Military encouraging i a n n g d the Town; the crowd was immense. others in their efforts to preserve this venerable itdd i . i elu i e p : u at.i l rbe a tsi c eet e dr ua i nag n dricoa g annt e nx n oei e fos r su a a l 3 , n,ajoenb t sd h li er a eb t aynt otdhteil itlehersoFnsiroefmdeinstiatincil struCture, particularly PR INCE WILLIAM of GL OO ' CRSTrIt. It is to be mentioned to the credit of she eared to the atfcdions by time, by the relics di es tQ which it is devoted ' . Our readers may recolleft that a similar piece °I beautiful contributeushteoieilyunlcelj:uti c ir i t ap o i co i resFe:ooll4l, carelessness occas i one d t h e ,destruCtion of St. Paul Church, Cove nt . gar d en, j ust a f ter i t h a d been C. paiied at an enormous expence b y t h e par i s hinnael about seve n y ears ao; and that the roof of N or ' wick Cath e d ra l wag s destroyed by the same ca re ' lessness. Lord and Lady MELVILLE arrived at Ale 1 1, 1 1:: Castle on t h e 3ot h u l t . an d on Thursday last 1": proceeded nort h war d s f rom E d i n b urgh f or Donn a' their Seat in the Highlands. The Dutchess aIiORDON left Town on Sant lll4 morning, on a visit to the Duke and Dutchess lieowoan, at Woburn Abbey. Madame Sett IMMELPENNINCK leaves her l' °us i l in Cumberland.place to-morrow morning, and v c i i embark at D e p t f or d on b oar d t h e yac h t belog i b l mo Sheernes s dock-yard, which has been sent UP t h , River for th at purpose . Sh e w i ll , procee d toi Nore on b oar d the yacht, but will he conveyed ti Holland in the Dutch vessel Ajax (flag of truec lately arrived for the purpose.