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11V1PERML P4RLI44.4IENT. ROUSE OF PEERS. SATURDAY, JUNE 11. rr za some routine and private Business was disposed of, the Royal Assent was given, by'Cominission, to Sixty-one Pills, vublie, local, and private. Amoug which were the General Detente Bill, the Land-tax Redemption, the Corn Exporters Indemnity, the I; . isli Law Courts, the Sewell Schoolmasters, the Cork and Sligo Harbours, and Mark. ham's Divorce pills. The Lords Commissioners were the LORD CHANCELLOR, Lord WALSIN'unA74, and 'Lord AUCKLAND. ..--The,l3ii TsJ.won thTaille were ,forwarded in their respec. tive stages i—after which their Lordships adjourned till Nunday. IWk••••1••• , 1 4 • h OUSE OF .COMMONS, SATURDAY, JUNE 11. THE SPEAKER ) accompanied by several Mern- bets, attended at the Bar of the House of Lords, wheel the Royal Assent was given by Commission to the General Defence Bill, the English Militia Bill, the Irish Cows of Low Bill, the Scotch tichoolmasters BM, Markham's I)ivorce Bill, and several Private Bills. A Message from the Lords stated, that their •• Lordships liad.agreed to the Aft. for the better pro_ . tedion oithe Trade of the United Kingdom. • Mr, VA NS ITT ART gave notice, that on Mon. day the, CHANC LLak of the EX cti 121.7 TR. Media t:0 Stilifiiit to the House a proposition for the Consoli., dation of the Excise. Mr. VANSITTART also gave notice, that he meant himself m naive tot leave to liring in a' flill to ent.7ourage foreign seamen to enter into our merchant seri , i:7e. On the Motion of Mr. VA N3IT Aitr t the House went into a Committee on that part of His M. j ESTY'S specch of the 23a of NOrember, which re , laiti to additional facilities to be given to trade. It was intended to propose an increase of the duties paid on one or two articles, and therefore it was .necessary there should be a Committee, though the House, in , its ordinary form, would be competent to a diminution. In the. Committee Mr. '‘r.it.rst rTART stated, that the two articles on whiCh it was proposed to ldy an increased Duty, were potcelaine and opium.—The present duty on 'porcelains was so high as tog per cent. It,was proposed, in the Aft for the Conoli. dation of the Duties, to . reduce this to so per cent.; but the porcelains, manufaOuters here having'com plained that this ywhiiti not be sufficient to protect their trade, and that the, importers of the article horn India would he able to - =undersell them, after Ming it ; it WAS proposed now to make an addition of 30 per cent. making. the .whole duty to be hence. forth paid on this article So per cent. which it was thought by the Parties interested, would be fully adequate to the ss protedion of the British Manufac. tore. The importation of opium had increased very much within the last few years, and His Majesty's Government was informed, that it was used for the mischievous purpose of adulterating beer. It was p ro p o sed, with a view to prevent s its being so per. piteously epplied, to lay on a' totted duty of ss. a pelted an' all opiuM imported feting India. Though this was not preepoitioned to the mischief, yet as the article •was small in bulk, and easily secreted, it was as much as could with , sefety-be,itriposed. From the prohibition laid on the in - 1110E1a tion of opium into China, it was apprehended that it would be epeculated in largely here ; but as all the Indian opium was brought )10111e in the Company's Ships, there was less daoger of evading the duty, s and of its being applied to improper uses, than in an open trade. In order to coteotereA the importation from 'the Levant, and other places that trade in opium, without producing it, it was proposed to lay a duty of i zs. 6d. a pound on all opium not imported di. redly from the place of its growth. A drawback of tis.•a pound was to be allowed on the exportation of every pound of opium imported from the place of its growth, and a drawback. of 7s. on every pound imported from places where it did not grow. It would he recolleded, that His Majesty's Govern. Inent had taken every precaution against the use of pernieions drugs in beer, by imposing a severe pe. natty of sool. not on the brewer who uses them, but even on the brewer in whose possession they are foetid. fle:Moved accordingly. . Mr. PATTI4ON thought etheecheraders Of the brewers at stake by the statement of the Hon. Gen ' tlemeo. 'Many of them, ,he - knew' were persons of too much'respedability to be.giiiiiy of so wicked a crime. He had never heerd that op,ieo was flie d for the adulteration of beer, though he had heard that coculir indicus was, It was, en the biesve.r having this last in his possession that he understood the penalty to have been laid, and instead of 500 1, • he wished it was . 5000 i. He felt for the honour of those who carried on their business fairly, and whose charad ers may he implicated by its being puhlielied to the world thus generally that the thing was used. This crime was the more unpardonable, as the na tural arid legitimate materials were at such 'a price as Li) afford a wholesOme beverage, and at the same tiMP to, leave a sufficient profit. Mr. VAMITTART seas sure that the resped. able Ott of Ole-profesiino, such as the Hon. Gen. dentate alluded to, were above this crime. But Government waa informed that the thing was done. The penalty extended to every Drug found in the possession of a Brewer. The Resolutions were puce(' to, and the Report ordered to be received on Monday, The 'Consolidation Assessed Taxes Bill, tied the Bill' co! ,colleamg the same, were reported ; to be 'further considered on Monday sennight, and print. ed. • The Report` of the Committee of Supply was brungin•np, and agreed to, dr. Ec t,tory wished to know, whether he was coma in understanding the Hon. Baronet on the ether side (Sir P. ST EPIJ EW)), CO have s4ia that 70,000 men were aaually serving on board Hi s IVl4jesty's ships ? Sit LI P ST•EPttsxs and Mr. VANS/TTART an. sweted, - th:tt tot quite that number were aauaity 0 0 board. Some M4611E1, serving on shqre, were in. eluded, according to custom. Mr. B AGW ELL observed, that' a very cotssi. dergle sum had been subscribed in Cork for grant. Jog byes to Seamen. • The "Exchequer Billspereft Bill was passed; the Irish Ship Burning Bill was read a second . time ; when she House adjourned to Monday. MAILS. DUlt. ARRIVID. -Hamburgh z - PRICE OF STOCKS, flux DAY AT TWELVE O'CLOCK. Consols for ()pealing - 6o 601 a6o THE SUN. SOLIM QUIS DICK&S PALIVII4 *UDRAT ? LONDON, JUNE 13, ISO 3. TH I s morning at ten o'clock the Gentlemen who meant to bid for the Loan, waited upon the Minis ter at his house in Downing-street, The Bidding.) were immediately presented as follow Ml:ssrs. ESDAELt and Mr. Sitzwzt.t.t. 5 Long Ann. GoLnatttos and Co. o, 8 4 Ditto. BA.KING and Co. o 8 4 Ditto. The BktiKERS • . 012 3 Ditto. T 1 Stocr, , Ex,citAxot . o iz 3 Ditto. Messrs. ESDAILE and SHEW ELL, of course, had the Loan. The other Lists, it is supposed, had united, viz. Messri. GO I-DSMI DS and Co. and BAtt INQ and Co. as their offer was the same ; acid the Bankers and the Stock Exchange had joined their Lists. The race at which the Funds wire taken was nearly thus s,!. Cons. . . ? 801. Reduced. 5 ' 6s. id. Long Ann. . . 17 Immediately upon its deing brought to market, Omnium was at 1-1. premium, but at half past twelve it had sunk to a quarter discount. Consols for open. ing were at 6o I, but fell to 59 ; and Reduced, which was at 59 y, was, at the above.stated period, 57 z for Money. TEIR Budget which will be brought forward this day, will necessarily present Taxes heavier. than .any which have ever been imposed in one year upon the People of this Country. We have already stated the leading articles to be an Income Duty of 5 per cent. and very high duties upon Malt, Sugar, Tea, Wine, Spirits, and an increase of Assessed Taxes. We most heartily wish that these heavy imposts had beeen accompanied, Of rather had been preceded, by such representations on the part of the Govern. ment as had made the People really alive to the true situation of the Country, and to the dangers with which we are threatened. We cannot think it judicious, that the Public should learn that danger only by the weight of thee burthens which they are ,to pay for their defence. We wish not to produce dismay throughout the Coun. try', but ae7ireit.y--if . our situation is well on. derstood—if proper measures- are taken in time, there is. no cause for alarm, but there is much rea.. son to, be alert. The spirit of the Nation is not sufficiently roused- . —we yet see very. little aetive disposition to promote Volunteer Corps, and we observe no steps taken on the part of Go vernment to encourage that disposition. We do nor mean to speak of 'the particular species of force best Calculated, for our defence but we should be well satisfied to see the fouodation laid, of some plan for that purpose. We hope the hints which Mr. Prrr threw out upon this subject, will be arten,k3 to, and that Ministers will soon pro. pone some efficient plan to effcauate the objets we have in view. We, have before adverted to the important fad of the Offensive and Ddensive Alliance between Frmice and Spain,, which was concluded in the year 1796, between the French General PERAGNON and the PitlNc of PEACE. This Treaty is evidently the cause of LVC tEN DONAPARTE'S journey to Madrid. It is a question not worth asking on the, part of our Government, whether it is the intention of the Court of Madrid: to fulfil the Stipulations of that Treaty. Spain must fulfil them, and in the 'fulfilment of them she becomes our decided enemy; no, time should therefOre be lost in taking our mea. sures, By delay, we shall lose the, advantage of the richest eq:urei, and When her trade is safe, we shall not have Spain the less our enemy. At all eyents, Let tets of MArque :Amid be instantly granted against Spain, and orders given for the detention of all Spanish vessels, even if at the .end of the War we s h ou ld wo k e rest i tut i on of all we had captured, in case. Spain did not enter into the Contest. Such a n.lasure would be the most likely way tq keep her out of it. An ordt:r has been issued at. Paris, for sending all the English to Paiturienet. The Women 'who elyse to !cave France are exempted from this order, but li t ,: Etcirr, who was, at 'art on his w3y h ome truict Consrantinople op account of his health, is detained. Neither the Law of N"tions car of I los. spitality forms, any impediment to the exitotion of tits Will of the First Consul, Lord 1141vg,ii. IVRY tS said tb bare made a representation respell ing Lord ELGIN, who, it is well known, %cops ab sent in n public cliaralier, and we thit . lk it not probable that the Dispatch of the French Messenger who arrived here yesterday relates to this repre sentation.. A French Messenger of the name of CoRMONT arrived yesterday' evening about eight o'clock at Lord HAWKRSBURY'SOffice, with Dispatches from TALLEYRAND for his Lordship. This Messen. ger left Paris on Friday night, and so urgent was his haste to come over, that he would not wait at Calais, which he reached yesterday morning, for a regular Packer, but embarked in an open beat, though the wind was high and adrerse. Upon his landing at Dover, an express was sent to Deal to annotmce his arrival by the Telegraph, and the Courier himself imniediately proceeded to Town in a post. chaise and four. The Dispatches which he brought were forwarded to Lord HAWKESBtRY 3t his Seat at Coombe, and Letters were cent off to all the Cabinet Ministers who were out of Town, summoning them to attend this morning. The conjeeture, for it must be mere conjeaurt, is, that BONAPARTE may have come a little to his senses, and wishes to renew a Negotiation for Peace, by which he is mote likey to gain his objet than by War. The French Messenger is lodged in the house of one of the English Messengers till he is sent back to France. On Saturday we stopped the Press to state the re. ceipt of Path loarnah to the 9th instant, and yes. terday a Hamburgb Mail arrived. The accounts in the French Papers, and by this Mail, gave us the hope that the Neutrality of Hanover would be respe6led, and that liandurgh would be left fret ; but our accounts this morning, to which we cannot but attach greater credit, un fortunately destroy this hope. By the Hambuigh Mail we have Letters from Hanover of the tst instant, by which it appears that on the 29th ultimo, the Commercial Court suitor, BRANDES, Lieutenant Colonel Bocx, and M, Von BREMER, set out from thence on a mission of importance, supposed to be to the Head. Quarters of General MORT I ER, to conclude such a Conven. tional arrangement as might preserve Hanover from the mischiefs which would result from a French In. vasion, We. (Ind, in letters from Brussels .of the eth 'instant, that an Aid,deXamp of the Flare CoN• SUL, passed through that City on the preceding day on his route to Holland, where he was charged with the execution of a Confidential Mis sion, from whence it was understood he was to proceed to the Head.quarters of General Mott- TIER. Ile was preceded by a Courier from the French Government, who passed through Brussels on the Fame day, with important dispatches, also for that General. An Officer of the KING of PaLlisSlA's Guards likewise passed throUgh Brussels, going in great haste to Par;s, with Dispatches which were supposed to relate to Hanover. The greater part of the French Army was then concentrated in the county of, Bea:beim, whilst the Hanoverian Troops were assembled ou the Frontiers of Osnaburgb. From Berme?, of the 31st we learn, that 6000 French Troops had entered quaekenbruck, and from thence marched for Diephohz. , Boundary Poles, with the word " Neutrality" op them, had been set up along the Frontiers of the Territory of firemen. On the 3lst they arrived with an addi tional force, making goo°, in the ,vicinity of Vedw, on the Frontiers of Deipholtz, the advanced guard of which avoided the 'Mudd of Wilareshausen, ceded to the Duke of OLDENBURCH by the Plan of Indemnities, and marched by ,Goidevitaart to Die. iholiz and /Iva. Some of the French advanced Troops had fallen in with some small Hanoverian detachments, but no hostilities had taken place. The French Troops were, .it is said, to pass the /Viler at Hqya. In this state of things the same hopes are expressed in the letters from Bremen , of the latest date,. the 2d inst. as in those from Hanover, that an accommodation would be elicited. Bremen had received an assurance that it should luffer no injury by the march of the French troops ; nor had they at that period direded their march towards that territory. A German Gazette 'states, that a Convention has 'been concluded between Austria and France, by which the fumes it to be allowed to occupy Wal lachia, a Province of Turkey ; but such a statement is not entitled to credit upon wit authority. A new Treaty of Alliance is stated to be in contemplation between the Swiss Cantons and the French and Italian Republics, by which n numerous body of Swiss Troops were to pass into the service of the two latter Powers, I.4etterl from Egypt, ,inserted in an Julian Gazette, state that eight days after the departure of the 4nflish Tend? fru►tt Alexattilriai a frcnch Commercial Commissioner arrived there, deathti for Egypt, and also a General of the same TI2IiO O with a numerous suite, commissioned to demand of the PACHA of CAIRO a considerable sum which haa been assigned by the GRAND SIGNIOR to the ; French Republic, as an Indemnity for the losses sustained by the French Establishments in the Levant during the late War. The Pacha, it is stated, had in consequence imposed a, heavy CO' tribution upon the City of Cairo. The Ottoman Porte is stated to have deteranow to observe the strictest neutrality with respell tO the War between this Country and France. General Moßn..r set out on the rBth ult. fro. Milan, for the Army on the Frontiers of the Eccifv , ,, siastical States, which was destined to advancee l° the Neapolitan Territory. The Army of the PO I ' Republic was to be augmented to 60,000 mem From Naples of the 28th ult. we learn, that gO ll alarm prevailed there in conseqUence of thaexPlC.l talon of a War between England and France, il l* that His Neapolitan Majesty bad applied to It llo to interfere for the purpose of securing to„hix.ii neutrality, but had received no answer. Thep' quarters of the French Troeps were then enza. The Ou REY of NAPLES was expeetedli out very soon for By a Private Letter from ifamirrgh, we artlnt to be enabled to contradict the slateinents in the French Papers, with vie w s which ma'l4l.l/1‘ be conceived, of many of the HallOVerialtS 1011/3/ u aa e is, such h c a h t I circumstances, very deserted their Country in the hour of its thifge( the f!°l hand, the North of Europe is overrun with rim , .j men nth ' have esca p ed from the Tyranny of The French Funds were few have whilst, th th e We are concerned to observe, tha t accomitt at4s i 25. on try under u 0: Government. ceived by the Auckland Packet , Capt. B,111),A" which left Cuxhaven on the 6th inst ant, con 101: Ohn the favourable appearances stated in the ll° e PP Mail, of the Neutrality of Hanover, firrint ° ' Hamburg', being respeded. llanovtr, IC of bl serted, has actually been taken poss essiLr. 46,000 men ; that a French Carpi of SO ° 9166 rid tb al within two days' march of Cuxhalltlb 1 .1 116 10,000 were directing their route for Agent at Cuxhaven so fully expels their 311 ; 1 ', of aw n ay ec , e s ss o i m ty e , there, that he had detained the Packe! h a t ift;: s ; till a Bye.boat arrived in which hemig h woo loiltening All British Ship.; at }Limburg • • t the Exchange 14 sequence of an or der fixed uP hantmeo bad the British Consul. Fourteen Mem r a F ri gates arrived at Cuxhaven under convoy of . t h e abo bound to Harnburgli, but upon learning - Intelligence, had resolved to come back' it was r e ' Pg . INCE WILLIAM Of GLOUCESTtR) With half cargoes on board, In cow Frigate, 1-I , lll o n Sant" ported, had safely embarked on board the haikfi l The Harz:ay', t. ItS, arrived at • jot day last from Bremen : she sailed the 4,th inst. w . I ;,h the French were within twe lve 1.4 " b..- Bremen, only with his "caPei .............--, ,p s 'eel th _On Saturday morning ills MAjesir .- -1 t o by e G l3'h Regiment of Light DragnOs, otTun%oo, E ~.eneral Sir JAMES CRAIG, on t'shford corai.iv. ed " 14 Ai ESTY, attended by General G A vrtto ° n o , ce, cm the Common about ten o'clock, a nd wa s a ,i in ." with a Royal Salute. The Fg rN i e !..;pl Ea IIAA DORE of YORK, DUKE a c ui,o3o-,-„ra Ror OIRA, HARRINGTON, Laid CRAOt'ff 14 , HUB "TMANNERS, Generals FAwarr, u' o f other Lsß t DUNOAS, MANNE,Rsi an d a nolol'': ors . irnvlow:eussrdetay, . 2 0 mopnad fli ,rt c nti e ti r :: s vgge o :ma f bi,le d 0A i ujo S ts : i ce t sii l it i y t c i hk o t I n ge f.w vi tob e toe ; l e) : :: ` ir,l i' ,o : T i. a h n e usfis:ni :i ,Militaryht ili: men continued to go through their w i *:ite. I wo o' , ci ivi dAn t T e n sT , lES and the PRINCESSES, :tlCtitiedkP) ,„j• C°/*FlTzttov, and Col. SreNcgtt,„,3llon same D e it i p 'll 3 l::: , S n w e t l i n: c u e :e l e i t o a‘ai.tt7tite:nteidsoCirt:lienrl during th e e ' ic ‘ s e e v ii / s ° : , : oi l ,::, After breakfast HER MAJESTY, itfld the -- i d c asses, attended by the Countess of Ca ArniAto Lady MATILDA WINYA.RD, took an airing h' 0 coaches to Frogrnore , an d walked in tho,e haul gardens till past three o'clock. ito i In the evening the Ro VAL Flott Of Will' i • e ' 1 the Terrace for the first time this se, ,son, :10.1t1,0. continue to do so curry evening when the 0 9 permits, i l, Yesterday. morning the ROYAL FAMILY, `xlrte:ll,4l ed by General GARTH, Colonel FITZRC-,Vt pPl,‘,to DESIIROW and SPENCER, the lion. VC l '" - • • I : c c's' the Countess of CHATHAM, Lady MATll,llA,.,;,,ine , YARD, and Miss GOLDSwoaTHY, atteilii,.l 11' 1 . 06 1 : Service at St. Georg e ' s Cha p el, where the):,,spo an eXcellent Sermon p reached by Dr. LA144','4110 Canon .in r esidence, iron) t he 16th o f St. i 4tl and the aph vetsc. .roa r, • rowLomrdornivinagt..vti.o: sets off for Scntio4 °'lll° i g A fe°l I Mr. PITT we understand purposes P 5-n - , weeks at Bath. g IP 1 The Earl and Countess Srenctot arc am anu l ates t arrivals at Bath. . of clo 0 1300::1 A Report wa s circulated on Saturd3y, PARTE being assassinated. It gai" 3 ~o w h at eYcr ) and is proved to Mae been tl nCtUel ?