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"- lAIPER [AL P;IRL I ilitlEr4/ 1. HOUSE OF COMMONS. FRupAy, NOV. 2j. THE Si \ KER. informed the House that Hrs l'ilf1) ES r !' had been waited on with the Adtiress of that House ; If) Wilk!) His IVlnt ESTY had been pleased to return the following most gracibus answer : GENTLEMEN, I return you my warmest Thanks for this dutiful and af fedionate Address. Such a declaration of, your sentiments it the present mon►ent, cannot fail to afibrd me the highet satisfadion. I havethe most perfel reliance on jour sup port, and on the exertions of faithful Subjeds, to bring the present Ointest to a successful and honourable issue. This Answer was ordered to be entered on the Journals. New WI its were ordered for Rye, in the room of Lord HA.svg,EsnußY, called up to the House of Pdrs ; anti for the Burghs of Fortrose, Inver. &c. in the room of CUM MING GORDON, Esq. who had accepted the Chiltern Hundreds. SUPPLY The House having resolved itself into a Corn. mit tee of Supply, to which his Majesty's most Gracious SpeecifwaS referred, The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHFQUER fg That a Supply be granted to His Majesty :" which was agree d to ; and the House having re. sinned, the Report was ordered to be received on Monday. WATERFORD ELECTION.' Mr. CHARLES DUNDAS reported from the Wa. terfurd Eledion Committee, that it had met that day, and had waited an hour for one of its.meM. bets, Mr. FRAUCI3 WM. GRANT, who not attend ing, the Committee were under .the necessity of adjourning. 'The SPEAICER stated the circumstances attend. ins this Committee, and that it had been allowed en adjr,urn over the recess, to the second day of the meeting of Parliainent. Mr. DutsTOAs moved,. That Mr. GRANT shnuld be discharged from further attendance upon the Committee ; which was objetted to by , Tb CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, on the ground of--no sufficient reasons having been urged in support of such a Motion. Mr. CHARLES ORANT stated that Mr. F. W. GRANT commanded a Militia Regiment at Dun. rice, and had intended to conic to town to' attend the Committee ;. but he had reason to believe that that Gentleman was -at present under a . misappre. liertsiou,. that the Committee, was dissolved by the Prorogation. _ _ Soma conversation ensued. between the CHAN. CELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, Mr. WARD, Mr. I s t ER Nit Y, Mr. BURLAND I Mr. BRAGG E, and Mr. C. GRANT, 'aq to the proper measure to be adopted in this case. The Journals were consulted, sod at length, on the suggestion of the SPEAKER, it was resolved that ,the circumstances of the case should be specially 'Stated upon the Journal, that Mr. F. W. GRANT should be diseliirged 'front iurther attendance upon the said Committee ; that the Co n should be - permitted to proceed uithout l#itn ; and that Mr. F. W. GRANT be ctdct , -(1 I:).ittend in his phiCe on Wednesday the -ph of I),:ccmher. next. Er.E.CTION PETITIONS. Rent: ed l'e;itions were inesented, cdmplaining of ti,dne I.l:l(Cti')ni, for die I:orones of Windsor, NVeynnatth, .i t Ilchester ; the consideration of tixed as .I . OIIIIWI : • Windsor itod' VVe);.. lielituAry 9th two Petitions, li'ehrua rx s 4.t1). SEAMEN. Mr.. 7 E Rl'.ls rose to mike the Mot.jon of which lie had given notice, for the better preventing the Dehttrtioo and Escape. of Petty Officers, Siiimi!n, and' whers..in His-IVlajeatv".s,.servicc3.. uoder,soloUr of Civil ter Criminal Process. :He would nor, he said; detain the House by :stating the inntiiner.. instances where Seamen had been attested f„ r d e b t , or upon criminal process, and who, as soon as they had been taken out Of the,lxiundsof the Naval Office( under Whose command they. were, Lad been suffered wholly to escape. 'lt was not in tended by the proposed Bill so affed any.privilege which a Seaman or any other person at present en. joy ed. Persons impressed would still have ali bi:befit of the Habeas Corpus, and the Creditor wotild have the means of recovering his debt, The remedy proposed was shortly this, that. a Seaman arrested should not be placed in a different condi lion to that lie was in before ; in short, that he should be restored to. the service from Which he had been taken. It was proposed that the Sheriff, in whose custody such Seaman should be placed, should,. in the event of the latter's dischar, nut suffer him to . go at 'large, but should be bound under penalties to convey such Seaman, and deliver him to the nearest . Port Adurital, Regulating Officer, or other proper person, for the expences of doing which' he shou!d be paid. This would be a benefit to a Seaman who was bona /laic arrested, as he would be conveyed back to his ship free of expense, whilst it would entirety prevent a perversion of the law to the: detriment of His Majesty's service. He c:u by nioving for leave ,to bring in 'a Bill for preventing the Desertion or Escape of Petty Ofli. cers, Seamen and others ethployettin His Majesty's service, under colour of Civil or Criminal Pro, ,c.,--Leave being given, Mr. )saves brought in the Bill, which ' was read a first time, and ordered to be read a second time on Tuesday. _ _ Mr. MANNINO presented a Petition from the London Dock Company, praying for leave to in. crease their capital from 300,0001. to 500,0041.- o:dered to be referred to a &lea Committee. Mr. N. VANBIIVAItT moved fur an Account of tilt. Net Produce of the Permanent Taxes, for the ) ears and quarters ending the Jodi Oaober, 1802 ) and Toth On. 1803, respettively.—Ordered. Adjuutned at five o'clock till Monday. MAILS. AllOlOOlll. tiArnburgh 2 • LiLbwr DUS. PRICE O 1 STOCKS, THIB DAY AT rwsLvto`cs.ocz. Consais - 5 , 4 OinnsUES 8 i3is, THE SUN. 301.1/1 QUIS DICSRI PALSUAI AUDI*? ? L ONDON, NOVEMBER 26, 1803. Tit is morning arrived a Mail from Lisbon, brought to Falmouth by the Auckland Packet in nine days. Things remained in much the same state as we learnt by limner accounts. The supremacy of French Influence at the Court of Lisbon became mote and more evident every day. We are concerned to hear of dreadful damage ha - ving been done at Funchal, the principal town of the, Island of Madeira, on the tot!) of last month by a deluge of rain. The greatest part of the town was destroyed, and swept into the sea. An immense quantity of wine was carried into the sea from the stores, and from a thousand to fourteen hundred of the Inhabitants were mis. sing, probably washed into the sea in the inundation, ana drowned. From the description of this disas ter, we have no doubt of its having been occasioned by the bursting of a water.spout over the town. Fr was supposed at Plymouth by some persons on Wednesday, that some ships which were seen standing up channel that afternoon, were Admiral CORNWALLIS'S Fleet steering for Torbay, in con. sequence of the severe gale of Tuesday. No accounts, however, received to-day„ confirm that supposi. ti0[4.4.0d,n0 intelligence of the arrival of the Fleet has reached Town from Torbay ; we therefore app, prebend the statement to have been founded in mis. conception. As we yeiterday stated, our Blockading Squadron has resumed its station cliff lloulogne, 'which circum. stance, we find, has very unaccountably given.rise to a report . that a fresh attack upon the French preparations is intended. We do not believe' that' there is any foundation for such a surmise, though no doubt can exist, after the accurate information which we yesterday communicated, of the effeas of the Bombardment of Calais, but that mischief may be done to the Enemy by a well-concerted attack made by, vessels, of . 4 proper construetton for such a service, but which we unfortunately do - not at pre sent possess. Were things concinded with the spirit becoming the high and ardent feelings of the Nation ,at the present moment, we should have been pre. pared to have met BON'APAkT aj Bruiloglie,in the beginning of this month, and there have given him an English Salute. It is not the system, however, to attempt any thing affive,. vigorous, Or enterprizing. We must rest upon our arms till the Enemy chose to givens occasion for using them. 'This never wa the- policy of this Country in her better. days, and can lead to nothing that is either honourable or advantageous. Yesterday about a quarter before one, His MA. Jerry arrived at St. James's Palace from the Queen's Honse, for the purpose of 'holding a Chap , ter for .the election of two Knights of this Noble Order, and disposing of two Garters and' Ribbands, vacant by the deaths ot: the Duke of llcnor OitT and the Marquis of STAFPOR D. At one o!clock, the , rime appointed for holding th e Chapter, His MA. with his usual ptioctuality to time, - inquired, if - the Knights , were ready ; but the necessary ar., rangements . were 'not mark, nor were there a suf_ . ficient number of Knights assembled,: Abotit two o'clock it was announced that all was in readiness to proceed lo hold the Chapter, and' EsTY en, tered the Great Council Chamber: On his entrance, the Knights assembled and the proper Officers bow. ed to fits MAJESTY, End His MAJESTY, as head of the Order, took his seat io a must superb Chair before the Throne, at the head of a long table covered With crimson velVet ;. the Duke of Ni.o FOLK, as Hereditary Marshal of England, with his Gold Staff of Office, took his official situation, and stood on the left side of the KING ; his Royal Highness the Dukv. of Gt.nocevrnit wok his seat at the table on the right side, the . Duxes of YORK, KENT, and CAMBRIDGE followed On the Same side . ; His Royal Highness the DU KE o f CI.AICEN6E too k his seat on the left side of His , MAJESTY, and was followed by' the . Duke of RICHMOND, Earl WEST , MORtAND,Eart ctIATRAm, and the other Knights present, took their seats in the following order, ac. cording to their seniority Marquis of Salisbury, Duke of Portland, Earl Spencer, Earl Camden, and the Duke of Roxburgh. After the usual forms were gone through, of opening the Chapter, by the Bishop of WINCIII3. TER, as the Prelate, the Bishop of SALISBURY; as Chancellor of the Order, and Sir ISAAC Heiser), Garter Principal King at Arms, the Knights pro. ceeded; according to ancient custom, to deliver in the:list of thole they approved \ to fill the two va. cancies, on slips 'of paper 4 and, on' examination, . His Grace the' Duke . . of ,RUIL AND, and the,Earl of HARDW MICE, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, ap. peared to be the Noble Personages approved as members of the Noble'Order, when the Earl CA 144'.. DIN and the Duke of Roxaoacm, retired, and in, traduced his Grace the Duke of RuTEAN'", who Was waiting in an adjoining room; the 'jukes of GLOM:ESTI!' and . You then rose and taking his Grace by the hands, conducted him' to H is MA ] giry, when his Grace kneeling on a stool, covered w i t h crimson velvet, His MA JISTIr waved a sword over his head with the usual form' anti cerrmuny, Ilia Grace rose and bovied, and then kneeling with his tight knee upus the stool, their RoY4 I Higimesses ilikiltpres of YORK and GLOUCESTER put the Gar_ ter on his left kree, anti His MAJEsTY tavenetUt. His Grace then rose, and while bowing, HIS MA liiTY put the rdue Ribband over his Grace's head, and placed it on his left shoulder ; his Grace teen bowed again. The Noble Duke was dressed in re. gimentals of the Leicestershire Militia, of which his Grace is commander. Sir ISAAC HEARD then called over the list of all the members of the Noble Order ; and those present answered to their names, which finished the ceremony. . The spectacle was very grand ; all the Royal and 'Noble Members wore their Collars. None were admitted but in full Court dresses. Among the eqmpany we noticed the Mdrehioness of SAL Is u Y:,Conntesses CHATHAM,AY LEsIiURY, anti MACCLESFIELD; Ladies A. and C. CARYEK. TF,R and G. CECIL ; the PORTUGUESE AMBASSA DOR ; Earls AYLEsrotto and DARTMOUTH ; Lords HAWN ESBURY i FALMOUTH, LITTLETON, C. SO - SELSEA ; Sir C. MORGAN,. Mr, YoRsE, anti Admiral.DiGuY. After the Chapter His MAJESTY gave a private audience to Mr. Secretary Yoitica, who laid seve ral offi,:ial papers before HIS MAJESTY. HIS MAJ E'STY then held a Privy Council, and it being for the purpose of receiving the RECORDER'S Report, Mr. Yu E, as Secretary for the Home De partment, according to custom, presided, and the Lotto CHANCELLOR attended; the new RECOIDER was admitted for the first time, when he made report of the convicts capitally aa nv ided in the last September Sessions before the late Recorder, and those' before himself in the Odoher Sessions, to the number of twenty-Cight.. His MAJ asT Y then gave private audiences 'to the Lotto'CHANdEtjost, Mr. Youct, Lord AYLES. FORD, and Sir C. MORGAN, who laid' before,Hts MAJESTY 'decisions on several Courts Martial. Soon after four, HIS MAJESTY and the DUKE of CAMBRIDGE left the Palace for Windsor., HEit MAJ ESTY , and:PR INCBSIES left the Queen'; House for Windsor. . This morning arri.Ved x Mail from Ireland, with Letters and Papers of the sad inst. which tooth, nothing of importante.'!" . • . The circumstance which happened on Thuriday, of the House of CoOmoris being neerly!l 'the point of adjournment: for want of a suffidierie Menthers to make a House to go up with an Ad.: dress to His t kiAjIESTY, is, we believe,..nnprece., dented in the Atonal* of Parliament. That so small a number of Members should attend.too upon such an.oceasion, after the unanimity, with ; which'the Address had been voted, must be ranked amongst the singular and unaccountable sotto stances of the presentperiod. Mr. GOLDING, %vim has been appointed one of .the Lords of 'the Treasury and COmniitiAciner of the Exchequer, actitlirecl' a large fQrtnne in India. Vie Earl of IcsNMARE an 4 his famirtare still at, Cheltenham. . The Maraioness rf Aplicottir is "alarmingl , affefied with the Scarlet Ptfv,er, at Stantnore. The Warcienship of the Stanhatiee i ' in;, Cornwall, was .for a long time given to .some No6lemai) of higli rank and octet:like poisessiowin that county, as tt is an office of great trust, exeicising- a soft of regal Anthorig largtdisifiet. • i; was given tq Poo'N!i t it was a depilate from the general usage. His lioiabilighness the - PRINCE of WAtES tOshing to revive it , has now bestowed the office on the Duke "4"Noa-filuga EIL ! LAND, a Nobleman whose est a te s i n t h at part o f the country,, and wi:* rink and - character, point him nut as the most fit to do it honour. Ifis Grace. accepts it without salary, which was to Adtniral rAYNE .J ZOOl. Major General TuottwroN inspeEted the-Royal , Westminster Militia, quartered in Sheerness, as likewise the new works carrying on at that Gaul. son, yesterday morning. The Duke of Gloucester's Volunteers mustered yesterday afternoon, about three o'cloCk, in Mr. Carter's Riding House; in South Audley.screet, From whence they marched to Hyde Park, under the command of their Colonel, Lord Crum wYND, when they fired a feu-de joie, in honour. of the Birth-day of His Royal fitgliness. Yesterday morning the First Reg,iment of Loyal Volunteers .wasinspedeti by Col. HALNAGS ) in the Royal Exchange. The usual military honours being paid him on his arrival, the Grenadiers advanced to the centre, took open order, and were minutely examined inarms and accoutrements, each separate. ly; then,.elosing ranks, went through the Platoon each Company followed. in .the same order. We •understand that a Meeting of all the Com. mandants of Volunteer Corps, in the London Ibis.. trill will take Place in the course of next week, to take into consideration a plan excellently adapted to relieve such Volunteers who may unfortunately meet with military accidents in the course of their praEtice. This week the Encampments in the vicinity of Colchester were to break up i- 7 -The 4.34-` and 9 2 d, or Highland .Regimerits,, will go into Barracki at Wesley ; the West Suffolk, from Thorington Camp, the Ist and 34 West York, arid' the East 'York Re. giments, from Ehnstead Camp, will bccantoned. in Colchester Barracks • the Royal Che s hi re R eg i meht will march from A‘therton CamP, to Chelmsford Barracks. . The Somerse,t Place Volunteers have abolished ' the nightly guard they had" establisher) for the . pro. tettion of their arms and ammuniti on . ThursdaY morning, the 2d Regiment of Royal Lancashire Militia marched into the New Barracks ar Chelmiford, from their ground of encampment at Danbury. On Tuesday last the Loyal, Witham Company of Riflemen returned home from Colchester,' at which place they had been fur ten days, by order of Lieu. tenant-General Sir JAMES Cadito, for the purpose of learning the same inancettv rev as those pradised by the 95th Regiment; sad although this Company has very recently been formed, yet they have made such pogress in discipline as would do credit to a veteranlCorps, and their coodua , Wat hwoured with the approbation or the Commander in Chief of that )3 ist4t, and ,the ()Aims of the §sttißegiment. They appeared to be in all respetts ready and fir to sake the field. THE THEATRE. Car:: , eNt Glrdtg. Trag:dy of Henry the Fifth, or, The Cot. pelt of Fra wal represented cast night at thin "Iheatrc,, fur the laudable purpose of aiding the no ble Subscription at LLOYD'S COFFrO.HOUIif SO honourable to the spirit and feelings of the.poPtc• A more appropriate play c.itiltf not have been stied' , ed, as it celebrates the triumph of Englishmen even in the Country of the 'plundering hordes who threaten us with Invasion. The Performers in general were aninatedby.thi cause for which their efforts were last night eni ployed, and the feelings of the audience were throughout the representation perfealy in unison witb the glowing sentiments of patriotic heroism which our great Bard has so admirably expressed itt the Play. Keta aL E was more than usually zealous on Oil occasion, and represented the 'gallant English I\lo-. Parch with true charaEletistic energy. It should be mentioned .to the honour of all the Performers, Tale and female,' of this theatre, that they most K illingly contributed the night's pay ill supi.ort of this righteous cause. At the end of the Play Mr. C. Kr/Atli:a came. forward in the dress of Tsta WE IT IAINSTER. Ci► ' VALRY, of which he is a member,, and. delivered the following admirable Address, which was writ ten for the occasion by WILLIAM 130SCAWEIV, Esq• a Gentlemen whose poetical talents and learning aro deservedly in high esteem. OCCASION 4 1, ADORES TO THE VOLUNTEERS. SPOKEN BY MR. C. KEMRLE• AT 'NIL THZATAIE-ILOYAE, COVENT-OAR/4Ni AFTER THS PEkfORMAXCE OF ON razDAy, Nov. IS, .1"146 PLAY Of KiNG soar Tux FOR Tait RElkitTIT Of TIILtATR/OXIC fUtiO. IN Spartantauds to wake heroic lire, ' Renown'd TYR.TAUS strung his martial lyre; TYII.I-AVS, lame and weak, unskill'dto wield The flying spear, or grasp the ponderous shield; • Nor by experience taught In just array To fonts the files, and guide the doubtful fray; .! licav''n-inspir'il, he kticv, beyond ccomoul Witlttitrains sublime, to. rouse the torpid seta; Swell with proud hopes rho heart, and, by his WSW! ** Kindle rite love of Fame, the scorn of Death. And shall the British Muse, 'midst War's alariOr. : In stltnce rest, nor call her Sons to Arms Shall'iiritons yield an unresisting prey, Awl own a base USerper's Foreign sway • • No—when yc march4o guard your sea-girt shore!, ." Returp Yi!toriotii, or return no more!" Waged ec d ice,' ?sit Wars, t a r r r e s e : dOni's most propirims h° ll4 ' Veti , thehright And Rome, thro' many an ase, ' unjustly brave, ' ' : . i' , chi g ht t'-' oppress, iirgl,coniluer'd iv enslavc. , .' Cr • . . 1:1!VI (knot thecitio of Freedoin, but of 1',0, 0 i „ our I, II %VA ans, Hugs-Its, claunr, • While. foirekAnibi tiost,i;ilh, utisguidat.w i t ' . , t louijit E 41'ftal's tidy 'filOr than E.lllolP',Vli.",‘,l* ~ ,•:•'r guf*lin, nfora,lo-o;zia'a ic,irretn unit; V ' ' They Painted liAirclians or mit Albion 's co?st, • t ) 'er hei wi l im c r,.( . lascen - dil l g - I I . . ' :_, ,„ O n 'e4.-sAicsiegi ohs pour'd the tide o . l' N , ' , ' .. ... f lain, . W hen scythed chariots oyept tit' ensatiguiii'd.p Then R. rds enrapLur'd, cunt; this Patriot strain.:. ..........„_. :. • ." Ye gen'rous Youths, witb guard the British shot' 4 t , 611 it i. . . ' . 111'• from afar —e n t n yi4toriouf, or return' no In'ore i wreaths quzst of spoil or pover, ;,. And Did/ • , . , , ...• Again, B r i tann i a sounds herjust alarms, . • Niirlures by.lbt,''rest Or Ambition'A airmS i lint Prompts to deed* w hiels fairer tropliei 445tf.4, ~ ', you guard; .-r144 ~ g 111" e'ell Agincourt's immorraliieJ4-.4,. ; . y in iree and gal lant stri f e, Alt that adems. improves, o r sweeter:S. life. . • . , You! tiomeS, by taithful - L eve and Friendship bl est, Each led of Love now sm ili n g at the breast ; ' . • .. ' • I Y,CP oiler' anghters, freth in bloorti, mature in chart : i * 4 u ; ‘ oom'd,(shouldhe'conquer); to the Sp ariti? Yuur Sons) wr ho heathe Tyrant's th reats with scorn! The 1 -- AY*. the Hopes, of Ag ~ es yetunborn ; '? '.• 1 , All, all, endear this fug, this. s'acredCausPr ! i . YourC -Ox'aitt ate., Throne—your•Festisost,l4:tfrii 41r I•Aws. . . . , . Champions of Britain's cheristi'd Rights yisstarni _*. ~ '.'• ' "°"'r o. PR ZSZAVZ, Av s tie }}VW PO l l4 lOOl, r.' • - - For to ! She clies,, amidst tbo Belle' s r°B4 ' " Returi - ViCiorlous, or return no nit". ' ' oa After the Address the audience calledr.l ; 0 I vo w Save the ;King," which was given, by 9 14 ..i fo litS Performers, amidst the loud and reiteratewt,ao4. at 4 numerous audience. Mr. C. KEMBIAI u era - ef• ss with &trill ability and ea the Address --- ' 'feet.' '• • • . . IC . IN B . ' LI ani CAW", illd.....sesiliwlello. ............... no t t is . r ;. rig' I terrain; all the t e a 0 nllOgnant•prophecies irk the theatrical' C' --1 ' L A °Pon the most cordial forting the Theatre,: are likely to contin4'..-.46,- k lma i6 heVin# b r il l signed two of his parts to.Cotiis, the latill."his followed his example' in . ttiigyring Matlaibstnu'..r,' taken. Ititorthift:whirlihe iv ili nil tiii übt'tenaer r'' n9insiPmaMallmr;:sa:ncSin:,)lC9clioliw)::6l:4:stihnysitaidl'oe:fPn'iilalt:sY:velvxotirelsllttibehneac.cpbepeir.°°2•6wlgelirf:l6E 1444\13 Bath Stage on Tuesday last, in the chararlia.ne.:6erl::' {Y;bel'4—* ki;mor in the Ilitunied To a nd Fati,oris,lolo,l, Brard. Her efforts were crowned with her oii.Ll success; and to describe th e merits of 1 'lii.,,,C Singer so well known; a nd in possession of so foir 44.1 e an 4 fleXible voice, we deem- unneeeSsary. 4 --- f b 0 Boxes were all previously taken by 1-Adics ° - •e t .. first distindion. Her Grace the Dotehess of mg,' vo trot iR a and her friends occupied the Stage 801 l and the others were filled with parties consiSting Q ' the Countesles of PflASA C ige, Post/lore, 00' Muit I. ~ WeSTM CAIN, Marchio ne ss of WATIOtr °I B :2 • Lady Be I 11FAJ lt DS, STRANG e• , Stilt.To/11 JO' 7 This evening she appears in Karettft. • A t t n nof p N er lfro.r 4 milig widetwtsolC govreertat;G:orcdceoen::trill. hi:. has LiierpOOl Stage. Acror4ing_to,teporlS'lr'e n) v; , true hereditary sp irit, and in due time will Oa disting,lished tignte on she London Boards.