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IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF PEERS. THURSDAY, DEC. I. THE House sat iri a Committee cif Privileges, af. ter which some Papets were presented relative to Queen Anne's Bounty, and ordered to lie on the Table. Adjourned till to-morrow, HOUSE OF COMMONS. THURSDAY,. DEC. r. Sir WM. SCOTT rose for the purpose of mov ing for . leave to bring in a Bill on the subjeft of. the Residence of the Clergy. It would be recollea. ed by the House that 'a Bill upon this subjea was brought in by him at a very advanced period of the Session, and past the House with a pretty general assent. It went into another place, and was there understood to be rejefted on account of some money provisions it contained, and which trenched on the supposed privileges of a part of that Assembly. IL: had been under the painful necessity of pressing that Bill last Session, and discussing the provisions at considerable length, but he felt great satiefac. tion that no such necessity existed at present, for the Bill which he intended to submit to the House , would be the same 'as that which .had already met its approbation, with the difference of a few provi. siuns to facilitate its execution, and with the omis. sion of that for which it was rejeaed in the other I - louse of Parliament. He therefore moved " That leave he given to bring in a Bill for encouraging she Residence of, Stipendiary Curates on their Cure.."—Leave given. Sir Wm. SCOTT brought up the Bill immediate. ly, which was read a first rime, and ordered to be read a second time tomorrow, and after the blanks have been filled up, the Bill will be printed. Mr. SMITH reported at the Bar, that HIS MA., 3 EST v had been waited upon with an Address of that House, , when His Mat ere had been graciously pleased to say he would give dire/lions accordingly. Sir Plt tete STEPHENS brought up an Estimate of certain probable Expences and Money that may be wanted for the Transport Service of Sick and Wound. ed Prisoects, &c. which were ordered to be laid on the Table. Mr, HOEHOUSE brought up the Report of the Committee of Supply, voting too,ooo Seamen, in. Clotting 23,000 Marines, any , for defraying the Ex. pence of such Vote, &c, 'The Resolutions were read and agreed to. Mr. VANSITTART moved, that the House do to morrow resolve itself into a Committee of Ways and Means, for raising a Supply granted to His Majes. ty.—Ordered. The CIIANCELLOI% of the EXCH EQSJ RI gave no. tice, that lie should to.morrow, in that Committee, move, that Five Millions be raised by Exchequer Sills; and also, in the same Committee, he should propose the annual burn on Land and Malt, He then moved, that there be laid before the House an account of Exchequer Bills outstanding from the first day .pi .i.ltestraber tilos . , to the first of December 48c:a.—Ordered. The CiI,OCELLOR ethe EXCHEQUER said, that a Right Honourable Friend of his (Sir WI e. LIAM Scoir) had made a Motion for leave to bring in a Bill sitoiln to that which passed the House last year, It would be recolleaed by the House that, during the progress of that Bill, a Motion was made to give instruftions to the Committee to con. eider of provision to be made to such persons as sluaild be deprived of their Cures by that Bill; which instruction was adopted, and a Resolution in pursuance of it was ingrafted on the Bill, which 8,11 was earned into the House of Lords, but was thete lost on account of sonic informality arising, lie believed, on that Resolution. He should there. fore move that now as a separate Resolution. He then moved, " That the House do to.mor. Tow resolve itself • into a Committee of the whole H ;use, to consider of the expediency of affording proper relief to such Curates as may be deprived of their Cures by the operation of the Aft of the last Session of Parliament for providing for the'Residence of the Clergy."—Ordered. Lord CASTL.EitEMIII brought up 2' Bill to regu. late t he Bonds issued by the East-India Company with respea to the Rate of Interest and Duty pay. tilde thereon. Read a first time, and ordered to be read a second time on Monday next, and to be printed. Mr. VANsITTART brought in a Bill for continu. ins, fur a time to be limited, the Resttiftion on the li,mk of England with respell to the payment in Cash. Read a fit* time, and ordered to be read a second time to-morrow. Mr. Ho nn ousß brought up a Report of the Corn. mime on Expiring Laws ; most of the Resolutions of which, concerning the importation of Corn, &c. were postponed and referred to a Committee of the whole iLose to-morrow, and some of them were agreed to, and Bills ordered to be brought in pur. suant to them. Mr. farms moved the Order of the Day for the H Jo k e to resolve itself Into a Committee of the whole House on the Seamen's Desertion Bill. The House went into a Committee on the 11111, and the Blanks were filled up, and certain Amend. filen! made, The allowance to the Sheriff for travelling ex. ponces, in conduEting a Sailor back to the Port Ad. miral, is two shillings per mile ; to travel at the rate of forty miles per day, The penalty fur non. performance ofduty under this Sill is tool. The Bill then passed the CoMmittee, and th e Re., port was ordered to be received to.mottow. I.IVI Mr. DENT presented a Petition on behalf of the Merchants and other Inhabitants of the Town of Liverpool, praying for leave to fortify that Town, and to raise Money lot the purpose of defraying the tx pence of it. 'I6:SPEAKER observed, that as this was a Pe.: titian, part of the effeet of which would be to raise. money on the subjefi, the House could.not enter., Utin' it without a recommendation from the Ctowo. 16, C/lANCELLOR s./ . the EXCintutlu said, that the HOD, Gentleman who hid brought in this Petition, had had the goodness to communicate to him the nature of ir, and he had no difficulty in, recommending it to the House on behalf of the Crown, as far as His Majesty could have an interest in it. The Petition was then brought up and read. It stated it to he the opinion or military persona of . ;eminence, that in consequence of the defenceless state of the town of Liverpool, it was necessary to have Gun-boats provided, and certain works of de. fence erefied at the mouth of the Harbour that the Trustees of the Dade had proceeded at their own expence,•rn fortify it in a considerable degree, but it was found insdicient for entire and secure defence ; that it was expedient to proceed much further for that purpose; that this plan has been communicated . to the principal inhabitants in gene- , ral, who have expressed their acipiescence, but that such plan canktf. he accomplished without ising money for that purpose by way of Loanothich cannot be done without the aid of Parliament, and praying for leave to bring in .a Bill for that purpose, On the question for laying the Petition on the Table, The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, that the Hon. Gentleman who brought up this Petition had had the goodness to communicat. to him the general purport of it, and he had them fore recommended it from the Crown, as far as His Majesty was concerned in it with the form and . words of the Petition he was wholly unacquainted before he heard it read at the Table ; but had he heard it all read before he recommended it from the Crown, he should have exercised his discretion, and given his general consent to it on the part of the Crown as far as His Majesty was concerned.-- It was not his intention to make many observations on the particular pits of this Petition at present, parts of which he was confident must have attradled the attention of the House. What might be the in_ tention of thrkEnemy was a question into which he was not at present disposed to enter, neither should he say any thing now on the public spirit which had manifested itself in Liverpool ; it was well known and esteethed ; but there was a dele&in the Petition as it stood, to which a remedy must be ap. plied in the Bill, if it should be the pleasure of the• House to grant leave tobring it in. The Huse would certainly not allow any works for any milita. ry or naval purpose to be eretted any where in His Majesty's Dominions, without the express direftion of the King himself—neither .would the House allow any money voted by the House, to be applied to the ereeting of any such works, but under the immediate direCtion of His Majesty. This was incumbent on him to state, that:the Parties might understand the condition on which he ventured to give the recommendation of the Crown to this Petition, in order that it might be understood what Course he expeCted the measure to take when it came before the House in the shape of a Bill. So that the House would supply that defeat which •was at present apparent on the faCe of this Petition. He then quoted a case which happened in the year 1798, which was similar. to the present, in which the measure Was adopted. He consented, in the quail. fled manner he had stated, to this Petition, it would be for the House to say what further proceeding would be proper. Mr. ChEtVEY said, that this was the very first time he had ever heard of,the defenceless state of Liverpool. It had appeared to the Chief Corn. mander of that Disttia, that Liverpool was a vulnerable place: the idea never occurred before, althongli the Navy of France was much greater than at present. He doubted very much whether the majority of the people of Liverpool thought this measure necessary ; at all eventa i if it was so, the expence should not fall on the inhabitants, for it was a national conceit), and ought to be at the Na. don's expenee. The Petition was then referred to s'Committee, who are to examine the matter thereof, and 'report it, as it shall appear to them, to the House. Mr CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, he wished to be distintt►y understood as not haviag pledged himself to suppert this measure by the recommendation of the Crown ; all he lt,td done was merely to put it in a train for investigation ; for without the recommendation of the Crown the measure could not have been entertained in the House, He had consented, on the part of His Ma jesty, merely that the parties might not be debarred from an opportunity of having the matter considered. Mr. DENT said, the Petition was signed by se. sera respettable Merchants of Liverpoid, added to which, the Military Officers of the Distria thought it necessary that additional measures of defence should be resorted to for that Town. For this put. pose ao,oool. had already been raised by subictip. lion. He wished for nothing more than that the case should be fully considered, particularly as the measures alluded to were thought to be necessary by His Majesty's Generals. The Petition was ordered to he referred to a Committee to consider the same, sod report thereon, Adjourned at live o'clock till to-tuotrows MAILS. DUO ♦ •lt IV A.. HatribUrgh 3 PRICE OF STOCKS, THIS OAT AT TWIT VZ O'CLOCK. Consols 55 with the Div. for the opening, 011111h1111 7 dis. THE SUN. soLsat Quit DIMS v4Lsulo •us,gar LONDON, DECEMBER 1, 1803. Ws ibis morning received a Hamiairgh It appears that the French art meditating an Expo. dition from the Coasts of Italy, and though its destination is not known, strong apprehentiims are entertained that it is intended to take possession of she Maga. The Turkish Government have i lk, ',mewl a fanalitable Fleet, under the conottand of the CAP !TAN PAC it A, for its proteEtion. The Tou lon Fleet is completely ready for sea; a great number of Troops are embarked on board it, and it only waits for permission from Lord NaLsorr to sail. Admiral GR AV INA has been appointed to the corn. mand of the Fleet which is equipping at Cadiz. The 'French are continuing their exaaions in Hanover with unabating aaivity. All the arms, cloathing, and ammunition belonging to the Hano verian Army, whether in public magazines or in the possession of individuals, were ordered to be delivered up to the French in 4.8 hours, under pain of, military execution. Letters from Flushing, dated the 19th ult. state, that the First Consul was expeaed there the next week, and that a house had been prepared for his reception. Norms was yesterday given in the House of Commons by Mr. ADDINGTON, that he should move in the Committee of Ways and Means this day, for a Vote for Five Millions, to be ialsed by, Exchequer Bills, and also the Annual Land and Malt Duties. A Petition was presented from several Inhabi. tants of Liverpool, complaining of the defenceless state of that town, and praying for the interposi. tion of Parliament to authorize the raising a sum of money for the purpose of fortifying the Town and providing other means of defence. The Mi. ouster signified the consent of His MAJISTT to presenting the Petition, which he afterwards ex plained to mean only so far as His MAiarrr was concerned, expressifl himself inimical to the mate rial subjea of its prayer The Petition was, how ever, ordered to be referred to a Committee, without opposition. The proposed measures of defence are stated to have been, declared necessary by his Royal Highness PR.II)4CR WILL IAM of GLOUCESTIR, the General of the Distriet, and certainly if they are so, they become a national objet. In consequence of the badness of the weather yes. terday none of the ROYAL FAMILY left Windsor Lodge. In the evening Tusia MAJESTIES had a Selea Party and Concert at the Lodge. Yesterday the Dux: Of NT arrived at Wind. sor from Castlebar A DuMt Mail of the 28th ult, arrived this morning, but is barren of intelligence. The Clyde Frigate arrived at Sheerness on Wed nesday afternoon, from Petersburgh, with a part of the Baltic Fleet. The whole Convoy consisted of nearly 300 sail of Vessels, but they were unfortu nately dispersed by the stormy weather. It was reported yesterday that ' some of them had been taken, and that several Dutch Privateers are in the North Seas : there does not appear, however, any foundation for this statement. Admiral RowLEy has, in thy mean time, received orders to send every Vessel possible into the North Sea, to pro. tca the scattered Vessels., Dispatches were received by the Clyde Frigate from Sir JOHN BORLAst WitaitEN at St. Peters. burgh, but it is absurd to suppose that imptrtant Dispatches would be sent by the slow med ium of a Convoy. Sir Ron EItT CALDER, who is of the S.W. Coast of Ireland, has ten Sail of the Line under his or. ders, so that should the French Squadron in Brest, by any chance elude the vigilance of Admiral Coax. WI IA Is, which we think barely possible, it will have to run the gauntlet of another of our Fleets as vigilant, and ready to chew the Frenchmen the way to an English, in place of an Irish Port. Yesterdarthe i ttoyal Westminster Militia, quit. tered in Sheerness Garrison, were embarked On hoard two Transports to proceed to Harwich: they are to be replaced by the Warwickshire. Monday last several Vessels arrived at Greenock limn Newry, having on board the sd Battalion of the 18th, or Royal Irish Regime, commanded by Col. DOUG LAI. This Battalion is , a full woo strong, and are all of the Army of Reserve. ,The PRINCa of WA L 1111 has signified his ;non. tion of reviewing the Corps he has allowed to beat Ills name, under the cgmmand of M. P. ANDREWS, Esq. in the course of the ensiling week. The Highgate Volunteert, commanded by Major HAYATit s received their Colours yesterday from the fair hand of the Countets of MANS/I tI.D, in a field adjoining to Hampstead lane. ,One-hundred and thirty thousand pounds value in dollars, have lately arrived at Southampton in wag. gons from London, guarded by . a party of the Tower Hamlets Militia, in order to be conveyed to the Mothcrbank on board ships hound to China. Lord StAFOATI.I is on his passage home, from his Government of Barbadoes. The Ltd of Ay LEIPOILD has been pleased to ap. point Mr. JAmas HUNT 10 be Messenger in His Majesty's Yeomen of the Guard, in the TOM of Mr. 109111'H 'ASTER ; and also Mr. RICHARD LATH AM to be one of the Yeomen in the room of . the said Mr. J. Ltsvea. Lient. IVlAcooNim., of the hii has been pro. moted to the rank of Commander, and to the corn. mand of the Lilly Sloop. Lieut. WAVERS is appointed First Lieutenant of the Illustrious, of 74 guns, at Woolwich. The Besant, Dutch Privateer, of 14. guns, and 97 men, is captured in the North Seas. This Privateer had captured the John atid Mary, frOm Riga, bound to London, and sent her for Norway. A sea eagle was shot last Saturday on the Banks of the Tyne, nsar Newcastle. It weighed 71b. and measured from tip to tip of the wings, above Seven feet. The eagle has been frequentiy seen in that. neighbourhood, and was accompanied by two rooks as guards, to watch the motions of the enemy, ArtiVAL NEWS. .FrOPI! thr- LONDON GAZETTE, Dec. t, Admiralty Offer, December 1, 1803, Copy of a Letter from the llonoxrable William Corr. nuallit, Admiral of the Blue, fec. to Sir Ewe Nepenot, Bart. dated on hoard Hi: Majesty" Shit the Pule de Parit, of Vshant, the 24th outasi. 511 t, Herewith 1 send, for the, information of the Lnrds Commissioners of the Admiralty, the Cop? of a Let terfrom Captain Masefield, of the Andante, to Captain Elphinstone, of the Diamond, dated the loth Ultimo, which I have this' moment received from him. I have the honer to be, - Sec. W. CORNWALLIS. ili4 Majesty': Slop A talante, eviherm. SZE, Bay, ORoier to, 1803. I beg leave to inform you, in obedience to your signal to chase last evening, that part of the convoy, consisting of two Ketches, and one Brig, that were running under the Point of Sr. Guildas,' I tacked and stood after them in the Sloop I command, and obliged them to run on shore off the Mouth of the River of Pennerf, and _having considered it very possible to cut them out in the night, as Ole wind was direttly olj Shore, I dispatched Lieutenant • Hawkins, in she *ix-oared c.atter, and Mr. Richard Borstal, Maker, in the five.osred Cutter, armed, on that service after it became dark, and stood in with the Brig, as near as I could go for the *hard, to proted them. About half past ni P. M. the Boats got up to the above Vesider nej, Lieutenant Hawkins boarded, sod took Prune 0 " of the inshore vessel, but found her Wound, number of Troops along the Beach keeping UP heavy fire of musketry on his Boat, assisted by IWO field.pieces, and , a party of Troops on bead the other two vessels (previcatsly embarked from th e shore). After cutting her cable, and firing feu n: siderable time on the other vessel neat him, m it impossible to do any thing with her, end very properly left her to go to the assistance of the , other .. Boat, who had by this time boarded the Brig, is defiance of a patty of ten or twelve soldiers, with their muskets and sabres, killed six of the Oaf* hove two overboard, and drove the rest with st o crew below. After cutting her cable,' finding the was aground, and' a .light vessel, they recut with both Boats an board, not thinking proP ers o! from motives of humanity, to set h e r on firer t s . several people were heard below, aupposal le wounded. - ' . . , I am exceedingly sorry to infirm you, on thenrst fire of the soldiers, one of our men, Henry Ore n ' man, sail.maker, was killed, anti in boardinf ,1 " 1 Seamen wounded, but arc in a fair way of mover«. ing. When it is considered that Mr Bors tal, th ! Master, w boa iti r l de c d h ' a - r t g h ed is bvaeystoettlet(swoitahndtepen g t fi di e e d ra w r at , ie th 7" . the Serjeant of Marines, and five other Olt did, I trust you will see and admire with me the. very resolute and gallant condua of Mr. Borstal,. and the six brave Fellows with him; indeed the Officers and Crews in both Boats de serve the highog bring the vessels off, all three being fast a n ag d t ron b na within half a c a ble's lehgth of the Beach, o of their power to praise, though untortunatelY.out _ shore covered with ' crou p s, keepingtwo afield pieces incessant fire with their muskets a nd the . on them. I had the p leasure to see the Brig lying " a R idge of Rocks thi s morning, apparently bilged. I am, Sec. J NO. MASEFIELD. PLYMOUTH, Nov. 30.--Arrived the ?liar rl gate, of 3 6 guns, Capt . SCOTT, and Sefigmll, of 18 guns' Capt. H. Busts, from a Cruise. The Nio6, Frigate will sail to-morrow for Porte. mouth. ' -- op" FALIIOUTII, Nov. 29.-...AttiVed the American B S sialrgiige p ,a— li wiii,st:toAbtlactcDo, from ibr orders 'V.irg n : j ' A m 4 6 e American Stili; ICiquoti, StertlENS, 29 days from Norfolk, with tobacco, for orders, and is gone into quarantine; v 07 for t h is Lay, med itc r f r r s o n m e a r G , ; r eaenndocßkri, Brig o lo w nt a it , cCiOpar: O'IVIAYi to wait Convoy for Lisbon. Sailed the American Ship Mary Louisa, IWO* for Nantx. The Dab of iliforiborougb Packet w hich tsil ea .. hence on the :6th inst. with Mails f or New' and Halifax, is put into Scilly, wit h lost o r vr l e bowsprit, having run foul of a Vessel at °." reed f accident happened on the tBth, and she If to sail again the 27th. o r Hill `ilia Prhat of Wales Packet, with tyro- -- . h IfittAlt Lisbon, remains wind.bound, as Is this DH for' Leeward Islands. ..,•• Shttevess, Dec. ii —Arrived His ManiVitt. Ship York, of 6+ guns, Cap t. IVlrtroav, to r e— , and qyde Frigate, Ca >t. LARMOUR, with a lstr Fleet 01 Merchantmen from the Baltic; at* 0 1 ,,,, a 0 Tender arrived with a nu mber of prime from Leith, to complete the Crews of the awl-- fitting out at this Porl. Ds AL, Dr c. t.—Arrived theliecia Bomb, Coln~,t., a Cruise to the Northward ; L'Aivrabh •Frignte• an° Deese Sloop, front a Cruize off the Coalt of 14 WO; and the Squirrel Sloop, and Milbrode Schoollero from a Crtime off Dunkirk. Ha r p y glO The Rolm/able, hormartaliii, an d -1 sailed this morning on a Cruiao off the CoOf France, .........., . nd Ps Y A RMOUTH, DEO. 1..... The /Ana picker, Ossoerte, from Holum , with Mails aascoo gers, arrived here this day. Arrived the Fortatma, WARIttNi from lit Moot! The Ifortataa sa iled the 2tat from EIIIIIC n? 1 convoy of the COldc Frigate, wi th about 3.50 sai'l ls ship* ; she parte d company w i t h co nvoy on I, Do der Bank t he 2 6th. The sh i p s bound for * or" land NA viriatt4 two or three clays Wore.