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IMPERML P4RLIfIMENT• HOUSE OF PEERS, TUFsDAY, AUGUST 9. E several Rills upon (11.! fable were forwarded in their respective stages ; among these I,:ird Am. hersi's Annuity the Wines ;Prisage, the Neut ral Ships, the Irish Giebt'House, and the Sea men's Encomagetnent Bilk, were read a second time, and committed fur to. morrow, The Vote of Credit Bills, the Orange Annuity, Vellum and Parchment Duties, General Defence Amendment, Forrign Note Forgery, the Assessed Taxes, the Tortola Free Port, and the ~Bell-Rock Light-house, Bills, severally passed through Corn. mil tees of the' whole House, reported, and ordered to be read a third time to-morrow. On the second reading of the Seamen's Encourage. • ment Bill, the LORD CHANCELLOR quitted the Woolsack, fur the purpose of calling 'their Lord. ships' attention to a SUbjen in some degree con. rieOed with the Bill. He preViously observed,' it would be iu their Lordships' recolleBion what trans. Oren on a former evening in debate relative to a Bill, (the COrate's Provision), the second reading of which hail been r.istported for three months, On that occasion a Npble Friend of his (the Duke of Nottfut,x) not now in his place, opp Coed the Bill; on'the ground of its clashing with a long standing Order of that II Rise, and which certainly had been entitled upon true constitutional - principles; the rea. son atsigued was, that the Bill embraced two dif. ferent and distinta ohjeds, and for one of them a grant of public money was enacted : the Bill he :lauded to did certainly, he thought properly and very humanely, go to appropriate 4 certain sum of motley out of the Consolidated Fund for the relief of such Curates as might he distressed in conse eitience of the Bill recently engted, for enforcing the residence of beneficed Clergymen the objec. tions werel'urged in perfeh good humour by the Noble D•tke ; but with respect to that Bill, in that ono of view,' ha was dec , dedly of opinion now, .as well as then, that it did not clash with their Lordships' Standing Order, inasmuch as it was nut a Bill of aid or supply for the service of the State. The order in question was framed upon the most constitutional grounds, and tended to exempt their Lordships from the choice of two very important and perplexing difficulties, namely, their rejecting a Bill of Supply for the service of the year, on account of the appended :natter, or else being under the necessity of voting that which they might think imps. per to be enattcd. Though the Bill had been so postponed, it was done, in his opinion, upon very dill . ..rent grounds ; this was principally on ac. count of the absence of the greater part of the • Revelend Prelates, whose sentiments on the OECil biOrt their Lordships might wish to know , and from the implied understanding that the measure would be again brought forward, at a very early period of the next Session of Parliament, which in all pro. bability would not be a long interval: With re. spelt to the Bill at present under the consideration of their Lordships, it was in some respells similar to that which he had adverted to ; he therefore thought it proper to call their Lordships attention to it ; it was a Bill fur the better Encouragement of Seamen, and f; the more effefittal manning Ilia Majesty's Navy bat then it contained provisions f r the erenion of Prize C ores, &c. in ihe Ber mudas And the Bahama Islands, and farther, ,for ti ros; lor the Salaries of certain Officers of the Vice... Admiralty Court at Malta, in the Menne!- , raioart ; yet, notwithstanding these provisions, his Lordship seemed of opinion, that the Bill did not come within the purview of the Standing Order in question, ani, fur the reason he had assigned in the former in :trance, namely, that it was not a Bill of aid or supply for the service of the year, hut • dot it ev.is (ore ( f that description in which their ,riblii } .% might make cfriain alteration!, without .art iotrattion of tltt-e pliv lieges contended fa by the nrber Clouse of Parltmor:ll. The Bill was then read a second time, as above stated. Tate considerition of the Standing Orders, No. 16 and tss, which stood for this day, was farther adjittrned till to.morrnw, and their Lordships or. tiered to be fiwninuned on the occasion. Adjourned. flu'. MAILS. ARIII /VIP, 114mburgh z - TRICE OV STOCKS, 71113 DAY Asir Twzt,vz o'cLocK. Consols - st I ,()nn: tbs. THE SUN. yuLam QUI& DICLA• ALSUM AUDIAT LONDON, AUCU3T 10, z8o3! Park. We have the satisfaBion of stating, that on I+7londay night some of our Cruiters from, the Downs fell in with some of the Enemy's Gun.boats on the Coast of France ; and it wait yesterday believed at Deal, that the whole were either stink or driven on slime. The cannonading was distinEtly heard at at Deal. To IS morning arrived a Mail from Dublin or the 6J, i ll , tata . We !Live nothing to add to the intelligri.ca which we have before stated. Are. port prevailed in DA)lin on Friday, that Counsellor Emmilt had hen arte,ted at Drogheda, and trans. frt red to the Capital ; but this report originated from tit apprehension and removal to, Dublin of Redmond, at Ne wry, which circumstance we litotd yesterday. On Monthly evening the ROYAL. FAM 14y walked on 're tra ce at Witl6ol ! Ycsialiiiy morning) soon after breakfast His MAJESTY, accompanied by His Royal Highness the DUKE of CAMBRIDGE' and the PRINCESS &pH lA, attended by Lady J. THYNNE, Generals CARTWRIGHT, DE BUDIE and DESDROW, took their usual ride in Windsor Great HER MAJESTY and the PRINCESSES, AUGUSTA, ELIZABFTH, MARY, and the PRINCESS SOPIIIA of Gloucester, attended by Ladies AILESBURY, DANIER, and Mrs. STANHOPE, took an airing in two sociablcs in the new plantations and woods, by Virginia 'WUter, and returned to the King's Lodge about one o'clock. Yesterday morning His Royal Highness the Duke of KENT left Windsor, where he was on a visit to Their Majesties. A Court of Common Council will he held to. morrow at Guildhall at twelve o'clock, to return a certain number of persons, out of whom the. Lord Mayor and Aldermen will nominate Commissioners to carry into execution the At of Parliament "for granting a contribution on the profits of certain descriptions of property, &c. Some unfounded aspersions having been thrown on 1)11-Lori's Regiment, through the medium of private Letters from Gibraltar, Colonel DI LLoN has come forward to vindicate the character of his Regi. tent from the charge of Mutiny imputed to it ; and it clearly appears that that Regiment has al. ways behaved with exemplary gallantry and good discipline, and is now disbanded merely because the period for which the men had been enlisted has ex. Aired. A most important fart transpires in Colonel Dm. Lores Letter, inserted in another part of our Paper ; namely, that the French occasionally sell their pri. soners to the Spaniards, to be sent work their mines in America! This traffic is ►nure horrible than that of the Slave Trade,---Of course England will afford plenty of slaves for the Spanish mines, should the French be vi' orious in this Country. A number of letters from Spain received yesterday, state that things begin to assume a warlike aspect towards this Country. It is stated that the Mer. chants, who owe a considerable' sum to England, have received orders to suspend. the payments they were about to make. The Spaniards are likewise augmenting their land forces, and the pretext is said to be, to prevent the French entering their territo. ries—a very improbable account. By private Letters we, learn, that Lieutenant General GRINFIELD attacked the Enemy in the Island of , St. Lucia, with exactly half the number of the French Forces. The Troops, after gallantly driving the Fnemy from their lines, pursued them to the stote.houses, where the French made an at. tempt to rally, but were overpowered by the i rre. sistible gallantry• of our troops. Our men, to their honour, spared the enemy, who exposed themselves to the danger of being- put to the sword, by their fitolish obstinacy in defending themselves when too late. Lieutenant. General GtuNFIELD sailed mediate'y for Tobago, and as that garrison consisted of 300 men, it is of course taken by this time. The Duke and Dutchecs at NORTHUMBERLAND on their arrival at Alnwick last Friday, were greeted with the warmest tokens of affeftion by the people of that neighbourhood. Their Graces have been alhent from this august mansiolt seven years. They were met by their numerous tenantry some miles on the road, and escorted by them in a style of feudal re. sped, blended with the genuine spirit of British freedom. The presence of the Duke of NORTHUMBERLAND in the North at the present time, we- cannot but consider as Of great political importance, and his undertaking the journey is a proof of that patriot. ism which his Grace has displayed upon many sig. nal occasions. . ..Corps which his Grace' mean 4 to raise, and which Earl Pettey will command, will he one of the most complete in every resped in the kingdom. We understand that Mr. SHER ID AN, jun. W 46 offered by Mr. ADD INGTON the verylucrative titian fit . Registrar of the Vice-Admiralty Court of Malta, which however he declined accepting. We have no doubt however that an offer of something that may be more acceptable may soon be. made. Mr. SHER I DAN, it 14 said, has MAC an offer to Ministers of an Irish Regiment, provided that his son shall have the principal command.—lf Mr. SHERIDAN has the power of raising - such a Regi. ment, we rely too much on his patriotism, in every hour of trial, to believe that he would qualify his offer with any such condition. At the same time we arc ready to hear testimony in fiivOilrof . llls son, and doubt not if he were anxious fur such a command, that a preference would be given to his preten: Skins. The I . lOn. Cu!. STEWART, who is just returned to Parliament for the Burgh of \Vigtoun, is at Cheltenham for the benefit of the waters. His health has never been perfect, since he was wounded at Ferrol. A Matrimonial Union is spoken of between Lord G. L. GOWER and Lady S. FAN The parties are at Brighton. The trial of Captain BAR LOW, Member for Coventry, commenced on Saturday last at Plymouth, and is expeded to occupy the present week.—This Officer, we understand, solicited this investigation of his condud. Yesterday several of His Majesty's Messengers and Officers of the Police were in search of some persons in Town, whom government is apprized of having escaped from Ireland, after taking an aelive part in the Rebellion. lt is not true, as stated in several Papers yesterday, and copied by them from a Bristol Paper, that Mr. HUNTER, Stn. lately pass. ed through that city with a person in custody. A letter from Rostock, of the 26th uh. says, an English Cutter anchored lately near the R►tssian Fleet in our neighbourhood, and the English Cap. lain paid a visit to the Russian Admiral, who invit ed him to dinner. After the hralths of the Em .l, ROI( of RUSSIA, of the 1(111c: ofGaRAT BRITAIN. and of all other lawful Sovereigns had been drank, the Russian Admiral gave the following toast— , 14 The political and com►nercial connexions of R os „ sia and England, and destruEiton to all Plotters of Aevowcions, chile& Corrigmcial or NAVAL NEWS. Frcm the LONDON GAZETTE; :lug. 9, 1803. Admiralty Offce, August 9, 1803. Copy of a Letter from Captain Samuel Sutton, Com mander of His Majesty's Ship Viaory, to Sir .'van Nepeast, Bart. dated of Gibraltar, 12th June, 1803. SIR, _ _ _ I am to request you will lay before my Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, the inclosed Copy of a Letter I have this day written to Vice-Ad miral Lord Nelson, giving an account of the re capture of His Majesty's late Ship Ambuscade, by the Ship under my Command. I have the Honour to be, &c. SAM. SUTTON. poor ) , o f GilraMgr, June 12, 1803. MY LOR D, I beg to acquisint your Lordship, that, on Satur day the 18th ultimo, in latitude 4s deg. 40 min. longitude 6 deg. to min. West, I captured the French National Frigate L'Embuscatle (late His Majesty's Ship Ambuscade, of thirty-two guns), commanded by Monsieur Fradin, Captain de Vais man, and manned with one hundred and eighty. seven men. The Ambuscade was from Cape Franc' is bound to Roclifort ; out thirty days. I have the Honour to be, &c. (Signed) SAM. SUTTON. Picr.Admiral Lord Viscouvt firlson, K. B. Duke of Braiiii. Adm;rally-Office, August 9, 1803. Copy of a Leith. from Mr. Daniel de Puiron, Com. mander of the Private Ship of War Alarm,. to Sir Evan Nepean, Bart. dated Guernsey, 23d July, 1803. SIR, I beg leave to acquaint you, for their Lordships' information, that on the 28th Olt. in lat. 42 deg. 45 min. North, and lung. t t deg. 7 min. West, I fell in with, and, after a chace of 14. hours, cap tured the National Schooner, La Legere, corn. mantled by Mons. Coll inct, Lieutenant Do Vaisseau, and mounting two brass tour.l►ounders, and 14 brass Swivels, with 36 men. She was bound from Ruch. fort to Senegal. 1 have the Hminur to he, &c. DANIEL. DE PU'IRON. DEAL, AUG. 9,—A very heavy cannonading was distinEtly heard here the greatest part of last night, which we. have since learnt was an Attack nn the Enemy's Gun.hoats between Calais and Boulogne, by some of His Majesty's Cruizers from the Downs Station : the for Mer, it is said, were either destroyed or driven on shore. Sailed His Majesty's Sloop Ranger, to the North. ward, bit/nom/Me Frigate, and Perseus Bomb, on a Cruize olr Calais ; His Majesty's Ship Colossus, for Plymouth ; Supply Navy Transport, for Chatham ; and the Peter& Sloop of War, with a Fleet of Mer chant Vessels under convoy for P,Attmouth. PLYMOUTH, AUGUST B.—Arrived the French Brig La Union, laden with sugar and coffee, from St. Domingo bound to Buurdeaux, captured by La Pique Frigate. SAiled L' Aisle Frigate on a CrUize. Arrived the Pbernix Frigate, from Portsmouth ; Nile, London, Grant, Princess Rsyal, Ccdwort, and Sibble Transports, from Portsmouth, to take on board the gth Regiment of Foot for Cork. YARMOUTH / AUG. 9.—Arrived in the Roads the Auckland Packet, Capt. BRIDGE, from Got. tenhurgh, having landed her Mails last night at Horsea. It is reported by her, that on the 29th July near 700 Sail of Merchantmen sailed from the Baltic for England. Arrived the Earl of Leicester, NI citots, and 1 - . IA t LL, from London. Sailed the Harmony, DINGLE, for Liverpool ; anti Herring, WARREN, for Leith; De Rote, DI y- RIcK, a detained ship, for London; Wervaeren, MY ER, and Anna NEWhIAN, both for Amsterdam; and Anua Dorothea, Solt eNsE N, for Reinsbargh. (CIRCULAR). SIR, AintioaltptYflet, August 6, 8 My Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty being desirous of obtaining . the best possible intormation respecting the Coasts of this Kingdom, I have it in command from their Lordships to signify their direction to you, to proceed along that part of the Coast within the limits of the District under your Command, and, having made a careful examination thereof, to lose no time in transmitting to me, for their Lord ships' information, a particidar and circumstantial Account of such Situations as may appear to you to be most exposed to the Landing of an Enemy—the difficulty or easiness of ac cess thereto —with your remarks upon the winds which may occasion more or Iris Sort upon that part of „the Coast —and also with - what winds, and in what place or places, a land ing may be cfreeted by boats, with the tide must suitable fur that purpose. You are, at the same time, to point out such parts of the Coast within your District as may he rendered by Nature (lit ficult of approach ; and to make - Such other observations re lative to the Creeks and Rivers, within the said limits, as may be necessary for their Lordships' information. 1 am, Sir, your very humble Servant, &c. capai„ A. a Commanding the Fenci6le &c. &c, ._ ....._._.,. .. 0 ...:,._....... The Duke of DEvoNstima was taken ill on Sa. nudity, on the road to Derby, to attend the County Meeting, which was called for Monday last. It was on the other side of Si. Alban's that his Grace was seized, and he went to Woburn, where he slept that night, and next day returned to town. His Grace is confined to his room, but is not considered as in any kind of danger. The Tourterdk, with the Peggy Transport, are arrived at Corte with the 634 Regiment, in good health, from Malta and Gibraltar. On h e r mug; home she recaptured the S.ybellet VOLUNTEER CORPS. THE following are Extracts of two Circular Let ters sent to the Duke of RICHMOND, and all other Lords-Lieutenant, of Counties, explanatory of" the General Defence Bill." MY Loan, Downing t street, 7:4, 30, IN. I N adverting to the 29th Clause of the Act, your Lordship will observe that, in order to prevent the delay which must necessarily arise, if the training and exercise in the respective counties should be protraded until the several returns of the difiltrent classes required by the Adt shall have been com• pleted, provision has been made by Parliament, that a certain proportion be trained in the first instance; and have it in command from His MAJESTY to shred, that the proport ion should not be less than aix times the amount of the Militia ordered to be raised under the 42d of the King, exclusive of the Supplementary quota. The Officer in the command of the Dist rid, will he dire Bed to furnish your Lordship with a Plan of Instructions for Drill and Exercise, which will be recommended for general adoption. With a view to the further progress of this important mea sure, it is the decided opinion of His Majesty's Confidential Servants, that in all places where Volunteer Corps can be formed, upon stich conditions as H z s MAjesrysh;:ll approve, it would be desirable that every encouragement should be given for that purpose ; such an arrangement being calculated to concentrate the force, to promote the convenience of the Public, and to render it unnecessary to have recourse to the compulsory Clauses of the A. It can scarcely be necessary for me to point out to you r. Lordship the difficulty of issuing arms from His Majesty's . Stores for the extensive training and exercise required und er taus Ad, without material injury to the other essential branches of the Military Service; I must, therefige, earnest ly recommend to your Lordship to resort to the Teal and public spirit of the inhabitants of the County under yolr charge, for the purpose of procuring a return of the antis in their possession, in order that, with their consent, they, in a h l, your Lordship would take measures fur distributing for a tune be applied to the service of the Country , an" t. '"*" itt the manner that may appear to you most conducive of the eb' jest in view ; twenty-bye firelocks being considered sufficient fur the purpose of drilling one hundred men. This informa tion will materially assist Government in forming the ;leas; sary arrangements with a view to such a further supplY Arms as circumstances may require. have the Honour to be, arc. HOBART. (CIRCULAR). My Loan, Limning-street, Avg. 3, 04 3' In my letter of the 3oth ult. I signified to your Graee , t l ! opinion of His Majesty's Oontidential Servants, that it would , be inexpedient to establish a Volunteer Fume to the eX t „ e t , s) n proposed under the Ad of the 43d of the King, cap. gb• U r - the allowances specified - in the printed regulations; ankt though in many instances the persons foriMng new coftts have !militated their intention ot putting the Government to no expenee, it could not be expected, however liberal and public-spirited the disposition ot individuals may be, that such an arrangement would become general. I ain therefore, is obedience to Ilts MA t Es - r v'S Commands , to acquaint your Grace, that Volunteer Corps of infantry, to be established in contorinity to the provisions of the be .fore-recitud At, will be at libcrty to draw the following al lowances Twenty shillinga per man fur clothing once in every three years, and one shilling per day fur twenty daY 4 exercise within the year ; provided such allowance be not drawn fur any exercise on a Sunday, nor for any .man exer cising on a wt..ek-day, who shall not also have been trained oil the preceding Sunday, unless prevented by illness, other cause as shall be deemed satisfactory by the Command- • ing Officer of the Corps, and certified accordingly. In addition to these allowances your G race will observl%; that every person belonging tu the respective Corps raise , under the said Act, %%ill be entitled, it called out into aettl:,4_ service, to the several sums spot:Me/1 in the sgth and 60 111 cfauses thereof . . Old The necessity of the earliest attention being given. t° training iauu re:isi x luti e t: r v e ct : oht s tai e lots i ni s st t: s vet o etilyt t g i l e % L‘v i e il it r l I tc y ch (ei t r . t e It, that I ant persti your Grace's instructions for that purpose will have t ' re ,„ s tar h try and he conjundure, to local circumstances , a l a u t t i n n t r4 y t e l ed o t n u t c‘y. t it i ul L t: lt s . e , a x il u :er r:s o c i:ri U rberti'lc-111111.1 am Wither to acquaint your Grace, that no allowal, will be made fur cloning and appointments to any 1 1 °" ° ",i iv , may, from this time, enter into the Yeomanry COL" ) : but as to the liSt clause of the Aa It ht person who snail repair on 1 piuperly larmed, and accoutred, at his own expence, may serve i n attl Regiment Li' Corps or CavAry, and snail nut be ‘unipeilect serve in any Regiment or Corps ot I ittaility, 1 am to s igniff His Majesty's pleasure, that the Corps of Yeomanry al Nadi established should he permitted to receive liidividinds ) 41 mounted, armed, anti accoutred into their sevcial Cut ps, or that separate Corps ot Yeomanry nay be funned to the l'e'• suns so wiliing to wave, provided that nu additional charter under the head of Contingencies, is brougiit upon Gov ment beyond that which is authorized by the extititig ieg,u; lotion:. 1 have the Honour to be, Dec. E, with a his T L h o e r, E i s i l p o .s f r C an n k aL] i s it t i the state of the times, has otfJed to raise a Cern' pany of Rifletneo on his estates in Yorkshire, at liis characlrr, and own expenee. It should be remembered to th e i h ei o s n tm o w u ra r . this vtoisr patrioticomsedodf similar si Nobleman, t.asqr during spirit becoming y triutic and hospitable character is well-known, I proposed to raise a carps of two thousand men, ti l e expence of their regimental dress to be not Ol t) : than three guineas. This corps is to be dis ingutsn e \ by the name of The Loyal Britons, and they ` 4 " , i deserve that title if th e y imitate the charatlef ° the Gentleman who brings them forward. Lord PETR E has made an offer to Governmen t t° raise in Essex two Squadrons of Cavalry, and 1 0 1 Companies o f I n f antr y for the protettion of 111 State. Sucit an offer chews a sense of public Ju rr y and a liberality of disposition chat must endear lII° Lordship's charader to all ranki of the communitY' A meeting of the Coachtnasteri, Mr. IRON NI 01 1 ; GE R, in the Chair, was yesterday held at the Goltie, Cross, to augment the list of carriages and hone subscribed by these public.spirited individuals, to the conveyance of Troops and Artillery in cal 6 Invasion. Ab out two thousand horses, and net nv 'a half as many c a rriages, the chief Coachmaster l ° lO Farmers about L'intlati have pledged themselve,' e produce at a few h ours not i ce . By these,. ten m sand men could by conveyed from' London to any part of the coast in a night. 1 Several pamotic•offers have been made at burgh by Coachtuasters and others, of Horses ot Carriages, for Lisa conveyance of Troops in the eve of invasion. Mr. JAMES FUSPLL, of 'the Mells Iron 1 30 `' r o Y ; near Frome, hat offered to prepare (gratis) I, l th pikes, and afterwards to supply Governmen t 14 , 4 r. 2,000 weekly, AS long as they may be wanted. 'hoe J. 1). Minot. ittort, of Frome, carrier, (All" o O" waggons arid 40 horses; and Mr. EowA tt- flo w PORT, carrier, has made a similar offa -- ics o f troops of volunteer Cavalry, and two comP" n e. Infantry, are now forming in the town of Frci n _ 0/ 1 Caldet Navigation On Monday last, the Undertakers oldie Ai . r7 . : to I Mu t ' place all their boats at the disposal of Lor` / 0 GRAVE, the Commanding Officer of the Distrlc't whom their offer has since been made known' o h, Two Companies of Volunteers, of So inen cant ate , m igation resOlved, in case of invasion' already raised in the toqn of Forrch ,and clothe themelyes, pany of Riflemen, to serve without psi'_ o ote few days., has also turn offered witht