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gret that that Right Hon. Gentleman had been led by his opinions to disparage that force. What he complained of in the contial of the Right Hon. Gentleman and' his Friends was, that they had dis. paraged and cried down every measure brought for ward by Government for calling forth the re. sources of the Country, although the Army and Militia which formed a part of those measures, were constituted upon the same principles as when that Right Hon. Gentleman was Secretary at War. It was because the Right Hon. Gentleman felt it to be his duty to disparage the Force of the Country that he (the CHANCELLOR of the Ex. CHEQUER) and others felt tikat they were entitled to regret, if not to complain of that Right Hon. Gentleman's conduit. Ministers did not consi. tier the Volunteer Force as the best, bui as an important ingredient in the Military Force of the Country, and it was necessary to avail themselves of every ingredient that could constitute a Military Force consistently with the habits and the feelings of' the people. It was the praffice of Honour. able Gentlemen on the other side ,to make de. duaions of their own, and then infer them as faEls; thus they had inferred that the Army had been materially reduced, whereas the reddlion only amounted to 1500 men. They had also inferred that the recruiting service was at • a stand, whereas 7,500 men had been added to the Army from the Army of Reserve in a shorter time than the same number could have been other. svi'se obtained, whilst in four monlhs 7,500 more had been procured by the ordinary means of recruit ing. Mr. WINDHAM, the CHANCELLOR of the Ex.. CHEQUER, and Dr. LAWRENCE severally ex. plained. The Bill was then read a third time and passed. The Committee of Ways and Means was post. , poned till Friday. Adjourned at seven o'clock till to-morrow. MALLS. DUI. AISIVID. Hamburgti , - PRICE OF STOCKS, • 'ftlll a.ty AT Twir.t..vx o'crocx.• . C6nsols 3 per Ccnt. 55i I Omni= - 6 Red. .; 54 it THE SUN. gOLiii QUIS 01611111,0A,141V1N ADD/At ? LONDON,"DffCIEMBER 15, 1803. YEhTERDAt Captain BASSET, of the Navy, ar. rived in Town from Lirbn, with Dispatches for Lord HAWKESBUR I and the Admiralty Board. The huer were from Sir EDWALIi PILL Ell', dated off Corunita, on the i7th ult. which con. 111 titin an accurate List of the French Force both at that Port and at Ferrol. In the latter arc five Sail,of the Line and one Frigate ; and at Corunna, One Ship of the bine and two Frigates, none of which however appeared to ha making preparations fur Sol. Sir E. PE L L KW'S Squadron consists of the Tonnant, Malta, Spartiate, Spencer, and Ardent, Ships of the Line, and the Naiad Frigate. Mr. Secretary YORKE stated last night' in the Huuse of Commons, that the total number of the Royal Army of Reserve raised on ;the 2 tst of No .v.ember, the date of last Return, was for Eng land 26,602 t of these 6+3 had. been. rejeaed, 70 were dead, and 797 had deserted. The . mimber of effedive men therefore was 25,093. In • Scotland, the whole number raised was about 5,500 men, and in Ireland' above 6,000. According to this State ment, the deficiency in the whole of the United Kingdom, was on 'the day mentioned, betivien 13 and 1 4.,000 meo. L., Yesterday a Court of Direaors was held at the )4'.,:w India Huu.e, when Capt. WM. DONALDSON was sworn into the command of the AVrptune, des tined for China, The Court adjourned at six o'clock till to-morrow. Lord ST.. V I NiCy4T came to town on Tuesday, in cont.equence of an express sent off early in the morning,' relative to some new measures of naval defence along the 'Coasts of Norfolk, Lincolnshire, and Yorkbhire, which are to be carried into irnme. (hate execution. Government are about to appoint a Consul to re. side in Egypt. Mr. Locx, who , has formerly at:. cal in i that capacity at Naples, it is said, will have this appointment. Tuesday afternpon six artillery waggons, loaded with plate and other valuables, arrived, at Cumber. , land Lodge, Windsor, from Hanover. A Prussian ITEMI arrived in the River from Rol ' land, has brought six or seven Passengers, among them a Mr. Rein', a Half.pay O ffi cer, his wife and child, who .had lately made their escape from Va. lenciennes. The English thereare still very severe ly treated, and on a late application to BONAPARTE for common subsistence as Prisoners, were very tritely answered, that he considered them as Hos. tages, and not as Prisoners. Accounts are said to have been received from Boulogne, which state, that there bad lately been , a mutiny among some of the troops there. The mutineers were not quelled till some lives were lost. Three officers belonging to the 4zst demi. brigade are said to have been killed, but whether in quelling the mutiny ) or preViously by the sol diers, is not known. • Upwards of moo 'females have subscribed from three-pence to two imineas, to Ate support of the Fund for providing Flannel Dresses for the Birming ham Volunteers ; and 164 Ladies have offered their services to make 5019 dresses, which is upwards of thirty each. NAVAL NEWS. PlimouTit, Dec. 13. The French Loggei Privateer La ranteur; which arrived here yesterday, captured by the Boadicea Frigate; brought the Cap tain and six men lately belonging to the American Brig Three Siiters, which foundered on her passage from Boston to Demerara, laden with lumber, on the 18th Olober last. Arrived the Boadicea Frigate from a Cruize ; also the Swinger, of Portsmouth, Hem GOZER master, from Portsmouth, bound to Lisbon, with hay, put in, having lost her Convoy, and pumps bad ; also the Dispatch, of Dartmouth, from Lis bon, JOHN ELroßrs master, with wines : sailed with 39 other Merchantmen, under Convoy of the his.. sr:a Frigate. a::.. PORTSMOUTH, buc. 14.—Arrived the Hydra Frigate from Jersey. Put back the Experimenl,. WITHER, bound to Botany Bay, having lost her bowsprit t 6 leagues from Scilly. FALMOUTH, DEC. c2.--Arrived the Gainer Sloop of War from Lisbon, after a passage of 14. days. DEAL, DEC. 4.—Sailed the lofts:arta/it/ and Sulphur on a Cruize off Boulogne, The Mari/ter Gun.brig put back last night, and sailed again this afternoon, with Convoy for Ports mouth, with the Charlotte Schooner. Arrived the Auspicious from Bengal,. and sailed this afternoon with the Indiamen for the River. In the Downs—the Monarch, Utrecht, Raisonable, Leda, Euryalus, Champion, L'Amaranthe, Squirrel, liccla, I'cr. sous, Fury, Zebra, and Pinto Bombs; Lynk, Dart, and Harpy Sloops; and Contlle Gun-brig. . . The Tamer, of Liverpool, Capt. MAY, has had a very severe engagement with the Braave, formerly a French, Privateer, and has captured her she has on board, about 700 slaves, and a great quantity of goods. The engagement lasted two hours, dur;ng which the Tamer had g men killed and 7 wounded ; the Braave had $ men killed and 14 wounded. The above. Engagement took . place off Angola. A French ship laying at anchor in that harbour, called La CV!. fiance, on hearing the cannonading, cut her cable, and sheered off, The Tamer has also captured a French Brig. A Letter from Malta, dated Sept. to, says:-- e' The Phoebe Frigate has had 'a Lieutenant and Midshipman killed ) and a Lieutenant' and seven men wounded, by a Privateer. The Niger Frigate, the latter end of August, had a Lieutenant and five men killed, and four men wounded, in boarding a Greek Vessel which opposed them ; wile» iwo Midshipmen, the eldest not fourteen years old, in another boat astern of, the one with the Lieutenant who was ordered to examine the vessels, came up, boarded, and carried the Greek, killing the Cap tain and seven men, and driving five overboard.— The Lieutenant was killed on the spot. Lord NEE sot: immediately nude , both the Midshipmen Lieu tenants, and they arc now here." The Oriheus Frigate sailed from Quebec with a Convoy, consisting of twenty sail, thirteen of which are yet unaccounted for. The following are the names of those arrived :—.E.Turetta, Captain PATTERSON ; Ouebec, Capt. BAILEY ; Ann, Capt. KERR ; Padget, Capt. BARMAN; City of Edinburgh, Capt. Hutur ; William Pitt, Capt. CONOL LY ; and Mary, Captain OSWALD. The Clementima, HURST, of Chepstow, from Memel, was wrecked, on the 3oth ult, on the Island of Lisore, in the Cattegate. The Captain ar rived at Leith on Sunday last, in the Rope, of Bor. rowstounness, from Riga, and brings the melancholy intelligence, that nine other vessels were seen ashore when he left the wreck. These vessels were coming under convoy of the Cat:, sfort Frigate and an Armed Brig. The Convoy consisted of about so,vessels. The Admiral Nelson, Capt. Ikv tr 4 E, from Lon. don, bound to Copenhagen, struck on a rock near the Scaw, which occasioned her to make five feet water in the course of an hour, when, having lost one man, and the rest of the crew very much dis. abled, she put back for the Humber, where tale ar rived on Friday last in a most distressing state ; only the Captain , and two of his men being able to work the ship. A letter from Middleburg. of N0v..213, states the arrival of an English boat, with two officers and thirteen seamen, at West Capelle, supposed to have been prevented, by bad weather, from returning to their ship. It is added that another boar, with two `Officers and twenty-four seamen were lost. Also a letter from liebvotti/up, of the 24th, speaks of two Lieutenants, a Surgeon, , a Midshipman, and eleven Seamen being brought in, having been obliged to surrender by tha fire of the Zeezicht battery on the Goederede. 'They are said to belong to a 44 gun Frigate, cruizing off Ostend, .and after reconnoi. tring the Coast were prevented by the fog from reaching their ship. Yesterday the Queen's Royal Volunteers were inspeded by his Royal Highness the DUKE of Your at the Parade of the Saint George's Corps. The Corps mustered at half past eight in the morning. His Royal Highness arrived at the Parade about half - past nine, attended by General Cm.vgitT and other Officers. The immediate purpose of his Royal Highness's inspeftion was to witness the effet of the new manceuvre of parrying the thrusts of a bayonet, in which the Corps: have been for some time praftised. Yesterday the Clewer Volunteers were entertain. cd with an excellent dinner by ,their Commanders, Messrs. RAMsBOTTOM and MANNIIRS, at the Swan Inn, at Clewer. 'lle dinner consisted of four rounds of beef, four legs of mutton, a bushel of potatoes, a bushel of turnips, a.bushel of carrots, sixteen large plumb puddings, and plenty of Wind. sot ale, • - Rdi'zii I MAISEAIk; . . LAs the Article in our Paper of Ttiei!daY last, relitit i t '.:r! t,4 I,, , .ed;ssc;ntiloS in klia - l oyal A. , :.304.,,,ny %vai ,incom:o, we, readily illiert Ehe killowidg aeouiit, wltkli, we are asiut - - ed, is -an authentic statement of facts.} ~ - It is devoutly to be wished that a laudable. zeal fir the honour of the . Institution .may ofidate.- on the minds of tilt! Acaderniciaw, and that they second the binevolent widtes of HIS MAJESTY, To restore harmony, and to see it continue amongst the Z,leMbers." • Previous to the loth of December an humble Ad dress of thanks had been presented, in which the Academicians acknowledged with gratitude and reverence " HIS MAJesTy'i deliberate attention to the proceedings of the Academy ;" unfortunately. this Address was accompanied by. Resolutions re, pugnant to the idea of conciliation, and under every consideration very ill-timed, as the event. has proved. The Resolutions :were moved by Mr. FAIONGTON and by Mr. DANCE, and strenuously opposed by Mr. TRESH AM, who, with the mino rity, quitted the Academy previous to the close of the debate. On Saturday last, prior to the Elec tion of Officers, the President declared - His MA. jESTY'S gracious reception and approbation of the Address ::,but a Paper of Communications from - HU MA.) ESTY, delivered by the Treasurer to the Secretary, and of course ordered to be read, pro; duced a very awful ellen; the Paper was of some' length, in which every matter of debate, interest. ing to the hai - mony and prosperity of the Royal Academy, was touched upon with precision, feel ing, and benevoleot condescension; former tom. munications were explained, .the law more clearly defined, and with regard to the Resolutions sent up with the Address of Thanks, as voted by the Body on the tit-day of Decenler, they were completely set aside by the following decision: "•And His MAJESTY further (limas that the Resolutions of the General Body of the tst day of December as presented to him with the 4ddr6s) shall be oblitei-ated from the Mi nutes of that Meeti' i g." , The Comtnunication concludes with His. MA. J ESTY'S orders " To enter these his Royal Commands on the Rooks of the Cou n cil of the 'Loyal Academy." Thus a hthinesl is concluded, in which the gracious attention of the Founder of the Royal Academy has been displayed, and while, with a paternal care he has regulated. the interest' of the Institution, an awful lesson has been read which we hope will produce the desired tad, and prevent the Academy from being distracted in future by a misrepresentation of its laws. THE THEATRE.—The new serio comic Opera of The Engfisb Fleet in 1341, was repeated last night, at Covent Garden Theatre, before a numerous au dience, and was fully confirmed in public favour. We have no reason to recant a .syllable of what we yesterday said of its dramatic and musical merits. It is certainly not very well calculated to please the rigorous Critics in Literature or Music, but it is capable of affording varied amuiement to the Public , in general,.and therefore is much better fitted to be of service to the theatre. The Manager has cf. feetually discharged his du►y in the splendour and variety of the scenery and dresses, and the Per formers in general zealously exert themselves in support of the Piece. REYNOLDI'S Play iq to come our again, in the shape of a Farce, with the title of Three per Cent:. Reduced. 'A dramatic produflion, from the pen of Mr. Hut,. LIAN, called Tbe Usurper, has been offered to Drury Lane Theatre, but declined, on account of political considerations, AS DIDDIN thought proper to deviate from history in his New Operai. he might with _more judsment. and circa have coupled with the story Of JANIe Da MOVNTF.iRT, the memorable Aaiun of The English Flert i which took plate a year or tlx•) tvefore the event upon which he has founded- his Drama. In that Aaiun which happened oft the Coast of Fl - art;:lers; •the.Fren . ch lost 233,ships, and had 30,00 G seamen and two Admirals killed. This was a splendid action, _ that might well have given a title to an English Drama, which would always have bee'n dear to the feelings of Britons. It would hat have. required more ingenuity to corn. bine it with the story which the Author has taken, than he has shiwo in departing from Eiistory. and giving his Piece a title not property warranted by any illustrious achievement of, our Naval Ancestors, except in conveying Military 'Succours to an • urN fortunate Prince. The paragraph lately inserted in 1 1 . 4 . ,s Paper re. lative to reported diffirencesbetween " one of the great rocal Performers of Covent Gardenlttealre"• and the ,Me•ager, has given.occasion to much face. ticur mischief behind the Sceues. Mr. BRAIIAM applied this paragraph to himself,' and this UM tion brought forward a hoaxing letter, supposed to come from Mr. STk a STi one of the aorta Singeri, who offeded to c:aisidpr himself as the "great Focal Performer" to which the attiele - referred. 'A quiet inattentive Alor, named ABBOT, was ludicrously accused of being the Author of the original para. graph and ill; consequent hoax; hence a mock trial was instituted, the proceedings of the Court have been adjourned from night to night, and the whole has beep produaive of much arnusemeot to the , theatrical community, partitularly as sonic of the parties concerned cannot yet he induced to consider the matter . in any other light than as a very serious Drama. ~ Several Candidates have, started for the vacancy at the Royal Academy, left by the death of Mr. Witerox, It is understood, however, to 1) . & the laudable determination of a majority of the Meru. bets to seled..some. Artist in the' decline' of lite, whose sittiation i s not very affluent, and who has not much to exped from any alive exertion of talents, The ArhasEast Indianian just arrived, sailed from Ireland with 194 Convidls to Port J.tekson, which were safely landed in good health, without the loss of a aingle man, which can only be attributed to the excehent discipline established . by the. ‘Cappiirt during 'the voyage, and to the extreme attention of the Surgeon. The Atlas tlvn sailed to China, where she t oo k in her carg9, and sailed for England 'will the teat of the Fleet. KrEiVCASi":LE, DEC, lie, Doi tivo the last week,we have had a severe trait, a cco Inim cd • with a considerable fall of.snnw. It colitiitn ,,,d on Sunday e i g sr, and continued tvith ii`lerea;ing severity 611 Thursday, when our river was completely closed for about a quarter of a ttlik downwards from Tyne !ridge. The frost somewhat abated an Frilly, and rime was a par. !j ai l thaw, in consequence of which the river be. cAtnc navigable. On Sunday the frost again Set in; congealing every liquid surface ; and the roads both to time North and South are in many placta blocked up with snow. On Sunday the Mali f:orn the North was brought in by a Chaise; the Mail Coach being left on the road ; and yesterday it was four in the aftettioon before the South Mail arrived inl this town. EI,FI BEY . % STATE CARRIAGE.-%— , The• Juke Chief, about six weeks since, expressed a wish to have a carriage built to take with him to his own country, and the taste of the PRINCE of WALss was tonsulted with respea to the con. strtqion. The plans proposed were agreed upon. Oil Monday last the, carriage was completed, and submitted to public itispedion. It nearly re- . sembles a curricle, with a canopy head. The body is painted a tine sky blue, with the: arms of His Excellency beautifully painted on the quarter pannels, with a superb mantle introducing the various trophies of vaarelegantly design4and emblazoned. Above the arms is a, Mattsiluke mounted on a charger, fully accoutred, and improper costume. On the hind pannel is a Mameluke died mounted, but on a larger scale, with the trophies of war underneath. On.thefoot-board is anemblent. arical design of the sun at _the meridian, encircled with the trophiei of war. _ the the whole of the carriage is a rich gold border, executed with tire. common elegance ; the whole is very highly var.. nished. The lining is at . . once. elegant and superb; it is a very rich purple velvet, trimmed with broad, silk .lace. The canopy is supported by a rich frame, ornamented with gold and silver, the roof of which is lined with an elegant crimson and white. cut 'vel. vet, ornamented with festoons of yellow silk, with purple silk fringe. The carriage is painted dark blue, picked out with colours to correwond ) unit elegantly ornamented with gold ; patent axle.treet.. Yesterday morning the lion. Artillery Comp , inT were inspettrd by LieUttriaoC.ooiotiti lIARNAOr, WhO was highly pleased with tire minatnyres and appearance of the, Regiment, partiolatly 40 of Company of Riflemen, which has lately been picked from the Line, and appeared in uniform for the first `time: cite it chiathing is datk green, Anti black silk worked in franc, witli black l Its, black powder horns, black feathers, and rifle-pieces, bronzed, forming altogether a sable appearance, but adapted for the purpose intended. The whole muster wail 1024 men under arms, The ist Loy,ti London, commanded by Lieu. tenant. Colonel ais.!mbled yesterday mom,. ing in the Royal Exchange, cowpleiely , N oi v p,d with great.eo.o, haversatk,s, ; from whence they marched to Clapham Common, where thy 1143 a grand field.day, each man having previously sup. plied himself with a day's prolftsion. They re., turned. to town about six o'clock in the evening. - It is said, that the Volunteers of thr' Metropolis are to be all stationed at their Alarm Posts nn 'the 27t h o f this month, IN- ,the mprnie of being in. spcned in that position by Lord I l i yt triNG roN. Bich has this winter all its wowed attraainns.in their highest imr.fdlion. An idea 'has prey it t 1 that a rise has taken place in the of . lodging's.— This. we believe, not to be the ease, and provisinn!v of all kinds are there excellent ~in quality and' of very moderate price.: A letter from Cronstadt, to a' Ger.nleman in Edinburgh, states, t hat " Rua VigOriAlliy paring for war, and that both -Sweden and 'Den mark *ill jab against France, as it is .the inter?_ tion of BONAPARTR AO take possession of 'the e n . trance of the Sound, to prevent Great Britain froM trading: to the Baltic." It does nut' appear, how ever,.upon what Andlinity,this Cronstadt letter has commulticated,ohe above intelligen . ce. jERQMI IioNAP A RTM-H- k letter dated Phila delphia, Nov: s, to at Merchant in ; .l,iverpool, says, JEROMR BONAP"A RTP. gyrried Miss PArrha. son, daughter of. Me.•,Wm. PATTRRdoIsi, of laitj. more ; lie has vested 86,oco.dollars in the Bark of-Baltimore, and rep'ort, ways, his brother allows him tooo•dollars'perweek." , Thefollowing snide, however, of a later date, gives a different aceotnit ofthis afroir ' 4 l'HlLADtt.rittA, 1803.---JEttOiviß BONAPAIt tvin.im the foreign jolon, k is have tlis_ po se d o f in vAri,is hero resi. d ent h et ,e ever biker hi, lirAl fly if. 111 1, 611 g tug 'been the gallant of our firit-rary !A i r.,. .TeßfiuN, !she eonsentect .1 tew at ) w b oteir her hitild upon her ti c e. nce , was issued in due ifortn, for the ooleinoi . zitiOn of , their ntipttats but toe mornoig.`which the core_ molly was to take Oace t the Fretidi Minister went in pion to the .presiding Ciytlian, arta in .the name of the Ft akr C 0.504., his Nia,ter, forimd e the'onion: in consequence tilz licence Was revokel, and the Livers are . kft,.c•• h great tirtifiLt• au ,,, with little hope of . l-tyme4,l4l rettfr,A!" On Thursitiy the s'll inst. was married, at &it,. ing, MATiliEw Esq. of.,ttie City of B at h, ivlisitGooutt, of I.l;tie I. l "oterday afternoon AS a tinttb(3y, six yeidt ;Tr, son to Mr. HAricE • ciwesrinogge'r,. 13on1.» & freer, w: Ftanding ai kis ht htl's Livorot large s'o dok, the proi..erty of 1.1%. H A LL, wlt 4 keeps ,a yen:, ~1 1 shop 'pi aarttt si ree „set zed the di id hy der, .and dragged him into the kennel, : . kept tearing , and 'shaking 64 poor hoy ful manner, till a hackney '46:it:tun:in spea.ttors with' great ddlienl , y eNtrica'ied The child's face was IJrtunately ruined (1..v.t• wards, other it i 4 thought the tk'w;'d haw: grAled him by the throat. The chit der and arm wert • torn in so dreadini It manner; that It is feared it may cost him his life. The h;ood came softeely .that alt. hi, clothe, %vete b,-slue..,ted with it. On being brought into the !lonic there was a surgeon immediately sent, and it is loped th,st the child may recover.