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IMPERML PARLIAMEN7. ROUSE OF PEERS. FRIDAY, FE/I. 4. AFTER some routine business had been disposed of, The LORD CHANCELLOR stated, that a num ber of Peers had given in their lists respeding the appointment of Members of that House to compose the Board of EaSt India judicature, pursuant to the regulations of the MI of the z6th of His Majesty. Certain accounts directed to be annually .laid be fore Parliament, were preented by the proper Officer from the Commissioners for the reduction of the National Debt. The LORI) CHANCELLOR quitted the Wool sack, and made a few general observations, resped ing the sitting of the Irish Spiritual Peers in the Imperial Parliament ; the Noble and Learned Lord in some degtce repeated what he had thrown out on this subje4t the first day of the present Session. —A degree of misunderstanding seemed to prevail with respea to the constrdlion of this part of the Regulating Aft, and Which principally appeared to arise (so we understood his Lordship) from the cir. curnatance of Viscount Some stun, one of the Irish Representative Peers, •and' Who - sat as such, being at the same time Archbishop Of Cashel ; that Noble Person having since been translated to the . At. chiepiscopal See of Dublin, and whose tarn it was • next to sit after„,the Pinnate, increased the difficulty, In pursuance of what be had stated on a former day, the subjea would, as the importance of, it required, have been duly taken up, were it not for the absence, from indisposition, of two Noble and Learned Lords, thoroughly Con versant therein. Under different constructions of that part of the At u: Union, a degree of irre. gularity was certainly apparent ; and in illustrating this part of his observations, his Lordship rekrred to the different modes of issuing writs according to the provisions of the "Aa, to the Irish Temporal and Spiritual representative Peers. Upon the whole, it must be obvious to their Lordships, that it was important the subjed should be taken into con. sideration as soon as pt.:laic:tide, and the regular mode or rotation of tie Irish Spiritual Peers sitting in the imperial Parliament ; and at the same time he observed upon the propriety of having a full attendance on an occasion of such peculiar import. ante. The Noble and Learned Lord concluded his observations by moving, '' That so much of. the Ad as related. to the Sitting of the Irish Spiritual Peers in the Imperial Parliament, he referred to the .con sideration of the Committee of Privileges on Thurs. day next ;" which was ordered accordingly. The Bishops of GLou EsTER and Sr. ASAP!!; Earls of ALL ENl;lit I, 1; and GALLOWAY, and other Peers, were sworn and took their seats. Certain documents relative to the state of the Convitfts employed at Portsmouth, and on the River Thames, were 'presented by Mr. Justice GRAHAM at the Bar, and afterwards laid upon the Table. Adjourned till Monday. ROUSE OF COMMONS. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 4.. Several Members took the o.4ths a►td their Seats. Mr. Oksitsev - moved for leave to bring in a Bill for altering and amending several Ads of Parliament relating to the Royal Canal in Ireland.—Leave was given. General GAscoYN F.: presented a Petition from the Corporation of Liverpool, respeding. the improve. anent Of the DOCks ofthat City. A person from the Commissioners for the Reduc tion of the National Debt, presented the Annual Account from the Commissionets.—Ordered to lie on the Table. A person from the InspeCtor of Convicts on the River Thames and at Portsmouth, presented a Re_ port from Mr. GRAIIAM, lospe,ttor of Convict:.-- Ordered to lie on the Table. Mr. WlLLisot Durr nAs gave notice, that he should, next week, move to enlarge, for a week, the period for receiving Petitions for Private Bills. General GASCOYNE moved, that there be laid be fore the House an account of the number of Vessels, the amount of, their Tonnage, and the number of Men and Boys on board them, employed in the Transport Service, or as armed ships, between the Ist of December I Soo, and the ist of December 1802, distinguishing,each year.—Ordered. Mr. VA:I6I rrART moved, that there be laid before The .1-Lise an account of the amount of the Notes of the. !link of 1. - t:iigland in circulation on the ist of Oc_ toter 180 t, the Ist of December 1802, and the rst of February 1803, distinguishing the amount of these under 51. A1r.17 HANEY said, he thought it would be bet_ ter if the Hon. Gentlemn would not confine his Mo. tion tw:rely to the periods he h:td specified, but would earl tOr a general account upon the subjeft, since the pato,ing of the Att. now in force. Upon such a bubjtet the fullest information ought to be given, and he could sec no reason why it was to be limited to those three months. Ark. Pii;\SILT.MT replied, that he had pro. post'..d thrssc dike months, because he supposed the zt ecouut would contain every infmnati an t h at was necessary. if the lion. Geotleindri Wished to pro. pose any other period he would 1101 oppose it. Mr. TIE RNEY said, he would prefer having a regular continued Account, because he understood that sometimes great numbers of Bank Notes were is`sucl at very short notice; when the Rink. was diS plMed toile very liberal, m r . THORNTON said, that the lion. Centle- Man was mistaken ; there was no foundation fOr th e insinuation he h,Ad thro.wn out, and if the lion. Gentle Man wished to enter into any discussio n , h e tvai ready to meet him. With respea to the Ac. count, its being made ui for every three month s , or every two mi'inths, since the passing of the last Bill, the only difference was, that if the account made up for every two-months, it would re quire inure rime 10 prepare it. Mr. TIERNEY said, he certainly meant no charge or insinuation against the Kink ; he merely thought it Would he better to have a regular con. titiued Account, than une.int 4 puticular period.-... If, however, he found it necessary, he would, move for any faither information that might appear to be wanting. He wished, before he sat down, to ask, whether any other ground was to be Lid before the House, except the Account now moved for. Mr. PANS M' RT replied,', that he was not aware that it was intended to lay any other ground before the House. With respeft to the other point, if the Honourable Gentleman thought there was an extraordinary issue of Bank Notes at any particular time, if he would make a Motion re spetting it, fie saw no objeaion to Mr. V,INviTTAItT then proposed to alter his Mo tion, by adding to it before the words " the Ist of 06tober," the words, " the tit of June, and the Ist of August." The Motion was agreed to. Mr. CottaY presented several estimates pursuant tothe Order of the House made yesterday, which were ordered to lie on the Table. Mr. Coe u Y then moved, that there be laid before the House an account of the ordinary revenue, and extraordinary Resources of I rcland tbr the last year. Au Account of the Imports and Exports of Ireland for the last 18 years. An Account of the Imports and Exports of Ireland for the last year. A n Account of the Number of Vessels built and registered in Ireland last year. - An Account of the Number of Vessels, the amount of Tonnage, and the Number .of Alen and Boys employed on board them, belonging to the several Ports of Ireland. - An account of the number of Vessels clearedoutwards and entered inwards, from and to the Ports of Irehuid last year, distinguishing Irish from iurcign Vessels. An Account of the Public Debt of I reland. An Account of the Unfunded Debt of Ireland ; and seve ra I other Accounts relative to the Revenue and Commerce of Ireland. The Motions were all agreed to. Mr. CORRY gave notice, that on Monday he should propose the Supplies for Ireland. He also gave notice, that on Wednesday next he should move to refer the several Ads relating to the Re. venue of Ireland to a Committee, with a view after. wards of proposing to re.enad them. Tne Comrnittet.s of Supply and Ways and Means were put oif till Monday. Adjourned to Monday. MM LS. ARRIVED. DUB. Holland a French o - - - t ? Itun burgh o 3 PRICE OF STOCKS, THIS DAY AT TWI.LVE O'CLOCK. Consols 70 t Consuls lOC Fiuruary - 70 THE SUN. SOLIIM QUIS DICIER& VALIUM AUDAAT LONDON, FEBRUARY 5, 18,33. WE received yesterday" evening the Paris Papers to the ist inst. The Moniteur of the 3oth contains an article so extraordinary and important, chat notwithstanding its great length, we have • thought it proper to lay it in detail before our Readers. it is entitled a Report made by Colo nel SEBASTIAN! to the FIRsT CONSUL, of his mission to Egypt and Sytia. This Report is deserving of the most serious attention, as it de. velopes in a great measure the views and intentions 'of France with respea to Egypt. SSBASTIANI used every effort to impress the Turks with the most favourable sentiments towards the French, and, as he relates, with the most complete suc. cess. He offered the PACIIA of CAtit.o his mediation between the Turks ,and the Beys, but he was informed by the former, that he had ex. press orders from his Court to carry on a War of Extermination against that Class of. Men. The Turks, he says, did not conceal from him, that they saw with pain the stay of the English in EL,pt. —One of the most remarkable statements in the Report is, that of SEBASTIAN' having Waited upon General STUART, to demand the immediate evacu. tiun of Ah.vandria by the English Troops, in ext. cution of the Treaty of Arnieni ; to which General STuART of course replied, that he. had no orders to quit that place. That such an application should be made to a Commanding Ofiieer who could only Obey the orders he received, appeared so impro bable, when it was stated some time since in Letters from Coustant;dcp/e, that it was generally disbelieved. Extraordinary, however, as such a circumstance must be considered, it now appears to be true. There is no doubt that SEBASTIANI has greatly exaggerated the effeets which he states to have been produced by his mission ; there is every reason to believe, indeed, that many circum. stances which he relates are wholly untrue; but the Report affords complete evidence of the nature and objets of his mission, and of the intentions of the Government by whom he was sent. For the details of his progress from A/txandria to Cairo, from thence to Acre, and from thence to the Republic of the Sevea Mathis, together with a number of round assertions and curious gasconades, we refer to the Report itself, which is certainly worthy of minute attention, We cannot help considering the publi cation of it as a very extraordinary circumstance. Theillen;terer does not fail to exaggerate, in the grossest manner, the late disturbances at Gibraltar, in a Letter dated from that place. The Fi AST CONSUL reinses to consent to the Cities of Auremberg and Aligibitrg being ;Oiled to the territories of the ELECTOR of BAVARIA ) for 09111 a COITIrfl!',IICI011 rou s t therefore be provided in some other way in lien of the Bishopric of Eichstett, which the latter has agreed to resign to the GRAND DUKE of TUSCANY. Little else remains to be set tled with respea to the indemnities except matters of form, and the exchanges of territory which se veral of the Princes of Germany are making with each other. Ix the present State of Par•tiies, so totally diffe rent to that to which this Country has been accus tomed, it is natural that various speculations should be afloat, and that many .should state, as the result of the present situation of things, that which suits 'their own views; rather than • that which is likely to happen. We made some observations on' this subjeft a few days ago, and we are now induced to offer some additiOnal refleaions. • Much has been said in the Opposition Prints as to the line Mr. PITT means to take in Parliament. It has been asserted that this line is to be in di. rea hostility to Mr. ADDINGTON, and that of course the Minister will he driven to coa lesce with several of the Members of the Old Opposition. —ln this statement individual wishes are expressed, not probabilities. We do not affed to know the sentiments of Mr. PITT upon all the measures of Government, but we know that generally he approves them; and nothing, we are convinced, is farther from his wishes, or his thoughts, than systematic opposition to Mr. An. DINGTON. To suppose that, if in the present new and unsettled state of Europe, and in the anxious situation of the Country, there are points in the condit& of Public Affairs upon which they differ in opinion, there is, therefore, to be an end either of private or political friendship, is to know neither of these men—and to imagine that such a difference would induce Mr. ADDINGTON to coalesce with the Old Opposition, is a libel upon. his charader. Mr. ADDINGTON has taken pains,repeatedly to avow) not only his high opinion of the talents of his great predecessor, but his admiration of his mea. sures, and his entire approbation of the principles upon which he aged. In doing so, he has ex. pressed his unequivocal disapprobation of the conduft of his Opponents. A Coalition between Mr. ADDINGTON and Mr. Fox would be a sacri. fice of principles on one side or the other—it would not, we affirm, be on the side of Mr. ADDINGTON, and of course, the Opposition Scribblers, who talk so much of this junaion, do not mean that it should be on the side of their own leader. Of all impro. We speculations arising out of the present state of things, such a union- we believe to be the most im. probable. The first step which the Old Opposition took with respeft to the present Ministers, and which was most faithfully and diligently followed by all the News papers in their interest, was, to represent them as the most incapable of Men. Nobody at the time be lieved they thought so ; but their present conclua demonstrates the insincerity of their own profes sions. We hear no more of their incapacity, and Mr. Fox and his Friends come dOwn to the House of Commons to approve their measures.—But is it supposed that Ministers can feel any great obliga tion to Mr. Fox for his support ? Can they think that there is any thing of cordiality in it ? Does Mr. Fox imagine that he has persuaded them that his sentiments on public principles are congenial with theirs ; or can they believe that his approba tion arises from any other cause than that he hates Mr. ADDINGTON one degree less than he hates Mr. PITT If there have been differences of opinion be. tween the present Administration and the Old Opposition, how much less are those differences likely to be in future, or how much less are they, in fact, now ? Mr. Fox, it is true, supported the Peace, but in receiving that support, did Mr. ADDINGTON adopt the grounds of it ? Mr. Fox, in considering the subjea, put the Terms out of the question.— " 4,y Peace, says he, is preferable to the continuance of the War!" This at least, it will be admitted, is not a very flattering sanflion of the measure. Again, it is well known that Mr. ADDINGTON looks upon the safety and independence of the Country as rest. ing, not upon suing for, or trusting to, the favour of the FIRS T CONSU L of France ; not upon conces sion and submission to his will ; not upon low Naval and Military Establishments, but upon a firm, manly, and decided line of conduti, upon as. setting our own rights, and upon being prepared for any attack or aggression which may be made upon us. But however great the general difference of opi. nion between Mr. ADDINGTON and the Old Om. lition, the breach appears still wider between him and the New. Whatever Measure he brings for. ward is invariably the subject of 'lank, and in truth must be so, for they avow that it is not the Measure to which they object, but the Man.--” The Measure therefore only furnishes the opportuniry for venting their spleen against the Man.—Little, how. ever, as we approve of the eondua of these Men, we are far from despising them. They possess con. siderable talents, and what they want in judgment they make up in zeal. In some of the grounds of at. tack upon Mr.' ADD ING TON, it must however be admitted that they are a little unreasonable. It is a constant subject of reproach that he has accepted the support of Mr. Fox. Is it then necessary that before a Minister receives the support of a Member . of Parliament, he must examine strialy the grounds . upon which it is given, and sejea it unless founded precisely upon the same arguments as those upon which his own opinion is formed ? Can any thing . be more monstrous and preposterous than such 'pro position ? Did Mr. ADDINCTON, 111 obtaining the approbation of Mr. Fox to any of his measures, ob. Lain it either at the expence - of his Principles or of his Friends ?—We say, confidently, of neither: and if not, what is to preclude him from receiving the Vote of any Member of Parliament, in•the mode in which he chuses to give it ? Perhaps Mr. And utsorosi agreed in no one of the grounds upon which Mr. Fox stated his concurrence—No stet could stand a day, if he were to aft upon the principle which this objeaion embraces ; and we are not sure, that it is not for this very reason, that the New Opposithr: are so forward in suggesting it'gi On all sides, endeavour; are made to separateMF• AUDI NGTON and Mr. PITT. Some of the Frienvit of both, we believe, to be constantly snaking the; attempt. The Old and the New Opposition concur .. only in endeavouring to circa this purpose, ancl'. they are busily at work to attain their objed. It . is for Met/whet Mone to frustrate such attempts..- - • We cannot anticip ate any material difference o f opi. Ilion between th ese two M en --If such an event'. should happ en , we s h a ll b e the first to consider it as a great mi s fo rtune to t h e C ountry ; b ut if i t does h a ppe n , w h en we cons id er the ch ara cters of the . Men, we are sure, it will arise out of the fair con sideration of Public _Measures, not out of the in trigues of interested Men. Under the present ex traordinary circumstances, and in the various Mrati sures which it may be necessary to adopt, it is dif. ficult to say what two Men, however able and up right, will precisely agree on all points ; but the general principles applicable to our situation for The last ten years, will be those best adapted to future events. Upon those Principles these Men are agreed' This is the bond of Union between them : and it is upon this ground, that we have the strongest Tea.' son for thinking, that there are no two e minent Men so likely 'to aft together, and none who will. so surely, aft for the benefit of the Nation, as Elio present Minister and his Predecessor in Office. ' THEIR MAI ESTI ES and the PRINCESSES did not go to Windsor yesterday, as was expeded. Hi MAJESTY . went there early in the morning, and re turned to Town to dinner. The ROYAL FAMILY are not expedcd to go to Windsor till Friday nv‘r•• About twelve o'clock yesterday, HER MAJESTY and the PRINCESSES honoured Lady Cumti.o-rTZ FINCII with a morning visit. .„ .There will be 'no Levee next week. , HER M A " J ESTY will hold a Drawing;-room next Thursday. Yesterday at noon, the opnrii Pa:kat, Captain HE AR N r, returned to Harwich, after li. landed the Mails f o r Hamburg?), Bremen, &C. "r the 3ist December, an d t h e 7t h, r tth, 1.4-thp zsth, and zBth January, at Scheveling. She sailed from Harwich on the tst inst. On Thursday Mr. DETRY, who has been at Vienna on some private business for Lord Wm. BENTINCK, arrived .in Town ; and having come via Paris, he was charged with Lord Will rw °was official box. Colonel SEBASTIANT, the French Agent, arrived at Genoa on the Bth ult. on board the Frigate La Carndire He brought with him three fine Arabian horses, three pelicans, with 'several other curiosi ties, from Africa. Next day he left Genoa, Oil his return to Paris. LOUIS BONAVARTE has retirea,.iin account of ill health, from the Presidency of the 12th Munici. palit'y of Paris. We copied some time ago a Paragraph from s Scotch Paper, stati ng t h at t he 5 6th R•!.tyiment Q 1 Foot, was under orders for the West Indies. This statement We find, from the Officers of that Regi• went, to be incor r ea, n o s uch orders having reached it—nor is it probable it will be sent 0 the West Indies, as it is not four years since it r e ' turned from that station. The Regiment is be' sides short of complment zso Alen. It is at Pr e ; sent cantoned in the Counties of Limerick an 'Tipperary. 111 c Hon. Captain DUNCAN, of the Guards, the eldest son of Lord Viscount DUNCAN, died lately In the Mediterranean. He had gone thither for the recovery of his health, and died at sea. Ilk body was conveyed to Malta, where it was interred with military honours. On Thursday se'nnight as Colonel Er.Lrovr was conversing with a brother Officer at. Bristol, he wa s suddenly seized with a paralytic an - cajun ;he fell backwards and survived but an hour. it is sltp posed he would have died instantly, had not hts companion broke his fall. On Tuesday he was re moved to Bath, and interred in the Cathedral Church with military honours. The Colonel 113 . 4 been some time in that Country reviewing lua Troops stationed there. A few years since the Co. lonelsii father was in the same Country on the like business, and died in d similar way. Sir Witi.rAM CURTIS set Ulf on Thursday last for Bath, for the more Felled recovery of his health.