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have the effect of making : us., relax in our efforts, i tvhich ttight produce .the most disastrous..eptise. quences. He therefore thought they would:- ad wrong . indeed if they.. were to _satisfy themselves with merely providing against the _preset danger, without adapting some great, general, anti permao. nent system, equal not only to the prestmt-;dan ger, but equal to: that:danger which- might. con-` tinue to threaten us, _ and which might., not be:, tetmiOated lay the ,present,:.War.:. He: -,hoped;. indeed-Alta:Dux 'danger would be -terminated: by • the present- War, because,:he hoped ,w.e.:should not :lightly 'consent; to ~ m ake peace' without the attainsorut of.secutity for the future,: a secu- City .Which could not be obtained while France re mained in her present situation. He did not allude to anvaparticular)form of Government which might prevail in'thut Country, but while she remained as she was i :.the Arbitress of the Continent of Europe, a perfectly-Military Country, under the guidance of the most absolute and unlimited Government' that perhaps. ever existed, 'unshackled. by any of those checks: that operated upon other Governments,. un shackled by that check which had operated in every othen:instance, though perhaps unseen in even the most arbitrary States,he meant the influence of public opibion, which had-never yet been stifiediri any other-Country ,but in France; and which had al ways operated more or less, even in the most ser vile forms of Government that ever disgraced Eu rope.- however f this :check of. public - opinion .was. now so destroyed, that no man dare, hardly even in thought,.question the conduCt of the Government, however. •it thight squander the trea sures of the Country, on however it might:lavish the 'blood of the ,People. The System in that Coun try was different from any. that ever . existed before, and' must. be met by us by correspending exertions on oar part ; and however painful those exertions might be, we mutt determine...to submit to Them, as'the lot which was inseparable from those days'in which it had pleased Providence to cast. our, existence. Though he:agreed with the Hon. Gentle.: min for the reasons lie had,before.stated, that the lict lunteer System as at present suhsiiting, could not he looked to as a permanent.meins 'of defence, yet that ,Certainly could not be used as an argument. to.prove that we ought not to make the best pOssible uSe of them in the •present crisis. Witli regard to the. present. Volunteer System, though he was far from thinking that it had. reached any thing like per feCtion, though he thotight it. was capable .of, and he 'had no doubt would receive great improvement, yet still he ;thought the 'principles upon which it was founded were perfeetly right, and he had.no, doubnthat , coupled with other regulations, and these not very difficult ones, it might be rendered a per- manent Security•against future danger. • It was no disparagement to tne.spirit of the Volunteers, or their devotion to their Country to say, that it was impos sible to trust continually to the'operation of that Vo lunteer spirit. It was no disparagement to the spirit of the people to say, that when the immediate dan ger was passed, they might, however erroneously, dotibt.lhe necessity of their future exertions., . The Volunteer-System was founded upon the conViEtion of immediate danger ; if that cause should cease, it was not at all extraordinary that the effeEt should 'cease also. If- that was the case, it became: the duty of . .. Parliament to do that for the Country which spontaneous zeal could not do. That spontaneous zeal" had hitherto .superseded . almost the necessity of Legislative measures, and had counteracted no small share of error tan the part of the Executive Government. It certainly could not, fiowever, he expeCted to continue for any great length of time to the extent to :which it had now reached : the question to be considered then was, whether there were any means of giving to that sys tem a degree of permanency which did not necessa rily, belong to it ? The system which was adopted last year, and in his opinion wisely adopted, was, that it would be wise to invite the voluntary exer. tines of the People, and if they reached to .a suffi cient extent, it, would be much preferable to,',cOrn, ptilsory service. It now became,the duty of, , Par. liattie.to to provide the. permanent means for putting. in Motion so much of the force and population of the. Country as future exigency might render necessary. Upon t - his subjea, however, he did, not mean to say that nothing had.heen done : they had prOvided the means, lie did not say they: were sufficiently di. gated and matured, but they had pr ov ided the Means in case the Volunteers should fall short , of that number which was deereo•.oecessary for the security of the Country, of enabling. His Majesty to call upon the different classes, even if it should 14e . necessary to the 'extent of the _ popukation of the Country. : In doing this, the Legislature .had, laid":. the foundation of that- system, which might be so improved as to esta- , hlish a great and permanent system of defence, which would- , place the Country in a state.of perma nent security in al: future contests. When *said that such a foundation had been laid, lie was far from meaning that it was perfett ; it certainly re aid he hoped would receive much improve ment, and that pact which:,related to the enrol ment of persons, undoubtedly. required considerable revision. , Upon that point,, however, much dif ference of opinion prevailed, as to•theaneasures which ought to be adopted to bring that system to a state of permanent perfeaion ; but these were considerations to which they might attend after they had matured the present Volunteer system. and thereby provided, effettual means ofguarding against immediate danger: When that great objeft was attained, they would then be at leisure to consider of the means of calling out the whole Population of the Country, if ever cit. cuwstances. should render it necessary. It was-now understood, that _if in any place the number of Vo lunteers fell short of -the number which was consider. ed necessary, the Government were determined to , call out the classes: tinder the Defence AEI, and he had no doubt that if ever the disappearance of im mediate danger shmild relax the spirit of the Vo lunteers, there were means to he found in that -Sys: tem to keep the numbers entire. There was ano- - tiler source froM which, in his opinion,: consider. able support might be derived to the Volunteer Sys tom. If the idea which he .had thrown out on:a former occasion should meet with the approbation of the House, if it should., be thought right to allow such a Wll - otted force to exist as,. he .had befOre',suggested, to feed and maintain the Regular Aimy, and that Luc was kept pp annually by, fieh • Ballots, the Extololons- ,whi c h V o lon_ tees would ale() enjoy would;. he Was coqvjnce,l,,. induce men • ch - eerfully to .continue in • Vtiltintecr, Corps..' As far, therefore, as. related )0. j Itc.Qoe Lion of Permanesice, lie -saw ny (I:fficaliics. that. .were at. all likely to render that Jut utiattainble ob. jeEt, always 'bearing in- mind that the,first Breit .objet? they, had to, perform was to tender the Vo lunteer Force as tfficient as possible, in the,: present instance. 'As to the auhjea about whichso much had been said, viz. the Exemptions granted to Volunteers, -he confessed, he saw great weight its the, arguments of an Hun. General (MAI'rLAND) upon that subjea, because its the Militia and the Army of Reserve were formed principally. of Substitutes, the Volunteer Sys. tem could-not throw any great.difficulties in'the way of that force, nor could he see how it 'could. mate rially interfere with the: recruiting for the Regular -Army,' because the- only way in which .it could in terfere with the recruiting, would be by narrowing the source from which the. Recruits were taken, which certainly was not the case, at least to any considerable extent, with the Volunteers. 'Looking at: this question in another point of view, the system of Volunteers appeared to him to be most favourable • to the recruiting of the Army, becaUse it infused al kind of military spirit; inro the people, that, in many cases, induced them to•enter into the Regular Ser.. vice, because it' was-natural to the disposition of .Men, that they should, by habit, acquire -a prone ness, and even an attachment-' to the labours, and even the dangers of a military life,. The next, and indeed the only practical question they had now to determine was this, whether they ought to go on with the present Bill, containing, as it did,so little.that was, either new or important ? It neither did what in •his opinion it ought to do, contain any provisions for improving- and rendering more regular the present Volunteer Force, nordid it do what other Gentlemen thought it ought to do, attempt to render the Vo lunteers more like that .species of Force which they thought would be the most desirable in the present Contest.. The objet of those Gentlemen who Maintained the latter opinion was, not, if he un 'derstood them tight, to destroy the present Vo hinteer Force, bur they wished to give it a new direaion and charader. They Wished to di minish its - numbers, but only with a view 'to esta blish another and a much larger Force under the name of an Armed Peasantry. In order to decide -upon the propriety of proceeding upon the present Bill, the only qtiestion was,. whether there was any thing in -the preamble or title of it. which would prevent the insertion of such clauses as' would ren der the Volunteer Force efficient in the present emergency ? There were, he believed, some Gen tlemen-in the House who entertained what might be called a middle opinion, and who .thought that nothing ought to be. done hut t 9 leave the subjea• where it was. • If this Bill was really meant to do ,no.hing-more than to consolidate-and continue the Acts already in existence, he did not say ,he should, censure it ; but• he could not believe thatif'even this Bill had no chars ter, if it was not meant to do any thing at present, still he could not think that Mi nisters were not fully .convinced of the necessity of adopting some measures to continue the Volunteer -System. If that were the case, then -they could have no objedion . to receive any addition, altera tion, or amendment. which would render that force efficient for the present, and permanent for the future. And though this Bill did not, either • in its Title, its Preamble, or in any of its clauses, contain any thing upon that subjed, Yet he saw no reason why, it they were all agreed upon the propriety of such provisions, they should not be-introduced ; and therefore to throw Out the present Bill would only be to create unne. cesaary delays There was not a'single Member, he was sure, in that House, who had not turned his thoughts more or less "to this &Oka ; and he hoped they would all unite their endeavours to support 'something that might at least be useful for the pre. sent, if they could nut make it a good system for the future. These considerations would; he hoped, prevent any Gentleman from taking the sense of the House on the question, fur 'the Speaker leaving the Chair. He wished to state one or two other points, in which he had thelood fortune to agree with the Honourable Gentleman. One of them he had mentioned before ,Christmas, and he had at a .Meeting, which was heist in a County in which he resided,. expressed the same:opinion, which. he found to be _in complete' c6incidence with that of every other Gentleman who attended tt'e' Meeting. "He meant the plan which had been adopted, of limiting the number of Volunteers in the Maritimetounties - on the same principle that they were in the Interior Counties of the Kingdom. That is to say, that the Volunteers wee in all places to amount to just six times the number of the Old Militia. This was a principle which could not be defended for a moment ; because no rational man would contend, that in Kent, for instance, a County which had sixty miles of coast opposite to the coast of France, and within a few hours sail of the great Naval Depot of the Enemy, did not require a greater number of-VOlunteers than Chester, or any' Inland County. • At the Meeting to which he. had alluded, it had been judged highly expedient that the number of Volunteers in that particular County, for _instance, ought to be increased. A remon strance upon this subject was sent to Ministers, who did condescend to notice the Representation:, and permission was ;given to allow the Volun. teer Force in that County to be increased in a considerable : degree ; but he kncw also that they did stop the embodying Of sOOO men who were offered' to be raised z . he therefore lamented, very sincerely, th.it permission had _not been given to increase the number.of Volunteers in some Ma. rititne Counties, whic,h, in his opinion, :were ex posed as -much-as Kent. He came neiWotta Consider shortly what had been said about. the adVaritage of an Armed Peasantry over the Volunteers; as at pre sent construaed. Two instances in . particular had „been , quoted to show, the great advantage which an Armed Peasantry had over even Regular Te6op s those instaniceg:were the Wars in Li Vencl4e, and in America, It w e ts true, that in La' Ven,.le the; men who so herbically resisted the French Army certainly laboured unhtr a great- Want of o 'eryns, of discipline, and even of Leaders of experience, though not 'succeed them?st undaunted arid heiotc spirit., They did in preventing ate Ftetich Soldiers from making thetuselvta masters of :heir Country, but they , could noC.prevent.a snoSt dreadtnl and dev*at. jib # Par fruit. being-carried:on in the heart of their Country for years,. „The. cottages were all destroy the Country Was laid .41:Astp,; in` short, every tliin!g,was subdued hut. the iyyulneri t ble . and patriotisni - of the Inhabitants ! . But .it,Surely would not he contended that ,we were to aCt' in. such a manner ; that We were to make such sacrifices. The objea.of the Enemy , would ,be totally",dtffetent ; it would not be to stop to,deva?tate the Country, but to push forward with . all imaginable speed tO. the Capital ; arid the_ question was; whether an Arrried Peasantry could be relied upon to oppose effectual resistance to such an Enemy ? If Gentlemen IOOk-ed to , the case of America, they would .find that it was- not by .irregular Troops that His Ma. jesty‘i., FArces . were repulsed and', baffled. Tittle enabled them to mature their irregular into a regu lar force, and they were taught by the Invaders the,, lesson of successful resistance. But their success depended as much upon the nature of the 'Country as upon any other. A large, wild, thinly-inhabited Country, not having, as we have, a great central point, the loss of which, though it would not en. danger the safety. of the Country,, would be a most serious, and for a long time, an, irrcpirableblow..- They had no vital, and it almost seemed no vul- . nerable parts., You might beat an army,_ or coo. quer a province, and yet be no neater the attain.„ meet of your ()bled. The case of the two Countries.. was therefore extremely different, and no arg4ruent could be drawn from the mode of wariaie that was practised in the one, to spew that it ought .to be practised in the other: Another argument that ap— plied against an Armed. Peasantry to the exclusion of a Volunteer Force was this, that they could only operate with.any . effeCt in their own County, and if the Enemy did not come to them, it would be. al. most impossible to bring them to any distance to • meet the Enemy. In considering the Army which Bonaparte would probably bring over with him, be certainly could not flatter himself, that let any part of the invading. Army be composed of the descrip tion of Troops which had been alluded to, .he cer tainly would tiOtplace any reliance trptm his Italian and Dutch Conscripts:, He Might arouse Us with a „newspaper 'account ,upon that subjeCt he might flatter his new and.willing slaves with promising ro let them partake in the Expedition ;' bur there was no doubt that he never would attempt the invasion of this Country with any but a Army. He .hoi,ed and trusted that very soon after their arrival we should:have a . FOtoe idled, capable of driving them back into the sea brit if even we should not, we should at leapt be able so to balance the Contest .as to enable us to bring our Regulars and Volunteers from the Interior. But he really did not think than a'Levy en Masse, or,, as it was called, an Armed Peasantry, would be sufficient to stop the My, or could be brought to aft with any prospect of . success against him. Havitag pressed these points, at considerable length, he adverted to what had. been said respecting the conduEt of, the Board of Admiralty ; he did not,, he said,. mean then to enter into •any discussion upon the subject., The . apprehensions he , had stated on a former night, were founded, in part, upon what he had seen, and part upon public rumour. The apprehension enter- tained was, that : the preparations which had been, made, had not been vigorous enough, compared with the nature 'of the enterprize of the Enemy, and the novelty of the Contest in which we were engaged.. would, however, pursue his inquiries upon this ,subjeft; and . if lie found his apprehensions well. founded, he should certainly submit them to the consideration of the House. It would be matter Of great satisfaCtion to his mind, if, the Noble Lord .at the head of the Admiralty ,could satisfaeth . rily. account (or . his conduft, because . no man had a higher opinion of the transcendent of. that Noble Lord than he had ; but st ill he should conceive it to be his duty, if, upon inquiry, he found his apprehensions well . founded, to bring,, and , that at no very . remote day, the subikt under the consideration of Parliament. He 'concluded with hoping that Getitlernen would allow the Bill to go into a Committee, although it was not to be hoped that, at so late an hour, they would make any progress. . Mr. Fox spoke shortly itt explanation. • -hlr. observed, that in consequence of the shape the Question had latterly assumed, and the opportu nities witieli would occur, especially that which would be broneiPftliivaellit the instance of his Hon . Friend,' lie deem ed it unnecessary to frOuble the House at that length, which he should otnerwise have felt it lit duty to have done.. He wished to counteract an impression which seemed to have been entertained, that Gentlemen - Who thought, on this sub ject with him, were of opinion that a retrograde motion shUuld now take place--that it would be proper. to undo the Volunteer System. Such were by no means his sentiments, even were the present 'a moment titior the parting whit ... any of our Force ; he was hostile to such a proposition; his. wish was to allow the respective descriptions of our National Force the greatet practicable advantages. His Ohjeet was to restore the Volunteer System to what it was originally in-' tended to be-L.the .embodying and. bringing, to adion that spontaneous National feeling arid courage which had so gene rally manifested itself. One general objeclion which he en tertained, was to the Systern 'of Exemptions, and which originally seemed to form no part,of the Volunteer Constitu tions. If the doing away the Exemptions tended ma terially to diminish the Members of the Volunteers, it certainly was wrong to ascribe that zeal and ardour in their Country's cause, to the, People, which had been so much vaunted. He entertained strong objections to the idea . of rendering the Volunteer a Perpetual Sys: .tent ; and he adverted to several points, in which he con tended, that the Volunteer System, as now constituted, was injurious to 'the general service: the Ballots, in' many iii_ stances, were literally standing still; and - he argued that the existing plan had a two,fold tendency to raise ;the price of Substittites. Were it amended, so as that particular descrip tions of individuals' would be certain of their neulg compel lable to serve for nothing, 'they Would be glad to accept of lower prices as Substitutes. there Was, one topic in particu lar, which he was happy that kregular opportunity would offer of fully discussing, namely, the important Question whether Volunteer . Corps; or an Armed Peasantry, would be the inure serviceable. In glancing at this proposition, he adverted to the instances alluded to by his Hon. Friend,' while considering that topic, namely, Arneriea and La Yen.. dee; but ther .vere material ditterenees between the circ.um,. stances of these respective cases and between both and this Country 4 'llor did he agree with hiS Hon. Friend, that the conclusions-which he seemed to draw from them were esta. blished. It seemed to be made a question la the discussion of that night. whether a Volunteer Force or an Armed Pea santry would be the more efficacious in stopping the progress of an Army ?, For his part, he thought neither could do it - that desirable event could be achieved but by a Regula; Force. Nothing could stop the progress of an Army but an Army.. Much bad been said in tavourof the Plan of fully disciplining the Volunteers, and at least it was generally ad mitted that,it would not du then, any harm, Possibly not : the training could be had by the Public for nothing ; and if the execution of such a plan would not occupy time, which might be more , valuably employed, or go to counterad the attainment of on,jeci4 of more importance, it certainly would dot() harm; arxl'iis truly Might 'it be saidthat to have them taught Arabic would no harm. Considering farther the ide of regularly disciplining great uuat4crs of the population he • • palisi7er,"..adc'Cothscalitn;git.'9ll2.dfillie,L6TlegilMt'S)y'esatlni lott'63llaiccitni!4st.d&riSelel,:r tipmbets of rob ps ,on the COntinent, in the of vice; of 'Aust f ria; 'who previously were in:the habits tightlrig ih do irregular, tfilklisciplihed way . ; howeler, the result was, fttatt,,the attempt to .render them useful; 2 . 1! the proposed way, failed, while it abated greatik tt utility in the line in which thiiy' originally.'opeated• fi• great" part• , of the question, now .tietween both sidest'• solved . 1 I into the consideration of having,a large be, Tr Y OPs pettedly trained ; - and in 'discussing that imp ortant point, the state of the Ballot service should beduly attendea. to. It was however, fortunately , still open to consider wha,t was best to do,.aint the most serviceable manner in Whiers Troops, whi,:it it Was inipratlicable adequately t o train , could be disposed of. lie had endeavoured in hiS 'part of trio discussions to render justice to the argtunents on..both sides, With respect to the immediate question before the House/ his objection to the hill going to a Codun a ittee ' was , that 'cOnzterinced beyond what he 'wished the' mode of kee p ing up Evict - Ulna:ills - and, •in concluding, lie repeated his Obser.' yatioa, that he _should reserve a great deal ot•whar he, othe wise, should. have to . say, until these topics' to which Jra hadalluded, Shohld Cbme• regularly under discussi:ont The question was then pretty loudly called, and aftet S. hew words trout : Mr• REST ; the • purport of which-We were prevented 'froim hearing, it was put, when .tite.cries of ." Aye" were' • general", but they were encountered by one stentorian " which szerne'd to proceed from under the Gallery. The lioaseihen resolVed into a Coalmine:o on the Mr. ALE)SANDiR in the Chair, • ; S ec r e t a ry,Yoit&E observed, that at such v ery 'att. honr, it could hardly be. that Gentlemen could e due ^attention in disctissitig the provisiorts of the Bill. therefore shottidot propose the diseu4on, but merely th 3, the Bill-slioul.d.be entered into pro forma, progress repor teat and leave asked to sit again. What he shiulil propose Was' that - the aiseussion should regularly take place in the C oa l , l -inittee on•-4he to-morrow, after some importain, Iri" bu s in e ss . which stood upon Order should be disposcd uf• arrangement 'meeting the sense of the Coninnltc`: • the Preanible ant" one •of the. Clauses were read proifi r ,r, / : when the Chairman immediately quitted the Chair, ► d the.ljouse resurning,, asked leave to sit again .as above , . w hiCh Was rdered acconlingly. • • • • A an - The reMai o ning Orders of the Day were then postpOil , - , at Two, o'clock in the Meriting the House. Adjourn: l I ' • the usual 1 - o .r this Day ~, 'MAILS. DI/ Hanburgli 4 PRICE OF STOCKS, THIS DAY AT TWELSI/i O'CLOCK. Consols - - si THE SUN. SOLEM QUIS DICCRE FALSUNI AUDEAT ? . LONDON, MARCH r, x 804• ' ' • Ws have the most heartt'elt satisfaaion in laving befor e 911- Readers the Bulletin of thi ; t:. morning: " 'His MAJESTY is better than he was. yesterday'. - ' . ; . , .(Signed) ; .- ~ L. ,i, , r y s , -. " 11. R. REY NO.LP S t '"tZeeen'4 . House, " 1,. INT i 1., yi Ari : „ ; • . Alarch I, ID4. " W. 14 -E. 8E Pi PIN" or Pis Nei.jEs . r y, we Understand , has, within these:tvi- A • thit7e dai-s, - written Some letters, which poSscss all the cleaY:f ness f9t.F4nceptiOn, aria teliCity•Of expression,- whin hal * ' j VtYs Oaf3o,etized His NI A . 3 tst Y's aplstolary c oniniii llic - .... xion., 1) aaA s 4 • were* yesterday received' at t b e Ada llra 7 7 4l from Lord NE • brought to Plymouth by th e Bri;s,c; o F ais i pt . a.tc , hl t v74 , re p da f 5:034 A o ll .!F yls x , , fa L j i o e r t c it a . oPnatihceE;othHoits. joLnotirdasrl;;; which tin tie the Tatilor; Squadron had nor sailed, tlipe they were x,ppa.ren'tly ready to take advantage. of the t o' opportunity X hat offered get out unobserved.. ' 44° ol' be useless to. notice the i dle rumours which Pr ew ! - J ... 1 , yesterday, and "which &bine , pr the Papers of ing have adopted and retailed— , such as that of Lo rd icu tl.f so N having fallerr in with tile E'rench Fleet in th e 6 & c.: of the Adriatic,and 'Captured foUr . Sail of the Lille, ' of wi satisfied , with putting our Reliders in posSOsl,on. ihlntic. fad likewise s. It islikewise hagily"' necessary k r 7lssi o'bserve, that all eta accounts from Plymouth deiai n e t week so ,pompously in swine of the Eyer.i.ng Papers/ ittb re. sailing of the Toulon Squadron, and pf I:.etters c merei l ve e Is idlefrom e rd .afabrications. ii r cs d ta, t ai NEß tocns e s . so wereo, s 4l, b .4 e i s i i h y e 4 Lace, e ..frotnei t hat ral.Coallw tt. ts,si;ted on the : nd ult. Whictv Brest }arbour had been reconnoit.reci,two days WO r ' the Enemy's Force in the Outer itoaed appeared. to? teen Sail of the Line, four of which are threc,deckeri., teen 'Frigates, thirty-two, Gun-boats, and eleven large. I . le 's ports. There were likewise thirty-eight .S.'ail.Cl ' of different' descriptions in Camaret Bay.: 'Admiral Cogi, wA1.1.14 had with him tWehty Ships of the _Line, cell. Q, / , which are three-deckers. Two French Ships of the Line that were .4 L'ariecr'.ar Nadi of escaped into Rochetigi,'Making a Force there of lbu i 1 ;.• isIV ; .the Line, one - of which : is a -three-decker.. Fou r Ships are blockading these: Sir F.nw.san PEct•t lf ' ' four Sail - was still oflferrol 1 Ol It is stated upauthority, on good that the number of ' " r e l a t' t '? Gtin-boats at BOu(ogne is oso. No reinforcement nd !), been made to our Forcen% the Downs, and it will tlF,:', / u •ri that the Vessels that 'do compose that Force are'le".A`to adequate to the services required of them. We ar,,g t r, r see.rhat a serious Inquiry into thd condtia of the .A° o--a in' hoard is likely to take place in the House of CoMinoil.”. 5 0 stituted by the greatest virtue, talents, and patriotism ot Country. Yesterday a Court of Directors wl; hel'i i der n East India HOuse, when the following Cona.3 , s: - t took leave r previous to departing tin- Capt. DONALDsON, of the Nepturr,f, R ICHA RD FRANCKLIN, of .the .Royal ChgrP,llo' The_ undermentioned Officers were sworn id i '' :0 2 /- command of ineir respediv.e Ships : Ca?t.,D l , * ; MEDows, of the Baring, for , Bengal and 1V 1 ."..“ 3 .c * , Capt. •JOHN SWETE, of the. Lord Eldon' C. ( P r 'i gr JONgs,,ol time .Tottenham. The Court adjouriiso six o'clock till.to-rnOrrow. n ;1 11 • PLYMOUTH, F 28. Arrived, the ar , r , FairCu;ter, U , f 14, • PO' with Dispatches from Lord NELSON, she left Cruizing off Majorca, at which Cu" Toulon Squadron had nut .though.tl)eY vi bme yyliOe' apparently .all ready for- a start the first., favour,ae, opportunity. Sailed from Gibraltar 18 t la Y s 51 1:0 10 from whence she also brought Dispaxhcs, the A of which were for warded last night to. the. ii ,o ralty..--7-Arrived the Sirius Frigate from th e Cli nel FLet. egt PORTSMOUTH, FEU. 29.-7-Sailed time AD' lta '' m Man of. War, to join the Channel Fleet ; dice Frigate, for Yarmouth. The Cbar/otte St:ll'i" is appointed Convoy for Guernsey. London: Printed by B. M‘MILLAN (Of 130 ' 0 11 014 cr . /cut-garden); and Published by \Viz-LIAM 0,• Scatrrs (of South Molton.stteet, Grosvenor-6VA' Ng. 112, Strand, - ~;',`~