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~~i it V ~+~ 1 .A at, and in some cases below, 2.1. per lb. now : nor did they stare any material specific evil now exist.. inz in the Fish Trade. He therefore. saw no public . advantage to be derived froin this Bill, and he could not assent to any Legislative aft on the ground of mere speculative advantage to individuals. He had beard of Gentlemen combining for the purpose of procnriog the necessaries of life cheaper to the Pub lic toan they could procure them in the former chan nels, but he did not find the effeft correspondent to the expeElati in upon these suljeds ; on the con. nary, he knew of many grievous disappointments, of which he gave the late Flour Company as an in stance. He said he should be glad to know what was become of that Company. He thought that the ,present measure would . ha , e an injurious effea on the Fishing Trade, by taking away from it men who are now enga ge d ; and this might be done by large bounties which the trade in general could not afford, and then the Public would be worse served than they are at present ; for persons thus engaged would not work from necessity,they would not go out in tempestuou s weather ; so that on these occasions the Public would have no Fish, whereas the others went out in all weathers. The one were a set of men who would do all their business by agents, and who had edch the interest only of 3 or 4001. subscrip tion ; whereas the others had their livelihood de- Pendin g up.,n their trade. He observed, that this Bill was not new, it had been brought - in last Ses- Sion, and thrown out by the sense of the Commit tee : there was no better reason for it now than there was then ; for these reasons he should move, that instead of Now," this Bill be read a second time this day six months. The question being put, Mr. H. ApoiNGTON opposed the Bill upon grounds similar to those which had been already stated, and added some further observations to the same e ff.d. Mr. HURST also opposed the Bill as a mere spe. I Culation, without any assurance of advantage to the Public. Sir WM. DOLBEN thought there was enough on the face of the Bill to entitle it to consideration in a Committee, where any alterations might be made in the provisions of it, as the case might appear to require, upon further investigation. He also thought nough was stated in the preamble of the Bill to en tile it to further consideration ; and as to the objec tions which had been stated against the Bill, he did riot at present undertake to decide whether they were well or ill founded in point of far}, but this he would say, they reqcd hitherto on assertion only ; and that was of itself a reason why, in his opinion, the Bill ough t to go into a Committee, wher e a!on the e, where, and whole matter might he fully in. stestigated. As to what had been said on the sub- Jett of Combinations, it was to be observed, that this Was not proposed as a measure to favour a Com bination, but a measure to create a Corporation in the trade of Fishing, and experience had taught him there was a great cliffe-:!ce between a Combination and a Corporation —a Combination had often raised P c ,"vihion s tirder pretence of lowering them, but thvwrphoor.ation had never done any such thing. Upon the ,te of this matter,' he thought the least thing "e could do in point of prudence, would . be r,t() allots the Bill to go into a Committee, for with. out that the House could hardly see the true nature 0 1 the case. Sir W. GE RY supported the Bill, and assigned th e reaso n why it was not proceeded in last Session. It was not correftly stated when it was said, that it was disposed of by the sense of the Committee to whom it was referred; the truth was, that he with. drew it, . not on account of its appearing to be an improper measure, but on account of the lateness of the Session. It bad been alledged, as a reason for not entertaining this Bill, that some Fish was now sold at so low a rate as two-pence per pound ; but 'of this there was no proof, and he was at liberty to say what he conscientiously felt, that he doubted the fad. The Bill had been represented as a mea sure tending only to support some individuals, in stead of being of service to the Public ; or, in other words, as a measure tending to create a mo nopoly ;—if he thought it likely to have that effect, was one of the last men in the House to support it• thought, on the contrary, that it was a nleasure founded on a large and liberal policy, and that the opposition to it arose from local prejudices and temporary interests ; and under such impressions, he was bound by the sense he entertained of his 'duty, as a Representative of the People of this Country in general, considering their interest on an extensive scale, to vote for the Bill now before the House. Mr. P. MOORE opposed the Bill, on the ground of its inexpediency. He thought that the better Way to judge of the future was to look at the past; that the best way to enable us to look forward, waS first to look back; and upon doing so, he found no encouragement whatever to H pursue measure. He the n too k a view of .various projeasthis which had been attempted in this. way, and which w successful, i n t h e course of the last half centuerre un_ and maintain e d t h ere was enough in that history t o y, dis courage the present speculation, for so the present Bill appeared to him to he. Mr. PRINSEP opposed the Bill as a mere spe. culation, by which no laudable purpose was likely to be answered. Mr. BLACKBURN thought that this Bill ought at least to he allowed to go into a Committee. The House then divided, For the second reading now, - 35 Against it, 3 8 So that the Bill was lost, for this Session at least. Mr. SHERIDAN gave notice, that he should to itorrow submit to the consideration of the House a *notion on the subjeft of referring the Liskeard Eledion to a Committee. Several Accounts of Irish Shipping, and their Tonnage, &c. &c. were laid before the House, and Which were ordered to be printed. On the subjeft of the Irish Militia Families' Bill, Mr. CORRY observed, that he had some amend- Merits to propose upon the Report, which he should defer until to-morrow, on account of the absence of a Right Honourable Gentleman (Mr. FOSTER), who had already taken a share in the discussion of that subject. He therefore moved, " that this Report be taken into further consideration to-morrow."— Ordered. • ?-. Mr. Cori tY then * Moved, " That there he laid' before the House an account of the numbei lotted Men serving in the several Regiments of Mi . ., liria of Ireland, on the ist of Noveniber iBO3, dis tinguishing the time they were ballotted.'— Ordered. Mr. .FELLOWES moved, " That .there be laid' before .the House an Account of the quanti:.y of Wheat; Flour, Barley, Malt, Oats, :Meal, Peas, and Beans, imported into Great Britain anti Ireland, distinguishing England and Ireland, from the 5 of January 1803, to the sth of January 1804, together with the Bounties or Drawbacks paid there. upon; and also all Bounties allowed on. Barley, Rye, &c. in the years 18or, 2 and 3, respec tivelv."—Ordered. On the third reading of the Bankers' indemnity► Bill from the Penalties of the Property Tar, Sir Will. ELFORD made a few. observations on the subjeft of Country Bankers, with regard to whom there where some apprehensions they might be, liable to inconveniences on account of the small sums of zo, 30, 40, and got. they received of per sons of interior condition, the which w bring' to account in the Property Tax would be endless, and such as the Commissioners would never have time to examine, &c. and yet it was doubtful, that unless a return was made of all these fraCtions, the Bankers would be liable to the penalties of the Bill, &c. He threw this out as a mere suggestion, without in tending to impede the progress cf the measure now before the House. Mr. VANSITTARTdid not apprehend that these difficulties would occur in the execution of the pro visions of the Bill ; if they did, application would be made to Parliament to remove them. • • The Bill was then read a third time and passed.— Adjourned. MAI LS. DUE. ARRIVED. Haniburgh z - PRICE OF STOCKS, THIS DAY AT TWELVS O'CLOCK Consols - THE SUN. 30LEM QV'S DICERE VALSUM AUDE&T ? LONDON, ..111 Rgil 2.8, 1804. By letters from the ._Walsingh6t, -GREEN, ar rived in the Downs from the Coast of Africa, we are sorry to learn that the French captured the Island of Goree on. the rg-th January last. THE Volunteer Bill produced a discussion of con_ siderable length yesterday in the House of Lords, after which it was read a second time and coumitted for to-morrow se'nnight. THE Hamburgb Mail due on Wednesday last, arrived this morning, but it is uncommonly barren of intelligence. Its contents are as follow HAGUE, MARCH Io.—General VICTOR has set out tor France, for the reestablishment of his health, accompanied by his Lady, who is a native of this Country. General MAamortr has inspefted the great Ar_. sena!, the Military Schools, and the other Military Establishments at Delft, and is proceeding on his journey of inspetlion to Helvoetsbury and Flushing. As the time now appears very favourable for the Expedition against England, more Troups are draw. ing towards Holland, to be embarked in the Texcl. We are also now assured, that the Camp at Utrecht is intended solely for the French Troops, which will likewise be embarked in the Texel. Of the depar. ture of the first Division of our Flushing Flotilla, we have received no farther accounts. AMSTERDAM, MARCH ID.—Some of our Jour nals say the French Admiral LINO is, who has tpken the Island of St. Helena, has sailed thence for Cey lon, or, as others say, Jamaica. lt is easy to per.. ceive how little foundation there is for these re. ports. The Manitcur mentions nothing of the tak ing of St. Helena. An article from Memel, in the Amsterdam Con. rant, sp.,:es that the Camp of 30,000 men formed near Grodno, is intended only for the performance of some manoeuvres in honour, and in the presence of the KING of PRUSSIA, whO in the spring is ex. peled to have an interview with His Imperial Rus. SIAN MAJESTY, in ci.devant Poland. HANOVER, MARCH 13.—A1l the wives of the French Generals and other Stall' Officers, at present .in our Territory, will, it is understood, in a few weeks set out for France. The General of Divi sion DESOLLCS, has also sent' word to his Lady not to come here. Some days since the Imperial Colonel Count SVALhornic GIMBORN, arrived here from Vienna, and after a short stay, continued his journey. On Thursday next the 15th inst.. a Court-Mar. tial will be held on Colonel BOSSARD. It is much feared that in the present circumstances he cannot escape being condemned to death. Three hundred and fifty horses, as there is no money in hand to purchase them, will be raised on the villages, and the owners aftet wards indemnified from the Distrki. Some Vessels, it is said, have been put in requi. sition along the Elbe, for the removal of Troops into the Territory of Lauenburg. , PLymotrui, •11/lAttca 26.—Arrived the and the A talante, from Konnipburg it'r Antwerp, both detained by the Silder Cutter. Put hack the Aurora with the West India . Arrived the Fond rriy ani Man War from the Channel Fleet ; Doi,thin Cutter, with a Fleet under Convoy from Milford ; Indefatigable, London, and Laurel Transports, from Ireland. • DEAL, MARCH 27. ---His Majesty's Ship Diana sailed last night to the Westward and the Chifone sailed this morning on a cruize. The Archer Gun_lirig came in from Dungeness:" In the DoWns--Monarch, Utrecht, Illustrilus, Veteran, Trusty, Virginie, Eurvalus, Squirrel, Dart, Curlew, Per seus, Fury, liasilisk, Minx, locust, Archer, Spider, Dept ford Transport, Chatham Lighter, Ruby East India Ship, • and a large Fleet of outward-bound Merchant Ships. 'YARMOUTH, MARCH 27.-Arrived in the Roads, the Hawke Cutter, with signal for the Ships bound to the Baltic .; Sqvift Cutter, -and Hunter Revenue Cutter, and remain with the Inflexible, Admiral Russ t LL, of 6+ guns, and Beaver Sloop. • . Several Ships have cleared at the Custom-ho Use for the Baltic. Arriv:cl the Rochdale, Tucker, Lydia, Datby; Olive, Bai ley, trom Hull ; Nepean, Brown, from Woolwich ; Char lotte, Thomas, from London ; Blessing, Cochran, from Lyme to Woolwich, with timber; put in wind-bound; Port land, Pitt, front Weymouth, with stores. Sailed the Vrei Cehroclers, W. I Schone, for London ; Mari• Ann, 13uffiehl, for Liverpool ; NeW Darby, Holland, and Busy, Brooks, for Scotland. EXTRACT OF A LETIER FROM THE SQUADRON OFF THE TEXEL. March 23, 1804 We have been at anchor these five days off Patrol, within sight of the Ships in the Texel, and although the vernal equi noxes have blown with uncom:non violence, not a rope-yarn has been strained. Admiral THOR NFIOROUGH, with a sea man's eye, perceiving the approach of the gale, chose the place and moment to anchor, which enables us to ride as smooth as in a mill-pond, while we torm a complete blockade .of the Texel. Rumours were afloat a week or two back, that extraordinary exertions were making to enable the Ene my to proceed to sea, and some few tons of water sand bags of hay found their way on board their Transports. No such : •good fortune is likely to attend our little, but fully efficient Squad ran, ardent as are our hopes, and anxious as is our so licitude: we gather patience from the zeal and perseverance of our esteemed Admiral, who is certainly entitled to some portion of that p'raise so deservedly bestowed on Admiral Colt NWALLI s, when it is stated that since the beginning of , last December, he has been but - liming the North Sea, narrow and intricate as is its navigation, overtaken 'occasionally with stormsof snow and hurricanes of wind. The Mallard Gun. brig has this moment joined, covered with ice from stem to stern: she conve7•s this to England. —The Ships here, are Ruby - - Admiral THOENBOIOUCH. Defence - Captain HOPE. HEM - - Captain GAEDNER. Princess of Orange Captain RocERS. Raisonable - Captain MOTH AM. Unicorn Frigate Captain 1-lAanytami. Scorpion Brig - Captain liAltniNcE. The Queen Charlotte, ANDREWS, from Smyrna, for London, has been cut out of Gibraltar by her Crew, and carried into Cadiz, where both Ship and Crew ,were taken charge of by a French 7 4.gun Ship, and given up to the English Consul, hir jus. tice. Government has taken the following Vessels into its service, in addition to those already mentioned. 13 raddick Captain CAMPBELI. Duke of Kent . Captain CIF Foal). Cockatrice - Captain KEMP. R osina . . - Captain Roby. Samuel - Captain PoNsoN.BY. Lion - Captain 13a„ADBY. Yesterday morning His MAJESTY walked in the Queen's Garden. Yesterday about twelve o'clOck HER MAJESTY, and the Princesses ELIZABETH. MAR SOPHIA, and AMELIA, attended by the Countess of AYLES. BURY, and Lady CRANLEY, took an airing in the neighbOurhood of Camberwell, in two coaches and four. - ; _ On Friday evening last their Graces the Duke and Dutchess of : MARLBOROUGH gave an elegant Concert at Blenheim, which was numerously attend ed by the Nobility and Gentry of the neighbour. hood. The whole concluded with God save the King, sung in full chorus by the whole company. Yesterday Lotd SHEFFIELD was re-eleeted Pre. sident of the Board of Agriculture, for the year en suing ; A. YOUNG, Esq. was•re-eleeled Secretary ; and G. Smtru, Esq.. eletted Treasurer. 'At the satne time the Earl of SUFFOLK, the Bishop of ',LAN DAFF,* THOMASWILLIAM COKE, Eel. E. Love. DEN LOVEDEN,s'ES(I: and THOMAS. TYKWHITT, E , q. were eletted Members of the Board. R. B.•SuatttbArt, Esq. was, a few days ago, cleated an Honorary Member of the Board'of AgO. • culture. It is stated in a Paper of last night, that Lord CAsITIERRAGH has received a Letter from Lord NELsoN, dated the 16th nit. in which the latter neither hSlds out any prospeta of bringing the Enemy to an Engagement, nor states that the Toulon Fleet has sailed.—We do not pretend either to affirm or contradict this Statement, we can only re-assert what we stated before—That a Letter was received from Lord N LsoN by a particular Friend of that Gillant A,!miral, dated the loth ult. from the Madelina Isles, at tie North , :rn Point of Sardinia, stating that he rtt7(7s on the Eve cf a Battle. The natural inference to be drawn from this is, that the Toulon Fleet were in sight, and that his Lordship expeCted immediately to bring them to Attion. It will probably not be, long be fore some further and more explicit Accounts are received upon this subject. A. G. STOKER, EA. has made his escape from F rance ('.there he has been detained ever since the commer.cement of the war), and is arrived in perfed health at his seat at Pnrley, in Bell:shire. CORN EXCHANGE, 'Ng RCH Zi. TL . I E Market ltO.day has but little further nem:- sion of Wheat, and - this Trade is rath,vr dull, ow.. ing to the late full supplies —prime 58;. Barley, Malt, and Beans, are a trifle lower in price; in Pease little variation, Pearls at 435. per quarter ; Oats'. are in tolerable supply, and. a few Vvreigrt 'Cargoes just in--this article may be noted is. per quarter cheaper; tine American Flour 2,83. to 3 per barrel of i cwt. jqrs,- Wheat 27s a 405 a s4s od Tick Beans -24 i a 32s cc' Fine ditto - sss a 54s 6d Oats - as a 2.0 s a 23s od Rye - - - zBs 31s od Poland ditto ZIS a 24S 6!`,. Barley - i-3s a 24s od Rape Seed - .361 a 39 1 -Malt - .Sos a sSs -od Fine Flour - 4os a 4ss ca! White Pease 34s a 41s cd Seconds 3is a 4os 0(4 beans - 3os a 35$ ad a ". Produce of the Pernianent Taxes (Excise Dpti:s), imposed in the years tBOz and i8o3: Yell- ending sth Tan. iBOl Yeir ending ith Jan. 1804 d. s. 75 2 ,51 1 8 6 ' 2,050,819 17 c Total 1,833,35 r 5 6 . , . B. The Permanent Kkcise Takes imposed. in the year 1803, consisted of the former Duties only; with some immaterial alterations in afew articles, and ihe whole consolidated by the 43 Geo. 111. ch. '69. By Papers fiorn the Barrack DepartMent, laid Up: .n the Table of the House of mrwms, it ap pears that the Barracks which' have been erected, and ordered to be ereded, since the Ratification of the Treaty of Amiens, are calculated to contain 56,971 men, and r 0,463 horses. The sums paid on account gm the ContratturS for buifdi,ig them, amount to 1,103,0041. The sums at which the Ships found at Toulon, and armed for His Mjesty's service by Lord HooD, on the 29rh of August 1793, have been valued by the Navy Board, amount to 236,7421. ; and the Ordnance and Stores on board the French Ships have been valued by the Bard of 0-doance at 28,5941. '145. lola. ; a distribution of which sums is claimed by Lord HooD, on behalf of the Officers, Seameni and Marines employed upon that occasion. In consequence of the duty being, more than doubled, a memorial was last week presented to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, by a deputation from the Hip. planters of Kent arid Sussex, to desire a postponement of the time of payment, which has been granted, but the precise day is not yet fixed. There - v. as no Court of Aldermen" held yesterday; on account of there not being a sufficient number of Members present to constitute a Court ; His Lora_ ship, therefore, ordered his summons to issue for liolding a Court on Easter Monday at the Mansiort. House, on account of the pressure of Puh:ic Brosi. ness, anti ordered the Price ofßreati tocontinue the same as last Week ; viz. at the Quartcrn Loaf Wheaten, `and Household MlaOLEsEx g . LiCTloN.;—":Thea , rDmiteee of the House of Commons has decided against .all the We. Worth Millers' votes. By this decision'Sir F. Be. K. DETT loses near 300 votes. Mr. Lts.rox, the English Plenipotentiary,to the Court of Denmark, had an audience of leave of His Danish Majesty on the 21 inst. During his all sence, Mr. HILL is to officiate as Charge d'Affaires. A private letter states, that twenty.five soldiers belonging to the 49th Regiment had Imely been tried at Quebec by a Court Martial, upon a charge of Mutiny, but the result of the trial is not men,. tioned. On the occasion of the Mutiny, Colonel BROCK, and the other Officers of the Corps, con_ duffed themselves with the utmost spirit and ad, dress. Wednesday last being the Anniversary of the glorious Victory over the French, in Egypt, by the late Sir RALPH ABERCROMBY, a very numercus party of the Gentlemen in Halifax, dined at the Talbot Inn there, to celebrate that truly memorable day. All the Non-commissioned Officers and Pri. ,v a t es a l s o, who had served in Egypt, now resident in that Parish, were assembled on the occasion, a dinner was prepared for them, and they were ena bled to commemorate the atchievements of their late gallant Commander. On Monday the Hampstead and Highgate Bri gade had a field-day on Hampstead Heath; they went through the various movements of attack and defence, from the Spaniards through West End, and over the Heath to One-tree Hill, from thence into a large field near West End, when the business of the day terminated. Lieutenant-Colonel BOYDFLL informed the Corps, that he had received Circular Letters, recommending_it to Volunteer Corps offer ing themselves for permanent duty, when, to . a man, the' whole of both COrps present volunteered their services. New. York Papers to the r rth February are re ceived. Th e following are almost the only articles. worth noticing : The National LtellizenCer says, " For cone days past the Senate have been engaged on tie Bill for the Government of Louisiana. .after a debate (-,` considerable length, it has been decided to prohibit the importation of Slaves into Louisiana from ail Foreign States." The acquisition of Louisiana was celebrated of Washington by a grand Fe!e, •at which a most ai e rous company was present. On this occasion a dinner was given by a number of Members Of COn. dress to the President. Similar entertainments have been given at different parts of the Uwited•States. Tlie Mercantile Advertiser of the loth say:, Captain 1 4' iTE.NIAN, who arrived here yesterday from the City of St. Domingo (the capital of the Spanish part), informs us, that the port was parti:dly blockaded by an English 74 and a Frigate ; and that according to report, a large Army of Brigands %vete on their march to attack the town. Captain F. left Sr. aiming° on the Ist January. " Capt. EDWARDS, of tl:e Scho..;net at. rived at Baiiiniore 'an Saturday, in 21 days from Gonaives, informs us, that a few days before his sailing a detachment of 3000 men left Gonaives to jnin the army that was marching against the City of St. Domingo. The troops and lovandS, to the number of 150 or 200 men, who had taken refage at Tortola, were brought by the ii,acks to the Cap; thence to Gonaives, and all shot within half a mile of the town."