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which had actuated them in choosing their present tP r Alt ER . He then roved.to adjourn,. and the House adjourned at half. past three 'o'clock' till to-morrow. . • THE SUN. SOLIM QUiS DICEttZ FALStrltt At/15HA7 ? LONDON, JANUARY z 3, 18or. Sir WATK IN WILLIAMS WYNNE moves the Address iu the Houe of Commons on Tuesday. next, 4nd Mr. CORNWALLIS,,Son of the Bishop of LiTcH PI ELo and COVENTRY, and Nephew to the LORD LIEUTENANT of Ireland, seconds it. Lord WESTNIEATIT, we have heard, moves the Address in the Upper House. The Eleaion of a SP EAK E R took place yester day in the House of Commons, when the Right Honourable HENRY .ADD I NGTON was•re.eleEted. The choice, as might, from the well-known abi lities of Mr. ADD INGTON ) have been expeaed. was unanimous. It may be doubtful to whom such a choice is the more honourable, to the Can didato of "to the Eleaors. Two Hamburgh Mails still remain due. Yesterday morning THEIR MAJESTIES and the PRINCESSES AUGUSTA, ELIZARETH, MARY, SOPHIA, and AMELIA, accompanied by His Royal Highness the DUKE of KENT, Earl CHES TERFIELD, Colonel CARTWRIGHT, and Miss GOLDSWORTHY, paid a visit to the PRINCESS CHARLOTTE 'of WALES, at Shrewsbury House, where they partook of an elegant refreshment. The ROYAL FAMILY left Town this morning for Windsor. We arc much concerned to learn that the PRICE of WALES Was taken Fill after the Drawing. Roo - on Monday, since which His Royal Highness has been co n fi ne d t o hi s house. There was So much app'rehension of an inflamma. tory fever orl 'Tuesday night, that the YRlrrc E was bled twice. • Yesterday, previously to the Meeting of the House, the Lord Steward of His Majesty's Household attended, and swore in' the Members of the Imperial Parliament that attended. 'The crowd of Members was, yesterday very considerable in the House of Commons, not less than 300 being present. The' City Members, who are Aldermen, were as usual sworn in first ; and in'their scarlet gowns took their seats on the Treasury Ilench, next the Speaker ; • a situation of prececlence to which they have a right from memorial usage. Not more than twenty Irish Members were present. A rumour. was yesterday in circulation, that Freneh ExPedition had made itself master of 111401galoee. So 'little foundation did there go pear to bo - lbr it s that after much inquiry, we can only state tile fad thus vaguely. Among the reports of thc day a Proclamation is spoken of, ordering all Foreigners 'who hive not been resident, in this Country for four years, to quit the Kingdom. Another Proclamation was, according to the same authority (public ru. mour), to direel the removal of. all Corn on the Coast to an inland situation. It is not in our power to contradict all the tales of the day, but we consider these as highly improbable. It is generally believed ainongst the Merchants in the City, t hatjEFFER'SON will be the President of the United States. •It was even yesterday ais. serted that positive ecounts to this effee have been received,' but we could not learn by. what channel. Yesterday the Light -Horse Volunteers had a general Muster in their own field; and received, in review order, their Standards, as altered ac cording to the. regulation since the Union with Ireland. LiClitCrthllt.Gerteral GR INFIELD, and his Major, of Bri ga d e , Captain ROBERTS (late of the Life ° tlards), arrived at Birmingham last week. The General assumed the comniamt of the place and all the Inland Counties. Capt. M.. WV•l4l' AR D, of the Guards, is appointed one of the 'General's Aids-de-Camp, • The Rev. Principal BA tRo-tis chosen Minister of the High Ckirch of Edinburgh, in the room of the late Rev. Dr. Hoof' BLAIR. The Merchants, cdricerned in the Oporto Trade, have petitioned the Aditiralty for a con -voy to several ships which have been loaded there for some time. ' _ In consequence of the High Price of Provisions, the East' India Coinpany have liberally increased the allocVances to the Commanders, for Writers, Cadets, &c. taking passage to the several Presi dencies. Mr. WE I its,'Of Bristeol, for the last five months has been setting a most praise-worthy example to the opulent, an then hard times of scarcity, by selling to the Poor of that ' City, upwards of fifty tons of beef. and mutton at 3d. rind 4d. Per pound, together with large quantities of pease, - arid clarified beef and 'mutton suet; the pease at 4.1 d. a quart, and the suet at Ed. per lb. A great mortality has prevailed for some time past in. Holland and Lower Saxony, where the influenza or grio was common, and is said par ticularly two affea the stomach and bowels. Three hundred and forty-three persons had died of this iliisorder at Amsterdam in the course ofone week. A maniac was yesterday takep into custody at nuckinsham-House i for attempting forcibly to enter the Palace. On being asked his business, he said he had written a note on Wednesday, morning to the PR INC ISM, prOrlthing to accom. Pally them to the Play that evening, and he came to know why he bad received to answer % 7 1 4.,\14,4 N AVAL N S. Tv. Non illi impel:me rtlegi, savumgue irdenum, Sea' mibi torte datum. PORTSMOUTH, S ax. 2 Z 'Wimp the Ceres, -, (a Dane) with cotton and sugar, from Lisbon for Altona, brought in by the Ant Cutter DEAL, JAN. az. Tx's morning the Plover Sloop of War came down from Sheerness. Sailed the RtiCOOM Sloop of War to the West ward... Remain in the Downs, the aveussel, Ruby, ,Wookuich, and Nemesis; P Aver Sloop; ;ad Spencer s and Venus (1), Armed Cutters, with a large Fleet of outward-bound Veisels, waiting for a fair wind. .SHEERNESS, JAN. 22, • SAILED His Majesty's Sloop Eugenie, of 03 guns, Capt. SomEltvit.ct, for the Downs ; Coburg hired Brig, Lieutenant WRIGHT, and Courier hired Cutter, for Yarmouth. GREENOCK, JAN, 14.. AR.RTVgD on Sunday evening last, the S‘wan HATRicx, from Dernerary, last- from Barba. does, whence she sailed on the 23d November, in company with the ship Die c iatO'r, LOVE'. ACE, of and for' Liverpool, and parted company on the 3oth, in lat. 29. long. 57. On Monday, -the sth instant, encountered• a dreadful gale of wind, ,and was_ obliged to .cut' away the main• mast. Upon the NA/hole had 7a very brsisterous passage—in two different gales three men Were washed overboard. Arrived the evening before last, the Ameri can Ship //upon,- ,1-11:.4., from New-York, in 30 days, having on board 422 barrels of Flour, 174 puncheons two barrels Indial Meal: lii a very • severe gale on the first instant, was struck by a sea that carried away the head, broke.the cut— water, and v\►ashed the` Mate and • 'one man over board. • Arrived yest.rday morning, the ,pan, Gob'. Nut, also from New York, having on board 201 puncheons Indian Meal, afid six barrels of Just arrived, the fine fast sailing Ship Brilliant, Lt !TT% m from Deerary, in six weeks. Sailed thence in etimpany with the Leander, STEWAILT, and touched at Barbadoes, where they were joined by the Mon 'ez,•ona, 330 D, till for this. Porr, parted with the latter about 13 days ago, and the former about three ‘veeks after they sailed from Barbadoes. Copy of a Letter front 11c,ndicar, near Ain_ wick, Northumberland, dated the t Ith January, goi--" 1 am sorry. to inform you, that the Hope .of Sunderland, Capt.' x xi, loaded with oats for .Leith, was chaced on shore by a Privateer, and is now lying in a dangerou3 situa tion, being Upon the rocks and bilged, that the tide flows as high in the inside as the out. lam afraid she will not stand many tides. " It.is really distressing to see our coasts al. loWed to he infested so long with these maraud. ing Privateers, and particularly so at this time, when so many vessels are on the coast loaded with Grain, which can be so ill wanted." The exertions now making in the Naval De partment, arc beyond all.precedent inn - otir History. We understand that zo,ooo additional Seamen will be voted by Parliament. His Majesty's hired Brig l44 Charlotte, of 14. guns, Lieut. Gaoßca MORRIS Commander, is arrived at Weymouth, and brought in with her a Prussian Brig which she detained, laden with herrings. A private Letter from an Officer on board one of His Majesty's Ships at Plymouth, belonging to the Channel Fleet, dated the zoth inst. says; We arrived yesterday in Caysand Bay, from the Squadron of Observation off Brest.. Very little doubt remains but that the French Squadron, which at our appearance returned into Brest, was destined for the West Indies because fifteen hundred of the persons embarked, consisted of l'A Bfacks, ulattoes, and every description of Re fugees from the West :Indies, who had been pressed at Paris, and sent in irons to Brest.“ Extraft of a letter from a passenger on board the Violet, Capt. lIAr Es, which sailed from the Clyde for Boston on the zstl► ult. dated' Bow. more, Islay, t ith January. " I am sorry to inform you, that on the sth curt. in long. t 6. it. lat. 5 5. so. between ten o'clock in the even ing and tour o'clock next , morning, in ' a very ever() gale of wind, and after the Vessel was on her beam ends, we were necessitated to cut away her maitumast, being then the only alternative to save her and our-lives. After encountering the greatest difficulties off the coast of Ireland, we, with much hazard, have i 2 meted this har bour." 'the trench Frigate Le Der:ea:4,of ;4 guns, captured in Paober last by the Bolton American Ft ig.tte in the West Indies, "arrivi:d in Namasket Road, is condemned by the American Court of Admiralty, and was advertised for sale by auc tion on the Ist inst. The William, Richard, from Newfoundland to Portugal, is captured by a row.boat Privateer. Mu&rc. Tt! E ACADEMY CIF ArIC,TRNT Music, one of the most respedable Institutions of the kind in this Country, - com'mdn'eed fat the Season last night at' the,,Crown and - Anchor Tavern, in the Strand. D. ARNOLD, who has been the Condor of this Concert for many years, monied his station, and supported it with his usual attention and judg-tnent. The Leatet of the Balld is Mr. F. CRAMt R, who inherits tic professional cxcellince of his Father. I:he Ea:id, altogether, consists of Instrumental Performers, calculated to do credit to the undertaking; and the Vocal PerforMers are all distinguished in their.profossion. The seleaion iii,,ht, from r HAYDN, W E and CAL t.ro.r-r, was made by J. W. Sva ET," Esq. and it manifested suiraslk... taste. Madame BlAkCii I, late Miss Jo.c u.sort, is retained for this Concert, but sudden indispo4ition prevented her attendance last night, a circum stance that could not but be regretted, by the Audience, as she is a Performer of considerable merit, . A Vocal Performer \ came forward last night who had not previous's , been heard in this Me tiopolis. His name is VAunvimi. He is a young man, as we undetstood, from Liverpool. His voice very much resembles that of NE ILD ; not quite so sweet in tone, but somewhat more power ful. With more praCtic:, ,is likely to, become an admirable singer. SALE very much distinguished him4elf in 'a Song CompoSed by CALL6oT - r, 'whiCh afforded good scope for the fine manly tones of the former.— The other Vocal Performers were Master SNlrtx, a very, promising youth, Goxr, LEPTE, and WEED!. The Vocal . and Instrumental PerformanCes were judiciously varied, and. went off with all re quisite correaness and spirit. The Room was attended by a numerous Audience, and the En_ tertainment in general received a very, Warin ap plause. The Season, which commenced last night, is the Seventy-third Subscription of this Concert, and it was ,a pleasing addition to the, merits of the performance, to see such an old and such a respeftable Institution so well supported. COVENT GARDEN THEATRE.--After the Co. medy of Sired the Phngh, the Farce of The Pose Soldier was performed, in which Jetts:storm „re sumed hixpart of-Patrick : playing it so' well as he does, we are surprized the Manager should ever have taken it from him, more particulatly as he allowed a woman so* imfiroperly to wear the Breeches. The House was a good one. The Operatic Farce of The Veteran Tar, the music of which is Composed by that 'veterim Mu. • Dr. ARNOLD, is the Dramatic offspring 'of his soli. The music from so able a composer will of course be good: and Green-room report speaks very favourably of the Piece altogether. Mr. Comte, we are happy to learn, was last night much amended in health. He has express ed his wish to resume his professional lab Out to morrow night; but his Medical Friends wish him to lie by till Tuesday. HALLENSERG, the Royal Historiographer of Swedo, it is said, has published a voluminous Exposition of the Revelations of St. John, in -a manner decidedly eriging/, and which is sup'. posed to exhibit the Prophecies of that inspired work, so' as to render them subservient to the Revolutions effected by modern Franc:e and its adherepts. This, however, has been already at tempted in:England by BROTHERS, and some other Fanatics. • ZOrrANY's excellent Piaure ofGARR Teti and Mrs. PR ITCUARD, in a scene of Macbeth, which was sold among the effeas of the late Mr. GEO. KEATE, is now in the hands of Mr. .ISAAC Mut), a liberal and judicious critic, who under stands as well as any man the merits of the ad. mirable Originals. We are glad to find that. this Gentleman, whom to know is to` esteem, is so much recovered from his late alarming illness, that a trip to Bath is likely to produce the entire' restoration of his health. Sir IvEURGE STAUNTON,' who wrote the ac. count of, the Embassy tOChina, died - a few days ago. He had long been suffering under a para.. lyric affection, which - materially injured one side, and so much impaired his organs pf speech, that he was of late hardly intelligible. His account of the Embassy- to China is rather to be consider-, ellas a proof of learnint and oltervation, than of genius and refleaion. subjea itself was highly interesting, but' it is certainly not ten. dered very mach so in the relation. "However, it is, on the Whole, a valdable Work, and is credi. table to his charaEter for knowledge and dili gence. Sir GEORGE, was favourable to the French Revolution at its origin, and d u ring i ts , progress, he was thought to be somewhat partial tote principles upon w i hich,it was founded.-- We have, however, reason to believe, that he was latterly alarmed by the mischief which those principles produced, and apprehensive,' that they would shake the foundation of the civilized world. The rotation at the Bois .street Police 4ffice has bean this settled; Sir WILLIAM AontNGToN has retired ; Mr. FORD takes the lead ; asicl Mr: GRAHAM is translated . from Haiton.prden. IIAYS or stirtilc;‘,. Monday and Thursday, - Mr. Foal. Tursdly and Friday, - . Mr. 1i0.40. edntsday and Saturday, Mr. (..;r. Yesterday John Nelson, pri nc ip a l assisting Water 3a liff, brought before the 1.9k0 Miti'oll at the Mansion-House, Joseph Lawrence and David Pickett,. two Fishermen, for using an 'engine called a Drag Net, of a most destrudit , c nature, at Black wall Point, full of small fish.— His Lordship after hearing the Evidence; anal thf: fad being clearly proved to his satisfadion, ordered the net to he destroyed, but on account of the distressed situation of their families . , and on their solemnly promising n ever to offend again, very hurnamay forgave them the fine, EDINBURG/1, jAr. 19s • GEORGE BUCHAN HEPBURN % Esq. Jta_Yg Admiral of Scotland, is appointed one of the Barons•of Exchequer in Scotland, in room of the late Mr; Baron GORDON. We learn from Cranston, that a few , Ilys ago,, Lady CALL ANDER. gave her Annual Donation to above a hundred- of the induitrious Foot la the Paris es of Cranston, Crichton, and .Elphingston ; to-eaeli a stone of heel, . two pecks of meal, and a cart load of,coals ; a most ..t...ivonable relief, when alLkind of proviSion, are n enornious!y dear ) IQ this inclemeni weather., N E Cif F LS When the right of searching Neutral. Ves sels, claimed by this Country, has been the sub.: jeti of so much . discussion,. and when it 'is likely to involve such serious consequences, it may not he uninteresting to state the opinion on this stab= jet of one of the greatest Statesmen and Mini. sters that ever conducted the attirt, of this Na... tion, we mean the late Lord CU , Spain had long .claitned a right to visit our Shipi, on 'the coast of America-, and to confiscate them on strong presumption of their bein , * con cerned in a contraband trade with her Settreab * ments. Under pretence of exercising this right she had dommitced great depredations on our commerce and trade„ A ,War between the two Powers was the Consequence, to which an end was afterwards,. put 'by :the Treaty of - Aix la Chapelle in 17.0. Daring the War e in 1739 4 an Address was presented to. the King, by bath Houses of Parlitunent e riot to make Peace, except the Article. of No Siirrcb was conceded by Spain as a PreliMinary. Neither by the Treaty of Peace, nor by a Treaty of Commerce which followed it, was this point given up by Spain 4 This was made the ground of very harsh. invee.. tive'against the. Ministry of that timee at the head of .Which was - 'Mr.. PELHAM. On one of the occasions Lord'CHATHA.M,, then :Mr. :Prir ) and , Pay-master General, Made. the foll Owing observations, which are only the application to a particular, case of -the general principle upon 'which the right claimed and supported with equal dignity and prudence, firmness and moderation; by this Country at the present moment is found. ed. "If ihe'Spaniards," said he, ." insist upon their right to visit and search. Ships sailing, upon their coasts in 'America, we likewise insist on our light to a free navigation in the American, Seas. These' respeflive rights can only best be explained by the nature of things; neither Power will ever eXpressly give up its own, and if due care is taken that the exercise of them shall never be abused, they can never be hintful to either. I must, therefore,. conclude, that' Na Selirch is a stipulation which it is ridiculoes to insist on. I ath convinced, we may as well ask, for a 'free and open trade' with all. the Spanish, Settlements. in America, as to ask that none of our Ships shall be Visited or stopt, Wheresailing in the seas which border them." Apply this language to the disputes between the Neutral Powers and this . Country ; and it will. be this We insist upon oura right ro Visit and earth Ships Sailing upon an 'Enemy's coast, or winch we suspect either to be an Enemy's property, or to be carrying to an Enemy's Potr, articles which by the Laws of Nature and -Nations, we, are ati_ thorised to present, as far . as is in oat. power, an Enemy being. supplied with. They insist upon their right to a free Navigation.: ,Theserespec.. tine rights can ,oi4 best he explained by the; nature of things, neither Party will ever 06. pressly give up its own, and if due care is taken' that the exercise .of them shall never be abused, they can never be hurtful to either:" ; .low ad.: mirable an answer is this !entitnent to the rest sures of the,Oppoaltion Writers on Ministers ;or not coming' to 'some. precise settlement of the poic itt question, when it was in agitation with the Courcrif Denmark ? Seareh, is there-, fore a stipulation Which it is .ridiculous in these Powers. to in4,t on. They might as Well as k that they :should be permitted 'to, commit every act of hostility against us, 'to be in league, end to co-operate with our Encrnies, without - being subjeaesi ,to any retaliation or punishment -- (‘ This," to use the language" of the same Orator on another occasion, ", would be .reducing flourishing Empire to scorn and contempt. With the assertion and maintenance of this 'right of search, England may stoma against the W -Without it, none 'Would be so poor to . do .her ' reverence." • The COMMittec of the House of Common the • stibjeel of the cotii 'Trade, 'state 'in their Report, 'that with, a view to Th.- t,urply of the, MetrOpolis, an abundance of Coal almost ine:diativible, .has presented itself to h drawn, through the medium of the Inland Navigations, frOm the Counties of StaffOrd, Wot:cest6r, wick, Leicester, arA poibly from Gla:. morgatishire ; and that an aid may be had also tram: some parts, of Walc::, and from "Yorkshire, against' which no Legislittive PrOhL, bition at present' exists, but which neVertheless his been vqty seldom called in to the Supply of the London Market. These species of though 4ornewht inferior to the beat New . c:iiitle Coal, :Nvotild, for Most purposp; and particularly domestie,•,prove highly acceptable t i London. The Evidence relative to the prot,able of such a measure on the Manuft.tdoiert, in 'the Country, has led the Committec to believe, that there is no just ground for a',..11 i, lior 4o they conceive that a highs I;keiy to be de :minded for the Coals, regaited for their' Con., sumption, both from the opinions of Pctsuns they have,examined, and becac.ie the prircir.al slippy is expeCted frotti sot rt..,? yet untouclit, and on no Manufattures C 46 be therefore 4epen. d(tnt. A, hackney coach was ye iterday driven over a child in St. jatnesis.street, and very little hope; were left - of its recovery, The coachman waa taken into cuatody, . s