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answer to this, he begged to state, that there was I no instance in any former War, in which we had in the first year of it gained so many advantages over the Enemy, as we had in the present War. •During the Negotiation, Ministers had taken the precaution to send out instructions to the West In dies, desiring the Commanders to take measures in case of the renewal of Hostilities, for attacking the Possessions of the Enemy, and for intercepting any reinforcements they might be sending out to their Colonies. —The consequence of this was, that when the War commenced, Saint Lucia, Tobago, Demerara, Essequibo, &c• immediately taken. H e then adverted to . the were exertions which had been made for the Defence of the Country, and said, that we had a greater number of men in arms than any Nation in the w compare t h e orld. He did net mean to I 'Volunteer s with the veteran Troops of France, but still he relied upo n them as an essential means of defence. W e had now ~f Regular Troops, including Militia in Great Bri , a i n an d I re l ai d, ' 184. had ,000 men, r:tolt aan„file ; ind e p en d ent o f t h ese we 400,000 Volunteers, who were, with the exception of I e or 2 0.000 men, compl e t e ly a r m ed ; so that w e h a d a fotce of 5 8 0,000 men for the de. fence o f thes Kingdoms, and we were now on l y ten months at War. It had been said, that the number of Regular Traps in this C , unity did not exceed 20,000 men ; in answer to this he desired to state, that the amount of the Regular Force in this King dom was 44,800 men, and that the number of Ca. italrY in Great Britain and Ireland was above 17,00 D men ; so that the Military Force of the Country teas within 4,000 which i t men of t h e greatest n um b er - at was at any period of the last War. He then adverted to the glorious successes which we had Obtained in India, a n d b egged to ask any G entle. Men if they could sav, when they contemplated those Successes, that the any Briti s h A rms h a d not acqu i re d glory in this War? With regard to the mea "r.e bef ''re the House, he did not say it was free troth objedion. but he contended, that the objec tions to it were not equal to ti e advantages which Vould be derived from it. Mr. Fox explained. . M. F RANCIS said, t h at Mi n i sters cou ld c l a i m to Merit from the successes i n India, because they M nothing of the War, and he was afraid that our conduit in India would furnish. Bonaparte with ttglimeents to ju st if y his condutt to the Powers of sc ents Lir. LAWRENCE expres se d hi s di sa pp ro b a ti on or the measure the sticcesses which it was . bo aste d we had obtained in th e W e s t Indies, they, Were obtained without any effort ; and to the orders which Minis ters with regard said they had sent out to the Commanders in th e W est I n di es , h e h a d seen some of them, arid he affirmed that they were dated on the 16th May, w Ivan to commence hostilities, The Hun, Gentleman when it was determined was then proceeding t -° comment upon some argu. inents which had been used upon a form" "casi" by General MAITLAND, when . he was calle d to or der by GgnerallVl *ttei t o an Ali/LAUD, who said it was irregular to • sion, parti y br t h in which passed on a former occa. , "lady as he had not_a right t' reply. 'L A arty aft few general observations, Concluded With expressing iera his disapprobation - of the Bill. The CHANChLLOR the EXCHEQUER i n lit of 1 31 anation said,' that th e or d ers to commence hosti. ies in the West Indies, of course, were not sent out till the Negotiation had broke off, but he averred that the orders to which he had alluded were sent out early in March. ' Serictint BEST said, he h;ghl aneasu re y approved of of the . Should , because, independe nt o f t h e advantages we gain by h av i ng so much more of our dispose able forte set at liberty, he thought great benefit would result from mutually interchanging the Mili tias of the two Countrie s . as if i t was Gentleme n h a d argue d proposed by this Bill immediately to dr aw_ the 10,000 men f rom Ireland, but as he un derstoo to d the Bill i t was merely to g i ve His Majesty Militi a !Power accept the voluntary offers of the Irish wheneve r he should find it expedient. de • gOEINSTONE wi s h e d to k now w h y if or rs ere th e corn e•r rna sent out to the West Indies to diced ndets to P repa re for hostilities in case the War sho u l d c °nutlet-ice, si milar orders had not been sent to the East - - Linois's Squadron Indies ?in that case Admiral Lord Woul d not have esc a p e d. Linois's Squadron '''"Gli said, that Admiral reached t h e East Indica on the 2 2d of June, and that i t was impossible that any intelligence of the War, which commenced on the 16th May, could have reached our Commanders by that time. Mr. KINN AI , RD said a few Words against the . Niotion, anti it - was su pp orted by Col. VEREKEit and Col. Hti resit NSON. Lord DE BLAQUIERE did not approve of the present plan, but he thought very considerable ad ir_ age.s would ensure if the Militia of Countries were interchanged. Me. ALEXANDER defe - 1 - 1 ' B il l the two n.-e o toe and re. pelled the charges which had been thr ' , inst own out . aga , the Administration of weakness • • and imbecifitty, ana Commented at some the Hon • length upon the inconsistency of Gentlemen on the other side, (Mr. Fox and Mr. WitinnAl4.) Mr. IPINDI/4M said, as the House were im patient for the Question, he would take an oppor tunity of stating his sentiments in some future stage of the Bill. The House then divided. For the Speaker leaving the Chair, 94 Against ir, - - - 37 Majority, The Ho use t h en went into a Committee u po n the 'Dill) and after some discussion (while strangers were excluded), the Report was ordered to be received t° -reorrow e The- CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER gave notice, that he should, in the Committee of tlsuply, on Friday, m ove t h e Mi sce l laneous Services. e also said he should to-morrow move for a Seleet _omit s t ee, to co ns id er t h e P et i t i ons from the k;ouatie of Norfolk an d Suffolk, respecting the Ex- Portatio n of Grain. The other Orders of the Day were postponed ; 4 rld at Twelve o'Clock the House adjourned till to. • DUE. liarnburgh . ARRIVED. PRICE OF STOCKS, - THIS DAY AT TIMELY& O'CLOCK. . 'Consols THE'SUN. SOLE-m QUIS DICERE FALSUM AUDEAT? LONDON, APRIL 12, 1804. Os the Kentish Coast an attempt on the part of the Enemy is expelled almost hourly. By a pri. vate Letter from Dungeness, we learn that the Troops stationed at die different Batteries are con tinually kept on the alert, and that the Officers are not permitted to be for a moment absent from their posts. SOME interesting particulars respetling the Mur. der of the puke d'ENotir EN, extracted from Private Letters of the z+th ult. will be found in a subse quent Column. They, if possible, display that ad of barbarity in a still more atrocious point of view. It is stated to have produced everywhere sensations which perhaps it is not easy to describe, hut which cannot fail, we think, to render the Corsican Usurper detestable in the eyes of France and of Europe. His fears were evidently shewn by the cfrivate mariner in which the unfortunate Duke was,executed, and must likewi; , e, we apprehend, have didated a prohi bitiun against publishing the, event, that being the only mode by which we can account for its not be ing mentioned in• the Patis Papers of later date. Letters from Malaga, of the Bth ult. state, that the Court of Madrid had at length given orders for that Port to be opened, and a free intercourse to be re-established between the Country and Town. The Port was in consequence immediately opened. Yesterday morning His MAJESTY rode in the Queen's Riding-House. About twelve o'clock the LoRD CIIANCELLOa had an Audirnce of Hi s MAJESTY. In the course of the day His MAJESTY signed a number of Official Papers. Yesterday the DUKE of KENT dined with thit MAJESTY. yesterday ab:iut half past three o'cloCk, the , Rtis sian Ansbassador had an audience of Lord HAWK ES. BURY, at his Office in Downing-street. Yesterday the Gentlemen who have formed liSts with an intentio►l to bid for the Irish Loan, had another interview with Mr. Coßail', the Chancellor of the Exchequer for that kingdoin, when he in 6)rmed them that he shoUld be ready to receive A biddin in Ireland fora Loan of 1,250,0:.0 And if this atmant of the sum wanted should .. • be contradea ter in Ireland, then the fur •_ _ ther sum to be raised here would be at least i,000,000 Making together 0,250,000 Of which sum about siX millions and a quarter would be wanted for the service of Ireland, and the rest for the Empire. He begged, however, to be understood that he could not pledge himself to the precise sum. He could only say, that the whole Loan would not be less than 16,150,0001. The first bidding will therefore be i fur the Irish part, in Dublin, on the 19th inst. Stocks, which had risen to 01 in the morning, fell upon this to 551, and left off at 551. Yesterday a Ballot was held at the East India_ House, when Sir Francis Baring, Bart. Sir Thomas Theophilus .Sir Hugh highs, Bart. calfc, Bart. Paul Le Mesurier, Esq. and Gco. Woodford Thellusson, Alderman, Esq. John Manship, Esq. were eleded Directors for four years, in the room of lacob Bosanquet, Thomas Reid, I usepli Cotton, . 3 lin Robert:, arid Edward Parry, • Robert Thornton, Esqrs. who go out by rotation. Yesterday a Court of Direaors was held at the East India House, when JAMES NE.I LD, Esq. was te-elcaed the Company's Commissioner for the general purposes of the Income Tax.=—The follow.. ing Commanders took leave, viz. `WILLIAM DUNS_ FORD, of the Ceres; HENRY HALKETT, Of the Cufnells; THOMAS B. PEIRCE, of the Taunton Castle; JAMES JAMESON, of the Arti;slo7l JAMES DALRYNIPLE, of the Tottenham ,1‘ and JASPER Lo.. VETT, of the Lord Eldon. _ _ _ The Court adjourned at Six o'Clock till this day. A List of the Regiments and Companies of the Irish Militia, which have made a voluntary tender of their Services, to be employed in any part of Great Britain during the War : Wexford ; Kerry ; North Mayo Battalion, except !four or the privates ; the Live Battalion Companies and Light Coin pany of the Leitrim Regiment, except is Men -; South Mayo, with the exi,ception of Lieut. Denis LrOwne ; Monaschan ; Armagh; South Cork ; Derry; Carlow; Limerick County.; Five Companies of theWicklow ; Londonderry ; Tipperary; Seven Companies of the Monaghan ; Antrim- • Royal Meath. Total,Officers 266—N on-commissioned Officers 571,--and Rank and File 6,058. There was we find a Mistake in the List of Mino rity on Mr. PITT'S Motion for an Inquiry into the Condua of the Admiralty, which we gave in oar Paper son ic time ago, accurate as we bad reason to believe it to be. The names of JosHuA Szatrit, HARDIMAN, and PORTMAN, should have been °mt. ted, and those of Lords ARCHIBALD HAMILTcN, SPENCER, and STANHOPE, and GREEN of DUngit. von substituted in their place, which alteration we believe makes the list we presented to our Reae:.rs perfettly correet. A Letter received by a commercial house inthe City, desires them not to ship some coffee thatl4ad been ordered for a Danish Part, as it was verNge nerally believed, that in a few days a French lorcc would occupy Tonningen, and ail the other Wish Ports in that neighbourhood. , . . NAVAL N E tV S. Purr m yrx, Apau, t t.--Went out of liar.- t;z3ur t Spiihead, His Majesty's Ship Queen, of 0 g , ius,h4ving been completely repaired. Arrived the London, S£ARN, from Jersey, Pe „ . nelope, Bow , stcLD, and George, ROiv LAND . , from the West Indies, bound to Lon'Ln. • DEAL, RI L r.—His Majesty's Ship Braakel sailed for Sheerness.. The jackal/ Gun.brig mite it frorii a Croiie, off Ostend. • ,:•• • In the Downs—M onarch , UtreCht, Illu§trious, Veteran, Squirrel, farnaicti, Perseus, Vesuvius, - Minx, Starling, lackall, Basilisk. FA' I,MOUTH, Ar RI L 9.—Arrived His Majesty's Ship Trom,beuse, of i 8 gun:, Capt. Gonw IN, from Portsmouth for the West Indies; also the following VeSsels to wait Convoy : Nero, Greig, from London, for Trinidad; fupiter, Ma nuel, ditto, for Smyrna ; Ldward, Muithead, Bruns wick, Dryden, Kingston Packet, Robinson, and Willisby, Laget, ditto, for Jamaica ; Two Friends, Vial, and Ulysses, Kempthorne, ditto, tar, Honduras ; Ralph Nicholson, Ste vens, ditto, for Berbice ; Milnes, Allen, Mary-Ann, Hope, Mary, Denham, and Richard, Smith, ditto, for Demerara ; Renewal, Caermarthen, ditto, rid Barbadoes ; Martha, Rome, from Dartmouth, for Lisbon; Three Brothers, Cooper., Re liance, Knight, Z:openihmdle, (Dogger) Wail, Four Friends, Hosking, front LoLdon; -:'alert, (Lugger) Delphons, from Plymouth. Arrived His M;,jesty's Ship Erne: (Bomb) to give instrol...iions to the wit ward.boUnd Mediterranean Fleet w;ti!ing Convoy •here. His Majesty's Ship Leviaihdd, with the remainder of the Fleet, are hourly exi , efted off this. Port. Sailed the Diatio Picker, Sr. AVE YN, with two Mails of the . 9th ult. and 3d inst. for Lisbon : Pas se:inrrs, Lord S'NZANGFOT:O, Hon. Mr. GAiaE, Mr: PAtiLEY, two Ladies and Servants. POOLE, APRIL ll.—. The Sea Gull Revenue_ Cutter, Capt. Joni , : CARTER, brought in and se cured in His Majesty?s Warehouse, so 7 tubs 'of foreign spirits, which a Cutter threw oi , erboard which he was in chace of. ADMIRALTY-OFFICE, APRIL 5, 8c4.. An Account of the numbrr and nature of His Ma. jesty's Ships and Vessels in Commission, and of Hired Armed Ships and Vessels, and of all other Ships, Ves. sets, and Boats, armed for the Public Service, at the undermentioned periods : 1 d I 1 P..t.'. 1 4. — ,,1 .i I -.: -- i I' 4 t• i i -4; •z :... 1- z... , 4 • .--,, 1 ~,-. 1 ..,.. r, ..-: ~ i -', i I .•- - , - 1, - - 1 ,',4 I I .s. , 1 2 , . 4 ' I C) 14 , ( .:: • ttc-Z-t 1 ze2 ...._ ...... . 1 I i-.. % O Dec.3:, 1 793 ,8 3 799 4 2 ' 2 510 1 0 I 99 Dec. 31,1794 8 1), 9 11 3 4 8 I 31t31 14 1 119 ' DeC.31,1795 1 102 18 133 69 2 3114 i 14 1 1 3 1 Dec. 31,1796 1 i 8 14 145 S 5 11 3 1 1 4 14 6 I 1 45 Dee. 31,1797 I 105 15 137 87 9 zi 35 47 157 Dec. 31,1798 1 sc2 : 13 1 35 99 14 1 8 156 ;4l uCi 1 8 1 -6 A? Dec. 31,1799 9) 13 136 fe3 14 1 . ) --:. I 218 I Dec. 31,1800 93 12 141 103 12 1 4 156 36 1 209 Sep. 30,1801 113 11 i 14 , 112 13 18175 30 243 ' Dec. 3 E,lBOl. 34 975 59 —l—l 32 I 39 Dec. 31,1803 So i o 99 85 ts 2. i 37 6 177 1 Mar. 15,1804 8 6 . iz t,-,c, 83 18 1 2I 36 6 17.3 AN ACCOUNT of the ilts-MAJEsTy's Seri lip from the Returns it turns received at the Officers of the Divisi , March in raising Men' March ;794, and isth r. alj , - Office, April 5, 1804. „ . :umber of S hIEN and MA R I NESIII Vice, (So tar as the ,same can be made n the, N avv-Of Ike, and from the Re ,: Admiralty horn the Commanding ion of Marines, and the Officers em on the 31st f December 1793, isth 1 March 'LeO4. • ..easnen, as per Re- Marines adua4 • poi leceive,d this in Pay,' us- per D.fY fromlbelVay.y Returns Jr,nt -toe Office. several Divi.,i- PERIODS. ( -------^7------, . ens transmitta. Byrne for ! ll;( i i i : r red. A ll d 'ed i l -Y i . ly tu . O f ,: 11/a g e " l'iOuils. fie: a ...---.................. . . - . . . . . . . 1 31st Dee. 1793, 6N 9, ° 7 1 19 1 6N9,°4.16 7,060 N. -- . isth Mach, 1794, 73,835 1 73,3e6 o 7,9 0 8 - 1 -.--- By • the Muster- 1 books received in , the Navy- Office, • i .. ~..1 , Lu the 30th . Nov. 18 0 3, . 77,405 77,668 ' • , Raised at the several I • • Rendezvous in I England and Ire laud, between tat I ~ Dec. 1803, and I'SO4, 1 5 t h I .. . March • . ? - 15,66; as by Returns - made to tne Ad- • miralty, - - 1 t 6,763 6,763 -- ----- . TOTAL On 15th Of March, 1804, - 84,168 84,431 ' N.B. The Cause of the Numbers Borne exceeding the Allis- TOTAL On 15th of March, 0104, - 84,168 84,431 N B . The Cause of the Numbers Borne excee , ling the Mus., tered, in 1793 and 1794, arises [Finn those :who were on Shore on Duty, at Toulon and in Hospitals ; and the reason why the Account now exceeds that made op to the 3 rst of Decem ber 1803 is, that Muster Books have t , inee been received, to a later period, which enabled the Board to make it more correct. The Accounts of the Number of Trocps•mustered on board Ships of War, in each period, and of the Number ,of Ship wrights and Artificers employed in His Majcity's Dock 'Yards,- can the ISt of Alareli r it, l8:z3, and tBc4, respec. tively distinguishing Shipwrights from Artificers', are not yet received nom the Navy .Board. It is reported that the vacant Blueltihhoti - is in tended...to be conferred on the Marquis WELLast.fl Y. As no individual has rendered , mire eminent - and essential service to the interests of his Count ry dur ing the critical state in which it has long been placed than the Noble Marquis, every one must he pleased at the just recompense which in this instance is bestQwed on Leal merit and talents. 1 HE bIiKE D'ENCIIIEN. ACCORDING to several vivate Letters, the exe, curion of this gallant Prince .was as private, .and as studiously concealed, as his condemnation was pub- . lished with eclat. For twenty-foUr hours after his murder, petitions for him were presented by the Duke DE LIANCOURT, and several other of his friends, through the means of Madame Bo NArAELTE, as the First Consul resides at Malmaison, where he is visible to none hut his Ministers, favourites, and relatives. Even in the . Senate, on the 22d, it was proposed by LAN JU INA IS, to advise the First Con: sul to park& the Duke. It is said at Paris, that this Senator Pointed out in strong language the danger of accustoming Bo NAPARTE to blood ill 67:4 causes; and said, among Other things, " thaeNt RO, cried at one -time when he was forced to sign his name to a death_warrant ; but, at another time, accustomed to the sight of blood, by the advice of depraved counsellors; he murdered his own mother and brother, his tutor, his senators, ministers, ge_ nerals, and all classes of Roman citizens, with the same indifference as he saw Rome burning." Bo: NAeARTE desired General MORTIRR to be Presi.„ dent of the Military Commission which condemned the Duke, but he declined it. General HULIN was then appointed (the son of a washerwoman; and fur. merly a servant in the workhouses of the Court at Versailles), notorious since July 14. th, 1789, in all the dreadful catastrophes of the Revotution. After sentence was passed, the Duke asked,, if he could see BiiNAPARTE ? Yes, " said Hut.ix, " ilyou. have any discoveries to make." covet ies!" answered the Duke, with indignation " carry me to the place- of execution." " That cannot be done," said Hyena, " before •we have no. ported our sentence to the First Consul," " I knew the sentence," answered the Duke, "before, against the lassoeof nations, he carried me away from Etten... heim.", From the time of the Duke's arrest, he had never once been permitted to lay down on a bed, to undress, to shave, or to change his linen; and his feet were so swollen from fatigue. that he coal& hardly stand., In the dungeon at Vincennes, witete lie was shut up, with four gensd'armes, for the four teen hours he lived after his condemnation, there neither was a bed nor chair.; there was some strio.v, where he sat down, but he was prevented from it moment's rest by the noise and questions of these satellites, who had orders to prevent his slumber. A Clergyman was with him for an hour, hut was not permitted to speak with him, except so loud as to be heard by the guards. In the morning,. before day-light, on the zad, Gen. MUR AT. arrived at' Vincennes,' escorted by fifty Mamelukes, and ac companied with four Aid e de-Campa, and Gent-tals . MORTIER, HULIN, and Louts BotsAtARTR, who had come on' purpose from the toast, Each • Ma-. rneluke held -a flamb eaux, and 200 gens-d'artnes, and 300 men'of the Italian troops, surrounded she. Castle, prevented the approach of every one, and guarded all the avenues to that part of the wood, about a hundred yarda distant from. the Castle, fixed fur the place of execution. The Duke being told that his sentence was to he executed, said, calmly, " I am ,ready and'. resigned." . When he heard upon inquiry, that the grenadiers who should shoot him, were Italians of BONArARTR'S guard, he said, "t Thank God ! they are not Frenchmen. I am condemned by a foreigner, and God be praised, that my executioners are foreigners too. It will be a stain less upon myt country Men." At the place of execution, he lifted. his hands towards Flea. ven, and said, " MAY -GOD PRESERVE MY KING, AND DELIVER MY COUNTRY FROM ITs FOR E I Gl7 . YOKE." • Two gens-d'armes they wanted to tie a handkerchief over Isis eyes; but he said, " A loyal Soldier, who has so often been exposed to fire and sword, can see the approach of death with flaked eyes and without jiar." His hat was then taken off. But in looking at the grenadiers, who had already pointed their fusils at him, he said, in Italian, " Glenn diers, lower your arms, otherwise you will misrme, or only (wound ?se." Of the nine grenadiers who fired at him, seven hit him ; seven bullets pierced his body. Immediately after his murder, General Mu. RAT sent his Aid-de-Cantp to Maltnaison. A small coffin, filled with lime, was ready to receive his hotly, and a grave had been dug in the garden of the Castle, where he was buried. Such was the end of the Duke of ENGH IE N, butchered in the' thirty. second year of his, age, by the barbarous foreign Usurper of theAhrotte of-his family. He possessed the sincere affe4ion, 'not only of his Royal Rela tives, but of every _Frenchman who had served on. der him, - and of. every person ivhci -kneW him:. He had not only the esteem, but the friendship of the Archduke CHrsttLeS, who, during several cam paigns,.had been ' assisted by his talents, and wit nessed his courage. He was as generous as brave; and in the age of pleasure,. deptived ,himself of all enjoyments, to assist his nuinerous distressed'coun. , hymen. The PRINCE and tb. Diu lis Of Kirtt were last night. at Covent Garden Theatre, enjoying the broad Corned;' of The Will for the Deed, and the splendor of Valentine and .Orton. Law Arrangements in Ireland, in consequence of the resignation of Sir MICHAEL SMITH, the Mas. ter of the Rolls BaronGEORG6 to be Master of the Rolls, vice Sir M. SmiTit. STEWART KING, Esq. one of the Masters in Chancery, to, be a Baron of the Exchequer, vice Baron Gtoacs. Mr. 'Mt T FORD. t Nephew o f l Lord RIDDRSDALE, tO be a Master in Chancery, vice STIWART Kura, Esq. 'I he Loyal London Volunteers, with the excep tion of the 3d regiment, are to receive the Colours promised by'the Corporation, on Monday se'nnight itt Hyde Park. _ _ Lord AMHERST has sent circular letters to the Members of the St. James's Volunteers, requesting to know their opinion respeding permanent pay and duty. The Members are to return answers to his Lordship to-1110110W. Major. General BAIRD of the poll regiment of infantry, who commanded the storming party at Seringapatam, has just been appointed to the Stag' by His MAJESTY, and direekd to serve in tint Eastern Disfria by hip. Liyal Highness the Corn_ minder in Chief, vice CHAMI.AGVIR. FT;tlaylin. ing inspetled the &Alta) Linc)lvi arid :Vi Li ilr,ex Royal Wustraitisiet regiments of Militia, cc ,, npus. ing his Brigade, in Balton Field, near Ipswich.