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Ripkiima 3556- THEATRE-ROYAL,- DRURY-LANE. TO- MORROW EVENING, Feh. io, IEO 4 , will be'performed, a new Comedy, in five Ads, called ;THE SOLDIER'S DAUGHTER. WITH CINDERELLA. 4 * * The new Comedy of The Soldier's Daughter, peri7orm ed tor the zd time yesterday Evening, having been again re ceived throughout with the most unbounded applause, will be repeated every Evening till further-notice. ' lteyt.lite Caravan will be repeated on Saturday and Monday THEATRE-ROYAL, COVENT-GARDEN. TO -MORROW EVENING, Feb. io, 180 4 ., 'will be performed • ISABELLA. WITH THE ESCAPES. Lawy e r On Saturday The Engli s h Fleet; with The Vill age . , Monday, Hamlet ; Hamlet, Mr. Kemble ; with Oscar and Malvinal On Tuesday, King john. On Thursday, The Grecian Daughter. KOVAL ACADEMY, SOMERSET p LAC E. NR Y S I; Esq. PROFESSOR' n PAINTINC will beginis COURSE of LEC- TuRES on MONDAY N x'r,. February ..13, at Eight o' Clock. RICHAtkDS, R. A. Sic. zdST INDIA 110 USE, Februaty 8, 180 4- PrHE COURT of D 1 RECTORS of the C LIVITD i COMPANY of MERCHANTS of ENGLAND trading to the East Indies, drhereby give Notice That the Transfer Books of the said ' Company' s Stock will be 4h:a cn Tuesa'ay, the 6th of March next, at Two o'clock, and opened again on the la the 12th April following. That a Quarteqy General Court of the said Company will be Add at their House on 4 nesd the 21st of .Eleven o'Clock in the Forenoon. j' - likrch next, at That a General Court of th e said Company will be held at :heir House in Leadenhall-street, on Wednesday, the Isth of April Next, fi-tnn Nine o'clock in the Morning until Six in the Evening, int- the Ele‘gicit z cf Six Director s of the said Contlsaly for Four Yars. . .dnd tha t t h e Lists of the. Members of the said Compa ? y will 4 ready to be d e li vered at railthas se an Mon" , the 2.6%6 of Matcb 4....1; nexr. WILL.MAT RAMS,IY, Sec. Y SOCIETFORTHE DISCHA RGE AND RELIE F OF PERSON S IMPRISONED FOR SMALL DEBTS, BENEF. Craven- street, Strand, Feb. I, 1804. ACTIONS since th e LAST REPORT, viz. z. s. d. Rev. Dr. Elliston - - -A.2 z 0 lames Farrer, Esq. - - - - to to o Charles Trelawoey Brereson - - A. 5 5 o Daniel 14arclay, F.sq. per Fullers - .3 o 0 Rt. Pigou, Esq. second berieractiod . A . 5o o Philip Sanscm, Esq. per Ful lers = A. z 1 a Samuel Horton, Esq. per Secretary _ A. 2 2 0 George Cumming,.Esq., - - A. 2 2 0 Archibald Hamilton, Esq. - - 2 0 - - A. 2 Irancis Gregg, Esq. per Secretary A. 2 2 ' I'Vill'arn lialrYi,,-tS(I. Pei Treasurer - 2 . , - Robe nrowne, tsq. Per ditto I r 0 C. K. &lien', Esq Per - - Samuct Warren, Es" - Secretar y A. a 1 ° -Mrs. Warren ..(1. '- - - ' - 111-a-.l4yde,. per S. Al- ' .ecretary _airs. Pollock. Clern6iina - X. Z M . per b Secretary - - W .0. y Mr. Stroud, New,Roo T. B. The Bile of ms, Bath a hackne:co achman T. P. A hoe Under the porte y r;,%e - Mr. Hearnden; 1 4:5th benefaction att A. I I o A• 6 o o y. r I 0 II 0 - S o 3 3 0 A. x I n O 1 5 o o , z 6 O 0 • . Discharg ---- ed and relieved frpm v5B Debtors, for the Sum of arious P r i sons, C. 62 a 6 6 Considered the' cases .of .27 Petitioner's. Referred for Characters ?.. Petitions.. Benefadions are receiyed by Izrnes Neild, Esq. the Trea surer, - cheyne-walk, Chelsea ; also at Messrs. Herries, Farquhar, and CO. St. James's -street ; Hoares,•Fleet-street ; Fuller and Co. Lombard -street ;, Iliddulph Cocks, and Ridge Charing-cross ; Dorrien,.and Co. Finch-lane, Corn hill ; •'Harnmersleys, Pall-Nlall ; 'Vete, .I.ucadou, 'rougli ton, and Co. Lbmbard-street ; Goldneys; St. I arnes's-street ; and , by the Secretary Nu. 7, Craven -street Strand, where the Books may be seal by those wild are inclined to suiVort this Charty, and where the Society will meet on the first Wednesday in March next. ISZ to IC) Approved zs. TNO -4, CORNPIILL, and 9, CHARING CROSS. BISH returns his most grateful Thank s to the • ilitv, Gentry, and Public in General, for the per great anddi'tinguished preference they have been pleased to shew him for several years, but particularly in the Lot ,t-:rs' whichhed on Saturday, and acquaints the fortunate tiolders at finise munerous Capital MayesPri that have been shared at the above ffices, that they h their Money, or Exchange their Prizes for Ticketsor Slii"es in-the Third and Last Lottery, which will begin Drawing the- 273 d of April next. PII.ESLNIT PRICE. Ticket, i • k. 17 6 0 Quarter, - Half; 8 :II 0 eghth 2 6 4 10 0 1 Si xteenth , z 3 o ,* All Business n tae Funds tran s aztecl with fidelity and dispatch. _ E.ACIOUS 110 USTi AND ELEGANT FURNITURE, • HER rfoRD-STREET, MAFIR. TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, By Mr, PHILLIPS, At tu..; Great Rooni No. 67, New Bond-street, on Saturday, the tub or February, in One Lot, A Spacious and Elegant LEASEHOLD HOUSE, ....c a_ double Coach-house and exCellent Stable, with well Red suits of'Domestic Offices, compPtent to accommo date a large and respeaable Family • together with all-the superb and modern Household FuoCure, Magnificent Pier and Chimney Glasses, Lustres, Poicelain, and the usual assort of useful and Domestic Furniture, of which an inventory will beexhibited at the , time of sale and till then flay be inspetlecl at Mr. Phillips's Office, . as above. par- Nray be viewed till the sale by tkkets, which, with ticulars, maybe had as above ; at, the York Hotel, Bridge_ strreetet, Blackf r i ars; and at Mr. Lloyd's, Bookseller, Harley st. --.,_.,........____ FRE EFi(j . TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, , .• By Mr. CUSTANCE, At the Blue Posts, Pot:tsmouth, on Friday the Toth of Fe bru4ry, at Six o'Clock in the Evening, by Order of the As signees of M r. L awrence Smith, Man's Mercer and S topsel ler, Bankrupt, ASub stant i al Brick-built FREEHOLD HOUSE and .Modern -fronted SHOP, well situate for Trade, and particularly for the above line of Business, in which it ie established, being No. —, Broad -street, Point, Portsmouth. The Premises are four stories high, • inclusive of the Ground. fl oor lour, Ki tchen comprising a good Sh op, Di n i ng-room, Par , Store-r oom, an d five Be[. rooms ; and on the top of the House is an Ob servatory, commanding a very fine Vitw of the Isle of Wight, S pithead, Portsdown Hills, and Adjacent Country. . - • Ndy be viewed any time preceding the Sale, by applying fm the Premises, where printed Particulars may •be had; ea;, at the Place of Sale ; of Mr. Adams, Solteitor, Ohl iewcy . ; and of Mr. Custance, Nu. 13 • lane Cheap -35, GM. p !'‘te, Lutictun. -"_""~. - :, T L.. % 0 THURSDA Y, FEBRUATY 9. 1804. IMPERIAL. PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF PEERS. WEpIirESDAY, FEB. 8. THE Scotch Appeal, Graham v. Weir,- which stood for hearing this day, was, on the Moti on o f the LORD CHAN CELLOR, postponed till Friday next. Several Accounts and Documents were presented from the Commissioners of the Customs, which principally respeded the %Vine Trade with Portugal; certain patts of the East India Trade; and the number of Vessels employed in the Russia Trade, &c. which were ordered to lie on the Table. After a few observations, in an under-tone of voice, Were interchanged between the LORD CHANCELLOR, the Duke of Noitrotx, and Lord AV ALSINGIIAM, the Evidence given before the Committee of Privileges relative to the Claim to the Zouch Peerage, was ordered to be printed for the use of their Lordships. Some privte business was then disposed of, after which the House adjourned till Friday. ROUSE OF COMMONS. WEDNESDAY,' FEB. 8. BEFORE the Gallery was opened, we understand that Sir J. W. ANDERSON presented a'Petitian'frorn Messrs. Boydells, which - be prefaced by observing, that the exertions of those Gentlemen had tended, in the greatest degree, to encourage the Arts in this Country. Before they undertook an extensive and liberal speculation connected with that subjed, scarcely any other Printsworth 1001CitIg at were to be seen but .French, Prints, imported hire ;. but through the means of their efforts, the-graphic pro. dudions of this Country had Obtained, an, ex tensive Circulation .upon the Continent, as well as they had deservedly attained a decided supe riority at home. Unfortunately, however, the French Revolution, that curse 'upon the Human Race, had in a great measure put.a stop to the circulation upon the Continent of those produdions. The Messrs. Boydells it was almost needless to state, were highly honourable men. Mr. John BOydell was a member of the Court of Aldermen, and had . served the offices of Sheriff and Lord Mayor of the City of London ; he was now at the advanced age of 8;, and wished to be enabled to lay his head upon hi s pillow with the conscious satisfadion of having discharged all the demands of his creditors. The prayer of the Petition was, that leave might be given to bring in-a Bill to enable Messrs. Boydells to dis pose of their magnificent Colledion of Prints by way of Lottery. The Petition was received with out opposition, and ordered to be referred to a Committee ,to report their opinion.thereon to the House. The House proteeded to ballot for two Com mittees, to try the merits of the. Petitions com plaining of undue Elthions at Southwark and Dur ham, when, the following Members were chosen to try the Southwark Petition: Wm. Burroughs, Esq. John Pal.2xr, Esq. R. , Holt Lee, Esq. C. Chaplin, Esq. lathes Buller, of West Looe, James Traile, E s q.• Esq - . . _fames FarqtMar, Esq. G. P. Moore, Es q . D. North, Esq. Sir Wm. Paxton. Hon. G. Lowry Cole. - fames Potter, Esq. John Baker, Esq. The SPE4IKER' then stated that the Petitioner having waved his right of appointing a Nominee out ofthe Members rresent at the time of the Ballot, he observed chit the Ad of Parliament made no provision for the case of two Committees being ap pointed for the same day; for there was no elatis'e forbiddingthe Menithers, in chasing a Nominee, to fix upon a Member who might be drawn upon the other Committee, which would certainly be produc tive of great inconvenience. - The Members then withdrew and chose D. P. COKE,' Esq. The Nominee for the Sitting Mem. ber is •T. B. BERNARD, Esq. and for whose charaaer I have always entertained a sincere respea." Sir 7OHZV W ROTTESL EY said it must give the greatest satisfadion to every person to hear that no imputation could rest upon the charatter of the Of, fiver alluded to. But it appeared to him that they would ill discharge their duty if they were to stop there. He thought that blame attached somewhere, and with a view to obtain more information upon the aubjeft, he should on Monday se'nnight move for the produftion of certain Papers upon the subjeft. The Duke of YORK'S Estate Bill was read a se cond time, and committed for tomorrow. The Portugal Corn Indemnity Jill was read a second _time, and committed for to.morrow. The SECRETARY at WAR brought up the Esti. mate of the Barrack Department fur the year 1804.. Ordered to be Printed. The Annual Account from the Commissioners of the National Debt wasj presented, and ordered to lie on the Table. DURHAM L.ECTION The Menthe rs chosen to form the Committee were: T. D. Lambe, Esq. Rt. H. Thos. Steele. C. Mills, Rt. Hon. Lord G. Thvnne. His Lordship was by accident out of the Hu ute when his name was called, but he attended in a few minutes. Theoph. Metcalfe, Esq. Htmph. Sibtharpe, Esq. W. Spencer Stanhope, Esq. Geo. Anth. Le Keck, Esq. Rich. Archdale, Esq. john Dent, Esq: Sir M. Le Fleming. Hon. George Cranfidd James Langhatn, Esq, Berkeley. NOMINEES. fointhan Raine, Esq.: Lord Dunlo. 'lie SHERIFFS of LONDON attended with two Petitions from the City of London, one respeEting the improvements' at Tempte.bar, the pmport of the other we could not hear. Petitions were presented from the Prisoners cm fined for Debt in the Gaols of Maidstone and Ayles bury, preying for relief.—Ordered to lie on the Table. GENERAL FOX. Admiral BERKELEY said, that he had before the Recess given notice of his intention, at an early day after the meeting of the House, to move for the production of some papers which, in his opi nion, were necessary to throw some light upon the events which occurred on the 23d of July in Dublin, and to rescue the charaler of an Honourable Rela. tion of his from some imputation which he con.. ceived had been thrown Upon it,. He should now have brought forwardthat Motion, but that he had been given to understand that it 'was by no means the intention of His Majesty's Ministers to cri minate the gallant Officer alluded to. In the hopes that something would now -be said by them upon the subje6l, he would withdraw his Notice. . Mr. YORKE.—" I atn glad to find. that the Hon. Admiral has determined, on consideration, to decline the Notice of a Motion which he seemed to have in view before the Recess ; particularly be_ .cause, as I have already observed on a former occa sion, he appeared to proceed upon a mistaken idea that any imputation had been intended to be cast by some of His Majesty's Ministers on the very gallant General Officer whelk name had been adverted to, VOLUNTEERS. Mr. Secketary YORKE began by observing, that although what it might be necessary for, him to state in opening the measure which he now thoUght it expedient to propose; might 'be compressed. in-a narrow compass, yet the subjeti was in itself so im portant, it had excited so much expetlation, and so many misconceptions had gone abroad, that he hoped the House would excuse- him for entering a little into detail. He should begin witlaexpressing his most eatiriest hope that Gentlemen would proceed to the consideration of this measure with temper and coolness. 'He was frilly-aware that Gentlemen on all sides were equally interested in the defence of the Country, and indeed this was not a subjed upon which party. spirit could operate. He likewise hoped that Gentlemen would not be inclined, in dis cussing this subjett e to increase that clamour which had been raised .against the Volunteers, for what reason he could not imagine, except that a certain set of men, who did not wish well to the Country, might be anxious to set the Volunteers against the . Government, and the Government against the Vo lunteers, AS the most effeanal-way of answering their own purposes. Against such persons, if there should be any such, he wished to-put the Volunteers upon their guard. He - also trusted that Gentlemen would discuss this, subjed as a Whole, that they would look at it in a general point of view as a System, and that they would not let particular local, inconveniencies, which they might. have -observed, interfere with or bias their judgments in the exarni. 'nation of the system itself.. Having, made these, pre liminary observations, he hoped that Gentkmen would not be disappointed if he did not propose any thing very new-, very extraordiaary a. very eialenta's He was ,always of opinion that temperate and made-• rate ineasurel,.where they could be resorted to, were the jest, ; an' that they ought not to endeavour to do too much, bat rather to do what w a s n ecessar y. Before he pr ocee ded t o state the defefts which ap peared to.subsist in the Volunteer. System„ and the remedies which he meant to propose, he wished shortly to. refer to the nature, purpose, and history of the 'Volunteer system. With regard to the nature and purpose, of this institution, it was not necessary. for him to occupy much of the time of the House to convince them that in the present state o f t hi s Country, of Europe, and of France, we certainly did require a larger Military -Force than had ever heretofore been necessary, and that our Navy, however excellent and powerful it might be, could not be sufficient to defend an extent of coast of little less than 2 . e00 miles. Neither did it appear ,to him that this •Country ought to trust entirelyfor its defence to its Regular Army. He couldnot undertake to say to what extent the Re gular Airily of this Country could be carried, but though he-was readyAo admit that a Regul a r A rm y was certainly the bestspecieS of Force, and though he believed that our - Army, might by proper 'ma nagement, be carried to a greater extent than it now - was, yet it must be obvious to every Gentleman,. for a variety of reasons, we could not look far our defence to a Regular. orce alone. 'The next de scription of Force to Regulars was the Militia The Militia in Great Britain and Ireland amounted at present to 90,000 men, and he did not' think that force would adMit of any considerable augmentation. If then it was impossible to rely entirely upon the Regtilars and the Militia, it followed, that recourse Must be had, to the Voluntary or Compulsory Ser. vice of the People. This had been done by the Laws which had been passed last Session of Parlia ment, which proCeeded upon this principle, that it was necessary to obtain the command of men without incurring any great additional expence, or without interfering too much with the labour of the Country. The Volunteer Institution was not a new one ; it was first adopted at the latter end of the American War, during the Administration of Lard SHELBURNE, but it was not then carried to any great extent. In the year 5794, after the un fortunate,Campaign upon-the Continent, the Volun. teer system was revived, and a Bill was brought into Parliament to enable His Majesty to resort to the voluntary service of the People. At that time exemptions were given to the Volunteers, and attually made a part of the system. The number of Volunteers who were 'enrolled last War, and who were, as he had before stated, entitled to exemp tions, amounted to about.' so,ooo men. This Vo lunteer force was subjed to no rules but those of thaii_own making. The Volunteer system at that time met with general approbation, and it was considered as affording a great degree of addi tional force, and 'consequently of security . to the . Country ; and after the termination of the War, the Parliament unanimously voted its thanks [PRICE SIXPENCE. to .the Volunteers for their services. So highly was the Volunteer system then thought of, that it was judged expedient after the . Peace to adopt measures to adhere to the system and to establish it upon a .permanent basis.—Aceordingly a great part .of the. Yeomanry Corps Were kept up during the Peace, and some of the large Infantry Corps in different towns were retained.—When that measure was discussed in Parliament, there was no opposition .to it nor to the e systseas ie g* nr ., ; :r. ; the present Waif broke out, it very soon became evident that we-could exped no assistance from our friends upon the Cnntinenr, and that the whole force of France would he under the direCtion of a mini equally enterprizing and ferocious.- It then became necessary to adopt some strong measures for the •seturity of Great Britain and Ireland—ln conse quence of. which the, 43,1 of GEO. 111, cap. 96, was passed, and at that rime met with general approba tion, and which was aided by the spirit of the people, . which manifested itself in a way that he believed_ never was equalled, ,certainly not ex ceeded-epoo.any former occasion.—ln a very short space of time 'a number of Volunteers started, as it were, out.of the earth, not less than 4.00,0ci0 men. It appeared upon an examination of the Subdivision Rolls, that the number of men liable to be called out, under, the first Class, appeared t o b e a b out 500,000 men, and Government were enabled to carry the Volunteer system to the extent of 3e0,0c0 men, heemeant exclusive of Ireland. He could not name the Volunteers of Ireland without paying a just tribute to their Unifbrm condisd ; they had had opportunities of shewing their loyalty and their courage, and of setting a good example to their brethren in England. He begged here to take no. tice of an observation which had freq uent l y b een thrown out, and which had been very industriously circulated, viz, that GoVernment had checked the spirit of the Volunteers, that they had damped the ardour of the People. In answer to t hi s iri of charge he begged leave to observe, that in adopting the Voludteer force it became necessary to fix some limitation of numbers for very obvious reasons, and the limitation first suggested, and the one of which Parliament approved was, that it should not exceed three foUrths of the first Class liable= to be called out on. compulsory- service.• Having made these general preliminary - observations respeding the Volunteer System, .he would now state the situ ation in which he conceived the Volunteers at pre sent to stand, the imperfeClions that' existed and _the improvements that might be made in it. It appear.. ed by alate decision in the Court of King's Bench, that . Volunteers, when not summoned out in the case of actual Invasion or imminent danger thereof, h a d a right, if they pleased,, to quit the service into which they had entered. That decision was cer_ rtainly different front the opinion given by a Learned and Right lion. Friend of his (the ATTORNEY GE. NERAL) and though, in his opinion, - the Court had determined rightly, yet he thought, that taking all the Ads together, his Learned Friend had a great deal of ground for the opinion he entertained. That opinion of -his Learned Friend was founded upon n legal deduCtion from all the Afts, - because it cer tainly was not the intention of Parliament to im pose such a restrietione and no such idea had ever been thrown out by those who brought ih the Bills. He certainly-was not, as he had before stated, inclined to quarrel with the decision Of the Court of King's Bench; on the contrary, let the law have been how it would, if the decision had been diredly the reverse, it was the intention of Government" to propose a Bill, allowing Volunteers to withdraw whenever. they thought proper, except they Were called Out . on actual duty, in case of Invasion, or the appeat. ante of the Enemy on the Coast. He could not be lieve that it would be either politic or necessary toitn; pose any rtotriCtions 'of that kind upon the Volune teers. It was not . politic; because he was persuaded that, in proportion as men felt themselves to bell a stare of coercion, they Would, in the same degree, be . disposed to struggle against it, and wish' t o f ree themselves. It was not in his . opinion necessary, because, though among, such' an immense ma ss o f men, some individuals might, either from good or bad causo,.wish to withdraW themselveS from the engagements into which they had entered, yet he was saconvineed that the zeal, pat riotism,and energy , which induced the Volunteers to stand forward so nobly in the defeaace of their Country, could not at once forsake them, that he would never believe it till he saw it—it was to him periedly incredible. The only thing he was sure that would make Volunteers anxious to Withdraw themselves, or make them feel uneasy in their situation, would-be to endeavour to place them in a state of coercion. One of the most material differences between the Volunteer Force as it now subsisted, and that which Was established last War, was that' the present Volunteer Force was founded upon the Defence Act, the e insequence of which was this, that if there Should he any defalca. tibn in the numbers which were. deemed necessary for the defence of the Country, the King was autho. ,ri-zed to call out the different classes under the corn. pelsory clauses. Thia constituted a great and most essential difference between the present Volunteer Force, and that which subsisted in the last War. He would now shortly advert to the present state of the Volunteers, and to the into:en-let:ions which either really did, or were said to ehist in that system. One' of 'the principal objeCtions which had been urged against the Volunteer system was, that the number of 'exemptions which were granted, was in many instances extremely bur. thensome, and greatly impeded the formation of the more Regular Forces. Upon this subject lie begged leave - to observe, that there appeared to ex ist a great and very general misapprehension of the law. A Volunteer, while serving and performing all his duties, was not thereby exempted from the vt' nen .' *l4 ,- \A v e 2 \ • ' ic, 5. ,x 4 .4 i ,",<'-,',..:,,,, ...-,-,:-. • - ...;:wv--...Y6...5 , :.------.,-., 4, kil}2t - . 76.- - -. - 7.-' , ..A. , , , j x71, ... ,2H::: _,, ~ • 1,"•....-14 _: ',///' 1 4 11 ‘ \,,, .• -' ''.r/i/.//11:11;;I 1',%• tbs.,.. ' Pi /1:111 1 , air s s I" • - ‘ , l , elf ) ...,... e. ,. , ~ . ~,. j _ !, , ,i ..i ... 1"1. vi,,,.. t i f -, ,1 ; t•li ;7, 4 x / i2A t iz i.,a -:-..,„r ",,;;; .r,' r) : s., . : ,-, A , - , ~. -, . . ...; ',!- ; • • 1. - 4 F' ~ • 'a ~ ~