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ti :el At against What he thought it wotll he th ought the d prortte, House oug ht to g into a Comi upon it, if i t afforded a chance o of the ads; m antages ttee which i ts proposers eXpeded from i t . I n dangerous times it w ou ld be a great reproach to oppose any thing that afforded such a prosped. For himself, he thought most highly of -a measure which did not in terfere with any force that we possessed, while it afforded a stron g and fair expectation of an im provement of which every one acknowledged the importance. Sir ;why NEWPORT considered the Plan as operating on the people by an unequal and partial pressure of taxation.—The Supporters of the Bill complained that it had been opposed on different gtounds'by different persons. That appeared to him as the stro ngest reason that could be urged against lthe measure, as it proved that it was liable to ob eftion in more ways than one. The question was then called for, and the House divided_. For the Speaker leaving the Chair 249 Against it 169 Majority - co Committee In th e M r . P ITT proposed to fill up heblanks, and stated, that in one part of the Bill w ished that 12,000 men should be authorized to g o annually from limited to general service ; and that the Aft should commence on the xst of OCtober next. Me. 1011. N STONE sugge s ted t h e p ro p r i et y o f the Bill being recommitted, fri t en might se e , in order that Gentle more at their leisure, the precise t}irn't of such. an important Bill as that then before --e —ummittee. The CHANcELO EXCHEQUER oh ser nerved, that a , the Bin I : , :f s a t i h r e eadyprinted, Men would most sufficient knowledge of its probably already have a Gentle contents ; and they surely would nut wish to place an ay of s uc h a y unnecessary obstacle in the W me asure. o ,_ e re Mr• P. MOOR E recommended that the Bill should - commiited for Thursday. M. con trast the e SHER I DAN said, this Bill was designed to man for xpedi ents of the RighteHo n . Gentle the National Defence, with the ineffectual Measures for the same purpose p ro p ose d by t h e l ate :Minister. It was then a Pl an to b e d e lib erate l y WeiBhed, and not to be hu rr i e d t h rough in this itn porta the nt stage. Wh atever may h e t h e f e li c i ty w i t h mind which Right Ho n . G entleman had made up his , other Members m i ght not b e so fully pre pared. He had no objeftion to the Bill being now made as perfeft as possible ; be recommitted, that the question may be fully and but he trusted it would fairlY invest igated, with the assistance of all the of of the House. A desultory conversation succeeded, in which the CHANCELLOR of th e E xcH EQuall persisted i n p ro _ fir ceedi n and Mr. g wi t h t h e Bill ; SHERIDAN and GILBERT HEATHCOTE recommended either an Immediate adkJurnment, or a re-commitment. ~ ' i r ROBERT BUXT ON spoke to order, on the 6r°t lnd tha t t h ere was no question before the Corn tnittee. 14elii M r.ROX observed there were two ways in which euse could regularly proceed, either by read. , iont,gtila.ed discussin g the Bill, paragral,:i by paragrapa, L , c party moving the Bill, forfor its recommitment. But no man could think of Clandestinely hurrying a Bill through the Commit lee, of this magnitude and importance. The House would vary from its perman ent gulati ons , If i t w and e sta bli shed re _ Hess and indifference ere to pro cee d with such careless- Wa s on the present occasion. It much too late an hour to examine the merits of this Bill trusted th e e ordi nary prudence wo uld not be abandoned i n th M Com m i, tee. . j o a, oNerosi 'the CHAN CELLOR of the Ex eita r o Mr. W aft, and Mr. F ox , successive) M y explained. , . DUNDAS sa i d, if the arguments were aesigned to apply to the SPEAK ER's leavin g the Chair, it was not regular to discuss the parts of the Bill. M. IPM. SMITH thought the only way was, at some progress had been made in the Bill, to have it recommitted ; he did not consider it orderly to go Over again the contents of that part of the Bill 'which either had been read, or was supposed to have been read in the Committee. illi.. ADDIIVGTON thought that the floose had been brought into an aukward Predicament by adopt ing the Plan of the Right Hon. Gentleman. They had,,through miacunception, gone so far through the sill, and they could not go back. Mr. PITT casions he maintained, th at on thousands of cc proceeded had known the H ouse, when the mis buss y hd ander a conceptibri, go b ack ona a ness of this kind, and he could not see the reason why they should not do so now. He contended, that if they had fallen into a mistake, it did not proceed from any fault. He had explained his own views, and no 'Gentleman seemed to have any Amendments to propose. _p tvilege a Ale': to had always understood it to he through every Bill Qt . a C ommittee of that House to go he conceive that any Paragraph by paragraph, nor could perso n could hint at a depar ture from that rule, but with the understanding that . another opportunity of doing so would afterwards be afforded. The presen t h our O f eleven o'clock, Oh a night when it could n ot h ave b een i n the con ttill)lati" of any Gentleman that such a measure be be ti 1d , did t seem a proper season for r sle on, no enteei n geedn such a business. If the contrary was mainte, let the history of the proceedings *I tile last hour be the answer. Mr..e/TTsaid, that the question was now mate rtall o h i ar, • - I c a,rige t . .t Ire time in which b n ee " . discussing the Clauses of the Bill had passed aw n and it %vas now no longer the same question. in *lt y mucl beli eved b i rile shortest way of proceed:. g 00 W w ou ld b e, to have it"understood that the gig would be re-committed. the Bill was accordingly gone th roug h, p ro i) Report w as b rought up, and ordered to received on Thursday. . Adjourned at Half past Eleven o'Clock. , MAILS. C: n UE. ARItIVE.D. o tterzb ur • - - -, - - 2 .Irgh , 2 - • - ... p. ... PRICE O STOCKS, consols s LAY AT TWILVI. O'CLQCX• sei I RA, Ann, - i'S i LONION, U N E WE heartily congratulate the Country on the short-lived exultation and triumph of the Advocates of Party, which the decision of last night on Mr. P r TT'S Defence Bill, has converted into lamentation and despair. Notwithstanding all the co n fid ent pre . dklions respeCting the extent of the Minority on Friday last, we have the pleasure to find that the excellence of Mr. PITT'S Bill is become more Mani fest, and that prejudice and Misconception are giv ing way to convidion, and a due sense of what the situation of the Country demands. The grand trials of strength, however, between the contending Parties will be on Thursday, upon the Motion for the re commitment of the Defence Bill, but particularly on Monday, on which day, we understand, the Bill is to be read a third time. It is justly contend. ed by the friends of this Bill, who are the real friends of their Country, in answer to the asyertion of want of novelty in the measure, that it has at least the meritorious novelty of putting an end to the vexatious and grievous system of Ballotting. With respect to the objection, that it imposes a se vere duty upon Parish Officers, it may be said that it is clearly distinct froin their other duties, and that they are most likely to know all persons within their respedive Dis'trifts, who are best fitted to answer the purposes of . the Bill, and, in case of abuse, Magistrates are at hand to counteraEt in justice and oppression. The objections arising from the danger of augmenting a Standing Army arc hardly worthy of notice. The Constitution has provided an annual remedy, at all times, against this danger ; but such objections can have no weight at the present awful petiod, when nothing short of our entire destruction is menaced by an ambitious, implacable, and powerful Enemy, who has a Stand ing Army of several hundred thousands upon his Coasts, ready to force their way into our happy Island, and to carry all his threats into execution, with the most savage determination and unappeas able ferocity. The report that Mr. LIVINGSTON received an intimation from G)vernment that his residence in this Country was not acceptable, and that his Passports were in consequence sent to him, we can positively, assert, is unfounded. Though not much entitled to the confidence of the Govern. mem of this Country, from his condncl respelling Mr. DRAKE, he met with every possible indul gence, and the Passports were sent to him at his own request. His Mission to this Country had no reference whatever to any proposed Plan of Pacifi cation between the two Countri's ; he merely came for the purpose of negotiating a Loan for the United States of America, to enable them to pay the French Government for the purchase of Louisiana. WE are assured that Government have received Dispatches from Sir JOHN BORLASE WARREN, which state that the Court of Petersburgh is firmly determined to resist all future encroachments on the part of France, and to demand serious explanation of the past ; and there is now no doubt but that if the other Continental Powers will unite for their mutual protection, they may rely upon the most aClive and powerful assistance from Russia. We understand that Count WORONZOFF, the Russian Minister at this Court, has received orders from the EMPEROR, directing him to remain here, instead of returning, as had been before determined an, to Petersburgh. THE Fleet in Brest Harbour is said to amount to Twenty-five Sail of the Line, and hopes were en tertained on board the British Fleet, from some of the movements of the Enemy, that they intended to put to sea. We are afraid there is no reason to hope that they will muster up courage enough for such an attempt, even though they possess an apparent superiority, at least in point of numbers, to Admiral CORNWALLIS. That gallant Admiral has, however, been very recently reinforcedi Two Hanzburgh Mails arrived late last night, by which we have the following letter from the Banks of the Maine, May 26 :—" According to accounts from Paris, the Russian Charge d'Affaires has fre_ quent conferences with the Minister TALLEYRAND, which have a reference to the late incidents on the Rhine, &c. It is said that an explicit Memoir on this subjeft has been sent to St. Petersburgh, and that the French Cabinet is employed in drawing up a Declaration to be sent to Ratis bon, and laid before the Diet. In this Declaration, will be adduced, t h at i t was in proofs, it i„aid, dispensably necessary for the French Government to put an end to the plots of a number o f Conspira tors in Engligh pay, who were assem bl ed on the extreme con.ies of France, by the arrest of the prinscipal iyrsons among them; t, rhis declar a ti arc added ektraas from the Papers found upf,,, tly,!m." The remaining contents of the Mails are compa ratively unimportant. The, tit!Vf E , nperor of Fren'cli said to have written a Letter to fl: GRAND SEIGNIOR with his own hand. Genoa and Lucca are, it is stated, to be incorporated with the Italian Republic, and NAPOLEON BONAPARTE de clared King of Lombardy. A Palace is preparing at Brussels for josEi.x BONAPARTE, who is to reside there in his quality as Grand Elector. • General HEDOUVILLE, the French Envoy at Petersburgh, has been recalled. LAST night we received Paris Papers to the 4th inst. from which we have extraEted the Proceedings of the two first days and part of the third, of the Trial of the Conspirators. The fin d result of Mo. R E AU'S Trial iP not yet ascertained, hut a report is prevalent, that he had been condemned, and imme. diately shot. Yesterday about ten o'clock the LORD CHANCEL LOR had an audience of Hts MA J SaTY. Yesterday evening, about six o'clock, 'Their MA JESTIES, in a post-chariot, and the PraiNcEssEs ELIZABETH, I\IARY, SoPHIA, and the DUKE of KENT, in two coaches and four, escorted by a party of Light Horse, took an airing in the neighbour. hood of Islington. The PRINCE of WALES left Town on Sunday for tibury Races. The Hon. 'WM. ELLIOT is appointed Under Se cretary of State for Foreign Affairs, in the room of Mr. ARBUTHNOT, appointed Ambassador at Con stantinople. EAST INDIA BRIGADE.—The East India Brigade, consisting of 1829 effedive privates, exclusive of commissioned and non-commissioned Officers, StafF, Drums, Music, &c. which altogether were at least 2000 men, assembled yesterday in Hyde Park, and were exercised in the most difficult manoeuvres, which they went through with great precision. They were first inspetted and brigaded by Gen. Lord HAaatNGToN, and in about an hour afterwards by His Royal Highness the DUKE of YORK ; before both of whom they passed in review, and that in a very creditable manner. The DUKE of YORK desired that his high gratification at their appearance should be signified to the Corps. KEMB LE finally performed his favourite Charaaer of Hamlet last night, for' this 'season, at Covent Garden Theatre, with his accustomed success. It is a part which he has evidently studied with great care in the detail, and in The general scope, and which he represents with a faithful. adherence to the text, and with a masterly and digni fied spirit throughout. CooKE made his first 'ap pearance in the Ghost, but he did not throw any new lights upon the part, or perform it in such a manner as to add to his professional repute. Mrs. ST. LEGER displayed obvious marks of improving merit in the Queen, and C. KE MB LE gave to Laertes a stronger portion of interest than usually appears in that charaCter. MUNDEN, in Polanius, proved that he can be chaste in his acing when he thinks prope r . EMERY, in the Grave-digger, seemed to have exhausted illonmo-uth.street, in order to treat the galleries with a sufficient nthriber of lita;stcoats. Mr. COLMAN has found it necessary to relinquish his well-intended plan of drawing his theatrical Recr u i ts only from the Country. He has therefore strengthened his Corps with some of the London Veterans, such as BANNISTER, jun. PALMER, and MUNDEN, the last of whom is said to be engaged for the Haymarket Theatre, at a weekly salary of no less than eighteen pounds ! ! ! A Lady named MARA, who has performed with great success on the Liverpool Stage, is likely to make her appearance in the ensuing Season at Co vent Garden Theatre. Report speaks very favour ably of her person and accomplishments. The state of the Insolvent Debtors in this Coun try and in Ireland, has induced many benevolent charatters to refie6t on the best means of relieving them, without injury to the Public. Imprison ment, in the opinion of many wise men, and par ticularly Dr. JoHNsoN, is not calculated to for ward the ends of justice, by increasing the power of the debtor to satisfy the demands of lhose who have doomed him to confinement. Mr. SHAW, of Dublin, and Mr. Alderman Coms E, have signi fied in the House of Commons, a design to bring forward some legislative measure on this subjea ; and we sincerely hope that every friend of humanity will strenuously co-operate in support of their be nevolent intentions. The salary of the Members of the French Legisla_ tive Body, is to be augmented to 25,000 'lyres; something more than toool. a year. It is said, that the Senate of Hamburgh has re solved to send a second Deputation to England, to urge the discontinuance of the blockade of the Elbe in regard to Neutral Vessels: The Course of Ex , change rose higher than it had been for many years in consequence of this measure, andan opinion of its success. On Wednesday the following accident happened at Melbury-Abbas, Dorset: As some of the Yeo manry Cavalry were returning from exercise, they discharged their pistols in the air ; the wind being high, blew the lighted wadding into the thatched roof of a cottage, which, setting fire thereto; burned that and five other dwellings to the ground, Con. sinning nearly all the property therein. On Saturday night, at twelve o'clock, a Gentle man was attacked by four ruffians, in the open space between the Angel lon and Sr. Clementinn gate. One of them made a violent grasp at his watch, but the pendant breaking in the struggle, and some persons coming up, they made their escape without any other booty than the chain and seals.—The spot has been long noted as dangerous, yet there was no watchman to be found. IVAPAL NEWS. PORT;MOUTH,JUi7F.day arrived tilc , ilowing Men of War :L.-Cu/kw/en; of 7,!. grins 'rid Repulse, of 74., from Plymouth ; Fissard, from .L1,;)on ; Castor Frigate, from Liveirol; arid the Hero, of 74, from Yarmouth ; Ship llisntet-, rain HuNiait, from the I),:wns, ;opori rara ; Young William, Caft. BACoSI, from ditto t() , he South Seas. Went out of Harbour, the Eut6Aa, Capt. BRA . NEY, bODDd to Tobago. Last night the wind coming to the E. and E. N. E. the Anibuiratie, and her Fleet for the Streights, unmoored and sailed. The wind hacking to the westward, the copper:. bottomed Armed Transport indefuigab/e, Captain JOHN BROWN, has just made the signal for Convoy to the Eastward; takes the following Transports under her Convoy, to join the division of' Trans.: ports at Deptford, under Captain WATSON, of the Royal Navy : Ceres, RICHARDSON, Whitby, sciN, and Crown, BROWN. The Outward-botind West India Fieet ytit—re— mains; HAR IkICH, JUNE I 1.-Yesterday the Lady Y r , peon Post-office Packet, Capt. GEO. DEANE, arid theiDorset. Capt. HA:ult./MN, arrived. froth Huswn with the Flamburgh and Breay...n Six o'CLocK.—The P.rrg George Packet, Cyr:. SAUNDERS; and the Prince of Wales, Capt. A; DEANE, are tlli3 moment arrived from Gottenburgh; with Mails and Passengers. Remain the Pegasus Frig;Ate, and the Monkey and Charter Gun vessels.. DEAL, JUNE I I.—Saiied His Majesty's Ship FLigard, for Portsmouth; Scourge, with Convoy for Plymoutl-p; Jamaica, Champion, Orestes, and Dart, on a Cru:.ze off C lais; Seine, Archer, hound, Braizer, and Locust, on a Cruize off kcne ; Speedy, Alonzo, Harpy, Bonetta, and fury, for Dungeness. Arrived L' Aimalle, from a Cruize off Flus%ing; In the Downs—Monarch, Utrecht, Ardent, Inflexible; L'Airnable, Yirginie, Tartarus, Zebra, Vestivals, with the• Transports under the command in Capt. Watson. Captain HUR D, of the Na, y, is commissioned by the Board of Admiralty to lake the most ,ccurate soundings off Brest, to asc: rtain, and lay d • a chart, the sunken rocks that endanger our ck.. ailing Fleet off that llitoour. This c , ti Of iicer sailed from Flymutli on Sunday last,' upon this survey. On the 3oth ult. informAitm was sent to the Board of Admiralty, by FRANCIS GI 13'-ON, Colieetor of His Majesty's Customs at Whitby, to the following purport, viz. That on the 29th last,. Mr. JOHN OXL EY, late master of the captured vessel Dispatch, of Liverp , 01, bound from that Port to Copentiagen, with a valuable cargo or i. - - bacco, sugar, and salt, arrived the day before from Norway, and i'nfortned him, that on „the 9th ult.. about six leagues from' the Nazr... of N,l l lv il y, h e fell in with the French Privateer L'Hir9ldeite; of 14 carriage guns and so men, Capt. AL,LEMJS, Commander, who bore down on the Dispatch, and compelled her to strike ; she having only one swivel gun and seven men including the Master the Dispatch wa3 ordered for Fr - ,nee, but the Crew, with the exception of a were taken in the Privateer into Eggersund. in Norway.; Mr. Om.. ir's quadrant, charts, and books, - were retained, but every thing else returnel‘, and the people liberated, and set on shore. /.. - Y ai r:me/elle had sailed from St. Andero, in Spain i steered to the West of Ireland, and cruizrd a short time near Cape Wrath, where she took anti sent for France, the Castle Dong!as, of Liverpool, with salt, coffee, &c. She likewise took and sunk the Brig Otter, of Maryport, sails rcmarkahly fast, is brig-rigged, her masts, standing nearly upright, has no head., but a white boat slung across her stern ; her bottom,' wales, and top, are quite black, excepting a narrow monhi_ ing of yellow as a paint strake. Her sails were discoloured with charcoal and water, by way of . deception. This Privateer, during the late and present War, has been uncommonly successful, as the Captain (an elderly marl) assured Mr. OXL EY that his vessel was the 93:h prize he had taken. Mr. OXLEY thinks it probable that the Hirondelle may still be at F r ggersund, as she put in there in order to have her bottom cleaned and other necessary jobs done ; and it is to be feared that this, vessel may do much mischief among the Greenland and Baltit The Moniteur of the 20th contains thi. official dis patch relative to the late affair between Sir SIDNEY SMITH and the gun-boats off . Flushi:7g and Ostend. In this it is stated, that the force under Admiral VERHELIII., when he left Flushing, consisted of nincitten French and forty-seven Dutch Gunboats, and two prames, or flats. The Flotilla, upon the whole, carried too pieces of cannon; the English Squadron, according to this statement, 420. After . seven hours combat, Sir SIDNEY, it is said, was compelled to retreat, the Antelope being apparently disabled, a Frigate and aCutter dtsmasted, and a Brig forcd out of the line at the commencement of the fight. The French prime La Ville el) Aix, in the course of two hours, had 13 men wounded, and 2 killed ; La Filic d' Anvers, 16 wounded and 2 killed. The Dutch had 12 killed and 26 wounded.—Total killed 18, wounded 60; 35 on board the prames. Admiral VERHELTIL, however, is said to have moor ed triumphantly in the great road of Ostend. Saturday morning a drummer belonging to t h e Bloomsbury Volunteers, received thirty lashes at their drill.ground near the Foundling H,,spital, agreeable to the sentence of the Court-Martial, he having deserted from different Corks. THE SUN. go LEM QUIZ DICERS FAL.SUM AUDEAT ?