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IMP ER ML PARL Ll ME Al T. HOUSE OF PEERS, TUESDAY, APRIL 17. LOtel HAWKE!,I3URY presented an Account of the Numbers and NMnes of the different Regiments of Irish Militia that had madc voluntary Offrs of their services in Great Britain. The Lott D CHANCELLOR moved, that their Lord ;hips should pronounce judgment to-morrow in the case of Elphinstone - v. Abereromby." The Bid .for augmenting the Militia • of Ireland, and several Yriva le Bills, were brought up from the C ra Tons Or i the fi.rs.t reading of the Irish Militia Aug- Inzntatipn Bill, LordHAW.KE , BtraY said, that as there was another Bill before their Lordships, which made part of the same system, he tho::ght it :vould be more conve_ nienc it Ilse second rcading•of both Bills should take r dace on• the same day, which he would propose „should be fixed for Thursday. If there should arise -any prQ,babliity of the discussion on them being pro trated to any great length, it would then be in their L or a i bips' power to postpone the'consideration of zither of them to another day. He would move that the nl wi:ich had been just read should be prifited.--Ordered.; His Lor,iship next moved, that the Report of the commixixe on the Volunteer Bill should be taken i n to consideration. Lord C.:RENVILLE proposed, as an amendment, that the words, conleriing on Volunteers the.privi )ege of exemption from.being 6allotted for the Mi littabrArmy of Reserve,.should-be inserted in this Ac precisely as they were in the Ads of the 4zd r:nd , 43l of his present Majesty. Under the for nier acts, the Volunteers were protedcd from being -liable -to-serve in any force that should be raised by poy A'Et or Ads in that or any subsequent Session of parliament. As the principle of exemption had been determined on, he thought it - would . be wise in th.:_'Bouse to declare so, and to insert for that put-- pose. the words_of the iormer Aas in the present Lord HAWKESBURY agreed to adopt the Amendment of the Noble Lord, although he was pot satifiet3 in his mind, that there was any neces kitty for it. However, as it would have the cad i-,f quieting the minds of the people on a question on which it was natural that they ,should feel much iic.:;.iety, he would not oppose it. The amendment eras agreed to. The question was severally put , on the different aMendinents made to the Bill in the committee, and carried in the affirmative. On the Clause relating to the Bounty to be paid to all Volunteers going on permanent duty, it he Duke of MO NT ROS E moved an Amend ment, the purport of which was, that the Guinea Bounty should be paid to the Volunteer, to be ex_ Lended at his discretion, and not that it should be ai L l out in the purchase of a great coat, or necessa ries for him, as it was proposed by the present Bill. After sotue conversation, in which Lords CAM_ p :w arid SD NLEY supported the Amendment, and Lor+s HAW KESOURY, AUCKLAND, and ROLLE, pepOseo it, the House divided. Against the Amendment - Von it • Majority .. z 3 The Howe baying gone through the Report, in which many of the Clauses, already debated in the Cormpitt.et, were again opposed and defended, but •;-,ftried.in the aflirtr..c ive ; upoo the Billetring Clause, ;ill particular, the House divided, and the numbers were, Ayes -4.o—Noes 11. Lard AUCKLAND finally proposed a new Clause, Ipy which it was ,intended to enaa, that after the of this Bill, no rules for the regulation of ;Volunteer Corps should be considered valid or bind ing, hut such as should be transmitted by the Com manding Officer of such Corps, and the Lord Lieu ten int of the County, to His Majesty's Secretary of State, for the Royal approbation, and of which His Majesty should he pleased to declare his appro.. bation withip ;8 days. This was opposed by Lords NINTo arid CAENVILLE, and Earl FITZW :LI TAM ; and defended ,by Lords 1 - lAwicEsßußy and AT;cx ,LAND, and carried without a division. Lord GRENVILLE gave notice, that he should ,I.,ppose the Clause upon the third reading of the• Bill, which was ordered for to-morrow, Adjourned at half-past ten. I - I)p'SE CH? COMMONS. TUESDAY, APRIL 17. Colonel PottTER presented a Petition from the Debtors confined in the Prison of iVlorpeth. Or dered to lie on the Table. Mr. BULLEN, from the Exchequer, presented at the Bar an Account of the net Produce of the War Taxes, imposed by the 43,1 of the King, from the sth April, tBo3, to the sth April, I So+, distin guishing the Quarters. Ordered to lie on the Table. Mr. MmoRD, from the Commissioners of Cus toms in Scotland, presented an account of the quan tity of Malt exported from Scotland to Ireland ; of the quantity of Malt carried coastwise ; and the quantity of Bere exported from Scotland, from the toe i,t Jan. 1803, to the Ist Jan. 1804. Ordered t , ) lie on the 'fable. Mr; WILPERfORCE presented a Petition from ftrcain I..ivJ OwEers of the County of Yolk, pray_ ing some modjication of the Corn Laws. Ordered to iie on the T:thle. Tile Liverpool Dock Bill was, on the Motion of Ft L TON, after a few observations from Mr. Ct. t r 111. Y a.td General TARLETON, and from ibe SPEAKER in explanation of the form of pro. seeding—read a second time, and rcferrcd to aCom rnit tee. Mr. CR E. EATE} then presented a Petition against which was Idcred to lie on the Table till on the Biii. .Mr.S.ereiary YORKE brought up a further List of the Regiments a►,d 'Companies of the Irish Mili tia, which -had made a voluntary tender of their ser iices, to h em, , loye4 in any part of Great Britain. itted to lit on the T4bief, and to br printed. The Militia Oitcors' Completion Bill was, after a few observations from Lord FOLKSTONE against it, -read a second time, and ordered to be committed on Thursday next. The. Stature Bill was ordered to be re.committed on Thursday se'nnighr, on the Motion of Lord WM. RITSSELL. Mr. Dr CK E NS, from the Office of the Chief Se eretary for Ireland, presented an Account of the Amount of Treasury Bills outstanding in Ireland,, which had been issued on the Credit of the Aids for 180.4..—A1d0 an Account from the Treasurers of Counties in Ireland of the Amount of Sums levied by Grand Jury Assessments, and paid for the Sup. port of the different Poor-Houses in each County for the.four last years respedively.—Ordered to lie on the Table. Mr. ORMSBY brought up the Report of the Dub lin Police Bill, which was agreed to, and the Bill ordered to be read a third time. Mr. JAMES ADAMS obtained leave to withdraw the, Accounts he presented yesterday, in order to reEtify a mistake therein. ARMY ESTIMATES. The SECRETARY at WAR._ brought up the Army Estimates, which were, on his Motion, ordered to lie on the Table. He then gave notice that he should move' them in the Committee of Supply on Monday next. EXCHEQUER BILLS. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER gave no tice, that he should, in the Committee of Ways and Means to-morrow, move that a sum of nine millions and a half be raised by Exchequer Bills, on the cre dit of the aids of next year, to re-place part of the eleven millions outstanding, which had been issued on the credit cif the aids of t 804., and voted in the Committee of Supply on Friday. __ _ The Irish Linen Bill was read a third time, and passed. A Message from the Lords informed the House, that their Lordships had passed a Bill for enforcing the due observance of die Canons and Rubric ; rela tive to the age at which Deacons and Priests Orders should be taken, in which they desire the concur rence of_the House. The Bill was read a first time, ordered to be printed, and to be read a second time on Tuesday next,—Adjourned. 'From the LONDON GAZETTE, April 17,1804. Commissions in the East Norfolk Militia, signed Ly the Lord Lieutenant. Charles Lucas, Esq. to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Mapes, resigned. Dated Feb. 17, 1804. Sir George Berney Bro gtave, Bart. to be First Major, vice Lucas, promoted. Dated March 7, 1804.. John Stanniforth Patteson, Esq. to be Second Major, vice Sir George Berney Brograve, Bt. promoted. Dated as above. - Thurston, Esq. to be Captain, vice Patteson, promoted. Dated March 22, 1804. Lieutenant Edward Whaites to be Captain, vice Nightingale, resigned. Dated March 23, 1804. William Marchett, Gent. to be Lieutenant. Dated March 16, 1804. Ensign ronathan Edwin Ames to be ditto, vice IV haites, promoted. Dated March 23, 1804. James Con tcnein, Gent. to be Ensign, vice Ellis, prbinoted. Dated March 26, 18c4. Commissions in the Radnor . Militia, signed by the Right Hon. Thomas Hasle t ', Lieutenant of the said,County. john Walsham Garbctt, Esq. to he Colonel. Dated lan. to, 1804. john Merenitch, Esq. to be Captain of a Company. Dated March 24, 1304. Lewis Morgan, Gent, to be Lieu tenant. . Dated March 25, EANKRUPTCIES SUPERSEDED. John Scott and Charles Stewart Bisset, of Liverpool, mer chants. Lewis Ruber:s, of Blanavan, Monmouthshire, tiniber•mer chant. BANKRUPTS. Thomas Wingate, of Market Raisin, Lincolnshire, linen-dra per, to surrender May 7,8, and 29, at ten, at the Peacock Inn, Market-place, Boston, Lincolnshire. Attornies, Mr. John Palmer Hollway, Boston ; •or Messrs: Johnson and Gaskell Gray's-inn, London. Robert ;Maxwell, of George-street, l'ilinories, ship broker, to surrender April 24, at one, May 1, at ten, and 29, at one, at Guildhall. Atturnies, Messrs. 11411 and Bell, No. 43, Bow-lane, C'neapsldc... Chapman Ives, of Coltishall, Norfolk, brewer, to surrender April zi, 28, at eleven, and May 2.9, at ten, at Guildhall. Attornies, 111essrs. Swain and Stevens, Old lewry. lames Parker, of Narrow-Wall, Lambeth, Surrey, vidtualler, to surrender April 21, 2S, and May 29, at ten, at Guildhall. Attorney, Mr. Druce, Billiter-square. John Proctor, late of Beal, Yorkshire, corn-faaor, to sur. render May , to, xi, and 29, at eleven, at the Bell and Crown Inn, Snaith, Yorkshire. Attornies, • Messrs. Wright and Pickering, Paper Buildings, Temple, London ; or Mr. John Bingley, Snaith, Yorkshire. Richard Tan:A:r, of Birmingham, upholder, to surrender April 24, 28, and May 29, at eleven, at Guildhall, Lon don. Attornies, -- Messrs. Pearce and Dixon, Paternoster row. TIICMas Rookley, of Bridgewater, Somersetshire, baker, to surrender April 30, May I, and 29, at ten, at the Angel Inn, Bridgewater. Attorrues, Mr: Boys, Bridgewater ; or Messrs. Blake, Cook's-court, Carey -street.. William Holden-, of Snirbek-Quarter, Lincolnshire, coal merchant, to surrender, May 7,8, and 29, at ten, at the Peacock Inn, Boston, Lincolnshire. Attornies, Messrs. Tunnard and Rogerson, Boston ; or Messrs. Allen and . Exley, No. 4, FurnivaPs-inn, London. Francis Sergent, of Wakefield, Yorkshire, innkeeper, to sur render May 2,3, and 29, at eleven, at the White Hart Inn, Wakefield. Attomies, Mr. Richard Battye, Chancery lane, London ; or Mr. Robert Lomb, Wakefield. Teseph Bradby, of Wilton, Wiltshire, timber-merchant, to surrender April 25, May 7, at five, and 29, at one, at the Rod Lion Inn, New Sarum. Wiltshire. Attornies, Mr. John Plodding, jun. Salisbury ; or Messrs. Millet and Son, Terrace, Gray's-inn-lane. Robert Brears, late of M iddieton, Lancaster, cotton-mann ladurer, to surrender May 2,3, and .29, at ten, at the Star Inn, Deansgate, Manchester. Attormes t Mr. Clarkson, Rochdale ; or Mr. Philip Hurd, King's Bench-walk, Inner Temple. William Field, and john Birch, Charles-street, Grosvenor square, tailors, to surrender April 21, May 5, and 29, at Guildhall. Attorney, Mr. john Richardson, Bury-street, St. James's. DIVIDENDS. May re. Thomas Harrison the younger, of Sandford-hall, Gloucestershire, tiinber-merchant, at ten, at the Beau- .fort-Arms Inn,' Chepstow. May 19. lohn Cartwright, of Newton, Yorkshire, dealer and chapman, at ten, at the White Hart Inn, Wakefield. May 17. Thomas Richardson, of Waterside in Southowram, Yorkshire, merchant, at eleven, at the White Lion,lnn, Halifax. May 12.. John Harrison, of Workington, Curitherland, sail maker, at eleven, at the Green Dragon, Workington. May to. William Ross, late of Washington, North Caro lina, America, but now or late of Liverpool, merchant, at eleven, at the Star and Garter Tavern, Liverpool. May to iienry Ross, r.ow or late of Liverpool, merchant, at eleven, at the Star and Garter Tavern, Liverpool. May 29. Charles Massey, of New-street, St. Catherine, Nv ktr fi nge r , at ten, at Guildhall. May 19. Henry Warner, of Bristol, basket-maker, at eleven, at the Rummer Tavern, All-Saints-lane, Bristol. May t 6. Fleur} , Dobson, of Godmanchester, Huntingdon shire, and Edward Dobson, of Brampton, in the said cotinty, millers, at ten, at the Fountain Inn, Huntingdon. May 12. Edward Roberts, of Bedford-court, Coyent-gardent woollen-draper, at ten, at Guildhall. May 14. Samuel Stanciisl);of Pontefrati, Yorkshire, hosier, 'at eleven, at the New Elephant and • Castle Inn, Polite fra a. CERTIFICATES. May 8. Joseph Travis and Peter Nevin, of Boltoo.le 'Moors, Lanc a ster, muslin mantilaaurcrs. • ill lm ITarufrys the elder, And William Iliunfrys the younger, late of Old Fish-street, grocers. James Hogg and Edward Holmes, of Sherborne-lane, mer.. chants. Michael Tapp}, late of Silver street, Golden.square, now of Long-acre, bookseller. John Scott, of Dowgate Wharf, factor. MAI LS. DUE. • AREIVED. Hamburgh - o - - - PRICE OF STOCKS, THIS DAY AT TWELVE O'CL OCK. Consols THE SUN. SOLEIII QUIS DICER& FALSUM AUDE.AT ? LONDON, APRIL iB, 1804. Ws understand that in the night an Express arrived at the Admiralty, with an account of the Dutch Squadron having come out of the Texel. Consider able bustle prevailed at the Public Offices this morn ing in consequence, as it is apprehended they might probably be steering for the Coast of Nor folk. The Dutch Force in the Texel, as we stated some days ago upon the very best information, was only four Line of Battle Ships, and some smaller Vessels of War, with Sixty Transports.— The sailing of this Squadron is chiefly import ant, as indicative of the determination of the Chief Consul to execute at last his favourite scheme of Invasion. The Dutch Squadron, no doubt, took advantage of the strong north-east winds which have for some days prevailed, and which probably may have driven Admiral THORNBROUGH with his blockading Squadron a little to the sontbward ; but that ative Officer will no doubt soon pur sue the Enemy, and give a good 'account of him. With respeEt to the chance of the Forces on board the Enemy's Squadron being able to land, we consider it as very small indeed, as, independent of the opposition which at every point is ready to be made to them, the north. east wind, which is fair to bring them to the Coast, raises such a surf, that a regular landing becomes extremely difficult, if not wholly imprac ticable. Important intelligence may now be hourly expelled. THE Moniteurs to the i i th instant were yester day received in town. They bring the account_ which we have for some days expeaed, of the death— or we should rather say—of the murder of General PICHEGRU. That great and unfortunate , man is said to have put a period to his existence in the Tem ple on the night of the sth inst. The official ac count of this most foul transation, states, that appre hensions were entertained that he meant to destroy himself, and that every possible precaution was adopt- . ed to prevent him, but that at length he.effed.ed his purpose in the following Manner : he placed a silk handkerchief round his neck, and fastened the 'ends Of it to a piece of a faggot, then twisting the stick round in the manner of a tourniquet, the handker chief 'Was tightened round his neck until he 'was strangled. Such is the account given in the Me niteur, but to this account we do nut hesitate to say that we do not give the slightest credit. It is al. most impossible to conceive any motive that .could have influenced PICHEGRU to commit such an ad, but there were many reasons why BONAPARTE should wish to have PICH EGRU privately dispatched in prison; ather than give him even such a mockery of a trial as the Duke D'ENGH t EN had. But if we had no other grounds for doubting this account, the mode in which he is said to have killed himself would of itself excite our suspicion; indeed we almost consider it impossible that a man could put himself to death in such a manner, because in the agonies of death he would naturally let go the stick, and then the pressure upon the neck would cease ; but this. account sup poses that he retained his senses, and persevered in his purpose to the moment of his death. We some. time ago predited that PICHEGRU would be disposed of in this manner, and we think it not im probable that a similar fate awaits MOREAU ; for even a 'submissive Military Commission would feel some reludance in condemning to death the ablest General of France. PICHEGRU held a very sub ordinate rank in the Army before the Revolution ; but after the flight of DUMOURIER, he rose ra pidly to a high Command. He was the Com mander in Chief of the French Army when the DuK e of YORK and the Prince DE COBOURG were forced to evacuate the Netherlands, and when Hol land was converted into a Province of the French Republic. He retired from his command with the reputation of a most able General and an honest man. There seems to be very little doubt but that BotaA PARTE will take this opportunity of endeavouring to have the Sovereignty of France rendered Hereditary in his family, and that he will assume some other title, such as Emperor of, France, or of the Gauls— tich a change may gratify his vanity, but we can hardly suppOsc him so infatuated as to believe that it will consolidate his own Authority, much less that it will secure tte Succession in 'his family. I.l° People of France are divided into two Partial Royalists and Republicans, and however hostil e these two Parties may be to each other, tiley mu st naturally concur in opposing any projra of this kind , The French Funds ate 54. 20. Yesterday about one o'clock the Loma CHAP ' CELLOR had an audience of His MAJESTY. Yesterday the DUKE of CA.MURrbGE dined with HER. MAJESTY. Mr. MANSFIELD -is appointed the new Chief' Justice of the Court of Common Pleas. Yesterday a Board sat" at the Council Ogee' Whitehall, for the further investigation of til l Charges against Governor PJCTON. PRINCE WILLIAM of GLOUCESTER arrived on Wednesday last from Liverpool. at Manchester, where he was entertained with a splendid &Anal the Corporation, after which he went to the Pl+ His Royal Highness MO:NSIEUR, brother to th l KING of FRANCE, yesterday received visits of con, dolence from a great number of the English and all the French Nobility. The'Prince of CoNoa ° lla. the Duke de BOURBON are still at Wanstead-hou se ' but see no strangers. Major WILLIAM CAMPBELL, DePuty Qusr le ,f; Master-General, who was killed in the last 10, 1 ';' . with General LAKE, was the only son of IVI'V g "; General D. CAMPBELL. Major CAMPBELL W a- ,•, young Officer universally esteemed, and his loss '- greatly lamented. The remains of His Grace the Duke of Rci lt e : BURGH passed through Kelso on Monday se 'noig":' in their Way to Fleury, where they lay in state d ll ing the night, and were conveyed next morning t Bowden, and there deposited in rhe family vault' 4. The arrangement respeaing' the Stone Ships, i 1 :a said, is as follows : There are -four' vessels 6 1 7 d with stones, laid regularly _together, and clarni• with icon. On board . of each vessel are n Lieutenant, one IVlidshipman, and is men, ali a v r e , lunteers from the Navy. When the dbjea Expedition is accomplished, the Lieutenants are Jr be appointed Masters and Commanders ; the Ow shipmen, Lieutenants ; and the men to have ° " rj „ guineas aaday, from the time of their going' first 7, board ; they are to proceed to within 2 60 - PI: of the Harboues mouth, there. to set fire to t " L i upper works and rigging, Scuttle the vessels, at draw up the plugs, and to make their escape in boats. The real value of British produce and manufa c •' tures exported to all parts of the world, as asee r ' tained under the Aas of the 42d and 43J of ill Majesty, cap. 43, 70, and from other cors et - sources of information, amounted in the year ending the sth January 1803, to 48,500,6831. and in tl'! year ending sth January 1804, t o 40,100,870 L-? The number of Vessels which belonged to the settee ral Ports of the British Empire, on the 30th Septenv bet, in the years 18oz, and so 3, according to the . 'present Returns, was 21,445. The number of we ll and boys employed in navigating them was 155,4 -45 . i Many Dollars are in circulation with a forg e d stamp, by which the Public is likely to be.aiel 3- ale ed of nearly three-pence in each Dollar, as th e „ D s. will not pay or take in those with count er feit St n o f The Direaors are so well satisfied of the Oct° t ` re this mischief, that they do not now issue anY." , , Ea of the stamped Dollars, but have contraaed v "",h Mr. Bolton, of Soho, to strike a large quantity a beautiful impression of the King's head, which li t understand cannot be counterfeited without gr° ll difficulty; they will be issued in a. Short . time. A Meeting of the Merchants and Manufatture ffi &c. concerned in the Irish Linen trade, was held Dublin on the 'stli inst. at which it was resolved that a Petitkin should be presented to ParliamenC' praying a . discontinuance of the duty of from 4 per cent, ad valorem, lately laid upon the eXP" t34 tion of Irish Linens to Foreign Markets. On Friday last, the remains of the unforturote Lieutenant•DU'NßAß, of His Majesty Aost# (l .:, commanded by Lord Peony, who was drowned the impress service, were interred at WookalCbt acs tended by his Lordship, the ship's crew, an d a po-le• of the-Royal Marines. The body w a s met on s!' ° 6 - 1 by Colonel BEAUFORT, of the ist BatraU lily Royal Tower Hamlets Militia, and the'Officer o .' au ee Regiment, and the whole of his Band and,D. o! "! playing the Dead March in Sod. • • flA l Monday the Governors of THE ROYAL . co d MASONS' SCHOOL, for the support of the i-A"nl'. - Daughters of distressed Brethren, h e ld their Ott: versary•Dinner, at the Free Ma sons ' Taveill , • vi ' ere Earl of KINGSTON' in the Chair. Ther e . d . ..of . abo,ut five hundred persons assembled in surP ° „ - 4 „4 this excellent Institution. After Dinner the, ",," Procession of tlhe Girls supported in this Schap!' t 7 OO , place. Sixty Girls provided for by all decently attired, and forming a most interest,i,r, speaacle, went round the room. The CheVat o ., RU,PINI, the meritorious Founder of this be ne vi i, lent Asylum, accompanied the affeaing gr ° leading the 'two youngest by the hand. , The s° ) F, had a powerful effea on the feelings of the ConalO n fi l as was Manifested by a very liberal contriburioloa support of the Charity. INCL EDON, DIGNUNIF 70 4 the InstitUti,_ii, gratified the Company with some appropriate • loyal songs. h as eits The PRESIDENT Of the Royal Academy," his full complement of Pictures for the ensuing hibition : among these contributions from his 5,1, cif, is the memorable piaure of Nagar and biten,a;s which excited so much controversy last year. piCturethi a s n y d e i a n r d w ee a , s , ai d t m h i a t s ted un a de it r ! g io o u n t e tl s i o e I c e n a t s ; position,;;oo change, 'that nothing can be considered as the. s or e a but the canvass. The admission of this p! of may be deemed ,a good omen of the resT et r atl l . °ll bas. concord among the Academicians. IVl,re• wE twa he also sent a Picture from a subjea in' OvID, t has long l v ta i d z. in pH hi: Eh th u o s u g gh iv rs in , g b t u h t e n l e a y st er in b s et a rf :t 4r ; i° e fl a; to his ambitious Son, how to manage the I" of. Day.. rgb Among the persons in confinement at Stet! iSsbliViji is Mons. DE SEGUR who was seized on to Vienna.' BoN , " -- t e a r On the 2.33 of March, Madame th rou gh mother to the FIR S T Coats(' to passe d ceil, on her way to Rome.