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12vIPER1AL PARLLIII4EIVT. HOUSE OF PEERS. VIEDNE&DAY, MAY 16. taR Royal Assent by Commission (the LORD CHANCSLLOX) Lords HAWKESBURY and WA LSING. AM sitting . as Commissioners), was given to the Fourteen Millions and a Half English Loan, One Million and a Quarter Irish Loan, Militia Officers Qualification, Militia Subaltern Officers Allowar cc, Additional Wine Duty, and' Statute Duty public sills, and to a number f private Bills. In the Appeal from the Court of Session, Grieve v. Cunninghame and G: ay. Counsel were heard for the Appellant. Ordered to be taken into further consideration on Friday. The Report of the Committee on the State of the Irish Currency, and the Report of the Minutes of the Evidence before the Aylesbury Committee, were brought up by Mr. ALEXANDtR, from the Com.. mons. On the Motion of Lord TNALst scHANI, the latter Report was ordered to be printed. Tl.e Additional Importation Duty Bill was read a third time, passed, and a Message ordered to be sent to the Crimmins to announce the same. The Aylesbury Disqualification Bill Was read the first time, and ordered to be read a second tittle on this day fortnight. Lord WALSINGFIAM presented a Petition against it, from certain Eleetorl of the Borough of Ayles bury, who prayed leave to be heard by their Coun sel against the same. Ltave was given, that Counsel should be heard on the second reading of the Bill, and the Petition allowed to lie on the Table, and the Bill Ordered to be printed for the use of their Lordships. Adjourned to half past three to-morrow. HOUSE OF COMMONS. WEDNESDAY, MAY 16. A Message was brought from the L"rds, re quirirz the attendance of this House at their Lord ships' Ear, to hear His MA J ESTY'S Assent given by Commission to certain Bills. The SP E AKER, accompanied by several Members, attended forthwith, and being returned, reported to the House, that the Royal Assent had been de clared, by Commission,. to the two Loan Bills-, the Excise Duty Bill, the Militia Officers' Bill, the - Militia AujutantS' Allowance Bill, and the Statute Duty Bill, sent up by this House. Mr. FOSTER brought up the Report of the Corn. mittee on the Irish Currency, which was ordered to lie on the Table. Mr. MITFORD, from the Commissioners of CLlS toms for Scotland, presented certain Accounts at the Ear, whictl were brought up, and ordered to lie on the Table, Mr. FOSTER. moved, that the Accounts lately presented by Mr. JOHNSTON E, respthing the Re venue of Ireland, be printed, which was ordered accordingly.' Mr. MITFoRD, from the Excise Office for Scot land, presented an Ace , unt of Arrears of Excise due to that Office, which was ordered to be printed. Mr. R. DUN DAS brought up the Report of the Bill, for the more effeCtually preventing the illegal Sale of Excisable Liquors in Scotland, which was /cad a fist time, and ordered to be read a second time to-morrow. On the Motion of Mr. FOSTER, the Committee of the House on the Irish Accounts Regulation Bill, was deferred till Wednesday next. Mr. YORKE reported from the, Committee un Mr. SHERIDAN'S Petition, respeeting the Liskeard EleEtion, their resolutions, that Ilusicissox was duly ele'trd, and that Mr. SHERIDAN'S Peti tion was not trivblous or vexatious. Mr. RosE reported from the Committee on Mr. FluAcissoN's Petition, touching the said EleCtion, that Mr. HUSK IS , UN was duly eleCted, and oueht only to have been re:urned ; and that Mr. DAmoN, the Under Sheriff, in annexing to the Return die name of Mr. THOMAS SHER D AN, had acted contrary to his duty, an:: in violation of the privileges of the House. SHERIDAN said, he was extremely glad to find that vie charge of Corruption, about which so much had uteri said on this suojeCt, made no part of the Report iroin the Committee. In the Resolution just orted, he sincerely believed the Cantnittee had decided according to the evidence before them ; but he was also sure, that if Mr. Damon should be brought to the Bar of that House, he would be fully able satisfaCtorily to exculpate himself, and to prove, that he had acted from no corrupt intention. Mr. Rose rept:. d, that Mr. Damon had the ad vantage ut very able Counsel before the Committee, and had been ably defended. He did not mean to i l evth,- to him any corrupt motive, nor did such a charg , ,! constitute any part of the Report. But it appeared that he had acted wilfully ; and althoegh the.same degree of moral turpitude did nor attach as if he had acted corruptly, - yet the result to the Pub lic was equally mischievous. In the Motion he was about to make, it was not his intention to precipitate any measure relation to Mr. Damon, bu.; give fui, time for preparation ; and he should thetetore move, that the Report be taken into con. ideration this day fortnight. Ordered. The Deputy Clerk of the Crown was then order. ed to attend, and to amend the Return, by erasing Mr.'SH t IDAN's name. A Petition from the Linen IVlanufaelurers of the • County it Kent, in position to the Petitions of the Irish Linen Manutaiturers, respecling the Export Duty on Linens, was presented, and Rimed to the C ,mmitzee upon the other Petitions on that sub. jet. Tue ATTORNEY GEVERAL. presente4 a Bill to . regulate the Licence on the.sale of Exciseaf)le Li quors in Scotland. Read hr first titrie,antiordered. for the second reading tomorrow. Read a second time the 818 for more efFeelually app id wo li ng Criminal Wenders in the United Kingdom, Who are fugitives from one part to the _other. Cornatitted for /4 - riday. Sii jowly 1)I5 WiORT 'gave notice that he should, on to.r;iOribw•se'r,niE,lit, submit to the House a Mo i.on. op the subj..tk‘a the Property Tax, so far as Mr. WILBUIFORCB /Vetted, t iff to.triott64, ein n igh , his Motion tespehing the total Aboii. Lion of the Slave Trade. _ Ordered, that a Writ be issued for the Erraion of a Member fur the County vf Sutherland, its the room of the Right Hort, Wu. DUNDAS, who has ac. cepted the office of Secretary at- War..-Adjourned. FOR THE SUN. I‘llt. EDITOR, Winos the People at large are highly gratified wiih the restoration to office of that great Statesman whose wisdom and integrity preserved the EmPig s in the hour of the most imminent danger, they must feel equal astonishment and indignation at - finding that he is deserted, at this important crisis, by A Party who have been united to him in principle and in friendship for a lirtg period. It is, indeed, hardly possible to divine the cause of this desertion, with all the knowledge of mankind which experience must suggest, unless by resolving it into such a selfish sao'tem of cunning as blinds the persons who are guided by it, and makeS them the dupes of own art. The motives assigned for this violation of political consistency, and this open breach of the sacred ties of frieedship, are as ridiculous as they are extraordinary. It is urged by the. advocates of the Party alluded to, that they had entered into a solemn engagement with Mr. Fox, not to return to office unless that Gentleman should be restored to a seat in the Cabinet. This sudden partiality in fa. your of Mr. Fox, comes with a very ill grace from men who, since the ill.fated period of the French Revolution, have been uniformly in opposition to the principles upon which that Revolution was founded, and, consequently, to Mr. Fox, who has been an enthusiastic admirer of those principles, and has exposed himself to the censure of all the wiser part of mankind, by the unqualified praise he has bestowed on them; It may be said, that the =citable course of events, brought about by the successful operation of those principles in France; may have had a great effeet upon the mind of Mr. Fox. It may be said that, as he is a WHIG, and desirous Of promoting the cause of Freedom all over the world, he must now revolt against doCtrines which, instead of increasing popular Freedom, has a tendency to produce nothing but a Military Des. purism, ,and tie elevation of some daring Chief to unlimited controul. But it does not appear that Mr. Fox has ever made any public recantation of his declarations in favour of French principles. He has even visited France, and condescended to re. ceive marks of favour from an Adventurer, who, under pretence of giving Liberty to thirty millions of People, has contrived to hold them in the most severe and abject bondage. Mr. Fox has never uttered one sentiment that shelved a change of opi nions respetfoing principles which have been the cause of so much devastation and misery, and which have ended in die establishment of A Government totally opposite to that which Mr. Fox has solongs professed to consider as the desideratum on which the political wisdom and happiness ut mankind es sentially depend. But, Mr. Editor, so far from having shewn the least sign of repentance for any of those political errors in which Mr. Fox has fallen, since the horrid volcano of the Freoch.Revo- Itition poured so many calamities upon Europe,' he has recently, if we may believe the Public Paints, given a manifest proof that his sentiments are just the same.—lt is stated in the Newspapers, that Mr. Fox, at the last meeting of the \Vitro CLUB, gave, as his Toast, ‘g Sir FRANCIS BURDETT, arid SUCCESS to his SCRUTINY." Nod', Sir, I call upon Lord GRENVILLE to declare, whether he thinks Sir FRANCIS BURDETT's political principles and charaCter such as he car aeprove, or whether he can wish success to a Scrutiny which might give such a man it Scat atnoeg tie august Body of the Represenratives of the People in Parliament ? If he d,es .11-0 t approve of Sir FRANCIS BURDETT, it is impossible for him to ,approve of Mr. lox, because toe tatter, in a Political Club, the proceedings of which are the following day reported in the Public Prints, holds himself torch to all mankind as the advocate for the principles which actuate the coin duet of Sir FRANCIS Buttoseet. May we net obeli expect that Lord GRENVILLE, if he perseveres ice his present connexion with Mr. Fox, will become a Member of the Whig Club, and that, if the Sm. tiny should nut terminate be!ore, will, at some future meeting, join openly with Mr. Fox in drink. ing a bumper to Sir FRANC“ BURDETT and his SCRUTINY ? But, Mr. Editor, this is not all— Lord GRENVILLE, who has been so firm an advo cate fur Monarchical Principles, and who haseac quitted himself so ably and so honourably in sup. port of those principles, has separated from the Statesman who is best calculated to give durability to those principles in the British Empire, because that Statesman has thought it his duty to accept of a situation entrusted to him in virtue of a PRERO. GATIVE which none can presume to call in question, who are in the least acquainted with the true prin. ciples of the British. Constitution. Would Lord GRENVILLE have had Mr. I'm, in the most awful crisis of national affairs, refuse to receive this mark of confidence from his SOVEREIGN) Such a refusal would have manifested a want of Patriotism, and might almost be considered as a breach of Allegi. ante. The GR ENV! LLEs have never been a popu lar Party,, and their condor}in the present instance is by no means calculated to raise them into favour with the People. Mr. Fox has, no doubt, many friends, but they are not of such a kind as to be likely to become friends of Lord GRENVILLE. A junction between Mr. PITT and Mr. Fox, had it been pratticable, would have been much less sur prising than a union between the latter and the r3ltlesvio o ES, and would probably have been view ed by the People as an event likely to put an end to Party feuds, at a time when the sense of common danger should unite us all. But a union between Mr. Fox and the GRENVILLIS m us t have appeared to be a jumble of jarring elements, that never could settle into harmony and peace; or rather, it would appear like a shameless sacrifice of consistency, for the sake of privaie interest, and all the odium of the former Coalition would revive, and bring inde lible disgrace uptati those who could be concerned in Such a departure from patriotic duty and cOmir.On decency. ANTI.GALLICAN. MAILS, D it. frrarllbLlTgll 2 .. Vottenblllg n PRICE OF STOCKS, ?Ku DAY AT TWIII.Vg O'CLOCK• Consols - 55 I 00inium . 6 THE SUN. SOL/M QUI* DiClitt PALSVM AunA4r LONDON, MAY 17, 1804. Tilit arrangements for the new Administration are nearly completed ; and we will venture to affirm, that Government will be in such hands as may bid defiance to Party at home, as well as to the threats of our inveterate Enemy. If we do not see men vested with power, who want to rush into place in contempt of all decency, and ail resped for His MAIESTT'S RIGHTS and FEELINGS, WC see men in office, of known rank and property, and of tried abili. ty and experience. Lord HARROWBY, whom .the Party Prints affeft to hold forth as a new man,. of whom the People never before heard, has long been respetted by the Public, and has often shewn his good sense and knowledge when he was Mr. DUD LEY RYDER. This Nobleman has succeeded to hereditary honour and property in the prime of life, but he does not think that in these times " The POST OF HONOUR iS a private station." We particularly notice this Nobleman, because he seems to be the chief mark of the affected wonder and petulance of Opposition, and we are fully per. suaded that he will prove the folly and malice of such affeeted wonder, by a steady and able discharge of that part of the national duty which is entrusted to his care. A new Writ was last night moved for in the House of Commons, fur the EleEtion of a Member to serve in Parliament for the County of Suther land, in the room of the Right Hon. WILLIAM DUNPAS, who has been appointed, as we have already stated, Secretary at War. TFt a Gottenburg Mail, which arrived this morn. ing, confirms the account which we SQIIIe time ago laid before our Readers, of the deep impression which the Murder of the Duke d'ENcx EN has made upon the Court of Sr. Petenburgh. As soon as the intelligence of that atrocious event reached that Capital, the EMrEROR issued or. dens for a Court Mourning, and such was the indignation of the People upon the occasion, that the French Residents have been constantly in. stilted whenever they appeared in public. Very considerable h , dies of Russian Troops have receiv. ed orders to hold themselves in readiness to march. Yesterday morning, about ten o'clock, Mr. PITT had an audience of His MA J ESTY for a considerable tqme. Yesterday, about twelve o'clock, its MAJESTY, accompanied by the DUKE of CAMBRIDGE, took an airing in his post.chariot to Krw. The QUEEN, PRINC ES S E S, and DuisEs of CUNIBERLAND and KENT, followed. The Royal Party returned about three o'clock. Kiri CAMDEN and Mr. W. DUNDAS yesterday transacted buiness in their respeatve Offices. The Etedion for Cambridge did not take ptaoe tilt this day. IVIr. PITT, of course, cannot take his seat before to.morrow. Yesterday Lord MELVILLE, Admiral GAMBIER, arid Mr, DIcKENsoN, jun. rook their seats at the Board of Admiralty. Admiral PATTON is expected on Friday, and Sir JOHN COLPOYS on Monday. Yesterday the Earl of DARTMOUTH, as Lord Chamberlain to His MAJESTY, administered the proper oaths to the Rev. Dr. SIMMMONOs♦ Lord CHARLES SOMERSET IS said to have been appointed Governor of Jamaica ; but it said that he is to ad by Deputy. It is said that a Peerage will be conferred on Gen. LAKE ; and that Marquis WELLESLEY will have the vacant Blue Ribbon. Mr. T. WILSON, of the Navy Pay-Office, is ap. pointed Private Secretary to Lord MELVILL R. It is with much satisfaflion we learn, that the re. tirement of Mr. ADDINGTON has by no means widened the breach between him and Mr. PITT, but, on the contrary, has tended •o, revive senti ments of amity between those long connected friends. The Letter written by a GREAT PERSONAGE to Mr. ADDINGTON, was strongly expressive of ap probation as to the condua of the latter while in office, and in the subsequent interview to which Mr. ADDINTON had the honour of being admitted, it is said that the GREAT PERSONAGE repeated many kind sentiments .which Mr. PITT had uttered respetiing the charader, principles, and motives of the late Minister. The new Opposition Prints have begun rather too soon to represent the Dinners given by His Royal Highness the PRINCE of WAL2s, as the FEsTIVALS OF PARTY. The consequence will pro. bably be, that His Royal Highness will suspend the exercise of his ho:pitahle spirit, rather than expose himself to the suspicion of indulging a spirit of Party. But the idea of Party Dinners in that quarter at the present moment, is deep: ly insidious, and a gross' attack upon the Illus trious Person to whom it relaters. It can only arise . in J aco bi n artifice, which wishes to degrade the Nigh charafier it pretends to support and honour.' 1-1 "Is MAJEsTY, thank God, has recovered the fUll p ossess i on 6 t all ' hi s powers, and has de. tnonstrated jhe recovery , i n a wise election of gfCRI talents and exemplary virtue, for the Admi, is nistration of affairs at a very awfu l I momen t ' Hts MAJESTY has stilt further demons his recovery, by a firm maintenance o f his ROYA L PitEROCA.TIVE, which an overbearing Parr,' 1)8v attempted to rear*. Let us then hear no more In,' decent reports of Party Dinners, that would be par"; n cularly ialproper at the present moment. We Iw na the PRINCE of WALES for endeavouring to keep v.; the dignity of the HEIR APP Alt ENT of this mlghti Em pite , which would soon fall into Republi eaP Anarchy,and end in Military Despotism, like the d i. g. graded land of France, if the Constitutional Ri g h t' of the Monarch were to be sacrificed on the Alta r ° I Party. We understand that Louts XVIII. intend, 44 Protest, in the most solemn manner, in his own and in the flame of all the Princes of the House BOURBON, against the elevation of BoNiseadur e , t the Throne of France. This Protest, it i s sal " contains a strong appeal to the Legitimate Sove reigns of Europe, calling upon them, as they' va l % thi their own rights and independence, to resist most unprincipled usurpation. • The St. James's Volunteers are to parade at o'clock to-morrow morning, with canteen, haver; sacks, and provisions, to march to Blackheath, art keep the ground for the City Volunteers, bviw ac to receive their Colours from the hands of the 10ti MAYOR. Letters from the Military Head -quarters of h eat and Sussex mention, that almost every , Regitner' t 1 1 , e • those Distrias is on the eve of taking the field' t` ° A round for very large Encampments having l'"""f R al o re y a a d l Y Su m rr a ey rke M d il o it u ia r. , tomTmheandF irsty ; Colonel fi r s t ° s e GRANTL ET, marched in two division:;. (the - c under the comrurnsi of Lieutenant_Colonel HOUSE, and the second under the command , of tenant-Colonel THoMPsoN) from Margate, en '.4\ 41.-1 day and Tuesday last ; and on Tuesday and yes„t et. day encamped on the Western Heights above p i e ver. The Surrey is upwards of 800 strong. all ! i n , healthy young men, in a very high stale ° I 'I; cipline. They are replaced at Margate hy West Middlesex Militia, who marched 114)111 05 F r i ° ' Barracks on Monday for that purpose.. 7 nCs commanded by General TAR L I T O at, On Mo nday last, the 21st Light D r 4 ae Southampton, from Ireland, where t hey a i r l f a lvveebe t_ ell g serving four years. It is • they ate soon to be embarked for India. Tuesday the Surrey Yeomen, who have b ee r quartered at Croydon since Saturday evening la t s 4 were brigaded with the Croydon Volunteer Cava4 and Infantry Corps. The Brigade was formed ° D Sanderstead Downs, where the Corps were inspe ci .; generally understood t he ed by General Fox, and had a sham fight under h i lt diration. The General paid many high an d w oe deserved compliments to them for their sop a° state of discipline. Music.—The second night of Coital's S till : scription Concert took place last night at the phitheatre in the Haymarket. Mr. Motrr i , r w ls •tfs late of Covent Gil - den Theatre, led the Bar' i n s precision and force. This Concert is chita Ego tended to be of the Vocal kind. Mrs. - D I: Mo 6, 1 , Mrs. NUrINS, (late Mrs. ADDIsoN), Mr. 9 GUE, Mr. BOaltOWs, Mr. W o last to M r g • i th n e tst p , u n b a li m c :s a t r h e at e , nB p a e g rl e i d aps in w i i t l . l be better kno'vn is of also employed. The novelty Miss LARRMAIT, a very young Lady, who 61 00 , her first appearance on this occasion. Sh e fb " Angels," from HANDEL, and " Whilst ° le of Village ivL'ids I stray," from Slit ELI), in a 51' 0 0 sweet simplicity, that promises to render he t p a ornament of the musical world. Mr. WooP st o acquitted himself ably in a concerto on the Pot forte. The Concert, on the whole, excited S. applause, and had a numerous auditory. beell Mrs. SscoND, we are sorry to hear, 1 °,401 seriously;indisposed ever since the conclusio n " w ell Oratorios. As no one excels her in pathos, I d her as chaste and finished singing, it has occas o , ir obs' friends much "egret, to find the unbiassedafT boa tion she always receives from the Public, 11° so long suspended. ,1e tiC4l MASQUERADR.--There was a 1:11411 Or tt t be this entertainment, which has lots been o p g thean' cline in this Country, on Tuesday night at not theon. Though the proportion : of rionsim' s ;as n°' so ;((Fge as it has been for some time, there - f thing whimsical or diverting i n point a tu rilli rafter. A man in female attire very ne e d out excited disgnst, and ought to have been turne and of the place, for such a violation of dec en bad decorum. Such odious transformations decea se but a %ir, enough in Mother Cole, or Mrs. Fentivit ten vle are absolutely intolerable when they, a fft C a rt' , graces of the juvenile kind. The o'P: re ason' of whom there was a large proportion , ably enraged against such an offensive f* v i a ,s . t nig ht ' The Haymarket Theatre opened ag"'„, r n Love with the Comedy of Ways and Lmt , - Laughs at Locksmiths, and Rosi tra• s b r uti ,la p ht proceeded upon his plan of last year, a nd ' together some respedable ProvincialPerfroclos'ilsbc • The Great Devil, a marauder imo distinguished as BON Ar ART himself, haS , fl ,, been EN R ELECT. eentiarkEeßno,and We do o isde,tvered tothneCt e v s i cl H s t e Er s C i t i l: or latter can do better than make the Great De Confidential Agent, for Great souls by instina to each other turn, " Aicit alliance, and as irlclithco) burn. so% of T th h e e G n at ic ti k- L n s a ,7s e heing ° ' indeed, which the Revolutionists " drew' e e n ro t r o h a e l. so , dAtisaontalE:N::: of," and may perhaps give him a longer riat,,, c i c , $ Yesterday morning, soon after five c a ' n u a gr, young woman, of respettable appearance, _ he rsel f into patentlyto the about Baso n twenty in t ile years Green of P Park. Site t s h: v vi : df l i r or lP: served by a Carman passing Oruro he and, round ac fo ve a kweheop theexerted ga gate himselfof t f ie Park to awak e near t t h h e c po t a che" c ra o n uld wi n t O h t a m i : l ik i e ms t s h i e b m ie he sp ar ee : d corner, but their endeavours to save abo ve a c l u- she fruitless, for she was under water .te . e _ ss• Saint s j i of an hour, and when taken out was tat tb e nd was discovered to have been a servan Wos f o u James's Coffee-house lately. A direaw n tot s in her bosom, to No. 5, Lambet s _ ' booe.boJ to taken in a shell to Si. Martin s owned, Ist)leevrelriale" I.l7l:Priarel4l