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the House, Members of it, As to the other i Committee, of which'the Hon. Gentleman said he was a Member, the subje - ff laid before it was a de.- licate one to- mention • .but that why it : consisted of persons. of very, : different sentiments' on :polities could be easily accounted for; froth the state of par . -. ties at. that time, and other circumstances, which-he now felt it perfealy unnecessary to detail. On an other -day, -he_ would. _s,tate..his_. rea sons for thinking , m this measure necessary. In the ean time he card only say; that as it was the duty of the House to guard.the Constitution against encroachments, so it was itti. duty to endeavour to provide a remedy againstwy disease which may threaten its existence. Such aseniedy against such a disease, he' conceived that the passing of this Bill would prove. Mr. HENRY LASCELLES contended, that this measure had been generally approved of in the Country when formerly adopted ; and that the op.. position then' made to it, was a proof of the futility of the grounds on which it is now opposed. Mr.TIgRIVEY rose, whert . he -was called to or. der by Mr. PITT. Mr. TIERNEY said he rose to move an 'Upend. went. Mr. PITT called for the opinion of the Sr E AXE It s whether a Gentleman having spoken upon a Motion, and having been allowed, by the indulgence of the House, to speak in explanation, had any right to speak again under the pretence of moving an Amendment ? • The. SPEAKER said, that this was a subjeEt an which he wished to take the opinion of the House : at the same time he was inclined to think that it: would be better if Gentlemen, after having spoken, and after having been allowed to explain, were re. straino from moving an adjournment,.or an amend. Mr. BAKER spoke in corroboration of the opi nion expressed by the SP EAICE R. General WALPOLE moved that the word C now ' should be left out, and that the Bill should be read a second . thne on Monday next. Mr. TIERNEY said, that now as he had one person of the same opinion with.himself, and who had made the Motion which he meant to make, he had an opportunity of speaking without danger of interruption. He thought ,it ,his dutY to: use tkrerkeneans in his power to prevent the passing , of such a Dill, at least to prevent its passing in such haste. He contended that there was no instance of the HOW coming. to any vote on a• measure atfeEt. ing,the Liberty of the subjea on a general Report as Committee of Secrecy, containing no evidence. If he was wrong, the CHthICELLO it of the Excel R. QUER could set him right. He wished for some delay, „ that if the Report of, the, 'Committee fdtinded on evidence, the House may learn what that evidence is Vefbre adopting :_this measure. He nett advetted to;'Whar Mr. W I I.lllt YOR t had said respeaing 'the Inane& of choosing the Come mlttee, arid aegtit4;, that that Hon. Gentlemarehad .. seemed to 114 1 3 i; 'that the subject referred to was one which required-more of fancy and imagination than. judgment in 'those who were to make the Re pOrtupen It. He contended, in opposition to what he'had.stated, that on afair calculation from figures, at leasr five from his side of the House ought to have-been Members of that Committee, as on the last- great division they had voted as hundred against -three hundred. He expressed hii sur. pr i s e that an independent Member - for such a large County as Yorkshire should. avow_ his °pi_ that a d're.eury Letter was the' best .meaAs of creating an understanding among Members of the Molise of Commons. He accounted 'for the Hon. Gentleman's eagerness for passing•this measure, ftom his finding of late that his instruttions from his Con. iiituents dashing with his Votes, and from -their sending him Petitions to present to the Throne, which did not:. accord with his sentiments. As to e. Popularity of thii measure, he was convinced, that it was, very unpopular,. perhaps from. an erro -40000 idea. eif its extent ; and as to its operation, he could not see' hOw it couldiemeely the evil which it was,..pretended,. by the-Report of the Committee, to tie.itikobjea to•proveot.. • Mr. Wrt.sF,tF9l c ß.explained. • ne'SOLIC TIVR'OENER AL defended the man ner in which the Ceerunittee had been appointed, ;net justified theexclusion from it of all the Members of Opposition. • Mr. SHERIDAN replied to the argument. of the So tett tTOReGE NE RAI., and argued that it would have been better even for Ministers if they had ad. 'flitted some Geptlemen.frorn his side of the House into the Committee. - (Same guns were at this mo. ment fired from the other side of the River, and r.,SHERtA,Ay obsereed, that,-considering them as the, signal, citrejeicin) he was hap py to say that no man could rej9ice snot.; than he d onehe news which hadlieen.Oeeiired:' -- fle;,hepcd that this was plot.) He adverted to not the ,oPOing of a new the which the Committee had bee n tilesen, ant' e xpressed his surprise that it should b e ' de f ee d ee l and openly avowed by the Ctieweteeoa of t ie Exc r a, and by an independent Represen, la ii ee for a large and populous County. He thought the best way would be, to create a new Office of Oiitieal Ballot Master, with a handsome Salary, and bes tow it on the Hon. Gentleman, Mr. Wien lea 'nee. 14or 111 S own part he had been thought a pro. per Member of a Committee on Finance, but he was told', that he would have been a very improper per_ son to be a Member of this Committee. He was 4upposed to be more versed in Cocker than in Con. greve, to be better acquainted with Arithmetic than Poetry. He had not fancy enough for forming a proper report on Plots and-Conspiracies, to imagine the eharatters and frame the denouement of the piece. However from the language at first held by the CHANCELLot of the ExCH FQV ER respecting his • determination to -adhere to no Party, he had, he Orifeslted, been afraid that he should.: have been ap =. Vineeel, a , Member of this Committee. ,•.. • the'Sotic teoß Gv:vEt A explained. OIANCELLOR of the E.)e . o lIE . QuEk said; that, all. that had been said respecting the mode of the appointment of the Committee, was only a counterpart to what the Hon. Gentleman'had' said in i7ech e and which had then been fully explained by elm then Ministers. of tie Crown, particularly the there st ,. 4x E•,' 1' at W AR. Ije- contended' that the • . • • ttode, so far from being tinpreeectented, was uni versally praaised for convenience, in the legitimate sense of the word, by every public body. Whoever thought of complaining of the Direaors of the East India Company, for handing about Lists of Gentle -men to fill the places of those six who go out by rotation every year ? These Lists do not fetter, in the least degree, the freedom of choice in the Proprie. tors ; neithdr did the Lists given, cm the occasion. now alltWd to;fettertany Gentleman in his choice.. As to the unprecedentedness of the present measure alledged by Mr. TIERNEY, the CHANCELLOR Of tlfe Ex_ CHEQUER contended that whether or not any exact precedent might be found, there was nothing in it' contrary to the forms and rules usually observed by the House ; and that it had at least the sanCtion of the unanimous recommendation of , the most nu merous Committee that ever was appointed for that purpose. Mr. TIERNEY explained, and stated the dif ference in his mind between continuing and renew ing the Mt now proposed to be revived. Mr. ADDINGTON said, he believed there was scarcely any other Gentleman who would have - at tempted to make such a distinaion. Lora' COLE said, that he was one of the Com mittee, but disclaimed all idea of its being formed on party ground. Mr. - NICHOLLS said, that if the Bill passed upon the general Report of the Committee, and be fore the . produftion* of evidence, it would afford ground of suspicion that that evidence was incoln_ plete, and would be dissatisfallory to the Public : he should therefore support the Amendment. The question was then ?ut, that the Bill be now read a second time, which was carried without a division. The Bill was read a second time accord ingly, and committed. Mr. ADDINGTO', addressing himself to the Hon. Gentleman opposite to him (Mr. TIERNEY), said it would he a matwr of convenience, and re. quested it as a favour of him to postpone the Mo tion which he had given notice of his intention to bring forward to-morrow, unto some other day. Mr. TIERNEY expressed his readiness to com ply with the request of the Right Hon. Gentleman, and intimated that he should consider of bringing it forward some day next week. Mr. N. PANSITTART brought up suodry Pub lk Aceounts, which were laid'upon the Table. The Report of the Innkeepers -Allowince Bill was brought up, and ordered to be read a thifd time to-morrow. The Committees of SUpply and of Ways and Means were deferred , till Friday.—The other Or. ders of the Day were postponed. Adjourned at eight o'clock tilt to-morrow. THE SUN. • SPLEAII DICARS i ALSVAII AUDE^T LONDON, APRIL t 6, Igor. ,THE intelligence which we had yesterday the happiness to communicate to our Readers, of the arrival of Captain Orwrsx at the. Admiralty, with Dispatches from Admiral Sir Hype FAA KE R, was last night pUblished in the following LONDON GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY. Admiralty-OA?, Apra 15, lgar. Captain Otway, of His Majesty's Ship the Lon don, arrived in Town this morning with Dispatches from Admiral Sir Hyde Parker, Commander in Chief of a Squadron of His Majesty's Ships employ ed on a particular service, ' to Evan Nepean, Esq. dated on board the London, in Copenhagen Roads, the 6th inst. of which the following are Copies : SIR, You will be pleased to acquaint the Lords Com missioners of the Admiralty, that since my Letter of the 23d of March, no opportunity of wind offer. ed for going up the Sound until the 25th, when the wind shifted in a most violent squall from the S. W. to the N. W. and North, and blew with such violence, and with, so great a Sea as to render it impossible for any Ship to have weighed her anchor. The wind and sea were even so violent as to oblige many Ships to let go a second anchor to prevent them from driving, notwithstanding they were riding with two cables an end; and by, the morning. the wind veered again to the Southward of the West. On the 3oth of last month the wind having come to the Northward, we passed into the Sound with the Fleet, but not before I had assured myself of the hostile intentions of the Danes to oppose our passage, as the Papers marked No. 1,2, 3, and 4, will prove ; after this intercourse there could be no doubt remaining of their determination to resist. After anchoring about five or six miles from the Island of liuin, I reconnoitred with Vim-Admiral Lord Nelson, and Rear. Admiral Graves, the for. midable line of Ships, Radeaus, Pontoons, Galleys, .Fire.ships, and Gun-boats, flanked iiirqpported by extensive Batteries on the two Islartestilled the Crowns ; the largest of which was rtioutst*ti - with from fifty to seventy pieces of cannori3O,ffise were again commanded by two Ships of seventy guns, and a large Frigate in the Inner Road of Copenhagen, and two sixty-four-gun Ships '(Without masts) were moored on the Flat, on the seaboard side of the entrance into the Amnia., . y -; The day after the wind being Sotithetty; we again examined their position' s and carne to the reso lution of attacking them frOiti the Southward; Vice-Admiral Lord Nelson, having offered his services for conducing the Attack;had, some days before we entered the Sound,• shifted his Flag to the Elephant; add after having examined and buoyed the outer Channel of the middle ground, his Lordship proceeded with the twelve Ships of the Line named in 'the margin% :all the Frigates, Bomb, Fire-ships; and all the'imall Vessels, and that even ing anchored off Draco Point, to make his disposi don. for the Attack, 'and wait for the wind to the Southward. It was agreed between us, that the remaining Ships with me should, weigh at the same moment his Lordship , did,and menace the Crown Batterio, and the four Ships of the Line that lay at the *en trance of the Arsenal; as also to cover our disabled Ships as they came out of Anion. I have now the Honour to enclose a Copy of Vice-Admiral Lord Nelson's Report to me of the Anion on the ad inst. His Lordship has stated so fully the whole of his proceedings on that day, as only to leave me the opportunity to testify my en tire adquiescence and testimony of the bravery and intrepidity with which the Anion was supported throughout the Line. VV as it possible for me to add any - thing to the well-earned renown of Lord Nelson, it would be by asserting, that his exertions, great as they have heretofore been, never were carried to a 'higher pitch of zeal for his Country's Service. I have only to lament that the sort of attack, confined Within an intricate and narrow Passage, Excluded the Ships particularlf under My Command; from the opportuuity• 'of exhibiting their valour; but I can; with great truth, assert, that the same spirit and zeatAiilditcd the whole of the Fleet ; and I trust ` that. the contest in Which we are cm: gaged, will, On , some •future day, afford them an occasion of shewing that the whole were inspired with the same spirit, had the field been sufficiently extensive. to have brought it into anion. It is with the-deepest concern I mention the loss of Captains Mosse and Riou, two very brave and gallant Officers, and whose loss, as 1 am well in formed, will be sensibly felt by the families they have left behind them ; the former 'a Wife and Children, the latter, an aged Mother. From the known gallantry of Sir Thomas Thomp son, on former occasions, the Naval Service will have to regret the loss of the future exertions of that brave Officer, whose 'kg wac shot off. Vpr 111 other particulars I beg leave to refer their Lordships to Captain Otway, who was with Lord Nelson in the latter part of theMtion, and able to answer any questions that may be thought necessary to put to,him. A Return of the Killed and Wounded you will receive herewith. I have. the Honour to be, &c. H. PARKER. S. The Promotions and Appointments that" have taken place on this occasion will be sent by the next opportunity that offers; but I cannot , close this without acquainting their Lordships, that Captain Mosse being . killeci very early in theAdion, Lieutenant John Yeiland continued it wit! , the greatest spirit and good condu& ; I . must, there fore, in justice to his merit, beg leave to teem mend him to their Lordships' favour. . No. I. London, ;it the Categat, 27th March, 18ot. Front the hostile Transaflion of the Court of Denmark, sending away His Britannic Majesty's Charge d'Affaires, the Commander in Chief of His Majesty's Fleet is anxious to know' what the de termination of the Danish Court is, and whether the Commanding Officer of Cronenberg Castle has received orders to fire upon the, British Fleet as they pass into the Sound, as he must deem the firing of the first gun a Declaration of War on the part of Denmark. (Signed) HYDE PARKER. TRANSLATION, /‘ 11. ' ANSWER. Crottberg, March 28th. In answer to the Admiral's honoured Letter, I have to inform him, that no orders are given to fire on the English Fleet ;..an Express is gone to Copenhagen, .and sbduld any ,orders be sent, I shall immediately send an Officer on board to inform the Admiral. (Signsig STRICKER, Governor "TRALSISaiN, No. HI. Ciro-4A*le, 2flth March, 1 80 t . In answer to yotit v s.4 l / 4 41ency's Letter, which I did not receive till the following day, at half past eight, I have the honuur to inform you, that His Majesty the King of Denmark, did not send away H * Elephant, Defiance,' Monarch, )3el,lona, Ectar, Russell, Law* Glation, 13$, A g o kaienulon,' Ardent, ' the Chicle a'Afrles, Lt.lc that tiPon his own dd. niand.he obtained a Passport: As a Soldiei t cannot, meddle with Politicks; bet I am not at liberty to Sutter a Fleet, whose inten tion is not knos . trn, tci i.pptoach the guns of th Castle which I have The honour to command: - In ease your E)tcellency should think proper to make any PropOsal.s 16 His Majesty the King of Denmark; I wisli to be informed thereof, before the Fleerapproathes- nearer to the Castle. An ex.. elicit Anssirtir is &sited: _ S3R~ Signed) S TRICKER; ANSWEI. 0n board the London; 28th March; 180 1 . One A. M. In Answer to your keellency's Note jttst now received, the Undersigned has only to reply ; that, finding the intentions of. ,the: Court of Denmark to be hostile against His Britannic Majesty; he re. gards the Answer as -a PeclatatiOn of War, and, therefore, agreeable to . his InstruCtionS, can no longer refrain from Hostilities; however relulant it may be to' his feelings ; but at the same tithe will be ready. to attend to any proposals of the Court of henmarkfor restoring the former Amity and Friend,. ship which had for so many years subsisted between the two Courts: (Signed) IL PARKER. His Extellency thr Covehn:i. of C ronberpCastle. Eirgant, Colsefthagetti 3t/ /15;-;/, i Irt obedience to your diteai•ons to report the prci: ceedings of the StitiadrOn named in the margin*, which ybu did ffre the honour to place under my command : I beg leave to inform yoti that having; by the assistance of that able Officer, Capt..Riou, and theunremitting exertions of Capt . . Brisbane, and the Masters of the' Amazon and Cramer, particular, buoyed the Channel of the dutet and the position ,Of the Middle Ground, the Squa. dron passed - irt-safety , and anchored off' Tiraeo the evening Of the first ; and that yesterdaP morning inade• the signal 'for the Squadrod to weigh, and to engage .the Danish Line,' consisting Of Six "Sail of the Line, Eleven Floating. Batteries; Mounting from Twenty4six Twenty4 - oux Pounders) to Eighteen Eighteen lioundeis, ,and one •.••. . Bomb-Ship, besides Schooner Gun-Vessels: _ TheSe were Supported by the Crown Islands; mounting tighty.eight Cannon, and Four Sail of the Line moored in the Harbour's Mouth; and some' Batrer;eA:nn the Islanti of Amak. 1 he Bomb-Ship and Schooner GunNessels made their escape, the other Seventeen Sail are sunk, burnt, or. taken, being the whole 'of the Danish Line to . the Southward of the Crown Islands ) after a Battle of four hours. 'SIRS From the very intricate navigation, the teliona and Russel unfortunately grounded, but although not in-the-situation assigned them, yet so placed as to he 4zteAt set-Vice. The Aganiemnon could not weather the Shoal of the. Middle, and was obliged *to anchor; but not the smallest Waite can be at tached _to-Captain Fancourt ; it was an evenl_Jo which all ( thi , Ships were liable: These accidents prevented the extension of our Line by the. three Ships before mentioned, who would, I am confid,ent, have -silenced the Crown Islands, the two oiiicr Ships in the Harbour's.Mouth, and ,prevented the heavy loss in the Defiance and Monarch, and which unhappily► threw the - gallant and good Capt. Rion, (to whom I had given the Command of the Frigates and Sloops named in the margin t, to, assist in the Attack of the Ships at the Harbour's Mouth), under a very heavy fire ; the Consequence has been the death of Captain Riou, and many brave Officers and Men in the Frigates and Sloops. The Bombs were dirctied and took their stations abreast of the Elephant) and threw some Shells into the Arserial. Captain Rost, who volunteered his services to dired the 'Gun-brigs, did every thing that was possible to get them forward, but the current was too strong for them to be of service during the Aaion ; but not the less merit is due to Captain Rose, and, I believe, all the Officers and Crews of the Gun-brigs for their exertiqns. The Boats of those Ships of the Fleet, who were not ordered on the Attack, afforded us every ati► sistanee; and the Officers and Men who were in them, merit my warmest approbation 4 The Desiree took her ,station in raking the Southermost Danish Ship of the Line ) and performed the greatest service. The A.tion began at five minutes past ten. The. Van, led by Car: George Murray of the Edgar, who set a noble example of intrepidity, which was * Elephant, Ticfiance, Monarch,. Beliana; Edgar, Russet, Ganges, Glutton, Isis, Agamemnon, Polyphemus; Ardent, Amazon, Desiree, Blanztie, Alcmene _i Stoops I)art, A(— row, CI and Harpy; Fire-ships Zeph)r and Otter ; Bombs Discovery, Sulphur,. ilecla, Explosion, -Zebra, Terror, and Volcano. f Blanche, iticincilei Dart, Arrow, Vpityri bpd Otter.