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,rearea that the 2- I 7ths payable by Ireland would not pay the expt.nces of Ireland, an that there..• fore this Bill was grant a Pension,. to be paid by this Cour'fry. lie reprobated the Bill. Mr. WILBERFORgE said, 014 se; far as he had heard, it appeared to him, That the appoint:. went of an efficient Naster of, the Roll's in Ire-. land is expedient, if not necessary, and were this . Bill •unconneaed with any other transaetion, it should have his suppoet. As to the sum of ney which, it would require; he , could never, agree that that ought to have ank,weight; if' the propriety of.the measure there established; :for in , . his opinion it is not only the,.worst economy, but some thing..worse than economy,, to . . hesitate _about: the adoption of a wise measure,, beeause it be.produftive of, a trifling . expenee. As, how ever, a considerable 'degree of jealousy ;seems to exist as to. some parts of the transadiorf of which this Bill is the, result, he, thought :it Would- be bet ter at leaSt to. delay. ,its adoption till it should be proved to be necessary.. • -• • • He vindicated the Noble-. Lord who introduced the Bill, frorn the insinuation, that'hehad.intro-, duced a new and imprecedented,measure of cor ruption. .Though he could by no . means approve of the principle of . cornpcnsatiQns ; thotig s h he was far from ~ yishing to see . them- adopted or acted upon in this Country ; and though lie did not : . think the•No4le Lard, borne out,' in the analogy which he.haditated between this measure and the compensation, mYde . by Mr. BURKE'S Bill to those wlioheld Offices in the Customs ; yet, as this principle of Compensation "hall been neted upon in Ireland, he could not sechow this measure could bc.called unprecedented in, corruption. As, how ever, there was reason to suspett that the objet of the measure was more to grain a Salary to those who are to be superseded in .office, than to 'the person to be appointed to an efficient office, he could not 4t present support it. The SECRETARY at WAR supported the Bill; on the ground that - so far as appears on the lace of it, it . is proper and expedient, 4nd that the other part of, the transanEtion is an aft of the Irish Parliament, with which the HOuse has no thing to do. Mr. MARTIN wished this measure delayed during the interregnum of Administtation, as he hoped that the New Ministry would have too much virtue to support it. Sir JOHN PARNELL called the Bill, part of a system which he had always opposed in the Irish Parliament, which by being adopted, had deprived h of all confidence from the. People, and which he would now oppose, lest it should have the same r indepriving the United Parliament Of the confidence which be wished it to possess. Sir WILLIAM ELPORP supported the Bill. _ . • The H6ust di . vided• oh • ihe - Motion,. ," That the Bill be read . 11 thin , . time this day six months." Ayes 7 43- 7 —Noes - 6 — 7 —Majority is. The liouse them again. divided on . the Motiol, " That the Bill he n 0%%; read a third time." Ayes - 63—Noes - 4 r.—..--•MajOrity 2r. When we we're re-admitted into the Gallery, we found . Mr. RYDER on, his legs. He wag arguing that Lorl HAwm;saußy, by llaving accepted the Offic of, third Secretary of State,: did not come within the meaning of Me. Buaxt's Bill, and conseptently was not incapacitated frOin sit ting in that House. it could'not have.been the intention of the Legislature, that the mere cir cumstance of being appointed*Seoretary Of State, the third in point of time, would incapacitate the person from. sitting in that House, betause is fwould then always be in the power of the Crown to evade it, When, the subje4 was before under consideration, in the case of a Right Hon. Gen tleman-(Mr. DyNDAs}, the House then were of opinion that , the, Office' held by a Noble Duke (PORTLAND) was the one that fell within the. meaning of the Aft, and ,consequently that the Right Hon. G4ntleman was not ,incapacitated. As he did not think there could now exist any doubt upon this question, he would not take up any more of the,time of the,tiouse, but would •/ move, after,desiring thet question to be read, " That Lord HAWKESDURY is capable of sitting in this Hduse, notwithstanding his accept ance of the Office of Secretary of State." Mr. BOUPERIE opposed the Motion. Mr.TIERNTY said, that upon the occasion alluded to, he considered Mr. Secretaiy DUNDAS as not being caable bf sittingin that House, ans upon that occasion he had' contended, that which the Right lion. Gentleinan on the other side now argued, that it was not the.mere circumstance, of bein& appointed Secretary of State; third in point of time, that incapacitated the person so ap pbiutecl ; in print of consistency, .therefore, he could not oppose the Motion - of the Right Hon. Gentleman.. • He had, however, some apprehen sions abool the fate of Mr. Secretary DUNDAS, , because if the argument of the Right Hon. Gen.: tleman opposite to , him was corret, then, that Right Hon. Secretary was incapacitated from sit_ tiug in that House, and was liable to a penalty for every tin* he'had voted in that House since be was appointed Secretary of State: He thought this was a subjeh that ,eserved very serious cOn. sideration, because was not proper that there should appear, from time to tune,. different de cibions on the Journals upon this s,ubjeal. The <4TT9RIVEY GENERAL' said; tflat if he had been in the. HoLise upon the occasion al_ tided to, he Rhonld'have concurred in that deci sion, though not upon the grounds, updn which he understood ,it was founded. . When Mr. BURKE brought .iii -his. Bill, he had. a particular Office in -yievi, viz. the Amerittan ,S i ccretary of State, and it was his objet to prevent the persqu holding that bike from sitti qg in that House. Perhaps the intention of the M was not very clearly ex . pressed,; 1. , 11 tmler no constriletign of it ) could • t h e N 01.1 14 Lprd come within it&meaning, be. - cause the ,words wcre, " Third Secretary' of State, 'or Scaetary for.. Colonies," which cer talnly was not ihe Officew,illch the Noble Lord. filled, and therefore he should support the ivio. tlOll. 'ds Mr: TIERNEY said a few words , in explana. don, after which Mr. RYDER'S Motion was agreed to. . PRIVATE PETITIONS. • la- • • Sir WILLIAM' ELFORD rose to move, that ithe time for receiving Private Petitions might be extended to td-morrow se'nnight. He was led to make this Motion in consequence of his having a Petition' to, present which required ,recom rUendatiern from the Crown, and His Majesty'S . Ministers were nor then in the House. The SPEAKE . R said, it would perhaps be bet.. . 'ter to rx)alce . an exception in favour of this- parti cular- Petition, ban generally to extend the time, which would be attended -with great. inconve nience. After a few words from Mr..J.• IL AD- DilicTox and Mr. Rd§E, Sir W. ELZORD , with. dreW his Motion: a , • .The ATTORNEY 'GENERAL rose, .in pur suance of the notice . he '.had given, .to move for :leave to bring - in . a to 'extend the .Provisions - of the Aft of the 9th of His present Majegy, - .in : order to give peisons whose Mills had been de-. Infolished a *right of Aftion for indemnification _against the Hundred. The A& in question gave that right of . Adion -in case Of the destruftion of Chapels, &c. and. he conceived there could be no objeftion to . make 'the alteration in it which Was now proposed. Leave was given to bring in the Bill. Mr, ABBOT, said, that . a Committee had been appointed to consider of the-improvement or. the Port of London. They had prepared their Re port, but from the termination Of - the Session they had not been able to present it. .He there fore moved to reappoint the Committee, in order to enable them to make their Report. The Mo tion was agreed to. Mr. ABBOT moved, that such a number of Copies of the Papers presented by Mr.CROFTON, Chief Clerk of the Treasury in Ireland, should be printed, as would- be sufficient for the use of the Members.—Ordered. The other Orders of the Day were deferred, and at jialf past Eight the House adjourned till To morrow. ~THE SUN. SOLEM DICERS FALSUM AUDEAT ? LONDON, MARCH 20) One Hamburgh Maii-still remains due. A Cabinet Council of His Majesty's Ministers was yesterday held at Mr. Aim tIGTON''S in*Downing-street, at which were present, the Duke of PQRTLAgD, •EarlS WtSTMORLAND and Sr.:VINCENT; the LOX]) "CHANCELLOR, and Lords HAWKASOURY and Flopmer. Mr. Pzr.r has appointed Mr. j. GoaToik to die Comptrollership of TOliago. Mr. Kos will remain at the. Treasury till Mr. VANSITTAity'ci 7 return,. from Copenhagen, will. ,ther he went some time ago, on a ,patticalitr mission. ,We are happy in being able to state, from the information of an intelligent Officer, who' lately served in Portugal, that-the Portuguese Army is extremely- well appointed, .and that the Troops are truly respeoable; while the Spanish' Army is ‘ quite the reverse. The Duke of Clarrace Packet is arrived in twenty-four days from New York,- aild brings an account that Mr. Jai , raasort ii.elefted President of the United States of America. His - eledion appears to have been contested with great ani mosity. The parties of BURR and JtarattsoN struggled hard for the Presidency, which oc casioned some confusion. , The balloting "watt renewed thirty-one times during three successive days, at the end of which it was found that the, Candidates had an equal number of votes. The thirty-second time, however, decided the contest in, favour of Mr. JEFFERSON, same of Mr. Btraz's friends having ‘ieen persuaded -to give way, to preveni thc eleftion of a President pro iempore, which at one time it was cxpeted would have taken place. After the EleEtion was' confirmed, A salute of 16 guns was fired on the occasion. Yesterday a Court of Proprietors was held at the. Bank, for the purpose ordeelaring the Half Yearly Dividend. That being done, Mr.TIIOIMTON addressed the, Meeting, by obierving that there remained the sum of 582,0001. Navy 5 per Cent. Stock, which had been funded in the hands of ill,: Bank, Which it was the intention of the DireClors, if agreeable to the Proprietois, to divide with the Half-year!) , Dividend on the sat of May next ; this was una nimously agreed to The division will amount to 51. of 5 per cent, Stock' on every ; .hundred pounds Bank Stock. • The West India Fleet, under,convoy of His Majesty's Ship Encrald, sailed-from the-Cove of Cork on• Saturday last. , , A Court-Martial was held on the Hail. Capt. BOYLE, and the Officers and' Ten of His Ma jtsty's- late Sloop Cotaioratit (lost on the - Coast of Egypt), on board the Genereux Man of War, at' Port Mahon, "when they were honourably- ac quitted. Letters from Egypt, we are sorry to learn, mention the death of General KpERLEA, as well .as that of his Lady. . - Friday a curious circumstance came before the Justices, at Wotten-Underedge ; young woman was charged 'by a farmer's* with stealing his father's turnips : sho'.acknowledged having taken six, and in exculpition said, -she did' it for the purpose of drawing out 'iltatter job,,, to- in form him of her pregnancy by him,. which s he confirmed on oath ; 'nor could he deny the fad, to the no small mirth of the company. • 4 7 VAL - mrive 7 „ Non illi imperium pelaki t savuttique tridextan i , S ; ed mil); surte'datunt.• FALMOUTH, MARCH . 17. ARRIVED IlliS morning a Mail froM America, brought by the Dub' of Clarence Packet, Capt. FAULKNOR, after a passage df twenty-two days. fly her we. learn that Mr, JEFFERSON is eleaed President, and Mr. BURR Vice:.Presidenr, of the United States, The Packet has not brought any Passengers. The Harlequin Packet arrived at New-York three days prior to the bide of Clarefice sailing from thence. • Several American Ships, bound to the-French West India Islands, have been captured by the British Crutzers, those Islands being declared in a stace of Blockade. Atrived also, the American Ship Two Friends, Capt. M'NE IL, from London bound to Charles , town. Arrived here this evening, His Majesty's Ship Excellent, of 74 guns, -Hon. Capt. STOPFOR,D) from Qoilieron.Bay.—Cannot learn that she. has brought any particular pews. Put back by contrary wind, the Lady Hobart Packet, Capt. FE LLOW LS, with the Mails . for America ; and the American ship Katy, Capi. PHILLIPS, which sailed from hence on Sunday last, for New-York. PORTSMOUTH, 19. ARRIViD ' the Traliole, Aria, Woodford, Al fred, Sir Stephen Luthiagtoni • Fort William, AlbioN, and W . orcester outward-bound Eastindii men,. from the DoWns. 9;iled His Majesty's Ship God Design, with a convoy for the Downi. YARMOUTH MARcil 19. • ,SAILED the Fia'ette and Trimmer Brigs ; and the Earl of LeicesterXacJcet, 'Capt. THUNIPSVN, io Cuxhaven. SHEERNESS, '9. ARRIVED His Majesty's hired Cutter the Mat)', of 12 guns, Lieutemint MORGAN, from a Cruiic. DE.2IL,' MARCH 19. • His Majesty's Ship Savage sailed this morn ing on a-Cruize to the Westward. Arrived the Princes:a, LEE, from Smyrna for London, to which Port she instantly proceeded, without stopping in the Downs. The American Ship Romulus, FALLS, 'for Charlestown, came down this morning from the River, and sailed thtough the Downs on her voyage. In the Downs, His Majesty's Ships aveuirel, Nemesia, and Raven and Eugenie Sloop 3, and Taumn Castle East Indiaman. I. :111 le crew as she could possibly hold, instantly jumps :board, and had only time to clear-' the poop, when the vessel, with upwards of four. hundred 'souls, •entirely disappeared, and went to the tidt,tbm. A number of the unhappy. suf. timers attempted to get on board the already over laden. launch, but as . no more co.ild_be permitted to enter, witholit the certain loss of the whole, they were struck' away with the oars, and in a few seconds became ~wholly inguiiked in the piti_ less waters. - • - 1 • Captain RENNIE, after the ship had sunk, at.. temptetl toTswina' to the launch, and after a severe ' exertion got within reach of the Oars', when, ex,;. - hausted with . fatigue, and- unable to- make any - fartlier effort, ,he calmly resigned himself to his fate. Lifting up- his- - hands, -as if to implore the blessing - cif Heaven, and immediately after -- - plaeinfthem upon his face, hewentdiredly down r_ iLhout another struggle.- Thus perished a brace and meritorious Offiter, whose eminent virtues as a man,ensured him the esteem of all who :knew. him, and whose professional fame, - had 'he vived, -bid fair - to render him. an Ornament •-to his Country. :All the other Commissioned Officers of the Ship, except LieUtellalltSTUCKEß andQUAty, • tog,ethet with all the Officers of Marines, - and - inost'of their men, likewise went to the bottom. About lo•or 8o 'of .the crew - were saved by means of the launch; the whole of whom had 'as. . sembled upon the forecastle ; but all those who remained on the *poop were lost. • Among tho • number of humfn beings who thus found a watery ► grave, wel-e several passengers, on their Way to join other.' ships belonging to the , North Sea - Fleet. The number saved, including Officers, is stated at Inp -TEs afflieting disaster is attributed solely to the ignOrance of thailot. He belonged to flat wieh, and wis taken on board at Sheerness: , In .steail of taking the 'ship through 'the ordinary channel from 'Yarmouth; he steered her througla the narrow . passage' of the Cockle ; and when she ran upon the Sands, he insisted that the fatal spot was not laid down in any Chart. In this point, however, he was soon confuted by the Gunner of one of the Ships of Admiral AIt.XE R'S Fleet, who was only a passenger on board - the Inei,inc;6le. This man soon convinced the Pilot - of his error, by shcwing him the. exatl spot dis tinaly -marked. ,But the Pilot is among the nu.. merous sufferers, and, _in common charity, death must.now be considered-as haVing expiated.all his faults, When the iniien.rnast went overboard,. - 7 1 he also fell from the deck, and was never after . - .! . ! seen, - Theii.vetiCutter was : forseveral hours width: L . I .sight of the wreck?' but was unable to afford the .distressed people on-board, the least, assistance.-- A boat from Winterton was very - attiveon the , I occasion. • ..Both at theinstant.of.the shock, .and until the sinking of 'the ship, the utmost order ‘vas ::creed on. board, and: the subordination was in every respea as complete as if the vessel had not .been threatened with the least danger. The bou;nc;ble was One of the oldest ships in the Is;,tvy. She was built in 1756, and Iva ct riot: returned many months from the , West Indies,. ‘i•here she had been stationed under the Conunaurt of Capt. CAYLEY since 1795. _ Admiral TOTTY arrived yesterday-evening at the Admiralty, with the particulate p.fthis' un. fortunate accident. LCSS CF TILE LONDON TRANSPORT, Particulars .respeCiing the loss of .this Ship, as related by the Chief Mate :--0u the F 7th of Fe. bruary they were chased by a , Privateer near to the shore, and were wrecked that night. at ele ven o'clock, on some rocks called - the Merlins k to the southward of Lisbon. The following persona were providemially saved, by staying by the.. Ship, and when she Went to pieces,- got on a raft, and drove•on shore H. Hill, Chief Mate; Andrew Lawson, forenAst man; and three lads, John Childs, Eng'i'sh Tobias Christiani a Dane; and John Cram, a French bq. Drowned by the oversetting of the . boats, Cap_ tain A N DR I ws , M aster , t h e carpentei, the Cook, and six Sailor:. Ra Passengers drowned.— Cat: NJ:un veil, of the 17th giment ooti, Lieqt.Watnwrig'nt, dittol Lieut. ritt, ditto; Capt. Durint,-En&in4, - .1 ; Mr. Owen, Assist.. ant Surgeon of the 44th Regiment 41r. Lynn, Par. veyor•:. Clerk • Mr 6. Groves, and threz servaui, 7 Ninc• teen drowned: five saved. The ship: belongtd to Mr. :gather. Ciu4;.7o s hose - who never - culatie but on. the 'greatest probable grounds of . stiecesb.are now .indu.ceFl to . Come farmird in the ' purchaie of Lottery TiCkets.—They argue thus .1f Tickets were worth tos. on the com- . : • raencement of the Diawino- . whejf.there Were but. Seventeen large Prizes in favour of the rurehaser; what must they be worth ?WV), • when there arc iFoitrieen large Prizes still left (With a Thirty Their:and Ponndeilt their , head) and With little more than about' . three "draw'ing' in the Wheel ?—Why— , that Tickets , are' worth at least one-third more than their present nominal_ value ; and that by fallowing this plain example of the Rule of three, they have discovered the Ride of Right. The arrival of -the last liambUrgh.lViails has brought over very large Order for the I' 4- chase of English Lottery. Tickets frourall parts of the Continent, for whatever may he the general policy of Foreigners, they feel it their.particular „ interest to look up to the long.tried faith of this Country, as the best security for their investment,' either iii Funds or Lottery Tickets.' This with the great influx of Irish gentry at, present in the Metropolis, (who, by ,the bye, will have, no Lottery of own in future) must considerably 'increase the demand, and .of 'course the price of Tickets... DIED, - On the tith inn s at Southampton, Mrs'. Mary HAM mood Mattison, Wile of Gilbert Iblatnison,:,Esq. in T.:: ;1-I.n year Qt her agv.. LOSS OF THE INVINCIBLE. TH.E . lnviiici-ble first struck upon the fatalbalig% , between two and threein the-afternoon. Its this, situation` she rerilained near three hours, when the miien:rnast went by the board, and the main-mast was immediately after eat . away.— The Ship, to the infinite joy of the crew, then dropped from about three and a hAl£ into seventeen fathom water, wheie-howeve, Unfortunately losing her rudder, she . soon hum= unmanageable,.. and was again driyen'upon-the hank, 'A fishing-stnack, now approached the wreck; on which two boats belonging to the Invincible -were ordered out. — On hoard one of these, the Adiniral, the 'Purser, . four Nlidshiptni:n; three ..of .the Admiral's .Ser vant•,, and' six or eight Seamen, reached the fishing, smack in safety, as did also thesother boat'ftill of people. Both of them immediately returned to. this ship, but an re-approaching. the snn ck, one was forced' away, 'and every person- - on-board would inevitably have perished, -had,not 4: collier. . which happened to be passing at this critical m&. merit, happily picked them .all up. , This vessel afterWardi• afforded every.. assistance that huma. nity urged, or that she. was capable of giving, and was the means of .saving.. the. lives uf,inany 'of the -crew. /The . ishiog-smack,. with. the Admiral on board, being to afford the least assistance .to • the ship; remained at -- anchor duiing the whole of Monday night. On the ap . proach &day, the master of this vessel expressed_an unwillingness to go any . nearer the, wreck ; but Admiral ToTTY, in aired opposition to .him, caused the cable to bb .cut, 'and immediately pro.. iceeded - to the ship. Melancholy, however, to relate, while he was doing' every thing of which human exertion is capable, to assist the unhappy, people an board, the wreck once -more. got into .deep Water, and gradually sunk, to the infinite distress of the Admiral and the other speCtators, were nearly frantic with. gtief, at this tre. menaous scene of human, misery and destruCtion. While the ship . . wits thus rapidly going down, 1.0 N 1)0 N : rintat by IiIICHXNAN No uk,i,..‘N, ( o r il o yv_St rect , covenr.t,arden); and Published by WILLI Am AftfitiGlit Sr cLIPS (Ortiorfre•-itkrry.lo:4, Westniinster;; At the t'ts N.QYE t c e t . No; 4; 2, 81rd/id ; ' where , Advirtrunvetts, Orin' , for the Pape,. 4tlr). for- the iia'ir er , s t c, (, 10 ,/a;d,), must be, adttro4ed.