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IMPERIAL PARLIAME!V T. HOUSE OF PEERS, THURSDAY, NPV. Ti. Cox were.heard at considerable length re. ;ati , i,e, to the Scots Appeal, BoolJ -v. Hemp EzsoN ; after which the farther . hearing wat'postpoqed till to-morfow. ARNry',pF The Order of the pay being react.` - for summoning the House etpon a Motion for the' 'Fl?a4s - Of their Lordihips to the Officers, Azd..serving itt Egypt, 1.1. 0.8 47; rose to make ins prorrus'eci tion 'Loin that occasion., The. prefatory Ote,iva: tions of his, did- not run to, much length, but were- heat anct poltvtletil He observed; that the- • impreisions which -every -Peer pfesent must have re ceived "from teatnin. the: -glorious and suCcessful exploits- of thos,e. Officers .and Soldiers to whom . he was about to inave the linttour of their Lordships' Thanks, - he' Was 'certain :were such as to render :it unnecessary for him io,dwoll at any length upon the subjth. ' 'He then spOke.in . geoeral• terms of ap platise of themeritorions - ; brilliant, and essentially useful services of the .ArtnY.of Egypt, and in some' respifts, of the Britisli Troops:'and= Naval Forces', in general, serving in that quarter, who, from the Battle of the Nile, and'ihe memorable Siege of St: john.d'Acre, to the fall - of Alexandria,; had exhi. bited a series of glorious exploits, and services un_ paralleled in the page of History.. Hii lordship wok occasion to advert to .the circumstance of the co-operative Force from. India, and praised the fore sight and political sagacity of the illustrious Go vernor-General of India, in detaching that Force, which, from its meritorious and brilliant service; in' India, he-had . no dolibt would have'ensured the suc cess of the. Expedition to Egypt,.if it had not been more immediately effected by the gallant Army . , originally detached to that quarter. , His Lordship then, after some general terms .of eulogium on the Officers and the Army of Egypt, moved, " That the' Thanks of this Hopse be given to the Hob. Lieutenant-GeneralSir J O HN HELP HuTcnINSON, K. B. for the ability; zeal,, and perseverance, so eminently Manifested by him in the CoMmand of the Army of Egypt, and by whose exec Lions the honour of the British Name has been so signally up_ held, and by which additional lustre has been shed on the British,Arms." On the Question being put, , . ,1,0-d4count NELSON rose and addressed 'the House wher at some length : from the tone and diredion of his Lordship's voice s we were precluded from hearing so distinetly as we could ,wish ; but we understood him, among other points to observe, that the possession of. Egypt had long been regarded by the French- as an :o~bJett- of the first importance. The considerable force they sent thither in the fiat instance, was a proof of it; and the Commander seemed to think his landing cheaply purchased by. WitAoss of the Fleet. He observed, that.it was not -sl4ly the possession of Egypt that was aimed at by them, but. the establishment of an Empire on a large scale, and'oo apc anent foundation, in that quarter. He had had the good fortune to command a Naval Force, the bravery and exertions of which )lad..enabltd him to defeat that of the Enemy ; arm, tiler Officer had the equal gOod fortune, in his COM. Inziud at Acre, to displa'y the lustre of the British Arms, and to counteract, .in a considerable degree, the' eSigns of the - French Commander. With, re_ spelt to what .might have. been 'the political conse quences to this Country, had the Enemy succeeded in-eSt,ablishing their projeded Empire in that. guar - ter; he would not pretend to say ; but he certainly regarded it as a fortunate event, that the ganantry and exertions of our Army 'in Egypt had succeeded in frustrating the designs of ,the. Ehemy in those parts, as the possession of Egypt was not die only Obje6 . l to be considered,.for the. well-being of our Possessions in the East was also concerned in .the evem.—The Noble and . Galiant Viscount thensro. seeded to 'comment on certain operations of the Forces in that quarter, which he praised in appro priate terms. Recurring to the designs and pro ceedings of the French with respect to Egypt, he instanced some particulaes, which clearly indicated their intention to found a permanent, •and, most probably, independent system of Government in that Country ; and principally referred to the insti tution of the College, in which an equal number of French and Native yduths were to be educated in genuine French principles. With respea to the efforts against them; the Noble Viscount seemed. to say, that all the force which the Turks could bring against the French, would be inadequate to dislodge .them : to the exertions and gallantry of our brave Countrymen were they indebted for that desirable 'event. He then adverted to some derails of the operations of the Army, of- which he spoke in the highest terms of praise ; and concluded by express ing his most cordial assent to the Noble Lord's Motion. • • Lord PELVAI observed, that he would beg. 'leave to arrest their Lordships' attention for a mo ment, whilst he expressed what he in a peculiar man ner 'felt on the subjeet of their Lordships present Thanks, for it had so htpened that most of the Officers who had distinguished themselves in Egypt, had served in Leland during the very critical period in which he had held a responsible situation in that Country:—Both as a public and a private man his gratitude was due to those-Oilicers.-1.-He had known them welli so it was no 'matter Of. surprize . to him that.the spirit, military skill, and humanity that had been displayed at the capture of Wexford, should have inspired. the. Soldier) on landing at Aboukir with a . confidence in Central MoORE, that had enabled them to take by storm the strongest point in. the French position ; or •that the cOrreaness and systematic precision which charaeterised the 'Quarter-Master General's departMent in Ireland, should foundin,General CitADOCk's manceuvie ing.of his Brigade on-the 13th - of • March.-- - --neither - could it be unexpedetYby him, that wisdom in the •Fiehl - ind in -the Col-ha should have directed . the important transactions in Egypt, whilst he .reeollea_ ed that the Commander of that Arm jr had been the bosom friend of Sir RALPH Al? ERCROMBY. . • • Thr.DUICE of CLARECIi expressea leis , cor dial concerence with the Motion, and spoke in ,r4S' He - - a - Vett - e - Tro Snit Ite - inatz °MCI d - 11 , j1 I night, in , some detail, on this subjea;4!nd expressed his wish 'that the approbation of their Lordships could ha4e beel thus expressed .previous io the dis tussidli of tht:Trgliniinaries- of Peace?... The Question was then put upon the Motion for • the Thank-3 to Sii J. H. IrrcurNsoN, 'Which was - agreed ter - - Lonf B A RT' then moved .the Thanks of die House to, M.ajorentral EKE Coors, J. FRAN CIS. CRADDOCK,' the Hon: J. TAMES DLOW, and tte other Gene ral . andjield Officers serving in the Artny.of Egyp . st—lfor.a detailed account of which, as well: as the subsequent Motions . for Thanks, see cioi.lttptirts of the proceedings of the House of Corn. nionS.P—His Lordship prefaced this Motion by a Nety few general observations on the meritorious and giliant - condua of. the Officers in question, and shortly observed, that what had fallen -from his NV ble FriendlLord PELHAM) had, in some degree, anticipated what he had proposed to observe with respect to theseOfficerS, and that part of the Army which had - served in Ireland, and in *praise of which he - most cordially expressed his concurrence with - his Noble Friend. The Question being put, the Motion passed in • the same Manner as the 'former. The 'usual. subordinate Motions Were then made for the Thanks of the. House to the remaining Qffi_ cers, and also - to the non-commissioned Officers and Privates serving in the Army of Egypt, and passed likewise in the same manner . .—As also those tbr the request to Sir JOHN liguir HuTcHiNsoN to COM. tnuniCate - the Thanks of their Lordships so voted, to the Army under his Command, and the Order for the Lotto CHANCELLOR to forward the same in tlig usual. manner. NAVAL FORCE. • Lord HOBART expressed his regret, that in consequepee of the absence 'of his Noble. Friend the head of the Admiralty, it should fall to his lot to move' for their Lordships' Thanks to the Noble Admiral, and the Nay al Officers under his command. He also regretted this circumstance on the obvious ground 'of his inadequacy to do that 'degree .of justice.oirsuch an occasion that his Noble Friend was capable of. He trusted however that, in the present instance, it would. be unnecessary to trouble their Lordships at any length upon the subject : they were all aware, and had ,received-due impres sions of the important and signal services' of our Naval Force in that . quarter, and the great share they had in recovering .the Country in qoestion from our late adversaries. With resped, to this, his Lordship observed, it would be sufficient to re. fer to' what that gallant Officer :himself, whose merits were so lately in the contemplation of the House, had said, in regard to the assistance he had derived from the Naval Force in general, in his operations. After speaking shortly, but for. cibly, applauding the condua of this part of the Service, his Lordship moved the' Thanks of the House to Vice-Admiral the Right :Hon. Lord KEITH, K. B. Sze. tks. Lord Plscouat,NELSON rose to express his ap. probation - of the Motion, which he thought was well merited by ,the Naval Officers in question. 'On such occasions, he observed, it frequently fell to the'lot of the Army to fight,. and to that if the Navy to labour., -He alluded to the important as sistance affurded by the Navy in the instance in question ; and seemed to say, that without Naval 'Co.operation; he thought the contest could not have been brought to so brilliant or so successful-an issue. The question, on the several Motions, put by the Noble Lord, for thanking the Naval Officers and Seamen, were then put, and agreed to' by the House, ner4. A conversation of some length, then arose, be tween the Earl of DAtt•NLEY, Lord PFLHAM, the LORD CHANCELLOR, and the DUKE OICLAR ENCE, in consequence of the first mentioned Peer's observ— ing upon the propriety of its being clearly under stood, and generally known, at what hour the Pub lic•BusinesS was to commence in that House. He felt it incumbent upon him to call the attention of the House to the point, though he had much rather a proposal for reulation, in that respeft, should come from his Noble Friend opposite (Lord PELHAM). For his own part, he observed, the hour of attendance to be fixed was a .matter of in_ difference to him, but it should be known for the convenience and even the praelicability of attend ance with other Lords. He thought some under standing on this point should be come, to, as speedily as possible. - . Lord PELHAM agreed with his Noble Friend in the propriety of having it settled and understood at what' hour public business was to commence.. At present it struck I)im that the old and established hour of four o'clock would be the best they could fix on. However, as the attendance was then rather thin,' he thought it would be better to mention the point in question to-morrow, when a fuller attendance would naturally be expeded, as a subject of dm siderable importance would then be under discussion. The ,DUKE of CLARENCE expressed himself of opinion, that a fit hour should be settled for the commencement of public business, and the regula tion of the House in that resped—generally known. in this view he was glad the Noble, Lord had hinted the expediency, of renewing the discussion to mor row, when the attendance would be fuller. With respell to the hour, his Royal Highness seemed inclined to think, that a later hour than four would be preferaßle ; assigning as his reason the conside ration of the judicial business of the House, parti cularly the Appeals, - the hearing of which often ran to a great length. The LORD CHANCELLOR approved of the idea' of Noble Lords to fix a regular hour for the commencement of the legislative business of the Ht use. % - it was his wish that it should. be duly ex pedited as far as was consistent with. the other im portant funlions of their Lordships' House. He observed there were - a great number of Appeals standing for' the present Session, particularly from Scotiantt, and he 'suggested the probability of a number being preferred from Ireland, and some may be expeaed.from the Courts below in. this Country ; yet notwitlimoding these appareoCobstades, lie 6tX.C1106.14 03 Lila4 - .11% s.riclicta iry • commence at four o'clock.—At former periods, we understood. the Noble and Learned Lord to say, even when the Appellate jurisdiaion with respea to Ire: land, was vested in that - House, fill that sort of busi ness had been transaaed, and well transatted, artd.srill the Legislative Business of the House regularly com menced at four o'clock. He expressed his satisfac tion that the - subjea was to be adverted to again - to-morrow ; and with respea to the propriety of the future regulation being generally known, he alluded to the circumstance of the necessary frequent Coin munications from the other House of Parliament, which might otherwise occasionally interfere with their Lordships' deliberations. The DUKE of CLARENCE and the 14ORD CHAN. CELLOR severally spoke in explanation. • Lord MULGRAYE expressed his wish to know, with respect to the particular instgnee of to morrow, at what hour it was proposed the Debate, should commence. To which, as we could colle6l, one or two Ministerial Peers answered; fine and, an Adjournment immediately .took place. - - HOUSE OF COMMONS, THPRSDAY, 'NOV. 12. Mr, VANSITTART moved, that there be' laid before the House zip Account of the Amount of Ex chequer Bills, made out by virtue of the Aft of the lAA Session of Parliament, for raising two Millions by way of Loan Qn Exchequer Bills, which are now outstanding and undischarged. Also; an,Account of those issued by virtue 'of an Mt of the 39th arid .Loth of the King, for . raising two Millions on Exchequer Bills, for the Service of the year IE9O, which are outstanding and undis. charged. Also, an Account of those issued by virtue of the same Aft,' for raising the further sum of three Millions, for the' same Service, now outstanding,. &c. - Also, an Account of those issued by virtue of an Aft of the last Session, for raising six Millions soo,oool. for Great Britain, for the Service of the year zBo x, now outstanding, &c. Ordered. • _ _ VANSITTART brought up an Account of the List of Public AcCountants, with , resped to whom process has been controuled, suspended,: or dis continued, according to At of Parliament, of the 39 th an:. 4alh of His present Majesty. Ordered to be laid on the. Table. The 1-ionseagreed to.go into a Committee, of the whole Home on Yucsday next, ,on the Starch and Distillery Bill, on the Motion of Mr. VANTIT. , • TART. The House, on the Motion of Mr.VANSITTART 3 went int() a Committee of the whole House on the Fishery Salt Bill, which, after a feW words from General GASCOYNE, who doubted, and Mr. VAN SITTART, who explained its utility, under the pre sent circumstances it related to, passed the Com mittee ; and, the HouSe having resumed, , the Re port was ordered to be received to-morrow. S;r WM. P . UL' NEI' said, he troubled the House yesterday with a few words concerning a great Business, that is, relative to the Trade be . maxi Europe and India, and which he had men.' tioned on the first day of the Session. ,He found, that what he said yesterday, had nor been faithfully re. ported to the Public ; manv persons believing from such geports, that he had given, up: entirely the idea of bringing that, subjea before Parliament.-.-- -Now, to satisfy the minds of those who were un easy on ,aecount of their thinking so, he declared, that he had not the least intention of giving up that subjed. On the contrary, he should bring it for ward, unless settled to the sati4at - tion of all the. Parties concerned ; and that in hopes it might he so, he delayed the matter, which was the substance of what he said upon it. He did not then mean to give it up, nor did he mean now to give it up, nor should he dela}, it long, for that on Tuesday next he should name a day on which he should propose to bring the subject forward. The SPEAKER said, he understood the Hon. 11/ember not to - name a day on which he should bring the subjeft forward for discussion, but to mention the time on which he should name - a future day for that pur.pose. Sr; IV. PULTENEY said, yes, . certainly, but that what he was most anxious about was, that it should be unaeystood he did not mean. to give the. subjed up at all. The Order of the Day for taking into considera tion the Resolution relative to the interference of Peers and other persmis in the Election of iVl6nbers of 'the Commons House of Parliament, was deferred to Tuesday next, on the Motion of Mr. -13RAGPE ; who observed that the Resolution had not been printed long enough to afford Members sufficient time to consider it. Mr. BRAGGE brought up the Reports of the Committees of Supply and . of Ways and Means, the Resolutions of which were read and agreed to. THANKS TO OFFICERS, Z:c. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, he rose in pursuance of the notice •whieb he gave yesterday, to move the 'l'h:inks of the House to Lord KEITH, and Sir JOHN HELY HUTCHINSpN, and the Officers under their command in Egypt.— That the service performed by the detachments of His Majesty's Fleet and Army in that quarter of the Globe had completely satisfied the feelings of all whose wishes were the most ardent, and whose hopes were the most sanguine, for the-Honour of this Country, and the lustre of the British Arms, was a point not to be doubted. As long as un daunted valour, as long as consummate military skill and perfelion in discipline, as' long as all those qualities that can dignify and exalt a People (for they were all displayed in this service) Were duly estimated, so long will the exertions of His Majesty's Fleet and Arrriy in that quarter, be the subjeft of admiration. It was by no means his in tention to expatiate 'at large-on the particulars of the service. • General HUTCHINSON had described part of it already. But while we leave to History the care of recording the particulars of that service, vin:Kyr - ATTC - TP6 -31 111CMIC of pul;iic gratitude to tho s e to whom we owed tae c , lory. That was the objet of th e M ot i on h e b e d T in nis hand. , I t was not his intention to confine tie Thanks to our Army and the Fleet, for it would >e recolleaed that a, large detachment of anotherArm*, from another quarter of the World, whose milital merit made them worthy companions and assistants to the British, were also the objeas of 'ourresteem and gratitude. The Contest was now closed—the sword was now sheathed ; God grant it might Lc sheathed for-ever ! .But if it shoUld be forced fros the scabbard, - and we should, from a sense of pensable duty, be ;gain compelled to wield it, be was confident that the triumph of _Egypt, which .. added lustre even to the British name, would sti- . ululate us to exertion, although the brave persons who signalized themselveS in that service should, by the. lapse of fears be last. Even the zeal, the patri;.: otism by which we have been always animated, would receive new vigourfrom-the sentiments that arose from the memory of the atchievements of our . Arms in Egypt; sentiments which were so engraver' Oil 9ur breasts, .that time itself could not efface them. He should, therefore,' now propose. that testimony' of Public. Gratitude, to which it was his beliefana expeftation, the House would unanimously assent. On these grounds he moved, " That the Thanks of the House be given to Admiral Lord limit, Knight of the Bath, for the ability and perseverance with which he comma:ded on his Station on ILe coast of Egypt, and for the 'effeaual assistzre rendered by his exertions to . the Army in Oat Country, in the several important services in whdi . _ . they were employed, which were so essentialT serviceable, &c." The Question being put, Mr. JONES said, he could have wished to have 'seconded this Motion he now could give it his cordial assent, and furthermore say that he approved entirely of the expression of the Rigtic Hon. Gentleman who made this Motion, who had Said, the COntest is now closed, and that the Sword was sheathed. He hoped with that Hon. Gentleimn, it never would he unsheathed again. Ile shonldfor. bear making observations which, if the War had continued, he should have been obliged to make, oa the situation in which our Army was placed in Egypt. He wished to pay a large tribute of applause. to-His Majcsty!s Ministers, who, he thought, had closed this contest under circumstances the most. arduous. Might he be permitted only to hope, OW' as the system (for Jo he must call it) of Conciliation which had manifested itself, with the greatest dig, niry, at the same time, to' hring about a peace, (whi c h he .must for conscience sake leave out the word bloriows in describing) be allowed to exrend itself in ads of mercy to ourselves,—particularly in the Repeal of that most grinding of all Taxes, the . Income 'fax, The-Question was then put, and carried rem. co- Mr.. ADDINGTON then moved, the Thanks. of the House to Rear Admiral Sir JOH N BLANKET, and the Captains and Officers employed on the coast of the Red Sea, for the zeal,. &c. which they m a n if es ted in the Service, &C.—Carried nen:. can. Admiral then fuira isi tilb d he Thanks Sir Altuslc E t a ) 1 1; t o h s e ,1-Isea7,uttst Sir J. J R . e 2 ar . WARR EN, and the several 'Captains and Officers': muter the Command of Lord KEITti, for their Co operation with the Army, in Egypt, and t hat several Commanders he requested to signify the sa me to them, &c.—Carried xe'm, con. That the HonSe cloth highly approve of and ,ac knowledge the Service of the Seamen and Marines on board tbe Ships anti Vessels under the Commaila of Lord 14;2 tilt and Vice Admiral RAriv.t Ea, in the several important Services in which they were.eoll, ployetkin Egypt, at that the Captains of the severa l Ships do communicate it them.—Carried nem. cot. The Thanks of the House to'Lieutenant Gester 3l the Hon. Sir J.,H. HiITCHINtoN, Knight of the Bath, for the ability, zeal, and perseverance sc' eminently manifested by him in the Command of the, Army in Egypt, by which the honour of the Briti• 4 7 . name has been so signally upheld, and additio° lustre shed on the British Arms. Carried nem. can. The Thanks of tho.. House to Majors Genera l Erx£ Coorr, J. F. CRADDOCK, J. J. Luot.o , J. MOORE, the Honourable J. STEWART, DO I " ? HOPE, Hon. E. FINCH, J. BLAKE, R. L.0"9141- &.c. Ste. and the several Officers of the Army and # Navy, under the Command of General lit“c l4l - 1 " 1 " sort, &c.—Carried nem. can. That the House doth approve and acknowledgd; the zeal, discipline, and intrepidity manifested 1)1 4 the Non-Commissioned Officers under the Commano of General Htr-routNsoN, and that the same b 6,.. communicated to them by the Commanders—Carrico nem. con. That the SPEAKER do transmit the That: the House to Admiral Lord KEITH, General CHINSON, and Vice Admiral RAINIER.. Ordered. Mr. ROBSON wished to call the attention 01 the House to the Bank Indemnity Bill, 'which said would expire thirty days after the signitig the Definitive Treaty. It tvas possible that expirr' tion might happen during the - Recess of Parliam ef l i ; . and such a circumstance. must materially aff.e.et credit of .the Kingdom. - [A loud cry of ." Chnir."3 . • The SPEAKER asked if the Hon. Gentlo - intended to make any motion. . Mr. ROBSON said he was not prepared , fl t o any 'Motion ; he only thought it his duty; os hc Member of Parliament, to call the attention of t House to the subjet. Adjourned at five o'clock. • PRICE OF STOCK , S. Ytil-ERDAY: Bank Stock 190/ . Navy 5 per Cent. 5 per Cent. 1797, 9 8 I 5 per Ccnt. 97-1 4 Per Cent, Con. 84 4 gii 3 per Cent. Red. 6”41 3 per Cent. Cull. 6S3aailt Ditto Scrip Bank Long Ann. 1g_15.16i Ditto Short Ann. s 3-t4 UAW icrip India Stock arsi Fund Able Ex. Pills 3 z N ew ditto [per E. prcul, Islcw S. S. Stocl,-. 3 per Cent. 1734 Omnitun Inver 3 Per Cent. 660 Mit° Ann. 12} dank for Account I ndia rim . Account Cionsols tar .AGP. 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