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had looked to both of fhose objects. They had not only thought of measures to prevent the incursion, hut, anticipating that these measures might he una_ vailing, they had adtplly entered into a Contrail for Transports to convey the Hanoverian Army to this Country. This was what common report stated, and he wished to have the matter fully under the consideration of the House. If Ministers did take up Transports for the purpose he had stated, the question would come to be, how far this C)ntrad was entered into in time ; and whether, if Frans ports were taken up, they never sailed on their pro poNed destination ? It was with tile view of ascer taining these fads, of the existence of the Contrads, and the deg:'ec of progress which had been made to carry them into effed, he had felt it his duty to bring forward the Motion which he should now sub mit to the House. Mr. Fox concluded with making the following Motion :—" That there be laid be fore the. House an Account of the number and ton nage of the Transports prepared by Government for taking on boatel the Hanoverian Army : also an Ac_ roam of the expences attending the same, with a statement of the dates of the first orders sent from the Transport Office, for their sailing upon that oc casion : and lastly, for Copies of the Orders (if any) which had been sent by Government for the pur. pose of countermanding the sailing thereof." The Motion being put from the Chair, The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER got up, and stated, that he perfealy agreed with the Hon. Gentleman, that the incursion of the French into Hanover was a serious national calamity ; and if it had been possible to have taken any measures for the protettion of that Country, it was the iudis pen.aable duty of His. Majesty's Ministers to have resorted to them, and to have made their bes. t efforts to have rendered them successful. It it /as riot at all his intention to enter minutely into, the subject, on the present occasion. He thought it right, however, to ni,.ke a few general obseivations, which appeared to him highly worthy of the atten tion of the House. He wished the House to he a r in mind the state of this Country at the recom mencement of hostilities. Under t:ee circumstances in which the War was renewed, ',at would not be de ried that we had not the rnean' 4 of sending any part of our Military Force to che relief of Hanover. The House would also 'iecolleft, that at the time the War broke out, tly'..te were two Treaties in ex istence for the proteiti. n of the Neutrality of the North cf Germany, to which all the Great Powers of the Continent, wete parties. If these Conven. tions were dis'agardeti by the French Government, he appealed "ail the candour of the house whether any rernonstrir,tc s by His Majesty's Ministers were likely to, be attended with success. So much as to the fit point he thoughtit proper to state generally, on the present occasion.. As to the second•ques tioo, about the exertions made to bring away the lianoierian Army, a few words of explanation might not be unsatisfaefory, As the Motion which had been submitted to the House was now worded, he had not the smallest objedion to urge against it. If the Papers called for had at all referred to any Orders issued by His Majesty in his Eledoral capacity, un questionably he must have opposed it ; as it now stood, it-had his assent. At the present moment he was desirous of anticipating the result of the pro. dulion of the Parpey moved tor, so far as to state, that Ministers 'had taken the earliest opportunity of providing means for bringing away the Hanoverian Troops. Only two days titer the recommencement hostilities, a conference was held with His Ma jesty's Eledoral Minister at this Court, for the pur. pose of consulting on the most effedual mode of conveying the Hanoverian Army to this Country, in case of necessity. The result of this was, that a plan for this purpose was proposed and instantly adopted. An Agent was, on the rBth of May, sent to 1 . -lanibtargh, to contract fur Vessels to bring the Hanoverian Troops to the mouth oftthe Elbe. These vessels were contraded far, and in all respeds ready, before the orders for their sailing were issued. Circumstances did occur to retard the orders for sail ing, but these had eta connexion with any want of I)reparation. At the txeiration of two days, mea sures bringing over the Hanoverian Troops were adopted, and in a week, no fewer than thirty-six Transports were ready to proceed on their destina tion. The H',use, he trusted, would give him credit for this statement, as it would be fully yeti ed by the production of the Papers for which the Hon. Gentleman moved. The Motion was trith from the Chair, and carried, without a division. The consid•raiion of the Lords' Amendments to the Volunteer Bill was postponed till .Mondry next. The ATTORNEY GENERAL mewed for leave to bring in a Bill io facilitate the Arrest of herons who may escape frown crie part of the United King dom to the other.—Granted. PRIZE AGENTS. Mr. JERVIS observed, that the 4th Report of the Commissioners of Naval Il.quiry bad stated, that there was great impropriety in the condudt of cer tain Prize Agent, in soul-. instances. To rismledy this evil as much as possible, by preventing:t. h tension of such radices,- w : lta the object of the Mo tion of which he Ltd given notice to the House. When money lay unclaimed in the hands of these Gentlemen for any considerable length of time, there might possibly.be a temptation to them to aft against their duty. He thought, therefore, that it ct ould be advisable to establish one General Office where the money should be deposited ; that the pro. fiis of 5 ler cent, upon the net proceeds should be divided between that Office ; and their Agents, in a given proportion ; aHd that the interest for the use of large sums, which were known to be so fre quently in the hands of Prize Agents, shouid not be suffered to go ioto their pockets, but should be accounted for to the Ctptors, in order that they might be benefited as much as possible in the re ciri;,t of the well earned reward of their gallant ex picn,s. He should also wish that the time of pay ment s houid be in3de an objecli of more general no torieiy than it at present is. He then moved, that leave be given to brtog in a Bill to secure the speedy Distribuii - In of Prize-Money, and to reguLtte the practice of Prize Agents. Mr. DENT stated, that the irregularities to Which the Hon. Nltinber alluded, at ere only the practice of certain West India Agents. If the ope ration of tie Bill wa s confined to them only, be should give it his support ; but he saw no necessity for the introduEtion of any general measure on the subjea. Dr. LAWRENCE spoke nearly to the same. eWt&. Mr. Fh ANC IS approved very much of fl - e tention of the Hon. Member to expedite the Pay ment of Prizes, and to give the net proceeds to the Captors, only deduaing a regular per centage. He also thought it was extremely proper that the Ptize. Agents should not have the use of money, which might encourage them to protraa the time of pay. ment beyond what was absolutely necessary. But he thought it fit that the House should understand ►vhether any additional expence was to be created to the Public, by tile regulation which the Hon. Mem ber proposed. Mr. jE R PIS explained, by declaring, that it was not only his own opinion, but was also that of seve ral Gentlemen who had been engaged in the Inqui ry, that the Funds arising from the net proceeds of the Sale of Prizes, under the proposed Regulations, would he amply sufficient, and that it would not be necessary to, throw any burthen upon the State, to defray the expenccs of carrying the plan into execut ion. After some further conversation, leave was given to bring in the Bill. AYLESBURY ELECTION. Mr. ROSE moved, that the ATTORNEY.GFNE RAL be instructed to prosecute Mr. Robert Bent, for bribery at the late RleClion at Aylesbury. He bore no personal enmity whatever to that Gentle man ; :in the contrary, he believed that, indepen_ dent of the present case, he was a man of a most re. spetlable and upright charaCter. His respeet for the regulations of that Heuse, however, and above all, .the Resolution which was read at the beginning of every Session, stating, that that House would order all cases of bribery to be prosecuted with the utmost rigour, induced him to submit the Motion to the House, which he now proposed. Mr. FOX declared, that after the HOLM had gone so far as to deprive the Electors of their franchise, to superadd a criminal prosecution against the par. ties, was, in his opinion, a rigour altogether unne cessary. There were other cases which were much stronger than the present, and yet the House had not insisted on a prosecution. He therefore must, in justice, feel himself bound to oppose the Motion. The MASTER of the ROLLS said, that to order the person tpnken of to be prosecuted, w bile others were suffered to pass unnoticed, would subject i the House to such a charge of partiality, as he hoped there never would he any foundation for. Mr. BANKES stated, that ,the pradice of bri bery seem , ll to he growing upon the people, and, from the general tendency of the times, he thought it necessary that the House should interpose its au thor ty, to put a stop to such proceedings in future. Mr. WARD and Mr. WY NNE opposed the Motion. Sir J. NEWPORT supported it. Mr.SHERIDAN observed, that the case appear- ed to him to be made out much stronger against the . Eleaors than against the Gentleman mentioned in the Motion. He therefore moved, that the other Orders should be then read. The different Hon. Members who had -alremay spoken, upon the question being put re—state:. S'e vgr:a cf . their former arguments. But the ibmend ment of Mr. SHIRIDAN wHs at length c.ftleclit wit%. ollt a division, by which the original Motion was abandoned. Several Orders were then read and postponed. Mr. Wzt.B ERFOR C a postponed his Motion on the Slave Trade, to Monday next, with leave of the House. Mr. ROSE moved, that the llchester Eleftion titions be referred to a Committee of the whole House to-morrow.--Ordered. Adjourned. TO THE EDITOR OF ‘THE SUN. SIR, • •. . HAVING had occasion to walk. along Berwick. street, Soho, a few nights ago, I observed that the Lamps in that Street diffuse more than a double por tion of light, when compared' with those in almost any other quarter of the West End of the Town.— They are like comets in respea of far - distant ; faint glimmering stars. This superiority is chiefly owing to Reflettors. The common Lamps in most parts of the town, from their construction, as well as from t! niggardly allowance of Oil with which they are supplied by Contraaors, only serve to light tit e midnight passenger into a kennel. Is it creditah:e to the most renowned and opulent City in the world, that its rdice, in this particular, should he s? egreginusly negleaed ? ContraUors for public and parochial services have in too mmy instances been accustomed to fat ten on peculat ton.—The com mon adage is—" What is cruet) , man's business is nobody's."—But every member of the community, who perceives what the public at large contri bute to the maintenance of internal police, must feel indignant against many of those ind -. .Y.tials, who enter into contras of this descriptio,t:, with the sole view Ce:-.! E-Z-,witlaiotts one it is), of pocket ing the money of their fellow-citizens, without do ing any thing for it, at least what they are, in good faith, bound to do. The cry is now exaaly what it was in the days of the intelligent and elegant Horace : O ! Cives ! Cives ! clo.:renda pecunia primum, Unde habes nemo queritL-Sed oportet habere, Virtus post nurnmos. Added to this consideration, what man of com mon refleffion can refrain from contemptuously smil ing on the midnight pretended guardians of the lives and properties of the inhabitants of this Metropolis! Most of them beings, who hardly possess a loco motive faculty, deaf, blind, aged and feeble, more fit to be rocked in a cradle, than to carry a staff and lothorn, or to oppose the wanton assaults of drunkenness and licentiousness upon the orderly, quiet and inoffensive, who may unfortunately fall lir their way. These are grievances which call aloud for correc tion.—Bur, alas ! to what purpose is it to g i ve t his hint, unless some public spirit could be awakened to take the proper rneaures for effedually redressing these glaring (ideas in the internal police of this immense and in which every i n h a bi tant o f it is so nearly conceroed ? am, Sir, your humble Serva nt , • VIATOIt• MAILS. DUI. AARIVID. tiarriburgh I . _ THE SUN. SOLEM QUIS DICERI PALSUM AUDIAT ? ' LONDON, MAY to, 1504.! THE difficult situation of the Country, has cer tainly led many persons to think that an Admini stration, formed from the Members of the different Parties in the State, would, under all circumstances, be the most advantagecus for the Country, and we have stated our wish that there should be no exclu sion. But, on the one hand, if there should be no exclusion, on the other, there ought to be no dia.ation. The Public, upon this occasion, cannot approve of men forcing themselves into the KING'S Closet.— Mr. PITT has tried every means to form a Govern ment on the broadest basis, consistently with due respeft to the opinions of the SOVEREIGN. It is very certain, that out of all the different Parties, only one Person was excluded ; and if we are right. ly informed, that exclusion applied only to a Cabi net- Office. We doubt, indeed, whether it be the wish of the Gentleman to whom we allude, to hold such an Office. Under such circumstances, surely the Public can. not think that the basis of the New Administration has been improperly narrowed, in that quarter to which its limitation has been ascribed. Mr. PITT, as a man of honour, must feel himself bound, after stating and urging his opinion upon this subjeCt, to form the best Administration in his power : we have no doubt but that he will form such a one as will be fully competent to meet the difficulties of the present awful situation of Public Affairs, and that be will have the approbation and support of the Country, for his most disinterested and patriotic exertions. IT was with the highest degree of satisfailion that we informed our Readers of the airing which His MAJESTY took with his Family yester. day, in the sight of the Public, and it is with very great pleasure that we add, that Hr.) MAJES TY appeared on this occasion to be pettedly restored to himself and his airedionate' People. —Our amiable Sovereign appealed indeed very anxious to testify his entire rccovery, by looking/ out of his carriage frequently s in order to gratify ENGLISHMEN with one of the most agreeable spec tacles they can enjoy., which is to be found in wit nessing the health and happiness of A GOOD KING. Yesterday, at half past one o'clock, a Cabinet Council was held at Lord Hawkesbury's Office, which was attended by Mr. ADDINGTON, Lords HAWKESBURY and , EIOBART, iris CHATHAM and WESTNIORLAND,ViSCOUIIi CASTLEREAGH, and se. veral others. Yesterday morning the Second Thittalion of the ist Regiment of Foot Guards, commanded by Col. WHITE, had a grand f&ld.day in Hyde Park.— Generals BURRARb and PHIPPS, and several other Field Officers, were present. Yesterday a Court a Directors was held at the East India H use, when a number of tenders were opened, and referred to the C: , mmittee of Shipping. The Court adjourned at six o'clock tib this day. Dispatches for Almiral DUCKWORTH were last night forwarded to Faim , uth, to be put on board the Amelia Frigate, b >und to ihe West Indies. • Yesterday a Court of C,,mm in Council was held at Guildhall, at which were present the Lord Mayor, five Aldermen, Recorder, Sheriffs, and a great number of Commoners. The Court passed an unanimous v ,, te of ap robation of the public virtues of Mr. Alderman BOYDELL. Several leases were sealed. The 13ill pending in Parliament, for the re lief of the London Clergy, was referred to a Com r mittee to examine and report. The Thanks of the Court were voted to the Lord Mayor's Chaplain, for his Sermon at St. P4ul's the first Sunday in Term, and he desired to print the same, and send a copy - thereof to every Member of the Court. Letters reached Town yesterday, from the Medi terriinean, which mention, that the plagix has bro. ken out at Madrid, and that numbers were carried off daily. Letters dated the latter end of March, from Barcelona and other,Spanish ports, are silent on the subjet ; but they all appear to have been immersed in vinegJr. The ELECTOR of BADEN, it appears, did not meanly submit to the tyrannical intrusion of the French into his territories, for the purpose of arrest ing the unfortunate Duke D'ENGHIEN. The Eleaor, on the contrary, manifested more spirit on the occasion than was to be expeded from any of the dismayed Members of the Germanic 13Jily. He remonstrated against this infrattion of the Law of Nations, by a Protest sent to his Ambassador at Paris, and he sent another Protest to be delivered to the EMPEROR of GERMANY by the Eleaoral Minister at the Court of Vienna. We are glad to record this aft of an insulted Prince, who even hazarded much by a Protest against Consular tyranny. It is somewhat extraordinary, that a Letter to Lord ST. VINCENT, on the Naval Administration of this Country, was recently announced for publi. cation,, but, on inquiry at the Bookseller's appoint ed for the sale, nor a cupy could be procured, and the answer signified that the work was .withdran.vn It may be possible to buy up information by private contras, but it will be Wfficult to prevent truth from being given to the Public, in due time. hAPAL NEWS_ 1 PORTS:4OI7'TH, MAY g.—.. Arrived the . 471 f illjP i Eastesslesl, fm the Downs.nd r i o aman,andseveral other outward-10rvessels, v Sailed the Decade Frigate for Guernsey; Plrtt Sloop of War, and SpeePtvell Brig of War, on Cruize. The Fa/con Revenue Cutter is appointed (o°4 voy several sail Of Transports to Guernsey. • .• :11 R ire / 2 I,;' g . DEAL, MAY ~9.---Arriyed the .egsaur, Cruize. off Boulogne, and Squirrel, from a Crui# Calais. Sailed the imm/rteili::. s and Leda, on a Cruize off Boulogne ; Sulphur and S co urge, with the M • Sally, and Elizabeth Stone-ships, for Sheerne s p• fa In the Downs—MoParch, Utrecht, Illustrious, Arviitsv Regulus, Virginie, Crescent, Squirrel, Perseus, Vel! h atc Lucifer, Discovery, Bonetta, kingsfisher, Speedy. W Transports as per last. i vf; Or s ' e, FALMOUTH, MAY 7.—Arrived His I , i-J e so the. Ship Hazard, of i 8 guns, from a Cruize; following Vessels to wait Cony -y Marys Princess Royal, Campbell, Brothers, Hall 1 " 1 ,3 - -jiiinni o, Litter, from Bristol for Newfoundland ; Crelson, from Glasgow for Jamaica; Union, M‘Millan , gow for Barbadocs ; Jarnaico, Walker, from liarbadoes ; Liberty, Saudys, Ceres, Bently, I from Liverpool for Lisbon ; Douro, Meadows, f for Oporto ; Albion, Wren, from Swansea I , Myrtle, Harper, from London for Lancaster. Also the Danish Ship _Ebenezer, EVAN Dram; the American Ship Amelia, M from Savannah, 36 days passage ; the E COURTNEY, the Flaxley, TRENEY, London; and the Wheat Sheaf, SILV Chichester, under Convoy of the Pip , which sailed again , this evening, with SEAGUE, and Thais, ROSEWALL, for Lol Ann and Susanna, DUNN, for Portsmou her Convoy. Sailed also the Walsingham Packet, with Mails of the Ist inst. for Lisbo .Eliza Packet, PATERSON, with Mails inst. for Jamaica and Barbadoes ; the Fr, dish Ship) IC.NUTSOII, for Rotterdam. The Diana Packet arrived on the sth Mail for Lisbon, six days passage. S. thence in company with the Fleet for .^ 4 under Convoy of His Majesty's Ship Of 32 guns. iv} The Nimrod Sloop of War sailed !,)n the S t d ' with Convoy, round land. ..,,;zei TORBAY, MAY S.—Arrived - from 8 „ece ,:fer taking in fresh beef, water, and other "tit , aries, sailed agaitr, His iyi a i eo yi s. Frrgr-,,erre r i meth, Captain SoMERv;LLE, an d the nue, Lugger, Captain E A LES. The Sl:dop Bib) sog i of Brixharn, JASPER DUGALE twister, in her P ag h ict to Wales, fell in with a French Privateer, chased him for four hours, but owing to h er fd. periority in sailing, the Bidtford g ot sale jo e° (SO' Yesterday a long black Brig, with a tier c); apparently t 3. pounders, in the midit of tiejjeol was discovered almost on shore on the noirb, s j the Torbay. A Pilot boat spoke her, and " 9 ; 0 - ti e . ° crew where they were. We have every re-oefg suppose she was a French Privateer, as tbcreinger' so or 6o men on deck, and a boy acted a 9 putter ; she has not since been heard of• into which lay Boulogne nights ßay a , go un t d h e e r cover Lc° ' ls ar o d f '.l S i e i r e ' (1';1:41- ! 14111.1 1 i 003 0 A f e w hazy weather, a w n e i a n t intention i ctrinl they were t c y u e t r t e i totgboli:e:,, tn o . t vi n : ,Smq,u Squadron, h tcv a l z i°tse in eight o'clock with next up their design. The boats heir did not reach c Ship till , imp Of On Sund • Sunday night, D. Dispatches, said to be , at fli portance, with were receiv" 01r' mouth h , sealed orders, y the Porr_Admiral. froth the A df la t iar e q expressput 1)y a messenger.. They wer e irnrociortew board Mr. "r. LocKyFic3 hire' l , 4;0 4t1i Schooner, on ' ' ---. 14' guns, Which sailea , Capovs. of to the Westward, supposed for the Sireights. 1, 0 r 4 .. The Lords of the Admiralty have Sekilf t o 1,0 5 4 s K i :ITH and Admiral Co RNW ALLIS, bi3"..'C:ll '-'—; for the purpose of their pr)moti"g s-tileto" cer ns! to sin their squadrons, as may be doervifig4 the rank of Commanders and Liente°3llt-. -- if ii digi tc h Lord P44. - Hz -. it rst: is to hoist hit) Flag im' e ni clt . , on_ board t.. th.ifnii/zia; Of 1 00 goni, at Porii.—r ono C' ptain flu L LEN is appointed CO command he r ' t he will shortly sail to reinforce the squadron un orders of Admiral CORNWALL I'S. . f a r Sef . The Tigre, of 84 guns, is to be pre '—' vice immediately. f Yo to Captain Towrit is promoted to the rank ° A tO arpointeugsio Captain ; and Captain LAziotoßD command the Lark Sloop, in the room of Capra TOWER. 3 the Monday a' Court Martial Was held on I ) ( i at ,j o ng• fropurer uei..hot Illustrious, in the Downs, on the A ing to the Leda Frigate, for having thrust ing a r e ° t he iron into the left side of a seaman belong t° tea same ship, which pierced his heart, and o cc . o l d t o his death in about five minutes after he rece ive c.( l, wound. The Arinourer is condemned to be P i lo at such time, and on board such ship eti the of the Admiralty may think proper. Porte; but C31"1 -° ./e -A r.."."..1.......- _ _ The Stone Expedition is entirely give n uk" - the Ships gone ro und to Sheerness. Capt. JOHN PAYTON is arrived at Poole to . tal‘ e the cominard of the Sea Fencibles in, t hat Di st ll4l ' A Petition from the Bakers of London and it! vicinity , is now pending i n tbe Hon9c a Corollollsl. he Aeti.,°` praying an inCre,iSe of the bum allowed by t ParliatryNit, for baking Bread, on account : 1 , $6 1 ": gleat advance in the },rice journeymen's Wag . _ _ 1 [ii:c4V, I l inAl a ; f r oi ( I o r [;iferlr f orAti POt , oublo ~ , troll ) rto i '''' opo for r, 4 cot; t i r°lll 0. Pp F g '" - eat/e bow, both fr°lll ' ' VER ) 110 btr C' Lltger° .il the F14#1 0 :1; . Dn jonf s acr oh, u° RoOA -. • ','„ IN a °3 til d 0f t he 1 .; -earn (S lie , Alit . ; , i n st. —; ~ e , (t o. - 3,e f