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IJVIPERIAL PARLIJIVIENT. "OUSE OF PEERS. FRIDAY, MAY 11. IN the Appeal from the Court of Exchequer Chamber in Ireland, Rowe v. Power, Counsel were heard ery the ' , art of the Appellant., The further hearing was deferred until Monday. The Additional Importation Duty, the Solway Frith Fishery, and the Aylesbury Bills, were brought up from the Commons, and read a first time. The other Bills on the Table were passed in their respeßive sta g es. Mr. LOCKHART, Secretary to the Commissioners for Naval Inquiry, presented at the Bar the Sixth Report of that Commission, which, on the Motion of Lord WALsiNGHANS, was ordered to be printed. Mr. JOHNSON, from the Office of the Chief Secre tary in Ireland, presented an Account of the State of the Gaols in Ireland. Lord HAWKESBURY brought down a Message from HIS MAJESTY, relating to the Grant of an Annuity of 1-tool. per ann. to Viscountess KU.. WARDEN, of Ireland. Ordered to be taken into consideration on Monday. Lord AUCKLAND moved, that a Message should be sent to the Commons, desiring a Copy of the Minutes of die Evidence upon which the Bill for extending the Right of EleClion in the Boriugh of Aylesbury had been passed. THE MARQUIS OF STAFFORD's MOTION. The Aflrquis of STAFFORD.—" My Lords, /ince last I had the honour of addressing you, I have been informed that a change has taken place in His Majesty's Councils, and that a new Administration is about .to be formed (Lord HAWKESBURY nodded as- Jent), an Administration, I ani afraid, cot formed upon that broad and extensive basis which would in clude all the talents and abilities of die Country ; but it must be a matter of some satisfietion that it will include a Right Hon. Friend •of mine, a Mem ber of the other House, on whose talents and tie 3 I place the highest confidence and relianc , ..., and whose merits are. well known to . yOur Lordships.— He has of latt, in a particular manner, direfted his attention to the Defence of this Country against the gigantic eff'rts of the Power of France. He may u ell and truly be called a giant refreshed'—(the LORD CHANCELLOR bowed).—On these grounds I stall withdraw the Motion, which I have more than cace :So: - .r.e.1 it incumbent on me to postpone." The Order was discharged.—Adjourned till Mon day. DUE. GotteDbu6l MAILS. PRICE OF STOCKS, THTS DAY AT TWELVL O'CLOCK. - soil [ Onmium Coo wis THE SUN. ARRIVED. I SOLES! QUIS DTCERE FALSUM AUDLAT ? LONDO AY 12, i 804.. WY yesterday expressed our hopes that we should be able to present to our Readers this day the detail of THE NEW ADMINISTRATION. The following at tangemcnts, we understand, are dverolined on ; Mr. PITT, First Lord of the Treasury, and Chancel lor of the Exchequer.. L. rd N'IELvILLE,• First Lord of the Admiralty. Loid HARRONEY, Lord HAWIUSBCRY, and Lord MULGP.AVE, Secretaries of State. Lord CA,TI.EkEAGH, Board of Controul. Lord CAMDEN, President of Council, or Privy Seal. Ri g ht Hon. WM. DUNDAS, Joint Paymaster. Mr. LONG, and Lord LOVA! N E, Lords of the Trea- sury. Mr. SIURGES BOURNE, and Mr. HusKissoN, Se. cretaries of the Treasury. Lord W N CHI LSE A, the new Groom of - the Stole. *We have not. heard who is to succeed the Marquis of SALISBURY. At no period has public expeaation been more alive than in the course of the present week. The anxious wishes of all Parties have been excited; and while the formation of an Administration comprising the talents of all Parties, has been looked upon by some persons as the greatest desideratum in the pre. sent situation of the Country, such a plan has been treated by others as the wildest chimera. It certain iy sounds well, to talk of uniting the talents of all Parties, but perhaps the strongest Administration in thi.. Country, is that which effeaually checks the attacks of a strong Opposition ; but, above all, we can never lend our aid to the employment of inttcp. to direa the exercise of His MAJESTY'S PREROGATIVE. We 're told by some of the Newspapers, that the New will be a LIMITED AD MINISTRATION, because HIS MAJESTY is supposed to have ,i)jcaed to one Individual as forming part of the. Cabinet ; and the Friends of Lord GREN. VILLE and Nlr, Fox contend that nothing but ponce upon the occasion will satisfy them. The Country, with one voice, would have deprecat_ ed such an attempt. Mr. PITT; in the proposi tion he made, went as far as. a just view of the state of things, and . a due tiecerence. for, his vcreign's opinion, WOul tstiS,46.ige many persons who think that the question of an enlarged Administration ought not to have been urged at all. On this point, however, we have no dif ficulty in saying, that we think the experiment might have been useful, and that a Ministry formed from all Parties, might have produced benefit, under the pe culiar situation of the Country ; but next to the mak. ing of this attempt, we are sure that the Adminis. [ration to be formed is the most desirable event for the Country. Lord GRENVILLE said formerly, that if Mr. PITT PLACED HIMSELF AT THE HEAD OF THE GOVERNMENT, HE SHOULD BE SATISFIED. He has now shewn his satisfadion, by refusing to form part of that Government, and by joining distinaly that Opposition with whom his friends have taken so much pains to convince us HE HAD NOT CoA,. LESCF n. We think it but just to say, that through out these occurrences Mr. Fox acted a fair and ho nourable part—he considered the exercise of THE PREROGATIVE so undoubted, that however he might feel hurt at his own exclusion, he pressed his friends to accept offices under the new Go vernment. The GR ENV ILL ES, we understand, ael ed a very different part—their conduit is the sub jt-I - of very general remark ( : it has not happened to us to hear in any quarter, the slightest justifica tion of it. A Letter from Stockholm, dated the 26th ult. brought by the Gottenburgh Mail of the 4th inst. which arrived late last night, says, " It is confi dently reported here, that Colonel TAwosT, the Aid-de-Camp whom His Majesty sent from Carls. ruhe to Paris, with a view of reclaiming the person of the Duke D'ENcHt EN, was ordered to quit the Fiend] Territory in a given time." Yesterday about one o'clock, Has MAJESTY, 3C. COLDpa;ied by the DUKE Of CAMBRIDGE, took an airing in his carriage, through Mary-le-bone, by Islington, and the neighbouring villages. Has MA- J E:TY entered the City by Whitechapel, and pro. ceeded through Cornhill, Cheapside, Fleet street, and the Strand, to the Queen's House, where His MAJESTY arrived about three o'clock. The KING was detained at the Royal Exchange and Ludgate Hill, and it was no: in the power of the party of Light Horse attending His MAJESTY to clear the way, on account of the stoppage of carriages. Has MAJESTY was received with loud huzzas in several places. In the course of the morning HIS MAJESTY signed a number of official papers. His Royal Highness the DUKE of CLARENCE had yesterday a loog interview with Earl ST.Va NC ENT, at the Admiralty. At a late hour on Thursday night, Lord HAWKES. BURY had an Audience of His MAJESTY. We hear that the KING has been pleased to con. fer the dignity of a Baronet on Rear-Admiral COF. FIN, for his unremitting zeal and persevering efforts for the good of His Majesty's Service during the time he was Commissioner at Sheerness. Dispatches were yesterday received at the Admi ralty from Sir A. MITCHELL, commantiiog at fictli lax, Nova Scotia. - Ye.terday the arrival of the lluddart, from Bom. bay, was annonnce,l at the East India House. The Passengers per Buddart, are, George Parry, Esq. Member of Council; Lieut.-Colonel Henry Oakes, Lady, and ; Lieuten.nits Fraser, D. Forbes, Dunbar; and I. Miller, 78th Regiment ; Lieutenant James Makeson, 111 r. I. Sandwith, jun. P. Flail, Esq. Hugh Munro, Esq. Lieut. E. Praetor, 3ist Regiment. Serjeant KAY, of the Coldstream Regiment of. Guards, is appointed one of the King's Messengers, the room of M. HUNTER, senior. Yesterday morning the zd Battalion of the Cold_ stream Regiment of (inards had a grand field-day in Hyde Park, commanded by Colonel ARMSTRONG. Yesterday Major TUFFNELL'S, and Major Wa 'Gives Corps of Essex Cavalry, returned from Saffron Walden, tv here they had been for a month on permanent duty. Thursday evening, Major ['lcor, and the Officers of the 14th, or (I). Y. U.) Light Dragoons, quar tered at Romney, gave a Ball at the Barracks, which was attended by the families in the neigh. bouthoed. At half past one o'clock about sixty sat down to an ekgant supper. At half past two the dancing recommenced, and concluded exaftly at ,rive o'clock. Yesterday FRANCI3 Gt!qtyNa, Esq. citizen and stationer, paid a fine of 4001.. and twenty marks, to be excustti serving the office of Sheriff for the year ensuing, to which he was nominated on Tuesday last in a Court of Aldermen. PRESENTATION CF CITY COLOURS.--On Friday next, the 18th instant, the Lord Mayor will proceed in the City's State Barge to Greenwich, and from thence to Blackheath, to Nesent the Colours voted by the Court of Common Cooneil, to the eeral Regiments of Loyal London Vtdunteers, attended by all the City Officers and the River Fenciblcs, under the command of Commodore LUCAS. The Letter to Lord ST. VINCENT is, we find, aaually .-w;thdrevum, and report' says, that the copy right was purchased of the Author.—lt is said to have contained some home truths, and some that very particularly related to TVICSSI'S. TROUBRIDGE and I\IARKH Am, as well as to the great Naval Direilor of this Country.—lf the Author was convinced of the justice of his reasoning, and the force of his facts, how can he ever venture to shew himself, after having sold what he was supposed to have written from the honest impulse of public duty ? Lieur—Colonel-FIELov'S newly invented cannon balls, in the shape of an egg, have been tried at Stockholm with great success : the force is con siderably increased by them, and with a much less quantity of gunpowder than with the common Can non, Ws. AAVAL NEWS. FALMOUTH, MAY 9.--Passed by for the Downs, the Orpheus Frigate, with a Convoy from List) ,n. About thirty Sail parted from her off die Land's End, for Liverpool, Bristol, &c. Sailed the Hazard and Gannet Sloops of War, on a Cruize. PLYMOUTH, MAY to.—Arrived the Naiad and Loire Frigates, from a Cruize in the Irish Channel ; and the Danish Ship Erneste Sasser, Capt. GRER. SON, from Dram. PORTSMOUTH, MAY ll.—Arrived several out ward-bound vessels from the Downs, and the Brig Minerva, —, from Lisbon bound to Dieppe, de tained by the Fisgard Frigate. The otftward-bounil Quebec and Halifax Fleet remain in Yarmouth Roads. DEAL, MAY t.—Arrived the Viper Cutter, and Eagle Revenue Cutter, with Convoy from Ply mouth; the Orpheus, with Convoy from Lisbon ; Veteran, Leopard, and Fury, from Dungeness. Sailed the Regulus, on a Cruize off Boulogne. A Danish Brig, loaded with wheat, ran on the Goodwin Sands this morning about eight o'clock, and was got off by the Deal boats, as soon as the tide flowed, with little damage, and brought into the Downs. In the Downs—Monarch, Utrecht, Ardent, Veteran, Leo aamrda, Jamaica, rgbneires,eCus Vesuvius, rescent,ni t i e te r, , Dart, Champion, Discovery, Orpheus, v De vastation, Fury, Kingsfisher, Bonetta, Speedy, Humber Armed Ship, Viper Cutter, William Stureship, and Huddart East India Ship, for the River, HARWICH, MAY io.—The Auckland Post.office Packet, Capt. BRIDGE, and the Diana, Captain STEWARD, sailed, the former with the Hamburgh and Bremen Mails for Husum, and the Diana with the Gottenburg Mail. MAY 1 1.--This morning the Diana Packet, Capt. Obsolur, arrived from Gottenburg with the Mail. Remain the Lark, Diana, and Lady Frances Packets, with the Pegasus Frigate, and Arg-us Cutter. SHEERNESS, MAY I.—Arrived the Sulphur Bomb-vessel, Captain MACLEOD, having under her convoy two of the Stone Ships which were intended to be sunk in the mouth of Bdulogne Harbour, the carrying of which plan into execution has been to tally relinquished. The Favourite Sloop of War, which has under gone a thorough repair in this Dock_yard, was this day commissioned, nnd taken out of Dock ; she is to be fitted with all di:patch, to proceed to the Coast of Guinea. The Afr;ci. of 64. guns, having been surveyed, by orders from the Admiralty, and reported worthy of repair, is to be taken into the Deck vacated by the Favourite. Admiral T..outs is to have the command of the Squadron off Boulogne. .A report has been in circulation some days past, that the Majestic, of 74. guns, Capt. Lord A. BEAU_ CLERK, has struck on a ruck near the Black Rocks, and has been lost; but as there have been no official accounts arrived from the Fleet since the Windsor Castle's arrival at Plymouth on Monday, it is hoped that the report of this accident is unfounded. His Majesty's Ships Trident, Capt. SURRIDGR ; Tremendous, Capt. OSBORNE ; Centurion, Capt. RAINIER; Lancaster, Capt. FoTHERGILL ; and Albatross, Capt. Lord GEORGE STUART, were in Bombay Harbour the 7th November last. Admiral RAINIER landed at Bombay on the twit of that month. The Ships Prince of Wales and Ceylon sailed from Bombay for Bengal, in November last. His Majesty's Ship St. Fiorenzo, Capt. BtNGHAM, arrived at Bombay the 13th November last. The Fox Frigate quitted Madras in company with the St. Fiorenzo ; on their passage they touched at the Sy Chelles, where they found the French Corvette La .Fleche fitting out. The Frenchmen immediately abandoned her on the appearance of His Majesty's vessels, when Capt. BINGHAM took possession, and burnt her. La Fleche was the same vessel which the ViSor Sloop, Capt.Cou.tv R, during the last War, engaged off the Isle of Mahe, and after several broadsides, sunk. The French, however, had weighed her again, but only to experience a more mortifying and decided fate. On Sunday last, during a fog, a Vessel was ob served standing into Torbay. She was boarded by a man from a Pilot-boat, who reported her to he a French Privateer. Intelligence of this circumstance having reached Capt. SOMMERVILLE, of His Ma jesty's Ship Nemesis, then lying in Torbay, he im mediately weighed anchor, and putsued the strange sail all Sunday night and Monday, until five o'clock, when he came up with her, and instead of a French Privateer, she turned out to be a Portuguese Brig, with +guns, and about 20 men, bound from Dieppe to Swansea, in ballast, and had drifted with the tide during the fog into Torbay. We are assured, from very good authority, that tile Stcne Expedition, which has been ultimately abandoned, has cost the Country no less a sum than One. Hundred and Seventy Thousand Pounds ; a con. 'flowing proDfvf the cautious economy with which the safe Politicians, who had the milnagenitot of our affairs, disbursed the public m,)nryk ROY AL ICAD F. 1117. 1, : 01 No. z 3. Henry the Third replying to the Bishops • remonstrated against his uncanonical and force d • to vacant Dignities.—R. Wfsr R...A• THE rich tone of colouring for which this Ar!is t : is distinguished, is observable in the work be o , us. The Bishops, who had profited by th e ve ? eleatons of which they complain, skew, howe v ; rather surprise than shatne. The King W e° somewhat too languid, considering that he is ployed in rebuking ingratitude, which might .I °6 " . tify an animated resentment. The whole desle,; however, is conceived in a manner very creditab' to the talents of the Artist. No. 117. Cottage Scene: Summer F. vening,—H, lo gS°Pf Acad. Eleot. • ed This Pidure reminds us of a similar scene pa lnt by the late admirable President, for MAcKL II4 : I Gallery. We do not mean to arraign the Ar t ' s for plagiarism, but to give him due prdise for halr ; ing so successfully followed the track of a r ea Master. The scene has a pleasing air of ruji tj d simplicity. All the objeets are well arranged, all • there is a judicious mixture of light and bbadogi• No. 523. Portrait of T. Holcroft, Es OF'S. 1&°41" If this be, as we are informed, a Portrait Of bi : Writer whose Politics arc better known than 11 Person, we are surprised that he should not d iidal l to be dubbed ass Esquire, as such an addition sh es Ef t , what must appear to him, a bigotted attachtntnt unmeaning ranks and titles. The Portrai r r o painted with great spirit, and with a clear ina , tone of colour. The likeness is said to be ° d i p and, if so, LAV A T ER would hardly be able t ° cover in the countenance a modest degree of se o f estimation, or a meek toleration of the opinions others. No. a 6. Evening ; with Figures and Cattle.--P. f.. Df Lot; THIRBOUR4, R. A. tit This we conceive to be altogether the best o°. of this Artist in the pr esen t Exhibition. It i 9 t ie e and warm, but not glaring in any part. J G3;n4 and figures are touched with great neatness spirit. It is a Picture worthy of any cabinet. No. 230. Tyger-hunting.—J. NORTHCOTS, 11". There have been few Artists equal to the P r f i : ll o i in the representation of th e more f ero cious 11) f - i i i , inferior animals. He has here very success'll tttr al accomplished his purpose, in shelving fierceness of the tygers, and their fear of their pa suer. '[he attitude marks their apprehension, 311 e... their faces very forcibly demonstrate their unt°' ll e , able fury. The Artist has also shewn great ing or, nuity in placing the tygers on an elevated l a se s which conceals. the body of the elephant, bulk would otherwise h ave f orm ed too large illa e ss , fr . and have impaired the effel of the main figu r ve The scene, upon the whole, seems to have s Li Asiatic air, suitable to the subject. 0 M MUSIC.—Mr. HARR ISON'S Annual Concer t -°„, place last night in the Great Room at the o p er4. 6 House, and such is the esteem in which his char gte personal as well as professionally, is held , that gitlet room was crowded to the utmost with a very eleg i a rs , auditory. The chief vocal Performers were, Nab BILLINGTON, BARILEMAN, the KNirvEril d th° HARRISON. CRAMER led the Band, a nd was filled by eminent Performers/3' r, Among the novelties was a Duet; composed h Y e of CALLCOTT. The words from The leasof i s 1' h it Hope. The music was much admired, and • is 9 0 0 creditable to the talents and feeling of the ing e s oi Composer. It was well sung by HARR 15°14 00 1 ' 1 BARTLEMAN.—A new glee by GEtEarog°'„Je4' the Scotch song of Donald, was much siv"„,, - liie There were other instrumental novelties, in I excited much applause. Mrs. Br t.t.rso'r°;4:ce by song of GUGLI&LMI, astonished the aud ie ' o - ioh'; her excellence. She also very much disii n g„, jar° - herself in " Let not rage," which is form{, foe pleasing glee ,by GREATOR EX, and which v fr. .0 14, ly supported by this charming singer, 1-10 1 ' .1 :14 (1 " KNYVETT, and BARTLEMAN. But Mrs. i n TON chiefly shone in " From rosy bovi er-t c hta te which she gave PultCELL' s mus i c i n the 10 yet animated style. HArtarsoN displayed o i g lie d t 05 1 10 1 0 pure taste and elegance for which he is dist il l Oti c ' in a new sung from PINDAR'S First Pyth“ j° sl' j4ofis t ' composed in a charming style by Mr. , Inp t , The Whole of the Concert was worthy ( 01 it too reputation of the Performer for whose be neP ' ,c place. ha-s 4 dire, BANKS'S Concert last night, in r treatForte, of mach h e rjad beautyysh a s c : 0, f a 0 1 1 3 dpi s i o gavev ral Ladyagreatpiecesed ; new on we r t e h e l" ePrita-')no m and which in aeg s u h i e , t t e o d ok he j e if most padst. :c7, tnirably. SMALL sung remarkably weil ; or : vil efi r r ; Mrs. BURNEY contributed their orlo in--- a le - on the Piano Forte ; and Asti E per in e fOr 600 10- brillant Concerto on the Flute, in a inn' L style. Mr. PYE's Comedy is put aside till nes t _ o s d e— i ° o s As it had a very good report in private, worth vi'l written by a Gentleman whose talents a,n i " be o ne are universally resp " eeted, we trust it !'„on. of the earlist novelties of the followi n g se IN C LEDON has been robbed of so me sillier fiZuttrui It would not be wonderful if they sho uld be sall in the pockets of Miss DE CAS ''S Sa tin clothes, stolen from Drury.lanc Theatre. °T r ile Ha E yrn td ; t rk sr e o r N i r .h es e u a m rre es , tilhiesandeievnesmuianngagenseeamsorit. The Theatre will open with The Mountatneers• rat' his Q t t u ie T a c t l ri c i a s I a t rambles, present His MAJESTY in the summer, as he has_ jitwm!, y. a favourite performer with the ROYAL i'ers as , he Fre n ch _4OOO andin town, certainly but sporia_ny gesbse‘ibit.ocror o f cow , to Journalists must have a strange notion o 'son, exP . her if they think it is to be found in pr ver l‘ ; l° ‘‘ R : 4 , A irt U fOr i t s tib d E: cr lodged i! ei in in prrhiseonF.r:enci: P'lll .„ to a secret death, or aprt;lettr7iii..a .i, the r f ivcirry of a trial, • the jealousy of a ruthless Tyrant, and doofed Clvntdrj. -•-•-"'-'-''