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sent, not to propole that Arnentir t nent to: tl;c acop.' tion of the House, or to thiew any impediment, at such a moment, in the' ay of this AddresS ; by no means, however, _abandoning my resolution to bring forward the discussion jrt another shape, and at an early day.: and in order that the House may . be in possession of the motives which had induced me to form the .Amendment I intended to move, I will read it to the House. The Amendment I in tended was— " That this House feels the deepest concern for the Dis asters which have befallen His Majesty's Allies on the Con tinent, and will proceed to inquire into the causes which have produced them ; that the House feels that the most vi gorous measures are necessary for the defence and security of the Country : but at the same time that they grant to His Ma - aesty the necessary means of carrying on the Contest for the honour and safety of the Empire, it will be the duty of the House to take care the public resources be so directed as not to aggravate the calamities or increase the dangers of the Country." - - - - ", Such is the nature of The Amendment which 1 intended to have the honour of proposing this night; but although, for the reasons I have men tioned, I forego it for the present, yet, such are the exigencies of the public affairs, that many days cannot be suffered to elapse without bringing for ward the subje& for ample .discussion, in some shape; the Country expe&s it from this House, as a paramount and indispensible duty, and there fore I now inforni the House, that, at all events, I shall bring forward such a Motion, on Monday ties: t. Mr. FOX.---" I rise; Sir, to,trouble the House With Only a very few words. upon the subjeet. I coincide; .Sir, with the Noble Lord in the motives he has expressed for not pressing, his Amendment this ' night ; but.l trust .and hope,, that foregoing this Amendment for the present will :by no. means .be eeheidered; within or without„ these Walls, as an abandonment of its objet. I do. trust, 'that our abstaining for the present' from en - teririg into any discussion on the topics-contained in His Majesty's Message, will . not ,be any where so far misinter preted as to erecite an opinion that we did not f4el all that we (eight to feel froM the calamities that have ciferWhelrned the Continent of Europe; that Ave did.not reprobate those ill-planned, ill-concerted, ill-conducted measures that have led to the present brisit. Still, however, though feeling as Tdo on the state of the Country, I could not do justice to the itibje6t in discussing the measures of a person whose condu& is .so materially involved in those topics, durin g his absence, the cause of which I regret .as 'muck as any Mari. nut, however forcibly swell con siderations ought to operate upon the discretion of the House on ordinary occasions, yet all considera tions of personal regard must give way to the exi gencies of the times, which imperiously require that' the necessary discussion upon a subje6l so important should not be long postponed. Con icioui; that the House must feel the justice of this sentiment, and not wishing any more than the Noble Lord to excite any discussion farther fOr the present, I shall reserve my opinions for the ' day which the Noble Lord has mentioned for brine ing forward the subje& in any shape that to him • shall appear most eligible." . Lord CASTLEREAGH rose to express leis thanks. to the Noble Lord opposite him, for the very liberal manner in which he had acceded to the general wish, in not pressing an Amendment Which must lead to discussions involving the cha raCter and conduCt of a ' Right . Hon. Gentleman now absent from a severe illneSs, which,. he was confident, every Member of that House must deep-. leeregret . . In the absence of his Right Honourable Friend, it would, Undoubtedly, be matter of. pain ful regret, that a discussion should be brought for irard, in which his feelings and public conduit 'Were Matetially interested; and he trusted the period tá which the Noble Lord would postpone hiS question would be regulated by the same consi deration and liberal feeling which aCtuated him on the present occasion. It seemed, however, 'to be the intention of Gentlemen on the - other side of the House, . if he might judge from What had fallen from the Noble Lord; arid the Hon': Gentleman, to arraign the conduct of his Majesty's Ministers;. as the cause of the calamities on the Continent : 'he tould drily . assure,. the Noble • Lord, 'that his Ma-. lest y's Ministers; wheneVer the questien'should be brotight for Ward, were as well prepared to defend their conduct; ai.the Noble'Lord or his friends were to arraign it. As the SPEAKER was going to, put the question-, Mr. IFEVDH.dII , I rose and declared, that his nion was perfettly conformable to that which had been expressed by iris Huh. Friend (Mr. Fox) ; did net wish that there should be any-misrepresen tation of the Motives which had induced him to.eori lent to the delay which hid beeti thought advisea..., lite, in consequence of the peculiar circumstances of !be individual whose condua wbuld be so materially ernplicated in the discussion. He Was afraid that the hopes which had beiee held- out of a speedy recovery were not well grounded ; and it must berecolleeted; that in times of extraordinary difficulty 'and date - ere like the present,the indiiicheal feelings of every Mem ber of that House must yield to the superior consi deration of their duty. to the PubliC., He felt, in common with other Members, considerable pain, on account of the present situation of the Right Hon. Gentleman to whom he had alluded; but, however disposed he might he to hechilge thatfeeling, he thought the interest of the Public wbuld Net, admit of any longer delay of the importaet discussion which must take place, than to that day which the. Noble Lord (Lord HENRY PETTY) had mentioned. He thought that Noble Lord had pointed out the ,longest period to whith their duty to the Country Would alloVe,the discussion to be postponed, , The Address was then pat, and carried unani.; mously. ADDITIONAL FORCE BILL. Mr. SETEIIIDAN m se t° girtnotico, that he should take an early opportunity of moving a RePeal that A& which had been passed in a former Session, under the name of " An Mt for providing an Addi tional Force for the Defenee of the Realm," bat which was better known to fame by die 'name of the Parish Bill. Mr. SHERIDAN was proceeding; when The SPEAKER reminded lihn, ,that it *IS not - customary to make observations •of -that nature when simply giving notice of a AlotiOuittietulecrtd be made. Mr. SHERIDAN then said, 'be should move to-mor row for the Returns of the Niunherof Men ; raked under the A&, and drat-he should take an early op ,portnnity of Willi bis Motion: . . et\ • - t 4 t , • • • - Jrci. ClTt tavoght i t would be the best way for the Hon..MeMber to - state what alterationsbe be , wished' to propose. Mr. SittluDA: , 7 replied; that he, did,nat. mean to propose alterations, but to get rid of the Bill alto gether, that something better might be put in its place. NAVAL VICTORIES; Lord CASTLEREAGH gave notice, that ,he should; on Friday, move the Thanks of the House to the Officers, Seamen, and Marines, who were engaged in the Battles that were won under the command of the late Lord Nelson and Sir R. Strachan, on the 2, Ist of Oaober and the. 4th of November. VOLUNTEER FORCE. , Mr. WHITBREAD gave notice; that he should move on the same day, for lleturni of the effeetive Strength of the Volunteer Force. IM.P•EACHMENT 'DE LORD MELVILLE. Mr, Wu iTER EAD also gave notice, that he should move, onThursday next, for the revival of the Com mittee appointed last Session. upon the Impeach ment of a Noble Lord. He did not know but that the-Rill which passed last Session would make his Motion unnecessary : but if the House thought otherwise he should then make the Motion. LORD HENRY PETTY's MOTION. _, Lord H. PETTY then gave notice, that he should, on Monday next, bring forward the discussion of the question be . had before stated. A new Writ wAs . ordered for the Borough of Great -Yarmouth, in the room of Sir H. Popntot, who has accepted the Chiltern Hundreds. - Adjourned. . MAILS. ARR iV ID-2 Waterford. Du a-3 Hamburgh, 6 Gotten burgh, t Lisbon-, i Waterford. ui• STOCKS THIS DAY AT TWELVE O'CLOCK• Conscis 5918 THE SUN. soLEM, Qurs incrai rALst724 AU DIA?? 'LONDON, WrDNESDAY, JANUARY 22., 1806. IT is with the most deep and heart-felt anguish we state, ttzat Mr. PITT was this 'morning so much worse, that the most alarming apprehep-: sions are entertained for his life. The 02:Ard.Trens.pOrt, Capt. CocK, arrived on Monday in the Downs, in 35 days from ola : she was:separated froth the Bewilieu Frigate, a d the West-India Convoy, in the dark night of the 19th of December, in lat. so, 48. long. 63. 49. W. :all well. ; : WE yesterday stopped the preSs to state that the Session of Parliament had been opened by Commis sion, and to lay before our Readers the Speech which was delivered,by the Lords Commissioners on that occasion. The Debates which : were expeEted both Houses.•oti the . .. Address did not take place . Lord H. POTTY, who was to have moved the Amendment in the House of Commons, after la menting the cause of Mr. PITT'S • absence, •and de claring his unwillingness to enter into. a, discussion on the condiia of Administration in the absence of that Right Hon.. Gentleman,. pOstpdried his Mo 7 tion till Monday. We:are perfe&ly willing to give the Members of the Opposition full credit for the motives.which induced themnot to press the discus . . last night ; but if it-really be true that they con- . skier the Administration as responsible for all the calamities which have happened on the Continent, and mean to make them the. subje& of a serious charge against Mr. PITT as Prime Minister, the same feel .ing - yrihich induced them to waive the.discussion last night should , have prevented them from fixing a . , . day forbringingit forward, on which, We are sorry to say, there is no hope. that Mr. PITT will be able to attend'. Indeed we do not see how an investiga tion of the measures of Adaiinistration since . the re cess dould havetaken place yesterday with proprie-' ty; even if Mr. PITT had fortunately been able to attend ; for the 'Speech states that RI'S MAJESTY "dins notbeen 'Wanting in his endeaVours toapply the „ . weans, which were so liberally placed at his diSPosal, in aid of s such Of the Powers *Of the Continent . as had evinced a determination to resist the formidable and growing Encreachnients of France. He has direEted the several Treaties entered into for this purpose to be laid before you." Until Par liament, therefore, ,are in possession of these do cuments, it seems almost impossible tO . come to a decision upon the conduel of Adn - finiitration. Mr. SilitßD'S4 gave notice of his intentfori 6 moVe for the repeal of the Defence Bill. Wiirriutk:An also gave notice, .that he would this day Move for the rerappoldtinent of the Com mittee to'condtta • the Ithp'eaeltment Of Lord MEL-. VILLE. , • .:1 7 ,estet4ap. morning Ms MAJESTY, PRINCESSES ! AIJGITST4, Soma, arid AMELIA, accodipanied Genc.rA, FITZROY and Colonel TA,p.dit, took an air 'ori horseback in NVindsbr'Great Park. HER'MAJESTY arid the other P.aiLs . sts took at airing to Frogmore, • The Gazelle of list night contains a Prodatnation. Continuing the :Bonnty . . to Sea Men froth the 31st December last to flio 31st December ensuing; a Proclamation continuing the piohibitioli of the pert of Naval Stores. for six months from the tlth January . ; .also; a Proclamation taking - off the Qua rantine noW- - imilosed On .Vessels: amp' Pentisilvania and .New.iptk: NAVAL NE IT 8. ELI Ot7TU, JAN. tile . z. d, of 3 guns, from Ireland; the. Nenieiis, of 28 - guns, from Newfoundland; the Santa Alargai-etta . Frigate, from the Channel Fleet; and L' E 11' ieee . Sloop of War; from a Cruize. Sailed the Weirrior; of 74 guns, to join the Chpn nel Fleet. Arrived the America& Ship Middleton, Capt. SPENCER, from Charleston, bound to Bdurdeaux; laden with sugar, coffee, cotton; &c. detained by the Santa Margaretta Frigate. The Belleisle, Capt. Was. HAR Go on, was paid off at this Port on the 14th 'inst. and most of her brave... Crew have been turned over to the .Gordon, Formidable, Ccesar, St. Georgl , ,. and Salvador del Mundo. The Lords of the Admiralty, have appointed Capt. SEYMOIIII, of Frisney,Place, near . this town, to the comrnaml of the Warrior; 14, vice Capt. LISGEE, ashore on account of his extreme ill health... Went out of dock The Indefatigab/e, 44 ; she ,will soon be ready for sea in Hamoaze. Rear Ad _ miral 'THORNBROUGII is anxiously expe&ing the ar rival of the Kent, 74, said to.-day to be in Torbay. A - report is prevalent of the loss of the I nzpei ileux'-s Launch; but little credit is attached to it, aS the biz petueux was in Falmouth a few days since,and no ac counts have been.received from her of so unfortunate an accident. PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 21. Arrived the. Neptune, HOPPETT, from Lisbon; Nelson, PEACOCK, froin St. Petersburgh ; Betsey, HUNT,' from .Yarmouth, bound to Naples; and L'Esperance . Sloop, from Rochefort,bound to captured by L'Egyptenne Frigate; andliden with fish. Sailed the Earl Howe Frigate, with Convoy, ,for the Downs: The Mediterranean and . West India Convoys re- Main in the same state as they have for several days ; and' Sir J. WARREN'S Squadron at St. Helen's. • •BRIXHAMrQUAY, J3N ! 2o.—Arrived this morn ing, in Torbay, the Warrior Man of War, and re- . mains with the Ships as per last. • in addition to' the Ville de Paris, . Princess Royal, Pi-ince of IViles; Windsor Castle; and Dragon, which are at Torbay, arrived here last night: the Glory and L'lmpetueux. The Glory is beginning'to take in fresh water immediately, as she start„ great Tiantity of her water to' lighten 'her, when she got on shore at Falmouth. It is bloW r lug very heavy still at about S. W. With rain. DEAL, JAN. 21.—Arrived ihe Lin from off • Havre. Sailed the Combatant and. Cygnet for Boulogne ; and Earnest for Ostend. .Sailed La Constance Frigate, for 'Portsmouth .; Pallas and Tribune Frigates on a - Cruize Pei.sever-: ance East Indiaman, and the rest of :the,-outward bound, under convoy, for Portsmouth. • POOLE, J. 21.—The ARive, SABBIN, that was on shore at Hook Sand, is got off, and the whole of the cargo saved. SHEERNESS, JAN. 20. Came down from the River the Faille, of 74 guns, Capt2GitanAm MocinE; and Molwacfi Tender, Lieut. Cox, with several im- Pressed men and volunteers for the Fleet. Arrived the llecla Bornici, Capt. ROBERT SCOTT, from the Downs, to repair the damages she has sus tained by an Indiaman running foul bf her at that anchorage; also several Transports. Bailed several Merchant Vessels coastwar;. JANUARY 21. .. 7 -,Catne down from Chatham the Gelykheid, of 68 guns, commanded by Mr. ALEX. fILACK, Master : she proceeds in a few days to Pal .niciuth„ Where she Will be employed as a sheer-hulk. At : rived the Ferret, ''a fine new Brig, of 18 gtins, under jury -masts, froth Dartmouth ; and Vesuvilts Bomb, Capt. JAMES TALLICIIiP; froth the Downs. This..day the Tharizes was paid bounty, and two Months ddvatice, and will sail hi d feW chiys far the Downs. . Yrinmou'rn, JAIL 20 .—Remain ihe hick, Ele ithant, Agincourt, Ruby, and Antelope ; Cormorant and Arauianthe Sloops; Forward, Griper ; Gallant, and BhiiZer Gun-brigs. The Tiber, DURRAT, froth the North; -. with is on shoie at titO Haven's mouth, HULL, JAN. the g'aleof Nirinj ,on 'Friday; the Park, TURNER, from the Ttent, for London, ,with potatoes,. loft her alichOrs-and cables in Yar mouth Roads.• ' The hope, of Scafboroo,h, JOHN WiLtiAilsON . Master and part om ner; sailed from rillau nearly three months ago, and has not since been heard of Thursday Seinnight the koop Neptune, Captain I\ltss, one of thlidindoh traderi, helongin - g to Whitby; sailed frhat Port With a valuable car go', and on the foll Owing day encountered a heaq gale of wind from the N. W. and N. in which she shtpind a sea which carried' away her quarter-boards, did otherconsiderable damage; the Vessel aisc , proved so leaky in. the .upper workn; thdt the crew were undrir the necessity Cf runnint her oti chore upon the beach near Wells, 'Where she - ren - ;ainS: if the Weather cntirines r.ioderate it is expcEtedshe will be got,Qff with Out much damage. has beets safely landed The cargd 'butqng.tlie heavy gale an Friday se'Unight alatt . , Ship. 'Was seen drhung by the Port of Vliitby to th 9 southward, . with only a' rnizen-ruast standing. The bri-: Ann, of Buiideriand, THoIVIAS STODDARD , Mas ter-, in, the late gales; canted .her balliSt at sea, but has got into Scarborough Pier, With file hiss of het main -mast, beiag obliged to .cat it away. DISTIZIBUTION Of• PRIZE MOVE' To the Officers and. Company - of Majesty's SFlip La Loire, for the Capture of the.t. rench Corvette La Conhance; the 4th j ttn,z, „Spanish FeJucca San Pedro, al Esperanto, ad fune,.anci Spanish B.rig,Maria,.l3e,Los Garcjis, 4th 180 s, on board, in Plytmitith Sound, on Tuescily ; or every Tuesday and Friday afterwards, at Mr. E. Lyne's Counting-house, Plymouth. • . Jr could not be expe&ed that His MAJESTY'i Speech, however unexCeptidnable in substance and language, should pass without c'thsure from. the Op position Writers'; but every candid mind must ad mit that it w'''as 'drawn tip 'with the utmost discre tion, in order to prevent controversy at a time when it would have been twilit unseasonably in-' troduced. This discretion, it is evident, was. not the result of an interested caution, or any felt . of investigation, for His Majesty's Ministers have, Signified their readiness to enter into '-the most ample discussion of the imporiant subjeas to which the Speech refers. The Public, therefore, have the sakisfaCtion of knowing that matters so important an 4 interesting will, undergo a rigid scrutiny at the .pro- , per, period, and that every Document will be sub mitted to Parliament which may be n ecessar y, to throw the fullest light upon every thing that de mands its attention. Yesterday the, DUKE of Y.orix held a public day, at his Office in the Horse-Guards, and saw a number of Officers in - rotation as they left their rams Major-General the From CHARLES Hori arrived in Canterbnry, on Friday last, to resume_ the com mand of the Garrison of that City. The Hon. Capt.,PoULETT is appointed `ia the Orestes.`Sloop, at Chatham. Captain FARQUIIARSON;' 'of the Navy, son of that brave and distinguished Officer, the late, Sir Jong LocKHART Ross, and wild htely changed his name; in consequence of his succession to a consider property in Scotland, is appointed-to the comnLard of the Gibraltar, of so guns. The Demroben Castle, arrived at Cork from Ja maica, parted from the Fleet on' the t t tit Novem, ber, previous to its' arrival -zit - Port Antonio ; she came through the Gulf, and spoke the Vigilant, foi' Cork, on the morning of tite Itth November. • ' _We' yesterday stopped the Tress -to state, that " The Thanderer has taken, acid, carried into Gib raltar, 'a French 7-t-:gun Shi i,.richiy laden, from the Isle orFrance.—A Letter trom. Lieut, C,%ITE4,- t 4, his 'Father,, Dr. C,att-rEtt, a Dublin, by a Mer r client VeSSer, afineariee's' 'this .e - Vent."—As it was. Only in part of ofirlnapressinn, we have 02 - Uhl , Serted it this dy., Captain CLENIENTS (Royal Marines), of His- Ma jestv's Ship, Namur,. who was severely wounded in' -the late anion under Sir IL STRiac.HAN,and since lost his leg, : is, we are - happy to state, in.a -fair avay-of recovery, at Ply mouth -Hospital. . Yesterday- Robert Paterson, 'the it ttc , rney; wild was convidectin 'December last at the: Old . Bailey, of' defrauding Mr. Roth of•I 301. under pretence of pro.: curing him a place in Ordnance; stood in the pillory pursuant to sentence. It *ill be remembc::', , d that this .delinquent was assisted in his villainy by Thomas - Nel,vishan, a Clergyman, who has Sill;:e been transported. The filets . of the transaßion 'were; . the Prisoners prevailed upon Mr. Roth to obtain' 13 . 01., from his relations in Essex, prornisingliiin. a place . for ..that• sum of twenty-eight 'shillings a week in the Ordnance Department. Alter taking' him down to Woolwich;. and receiving part of ,the money,,NeNiisham-pretended thathe had only to see Mr.:Crewe, the Secretary of the _Ordnance Board ? as theplace was obtained. Mr. Roth was next carried to. the:..., Court of ,Exchequer, Westminster4lall; where Paterson personated Mr. Crewe, and Mr. Roth took the oaths of allegiance and supremacy previously to his appointment. The Prisoners then extorted se veral sums .of money from' him,, and, :when he be came pressing for his situation, then absconded, but. were soon after taken into custody. Paterson, in order to:disguise himself, appeared in a coachman's great coat, which hung down to his heels, his 'countenance aid not bear the marks of sorrow; on the contrary, he laughed several times, arid discoursed With the Officers round th 6 pillory on, the aecoMnialation he net With. The spedtatcri 'were remarkably orderly,;,, and after the Culprit had: stood an hour he was led back to Newgate. .A neiv mode of dip'ecntent.—A cenple being eri gaged,lately in a matrimonial, altercation before th:.ir children,the husband at length exelairried—" Za , ' ands, my deat, is there ariy matter_ in which We Can 'pus-. sibly agree?" ‘i Yes, Papa (cried an arch boy of seven years old); you and Mama can easily agree to give me -and my brothers and sisters a share each in the Lottery, that is now Making so much noise."—The father' arid Maher smiled; and instantly agreed to Make the present requieifed, while the Young gentry retired 'joyfully to rest, to drearia of the numerous fortunes which Will be diiiributed, in' a few days, to early adventurers, C01i.14-EXCHASiGE, JAN. Q.2..—L-Thete . are fey freSh arrivals of Wheat to-day, . and this trade is very dull of 'sale, .those made are at lower prices ; Barley is in tecid Supply, the Maltsterti expecting a .reducalon ccintirfue to rittake few 'purchases ; Grey, Pease rather loWer 3 • very feW good Beans, and last prices are supported; Oats are in tolerable plenty, and this article is cheaper 3 many sales of Flour at Jess than the currency. . Wheat 47s a 6os a 68s ed . Beans .. 5 05 a 5 6 s 0 4 Fine ditto - zos a za,s ad Tick B e ans 42-s a 4 5 S ock Rye .- - 3is a 4os od Oats 22s a 26s a 235 o n Barley -.- 2,Ns a 33s 641 Poland ditto 295 a 3os o u t Malt - -66 s a 715 ocl Rape Seed - 381 - 423 White Pease ' 34S a 41S od Fine Flour , ' 6os a 65s c t , Grey ciitp 3'o a 335 9:1 Second*- 55s a bus oat