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MPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF PEERS. THURSDAY, JULY 17. Lord Lorrus (Marquis of Ely) took the oaths and Tiffs seat. • - _ In the Appeal" Chamley v. Lord Dunsany and others," Mr. Percival and Mr. Richards were heard for the,Responclepts.7—Further hearing to-morrow, ' Mr. llobhouse, Mr. Parnell, and several other Members of the liouse of Commons, brought up the Royal Family Annuities Bill, the Irish Postage Bill, Earl Nelson's Annuity Bill, the London Addi tional Foree Repeal Bill, the Lottery'Bill, and some ,c;tlier Bills ; .whiCh were read a first time. _ .The Militia Service Bill, the Volunteer Officers' Rank Bill, the Sugar Bill, the . Silk BOUnty Bill, the Masts Bill, the Raisins Bill, the Gunpowder Impor tation Bill; the • Innkeepers' Allowances Bill, the . Gibraltar ' and Malta Trade Bill ; and the Masters in Chancery Bill, were read a third time and paised. • The Earl of LimEprcz. ,moved the Order of the Day for taking into consideration the ReSolUtions of the House cf Commons relative to the-examination of Veers before that House, not being Peers of Par ilian?ent —on which, it b6i - g, a. matter of privilege, strangers were excluded. AMERICAN INTERCOURSE BILL. The discussion lasted for upwards of two hours. When we were re-admitted, we found Lord HAIPKESBURY on . his legs, speaking on the ',third reading of the 'American Intercourse Bill. His Lordship deprecated any departure from those principles on which our Navigation Laws were founded, and to which we vrere' indebted for our maritime superiority, and our greatness as a Nation. He did not mean to contend that there. might not be cases in which, from necessity, the general prin ciple of our Navigation Laws must be. departed from—but the present :was not such a case ; and if an investigation was 'allowed to take place, he pledged himself to bring' forward ,Merchants of the 'highest respectability, Cho.would declare that such a measure as the present was wholly unnecessary. 'He objeCtO that this Bill was.brought forward, and all investigation refused. He thought also that the measurewas rendered worse bYenaCting it for an in :definite-period ; it :would be, in his mind, much better to litnit the.period of its duration ,to the Ist of July, 1807, as in the mean time an investigation . l of important subje& might !eke place, and Par liament become acquainted withthe real state of the question. • , • Lora HOLLAND contended that nothing more 'was meant by this Bill than to vest 'that power. in the Privy Council which had heretofore, been exer cised, contrary' to Law, by the Governor's of our ,West India Islands. That the power of allowing our West India Islands to be supplied from Arne ' rico should be lodged somewhere, was demonStrable frorn the fatal effeas which a contrary policy, that of resiriEting otir Colonies to a supply from' this Country, had produced in those Islands when re sorted to' soon after the termination of the American War. This power, he contended, could no where be better lodged than in the hands:9lHis Majesty's Privy Council; who were tesponsible'for theexer cise of it, and who were more likely to be influenced here by British, interests thin the Governors in the West Indies, who, from their. situation, were ne cessarily suhje& to be operated upon by local in fluence. He was astonished at the opposition this measure met with in ail its stages, particularly from thee who had sanaioned the Governors in the West • T w ii g s, continually violating . the Law froth necessity, for -the purpose of admitting a sup ply into the West Indies from America, and 'who Iliought thii of so little consequence, that they ne,g;- leaeo for three or four years to 'pasS 'any Bill ,of • Indemnity. Lord ELDON maintained that there was a ma terial difference between indemnifying the Gover nors in the West' Indies for - these aas; and passing an Ata of Parliament to legalize - the principle. The great object of our Navigation Laws was to pre serve our maritime superiority; and they should not lig!ttly bedeparted from, as it sliOnld be remembered that when our 'Shipping• ,and Mariners were de creased, those of other Nations would be increased ; and that if, 'in the event ,of a Peace, there was not employment in our Mercantile Shipping fOr the nu merons Seamen who would be-discharged, many of them might enter into foreign service. Earl SPENCER defended the Bill, which, he contended, had nothing to do with the general prin ciples urged on 'the other side, - .it being only to give a power to the Privy Council to allow the impor teion of certaiq .articles from America into „our West.lndia Islands, in case of necessity, and in or dt'r to prevent any ill etreas ,arising from the precai rims nature "of, a supply restricted wholly_ _to this . Country. It did not, - however, prpvent the Sop plies.front being sent .frorri hence in British 'Ship- ping. Lord liAlv-KEsBuK moved an . Amendment to limit the duration of the Bill to tie Ist of July, 1867, • • The Earl of LAUDERDALE thought the Amendment extremely inconsistent with the argu ments urged on the other side, as it went to ac , I.mowledge a principle of supplying thelVet Indies .frorri America, whether in war or in peace,.whifst the Bifl, in its present' Shape,. went only, to the necessity of doing so in time of war. Aftr some further observations froth Lord EL- Dpiq and 'LOA . HOLT:4WD, the Amendment was negatived, and the Bill read a third . rime and passed,. The'remaining Bills on the table were for Warded itt their respeelive staL;es, and the House, adjourned soon after nine, till to-morrow (this day). HOUSE OF C'O_ll4l:OlVS.. THURSDAY, JULY, 17. , The Right Honourable THamAs GIIENVILLE took the .Oaths. and his Seat for the Borough of , • Mr - 'Woolford, from the Treasury, presented an Account • Of the Aduition, to the Public Funded Debt pb.- ; . etinerit the Aa of tho Bath of the X.in‘4.- 77 prd,,i'L'cli to lie on_the Table: I.'ne Lopdon Ad( ! itton:ll Foreq Rrpeal,Bill, the MAt- Di:tty 4 13iii, Royal Family itQz44l3 41; awl Lpx.d Nelson's Anituity Bill, were. read a third time an'a passed.. The Printer .to the'.H.ouse of Commons presented an Account of the Expences,of printing all the Pa pers relative to Indian Affairs, with the exception of those relative tote I\labollof Arcot's Debts and the Budget, during the present Session, with the Dates of the Orders and the time they were delivered.--.- Ordered- toile on the Table, and to be printed. Mr. Meux, from the India Board, presented Pa pers relative to the charges against Marquis Wel lesley, purspant to an Order'of the I-lotirie..—,Qrdenr ed to lie on the Table, and to be printed. , The Consolidated P'und Stirplus Bill, the Public Harbours Bill, the Customs' Regulation Bill, and MacdoWal's Estate Bill, were reported, and ,or4er;:.d to be read a third time to-morrow. OAK BARK BILL. The Oak Bark Penalty Suspension Bill was re ported. . Lott! FOLKSTONE, notwithstanding the iitte7. tress. of the period• at which this 'Bill was .brought forward, wished to, make a few observations upon it. The Objea of the Bill was to suspend the ope ration of certain penal provisions respeaing the Management of Oak. Bark. The interests of many persons were concerned in this, and they had been allowed no opportunity to examine 7 it, and state their objeaions, on account of the suddenness with which this Bill had been brought in and carried forward. Had it not been for this the,Ta'tile would have been crowded with Petitions against it. There had been no prosecution _Under,' this Penal statute for forty years, and the origin of the Bill was this A person in the County of Hants, who dealt largely in this article, had managed the concern in' a. man.: ner that gave, offence, and Occasioned inconvenience to certain rivals in the- trade. They commenced a prosecution against him for these penalties, so . that the Bill might be called a Bill to prote& him from this prosecution,, for this appeared the real reason of its being brought before the House. Now, he thOught that the House should pause ,before it passed a Bill upon such a- slight ground as this, for suspend ing a penal statute. .He hoped .therefore that the Bill would be delayed, as the persons who brought it in were not present, or that some Member would feel himself authorised tb put it off for the Session. Mr. BYNG said, that the Noble Lord who brought in the Bill being absent, a satisfa6tory answer could not at present be given, but if the Noble Lprd on the other side would 'state his obje&ions on the third reading, , he would, no doubt, have such an answer as the . nature 'of the case required. The Bill was then ordered to be read a third time to-morrow. The Pilots' Regulatibn Bill w•as committed, and reported.—The Report ordered to be further con sidered this day se'nnight (put off till next Session). The Crown Lands Lease Bill was ordered to be read a third time to-morrow. , , An Account was presented, pursuant to order, of the Offices, and Salaries annexed thereto, which are held by certain Members of the Royal Family ; of which Account, as far as we could colleet, the fol loWing is a Copy : The Prince of Wales, as Colonel of the t»th Dra goons -A7.1,085 17 6 Tne D uke of York, as. Ranger of Windsor Forest; • rated at - - llowpce for Fire-wood, &c. For New. Lodge, &c. - As Comrhander in Chief - q• 0 • 11 • o 3o 0 0 - 3►37 1 I 3 For First Regirbent of Guards, rated - 668 o ; As Colonel of the 63th - Regiment ..' - - 238 o o The Duke of Clarence, for Half-pay - 730 0 • For Bushy Park - :. - 128 9 S The Duke of Kenty First Regiment of Foot ' ' 77S t 2 6 As Governor of Gibraltar 7 - 3, 6 43 0 • ____ The Duke of Cumberland, as Colonel of the -.- 15th Regiment - - ir,085 ;7 6 As Lieutenant-General oh the Staff, &c. , 1,348 o The Duke of Cambridge, as Colonel of the Cold stream Regiment of G uards _ 658 5 7 The Duke of St4sex, as Lieutenant-General on the Staff - 1,348 8 o The Duke of Gloucester. ditto - - 1;348 8 o The Account was ordered to lie OD the Table. ' CALICO PRINTERS. Mr. MoottE brought up the Report of the Com mittee appointed to examine. the Minutes of the Evidence taken in 1804, upon the subject of a Petition from the Journeymen Calico Printers, and the following Resolution of this Committee was, according to Motion, read by the Clerk at the Table : " That it is the opinion of this Committee, that the matters in dispute between the Masters and Jour neymen in the Calico Printing Trade might be ami cably adjusted, inasmucli as . they . poiSes's the means amongst themselves, as will be found amply and circumstantially detailed in the Report,• and that time be allowed. to effeet the same, with a view to preclude those Legislative Provisions, for which, otherwise, it, will be„ indispensibly neces sary to apply in the next Session of Parliament."— The Report . was ordered to lie on the Table; and to be printed.—Adjourned,. FL).'ANCE-JULY 14, 180 G. FROM OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS LAID BEFORE THE HOUSE OF COMMONS. (z.) That the total amount of the Public Funded Debt of Great Britain was, on the ist Feb. , 1803, 567,003,9781. ; of Which 67,255,9151. had been purchased by the Commissioners for . the ReduCtion of the National Debt, and 49, t 80,5871. had been transferred to them on account of Land Tax redeemed ; leaving a Funded Debt unredeemed of 480,572,4761. And that the amount of Annuities charged on Great Britain (after dedueting what have fallen in) was, on the ist February, in Short Annuities and for Lives, 53,9,9791. ; and in Long An- , nyities 1,015,4 101. (2) That the total amount of Public Funded Debt created in Great Britain for account of Ireland was. the Ist of Fe bruary, 1863, 22,348,0091 ;—of which there had been pur chased-411re Commissioners for the Reduction of the Na timid Debt 4,12.3,410 ; leaving a Funded Debt unredeemed Of r;224,5851. together with Long Annuities to the amount 619,792 (3) That the total amount of Public Funded Debt created in Great Britain, for• account of the Emperor of Germany, was, on the ist of February, 1893„7,502,6331;--of which 375,137-had been purchased by the Commissioners for the Re. dudion of the National Debt ; leaving a Funded Debt -un redeemed of 7,12,7,4961. together with Annuities to the amount of 230,0001. which will expire in 1819. •(4.) That the amount Of the Outstanding Demands unpro ,videct torort the sth January; 1803, exclusive of Unfunded Debt - , 'and of the. Anticipation of certain Duties annually ibted ‘ ••'was 592,6301.: • That the deficiency of Ways and. Means for the year'lB,:2 was 1 71,431 ' •—rnakint the amount of demands unproVided for on the sth January, 1803, 764,0611. • (5.) That the Unfunded Debt, • in Exchequer Bills unpro vided for, or charged up,nl. Fund; which proved insufficient, was.,-on the sth lan. 1803, including 3,990,0991. iri the Bank,- whichborello intere.s in consideration or th 9 the Charter. ' hai the Pr:Whiled Debt , in. Navy Bills was, on the sth, 0:48., 3,105,6481. ' • • (6.) That the total arnount of the Public Funded Debt 9f Great vps, on the fcbruary, ;$;:6 1 , (10w52, if 3!, ; ' . wh,ch t0t,'145,L11,, had been pnrchr.Sed by the, Con - missioners for the ReduCtion of the National, Debt, and 22;325,7101. had been tiansferred to them on account of Land Tax redeemed, leiying a Funded Debt unredeemed of '5;7,280,5611. And that the amount of Annuities charged on treat Britain (after dedudling what have fallen in) was, ou the Ist. February, in Shore Annuities and for Lives, 485,1671. and in Long Annuities 1,047,4941. And that a farther Debt, amounting to 1.9,880,0001. Capital Stock, has been created by the sums borroWed in the present Session of Parliament, out of which 979,2561. five percent. Anmtitics crested in 1797, have been paid Oir. (7.) That the total amount of the public Fktpded Debt, created in Great Britain for account of Ireland, was, on the ist February, fBo6 t 311,3911,0001. ; of which there had been pure chased by the Commissioners for the reduCilon of the National Debt, 2,9 . 13,9481. leaving a Funded Debt of 35441 21 . to gether with Long Annuities to the animist of 91,24 . And that a further Debt, amounting to 3,320,0001. Capital Stock, has been created by sups borrowed M the present Sessiop in Great Britain on account of reland. (8) That the total amount of Public Funded Debt created in Great Britain for account of the Emperor of Germany was, on the Ist February, iSO6, 1;502,6331, —of which 641,249 h had been purchased by the Cornmi.sioners for the ReduCtion of the National Debt, •leaving a Funded Debt of 6,86a,3841. together with Annuities to ;he amount ofuo,oool. which will expire in :819. (9.) That the amount of Outstanding Demands unprovided for on the sth (an. 1806, exclusive of Unfunded Debt, and of the anticipation of -certain Duties annually voted, was 1,923,89 )1. : That the deficiency of Ways and Means,for. the year 1804 was 1,707,5891. ; making the amount of Demand's 'unprovided forms the sth January, tBe6, 3,53 t,4791. ; the whole of which has been paid off or provided to: in the pre sent Session. (to.) That on the sth lan. 1806, . there Were - 341,0001. in Exchequer. Bills charged upon the Aids of 1805, to the dis: charge of which theAid's of 1805 were insufficient, 12,000,0001. cliarged on the Aids of 1806, aid 3;090,0091.. payable in 1806, which are with the Bank, and bear no interest in consideration Ufthe'renewal of the Charter ; making a total of Exchequet Bills unproviiled for, of 15,341,0001. ; of which sum 341,0001. has been paid ih the preseht Sessidn. That the Unfunded Debt in Nay) , Bills was, ou,thelstn pa nuary, 1806, 5,9 t '6BBl. • . • • • (; I.) That tne variations in the state of the. Public Debt he tween the sth lan. 180 J, and [the sth Jan. 18oy, being four years of War, may be estimated as tOilows The Public Funded Debt of Great Britain Unredeemed, which on the Ist. Feb. 1803 was 480,572,4761. will amount. to 533,54,3 0 5 1 . atter deducting 1 - 2,600,0001.-for the operation of the Striking Fund and ihe,itedeniption of Land Tax during the current year ; being an increase of capital, Stock Of - - - ' - 53 oil 829 The Public 'Funded Pabt created in Great 811- tain for Account of Ireland, unredcerned, which on the Ist Feb. 1802, was 21,22.4,5851. will amount to 37,990,2521. after 'deducting 813,8001. tar the operation of the Sinking Fund during the currant year; being an increase of capital Stock of ' 0,765,667 The Long. Annuities of Great 'Britaip which on the Ist Feb. 1803, were 1,015,4101. vvidamount to • 1,047,494; being an increase of annual charge of 37 , 0 8 4 The Long Annuities created in Great Eritain for Account of I reland, which, on the ist of February, 1843, were 97911. will amount to 91,2071. ; being 'an increase of annual charge of - • - 81,416 The Unfunded Debt in Exchequer Bills, which, on the ist of February, 1803, was 9 1 47,4961. will amount to i5,000,000l ; being an increase of - 172,600. 'The Unfunded Uebt in Navy Bills, which, on the Ist ebivary, 803, was 3,105,6481. will amount to 6,st I, 5881. ; being an increase or 3,4e'5 94 0 . The Funded Debt created in :treat Britain for - , account of the Emperor of Germany, unredeerntd, which on the ist of Feb. 1803, ,was 7,127,1951. will be reduced to 6,770,3841. after deducting 90,0001. for the operation of the Sinking Fund during the current year; being a diminution of Ca. pital - .S . tock of - - 357,112 The Short Annuities of Great Britain, which on the Ist of February, iffo3, ware 539',9791. will be reduced to 477,3911. ; being a diminution of _annual charge of - 62,588 The sum applicable to the redemption of Debt, which on the ist of February, 1803, was, ti,r the Debt of Great Britain, 5,834,986 ; for Debt created in Great Britain for account of Ireland 258,4341. ; ter Debt trcate,l in Great Britain for account of the Emperor of Germany 47,9471.- making a total of 6,14 ;—will amount to 9 8,2730491. for the Debt of Great Britain; 537,1511. for the Debt ' created in Great Britain, for account of Ireland; 58,6601. for the Debt created in Great Britain fot account of the Emperor of Germany :—making a • • total of 8,868,860 ; being an increase of . 2 ,7 2 7493 - ( tz) That the annual charge on account of the Public Funded Debt of Great Britain, after deducting the charges of management 'on Loans redeemed by the Commissioners for the • Recludion of the National Debt, and the interest and charges of matragernent on Stock transferted for the reclemp.; tion of the Lallci4Tax, was, on the Ist Feb. 1803, 23,510,9671, and on the Ist Feb. , 1806, 26,330,9881. ; and that a further charge has.been incurred on account of the sums borrovted in the present Session, amounting to 1,136,0001. (13) That the sum annually applicable to the Retindion of the National Debt of G reat Britain, in pursuance withe se veral Ads relating thereto, was for the year 1803, 6,311,6261. ; -being about 1-77th part of the unredeemed Dem existing in 1803 ; and may for the year 1806 be estimated at 8,275;0491, being about t-66th part of tne unredeemed Debt ex4sting'in 1806. _ _ _ • (1=1.) That the total net produce of the Permanent Taxes in the year ending sth lantiary; 1803, amounted to 28,246,6811. including 715,3231. paid fur bounties on Corn, and Rice im ported in the year 1822 ; and on the sth 'actuary, 1826, the total net produce of the Permanent,Taxes amounted to 3 1, 795 ,1101 . (15 ) That the net produce of the War 'faxes was in the year ending sth April, 1804 ; Cubtoms and Excise . £3,377,442 Property Tax - - 363 , !•,•7 3,74 1 ,3'9 sth aos, Customs and Excise C 7,868,078 Property Tax • , 3,9 1 9,108 11,787,186 sth April,.lBo6, Customs and Excise 8,496,550 Property Tax - 4 , 4 11 ',95 8 • t 2,978,508 (16.) That the o ffi cial value of all Imports into Great Bri tain, in the year ending sth January, 1803, was 3 1 ;442,3181. ; and on an average of six years, ending the sth January, 18e3,,„, was 28,419,6261. That the official value of all Imports into Great Britain, in the year ending sth January, 1896, supposing the ImpOrts from the East Indies (of which no account has yet been made up) to be the same as in the preceding year, was 29,488,0721. and on an average of six years, ending sth January, ;Sob, was 30,243,4171: (t 7.) That the official value of British Manufaaures, ex,. ported from Great Britain in the year ending sth January, 1803, was 26,993,1291. ; and on an average of six years, end ing' sth January, 1803, was 22,942,6001. That the official value of. British Manufaaures exported from Great Britain in the year ending sth January, 1806, was 25,003,3081. ; and on an average of six years, ending sth larut- Ary, 1800, was 24,698,0581. And that the real value of British Manufaaures, exported in the year ending sth January, 1803, may be estimated at 43,500,6831. ; and in the year ending sth January, iSo6, at 41,068,9421. (18.) That the official value of Foreign Merchandize ex ported from Great Britain in the year ending Oh January, 1893, after deducting the excess arising froth the valuation of coffee, was 14,41 - 8,8371. and.on an average of six years, end ing the sth January, 1803, was 51,651,3331. That the official value of Foreign •Meruhandize exported from Great -Britain in the year ending sth Jan. tBo6, after de dueting the excess arising from the valuation of coffee, was 9.950;5081. and on an average of six years, ending sth JAIL 1806, was 11,685,7111. (1-9). That in the year ending the sth Jan. tto,f, the num ber* British Vessels entered inwauls in Great Britain was 13,622 ; their tonnage 1,793,333 ; and the number of men employed in them 108,669 : That the number of British Vessels cleared outwards was 13,012 ; their tonnage 1,625,966; and the number of men employed in them 102,427. That in the yeax...:nding sth January, 1803, the number of Foreign Vessels entered inwards in Great Britain, was 3,733 ; 'their tonnage 480,241 ; and the number of men employed in : them. 27,737 :—And that the number of Foreign Vessels cleared outwards was 3,332; their tonnage 461,823; and the number of men employed in them 2 6,749 " That in the year ending sth J anuary, 1806, the number of British Ships entered inwards• in Great Britain was 11,409 ; their tonnage 1,494,07 i; and the number of men employed - ter navigate them 87,148 . —That the number of British Ships cleared outwards, was-11,603 ; their tonnage 1,494,968 ; and the number of men employed to navigate them("33B. • m • That in the year ending Sth January, 18c6, the number. of Fbreign entered inwards in Great Britain was,-45.15 ; Their tonnage 691,703 ; and the number of men emplOyed in 34,7 1 9 nnal¢cr of k*Fign Ships clew& sum/Ards was 393 s ; their tonnage6os,64t ; ittd the number of men employed in them 30,910. (zo.) That the number of British Ships built and registered' in the several Ports of the British Empire, in the year ending sth January, 1803; was 12.81; their tonnage 137,5:8; sth lanuary, 1804, - 1402 ; - - - - 1 35 , 3491 sthanuary, 1805, - 991; - - - 25,979; sth January, 1806, - 9116; -•- 69,975; Tbatthe total sum mho raisedincreat Britain, with in the year 1806, may beestimated as follows, viz. Interest on Public Funded Debt, Charges of Management, Sinking Fund, on the sth Feb. 1806, 26,330,985 Interest, Charges of Management, &c. to be-paid between the sth Feb. 1806 and sth lant 1807, on Stock created by I.oans of the present Session, to the amount of 29,880,0001. atter dedu sing interest on 5 per cent. 1797, paid oft' - 943, 8 9. Interest for Loans to the Emperor of Germany 4974 24-- Civil Government of Scotland, Pensions on Re venue, Militia and Deserters Warrants, Bounties for promoting Fisheries, itc. estimated to be the same as the year ending sth January, 1806 - Charges of Colleding and Management of the Revenue, estimated to be the same as the year ending sth (amity, iBO6 - • - 2,257,185 Proportion to be defrayeil by Great ,Britain, of the Civil List and other charges on the Consolidat ed Fund of Great Britain, estimated to be thesame as inThe year ending sth Jan. tBo6, 15-17ths of 1,82.7,1841. - - Supplies voted 1806, for Great Britain exclusively ..._ - Supplies voted in 1806 for ' Great Britain be Ireland 43,737,910 Dedud proportion to be defrayed by Ireland, vt7ths 5,14t,636 • -- 311,59 2 , 2 74 43,623,080 • Loan for 'the Service of Ireland - - 2,cloo,ocia Sums to be raised parochially for the mainte nance of the poor, estimated to be the same as was required in the year ending EaSter, 1803 Sorp,Bo6 1164,33 a 1,612,221 51 2 4 6 , 5c.6 Makin in the whole the ,sum of - ,C84,375,72s ' MAILS. Aaai y!to- . .1 Dublin; :1 Waterford. Dus-4 Hamburgh 3 a Gottenburgh, z Waterford. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT TWELVE O'CLOCK. Consols 63 Ouinitun - THE SQ . N. SOLZM QUM DICERS FALTUY. ALIDEAT L 0 N D 0 N, FRIDAY, JULY 18, isofi. BY the Lisbon Mail which arrived this morning, we have received a Letter from that City, dated the sth inst, which states e that a Portuguese Vessel had arrived there from Para, in the firazils, and that she had met . with the - Squadron under the cornman4 of Admiral GUILLEATJMEZ and JEROME BoNAPARTE, on the 14th of May, offthat Coast, apparently steer". ing for Surinam or Trinidad: It is very probable that the French Squadron might have been steering a northerly course ; but if the accounts which w 9 have received of the state of the Force under their command be corre&, they certainly are pot in a `condition to make an attack upon either of theze Settlements; it is much more likely that he would endeavour to get into Martiniqat. It is almost possible to conceive the objeet for which this Squa, dron was originally dispatched from France, It has now been at sea above 7 months, without having attempted any enterprize of importantS, or having done any serious injury to our Commerce. We enter.. tain the most sanguine hopes that it will be inter cepted by some 9f our Squadrons. Sir RICHARD STRACHAN was off Madeira early in June, and sail ed from thence for the Canaries, in the hope of ob!. taining some information respe6ting this Squadron. The Madrid Gi;zette of the 24th ult. contains an account of an aelion «rhich was fought off ivica, be— tween a Spanish Privateer, of 6 guns and 85 menA . and the Englissh 'Ship Felicity ; of 14 guns and 63 then, in which the latter was carried by boarding, af- : ter having 19 men killed and 25 wounded. The Spa, niards had only 5 men killed and 8 wounded. When the most extraordinary account, published, in the Madrid. Gazette, of the Battle of Trafalgar, is reool leeted," we shall be excused if we do not give implicit credit to the above account ; we have no doubt but that the force of the En g lish Ship, and the los* which she sustained, is very much exaggerated. . _ THE following intelligence was this morning rem ceived at Lloyd's : " The Dundee, 46709 n, ..and Hunter, arrived off Peterhead, report, that the. Dingwall, :of London, and eighteen other Vessels, were captured at Green land, by two 44 gun Frigates. " The Squadron under command of Sir Rictuaro STRACHAN sailed from off Madeira on the 31st May to the Southward: The lifoselle Sloop of War (one of the Squadron) returned to Madeka on the 12th June, froin 'off Teneriffe, and sailed again on the 14th ;' the Santa Margarita Frigate, with ten tiers._ sels,undei convoy for the West Indies, sailed from Madeira the 2kl JOn.e. . • • ‘f Sir J. B. WARREN Squadron was off Madeir4 on the 19th of June." Mr. Fox remains in a -- state of progressive reco very, though it is by no means probable that he will be able to enter upon public business with his usual ardour for some time. Os colleagues, however, are sufficiently apprized of his sentiments in all mat ters of impOrtance, and he is fully capable of taking part with them in the discussion "of any imexpeCtea difficulty which may occur in'the progress of the Negotiation with the French Government: Yesterday morning the DUKE Qf yORK arrived at Windsor, and after transaaing some military busi ness, rode on horseback with. His MAJESTY and this 'ItINCESSES, attended by Lady A. CITAIDERLAND, anti several other attendants. • '