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t'l;ght l og , Gentleman intend by prefacing , his Plan by a Motion for the Repeal of the Defence Act, unless he was Willing to be endersfOodthat the repeal of that. A(c,t. was to make way for all the new measures which he intended hereafter to introduce as the foundation of his.new system ? Indeed the Right Holi. Gentle marl seemed to make the repeal of that Acct a cover and pretext for the, introdu&ion of the_ strange and mischievous innovatiqns that were to follow. The , Conntry was all in a state of anxiety and impatience for the . plan- of the Right. Hon. Gentleman. It' at last comes out, and that only on the day before the Holidays. What has since happened ? Has not the impatience with which 'the plan was looked for been followed by disquiet and almost general dis content ? Is it nqt a system •caleulated to produce the worst effeas in the Army ? Indeed to shake the -fonndation of our military system, and to make them • doubt•of the propriety of their existence • fHere a cry of " Order,". from - Lord TEmet,E.] Mr. CANNING wished the Noble Lord to state his reasons for calling him to order. ' • "Lard,TEMPLE'said, that he deemed it highly • disorderly to say that any Measure-was entertained - in that House that would shake the Military System of the Country, and Make them hesitate a moment .respeaing their duty to their King aud.Country: . Mr. CANNING appealed to the Chair, whether • :he was out of order or not. He thought ,himself authorised to detlare what he -knew, and that was, that.the plani of' the Right. Hien. - Qentlemen created the greatest 'alarm and disquiet_ in the Army; and . left them wholly in the dark respeaing their , future existence. He should, therefore, again ask the Hon. ..Gentleman if- he still .persisted to bring them for ward • agreeable to what he _mentioned in ,his opening : speech, and when -he expe&ed to. be able to 'bring • them forward. They were pregnant with the most mischievous consequences, and could not be too, • soon reje&ed. - Mr. WINDI-1.4M .did not think the manner in which he was questioned entitled to an answer. He 4 was hoWever fully prepar,ed to assure the House, that noel - lenge had taken place .in his mind respeaing the. measures which - . Were conneeted with the Mo-. !ion the House had decided on, and E lie should bring_ them forward when they were in. their due state of preparation. Colonel CRAUFURD could not but animadvert on the language of the Right Hon. Gentleman ; it tended to create discontent, and worse than discon tent in the service, and in his opinion it ought to have been cheeked.—(A cry of Chair, Chair;) The SPEAKER said he should leave it to the judgment of the House, whether he had incurred such a reproof. Colone) CIIAyFURD explained. Mr. PERCEVAL asked, was the Country now iti-a_situation that deprived Members of that House from stating what they conceived might, be. the mis chievous consequences of any measure ? Should the measure to be brought for Ward have the etre& of creating disquiet, and perhaps mutiny, was' not a Member of that House. at liberty to urge, as an ar gurrient against it, that it was of a nature to produce such.effeas The rneasure . was yet only in shapb of a prqieet or proposition, and so long his Right Hon. Friend was perfe&ly at liberty to inVeigh against its pernicious consequences : should it pass, into a law, he would know how to respea it. - Mr. SHERIDAN' said, that the question was taken up in a tone and manner neither suited to the House nor to the subje& under discussion. 'His Rt. Hon. Friend bad been called to order. He should not now say that he was disordered ; but he would say,that the language used by him - was unsuitable and unseemly. It declared no less than that the measures proposed by his Hon. Friend were of a nature to siuke the security of our military syStem, and make them doubt the propriety of their existence. Such lan guagd was a double libej i a libel upon the. Army, whom it supposed capable of doubting of their due • existence, - and.a libel on the House, that it,kupposes -to have entertained any thing that could have . such a tendency. .Mr. CANNING declared 'that as long as he had _ the honour of a seat in that House, he should speak his sentiments freely and openly,. and ,not be duterred by the Noble Lord ; or any other person, even a.Mini ster,2frorn perforMing what he conceived to be his duty. , i . Lord CASTLEREAGfr wished to knOw wrien t was `intended to go into a Committee on the Bill. After some conversation between the Noble Lord, Mr. Fox, and Mr. Windham, it was acgrc!ed that the Bill should be. committed on' Tuesday next, as . other lAsiness stood for Friday and Monday. • Mr. JEFFBRY deferred his.Motion:respqainz, tart St. Vincent until Thursday. Adjourned at Half past Two o'Clock. FRO . A 1 THE FRENCH PAPERS. Er=lx, APRIL B.—G,:neral Count KALKnturn is to enter S.:vedUi Pomerania on the 12th inst. If the KING of SWEDEN delays his retreat any longer, h %OH run the risque of being taken in the rear and ett off : he arrived on the 4th at Grieswald. HA"'ETTa - GEr • Arita; we are to believe the Gast accounts, an opposition is foiming in Sweden the manner in which the forces of t King itre now employed, as it cannot *tend eittwr to •ts :11West or its glory „ _ _ The Chamber of Commerce having been lately the Secretary rtzad a Letter frOM - thet /jos ) ju Which his Majesty demanded a Contribu tion which would enable him to fit out fifteen Ships pr,_War, stir the purpose of pro4e6ting Swedish Ships bgain.st Frufich Vrivatears. In the deliberation which t[3 ila place, several Members declaimed upon the thistot-t nuewl}ich liad happened to Sweden bin Ce Alliance , -With England, and it was decided tininimously that no supply should be furnished to the King, Tlact Privileges of the Swedish 14i..1 Corappy, k. ' , which expire this year, will not he renewed. The Ling has resolved to open thefracle to all hiiSnbjeas. Letters fro' Denmark state, that the,Cpurt.pf . • Capellhagen 'has deter reined to' shut the Ports of 4 1-10.11 th and Tonningen against tilt and it is LONDON, THURSDAY, MAY 1, 1806. .We received this morning Paris Papers to the 20th . ult. and the Leyden Gazette of the 25th. The: Gazette, de France, of the lgth, contains a Letter dated the gth ult. .which states,. that Den-. mark had shUt the Ports • of 111.1511 M and Tonnin gen against British 'Ships. 'There' is no doubt that this tetter...is entirely . a French fabrication, • be cause. the account's from fiamburgh, brought by the last Mail, came down to the 22d ult. and they state, thatthe Court of Denmark, so far from having ex pressed any such - intention; had determined to ad •here to a stria neutrality. The other part of th e Letter which relates to the determination of the Chamber of Commerce of Sweden, is, we believe, equally destitutelof foundation. A Letter from Stutgardt states, that an order has been issued for permitting: the Austrian Prisoners to return home. . As their - return was stopped in consequence of the differences subsisting bet Ween France and Austria, we may infer from the circum stance of the.suspension being taken off, that those differences had been adjusted, at least for the present. • 130liAPARTE; however, seems to entertain some apprehension of a new Coalition being formed against hint on the Continent. M. TAME, Presi dent of. the 'Tribunate, in addressing that 'Body, made use of the following expresSiOns " The necessity of preserving to France .her Li , berty and her Independence, ofieizniting her Marine, and of opposing strong Armies to the Continental Powers,who still think Vfornting new Plots and new "Coalitimis, by sporting with the faith of Treaties , , could alone indlicd•His Majesty to increase the in ; dire& contritiutions,, &c." I The French. Funds were at U. 20. The business of. the Impeachment Was resumed this morning' in Westminster Hall. There was a fuller attendance of the Commons than yesterday. The Court was chiefly occupied on legal exceptions, .suggested= yesterday by Lord , MELvILLE's Counsel, and re-considered to-day ; the immediate subject of which we are not. at liberty to state. We have received American Papers to the 30th of March, from which we haVe made'some extraas. A 'Resolution -for prohibiting the importation into 'Ainerica of certain Articles of British Manufaaure has been agreed to by the House of Representatives, and a Bill was ordered to bebrought in upon it. We cannot, however, suppose. that such a measure will finally receive, the .sanaion of. 'the American Legis lature. THE P revoyante Store,-ship has arriveclintheDowns from the Medi terrarrean. She has brought several Let- tens frOrn Gi'uraltar, the latest date of which is the 31 st of March. At that time"accounts had-been received that a War between Spain and Portugal was inevit able, and that a French Army of 50,000 men was on its march to assist the Spaniards 'in the invasion of Portugal. Rear-Admiral Sir StnNky Smtrx::in, the Po.mpje, with 'a 'Fleet under his Convoy, arrived' at Gibraltar on the 27th of 'Mire!). • WE yesterday stopped the Prdss to lay before our headers the f.-,ilowing Conimunication from. the Admiralty-to LLOYD'S. It appears that the report of the French Squadron having been seen off Cape Maize was unfounded : " ADMIRAIITY,OFFICE, April 30. " The Donnegal Man of War arrived at Spithead , . this morning, and the following Message has been receivedby. the Telegraph : Capt. MALCOLM passed Cape Maize,with Admiral DucKwoara, on the 20th March ; the report of a French Squadron being there cannot he true; the Donnegal left Admiral Louts, with the ,Spencer, Jupiter, and Alexander,. on the stb, April, in lat. 37. long. 67: in a very hard gale; on the 12th the Braave sunk—Crew all saved." One of Admiral DUCKWORTH'S Prizes, supposed tt• be the .I.upiter, has arrived, at PortSmouth with the Donnegui. - A very long and interesting Debate took place la,t night in the Honie of Commons, on the 5'4 , :.01.1(1 ~etdiitg( l .t . the Bill tbr the Repeal of the D.:fence Aft. Upon a division the nnatbers were, for the r8i11'235; grist it I 9. ' • - NAVAL • N E WS. PLYMOUTH, APRIL 29.—Sailea the Martin Slcop of War for Newfoundland. Arrived the American Ship Globe, RALPH IRLAN-. DER Master, from Teneriffe, hound tQ Amsterdam, laden with wine and barilla, detained . by the Coqfi- - ance Sloop of War ; and the Hendrika Jacoba, Capt. NOATA, laden with wine, frorn Bourdeaux, bound to Hamburgh, 'detained ,by the, Hind Revenue Cutter, Capt. ALLEN. 'By the. latter Vessel intelligence is received that. the Commander of ,La Idpageuse Cor vette, lately captured at the mouth of'the Harbou; of Bourdeaux, by the Pallas 'Frigate, and the Com , mander of the Fort, had -been arrested and sent to Paris to be tried for not having done their duty dm-- . ing the aaion. Au account of the. Embargo laid on Prussian Vessels in this Country =died Bourdeaux 14 days since. , Arrived the American Brig 'Orient, 'Capt.. DENS MORE, from BoFdeaux, laden with wine.; and the Danish Galliot , Christiattsberg, Capt. WzypE, from the Streights, laden with brandy,- bound to Breinen, both detained by the Lively Privateer belonging to Looe. , PORTSMOUTH, Amur, 00. , —Arrived the Donnegal, of 80 guns, Captain MALCOLM,. from the West In, dies, having brought up with •her one of the Prizes captured by SirJonN DucKwoß l rll, supposed to be the Jupiter. La Braaue, another of the. Prizes, foundered at sea during,her passage • but fortunate all the haUds except three are saved. Arrived also the Forivard .and'ReliteGun-brigs from a Cruize.• The Hardy Gun-brig sailed this morning on a ernize. . _ . . The 35th Regiment this day embarked on board the Transports in the Harbour for the Cape ()Wood Hope. - DOVER, APRIL 30.—About ten - o'clock last night a large Lugger Privateer, cruizing off Dungeness, captured the Brig Hope, of London, Capt. WHITE, with 'Portland stone, from Weymouth, for London, but in laying her yard 4 too suddenly aback,- carried away her main-mast, which went by the board, and two Frencinnen were considerably hurt, who think- 7 ing they should not be able to carry her sate into a French port, abandoned her, after taking out the -crew, except the Captain; his wile, and child; she was providentiallypicken up by the Brig /Phiut, of Sunderlafid, and brought in hereto-day. Arrived in the Roads the Sybelle Frigate, Kite Sloop of War, and Speedwell ' Passed by several Coasters to, the Westward, and 'a large Fleet of Swedish Ships for the Downs; also the Ship 'Mermaid, Capt.,SINCLAIR, from Jamaica, which landed' Capt. KILLENBAcit, of the tioth Re giment, and several other Passengers. 'DEL, APRIL 30.—Arrived the Isis Man of War, Sybelle Frigate, and Explosion and Meteor Bombs, from Portsmouth, IFith a large. Convoy of Swedes ; Helena Sloop of War, with Convoy from Plymouth; Prevoyante, from the .Mediterranean, with Convoy; Trompeuse Sloop of War, Dauntless, Tigress and Desperate, from -off Boulogne ; and Huddart , Teign mouth, and. Thames East Indiarnen, from the River. Sail , ?d the Bustler Gun-brig off Boulogne ; and the Furious off Calais. BARBADOES, MARCH 22.—His Majesty's Ship Northuinterland sailed yesterday fur Antigua, hay . ing previously - struck Admiral Coca h t , E'S Flag, r noW - flying on board the Dolphin ; and this morning the Pleasant arrived at Carlisle Bay. The Ship Symmetry, LIDDLES, another of the. London fleet, that, parted the Same day with the. Ann, (bbth bound to Jamaica) has just arrived. The Ship Bar ton, of and from Liverpool, in 50 days, arrived here on Wednesday last. • She fell in with a. Privateer to windward, but His Majesty's Ship Uni corn heaving in sigh at the time, and giving chace 'to her, she did not attack the Barton. This vateer escaped the Unicorn by superior sailing : the Hetireui' however, fortunately falling in with her, captured on the Loth, after a chace of 12 hours, and brought her in here on Wednesday. She proves to be the Enemy's celebrated. Schooner Dame Er negf, of 15 guns, and 75 men, from Guadaloupe, then out 33 days, without having made any cap- Awe. During the chace she threw all her guns • over, but we. understind she witl be. refitted and taken into the service. STATEMENT OP THE DISTRIBUTION OF TIIE :3 J.Y. Fri. Sps. 2 4 ; 35 5 Kt 2 27 24 13! 42 tso 16 thOught That Denmark will be drawn, by the, cir cumstances of its situation, into the political system of Prussia. SnrrGARD, APRIL 12.4---An order has been issued 'for _permit ting the Aus4ian prisoners to return - to the Hereditary. .States. The suspension of the exchange only lasted a . few days, PARIS; APRIL 10.—The Emperor has conferred the Order of the Iron Crown upon Generel Ati- DREOSM. • The performers of the Comic Opera Performed, yesterday evening, itr the Theatre of the Palace of St. Cloud, Itichai'd Cur di' Leon, the revival of which excited so little enthusiasm'and so much eu-, n. osity. THE S UN. SOLILM QUIS DICEEE FALSUM AUDEAT? TISH NAVAL FORCE TO TH In Pert and fitting Line I io% 9 } 1 . G u ard-Ships : - 51 2 In the English and Irish , 26 i • o Channels - i- . On the Downs and North ' ••• Sea Stations - 5 I At the West India Islands 2 and on the Pacsage S 4 1 0 On the Jamaica. Station 6) t American & Newfound- 2 • land Stations -, • S it i • East Indies, and on the / " 1 4 Passage - - 5 Coast of Africa - o o Spain, Portugal and Gibraltar t 2) o Mediterranean and on Passage s J a Hospital and Prison Ships 18 1 o In pursuit of a French / 18 ° Squadron and Cruising S Cape of Good Hope - - 6 I I On return from Foreigr Service o o Intended for Foreign Servile 1 o 9 • 1 Tot. 70 1 4 77 39 36 Is 128 14 157 ' 1 78 ' 477 6 4 3 i 1 I 1 4 21 5 2o i 8 t 54 p 6 26 i '2.4 i 96, 28 0 2 4 22 1 74 213 j 29 1 230 i 2 43 1 7 1 5 HARAr AT EACH PORT. dile. 1 So'S i Fri. I t Sps. Tot. 1 3 2 I 18 ( 11 44 21 4 . 16 1 5 4 0 1 i 5 i 5 1 8 I 33 .2 1 3 II , . 17 3 3 6 6 ' 18 41 01 11 14 6 .Total in Commission 128 Reach , * Ships - Serviceable awl repairing 21 for Service - - In ordinary - - - Building - - 28 Total 213 ST .ATE OF TUE •RIIINAR Line l'ortianon - rlymouttc hatharit Sheerness River' at raneous Total • ..48 1 ' l 5l 4) t 421 t 64 MER/CA • WASHINGTON, MAItCH 19. - -;—The house of Re presentatives the, immediate organ' of the People, have, after mature delititlatiati, taken ground - in yin . - dication of cur Violated, rights.; on which we con gratulate the Nation. On Monday the question was pat on thefollowittg Proposition submitted , by Mr. NICHOLSoN, and 'carried by a vast majority : _ Resolved, That frOm and after the day of next, the following articles, baing of-the growth, produce, and inane &duke ol Great Britain or Ireland, or otatt4of the Coloniesor Depen&ncies of Great lirirain, ought to be prohibited by from being imported intO.the• Unite.t States, or into the Terri lories thereof, viz. All articles of which leatheris the materal or chief value;.all ari,cleS of which tin or brass is the material. or chief. value, tin in slice's excepted; all articles of which .hemp or flax is the ?material or chief value ; - all articles of Which silk is the material or chief value ; woollen cloths Whose invoice prices s9iali exceed ; woollen he .siery oi- all kinds ; window glass, and all other ,manufac •tures •of _glass ,• silver and plated wares, paper of every desdript.on, - hails and spikes, hats,, clothing ready made, all kinds, playing cards, 'beer, ale and porter, pictures arid prints." On the tust, Mr. MUMFORD I from the Com mittee to whom the above Resolutions were re ferred, brought in a Bill founded thereon 4 which was referred 'to a Committee of the whole House on Monday. This . was expeded to produce much and warm discussion. • f The Senate have not yet come to a decision upi: the subject of Non-hilportrition. MIRANDA'S Expedition occupies almost exclusive ly the, public attention : hiS object is generally . lieved . to be to' revolutionize South America ; a pro jed for.. which be is eminently qualified. • -.. .phe American/ 'Government were not, it is asserted, acquainted.with MIRANDA'S intentions. A New York Paper of the 17th says-- We have great satisfadion in communicating .to the Public the following pleasing information, inas much as it completely Clears • the Government of connivance at,- or . participation in, _the late mys terious Expeditio6, under 'MIRANDA. ;A letter is ,town in own from General I)EARBORN, Se cretary. at War, in which 'he peremptorily de clare.-4,• that -neither the -Administration, nor any of the, Heads of Departnients individually, have any , knowledge of 'the destination of the Leander that On this: subject Weither Mr, JL . IFVERSON nor Mr. , MAnisoN, ever had any conferences and communi cations. with General MIRANDA; that it was not until she had Sailed that they were advised of her being destine 4 on a hostile voyage ; and that. en re ceiving this advice snits . _were immediately insti tuted against. tie parties concerned, and that too be fore,any representations were made to them by any. Foreign Minister or Agent:" MIRANDA'S sailing is known at. the Havannah, and measures have bee.ti taken, to frustrate his design. The following are the only other articles of itn. portandein the' New-York Papers : Col, W 4, SMITH, Surveyor of the Port of New-York, has been removed from. office, in Consequence . of his . . secret connet%ou with MIRANDA ; we have not heard of the apppointinent of a successor."—(Aurora). General ARtISTRONG is appointed Minister Ple nipotentiary of the United States to the Court of Madrid. In the American House of Representatives, Mr. RANDOLPII, one of the leading Members of that Body, declare.i, that he was informed by one of the Secretaries of State, that BONAPARTE would not in terfere in The disputes between America and Spain, 'unless he had previ9usly a large sum of money pre sented to him ! A Letter from Kingston, Jamaica, February 26, says, " It is clearly understood, that the object of the Squadron, to i.vhose. career Adtniral - Duc.mcvoalit has so gloriously put an end, was to ran down the North Site of this Island in the usual predatory manner; caPtUre , or destroy every ; Vessel in the way ; proceed with their Prizes to: the Havannah, and then he in wait to intercept our hom.:Ward-bound Fleet. The island will, _without doubt, justly estimate the ser vices of the gallant Admiral and . his folioi.vers, by whose exertions it has escAped such iinaliaent peril. Lieutenant-Gen.. Sir LYRE. COOTE, K. B. was yes terday sworn into the.oilice as Lieutenant-Governor of this island." His INIAJEsTy did not come tb town yesterday, as expeeted, supposed to be on account of, Ministers 'and Ot&ial' Gentlemen being engaged on the trial of Lord WIELyILLE. ' .Yesterday morning His MAJESTY and the 1 5 41 - . CESSES took an airing on horseback. The Royal Sovereign, of 1 10 guns, and Leviathan, of 74, are ordered to oe got ready for Commission at Plymouth both of those Ships were in the glori ous battle of Trafalgar ; the former was Lord COL-• LINGWOOD'S Flag Ship, and the 'latter' was com manded by that gallant Odicer Captain H. W. BAYNTUN. FEMALE FASHIONS FOR MAY. Loxc Ditass.—Adress of fine muslin ; the train long and very richly embroidered ; the sleeves "very short, worked to correspond with the bottom of the dress ; the front and back quite plain, tile latter very narrow and very low. A belt the same as the dress, fastened to the back, and tied in front. A scarf shawl, of Trafalgar net, over coloured silk. A turban hat of straw. York tan gloves. SH4,RT DRESS. —A dress of white muslin, made with a drapery which comes from the left side of the waist,quid ten: minates at the bottom of , the dress, on the right side; the drapery - and the bottom of the dress ornamented with lace, or rich work ; the front made to ht the bosom quite tight, and trimmed to correspond with tke dreas. A spencer of's:viola fed silk made quite plain. A cottage ooni.et trimmed with May blossom. RIDI1V; tIABIT.---The front made quite strait over the bosom, with false fronts, which terminate in a point, and hang down loo,e, the points ornamented with a tassel ; others are made to button up quite dose, 'but they have also the false fronts ; the backs are very narrow, and the sleeves so large as to be set in. quite full. The most fashionable colours are the town, dark grecn, olive, and brown. The turban and flat hats are much worn, as are also those of the complete man's shape. GENERAL OnSER,VATIONS.—The prevailing colours are the apple 'blossom, lilac, yellow, and. blue. f lee cottage b inner, with short dresses, are the most-fashionable for W-alk ing. Lace, or work, is iot(educed into every thing; lace is Of course preferred. Mantle shawls over coloured silk are already much Worn. Mob caps lined with coloured silk, and ornamented with flower:, are s' ill much used for undress. loWers are also begiiimog to be prevalent in-lists, • • BM - 111S On the 22d ult, at Eieter; the Lady of B. G. Thewlcs, Esq. of a Daughter. Al /IR II I. 61) Yesterday, at St.'Giles's Church, Stephen Morgan, Esq, to Miss Bannister, daughter of John Bannister, Esq. Gower. street, ,he.ltorthsquxe. LONDPN : Printed by R. 1-I.A.aats (of Marrlett-couxt. Bow-street), and pub! shed by W. A. SCR it (of SA)u.tit- Moulton-streetl o at rhun-011ice, in, Strand. v