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would of course not fail to take care that the family of ari-Pfficer,who deserved so well of his Conntry should . not be left without an adequate provision ; and with tlnit view it would certainly be ntcessary to provide, tlpt in'. faill s rire of male issue the pro posed Annuit; , should devolve on the other branches of the Noble Lord's tinnily, IMPERIAL PARLIAMgNT. HOUSE OF PEERS, TUESDAY, FEB. 11. Lord Somtits took the Oaths and his Seat on sue . tp the title_owthe death.of,hisfatlaer. • • The - Malt Puty.Bill_ and the Pension, &c, Duty Bill were read a third time and passed, and a Mes sage sent to the I:l:puse, cpchalons, to acquaint them therewith. . • - . Admiral HARYE obsentd, that it was no af fair of his to consider with whom the Annuity men tioned in the Bill originated ; but it was to him an o*4 of the most serious solicitude that such merit as that of .Lord Collingwood should not go Unre 7 warded, or that . the family of such a man should not be left unprovided. That the latter was likely to be the base if t.l3e liouse should not re-consider the Bill 'under discussion, he . very much fearcd was but too true. • Lord Collingwood, he knew, was not a Marl of parsimonious habits, and he rather appre hended that he had made no provision for his Children. • -• Mr.,BALnwiti and several other :Members of the House of Commons brought up a Naturalization Bill retorted` agreed tn.. Mr. Graham, Inspeaor of Convi&s, presented the Annual Report . of that' 01-Beer of - the State of the Convicts at Portsmouth and on 'the Thames ;. which was ordered' to lie .on'the Tgble.Adjournect till to-morrow (thls, day), Lord CASTLEREAGH'S Motion was agreed to. Sir Richard Strachan's Annuity Bill was reported, and ordered to be read a third time to-morrow. HOUSE OF COMMONS. TITiSDAY, FEB. 11. A MesFige frorri the Lurds communicated their laurdthips' assent' to ' the i‘J.a. l 4 Duty Bill; and the Pensions, Sugar, Tohacco,,and Snuif Duty Bills.. Mr. ALEXAS'DP./1 brought up the Report of the, Committee of Ways and Means. The Resolution for an Issue of Fiye Millions in Exchequer Bills was read and agreed to, and a Bill ordered. Dr. DUIGEICAN gave notice, that he would on Monday next move for leave to bring in a Bill to inforce the Residence of the Clergy in Ireland. Qn - the Mtition of Lord FOIMSTONE the Account on the 'fable, stating the Progress mace bv . the Commissioners for reducing the National Debt for the tear ending the 3 ist of taripary' I#t, was ordered to be printed... Mr. TIERNEY rose to revive a notice which he had submitted to 'the Hon* above t\Vo years ago,. He said, that he 'Should on :this-day4hree-iveelci move for leave to-bring in a Bill thy' the purpose of removing all doubts with respect to the Law which applied to the Treating at Eleaiens. The reason whieh'urged hint so long to delay bringing this sub je& before the House, the Right Hon. G&tleman stated to be,. that ever since he had giver notice, a pnmber of E;e6lion Petitions had been generally before the House, Which in most cases involved this question. The Islington - Lighting Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be committed. New Writs were ordered for Wilton, in the. room of Lord Viscount Fitzwilliam, who has accepted the Stewardship of East,Hendred ; and for Haverford west, in room of- Lord Kensington, who has been' appointed one of the Commissioners for executing the Ofcc.-..0f Lord High Admiral. The latter Writ Was moved for by Mr. CALCRAFT. Mr..l 7 ,lsyriAßT moved for an'Account of the .number of Vessels, with the amount of their ton nage,: and the computed value of their cargoes, which have cleared outwards and entered inwards at any.'of the. Ports on the Western. Coast of Great 'Britain, including Liverpool, to or from any Port on the - Continencto the North or North-east of Hol iand, for five years, ending the 31A of Jan. 1793 ; and also for five years; ending the 31st :LILL 1806. —Ordered. • A similar Account was. ordered for the Ports on the Northern COast of Great Britain, including 'Lyme Regis x and also for the Northern Coast of Ireland, -including Dublin and Sligo. Mr. O'llAgA' moved for an Account of the total of the Imports and Exports of Great Britain, ac cording: to - their real value, for the years 1800-1-2.- 3-4 and 5, distinguishing each year, in order to, as , Certain the balance.—Ordered ; as was also a similit Account for Ireland. . Lord FQLKSTONE adverted to the Notice which `had been given by an gonpurable Gentleman near ,him (Mr. PAuLL), with respe6t to the 'Atlitits Of India, .and to, the' several Papers which that lid zlourable Gentleman had moved for preparatory, to his intended Motion. But in addition to the Papers on the Table, and those ordered to be laid before the House, the Noble Lord thouß - ht ihe . folloWing essentially necessary 'to a thorougliinvestiption and full understanding of the Subjeet 'to which they re ferred; and he therefore Moved for a Return of the "Officers, Non-commissioned Officers, PriVates,. and Itearuits whoo - Were embarked from this Country for India, from the month of June 1793, rip to thelast Embark.ation and also of those who have returned from India within the : _same period,' distinguishing 'ea . oh year.---Qrciercd. - • - ' A similar Account for the same period was, order , ed of the Cadets who had one ont and retnined, . &c. . . . . . PA.ULL moved for an 'Account.of l the quantity of Specie and Bullion which had been exported to, the . several J''residencies. in India,.. since the' year ; and alsa ,an Account of the Bills cf. Ex -change drawn from thoseTresidencios, distinguish- Trig the amount to , and 'from - _each, Presidency, and also each year. . . • • The SPEAKER, suggested to the consideration of the Honourable Gentleman, whether. it would not .be more - regular to .givc Notice of a Motion' of thiS natnre, particularly in ther.thin state of the House; because, if, hereafter, there should 'be anyobje6tion to the production of such .an Account, another spe- : cif c Motion' Must • .beriade•to expunge ..the Order. The Right- Honourable' Gentleman thought it his duty to submit this remark, to the Honourable Gen tleman, leaving it to his. own discretion to determine upon what course to pursue. In consequence; Of this' suggestion, Mr. PAuLL gave Notice,ofhis • . AlOtionior to-morrow. .• ' up - the 'Report of Lady -NelSon's Annuity' Bill `Which was - agreed fo,' and the was ordered-lO'lye read a third time to-. pIQITOW. ' • The InspeCtor of Convias presented his Annual Account ; A hich was ordered to lie on the Table. Adjourned. • Upon. the Report of Lord Collingwood's Annuity Eill beitig brought up, • . , • Lord. CA ST.LREAG..H said,• as he was the per son who presented His Majesty's Message upon this lie. thought it his duty to state, for the consideration Of the Hou'se, certain circumstances which had come to the knowledge of the late Ad ,ministration since this. Message was recommended. These circum4ances-, were of such a nature as strongly to urge .the• propriety of re-considering the, limitations containtd.in the Bill before the Houses:. AlthOugh he did not feel himself entitled to expel that any suggestion of his would be Much attended to by His ..Majesty's present Ministers, yet upon this occasion he could not suppose that the grounds upon which his suggestion rested could fail to interest their CQnsideration. According .to the limitations in the Bill before the House, the suCces sion to the annuity , was . settled upon the two. neit male heirs of Lerd.CollirigwoOd. But it appeared that this Noble Lord had no male children, his, fa miry consisting . merely 'Of Lady ,collingwood .add two datighters yho, the . event of that gallant pfficer's death, were Jikelyy, to he exposed, to " a state iof• distress, which, no doubt, ..,would be the most anxious i.vish of that House and the Country to .pre vent, With a view then to guard against sdch con .seqUence.s, and to af - 1 7 .30 an opportunity of arrang ing more :snitable provision' for the tardily of Lord was his wish to suspend .the.pro gess of this Bill for some tulle. He therefore moved, That the Report be:takeuintoConsideratiOd oil this MAjLS. ARRIVED--I Dublin. DuE—z Hamburgb, 3 Guttenburgh, x Lisbon, I Dublin, 2 Waterford. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT TWki.V.E.O'CLOCK. Consols . - 6i Red. Ann. 61 / THE SUN. SOLIM QUIS DICERS FALSUM AVDEAT ? LONDON, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1806. TfiE Gazette.of last night contains the new Ap pointments at the Treasury, Admiralty, and India loards. The Ministerial Arrangements with respe& to. Ireland will, we believe, be finally, settled to-mor:. row. Mr. Fo ST E R we 'understand, , certainly re signs his Office as Chancellor of the Exchequer ; but, we have not,heard who is to be his successor.— Mr. GRATTAN has been mentioned, but that Gentle man has positively declined accepting any office. THIS morning, about eleven o'clock, Lord ERSKINE entered the COnrt. of Chancery, preceded .by,three Master's in .Chancery and, the Master ., of the Rolls, and-accompanied by , the DUKE of CLARENCE, Earl SPDNCEfi, the Earl of MoTRA; Lord ELDON, Lord ELLENTOROUGH„. and,tiir. 'Secretary WINDHAM.— The Master ofthe Ro119: administered the Oaths of Alreffiance and Supremacy to Lord EitS,KINE„ who then took his seat as Lord High Chancellor, and immediately afterwards bowed to the Bar and with.. drew. day se' , - Mr PZAT ER STA .c'4 HOPE, who stated that - he had long - had the honour of being.acquainted with Lord Collingwood . and his :family, recom- Mended, that-instead. of ,the limitations at present in the Bill, it should , -11 e arranged thus—that in easeof the death of that meritorious Officer .10001.2 a:-year of the'proposed annuity should descend •to his Wi dow, and,sDol.. a-year to each of his - Daughters, 'to . . be held by them durin their liyes. This plan would be infinitely more suitable. than that which` the Bill 'cDntained, ,as• Lord Collingwood was hot likely .to any More children ;. and sure he was that .it Would be much more i.greeable to the faintlY of - that Noble Lord; 'and, of 'course; to the. feellngs of that Noble 'LORI :Itswould stni-e to relieYe Much of that anxiety Which must 'naturally arise in 'the breast-of a Parent .who is daily exposed to death ,in , his country s. cause, .and who, .must be sorely . 2filiEted by the idea that his death woiild leaVe his faMily with a N'ery limited provision. ParliaMent, the Honourable Nleniber' had no doubt, Wa‘ild he happy .and prompt tol Telease the feelings of that •Nphle Lord from sticiran zfflieling prospect. • -Ur. K AN TTART felt the utmost sAtisfiaioh in acceding to' the . proposition of the Noble Lord . , and lie Watt riot the least .doubt • that the objet'.t tb • The anxiety' of BONAPARTE to shut the Ports of . ,it refertc.:d 'would Meet with' the fullest' at - - the north peimany iicrainst our Commerce has ientie . ii Iron,. His ISlajesty's present I\ilinisters. They , strongly evinced by a variety el artidrs f'' THE °Government of Holland, in obedience to the commands of French Rulers, have issued a , . . clamatiop, prohibiting,. under the most severe pe . nalties, all commercial and friendly intercourse with the.Subjee - ts of Great .Britain. ' But the advantage of a trade with this Country, even under all the re 'striaions „which . Ftrench tyranny has imposed, is so strongly felt in Holland, that though the Govern . rent cannot disobey liorin i .PAwrE's orders to publish _those Proclamations., it,caunoS., even, if it were in clined, carry them into effea. inserted in the Paris Papers; all tending to that ob jel, the attainment of which, iuduenced by that ignorance of the principles of commerce which has invariably' marked 'hiS coaduet, he absurdly imagines would destroy our commercial :Supe riority. To one of these articles inserted in the Publiciste, an answer has been -written, and circulated in the North of Germany, which will be found in our subsequent Columns, and 'which is a complete refutation of the reasoning, or rather sophistry, advanc&l by the satellites of BONA PARTp. T 4 the present state of Europe, howey,er,.it is not to be supposed that such a question can bedecided by the pen. BO,NAPARTE would issue his orders regardless as to Nyllich, side had the best of the argu- Ment ; but in this case we do not imagine that Prussia will consent to any measure, the objeft of which . is to exclude our Commerce froth the North .of Ger many,, an objea at the same time which no stretch of tyranny can Carry into effect.. Yesterday His MAJESTY, the .DUKE of CAM BRIDGE, PRINCESSES AUGUSTA, SOPHIA, and AME LIA, took at airing on horseback in Windsor Park. The Dux& of YORK transaeled busipess' with His MAJESTY on MondaY. Mondainight Then- MAJItiT;ES had a.seleEt party. Among the Company were 'Cnlanai 44d Mr. SNEYD, and Mr. and. Mrs..VILLIEBS. • His MAJESTY W a ill hold Privy Council to-mor row at the Queen's Palace. • .General FITZPATRICK attended at the War-Office on Saturday, for the first time since his appointment. Yesterday most of the. Foreign Ambassadors- re siding at this. Court waited on Mr. Fox,, at his office, and, had an interview, for the first time, with that Itight.Hon. Gentleman, since his appoint ment as Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. Mr. CUB RAN, the celebrated Irish orator, is to be Attorney-General and Counsellor M.Maxotc, bro ther to Col. M‘MAtioN, Solicitor-General, in the room of Mr. P - LUNKET and 'Mr. iiusnE. Mr. MAY NE, an Irish Barrister of considerable note, has succeeded Mr. Justice FINUCANE, ars one of the Puisne Judges of the Irlsh Court of Common Pleas. • We are sorry to learn that Mr. BARROW is among the removals at the Admiralty Department, as his charaeler is highly respeaable, for knowledge of bit siness, attention, and urbanity, as well as for literary and scientific qualifications of no ordinary rate. Some friends of Mr: Fox yesterday met at the Crown' 411c1 AnchOr Tavern, in the Strand, for the purpose of securing his return for the City of West minster at the - ensuing Elea - lion, Mr. Q.ERYEN ad , dressed the Meeting, observing, that though there was no likelihood of an Opposition, yet that it would be proper for the friends of the Right Hon. Candi 'date to shew their reSpe.C.l for him by a strong mus ter before the Hustings on Thursday morning. He then made a motion to this effect, which was una, nimoUsly carried. Mr. BTR Cl 4, of Cornhill, who is always ready to exert himself in favour of his Country and con spicuous merit, deserves very great praise for his en deavours 'to procUre, from the first City in the • . world, a monument of its esteem and admiration for the 'greatest and most disinterested Statesman that the world ever possessed: We trust this mirk 'of postluirhous veneration Will be woithy of that great City and the illustriOus Character for is bole honour i it is intended. : • nis Royal Highnes.l the of PUMBERLANP gave a grand dinner yesterday to a selea, party Military Gentlemen, at his house in St. James's, The Duchess of Dr,voNsulfir had an elegant-Sup per party yesterday evenlng, after the-Opera, at De vonshire-house. Among the cp piny present were,. Earl and Countess of RE - SBeitOt.TGH, Lord and Lady MORPETH, Lady MELBotritANE., Lord :and . Lady DUN CANNON, Lord OSSULSTON, &C. _ . Miss LONG, the eldest daUghter of the late Sir JAMES TILNEY LONG, is sole heiresS to the 'filmy estate,amOunting to 30,0001. per ann. and 200,0001. in the Funds, making herby far the richest female Commoner in England. She has just entered her 17th year, • and . naturally draws in - her train most of our young men of fashion, who find the attractions of Miss LoNG too powerful to lx..'resisted. Colonel Sir JOHN F. LEICESTER, Bart. has received the PRINCE of WALEs's permission to call his Legion by the title of The Earl of Chester's Legion. The Northumberland Militia marched into Can terbury on Monday, from Ramsgate and Margate, and yesterday continued their route for Maidstone. In consequence of this movement, the whole Of the Isle of Thanet is left open for the reception of the troops daily expeded from the Continent. Letters from Italy state, that General ST. CYR, at , the head of 40;000 men; has halted on the frontiers '':of Naples, waiting the arrival of General MAaSENA, who is on his way, with considerable reinforcements, to take the chief command. The probability, how ever, is, that the eclat of entering Naples in triumph is reserved for Prince EUGENE who set out from Mu nich on the 21st, on his return to Italy, accompa nied by his new-married bride, the Princess uf BA VARIA. The following is an accurate List of the Com manders who have , been promoted to the Rank of Post Captain, and of the Lieutenants who have been advanced to the Rank of Commander : To be .Post-Captains—Captains Rosenhagen, Ramsey, Carteret, Vaughan, Rodney, 1 1 ,1 4 Leori, Mason, Omthaney, ' J.. Sykes, Impey, Heywood, Kent, H. Laroche, Hancock, Dufi; Spell,' Duncan, Buslaby, Mackay, J. 1,. Popham, Watson, Henniker, Pellew, Foster, Johnstone, Curtis, Lewis, Brown, Carden, Kerr, Shippard, Scott, Henderson, Smith, Hodgson, , and Bowen. To be Commanders—Lieutenants Tucker,' Ellis, Pack wood, Balfour, Hopkins, Hunt, Balderston, Maxwell, Ste venson, 'Bowes, Hon. C. Waldegraye, Valentine, Parker, Rogers, 13radshaw, Palmer, Stewart, Markland, Charlton, Perry, Lysaght, Dickinson, Ryder, Cordon, Palmer, Hodge, Garland, King (I),,Falpole, Forrest, King, Hicks, Hand fi4d, Stodart, Honey, Sherpa; 40iye, Hollinworth, Ivrntes, Warwick, Lake, Raitt, Prowse; and Hope. • P4lr. Thomas Todd, a respectable farmer at Ki4c -14144 in Ciunberland, was unfortunately ,drowned is the'evening of the ult: in crossing the river Tyne on his way home. The current eras so' itnie tuous, that it took the horse from under NA VA L. N E trs. - From: the LONDON GAZETTE, Fc6. tr , ;8(7,6. Admiralty-Office; Feb: 11 , 1806. - Copy of a Letter from Admiral the Right Hon. Lord Gardner to Win." Marsden, Esq. dated on board H. IW. Ship the Dryad, in Cork Harbour, Feb. 5. 1800. SIR, His Majesty's Ship Druid arrived here early th's zr.torning ; and I have the pleasure to inclose, for their Lordships' infoKmation, copy of a Letter, dated at Sea, the 2d inst. from Capt. P. B. V. BrOke, giving an account of his having captured the Frellch Ship Privateer Prince Murat, having on board 18 13-pound ers, and 127 men ; five days at sea from L'Orient, and had not made any captures. • I have the honour ;o be, Ere. GARDNER. • MY LORD, Druid, at &a, Feb. 2, 1806 . I have the pleasure to inform you, that his Ma , jesty's Ship under rny.command captured this morn ing, pfte.r. a chace of, go miles, the Prince Murat Izrench . Ship Privateer, of 18 guns, 6-pounders, and 1.27 men,. commanded. by Mans. Rine Murin, ot,it five days from L'Orient, and had made no captures ; she is. a.coppered Ship, and a fast sailer. I have sent her to Plymouth ; and have, the honour to be, &c. - P. V. B. BROKE. The Right Yon. Lord .Gardner, Adthiral, Oh White, &c. PLYNTOUTH, FEB. 10.—Airived the Prince Murat FrenchPrivateet:, of J.§ guns, captured by the Druigt Frigate, last from Falmouth.: Arrived the Sally, Capt, LOtIGIIIIRST ) laden with sugar,' &C. from :St. and Tortola, bound to London, put in to refit, having received damage in gales of Wind ; sailed from Tortola on the 16th becember last in company with 80 Sail, under con,- voy of. La .Sybille Frigate, Capt. WITH4OI', parted from the Oonvoy on the ttli January in lat. 16.0 irk a 'gale . of wind. The Kent, of 74 guns, Vice-Admiral THORN-. .BROUGH, came into Harbour this morning to repair the damage slie received by striking on a rock 14 cawsand Pay in gale of wind. PORTSMOUTH, FEB. 11. - Arrived the Staunch Gun-brig, Lieut. ST:IEBT, from Plymouth, with Prisoners of War ; also the Brilliant, BE LAN, frogf, Guernsey. _ propped down to St. Helns La Constance Fii„. gate. Sailed His Majesty's Ships Crescent and to the Westward. The Transporta which received orders for the Cape Qf Good iiope.Lave received counter-order:. Fs t. 11.—sSail0 the Sea-G4ll and Cygnet Sloops of War ; Dauntless Praam, and several Gun.: brigs, on a Cruize off the French Coast. _ . _ Arrivel.the Zzpidsion Bomb with a Convoy froth thelVestWar‘d - ,:Which have sailed for the kilver; th Ezplosion remains in, the Downs, with the rest of the Ships as per last, CiLA TiIAM, FE.B. g.—The Resolution sailed from hence yesterday for Long Reach, where she will take. 4n her powder and guns, and procee4 to the Nor e. The Princess of Orange is arrived at Gillingham Reach i she will be inlinediately dismantled anti paid Oovernment have contraete4 with the different Merchant-builders for 16 Schooners, to be Fogy.. pieced as soon as possible. F,XTRACT OF A LETTER FROM AN OFFICER ON BOARD THE CASTLE EDEN EAST. INDIAMANy TO HIS FRIEND IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD OF QLOUCES, TER, DATED / 4 / 4 1)3144 40.ADS J AUG. 18. " On the 7th of August, the weather clearing up after a squall which lasted all ,day, we descried to wind Ward three strange Sail hearlng N. E. standing . towards the Fleet. We were ten Sail of Indiatnen, under convoy of the Blenheim, of 74. gratis, Admiral TROUBRIDGE, who immediately made the following signals in succession, viz. an Enemy in sight -4o prepare for Battle—the Fleet to make all Sail a-heact, and to close and steer N. N. E. We instantly cleareti ship, and piped to quarters. At 6P. M. two of the strange Sail came up with our rear ; when we de. , scried them to be the Marengo, of 1. guns, Admiral LzNozs, and'a large French Frio - ate. An Engage, meet then commenced, but did centinue long. A brisk fire, however, was kept up on both and many of their shot passed over, and some very near our Ship. The Cumberland, Ganges, and Ad miral were the only Vessels that suffered ; the two latter lost one man each. The Enemy kept to lee , ward the whole time, and sheered off in a squall. They left one Ship a-stern, which we suppose was a Prize, as she did het come into the .Engagement.,—, About 9 P. M. we saw them hearing on o\ir lee boW, about three miles distant. They kept in that position till about to, when they crossed our Fleet to windward, joined the Ship they left a-stern, and held the same course all night.. At 6 A. M. Ad miral TROUBRIDGE ordered the Preston, Devon,. shire i and 4fornington, to pass within hail of' him, and prepare fbr battle, as at this time the Enemy were bearing down. At half-past eight Lntots hauled his wind, and kept at the distance of seven or eight miles all day; but during the follow ing night he sheered off, and we saw nothing more of him. 'He-was doubtless not a little' disgusted at the, reception he met with, from a Fleet, the im mense value of which -he had alone contemplated, with Out • taking into the calculation the inherent Valour of Britiih Seamen, whether they are doomed. tdassert the Navel renqwp, pr to much defend the com mercial property of their loved Country ! The vihole of the Convoy are now safe i the Roads.",