The Sun. — London, England, 1806-03-21 00:00:00

IMPERIAL P4RLI4MENT, HOUSE OF PEERS. THURSDAY, MARCH 20, The American Treaty Bill, the Mutiny Bill, the English and Irish Militia Bills,.the"Militia Sut;alterp3:. and the. Militia Adjutants' Bill, passed through ehmmitteeS, and - viere.reporte4. The Scot& .Bankrupt Bill was read a second time, the commitment negatiyek;and the , Bill ordered to „Jae read a third tine to-rnorrpw, • • WOOLLEN MANUFACTURERS. . . , . . Ckti the third reading of the Woollen Manufac tur6r' - Nhalt47 Suspension Bill, .• HARAISC*; W 1 1 .5 , he;trd on behalf of certain • Clothiers 'of Yori;.;bire, PetitiOners, against,the dura tion of the_Bill.. • The objea of his speech was to! induce the House to alter. the term 'fixed for the. the, daratioh ofBill:from twelve to six months, in , • order - that ; them might be a better chance of some permanent Measure relative to the subie4 being. ‘• 2doiked during the present SessiOn. •• Counsel baying withdrawn,. •••‘. Lord 4uc x 1.4 NE! declared his opinionmith re spea to the Bill/to be - unaltyred by what had fallen - from the Learned Counsel: Whether any permanent measure vas adopted this Session or not, the dura,. Con of the Bill,. for twelve months could have no. effea in either case to retard or accelerate that mea-' sure. He did. not s'ee diet-gore any. reason why the term of its continuance should be altered. • . The - Bill was then read a-third-time - and passed, and a Message ordered to he sent - to the House Of Commons,' to acquaint them therewith. Three Private Bills were brought . up by Mr.. BLACKW/RNE, LAscEr.i.s, and several other . %. Members of the House of Commons; which were severally read a first time. .Mr. YOUNG, from' the Puston-house, .presented_ the Annual Accounts relative to the Commerce of. Great_ Britain ;',..whi(!lv were ordered to lie on the ..Table. '• Adjourned till to-morrow (this day). HOUSE OF COMMONS. THURSDAY, MARCH 20. A Petition was presented from the .Newgate" Debto6, praying for relief.—Ordered tole on the Table: • Mr. MARTIN presented a Petition from the Malt eters of Tewkesbury, praying for relief from certain Duties. •Ordered to lie on •the Table - • Sir STEPHENS presente • c.V . the. : PaperS moved for by Mr. Whitbread, in order to shew the Distri bution of the - sum of go,Oool. granted to the Coin missioners• for Examining the Civil_ Affairs . of the Navy.—Ordered to lie on the Table. Mr.' NAP., from the. Bank, 'presented an- Account of the - five per Cent. 'Annuities granted to. certain: persons in consequence'. of the Loyalty Loan - Ordered to lieon the Table.' , .• Mr. Y . C I LING, from the Commissioners of tlie.CllS ' tqm.s, presented an Account of the Number. of Ves .. gels, • w ith- their Tonnage-, lielOnging- to the•• different. Pots of Great Britain. Ordered to he on the Table. Sir MATTHRW RIDLEY Presented a Petition from the Shoemakers of Newcastle, against unlawful Combinations M that .Tradd.—Ordered to lit'on the Table. • • • • - • • ' • The Tea Millions and a Half,' and the-Otte -Mil lion and a. ,Half EXChequer Bills Bills, were read a second time, and ordered to be. cominitted tO-nor - row. -•- _ _ The Irish Militia Service Bill *as read a third time anal passed. The-Excise Expiring Laws Bill and the Felon Transportation Bill were committed. Report to morrow. • • . _ . . :• Mr. 13exD moved,' that , the , Report of the Corn- Inittee en the'Sea Coast ..4dineastireffient should be considered to-morrow.,- 7 -Ordered. !‘ Mr. ‘ , ,N ,T , WYNYE presented Papers relative to the • -.4.ilditlonal'Force Att:--Ordered to lie on the Table.? • PUBLIN - P LNG BILL. Mr. - WYtzgu..moVed the Order of the Day for the second -reiding' of the Dublin Paving . Lord DE BLAQUIE:RE said, he could not suffer the Bill to be read a second tithe, as a thing of course. The present 'measure,•.he apprised the House, was to syspend the actions pending against the new Corn- Mission era for Paving, Lord Hardwicke having super . Seded the original. Corporation in a manner highly unjustifiable. The new ComthissiOners, he observed, had contracted debts to the amount of 16 or 12,0001. and if they could,not be sued it would tend to the rain of several of the creditors, the accounts of Jo. !I • Irn had been -couched, and Were found correct. — II he Bill deprived them of the legal,right of pursuing their claims, , which -was a - proceeding highly uncoil stitutional, and unprecedented. ' • WYN - LY Er; said, the Noble Lord was perfe&- . ly right, ." the Bill was to suspend the pending ac tions, but as money was to pe issued out of the Consul idated Fuhd, for the paYment of debts, and the improVethent of the streets of Dublin, he cone • tended, that the creditors would ultimately not be • i r terers. He denied that the Bill brought in was '.to prejudge the question between the LOrd tenant and the old Corporation.. The account' sent bind (for he bad no local knowledge of the fans) Was, that the affairs of the old Corporation were SO confused that .the Commissioners could not yet form any judgment whether their claims were just or not Mr. JOHN L4TOUCHE said he would support ,the Motion, to give the Cothmissioners an opportu nity of paying attention to the ruinous state of the streets, of. Dublin. • . Air. ALEXANDER condemned the precipitancy of Lord Hardwiace, in suspending the old Corpora'- tion and appointing new Commissioners, by which he charaaerised the close of his Administration, as a gross job. • ; ' ' • Mr. ORMSBY agreed with what had falleii from. Mr. Alexander. The Bill was ordered to be read a second titne'on Tuesday. A Message from the Lords announced that - they had passed a Bill respeuing the Liability of -Wit nesses Answering iv, Cases where the Answer might gubjeCt the to a Civil Suit, and agreed' to the 'Woollen Manufacturers' Suspension Bill, Mr. WYNItiE moved for a Committee to-morrow, to consider so mueb of . . . : ... the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland te grant XO,OOOl. 1 out of the, .E . x.chectuer_ for Paving and Lighting:the Streets of Dublin.4—Ordered. ... Lord,.H.: PETTY, • after moving the commitment of..th.Trea4urer of the Ordnance Bill, observed, that in consequence of the absence of an Hon, Gentle.. man who wished to propose certain clauses, .he would move that the Bill should be coMmitted oil - Monday next....4-Ordered. - - . - -- ' -'., - DEFENCE OF THE COUNTRY. . . General TARLETON wished to ask a short ques, tion of any of his - Majesty's-Ministers. It Would'be recolle6ted that he had avoided•entering the other day upon a 'general and premature discussion of the State of the Country, with-respect to its Defence, till. the subje& came forward more formally. - The question he wished to put was, whether the Secretary for the . War Department' would bring forward his propositiOns relative to the Army on Monday next ? (Mr. Windham was not present.) Mr. FOX said, that he really did not know how to answer that question, except by repeating the words which his Right Hon. :Friend (Mr. Wind ham), had before spoken on this point. Mr. DILLON moved for an Account of the nuM ' ber of Parishes, and of Parish Churches and Glebe , HouSes; built or in Ireland, as far as the same could be astertained.—After some observations from.-DooOr Duigenan;. he agreed to confine his Motion to the .re-printing .of the Account on, this"; subjet before ,presented.-- 7 -Ordered. - . - .. .. Mr. LEIGH moved for a Return of the Number of Common Law Subpoenas, Writs, of Capias, &c. &c. issued fOr. four year's, commencing from - November, 1801, from the,Gourt of Exchequer in Ireland, stat ing the number in each year.—Ordered. Mr. 'FITZaERALD moved fora Retarn of Irethe. Quantity of Spirits distilled in Ireland imported into Great Britain in the . yeari 1801-2-3-4;o stating the Duties on .each year, and the amount';of 'the. whole. . . - . Mr. Rosa moved for'.a Return of the Quantity of _ Sugars iMported . fiomTOrtola &tying a certain period; and for an Account of the Value of Produce ex ported to the Island of DOminica from Great Britain, and imported from the same, from the year '1707. - 7 - Ordered. , ' - . . -, :. General TARLETOII7 was sorry to trespass again on the attention of Miniiiters, but the inconvenience , that arose from - the delay in bringing forward-Mea- Sures for the Defence of the Country rendered -it necessary 'for .hire to put ,a question to them again on this subjee. (Mr. Windham, inst . then entered) . _ He wished to know froM the - Secretary..for the War Departthent, whether in coinpliance With the or half notice, Which he had given, - he intended to - bring forward , his .Proposition respeding - t he Defence .. of the Country on. Monday ? Mr. WIN.DIMM replied, that he certainly had given"no regular notice, and the Hon.. General had only anticipated him, for whether the question - had been put or not, he intended, to have mentioned - that he would not' bring forward any imeasure on -- :that day; It was natural' that he should be anxious to lay hil , ,. propositions before the House as' soon as -,.. , . . poSsible; He would not hurry .the thing, merely because he had delayitd it beyond the expe&ation of • the Hon._General and many.others : but on what i these expeaatiowere founded he really did.not. knoW. He certainly had not delayed beyond the time whicly he had 'in view himself. . :As to the in cOnveniencies -inentione. - cl by the Hon. General, he saw none of any consequence that had arisen from . this delay ; but from those that had arisen in con ,.,sequence- Of, the sort of , notice which he had before given, he would not .at present name any day on ' 'which he might eiTea to be ready. General TARLETON observed, that inconYeni encies- had:undoubtedly arisen from this delay, espe cially With resped to the Parish AEt and the Volun teers, on account of .the uncertainty that prevailed relative to - the steps- which might be taken with 'regard to them. He hoped, therefore, that the .Right Hon. Gentleman would, - on as early a day as •1 possible, .give notice when he would: propose his 1 measure to the House. , . 1.• Mr. Secretary WINDHAM brought up a , Bill for the Regulation of the Cape of Goad Hope,—Read a first time and ordered to be read a second ,time to-morrow. r• • The .A.TT . ORNEY GENERAL moved the first reading of the NStit.ile:SSCi' Liability Bill.—Read a first time, and ordered to be read a second time on Monday. Mr. Husxtssosi. moved for certain 'Papers rela tive to the Barracks. -=Ordered. . • The other Orders of the Day were disposed of.— Adjourned. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT TWELVE O'CLOCK. Consols - ------ MAILS. DUE-1 Gottenburgh, z Dublin, s Waterfoicl. TElt SU N. SOLENT Q4IIt D1C2.11.F. FALSUM AUDEAT NDL 0 0 N, , . I , ,l.Nacti 21, 1306. Letters from Gibraltar, dated the Ist March, brought by the Towns•hend Packet, state, that Mr CARTWRIGiri; His Majesty's Agent and Consul • General at Algiers; landed at Gibraltar. the 27th Feb ruary from the Niger Frigate. . Mr. CARTWRIGHT, after, trying in vain' every means in his .poN,ver'to procure satisfaaion to various demands,'consistent with the Treaties between our GovernMent and the Regency, finding itimpossible to avert the dailyinsuits which the DE i -and his Agents offered to the British .Legation and Subjeas, intimated that he intended to depart, and demanded his Passports; which were granted to him without difficulty. it appears, from the above statement, that a War • between this Country and Algiers is Mevitable. The Apollo . Frigate, with the Fleet natter 49n- llre - fion . ?or6rnouth, and the Chi Yonne Vri , 'ice with the Convoy fro; - 4111alta, are arrived at Gibraltar. As our Readers will of course look-to us ior some 4uoeiitic particulars resp . eeting the recent Message _ . from the French: Government, We feel 'much regret tliat it is not in our power to be more_ explicit. We shall not, hoWever, attempt `to amuse; -the--Public -•with mere reports. 'One of the settled;principleaof • Administration• is a cautious reserve UpdiralY • gives that are not • ripe enough, for disclosure;, and therefore - the Public may rest assured; that; - however confidently some of our .Competitors .may deal in • runiours and inferences, none' of them have au thority to glve any decisive - recital, 'or to.' draw • any positive conclusions fron} the event alluded to,' Because the mode in which the French Meisage• was conieyed has not been usual in matters relating to a mere Cartel for the EXchange 'of Prisoners, it has been hastily inferred -that it must be nneiied with a stbje& of more importance ; but, it is well known that the French Government is by no means. attached to established' forms in whate:yer engages its attention, having solely in view the attainment of its o*d. We can' assure our lieaders, that very, soon after the -arrival of .the Mess age, die: - • held a communication with the Transport Btiard, as might be expeaed if the question related to. ' a mere Exchange of PriSoners. IKAVever, lay no, stress upon this point, as others might he dis posed to do. It is so much the interest of nONA r4VE to paid% up a Peace, or to embarrass our Government and create distrust among our Allies by delusiv.e Overtures, that -we doubt 'not that he will use every effort to effea his plarpose. He 'told his Senate that he was ff desirous of Peace with Eng- • land," and that, on his part, there should not be a moment of 'delay." It was, therefore, very natu ral to suppose that the Message which has excited so much inter est and anxiety might be the result of this declaration. We have taken no notice•of the intima tion in a Dutch Paper, that Pacific Overtures had been made to France by Mr. Fox, because \ the Batavian Journals dare not insert any thing but as they receive their cue from France, and 'because we are per suaded that Mr. Fox, and more particularly the No bleman -whO is at the head of .our Administration, feel too much what is due to, the dignity. of the Conntry to have made any such Overture.' Never should we forget for a :moment that we. have .to , deal With an- Enetny whOSe Subtlety is the proclOmi-, nant feature in his charaeler, and who will resort to all' possible artifices for the accomplishment of his ends. He knows that, notwithstanding all his late successes,_ Austria is not destroyed, but that; with the co-. operation of Prussia and . Ilassia;, she might still make .him repent the excesses of his arrogance, and the enormous strides of his amb;ition ; and though such a Confederacy perhaps is not very likely at this moment, yet.that while he remains at War with England such an event is at all times possible. Vhile ' •he appeared to be engaged in Negotiaton with Great ' Britain, he would at least suspend the operation of other Powers, and might have more time to methodize and complete 14 . Continental plans. Upon the • whole, therefore, in every consideration of his cha- raaer, and in conformity to his declarations, .his interests, and his policy, he may be expe&ed to •throw out the lure of Peace to Great Britain but we rely on the wisdoa and the uprightness of Lord GRENVILLE'S Administration for security against all his snares, as well as upon the general spirit of bar Conntrymen for an effectual resistance of his enmity, his menaces, and his attempts to reduce us to the hopeless condition of his federative vassals, Since the above was written, we have been in formed, from a quarter upon which we place great reliance, that an answer has been sent to the Propo sition made by rthe , French Government. It has been reported that the Propositions were returned under a blank Cover ; but to this 'report <We do not giVe• the slightest credit, because, however inadmis "Sible the PropoSitions might have been, we are con 7. winced . that Ministers would not treat them 'with .such .. pointed insult. It is generally believed that the Answer returned to the French Government 'contained a rejection of the Proposition; but upon this point we by means speak. with certainty, for .Ministers have taken the most laudable and etie6t3.lal means _to prevent • any improper information being . divulged upon the subject. The contents..of tho, Dispatches 'are known_ only to His Majesty's Mini sters, and the Answer, was written by Mr. Fox himself. Mr. WiNDHAm, in reply to a question put to him, by Gen. TMILETON yesterday in the House of Com mons, said, that he should not be prepared on Monday next to bring forward his new Plan respe&- ing our. Military System. • Early yesterday !horning - 111e Duke of YORK ar rived at Windsor, and rode on horseback with His MAJESTY, the Duke CUNIBEKLAND, Princesses Air- GUSTA atli SOPHIA. His 110 . ).41 gightiess, the DuKt of SUSSEX, it is said, will immediately go, out to Jamaica, as Go vernor and Com:pander in'hit-vf of that Island. Yesterday 1 r_6l-d CA'uOi.ll.l. trant;4&ted bu,iittess at Mast. ue extut NA FA L NEWS. YA'Ruoura; Itttitca., 20.—This morning the sleet udder the onamand'of Vice-Admiral 11.ussEr4-. sailed on a Craze off the Dutch Coast. DE 1i.,. MARCH' 20.—ArKived the Trampeuse and "Ircher. from.the Note ;...and .Bold from off Calais: Sailed. the Aricylne - arid Dauntless ott Calais Bruizer off Boulogne ; ,and the Prospero . with Con- I rby for Portsmouth. The names of the , Vessels which I advised you yesterday having been detained by the Urgent-ind . Diligence, are_as.under, viz. - The Prussian .Galiot Die Stadt Norden, of Nor den, Captain J. ticaTErt, from Bourdeaux, bound to Embdur, with ..wino and sweet oil ; and thi -American Brig Pficenirr,-of New-York, Capt. Jou* DEsTEuri; fiern; Beurdeaux, bound to Enabdon, 4vith 1 3- OBTSMONTif, MAECiI 2.o.—This day sailed - the Ocean; of 98 guns, Capt. BOFVN ; the 4udaciaut, of 74 guns ; the Cerberus Frigate, Capt. SELBY ; the Diligence and ,St.typis 'Store-ships, with a Fleet of upwards of 200 of :West Incliamen under convoy, for the. - West Indies. Sailed also the Euryalus .Fritrite, the%Honourable Capt. Di . /NBAR, Frith th 6 Ilid:lllediterrancan Fleets under •Convoy-, also on. a.Cruiza the Gun-brigs Hearty, Lieut: VEL6BiE, arld Steady, Lieut. STOW. Went our , I3arbour havina inidergone ,a thorough repair_ tiger the areas of the ever me morable . ..A.Etion - otf-Trafalgar,. the Tonnczat, of 81`-} guns ; .also the Thisbe Frigate, Paulina Sloop of War, and the . bapper Gun-brig. ZNTF.ACT OF A . LETTER 'FROM THE . CAPE, OF GOO HOFEI DATED 12TH JANUARY, 1.806.. -Here we - are once more with the Itritiih-Flag flying, and I hope it 'will 'never .again be battled down. We, ad Considerable, and. indeed severe ditlicalties k g :-s- o rmptint, but those were encountered `ivith a patience - and fortitUde Seldom I 'llelieve .equalled. The landing was dit - ficult and the a6t!on sharp., I have lead the good fortune to command men whose fortitude and perseverance rose superior to every obstacle. My Highlanders were. ordered, to .advance (froth' 114 e nature of the ground little sup -ported by -our 'Artillery) against a very heavy train 'of the Enemy'X, guns, supported by a numerous ca valry', andn' large body of Infantry.: They marched at a steady regular pace withoutreturning a shot, in 'as 'good a line as Won - a -Parade, - and did not fire till ordered--to-'do So., The Enemy, afraid of their bayonets, began to fly in .all tiire6tions ; and few, 'except:the:Wbunded,- fell into our hands. Two guns were-lefr;on the field. I write in haste, as just A roya in town. ,General BERESFORv has marched against the Governor, who still pretends to hold out, although, in a great degree deserted by his Troops. We have suffered ,considerable 'fatigue. My Commanding Officers behaved nobly. Colonel GRANT . , Of the 72d Regiment, though severely wounded,- and thrown from his horse, was again mounted, and at the head of his men. Colonel PARK, of the 71st, was wounded on landing, anal ' never told me so until all was over. WEIR was slightly wounded, but still went on. poloilei HAL KRT.Ied' o'n his men. with the greatest coolness aqd courage., Colonel lioziPt4N, though wounded, did not quit his ranl:s,• With such examples, and such I men, it was impossible to do wrong." Yesterday,. atTnP o'clock, Mr. Pos• has! an audi ence of the Prince of WALSs. On Monday Mr. Fox will remove into the Duke of 13r,ni , oRD's house,. and on Wednesday will enter tain the PRINCE, Lord •GRENanal a numb .t of Ministerial Friends, with a dinner, - , ` At a General Court of the Corporation of Trinity- House, held yesterday, the Right Hon., Earl SPENCER was unanirnonsjy ele , Jed . Master of the Corporation, in The room of the itight Hon. 1, - Vu.u.oi PITT, de ceased. Mr. HARVEY COMBE is created a' Baronet of tho United Kingdom. The lion. - A•U Gt7Titl S CAVENDISH..)3RA6SHANV is appointed Teller of the Irish EKch:fcaer, in the room of Mr. NEVILLV. Mt.': BR , insn.3‘v is second , ;,on of the late Sir HENRY CM:"}:NDISH, findfind•tli Baroness of WATEIIPAIIK, : At half-past one o;clock yesterday their .Graces the Duke and_Duchess,of BEDFORD and Suite set off from their house, in the Stable-yard, St. James's, fOr Woburn, in . three ,carriages and tour, attended by four out-riders and two servants out of livery. In the first carriage were. the Duke and Dutchess of BEDFORD, Miss .FoRDYcE,, and the Hon.. Captain PO N SONHY, sou •of the . Earl of BESBOROUGH, his Graces. first Aid-de-Camp. In the second, Mr. ELLOT, his Grace!s.Secretary; and Dr:.YATES.-- , The third was a barouche, with attendatiti. Her Grace was dressed in a scarlet Hussar dress, trimmed with gold, and • a cap to _correspond: Her Grace looked very handsome;.; her charms were heightened by the tear of*nsibility glistening in her eye, at the tears and blessings of her domestics, as well as of the spectators. The Stable-yard was filled with her Grace's trailes•:people;all anxious to catch a last look at their Patroness. The Honourable Mrs. TREVOR. arrived to take leave of the Dutchess, but her car riage could not get through the crowd, and she pa tiently sat in it until she saw her fair friend drove off. Their Graces intend to remain at Woburn this day, and to-morrow they will set out on their journey for Ireland, wherethe affability and elegant hospitality of Lady CHARLOTTE LENOX; the Duchess's sister, Who resided with. the General, at camp, near Dublin, previous to the rebellion of 1798, lives in• the remembiancepf every person honoured by her society. • . The Cqpop Brig has had a most gallant action with a Ship of superior force off Ferrol, .;:mo,t under the batteries. -She peppered the 'Enemy O well, that she forced her to run ashore, where she bilged and sunk ; ;he crew were sayed. _ • •