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IMPERIAL I; A I?, -I FAIT HOUSE - OF PEERS. TUESDAY, MARCH 25. The , Committee of Privileges sat some time on the Clalin of the Duke . `of CLARENCE to vote as a Peer of Ireland in the .Eleaion of Representative Peers for that Country, but . Strangers were ex cluded. • • • Lord ELDON delivered his opinion at some length op .the case of Keeling v., the East India Company, and concluded by moving to defer the furtherconsi derationOf it till Friday.--Ordered. The ftirther, - consideration. of the Appeal, the. Codntess Dowager. of Lincoln and Others v. the buke_of INrewcasile. and Others, was postponed till Friday., • ;• - . • . -Mr. HAWTHORNS and several other Members of the HOuSe'of . Commoils brought 'up the 1,,500,0001. and 1-0 j 500,000i. Exchequer Bills Bills, the Spirits Excise Dbtles Bill, 'the Irish Common .Lands Parti tion Bill, and - tlie Felehs' Transporthtion Bill; which were severally.re!id a first time, and the two latter or- &red to be printed, Mr: Porter, from the Custom-house, presented an Account of Balances in the - hands of Colleaors on .the sth of January, 1806. 'Accounts 'of Income and Expenditure were also 'presented; both which were Ordered to lie on the Table. The Earl of RADNOR moved, That the proper Officer do lay. before the House Copies of, the En rolnient of any Patent-of Peerage in Ireland granted since the Unien with, Gieat Britain.and Ireland.-- Ordered. Oidered. _ . _ . . Mr. WIIIT-111.EAD, and several other Members of , the House of Carrimons, presented at the Bar, in. name of the Commons of 'the United 'Kingdom, a Replication to the Answer of Henry Lord Viscount Melville, declaring that the said . Lord Viscount Melville is guilty a the High Crimes . and Misde meanours charged against him in 'the Articles A)f Im peachment, and that the Commons are ready to prove the same. .e 'Replication having been read at the Table, Earl .I.'lTzwii.,tiAm moved; That a Day be ap pointed for the Triii Of Henry*Lord Viscount Mel ville. That the Trial, of . the said• Lord Viscount Alelville take place ;',t, theßar of the House on the ..r.')th of April net, Eleven in the Forenoon- 7 -And !that a 11 , 13ssage be sent to - the Manse of Coriunons to acquaint them thereAvith,and.require them to ap point a Cominittee to Manage the impeachment. All Which Motions were agreed- to, afterla few words from the Earl of RADNon, respeding a point of form. ADMIRAL DUCK WORTH. Lord GRENVILLE said, he had requested a Noble and Learned . Friend to move yesterday that their Lordships sho4l be . suMnioned for this day, in' order that he night submit to them a 'Motion for a Vote of Thanks on account Of our late success in the West respecting which:he • did. not con ceive there .could be any difference. of. opinion.— It was scarcely necessary indeed to Make any com ment upon the subjea, or any preface to his Mo tion. A series 'of the most splendid achievements 114, tpa • • - I\lnvy sto the hizhest point of pre-eminence, wndst they proven the un rivalledakill and Valour of our Officers, mid the' ir resistible bravery of our Seamen. The Victory re cently obtained by Sir J.T. DUckworth in the West Indies evinced that the gallantry - and skill of our efficers 'and the bravery .of our Seamen were un diminished. A eircunastance had attended. this suc cess which very 'seldom happened iu any of our vie , torious contests with the Enemy, that we had a tri lling superiority of force—but this could not in the least take away from the brilliancy of the Vilory, or the merit of those by whom it was achieved.— Every thing had been done That could he effeaed— every thing had been done that was admitted of by the possibility of the case. The Enemy's force con sisted of five Ships of the Line—and five Ships 'of the Line were taken and destroyed. He was. one of those who thought that the Thanks of the House ought not to be gi"en except in'those cases where such a Vote was called for by great and exalted me • rit; that so high an honour ought only to be granted where ,it was. eminently deserved, thus rendering the reward the greateiby the rarity with which it was conferred. He thought, however, that this was one of those cases which called upon their Lord ships, to.confer that high honour, and that so bril liant a Vitiory infidel those who had achieved it to the Thanks of the Rouse, for the skill and bravery they had, evinced in thus diminishing the: means of the Enemy, and addi-ag to the security of the Coun try. He CanctiVed it unnecessary - to comment any further upon the subjea—to enter into any length efted detail would, he. thou ht, derogate from , the splendour - of - the aellie VOL nen t. His - Lordship con eluded by 'moving for the Thanks of the House in the ustial' form, to Vice-,Admiral Sir John '.l'. Duck ‘yorth ,•K. B. ; the Honourable Rear-Admi ral Coc.hrane ; Rear-Admiral 'Louis ; and the Cap tains, apd.OFticen; of the Fleet ; and an Acknow ledgment of the Services of the S.amen and „Royal Marines. The .beke of NORFOLK said he could not help taking this opportunity of again calling,their Lord, ships' attention to the case of Sir Robert Calder.-- 1-I t tl i o-,kht it lmrd that the services of that gallant Admiral iu the ,action of the first day, when, with Ail inferior fbrce, he achieved a victory, should tint be ackupwledgea by some public mark of apkobation. The thirteen .gallant Officers who, composed 'the Court-Martiill, le had. 00 doubt, decided most pro perly ; still, however ) the merit of the gallant Ad= .iniral• on the tirst day remained undiminished. He spoke. on subje6t entirely as a landsman, but it' -was the opinien of others as. well as himself, that Sir Robert :'alder was hardly dealt with in riot having the:merits.of.his first day's rencontre with the Ene my-publicly acknowledged. He had not the honour of being personally acquainted with the gallant Ad ukiral, but merely Spoke from the nnpnlse of his feelings upon *the subjea;and,he bad hoped that the business would have been taken up by some other Noble Lord. The Earl of ROMNEY Was proceeding to speak on same subject, when he was interrupted \.by Lord GRENVILI , E, , wl)o.spoke to Order. He. pill, it to his. Noble. Friend and 11-Aation, whether-it ,would not be yore aclvist_mbie to al(Q.id any d4cqspian. upOn 'sub* . itiA vdlich had "rn cosine` ion s the. Motion befthe House. If what had been tp- . Juded to by the Noble Duke should ever beccale the. •subjeEt Of a Motion in that House, whit-. 11 he. hoped Would.not be the case, he should then deliver his sentiments regularly upon it, but at preseneihe con ceived it wodid be irregularly,inp:oduced. The Earl of ROAINEY assured his Noble Friend . and Relation, that in addressing the HOuse upon the subject, he had been solely a6tuated by feelings of friendship for the gallant Admiral alluded to, which he trusted would plead his excuse to the House. • The Motions of Lord "Grenville were agreed to neat. dis. and the Lord Chancellor diretcled to corn niunicate then) to:Yice-Admiral Sir J.T. Duek worth. Adjourned till to-morrow (this day).' HOUSE OF COMMONS. TUVSPAY, MA CIT 25. The Bills to authorize the Issue of Ten and a Half arid One and a Rllf Million of Exchequer. Bills, were read a third time, and passed. 1' The Order forthe Committal of the Bank Char tor Bill was discharged on the Motion of Mr. VAN ,SiTTART, Who stated,, that before •the House went , into the Committee he wished to have laid on the Table an Account of the circumstances . cenneaed with the Loan of Three Millions duo by Govern ment to the Bank, arid lent • under the Aca of the 39th and 40th of Ills Majesty, together with the Interest accruing on said Loan.- This Paper was ordered, and produced accordingly.4--Ordered to-lie • orj the Table, F Mr.VAssirrAivr presented, pursuant to order, Return of the Amount of the Punded and Unfund ed Debt—of the Permanent Revenueand of the. Interest due on Exchequer 13111 s to•be paid off.—Or dered to lie on the Table, and to be printed. Mr, VAN'SITTART gave notice that he would to- , morrow, in the Committee of Supply, 'submit a Motion with. respect to the Interest npon the Debt due by the Nation to the Bank. And he also gave notice of his intention, in consequence of the ab sence of his Right Hon. _Friend the Chancellor- of the El:chequer for Ireland,- to move to-morrow for , the . issue of some Treasury Bills for the' service of that Country: The Right Hen. Gentleman upon tlis occasion made some remarks, hut in so lOW a tone that we could not collet his meaning. . The House in Committee went through the Cui toros Expiring Laws' Bill, and the RCport -vas, or dered-to be ' IJ rought up to-morrow. A new Writ was ordered for the Borough of Rye, in room of Thomas' Davis Lamb, Esq. who has ac cepted the Office of Steward of the Chiltern Hun dreds. The SI,CRBTARY at WAa presented. a Refurn of the Casualties, &c. in the Military Department; and also of the total Number of Men at pre!-:ent serving in Great Irritain and Ireland.---Ordeved to lia on the Table. Mr. ,HAWTHORN'S brougla up the RepOrt of the Committee 6f Supply. The Resolutions were read, agreed -to, and Bills ordered accordingly. , • The }louse resolved into d Committee on the Ex. piringsEicise Laws'. Bill. - Fisulikif.s. V. , INSITT.4IRT stated, that he should pro pose the Continuance of the Law with respe& to - the Bounties f6r the Encourmrement of British Fish-_ cries for one yerlr only. In the interim he propoSed, as the present system was radically bad, to bring for ward‘ some general measure on the subject. M. G. ROSE offered his services to assist in de vising the general measure alluded to by the Right .Hon. Gentleman who had just sat down. The sub jea to which that measure referred was, in his opi nion," of:very great importance, and had therefore occupied a considerable degree of his attention while in an official situation. The /Jesuit of his inquiry, upon which it was his purpose to ground a . specific proposition; he would be happy to communicate to those who had the proposed measure in contempla. tion. Mr. VA NS/TTARt expressed his wish to receive the communication of his Right Ho.l. Friend, if he might be allowed so to call him: The House resumed, and the Report was ordered to be brought up to-morrow. SIR JOHN DUCKWORTH. . Mr. GREY rose, he said, t o p er f orm the most grateful duty that had thllen to his lot ; and in the performance of that- duty he telt confident that he might anticipate the unanimous concurrence of the. House in the proposition which he was about to submit ; lie was sure that no man, could suppose that he went too far in stating that.he 'was merely proposing to discharge the debt of national g-rati tude.Speaking of Sir John Duckwortl.'slory, although it was obtained by a superior force, still it must 'be admitted, in whatever view it might he considered, that it was fully entitled 10 the Thanks of 'the-Country, and to hold a distinguished rank in . our / Naval Annals. The pr o mptit u d e w i t h w hi c h . that gallant Officer left his station off Cadiz when apprised of the sailing of the. Enemy's Fleet-=—the. position that he chose :for the purpose of intercept ing them, and the manner in which he chaced some part of them' in the month of December, although his ardent hope of overtaking' them was not gra tified—the arrangethents which 'he made for cori dueling- his Fleet, and for dispatching intelligence to the several quarters towards whi c h th e Enemy's r. Fleet was likely to have gone—the resolution which he took, and the eagerness which he manifested to encounter the Enemy even at.the time when, ac cording to every report, His force. was much superior to our's—the skill and valour which he displayed in the conduta of the engagement, and the effeas the result is calculated to produce—all combine to' sup= port the claims, of Sir John Duckworth to the thanks - and to ihe praise of his Country. .Por the particu lars of the attack he Would refer to this distinguished Officer's own relation. A Squadron of the Enenly's' force had, it appeared, contrived to escape the ac-i tiVe pursuit' of Sirj. Duckworth. It saved itself from destrutaion by flight. But that Squadron,. he had no doubt, was only reserved to form another triumph for our navy. Of that Squadron with which Sir John Duckworth engaged, every. Vessel was captured or destroyed, with the exception af those only which escaped- by flight;; and it was but justice to the :C•hiriiaer of our Enemies to say, that, 'they .fought with a dcgr:c of resolution and courage worthy' to be opposed to aßritish "fleet' Ent Sir John DuckviortlY supported the char.tti:r -of our Navy, and the d'efeat of the Enemy NyaS the natural consequence. The' of acts of such a Vidoryiat the present crisis must be obvious to every man capable of appreciatingits value. It was in' every point of view a ,most important event, whether considered With- regard to our national character or .commercial, interests ; whether with regard to the vigorous pro secution of the War, or the establishment of security in Peace.. In, whatever way the event Was ex amihed it would appear, that under the aid of that, Providence which governs the destinies Of the World,' this great Man •had achieved a most Ma terial benefit for his Country ; and the mark of Royal approbation which ought to attach to his me rits would not, he was certain, be, withheld. The Right flon. Gentleman, after apologizing to the House for having so long trespassed on its attention in the expression of his private feelings of regard and reseed for the distinguished individual who was the subjed -of his Motion, concluded with moving the Thanks of the House to Vice-Admiral 'Sir. john Thomas Duckworth, K. B. for his valour and ability, &c.: on the 6th of February last. This Motion was carried unanimOusly; as was a Motion of Thanks to Admirals Cochrane and Louis, and the Captains and' Otcers. of the Fleet. Also a Motion acknowledging and approving the good behaviour of the Seamen and Marines, and dired ing the same to be signified to them by their respec ti‘,e Ott cers It was ordered that the- SP' EAIER should comniu,' nicatt; those Resolutions to Sir John Duckworth. Before this Order was made, Mr. ROSE took oc-, casion to remark, that the :Captures made in this justly distinguished•Vidory.formed a total of 100, Sail of the. Line taken from the Enemy, 'and added - , to our own Force, during the AdministrdtiOn of that ;rent tun ,who was now' no more, anct, who.' had SO Jong concluded the athirs of this COuntry. . • - - - Ml 7 . WHITBREAD reported, that lie had pre sented in . the House of Lords the Replication -of the Commons to. the Answer delivered in by Lord Melville to the last Article of Impeachment. Ordered;on the Motiob of Mr. WHITBREAD; that an Address should be pre s e n t e d t o Hi s M a j esty, praying - to: ii Copy of the Second Report of the Commissioners for revising the Civil Affairs oldie Navy. • . A Message from .the Lords stated, that . their Lordshipslad appointed Tuesday, the 2gth of April, for the Trial of Lord Viscount Melville, at the Bar Of their own House, and that arrangements would_be made at the said Bar for the convenience of tht?, .Ma pagers of the Impeachment, &c. - On the Motion of Mr. WitrrnaEAlS it was or dered, that Managers shoUld be appointed—and that those Managers should consist-of the Committee ap pointed to prepare , the Articles of . lmpeachment. Also, that Joseph Kaye and John Winter, Esqrs,' should be appointed Solicitors for the conchia of the. Impeachment. Mr., Winn:MEAD postponed till to-morrow his notice. of a Motion for the attendance of a Com niittee of the whole House upon the Trial of ..Lord Melville, in order to convenience a Right Hon. Genileman who was particularly interested in this question, imd who could nut uLtimcl.ou this day. Mr. FOX called the , attention of the House to the delay which had taken place in the arrivol.of the Return for the last EleiEtion at Waterford. Had this Return, he observed, been forwarded to Dublin in due time, it - must have reached that House before now:. This delay was rather extraordinary, and, there were strong surmises that it was Dot at all acci-, dental. At present, however,he did not mean to do more than to move that the Deputy Clerk of the Crown should be called to the Bar, and asked whe ther he had receive; the last ,Return for Waterford ? If lie should answer, in tho negative; the Right Hon. Gentleman gave notice that he should feel it his ditty- to move, on Thursday, in order to come - at the , cause of such irregularity, -that the. Sheriff of Water kid' should attend at the Bar. - , ACcording to. orcter, the Deputy Clerk attended forthi.vith 'at.the Bar ; .and to a question - from the whefferhe - had received the - last Return for Waterford..?---AnS . wered jn . the negative. Mr. Fox' accordingly gave - his notice.. for ThArsday. . Mr. FILTDDLESTONF postpOped, till Friday, the Motion for Papers relatice to the Nabob of,Oude, of which he had given notice for this day. DUBLIN PAVING BILL. Mr. C. AVI;NNE moved the farther consideration of the Dublin Paving Bill. General Lorrus complained or the hardship which tlic Paving Board of Dublin Fulfered in consequence of the s-':pension by Lord Hardwicke, and the stigina which that suspension attached to their cha rader. Mr. C. WyNNE begged Gentlemen to understand that this Bill did not at all affeEt the question be tween Lord Ilardwicke and the Paving Board, as 'the obje& of this Bill was to grant a certain sum of. money for the paving, cleansing, and lighting of the streets of Dublin. Lord DE 'BLAtIIIIERE spoke in four of the Pav ing' Board, of which lie was a _ Aktither, and re queked the, House, before they passed the Bill, to take time deliberately to , ponder for a SINGL2 MENT—(A general laugh). Mr. J. LATOUCHE vindicated the condu& of Lord Hardwicke, ivho suspended the Paving Board in con sequence of the Report of a Commission of In quiry; which Report contained many 2nd strong charges of Malversation against that Board. But this, Report would be soon laid before that House,' and Gentlemen would then be enabled to judge of Lord Hardwicke's conduel, and of the chara&er of those who complained of him. • The Bill was ordered to be read a second time this-day-three-weeks: Mr. HAW711011Nli; brought up the Report of the Cape of Good Hope Trade Bill. Agreed to, aud the Bill was ordered ta' be read a third time to-mor row. On the Motion of Lord .1 .- TENity PETTY; Mr. Leigh was added to the Committee appointed to in vestigate. the Joint Accounts of Great-Britain and %Ireland. Mr'. FELLOW FS gave notice of a Motion. for Thursday, relative to thc Residence of the Cleriw. A..ijourned. VItt.CE: :Zer()CicS. Tilts Dit Y AT TWZl.l7fi O'CT.OO,SC. Consols • - 6el MAILS. ARRIve.D—I Dublin. be P. t Hantburgh, 2 Cottenburgh, 3 Waterford. T H 'S U N. SOLEAS QUIS DICERE. FALSU? A UDEAT ? L 0 N D 0 A" ; WEDNESDAY, MARCH 26, 1806. • THE recent Victory which has so nobly supported the Naval Chara&er'ef this Country, held forth so strong a claim to the National Gratitude, that, it was of course a subject for the honourable sanaion of . Parliamentary approbation. .ford GRENVILLE, as the,Head of the Administration, very properly in troduced the Subje& last . night in the House of Lords, according to a Notice previously given. The N'obiq Lord briefly, but with great energy, animad verted on the skill and braveryofSirJ:DUCK.WORTH, and the rest of the Officers who wire employed in: the.gallant service that had done so much honour to themselves and their Country. He observed, that if, different . from many of the Actions which the Na-. val Glory of thisCOuntry had been signalized, there was an advantage of - comparative strength on our side,, yet it was of so Slight a nature as not to de traa. in the least from 'the conspicuous merit of the Action. - Every thing waS dcne that judgment and braVe'ry could effect, and the dete4iiined spirit of the Enemy rendered the Vietary more complete. The noble Ijoicl. concluded with moving the Thanks of the House to Sir J. Ducxwotim, ItearrAdmirals COCHEANE and - Lours, and . the Captains and Officers employed on . tins meritorious service ; and also a Resolution expressive of the appro bation -of the House on the bravery and con duilof all 'the Seamen and Marines engaged . on the" glorious .occasion. A Motion tc the same effect was inade also last night by .air. GaLy in the House of Curtain s. As this Gentleman presides over the .Naval Department, he very properly. entered rather more into. the subject than it was necessary for. the Noble Lord to do in the other House, and Pointed out with great knowledge, precision, and ability, the peculiar merits of the ACtion, in the previous ar rangerneuts, skilful condu&, and glorious result— , It is hardly necessary- to add, that a cordial abd fer.; vid unaninlity was manifested . in both Houses to Motions so justly due ,to our gallant Naval De fenders, who will, doubtless, receive with pride and ploagure such nu honoUrbl6 tribute orNiqVina,l re, :yet% approbilticfn, and gratitude. Mr. ROSE, heartily joining in Mr. Games, Mo tions, and at the laudably anxious to do justice to those by whom the National Affairs had' been previouSly conduEted, could rot let the oppor- , tunity pass without observing, that this new triumph* of our arms completed the number of i . og Sail of the Line, belonging to the Enemy, which had hecn taken and destroyed during the existence of that Administration whose. merits and successes had been so unjiistty depreciated. Tull Replication of the House of Commons to the Answer of Lord. MELVILLE to the Additional Article of itnpeachment was yesterday brought to. the Upper House by Mr. INri-uTit4Ar). Earl Fivz WILLIAM first moved, that the HOuse . app o int a, time for bearing`HENAY Lod Viscount MELvILLs in his defence against the Articles of IMpeachrnent: exhibited against him, and afterwards that 'he be tried on the. 29th of April next; at eleven in the- tbrenoon, and that a message be' sent acquainting the House of Commons therewith,—These Motions were ordered. There can' be no doubt that the Government of Holland will be immediately changed. It is, in deed, stated in private Letters, that SCITIMMELPEN* NINCK has been already deprived of his office of Grand Pensionary ; but it is not yet known, with any degree of certainty, which of the B6NAPARTg family is to .be placed on the Throne of that op pressed Country. It is evident from the intelligence brought by the Ramburgh Mail, which we yesterday laid before our Readers, that the differences subsisting between France and Prussia are settled, and that his Prussian Majesty has deemed it expedient, under the present circumstances, to comply with all BONAPARTE'S proposed changes -in Germany. It also appears, that BONAPARTE is nol' satisfied with 'the , con cessions which he has already obtained, but that it is, his policy to embroil Prussia, if possible, with Russia and Great Britain. If he should succeed in his object 'it will deStr6y every l.re maining hope of rescuing the Continent from the domination of France. The prediftiou which We made when Prussia evinced a disposition to Interfere in favour of Austria, that BONAPARTE would .take the first opportunity of - testifying his re sentment' for that interference; has been but . too fatally vcriti.e.i. t;•