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EVENING, Dec. 22, 1806, will h, pectormed KING RICHARD THE THIRD. - , WITH THE DESERTS OF ARABIA. On Tuesday. The Tempest; or, The Enchanted Island ; with Arbitration ; or, Free and Easy (being the last night of the Company's performing till the Holidays). ADMIRALTY-OFFICE, Dec. T 9, 18°6. I\/ OTICE is T hereby-given, That a Session Of. Oyer - and Terminer and Gad the Trial . tf Offences committed on the Seas, within the jurrsdielion of the Ad miralty of England, will he 17.11 at Justice Hall, in the Old Bal ky. London, on Thiers4 224 of January next, at 'Eight **Clock in 14e Morning. WILLIAM MARSDEN. VICTUALLING-OP - 11CP', ---- - - Pfr .tBp6. '°l4l4E COMMISSIONER Sl;ir VICTUALLING His .11.4yEST}"t NAVY hereby give Nellie That an Monday the 29th inst. they will be ready to receive Tendets, in I " iti ' l g and treat for the , Supply of what FRESH BEEF shall be demanded for the Use of His Majesty's Ships and Pessels at Yarmouth, Lynn, and Wells, in the Cosmos of Norfolk : and at New Romney, in Dover Roads; and at Margate (on separate Contraßsj, jar Twelve .Monthr, from the 'lst yinuary to the 31st of December, !So?, inclusive; and to 'be paid for 6y Bills, payable, with Interest, ninety day: after date. The Con , litions of the ContraFis may be seen at the Secretary's Office, at this Office; sr by applying to the Collefior of the Cus toms at Yarmouth; or to Mr. Rua cell, the Agent for the Pia:fal— ling, at Dover. N. regard will be bad to Ott" , Tender in which the Pt Ice shall wot be inserted in words at length, Or that shall not be delivered to the Board before One o'clock on the said Monday the : 29th instant, nor unless the Person who 'Makes the Tender, or some person on his behalf, `attends, to answer, when called for. THE NEW STATE LOTTtft.y.,, W ijCH BEGINS DRAWING JANUARY i 13 th ; tso7, contains 2 Prizes of 430,000 - . are - - ,C60.000' 2 . - - .. .20,000 . . - . . 40,000 2 . . . . lo,coo - 20,000 3 - - - - 5000 . . - ". - - 1 5 , 0 0 0 1003 S . - - - 500 100 so 20 20 - - - - 4 0 5100 - - ts,oso Tickets ,Ci s o,ooo CSpitals Deterrhinable: rirst.drawn Ticket, Ist Day - . 26,060 Ditto - 3d Day - - 10,000 Ditto - Day - 30,000 Ditto - - . - last Day - - 5,000 ,PRICE. Ticket . 1-411 is a e Eighth - kz 11 6 Quarter - - s a o Sixteenth . t 6 o TICKETS and SHARES are on Sale at all the Licenced tottery Offices, and by their Agents in the Country , *** The ab o ve immense CAPITAL PRIZES are the 'greatest, in a S cheme of so few Tickets, ever presented in . 7the annals of Lottery Adventure. This fast is indisputable. 13ut the Votaries of. Forttine, to participate of such unpre cedented Opulence, must he on the alert, as the Drawing commences so early as the 43th of January next. NEW LOTTERY. 4,. CORNI - 11 L L, and 0, CHARING-CROSS. rir l SISH respetafUlly acquaints the Public, that • TICKETS and SHARES for the NEW LOT TERY, which begins Drawing the 13th of next Month, are on sale at the above Offices, where the lat3l,cool. ever drawn was shared, and where Twenty other Capital l'rizes 'the present Year 'have been Shared, Sold, and Kegistered. THE SCHEME CONTAINS a Priies of - ,C3,0,e00 2 - - • "20,0a0 2 4 - 10.000 5000 &c. &C. &C. Prizcs of the late Lottery paid on demand, or ex chmigeci. GRAND SCHEME. 2 PCI LCS ut. _,C 30,000 20,000 10,003 5000 1000 &c. &c. &C. --•---- SWIFT and Co. No-. il, Poultry, and No. 12; Charing-cross, have ort Sale the Tickets and Shares of the above State Lottery, which b. ins I)r.iwing on .the, 13th of next. Month. In the last Lottery, No. 7157, a Prize of tf,,ono). NO. stpco4, a Prize of toool, and Nan. 7479, a Prize of S col. were Rll shared, sold, and registered, at Swift and:CO. ts Offices. -- - - ARMY. AND NAVY 1 7 ,QMPAGE. 'VHE PATENT . CAMP BEDSTEADS, Furni ture, Mattrassrs, an,: Redding coinplete, are very respea fully recommended to Gcntlernen, as being 7.a most portable and superior to any others .made in' London; Marquees, Tents, Tables and Chairs, on improved principles ; Sea Cots, Sofa Bois, awl for on Boarsl - Snip.; Musquitto Vet Furniture, and Patent Brass-screw,Bedsreials, for East, and West Indies, and all Forei t „-gi Climates, at . AN and SANDE RS's • • Patent BeAtitead iVlanufattory and Ware-Rooms, • - ,Nos. tb and 17,'Catheri , re-street, strand. 111 organ and S-milers's New-invented imperial Dining ables, allowed to be the most complete.and Elegant set of Tables ever yet invented, are very portable, jacking in a Box but ten Inches deep. N • B. The Fashionable Sofa-Bed and . ChaiT. , l3cd Ware house. To TIMER. MERCHANTS, NAVY _CONTRAC TORS, BUI LOERS, and Others. TO BE SOLD BY PUBLIC` AUCTION, • On the 14th and isth of lanuary, 18.7, at . the. Montague Arms Inn, .known also by the name of Swift's House; in the Parish of Stoke, in the County of Oxford, UPWARDS of 5400 exceedingly tineDak, Ash, Elm, Beech, Chesnut; Lime, and Syccamore * Timber Trees. Two thousand of the Oak and fifteen hundred of the Ash and Elm are of large dimensions ' front so to teo feet meetings and upwards. ,The Oak and Elm are fine Navy Timber, containing large Compass Planking and Rid Pieces, superior to any thing of the kind in the kingdom. The rest of the Timber is very fine, and from zo to .5o feet meetings. The Trees are blazed and numbered with white paint, and ;Standing oh the Estate of %V. Fertnori Esq. .at Tusniore, in the sad County ; four miles from Brackley, five from the Oxtbrci and Coventry Canal, eight from the . grand Junlion Canal, and seventeen from Oxtord. Catalogues will be delivered, in due. time, at Tustnore House (where a Person will attend to chew the Timber); at • Messrs.'Hoperoft and Son's, Crowton, Northamptonshire ; b nd at Mr.'Danell's, No. to, Henrietta-strea, Manchester= square, .Lcedon. wo 4 IMPERIAL PARLIAIVIENT HOUSE OF PEERS. FRIDAY, DEC. 19. Their Lordships met at half-past three. Several Noble Lords took the Oaths and their Seats. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, Dukes of York, ,Clarence, Cumberland, and Cambridge, were present. The assemblage of Ladies was not very numerous. At fbur o'clock precisely, the Commissioners (the Lord Chancellor, the,Archbishop of Canterbury, Earl Spencer, and Earl of Winchelsea) authorised to open the New Parliament, dire&ed the Usher of the Black Rod to require the attendance of the House of Com mons; the Speaker; accompanied by the whole House, appeared at the Bar, when the Lord Chancel lor read his Majesty's Speech. .f For the Speech see our Paper of Yesterday.] The. Com Mons then retired, 'and their Lordships having unrobed, ' 6 • The Ear! of JERSEY rose to .Move the Address. The. Noble Earl referred to tli t part . bf the Speech which coritainedan opinion of the reliance ipoi the Country,"for their united exertiobs in support ofthe War ; a felianee which he trusted would net be mis place(L lie wits cbnfident that a spirit tit unanimity prevailed , throughout 'the Country, and hoWeVer anxious the People. filight be for. Peace, yet he ivds satisfied that unless it . could'be obtained upon teems. curisistent with'the honour and dignitrof the Bri tish Nation, they would rathdr consent to still greater sacrifices. The exorbitant den ands of the Enemr, mist 'of necessity prevent his Majesty's Government from putting an end tb the Calamities Of War. When the Papers Upon the subjea were laid on the table of the House, it would begeen-that every means which his Majesty's Government' could honestly resort. to, had been adopted to fultil . the wishes of the public. The more.inntediate ma oagement of that branch of the service ho fallen to the lot of a man whose loss every bne innst de plore--a man, whose comprehensive mind, `great political knowledge, and amiableness of manners, :made him more fit than any other persOn to coif dull; the Negotiation. jn the discussion of the .points necessarily involved, it could be seed there was a precision and clearness which `peculiarly 'longed to him. His manliness of charaaer might have led him to ad more openly, perhaps, than by - • • some might be deemed justifiable ; but througholit 'the whole of the discussion it was evident that inte- grity, and a just sense for the honour ant dignity df his Country, were the main-springs of aaion ; 'sena ments of universal good-will toward's mankind, and a Strong desire for Peace, were the ruling principleS 'of his mind. The Peace, however; 'Which Trance sought to obtain, was one which Gre'at Britain never could agree to ; compromise our faith with oar Allies, would be a new feature in the pOlitieal raker of the British Government..—SUch 'a Peace was the desire of France, and therefore it could not be expe&ed that she would be abject and hurnble its her terms. To suppose that Great Britain would de part from that proud situation which she has. ever held in the eyes of the world, and by humility accede to any extravagant propositions, would not only be a desertion of good faith to our Allies, but a departure from the justice of our cause. Her resources to meet the exigency of the case were great, and when it was known that an honourable Peace could not be obtained, d 'cordial co-operation to pursue the War 'With vigour must be 'the result. When he Teg f arded the situa tion of attifirs on the Centinent, and recorleaed that Prussia but a very short time since possessed an army great in _numbers, and then unbroken ; that she rushed headlong to the contest, and iii a few days the whole of that immense army was aimihilated, he could not but reflea,' with the utmost regret, that she should have sought her own ruin. -There does not exist, in the history of the world, a circumstance so unfortunate, nor conduct so blameable, as that which a&uated the Councils of Prussia, to contend , with an 'enemy such as she had to contend with. To reproach them with the folly of their condul, and the dreadful calamities which were the consequenceo of it; was a task of regret ; but when it had been evidently, on a former occasion, the objet of Prus sia to temporize with her, Great Britain had no thing left but to lament the short4ighted policy. whiCh Prussia, too late, had fonnd completely failed f her. We had the consolation to know, that every thing had been clone on our part to avert, the calami ties, but .without effea. Prussia,. as if emulous of disgrace, had run into danger; and 'refused. our °as sistance. Very different was the condua of the King of Sweden ; that Monarch remained firm in his triendship r -ithe noble example he had set was Worthy of imitation. With respea to Russia, the , hasty condua of D'OubriLretarded the assistance Which might otherwise have been obtained; we therefore cenld not expea , that Russia would have been in a situation to resist the aggression of the Bee- j my.. No,man, in looking at events of such magni-: tude, could avoid feeling that the interests of his • country were materially involved ; but great as the Enemy we had to encounter was, yet our resources were powerthl too. We had an army which we might be proud to boast 'of; that little part of it which landed in ,Calabria had given the most une quivocal proofs of the bravery and - skill of our sol diers. Our Navy would still guard us from the se cret machinations of the Foe ; and if we were to make great sacrifices, it would be in support of those 'liberties, the enjoyment of which, was the pecal;ar boast of Britain, and in defence of those laws which were equally the right of the Peasant.aud the Prince. That this was the feeling of the Country was evi dent—au unanimity prevailed, which afforded to His Majesty's Government the most unbounded sa lis!a;iion. Though we had within one year lost the talents and assistance of able men, whose loss could not be easily replaced, we Were still in possession of men whose abihties would condbee to the Rosperity of the' Country. The salvation of it must depend on our united exertions-; and tie it - Uted those energies and:spirit would be ex,erted :in'.continuing the War, fully. convinced that we we'it;'itiuggling for 'every thing dear. to us as a Natioi i rrhe Nol)lc Earl con eluded with moving the .A4 - dress, which, was, as usual, a recapitulation of the leading poinis in the Speech, aid an assurance of supporting His Majesty in all that he required. The AddreSs being read by the LORD CHAN CELLOR, . • . . • LOid SOMERS roSe to - second it. The Noble Lord most Cordially agreed, with the sentiments ex- . _ . was pressed by the Noble Mover. Hehappy to pay a tribute ofaii'plause to the Acithinistratiod, whom he was ConVinced had . but one . objeet in view, narpely, _ . . .... .., . . .. ..... . , • . .. the preservation of the pbbfic niterestS. There were Soriie topics in His Majesty's Speech which he would just advert to, and first, as to the Negotiation with Fotiee. . He hoped - that the condu& of that ___ . _ Negotiation Nirns such as no Noble Lord could ob. jed ;O. The'interests Of C,reat Britain had not been cotitywOrfri . :;ed, and the Papas would prove . that His :NlajeF - ,ty's Gdverninent entered into it with a full determination to•proctire 'Peace upon just and 'ho. nountble grbundf , i.. The conduct of Prussia, • which had tieen 'alluded to by his Noble Friend, bore a .slinilat feature with that of AuStria, with this dif- ference, that the frill of'Priassia was absolute, where as that of Anqria was recovered. Prussia had judged it expedient to avoid • hostilities with France when she might have had a chance of coming out of the contest .With honour, and when that chance Was lost, she rushed headlong into it. The Noble. Lord. then adverted to the topics noticed by the No ble Mover, and expressed the utmost satin anion at ,the good faith preserved by the King of Sweden ; the sl5lll, Valo-r, and discipline of our Fleets and' Armies - ; the viCory in Calabria, all of which united to inspire him with confidence as to the result of 'the, present contest. The resources of the Country, and the increase of her commerce, would tend to secure her safety. The principal attention of Go vernment, after having 'provided for the safety of the Colonies, should be internal defence. No doubt great exertions had been made, and were Making.— , The Volunteers had not left their standards ; and though the M' of the last Session of the late Par-, liament hactinduced many to quit their station, yet' he trusted they would be made useful in the general 'mass. The whole of the Address had his unanimous . approbatioh. . Lord gAIVkESBURY could not 'avoid making ! ' 'sothe observations upon some of the topics in His # . Majesty's Speech,„ and also upon some of the to :pies •whicb were ndt to be found in it ; topics which i. might, perhaps, have- been omitted upon' just and feasible grounds. .Though the whole of - the Speech Would rectkive his support, he was compelled to make the observations, from st`iine remarks which fell from the Noble Mover. The observations would relate to some points which were not in the Address, and but remotely alluded to in the Speech. He felt, how 'ever, he should not do his duty were, he not to no tice them ; and first, as to the late dissolution • of Parliament. Though he could pot be supposed to question the King's right and prerogative to dissolve 'the Parliament, a right which he would admit in `the strongest sense, he could not see the necessity Of having recourse to the measure on the late occa 'sic)* n. If Parliament had any other than laWful perrnanency, it was true there could be no security . for the existence of Monarchy, and therefore he must admit the right at all times in His Majesty to dissolVe his Parliament. Having stated thus . much, he must contend that such right should be exercised with sound discretion,Pot uselessly or with levity.. If such. means - were resorted to, Ministers of the Crown were answerable forthe -consequences. The late Dissolution took place when Parliament had not sat more than four years; consequently nearly three-. years of the legal time was unexpied. it would be seen, by referring to the Journals of the House, that from the time of the first establishment of Septennial Parliaments, namely in 1715, down .to . the present, a period of more than 90 years (with the exception of a single instance, in 1784), no Parlia ment had been 'dissolved without having gone through the sixth session, or in case of the demise of the Crown. It therefore became Ministers : . to shew to the Country that • they had, strong and juS-: tifiable grounds, so as to render a- dissolution in- . o‘ispensibly necessary, as, for instance,, a mis-' uncle' standing between the King and the House of Commons, when consequently a stop was, put: to public business, and, "in one of these cases, either the Crown must yield, or the Parliament be . dissolved; Ministers ought to be prepared to shew the necessity ; without such necessity, merely for the' sake of a little convenience or advantage, for them to dissolve the Parliament, was a step which, to say. the best fora it, was new, and had not in any one instance been resorted to for near, a century. The :only reason which to his mind could be assigned by Ministers, as a ground of necessity for the measure, was, the rupture of the Negotiation ; but how that could be heldas a tenable ground, he was at a loss to conjedlure. There was no difference of opinion. as to the necessity and propriety of prosecuting the War. If any shade of difference of opinion- prevailed, it was.to' be found amongst those who. were most - strenuous for Peace, but who, on the failure, were, anxious to carry on the War. If the declaration which had :been published in .His. Majesty's name, was proper to b'e published (and it was for Ministers to determine on the propriety), the Country was not in a situation to judge, because that Declaration was unaccompanied by the Papers necessary to explain the cause which led to the failure. He did not mean to impute blame, but it was usual to produce . . , the necessary Papers, in order that the whole of the Negritiation might be.understood.---Supposing it was net advisable tcrgive them to the Public', it surely was a fair and jiist, ground for calling . the existing Parliament ;together, and then to lay the whole, case before them. But what was the coaduCi of.one of His Majesty's Ministers when that discussion had ceased, :and an opinion had been en tertained that a dissolution would tike place ? In a letter to his constituents, but a few days before the PrOclaination for dissolving t be Parliam.ent appeared, he declared that nosuch,measure had been decidc'd on.' Having made these ooservations, he would advert •topo "measuresr tan some ce t ; topics al alluded ;p ri e n a c r i c i - ) d 4il o y f c t o o ns t id h e e ra m bl i e lit i a n r l y i li n ces der consideration and adopted the last Sessions ;; measures which at this mirm-nt . were not in force—measures which had for their o h. Sea the overturning of all our military establish ments, and to establish 011 C grand military syst em , at once permanent and must beneficial—to say no .. thing,of the expence. - The training measure, a sort • of supplement to the Volunteer System, has never been carried into effeds in any one part of the king dom ; and, if his information was cerrea, is,quite . impraaicable,or arleast only with that kind of prac ticability, which ensures great vressure and incow venience. Ministers, he tristed, would inform 'him whether his information was cOrrea—whether the permanent army measures were beneficial cause the result, in the situation of the country, was a most important one. He did not mean to upon the accuracy of his information upon this sub-, jet : but with all these experinientS and inconveni ence, the military defence was stated to hint to be not so considerable as "it was twelve months since... This •was.a fit subject for investigation. He trusted, that if a large additional force had not been colleaed , . by the new system,. that at least it would soon be colle&ed. Another topic Upon ..which he thong - hi it right to say a word or two, was the conduct of Ministers in sending out the Expedition. We had seen a fleet escape from its port, and doing consi derable damage to our trade in the West Indies, and not the least means were resorted to, to prevent the enemy's views. It was nota little singular that an Expedition remained in the DoWns for nearly three • months without proceeding-on its destination ; ,and with respect to that Expedition, in alluding to the , appointment of a General Officer to command it, he did not mean to, disparage either the 'talents, the ski4l, or the bravery of the Commander ; but it ‘vas a matter .of inquiry to learn why, old and c::.- perienced, General Qdieers, seniors in rank, of the greatest talents, were passed by. In making this allusion, : he Must mention the names of General Spencer and Sir Arthur Wellesley, wh l ose skin t and courage were well knoWn and proved. The appointment , had Shewn that, however able, ,and 'whatever, might be the military talents of a dis'- tingnished:veteran, it was, however., at the option of the Government to - pass him by: Th;s had been done, and it, was an ad which could not bejustified. • It-furnished an awful 'example of what may be the consequencesepetited froM exertion,. bravery, and skill. The NOble Ltird considered it a sort of 4tAtish policy in Ministers, which would not bear them out. Referring to the disasters in the Prussian Army, he lamented that no dire& communication had been carried on between this country and Prussia at a time when we might have aided her it was true that a Noble Friend of his had been sent on a mission to the' King of 'Prussia, but then circum stances ' compelled his precipitate return. Th. delay in sending him might 'have been occasioned . by ' unavoidable and excusable causes, but then it was necessary to be - eiplained. What could hart induced Ministers to delay the assistance, and of ~ aiding by her Councils those-of Prussia, at a mo ment of extreme ,peril, was to him a matter of astonishment. The return- of his Noble Friend was a 'proper choice. To be sure a Noble Mi litary Lord was sent on an exceedingly extensive Military missiorithree weeks after, when it - was .a matter of great doubt whether he could find a port to" land in. Their conduct respeding Prussia would afford grounds for inquiry, to ascertain if all that . could have, been done for the assistance of our Ally was resorted to. With respell to the general tenor of the Speech, there could be but one opinion"; there certainly ,was the most.anxions desire in the country • to engage in a vigorous proSecution of the war, And he Should to the .Lkddress, because he - did not find in it any, thinp - ambiguous, or which called upon the House to, sat Lion the conduit of Ministers against the general opinion. The main question of, the ne cessity of the war, under the existing circumstances, was not disputed. Lord GREAT - VILLE rose in reply, and spoke i n Substance to the following effeet: I can assure your Lordships, said the Noble Baron, that however anxious Lamy feel for an unanimous vote on what is this day t übmitted to yoUr Lordships' consideration - , I do not look for it on the ground stated b'y the Noble Lord ; , nor is it my wish to pledge Parliament to the adoptioD of any measures or set of measures oti the first day of their proceeding to business, or to any thing like an Opinion upon any topic, before (he time has been allowed them for the mature examination of every thing which the public interest may prescribe and require. In making this declaration, I think, my'Lords, I have sufficiently answered whatever the Noble Baron has advanced w:th reference to the to pics contained in the Address ; and as to the obser vations he has indulged in, which travelled out of the Address, it is so difficult to make them bear upon - any subjea conne&ed with it, that it may be super finoui or unseasonable at present to take any notice of them: The first point of the Noble Baron touche d upon is one which; if-found almost in any mouth, must have excited much surprise, but' which, froni the mouth of the Noble Baron, surprises me very little. The Noble Baron thinks it of great and urgent importanCe to consider whether His Majesty was well or" ill advised in adopting the measure of the late Dissolution of the Parliament-That His Ma jesty possessei that undoubted prerogative, the Noble Baron does not'deny ; .nor am I prepared to• say, my