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their Report some light_might be derived ,to guide the condua of the House on the present occasion. He should conclude with making a motion to that effea ; and if it was agreed to, he should follow it tip with another, to wit, That the Committee do consist of all those Noble Lords who had appeared in their places this Session, and that they do sit to morrow at three o'clock.—The Learned Lord con cluded with a Motion as abovq Lord HOLLAND did not rise to make any op position to the Motion' Of the Learned Lord; on the Contrary, he wished the Bill might be 'most tho roughly ; examined and discussed. .His object- in' rising 'merely. was, to observe that the present Bill was under no' aspeEt ajitc simile of the Bill of 1742 ; nor did it in theleast resemble that - of 1742, either in its.previsions or its principle. • Lord. ELDON denied that he had•called the• Bill afac simile of the Bill of 1742, all he asserted was, that; the present Bill was supported on the .same, grounds ; and in that assertion be would, persist. The Q.uestion was then, put-upon -hotb Motions, and agreed to. • . Lord Glib:N VILLE presented a Message.,fiOm Majesty, purporting that by the Ad of Parliament for granting an Annuity to the Earl of St; Vincent, that Annuity was limited to the two next heirs male of 'his body, and desiring the tiouse- to - take the further extension of the - same into their consi deration. • The Message having been read, Lord HAWKESBURY asked. (across the table) if any Motion was intended? Lord GRENVILLE answered in the .affirmative'; - and observed, that in granting, the Annuity to Lord St. Vincent it had been orginally intended, as was usual in similar cases, to extend the grant to the two next successors of the title. happened, how . - tver, that by the ena6ling words of the Act the Ata nuity was limited to the two next heirs male of the, body of Lord St. Vincent. The present Message, therefore, had not for its obje& to confer any addi= tional mark of Royal favour on Lord St. Vincent; but merely to carry into effe6t what was undoubted ly the original intent of the A6t to which he had al luded. A Bill to this effe& would, in due time, come before the House, when their Lordships would have an opportunity of considering the subjed. He concluded by moving in the usual form an Address to His Majesty, in answer to. His Majesty's most gracious Message ; which was agreed to.— Ad journed. • HOUSE OF COMMONS. MONDAY, FEB. !,,44. Lord TEMPLE, Lord OSSULSTONE, Lord WIL LIAM RUSSELL, Lord- R. 'SPESCER, Lord MoRPETH, General WITZPATRItK, 'Messrs. WINDHAM, CAL CRNFT, and ERSKINE, took the oaths and their 4eats. On the motion of Mr. WHITBREAD, it was Or dered that Lord TEMPLE, Lord 11. SPENCER, and CALCRAFT, be added to the Committee ap pointed to manage. the Impeachment of Lord Viscount •Mr. , FRANCIS, in compliance with the custom that had'been introduced into the House (although it was a clistotn the propriety of which he could -by no means acknowledge), of giving previous no tice of • a Motion, expressed his intention of moving to-knoirow for a Paper relative to the Finances of. India.. Mr. SPENCER STANHOPE gave - notice, that on Tuesday se'nnight he would make a - Motion on the Subjea . of Lord Ellenborough's beidg allowed a . seat iii the Cabinet, unless he shouid in the interim learn that. that Learned - Lord was removed froth that situation. . Secretary Fox wished the Hon. Gentleman would have the goodness to state the nature of his Motion. . • •• • • • Mr. SPENCER STANHOPE deCl3red. himself Ull,- able. .at .present to Make the precise statement req trebled. The SECRETARY at WAR (GEII. FITZPATRICK); adverting to the opinions • which he had. expressed last Session, on the Administration of Justice in Regimental Courts Martial, entered into - a history pf the circumstances that had induced him, from time to time, to postpone making any Motion on the subje6t, which he.conclucled, by observing, that the_ recent 'alteration it His Majesty's Councils af forded a well-grounded hope, that the grievances which had been complained of would be redressed by the Executive Power, in Rich .a mariner as to :ender any interference of the House unnecessary. He therefore waved his former notice of a Motion on .the subjea. A Message from the Lords acquainted the House, that their Lordships had agreed. to Lady NELSON'S and Sir It. STRACIIAN'S Annuity Bills. Sir W. CURTIS observed, that reports of a na ture that created great agitation being prevalent in the City, he wished to 'ask . the Noble Lord oppo site, whether or not - it was in the content plation o!. Government to appropriate any part of the Sink ing. Fund to the Payment of the Interest of the New Loari Lord EtEN:ZY PgrTY thanked• the Hqn. Baronet for giving him an opportunity of declaring, that any 'rumour of the nature .alluded to was ill-founded. No such measure was in the contemp.'ation of His Majesty's ;Ministers. - .1 On the Motion Of Mr. CALcitA7,':the following new WritS- were ordered to be issued, Viz.---=For the Borough of Inniskillen, in the room of Sir Ali-Bur rOwes, who since his . Elklion, had accepted the Office of one of the Judges in the Supreme Court at Bengal.,For the Borough of Plymo4th, in :the tOom of P. LangmeAd, Esq. who had accepted the Office of Steward of His Majesty's Manor of East Hendred.—And for the Borough of Portarlington, iti Ireland, in the room of -;-----,Tyrwhitt, Es q . w h o had accepted the Offide Of Ste Ward of His Majesty's Chile: rn Hundreds. A Person from the Office of the Chid Secretary for Ireland presented an Ae'ootint of the Number of Men raised in Ireh - nd under the Additional Defence Act ; which was ordered to lie on the Table. ' • Lord HENRY PETTY moved, that there be laid beiore the House a List pf the OfftceS granted in itevei - i;ion in England, spedifying - *e nat;nre of those Offices,' the dates of the Grants, and the`Nriocts fob taey n gtaufed: Aftei a Ctrs Words fi', Mr. Usk, Who iitated, that such a List bad bno pnysented to Ole 'Home up to the last year—the Motion was agreed to. On the 01 - 1,;74 - 1-lEtiß;iPgTry, similar Lists were orlered to be j) . res.lited for Scotland and Ireland, .4' tne:lsfibn of Lord HENRY PETTY, it wasror dered, that there be laid before the House an Ac count of ev.ry increase and Dirninntion that may have talmrplace belti'eeli the lst of lan:lB . o's, and the Ist of Jan. 1 1 806, in the Salaries and Enioln meats of all Public Offices in England and Ireland. Lord HENRY PETTY postponed till to-morrow the Motion of which he had given notice for to-day, re lative-to the existing li_uaiccs between Great Bri t thin and Ireiand.. , Mr: WHITBRVAD gave notice, that on Thursday he would rimve, that'there be laid before the House a Return o 1 the ntiiiib'er oY etfedive Volunteers in Great Britain. Dr. DUld ENAN, after a few prefatorrobserva tiOns, .the tendency Of whit.7l4 as far as we could , waa to sliew the hardships under which the poor Ciergyof iretand laboured, moved for leave to bring in a Bill to alter and amend an Ad passed in the Parliaimut of Ireland, in the 29th of Geo• 11. intitled, an' Ad to amend and render More etrealual the LawS relative to the 'distribution of the First Fruits; and of the Legacy left by Dr. Hugh Bolton, Lord Bishop of Armagh; for ameliorating the situ ation of the poor Clergy in Ireland. Mr. FRANCIS (alluding to ,the absence of Mr. G. Ponsonby) submitted to the Learned Gentleman, whether it would not be advismble to comply with the usual custom on these occasions when any one interested in a Motion was for a tune disqualified froth his attendance in that House, by . having ac cepted a situation in the Government. Without making any observations on the merits of the Bill, of which, indeed, he had himself rather a favoura ble opinion, he suggested to the Learned Gentleman the propeiety of deferring his Motion until the Gentleman to whom he alluded could resume his seat in the House. Dr. D UIGENAN, however, stating that be had taken an opportunity of consulting the Hon. and Learned Gentleman in question, who had declared himself friendlyi.to the Bill, obtained leave to bring it in. Dr.,DVIGENAN gave notice, that with• the per mission of the House, he would to-morrow enter into an explanation of the purview of the Rill which he proposed to brit).- in for the purpose of enforcing the Residence of the Clergy of Ireland on their Bene.. fices. Lord HENRY. PRTTY brought a Message from His Majesty; which was read by the Speaker, and which was nearly as follows " GEORGE R. " His - Majesty, taking notice that by the A& of Parliament for' allokini an Annuity to Earl St. Vincent, that Annuity is limiteel •to the Earl and his two heirs male, and being desirous that it should be farther extended, recommends this obje& to the consideration of that House." On the Motion of Lord HENRY PE TTY, His Ma jesty's Measage was ordered (with only one dissent ing voice), to be referred to a Committee of !the . whole House on Thursday next. , Mr. MoonE -presented a , Petition from certain Freeholders of the County of Middlesex, against the Return of. Mr. Mainwaring, on the grbund of im proper qualification; He observed, that he kneW nothing of the parties by Whom the Petition was signed, as it had been put itito-hisl hand coming down to the House,-and-as -he had only undertaken to deliver it on account of the absence of an Hon. Friend of . his. The SPEAKER requested the advice of the House in this case. If w the Petition as within the mean ing of-the Election 'Laws, which he confessed he did not know, • the Hon. Gentleman Might lay it on. the' Table Withouc any question ; if not, it was com petent to the House to decide whether or not it should he so laid on the Table. • Some conversation took place on the subject be tween Mr. PERCIVAL and Mr. Secretary Fox i ,the former contending that the House having already decided the question to which the Petition referred, should not allow itself - to.be harraSsed from time to time by the re-agitatiOn of it. It was an anomalous proceeding, and at any rate, should not be allowed without some consideration. The latter admitted that, on- the first view, the. Petition might appear to be contrary to the common law -of the House of Commons, but it Was certainly agreeable to a Sta tute Law, sthe 'Bth of 'the present King, Set. 3, 'which .Was read, and which declared the, right of 'any Person or Pesens, within 13 days of the re turn of a Membe? ,of the House of 'Commons, to pray that he or they might be admitted as h party or parties against that Return. , Mr. MAI;N:wARtNio contended, that this Petition could tot be admitted on this ground, naively, that it was a Petition to renew a Petition that had beet presented last Session, •which was net now renew able ; because, in all cases of this nature, such a Petition fora renewal insist be presented four days after the commencement of the Session. • The SPEAKER observed, that the Hon, Gentleman , was perfealy corre& in his remark. It was the duty of every Gentleman who presented a Petition to make himself master of the contents, in order that he might explain thein to the House; he therefore requested the Hon. Gentleman (fir. Moons) would have the gcoc*ss to state, whether or not this was a Peti, tion for the renewal of a former Petition. Mr. Moons replied, that he believed he might take upon himself to say, that \ it was a Petition for -the renewal of a former Petition. • • Orf - which the 'SkeAxta declared; that the rule of the House was perfectly clear, which rendered any 'such"Petition inadmissible. The Qualification Indemnity Bill was- read a se cond time,'and,ordered to be committed to-mdrrow. The other Orders of the Day were then disposed of, hna.ihe 'House adjourned. MAILS. ARI, tv tp -t Dublin. p - u Gottenburglt, I LiOort, i Uublin, Waterford. PRICE S I'OCKS THIS DAY 4r Tvett.vt WeLocx. Conspl; Tll E STI N. SOLEM QUIS DICEKE IPALSUM. AUDKAT ? LONDON, TtirESIXIbY, ,FEBRUARY- 25, 1806. - WE yesterday stopped the Press to announce the arrival of Paris - Papeir - to the Isth; --- and Journals to the 21st inst. We have given this day all the Extratas from them that are-worth-notiCe. The tendency of Most of these proves, we think, clearly, that there is little, if any, cordiality between Fince and Prussia. For what purpose can so large • a French' Army as two hundred thousand men be kept on • the Maine, but for that of over'-awing Prussia The. Coutt of Berlin seems fully aware of the necessity of using .the greatest precautions, if not of adopting strong measures. A great part of the Prussian Army has been' ordered to remain on the War . footing, and, it is remarkable that or ders had previously been given' to reduce many of those divisions of the Prussian . Army • to a . . . Peace Establishment, which have been since ordered to re,main on the War footing. This - shews clearly • that Prussia does not feel herself easy in. hei present situation; and we are mistaken if a long time elapses ' before she will find herself in a predicament in which she Can only chuse, between the sacrifices of her honour and of her rank as a first-rate Power, tq the diftation of France, or resolutely taking the field. The Russian Army assembling at Bresc is probanly intended to co-operate with Prus sia,. in case of a War between that yower and, France. It is in the very nature of ambition not to remit its efforts whilst any of its object remain un accomplished, and we are convinced that BONAPARTE will not rest till be, has conquered Europe, or till,. Europe has conqUered him. The Peace which he has concluded with Austria is in reality • a mere Truce—a Suspension of Arms for 'a few months. Austria seems fully aware that her Military exertions allay 'soon again' be called for, and the Austrian Army has therefore been or dered,to remain on a War foeting for six months, whilseat'the same time 'every exertion is' making to incite the inhabitants of the Austrian Dominions to enroll themselves in Volunteer Corps, for the de fence of their Country in case of necessity. Russia and Turkey, as' we stated yesterday, have renewed a close bond of alliance, for the purpose Of shield ing the latter from the designs of France, which have naturally caused great sensations of alarm in the Turkish Empire, now that the Italian Kingdom is so nearly approximated to the Ottoman Territo ries, In, this situation, with continual encroach ment and oppression on the one hand, and distrust and alarm on the other, Europe cannot long remain. Another stand must be made; and we trust effec tually, against the man whO aims at nothing less than thOentire subjugation of Europe. BY the ifuclilond Pacicet, whose arrival at Fal mouth we announced yesterday, we have the fol lowing intelligence Majesty's Ship La Pomone is Cruizing off the Bar of Lisbon. A Spanish,Row boat cut out, several days since, the Brig Maid of the Mill, of Glasgow, from Newfoundland, bound toLisbon; lying at anchor within gun-shot. of Fort St. JUlian ; both of them have been since captured by the. Ponzone : the 'Row.boat was cut up. Apo ! Cher Spanish Row-boat, of four carriage guns And forty-two men, came into Lisbon from Vigo; -she sailed again from thence. on the ?d instant, and I:vas on the 6th inst, sent in by the Curieus 'Gun brig, who captured her otf the Burlings. The Row boat captured, off the Bar of Oporto, five of Newfoundland Convoy, bound thence under convoy of His Majesty's Ship Mercury; the whole of which were re-taken by the Star Sloop of War, • On the 31st January His Majesty's Ship La Sophie arrived at - Lisbon from Gibraltar, but brought no news: ' YESTERDAY Lord BizsToi. proposed a question to• Lord GRENVILLE, in the House of Lords, re spe&ing Lord EL4ENBOROU&H'S appointtrient as a Cabinet Minister. Lord GRENVILLE' in reply, stated, that, stri&ly speaking, there was no such Body as the Cabinet , Council—they were merely a Committee of the Privy Council„ The Lord Chief Justice of the King's Bench was always a Member of the Privy Council, and in that 'capacity was • bound to give. HISMAJMn advice whenever he ,was called upon. It was undoubtedly true that. the Noble and Learned Lord has been summoned to attend those Committees of the Privy Council, usually denominated the Cabinet Council ; and his Lordship contended that there was nothing in this proceeding either repugnant to the principles of the Constitution, or contrary to precedent. WE are happy to find that the report of an inten tion being entertained of applying a part of the Sinking- Fund for the payment of the interest of a new. Loan is wholly unfonnded. The Cauron.r.on of the EXCIIECWER last night, in answer to a ques tion proposed to him by Alderman Cori!, in the L. • House of Commons, exprefsly discl aimed aty ivsh intenti(in. 1 7 .,1 N.E WS. FA Ltilo,uTH, FEB. c22.----..A.rrived His Majestis Sh'p ; St. Joseph, Vice-Admiral Sir C. COTTON, Printed Royal, Prince George, Windsor Castle, 13arfieur, Formidable, and Glory, and the Atalante Sloop of War, from a Cruize off Bre:A. Sailed H. M. Sloop of War Ecpiegle, with several Vessels under convoy, for the Downs. PORTSMOUTH, FEB. 2.4..—Arrived the Triton, NORMAN, 'from Bristol ; Alevsgnger, MILLER, from. Guernsey; Morse, SMART, from Lisbon ; and in c/ustry, , PATTERSON, from Sunder land. Sailed the Inconstant Frigate, Capt. DICKSON, for Guernsey; and the BrCo77:StUry, SHEPPARD, for London. The ist Regiment of Light Horse, and the t st, ed; 3d, and 4th Battalions of the German Legion have orders to hold themselves in readiness to sail for Ire _ land. Tho other Troops in the several Transports in the Harbour are expeaed to land here. SHEERNESS, FEE. 24.—Came down from Chat_. ham to the Nore the Kangaroo Sloop of War, Capt. BAKER. . This day the. Minerve and Rothrio were, paid bounty, and two months advance, and will proceed to sea in a few days. Came into Harbour the Romulza, with. the loss of her bowsprit. ' Sailed several Transports for the River. • . The Volcano Bomb'has been paid off. 411.tbe impressed men Which were brought home by the Beaulieu, which Ship has proceeded to .Wool with tote repaired, are draughte4 into the Kangaroo. Fza..24.-=;--Sailed for the River the Dili gence and Swift East India Pilot Vessels, with, the' Lord Haivkesbur#'and Duke of Montrose East India men, and she_.dzirpr(z, a re-taken Ship. Arrived .the Devastation Bomb from Sheerness ; Oberon Sloop of War from.a Cruize ; 'and Imnzor. talite Frigate from Yarmouth, baying on board Ge neral .Doisi . and Suite, and remain in the Ddwils with the rest of Ships as per last. The Fury Bomb has a Signal flying for a Convoy to the Westward. EXTRACT OP A . LETTER FROM KINGSTON, JAMAICA, DEC. 28, 1805. " By desire of several Gentlemen, this is offered for insertion, conceiving it a praise due to the brave defenders in this bloody conflia : a Gentleman, lately from Cuba, handed us the folloWing account La Cere7te PriVate - er, which captured the Chesterfield Packet in July last, and no doubt it is authentic the privateer lost, in killed and wounded, 51 the Captain is also dead of his wounds. This great slmghter IS attributed to their hiilure in boarding, C }pt. B. being so well prepared for them; the 'Packet ha4 - bee..4 sadly mauled the shot-holes it; the • hull, 'mast, and yards, and through the sails, numbered 323, exclusive of numerous rigging shot away. We are sorry to learn of Mr. JAwissox's death—he' died on his passage to Europe, from a severe wound he received by a ball passing into his right breast obliquely. It was Mr. J. who tied the ensign cord above the mizen-top, in the Afflon. Captain &tour, and the other Passengers, say, he, did not only tight bravely himself, but was constant• ly encouraging all hands ; his loss is Much regretted by all his friends here, who are numerous : he is thought worth from 25 to 30,0001.—1 have the pleasure of infbrming you we are all very healthy here, Army,, Navy, and island in general, and quite_ happy; ready for the Dons, if they give us a call. . " Yotir friend and servant, «C. DISTRIBUTION OF PRIZE-MONEY. To the Officers and Companies of His Majesty's Ship's Centaur, Be'lona, Defiance, Santa l'cresa, Captain, Emerald, Triton, Success and Pettrell, for the Capture of the French Frigates Courageux, Alceste and Junon, and French Brig Sa lamine, in the Mediterranean, the iSth June, 17,9, on Wed-. neiday next, between eleven and three ; or every Wednesday Ad Thursday afterwards in New Broad street. To ;I:e pfficers and Company of H M. 5IotT of War. Trorripeiase, for the Capture of the Slntissima Trinida49, alialßueno Coniepto, the27th Fcb.tBos,on board said Sloop. at the Nekre, to l morrow ; or at Messrs. Atkins, Walibrein tvery.thttelday and Saturday between eleven ansi three. • Yesterday, the Pispatcl es by the following Ships were finally closed at the East India House, and delivered to their tespe4ive Pursers, viz. lilphinstone, Winchelsea, Ceres, and Walmer Castle, for Bombay and China. Perseverance, tar St.. Helena, Bencooien, and China. Loni Castlereagh, and Sir William Hensley, tar Madras and Bengal. _ _ Wyk! Scott, and Essex, for Madras and China . . Yesterday tnorning the Duke s o f YO RK, and CAMBRIDGE, arrived at Windsor. They after,- wards rode on horseback with His MAJkspi - , the Duke of &Ism, Princesses AUGUSTA and S,'9rtnA. Last night THEIR MAJESTIES had a seled party . at Windsor Castle, in honour of the Duke of CAM.. BRIDOt's birth-day, who completed his 32d year, Yesterday afternoon, at three o'clock, Mr. SPAR ROW, the Messenger, arrived at Mr. Fox'DalliCe froth the Continent, in a chaise and four, accompa"- nied by two Foreigners. At a meeting of the Stationers' Company in Dub lin, held on Tuesday last, to consider of a Petition to Parliament, paying for the repea' of the Legislative Act of Union,_ the Assembly unanimously concurred in the fallowing wise and moderate Resolution, sup= Bested by their Committee " - Resolved, That not wishing to embarrass His Majetty'S Administration with a matter of sf) much impottance a); the consideration of a Repeal of the Act of ;Mimi, we deem it right to defer training a Petition to Parliament on that sub. jeet until the measures which the exigencies of the Empire require may be arranged." . This was followed, however, by another Resolue tion, which, we trust, will remain a dead letter, at least until the present cliflicalties of the Empire are surmounted: •• Res4lve I, That your committee be made a standing . one, to consult with other Corporations, as to the most . ettetual means and time when to present a Petition to Parliaq u eot the above purpose." ' Lord SomEnvntz's great Exhibition of Cattle, Sheep, ego. &c. ocanniencei on Monday next, at Repository, Larbican, near West Smithfield.