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the 7bility of the people, from the exneritant price
of wiues to consume it in conneaou'of the bark ;
that he is cohAnced that the bottoms of 0::in are as
favourable to the cultivation of the grape, as the hills
of Prance; and soliciting either the grant, or the
sale, on an extended credit, of seftion .29, in town-
ship No. 3, range 9, on !N. lad giver, a situation which
he considers singularly favourable to a vineyard.
The following intelligence. is said to have been
received in town : "'That a body of eight hundred
Indians had assembled near Detroit, on the British
side of the Strait, and sent in a belt of rel and black
wampum, to the Commanding Officer there. The
militia have been called out, but it is feared that
they arc not adequate to the exigency."
Officers conversant with the Indians, say, that
these colours of the beads, indicate determined war;
an express has been forwarded to the seat of the ge-
neral government.
NVe have to add, that the force at Detroit, which
we apprehend was under Capt. M'Clary or Lieut.
Starke, was very inconsiderable. Those officers
have abed with a great deal of prudent circumspec-
tion. We have not heard which of the tribes have
offered these preliminary menaces, but suppose
them to be the Chippaway. It is worthy of re-
mark, that a considerable body of British troops
have been, lately landed at Halifax, particularly
the 98th regiment, from England.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS, WIDULSDAY, FL,. 12.

The Royal Assent was given, in the usual form,
by commission, to the Malt Tax, and Place and
Pension Duty Bills, and to the Bill for naturalizing
John de Rickholme.
The Lords Commissioners were, the Lord Chan-
cellor (first time of sitting as such), Earl Spencer.
and Lord Walshigham.
Mr. Whitbread, attended by several Members,
brought sip from the Commons a Bill to indemnity
all persons serving under Henry Lord Viscount
Melville, as Treasurer of Isis Majesty's Navy, from
and against all civil processes, to which they may
be liable in consequence of the evidence they may
give towards, or in the case of, the impeachment
pending against the said Viscount Melville.
Mr. Saville brought up a private Bill, which was
forthwith read a first time.
Lord Holland moved the first reading of the
Impeachment Witnesses Indemnity Bill ; which
being done accordingly, His Lordship moved, that
the said Bill be printed.—Ordered.
Several Orders, cn the motions of Lord Wal-
singharn, were made with respal to the heating,
&c. of Appeal Causes ; and some private business
disposed of. After which their Lordships adjourned
till to-morrow.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.

Mr.- Rickman, _ regu-
lating the Officers of the House of Commons, pre.
tented at the bar the certificate of the Commis-
sioners relative to the said aices. Ordered to lie
on the table.
Lord Henry Petty, and C. Long, Esq. took the
oaths and their seats.
Mr. Johnson, from the Office of the Chief Se.
cratary for Iretind, pres^nted at the bar Returns
from the Nlagistrates of the several counties in Ire-
land, pursuant to an order of the House ; and also
an Account of the Disbursements and Receipts of
the Commissioners for Public Accounts in that
country.
Sir J. NEWPORT rose and said, that is was
true, the accounts just delivered in were very vo-
luminous, but, as they most intimately concerned
the vital interests of Ireland, he hoped they would
meet with the most serious attention and considera-

from the Commissioners for

lion of that House; and, in order that they might
be duly and fully investigated. he moved that they
be printed. Ordered.
Mr. J. FITZGERALD said, that the Bill, for
leave to bring in which he was going to move, pur-
suant to his notice of yesterday, was nearly the same
as that which passed last Sessions, and which had
met with very general approbation throughout Ire.
land ; the only difference was in a clause for more
clearly ascertaining the rights of those who had
rights of Common. He then moved,

That leave be giszn to bring in a fill for the more et , par-
tition of Lands, subset to the lti:hts of Common, in
asttiel.
He also moved—
That Copies of the Certificates of the Chiof Justice, of the
King's !tench, and Common pica,, relative to dad re:s 414
Emoluments of the Patent Pace in the Couit •,
in Ireland, pursuant to the Act of the 431 of the Ku, be
laid before the House.—Ordered.
The Impeachment Indemnity Bill, and Lady Nelson
and Sir R. Szrachan's Annuity Bills, were severally
read a third time, and pasiied.
TAX BILLS.

...

The Deputy Usher of the Black Rod appeared
at the Bar, and summoned the House to attend the
House of Lords, to hear the Royal Assent given by
Commission to several pudlic and private Bills.—
On their return,
The SPEAKER informed the House that he had
been in the House of Lords, and beard the Royal
Assent given by Commission to the Malt Duty B.
the Pension kc. Duty Bill, and several private
Mr. PAUL, after a few prefatory word,, moved,
Tent a return of the Specie and Be ion exported by the I .
rho Direints of the East India Company to the s,vo.al
&Iwo, in Indu, (loin 17t!3, to Sept. 1.“:, be 11'4 Le:ore tie
Howe.

Before the question was put,
Mr. VANstrnutT said he must appeal to the
Hon. Gentleman's candour, to postpone his mo-
tion for the present, as a Right Hon. Friend of his,
nut now in the House, but who would be there in
the course of a few days, had expressed a wish to be
present when the motion was made.
Mr. PAUL acquiesced in the delay, and the mo-
tion was, with the leave of the House, withdrawn.
Mr. BROOKE moved
Tr-st an Account dale sesetsl Contacts fur Spirits, aryl the
price, giszot cur the same, male by the Com.rnso.tness of the
Royal tesex, dittinguishang the quantities o.* Fureian Suitits,
and British Plautattnn Rums, from Sept IS' 3, to Jan 153..,
be tart befits, the KUM ...Ortletett
Mr. VANS! LTART brought op the 5,050,0101.
Exchequer Bills BM, which was read a first, and
orcUred to be read a second time, to-morrow.
The Committees of Supply, and Ways and
Means, were postponed to Frisisy.
Adjt-urt. 1.