The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1804-05-01 00:00:00

Irish permanent Grants

ee5,000
400,1,00

Joint charge (or Great Britain and Ireland 38,703,000
Add separate charges for England
Toutonne Ships
fErticience sof Ma't Duty, 18.rY . 115,000
American Aw.ir4s . . • . 41'1,010
Exchequer Bads, 1803 . . . . i,suu,ouo

Doduft as account of baling

2,294,00;

Total Supplies 40,99:i,000
. . . . 4,711,659

Leaving on account of Great Bekaa' . . . . 5ii,183,348

WAYS AND MEANS.
Malt Duty
Duty on Pensions, Offices, &c.
Surplus of Ways and Means, 1803
War 'Loses . . . . . . • • • • • . 15,440,000
Surplus Consolidated Fund so kb April,ilBos . 5,000,000
Lottery 250,000
Loan

Making in all 36,5 I u.OOO

• " The amount of the debt accumulated during• the
present year is less than four millions. I have
adapted the provisions to what I conceive may be
taken as the average amount of the expences of the
war, excluding such char as I considered to be of
a temporary nature. It-the charges should con-
tinue to be at their present amount, and even if the
war should last for three years longer; yet, by a
firm adherence to the system laid down, and the
addition of the sum in the bands of the Commis-
sioners for Liquidating the National Debt, you will
ere long arrive at that period when the debt will be
diminished even under the continuance of war. But,
Sir, I entertain sanguine erpeCtations that some di-
minution may take place, particularly in the articles
of Ordnance, Barracks, and Volunteers ; of the last
head there is a sum of 770,9301. and on the head of
Barracks, an excess of 1,600,0001. a very consider-
able proportion of which arises from causes which
:annot be of a permanent nature. The expences
of building barracks is of this temporary nature,
so that a considerable diminution of ezpence must
take place. I have, however, made prevision with re-
spell to what I consider the probable expences of the
war ; and by making an addition of the war taxes, it
wiit be found, that within five years, the period will
arrive, when the debt, instead of increasing, will
continue to diminish, and that, without any reduc-
tion of our national establiahments. And bares Sir,
I cannot but congratulate the House on the ample
proofs which are afforded, of the sufficiency of the
country to contend with its prevent enemies ; proofs,
which, one would think, must be sufficient to im-
press them with the conviction, that the present
situation of the country affords ample testimony of
its public spirt, freedom, opulence, and power.
We may then, without any despondency, rely en
the sufficiency of our means ; and that we can, in a
just cause, maintain a contest "single-handed,' and,
I trust, successfully resist the eforts of insatiable
ambition, and implacable fury, on the part of our
threatening enemy. '
Mr. ADDINGTON then concluded with mov.
ing that towards raisins the supply granted to His
%Irajesty, it is the opinion of this Committee, that
14000,0001. be raised by way of Annuities, of
which 10 minions to be ch.irged on the part of
Great Britain, and 4,500,0001. on the part of Ire-
land. The Resolution was put and carried : after
which the several other Resolutions, agreeably to
the foregoing statement, were put and carried,
WM • C 0,7.

The How being resumed ;
Mr. FOX then said, that it was not for the pur-
pose of making any opposition to the financial state-
ment of the Right Honourable Gentleman that he
now rose. What be wished to advert to respeaed the
motion which he had given notice to bring before
the House on Wednesday next. He said he had
learnt from persons who were well skilled in the
state of the palilic concerns, that this Was not the
most proper time for discussing the affairs of the
country ; and he had just understood that an import-
ant motion to that effeft, which was to have come
on in another place that same evening, had been put
off, in consequence of a suggestion from a Noble
Lord in office. The reasons for such a postpone-
ment must, undouotedly, be well known to His
Majesty's Ministers . • what he wished now, there-
fore, to Irnaw was, whether the same reasons existed
agaiost his bringing forward the motion of which
he had given notice for Wednesday next ? This he
asked, not so much as a matter of convenience to
himself to he resolved upon; but he thought that it
was also a matter of importance for the House to
know whether there was the same intention on the
part of His Mxj:•:•.;', Ilirtistees of postponing
cussioas of that nature for any number us days ?
Mr. ADDINGTON said, be hoped il:.at the
Hon. Gentleman would sot be unwilling to abstain
troth bringing forward any motion of the nature
alluded to, under present circumstances; assurinf
him, that it was the intention of His Majesty s
Government to postpone bringing forward any such
mission at present. He trusted, therefore, that the
Hon. Gentleman would not be unwilling to adapt a
similar line of conduit.

Mr. FOX said, that be hoped the delay which was
proposed on the part of the Kiel Ron. Gentleman
would not exist for any long time; but if it should,
be should in that case certainly bring forward the
minion, which, after what had passed, he was willing
for the preszn: to postpone.
On the motion of Mr. Secretary YORKE, the
consideration of the Lords' amendniar to the Vo-
lunteers BiU was put of till Wed:.esday next, and
the third reading of the Army of Reserve Suspension
dill wan postponed till this day senaigl.t.

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Mr. CALCkAFTaiid, the
Volunteers was one which be hoped
Gentleman would not Insist out bringing- I.
at present.
We understood Mr. Yong, to say aeon
Table that he had no with upon the =lsis&
Lord PORCHESTER postponed to fa
se'nnight the Motion he had given notice of respaL
ing ;he condud observed towards the French airs
in india, before intelligence was received the" ts‘
the breaking out of the war.
The Committee of Supply was pet of to Ife4
nesday neat.
On the motion of Mr. CORRY, tie lima sue;
solved itself into a Committee on the 11reDMior
resia:
Dublin's Palace BiU; and the House being
the report was brought up.
The other orders of the day were postpaid& Mei
the house adjourned at seven o'clock.

This Day—Ss. Pet lIP and JA r ts--Holiday at the Pale-
Offices.

QCbe 18ritisb Press

LONDON,
TUESDAY, MAY 1.

The Gentlemen who waited OH the Cossomum
of the Excisions& on Wednesday last, to woel
mil die
him for the amount of the Loan, die
which it was to be made, attended yesterday, at tel'
o'clock in the forenoon, by appointment. Mass
SPROT, on behalf of the Stock Exchange and thy;
Bankers, offered to accept it at the rate sf 1011‘1
Reduced 3 per Cent. and S 1& 15s. Couch S pm-
Cent. for each 1001. sterling. Messrs. Basins
and GuLDSMID, at the rate of 1001. Reduced 1 per
Cents. and 821. Consol. 3 per Cents. far omit
1001. sterling, who were ii consequence 60
Blared the contra tors. The first price at tboatoral
Exchange was 21 3 premium, and it fludtutted •
ing the day from 21 to Si, and left of at fa 1. .
terms upon which it was raised, awing for
discount, reduced the price of 3 per Cants. tar
531 per cent.
The CHANCELLOR of the Excnentrtit, in them*.4
ing, brought out his Budget. Ter the Ways soill
Means of the Year, he proposes to adds million mil
the War Taxes, to be raised in use follow's. moms,
aer :—The Duty of 121. per ton upon Vl*.
last Session, he proposes to augment to NIL 1414,1
he estimates will produce 200,0001. with= sillies •
of 1211. on the Consolidated Customs, sosspdos
Tea, Wine, and Cotton ; and a double tato ow
Raisins, which he estimates will praises MAIL
making, together, one million. Ha dm
to roomolidoto the Stosop.Doritow mat to
Stamps for the Transfer of Property to tile in poop
portion to the value of the property transferred, bat
not to raise the duty upon stamps used in legal pro. .
ceedings. This constitutes the whole of his plan.
Our readers may rely upon the accuracy of the'.
figures in our report of it.

The Marquis of STAY r oRD'sl Motion, apas the
Defence of the Country, which stood for yesterday, j
in the House of Lords, was postponed, at the r.
quest of Lord HAWKCISUILY. The Noble Lord
said, " he had reasons of the highest and most t
weighty importance, which impelled him most for-
cibly to make this request; but of such a mtge,
that he could not consistently with his duty rarest •
them." This circumstance, combined with a great
bustle in the morning among the Ministers, produced
variety of reports. Some said, that a Regency is oa
the tapirs others, that Mr. ADDiPiGTOM is making
an arrangement for his immediate resignation
others assigned other motives. We do not know
v. hick of them deserves most credit ; but it appears
:hat some important event is near at hand. Mr.
Fox's motisn in the House of Commons, relative to
the Hanoverian troJps, which stood for Wednesday,
was also postponed upon the same ground.

Yesterday H:. NlA.issry rode its the Qvgan's
Riding-house.
About twelve o'clock His MAJRITT gave= audiv
ence to the Luke of Yolk.
Yesterday, won after one o'clock. Her Mamtsr r
and the four younger Paiticsasas, took an airing
on the Surry Road.
Yesterday the Duke of CAusittriot dined with
Her MAJLST V.
Sir LUCAS Pm: had an attditoce of Mr. An.
DINGTOM•

We leara that the embargo which has existed for
five months past in the port of Osmond, has at length
n taken off, and between 30 and 60 neutral veg..
sell have consequently sailed from thence. Such
is the indefinable nature of the TIM Como." mea•
sures, that it is scarcely possible to form any rational
conjectures concerning them.
Abe Resent' sloop of war, with 63 rag trader albs
voy front Portsmouth, and Le F Admiral
D.cara, with a fleet under cor.voy frau mouth.
arrived at Barbadoes on the 21 st March. The Galilee
frigate, which sailed from Cork en the 4th March.
also arrived at Barbadess on the 21st March, with
all the fleet.

On Friday last, use Right Hon. Join, Commis
Viscount Acrnoer was unanimously eleded Mem-
ber for the borough of Okrharnpton, in the mom of
JANH STR•MIL, Esq. eta lately armee! the
Chltern Hundreds.

On Thursday last a Court Martial assembled at
Marine Barracks, Pori.unouth. upon Lieut. .1-1•1 -
NI AM, of the Royal Marines, on several chines
made against him by Law. Col. Wisirsa, sad ma,
turns still sitting.
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'REIGN INTELLIGENCE.

out The Leyden Gasette of April FE.)
FARIS (27 GERMINAL), •ratt 17.
.e spring advances, the First Consul has
el his residence of the nuilleries for that of
Cloud, where the day before yesterday the Sun-
ay audience and presentations took place for the
rst time•
The conspiracies, prosecution% and consequent
iovements, are still our principal news. They are
91, however, the °air things which now occupy
(llie curiosity. This day our Attention is divided
etsreesatly...eubjcOs and the demonstrations made
y the enemy on our coast. On the 233 of this
Month (13th of April) an English expedition ap-
eared off Boulogne. This armament remained he-
re that port in a menacing attitude. The national
atilla, on the other hand, prepared to repel every
tuck with vigour. The official Journal published
ie first account of it yesterday, which consisted in
'tort dispatches from General Sault, Coinmandant
f the Camp of St. Omer. successively transmitted
om Boulogne by the telegraph, as follows :
u Aram SS, YEAR 12, EVENING.
" An English squadron, consisting of 23 vessels,
.f which two are of the line, six frigates, and three
tomb-vessels (the rest being brigs, corvettes, lug-
ter., and cutters), are before Boulogne. Two large
merchantmen, loaded, are moored with the 'qua-
:tom We descry, at five leagues distance, two
ligases, three corvettes and three brigs. Fifty sail
Lour flotilla ate in the roads."
" APRIL 14, AFTERNOON.
" The English squadron of twenty-throe mil of
!afferent sizes, is still before Boulogne. We have
sow 120 sail of the flotilla in the roads."
" APRIL IS, 9 FORENOON.
Last night the divisions from Ambleteuse and
i.merea,:x entered the roads, with four gun-boots
sad nine' pinnaces, coming from Etaples."
An extraft of a Letter from Boulogne, in the Ito-
•Pcs-, makes the following addition to the telegra-
'he dispatches, enemy's squadron is
rest extending for several leagues. We notice among
hens several vessels said to be loaded with stones.
rhey receive reinforcements daily. Our vangaard
4 Moored in the open sea, before the ports of Ban.
'ague. Vinccreau, and Ambletense. The weather
z fair. We await the enemy. We hope that, if
he should come, be will repeat the fable of Lord
Nelson, and think our vessels fastened to each other
with iron chains."
*Meanwhile the discovery of the conspiracy bas
aga.n rendered all persons who ate deemed danger-
:lllh and even all rumours, objeas of the particular
attention of the Magistrates in the capital. The
Governor of Paris issued. the day before yesterday,
the' following Address to the Officers and Subal.
terns, in General Orders, of the Garrison and Na-
.ional Guard :

" Ot,•• Rai 0.: or as ns 14th Arttt, TEA•
" Tne Giivermir of Pa:a recommends to the :kideodoCtillft.
and Subalterns of the Garr to and Nati:nil t. :ant,
infor.ta the Citizens on the Csilo reports which the ilisafferied
C. Je.),YOUI to provagate. They do not stick at the means; for
tie} give our, atot Ow death ae pieievu is not the neat
.41,,,cre. SOW Sp they spread abroad, LAY • greJs maw! p'.
asters an saw were eight. Let the Citurai-s know, that
pry, as well as Clvil lattice, to not executed withiiut public
teems; and that not one guilty person has teen comic:anti be
tree \L:atary Triborial4 without his sentence having been
priutcd awl posted up int.nrd.ate,y.
" The Criminal Tiourial continues its prcceerlings with the
greateg attiviry. Whatever is spread reliitiv: ti die fiat, enure
or by important, with .vhir'. the prisoners stand chit gad, must
be considered a. false 7r.l,,rtc. The arreets which have taken
place since that, of General blincma„ have confirmed has gnilt.
s one of the brigands de-cribeil in the lid published by
the Chief Judge, is just now arrested at Chartres.
To this moment mof have been found of every thing
which the Chief Judge net said, and of nothing etas but what
he hat mad.'
This Address cl.,ses with the following phrase :
" The opinion of all rinks of poi,ile is sliaa,s essentially
• .trini ectel with tilt mod ton, which the First Consul
hos right as apse' y F. eneltaws.
(Signed)

•• MURAT

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OPn the same day, when General Murat's Ad-
itres was published, the Prefea of Police in the ca-
pital ionic new measures of safety against the sus-
peaed persons in this city acid its environs. He has
given orders, by an arreti, dated Aril IS, that all
persons included in the amnesty for the civil war,
who may be either at Paris, or in the rural com-
munes of the department of the Seine, in those of
Series, Menden; and St. Cloud, of the department
of Seine and Oise, mit appear within 3 days from
the publication of this order, at the Office of the Se-
cretary-General of the Prefeaure of Police, to' get
their Atli o:ansilescy, passports, and licences of resi-
de ice, examined. They are to make a declaratior.
a their luaus, residences, and professions, before
and since the Revolution ; the places where their
prepertrlies ; the motives which have induced them
to chase their places of abode, and to con:imse in the
same. '!'here persons are to remain under intuit-
diate tumors, and not to change their residence
v/thout leave from the Preteel of Police, under pain
of arrest.-5 per CM'S. Cons. 54 francs 60 cents.

To-morraw will be the Third Day's Draw-
-117 of the prrent Lntley ; and until that time.
't.)tets and Sharer. a ..r..buted undrawn, may be
test in great varwry, at both the old eltablishe.l
UCe ea of T. Sip, 4, Cornhill, and Charing-
-oms, where alt Prlies fern enty Poundi to
Twenty Thousantt.will be pal on demAnd. The
'following is the neat of the Wheel :
I truss al L. 116400 9 Viso of L. 1,000
1 .9, 39,900 9 . .sor)
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ire kc.

Tirket No. 26,187, drawn as Saturday, a
Prize of OZIP THOUSAND POUNDS, Was sold
in One tl* One Quarter, One Eighth, and Two
Sireeoth Ni r.% at the Old Office of Si, 'Tr arid
ia•tb•Potiltry, where the 'Picket No 3,093, a
Pew.. .f 07:Z 'fHOUSAbiD POUNDS, on the
Vlrs: e the preant Lottery, waa also :GU in
Shiro. fhe Third Diy's Drawing will be Te-
mo:sior.