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(- !:,e sta!di,hinen' s.-as made by the lot*
d. be increased preparations in Ireland,
which the Hou. Gentleman had acknowledged as
just and recessary, were also adopted by the late
iloarcl. The m art of the prospeet of further re-
. dahlia held Inr%!) by the Hon Gentleman, was al-
so due to Lord Chatham's Administration, whose
attention and ability, with all the regard to economy
avh:sh the aftoal and proposed reduelions announced
1..t.' place !the connrry in a state of defence, io
ltuich
St never had been before; and of which the present
Board, with that go.id management he was disposed
to g ve them credit- for, could not fail to make use
of for the public honour and advantage. He was
ewe the Hon. Gentleman, in omitting to do this
justice to Lord Chatham's Administration, had been
'odour,' by no wish to suppress the merit of that
:Noble Lord and his Board ; but that he merely felt
it nnneoessary at present, to go at large into the
subject.
Mr. CAI CRAFT had no wish to disguise the
'nwrirof the late Board of Ordnance. He had con-
tented himself with as short a preface to his motion,
'because he understood L:lat 4:ly debate this subjecf
'was to give rise to was reserved till Monday. The
present Board of Ordnance had certainly adopted
the Estimates thee had found in preparation in the
office. They had, of course, adopted the system
contained in the Estimates. This they had done, be-
cause they had found the work., in many instances,
an forward, that unless nearly ',lct whole cost of com-
pleting them were thrown away, it wa, expeuient to
finish them. There were also several works in contem-
plation, which were conceived by the late Board to be
essential to the defence of the country; And which it
would 40 highly imbeenmini in a new Master of the
Ordnance to rejeerwjthour d!re consideration. The
present Board of Ordnocce had, therefore, without
absolutely adopting or approving of all the schemes,
or thinking the whole system of the late Board
completely advisable, availed it'elf of the estimate
prepared by that Board, reserving the power of car-
rying forward a d euppressing such parts of the
plans of the late lio.urd As it may think proper.
The sum of 2.9/7.1811. 6s. 6d. was then voted
for the charges of ordnance, for land service, for
Grel: Britain, for the year 1806.
I30,00:)1 for Ordnance, for sea service.
129,0001. (or Sums advanced in Ireland.
697,0001. for the Ordnance service of _the year in
Ireland.
EXCHEQUI 1111..t.5.
Mr. VANSITTAR I* said, he meant to propose
a resolution for liquidating the Exchequer Bills,
the accounts of which had been referred to the Com-
mittee. There was a sum of 13,000,0001. consisting
of an issue of 3,00 0,0001. and an issue of 8,000,0001.
in the year 1804. There was another sum of
2,500,0001. issued in 1804, and replaced by a fresh
issue list year. It was now proposed to pay these
Bills off, but whether by fresh Exchequer Bills, or
by other means, he was not prepared to say, till the
Ways and Means were considered ; though he be-
lieved it would be found more desirable to pay
them off by Exchequer Bills. There was a further
sum to be provided tor, to the amount of 1,300.0001.
being part of 3,000,0001. advanced by the Think, in
17911, one half of which had been since paid, and
tars other half had ben renewed, and remained
to be provided for now. Resolutions for paying
off these different issues were agreed to; the Report
to be received on Monday.—Adjourned to Monday.
THE BRITISH PRESS.

The Jacobin Print, which seeks notoriety by its
sanders upon the present Ministry, yesterday de-
clared, that eg there is no oppattion, though the
" fabrication and falsehoods of the Ministerial
" Prints endeavour to make the public think that
" others can be as
.ra Weill as their employers."—
Here then is an express declaration, by the organ
the party, that the new Opposition is dead and gone.
Indeed, that such a ricketty, ill-frumed produCtion
shouid be short-lived, is only what might be na-
t!irAny expated. It wa; little more than an abor-
ti• at its birth, aril tarn: into the world with
(we. y symptom of debility and decline. The
public, tutu ever, are not to be duped by this
insidious and p:ernature report of its death and
banal. It bait, so doubt, dwindled away con-
sidcrably since the night on which it tried its
pii-my strength upon the qwstion of Lord EL.
ssmarmouou's seat in the Cabinet; but, we know,
the vital spark is not yet extinguished, and that its
sanguine friends flatter themselves it may survive
the present Session of Parliament. To spread a
false report of its death, may answer the purposes of
those who are ashamed of such a poor helpless
thing. It may, indeed, be ashamed of itself, and
seek to wroid a constant exposure to the public eye ;
but, let an opportunity occur of annoying or em-
barrassing the Government, and it will not fail to
raise its little head, and point its little poisoned
arrow. The report of its dissolution is, we repeat,
a mere iiiveriblon. It served Fai'itqur well to feign
death r the moment he could shew himself with
safety, be pierced the fallen He/spur, and claimed
the met it of killing him. The new Opposition have
Limed hom that gallant Knight, that " to coun-
" terfeit dying, when a man thereby heeds, is to
" be no counterfeit, but the true and petted image
"cf hte " They will not, therefore, shew them-
seves in a little band, for a time. Their efforts will
be confined to a little skirmishing; and they will pro-
bably Rae,: pt nothing like an open, avowed, syste-
matic opposition. But the declaration of the death
of the Opposition is flit so extraordinary as the ac-
companyiag observation. The Jacolsia.P.int brands,

vr:th the epithet of
-fur/,0n., an those who wrelld
insinuate tli'at an Opposition to the present Ministry
really exists. Much as we respeß the present Mi-
nisters, we cannot go the length or such idolatry
Their talents and their integrity are great ; but it k
too much to presume, that they preclude the pos-
sibility of a Constitutirinal Odposition, and that none
hut Wins men could conceive its aeltial existence
The Print in question, however, cannot be fairly
charged with gross and abj2El R ntery in this in-
stance. The c'impliment was involuntary. If we
could entertain a doubt, indeed, from its habits, that
it did not mean to pronounce this eulogium upon
Mr. Fox and his Associates, its subsequent obser-
vations would remove it. They constitute a rude
and insolent attack upon His Royal Highness the
Prince of WALES, who he is rerres-nted as for-
getting his exalted rank, and violating the decorum
of the place, by cheering, and encouraging attacks
upon :he Kite's Servants, in theilouse of Lords.
The Kteo's Servants, as the WARDS and the CAN-
NING& are thus eailed, were th:t turned OW 3f (4SC.
by any attacks, cheered ath encouraged by his
Royal Highness the Prince of WALES. They fell,
because the life and the s.ed of the? Ministry fled
with Mr. Pit r, and it cannot surely be charged
as a crime in his RoyA I. 'batistes, that he
' approves, in their successors, a body of men
who erjoy the confident.. of the country, and
whom kis MAJESTY has bean pleased to call to his
Councils. The lihel and tit.- a-e bolt b^-
neath the notice of His ito vtel. ar.d It •
does not require the interference of an♦ Ofii:IC:IS de-
fender. We notice the attack me:ely from the in-
jury which it is calculated to inflin upon the public.
BONAPARTE may well consider thtt6country ripe for
revolution, and reckon upon beta's staunch friends,
where writers can be found, forgetting all the re-
speft due to Royalty, and seeking to degrade the
Heir Apparent to the Crown, is the estimation of
:he people.

We hay r•ecived letters from Dublin, of the 10;11
inst. They state that all the State Prisoners, ten in
number, were brought up, on Saturday last, from
Kilmainham Gaol, before Mr. Justice DAY, and
nine of them discharged, in conserpence of the ex-
piration of the Habra, Corput Suspension Art. Mr.
fievey, who was the 10th, was remanded; a Bill
of !TWOment having been found against him some
time since for High Treason. It is supposed that
he will, Ise tried or discharged at the ensuing Com.
mission. Mr. HIYET is the person who recovered
1501. damages against Major Snit for false impri-
sonment, about four years ago.