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years,
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in Chancery,
ries of the I
See, were
ordered to be
The MAST'
as briar in
Fees of
cery..---Granred.
Mr. Wi-tr—
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regolsting
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whole
coarse
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state. 6,
a clause,
portition
.cnuottias.
land,
In
this clause, on ti.e groand that it went ofaitestlM
whole of the average prices of corn in Grief. Bei-
tale, sod isestsli be vet), priudicial to Ensload
because, as the price of corn in Ireland and taint-
• waswmasslcltow
takenlfreormthesi
the g:aornad, igfhtthia
mss
'the famine price in England. andaer ,it
• Id not be allowable to import it, rice We the
• ge would be undir 4,54. per quarter. lie,tiseste-
e, moved, " That the said cladie be expunged."'
'lllis brought on a Icing and dessitory conversation,
which, Mr. Foster, Mr. Percival. and Viscount
;;. maga, contended. that if Use aemage pried
r.nt fixed and regnlatied. as. by that clamt,"tlM
eof corn, in gogland, might be at the inapeet
of 665. when it was not the import piase
Ireland ; that, itl wen CAW, iingLand ravgluably
• great capital, drew all the grain nut of
d that part of the United L.npire not beina ally
import, would be in a state of famine, "'abort \
y remedy. 'they wished, the:More, the
•ght be postpored to the next Session. •
Sir .1. N h.WFORT digercd with those ail*
n. Gentlemen as to the cperation pf the 1141.
had, however, no objection to taking the sem,
the Ccenmittee, co the subjed of the average,
t was so Convinced of the soundness of Met 'priel
le of the Bill, and the advantage it wzibe of
Irelead, that whatever the Committee , • .d .v
mine on the clause in qaestion, he should-tee/OM
his oroinal measure.
On a diyision , there appeared, for the anztendrisenta
18—agaiost it, SR—Majority 4. The bill was tell
ordered to be reixozed to-morrow. • ei
VOLUNTEER.
Sir H. MILLIMAY wished :o know whether
the Right Hon. Sesretary (Mr. Windham) Meant 1
to make ear farther piryhsitions, relative to the
Volunteers, this Session ?
Mr. WINDHAM replied. that he men*, t*
morrow, to move a short Rill for alloviring Irma
Officers to the Volunteer Corps.
Sic H. MILDMAY then gave novice, that he
should make a Motillyn the subjed Pt tboVelorti
tees. on Friday nest
CHAP. 44.3 AQ aINS MARQUiS WELL F.SLEY:
Mr. PAUL, after a few introdneoryebeep atiettS.'
moved. •6 that the Supplementary Charge reilive
to the tranedions in Oude, he printed." . • •
Sir A. WELLESLEY said, he did not mean Rl'
oppose the motion, but wished to know from tlwi
Hon. Gentlzman, whether it was his intention to
proceed further in these Charges in the present Peel
sioti His season for asking •it who, that he bad .
some pi otessional ca Is, which woe* require Isis at-
tendency, it it should not be made necessary in this
r discussion of this subjed.
r Mr. fa6UL tepliect, that it was hisintention, sold
'most anxious wish, to come to a decision on t%
OuJe charge. in the present Session, and so soli-
citous was he to do so, that 61 aj,phed on S +tur !ay
last, at the East India House, to learn when the
papers already ordereJ. w:nalst be prepared ? • Aut,
at the answer was, that with every exertian they
could not be ready before (-go:. or ten d 47. I JAR
as he knew, th,t many gent:canto who ',jibed t 5
• tale part isa the diccettio-i, were Snag out of toter,
he coel3 not pit-Jge iiimself, whether he should
king IL: chatgc forward cr not. It, however, ht A

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fount! -k imphssitile to inlfo" ii. theproses
int was determined to do it On the second or third
'day 'OT the next. fie also gar! 'mite. that as the
important subjed of rte tranasetions in the Carnatic.
Mbich Siete intimately coune(le4 .with the wholeksf
.'• il
Marqnis Wellesley's system to Ga. had been altars:
Boned by the 'tight Arm. Gentleman who under-
took it I tlr. Sheridan), he should, hirbself, take it
isp. on the first day of the next Session.
Ur. W. POLE said, that it wee not desirable to
It& Noble Manlitis or hie Mends, diet i decision
Isifinild take place at this lare period of the Sestina,
lot/ever anxious they may be for the final issue ;
and its:the ,motion made by a Noble Friend of his
(4111 I?es#B.), he had merely that in view, and
not any intention of taking it oat of the hands of
Mr. Paul. With rig*" l to the pa pen moved ler, of
the another. of the :or employed in Oude; and
the charges that attended them, he found, by in-
quiry at the India Hutu*, that they had no returns.
of the numbers, and that the expense might, firm
g reference to other voluminous documents. .
ty he made out in Vie coarse of two months.wOuld be impossible to decide spon'it this Semi •
Ili Isis attempt would be made to push it any fart
He hid ttlrther to observe, that Mr. Pint was . •
taken in stating that the papers, No. I, were ,
distributed till the 40th of May. for they w .
Is the bands of Moabite an the 11th of April.
tioncleJed with asking, whether the Hon. Gent
Man was new in possession of all the rridenei
Inman to-bring upon the ;olio& of the. Ott
charge t
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Afi. PAUL maintained, that his assertion
Imwaing the delivery of the papers was corn& ; a •
neswered the last que.tion by observing. that
had all the madame be meant to call. except
=Steldie 'age of she Res' •
a tonflciltreche 'lodated in about
, hears.
Mr. BHRRIDAN explained, that be h
abandoned hie intentional ' a cha
the essbjell of the Caustic, en
Wm su..irsimism of sending Lord Fowl
if hi'slosedirgrit the sbarge, he had ant
opinion t sod whenever the' Honourable Gets
Owl homes the 'obis& forward, he ,
ni tn Nippon him. He wished It,
to be rnrutood, that his charge was
~.lbaililtialliWtiOn of Lord Fowls. and not that of
leis' Weliesky.
Aker st Inv words front Dr. LAULINCL
tippbsamilmy (barge wet Ordered to be printed:,,
~ . virIITAIXART COLLIGL ..
Mr. atarmary Windham presented a '
hoer the Veterinary College, raying for the '
Parliament; which; Le said, it was his intention
boom fee bring referred to a Committee of, '
aban %dandily nest.—. Ordered to Le •
Thema% CASTLEREAGH moved an A '
to its Majesty, to order that there be laid
the Hirw a copy of the Third Report of the
Mittee of Naval Revision; which was agreed to: '.
Lotd H. Petty brought in a Ri11...
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latiuthe office of Survey
and Forests; which was read st.
• to be read a second time to-nsorrow. • -
Mr. Paul moved for an acemmt olds. numbers • •
the 117th Light Dragoons, serving lii India. from •
let of '.4lnvember. 1795, to November, 1799. . *
the eberges made for them on Gaverentent ; • ;
also copies of the linters from Colonel 8:-
alai' Welleslry.of November,lB6l,n/etive
expeditioe of Ilse Numb %air to the
ea .
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%afro* i
till to 4 of the Bankrupts' Bill mu Max i.
reeroner,
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SUPPLIR.S. •
The Heins, having resolved itself into a • • -
Mita* cf Ste v. • . Lord H. MITT Inbred. " that the lam •
40 tot tis SI be grained to His Majesty. to inalter7
good the sums issued in' passerine* of
House.sied net amide good by '
6143 she am or 2.400,0001. (the riots of erwik
plei=ii
enable His Majesty to take each rueostum as
exigency of affairs may require for Great Britain
...• rbis porn be proposed geseralty, as it conadideted
the vote of credit with the arrears of subeidies.
Also. the sant of 400.0001. to provide for the sal-
of Ireland. which were agreed to, and the
I,
or to be received to morrow.
WAYS AND MEANS. TM House newt resolved itself into a Committee
elf Ways and Means.
Lord H. NOW that rose again, and recapitu-
lated the setts of the sepplies, and the Ways and
MUM of the year (the same as detailed in the bud-
. E)to.busttaitneammanore itsseirmstlreapi..d,esAtiorrenter it impossi.
sup-
plies demanded were, 43,3411,00ule.saunisi. the eas
and Mesa. actually voted, 43.489,000 L leaving
such a surplus as he conceived to he perigee-
ly aderete to supply any defalcation in the
renames. that could possibly arise. His Lordship
then strainermod the amount of the war duties, in
the different quarters of the lest and present year,
' - flog theta to be. on the Sib of April, Inns,
11,9,8,S801.; sad on the Stb of Jely. 1106,
- 83,113,011. He then neared. .1 that there be graft-
ed for the service of the uniting year, 3,400m01.
out of the consolidated fun& and 15,000,0001. eat
of the enlacing, excise, ander duties ;" which Taa
to, sad the report ordered to -be received
• morrow.
LORD itooNtre ANNUITY.
.i. The Howse having resolved itself into a Corn-
•-iimittee on Ili. Majesty's Message far granting an
amsoiry to the peseta Lord Rodsey.
Cord Hi PETTY shortly stated, that it appeared
out of the provision made by Parliament for
diniral Lewd G. B. Itodney,goool. were granted on
English, sod the like sum on the Irish revenues,
' tonsideration of his signal services. The last of
was limited to his oven life, and the other de-
cod to his we, who heed only a very short
I. enjoy it. All that devoleed to the present
a tiled was WOOL and he supposed there could be no
• obireiion to rho motion, whien he then mails, of add-
-.
ke soothes 10001. to it, for his Lordship's sutural
: lliki, me the revenues of Irvia:.d. The words of the
' caution ware, n shat there be gnats& for the afore.
gpestioned poroostk the animal sum of 9231. Is. ed.
HrOul. Irish currency, for the natural bfe of
its. 'ewes Lord Rodney, to. eminence from the
- (loath of rte la..' Lord."
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Lord iOV r KSTONE thna-ht it a strange nld
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of a-gument.that blitauterte of 'aat Leid,
to whom the Vent was trltteimlea, h??PrArd to be
short, it was therefiete necessary ;hat tLe grant should
be renewed.
Lord H. PETTY sakt, that the general ground
of the application ‘1,23 a strong oce, as the rant
lea short of what was intended at that time by Par-
liament, and as the circumstances of the family at
present required the renewal of it. He could not
have anticipated my ohjeßion to the renewal, at
the three that the memory of int important vicliiry
obtained by Lord Rodney was fresh in the memory
of the people, and *heti they Still felt its beneficial
consequences.
' Viscount CASTLES E AGH was not aware of any
pledge of this kind having been given by the late
Government ; but he thought it extremely right that
the liberality of the country, in rewarding eminent
services, should be exterried beyond the individuals
by whom such signal viaories might be obtained.
Grants of this kind were generally extended to three
lives and he saw no reason why the same rule
should not obtain it? the present instance.
The Resqlution was then agreed to, and the re-
port ordered to be received to.morroW.
Lord H. PET ry obtained leave to bring in a
Bill to authorise the granting of new leases on the
fotmer rents of ecclesiastical corporations. His
Lordship also gave notice, that, in the Committee
or tsupply, on Wednesday next, he -should move
for compensation to be made to the Commissioners
of Naval and Military Inquiry, and to the Land
Tax Commissioners.
The Committee on the Irish Militia Service Bill
Ina deferred till to.mnrrow.
rse ARCOT'S DEBTS.

Mr. HOBHOUSE nsoveil the second reading of
this Bill.

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Mr. FRANCIS then rese, mil, after observing
that it was a sutler!! well worthy dif the attention of
the House, said, that he would endeavour to con-
ciliate it, by being as dont as possible on the sub.
left ; though. in doing so, he w .5 aware that he
must omit many circumstances well worthy of no-
tiew The sum claitned under the head of these
debts, from the reechoes et the Catnatie. was
9,200,0001., of which he understood 3,628,0001.
had already been discharged ; the remaining sum
was 5.572,0001, from the atiolint of which, it
should seem as if the monied men of the Stock FA.
a.ge had game out ti ladle for the purpose of
us Weakest, such east qeantities of money.
All this must eventually come upon the haw India
Company,
r::thewhelebudgetre"n".ofest'o-as would
rrow probably
aro
means flaurishing. either at hoe* or abroad j
and which could, therefor's say slw.&ne it
by borrowieg more, and tinning Fatther en debt.—
In moat of this, he referred to the late peace made
in great baste. and even suddenly. by Sir Georg*
Barlow, with 4eindiali. Hollriir: and OWSOr TWo other
powers, which he
with the war. from the great want
of money us all the Presidencies. By what he heard
of the terms of the treaty. he bad doubts bow far
that quickness and rapidity of making peace was
advisable. Ccracessions were made to &India...
of territories whist were never before his
property I aid an Hi.nourabk Gestkonen. op-
posne to him (Sir A. Weilestey), would no doubt
afford that information to the Hue*, which be was
so capable of doing ; namely. whether this peace
was concluded with proper prudence and caution,
cm the part of the English Government ? What
be wished to know upon that inbjed, par titularly.
was. whether Sir G. Harlow. was. in point of ft-
sauces, able to continue the war any longer?—
It had been stated. he said, that a great pan of
the debts wet* fraudulent ; sad he en himself
confirmed in the opinion, that, by far the greater
were not well headed. To prove this, it was
ry to examine who the persons were who
med. and ha what situation they stood, at the
e the securities were given. The lino. Gentle.
then mentioned the Dames of Mr. Sullivan and
Hellas). who were claimants ; the represents-
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or the former, foe 27,3001.. and the latter, fur
35.0001. ; and he could by co mesas find out hcw
the Nabob became liable to these debts. He ad-
vised the House to take great tare how they allowed
these claims, as the fact was, that the Pr:nc:s of
India had a public and a priv, a treasury ; and if
they could gaits any advantage by giving an order
on the former. they were ready to do it, as it never
would be paid. Oa the whole. he wished that the
seco..4 reading should be postponed for two or
three months; and that. after a SWIM enquiry was
made by His Majesty's Ministers, the matter should
be brought co next Session.
Mr. SULLIVAN entered iato an explanation of
the claim set up by the representative of Mr. Stephen
Sullivan, who, before his death, had ordered the
hood to be cancelled; but his son did not think it
prudent. en account of the embarrassed state of his
father's circumstances, to give it up.
Lord H EN RY PET FY differed in the conclusion
drawn by his Hoe. Friend ( Mrs Fraacis). though
he agreed with him that a great part of the claims
were fraudulent. These, on inquiry, would probably
be set aside; and as some of the claims were allowed
to be just, he did not think the mea.ure should be
delayed. The Noble Lard then expressed his wish
that the Bill should he so altered in the Committee,
as not to make any debts valid, which were not
proved before it passed; and concluded, by sayiug,
that as Parliament and the public were materially
concerned, he thought it would be prudent to add
a commission. to act tin the pan of the public with
the commissioners who acted for the creditors.
Mr. SULLIVAN and Mr. FRANCIS explained.
Mr. GRANT went over the different arguments
used by Mr. Francis, in most of which he differed
i,
him, and thought that the present agreement
die payments of the debts was good and valid in
ar.d must be fulfilled, unit* a superior power
posed. •
' ARTHUR WELLESLEY shortly observed
nature of the treaties -which had been lastly
.
by Sir George Barlow ; he did not, lie s Hsi,
much *bust them, but he believed they were
as goed a; could be made under the existing cir-
cumstances, and he supposed Sir George aged ac-
cording to initiations.
Mr. R. THORNTON said, the Court of Direc-
tors thought these treaties were for the berwit of
the Comtany ; and he was convir.ced, that on Wed-

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I 11541,1 net, the ll,ieettnn would vote their appeo-
batioa of thee olden of oar George Barlow. •
Dr. LAURENCE went into parelculit strt-
nsent of the origin eV vine of these debt:, de greater
part of which, be ec-isidered, were frandttlea.—
Tt:e Honourable Gentleman then adverted to the
claim of Gen. Sydenhanir 3‘13. tilat the °Pi-
nion expresed by the Court of DireSoir of the valid-
ity of the debt upon one bond; ought nut to be
held as a recommendation for the payment of three
others, which constituted a new demand. A lull
scrutiny ought to be inuitoted into these claims. as
thv annual outgoing of 136,0001. which, according
to their present complexion, they would require of
the country, WAS a sum worth looking at. He
wished fur a public Bill, appointing a Committee,
and requiring the Members to repot t, from time to
time, what might he elicited by their inquiry. The•
• uses to be introduced by the Noble Lord (Petty),
doubted would he inefficient to the end desired ;
wever, the Noble Laud might try the clanses in
Committee, and he (Dr. Laurence), should re-
ve to himself the right of objeatng to the Bill
(-Tether, on the third reading.
Mr. GRANT explained.
Viscount CASTLEREAGH thought that Par-
ent ought to have the clearest proofs of fraud,
see they arrested the formality of the covenants
which the claimants held as security for the debts.
Three was no ease made out for stopping the pro-
greu of the present Commissioners, and Parliament
had never interfered so far as to proceed itself to
the appointment of Commissions of the' nature
proposed by the Honourable Gentleman (Nlr.
Francis), except in eases of a jealousy of the Execu-
tive Government ; bet in this case the appointment.
he thought, rested with that Executive Govern-
ment.
Mr. H. MARTIN thought, that as, by the Ad of
Incorporation the public had an interest to the
arnimat of 503,0001. in the affairs •-f. the East India
Company, that 'Company had not the power of
binding the public by agreements. When first the
sutijeet was brought before Parliament, the claims
amounted to less than 4000,0001. and might have
been compounded for 600.0001. ; but the come-
queues of the inquiry in the year 1704, was, that
for principal and premium, the sum of 1,570.0001.
was paid. He thought the Bill very obits }humble
in its principle, and therefore gave his hearty sup.
port to the motion of his Hon. Friend (Mr. Francis).
Mr. HOBHOUSE supported the bill, and
thought that the creditors hid an equitable lien on
the revenue of the Carnatic. Those gentlemen who
sappbsed the debts fraudulent, should;he conceived,
be the readiest to erns the Commisiioners with ex-
tended and lull powers.
Dr. LAURENCE and Mr. FRANCIS ex-
plained..
The gallm, was then cleared, but the bill was
read a sewed tins* without a division. and ordered
to be committed.
Mr. Hobhouse obtained leave to bring in a BM
farreplating the Duties upon Malt.
The other orders were disposed of, and, at
Twelve o'clock, the House adjourned.

THE BRITISH PRESS.

LONDON,
TUESDAY, Jute S.
The whole of the homeward-bound Leeward
Island Beet (not a sbip missing) under convoy of
His bi&JIISTV'S ships Ameba. flaicore, Prtneess
Charlene, and the newest, were well on the 30th
ult. when dte ships for Liverpool, Bristol, ace.
parted. In Lat. Si,they were chased by font
French frigates. Several of the Jamaica fleet
joined on the 16th of June.

We have received American Papers to the sth
last. They state that the objea of General Mi-
t asna's expedition has been defeated ; and that he
has been oblzed, by a man of war biig, and a
schooner. sent from La Guira, to fly from the
coast of Cumana, in the Fender, leaving the two
schooners, which were in her company, behind. Se-
veral of his officers were un board the schooners.

We have received Hamburgh Papers to the 2fith
last, and Dutch to the 4th lila. The P.ris Papers,
the contents of which we gave yesterday, stated that
M. D'Ousait had arrived at Brussels. The Dutch
Papers, however, trace him only to the 18th last, at
which time, they say, he haJ'received his passports,
and WAS setting oat from Vienna to Paris. They
also announce that Bose., a ts. intends to visit
Boulogne. The French Funds were, cm the 30th,
at 65, 10.

Some of our contemporaries appear to hare made,
yesterday, a wonderful discovery. They have found
out that a negociation is in train between England
and France; a fad long since announced, and
daily repeated by this Paper. Like all other con-
verts, they; however, hope to prove their sincerity
by an excess of zeal. They who, a few days ago,
treated the idea of a negociation with ridicule, are
now ready to fly to the opposite extreme, and con-
fidently assert, that Mr. Fox has a treaty of peace
ready signed and sealed in his pocket, but that he
will not produce it " until the nes; Session of Par-
liament, by which time he will complete the re.
establishment of his health, and be able to bear the
fatigue of debating." We quote the words of an
Opposition Prim, as a proof of the honor which
it entertains of the eloquence of its patrons. night-
ly!, indeed, most be that debating, to avoid
which, Mr. Fox would sacrifice a moment of
peace. We stared long since that a considerable

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progrns had been mate in the nzgociation, and dui
in the event of Lora Hoccoon's visit to Fran-tit
would be for the puipose of signing a defiaitisk
treaty. In this op:r.ion we are confirmed by the
port of the best informed circles. The foliar/it'll
are said to he some of the principal terms ay..*
upon in the preliminaries I hut for their accrual
we do not pledge ourselves :
Marta to be 'poweaedhy this country, in full lovereigati,
Tile Cape to be ceded to Great Britain.
lionov t to be restored to its lawful sovereign.
The clew errangensems made by B)na?arte upon the C. 44.
nest to ue acknowledged.
The manufactures and merchandise 'of this counuy I
freely throughout the coatineat.
N. ships of the line to be built oa eithsv4.,
pr•sious notice being given of such intention,
intewting to build, to the other party, shalt
au equal number.
Although the existence of a negocratioa him
generally believed, we do not .fial that the reads
have risen upon it. In the money market, the fait
comes too lam for elfeet. The change is prodoct4
by anticipation. Omutistal rose yesterday to 71i
it left off at 6f.

- A Mail from Lisbon arrived yesterday, brew
Falmouth by the Toreshcad packet, Capt. Dam
13 days passage. We have received by it letter,
Papers to the std last, from which we have
de the following carets :
The Madrid Gaulle of the iSth June, contains a
from the naval ComMandant at Porto
the Pelmet of Ptscr.. dated the 111th Fe
'Fig, that on the ltd inst. the brats of an
e made an attack upon a Spanish pri
'eh had anchored under the batteries of
e, but were repulsed with the lots of
; the frigate :is stated to have suffered
of her mizen mast, by the fire from the Cast
to have gone to the island of Borachea tiv*
'r her damages: the Spaniards had only shiest
ded.
Letters from Lisboth of the 41st June, state, that
most perfea tranquillity coatinues in that kiss.
and that no apprehensions whatever were et.
kW of its being compelled to &past Irma its
system of Neutrality.
- The Beet for Great Britain was to nil from Lisboa
on the es,' June, under convoy of the Medieval all
CliTtellZ •
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The .4tfire frigate, with the feet ander convoy
from Cork, bound to the Mediterranean, were of
the Rock of Lisbon the 25d ult.
The Uly ~,, . frees St. Vincent's, is arrived
at Bristol, with the rest of the ships from the Lee-
ward Islands, hotted to that pert.

The /files. Camara, frail landau, for Africa,
was spoken with on the 3d of April, all well, is
La. 18, N. Long. 22, W.
The Bri#ish Ter' i Capt. GORDON was all well in
the River Gambia, on the 15th May, and carded
to leave therein a few days.
The Admiral Clepeeen, BRANORR, from Batavia,
is detained and sent into Hull. by the ANN privateer
of that part; and the Prevalence of Guernsey.
The Mary, Caossi a, from Barbadoes, for Lira-
poi, was spoke with on the 21st ult. (out 35 days)
ID Lat. 54, 10; Long. 25, 30.
Tho Roth, Harass', from Liverpool; the Lari,
Maitre,' from Dartmouth ; and fire other vessels,
bound to Newfoundland, were captured on the 20th
April, in Lat. 50, Long. 32, by three French fri-
gates; the Roth was carried into St. Michael's, and
is since totally lon.
It is reported that the disappointed Candidate for
the county of Somerset, promises himself greater
success, in the borough of Ileheater, at the next ge-
neral election.

The Commissioners of Naval Enqniry have made
their THIRTIENTIII ItiPOST. It is upon the sulri;esi
of contra& for victualling sick prisoners of Mar,
between the Commissioners for Sack and Hart, and
Dodlor THoa As Mitts. It appears that the amount
of the expenditure in that department was in rte
year IBou, 518,3281 WA. Id. and an 1801, 529,798..
Bs. 4d.
Captain Coors, who was captured in the Raner
sloop of war, by the Rochefixt squadron, in July
last, arrived at Southampton on Wednesday last, is
the Karp cartel, from Morlais, on his (mote, •to Le
exchanged. Capt. Coon a was confincsi at Tours..
the capital of Touraine, where he ler on the 10th I
June, Capt. BRENTON, of the Navy; Dr. Gaut (1
the Navy) and family; Dodoes Mo :GAN And JOHN-
SON, and several othyr prisoners of distintlion, quite
well. His health was so impaired, by being confined
six months on board the Majcsteux and Soli-fair.
that he came from Tours to Mintz, down the Loire,
in a shallop. Ile was a witness, whilst on board OA
French Admiral's ship, of the brave defence made
by the Catrutta, Captain Woooairr, which Was
captured by the same squadron. Toey were six
months at sea, besides the 1.5 days they were water.
at Tenerife and Vigo At the latter place, Car'.
Coot: saw the two French and one Spanish line of
battle ships, which Sir ROBCILT C•LLIZft bell:.
They were rendered quite unservicea/ele, as there
were no docks at Vigo in which .they could be
rcpAired, mid it was impossible for them to go
to sea without repair. Tort people of France
are revented by fear from holding intercouise
with our countrymen there; if they are the least
suseeded of a gen-reoras enters she house.
the person is carried to the Temple, and never
more heard of ! The paj of a French soldier
is 21d. per day. The English officers live at a pro-
digious expence ; the French, who are wanting in
every principle of honesty, if they wiped their
guest to be a stranger, exAdt the most extravagant
price for every article. The Kin, landed sties
French cfficers at Mortair. Sic was only 17 bouts
en her passage back to Southampton.