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NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

JUNS 5.
' Sailed His Majesty's ship Helena (lately built
here) to Sheerness, to be fitted; Yore, Nichols;
Ann, Garwood; and Lord Duncan, English, to
Norway. Wind S.W.

PORTSMOUTH, JUNE 5.

The outward bound East India fleet and convoy
for the Mediterranean this morning got under
weigh, but the wind coming round to the southward,
are all come to an anchor again.
His Majesty's ship ///u,trious, of 74 guns, Capt.
Sir Charles Hamilton, is under orders, and will sail
to-morrow morning to join the Channel fleet.
This morning sailed the PrnTero bomb for the
coast of France, to be employed under the directions
of Capt. Bennett, of the Tradunr.

DEAL, JUNE 5.

Sailed the Speedy and Scourge sloops of war on a
cruise.—Wind S.

Passed by the back of the Goodwin Sands yester-
day evening. His Majesty's ship ihro, bound to the
westward.

Remain in the Downs the rest of the ships as per
last.

PLYMOUTIT, JUNE 4
Arrived the Tenunne man of war, and Nis& fri.
gate from a cruise.
Sailed L'zfigle frigate, on a cruise. Wind S. W.
I' A LMOUTII, JUN!. 3.
Sailed the Diana packet, Captain Aubyn, with
mails for Lisbon. Wind E.

ROLL, Juvz S.
The Prissee William armed ship, now in the Hum-
' ben, is appointed to convoy th., trade from hence to
. Tonningen, and will sail the 10th instant.—Captain
Volley, of the Gelhkeid guardsnip, stationed in the
Humber, has likewise signified to the merchants
that the ildelphs and Mu-calor armed ships, now
fitted out at this port, are placed under his orders,
to be employed as ci.m ..vs to the Tonningen vessels,
and that he shall be enaa::rd, in general, to appoint
a convoy to that port every yurteen days.—Captain
Walley will have under his ihre.Ft;‘m sic armed ships,
and two revenue cutters, to aet as collo •v, 1.-a• the
ships sailing from this port to the Baltic. rani :pen,
&c By this regulation, the convoys will be eilablid
to sail more frequently, and with much greater cer-
tainty than hitherto, and preclude the necessity of
employing foreign vessels, which, during this war,
has proved so injurious to the shipping interest.
On the 30th ult. information was sent to the
Board of Admiralty, by Francis Gibson. Esq. Col-
leftor of His Majesty's Custom.- at Whitby, to the
• following purport, viz. " That on the 27th. last, Mr.
John Oxley, late master of the captured vessel Dis-
patch, of Liverpool, bound from that part to Copen-
hagen, with a valuable cargo of tobacco, sugar, and
salt, arrived the day before from Norway, and in-
formed him, that on the gth ult. about six leagues
from the Naze of Norway, he fell in with the French
privateer L' Hireable, of 14 carriage guns and 50
men, Captain Allemes, commander, who bore down
on the Di,pateh, and compelled her to strike ; she
having only one swivel gun and seven men on hoard,
including the master: the Dispatch was ordered for
France, hut the ci ew, with the exception off boy, were
taken in the privateer into h.ggersund in Norway :
Mr. Oxley's quadrant, charts, and books, were re-
tained, but every thing else returned ; and the peo-
ple liberated ..nd set on shore. L'ibras.tellit had
sailed from St. Andero, in Spain, steered to the
West of Ireland, and cruised a short time near
Cape Wrath, where she took and sent for
France the Castle Dewier, of Liverpool, with
salt, coffee, &c. She likewise tock and sunk
the brig Otter, of Maryport. L'iluantklle sails re.
markably fast, is brig rigged, her masts standing
nearly upright, has no head, but a white boat slung
across her stern ; her bottom, wales, and top, are
quite black, excepting a narrow moulding of yellow
as a paint stroke. Her sails were discoloured
with charcoal and water, by way of deception.
This privateer, daring the late and present war, has
been uncommonly successful, as ti,' Captain (an
elderly man) assured Mr. Oxley, that 1.;, r-ssel was
the 49th prize he had taken. Mr. Oxley thinks it
probable that the ifictradeas may still be in r-
' sand, as she put in there in order to have her bOttwa
cleaned, and other necessary jobs done ; and it is to
be feared that this vessel may do much mischief
amongst the Greenland and Baltic ships. The
report, at Egger sund were, that a small Dutch squa-
dron, consisting of a frigate and two or three smaller
vessels, were blocked up in North Bergen by an
Enylish 50 gun ship and a frigate. The Captain of
the Hr,eadr//e informed the Master of the Dispatch,
that he 7-..1,1 a discretionary. pownr either to release
or sink ships in ballast; but those with cargoes were
to be sent for French or Dutch ports."

110 PROM LLOYD'. LIST.
CR Ann): .1 0, 1.14 t $ —Piwed by the Vcrnanderind, Bloat.
from Zr.te haalea the Hunter. Hunter, and OMNI, Graham,
or Deniarara ; Mediator, Ti Okla, for 14.irceloria ; Joh%
Darer, for Cork ; Factor, Conway. for Relfaa ; Sea Nymph,
Weenie., for Varell ; Vrow Meta, Hondas, and Vrow Mar-
tha, /easier, fur Lmbden.

Monday being the anniversary of His Majesty's
birth-day, it was celebrated with uncommon loyalty
at Portsmouth. The whole of the Regulars, Militia,
and Volunteers in the neighbourhood were assembled
on Ports-down-hill, and formal a line of three miles.
After a general salute from the Royal Artiilery, the
line fired three rounds from right to left, which was
followed by a feu Ile eoie. 'the officers and men
uncovered, gave three cheers. The line then formed
in companies, and marched past General White-
locke, who expressed the utmost satistattion and ap-
probation of their conduit. Several elegant dinners
were given—Admiral Montagu to the Officers of
the Navy; General Whitelocke to the Field Officers
of the Army; Sir Charles Saxton to the Officers of
the Dock-yard; Capt. Gantt to the Volunteer
Officers of his corps. There were many other fes-
tive meetings, in which the guests vied with each
other ir ' -of loyalty.

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EXTRACT
'Rem MINCTII OF r.VIDgNCt

Taken helve the Committee aprointed to enquire into thr
State of Ireland, as to its Circulating Paper; its Specie and
Current Coin; and, the Exchange between that part of the
United Kingdom and Great Britain.
The Right Hon. JOHN FOSTER, in the Chair.
DIMOND REPORT.]

James Mansfield Esqes Examination—continued from our
Paper cf Wednesday.
Have you had any forgeries of the notes of the
Banks of Scotland?—There were many formerly,
but not lately ; the country suffered greatly by the
forgery of the Ss. notes from the private banks,
when they were last in circulation since 1797.

To what do you attribute the many forgeries for-
merly, and not lately ?—The war has been the
cause, by taking all the idle people away.
How stands the paper circulation of Scotland;
comparing 1792, 1795, 1797, and the period since?
—lt was greater in 1797, prior to the restriaion ; I
think it very nearly the same at present. I will
state the fluauations another time.

JAMES WARMS, Esq. Merchant, in London,
Examined.

Have you any dealings with Ireland?—Some,
but not very considerable. My principal mercantile
concerns are with Portugal, and from thence with
Ireissci:

Is there a separate etch awe between Ireland and
Portugal ?—None regularly established ; whilst the
exchange between London and Dublin was nearly
at par, it was customary to make payments for
wines from Oporto, in Dublin, and the exchange
was then commuted at rar ; since the variety and
fluCtuation of the exchange between Dublin and
London, the payment is made in sterling in London.
Does the Irish importing merchant suffer by the
high rate of exchange ?---Certainly, inasmuch as he
is obliged to make goo i the sterling money in Lon-
don, let the rate of exrliange be what it will.
Do you apprehen that the same loss awaits the
Irish merchant &aling with other foreign countries
as with Portugal, while the exchange audluates so
highly ?-obvi.ursly, when Ireland is to make grand
the amount t the invoice of the goods he receives
from any other foreign country, in London.
N :t.ciats CONINGRAM, Merchant, in London,
Examined.

Do you know any thing,Dfale Exchange between
Ireland and London ?—I occasionally deal in Ex-
change; I have been conversant in it for 20 years,
but it is not the principal objeCt of my trade.
Has it fluCtuated greatly of late?—Very much;
'2O per cent. is the highest.
Do you think that that high Exchange, and the
fluCtuation, arise from the balance of debt solely?—
I do not.

Do you think the balance of debt stiff -lent to
cause the high Exchange ?—I do not think it possible
it should in so short a space of time, as the rate of
Exchange has been in advance.
Can dealers in Exchange raise that Exchange be-
yond its ordinary course ?—I am inclined to think it
might be possible.
Do not you think that a higher rate of Exchange
has been owing, in a considerable degree, to the
mode in which the dealing in it may have been car-
ried on do not.

To what causes do you attribute it ?--Solely to
the depreciation of Irish Bank Notes in Ireland.
How does that depreciation area the Exchange ?
I think that when foreign bills are to be paid in the
currency of any country, which currency is in its
own nature of an uncertain value, in such case, I
think, the Exchange will always be against that
country. By uncertain value, L mean a depreciated
value.

As Ireland is now situated, if the depreciation of
the paper ceased there, are you of opinion exchange
would come to par, or near it?—l am of that opi.
nion undoubtedly, because I think, though it may
appear paradoxical to some people, that exchange
has never, within the last rive years, been above par
for money with Ireland, but a very high nominal
exchange has existed when bills upon London were
to be paid for in Ireland Bank notes.
When exchange v:a• '2O per Cent. what was the
depreciation of piper ?-12 per cent. or thereabouts.
In your opinion, what are the causes of the de-
preciation of paper in Ireland ?.—I think it most pro-
bable there is too much paper in circulation ; 1 have
no data to ascertain izs amount, but I apprehend it
is a great deal more than it ought to be.
When do you apprehend this over-issue of paper
commenced ?--Immediately after the restriEtion
upo❑ the issue of gold.
Can you state the amount of the excess of circu-
lating paper have been informed that the circu-
lating paper of the Bank of Ireland was at the time
of the restriilion, 600,0001. and I have been in.
formed that it is now 4,600,0001.; in addition to
that, I have also been informed, that there has been
a very great additional issue of private Bankers'
notes in Ireland, chiefly in Dublin.
Is it your opinion, that the reducing the circulate
ing paper of Ireland within its proper bounds, would
reduce the exchange to par 1--It is not ; but it would
tend towards it.

Do you know of any other cause which contri-
butes to the high exchange, except the excess of
paper ?--I think another considerable cause is, the
great sums to be remitted to ab,,entees, and the in-
terest of the public debt due by Ireland to Gregt
Britain.

Has any mode occurred to you would re.
duce the circulating paper ?—I has. never con-
sidered it ; I have not been in Ireland lately.
Would the restraining private Banks from issuing
notes under 101. have any etre& that way ?—lt
would leuen the circulation, and would tend towards
it.

Is there any mode which occurs to you by which
the Exchange could be lowered ?—1 think that if
soy common circulating medium could be adopted
between Great Britain and Ireland, it would cer.
tainly lower the Exchange to nearly par. If there
were no restriction, gold would answer as a com.
mon circulating medium.

How Ould you propose, now, to obtain a com-
mon circulating medium, when gold cannot be had ?
By making Bank of England Notes to be in as
great a degree a legal tender in Ireland as they are
in England.
Are you aware they are not, striftly speaking, a
legal tender in England ?—I am.

Do you imagine any arrangement b?tween the
Bank of England and Bank of lieland could effed
what you reapose I--1 think sn, completely.
Do you imagine such an arrangement coul.l hurt
the internal interests of Ireland, by rendering dis-
counts difficult or unsteady there?-1 think it could
easily be arranged, without any inconvenience of
that kind.

Would not the notes to be issued b 2. pAy.thle by
the Bank of England in specie, whenever the re-
stritlion should cease ?—Certainly.
How is the Bank of England to be reimbursi-,1 ?
Precisely in the same way as they would be reim-
bursed for any other notes which they might then
have in circulation.

Would not this projeft go to increase the Bank of
England paper ?—I think it would not increase it
very much. My reason for thinking so is, that the
people of Ireland would not have occasion to call
for a great quantity of these notes ; for I think the
rate of exchange would instantly WI to such a price
as would enable the remitters in Ireland to purchase
bills of exchange on London on cheaper terms than
they could procure the notes payable at the Bank of
England. lam confirmed in this opinion by some
circumstances that occurred in London about four
year ago in the exchange upon Dublin, o the 29th
of Otkober, 1799: the exchange on Dublin was 131.
per cent. A plan was immediately after proposed
for taking in, at the Bank of England, Irish Bank
Notes at the rate of 9i per cent. exchange, to the
amount only of 900,0001. in part payment of the
public loan in December 1799 ; that plan instantly
lowered the exchange in Dublin to 8 7-Bths per cent.
On the 12th of December exchange rose again to
It per cent. because a doubt was suggested that
the Irish Bank Notes would not be received at the
*Bank as was proposed ; on the 27th of December
the notes were exchanged, and the rate of exchange
the day before that fell to 11 per cent. ; the very
next day after the payment in of the Irish Note-, it
rose t 0.13 per cent. These circumstances conrinced
me that a very small sum of such circulating medium
as I have described, would fully answer the purpose
to lower the exchange.
Do you mean lower it permanently, or occasion-
ally ; only so long as such operation should conti-
nue ?—I mean it permanently, or rather as long as
the restri.ftion continues.

Is it not true that the effen of the operation you
have described ceased immediately air •.r. the opera.
tion had discontinued ?---Certainly it di.l, and that
is the reason' I chink why a perm.nent system
should be adopted.
Are you of opinion that the balance of payments
with this country is against Ireland, or otherwise?
—I am inclined to think, that for five years past
the sums co be remitted from l.ngland to Ireland
were greater than those to be remitted from Ireland
to England. I include the loans of course.
Can you estimate the balance of trade between
the two countries for the list five }ears, or how it
stands at present ?—I should suppose that it is not
against Ireland, because I think tnat Ireland has
paid every thing that she owed, either in her exports
or bills of exchange, which she d. Pve 01l account of
those exports. I think that Ireland owes as little
upon her trade now, in proportion to the extent of
it, as she has owed at any one period.

[To be contiowd I

(Writ!
On Tuesday moro,ng, the Lad, of the RC% • Cl vie> Loan
Edndge, of a daugoter....

MARRIAGE

On Satordav lan, at Bunted, in Enex, by the Rev Awl,
deacon Pon, S. A. Leak, Eq. of the War-came, to Miss
Anne Elam, eldest daughter "(John Elam, E•q. of Chester
DEATH.
On Monday evening, in Bentineketreet, Master Langford
Lovell Mason, secnnd son of Kender Maxus, Esq. of Beel
Howe, Bucks.

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CORN EXCHANGE, WIDNISDAY, Juni 6.

There is for to-day's market a middling supply r.f
Wheat, and best samples support the terms last
quoted. Prime Dantzic, 38s. per quarter. Parl.•e
is noted a trifle lower. Malt as our •List. Rye
ra-
ther higher ; as are Beans. And Peas as our last ;
Pearls, at 435. The late short arrivals of Oats,
English as well as Foreign, continue to keep up the
present prices of this article. Fine American Flour,
28s. to 31s. per barrel.

CU ISF.NT PRIII: OF GRAIN.
Wheat 2- 311. 53, I Tick Hearn ....27. 94. Ud.
FINe da. Ms. tobs. 641. I Chits 225. 24t. 27s 04.
Rye 24..27. Od. Poland., 112.. 29.. 6'.
Barley .201 26.. Od. Rape Reed.......32'. 991. Od.
Mat ...Mk 62.. Od Yu,. Flues... • .40s. 40. Od.
Whose Poss.... Ms. 425. Od. I Seconds. We 40.. ed.
Re.... .331. 44%. (14

COURSE OF EXCHANGE, TVI,DA•. hue 5
Amsterdam .... 38 2 2 U. Vernet. i•
Dittn at Sight .. 37 6 Naples 971,
Enttentini C. T.. 11 19 Lisbon
Hanibur(h.... . 36 0 SID (4.4,-to
.1.116/12 36 1 141.1. Dub ,n l4l
P.,.• 25 6
Diu,: U. 25 16 2 U. enaanwa.
1i0.1nt....0x .15 16 I hanugal Gold iu Coin
54adn,1
1)10. 344
0 u u
Cats .. . • • ... N.., Dollats
I)ittn
&lima
Nvirl.o4lis tads ... . 0 0 0
Leghorn 46 Allis urn the Hank .4 Nolan d
I :anus 4:3 • 41 pin Cent.
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Dublin on Loutin (blol
Belton on London (Mel
Belfast ea Dublin (M

110) I
29).. oi
29) Ili GI day&

COAL EXCHANGE, Jews C
Best Coals, in the Pool, per auWee 48s. 0,!.
Delivered to Housekeepans at fiOs. 0,1.
Sund•eland, per Chaldean. 40 W.
Delivered to liuusekseipses as .54i 0,1

HIGH WA TVA AT LONDON MUM THIS DAY,
OW et* I

Br Messrs. GOUFREE and Al:Burl%
At °areaway's Coffee-House, 'Change-•11.7, m..
MORROW, Jim.. 8, 1804, At Twelve o'Clooc, in 1-t
Lot. (by Order of the Executors of Mr.
JACQUES, deceased),
LEASEHOLD ESTATE, comprising Four
Substantial and Genteel BRICK DWELL/ MG
HOUSES, consisti,g of Kitchen and Four Stories, Two Rousts
on ascii, wetly finished, desirably situated, No. 4, 6,7, and
8, in Earlvtreet, near Bla,kfriars Bridge (within the (hty
London), in the "'enure of must respeetstas Tenants, es
1.. ma, at Rents yielding a clear annual prong of 1281. Sda
an amanitas' Term of Seventy-eight Tram
To be siewed—Partieal..is may be had at Vistrawayh; dr
Mr. Gee Pepper, Surveyor, New Tuthill-st .eet; .uf
Roberts, S•dienot, (:100-ester-street, Queen square; of
Abbott, No. 3, Sseksdlimstteet, Piccadviy ; mad of Mr. Goi-
tre", New Palmayaid, W,stminster.

Mews. GODFREE and ABBOTT,
On the P-ersieus, in Milbank-street, Weseminstr, r, on WT)
NESDAY, June 13, 1804, and Three followsng Da', X.
Twelve oll..leck each Day (by Order of the LS telitrea
THE superb HOUSEHOLI) FUMITURE,
isehio.sable Plat,. Gold VIA Silsw Watclient •.,1111
Trink.d, ; tine old Post and Sherry; Ceder; a Zupan Se w:s„
an Iran Chest ; China, Glass, Hawke, Clocks, Dias; an .c
else Wardrobe of Ase Bad and Damask Table Dinan,; alert/
pious of new Irish and Table Linen, and narneruus ot..se
.aluabl Articles, Irte the Property of TifollAs
Esq. deceased. The Furniture is neatly seer, in the prams
Fashion, maisti•actured in the runt tastdail and expenaes
Manner, or the best Materials, comprising severed munificent
Four-pan Med...tads. ssith rich Chuffs and fine Dsinsity 111,as-
sap and Fr.asch Winduw Curtains in stir; prime pasha
&sic suitable flerld.use ; eswelicut Mahogany Csbuset rues
art Ladies' and Gentlemen's Wardrobes, Bookcases, Ssnglc aril
Double Cheat of Drawers, Premiss Dressing Tablas sad
Gusset; Berl Steps; Dining, Card, and Pembroke Tablets
Turkey, M nes, and En/wails Carpets; modern Steal mil
Japanned Register Stoves sad Furniture; a Delving Roes
Suit in Crimson Damask ; Pier Glsx,s. Girandvies, LAjed•
Kitchen Range, Coppers, and Culinary Utensils.
To be viewed two Days before the Sal,—Cet &logos *Ter
then be bad, at Slrcpsnce each, es above; of Mr. Godt-c.,
Na. Pa/ace-yard, Westminster; and of Mr. Abbott, No. .51
Sackville street,

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