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meta .;:enthlrel :

" The humhle ',Aaiun of the Electors of the City and
bh.rty o' %Westminster, convened by the High Bailiff,
Pt', a Yard, on Friday, the tid day of May, ltin6.
'‘ it Petlanners .liate the °aversion gratitusle en your HO-
- House, for your nsemorattle and virtu ms Votes sr tile
bill And Was diys April last, round-1 12,00,1 the Tenth K.--
pent of the Commissioner. of Naval Itiquiri, deeinring the Lord
guilty of alto., violation of the law
and a high breach of public ditty
" Never wet. Parliamentary measures received with more
exultation by the county than the said volt-st and nothing,
pwr reilllool.4are per. uatlrd, mind cause More dirappotonment
to the natio. twin your lion. Hose's stopping short of those
great ',idiot junice, which the public interest demands, and
the honour you hay., acquired by the said votes exacts and en-
forces at your panda.
" The poet, the moderate, the dsithful, the independent
and Use di:nifierl discharge of the funetiona with which the law
Na.. invested the raid C ,mnut.iitners of Naval Inquiry h.a
hl'ei the country with the mint unqualified admiration of th,Ur
made& The renewal of their authority is a source of the
most unfeigned ;demure to the pecr,ile at latgc ; and wed"
meet earim.tly supphcate your Floniiiirahle Flute, that in
flop con.tiulim of tl.e new Ftatitte, your attlition will hi, fixed
u►on the
which tis so
that you

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Wise to the swperoliture of the Vi.lun user Star EitaVshrnont
Ord:red to lie on the able.
Ser:xant RESTS notice relative to the Eleventh Report,
*as postponed ta Wednesday the 15th leis.
CATHOLIC PE rITION
Mr. PDX said, the time was drawn.' nigh which he had
appointed tut the consideration of the (t)ollc Petition
would, therefire, take that o oportionity to yignify his intenrinii
of making a very .mall alteration in the time whi-h he had pm.
posed to hone it forward, namely, to put it ME f•om the loth,
until Mnridai, thy 13th. Ht. u-awn for doing thin rat, on ac-
count of the ahwiice of several of the fresh Atinilver., who with.
ed b. b.' pre,ent ; and, prioripally, on account of the he,'
bus ness which wax to he agitated in the course of the twat
week. For the infurnution of Gentlemen who would take a
part an the tlehate, be stated th►t, the motion lie intended to
mks we., that th.• House shookl revolve itself into a Como .t.
tee, to examine two the whole of the Petntoo, and to con-
sider whether all, or any part of it should be granted.
Doctor DUIOENAN expressed hit intentioo of opposing it.
ARMY EXTRAORDINARIVS.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER
moved the Order of the Day, for the House to re-
solve itself into a Committee of Supply, which being
dune accordingly ; Mr. ALZI ANDY it in the Chair :
Mr. PI LT then said, that tiv: first subjea he had
to propose to the Committee was, the Army Ex-
traordinaries, consisting of several at tides, nut in-
cluded in the former estimates under that head. He
then moved,

That the of 46,8301. be granted to Hu Majesty, to
de:.ray the /At,Aorclinary Expences of the Army.

Mr. JOHSISTONE said, he did not rise to nh-
je& to this resolution ; but, as emigrants were in-
cluded in this sum, he submitted it to the Com-
mittee, whether it would not be better that the
money voted for emigrants should be a distinct vote
for that porpose, instead of being brought into the
Army Extraordinaries ? There was another cir-
cumstance which struck him, and that was, he ob-
served, an article of charge of somewhat about 5001.
for the expences of cre:tting Sir Brooke Watson a
Baronet. He thought, if honours were heaped on a
man in the situation of the Hon. Baronet, it was
rather extraordinary that the public should be asked
to pay for them.
Mr. PITT said, that as the Baronetage was given
that gentleman for his services in the army, it was
theretore brought into the Army ulstiaordinariei, it
being always usual, when that honour was conferre
for services, to pay the expences. As to the Emi-
grants. this was a charge tor such.em.grants only
as hay. served in our armies, and are paid abroad in
order to same the expense of coming to this coun-
try. This was absolutely to.ce.siry, when fereigq-
ers, who had served us, had lln other me ins of' gain-
ing a livelihood in this country, athl the Army Ex -
traordinaries were the most convenient he id of ser-
vice twofer whic., t:.ey eteild be classed. The Right
Hon. Gentleman than moved,

That a sum sat exce.ting 3.000.0001. be granted towards
defraying the ex plricer th, Army :or 103 Also,
Tam the sum of 349,40 N be granted to mak: up the sum of
3,000,0001 the surplus t the el)11S thdatett Fut.(' Atto,
That the sum of 1.600,u, I. be granted for the charge of
thinteer Corps, from the 24th of Doc. 18.4, to the 24th
of Dec 1805

The Resolutions were read, and severally agreed
tn, and the Report ordered to be received on
Monday.
Tile Irish Loan Bill %vat committed, and the Re-
port ordei es: to Is- received on Monday.

Jialssi &tux, AicisK NU.
On the Que,tion that the SPt •IC En do leave the
Chair to go into Committee on the iri;h Bang Note
Bill ;

Mr. MAGENS requested the attention of the
House till he made a few observations on this Bill,
which, he thought, would be as properly made in
this as in any other stage of it. He observed, that
in a conversation which passed in that House, some
short time since, it appeared that the r..te of ex-
change being so much against Ireland wa, in come-
quence of the very large quantity of paper that was
in circulation in that part of the empire. These
tokens, as they were called, were, in his opinion,
♦ei y little, if at all, better thin paper ; and as they
would be subject to great depreciation, he saw very
very little benefit to be derived frotn this measure.
He thought the only way to serve Ireland effec•
tually would be to restore a real silver coinage di-
resily under the Royal Authority, and th, to
assimilate the coinages of the two countries as nearly
as rissible. For these reasons he could not approve
the Biil.

Mr. PRINCE!' said, he thought some limitation
should be put to these tokens, and hoped a standard
coinage would soon take place.
Mr. ROSE said, the silver tokens were tokens
above the value of the price of dollars, and there-
fore he thought there was no fear of the apprehen-
sions entertained by the Hon. Gentleman who spoke
last but one. It had been for a long time in con-
templation to make a standard coinage, hut there
were certain obstacles to it winch at present could
not be removed.
Mr. MAGENS said, if the old standard were re-
stored, every thing would be much cheaper, and the
country would derive innumerable benefits from it.
Sir J. NEWPOKT said it WAS much to be
wished that the old standard was restored, but that
would require some considerable time ; and, as a
large quantity of Paper had been lately taken out of
circulation, it became absolutely necessary some-
thing of this kind should be adopted. With respeft
to the assimilation of the coinage of the two coun-
tries, it was a subjed that required great considera-
tion, and therefore necessary this Bill should pass as
speedily as possible.
Mr. LEE said the Honourable Member, who
made the objedion to this Bill, most certainly was
not acquainted with the situ Pion of Ireland, or he
would not argue as he had done. Silver notes,
which were the only circulation for making pay-
ment of small sums, were now drawn out of circu-
lation, and it was necessary something should be
substituted in their stead, as there is now no circu-
lating medium for small payments. He was, how-
ever, one of those who did not think the quantity of
paper that had been in circulation was injurious to
Ireland ; the fad had never beers proved, and till it
was so, he should differ from those who held that
opinion.
Mr. FOSTER said very little remained for him
In say on the subjed. There was at present great
distress in Ireland for want of small silver change.
and as it is only to cositieue so long as the restric-
tion of the Bank from paying in specie continues,
the Hon. Gentleman who made this objeftion, need
have no' great apprehension. It will be 'sparsely
coaveMeot to the people of Woad, audits hoped

• LONDON,
SATURDAY, hi 4.

Calcutta Journals to the ISth of December last
were received yesterday. We are corcerned to state,
that they announce the death of General Fnarep,
in consequence of the wounds which he received in
the battle of Deeg. His loss is deeply lamented by
the army in India. The funeral ceremony evinced,
by its pomp, and the number of mourners, the high
estimation in which he was held. We understand
that these papers do not contain any account of mi-
litary operations subsequent to the details published
in the Lliraordinary Gossett( of Saturday Night.—
The following ship list will be found interesting :
Calcutta Gazette, D...cernber 5, 1804.
Arrived in the River from England-she Baring, Mee.
does; Worcester, Wood; Duke of Montrose, Paterson; Lord
I lawkesbery, Tonbrill; Aids Castle, Macintosh ; Monarch,
Itavres; Meander, J. R. Fr.tncklin; and Sovereign, Mesiton.".
Asiatic Mirror (printed at Calcutta), Dec. 12.
"Arrived the River, from England, the Tottenham, Capt.
Dalrymple; and Lord kJdon, beamm, mamehipe."
India Gazette, Dee. 17.
" The Athenienne man of war, Captain Fermium, et 64
guns, sailed from Rio tie Janeiro upon the lit September,
with Wile of the Company's ships, for China, supposed to be
the Perseverance, Capt.'s'. Taerdale ; Neptune, Donsisi.on ;
Tan iton Castle, Peirce; Ceres, Dunsford ; Royal Charlotte,
R. Paireklin; Alrawick Castle, Girdstanes; True Elton,
Hughes; Arnistoir, Jatneson ; arid Cufraells, 'Liken."

The Higginson Senior, Captain CALLAN, IS ar-
rived at Liverpool, from St. Thomas's, which she
left on the 22d March. She brings an account, that
the French squadron has visited St. Kitts, and ei-
ther Nevis or Montserrat, was expelled at Antigua,
and waited only for a reinforcement from Toulon,
to attack Jamaica. The enemy levy contributions
wherever they go ; but do not appear to seek colo-
nial conquests, with a view to permanent posses-
sion. The various versions of the acconnt brought
home by the Higgins,* are given in the next co-
lumn. The Funds yesterday fell one per cent.

The Committee of Privileges of the House of
Lords, which is to sit at twelve o'clock, on kt•nday
next, to take into consideration the Message from
the House of Commons, relative to the attendance
of Lord Viscount Mr.t.vit.te, on the &lea Com-
mittee, and to search for precedents of similar
cases, is, we understand, to he a close Committee,
and that no persons whatever are to be admitted,
but,Peers eldest Sons, or Heirs Apparent to Peerages.

Yesterday morning, His MAJESTY arrived at
Cumberland Lodge from Kew; and soon after, at-
tended by Generals GWVNNZ and FITZROY, rode
on horseback, in Windsor Great Park. _

We are happy to say, Princess Auousr• is 'setter.
Yesterday, about 12 o'clock, Her MAJUT Y and
PRINCISSES left town for Windsor.

A letter from Plymouth, received yesterday,
states, that a vessel is just arrived from Gibraltars
and that it is reported the account she brings is, that
the French fleet left Cadiz. together with the Span-
ish squadron, and were returning to the Meltzer-
ranean
A Morning Paper of yesterday says—" Our
Dublin Correspondent informs us, that several
strange ships have lately been seen off the Irish
coast. He writes as follows:
" Dublin, Aril 47.
"Our Government ,r.,ived an express last night,
iug the arriearank.e of •mumber 01 strat.go nil off the coast ~f
Kerry. The wind blowing strong irons ilia east, they thsporch-
ed the account to Logsdon vie Donnagii wiee."
We apprehend that this is a mistake. and that the
dispatch received by the Irish Government related
to the sailing of the Toulon fizet.
Thursday morning the inhabitants of the city of
Norwich hail a meeting at their Town Hall, when
they voted weeral resolutions expre.sive of their
indignation of %'isceitint Metvitte's cvndud ; and
also resolved to present a Petition to Parliament on
the selijett.

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P/kST INDIE,?.

TXTAACT OF A (.ITT eR IRu d T. THOMAS'S, OSTIA)

MARCH
" Advice hit been reeeiv.d th•re, that the French hate at-
tacked St Kitt's, and et-itrot est all the ,tituptnr alio 4ils•-14.
except the town of it.i,v-teire: a•vt that af.• r
16,0001. 'turfing,' had :A N% w I•...d.fif'el It o now three
we.ks since we besot fru-n herb•d•ies lag. 'fennel.'
stated, that nolo two of the Cork fi et i sit a•r.ved : that
a French trace we. all that Island, arid it was ,eared all would
lall into the hand. of the enemy
EXTRACT Of A LETTER IRON LIVERPOOL, IbATE/5
lir tiny:
The l-figeinson Seniur,--es CaP.sn, from Sr Thismits's -
is arrived at Ilse-tort , his turn •he 224 or Ms•rch in eon.
panv with the Sower/4;1, blood to 1.)41,11ora and ~arted with .
her (0., days after. At the time C iptwin Conan salted, the
only accounts of the proceedio,,s to the French Parer rneertse4
th-•re, were ray a French se.inurasi, that a rived art, the 14th
f..an G ,adatiurte ; the Pssaher of the schooner repored, dud
fourteen prices hart been sent there flow Dottioica • that the
Fre•kch Fleet, after leaving seat Mahal had procreated eerie •
in March to Nevi, and Sr Kitt's, where they had destroYed the
thipping, levied contributinos, and lieu mooned to. Coedit-
ionoe ; to this Is added, that their eve: attack was to he nit Ana,
tissue, and that several ships had aen ed at St Thomaee bom
Sr. Kitt's, which had ettlitaci their escape before toe Fret.ch
force arrived there"
RITIL ACT or mgornte LETTEII TROY TR! SAN
PL ICE, SAUL DATE.
it The Illiggirison Sensor brings advice, that the itectterm'
squadron after leaving D.aninit-a, Attacked Montser•st, Nevis
d S ant K'stettornere they burned aid destroyed all the shantung'
excepti•.g a 'very few, who got ii St TOonadg's Span Si
NU*. i'Act a( .Semsterre hid been burned. new ransomed
Montserrat for 5,000!. ;rod St Kist's for 1t,0031 It dig not
known 'whether tirionstoneilill bad been taken ; in ah prote-
bility it had not. Alter leaving St. Kiu'r' the French wet
ajtitOlt Antigua, ate .rding to report. Sir Samuel timed wall
at A nt,gua with all the men of war he could master. G-man.,
inn of lane line of butte shin, a f.Ar f igate. sloirs ! Every'
thong C.. expected bout so able an oifi;er. No account of
\dottrel Cochrane. It was, r moitztsl chi: an express from the
tow', of D.rningo reached the Ranch Re ton ft. er.y to •
wlndwtot, cl,irnog immediate relief; and a yattmoger in the
.t.stoni Setter, who left that Lion on the 11th of Mare h,
says, it was invested at that time by the Ilirigend.. The
Toulon fleet wa' ~.xpeceed in the West and the de-
strgution of our shim and island., instead of their ho'ding
them. caaos to corroborate Cie nowt, and to point nut .1:.-
Ipa;rl ju. their real eteect Tins seems the ',suit of di the
reportfeireolated since the arrival this morning."

•VOTPOIR LtTTra.
" Lire lend, Wednesday Fvenlog
" A ronn;ig vessel, called the H:gginsen, 'Ca .sin Cal
ari:vert this m,ning at our part hors St Thema:a: the irst
that place the 22d of Ma,ch, and bri•igs ACC .6•.111 that the
F inch, after evacuating D ninnies., proceeded to N,..15,
Montserrat, and St. kilt's. It .1 rep,rted, that, at the list
!dace, they binned all the Prxert twelve, whit'
they carried off with them. Arse. the. had levied 4 coo-
trihAti'm of 16,0001 thew left the led, it is fett=l,
after touching at Guadeloupe, they will proceed to A.
tigua. It is said they pursued the tarns plan raising loo-
ney on the other islands. It was report. d tilt.it they had NB
St. 14:4t.4 suddent7, is consequ- ce of some dap tehrt irons
St. Domingo. I have seen a Crition whit mese pate seer ln
the FilllolSons who had lately left the C.ty of Si D ening*,
which was still in possesaisma rI Use Foroalt they Me.l M t at
time ab ant 1,000 Poore in it. An embange Ma, lad on all
ship; the following day, but he cannot t if on what sesessint.
I have made ev,,ry ise i. ry, bot cannot learn that ;hare were
any ridings of the arrival of the Cork convoy,. nor Is there any
intelligence respecting Adrnitel Cochrane."
The George. Re. nolds, front florets/fog, for London, is ats.
rivedoff Falmout'i. She sailcd on the ?2d oi Fearaary, with
the following ships, uncl,er cnn,oy the Fly sloop wee;
ins. the RaLler, Edmont ; Nally, Past:, ; Ve,otrab e, gy-
monde i Peneisioe, Bryartt ; Brunswick, illeitiontoi,; Ac-
tive. iii ha t sad the A aeries* itilp Conran], Darius,
which hat been detained by the Fly, as an illicit trader •—•
The Pty, with the Rattler and Concord, ran 'a shore
on the night of Ilia nth of March, on the Florida Bess,
in lat. 24. 30. rod it is kunst tney are het, as the wild
blew strong at eon. On the next assroiog. ohs F:y's
were cut away, and the Rattler ba..let vpth her dock u.
Pee sea. The Active, Gillis, par„..l Amisergr-u•; the
nelope of the Mather's Trianglia: atul'thell•i•nawick,
Niartinico; the Ventrabl.l was all well ire the Yth. Paned
five Spanlatt frigate. in the Gulph.

The Miss I-Lsaaisosi last night made t' elr se-
cond appearance at the Opera Concert Room, and
gave their fashionable auditory a pleasing proof
their taste and style.
Thursday, Mi. NEII. AVD Faye notice at the
Stock Exchange, that the Rank had agreed to r 'ke
in the omnium of the loan of t 2 millions, and maker
the 3d, 4th. sth, 6th. 7th, Bth, and 9th paymects ;
but it must be redeemed by the 14th of Jan. 1806 ; '
and they had also agreed to make the 3d, 4th, and
,:th payments on the Loyalty Loan, which must be
redeemed by the 19th of Oetober, 1903.
The Old Bailey Sessions closed yesterday, when
prisoners received sentence of (kerb ; three were sen-
tenced to fourteen years transportation, and 55 to . .
transportation for seven years. •
It is a pleasure to recount gond fortune. in hopes
that the like may again occur ; 33,979-42.569, en-
tided to 30,0001. each, were sold by Hoa .say and
Co. of Cornbill, for the benefit of the adventurers.
It is worthy of remark, that the present Lottery
Scheme has two prizes of that magnirode, and an
extensive scale of Capital Prizes, equal to former
Lotteries, containing twice the number of Tickets;
so serious an advantage has given a spirit to the
old adventurer, and created the establishment of
more Clubs and Societies than ever before known.
The following comparison between the Schemes
and Price of the late and present Lotteries, folly
accounts why the sale is so much greater now than
in the late Lottery. First, she Scheme is richer in
Capital Prizes, and the price is lower.
PRESENT sCHP4E. LoTTERY.
2 L 10,004. 1 L.2.1,000
2 20.0?J 4.2 • 10,060
S lO,000 3
3 3,COO S
Imo 6
%,000
FIRST-DRAWN TICKET. FIRST.DRAWN TICKET.
I. 10,uO0 1.1, 00.
Present Price. Week traio,* Drawing.
Ticket 1.19 0 0 ticket .L.211 S 0
H~tf. OIS 0 Half it 14 0
• Quarter........ 4:1 It Quart 0......... 312 0
Egthth ..... I 9 6 fie;ith
Ststeerith..... 1 ti 0 Slen-teth 1 II 0
It is to he hoped the price will not be raised in
the next week, as it was in the late bitters%
Last week, all the world were at Windsor to too
the installation; and a mos: Tiede speiflacle it un-
doubtedly was. This week, and the neer, the
shrine of Fortune will he the great magnet of gene-
ral aterstlion, to obtain qua',ticatirst s to beemnis
candidates for participating Of het numerous nublo
prises in the Lottery, nose so near
meat, and the most important it
known. Its first strizvn number,
10,00 M. will be alone alegoate
fortunate holder a litugitt, at :MIS%
1 levee."

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upon the contuinicious obstruainn to full inquiry, which is so
clearly rented out in the said Tenth Report ; and that you
win carefully ru,,,i against its repetition. W
' 4 Your Petitioners g leave to stale to your Honourable w
Hinge. the DIA ' .against Viscount Melville and Mr. la
Trotter, unaltbrilisiC ,:,. 'criminal prosecution, would be in- ci
Ilaitely sho.t of tit:. :.. 1. . pea, bemuse it is an of priulic .1,
justice. It isnot the • • money, that, "(itself, is of "'
real consavriente to bit • - tis tlir, infitZei.m of an ex- to
eniplary yenetante urea •' *ln ..earful dein:spent, It tr
is tnenianillt,tatlorr to OW N% . . ' that high rriminala are tit
not above the reach of pea . :1.. and that the corrupt or
ac
%anion violatrks df law shall 1.
~„," tningth of its ann.
" Abnye al:after we intr.
.. • ourable House wit to
permit the publio.feeling robes ' 'th; awl, in the forma• rn
honor inquiries simile. to the 1W - ;,5,, mission, that you will n(
ti scare care that the power cettssitu equal en it pmfessed w
-digits 4 ,both as rel?t•ng to die. v 1 1" the authority, and l
theAllorprity, of thn, who wee*. yu a astecotwri ; for we w
Oflrlertit, tem Hr...i.iti'atbie Has ' qc, if any thing can m
be wataeliva* ..,/,•,,,osed, sieliplit,, i iiie 'yawn of abuse la
and 1'664 to menagemenittn i •blie money, it would sat
s'4 be the melon of a Itin, in of ion, in its nature a rd
i Underpin spun Wry atiosi,N#nd in it result a inock-ry of
losti.o.
.' - s et
.* "To all these . ' .g the bait attention of your Ho- EN
•sea Table !No', Wb - ~„ sou to pursue with effect what Cr
Mee began wialkee-meclr
~..„„*" We intrust you not to relax w
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Nll'mutdreristill " 'l'. %recount M4lville to condign 0,
si re ii,„ • Ibe friend to have rum I
alolli • • ,stration that, in the yaw.
Peesentatt• the . . •" ' abettors of their min iii7"‘llln
eke,
••10' ••• - ,l ' its of the nation, di
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