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London, England, 1803-02-17 00:00:00

HOUSE OF CO:iTMONS.

WED> tsDay, rEs.
A ballot took place for electing a committee to
enquire into the raerits of a petition complaining of
an undue eleetim for B. rest When the fates,.
ing Gentlemen were chosen and sworn in accord-
thgly.
.folin Atkins, Fsl. • Wm. Manning, Eli.
Sit M. B C.. f qkes, Bt. Win. Baldwin, Eq.
John Mtrie.,l, E Sir Evan Nepean, tart.
J„4 Vb. lii.ichiribroake, Alex. Matker.z.e,
Sir Geo Douglass, Bart. Ed. Berkley rortn:44,
W. D. Nev,uen, Esq. Rt. lion. Jo!iu Steuart, and
W. Stepp. ?orbs, tsq Henry Aleaand-t, E.q.
George Garland, Est.
Colonel STANLEY brou,,lit up a petition from
the Woollen Maittfacturers of Derby, Ycrit, and
Lancaster, against the A.t for regulating disputes •
between masters and servants employed in that
trade.—Ordered to lie on the table.
Several private petitions were presented.
1:13 MA.TESTY's MESSAGE.
The Cita:loft. on of the EXCEegralt brenght
up a r :1,1=7 from his Majesty ,which was read Pram ,
the Chair, as follows :
" His Majesty hating taken into consideratirm the length
of time elapsed since tae adoption of measurts which the
wisdom of Parliament thouglat fit to sanflion for arranging the
affairs and deachartirithe incutbrances of Mt Royal 11th-
res.' the Prince of Wal.cs; and haring adverted to the pro-
grtss made for carrying the same into elect, recommends to
the consideration of his faltllcl Commons the present s tua-
Coo of the Pritre ; and initivit4s..and ng, the very reat re-
luctance he NA; in surgestiug a•taitionil binthen on his
Peoples reuxt t'i the experienced lip-rality and
attaetiment to his Royal Flouse, so often manifested by his
faithfid Commits, and to recommend such nieustiret as
should seem best calculated to limpport the dignity and promote
the cumbers of so distun;inshed a branch of his Royal Family."
The Cn ANCLL L 0 R of the Fie ',Eger is then moved,
that his Majesty's most gracious messsage be refer-
red to a Committee. Agreed to.
The CHAve xtEott of the EXOlirqvißthen moved,
that the House should resolve itself into a Commit-
tee of he whole House, to take the same into consi-
deratioa on Wednesday next. Agreed to.
On the motion of Mr. SAEOEAKT, the order of
the day for committing the militia training bill was
postponed till to-morrow. •
the motion of Mr. theervsoN, jun. the peti-
tion from the clothiers of Wiltshire, Gloucestershire,
and Soraersetshire, wal read and referred to a Coni-
mitts&
Mr.. WICItHAM broughta in a Pill for the bet-
ter securing the rights of e ionin Ir.i..!and, by pre-
venting Commissibuers, and Other ()dicers of the
Customs, Excise, Stamp, or Post Oillces. from voting
for Iklembrs to serve in Parliament; which was rca
a first titre, and ordered tolbe read a. second time on
Monday next.
The other Ordcis of the Day were t!ten deferred.
Adjourned.

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THE ITRE-ROTAL, DRUR 440. E.
lIIIS will be preseuted e4e welly et
• HE WEST INDIAN.
Steck-well, Mr. P.,wel:; Zeicour, Mr. Dwyer; MajwitYlrla-
lserty, Mr. CaulFeld; Var'aurl, Mr. Suett. eh:aorta Kuspert,
Mrs. Young; Louisa. Dudley, Mis.-s Campbe.l.
u wlio•is will be added,
MIDAS.

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THEATRE-ROrAL, Co VENT-G AR DSM:
Ev zit! be performed the COMM Opera of
FAMIIX QUARRELS.
The principal aoa.;seri by
Mr. lipiham' Mr. Muuden, Mr. Blaaltste,4 Mr. Emery,
Mr. beverly, Mr. Simmons, and Mr. lnel.`lowit
Mrs. Matuxkii, Vfisa Chebmat, Mrs. Dihd:u, Miss Middy,
And Signora Stomu.
To which will be added, the new Melo-Drame, called
A TALE OF MYSTERY.

THE BRITISH PRESS.

LONDON,
THURSDAY, FE B. 17 .

It was report yesterday, in the political circles,
that the Earl of WLs rStottEL AND is to succeed the
Earl of St. VINOLNT, as First Lcrd of the Admi-

rapt':.
l'ecterday arrived two Mails flvm Holland, with
letters and papers of the 11th. By them we find
that nine English ships had reached Alexandria, to
bring away the English troops, and that General
Sruakr had a:Tived at Constantinople. Consi-
derable alterations, it is said, wi:l be made in the
original plan of die Ditzcli Loan.

Paris Papers of the 12th, were also received at
the same time, but their contents, as will be seen in
our extracts, are of no importance. They will be
found. in the last page.

We have also received New-York papers of the i oth
and 11th ult. from which the following are the
most material extrafts :

Waihirtztan, Jan. 1.--• The Governor of the Mis-
sissippi territory (WM. C. C. CLAIREORNE) has re-
ceived an answer from the Governor-general of
Louisiana, resident at New Orleans. It is under-
stood in the political circles, that the Spanish Go-
vernor has' been so far from disavowing what has
been done by the Intendant at New Orleans, with
respell to the navigation of the Mississippi, that he
has attempted a formal vindication of the Intend-
ant's condo .

Captain SUTER, of the brig Sophia, infcrms us,
that on the 20th December, off Cape 'I iberoon, he
feU in with eleven English74's, wiiich were watching
the motions of the French fleet off St. Domingo.

By papers from Cape Francois, we find that Gen.
CM at /M AU is actively engaged in endeavouring
to restore tranquillity in St. Domingo. It appears,
that the Negroes took the garrison of Mirebalsois,
after a vigorous resistance, but were soon after-
wards obliged to retreat, a reinforcement having
arrived. Leogane had been twice attacked by the
Negroes, but they were obliged to retreat, having
lost a considerable number of men and arms. All
the establishments made by the Negroes on the river
Massacre, in the Bay of Mancenille, were destroyed
on the 14th December, by sixty grenadiers, com-
manded by Capt. DivEasCa.
Extral of a Letter from a Gentleman residing
at Cafie Francois, to his correspondent in Phila-
delphia, dated Dec. 20, 1802: " Our situation
here has for a very long time indeed been very
precarious; so much so, that about the middle of
03.ober last, the evacuation of the Cape, and with
it that cr the whole island, was considered as
inevitable. Evory article belonging to Government
had already been shipped ; and had the Brigands
succeeded in cz;rying their point, even our lives
would have been greatly endangered ; but, thanks
to Providence ! whose hand dire&s every thing,
and whose kindness averted this danger from our
heads, the Brigandt, after repeated attacks on this
place, every one of which resulted to their great
loss, were obliged to retreat into the mountains,
and we new again enjoy ierfed tranquillity. Ever
since the death of General Lt Cttec, and from the
moment that General ROCIIAMIItAU succeeded to
his place, every thing has taken a different-aspen,
and we may now look with the fiellett hopes for the
fu:art." _ _ _

On the SO!li December arrived at Fredericks-
burg, the schooner ifeantic, Capt. Hill, in 17 days,
from St. Christo;her's, and 1 from St. Eustatia.
The Captain states, that on the day before he left
St. Christopher's, an express arrived from Barbs.
doss, to apprize them of the prospeEt of a war be-
tween France and Great Britain, and departed to
the Leewird Wands with great expedition.. This
inforznatiou was received at Barbadoes by the Ra-
coon brig, which was dispatched from England for
the purpose, and had a passage of 11 days. This
news caused very aftive preparations for the defence
of the island. 'The Dutch took possession of St.
Eustatia, a few days before Capt. Hill left it, and
trade began to Sourish. •
Yesterday, at twelve o'clock, her MAsnrrY and
the raincrsses took an airing in her MaJEsrv's
carriage in the neighbourhood of Hampstead and
Highgate, and returned to Buckingham-house at
hall-pa.;: two.
Last night their AIAJTSTIES Ind the Pniwcrssrs
.honoured the Concert of Antivitt Music with their
presence, which was under ..he direction of the Earl
of UV:RIDGE.

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L 146 COUP. r. •
•
Teiterda*, . quarter before tme o'clock,.
his 11Ltits IT James's Palace, from
33tIckinghtn-Hos.e, avid !. id a Levee ; which was
attended by his !loyal ivghness the Duke of YoaK,
~.the Lord CHANCELLOR, the CHANCELLOR of the
ExcitE,ad,R, the StciaTAßltS Of STATE,• the St.-
cRETARY at WAR, his MAJESTY'S ADFOCAIR GE-
NERAL (Sir Joint Nicuots) the SHERIFFS of Lon-
don—
Dteifits—R ncburgh, Pereand, Somerset, and Brant'.
Maristiiacs--Hertfurd, Aberzurn, Titchfield, Douglas and
Salisbury.
Lurk.--Onsiow, Effingham, Morton, Dartmouth, Wit-
morland, Egremont, Glandw, Courtown, Mansfield, Har-
rington, Darnley, Coventry, Warwick, Chatham, Fortescue
NortbamptondMaccleafield, Malaisbury, Bathurst, Suffolk, and
Dumfries.
Fiseototh—Weataraisth, Sydney, Falmouth, and Dow ne.
Lareitwetrnherst, Wil!oughby de Broke (in Waiting),
Hawkesbury, Somerville, Farnham, Hobart, Castlereagh, Pel-
ham, Grenville, Mountnorris, Walsilighain, Bruce, Henley,
H. P:Atit, Nevitidrough, Selsey, Napier, barley, C.
Svc,. cer, Leslie, Andover, flarewood, Selkirk, C. Somerset,
and Gosfotd.
..(I,4Ziiimadors—Dutch, French, Danish, Russian, Neapolitan,
SwerliA, Portuguese, S?aiiish.
Atairtds--Young, Coruwallii, Sir R. King, Sir J. Saurus-
r:.!z, Sir J. Orde.
Gem-rats—Sir 11. Morro, Forbes, Churchill, Stevens,
ford, !Simard, Read, Sir A lured Clarke
Coionds—Gieville Bondman, Hope, Grey, Host:art, Bigh,
Hutchinson, Giffirrel, Bolton, Monson, Lung, :sod Peacock.

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• Capttitb—Legg (Groom in Waiting), Yorke, iiartw,•ll
(Yin ), King ( Navy), L. Gower, Markham, Stanhope, [)cum•
nicni.i, Pierrepoint, and Cheater.

Bishapi—W.ford, Cliieheter, Chester, Cashel', and Dublin.
Crnniur, J. no-t, P. Hale, J. Niciadry C. R.
Booghtar, J. F. Craddock, and J. Aidiery.
Masirurs—rlion. C. Yorke, Hon. T. Grenville, Sal!,
Pe:.s, Bniwn, Wickham, Cn,ille, nth. Addington, 11.
Mclington, Worish, Alexander, Hon. R. Walpole, Hon. H.
Walpole, Faulkner, Brooke, Hord, Tynt, C. Tyta, Merry,
L igh, Morgan, Dupree, De Gray, North, Hon. C. Kin-
nard, Orrrishy, Harcourt, Elliot, Portman, Gordon,
Brown, Ni', '2(de, Ord, }Tann:ton, Dorset, and Dawson.
The following presentations took place to his
MAJESTY :--

Mr. Solley, by. Lord Mottntnorris ; Lonl Farnham, by
Lord Somerville ; Mr. Helcy Addington, on his appointment
to the Joint Paymastership of the Forces, in the room of Lord
Gesibervie, by his brother, the Chancellor of the Exche-
quer, Mr. Charles Tynt, by his father, Mr. Tynt ; Major
Christie, by the Earl of Northampton; Mr. Leigh and Mr.
Faulknor, by the Earl of Ormond; Captain Richard King, of
the Royal Navy, by his father Admiral Sr Richard King, Bin. ,
The following were at Court, for the first time
this season :
Mr. Brown, Lord Down, Lord Bruce, Lord Napier, Mr.
Wickham, Lord Molesworth, bit John lion, (first time these
tofu years,) Earl Fortiscut, Sir John Aubrey' Earl Darnley,
Mr. Dawson, Admiral Young, the Duke of Somerset, (first
since his return. from France.)
The Levee closed at about three o'clock ; after
which his MAJESTY held a Brivy Council—not for
the purpcsu of receiving the report of the late trials
for High 'fro:lcon, as some of our uninformed con-
temporaries have asserted, but for the purpose of
swearing in Mr. HILEY ADDINGTON one of his
MAJESTY'S most Hon. Privy Council, which was
done, and he took his. seat accordingly ; and other
special business was entered into.
After the Council broke up, the Chevalier SWYA,
the new Portuguese Ambassador, was introduced to
his MAJESTY by CountLEsta,thelateAmbassador,
conducted by Sir STEPHEN COTTEKELL, Master of
the Ceremonies, when the Chevalier delivered his
credentials to his MAJESTY.
His Maisry then gave closet a;tdienccs to the
Loan CHANCELLOR, the CHANCELOM" of the Ex-
co Loom, the SECRETARIES Of STATE, and the SE-
CRETARY at Watt.
A Chapter of the Ktights of the Bath was then
held, for the purpose ofd isposing of the Redßibbon,
vacant by the death of Lord BEatit.:Eu, which was
attended by his Royal Highness the Duke of YORK,
Sir WM. FAWCETT, Lord HENLY, Sir HECTOR
Nlosito, Lord NscsoN, and several others of that
noble Order. The proper officers from the Herald's
Office likewise attended; when the usual ceremony
being gone through, his MAJESTY was graciously
pleased to invest General CRADDOCK, now Sir JOHN
CRADDOCK, with the honour. He was invested with
the Garter accordingly. This is considered as an
honorary mark of his MAJESTY'S royal approbation
for the brave manner in which Sir JOHN distinguish-
ed himself in most of the battles in Egypt.
The Levee was more numerously attended than
any this season, particularly so by Noblemen and
Gentlemen from Ireland.
At half-past five o'clock his MAJESTY returned
to Buckingham-House.