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tiousc. or •COMMONS.

TOUR/DA V, At ARCH 31.
Mr. presented an extra& from tile.
nutes 44 'the proceedings of the Dunfermline Cam,
mitte4 as tir a related to James Trotter, now
ig custody, which were ordered to lie on the Table,
and to he printed.
The Roman Catholic oath bill was re.td a third
time and passed.
HAI;WICII COMMIT ITF.
Names of the Members remaining on the reduced
list, after the ballot for a Committee to try the merits
of the petition con:clainin; of an undue eleEtion for
Harwich:

W R. H. T.'e, E 4.1.
C. Fsq HA F. 34/. Cu. irann
MM. quis of 1X c gl.is L F. Senscos
Su H. Inglis R.& S. FAluer.:;
Hon. J. O'Neil Sir Ro'xrt Liy
Ilea. J. Scut* Rt Hon. 'l. Grenville.
Tlu.l:selett,ri.
PON INVIS.
Lnnlrl,inle. Hon. St. Antirw

111:ItVICK-trrJN-TATF.D ELECTIoN.
The names of the Members upon the reduced
list, after this ballot were:

•
Arch. Neheinn, Esl. Sir n are P,•ck
G. T. tier— 31'1 J
H. I'. ca:verr' E:q.
W F.4q. Sir It 'Jed Boston
Lort
J. NPNlrliolt Lord
POlll,ll.ti.
Carle. Grey, (or tb. Pi:titio.icrs, Sir J. S. FrAilie for
the Sitting Me.i.hcr.
Sir 3. PULTENEY made a report from the Car-
marthen Comminee respeaing leave to adjourn
from Friday to Monday nest, in order to give the
counsel an opportunity of making such arrange-
ments as would facilitate their progre.:s. The ap-
plication, he said, came in the first instance from
the counsel, and was the wish, as it would be the
convenience of both parties.
The SPEAKER thought it his duty to remind
the HOuse, that this application was made in the
face of the at of parliament, which enjoins that no
Committee on contested Eledions should adjourn
for more than 24 hours, unless with leave of the
House for special reasons assigned, or for the ad-
vancement of justice.
No opposition having been made to it, the Com-
mittee had perluission to adjourn to Monday.
On the motion of Mr. BAYLEY, the House re-
solved itself into a Committee on the Granada and
St. Vincent's loan bill. Mr. Hobhouce in die chair.
The blanks were filled up, and the Report ordered
to be received to-morrow.

The bill for granting certain allowances to inn-
keepers for the quartering of soldiers, was read a
first, and ordered to be read a second time to-
morrow.

The Four Millions Exchequer Bills Bill went
through a Committee, to be reported to-morrow;
as also the American Commissioners' Bill. Ad-

THE BRITISH- PRESS.

LONDON,
FRIDAY, Aram 1.

Consols, which were at one time yesterday so low
as GU, left off at 621, precisely the same price as at
the:close of the market upon the two preceding days.
This continued depression must have its source in
son:et:ling more solid and substantial than the self-
refuted rumours to which it has been attributed.
We still continue to think it has been produced by
the uncertainty of public affairs operating upon the
market at the eve of an extremely heavy settling day.
Every body is acquainted with the nature of a run
upon a Bank. The recent operation upon the Stock
Excha::ge i, ,2xaaly similar. Half a dozen large hold-
ers,supposed to have the best information, take an a-
larm, and sell out. The multitude follow the exam-

ple, ai.l a depression follows of course. We do not,
however, pretend to say, that there is not some solid
fart at the bottom, or that the few who gave the
first impulse wore aauated merely by a gene-
ral view of the present state of the country.—
The immediate cause we are not competent to
trace; but though we thus confess ourselves unable
to put the public in the right road, we are not at
liberty to encourage their progress in the wrong.—
The row-boat—the return of Lord WHITWORTH.--
the departure of General AND ar.ossi, and twenty
other like rumours being exploded, it is astonishing
with wh it facility substitutes have been found to
supply their }laces. Among these novel inventions
may be re:-koned, a report of a general conspiracy
in Ireland eugendc:cl by France. At the time
when the Union W.IS under discussion, there was no
want of ingenui:y in its support ; but one advan-
tage has resulted from it, which the liveliest fancy
in the House of Commons did not conceive. It was
not foreseen, that it wtaili chcck the pranice of
nit-representing the state of Ireland to fit the purpose
of the day. A large portion of its best-informed
population being now on the spot, it is not so easy to
propagate nonours, which would have formerly
passed cu, rent, because there was nobody compe-
tent to call in the base coinage of the brain. Were
it not for tills restraint, a French fleet would have
anchored last week in Bantry Bay—Dublin
would he in a state of siege--and Vinegar-
Hill would display a croud of rebel tents. At
the present day, however, the Stock-Jobbers, who
would tiae formerly put Ireland in the van,, are
now content to let it bring up the rear or their
ru-
mours. This new Irish conspiracy is, however, a
device too Contemptible for noti:c, nawithstanding
it has been ushered in v-1:11 due etrnity . and the
public mind. has been prq tied to receive it by re-
ports of ARTHUR O'COHI:rOU'i manifestos, and such
seen litreral re-
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c.r.elt letter% from different parts of that country, and
:hey all agree, that in the great mass and body of
the people, the late con. ua of France, and
tl.e audacious challenge of the FIRST CONSUL,
havelftroducei a sensation eqnally strong as in this.
But if we have a French vessel, with 100,000 stand
of arms, stranded at Shoreham, why should Ireland
be without its wonders? We find accordingly, in
one of these letters, dated Kilkenny, 23d March, the
following anecdote Yesterday we were alarmed
here with a well authenticated account that 4,000
iron 'kull-caps were taken near Carlow. We were
all in confusion. To your tent:, 0 Israel, was the
general cry, when an etpite.s arrircd from Carlow,
and the cause of this commotion turned out to be
si.ni>ly this—Colonel NIA:10N, of the 9th Dragoon )
had ordere I 103 skull-caps to be made fer his Regi-
n:ent dining the Rvliellioli ; but either not liking or
wanting th, m, he returned them to the maker at
Callow." Twenty causes equally trifling and inno-
cent, every day give ri.ie to reports equally serious
and absurd. Another report, equally unworthy of
credit, is, that Mr. Ann! NcToN and. Lord Hawars-
cult v having a rupture with Frarce in contem-
plati.m, have been employed fur several days past
in preparing copies of the correspondence between
the two countries, to be laid before Parliament after
the recess. The cause assigned fur this report, be-
tray's its fallacy. It is said that these gentlemen
have, for these two or three days past, absented them-
selves from the House of Commons. We should
be glad to know whether there was any business Ix,-
fore the House that required their attendance ? Mr.
ADDINGTON, instead of superintending Copying-
Clerks in a close closet, may, however, be daily seen
riling in the Park, or dining with a party of friends,
without having his serenity disturbed by the hopes
or fears of the Stock Exchange. Of all these ru-
mours, that of Mr. PITT'S return to office is the
only one that has not been exploded. Instead of
losing, it yesterday seemed to gain ground. We
may, therefore, conclude, that confidence in peace is
somewhat weakened; for such a change is generally
speculated upon as a warlike spit, to u. It may
be observed, in corrohoratioa. t at ihe press
in tEc out-ports, which was beginning to
slacken, has been carried on within tlitee few days
with increased aairity. Other warlike symptoms
have shewn themselves within the same time. We
understand that an additional troop of Royal fierce
Artillery will be raised immediately ; and yesterday
circular letters were issuld fr, m Lord Hos/dive's
office, for the Lieutenants of the several Counties.
supposed to contain ins:rutlit ns for defence in case
of invasion.

Yesterday we received Path papers of the 28th
but they are totally silent upon the present state of
affairs between the two Countries, nor do thergive
the price of the funds.

Letters received by the Lisbon Mails, which ar-
rived on Wednesday, state, that an alarm was ex-
cited throughout that country, in consequence of
his Majesty's Message relative to the differences sub-
sisting with Frnnce. The instant the Message was
made public at Lisbon, great consternation prevail-
ed. The credit of the State felt an immediate and
violent shock. The Government paper, which
maintained itself without any diffictr!ty at three and
a half per cent. fell instantly to ten discount.
It was not until the 11th March, that General
L,“NES landed at Lisbon. He arrived on board a
frigate from Rochefort. The accounts formerly
received of changes in the Portuguese Ministry, in
consequence of his return, were premature; but
some changes will certainly take place. Don Joust
D'AEMEIDA iS to exchange the War Department and
that of Foreign Affairs,which he held,for the Marine
and ultra Marine Department. He is to be suc-
ceeded by the I.l,count of ANATRIA, who presided
over the latter branch of the public service.
M s stt v, who had the superintendance of the
Customs and Police, and who, while Gen. LASNES
was last at Lisbon, took an aaive part in bringing hi,:
illicit proceedings to light, is to withdraw from that
station to one of inferior importance. It is highly
probable that this last change was the consequence
of requi.ition on the part of the French Ambassa-
dor.

N•J Staff-Officers, in the Militia Service, can in
future, by the last Aa of Parliament, hold another
commission in any Militia Regiment, ,rviih pay. This
regilation in some cases will br a great -hardship,
particularly to those Quarter-Masters, and Assistant-
Surgeons, who now join their regiments again. The
Secretary at War has issued orders, that in future the
Adjutant's pay Shall be altered, and he re-
ceive eight shillings per day—and the Aet
flips the Surgeon, by allowing him ten shillings a
t.da
General Hrsav FLETCHER, of Salton, lately de-
ceased, was Colonel of the 35th regiment, and it is
perhaps an unprecedented fa., that this regiment
has had only two Colonels for eighty-six years. Ge.
nerol 01 WA Y had the command from July 1717 to
August 1764, a period of 47 years ; and General
FLETCHER from that time to March 1803, a pc-
riod of 39 years. It is further remarkable, that the
33th is the only corps in the service which since its
establishment, in 1701, has had only four Colonels.
The 67th has lately had three in the space of a fort-
night.
COVENTRY ELEcTios.—.on Wednesday the poll
finally closed, when the numbers were--,
Foe Mr. Moo RS 1294

MT. STRATTON 1146
Upon which Mr. MOORE was declared duly elect-tea.
The proffered bidding for four Lotteries, of thirty
thousand tickets each, is to take place on or about the
11th of April. Lists are now forming in the city.
We understand, that the two legal Commissioners
under the Navy Abuse bill, have resigned their ap.