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LONDON,
SATURDAY, JULY e.

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Mr. SIIERIDAN asked, whether, ashen the 'Bill
passed, it was intended to preclude the adoption of
a resolution for reviving the subjea next Session.
Mr. BR A GGE said, he should he sorry to pledge
himself. He did not wish to make it a condition,
but he was not aware that there would be any ob-
jeaion to reviving the subjea next Session, if any
!lon. Gentleman gave notice of a motion to that
eflea.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER
subscribed to all the sentiments of his Right Hon.
Friend, but he could not consent to what had been
sunested by an Hon. Gentleman (Mr. Sheridan).
The House never passed a Resolution after a Bill so
definitive. Its discretion ought not to be fettered
nor would it commit itself to a declaration upon the
subjea. It was of importance to guard against the
disquiet and irritation, whicht in manufaauring
towns, would he produced rather than allayed, by
suffering the question to continue unsettled, . He
altogether ols;,eaed to such a resolution. It was of
the utmost importance the workmen should be con-
vieced, that it was not by turbulence, disturbance,
or cabal, this House would be influenced. The
House would ever be aanated by a disposition to
redress their grievances, but they ought to under-
stand, that such a disposition would not be quick-
ened by any conduct which is inconsistent with their
duty to their masters. He gave his consent to the
Rill, but he did no: co .cider himself committed to
any definitive arrangement.
. Mr. Vs'ILBKREORCE justificd the conduct of
the workmen of the county of York.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER
said, his observations did not apply to Yorkshire,
but to the Western counties.
After a few observations from Mr. Lascelles,-
strangers were ordered to withdraw, but the Bill
seas read a third time, and passed without. a di-
vision.
The House went into a Committee of Supply.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER
said, it would be recollcaed, that, in stating the
Ways and Means, he had given notice of his inten-
tion to move for 5,000,0001. of Exchequer Bills to
replace those which were raised last year, and
charged on the Supplies of the present year.
Hu inovt.d, that the suin of b,003,0;i0! skinld be granted to
his Majesty, to gothic tom to Aischarce the Es:chequer Bills
Node out by virtue of an Act of tact Session, for the service
of the ye ar.
lle aLso moved a grant of 16,0001. for repairing the Forts op
the Coast of Africa.
Also, 12,0001. for sums granted in consequence of Addresses.
A Iso, 171,4:311. Ils. Icl. for sums in die Disposition Paper.
The Report was ordered to be read to-morrow,
and the Committee ordered to sit again on Monday.
The House went into a Committee of Ways and
Means, in which the Chancellor of the Exchequer
moved the sums voted in the Committee of Supply.
The Report was ordered to be read to-morrow,
and the Committee was ordered to sit again on
Monday.
'1 he Hense went into a Committee on the Scotch
additional Army Bill.
the SECRETARY at WAR proposed to levy
the number of persons required in Scotland, accord.
ing to the same proportion as had been adopted in
England. After a short discussion, in which Sir
James St. Clair Erskine, Mr. Brodie, and Mr.
M'Dowall, took part, the Bill was passed nom. cern.
A Petition was brought up from the prisoners
confined in the King's bench prison, praying relief.
Ordered to be laid on the table.
The SECRETARY at WAR moved the Order
or the Day for the second reading of the additional
Irish Army
The House went into a Committee pre firma on
the Bill, after which it was ordered to be printed,
and taken into further consideration on Monday.
The Irish Small Note Bill was read a second time,
and ordered to be read a third time to-morrow.
• A Message from the Lords stated the assent of
their Lordsnips to two private Bills.
Mr. CORRY moved for a Committee of the
whole House to take into consideration the Irish
Distillery Ads. The House accordingly went into
a Committee, and the Report was ordered to be re-
ceived to-morrow.
The Irish Militia Pay Bill was ordered to be read
a third time to-morrow.

The Lona,' Bill w•as ordered to be taken into
further consideration to-morro-v.
The Irish Duty Bill was ordered to be taken into
Consideration on Monday next.
The Exeter Road Bill passed.—Adjourned.

THEATRE.ROr4L, HATMdRICE7.
THIS EVENING will be presented (Sixth Time this Season)
a Play in Three ACIS called
THE. IRON CHEST.

The Music composed by the late Mr. Storare.
Sit Edward Mortimer, Mr. Elliston ; Fitzhard'ng, Mr.
Chapman; Wilford, Mr. H. Kelly; •Attam Winterton, Mr.
Burton. Helen, Mrs. Goodall; blanch, Mrs. Gibbs; Bau-
tista, Mrs. Atkins- Judith, Mrs. liarlowe.
Attar which, a 'Farce in Two AN, railed
FORTUNE'S-FROLICK.
Pekin Rrogh-head, Mr. Grove ; Snacks, Mr. Burton ;
Frank Mr. H. Kelly; Clears, My. Waldron, jun. Margery,
Mrs. leyi ; Miss Nancy, Mrs. Mathews ; Deily, Mrs. Gibbs.
TILE BRITISH PRESS.

The conversation which took place nu Thursday
night, in the House of Commons, during the exclu.
rion of strangers, is said to have been very interest-
' We do not, however, believe that any thing
transpired which it would be improper to COMMU-
TI:CatC to the public. But we do not, therefore,
cotripiain of ere exclusion. It was a precautionary
tairasure, very properly suggested by the course
which the conversation appeared to be taking. We
understand Colonel Ca AUVUItD is of opinion that it
is possible for BONAPAIIft to attempt an invasion
with 100,000 men. Admitting 40,000 of these to

perish is the attempt, he thinks, if the remaining
60,000 were to land at several paints, but so as to
• be able to form an immediate jundion, the country
would be placed in a most critical state. We be-
lieve, hovrever, that ): is the general opinion among

(memo/ eirperirrce. that the larger the expedition.
Cie more it wicouid be exposed to discovery and dis-

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Aster; and that if, en the other hand, an invasion
should be attempted, by' several sdrall expedltietrs of
)5,000 or 20,000 men each;landing on several
points, they must be defeated in detail. ,

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The Funds yesterday suffered a depression. This
effect was probably produced by the expelled intro-
dueiion of a large quantity of new paper into the
market, as an issue of 5,000,0001. -Exchequer Bills
was voted last night in the House of Commons.' •

We yesterday received French Journals to the
27th inclusive. They are destitute of all inte-
resting intelligence. The_ Bishops are going on
with their disgusting and blasphemous -addresses
to their clergy on the subjeft of the war.

The following notice was on Thursday publicly
read at the Stock Exchange :
" Mr. CUR at-, the Chancellor of the Exchequer of irelaairt,
from pArtirrilJr circiiinbtances, under the sieeev.ity r.f fixing
Fri:lay the Stli of Athwart of Monday the 11th Isl. Jolly,
for receiving the 'lidding for the Irish Loan of 1,1[;00,000I. At
the Castle, iu Dtibiin."
Citizen SCIITqMELPENNICK 'is arrived at the
Hague from London.
A Russian Messenger sailed from Dover on Wed-
nesday, in the s6rkland packet, which took over a
mail for France ; but do mails from thence have yet
been allowed to come to this country. Various opi-
nions exist respeding the result of this Russian me-
diation ; but we hope it will not throw Ministers od-
their guard, us the country will undoubtedly have
soon to resist an attempt at invasion.
According to letters from Naples, a large armed
American merchantman, after sailing from that
port, was met by an Algerine frigate ; a smart ac-
tion took place, and tl-e American was obliged to
yield to the superiority of the energy's force. Mr.
SMITH, the late Charge d'Affaires from the United
States, at Naples, was on board, on his return to
his native country.
An English Lady, of distindion, just returned
from France says, she saw, in almost every place
she passed, printed bills exciting the French to in-
vade this country, saying, Britain should be given
up to general pillage, and that every man lound in
arms shoirld be put to death. This fad is much
the subjed cf conversation.
It is with great satisfaCtion we are enabled to
state, in positive terms, that the reports circulated
through the medium of the French Official Journal,
of hundreds being swept away by the plague at
Malta, are totally unfounded. Letters have been
received in town, from La Valette, dated the I?.th
of May, at which time the troops and inhabitants
were in complete health, nor had any contagion
whatever broken out in the island.
Accounts reached town yesterday morning from
Gibraltar, which state the arrival of Lord NELSON
there in the beginning of last month. He brought
in with him several valuable French prizes, cap-
tured on his passage. A number of English mer-
chantmen, arrived at Gibraltar from the Mediter-
ranean and Levant, were to have sailed for Eng-
land on the I 2th, under convoy.
We have been informed by an intelligent friend,
who has, within these tew days, surveyed the whole
coast, from Dungeness to Dover, that the prepara-
tions already completed are so admirable as to ren-
der every attempt ata descent a matter of almost total
impossibility; the troops in all that distrid areinhigh
spi rits,an el in a st ate ofexcellentdisci,dine. All ranks are
animated as if with one soul, and so far from looking
to invasion with unmanly timidity, they look for-
ward to it as the certain forerunner of destrudion,
to all engaged in so hazardous an undertaking.
Lord Nttsot: arrived at Gibraltar in the begin-
ning of June, and carried in with him several valua-
ble French prizes, which he captured on his passage.
A number of English vessels had arrived there, and
were to sail under convoy for England about the
Mb ult.
The exemption of Foreigners, residing abroad,
from the Tax upon the Funds, is politic as well as
honourable to the national charader. Foreigners
have long had occasion to look upon this country
as the best san'tuary for property, as well as the
most secure abode of freedom.
We understand it has been proposed to Govern-
ment to make some use of the Thames Watermen on
the present critical occasion. They would certainly
form a strong body of men, and might be very ad-
-.*antageously employed.
Yesterday Lord ELLENBOROUGH sat at Ni.ri
Prius, Guildhall, but none of the trials were inte-
resting.
The Fiesr CONSUL complains that we did not
snake a declaration of war previous to the corn-
• mencement of hostilities. This is well from a man
.whose whole life is a tissue of treachery.
A Court of Common Council will be held this
day, at Guildhall, to receive the, Report from
the Militia Committee.
Laudable care is taken in the provisions (1( the
Army of Reserve Bill, to etclude Quaier.r.
Our fashionable young men are said to he very
" skilful in dairying. We have no doubt that many
of them are often seen in a reel ; but they may have
reason sooner than they are aware of, to think that
they ought to have learnt a man h.
All ranks are strenuous in their izeitions at the
present momentous crisis, to render our glorious
Island invulnerable—hut should there be a descrip7
tion of persons in this country, who 'lack the
•tree
spirit of Loyalty and Patriotism, let them. witness
the Representation of the New Local Divezisement
at the ROYAL Coleys, where it is brea tiled foethin
its native purity—and they will imbibe such a zeal
for the welfare of their country, that no place or
time can efface it from their memories.
A press-gang.went yesterday to the neighbour-
hood of Newcastle-street, Strand, in search of a
sailor. They succeeded in discovering his retreat;
but he made such a desperate resistance, his head
was laid open, and he was severely cut down the
check before the gang were able to overpower mut
seize him. He was so badly wounded, his. life veall
considered in danger ; the gang brought him imme.
diately to a neighbouring surgeon to hase,,hlttl
wounds dressed. The surgeon did his duty ; gilt
lo ! when the gang, who had waited at the door,"
entered to receive their prisoner, he was no where
to be found ; whether he flew up the chimney, or
out at the window, ao outs has been sublet ty, 4 '
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