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IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF PEERS.

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4.

THE Private Business-before the House being
disposed of; and: a fewPeerssworn, a Convetsat_
tipn to the following efreA b—etWeen'
the under-mentioned Peers.

The Earl of SUFFOLK expressed his regret, •
that no Report had, as' yet,. been made by the
Committee appointed to consider of the present
Ihigh Price of Provisions. ; and
_wished to learn
of any Noble Lord present, when a Report was
likely to be made., . •
The Duh, of Aft/a observed, that as a
.I\ilem..
ber of that Committee, he could inform the Nob!,
Earkthey were proceeding in the important bit,.
siness before theniWith all possible diligence and
dispatch ; but itjbeing'their principle to deter-
mine ,upon , broad and, conclusive, not upon half
measures, they were 'is 'yet unable to lay, what'
third-jellied ' an".adequate 'Report before their
Lordships
,; When it should be ready, no time
iii/Oblil be lost in laying it before the House.
1 'The ,Earl of SUFFOLK replied, that every
' rible expedition should be-used—the price of
teed; "and almost
.every other necessary article
(pt proyAsiou was rasing daily—no.time, therefore,
Ohould belost. In, his 'opinion, the exorbitant
• prices' were, in a great degree, produced by the ex-
tent Of,the Paper Currency ; to meet which evil,
he had same idea of proposing, what struck him as'
likely. to prove an efficacious measure, namely,
. that. no paper should/be suffered to pass but that
i)f•thestank of England.. •
i ' • • • •
The 'Duke of.ATHOL felt it necessary to call
• he Noble Fad: to, order; insisting that the intro-
udion _of,a,subjet,of.ao,great importance as that
nitudyerted toi=4lthout • previous notice being
iven . .vas totally ;unprecedented.
fad FI:TZWILLIAM: seemed to conceive-
the 'interruption disorderly.—Nothing, in 'his''-
, rainfl, could be more,regular or orderly than the
conduct of his noble friend ; who was, in drift,
giving notice of a -proposition which he might
,' • feel:it:incumbent on Jilin to bring forWird, when
Ile- had seen
,the Report of the Conunittee.
Lord ROMNEr; ,also;.,a Meinber of the Corn-
ittee, 54(4 - they were proceeding with all pos-
ra
ible dispatch_ he earnestly' deprecated -all
sty and - indigested measures,, of Which, he
eetiled to say, the mischievous consequence had
been .recently_experienced,_.(alludirik, 'We ,believe,
to .the Brown , Bread MI). It was theivialrof .
ih•e-CoMmittee to meet' the pressure•upon a broad
imd..general scale ; 'aoci" ihe mornert they had de-
termined'.upon a satisfa6tOry Report it would im-
inecliktely.tbri communicated to their Lordships.

TIC, House ?lien adjourned • till tomorrow
when, half .past three o'clock, the .LOrd Chan..
pellor proposes to

noris,E nR OOMMONS.
WLDNETWAY, MARCH 4.

Ecol. UMPLE suia..he- rose:for the purpose
of giving notice, that 6u, Tuesday, the loth of
March, he tileant to bring forward a Motion re_
)ative to the eligibility of the Rev. HORNE
tooxe to a Seat in that House.

• Leave , of .absence, for liMited times, were
given, .to Col. Oq4E, Mr. A36UCIIER ET, and
_CoIoneI:PORTE R said, that in consequence of
the liberation .of the Prisoners confined under the
.3uspejlsion of the Habeas Corpus Ad, he meant
ta limit' the Motion' 'of which he had formerly
given notice, and, he. itmV gave -notice-of
,his
intention, on Mond4 sennight to bring forward
a Motion resraipg the Confinement of the Mu-
titicers..in the Cold Bath-Fields Prison.

The House resolved itself into a Committee
on the Post-Office Additional Duty Bill.
Mr. ,ALLARDrC.E made' some observations
upon; and ohjedions to the measure, grounded
upon the hardAip it wpuld occasion to the re-
mote parts of die kingdom.

.mr. PITT said,, the Hon. 'Gentleman.appear-.
A to hav-c' ndscOnceived the effeal of the rnea-
so,far as it wonidorratoupOn the interests
of that patt of §cotbncl, to whiCh •he was locally
attached. The,, principle. of. the 'Post-(Ace Re-
jvcnite was, that what it received was in comperisa.
"[ion for the 'Convenience whieh it 'afforded ; now
this. ,to be considered in proper-
;lion to the distance; and. he considered
_it as one
of the peculiar benefits of this Tax (which he
wished could ha extended to all others) that in_
:stead of being burdened, the Subjeei was, in fad,-
lienefitid by the payment of it. At present' the
parts near the Capital; geuerally speakins., paid
too much, and the distant parts of the kingdoth
too little i and; perb4p§', it might soften the
,
Oentleuiiin's opposition to thii measure,
when
,:he suggested, that according to the new
;proposed scale, of
_Taxation, his
,Constituents 'at
Abirchien .would only have to ray one shilling
'for a single, letter, which was, in fad. no more
thin 'they 'paid. at present.

.4,r,. NER;REPOINT thought this TaZ was
.;only.;onlyOfeetionable as it
,referred 'to the Penny.
:Part. • Here he. read a letter from a Clergyman
ota! London, who stated how be was aggrieved
1'))7 the Penny-Post not . delivering Newspapers
and Letters; regularly. .
. . .
~ . .

Mr; W. DUND AS, in answer to Mr. AI, L Ai.
pyc F) remarked, tha't the Inhabitants of Edin-
(Willi and Glasgriw• did not feel themselves ag-
grieved by the Post-Office Scale of Taxation, but
liv'etiii*tlie Fax cheerfully.
..7,41r. /ONES said, it was a general complaint
that •the I)enny.Post was vi:ry irregular.in the de-*
livery ofiretters, and suggested the exTediency
aal fowing.4n inerease of wdght.to the Letters
[ of Merhhers ot..eailiarnent.

Mr. BUXl"ON'iliougllf.ethis 'as pot a *lle
for ‘ll4embe6. of that 1.191;5e rroposihg to thcrn,
• . . •

selves additional privileges ;--it was incumbent
upon them to bear their share of burdens in com-
mon with others.

Alter a few words from Sir W. YOUNG, Mr.
SHERIDAN, and Mr. PLTT, the blanks were filled
up, and the House being resumed, the Report
was ordered to be received, to.anorrnw. •
The House -then resolved itself into a Catn-
.tnittee:on the-additional Horse •Duty Bill.

Mr. 7OLLIFFE objeled to the additional
duty- on Horses employed in Agriculture, qn-ac-
count of the inequality, as it would attach, upon
Farmers. 'Some flinty soils required more-horses,
hilst. 'sandy and other soils. !?ut lit,tlp wanted
then), and could employ Oxen. in their stead. In
such lOcal situations where Oxen could not be
employed without doing injury; he thought the
additional Tax was an a& of injustice to the
Farmer, and—would. also, prove injurious -.to the
tote•

Mr..PIT7' said, toneof the
.objeElions stated
dni Went -to-prove the iheparibility 'of 'the pay-
ment •of the. Tax, witli agricultural. pursuits. It-
was impossible that this or .any other.tax should
equally bear upon -all•individuals. He believed
it was generally allowed that where the soil would
*lmit of it, It .Was .adviseablejo -emplorOxen
instead offlorses. The tendency of the present
Tax was, ,by encouraging the substitution of
Oxen for Horsei,.to diminish•the consumption of
Corn.
Mr. CURWEN thought, that some diminu-
tion of the Tax'should be'admitted in favour of
Horses under size.

Mr. PITT observed, that the proposed addi-
tional Duty, was only upon those Horses which -
had already been deemed fit objeas of Taxation.
Mr. JONES thought, the additional Tax of
los. upon a single' Horse kept for Pleasure, too
much, and, he wished it to-be reduced one-half.
The Clause, as originally proposed, was then
carried, imposing an additional Duty of 4.s..tipon
Horses used in Agriculture.. The House-
.being
resumed, the Report was ordered to.l)e,received.
to-MO*IIOW.- . • •
Mr. 'BaikOmr.,, brought up the .ROport of the
Committee' on the Mixed Breadßill; which was
ordered to be read ,a third time to-morroW.i
'me flouthen' 'resolved itself into a Corn-
tbittee,on the additional Stamp
On the Clause which proposed-to impose an, ad_
ditional Duty of 4d. on allBills_•of-- Excha.nge,_
payable otherwise khan on demand; fr.ony4O,shil-
lings to 3ol;
Mr. 'HOBHOUSE .rose' to. Tematk; that the'
middle and. loWer classes of Manufaelurtrs; parti
cularly those of Birtningham, Wolverhampton,
Sheffield, &c. would be affeaed• by this increased
Tax, inasmuch as they :received many small or-
ders, amounting to sums between sl. and. 201.
and received Bill's far them payable otherwise
than on demand: The' Manufaiurers could not,
in such in'stances, charge the additional- Tax.upon
their employers,' which must prove injurious .to
them, at a time when they laboured under such dis-
couragements. He wished, .therefore, some ClaUse
to be introduced in favour of such Manufaeurers,
having such Bills between, the sums of 51, and aol.
And with.t4g,eard to -tht;•• defalcation of Revenae
tWhiCh, this exception would occasion, he thought
this Might he compenskited by .an ascending scale
of taxation for Bills above zool. He- Would;
therefore; move, that all 'Bills het s'yeen 40 shillings
and 201, be exempted from the additional Duty
of 4d. and that this additional Tax be •conOned
to Bills, payable otherwise than on demand, be-
twien the'snms,of 201. and 301.

Mr. PITT said, he thought that when Gen.
tlemen considered how small the 'additional Tax
proposed was, they would see that it could not
have any material aid upon the. Manufaaures
of the Country, especially considering that,; not.
withstanding the tempOrary pressure 'occasioned
by the failure of crops and the high price of Pro.-
visions, these ManufaCtures had, been increasing.

Mr. HOBHOUSE aCknoWledged, tha t if but
'a few of these Nlcites passed through the Manu-
fafturers' hands, the increased amount of the Duty
would not be'coifsiderable ; bUt the fa 4 was;that
.they were to a-very considerable amount.
Mr. PITT remarked, that where a great num-
ber of. such Notes
.passed through the Manufac-
turers' hands, it afforded a presumptive proof that
the average profit to the Manufaaurer bore at
least some proportion, to the number of the Notes,
which they received.
Mr. ROBSON wished to know Whether this
Tax extended to the Five Guinea Count.ry Bank:
Notes, which he thought were a very fair -subject
of Taxation. They had increased with the, in.
crease of Provisions, and, in, his opinion, they
were one cause of that increase. He wished a
Clause to this effed -to be brought up..
Mr. PITT said, it was contrary to. rule, to in..
troduce. such a Clause in the present stage. .If
the Von. Member wished to propose a greater
increase of Taxation in this instance, it behoved
him to do it in a Committee of Ways and Means.
Nor did he think that the Hon. Gentleman's po.
sition could be easily proved, that the increased
eireulatiOn of the Country Bank Notes had in_
creased the Ptice of Provisions ; it would, per-
haps, be more easy to prove,that this circulation
had' been thc'means of increasing the Agriculture
and Commerce of the Country.
Mr. BRAGGE said,-it would be impossible,
according to the Custom of Parliament, to propte
an additional Duty in this Bill.

After a short conversation between Mr. non_

I/RAISE Sir W.
,PULTENEY, Mr. W. BMW, Mr.
,PtTT,.Mr. CURWEN, and Mr. Rose, the Clauses
were brought up and agreed to.

Mr. HOBHOUSE did not thipk, that the ad-
ditional Stamp Duty upon Deeds of Conveyance
would .be produaive.' He complained of the
'.great increase of Stamp Duties, from the reign
'Of Ktriq , which was such, that

the very . Index to them required, a Volume.
Them Was a considerable danger resulting to the
&on') mistaking the quality of the
Stativ, as it had been determined in courts of
Law, that the deed iiseli was invalidated, where

the appropriate Stamp was not affixed.--He sag.
Bested the expediency of passing an Aft corn.
prising all-the Stamp Duties in one table, in some
such manner as he understood was going on in
the Customs, a simplification and consblidatioa
Of the Custom-House Duties. He thought some
thing of this nature would be very useful to' • '
prevent confusion as • well as, danger to indivi. °
duals, from, the multiplicity. of Stamp Duty re._...
ba 11l ari(lllS.
Mr. ROSE observe& that 'before° 1797, the
Staiiii -.Duty vas 7s. it'-was"-then • increased to
los. and it was nowroposed to add 3s. more.
He a_ that it was -an important. considera-
tion to consolidate thdStalitp,LO&e duties. The
idea had already beers; suggested by the, conitnit.
tee 'of ein'ance, but it had been found extremely •
difficult to be done ; however, something of the
sort was. 'in contemplatiani.bu t assuredly nothing
of the sort could be done'precipitately. At the
same, time he was aware • thiit- could such a de..
sirable plan b'e effefted, it would be of benefit to
the Revenue as well'as to the-individual.

Mr. .170BHOUSrsugitstealliat there should
b,e some excerption of tax in favour of Stamps in'
deeds of Apprenticeshil: on behalf of pooF per_
Sons.- • . .

Mr. ROSE replied, that the same exceptions
wer-e—OropOsed -in the present Tax
this
as bad
been made in the fermer Bill of nature.
die farther remarked the. impossibility of. con. -
solidating all the Stamp duties during War, when
Taxes were necessarily Inereasing!,7 bin when th'6
hlei-sings of Peace .shouhl arrive,. he-hoped that ;
something efilcaniotn might -be done upon the sub.
Jed. ,
•
Thr SPEAKER. explained the usage of Puna».
Oent in-such cases.• • • ' : •

, •
After a few words frorri-the SOlterroit GE:. .
iind Sir WILi.I M PvtTEN Y; the differ.
ent Clauses were agreed-to, and the Report was
ordered-to be-brought up tomorrow.
•• • -POTATOES:
.-.„
Mr,.lkosE brought tip the Report of the Corn-
miitee respeaing the.BOunties on the Culture of
Poiaioes-. •-
Mr 4 JONES totally disapproved of this plan
f kiving,Bountics;..,,lf the kionse wanted to do
Any girl', th.cy•would.reoll;-all the 'Beef and
.tork.ol4 had;bpen sent abtqad-; nothing, in his
4pinion,- would 'lower the -price •Of Provisions,
but rive-a-aET .; • .
Iflr.=-10LL/FF.? opposed the Resolutions.--T
fie did not -wish to speak disrespectfully 'of the
Committee, but all th& good
rthey had done was
to raise the price. of eve'ty:afticle of Provisions
iNhich-they wanted to lower.. It had btensaid -
that the ComMittee had, taken- the, advice 'and
opinion of the Board cif Agriculture 1 but in his
opinion, the Members of that ,Board' knew little
or. nothing of that subjett. ..There-was the Arch.:
bishop Of CANTER. Buity; the iLORD -CHANC•4I.4.
VA) the MAsTiR 01 ,the ROLLS, the ATToit.
NEir and SoLteiroß GENERAL, the CHANcEt.-
Lox of the Exci-agu ER, the Sf EA;E of the:,
House of Coinmons, wito-.9tere, undoubtedly
all men of high cliara6ter and Olents;,. but ix ha -
otik4 they know'. about Agri-suirureivitty-husi.
devoted their 'lives to Politics or prokssional. •
studies Orte PTeiident of the flosurcl'ot Agri_ •
culture -wanted to cloath all the sheep
.in the •:
Country in great-coats, and iiis.Successor propos- •
ed to erarmoveable houses for the sheep to live
in, If this plan was idoptcd, 'the consequence
would be, that sufficient lland would not be left
for cattle. • •

Mr. BUXTON did not agree with the Hon.,
Gentler 4n in what he had said about the Board of
Agriculture, for he thought they were very good
Judges upon the subjea ; but he disapproved of
this plan for the reasons he h;ad before stated,
and because he thought it would tend :o create
differences between landlord and tenant. .

1

Sir W. YOUNG also disapproved of giving
Premiums, which be thought would' be a dan-
gerous. precedcrit.

Mr. 11714BERFQROR said he thought the
Hon. Gentleman who had, preceded him, hag
argued too much upon lbsttati principles, without
paying sufficient attention to the cases of general,
conVeniences. He thought the proposed Premiums
proper and judicious, a 5 a_ large stock‘ of Pota.
toes was wante.d, "which there was not at thc
present moment sufficient encouragement to cul.
tivate. To obviate. the obje6tioli arising from.'
the agrements between Landlord' and Tenant,.h •
intended, he
,said, to "propose 'an -Amendment,
that no Tenant should cultivate potatoes on land
not agreed to be .used for that purpose, Without
the consent of his Landlord, He hoped, however,
if the. prio.r Resolutions a the Committee were_
related, that the -House would nor aho' rejeft
that Resolution relative,to granting.Pretniums tci
Cottagers, as to that he thought no.valid objec..
tiOn.had yet or could•be.macie*.: - •
Mr. rriu-TBREAD declared himielf decided.
ly hoitile to the .Resolution_;; ; he thought
14tive interference relative to Agriculture ought
to have 'proceeded farther' than -the -granting
of Bounties ,on
.the Importation of Wheat, He
IE4 not wish, he said, to arraign the Commit-7
tee, on the.rligh Price of Provisions but ho
thought, the sudden changes they had lately
eXhibited..in their opinions, particularly with
respai to the Brown, Bread Bill, would tend to
bring that CoMmittee into-disrepute. He thought, .
that noi\vithstandingthe amendment hinted at by
the Hon. Gentleman; the Premiums would ems'
then cause much discussion and many disputes
between Landlorils and Tenants, arising from ;he
clashing of opposite interests, which must at least
be very unpleasant. That part 'of the Resolutioni
which related' to. Cottagers, he conceived to be
nugatory, since that class of men already, for the.
sake of their own profit, cultivated tó the ut-
mosi their little shpts of ground. ; •
Mr. ROBSbAropiiosecrthe'Resolution, after
which •

Mr. RI DEA moved to count, the House, when
there being but thirty-four Members present,
the Houk adjourned at half past tit o'clock, till
to morrow.

SOLEbd QUI! DICER! FALSUM AUDISAT ?

LONDON, MARCH 5, aor.

THE Report of His MAJESTY'S Physicians,
we are most sincerely happy in stating, conti-
nues to be highly favourable, as.will be seen by
that of this morning:

" Quern's House, March S.
" His MAJEST y's Fever is stilt further abatcd.
(Signed) " T. GISBORNE,
" H. R. REYNOLDS.'

fits MAJESTY, we understand, has had, for
three successive nights, good and refreshing rest,
.which has the most beneficial effeft in the pro-
gressive restoration of his Health.

We stop the Press, to announce the report of
the Capture of Batavia by a British Force. We
cannot state in what manner the intelligence has

arrived.

Two Ilan:burgh Mails remained due when this
Paper was put to Press.
For the accommodation of the Trade with Por-
tugal, ' His Majesty's Postmaster-General have
direCted an Extra Mail to be made up for Lisbon
on Saturday night next, at the General-Post
Office, to be dispatched in a Packet from Fal-.
Mouth immediately after the arrival of such Mail
at that place.
A Letter has been received by Lieutenant-.
General Strife° a, Commander in Chief of the
Forces in the Western Distriet, from the Adju-
tant-General, by order of His Royal Highness
, the DUKE of 'YORK, for the different Command-
ing Officers of Militia in the Garrison of Ply_
mouth, to make a return of the deficiencies froM
the strength of each Regiment, and stating the
reason of such deficiency.
The Suspension of the Habeas Corpus AEI,
passed by the last Parliament, was, by the Aft,
dire ed to continue for six weeks from the zst
of February last. It will consequently expire on
the 15th inst.
Lord CLONCURRY, whO has been two years
a prisoner in the Tower, was brought up to the
Duke of PORTLAND'S ()KU on Tuesday, and
admitted to bail, himself in good. and two sure-
ties in zoool. each.
Mr. PITT' divided, on Tuesday evening, in
company which do not often take the same side
of the House as himself, Mr. Fox, Mr. J. Ho RNE
TooxE, and*General TAitt.r.roN. The question
was for Leave of Absence to Lord FREDERICK
MoNrAGU E.
The Marquis of LoKtiE is on his journey
from Edinburgh to London.
Yesterday 'a Court of Direaors was held at the
East-India House, when the following Com-
manders took leave previous- to their deputing
for their respeClive destinations : Captain THo.
NA& WA LL, of the Dui,' of Bnce/eugh, C4prain
JOHN WORDSWORTH, jun. of the Earl of Aber_
gavenny, for China ; Captain GEORGE GOOCH,
of the Sir Stephen Lashiagtov, and Captain JoHN
DALE, of the Nord Thurloue, for Madras and
Bengal.
The Court adjourned at six o'Clock till this
day.
RANDLE JACKSON, Fig. was unanimously ap-
pointed Advocate-General of Madras, in the
room of Mr. StYiLl V AN, promoted to the rank of
.Paisne Judge.
HER MA J ETY'S Birth-day was celebrated at
Dublin Castle on Thursday last. There was a
Levee at four o'clock, which was numerously
attended, At night there was a Ball and Supper.
Lady Louts.% CONOLLY did the Honours of
Lady Lieutenant at the Ball and Supper. The
Ball opened with a minuet danced by Lady
EMILY FITZGERALD (daughter to His Grate
the Duke of LE INSTER) and Sir CHARLES R-
NON. Her Ladyship danced the first country..
dance with Major BRUCE.
The 4th, or King's own Infantry, have marched
from Winchester to Southampton, where Trans-
ports are expected to arrive to take that fine Regi-
ment on board : their destination is not known.
It appears by the French Papers, that Professor
CARLISLE who went with Lord ELGIN to in..
aped the Library' in the Seraglio at Constantino-
ple, is gone to Syria,' in Egypt. The French
General furnished him with passports and she ne-
cessary facilities, for visiting the monuments and
all the natural curiosities of Egypt.
A meeting of the Whig Club was held on
Tuesday, at which Mr. Fox harangued the Com-
pany on-the-state of the Country. Half the com-
mendation bestowed upon Go L DS MIT ti by Jon N-
soN, may be applied to the Member for West-
minster—Ntkil non tetigit.—Every subjett was
touched npbn by him, and placed in that light in
which the modern Whigs -have been aectistorned
to view it. Mr. SHERIDAN recommended the
Society to tale Mr. Fox as a Pilot.
We are happy to contradict a. report mention..
ed in some of the Papers, of the death of Dr.
RSCH ELI. That great Astronomer is in a fair
" way of perfeEt recovery from his indispraition.
The Underwriters and Brokers in. Edinburgh,
_ intend speedily to establish a Subscription Cof-
Tee-house, for the transaction of their business,
upon the same plan with Lloyd's Coffee-house in
London.

On Tuesda)e the id instant, was married, at
Loughborough, HENRY SPOONER, Esq. of the
gth. Light. Dragoons, Son of ISAAC
SronsFß., Esq. of Elmdon House, in the County
tdf Waiwiek, to Miss ANN JANE J6flNqoNy
~Daut,hter of tilt sate N. P., JOHNSON, Esq. of
Dolcigh Field, in the. County Alf Leicogor...

X • t
NAVAL';. ."I''°.'. NEWS.
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Arco ;11111;11#1 pelagi, r;vonvit ft ilemtem.
S4l NMI scdte datum.

PLYMOUTH, MARCH 3.

ARRIVED the Danish Ship Harmoyfie, of Al-
tana, Jot!AN TuostsoN master, laden with a
valuable cargo, consisting of cotton, wool, fruit,
silks, Arc. from Smyrna bound to Altona ; and the
Danish Galliass Maria, of Fahrsund, SAMUEL
OLSEN master, laden with brandy, from Barce-
lona bound to Fahrsund, both detained by the
Earl St. Vincent Privateer, of this Port ; also a
Swedish Brig, laden with salt, bound to Stock.
holm, detained by the Norfolk Privateer, of Lon-
don, Captain GOODALL:

Sailed the Stiff/ante Sloop of War, on a Cruize

PORTSMOUTH, MARCH 4.

ARRIVED this day, His Majesty's Frigate
Alcmene, from the Channel Fleet.
Sailed the Harp, Sloop of War for the East-
ward.

Arrived the following Ships, under convoy of
the Aurora Frigate, from Lisbon, viz.

YhTnix, JOHNSON, from Lisbon for Hull, with wines.
John M'Donald, HARD, with fruit; Swift,Mkass F. a,
with wiles ; Blenheim, WEllsrut, with wool, trorn
Lisbon for London. ,
Wilding, SPARKS, with rays, &c ; Bellisarius, EMM
with rags, &c. ; Queen of Naples, LEACH, with rags,
ere. ; Diligent, PIKE, with rags, &c. from Leghorn for
London.
Bonetta Transport, SWAN, from Malta, with Troops.
All the above Vessels are put under Quarantine
at .the Motherbank.

By the Ship Asia, from the Coast of Guinea,
we learn that His Majesty's Ship Melpomene,
Capt. Sir CHARLES HAMILTON, has made an un-
successful attack on the Island of Senegal, in
which Lieut. VI v rmi, of the Marine Corps, and
ten men were kilted, and several badly wounded.
The Hazard Sloop of War is appointed Con-
voy for Cork.

Capt. GEORGE SARRADINE is appointed to
the Hound Sloop of War.

SHEERNESS, MARCH 4.

SAILED His Majesty's Ship ity.rffir, of 21
guns, Capt. GRANGER, for Yarmouth.

The Ilydr;z was taken into Dock this day.

E. To PARK RR, Esq. is appointed to, and has
taken the Command of, the Trimmer Fire.brig,
fitting out at this Port.