The Sun.
London, England, 1806-03-25 00:00:00

ORDNANCE TREASURER'S BILL.

Lord HENRY PETTY moved, .that the House.
resolve. itself into a ComMittee on the Ordnance
Treasurer's "Bill. In moving this, he, stated, that the
objea of the Bill was, -to bring the Expenditure of
the Money for the Ordnance more, immediately un-
der the public eye, mid to prevent the Treasurer from
Making any use of that Money. .It was not as yet
so preCise as it ought. to he, and therefore he -.yould
be ;lad of any assistance in making the necessary al-
Aerations. • .

The Bill, being. committed,

Mr: WELLESLEY POLE declared his appro.
bation, of the principle of the, Bill ; but observed,
that several alterations , were necessary to make it
answer the purpose whith •the Noble Lord had in
View : he explained why 'Such a Bill had not been
hi-Ought forward by the late Government. It was the
intention of that Government to have proposed such
a Regulation betrerthe i oth Report of the Corn!.
missioners of Naval; Inquiry had been laid on the
.Table ;• but afterLomun,isioners had been appointed
"to examine i.11:s• liepartment, itiwas thought better
to wait till they had made-their Report : heitated
the 'A.UlezidrnentS' Which he meant to propose, and
mentioned that•thefe.Was nothing in the Bill • con 7
periling Ireland, which he understood, to arise from
an intention of p4n2inz the ordliance,of that Counr
try underthe management of the Lord Lieuienant,
which lie strongly deprecatpd. . •

, Ixrd HENRY P; TTY in the propriety
of the .Amendments ; and stated, that the reason
Why it:was -brought in-its present shape was that
had been -sent to th,e person at the head of the Board
of Ordnance, who had expressed no objection to it.
With regard to Ireland, the only objeat-was to sub-
thit the expenditure of the Ordnance there to the
controul of the Lord Lieutenant, and even this had
not by any'means been 'finally decided 'Upon. •
After some further conversation between Lord
HENRY PETTY, Mr. POLE, and Mr. HUSIUSSON,
the Clauses were hrought up and agreed to. The
House,_ having- resurpot the Report was received,
and ordered to be furtherconsidered7oll -Monday
next. The Bill was ordered .tto be printed as
amended.

On the Motion of Mr. VANSITTART, the House
resolved itself into a Committee of Supply, the Pa-
pers relative to Miscellaneous Charges presented by
that Gentleman having been previously ordered to
be referred to the Committee.—The usual Motions
respe&ing
.the Supplies for the French Emigrant
Clergy, Highland Roads, Bow-street Office, ..&c. &c.
wre made and c.greed
Adjourned, •

, MAILS.
A R VIL D- Dublin, t Hamburgh. Du!L—t Gottenbursh,
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, THE SUN.

SOLENI QUIS DICER.E. y ALVIN! AL'DEAT

LONDON,

TUESDAY, ifARCH 180 G.

THE thopkmentary Gatette,,,published last night,
contains the most ample details of the late: most glo-
rious and decisive Viaory. It Would be a waste
of time to offer to ,our -Readers any observa-
.
tions upon the advantages which must. result
to this Country from the destruaion of so con-
siderable a portion of the remaining Naval-Force
of the Enemy ; but we think there is .:strong
reason to hope, from Vice-Admiral Due:won-nH's
Dispatches, and frOm all the private iniorn-kiiicin
which we have received, that We may soon hear of
some captures in the same quarter. It. is evident
that the intelligence which the Vice-Adisnral re-
ceived before he reached St. Domingo led him
to believe, that the Enemy's Force amounted
to ten Sail of the
.Line and several Frigates,
and he distinaly states .that when he first got
sight of the French Squadron, which
,:wer, then
dander a press of sail, he conceived that they were.
endeavouring to form a junaion with their remain-
ing force; and. we understand thgt the French
Officers who were taken, all concurred in stat-
ing that they expeaed to be joined in the Bay.
of St. Domingo by another Squadron. If this were
not the case, it is difficult to account for their re-
maining so long in the Bay after having landed the
Troops. The, French Admiral must have been
aware that his arrival at St. Domingo could not long
remain a secret, and he-must-`also be conscious of
the danger .to which he was exposed by re-
maining so, long in, an open Bay, where, it .ap-
pears, that he could have derived no proteuion from
the Batteries : we cannot, therefore, account for his
eondua in any other way than by supposing that he
waited there for the expe6ted reinforcements. We
understand, that immediately upon the arrival of
Admiral DucKwolern at Jamaica, the whale cif Ad-
miral DActin's Squadron sailed for St. Domingo, ih
the 'hopes of falling in with the other French Squa-
dron, supposed to be under the command ofjERORT.E
BONAPARTE.

It is rather a singular circumstance, that some
private Letters lately received from Paris state,' that
information had been received in .that City, of Eight
Sail of the Line having been captured in the West
Indies by the English, in two engagements.;'

,
There is 'every, reason to suppose that the Squa-
dron which Admiral DUCKWORTH clnsed on his
passage was not the • one which' he afterwards en-
gaged ; and it is' probable that the' ComMander of

the former Squadron might be deterred from going
immediately to the 'place of his destination, by
knowing that a powerful Englioh Squadron was on
its passage to the West Indies.

There was a mistake in the Gazette Ea traordi-
nary, , with respt to the Officer who brought home
the Dispatches ; it was Capt. N. D. COCHRANE,
and not the Hon. Capt. COCHRANE, as there stated.
We are also informed that the French Admirals name
is LE SAPE; not LE SIEGLE.

Tuts morning the Hambargh 'Mail, due on Sun-
day, arrived ; we also received a Lqden Paper of
the 21st. The principal articles of intelligence
which they contain will be found in a subsequent
Column.

THE' Gentlemen who intend to .bid for the
loan waited on the CHANCELLOR of the Ex-
CHEQUER this morning, to ascertain the amount
of the Loan, and the terms' upon which the bid
dings . are to take , place on Friday.-- We un-
derstand•that the 4rnonnf of the Loan is to be 22
Minions; .18 for Great Britain and 4 for Ireland.L—
,OLthe latter; two Millions are 'to be raised .in
Efitland, and tiro. in Ireland. The Contraa.ors
are to'rec?ive 01 Coast's, .111:1 t4''.l3-i-ddings to be
Reduced. 'life first Instal*- ent is to be paid
.:711 the sth Apr 1.

Mr:Rol:is, one of His -Majesty's Messeng.,
rived this wort iQg with Dispatches from his ,:,cet-
lency Lord GRANVILLE LEVESON -GOWER,
dor at the Court of St. Petersburgh.
Yesterday morning HIS MAJESTY, PRINCESSItt
AUGUSTA. and SOPHIA, accompanied by Gen.,Tala
Frrzao.Y, MANNERS, and HARCOURT, COI TAYLOR
on horseback, and Lady CRANLEY in a chaise and
pair, took an airing,— by .Cranboarn, and hOnoured
the Hon. Mrs. VILLIERS With -a visit.
l.:l'nEra...MAnsrtzs had a Concert of Ancient M-
usic ,on Sunday night.

His Roral Hihness the DUKE of KENT, it isziow
said; is promoted to the Cilia Command of tha
Forces in Ireland.

Lard -H0LLA.7.41), it is said, is about to depart te.
Berlin upon a Mission of great importance. An or-
der has, it seems, `been given. for a Frigate to be in
readiness. to convey his Lordship and his Suite to
Cuxhaven. Asfhe is tb" be accompaniedby- Lady
HOLLAND, it'is presumed that he *ill make son*:
stay in the Prussian Capital.
The Earl of DONOUGHMORE, and Lord HENRY
FITZGERALD; -are to be Post Masters general of
Ireland,, in the room of the Marquisses ELY and
DROGHEDA,

Mr;CURRAN is appointed Master of tie Rolls in
Ireland, and Mr P. ByItROWES, one of the Colinsea
to tile Commissioners of the Irish Revenue.

Mr. H. GRANTiS appointed Private Secretary xa
'the9e-LOrd of the
By our letters froin Naples, of the 3d of January,
it appears that,the 4ussian General LACY was 'Corn--
maYfOer in Chief of the united Ariry of •Russiaas,
British,. and Neptpolitans; the former amount to
16,000, the second to 8000, and the latter to-10,000,
making the ,combincd force 3 4,..,(40p. effeEtive
The British were thus brigaded, when' the accounts
came away : - .

Ist Brigade, General ACLAND-20th, 35th, 01st,
and ChassGurs Britanniques, with .6-field-pieces,. d
pounders. I
Ed Brigade, General CoLE4-727fh, 59th, 'Mae-
v;lle's; with six 6-pounders. • •
The Reserve, General BRoPT::4l.cr.—the. grena-
diers and Light Infantry of the 20th, 27th; 35th,
39th; 41411358th, 61st, and 81sf, each Company
comrjeted to Btl rank and file; with six guns, 12.,
pounders.—Two Brigades of Artillery, 12 -pot4nclers
and mortars.; 2oth Lightil)ragoons, and a Corps of
Artizans.

At- a very numerous = Meeting of the Dept;tY-
Lieutenants of the Tower-Hamlets, • held yesterday
at the Court-House in Wellelese-square, •the Rev.
-Mr,--:ROBSON -moved-an Address-to-the KING on` the
formation of the present Ministry.--The Reverend
Mover of the'Address 'deprecated every thing like
party in the discussion ,of the question: - He said,
that the necessity for a new Administration did rot
rise out of a
.political battle lost pr won_itt Par,lia.:.
plent, but was owing to in 114 of Providence, which
had removedfrom this woild .that great chara4tei
which- had managed the affairs of the Empire for
"many years;
.and that it was very evident 'that' Ad-
ministration did not mean to a& on Party motives,
-4.
since all the great. questions WhiCh had so loni agi-
tated the public mind, such as the discussion. of .the
India Bill; the Union with Ireland,
the Catholic
Question, &c. were now set at. rest ; and the general
good of the:Country was consulted in every ppint
of importance at. the present crisis. He then paid
a tribute of respe6t to the newly-appointed' Lord
Lieutenant Of . the Tower-Flan-jets, Earl • of
AIONIA, and of grateful applause to the memory of
Marquis CORNWALLIS. After enlarging, on two or
three appropriate topics, Mr. Roßses read the Ad-
dress which he had' composed,, and which was iul-
rnediatelE adopted by.the Meeting,
D RLCE Avis,. Ft-q sea:aided the several Motions
which were.made,
The Address is conceived in terms of great mo-.
deration, and expresses such sentiments of _ale
K,INO'S more immediate AdVisers as We thitik must
needs become every well-wisher of the Country.
Sir DANIEL WILLIIW4 opened the proceedings
by, reading a Requisition which- had been made to,
him by fiv-epe-puty-Lieutenants he -presided with
that candour, firmness, and-ability, which ever dis-
tinguish him. The Thanks ,of the Court were Una,
nimOuslys voted him ; as they Were to Mr. ReEseN,
for 'his exertions on the occasion.

THE Axis.--In,nb one year live so many splen-
did- colle6.tions of Piaures been - brought to public
sale as in the present. , The colle6liori .of the late
Mr. HULSE, of Blackheath, .attreded considerable
nofibe at Cifaisttes last week. it was very fashion-
ably attended:, The Pi&ures of highest price tell tq
the Marquisses, of,Buekingham and Headfort, Lords
Fitv.villiarn,l3esborough, En nisrnorefand Mr. Ewen.
Mr. Beering's Mr. Doncombe, Mr.: Esdaiie, add
.Sir ..F. Bourgeois 3 were also p'zrchasers. Ouyp's
grey horse produced 430 guineas, a tine Cum 2i.!5
guineas; a Wouvermans (to the Marquis of
.Head-
forty 176 cruineM ; two G-aspars, 380 guineas,; the
Rembrandt, 'ibutuineas; a Claude, 250 guineas;
and others in proportion.
The Literary.and_Poliqcal World are under great
'obligaions to Mr. ALMQN for his classical Edition
of the Works 4the Authorof Junius ; besides de?
velOping the secret history of those Letters,: Mr.
ALMON has ,enriched them with Notes, biographical
and historieal,
,which must ever stamp 'value on this
new Edition. •

THE THEATRE.—The Play of The Mountaineers
introduced a new Performer to' the Public in - the
part of ,Zor,a9da. This Lady, we understand, is a
Miss TAYLOR. She is young, beautiful, and inte-
resting in her person.—Her figure is very elegant,
and .her face is prominent, regular, and capable of
varied expression. A s'an Actress it would be confi-
dent and uncandid to decide on her pretensions, as
her powers were very. evidently restrained by timi-
dity. As far as we could venture to judge, we
augur fivourably of her talents, and conceive, that
.though she. may not be able to take leading charac-
ters, she may be found useful and interesting. Her
voice is pleasing, and her deportMent not. ungraceful.
The Audience received her with great kindness, but
all their liberality could not dissipate her diffidence.
KE4BLE. never exerted himself snore ably or snore
successfully in OCiavuin. • The fire, tenderness, and
romantic desolation of the charaeler were admirably
varied and sustained. The applause he reeeive4
from a numerous Audience was quite enthusiastic..
It is a pity that be had not a more effe&ive
ranOe ; for Miss SEARLE hardly audible, and has
by no" mean `.ability Sufficient for the clth:atlr:i. 'lt
ihould.be assigned to Mies

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IiAoIi,MAR important obje&s have
for some days past e-ngaged: the' public attention.--:
one of these-is. the enlargement of territory VL;iliell 0
Republic Will receive by the union dell the Coun-
tries that lie between _the Lippe and the Ems ; to
which others add a neighbduring:Principality. , The
French and Batavian troops are• preparing td take
possession on the 15th inst. of that Western Coun-
try which 'the .Prussians are evacuating. General.
COLLARD hasp on account removed his Head-
quarters-from Utrecht to Arnheirn. '• •
The other object is the change which awaits our
Country in the constitution of its governMent., The
passage in the Expog of the state of the Empire,
delivered to the Legislative Body at Paris by the
Minister of thelnterior, in which Holland is' enu-
merated among the Federative States of France, ,
has occasioned here a great sensation. It is now,
said, that we shall cede to France Batavian Brabant
and a part of Zealand, and that we shall beindern-
nified by Cleves, Wesel, and the Couiatries situate
tan the Right Bank of the LiPpe.

It is said that Prince MuilAT will be with
a great dignity here. It is certain, that Prince
Louis Will riot be at the head of our Goi4innient ;
for he is to reign over Piedmont, and will reside at
Twin.

ULM, MARCH 6...—Yesterday, and the day before,
,the Grand French Head-quarters arrived here from
Augsburgh.
It is Understood. that the Army of Marshal Souvr
will shbrtly break up from the Austrian Territory for
Italy. ,The Battalions of the Grenadier division
of General OtiDINOT had already marched for
,Italy before the arrival of this Corps in Swabia.
the (Troops under General -MARVONT are on their
'O/ay for Venetian Istria .and DalMatia'.
BAnt, MARCU .—Ye4erday
.a Courier from
'.Paris arrived at Neufchatel, with official advice that
that Country, as also Anspach, and the eastern part
of the Dutchy of Cleves, had- been ceded by Treaty,
and placed at the disposal of the Emperor of France.
'The manufa&urers of those Countries will be gainers
-iay.thefree importation of their prodthions into
Trance. It is said that. Netifchatel and Valengin
will become the hereditary property, of a French
prince, and, that a part of-Westphalia will be added
to Batavia.

HEIDELBERG, MARCH 10. —On the 28th of
March the Grand Army will begin to defile back
across 'the Rhine, where the pickets are already
'inaking preparations for the accommodation of the
Troops.
FLORENCE, FEB. 20.—The French Army which
has entered Naples =mums to 70,000 men 5 and
the Reserve, which remains in the Roman State, is
estimated at 30;000.

BANKS Or THE MAINE, MA 8 .--They write
from Ulm, " for several days many depots and a'
number of French Troops, froth France, has passed
through this City to reinforce the French Army in
Bavaria."

,FIIANKFORT, MARCH 1 .--We are assured that
60,000 French Troops will remain in' Bavaria for,
three months longer.
, The Austrian Army bas been placed on the Peace
Establishment since the Ist of March.

Almost all the strong places in'Dalmatia are now
occupied by French Troops.

CONSTANTINOPLE, FEB; 10.—Many Troops have
been ordered froth Asia to join the grand Expedi-
Alan againit the Rebels in Servia and Bosnia, who
jejeCted all the pacific proposals of the Porte
of these Troops 500 or 1000 arrive every day,
and they will soon form, a..very respectable Corps.
Every division which arrives is put under the com-
mand of JZ.73SLIF PACHA, the • Beglerberg of Rome-
lia, who is to be Commander in Chief of the
Expedition ; and they will be exercised daily till
they march; which will be when.the Army iS corn-
pleated to 60,000 men..
The, Pacha of .Tanina, in Greece, has received,
orders from the Porte to join with his Troops the
Army of JCSSUF PACHA; under whom he will have
a command-. •
.The, report .that these military preparations are
intended against a foreign Power, has been formally
contradieted by the Porte.