The Sun.
London, England, 1806-02-28 00:00:00

tHOP:A for -the Sermon preacbed. before the Haii
yesterday, being the.day aßpoiatecj foT a general -Hu.-
miliation and Fast, and he was requested to. print
the same.
14. FRANCIS moved for Extras Of any Letters
or Accounts. received from the Presidency of Born,.
bay, relative to the sum. of 3,13,944 Bombay ru*
pees, inserted iu the Account of their DiSbursements7,
from the year ending 30th April, 4803, and said to
be money lent to the Gwicawar.
Lord MOR emit-stating that there was no objefiiion
to the Motion, the same was agreed to.
LOrd FOLKSTONE said, that though there had been
'some difference of opinion as to the propriety of in-
veatigations into the Expenditure of MonieS of the
Company, he presumed to think there Could be no
objeation.to the Motion he had now to make,.which
was—. For a List of all Pensions, and a Return of all
sums of money, granted by the East India Companys
as gratuities to Persons who had done services to
the Company, from the year 1792,' to this time,
specifying the service for which they were granted
respe&lvely.
The SPEAKER begged to remind the Noble Lord
of the prat-lice which had prevailed, of giving no-
tice of any Motion to which any opposition was to'
be expeEted. •
Lord POLKSTONE Was not aware that there was
any person who would-require notice to be given of
the Motion ; if, however, he' was made 'to under-
stand that: there was an absolute rule of the House'
to give notice of such a Motion, he must beg it to
be understood as a rule that applied generally to
all, 'for he could not see where the line was to he
drawn. •
The SPEAKER hoped the House would do him the
justice to think, that he could 'have no motive in
calling the attention of the Noble Lord to what
had of late years been so much the praCtice of the
Flouser-to give notice of any Motion not conneoted-
with the annual and expeEted business. Tire reason,
he presumed, was obvious ; and it was OHO much
calculated to preserve consistency in their proceed-
ings—lest what passed one day should be rescinded
the next. •At the same tirne, whenever it was the
pleasure of the House 'to- 'determine otherwise he
could havo-no objeCtion.
Lord 'Fou(sTeNt explained, that he had under-
stood it to be the practice to give notice only where
the Motion was obje&ed to.
Mr. FRANCIS, as an'old Member of -the House,
said, 'that during die two first years he had' been in
Parliament the .praotice here contended for had been
by no means common. Since that time no Motion
of general political importance, or likely to' be de-
bated', had been brought . forward but on notice.—
The Motion proposed by the Noble Lord did not
seem-to -Mtn to be either of a .political nature, or
which could well be debated, but to be is question,
on a matter of pecuniary trust, in whiCh the Public
had a right to every necessary information, as the
public purse wits concerned ; for, when the Indian
resources should be exhausted, -there was no doubt.
but•they would come here.for relief.
After afew xOrdg front Mr. PERCIVAL, General
TAR L ETON., and Lord MoEpETn,
Mr. SECRETARY Fox said, his Hon. Friend near
him (Mr. Francis) had unquestionably stated what
had been the praaice, though that.&pended much
on the state of Parliament at the time. It had .un-
doubtedly been the general practice. of late years,
when any person interested in a Motion desired that
it .Might' be put off, for the Member who' propoSed
it to give notice for next' day ; and, he was',con-
vinced, no person would he more, ready to do so
thanthe Noble. Lord. • This, however, was one of
the great relaxations, in, the attendance of Gentle-
men to their duty in parliament which had crept in.
Whenihe first catne. into Parliament Gentlemen did
their duty: by regularly attending in the Committees
of Ways and Means,' objeaing to, or acquiescing itr
the' measures which were proposed, itii)r did they
think, that there was a better time for stating their
own wishes than when the Crown was calling on
them for supplies. That was . always his opinion,'
and although it was not so very convenient-for the
place Whih -he now held, he did not yet feel him-
self so much weaned.from those feelings and princi-
ples by NI"-hich he had for so many years been swayed,
as to tave forgotten or abandoned it.
After some farther observations the Motion of the
Noble Lord'was agreed to.
On the Motion of Lord HENRY PETTY, there was
ordered to be laid before the House. an Account-of
any Offices in Ireland which may have been granted
to two or more persons for concurrent lives for the
.benefit of the Survivors, •
Mr. RosE observed, that the Hon. Gentleman
near the,Right Hon. Rover (Mr. Vansittart), could
give him the information-he required without trou-
bling the House.
On the-Motion of LOTCI,HENRY PETTY, there was
also ordered an Account of all the Duties and Draw-
backs On'GoOds imported
.frona our Colonies ,'abroad
to Greatßritaiu, and afterwards exported •to frela.nd
in the years 1801-2-3'4 and and. vice-rem-.

Mr. WHITBREAD said there was -no strbjea
which had occasioned more diScussion than the Vo-
lunteer System of this Country at its first adoptioin;
nor was them any, the state of which, at this mo-
ment, seemed more to deserve inquiry, or as to
which it was essential that Government and the
Country should be better inforined, either as to its
efficiency or aiqual strength. It had been lifted up
and extolled by some as the best hope and bulwark
of the Country, should any pressing danger assail,
us ; it was -necessary, therefore, to satisfy our-
selves whether its efficiency was aaually such as
to warrant these sanguine eXpeetations ;. he was
well convinced there Were some Corps in a high
Mate of discipline, and eScative in point of number.
It was of importance,-; however, to, know, before
the expense of. clothing fir this year was incurred,
how many were in this. state; and what ,was the •
number likely to take the field, if necessity should
offer : he was sure ,hiS "Right' Honourable Friends
.would be ready to. give every facility to the investi-
gation.; ;anti having moved for the Papers necessary
to come to a conclusion on the'subjett,. he should
leave it to those whose more particular duty it was to
bring forward the -subji-,.4,- expressing -his7hopes
that 'the • rank which QtriCers of Volunteer:-Corps •
'oilght to have.. would be particularly inquired into.
and settled. He, for one;.deClared, that
Mandel' of a- Volunteer Corps, he 4114.4u1d feel kith
self in air unpleasant 'Own-ion on this point, if lie
were -ever called On: •He.then moved, that there
be laid hefore the Hotise a Return of the Gavalry,

I

•,r •
Infantry, and Artillery serving in the different Vo-
'. lunteet Corps in .!Great Britain ,-stating theiz,nultaier
and fitness to serve, with the names-of the aacers
by whom. the Rettlrns were signed.-4dered.
,The SECRETARY at WAR moved tbr-leave to
bringln a Bill for extending the Liberty bf Enlisting
Foreign Soldiers into the Servioe. of this Country,
and for indemnifying those by whom the Enlist-
ments were made.
' The Right Hon. Gentleman 'stated the fa& of'an
excess to the extent of 3000 men) beyond the pro-'
vi6ions of the former A&, having lately taken place
in the recruiting
.the Gertnan Legion, .While in
Hanover • and that it was deemed .expedient that
no time Itould be lost in 'acquainting Parliament of
this circumstanice, and asking indemnity.
Leave was accordingly given to the Secretary at
War, Mi. Secretary Fox, Mr. Secretary Windham,
Lord H. Petty, &c. to prepare and bring in the
1. Bill..

Sir P. STEPHENS brought in the Marine Mutiny
Bill ; which was read a first time, and ordered to be
read a second time to-morrow.
The Order of ,the Day for . the House , going
into-a Committee to consider of His Majesty's Most
gracious Message relative to Lord St. ;Vincent be-
ing read,
Lord HENRY PETTY said, that the Message
not being, explicit as to the object which
.it had in
view, he had it in charge from His l'dajesty to in-:
form- the' HouSe, that by the original Grant, the
Annuity after his Lordship's death ,was, made to
descend to the two next heirs male a his body ;
but His Majesty's wish was, that instead of going
to' the two next heirs male of his body, the Annuity,
should descend to the two .persons next: succeeding,
to the Noble' Earl in the title of yiscolmt St. Vin-'
cent. This, the Chancellor of, the EkeheqLier staled,
he was authorised to say, had been in-the Contem- '
plation of those who had originally brought forward
the subject, so that His Majesty was not recom-
mending any additional Grant to the Noble Earl or
his'Fatnily, but merely to have the mistake in the
original Grant rectified : he was convinced, con-
sidering the zeal with which the 'Noble Earl
was, at his advanced period of life, again stepping
forward in his Country'S cause, -no addition
which might have been suggested would be thought
too much, 'No addition, -.however, , was in .fait
proposed. , •
After a few words from Mr. Rose, who strf-ed, that
the Noble Earl had, with the most bec6ining mo-
desty, declined 'expressing any wish on the subjeet;
but had declared that his services had been suffici-
ently .rewarded, • • . ,
It was ordered that what. Lord HENRY PETTY liad.
acquainted the House as the wish of 'His Majesty
should be referred to the Committee.
The House went into the Cointnittee, a Clause' to
the.etfeot proposed by Lord HENRY PETTY was
troduced, and the Report ordered to be received to-
morrow. .
On the Motion of Lord Moßrvin, the Annual
Accounts of the Revenues. of. In did, preparatory to
the Bridget, were ordered.
Mr. Alderman PRINSEP gave notice of a,Motion
for to=morrow, for an Account of Bullion sent to
India. .

TREASURER OF THE ORDNANCE.
Lord HENRY, PETTY moved foe leave to bring in
'a BilLfer better regulating the Office of Treasurer of
the Ordnance. - •

The principal obje&, the Noble Lord stated, in
'j introducing the present Bill was, to afford the Public
that security-which they had a. right to expeti in
the administration of the public .monies—=riot that
any thing' improper could- be attached to the late
Board of Ordnance, under whose conduet every
thing that could be desired had been .attended to,
,-but because Parliainentary responsibility was prefer-
able to private and individual security. Similar Bills
were intended to be brought in for the Post-Office,
Customs, and other 13,oards.
' 'Mr. LONG stated, that the only reason why Par-
liamentary interference for the regulation' of this Of.
fice had liQt been applied for.by the late Board was,
a wish on the part of Lord Chatham to wait till the
Military Commission should have made their Report
as .to his Office.

Leave was given to the CIIANT4LLOR of .the.Ex-
cnEdtrEm, Mr.' Secretary FoN, Mr. SECRET/110Z at
WAR, BCe. to,,prepare and bring in the Rll.
The House went into a Committee, on the Bill
for the better Partitidning'of Coinmonable Lands in.
Ireland.—Ordered to be read a • third time to-mor-
tow. '

In a Committee on the *Greenland Fisheries, a
ResolutiOn was passed authorizing those ernpiroyea
in the trade to complete their number of men - for
the present season at ce.4-t4in Pprts. And Lord
TEMPLE afterwards obtained leave to bring in a Bill
'
accordingly.: •

- On tlie-Motion of Mr. VAICSITTATIT, a Commit•!.
~tee \vas appointed to prepare. Estimates for
.the Pay,
Clothing, &c. of the Militia.
On the Motion of the same Honourable'Gentle-
aft Account. vas ordered:of all •Dtitits of Cus
oms and Excise outstanding and.impaid, from sth
January, tgos, to sth January, 1800.
The.lndemnity Bill was committed, and the
Re-
'port ordered to be received to-thorrotv.
•• Adjourned. '

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THE SUN.

SOLEM QUIS pICEILE EALSUM AUDEAT ?

LONDON,
FRIDAY, ITERVARY -‘3B, 1806.

WE yesterday stopped the Press to communicate
to our Readers the important and gratifying intelli-
gence of the Capture of the Cape of Good Hope. 7-7
About three o'clock to the afternoon Capt. DowN-
of Ells Majesty's Ship DiadeN, and Major
-I..tuip, arrived in fownWith.bisiatclies from Sir
flo* PopirAm and General _Liman, dated the 13th
• • , • •
January, which state the.siirreilder of the Cape Town •
• i
And its Dependelicies, C,ipltulason,' to iiis.Ma-
,. , .

. .
..
, jestys Fo-rees ea the Coth January.: Tne-Sluadro i
I'. arrived atthe.CaPe On the 4th of January, and the ,
I necessary dispositioni were 'made for disembarking '
the Trobps as soon as possible : the disembarkation
of .the Troops,. Artillery, and necessary stores was
completed on the 6th, and on= the 6th an aCtion tOA.,
place between His Majesty's VorCes and the Dutch
Troops, under the command of General JANSEN,
which lasted for some time; at length the Enemy
was, completely defeated, with the loss of about
-7090 men. After' this, -defeat General JANSEN
did not, as it was expected 'he would, throw
himself with' the 'remainder of his 7 Foices into '
Cape Town, but retreated into the Interior, leav-
ing only a small. Garrison of about :200 -men i ,
the Town. On the 10th Cape Towa and its D - ..
pendencies surrendered by Capitulation. No doubt
.was entertained :that Gentral JANSEN, with the
Troops under his command, consisting of about 1800

•
or 2000 men-1 would be soon- co
mpelltd to sur-
render.

The folloiving Note was sent by the First Lord
'of.the Admiralty- to LLo'ftD's immediately after tllc
arrival of the Dispatches

" ,ittfairalo-officf, An b. z 7, xSoG.
" Mr. GREY: his the honour to transmit to the LORS
MAYOR the inclosed account of the success of His Majesty's
Forces undor the command of General fir DA vI v BA tx n
and Sir HOIII

" Alotirthy-Office, Feb. 27.
" Capt. Do wiqm AN, of His Majesty's Ship Diadem, ar.
rived this afternoon with Dispatches from Sir HOME Yoe_
HAM, dated at the.Capeot Guticl Hope, 13th January. The
account brought by this. Officer states, that the Squadron
under Sir HowsPoPHlll:st'S command arrived off the Cape
on the 4th ; that the landing Of the'Troops was effecied on
the 6th, and that after an aEtiOn on the Sat,. in which the
Enemy-lost about 700, and His Majesty's Troops about 240,
in killed and wounded, a Capitulation was signed on thp loth,
by which the Cape Town and its Dependencies were stiffen.
tiered to His Majesty's Army. General J szt, whOcom-
manded the Enemy's Troops, has retired with the_ remaindez
of his force, amounting to about iBop or :too° men, into tk:
Interior-of the Country.

.1.11,4 ES SHAW, Mayor. .
" _LL:vthm-Buire,* Feb: 27, 18:76.

114.1:1 as% o'Clcck.!!

Since writing the above, we have been favoured
with the following additional particulars, and we are
happy to find, that the only Otficers who have beef
killed (or who have died of their wounds) in this
•.are. Colonel GRANT and Captain
FORESTER : the loss, upon the whole, is compara-
tively

The Troops under General JANSEN have retreat-
ed to the well-known Pass in the Mountains, about
~ twelve iniles in the rear of
,Cape Town, called the
Roticatot is'.:l4; which is 'certainly a post of very
great strength, and perfealy capable of defence
by a small force against a much larger one.—But
beside that the Dutch have formed no Magazines
either of provisions or military stores in. that qUarter,
the nature of the force which has thus taken a
position must be taken into consideration. Two
thirds of those Troops have been in English pay, in
the liegirnent of Waldeck, &c. and at the Peac6
were sent over to Holland in three Frigates.
Most of them then entered, destitute as they
were, into the service of the Batavian Republic, dEd
were sent to the Cape almost immediately. Such.
Troops, composed for the most part of Germans and
Swiss, cannot, we apprehend, be particularly attached
to their new masters, ;and if we be rightly informed,
are much inclined to return to their old ones. Hence
no serious opposition can be expeaed from a force
so constituted.

But even were General JANSEN
.to build upon the
courage and fidelity of his Army, and were hd pro-
vided- with-magazines, still its speedy reduaion must
be inf•titable, as a British force may be landed at
any -of the numerous bays to the eastward of the
Cape, which- must place. the Enemy between twQ
fires,. as in that event his flank would .be turned,
and, from-the nature of the Country, retreat woulg
be impossible.

The run home "from he .Cape" was' the shortest
ever known, being only forty4ive days.

WE this Morning received Anew-York Papers to
the 6th inst. inclusive;. but we were rnuch:disap.
pointed to find that they' contained no information.
respeeting. the important Bill before the Congress,
which we laid before our Readers on 'Wednesday.—
It is mentioned-in a Paper of this morning, that a
Letter had been received 'from Americp4 stating*that
the Bill had been thrown out ; but we very much
doubt whether any Letter has beeil received of a date
Subsequent' to the 6th, and we May fairly infer from
the silence of the' New-York Papers, .that_no such
intelligence had 'reached that City previous to that
day,- 'But whatever may .be 'the fate of the Bill, the
violent Party. in the Congress seem determined to
us, every effort to pro-yoke Hostilities bet Ween" the
two Countries. On. the 29th 'ult. Mr. PREGG made,
the Plowiqg Most extraordinary Motion in the House
of Representati, which was referred to a Coma!
rnittee : ,

Whereas Great: Britain impresses Citizens of
the Enited.States,. and compels theiil‘ to sere
board her Ships of War., and also seizes and . con.