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quire. 'And however on this, or on any account; •
inclined JO siippOse`that a Court Martial is,a pre-'
ferable Mode of trial .to ' that of the Civil Tri- 1
. bunal, When the one can give .as good security •
for the. PUblie ; Peace as, the otlrer : 'Certainly, I
am , not. .. As. ..a general proposition, :I". contend
• no such thing. Bur. I say this;. tlkat by a eon- ,
.'"stant praCtice•of -thi'§ Country, in the miinage.
. .
• meat. Of its Public concerns, there • have been
occasions,: and there always.- will-be occasions,
where.. the Trial by a Court Martial is pre-
feral* even ito.', that Of a . Trial,by jury, be-
camise;• better•adapted to the Cause. to,.be tried.
If thiS be.oot so, for what reason is it that we
are, year afttr y'ear, in the constapt habit of pass-
fing the Mtitiny, Bill
.? Let it not be supposed that
I wish the..Marrial. course of • proceeding to, be
extendedbcyond its . necessity, to the diminution
of the Civil *Power--1 only. Say it" proves this,
that,Farliament'have considered wh:lt-, forms' are
beit:, adapted to cases, instead of foirowing' WIC
uniform .courselor them all; and evv..in erdinery
times. of..pcaee and public • tranquillity, it -Was-:
- cons4lered Alias. the IVlartial Law is better adapted
td some oaks than the Civil'Authority. U.Par:.
-
lianient. has been in , tlie. habit of. adopting Milk
..tary.Law for rile decision. of some cases, what
will they not, ,do, when the Public ,_.•;:ifety. depends,
upon Adopting such a system ?—When the first
objet is `the Public tk_fety---4hen it applies flat
only .to the party accnsed, ;to •the judge, to. .the
Jurors,
~ to the Witness in Civil, Snits ? When
Civil. Process cannot be carried on—when the
- Safesy of the.,PUblicr.which...alwayS ought,, to
bccont,idered first ; when proteCtion to the:
innocent individual, -'.the .net. object, comes
to bc considered,;. . when ..the •Jarclinary mode
of civil ,process cannot ,be carried on with-.
out.this Military aid,4 ask, what is it that Parlia,
merit, will not assent to for the purpose' of accom-
plishing this sysiern.of'proteaion ? If this, be so=
.will,any man. toll mc, that retaining, as I do, ..an
. ehth'usiiptic reverence for the Trial by jury, it
is.not better to have a partial Military. Law, for
the preserwationof the csaence' of that very Trial,
than by clinging to the name. of a Trial by Jury,
lose the spirit of it, ' which you value so highly,.
which you, tave alWayi wished to preserve, and
hay 9 prcserv,ed it by iemporary measures of Mi-
litary spirit.; instead of adopting'. that • indiscri-
minute, and destrudiVe spirit Of.iVlilitary Force,
whidi,A)tfltinilitig in the name of Freedom, has to-
tally des trOyed it in the French Revolution? I say,
returning to what I:have digressed from, there is,.
gr"eat.dilierence in policy 'between the one sort of
Mi;itary Law and the other—great ditretence,, in-
dc'e(l., bet wcen. that...which is partialand regulated,
and that which is ma k to Oyerwhtm all'other
a tithori t',. whatever.. • I Would ask any. !nal), Whe-
ther. h thinks there is' no. difference between
Martial Law, adrhinisteredby Oficers_sworn to
•
cto.their. dtAty, who'" are appointed bi.' and who
.•
ate ,I:sponible. to, the Government ; who, regu-
bred hy the rule,s of Civil' justice; haire aPpoun-,
a -them, to .their several. stations, amid who are
themselves Under the superintending controul of
-Civil'Antho,rity, and that sort -of: Martial Law
which, is adrlp(ed in the Field of Dittle, the re-'
du) t
,'of a ilceilion. by -the. ebtsh
,of arms; on the
faig of .which rilay der* the',.recovery,.orruld
of a Country ? I •shotild like to know :Whe-,
theft any . map can doubt .of the difference be-
tWecn .1 Fiore LaW'onder such regulations as
those I have alluded, to -''' 1 that sort•of Martial
~,utt ,
,• .
1,,6y which i ;.itlopted at the p9int.of the bayonet
or the V i4or purstting the. Vanquished Eheniy ?
Is, that •the policy, Which any,smne would„piefer to
the policy whi.6- is about to•be submitted,lp, you
by :my Noble, friend ? . Why, Si 4 if .w
come
to the, Qne:lion , of Law, 'I shall not presume
:ariprmie ii ': I: ,have not been long enough
in rthpprOitst:ion to possess trifleh 15.noWleqg 9f
iti. • 1
'•et4re, are others, ih this lionse jeady, and
(...-- • ‘
akrlipt: 4 114 c to. that task,,if it be necessary to dis- .
cmts. it, Itut,l would ask, whether any *an will
tel me that t,be,crime •of Rebellion depends on
five or • six. , or; fifty, or lice thousand men as-
sembling 4440)6' ?: I say no, Jinn. is not 'the'
,
s•andammi t wthich to refer the Question of. Re-
-IQIIOII. -144 ere be a's`•stc: riatiF plan forrind for
tl)e destruc fon,oi. a Country, and there ii 'a coll.
cert Prinpoyhetbet three or five, or any' other
numb ;r, to 4cconiiilish 'that end, :whether by bur-
glary, or robbery,, or murder, or any species of
eriminalty. Whatever, r in furtherance of that
plan, to deter the loyal and peaceable part of
the. Cornna,unity frombeing true to ' their, al-
legiance, for, the purpose of executing. with; °lore
f4cility rheir Martial ,Law, a' ,a system 'either
of terror •or othcrivise-; to
.rob triumphantly,
or take away by stealth—vvliether,it be " the
pestilence that Avalketli in' the darkness, or the,
N s ord' that wa3tctli in the noon day ;" if its
chara'aer be Rebellion, Rebellion be it. called—if
it's of eel be-tri defeat the purposes. of civil process;
vvliether bi the daAgei, of the assassin, or with
the parade, pomp,' ar.a- circunistance
.Of, I will
not s;ty, glorious_ Var,,it is still- Rebellion—whef.
ther,fl4gttioitst , bold §nd open, or Sly, insinuat...
jug incicrafty•-•-7Whether 'with much, or with littl
bloodshed, Tay be points' which Ina)/
,ccinstitutc
a differemn:e in the dciree ; . which is most detest.
able, :is a tiring not worth'elebAting ; neither c,mii.
it be :tolerated in a -Country .tendeaing the hap_
pineo,,of its SubjcAs; aril it is to their
safety, that if, c:therill:force, terror, or cunning,
a..systcm,is 4ml optd by the disloyal, lo 'supersede
tire operation cNi MumuCipal Law, and have for its
e Ai ic(t
,tile .tlestinaion of its. Government.' and
Corn:; tit ition,,and that is the question 15-efore.us•-
irj i.., e' ~,,,,,b,;l, .t say, -and therefore it is the duty
ot •tijis....l.louce; if it cari have' any duty,
,to prO.
•,•;:',.. ; ...inst the operation .of such ,_a sister°,
'\ ~,t :!.,.'n is the question befor tr., ?--,-Wifelher
. .
-1;x: i . I.li .1 'reitn: -.. li•
p.m ~.• .', i(i'N Iff. , . qt9,l tt., , • < .t:es. . -
mired, ~4 ,', , ;:,.."; ••ivl a tend 'La w „ awl, pref. cr v e the"
great -tt.i:::•,; to' I'6o eiyil Ri:,.;ll,ts of the SobjeCls in
irelacc; ; r,t. ~.'ill hazatiVA ck,riZliti:m:itir wlirch the
•vv)mi., lc :,..:,, 14: ilium ri Wider.. tt(e'flnquAlifieci, un-
A.,-... ~. • ..• • -
n a ble spins t.,
r4sl.-1•;, i ,m.,:, . untimm ted, , out tinge; v c-• 1.
_apit'Linc.:Nkrptii4lt. 'pr.Mice 01,:MattialLaw•?,-I
smiy, •.:!t,i.i or ri.t.,.:h a'qtwst it nu homiest, hrfelligeni,
man (.::,,a -I,c4tate, Now, Sir, "a word,. add' a
b , , . . . n 1 ~,1 1 •
•Waircf oni.v, .(?n,tne-ctfaracter 01 the*oru 4,iente-
cl4!_cl;--ileel liltidi ttit)t than I have

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power •to utter on -that sablia,. although I am
persuaded I fetl. only - in. common with -the.
whale-Dfl this House, for we all mist feel • for
that eharaCter, every„ .thing that . belongs to
wisdom and to true, patriotism: That name,
that illustrious . mime, has- been quoted by my
Isoble.Friend with the affeElion-it 'commands ;
Ina has, it been brought to aid the measure,
by calling for the confidence of this House
on the streligth. of its estecm forthat illustrious..
Chara Ber ?:--N0,,, Sir, but it was quoted in a: '
way in syllicli Gentlemen over against rue, who
agree ,wit-li, Me in opinion upon. that ChfkraCier; '
,becauSe they
,cannot resist it—the opinion of
that Noble 'Personage has been quoted, dotas a
dry, legal, .or technical. eiidenee, my Noble
Friend not chasing that-course; hut.as a proof of
the general feeling of that' Venerable Statesman.
He gave it in a fair Parliamentary way ; he gave
it 'as a point 'to satisfy our. minds and.judgments,
which always.ought ,to be rnade7 up from
.cir-
cninstaiiees unshackled by dry and uninteresting
detail or. rigid forins.—That power. of Martial .
Law which is now 'proposed, has teen given.
already, .and it, has .been approved. of by the
LOrd ,Lieutenant. That he. has exercised the.
power under it, even so , lately as - the
last 'month, is certain, and it- is'as indispur..
able that.he has frequently issued Warrants, and
caused the trials to take .place under that Power,
, which proves his opinion of. the necessity- -of the
measure. That
,he has exercised that power with
lenity, ná man will deny, for no man' doubts it :
Than under these trials several persons'have been
. foend guilty, not of common crimes, but aftually
convicted of Rebellion,., and furtherance. of Re-
-,bellion, is also beyond, dispute, But, Sir, the.
Hon. Gentleman says, aCourt-Martial may.judge.
ill,' andhe.giveS Yon a solitary instance as a proof
of it. Why, Sir, so he may of the condua of
a jary—but
.what would tie said .to me, if, after ,
giving an instance in which a Jury had convifted
where they (night to. have acquitted, or had; ac-
quitted where they ought to have conviCled.;. if
1 were from, thence'. to conclude that .the Trial
by Jury. -is an'
evil, and 'that you ought, to
have no more of_ it ? . I believe. I shoidd. not
have many supporters in this House, or in this
Country ; and yet the Hon. Gentleman's -in-
stance of the mistake made by one Court Mar-
tial, amounts to ati more than that Which I have
stated. But we .have been tdld, that CoUrts of
Law are open in Ireland—Why, , yes, Sir, they •
have beedopea, because the object of the Law
now proposed to be continued' was, :that they
should be opened. They are open, not only in
consequence; of the Military Law being in force.
there, but because also tbdt Military. Exertions
have made it possible for the peaceable subjects
thereto enjoy the advantages of civil ProceSs,
•in the same manner as'-in times ofprofound Peace,
and because' we have been able to afford these in,.
valuable Privileges.Of Civil Security, torso large
4 ClasS'of His Majesty's SubjeCts;and because we
are.now, by'a sparing and reluctant hand, continu-
ing to enforce that Martial. System to a partial
and limited extenr,rsome men think fit to oppose
us—but 'as a great multitude of the
.peaceable
classes of the great community of that Country
aPProie it, beeanse this system of Military Power
7LS not to overwhelm the Civil Power, but to pro—
' tea: it, frotii-being overwhelmedbecause this is
a 'plan to' continue Military Law in order to
preaerve 'Civil Security, I\ apprehend there will..
pot be much difficulty in this question, and on
this question I am inclined to. hope this,Housec
will not.be.disposed to adjourn,"
Mr. WIIITI3 READ said, the
.Right flon.
Gentleman had made a very eloquent:, , but, in his
opinion, a' most inconclusive speech. He lia&
ivislied,.-When that Right Hon: Ge'ntleman rose,
that thellotise should have adhered to its usual.
Courtesy Of hearing one oldie two new Members,who rose at the same time, and 'he was the mote
anxious' that they should have-beenheard, as they
were'lrisli.Meinbers, and might have given the .
House sonic information on the subjca now be.
fore it.' 'ln the course.Of this most. unfortunate,
War, the, principles of Jacohilisin hive been
made the,:exense by His
.Majesty's- Ministers,
for the most 'arbitrary :measures, and for the.
most flagrant violations: of the Constitution.--- .
But it, always ' was, and stilt continued, his fir;ii
opinion,, that it was the eoridu4 of the; Right'
Hon. Gentleman which first called these princi,
plea into tioeratidn, which gave theM their power
and their energy ; which sustained their ineiienee
in France' and' he would not; hesitate to assert,.,
that tliis mea•sarewould be carrying them'fartherin.
' ibis Country than ever they-hid been' carried even
in that. But it seemed to him to be the Principle
whicit,regulated tke cOndgf of Ministers; .to at..
tain power to themselVea.by the ruin of the Con-
stitution. They
.Call -the supporters of a Reform
in Parliament " Jacobins,"
.bot'llßeforin in Par-
•liantent, ' though it might have lessened their
power,' would . have deprived theitipporters of
Rebellion of one or their most poWqrful engines.
The voint now before the Hoite is not tNllltther
Mar:tial Law shill be continued in Ireland, but
merely whether
,the House shall delay deciding
this yestion,for' a few days, till it can makethe:
proper and
'really
inquiry, whether. that cowl-
nuance, is really necessary. The • Noble Lord.
ratheilinproperly introduced the Opinion, of the
NofslelVlarquis who is at thehead.nf'theGovern7
merit' in Ireland. He had. a very high respA 'for
the Opinibns 'of that Noble 'Lord, 'but 'surely it
was nut' the4eadiest or best way,for inducing the
Legislature to grant him, as Lord Lientenkit of
Ireland, extraordinary powers, .to 'inform it that'
he had asked for theth. He contested the position
laid down by the Noble,Lord, that the passingof
tfiis measure. ;would be' granting 'a boon rather
than' infliCling a hardship. In case of an open
Rebellion in any part, or thrOghout the. whole
kingdom, the Lord Liiiitenant, as the Repyesen-
tat tve.of the' Executive Government,',maretrforce
lsittirtial law without application tO iii... Lcgisla.
ture. But in his'Speech at the close of the list'
Session of the Iriih Parliament, he 'congratulated
it that .there was remaining no tendency, even to
insurreCtion; and yet this Houseis called upon, in
. opposition to this declaration; without ally'. its
-,.
quiry, without. any atatement of t 'Change
• . •

having taken place in.', the Ittlistsur4tance,a of that
Country, and ,without elven ;.any,,MeSsa'ge from, •
the •Crown,:- to. - impote
~3tpon it. this' heavy:
scourge, ; that too,- yvhen..,:sve are told by --
tae -14011. ,Baronet (Sit PARSQNS)
that the ordinary .Courts of justice -are- 'held, and
exercise their functions' , without molestation, in
security and safety. The..-House' is told, thatsin
.the last. year,
.39 out of, zo7.have been condemned
tod.eath..by Courts Ma.reial ; but the Noble Lard
sfiould_have:.proved; in order make -this any
.*atturient,. that. these .men could not have:been'
fairly tried in the usual Courts. But by. this
Bill a power is. left to Courts Martial', not only
to inflia-the,punishment of death, but sentence to
any other-, punishment, whether recognized or
not by the Law of the Land, to sentence to tor-
ture, half hanging, or any other, however repug-
nant to the principles and praaiee of civilized
,life. Is this, apart of the boon which this mea-
sure. is to grant to the People. of Ireland.? By the
last of the two Aas of the Irish Parliament,. the -
number of which the• Court Martial must consist
is reduced to three. Good God ! were there -so •
fewOfiicers in. Ireland that this reduction of num-
ber was necessary ? By the 'Mutiny. Bill, no
Soldier can suffer,the punishment of death except
from the Sentence of a Court consisting ofthis-
teen ;. but by this Ala, the People of Ireland are
subject to that punishment from. the. sentence of
three lads of the age of seventeen. The Noble
Lord ought. to have shewn why the numbek was
reduced to three., There is an Army of too,ooo
men :in Ireland; could the ordinary number of
"Ocers for constituting a Court, Martial not be
found among . all these ? . He did not mean td
speak disrespeafully, of the Army, but it is known
that an Army is the heaviest scourge which can
be put into the hands of.a TYrane. It is known,
that when compion.nien have been for any length
of time . employed in the Army, they lose the
habits of civil life, and even become unfit for its
employments. However highly,' therefore, he •
might think of the honour and principles of Offi-
cers of the Army, he was clearly of opinion, that.
they were not the fittest persons for the admini-
stration of.justice • that recourse ought never to
be had to CourtslVlartial,, except in cases of the
strongest necessity, or when recourse cannot pOssi- .
bly be had to the ordinary Courts of Justice. Can
calmness of investigation, or.,unbiassed.decision,
be expected from men sitting. to . try persons at-
cased of Rebellion, frond those who perhaps the
day before have been heated by contests with
Rebels in the field ? But farther, tR House ought
to consider the difference of age at which persons.
can act as Jurymen, and at which they are allowed
to sit asiadges in a'Courti Martial. A boy of
seventeen may sit as a Member of a Court Mar;
tial, but ti- man can sit bn Jury- till he be
twenry-one. t Is this favourable for the administra.
thin of Justice ? What' is it that is asked by the
'Motion for 'Adjournment ? It is only time for
inquiry- into the necessity of this unprecedented,
measure. The Mt may expire for a few days,
but this witl.not prevent the detentionrofr thole,.
who are in custody, or the takivig others inter'
custody. No evil can therefore tesult, 'He hoped;
that if iitqtary Were made, it would be found that
there is no necessity for such a rigorous measure.
He concluded with calling on the House to -con-
sider, that this was their first Mt relating to
Ireland since the Union of the two Counrries=•;-a
Union syhich, was carried-with much difficiilty in
that Country—a UniOn which was alledged -to be
the pledge of blessinks to it, to be the-sure means
of allaying all animosities, of stifling all discon- •
tents, to be the harbinger 'of'amity and concord'.
He called upon the House not precipitately to'
pass an Aft $6 inconsistent with those assurances;
whiCh must make the People of Ireland at' once
see their fallacy, and which would lead 114 to
view that measure as. the forerunnet'Of the enti're
extinEtion of their liberties; rathejr. than • the
means of their adniissioti the blesiings
,of the
rf
English Constitutio.'
iktr. IVESTENR 4 said, he was but -a yo.ung•---
Member of• Parliainent, 'but as' a'Mernber' for a '
populous county,-'he thought himself 'called upon
to declare, that from his knowledge of the state
of Iteland,• he' was convinced that Martial Law
absolutely necessary. for ' that Country. -He
had no Motive to mis-state fads, or, to exaggerate
the misfortunes' of hii 'Country ; whafhe *ated--
he stated as. a' witness. -The measure proposed by:'
iheNuble I),orti hild. his decided approbation.

Mr.. CANNING,ente red. into -a-full discussion
of the arguments used by, Mc.:WHiTßkawo.••
,said he had done just what he rose to rebuke his
l~igbt,i-lon. Friend.(Mr. :PITT) for havini done,
prevented the Irish Members from delivering
their sentiments upon a measure, of the. necessity
of which he supposed
.them best enabled to judge.
He had differed in his argument very much, and
had even contradiacti the, arguments _which had
been used before on the same side or the ques-
tion. His,friends had' said we perhaps would not
have ol*diOns, to granting this power, bad We.,
any security that it would always be exercised, as
we have no doubt it has been, and would be, by
the Noble
,Lord who is now at 'the head of the
, . •
Government of .Ireland or' had we any security
'of his ,continuance in office. BLit the Hon. Gen,
tleman . departs V,iiidely froth thii opinion, and
sap, Tell not Me of the testimony of a man
,;who i to be invested with a power, in proof
of the necessity --of granting that power."--
A similar discrepancy of argument, Mr. CAN:
NiNG contended, Was, to be found between the
,arguments of the Hon. Gentleman and hisfriends,
on the
.power of the.,,Eitecutive CovernMent of
it-self to establish Martial Law: 'The Hon. Gel.
tlernan asked, if _the necessity of this measure
could not .be discussed while it' was suspended..
He would. answer, by another question--It is not
disputed,
,that While this Measure ha's been in face,
.it lias had the cited to preserve the public peacb,
and in a.grcat measure to remove the (linger WhiCh
evisxed to personal security, and that of Private.
proity, ,It proposed -to. altow this measure
. of defence to be sttS.pencled;: kie.wouldAhen ask,
thurc any: persOn. here . part' id..those
i,gainst Whom, the LaWisyntend'e4, to engage on
their.part,.that,they will ',knaki. no. attack, that
the vvil; au:fend, their, Nlitrtial that they
•

will. retliaiti quiet 641 :themibleft it! toolilritnct,
aeliberately dismissed; to. sayy-tay
litary.Tribunals, and desist from ourt
midnight Massacres ;
,lay aside your shieldk Qf der t.
fence, and we wilLlay down-our. weapons of at-
tack. Only one • other,. argument used, by: the ,
Hon. Gentleman required attention. . Be call 4,
on the House. to recoiled .that it. was for -the!tra.,,
time engaged in deliberation on the affairs of Irk 4;
_land, since the • incorporation of its Legislature •
with that of 'lbis COuntri,- and to be cautious oft.
beginning with a measure •so rigorous aa.
.On the .other hand, he would call the House to
-celled well, before- .they repeal:what the.indivi-
dual Legislature, of Ireland has done for. its safety ;0
before they consent to -reteal ACts. -which
.*lhave:.
been found beneficial and salutary. He would,
call upon the House to be cautious, 'lest,
milking on the interests of Ireland; it:should be-
tray our own. . • .
ajWC ire sorry that want of room prevents us frpm-at:
entering upon the remainder of the Debate,J y,

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Mr. FRENCH supported the necessity of con,
tinuing Martial Law in. Ireland, and sheaved the.
danger of allowing it ta.be suspended'even for a
week, from a fadt, thift during short suspension,
of it in 1799, more quit 20,ac01. worth of cattle
were destroyed by the Rebels in the course of a
week,. in,one County.
Col. FITZGERALD Mr. CLAUDIUS BERES,
FORD,
,Mr.. 00 LE; dr. HATTON, Mr,Cox, COL
MARTIN, ',and Mr. Lis, spoke ably on the same
side 'of the question, and 'gave some very, into_
derails of the 'present situation- of Ireland;
Of the circumstances which led to the originat
adoption of this measure, of the lenient manner in
which the poler granted by it has been exercised,
and of the advantages. to -the accused, •as well as
to the Community, of which it is and has been.
produaivc. •
Mr. POUVERIE oVieded to the manner.
in which the measure was brought forward.
Dr. LAIVRENCE reprobated themeasure as
most violent and unconstitutional;' said it was.
no more the Martial Law of this Country, than
theConstitution.of Morocco.
Mr. HORNE TOOKE suggested the propriety
of-carrying the accused from the rebellioui Coon_
ties to be tried in' those Counties which are quiet,
and where Juries And Witnesses would be un-
biassed. •

sr.

Mr. Snuttmor.and Mr. PITT mutually ex. ,
explained. ,
The Question being called for, the Strangers
were ordered to withdraw preparatory to a Divi-
sion ; but after-some conversation upon the point,
the House dfd not divide.
- The Strangers were.not re-admitted, but we
understood that Lord CASTL ,AGtl moved tot
leave to bring in his proposed Bill for the Conti-
nuance of Martial Law in Ireljind, which being
granted, the Bill.was brought,inaccordinzly, ad_
read a first time.
The-other. 4rdos . of were, then
posed of, and,at a Quarter past Tifelytotiock,
;the HoUse.agliourised till -to-nloiriow, •

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Altmorrui . Irrupg
day-break, 'the fpllqwing Ship sailed' from Var.!
mouth Roads (s4posed-for the Baltic), under the
ComMand of *AdmArals-.Sir 1-Iyo R PAAKER
Lard Nr.l,:sort . • • • .
ci. 74 ic i sona ulO
Lunde.4 98 Ronl6ss 7. 64
sc. Geo* - 93 Russel - 74 Ncartionti n 64
'Monarch . 74 Defence - 74.. EDLlP.l'emtts - 64;
'Beliona • . Ganges -• 74
zi
w 14
arrior - 74 it ident 64 • • .
Sat Urn 74 Veteran - 64.
'BOMBS—Terror, Volcano., . Explosion, Hecla,, Z...:brae •
Abion,..Sulpbur, Di,scovcr}•. .
Fk.coATts,--Blatche, Atnazony ant Desiree.
'SLoor s— Pyi odes, H vreria,.Darti and ittroiv, •
•CoTTE Ica —Fox'and Hazard.
.Scrioox r -
.1.-u c G v.a's,--Ro'ver and Lark.' • '
.G eN. t rGs-4liter, Rioter, Bruiser, Tigressi:t
Force, e I ter,. Teaser, 14arpy, and, Sparkler..,
Remain in the Roads, utider,Admiril DI c
Princess of Orange - 6,l • Lqyden - 64
,Monmouth 64. Madras - 54-
Attinciaurt - - 64 `Miiitance- 16,
,F a GAT.ES—Ariadne, Soiebay, anct.wttakzamitaid.
Liberty-Cutr, and Vollmer Gun-brig.
f • • . •
1-fis Majesty's -hired ATmed. Cutter Hazard.:
will sail this afternoon with the. Mails lot Cus..,
haven,. n.o Packet 'being here.
DEAL, MARCH z z...—rsitt Majesty's
Ship Ed—
gar sailed last night to, 'the Northward.—Thol -
.Terpicbore Frigate, with the Alfred, Woodfortf,-
- Albion, and Fort William East Indiltmen, came '
down from the River, the former last night, the
four latter this afternoon ; and they
zera4in with
the averysscl, -Fort:o'er, Netivesil, Gicri and Sa_:
wage Sloops, Xing George,: Fouls 15t, Armea
Cutters, and 4'aisdcti,iih .Majesty!sL
Ship. Heldin• anived this mowing, and-remains
with the above/male 'Defiant', of 74; gunsi''
bearing Admiral-Grtions's Flag -at the .mizes.:•:
mast, •is now its tight, willing inns the' -Downs'
from the Wettwatd.

THE THEATRE.---Mrs. joasmw highly gta.;".
tified the•admirers of true Comedy, by appeasing
for tire first time this season atristurr.late Thea
tie. last night in the-clargterof Pew, in
Thy .-4;wittrw Girl. That :Minna wtrs enttrely
fuH, even to Overflowing, and the Audience Se-
eeived this natural Ana-spirited Aare's With the
warmest...applause, to'wbich the melte= of her
performance: throughout the put, gave her intlis.
parable pretensions. She is less Ths-lsompixt than
she was,' buf,the looks- very well, and is by
gleans mipair vivacaty, and humour. • •

roildoz. : B. WMILLAN (orilow-slatt.
Coitentigitsiet.ll`.;', apd Put.lished by WI Li.km $l6
S re 3 notn.ferry -road, IV-etitaiinslo),, 4; No. 112,
Strand. . • ' •