The Sun.
London, England, 1801-04-30 00:00:00

WEST INDIA PRIZE COURTS.

- Sir rtill I, TA WSCOTT said, he rose in porsu-
. ance of the Notice be had given, to move for leave
to. bring in a Bill for the better regulation of His
Majesty's Prize Courts in the' West Indies. On
the importance of this subjed it was unnecessary for
him to trouble the House, neither was it necessary
for him to enforce the propriety of adopting the best
regulations for the GovernMent of these Courts, be-
cause he vhs sure the House would feel that while we
were enforeing'our own Rights, we ought to respeet
those of other Nations. • When the Courts to which
he alluded were first established; our Commerce in
that quarter of
theworld was very trifling. Ame-
rica, at that time, composed a part of the British
Empire, but she was now an Independent and Neu-
tral State, whose friendship was Of great importance
to this Country. - She possessed a great Commerce,.
And therefore, it. was necessary to attend' more par-
ticularly to .the decision. of Prize Causes in that
part of the World.' The defeas.which experience
lied proved to exist is the Constitution of those
Courts, rendered it an iedispensible duty upon this
Country to make -some alteration in them. But
when he said this; lee begged to.entei a strong Pro-
test against, an opinion which had been circulated,
char it was the Errors of those Courts' which had led.
to that hostile Confederacy which had been formed
against us. The 'necieions of these Courts could
not have been the cause of that Confederacy, because,
in fait, the Commerce of those Powerc, by whom it
was composed, was buevery little affetied by them.
The Trade of Denmark and Sweden, in that part of
the World, was extremely small. The Trade of
Prussia was Insignificance itself, and that of Russia
-absolutely nothing. The only Power who had any
reason to complain of the Decision of those Courts,
Was America, and she did not belong to the Confe-
deracy. He thought' himself bound- in justice to
His Majesty's , late Ministers, to. state, that they
had, upon all occasions, manifested the greatest de_
sire to. remove every just cause of complaint. It
was, however, of great importance, that some al-
teration shouid take place in the nature of the fu-
risdiaiens, and that instead of the numerous Courts
pow Ceisting in the West !tidies, there should be but
two ; the one in- Jamaica, the other in Martinique,
and one • on the Continent of America, in Halifax.
This-m(lOE6On, he hoped, would produce the most
favourable etfeUs, because it could net be denied
but that it sow:tittles happened, that Persons were
appointed to prebiac in thein who were not altoge--
theteft: foe the situation. He did not wish to throw
out any indiscrimieate censure, because many of
those Persons ought to be spoken of with greet re_
sped. But it was to be recollaled, that their emo-
lumetets depended entirely upon the quantity of bu-
siness they hid in those 'Courts, and that they had
pothine Ivitatever to do in time of Peace ; it was not
yery snrpriiiree that they should be rather unpre_
par;t at the commencement of a War, and he had in
{general, found, that the talents that were to he pur-
chased cheaply were seldom worth much. As the
.profits of these Courts &Tended upon the quantity
.of business which they had, and as Cruizers had
a right to -take their Prizes to what CoUrt they
p!easeJ; it undoubtedly might lead to an. undue
(eility of condemnation, which It was the objefl
o prevent. Another benefit that would
reeult'from this measure was,- that when the number
of Courts were reduced, there would he-less clanger
if. eluding . this process, by removing
,from one
'slow to another. fleshiest. there was reason to
that - after this regulation, the Courts would
be atterededhy a ..more rospenable jar,of AdvocateS;
fpr. it PclV, appeared, •that '*ultors were kimetirnes
la bring AdYQCates frOIWPCIC lalaj,J to a 4-
pthrit, 4C was lals9 an Objeii -of gr9t irriportap",
that the and plbeF Ofliets ehettld be
placed. beyond the reach of corruption, If these
were ,';l4worteta ly regulations that would

give them due energy, he had no doubt but that.
every ground of complaint would be done away. In
the first place, it would be necessary that the -per-
sons appointed to preside in these Courts, shoulsi
men of knowledge and experience in this kind of
business, and also men of unquestionable charaaer ;
and it would remain for Parliament to decide what
salary they ought to have : undoubtedly it ought
to be one that-would place them out of the reach of
corruption. There were - some other-regulations
which this Bill would contain, such as arrangements
in cases where His Majesty's Cruizers being stati.
Oned, might not be able to' go to the Islands where
the Courts were., Another regulation was to enable
the Judge to dispatch the Cargoes to Europe to be
sold, because, by selling them in the West Indies,
they did not bring half their value. lie con-
cluded with moving for leave to bring in a Bill for
the better Regulation of His Majesty's Prize
Courts in America, and the West Indies, and for
giving a more speedy Execution to the Decrees of
the Lords Commissioners of Appeal.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER seconded
the Motion. •
Mr. JOHNSTON said, that after the very full
And able manner in which the Learned Gentleman
had treated this subjea, he would only trouble the
House with a few observations. It appeared to him
that the mistoodua of these Courts was greater
than had been stated, and as a' proof of his asset.
tion, he begged to refer to the Papers which had
been laid upon the Table. If Gentlemen would ex.,
amine these Papers, they would see, that out of Three
Hundred and Eighteen Causes, not above Thirty.
five had been coofirmed by the, Court of Appeal
in England ; a very great number of Causes remain.
ed for hearing, and supposing the number of Re.
versals were in the proportiotshe had before statedi
then it would follow 'that, there must have been an
immense quantity of Neutral property unjustly de.
tained by this Country. He was far from throwing
any blame upon the Courts in this-, Country, but
even by reversing the Decrees of the. Courti _abroad
they could not do ample justice to the Parties, be.
cause when the cargo was sold in the West Indies,
the Party could not recover above half the value.—
He lamented that Ministers, who must have known
of the improper conduct of these Courts, should have
suffered it to continue so long without attempting
to propose some remedy. The conduit • adopted
by this Country, was certainly One that she would
not have submitted to in others ; and it shoUld be
recollected that in the reign of Queen Elizabeth, we
maintained the very proposition for which the
Northern Powsrs were now contending, viz.: that
free bottoms made free goods, and therefore 'it was
obvious that the Northern Powers -were klieg ex-
aftly as we should have done. It had been said,
that America did not form a part of the Confederacy
against us, but he wished to ask, whether- she had
not adopted the 'condua which these Powers adv.
ed before they entered into the Confederacy, viz.
sending their Vessels under a Convoy ?—lf any of
our Cruizers had, under these circumstances, at-
tempted to-search them, it might have driven them
into the Confederacy. There was an establishment
which had been made at the Island of Ceylon,'
where there had never been an establishment of a
Prize Court since that Island had been ire the pos-
session of Europeans., There kid bee» :Judges,
Registers, &c. appointed, with very large salaries.
He was, however, glad to find that Government
were now disposed to aft upon these principles of
moderation which the CHANCELLOR of the Ex c Hs.
QUER had manifested upon a former occasion, and
he hoped that, some regulations would be made in
order to veederate the proceedings in the Courts of
Appeal.
Dr. LAURENCE said, that as there was no
difference of opinion upon this Question, it would
not be necesary for him to trespass long upon the
attention of the House. Many of the observations
which had fallen from the Hon. Gentleman, arose
from his being unacquainted with the nature of the
business, and it was impossible that he should ae.
quire full information from the Papers which were
laid before the House, The Hon. Gentleman seem.
ed to think that nothing had been done to remedy
the inconvenience arising from the abuses which
existed, but in point of faa, orders had been sent
out, calculated as much as possible to counteract
them, but . cases were coestaatly arising which no
'hymen prudence-could foresee. The decisions which
took place at the commencement of the War, were
such es were consistent with the regulations pre-
viously • existing, and the first sweep of Condemoa.
tions took place before the orders sent from this
Country reached the West Indies • and it certainly
was necessary to take some time for consideration,
before a change was made in the 'whole system upon
which we had hitherto aEled. As to the delay
which had taken place, the Hon. Gentleman should
replica, that a considerable time must necessarily
elapse before the Appeals could come over to this
Country, and befbre all the necessary Papers ansi'Do.
Patents could be brought over. lithe Hon. Gentle.
man could suggest any means by which decisions
could be accelerated, it would give him great plea-
sure ; but he was sure, that no Court in this Coun.
try had proceeded more indefatigably than the one in
question, and that not the smallest unnecessary delay
' had taken place. lie perfectly agreed, that the abuses
which might have happened in the West Indies, could
have had very little effea in producing the Northern
Confederacy, because their commerce was but very
little affeeted-by it. But it' had been stated, that
America, like the other Powers,' had appointed
Convoys ; that, however, was at a time, when
America was involved in a dispute with France,
and orders were given to her Convoy to permit
English Cruizers to search.: He.,concluded with
stating, that he highly approved of this measure,
because, if ultimately we were,dr.iyen to appeal to
the Cod of Battles, in support of. Right, it was
proper that we should have the. God of Justice on
our side, •
Lord HAWKESBURY-. said, he felt there was some
ground olcomplaint respe aisog- the abuses which exist
ed,. and that it we:therefore necessary to apply a re-
medy to tirrri ; at the same time he agreed With his
- Learned-Friend, that time States most aggrieved were
!tot then Oh *lwo se; lvd.been, on the eve of a
cnntest • and he be'leved in rmr,f ' feet, ths't
, , • ' •
ps:poni had been more aggrieved y the decisions of
lose Courts than His MUjesty 's Subjeets, The Hon. •

Gentleman hriwever seemed to infer, that the present .
diSpute must have originated in some abuses of
kind.; but he would positively asbert,.that whatever
complaints were made,- full and ample satisfaOion
was offered, and that His Majesty's Ministers here
ready to listen to every representation, and to give
every redrdss. Even at the very time when they
were expressing their determination to support those
principles which they conceived essential to the in-
terest and dignity. of this Country, they professed
and declared their willingness to adopt any regula-
tions which those States might think less galling and
inconvenient, provided they were not inconsistent
with the great principles for which they were con-
tending. He thought it right to explain himself thus
much, because though the .abuses might be exagge-
rated, there eertair4 was some ground of complaint.
It was not his intention now to go into the circum-
stances which led to the. present clittionte,-but in an,
swcr to the observation,. that the-House had been
called upon to sanEtion- the 'conduct of' Ministers,
without having sufficient• evidence. before them; he
begged to state that the House was not called upon
to give any opinion upon the conduit of Ministers ;
the only question which the House %vat called upon
to decide was, whether the principle for which they
were contending, wits one which it was the duty and
interest of Parliament to maintain: As to any com„
mmtication upon this subject at the present moment,
he would state his sentiments to the Honk. He
should not have the smallest oblation to all the in-
formation being laid before Parliament, because he
was sure it would be convinced that no blame could
be attached -to the King's Ministers. -His only
reason for opposing its production now, was, that
as a Negotiation of great importance was pending,
and as there was- great 'reason to hope that it might
put an end .to the dispute between this Country and
'all those Powers, he.. left it to the. House to consider,.
whether under.these circumstances it would be right
to bring forward these communications now, and
to 'enter into all the necessary discussions and ex,
planations.—This was his only oblation to laying
them before the House ;, the day would come when
the condua of Ministers might be examined into;
and when it did come, it Nvoahl,. he was sure, appear
that Ministers had faithfully .performed their duty.

llfr. NICHOLLS .was of opinion, that-the con-
duEt of our Vice-Admiralty Courts abroad, had
contributed more than any thing beside to render
the Maritinie Right, 'Which we. misted on, odious
to Foreign Nations. He betieVetir that the Ameri-
cans had been disgusted on .the same account, fur
he had heard, that when their vessels were detained,
during the early period of the War, that the}' rai*
chose to abandon- snaking any .claitns,. than to sub,
mit td the delay, expence, and vexation of making
them in our Court*. Now that thesUbjj'a was
brought forward, he hoped that the Hon: and Learn.
ed Gentleman would consider the necessity of re-
vising the whole system of Prize Catts.esi. so as,..to
prevent Foreign Nations. from having-any cause of
Complaint, and he would suggest the necessity Of
determining that no Judge in any of the'Vice-Ati-
miralty Courts should derive any emolumcot • from
thc„conclemnation;of
~Vessels, as' well as that
no .one. who had not taken a Degree in:, Our, COurta
at Civil. ISW, Or been admitted to the Bar
in the
.PieSiatin these
ivb•-.Hoßilduss did not think that the
and Learned Gentleman who had made the present
Motion, had satisfa6torily accounted for the long
delay dolling the atitktiort of the House, and of
the Public, to a subject of so gnat importan-ce • it
was not brought forward tillaftet nine-years of War.
It was using too mild a term, to call the gross abuses
which had been pradised in the Vice. Admiralty
Courts, by the iiame of 4rrors. From the facility
with which Prizes had been condemned in the West
India Islands, he verily believed that the judges
there were corrupt, that. they had shares of property
in the Cruiiers, and that when vessels were brought
in; they were rather disposed to condemn than to
restore them to the owners... This he inferred from
the great number of Sentences which had been re.
versed. upon Appeals to this Country. For one
Cause which had been- affirined, twenty had been re.
versed. The wrong decisions in these Courts, to-
gether with the expence and delay attending-Causes
of Appeal, he believed had had their share; along
with other eauses, of producing the Northern Con-
federacy. 'Ho BMOUSE then proceeded to speak
highly in praise of the talents, impartiality, And as-
siduity of the Learned Judge of Admiralty (Sir W.
Sc ovr). With regard to what the Noble Lord had
said as to 'the offers made to 'Foreign Powers, of
correEting these Decisions of the Viee,Admiralty
Courts, he believed chat such offers, were not made
till our Fleet had proceeded to-the. Attac4- Of-Co-
penhagen. .
Sir W. SCOTT spoke in-explanation:. lie said
he did not belief-e that 'abuses had existed to the
extent that was supposed. The [Wither OfSehten-
ces reversed, was by no means-a just criterion by
which to judge of such abuses:,
.With 'regard to the
delay, he declared that it was the intention of His
Majesty's former Ministers to bring the subjed
.forward • and so far as it rested with him, Gentle-
men•miglit not be aware how difEcult a matter it
was to bring forward such alterations as could be
put into execution, anti in a matter wherein the
ICING'S Prerogative was concerned._
Mr. JOUNSION, Dr. I.witEnE, anti Mr.
Nlcuoc.ts, severally spoke in explanation.
Mr. WILBERFORCE vindicated the Admiralty
Court in this, Conn; ry, wi th regard to the expence and
delay attending Causes in that Court. • The.Learn-
eci Judge (Sir W. Stung) Wila, presided, had got
through a great mass of business after. enter-
ing into office,, which scarcely any other man could
have clops.) and 'Which would serve to promote, the
sPeolierldlpi,sion of Causes in future.'
Mr. M A I.er s said a:fgsar words, and Mt. 'Wa-
ll ER FORA: ic_explained. ,
Leave was then given to bring in a Bill.
The llouse then weni hue' a Committe of Ways
and Means.
• ,7:,14. CHANCELLOR of the 'EXCHEQUER
moved, that; .it was the opinion ,of, the,Committee,
that the charge pf the- Pay and Clotiiiiik of the: Ml-
liria...for.A9gland for- one. year,. from the :gth
March, !gat, and of o' the- Attovtapce, to certakti
Sulplterit.Ofliceri, and to the Mjetants; Seileint-
Majo'rs, and Serjeants of Militia disiaancled, bepaid

out of the Monies .arising Nem the. tend-'TA •
granted for the service of iBor.
Mr. CORRY observed, that by the A& orEJnion,
a Countervailing Duty was to be put upon Spirits
distilled in this Country, ana imported into Ire.
Lind ; it became necessary, therefore, to put the
Distillers in this Country upon an equal footing
with the Distillers in Ireland; he ,therefore moved, •
that it was the opinion of this Committee that an ad.
ditional Countervailing Duty of zs. per gallon be •
charged on every gallon of.wine-measure of Spirits
distilled from Wash in and imported into.
F.ngland. • .
The Resilutions were agreed. to, and the House,
being resumed, the Report was ordered to btre.:
eived to-morroiv.

The Committees on the Irish Sugar Distillery
Bill, and the Committee of Supply, were deferred
till Friday. -
:Ile Elephant-oil AuCtion Duty Exemption Bilh
was read a second time, and committed for to-mor.,
Tow.— •
Mr. CORRY at the Bar stated, that His MA..
ESTY had been waited
.upon with the Address oft''
the House, relative to the Account of Offices of
Profit and Emolument in Ireland, as they are adual-
ly holden by Members -of the House of Commons,
and that he had been graciously pleased to give di-
re:Eons that such Account be prepared accordingly.
Mr. Cott-Ry afterwards brought up said Account,
which was'ordeied to lie on the Table.

The Foreign. Hop Irish Importation Bill was'
read a first time, ;nd ordered to be read a second
time to.morrow.
Mr. VANgITTART brought up an Account rela,
larive to the Expenditure of Moiues issued from the •
Exchequer.
The Committee of Supply was deferred till Fri.
day.
At lalf7past six, the House adjourned. till to.
morrow.

BANK _NOTES AND BILLS- LOST..

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TILE .Public are inforined; that C F.O RG E L EMP RI ERE,'
Cliricto vlessrs. Thomas. (,butts and Cu. who .was. adyer.
used at having absconded on the z7th instant, provci_to-have
absented hitnsell under the intiuence"ot•s temponatitliasantity
and has since returned all the Yrcipc.-rtt with. wincit pe Walk
COtrUSttA.

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d(11.11.41 QUZS IJICEILL ratsum Al/DEAr ? •
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WE have tliesat n" ''and hqpripess,
.
to announce,:--that,eftEcolltitiLto• Pnvate
Ath.icz, cci his morning-. -from Pgris,
TH4 NV ROLA; bF icyjx.is IN Oilt OS•.
SEiSiOtsts
'this account was trioneht lit2h,j6:
iantk;ti at Dover last
,night from Calais, ;.
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•

THE arrival of the two Ikarburg4 Maitt yester.►
day, must be' considered matter for great congiiiil,
lation, as the intelligence brought to Governgeat
wail higl4 sati.sfaaory. —The circumstan‘ -.of the
Courts of Btrlitiand Coicirhurvi having deter:244,
to re-open the Navigation of the three Great Wives
which empty themselVes into the Northert
was very justly, considered of such irnpottatie,
to be immediately made the'subjea of a:l,letter.
Lord HA%;KESI3t.TRT to the Lotto MAyoR. •

We flatter eurtelves that- the measures -or the
EMPLRQX of RFSS lA, will.. prevent the eirqion
of blood_ in the
.Baltic, and ,speedily rerestabliift
us in our former situation there, with- rte's *a
to Commerce- ,and Nay igat ion. Wc
ever, that it -is not yet in our Pciw6l' tp 21)-
nounce the removal of the Embargo',
already stated, ihis measure being nature
ciprocal, it was naturally to be expeEted chit_ ,ter
would wait in Antria . for news froasErigland-:.on
.this point.

WE COMinUe to receive intelligence from Paris
with great regularity. This morning Paris Paprs
of the 27th have reached us. They cannot be:sui-
.-posed to contain much that can interest us, whep
the Hambitrgh. Mails have brought' Such
telligenee- from the North of Europe, and when
the South is, in the language of the Chief ConSul,
15*-;fied. The following Extrads will satisfy our
Readers of. the ,unimportance of these journals.'
With respell to the two first -articles, which4re.
from the Moniteur, we- leave it to more sagacious
persons' to discover their object.
. -
Extract? "of a Letter from Lotion,-
4pril.—" For two days every bOdy;
.•
quirins whether it be true that the Chic
been poisoned.' These: reports are oft 6
,
cursors of great catastrophes. Greatly
the possibility of so disastrous an event,
send you advice of must add, that
founded ibtelligence gives great uneasiness
more estimable part of the English Public, and tl-.7
they are extremely affeaed at it. - Such is :he Etr
-pire of Genius and of Virtue."
LYONS, APRIL 2 i.—lntelligence has been eit_
'culated here, that the Chief Consul had been poi..
coned, The Prefea has published a Proclamation

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to dissipate this,rattiour, and to restore confident
to the Public:

General BESSiERES set off` this evening to meet
the Infant Dulciof PAR MA. That Prince will be
considered as travelling incog. He.NVill alight in
Paris at the house of AZAR A, the Spanish Am.

bassador. ' •
. The last Dispatches frond Holland, aritiounce that
Seventeeri Ships of the Line, Six Frigates, and some
other Ships of War, are now entirely mined, equip,:
ped, and iealY to' sail on the first' orders.:.. These
Ships form two Divisions : the first-, that of. the
Texel ; the second; that of the Meuse,

Citizen DU'tto c, the. First Aide,deXamp -of the
Chief Consul, - sets off thisevening for Peter'shrgh,
dctottpanied by L E CL-E ac, an Officer of the Guards.
• The first column of the-Russian Prisoners arrived
at Cologne on the 22d inst. ; the second was to pass
'on the 2.1.t11, and the third on .;the. 26th. These
three Co urns, forming 7000 men, have been. corn.
pletely armed. They will cross Germany as be.
comes the Troops of a Power in amity with
the Republic. The Officers of Artillery Coln-
rnissioned to deliver the arms, *anted, the
news of the death of PAt3L, to 'reeelvO6esh orders.
•Citizerir FOU. &NE) Chief of the Staff litac.l,4l)„,to
Genertil•Ctiottc, has set out from Paris) .with orders
that no Changes shall be'rnade in the arrangeminfs
first proposed : for. in fast, if the. French People Jose
by the death of PAUL) a friend determined to ennoble
his feign by:the liberty of the Seas, his Successor,
the Emperor At. ExA-nnr R, inherits the love of
glory of his Grandmother, and the just ambition Of
his Father, to establish the Peace of Europe on the
liberty and einilibrium of the seas..
The last Niagraph is frOm 'the Journal des
fenteurs de la Patrie.

T-1. MAIEsT and the PaiNCEssts took an
airing Y.
yesterday morning in their Carriages to
Itiamond Park.

•
TheKma after being engaged in his library
reading Dispatches, walked in Kew. Gardens. till
dinner time. - ~‘

We believe• it is flaw settled .that Lord Wit IT-
WORTH shall go M irnbassador to Sr. Petrsbargh,
and that Lord Sr. ITELExs shall be Plenipoientiary
at ,
Paris, it) the event of. a. right :understaniiiiirbu.
lween.our Ministers and he Chief Cousui of France
respelling the grounds of a Negotiation.
.
. Lord WI LLI ANT BtwrtricK, son the Duke of
•PeRTLANVi arrived ovTuesd4y from - the Coati-
:fent.

L'ord Wycomar. has, returned to this' Country; .
.afttr having been_ for spine time in.Erance and It'aly.
yesterday Sit Wm. CodxatiaN,nad an 'interview
with the Pa 'tic I of WAL es at Carlton. House, and
delivered to His Royal Highneis Dispatches horn
the NABon ofAxdor, and the Carnatic.:,
By-the Overland Dispatch whiCh arrived at the
Mast India Honse; intelligence was :received of
Rear.Mmiral BLAl4xurr having sailed from Born.;
lay on the 28th December with a part of his Squa;
dron, and the Troops from Bombay -destined to
.211. in' Egypt. The Test of -the force was assem-
bled dr 7 rix6maitionder tht Command of General
13Ata.o, and was expetled to sail-early in Jaauary. •
The whole, it was hoped, would land at Sue be-
fore the end of, February.
Statetrients were yesterday handed about, 'as our
~loss in the first operations in Egypt. One:account
states the total killed and wounded, up to the last'
date of Lout KEITH'S Dispatches, at 350 killed,
and 750. wounded ; another, at 350 killed .in
•ing, and. yso killed in the next atlion,- which
was on the z 3th of March. Others give the whole
killed and wounded-, up to the 14. th, at i too,' being'
350 killed and 750 wounded. Lieutenant-Colonel
DicKsoN, .of the 42d Regiment, is. killed ;. Major.
OGLE, of the 58th killed ; Major V IGOAEU X, of
the 9oth, killed ; Lieutenant WARREN, of The
Guards.. (only son of Sir J. B. WARREN), killed
laieutenant.Colonel Emit t NE, of the 92d, harlost
..a leg. We could mention the names of several
others who are reported to have suffered, but we
- feel 'that it is too delicate a point to risk a mistake.
The Guards, and the three Highland•Reginiehis,2
Were the firit of Sir RALPH AB ERCROMBY'SMELTri
• which landed at Aboukir, and it . said suffered.
'considerably. •
Private Accounts from Parh state that the ut_
most 'discontent prevailed thereat thel-CondOetvof
Rear. Admiral GA NTH E AMIE, in consequence of his
• not having persisted in his attempt to get to Eopt._
Upon the, intelligence being-received of his having
put into. Toilon, BONAPAit:rE-ient off a Courier im.
rnediatelyi. ordering him to put to sea the moment-,
be received these orders. GANTH E AUM E (lid, not
'obey .till some days afterwards (the 19th ult.) al.
ledging the'bad, condition of his Ships, and the da-
.tnage they. had sustained in the. voyage Trorn- Brest ; •
and requested an eXamination into hts condutt.—
• It was reported- at Part's, When the' account , was
;hrottght, that GANTHEAtmrhad returned tondo'',
which he 41jd two or three days after his sailing,
that the.ctliti Consul had immediately superseded
him by the appointment of Admiral BRUIX to the
command. • Sir. JOHN WARREN had sailed from
Na.fries, on the: tqth, the slit
,GANTtAUXIS left
-:Tca/54 and was cruizing for I 4
im off Sardinia.
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'At- a. Privy Council at the Castle of Dublin, on
Tuesday seinnight, a Proclamation was ordered b)i
the'Ciiuticii, offering a reward of zool.'for the di)-
iheinion of: the first three persons concerned -in
• the Murder 'of WILLIAM Prt cE, of Coolrain, in
the COuntv of Tipperary,. Esq. who was shot with
gun or liltiiScierbuss, on Thursday the ad of April
.-itistr-oit-the-high road joining the lands of Batinree,
in the County above mentioned. . 4-

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