The Sun.
London, England, 1805-02-20 00:00:00

SUPPLY.

AtiYANDI 5< 6rciolOu opi the Reprirt of 'tile
Con:ro;itc:.4.: <r .S1J1,!„!y,

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In : wer In A ,),:,11 '', f I,)ril Mr. Fox, whether
L lw e
lA',IS to t111,,:r,t,,t Li 11,,i '.,:: f I,ddrtg of the L. }:11)
. f the relent year' wet, ( , hc entitled to any ex..
eroptirm frnm the Property Dory OD their Dividend,,
as a.part of therir. Ildnos
1 kr CHANCELLOR' •I' tbir EX'CIiEQUER,
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replied, tkit (owl the whoit of the instaiments
should be rtid, the Holders, could have but receipt
.dips for the allot atnnont of their pAyments, and
no dividend would be issued; but that its a--,oit as
any dividend should issue, it weak! oe subk.:.i iir)
the duty on i'/Operty in the stait. mittinet as divi.
t
dends arisin from any 'other Stock.
On plittin r dit, question that the Huse do- agree

i the Resolution far an increase of the Property-
, Tax,
loniksroATE Celt some awe at calling the
attention of the House to this important subjea.—..
He 'should not 'discharge his duty, important as he
considered_ it, if he did not submit a few observa,
lions on the subjea. He felt that the House had
not been put in a state to judge accurately on the,
fur want of,those Parts which are annually
laid before Parliament, by order of the House, and
Which, from the early period of the Session at which
-the Budget had been brought forward, could not lie
put in possesion of the House, the date for laying,„
them en the Table-being the zgth of March. He
thought that in the first place, previously to the
beingingforWard- the Budget, the Hoese should he
piit in possession Of an Account of the Ptiblic in-
come of last year=—next, of an .Accouet of the,
Disbitrs:menei of 'that Incomc, and also of the
Distribution Paper-,, as likewise of a more diritina
'Aeount of the Conscipated Fund, and of the Navy
-Debt. The'Right Hon. Gentleman had opened a,
variety of arttelte; of expenditure for the year,
making in,the, whale 4,000,0001; of which only
35.000,0001. had been occountedfer in detail in the..
Cuinthittees of the West, and this was a point
than ought to'be cleared up., Amongst ihe., articles
of enuMeration„ he found one item which he kit
'no hesitation to consent to, namely, the payment of
one million to the East India Company, though lie
thought it extraordinary, that Whilst there existed a
law' t" applying 50010001. of the revenue of the.
East India Company -antitank to the service of 'the
'Public, the Public should be called on to pay a Mil.
lion to the, Company. This business should he in.
vestigated. The HonourableGentleman by no means
thonght that Great Britain should' be insulatedftotn
Europe, betlie had no idea of giving the most des.
tan(encourtigement'io 'the grant of 5,000,0031. for "
Continental purposes, mail there be seine Cer- '
tain.prapea • of engaging the great- Powers of the' -
Continent; bordering on the territories Of France,
to co-operate against it.' He denied that any sue.
cess was 'to be expeEted from the 'efforts of' such
diitant Poweis its Russia 'and SWeden. The,at-
teMpt to overthrow the Government Of Fiance by
se,ch means would not be more effectual than the
atsempt of the late, Ministers to overturn Bona.
pterte.'s power by two bottles of sympathetic ink'
and 'sob guineas. if could not consent to the ad.
diiitr proposed to be made to the duty on Salt, after
the Report of a Committecbad been adopted by that
House, that' it would be highly beneficial to the
trade, manufattures, -and 'commerce of the Country,
that the duty on Salt should lie dimin4hed, arid after
the, promise of the late Ministers to art upon that
,Report. Instead' of realising the pibmise of the
date. Ministers, it was now proposed to double the
duty to which the Report referted. The lion.
Geoileman also disapproved the Tax 'upon Horses
employed in agriculture, and had some doubts as to
the prepoiedoddition on the Property MONd
eluded icy stating, that the expenditure of the pre-
sent year, amoUritieg to 4.4,00ch0001. Verified a
prediaion of hii, that it would amount, in the third
year of the war, to 4:2,060,0004 a prediaion made
at a time when it had been represented that the
War might be carriectonylfor indefinite time
without borrowing to a—greater amount than the
seos,that would be extinguished by the Sinking
*mid.

Mr, F4AAICIS also Made somtobservations re,
litive. to the ' million to be granted to the India
C..mpany„.
The CHANCELLOR of for EXCHEQUER had
certainty nu; otlitesseel any opinion afi' ta what might
lounkl to be the atnoulit of the claim of
the C;mnpanyon Government, but that this Million
be new the ,amount Of the'claims at present
iiljlistet, The whole account could nut be made
„„ ;4 3 oily) rite accounts had not yet been re.
c,;'i veil. 'The. Ht n. Gentleman, and another who
had preceded him, had expressed their dissatisfaftiOn
at' being eXed on to vole this sum of one million
to the India Company tvithout previous investi.
Ainn of the.pr,priety, of The Grant; but the oft
,va4, that they were not.called on to give any such
vole. Whether, the million sit he applied in
tb,it way or fi+tr, would be for the future consider.:
`alien of ll,Lhe, as in the present, instance . lie .l
had only taken the precaution of making a provision
for that pm vie in the Sapplies of the year, in cast
it hhuittii.lut pleasute of the !Luse to acquiesce
in the claims to that extent; If the Emit. India
Company incurred any expende in the Public Ser.
vio., it w;t', surely, fair that they shoald be:repaid
by the Ptiblicwithout having their claims trope.
in conNequence of any prior arrangement,:
which only, provided, that in catic!,a, Surplus of Ter..'
ritorial -kev,,nueshou,ld seer we; after defraying the
expencesaaf theirEitablishment,with a certain amount
div,identi on their capital,. that Surplus shbuid be
apolied:firir in pay trotoi of sompool. to the, Public,
and. at ter wtads in. aceumulation4utpital„ If 'that
Surplus hat not accrued, he cnulti norsee Why the
Public had any chins for the 560,0601. the condi.
Lion on which it wa, in ide ,payahle not having'.
utketi. place. Nqr 'wa, it surprising th:it the Sur.
plus had not.accrued, frnn the..ciretnitince of three
nr four tinxxiv.44o3 war' having occurred-since the re.
pr,W4l of the Company's Charter ; hut these quea,•
dons would be more 'properly discussed' When the:
'Finances .the India Company, Which were; large
enough to..relnire a separate day, should be 'under'
Consideration..

After a. few other observations in explanation
fc4~tit Mr, joluvu.toNti the CLIANCELL6tt of' the
I!..itott-ycji r 2,, aria Mt. FaArt(l3, the'
watt agrecd
,tu.

Qua the question that the, Resolution for laying an
altlitiwialdury of Ss, rr bushel on Salt be agreed
to,.
CALCR AFT expressed a hope, that the
Right Bon. CitArictti.,,sx .at the EXCItIQU'ER"
woiOd 'r-consitler his proposition _relative to this
:additional Tax. thete was on the Tahle,a 'Report
of a Conimittei recommending a reduttion of the
present duty on Salt ; and the' fad was, that this
Tax had already been pushed tur the( than any
It pressed severely on the'lowcr orders of the peo.
.ple, whilst less of its produce came into the EXche,.
goer than of any other.
The CifAIVCILLOg the EXCHEQUER .
did not think this the; period for entering into a.
debate on the gubjed. He 114 d not determined to

i►roptsse the Tax without having given it previously
a most attentive ennsideration, the iresult of which
was a convielinn that it would be the most pro_
duetive of any falling on general consumption with
least pressure, and he was determined to persevere
in it.

Mr. SHERIDAN did not rise for the ptirpose
of entering into a debate, but was-called upon by the
peremptory tone in which the. Right Honourable
Gentleman had declared his intentions to persevere
in. tn:e Tax. The Right Hon. Gentleman had stated.
his opinion, that the Tax would produce more than.
any other he knew of with • less pressure ; but he.
Could assure. that' Right Hon. Gentleman, that no
.13x:could operate so grievously, oppressively, and
grindingly. Salt was an article of the most indis.
pensible necessity to the poor. All their provisions
of fish, pork, &c. required a considerable quantity
of it, and potatoes, now so happily become a gene.
tat source of food for the poor, were not suifiiiently
nurricious virithbut a large proportion of that article.
He email not but 'advert to the Report of a Com.
mittee. on the Table, which, is his Hon. Friend had
stafed;tleclared that a diminution on the duty on Salt
Would be beneficial to the trade, rnanufadures, and
comMerce of the Country, and if the present propoied
increase witeio be adopted, would have the teed
of entrapping the manufaeturers of that ankle Into
numerous" speculationei..,. The Hon. Member for
southampton could hear evidebee; that the:ruined
. Salt Works at Lvmington had been renewed on the
strength Of the -Report of that respedable Commit.
' tee. What would it prove then but a trap to engage
`the snanufaiturers in a misapplication' of their capi-
'ref, when by the, reduction of the duty it, was ex,
peed that Salt might be used as a manure, if the.
duty should be, on the contrary, increased..
..Ths
laie,Cmotrc ELLOII. Of the Exctimosk, whtnn.,the
Right Hon, Geotleman would-noentew he disposed
to rue down,. also.had sanctioned the appointment
of a Committee to inquire, into the proprietyof re.
during the Duty on Salt. •On the whole, therefore,
if the present addition should, be persevered in, he
thought it hi,s.duty to oppose it in every stage.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER
had but one wprd to say in reply. He was ditiookd
't,a pay every respect to the Right Hon. Gentleman
''to whom the Hon. Gentleman had alluded ; and 'he
'Could not prove that disposition better, thon by adopt.
ihg,hi4, 'cantina. The Report had been made about
.tour years sineo,,when. there was, no war; and yet
whilst .titat Right Hon. -Gentleman continued a
'Member of this House, no Motion had been.rnade
`for the reduCtion of the Duty on Salt, or for carry-
ing into effect, the Report of the Committee. If
Report was not sufficient to induce to any 'di.
'rninution of the present Thiry, it .eould not: ben on
ithe present -augmentation, because, it the, present
Duty was sufficient to prevent the use of Salt in the
way that had been expetied, that, argument apidied,.
• equally against the Duty, which the Hon.
:Gentleman alluded to advanced against the present
increase.

Mr. EGRRTON observed, that the farmers of
Chnshire.were very muck aggrieved the last time
that the duties were raised on Salt, and he had rea.
son to think they would be still more so on the
present ocoasi6n.

Mr. KINN/11RD also spoke s;ainst the propos.
acil3uty on Salt, as calculated' to press severOy pN
the lower .order of the people, particularly those
of Scotland.

...Mr. ROSE observed, that no part of the Salt
,used in the Scotch Fisheries Was liableto the Duty,
In regard to the assertion.by another Hon, Gentle.
man, that the Report of Ole Commi:tee in 1801
had induced considerable speculations in salt.worksr
'he believed it was not the' fact. It had been
obje,fted to the Tax, that 'a ;mailer proportion' of
the money raised by it found its way to' the Excite.
utter than of any.nther impoit. This was. a mistaken
idea, 1-li.believed every shilling:of the pew duty
would come in, for it would be levied at no adtii-
-rional expense, and the Charge tilcolleciing the'olti
duty dtd not exceeti 20,0001; which was barely
2 per cent, on,,the grosi sum. ..

After, a few c,bgervalions from Mr. CALC RAVT
ijo'H,
Mr. NSl'Oup.;and Mr. Pi Tr, the Resolution was
,age-e.(l ro.

Too the-ReSoltition for laying wadditional Mix
on Horses employed:in .4gricutrutai purposes,
s'ir BC% XION expressed his opinion, that
this Tax was iinpolitic-and virtial. Impolitic, as
taxing that.-Which :.should he encouraged,. agricut.
ture partial, :because it bore mote severely on the
arable, than on the grazing tarmer.• . Before he ,sat
dawn, he wound, hint that in the general sacrifice,'
he thought'the Hue shotild give bp some of-their
privileges, fdr ,instaoce, that of franking letters.
This would encourage the. penple
,still, more, and
was coovinced that there never was a War, the
justice and necessity ~.;f which was approved of more
highly by them than the proem.

Mr. WINDHAM atrongly objefled to the sacri.
ftce of iravkhig recommended by the lion. Gentle.
man. It was d mere feather in the cap of ;t Member
of Parliament, and was in itself too, pitultry a consi.
deration. It, however, prompted several useful.ptir.
Poses ; it gave facility to correspondencies, sonic.
tones even to literary ones, which otherwise would
not exist. It was a little power *held independently
of the wishes of a Minister ; and he hoped the.fion..
Baronet would re.consider his npitsion on ir. , •
7"he CHANCELLQR tf de EXCHEQUER
said, that above.. all it bhoilld
,he considered that'
the privilege of franking was useful to the public.'
The advantage' reverted to the power by' whieh it
1:41,119 beg-towed. The sumdedutted from the. receipts
of the Post. Office, on account of the exercise of this
privileges did nut exceed 40,0001. per year—a tri..
fling proportion indeed to , the whole tax. With
regard to what had been said on thelax•on Farming
Horses, be could not believe that 7s. a.year. paid for
a horte,could Materially.injure soy farmer. In the
whole history of taxation the'Country must bear
testimony to the disinterestedness with which the
higher orders had agreed to support the heavier
jtaie,,and to exonerate the inferior classei as mach.
as poisible.

Sir R: BUXTON explainedi and all Owed that the
Right Hon. Oentlern4n, during ate whole of his
administraiOn,' hart favoureti,tha lower denote very
iiitich,lierbaps even too. inudi,

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Mr. LAsc awts wi,hetl the Right Him. Gentle.
man would re-consider the Tax on Luring

Horns, 'n ttiii opinion, would operate 213
bounty. orr grazing farms.
After a few wards Irmo' the CHANCELLOR G.
the ExCatQualtand Mr. FULLER, this and the
ether Tesolutiors were' agreed to, and a Bill was
ordered to be !Nought in accordingly.

• 'MIDDLESEX ELECTION.
ProLcceedrd'iMngAsltortAhNerCboramunghitttpuei'ap'tphe Reportoinafth of t e
i eve
4
ing to try th •l• Middlesex Elec.
merits the lest
non,- anci-ohtiined That COminittee to ad.
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journ to -Itihrsday.;,,
t •••ontrf•: SLAVE TRADE.
Mr.:1711.8R FOR C brought In. the Bin fur the
Abo!iti...n of the Slave Trade, Which was read a
first -titYV-; and, after some conversation between
Mr. 'l:ifikvoacit, Mr. Fut.t.xtt, 'andNit.Kul'
NAt . D, DTdl red to be rent a second rime on TillltS•
'clay Senniciht.
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. SIR. HOME POPHAM.
t:,):l,rc.osKld,ll:.:.'"pfr/ikntUed,haVing learned Clat the ri'
tiers relating to the contiuft of Sir Kw,: E }'onto.
unlets curtailed, wauld be.avonsiderable tine lorbre
Ott'et should. be dischargedwhhed whiteoh more
thattedto :II":
. prilting of ACcoonts of PrOviiions, Stores, &c. 1)";
01:stElby Sir. HOME PurtrA'sr' at the Cape of Goo"
fiti) ;.: of, ACCOPpts of Bills drawn
,by Sir hiYla°
A,44?optir Givernruent in. India • and 01006
Puttochet Attotints' iiineee4ll4 -i.e.ir, the ;Vesteli 0'
't}9siq 'the Squadron under Sir Homy PorilAtil
corptjlande :
On the suggestion of the CHANCFLLOR Of t!"t
3
EXCIEQU'ER, however, Mr. KI NNAIRD ag.„,- ~ '
Motion,deft!' his observing, that his view in wi'"
ing 'tct make, it was principally to accotarny,l4l 61
Hon; Baronet.. •
• % '; IHDDLEtEi ELEtTIONI, IEA.
Th a Order of the thy for'theltirther cnrjaell:
'inn of the Report of the Committee on th: coodot :
of the late Sheriffs, being- re.td,
Mr. Pi.E/?./D4N rose and stated, that the c/'''
t A r 0
jet was, as he conceived, of such great itupoi--c,
that it certainly onght not to be proceeded witi,
the i?resent thin state of the licuse. I4e h 4 j'"i,
.Wis ''received an intimation frotp_ the parties IPs
delay would he, desirable' to them ; at tile in ,:,
time Ire' wished ihai delay 'tO be as short airssi'
hle. , The probable length of the' Mime ,IP'111111.1:;
1
(llty preelo,..cd any, idea of futioi .on :v.,ial }lc
the 'forth:, consideration., of :ibis businesi• ,i),
on
be sorry to deprive' the' Royal 1,0.,1,t1
on Monday', et' any of' the 'splendour which i'il°o7e;
derive (Willie prPenCe of Mernbersof that"j ihir,
he woidd therefore, move, that the disciosic"," c,ig
boiinesi should; be further .ajimiroca to 4'oc-
rvAr.—Agreetl to. ' - ' ' ' ' 1110
'!.rhe.letitairting .Amendments of the (2d3r`t t
, it;!ilot.,.
,Bill 'vent through the Committee, 40 °'` Ad 4
was ,'. ordered . Co. be received on Thatitla.Y,— •
ponied 'to Thuriday; . '
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THE SUN.

Qt/13 DtCE,"I

L3NDON,
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 20S

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T 1" language of the Address of the C,,nservarivo
i hi,
Senate to BONA?ARU, which of course was °.
own diaatiop, strongly confirms the opinkg' pia
exiireNsc4 when we-originally and esclusiVeli
yin r)
munscoed the arrival of the Dispatches cont'''
tlim
°verfullts ol a I,l4oific tenden y frosts the held 004
Vrcn4ll Government, viz. "that he was.oo'34tu
by a sincere disposition for Peace." Tile Af4l
whickt was returned by our Court, so far l'ot
lacing evwsive, or precluding a NegatiAlklii jot
Peaceexpres:.,!s 1113 MA) Srx t 's anXiol3s W.°
its restoration. }lilt the rage 1301441 A tort
chxapain ree:kg)er(eisisuerdi„iimo:
hasat alreiaisetn snvoltslicrlosrahitsbeSal:bviiciroiot;
me of his 'miles of Peace, -for he never enierttig
any, but from the failure of his pr jeet of e%c[;-1,
jealotisids between Great Britain and rhos°
pn
On the. Continent: with whom she is in con6dintii,
intercourse' He-dreads the Coalition of flit Cc:rill
fit
venial Powers With-Great Britain; al d I'l3
,v
ungovernable 'becauic.his coarse and clio'v
,11,tt
lice to prevent it has been deteete.l. The li'l4)„yri
hai not, :howeverd verSted his rage merelY jay,
he ha** refused P Cal'{' ftl-
to grant .35sports to
,nt fer
who was appointed to residr, Fr 'lee a' 141'
oil
Prisoners of War. 1.1:e reast,n a; signed la
selusaj is, ,that our Government Will not ce-. '0
B "I
consi the rims Sublet% (who were "" 4'
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870; e:27:: Aril! d 1%19 4;ll:vg:dr 1:1;31;;Lic):1
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situaciA, of out'coontrymeo, who are th's•l,'1.1
of till Ikurper:s tyranny, we should
see 1115 r.j it
Cu etas° thtso in any
lt;dr v3r.,
getliby any kind of compromise on. oct Tod'
Tbereappeors Co he no doubt but the th 0:
clOprlnsFisi
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set ha,s at last ventured COpill t`i 401'
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seven Sail.of the Line, ,a" of"
derable number of Troops on board. ,
so
various spetulations as to its tlestinati d 001
sup;
oedrat it is intended tor F 4) Ps oion
that an attempt wiu be made CO (Ace PcPstitopt°
Sicily :of the two, we think the latter OPP° iy Ot`
more ivroixJllc; but wheiever its tiestinaitti:::l-40
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3 YettettlaY lits MAjarty and the Pat"ltscris
ii'°:,.".24 and AMELIA. aCCompanied by Generals
,ion Ha and %tun ens, took an airing to Frog.Hli MAJtSty could not take the diver.
I°l,llo stag.hunting ors account of the font.
e 4bildaY pia MAJWITY and the PILINCEIIan are
IPsted at the Queen's House,
to jesterday the 'IItisSIAN AusAssArton transaft.e.d_
Inell at Ltitd MULCRAVE's Office, from
ear 0,40_,_.
►two till
tllveitedc; dispatches were received at the Secre.
lir,i'iStatts Office frOrn Governor KIN° at New
, Wale'. They *tart the arrival of the Pfli:-
"a;.!:,tialle.ship, Captain Karel.; who, soon after his
Net: Cal
was sent on Discoveries, upon the Coast of
h„7,`.aledonia, where he had found a most excel
-I nadlotit on the N. W: side.•
to
Si;Lbeatter has been dispatched by Governments
ti ',..bAllb PELL'EW, to advise him of the escape
i)ii!ne Prenth Fleet from Rochefort, and of the:polar.
tlt,Y of its being destined for the East Indies.
MkteattidaY n Court of Dire tors was held at the
LI. 77
wa Muse, when Captain Malay STo.lllts
o°s) of the Earl Camden, took leave prelim:n.l
s;_utPartint for Bombay. The Court adjourned at
ix o'clock till Friday next.
ed_ Court of Common Council will he held on Frii
iYI, ta consider the Report of the Committee o
on 3' Landis in relation to Smithfield Marker, and
°thet business.
'Vest. A Iva cruay forenoon upwards of forty ammunition
Nrclorts passed through the City from the Green-
a IC' on their way to VVettlwich, fur the inspretivm
-. the Artillery
fore. Officers. They are intended fur
ID service.
: liberal Plan for exchanging the Guinea'Pri
a n h
zee
4,4,t, ii4S.l.Nic!pedre Lottery is now proposed by
w• wiima, of hond.strect.
rz Ivo vreallshy
T
—leat G • graziers, of the neighbourhood of
.1 e
On the eraltk..u.Y3 saving made P'exorbitant charge
coa,t, forpidin of a Vessel Pauly stranded on thlt '
Werei4t , their aSsisianee in 'securing the wreck, '
NI
st ''Y taken before the Magistrates at SpiibbY,
nteneed 10 pay a fine of 501. with 104 COSt:i.

changed his plan or Warfare, anti 'that h. has giveet
Us a chance of meeting with his Fleets at. Sea.
With respett to the Rochefort Squadron, we yet re-
main in the same state of uncertainty; and it is pro.
bal)le, that same time will elapse before we receive
any authentic Information upon the subjeel. It
seems to be generally supposed that it is gone to the
West Indies, or else that it is intended to take
possession of the Brazils.
Private Letters from Holland state, that the long
expeeed Change in the Government of that Coun.
try will probably very soon 'take place. General
Mutto n. returned from Paris on the 14. th, and on
the same day he publicly announced, on the Parade,
that SCHIMMILPENNINCK (who had been for some
time engaged in deliberation with the French Go.
'eminent upon a subjea which involved the in.
Weld and happiness of the people of Holland) in.
tended to leave Ellis on the isth. From this
circumstance it has, been inferred that SCHIM-
. st
will
ItttetttrrtricK, and not General Prince MoAT,
be placed at the head of the new Govern.
anent, It it added, that the King of PRUSSIA,
*bola opinion BONAi'AITS condescended to ask
teVteting the fate of Holland rol to the , strongly objett-
plating any of the Usurper's Family at the
head of the Government of that Country. But if
11"APAate be allowed to appoint who he pleases
to that Offt
to the pyre' it will make very little difference
-toPle of Holland, either in point of rode.
ftio dence or happiness, whether it be one of his Re.
ans or one of his
Creatures.

,3i't t)lrenburgh mails arrived this morning with
Ilarsburgh Papers. The following are the most
ilaportant articles of intelligence which they
bring=
litLusaftits, /AN. 23.—.0n Monday evenin.g
att
tile 4ie g and Queen of Sweden, with the Princess) ived
they hateplace; taken their departure for Stockholm.
Vltmts JAN. 23. The Summer Cam p
which
*Hi he formed on
the Brenti in the ensuing Spring,
and iesPeited b
end the Archdukey the Emso per, the Minister at War,
CHAR L IS)
141411,11 will consist of to Re.
t of Infantry, and 3of Cavalry.
Marshal
o %Luxe is expelled here horn Constan.
ti" in the course of the ensuing month.
Toulon°leeks JAN'
10*---According to accounts from
of tit 11°,000 men were embarked on board the Ships
!"4 and Transports lying there, in the midst
ill' tell bed weather, with the utmost expedition.
;;e7 ale
and to be destined for tile defence of
inelcis and Majorca.
tor
Zh; L -(14 WA, JAN. 4. -- The Italian Troops
" made a part of the French Army in the
i Intdena of Naples are now marching back
very lIPPer Italy. Within these few days some
cllirY extraordinary reports have been in cir.
left 14° beres the confirmation of which must be
it° time. Every thing is quiet in Sicily.
haitt4l 8.--qhe Emperor NitroutoN is said to
mainvt declared, that His Sicilian majesty shall re.
land
etilt.„
, '4l during the present War between Eng-
:ei n an" SPain i and that he shall, under TIO pretext,
a disturbed iti his Neutrality ;. hot under this
nditinns that A certain
e° eminent Person shall take
art • P to the tonduti of
public afF4ils*

N I N E 14/

PIAL. the LONDON GrIZETT, •Feb. if,

Admiralty-o"re, Feb. 29, 1805.
Copy of a Letter from the Honourable William Corn.
zvallit, K. B. Admiral of the White, &c. to Wil.
liam, Marsden, Esq. dated on board the Ville de
Paris, of thhant, the 13th February, 1805.
SIR,

I have the honour to inclose, for the information
of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, a
.Letter to me from Captain Poyntz, of the Melam_
pus, and one from Lieutenant Nicholson, command.
ing the Frisk Cutter, giving account's of the Capture
of the Enemy 'sGun. vessels thereimmentioned.

I have the Honour to be, &c.
W. CORNWALLIS.
SIR, Melamps's, of Ushant, Feb. 13.
I have the honour to inturm you, that I, this
morning, fell in with and captured two Gun.brigs,
carrying two long twenty-four pounders and one
eighteen_ founder each, having on hoard &fty men,
the greater part soldiers ; also four Luggers, mount-
ing one long eighteen-pounder each, manned with
twenty.five men, mostly soldiers.
These Vessels arc part of twenty-seven of the
tame description, from Bourdeaux to Brest ; two
more were captured (tugger-rigged) early the same
morning by the Rhoda and Frisk Armed Cutters,.
I have the Honour to be, &c.
S. POYNTZ.
•
To the Hon. William Cornwallis,
&e. Egc. &r. f
His Majesty, Hired Cutter Frisk, at Sea,
Sit, 131 b February..
I have the honour to acquaint you, that, at day.
light yesterday (the Rhoda Cutter in company), I
discovered ten Sail of the Enemy's Gun.brigs and
Loggers had come through the Passage du Raz, and
the wind blowing fresh to the eastward, they were
not able to get to windward : I immediately gave
chace to the weathermost, a Lugger, and at half.
past seven (l'oint du Raz S. S.W. distant five miles)
I captured her, and sent her to Plymouth. She
proves to be No. 2.88, Gun.vessel, mounting one
twenty-four pounder, with tsventy.five men, twenty
of whom are Troops of the 4.4. th Regiment, com.
mantled by Moils. P. Roux, Enseigne de Vaisseatix.
At half past eleven the Melampus hove in sight to
leeward: I have the Honour to be, ire.

JAMES NICILIOLSOK
The Myr. William Cornwallis.

PLYMOUTH, FED. zB.—Cdnie in the St. Cart.
Baptista, Spanish Schooner, from Bilboa,
,for Gi-
jon, with iron and dry goods, taken the 13th inst.
by the Success Privateer, of Guernsey.

Sailed the Circe Frigate on a cruize.
The Britaania, which lately arrrived from the
Channel Fleet, and is now in Cawsand Bay, is found
to be in so bad a state, in consequence of the late
severe gales, that she is expeffild to be sent round
to Portsmouth in a few days, in urder W go into
Dock there.

POLTSMOUTfi, FED. lg.—Arrived the Naucy
Cutter from off Havre; jenny, CLERK, and two
other Vessels, from Guernsey.

FA.t.t.totrrif, Feu, 17. —Sailed the Caroline Arm.
ed Brig on a Cruize.

This morning the, outward.bound Portugal, Me.
diterrancan, and West India Fleets appeared off this
Port; and were joined by the Li Ilj Sloop of War
for the West Indies ; Avenvr Sloop of War and
and several Merchantmen, for the Mediterranean.

SHERRNESS, Fee. 19.—This day the Cbampian
Wai paid up to six months, and sailed for the
Downs.

•
CAme down the River, to the Note, • the Rs:it:a
Armed Ship, and Deptford Tender.
Went out of Harbour the L'Espoir Skop.
Ships at the N,ore and in Harbour—The Zealand, Inflexi.
hle, JEthalion, L'Afrieaine, Janus, Winchelsea, Ceres,
Beaver' Galgo, Drat, Orestes, kosina, and several Gun-
boats, Fire-vessels, and Boinb.tenders.

DIAL, Few. t9.—Arrived His Majesty's Ships
Narcissus and Orestes, from the Nine ; Bloodhound
Gun.brig, frem a Cruize off Calais, and sailed again
for the same station.

Sailed the Poluxteer and Caarrarit Gun.brigs, on
a Cruize ofT the French Coast.

The Humber Armed Ship has made the Signal for
Convoy to Falmouth.
In the Ocivens,—Monarch, Utrecht, Ardent, Trusty,, Cas.
tot, Narcissus, Zephyr, Orestes, Hermes, Speedy, Alonzo,
Bonetta, Vulture, Prospero, Lucifer, Ueda, Volcano, Dis.-
tevery. Explosion, Watchful, Rifleman, Thrasher, Tickler,
Biter, Humber Armed Ship, Armed Defence Ships as before.

DISTRIBUTION OF PRIZE-MONEY. '
To the Olficems and Company of His Majesty's Ship Maid-
stone, for the capture of the fonge Jan Schooner, the 4th of
September, dor, in company with the Basilisk, on the tat
ot'lllarch, at Mr. Mathias March's Office, Gosport ;. or
every Wednesday during three years.

Captain BEDFORD is appointed to the command
of the Hibernia, of t2O guns, at Plymouth.
The Mexicaoa, from Vera Cruz to St. Andero,
with 87,000 dollars, 170 tins of sugar, some indigo,
&c. is taken by the Ph nix Privateer of Jersey,
and carried into that island.

The following Passengers sailed from Falmouth
on the lath inst. in the Windsor Castle Packet, fur
Barliadoes and Jamaica :—Gto. W. W. LIPEATT,
/425(1. Mr. MADDOX ibtANKLINs anti Mr. Juitw
GRAHAM

A large three-masted Ship, belonging to Mr.
STE ril EN BASET, came ahhore on the ruck' ne r
Margate, in a heavy gale of wind at N. E. ►►n
Monday night, the tWI instant, and, being under
water, it is feared will be lust.

LAW REPORT,

COURT OF KING', nENCII, WESTMISSTFIC, Fre. 19.
Exirzhics AT NISI PRIUSt BEFORE LORD kl-LtkIiDSCOI/ON
AND A SPLCIAL JURY. 4
CItIM. CON".
GOX,HAM V. GoD1)4111).

This was an aftion brought to re6vet.tfamages
from the Defendant for criminal conversation with
the Plaintiff's wife.
Mr. ERSIL I N I, in stating the case of the Plaintiff,
told the Jury, he should not detain them long by a
statement of so disgusting and shameful a .subjed
as the one then for their consideration. The Plain.
tiff was a most respetlable Gentlerrian, and an Offi-
cer in His Majesty's Regiment of Life Guards,
commanded by the Earl of Harrington. The Dc.
fendant was a Private Soldier in the same regiment.
He did not think it necessary in the present cage to
lay any great stress upon the grievances the Plain-
tiff had suffered from this unhappy transaction, or
the loss he had sustained in the affedion and society
of his wife ; but he observed, that although the
Army in general was reputed to be notorious for
gallantry, yet it very rarely occurred (and this he.
stated front his own experience when amongst them)
that any gallantry was practised amongst each other ;
no men had a higher sense of honour ; and :in Ofli;
cer was seldom known to defile the wife of his bro-
thee-officer, much less did it happen, that the wife
of an officer should stoop so low, as to form a con.
nedion with a private' soldier, which involved in
it the destrudion of all subordination, and the,ruin
of all charader. He should prove, that the Plaintiff
was an amiable, affectionate, and tender husband,
and the father of three fine children by this union.
tunate woman. He told the Jury, that they should
not take into their consideration the humble
tion of the Defendant in life, for that might be
easily made the plea of every needy fellow, .who
wished to violate the laws of his Country,. and of
morality ; but he trusted, they would .give suclt
damages as would, _in some respect or other, at-I us
a sort of compensation to the Plaintiff for the injury
he had sustained.
The first witness called was Mrs. Haliday, who
proved the marriage at the Plaintiff with his wife,
whose maiden name she stated to have been Mary
M'Clean. Upon being questioned as to the terms
on which they lived, she said, as far as she knew,
they had always lived happily together, and had
three fine children.
The Earl of Harrington was examined from the
Bench. His Lordship stated, that he knew the
Plaintiff in this action : he was is Veterinary' Sur-
geon in the Life Guards, but was nor an Officer of
the Regiment. He could not say whether' the
Plaintiff was or was not honourable and respedable
as to his domestic charader, but he certainly bad
never heard any thing to the contrary • and, as far
as came within his knowledge, he thought ,him a
very reputable person, having frequently employed
him to purchase horses, and transad other business
fur him,

Mary Haynes, a very pretty young. girl, about
eighteen veers of age, deposed, that she was a wait.
ing maid. at the Bell and Dragon Inn, upon the
Hampton-court Road. She renartnheestl the even.'
ing of the 13th of June last : two Ladies, one of
whom was Mrs. Bloxam, came to the house, and
she chewed them into the parlour ; they had not re.
mained there long, when they complained that it
was not private enough ; she then brought.them up
stairs to the drawing.room, where she served them
with tea, Shortly after drinking tea, two Gentle.
men arrived, who, having engulfed fur the Ladies,
were shewn up to the drawing.ronm ; the Gentle.
men were both dressed in private clothes, one of them
was the Defendant. Some time after she went tip
to remove the tea things, which she wanted to put
into the bed.chamber adjoining : she endeavoured
to open it, but found the door locked ; on looking
through the key.hole,'she at first saw a Gentleman's
hat and a Lady's bonnet lyintoo the table : she then
perceived. the Defendant and. the -Plaintiff's wife
lying together in a familiar manner upnn the bed
some time after they::joined the others. and...went •
away. •
• Thomas King deposed, that he was Groom to His
Royal Highness the. Duke of Gloucester, In the
course of his eximinarinn by Mr. GARROW, he'ad-
dressed the Learned Gentleman by the appellations
of ff My Lord,', and $4 Your Royal Highness;" he
said, that he knew the Plaintiff and his wife; ho
had been Steward under the -former. On the
Sth of June last, in the morning, he remembered
Mrs.' Bloxham and another Lady coming to* him
Where he was on, the Harrow Road, in a one horse'
chaise; they left the horse and chaise in his care,
and desired him to bring them to the,Bell and Drs.
gon in the evening. When he came, Mrs. Blox.
ham complained exceedingly of the insolence of the
people of the house, who made a great rout about
the dirt they had made and the eel wished to be•
paid
,for the confusion Mrs, Bloxham and the .De.-

fendant had made in the bed-chamber. The per.
eon who had accompanied the Defendant was.
dressed in plain clothes, as well as himself, and
was also a Private in the same regiment; he stated,
that the Defendant and Mrs. Bloxhain had retired
frinn them for about twenty minutes, and then re.
turned,
There was no defence whatever.
Lord ELLUSOKOUGH, in summing up the evi.
dence to the Jury, observed that the chict ()Ned, in
eases of adultery, was a compensation in damages
for, the injury which the Plaintiff sustained in the
loos and comfort of the society of his wife; but under
all the circumstances of the present case, it appeared
that the Plaintiff's wife was a vile and abandoned

wanton, throwing herself voluntarily into the arms
of her gallant. .1t could not, therefore, be said that
she was seduced—but, on the contrary, it must be
admitted that she was the seducer; and it could not

be possible, from the inequality of circumstances,
that a private soldier would probably have made
the first advances. It was, however, for the Jury to
decide what damages they ought to give, under all
the circumstances of the case.

Valid for the Phtintiff—sol. I/I=lm

SOUTHERWOOD Z, RAMhDP N.

SI!)U CTION.

This was an glint) larought by the Plaintiff, a
CUSIQUI.iIOI34C Oflictr, repiding at Rotittthitlic, to

• •„-..• 13 ‘,:{, ,
of hts dati-,f,rer by wbio he ik.)st behelit 0; ifvt
service.

Mr. gaskiits presented the ease, on the part of
the Plaintiff 10 his witsl impfessive manner. He
stated the prin*Ciple of rhe'aftion to refer to that
injury which: :a parent sustained in the loss of a
daughter's service by her 3 eilOtion.
Eitzibeth Southerpood was examined, and dc.
scribed the.progressive.arts by which the Defendant
had eireeted her ruin. She was accosted by him on 4
certain evening, in. Newgate.strect, when he pro.:
risked to settle an annuity upon her if she would
be his mistress: As her situation at home was uni.
comfortable, she was prevailed upon _to meet trim
again, and!afterwardi to accept an asyluni provided
by hirri in the house of a IVirs. Bulman, at Horton.
There &he resisted hit attempts on her virtue above
seven weeks,' but at length he succeeded) and she
continued to live with ,htni till she became pregnant,
when he removed her: successively to lodgings itt
Clipstone-itreet and ,13enner.street, and afterwards •
abandoned her. She was obliged to return to her
father, .who supported her -during her
It appeared that the Defendant was an opulent cow.;
keeper, 4 iriarried matt, ..and that , he, had a largefamily

Mr: GAR.R.OW, for the Defend,lnt• contended, that
the young woman had nor been virtuously educated;
that her parenta had nor paid Proper attention
to her; and that her inclinations, were vicious at
and: after the time when the Dlendlint became
acquainted with her. fie called several witnesses,
among whom were Mrs. Btiman and three or. four
women of the town, to prove that Eirx.theth Sluther.
wood had been debauched before the Daendanc
knew her, and tht she resorted to b. nses of iIL
fatne. Their testimony was nor believed, and the
Jury gave a Verdict for the Phtintiff--Damai;es 3001.

IS.LE OF ELY ,ASSIZES. -
EDW. cillt/STlAtip —Wednesday, Fitt), z 7, at Ely
CARMAR,THEN SPRINI; CIRCUIT, ILI.
CardivArshi,; —WedaCiddy, April 3, at Cardigan.
PentGr,kerM,..—'ruesotay, Apr:l at Haverforgvvest.
Calnarihefriphire—Moaday;.April is, at Caranirtlien.

. .
We understand the following General Officers are
to COMpme thp intended Cpurt.M.rtiai, wtidi will
assemble in Canterbury, on the rst of Ma'tch nem,
for the trial, of the Hon. Col. Cocu AN c Joit
sromr, of the latel3th West India R4gintenr,
charges, exhibited agaiost trim.' by
Goa DON, of the sarne-Regitneo.t
General E'arl of HA ars Presidmr.
General Marris, Go„c.,-.1 S r James Craig,
General Whitelocke, Gencral Sir Oavid Baird,
Maj. Gen. Sir John Stuart:, Maj. Gen. Lord Southcopten,
Brig. Gen. Clediiaies, Brig. Gen. Nlontre•or,
Brig. Sir S.
Cen. Auchinuty, Brig. Gen. Caruthers,
F rig. Layard, Brig. Sixneer,
Brig. Gen. Stuart, Brig. Gen. klottzton.

The Court, it is conjedured, will sit War 01.4
month.

THEOPat A.—The long-expeaed 40,.)era of P-e.
.fl/e, composed in this Country by BIANCHI, pur.
posely to *thew the powers of Mrs. BILLINGTONg
was, represented, for the'first time, last night, at the
King's Theatre. In the first' Aft a Duet between
Mrs. Bit LINOTON and VIGANONI was much ad.
mired and universally encjed. Another Duet in
the,seeond Act, by the saint Performers, was equally
admired and as loudly encored. 'Mrs.
TON has a very fine Song, blended with the Coon's,
in the commencement of the second Aft, which she
sung in the most exquisite manner. The eqmpusef it
indeed essentially indelped.to this great flerformtr fur
the whole of her exertions in this Opera. iticirt
took great pains, and in 'several' passages was very
successful. The saran may be justly said of VIGA.
NONS. The music is rich. and b-autiful, and will.
increase the reputation of BtANCII7, high as it .4e.
srrvedly is i and Mr. Grunt), the. Manager, is en.
titled to the approbation of tittr'poidie for the liberal
Splendour with which he has forwartrtjas
fine OPera., The dresses are m-gnificent, and the
scrintry uncommOnly beautiful, as well As appro.
A.utlience, which was very numerous,
as we 11.7 as elegant, teceis'.cti the Opera with the
warmest approbation. The new Itillet goes off'
vcv seal, aurd. Madame LAaonta is a charming
Slitutitute for Macleme DIS flAres,,who is still in.
, • •
- `Tx It Tit ,Tgg.- The translated . Drama ,Of
Lovers' reit): was lair/tier represeuted at Drury.
Lane 'Fhearre, ,and Master RETTir i!TINIMed the
part of Frederick. His atteaetiOn continues, hot the
arrangements at the.Theatee prevent all confusion 'and
disturbance. Little fiero was received 'with.
great applause, and the , flay was altogether very
well supported. _
_

The new Comedy, of To Marcy or No 'to Marty
is likely to afford the Managers of Covenr.Gardeu
l'heatee ample returns for their liberal speculation
in giving a loge sum tot it befuti its represents.
lion. It 'was last night preformed co a very nurse.
roes Auditueerand throughout excited much interest
and applause.
_

The-Fair at Sr. Mabyn, nr, Thursitry. last, pro.
diiced a very fine show of Cattle, which, in general,
went off pretty brisk.

Tuesday the following singular species of fraud
came out in an examination before the Sitting Ma
gistratc in the Council Chamber, Edinburgh.—A
woman named Jane Galva tes, 6110 oil a respettablu
merchant in that City a few days ago, and having
mentioned the names of several of his acquaintances,
told him her sister had died,that morning, and that
the had nothing to get her interred. He gave her
a ; but not content with this, she called on
him'a second lime, soliciting some more Money ;
which, leAding to a susi,icion of fraud, she was air.
prehended; and"committed to the City Guard. Jr
appeared in the course of an inveiiigation, that
she never had a sister, but had been long in the ha-
bit of imposing upon the public with similar stn.
ries. in a ;ate instance she went ,to a Gentleman,
an Elder of the West Church, from whom she
solicited an nrtier to break ground in fhlt church.
yard, which she got in her awn ?tame, in order to gee
liertelf bsorird, and from this Gentleman she received
a shilling. The'order was found in her p4aseSsimh
The Magistrate having investigated the, whole bu.
siness, and considcriog such I,t:Rltice3 to impose
Upon she humane and chatitable highly
sentenced het to iI.A.VC impr4utuTicnt
ire
%Woven.

Duboulet.
Royal Cortaatl Ranger:l, Eitsign sttlinlro be Lieu.-
I..:llant, V011411C(.1(;;P. Merati to Boer_
4.1-ied.:Lunpe, Gent, to be hnsigN *it:o!litesi..tot
(..i'dovAtit Mate to be Adjutitnt. r thrarter,MtomareSerjeant
An,;clo Marriott.' to be !„,,,;,,,trter.,Ntater,
VeAv Brunswick t Proilor;
front 11311,1)3y of the 9trr _Foot, to,ht! I,itoseaut,tovith
teinper.rry 4plowie, Avtiottited. „to, ctle :35th
Ft)ot.
Nova scotia Fertribles, Lieutdeant;•Colonei tVilli,un Au-
rlnstns Prevost, front -tll4 :001 G,trriz,On I'LttAllotio to be
Licoteuitor-Colonel, via; VeAzy, appeintell 14) 111 C 29111
L. ma, Charles EVellit Leaver, riciit, race:
"sinierson, prutbote,(l iat the Royals,
td. Royal 'Veteran Battalion, Serjeatit -- Newman, of the
A-A foot Conti's, to be bitsisn, vice ihr4ley, ;Appointed
Q water-Ca _ ,

Gus: OHALI..--Yteterd.lY , sem era! ''nuarnpprrotrri
Printers suannonel Mr. /Odd Wake. before Sir TORN
IL/04FR. They charged him with nut fulfilling.
agreement, in nut giving them a forinil;ina; warning
aetordiog: so•the .cu,st out of the business.
plAned of Mr. 'Wake having induce4.l tt:cm to:ttuif
permanent situations to come to wntle. on t new
yaprf, \Vakeinformed the Mierman that he
had been employed by .a numbet- of tersons,to
perintend a' new Morning caper, to curiti4t
ly of AdverliSetrierita, which . the Proptietors -at
first it,tcnded,. to: disttibute gratis ;• but, this plat)
haying compfetelkfailitl, ,the Piglet underwent, coif.:
ferent changes, and at last was given up; that upnti
applying to -the- Bonksellerg; they "w4;•tild • not ad.
vanee any more Money, and
.that he himself WAS
3001. out of, poeket:by the Paper, Sir after
hearing: both sides,, told the Complainants, that a
their agreement hail'untlergone some changes,- he
not,give them the tedte:is they required ; ith
ciriSequence of
,Wincft, Oley said they would have
rco Jurse to in conimon'llw. •
A calf of,the Suffolk breed, 26 weeks old, 'fit.
tenett-,lby Qa tc a, of Dvrbiet Stl islk, was
killed fast week, and lßund to. weigh 4711. sib.; the
lwole,,fut ,2911.). and the caul fair Isar.
OnMonalay senpight,. in Manchester theatre,
the shutter of a window in the gallery, occasionally
opened tnadmit a CitCOlßtiuri c,t air, was, by some
unfeeling miscreant, tos,ed Ovcr the peoples heads,
and precipitated. into the pit, by which a woman,
upon whom it fell, was to dreadfully tnaimetl, 414
r 0 excite the 'utmost apprehensions for her life.

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