The Sun.
London, England, 1804-02-17 00:00:00

HOUSE OF COMMONS.

THURSDAY, FIB. 16.
Az half past three o'clock, the House proceeded
tr ballot for a Committee, to try the merits of the
Petition complaining of an undue Eletlion for Mal-
den. The Members chosen to form the Committee

Hugh Leycester, Esq. Right Hon. Wm. Windham,
Edward Morris, EA). Right Hon. C. Long,
William Egerton, Ebel. Hon. Charles lames Fox,
Hon. Cropley Ashley, Lord Robert Spencer,
•Lord George Aug. Henry Henry Bankes, Esq.
Cavendish, Saigekit, Esq.
Marquis of Titchficid, N. Vansitrart, Esq.
10M Iv EiS.
Thomas Crevey, Esq.

Robert Steele, Esq.

There were not a sufficient number of Members
present to ballot for the Honiton Committee.
VOLUNTEER BILL.
Mr. Secretary YORKg said, he was under the
necessary of moving to discharge the Order which
tooud for to-morrow for the second reading of the
• Volupteer Bill, on account of some Papers which it
would be necessary to lay before the House not be_
ing yet printed: he then moved that it-should be
read a second time on Wednesday next.
The Committee on the Marine Mutiny Bill was
put off till Monday.
GREENLAND FISHERY.
Mr. VANSITTART moved the Order of the Day
for the House to resolve itself into a Committee to
consider of the Alts relative to the Greenland Fish-
ery.—The House having resolved itself into a
Committee,
Mr. rANSITTART said, that a Bounty was
alWays granted to the Owners of Ships employed in
;he Greenland Fishery in time of Peace, uponcon-
dition of their having a certain number of British
Seamen on board; this was done with a view to
encourage the nursery of British Seamen ; but in
time of War the case way very different, and as it
was now expedient that as many men should be got
for the Royal Navy as possible, he should move
tbcrefore, that the Chairman be direEted to move
for leave to bring in a Bill to enable Vessels em_
ployed in the Greenland Fishery to complete their
number of Seamen at different Ports during the pre-
sent
season.—The Motion was agreed to.
Dr. DUIOENAN gave notice that he should to-
m,,rrow move for leave to bring in a Bill respeting
.P.,:itaries Public in Dublin, and that on Monday
he should move for a Bill to regulate the time at
which persons may be admitted to Priests Orders in
Ireland.
'lire Committee on the DUKE of YORK'S Estates
Bill was put ofctill this day senuight.—Adjourned.

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THE SUN.

SOLEM 2UIS °MERE FALSUM AUDLAS

LONDON, FEBRUARY 17, iBo4.

WE have great satisianion in laying before our
Readers the Bui{et in of this mo►ning, which imparts
a ray of hope that His IvIAJEs-rir's Disorder may
take alavourable turn.

" H:s MAJESTY has had several hours sleep, and appears
refreshed by it.

(Signed)

" F. MILLMAN.

Pib. 17, rgo4.

" W. Hazzaozzi."

The statement which we made yesterdays we
knave every reason to believe to, have been perfealy
.2,,rrea. Some of the Papers of this day presume to
::ontradiet one part of it, but when, they become
better informed, they will And that we were right,
and that they are wrong.
His Majesty's legs, it is added, had become so
swelled, that they underwent the operation of scarf.
ficarion. We are led to hope that it has contributed
to ameliorate His Majesty's situation.
The same numerous inquiries that were made
yesterday, were this day repeated, and will no doubt
be continued till our Gracious and truly beloved
KING is restored to the fervent and anxious wishes
of, his sympathizing People.

HER MAJESTY'S ardiaion is so great, that ap.
pr:::lensions are entertained that it may affect. her

valuable health. The PRINCESSES are unremitting
in their dutiful attentions to their Royal Mother,
and the Royal Dukes pass several hours at Buck-
ingham •House every day. We are happy to learn
that His Royal Highness the PRINCE of WALES is
pronounced to be recovered. It will now only re.
quire a little care to restore him to the complete
possession of his usual high health, and which is
so essential to the Nation at a crisis like the pie-

sent.
The Lord in Waiting. Lord SOMERVILLE, at_
tends daily in the Levee Room at St. James's, to
receive the Nobility and Gentry, and satisfy their
anxious inquiries. Those who do not write their
names on the slips of paper, leave their Cards with
the Pages, and some satisfy themselves with in.
spefting the Bulletin shewn by the Yeoman Porter
at the top of the stairs.
The Cabinet Council sat again last night at the
House of the Chancellor of the Exchequer in
Downing-street, and continued sitting till the
morning. Sir LUCAS PEPYS, «•e believe, attended
it. No communication was made yesterday to
Parliament, as was expeded. One is looked for
to-tlay, but perhaps as a favourable symptom has
appeared since yesterday, it may be judged prudent
to defer it till Monday.
A general opinion seems to prevail, that when
BONAPARTE hears of the calamity with which this
Country, is afiiiEted in the serious indisposition of its
revered MONARCH, he will judge it a proper time to
make his long-threatened attempt at Invasion. The
conjetiure is certainly not an improbable one; but if
he does make the attempt of this we are confident, that
every man in the Kingdom will feel an additional
stimulus, if one were necessary, from the very cir-
cumstance of our common calamity, to unite hand
and heart in.the National Defence. Every Volum.
tcer would be found at his post, and every man
capable of bearing arms would rush forward in de-
fence of a beloved Sovereign, endeared to his Peo-
ple by every tie and every feeling that can touch
and interest the human heart.

THIS morning arrived the Hamburg Mail due
on Sunday last. The following are its principal

contents.

PARIS, JAN. 27.-All the Generals who are to
have command in the Expedition against England,
are preparing to set out for the Coast in a few days.
They will immediately embark on board the Flo.
tilla, and every thing will be held in readiness to
get under sail the first favourable wind.
It is said that DENON, the Diredor of the Mu-
seum, who accompanied BONAPARTE to Egypt,
will likewise accompany him in his new journey.
It is asserted in the Mon;trur, that the Capitan
Pasha, who lately died at Constantinople, was a
great admirer of BONAPARTE, and that the present
Capitan Pasha, CAor R. BEY, shewed many particu.
lar civilities to Colonel SEBASTIANI in his journey
to Egypt.

The Italian Division sets out this day fur Bou.

logne.
The General of Brigade MERLE, now in the ter-
ritory of Hanover,' is appointed a Member of the
Legion of Honour.
CONSTANTINOPLE, JAN. 2.—Adrices have been
received from the Pasha of Janina, that an Adjutant
of General ST. CYR had arrived in the Motea, with
letters of recommendation from that General. He
appears to have observed and inspeCted every thing
in the Peninsula. The objet of his journey, as he
says, is to purchase Turkish horses in the Morea
for the use of•the French Army.
The Neapolitan Chargé d'Affaires at the Porte
has given in to the Turkish Government several
written communications relative to the state of
affairs in Italy and its vicinity.

Official accounts have been received from Egypt,
that the Beys, after stipulating for certain privi.
leges, have at length agreed to the Convention
proposed by the Turkish Government; by which
the possession of Alexandria and Egypt is, at least
for a time, secured to the Porte.
MENTZ, JAN. 3i.--The day after tomorrow
we expert here the Fleet of Gun. boats destined for
Flushing : they are built on an entirely new eon-
stration. The two Regiments of Cavalry now
here wait for remounts from the Territory of
Hanover.

MILAN, Dec. tg.—This morning a great trans..
port of arms, escorted by a detachment of Huss .rs,
set out for Lecee, in the Neapolitan territory, %here
are the head-quarters of the second division of Ita.
Tian Troops.
VENICE, JAN. 20.—The Pope leas entered into
a negociation for a Concordat with the Court of
Etruria. The French Envoy at Florence, General
CLARKE, has direetions' to favour the proposal.
The Concordat with the Italian Republic will be
taken for its basis.

HAGUE, JAN. 3 I.—Last Saturday we. hard a
heavy cannonade &um Fluthing ;. and Lt was eon.

jeaured that the Enemy had made an attack
on our Flotilla. The Marine Council imme-
diately sent off an Officer to make inquiry, who
however returned on the following day with ad-
vice that it was only occasioned by a grand
manceuvring of about 4.0 Vessels, with which
Admiral VERHELTL had sailed out of the Road. As
there are now such a number of Ships at Flushing,
General MoNNET has increased the measures of pte-
caution to prevent the Vessels from being set on
fire, either by negligence or the Emissaries of the
Enemy.

More than roo Vessels from the interior Canals
of the Republic, are expetied soon to join the Flo.
tilla at Flushing.

The late Minister of Justice, TADAMA, is ap.
pointed Chief of the Police at Amsterdam.
AMSTERDAM, JAN. 31.—1 n the representations
of the Direetory, relative to the new contributions
of 40 millions, the general poverty and distressed
state of the Country is pourtrayed in the strongest
terms : with respect to the contributions, it is ex-
pressly asserted that the number of persons in our
Republic who have property to the amount of a
million of florins, is about 200.

BAYONNE, JAN. 19.—Yesterday afternoon ar.
rived here from Spain, 6o mules laden with piastres,
remitted to the merchant M. GAamta !us. This
transport will be followed
.by four others, making
the first expedition. Each mule carries to the
amount of 25,000 livres ; the value of the abore_
mentioned first transport amounts therefore to a
million and a half of livres.

MADRID, JAN. tB.—On Friday in the afternoon,
the t 3th inst. between five and six in the evening,
a smart shock of an earthquake was felt here, which
occasioned the more alarm, as this phenomenon is
almost totally unknown here. The direftion of the
shock was from North to South. A shock nearly
similar was felt here at the time of the earthquake
at Lisbon, and it is probable this has been much
more considerable in some other Country.
[This earthquake, on the r3th of January, it
will be recollected, was felt at several places on the
Coast of Holland.]

MALAGA, JAN. ll.—We are daily more certain
that our city is entirely free from disease, and the
health of the inhabitants completely restored. The
accounts of the ravages made by the distemper have
been greatly exaggerated : the number of persons
who have fallen victims to it is 5280.

The following arrangement for a New Admini.
stration, is confidently handed about
Mr. P ITT, First Lord of the Treasury, and Chancellor
of the Exchequer.
Lord MLI.v ILLY, First Lord of the Admiralty.
Mr. Fox, Secretary of State for the Foreign Depart-
ment.
Lord MOIRA, Secretary of State for the War Depart-
ment.
Mr. GREY, Secretary of State for the Home Depart-

meta.
Sir WILLIAM CHANT, Lord Chancellor.
Earl RosLt N, Presidmt of the Council.
Earl SPENCER, Lord Privy Seal.
Earl of CoAi x Am, Master General of the Ordnance.
Marquis CORNWALLIs, Commander in Chief.
Lord CATHCART, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, and Corn-

minder in Chief.
General FITZ ? ATR I cx, Secretary at War.
Mr. , Treasurer of the Navy.
Mr. CAW NINO, President of the Board of Controul.
The Hon. S. Ptitcsv AL, Master of the Rolls.
The Hon. T. ERSKINZ, Attorney General.
Mr. Ann m, Solicitor Central.
Messrs. STZLL and WitstAat DUNZA.St Joint Pay-
Master Central.

Dr. TOR TON and Mr. DUNDAS attended His
MAJESTY, Sir FRANC IS MILLMAN and Dr.
HEBER DEN, are the constant attendants.
We understand Mr. ADDINGTON had an inter.
view with the ROYAL FAMILY at a late hour on
Tuesday night previous to his attending the Ca.
binet Council. The Minister had another interview
yesterday afternoon between three and four o'clock.
The DUKE of YORK remained at the Qualm's
house at a late hour last night.
We are happy to say, the Report of the PUNCE
Of WALES'S health yesterday was, " His Royal
Highness is perfeetly recovered."
Mt. Fox we understand has been with the PRINCE
of WALES every day since Monday last.
As the statement of Mr. PITT having been seen
in Downing street on Wednesday attracted atten-
tion, we thought it wotth while to tn,,lce some
inquiry on the suhjest, and we find he merely
walked from the Park through the Gate_way and on
to Parliament-street.—At any other time this cir.
cumstance would certainly be too trivial for notice.

The second reading of the Volunteer Bill W 24
yesterday again postponed till Wednesday next.
Lord GRENVILLE yesterday postponed his in-
tended Motion respeaing' the Paper Circulation as
conneted with the General Defence of the Country.
Lord Sr. VINCENT arrived in town yesterday,
but still in very indifferent health.
The CountEss of LIVERPOOL left town for
Brighton, on Tuesday laq, in consequence of the
melancholy accident which had befallen her sister,
Lady WARREN.

The Duke and Dutchess of CORDON, with Lady
MADELINA SINCLAIR, do not leave Scotland till
next month.

The decision of the Judges in the case of .Artiett.
was yesterday delivered at the Old Bailey, by Mr.
aron. tht