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of 'the bay for the
Lord CASTLEREAGH moved the Ordaro
House to gu into a Committee of the whole House on the
India Shipping Bill.
Mr, JOH :'STONE rose, and repeated. his arguments against
the measure proposed by the Noble Lend ; he strongly urged ,
the impropriety of granting the request of the Noble Lord,
When Persons lead done the ship business of the
had
utteredlndiaet: •
pally for rBl. iss. per ton, and many persons
do it at 141. per ton, he therefore saw nb reaLgrounds.for the
• present application to the House.
Lord C.4STLEREeiGH rose and answered the points of
objetlion taken by the Hon. Gentleman
of
j°"NN
and then went over his formergrounds of detail on t naturec,of the agreement made between the East India Company and
the Ship-owneis A fter h clear and able statement on the
subject, his Lordship concluded with expressing a satisfac.
,tion that the grounds of his application would be considered,
by the House as perfectly fair.
Sir Wm. P u LTINEY expressed, his disapprobation of the
pleasure proposed by the Noble Lord.
• Lord CASTLEREAGH explained.
Mr. MOOR E gave his support to the Bill, and ohseived
that the.ships now in the Company's service were
.far supe-
'rior to what they had been, ancl were not only useful to the
East India Company, but serviceable to the State.
After a few observations front kir. Coy it r CNA v as to the
into'
sum paid per ton to the Ship-owners, the House went
a Committee on the Bill, and the Report was ordered to be
brought up to-morrow morning,
General TA ft rroN expressed a wish that the
Loa of the ExenEQUaa would postpone the tnrthe.vonsi-
deration of the Report of the Bonding and WarehouStng
which stands for riday, to the Monday following. •
TIICCHANCELLGR of the ERGUSQUERt instantly complied
with the request made by. the Hon. Gentleman, arukths fur.
ther consideration of the Report was ordered for Monday,
11CXt,
Mr, CORRY observed, iliat from having considered the
nature or the-Bill jnst Mentioned, and the srate,or the Trade
in Ireland, he ,d'ul not mean at present to introduce a Bill
with iespeet to the Bonding and Warehousing' or Goods
ported into that Country ; , his reason was, that there were
several statutes which regulate the Bonding of Wine, .tnd all
those articles mentioned in the London Bonding that
are imported into Ireland, besides, ninny other articles
weie under the regulati, n of the Bill, a Bill which is at
present found to answer' every purpose that can be wished
for. If he was.to introduce a liill or the nature of the one
now in the 11" use, •he must make some change in tite.present
system before he you'd carry the measure proposed by the
-London Bill into. execution, tie should
,theroicire postpone
it for the.preeeut Session ; but if it's! ould be -found.tieces:-.
nary to have a of this nature, he should take an early
opportunity. next Session to, oar t.imilur measure to the
one now-before the House.
Lord Hawx ssatt Rl, moved the Order-of the Day for the House to go into a Committee of Supply,
Lord G. L. GOWER wished to'know4hether the
Grant about to be
.proposed for the service of the
PRINCE of OkANGE and Family, by the Noble.
Lord, was front any Provision in the 'Treaty of
Amiens, or froth the affeaion His Wjesty has for
that Prince. It this grant is to be considered an
adequate indemnification to the Pririce of Orange,
he could not but observe that he thought Ministers
•had been negligent in nut bringing it before the
House much earlier.
Lot d HAWKES BURY observed, that he thought
the Noble Lord had been' prematutti in' his remarks,
as he moved, for the Committee without bay lug
'mentioned any particular suhjea for consideratioo.
The House then went into a Committee of Sup.
Lord II AWKESBIJRY then cailed.the attention
of the Committee to His Majesty's last Message;
be observed, that though he felt As strongly as any
Gentleman in the House, that this was not the most
propitious moment for an application of the nature
he was about to propose, yet he believed the House
would consider his proposition founded in' hon Our
and justice; It was scarcely. necessary for burn to
slate to Parliament the obligations we have beeit:
under to the Prince of Orange ; he need not describe
. ~theitature of our alliance with the House of Orange,
.rhat toinit be too well known; and he thought must
ever have been considered as k connection highly..
valuable to the Couotry,. He mod not but think
that —a Family who had been serviceable to this
Country for Centuries, ought to be considered as
dear as the Constitution, and therefote have higher
claims on this Government than any other foreign
comiedion ; he was Sure the House, in such a case
as the present, would not narrow or limit the in.
dulgence the Prince of Orange and Family were in.
titled to, and he did not doubt but they would be
the subjeas of 'our liberality. The loss -sustained
by the Prince of Orange was difficult to flit at any
particular sum, so as to grant an exaei indemnity
for it ; yet His Majesty's Ministers felt the pro.
pricty of the claim. The reason that the subjea
bad not !teen brought before Parliament prior to the
present veriod was, that Government wished to
see what might be done in favour of the Prince of
Orange by the BataVian Government, but as all our
endeavours failed to render the Prince any service
in that way, they now wish. to-.rest their claim on
the indulgence and liberality 'of the House. There
had been a proposition from the Batavians to this
Government to this effect, that if we would sur-
render the Ships once belonging to .the Prince of.
Orange, he would be included in the Indemnities
but this was a proposition we did not, nor:could
not agree to. Upon this ground, conneeted with
other circumstances, he was sure the House would
see the propriety of- giving some protection to the
Prince and Family. He should therefore propose
tri vote the tium of Sixty Thousand Pounds for their.
Use and service, and also an annuity, of Sixteen
Thousand a year, leaving it to'His Majesty's dis.
cretiou to discontinue it whenever he ,may think
Waller- His 'Lordship observed, that this annuity
IV" intended to cover the expences attending the
support of subordinate individuals upder them, and
should
attached to the Family. He also observed, that he
only propose to.day the Sixty Thousand
Pounds, and topmorrow the Annuity.
Mr. CANNING allowed there was no one more
• untitled to the indulgence of the House than th e
l'amily recommended by the Noble Lord ; yet De
thought it his duty to observe, that Ministers ought
to have laid before the House everycirCUMSta rice con-
neaed with the-Treaty of Amiens, in order tO fairly
- 'judge of the proposition, which has been made by
the Noble Lord. By the Diplomatic agreemeot be.
tween the Batavian 'Government and France, the
Prince of Orange was included in the list of indemni.
ties, but as Holland had negleaed to attend to the
letter of the Treaty, it would have been but politi-
cal to have enforced the Indemnity for the service
of the Prince of Orange. He thought the pledge
we had from the Batavian Government was sufficient
- for us to say to them, " Vrou have negledted.to give
an Indemnity to the -Houie of Orange, which yap
were bound to have done by the Treaty; and if
4 You do not give a proteetion to the Prince of Orange,
vie, will retain the Property now in M3E,possession.'.'
The. Ministers must feel that it would have been
.a more decorous way, to have given an Indemnity
to the Prince of Orange by retaining the Cape of
`Good hope till the Batavians had thought proper to

bomply with the. Treaty : this might have been
done before Christmas lair, without the least eliffi.
culty : but this opportunity was gone, and- he
thought. there was no means at this period to sup.-
port the present request.
Lord HAWKESBURY explained, and observed
among many other things, that on the question of
'German Indemnities after the signature of the
Treaty of Amiens, as a compensation fOr losses, the
Princeof Orange had'renounced claims in a manner
that facilitated the conclusion of that matter, and
had done so in a manner which gave him a strong
claim upon the Generosity, if not the Justice of
this Country, and that his original claim for indem-
nity was• perfettly eqtritable,•if not rigidly just.
Mr. CANNING •explained also, and thought
that if the ClaiMs of the Prince of Orange were, as
he had no doubt they were, 'just at the time the
Indemnities were discussed, a great and a powerful
Nation such as ours, ought to have interfered to
'inforce his Claim, and if that interference had not
been sufficient to obtain Justice, our Government
ought to
.have laid the matter before Parliament,
for One of the great advantages which a small 1
State • obtained by' alliance with a great and
powerful one, Was, that the small should always
have justice from any other, althOugh a more,pOwer.
fu! Stikte; but instead of this he contended that the
PrinCe. of Orange had not justice done to his Claim
•for Indemnity, a point lA hich was to have been set-
' tied between France and Holland, but which had
been shifted from one of them to the Other; and
now an Indemnification was to come to him
from this Country. He did not say the sum
now proposed was more than a rei,nunerati.m- to
the Prince of. Orange, but he Owned- he thought
tliia .ought to.have,been, settled when the question
of Indemnities was discOssed, .and that 'our Go-
vernment ought to, have seen that settlement made,
and stood pledged to do.in, for that he did not know
the use' of a Guarantee of a powerful State, that
the. rights of ,a weak one should, he Preserved, unless
is took 'care chat anotherpoWerful State. should nut
tike away by force that which justly belonged to.
the weaker. He did not think that the abandon-
ing the rights of a small Stair in the.discussionof
them with another powerful State, and afterwards
giving a'remuneration for its loss, instead of insist-
o.g on its original rights in the discusSiOn, was per..
forming the part of a magnanimous Ally. However
these objettions did not go to the present vote, they
.applied only .retrespettively to the conduCt of His
M.ijesty's Ministers.
Sir FRANCIS BURDETT said, that a pro.
pocitiun more extraordinary than this, under all the
circumstances, never was submitted to Parliament,
and it was indeed advanced with a degree of awk-
wardness,
if he might so express himself, which he
never before observed in any thing brought for-
ward fly the Noble LOrd.
the Noble Lord shoo He did not. wonder that
Id so feel himself,
when he
called on the People of E
ng.an— for , such a purpose
as this. He had rested the present claim -on the
,generosity 'rather titan the' justice of This Country.
Generosity was an excellent qiialitys, and it was
conspicuous, in the People of this Country—it
was
a part of our national charaCter; but then he.did
not apprehend it was to supersede considerations Of,
prudence, With respett to the claim of the Prince
of Orange,
it wits a elaitif not on us, but on the
Republic of Holland. If the-Prince did not chuse
to be matlea tool of to cheat the people of. Holland,
he must• have had a claim on them rather than any
claim on us ; ht,t undoubtcdly,' if the Prince
of—
Orange did submit the interests. of that
'country to
be sacrificed to the wishes of the ou M• • sters of Eng.
land in the last War,
they, ought to be hostile to
any idea of indemnity or compensation to him. So
char if the Prince of Orange had done hi. duty,
he
ought to have an indemnity from Holland, and Ice
had no claim on 129.; it' he had not done his duty
he coultrhave ,no claim on that Country, and it
was diffiCult.to see hoW he had any claim on this ;
at all evepts we ought to have extremely go::et rea-
sons, in the present time and under all the circutn-
stances
,by which we are surrounded, for granting
this money, before we granttd it. He thought that
this was a very unseasonable application, when we
were calling•on this Country to defend itself, fly
the most extraordinary means, and he had no doubt
it would. be 'very properly defends d ; but at such
time to bring forward a pretended Claim of the
Prince of Orange on the generosity of this Country,
was a course of proceeding which he thought ex-
trCtnely. injudicious; the Noble .Lied, he maintain-
ed', had advanced no reason whatever. for this pro.:
posed meastire—even if it were reasonable in itself,
he should 'think that at the pesent moment it
would be untimely ; for considering all the claims
now made upon the, People* of England, this
application tO. Parliament excited his .astonishment.
lie alluded to the claim of his Royal. Highness the
Prince of Wales, which, he said, was afterwards.
withdrawn on account of the emergency of the times;
and that, he thoUght, would have been a good rea-,
son for doing the same with this, even if it had
beers well founded, which he was far frOm
ing. He knew not where these applications were
to end. We might be called on by-and-by to in-
demnify the Eletior,of,HanOver, He, must oppose.
this. There was no case made out, either on the
justice or. the., generosity of this Country. He
-assigned as another reason for dissenting from this
proposition, the present state of the Pension List of
this Country, some part of which, he said, dis.
gusted him, because it contained names of persons
whose claims upon' this Country he did not admit.,
`He said, that whenever any person of real meth
was to he rewarded, Government came to Parlia-
ment for that reward, and it was granted without
a murmur, and, afterwards, pensions were, granted
to per Sons whose cases would not bear-investigation.
He thought the Members of this House would not
be justified in burthening. their Constituents upon
this occasion by this vote, when manufaelures, corn.
merce,_atid agriculture must be so severely checked
as they .:are about to be. He ohaeived, that the
Noble Lord did not Very well know which to give
to the Prince of Orange, a sum a money or an
annuity, and therefore he proposed to giye him
both. 'lie concluded' with observing, that instil
he was convinced of the absolute necessity of it,
he would not grant a:sixpence Of the money of di:
People of this Country at the present moment.

T,4. CHANCELLOR of tbi EXCHEQUER

, . ,
ite rose to nt express s asto ntothent that the
claim of the House of Orange on this Country should
be doubted by any Englishman in Parliament; Tin'
Howie of Orange was an illustrious but unfortunate
.family, which, by the injustice and military via-
lence of France had.been deprived of much of its
-just rights, and such a family should At this time
be the °Nett of, compassion to every Honour-
able Member of that House, when it was remem.
tiered tnat.it was to that illustrious family was owing
the liberty which we now enjoyed. -He should
have thought that conneeted as we were, and sensible
of the benefits we had received from that illiVrious
House, not one individual would have objeeled to
the proposition now before the Committee. He
reminded the Committee of what we owed to Wil-
liam 111. by whose exertions, instead of chains and
bondage, we possessed freedom, independence, and
all the blessi igs which attend Liberty. He observ,
ed also on the sacrifices which the present Prince of
Orange had made on this occasion, 'and he said he
could not have supposed that any individual in that
House should have objeded tonic remuneration now
proposed to His Serene Highness of 60,0001, in
money, and 16,0001. a.year. He thought that this
claim was a proper claim upon the. HuMaOity and
the' Liberality of Parliament, if not upon its Justice'.
These were; the • general considerations which
operated on his 'mind, and induced him io assent to
the proOosition no..v blade,' and which he had • been
led to express in consequence of what was said by
the Hon. Baronet, who had complained there was
no argument offered in support of the Measure.
N,,tv.it was. observable that as to the ships taken
at the Helder, an arrangement was to have been
made which 'would haVe, been bervficial to the
Prince 'of Orange provided this Country would
agree to surreoter the Ships taken there ; it
became impossible consicently with the true ir.
wrests- of this -Country, that we should agree
to that proposition. These ships were taken
in the n,orle of the Prince of Orange, and this after.
wards stood in the way, of the indernnity which.
Would otherwi,e have been made to His Serene
Highness, in the arrangements which took }'lace
under the head of the German Indemnities, after
the conclusion of the Treaty of Amiens. The va-
lue of these ships was 200,0001. Thee ships, so
taken, were distindly stated.Tto be the impediment'
to the indemnity that was to have been made to the
Prince of Orange. Surely,then, if the claim ofthat
illustrious Prince could not be said to be a claim, on
the justice, it certainly was a claim, on the libe. •
rality of this Country, and let it note said there
was no argument in support of. this proposition—
under these circumstances, he could 'not help hoping
the Committee would feel the perfed propriety of
this measure now proposed by his Noble Friend.
Alr. N. SMITH thought that the Right Hon.
Gentleman had advanced a powelful reason in every
view in which this case came before the Commit-
tee for assenting to this measure, namely; that the
illustrioos Housn' of Orange was in a state to call
for the coMpassion of this • He was one of
those who would be the last to refuse concurrence
to a generous 'Measure on such groundS, for no one
had greater 'veneration for that illustriotk, nor
higher sense of what this country owed to that f
thati himself, but when this was considered as a
claim'of justice, or if not of justice, of equity or
compassion, rhre, was a
,cOnluition,- or to speak
muse properly a mixture of ideas. ---'ln support
it as a claim of 'justice, was alm:ist ithpossible,
„„it to say it was a claim on our liberality, he
thought'. too 'much, upon any thing that had been
advanced either by the Noble Lord who brought it
forward, or by the Right Hon. Gentleman who sup.
ouried it—How far equity and justice might be
sepirated was a subj-et too nice perhaps fur sudden
disquisitioo, it 'was not his -inclination, nor did he
caV it was within his ability to decide. But'his oh,
i,etion was more easy than any such discussion
w„,oole—Wie,were now in the zsth of July, a
period which Parliament, whatever it may be
“hiiged to do hereafter, had not been yet accustom.
ed to sit, and with such attendance as he now saw,
he did not think'that the measure should be now
discussed.--Nut that he regarded this vote as of any
great consequence to the Country in its amount, fur
&now!. and 16,000l.a.year could not be tiri
but what he was most' afraid of Was the precedent of
entering into votes without good reasons for them.
—He therefore thought it should not be discussed
now but deferred until the next meeting. of
ment; which would infallibly take place in Novem-
ber.

.tord 114WKESBURY observed, that with re.
gard to this measure being discussed at a late sea.
son, he apprehended the objection would not be con.
sidered 'of mtich force, while it was not considered
too late to discuss the Defence and the Property
BillSl and as to the eifea of delay,' he was assured,
that the granting of this sum at this titrte to the.
Prince of Orange; would be considered of inure va.
lue by his Serene Highness,.than a much larger sum
at,a future Period..
Mr. W.-SMITH said a few words in exphnation.
After which the Resolution was put, ‘1 That it is the
opinion Of this Committee, that. His Majesty be en-
abled' to grant. to His Serene Highness a sum not
exceeding 60,0001. and also an yearly sum non ex
cecding 16,00Ol."
Mr. W..Smrsti proposed', that, thii Resolution
should be postponed until this day three months,
.which was negatived.
The Question on the Original Resolution. was
then put and carried.
The CHANCHILOR of the EXCHEQUER then pro.
posed, that a sum not exceeding Two Millions be
granted as a Vote of Credit.
Mr. jokrisviciws did not rise to oppose the Mu.
don,. but adverted to ti former statement of the
Criatiost.Loit of the EX6HEQUEIiv. that, the ex.
pences of the War would not exceed 26 minions
annually. Mr. JoHrtsportS entered .into ri,,vatiety
of calculations, to spew that the expenCis, of the
War would be much higher, and that the Liao for
the next year would be 25 millions instead of 6
millions, as the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER
had predided.
The CHANCELLOR of the' EXCHEQUER
denied that he had positively asserted that the ex.
pence of the War next year would not exceed 26
millions. It was impossible to state with precision
what the txpences of the War would be, because-it

*iitild be impossible to forsee what t►ere the exer.
tions that it might be necessary fur the Country to
wake.

M. JOHNSTONE explained; ants. which the
tion wa,ygreed to.

tits—use resolved itself into a Committee.
of Ways and Means.
`The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER
rose. to propose three Resolutions to. the Committee ;
the first relating to the growing produce Of: the
Consolidated Fund ;, the next was for one Milion
anti A half in Exchequer Bills, to make good the
like sum advanced by the Bank valid the next was
for two millions of Exchequer Bills to make good
the sum voted in the Committee of Supply. The
Comtnittec would rtreolka, that bef ,re Christmas a
sum of three millions was voted to make good a
sum advanced by t;:e Bank in 1798. Of that; sum
had been paid, and the Bank had .ndw
consented to take Exchequer Bills for the remainder,
The two millions in Exchequer Bills which he not
proposed to vote was merely to inako good the sum
which had been voted in the Committee Of Supply..
With. regard to the, growing produce, it would' be
recollected that at the close of the last Session of
Parliament,
,the growing produce of the COnioli-
dated Fund was taken at four millions and si half
fur the emuing year; but on.the sth January last the
produce was 4,900,0001.' which was 4.00,000 l m'ore
in three quarters of a year than was estitnated for
die whole year, He then proceeded to enter into' a
walieiy -of calculations' with regard to the probable
amount- of the, COnsolidated Fund for the ensuing
quarters, after which he proceeded to move his
solutions,_ which,. after a few words frpm Mr.
joiiNsToNs, were Agreed and the Report was
ordered to be brought up to-morrow.
The House cent into a Committee on the Curates
Bill.

In the Clause, empowering the'Bishop to allow to
the Curate any sum not.: exceeding one-fourth of the
amount of the Benefice, for serving the Cure, the
words one-foUrth" were left our, and the words
"one-thitd" were insertej. The Bill then went
through the Committee, and the Report was order.
(Li' to bereceived to-morrow.
The CHANCELLOR of the,EXCHEQUER said, that
as several' Curates had been materially affeaed in
consequen& of the Bill .of this Session, enforcing
It.cittesice of the Clergy, he should to-morrow move
for a Committee, to t,,ke their case into consider.
ation.

CORR V moved In discharge two orders of
the zoth Junn last,. with regard to the Board of
First Fruit's a,id Tenths in Ireland, for the purpose
of moving ft)r Other more accurate accounts. The
accounts were afterwards brought up and laid upon
the 'Table.

• Mr. Co P. R v gave notice that he shoald on Wed.
nesd.ty, ttke Comniittee of Supply, move for a
sum of money for the purpose of enabling Clergy.
men in Ireland to rebuild parsonage houses.

The further consideration of the Report of the Cotton
Weavers lidl was postponed to this day three months, on the
Motion of Colonel ,ITANLay, after a few observations trout
Mr. Lz,lca•_ and .the CHANCILLOR of the
.Excnitousai
with" an understanding that the subjea should be taken,up
early in the next session, and a measure brought forward on
a larger scale.
_ _

Mr. ALE x a;?; Dra brought up the. Report of the Commit-
tee ,v,specting 'feu exported to Ireland, whieh.waa read and
agreed to, and a Bill ordered. Instructions were ordered, to
Make provision in the Bill for the better prevention of frauds
in the of. Malt, Beer tnd fig, in Se.,l land ; also re-
speliiig Pet:nits tinr the rmoval or Tea and Coir.e in
nt, Arid teir the more elfeEtually securing the Duties 'on
Colti2e. _ _ _

Mr. Vn NSITTAILT moved for leave to bring in a pill to
redify a fittA,Ake in the Ad of laSt Session respelling theduty
on 44ettuneets. Leave given. - - . -

Mr. V. si TVA& r presented an Account of Monies ad.
vall4ed oru ot. the CiVil-Libt ItC:VellIld, for the P4blie Ser-
7vice, not•reitirtbuiractl by Parliament. •

r Mr. A Ls.x i t DiII brought up the Report of the Commit.
tee respcding the Duties on Quassia,: which was read and.
agreed to, And Bills ordiretL , •
The. third .reading.of the Assessed Taxes Bill, and the
Scotch Assessed Taxes Bill, was postponed till Thursday.
Mr.. tAXANDLit broughtetw the Reports of the PPM.,
Goods Bat,. the Irishjustices' Bill, the Irish Militia fa.
Indies Bill, anti the Bill .for allowing the issue of Habeas
'Corpus in certain cases; which
.were severally read and
agreed to, and the Bills ordered to be read a third time to.
'num

' Mr. AtaxANoza also brought, up the Scotch Army of
Reserie M take hill, Whi4l: was read n first time: second
Anne to-murrow. _

The Volunteer Corps Bill was ordered to be read a third
time to-inurrow.

The itet;cipt Duty Bill was read a second time, and corn.
milted fur Thursday. Adjourned.

T H E

S U N.

SOLIIM QUISMICiat lALit:Ut AtLDIAT

LON D 0 iv, 3 Ll' 26, 1803.

LasT night arrived a Ilamtuts4)
Letters from liatiaver cif the mth instant state*
that fifteen thousand French Troops are to occupy
the distritt of Lanentursh, fur whose use the Ma.
gazines establisshed there for the Hanoverian Army
will now be appropriated.

From Naples of the ad it is- stated, that Lord
Lsox had signified to the KING of Nist.t.r,s that
he had orders from his Court ro treat the two Sici_
lies as an Enemy's Country, if French Troops
should enter them. It is stated nevertheless that
the French Ambassador at Naples lia'd notified, that,
the Neapolitan Governmet would be expected -to
provide for fifteen thousand French Troops in that
territory during the War.
In consequence of the refusal of the Court of
Vienna, to shut its Ports on the A4ratic against
the English', the French are said to be very ktively
employed in the Harbours of 4icena and Otranto,
in fitting out Flotillas with the hupeless" expdtation
of excluding the Vessels of this Country from the
whole of the Adriatic.

Scarcely had the GRAND SECNIOR, recovered
from the Alarm occasioned by the newl of the am.
Fiation of Cairo by the,Alluni4ns, thaii he received
intelligelan that a Ba.nditti had laid siege to

agnblt. To and to the misfortunes of the Porte,
Wallachia has been in a great measure desolated
by a numerous band, of Robbers.
Titst Helvetic Diet wis opened on the 4th, when
several propositions were made by General NEY
and the Italian Plenipotentiary, relative to the
forming of Swiss Regiments to be placed in the,
pay of the French and. Italian Republics.

WE are truly concerned to state the losi of ano.
ther Frigate, La Stifle, of 42 guns, which got ashore
on a sAnrl.l),ltilc, near Scheviling, on Thursday night
last, and All. the efforts of the Officers and Crew
vt,,ving ineffedual to get her oft, they set fire to
ber: The Crew were all fortunately saved.

fly a Neutral Vessel arrived from Holland, we
are informed that a French Officer, who is called a
Commissary, with 25 men, ate stationed at all the
Sea. Ports in Holland, to inspea such cargoes as may
be imported into that Country, and such goods as
shall be discovered to be English,, are to confiscated
fur the use of the Republic,

The Bill for arming the Nation passed through a
Committee last night in the House of Lords, in which
it received some, amendments, and the Report was
ordered,to be received this day.
Last night the House of Commons voted the sum
"of Sixty Thousand Pounds, 'together with an An_
nutty of sixteen`Thoosand Pounds, as a cony,:nsa.
siort 11) the PRINC a,of ORA:I4GE: A Vote of Cre.
dit for erwb Millions was also agreed to.

Windsor Terrace was extremely crowded on Sun-
day evening, and 'there wxs a very numerous mem.
I)l3ge of Nobility; Among them we noticed the Coun_
AYI.FSBURY,ELYAADNOk, lecllt.lN, Sun.
aml 1..1x II ;lieS EithKlNe and PAGeT,
Mr. and Mrs. FREMANTLE, the Bishop.of NOR-
Wicu and family.-

About seven, O'ClOeksTHE rR MA J RsTI ES, the
DuKR of CAMISR !DOE, and all the PRINCESSES
except AMELIA, arrived; they were saluted by the
thim: bands phying ",God SaVe rhrXrn:." The
PRINCESS AMELIA took an airing in the Great
Park in a phaeton.
Yesterday morning Hit MAltivry, the DUKE of
CAtteatnot, and the pit INC E.S SOPH lA, attended
by Lord St. Hat,aNw, General CARTWIIIGHT, Ma.
jor Desaitow, and MANN INGHAM, took 46 airing
on horseback in the Great Paik.

nett -MAJP..TY and PRINCESS ELIZASITH took
MI airing to I.''rogttlort!, and' viewed the improve.
mtnts rititking in the house.,
'I he Pritnestioi All G USIA, MARY, and AMU.? A,
:11191'4d *l)y Ladles RAD,NOit and
took an airing in El Sociable, by North.
row and Sunning.hill.

The 6N..)0d DMlitter Of Count STAIt R E hit B Ro,
the Imperial Ambitssador, WAS yeaterday united to
Count ZlCtilt, an Hungarian Nobleman of high
rank, fortune, and talents. The Lady: is highly
admired for her personal and intelleatud merits.
'rile ceremony wag performed at Count STAItRR)4,
a RC)3 house at Twickenham, by the Rev. Count
Tkuelcunry, a Gelman Nobleman.

Three of cur Princes of the Blood have the corn.
maid of military diitrkti, viz the Duke of Cum:
t. eto t.Artn, in that of Kent, and the Duke of CAM,
natoGv and Prince Witt.t.,sm of GLonc Emit, in
thohe ni North and Smith Wales.

•
Eiitl Sr rxclitt yesterday gave Five Hundred
P und, to Lloyd's. Subscription. Wo hove w see
oliwr I,l\l'lblesneri adding. their assistance to this ex-
ceih!,,l lw:titution, and that the West. will soon vie
with :ht., Kist end otthe Town, in liberality to our
bra Dzitiulers.

A Corp of Cavalry is fo'rming at Lambeth, by
the I.ading Gentlemen of the neighbourhood, the
coin,nand of which, wt understand, to be 'offered
to a Getiticinan of dt%tlnvuislied science and ability.
Toe Light Horse Volunteers are increasing ra.:
pidly in numbers, fifty stood fur ballot in one &ay,
Iry for the next.
T ,c Westminstcr Lightlfarse are Proceeding to
ougm!ntar ion by an additional Troop.
'Tor villani 42.1 I lightand RegiMent has marched
from Colchester Barracks, and encamped on Cladon
Beni), on the Essex Coast.

The two York Regim'ents of Militia arc on their
march for Cheinhlord old Barracka.

There are no less than eight-Encampments al.
re.itly formed in the County of Essex.
The. Army or ite,erve i, to be attached to the
itegiments of the Line that bear the names of the
s'everol Counties. Orders, are gone down from the
'.,tMlike for the,e new levies in Essex to join the
47th ti.egienetit, which appertains to that County.
'lhe of Beckenham, in Kent, consiating
about 250 Inhabitants, held a Meeting.nOunday
evening , in a field near the village, for the purpose
of tendertng their services to Government. The
Moetieg was attended by Lords Gwyunt. anti
411ortf.iND. After Lord Gwynn( fool delivered
a'most i oprettsive and elogt unt Speech, no less than
220 inh,batants of this small village entered their
names, the greatest part 01 whom are effeetive men,
Sr EDWARD NACLE has raised a Corps of Sea.
tg,c:bles.at Seaford of 150. They are to be aided
by four Companies of Volunteers, to the amount of
300, to be commanded by CaptAios Cort, MoR NT,
And I I Mtn FN. Tllei Ciiips will be rated of the
Gerniemen of the town and its They
will be filtrti3hul with several pieces oi
for the protection of the Town, and the coasting
Newts. The So Fenciblos will do duty on hoard
the gun-tmats off' the harbour.

At a WifNat% of the Mer‘hants and principal
Inhabitants of Liverpool, on I'lesday last, for the
porpose of ful.siAleting the hest inoOp of defending
tha ro,wn, v, rzreed that a Battery should `ho
!>,.‘t 'Nose, near tliC Rock Fetch; and
- with Guti-boatti ;
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