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London, England, 1803-06-23 00:00:00

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LO N N, CI N'E 23) Igo3.

TFi and at. E F re ne It Nationd Brig, the optttre
Ply,,;, rival of. Pl' b eve yesterday at) not) nCed ;
was, it seems, thi tee-runnel' or a larZCAreSt

India Fleet, under eonvoy(of a Ship of the Line
atld. two Frigates, consisting of about 6o spit,
and these were stated to be only a day's sail behind
the Colombe. Admiral CORNWALL is 11,1:1. received
intimation of this circumstance, and the Channel
Fleet, it is said, had gone in pursuit of the French
Convoy. We shall he happy to have this account
confirmed, and to hear that
,our Fleet has Wien in
with them.

THE Bill for iaising.a' new liVy of so,oco Men
for the defence of the Country,- was brought in last
night by the SECRETARY at WAR. Some time will
be given after its committal, pro firma, for the
consideratiOn of its provisions; the discussion upon
which will take place upon the recontitment.
We shall ever most sincerely congratulate the
Nation upon any symptoms :of 'Energy which we
discover in His Majesty':; Ministers, and as such,
we were most heartily glad to see a measure brought
forward, which had for 'its ,objed. to render
our Military Force more adequate to the -exi.
geocy of the times. We do not at present enter
into the detail of .this measure, .and we are ,much
more disposed to give our approbation , to the
thing, than to criticise minutely its parts, or to
comment upon the tardiness with which it has
been brought forward. - It may be a subje& for dif-
ference of opinion, whether .more Militia or more
Regular Troops are best calculated for our defence;
and whether the formation of the one, does, or does
not, tend in an injurious degree, to impede the at-
tainment of the other ; but no persons differ at the
present moment as 'to the' necessity of vigorous
measures for our security ;_ and though we do not
mean to say that one Plan iinot better than another,
almost any well-digested Plan, formed in time, and
aped upon with promptitude, will secure us against
the dangers which threaten us.
When we hear it said, an one side, that: His
jesty's Ministers are. totally incapable, that they
are'all unfit for the ()Ices they fill, &c. &c.. we can.
not give an assent to' such charges ; but,. on
the other Nand, when those who are about .them
are complimenting them for ,their Forei;ght, their.
Fit mnest, their Energy, and their Decision, 'we can
as little give our assent to such commendations.
We heartily wish at the present Moment that this
was the cliaratter of the Adtninistration, because
there never was a moment when these ,
ties were so much wanting. likst some of the
persons conflated with Government are, we are
sure, very equal to the Offices ',they fill ; Mr.
,YORKE, in p,irticular, we believe ..to be a ;plait
adive and efficient man in his Department, as
Secretary at `Var. Who the War Minister is
at the present moment, we do not know, but we are
sure it is a point which it would be satisfadery to
the Public to haye ascertained.

• Mr. TIEIiNEY told the Shop.keepers in the
Borough of.Soutl.vaik, in one of hi Speeches, that
" Bit Majtto did not complain at the lots of Llano-
ruer."-4\Ye hOpe he had no reason to censure
any persons for that loss. Hts MAJesyr, we
•are sure, will never unjustly 'complain of any
Men, and if all precautioni were taken which
it was in the power of Ministers to take to.
preserve' it, His MAJESTY will not complain of
nthem ; but if, when they had determined to retain
Malta, they did not at the same moment use their
best, endeavours for the security of Hanover, which,
with very little foresight, ii was evident would be
the first objea- of th'e French .Arms—if they did
not exert their
.best efforts for this purpose, both
With the Courts of St. Petersburgb and Berlin, His
MAJESTY may not complain, but it is indeed a most
'kind forbearance alone which can restrain him.

HIS MAJESTY has not only given repeated marks
of his anxious solicitude Tor the welfare of these
Doin:nions, but has shewn his readiness to make
the greatest personal sacrifices fur oiir kterebts.
lle well knew, that if the Wdr broke out between

this Country and France, an immediate attack
would be made upon Hanover ; but this circum.
stantp could not make the slightest difference in
,ltis mind as to the objeEts it was fit to pur.
sue ; and when BONAPARTE ecently made the
offer that Hawrier should be 'restored, if Mal.
to were given up' to France, that offer, we
have reason to believe, was. rejeeled by the
plustrious Personage to whom we allude, with a
magnanimity Which will ever add lustre to his high
and dignified character. .
As to the rest of the proposal of BONAPARTE,
that the British Empire should acknowledge the
Integriti of the French Republic, &c. it isunneces.
sary to siiy that there was no hesitation in rejeeling
such a proposition. We roust either retain ilfaita,
or we must have sec:trio, against the projects or
French Ambition, direeied, in the first pace,
irgainst ypt, and,
in the second, against our In.
dian Eg
possmions, if the Mediation of Russia can
-obtain for us a substantial Security against the
execution of these- projedi, we may have Peace; -

withottieit, we must have War—and War, for tilt
prosecution of which we must call forth ail the
Energies anti Resources of the -Nation. We
must not only have. Ships (with men, but Sal.
diets with muskets.—We must awaken tli! Coup-
try to— a sense of its real danger —not only
to the danger of Invasion (which, now that tve
see 'the symptoms of energy in His Majesty',
Government, we have no doubt we shall repel), i
but' to the -dangers. trust arise froin
Defeffsiive System, anti a pr:,traace/ lrar.. Unless
we are able, both from the nature of our Force,
and the extent of it, to prosecute considerable
Olen:hie Operations, we cannot expect to curl) that •
domineering spirit of the First Consul of hranee,
which it has been seen by hi's condo; since the
Treaty of Amiens, Peace does not abate, and which
a state of War alone appears to give us the chance
or checking or restraining.
We trust that what we have repeatedly said with
respeft to Spain will be attended to by His Maio'
ty's Ministers. Orders should be immediately gist"
for the detention of all Spanish Vessels: By dcfri:
ring such orders, many valuable Prizes will bcsv''
feted to escape.

.............--
Yesterday morning between eight and nine o'claelcit
His MAJESTY and the DUKE of CAMBRIDGE kit
Windsor for London, and on their way st4l'ed'ltc
Kew a considerable time, and arrived at Si. Joe?"
Palace about ha:f past twelve. Ar one o'clock
h' the
Levee commenced, and was attended by Tir i
Royal Highnesses the DUKES of Yottic 81)3 CAt
OcHffic:erustortf,strhaeteS,EacnadsTtiAlea.ret F.
BRIDGE, PRINCE WILLIAM of GLOUCIOTERI 1""
LORD CHANCELLOR, the CHANCELLOR of the 1."..
TARS' at WAR, the Juoce MARTIAL, and ut'lc-
sweorfeSl.)rrAesTeEn,
Darker—Roxburgh and Gordon.
AlorquiJser—Circello, Cornwallis, II ntly and Salfsbill.
tithe SE.CitiE;
}}Cairn,
Earls —Onslow, Macclesfield, Eltingltilain 'Howard,
Harrington, Chatham, Westmorland, i)arlington. ,11,/113'
Morton, Mountnc'rris, Radnor Sandwich,rift
williarnt
Chichester, and Waldegrave. '.
Froyair , l —Stopterci, Falmouth, Castlereagh, Newark, 'art
.Brome.
Ls ,dr —Pelhpin, tTowe, Cathcart, Auckland, Iloh.',cri,e,./30,444
port, Carysfort, Grenville, Aylmer, Lit l'hyne, Nat'''- if'
C. Spencer, I)ucie, Walslingliatn and ilawkest',4*
Riahaps--Wirr:liester, St, David's, 'Exere , And Bristol.
Arab.' s tadors—..Turkish,,Bavaiati, Neapolirt,n; Wirternbagi3el
Russian, Portugueze,Sardinian, lianovearialiwedisb, 311
Spanish.
&trams —Nolken and Lew zie.
Sirs—S. Cotterell, W. Pepperell, H. B. Neale, W. M' w'
Itle
M. W. Ridley, C. M. Pole, C. kich, C. rgailt II
Dolhen, and H. Popham‘ R .
GP/we:ls Pigot, Needham, LeSlie, W yny.i rd, cox, —al .1a
ford, Calvert, Eling, anti Stuart. ~a 1 ,
Catureir—Calvert, Dyke, Bagg, 'I% Dyke, Covert, lane, . ..--
Bolton. cl,
Capra% vs —Carysfurt , Essington, Graham, Egertoll, Bradford'
Hun, and Blackburn. devillei
Altar sarr—Aust, Ligon, Addington, C. Yorke, Mari
_..e. ,
TitrOcyy T. Grenville Methuen, Ello', enn Wi 17
hurt Hay 'I) '4-
' W • WOine, Montagat,
1 es, uncomhe, knoxf • r krer Smalls
Diu:churn, Egerton, Van Butenburght 'aw ',I ',wale.
Hunter, Keen, Staniforth, Liston, Crauford, an t
thwaitt.
. Presentations to
The •
following were among the
•
His MAJESTY.
.
tu n from'Hanever.,
Prince William of Gloucester, on his re' --r .1.) dram it."
The Rev. Dr. Burgess, one or tne 'Prebend* of 1.1
winu,mote
the honour to kiss His Majesty:s hand on 111"1
to the.vacant Bishopric of St Pavitt' - his . ) _!..tmesrt
The itei(. Dr. fisher had a like honour on am oin
to the vacant Iltstioprie of Exeter, his return frort
Sir William meuowa, by Lord Newark,
•
Ireland. °I. his obtaining
Car. Keene, by his father Mr. Keene,
1
Lommiision in the train Regiment. r by Loot
Sir Harry Burratd NCale,, oil his return from Ital,
Bridpert. hiving th4s
Mr. 'Staniforth, by Earl Fitzwilliam, on his. , Lio,
honour to present an Address to His 'Ma ,lest) tr°Ell,,`,.t,:r,
The Bishop of Bristol, by his father, the Earl of C ,1..T,:' ho
on his being appointed one'cif the Ca
Mnons r Winatili..., the
Lordship had the honour to kisshis ajesoty's hand in,
occasion. • of,oo
Earl Waldegrave, by Lord Radstock, on his coming
and to his title.
Sir Hoe Poha, on s return from the Red Sea'
Mr' Listmon, ORp Insm returnhi from his ErrlDassy at the flagtiLio
at p.nttero
Mr. Crawford, on his return from his Ernbas4
Mr. Ligon, by Lord Cathcart.
Mr..Mandeville, by Lord Macclesfield.
Mr. Miekietliwaite, by' Maraois Cornwallis. .
Mr. Maudwell, by Lord stoptord.- Kent WO
Colonel Dyke, on his'appointment to the West
!tient-of Militia. ri or
.Governor Van Butenburgh, on hie return from being %Jo
nor of Barbice. r. wile'
The Levee closed soon after twoso'cloo‘, , till
Hts MA i E sty held a Privy Council, which wire},
about about three o'Clock. After which the Wirteir 'l,O
Minister was iatroduced .19'.141$ MAJESTY in
lit of
CIOSCI,, by Sir , STEPHEN. COTTRELLI Dil'i',,f,a
the Ceremonies, and delivered his:Credent4ll', ''
was tnoi: graciously tI
received. to
Admiral Sir CHARLES POI.* hail a i )
pea""
1
audience of His MAJESTY, and delivered it
o
containing a Plan of new arrangetnents for
Navy, fill
Sir Itmtt POPHAM hilt! a conference vv..! lho
MAI Es ti( on the but jett of hi; late comfit:lna 'Il
Indian Seas. l-rt MA'
conference Mr. Lisrow ha:! a . will' --'.
ittery on his late Embassy to the Hague.
1341'
Mr. CRAWFORD had a conference on the
ness he has been upon at Rotterdam. TT. NIP
Sir CHARLES MORO AN laid before rti-
A ;Al.
JESTY several. papers relmive to a Court NILO t.-
to
. • ID
KIS MAJESTY. gave private 'auntannd SP' .ces 910.
-CitAtsct.Lott of the ExctiEog.a., ti
TAR! ES Of STATE. a tile
About 114 If past four fits IVIAIR.!.TY 4c"
Palace for Kew tit dinner.
t I 1E514
• Yesterday, about 1 z o'clock., HE% .-`' ' ie
,
anti the PRINT ESS IS arrived at Badtingdit.,,, note
"-Higy,
from Wincisrir, where they Met His itt)Pl,/i }too
ness the DUKE of GLut2 ESTE It, stilestile11' itmol
GL,
'U'
the arrival of HER MAI EsTi't l'b rot%
Hi' mess rentine.l some time with li/ R .IVIAI i 114
About three o'clock lita: MA IF.t,TY Ow
PatxcEssits left Buchan Bann. I'9r Kew„..tentoY
Mr. Ti RINEY appeared at Court y.-%
, toe t
poNdered, as did his servants. it %%I° '''); a Lev(
ttntion of Mr. TIRRN EY to have been at 111 ,i,c,
,_ • tylit—efr
yesterday, but about I 2 O'CIOCK. a e,*--" cots
rived at his house in i-lertford-street, (eV
N p, .
his attendance* with ''
' -
End MOIRA went fleet the Let et
Tt lilt 143'r in his catritige. :.4

N,ll/441, N.Err. V

JU*ll Tbe French National
Brig La Colombe, which arrived here yesterday
from Martinique, was captured near Ushant ; she is
stated to have preceded the French homeward-bound
West India Fleet, consisting of bo Sail, under con-
voy of a Ship of the Line and two Frigates, and,
which are reported to be only a day's sail after the
Colombo. It is further stated, that this information
Was communicated to the Channel Fleet, and that
in consequence thereof they were gone in pursuit of
the Enemy in several direelions : a very short space
bf titre will elapse before the truth or falsehood of
this account is ascertained.

Arrived the French Brig Serrene, laden with
sugar, coffee, and cotton, from St. Domingo, cap_
Lured on Sunday last in the Channel by His Majes-
ty's Ship Jamaica. _ _

Arrived His Majesty's Ship Jupiter, from Ports.
mouth ; and Ranger, Hind,. and Speedwell Cutters,
from a Cruize.

Sailed La Loire Frigate on a Cruize to the West-
4rard.

PORTSMOUTH, JUNE 12.—Arrived last night
His Majesty's Ship Ganger, from Jamaica ; she
brought home under Convoy seven Merchant Ships,
viz. four' far London, two for Liverpool, one fur
Lancaster, and a Schooner for Cork.
Came in the Alert, M'DONAL.D, from Jamaica
for London.
Arrived His Majesty's Ship Neme.ili, from the
Grand Fleet., with Dispatches from Admiral CORN.
.w4Lt.t's, whom he left with six,Sail of the Line off
,finest on the 1.9,11 inst. previoui to which he had
detaChed three Slips, supposed for the West Indies.
All the Revenue Cutters are ordered fur sea
mediately.
The- Ctitrione Schooner, Lieutenant ALT, has
bade Signal to sail with Convoy for the Downs.
Arrived the Tygress, and 'fart 'Vein-erg East
linliamen, and several other outward-bound Vessels
(runt the Downs.
Arrived about forty sail of loaded Colliers.

DIAL, JUNI 22.. Came down the Emilia Gun-
vessel, from Sheerness, and remains.
• Mime.
Captain CURRY, Of His Majesty's Ship Royal
Sovereign, now lying at Shithead, is appointed to
the.Priare George, of 98 guns, at Portsmouth. This
Ship, is to he fitted for the Flag of Rear- Mmiral
CAM,' 13 ELL, and is to join the'Channel Fleet. The
exertions of this meritorious Officer are well known,
and we have no doubt but that the Prince George
will be soon ready for sea.
Every Wen-wisher to hii Country must rejniee
at the appointment of Admiral Sir jowl CoLeoYs
to the Chief Command at Plymouth. His unilaunred
firmness in an hour of the greatest peril, when coin.
manding the London, in the unfortunate Mutiny,
will never be forgotten. The suavity of his man.
Hers, and an extensive knowledge of Nautical affairs,
renders his appointment highly advantageous to the
Navy.
The liesaviur tender, Capt. Ron Err O'BRIEN,
has sent into the River Coln, a Haniburgh brig,
laden with French Property, from Lisbon to Ham.
burgh, Value 30,0001. taken off the Vlie.

Yesterday being the day appointed by the CHAN.
CELIA.) R of the EXCHEQUER to take 3 fresh bidding
fin the Lot terron 7o,oooTickets, instead of 80,000,
which were first proposed, Messrs. Bisit,AtoH ARO.
SoN, BRANSCOMS, &c. waited on him at eleven
o'clock, and bid t 51. Bd. per Ticket, which sum was
accepted, and they accordingly entered into a Bond
for the due performance of the Contrail. The .Tic.
kets are to be divided into three Lotteries, and each

Lottery is to be drawn in ten days, and concluded
within one month from the commenceme.tt of the
• Drawing. The Prizes are to be paid in full within
two months of the end of each drawing, and the first
Lottery is to consist of 24,000 Tickets, .and begin
the sth of September.
Yesterday at noon the following Gentlemen wait-
ed upon Mr. CoaltY, the Chancellor of the Exche-
quer for Ireland, to converse with him on the pro.
posed Loan of One Million to be raised for the Ser-
vice of Ireland.
Messrs. SCOTT, lots, and Co.
Messrs, linot.s, FaiNcrt, and Bussows,
MCSbrs, 103sDLINE and SHAW.
The Biddings are to be made at the Castle, in
Dublin, .on the sub of July, in a Five per Cent.
Stock, the Interest of which is to commence from
the 2sth of March. The Instalments are as follow
so per Cent. 3;4: :
tooncotihne Dayc of Bidding.
p complete the first Payment itst July.
lo per Cent. 300,000 loth August.
20 -----, 200,000 00th September.
----- 300,000 28th October.
-- ico,ooo 210 November.
•C iso,ooo 29th December.
100,000 loth lanuary.
TS --- rio,00• soth 'February.

i,ocie,ecto
Discount of s per Cent. to be allowed for
Prompt PaTment.
NIL PITT VICIn toWalmer-Castle on Friday last,
but returned to town again on Monday morning to
attend the House of COMfIIOIO On that day.
Lord CARRINGTON and his family are gone to
Deal Castle, .
Lord MEtviLts we understand had lately an
ii!ltlience by desite of a certain Great Personage.
'Were his Lordship and Mr. PITT and Lord Sm.
CER again in office, we should he perfeellY satis-
"'lP as we are certain the Country would- be tn,b.',
LordW
HITWORTH'S servants and carriages,wnicri
been detained in Franex have at length been
liberated.
They arrived in town yesterday.