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The Mike of CLAitENCE spokein dcplanation.

deied.

• The Duke
.of hIr.HMOND krivered- his senti-
ments, in•some detail, and adverted to the' nature
of the System of Continental -and offensive Wars
which, in a great degree, depetAed upon circum-
stances. He' seemed, upon ;the whole, 'ratlir
verse to the proposed Plan, -as tendirg too Much to
interfere with the' Agricultural Coocerns of the
Country. He • suggested- some .Expedients which
might, he thought, answer the proposed end.

, . .
- Earl FITZVILLI AM made • ome observations on
the present Militia. System, and expressed his aver-
sion for a War, conducted
.entirely on defensive

principles..
.
Lord GREIVVILLE. ,spoke at some length, and
with great ability. He. agreed with much of what .
had fallen from- a Noble Earl (MonOk) and severe-
ly zeprehended the -condo& of
.Ministers in not
coming forward .sooner, when twelve months ago
they_ must know that War would be the alter-
native : their supineness and want, of energy had
increased the danger ten-fold. He 'contended
that by a timely and vigorous interposition,
iheEleaoral Dominions of His Majesty might have
been saved. He was in favour of. Vigorous and
decisive measures—compthrory if necessar);—be-
'tween the Sovereign and the Suhk&, proteftion and
assistance and support were reciprilcal ; on these.
principles Society was founded-r—and it vas the lead.
jog principle of the British Constitution. Ile agreed
with those who thought that the \Var was not-for.
Malta alone. After arguing some time .00 these
general grounds, his- Lordship seemed to express
himscif rather unfavourably as 'to the specific plan,
but the Motion he would not oppose, being unWill,-
- jog that, in the present crisis, the measures of Go-
vestment Aihould•receive any obstraiinn from. hiM.

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IPRICESIXPENCE.

Lord
.HO s ART, the Dike of RtrrkAllD, and Lord
GB E,NVILLE, severally spoke in explanation.
Lard ,SVIEFFILLD concluded the debate by
saying, that in voting for the Address he wished not
to be supposed to.agree that the plan of dtftnce pro.
posed was the best that could be seletted; On the
Contrary, it appeared,to him the most opplessive,
most provoking, and most expensive that 'could
haVe been chosen. He considered that if the pro
position passed into a law, there would be a ballot
for upwards of t i 0,060 men within three months,
and if the number should ever be coMplete, .which
he- much doubted, thit the wives and fainilies of
those t to,ooo 'ten, must all fall on their prishei.

. .
The question was then put, and the Address
voted, nem. dig. and ordered to be presented to His
Majesty in the usual way:
Their Lordships, in a Committee on the Clergy
Residence Bili, mat's some further amendments
therein, and the House resuming, received fro fr, rm a
the-Report, ordered the Bill to beprinted, and the
Report to be taken in to 'consideration on WettleSdaV •
• The New Loan -and oi-lier Bills were brought up
from . the Commt4l4, a. el lead .a first time, after
,:vhich their Lordships, at a quarter past ten o'ciccki
adjourned till to.rnorrow.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.

MONDAY, JUNE 20.

liriltsr reading the Rep Oft of the Exeter Road. Bfll, a
„clause by which certain expences were to have been throwti
upon the Ci'y inattot of the- County at large,. was Objeded
to, and a short debate took plaCe, upon wiii,;ll the House
divided,
'.For rejecting the clause, - §r"
In support of it, • - t '34
. The, Loan Bill read a third time and passed.
KtNG's MESSAGE.
- The SECRETARY•ar WAR moved the Order of
the Day for taking._ His Yijesty's most gracious

Message of Saturd;v last into consideration—,—
Order being read, he moved; that the House do
novti.resolve itself into- a Committee of the. whole.

House to consider of the said.iViessage..-oidercd.

That the Sr F. AKE a do now leave the Choir.—Or-

The House, then resolved itself ilito a Com.

mittee of the whole House upon the Message ac.►
cordingly, Colonel STANLEY in the Chair.
His Majesty's -Message,being read,
The SECRETARY at WA A! said, he was now
about to call the attention of the Committee to His -

Majesty's. most gracious Message, which had been
just read,, and which Message presented three main
objets to the consideration of the Committee. First,
for. providing in the-most effielnA mariner for• the
better Defence and -Security of the United King.:
dom ; Secondly,,to provide a large disposable force
for offensive. operations; and he conceived it did
not' require much argument to !.I.ove, that in the pre-
sent cOnjunEture it Was-become the bounden duty of
Parliament to use every-means within its power most

Lkely to be efreaual 'toivards this most impoitant
arul neet's.Sify''ailletf)i4.-1134-tal)Ei,diiLLAllis should be

done with the least possible . In considering
the. first of these obj:as, n3mely, Protedi n and

Security to the .United Kingdom, with reference
to the state of our. 'defence both Naval anCI Mill

tary at the present moment, with reference also to'
the a6lnal state and weans, of the Enemy, the posts
that each occupied, and their present
.condition, he

could not but express his conviction, founded as it
Was pria deliberate view of the whole of this sub..

jet, that a considerable reinforcement-was advise.
able for us to make. When he said this, he must
be understood to speak with reference to the 'extra-
ordinary circumstances which we .had the misfor-
tune to feel, peculiar to the, most extraordinary
time in which we live, and, also to the most extra.
ordinary. condua of that most extraordinary per-
son, who-was now the sole depositary of the
mense powerof France. Under other circumstances,
and if menaced only by the ordinary dangers of
..War, such as
,we. had known, and formerly felt, he
should have felt no.hesitation in expressing hiS firm
opinion, that the Forces.which we now have on foot,
or shall have within a short time, connected With our
decided superior Naval farce, would have entitled us
to look with contempt on the means to be used 'by
the enemy against, us. Speaking of ordinary times,
and calculating upon the ordinary dangers of War,
and indeed of almost any dangers to which this

Country had been 'exposed 'until within the last ten

-years, And, when we. had i+o,ooo men raised—
when we had such a supp!emetitary force
.as was or-

tiered to be raised; if that. -should be done—and
conneaing that' with the powerful Navy which we
Possessed had ready, and were now preparing, we
should be entitled to look with contempt oh the
preparations of the enemy. That in ordinary times,
and under ordinary circumstances, he said, we
dlould, from a view of all -.this, be justified in
looking on the preparationi of the enemy with con-
tempt, .and say, that-if. they dared to make the at_
tempt they menaced, they would fall a sacrifice to
:their presumption--they would be sent to the bot-
tom of the sea, or blown to pieces by the cannon of
our brave Countrymen on shore, who would crowd
most readily and eagerly to receive, them. Such, he
• would say, would be his language• ordinary
times and circumstances of
,War between this
Country and France, but the present circumstances
were, different, and therefore different language
should be used; and without under-rating the dim,.
ger to which we were exposed, we must be prepared
to meet it., although the probability was that only a
certain number of men might be thrown on -the
coasts df Great BritairLand Ireland, yet it was his
opiniim, that althdugh.such will always be the fate
of such an atre.mpt .against the indep&pdence •and
even existence of this Country, Still it was our
business to prepare as-if the apprehension was much
more alarming to us. He said he was justified in
conceiving that such was likely to be-the ultimate

proportion to theßritish Civil List,,vhich would make
the whole of the Charge to be borne by Ireland

6478,0001. There was .the sum of 700,0001. in
Treasury Bilh (which were ready the same as
Exche'quer Bills in England) in the possession of the
sank Ireland, which did not circulate, which the
Bank. of Ireland were disposed to renew, and which
there was authority under an Aa of Parliament to
renew. He had now done with the charges ;he
came tie* to consider the means by which those
charges were to he defrayed. The balance remain.
ing in the Exchequer of Ireland, which had some re.
semblance to the Surplus of the Consolidated Fund
. of this Country, amounted to above one million,
' from -which, dedufting the arrears of payments
which were due and payable up to that day, there
would remain a net balance, applicable to the ser.
vice of the year 1803, of 550,0001. The Revenue
of Ireland lie would take at 3,000,0901. The Lot.
• tery, the amount of which he would rake from the
produce of that of last year, 200,0001. These
sums, added to the proportion of the Loan which
was raised for Ireland, which amounted to
2060,0001. would make the Ways and Means
amount to 5,916,0001. which, deducted froth the
total charge of Ireland, would leave a balance to be
provided for of 562,0001. In. order
.to meet that
sum, it was propoied that a Loan should be raised
•in Ireland to the amount of 1,000,0001. 'lf that
sum should turn nut 'to be more than the services
of the year required, it•would be transferred to the
Consolidated Fund ; at the same time it would pro.
duce that which he hoped would not be considered
as an excessive sum in the Exchequer of Ireland, in
times of such emergency and possible danger; and
he trusted that this measure of precaution would not
be considered as a measure of improvident profusion.
It now remained for him to state the Taxes which
he should have the honour to propose ; before, how.
ever, he entered into that part of the subject, he
hoped it would not be considered as irrelevant, if
he said a few words respecting the Trade of Ireland.
In the last Sesaion of Parliament, he had flit no.
pleasant task of stating, that the balance of Trade
was against Ireland ; he had now, however, the
satisfadtion of stating, that the balance of Trade
was, upOn a comparison, turned considerably in her
favour. He wished, however, its make a distinc.
Lion between the official value which liad been long
. adopted, and the current value. The official value
might certainly be very good in the comparison of.
.the Trade of one year with apother, but it was
by no means a just criterion of the balance of Trade.
of ha Country. The official value always renvined
the same, the current .value was of course always
varying. 'There was another -misfortune with re-
gard to official valve, which was, that it did not
comprehend all_ the considerations which it ought
to comprehend,. though in the case of Imports it
came nearer the real value than it did in the case
of. Exports. The consequence of this was, that the
official value in the case of Imports was nearry 30
per cent. below the real value, but in the 'case of
Exports the difference between the official and the
leal. value might be estimated at 6o per cent.
Taking this into consideration, 'the Trade of Ire.
land, would stated with her Exports exceeding her
-Imports, althoogh judging from official value, the
contrary might appear 110111 some Papery which had
been presented to the House. Besides, in the
ports there was a considerable proportion of
raw materials, from which they might draw
this consolation, that the manufanures of the
Country. would he propitai mably benefited. fie
atated these aahjstis generally, because - he hop.
ed that it would aifind some consolation to
know chat if there were considerable drains
upon that Country, that at least there was a pros_
peel that they • would. not continue to the same
amount, lie would: not, however, pledge himself
that this elfaaA would be produced this year or itt
• -any specific time. He had last year made some
favoitrable predietiona respetting . the Trade of
• Ireland, though he did not state that the balance of
trade would he such as' he wished it to be—Some
of his predittiona, however, had turned out to be
well founded. With regard to the Linen Tradeohe
had observed that the great Advantages which were
given in this Country to Foreign Linen, the scarci.
tty which was bat just over, and which certainly
iSad in some degree prevented the sale of that ar.
tick, had not so completely passed away that he
((dd not trust much to an increase in the export
of than article, and it had not iticreased much, but
he had-the satisfaeliott to state, that in the course
of the year the stock in Ireland had been almost
cleared off, and he had no doubt but he should haVe
more reason to rejoice at the staie of that Trade,
for s col Than he had for 130 e. But if in the at.
tide cat Linen there was not much aubjed
Inc congratulation, there certainly wa4 great
ground for gatisl3,ttion, in contemplating the
Trade in Provisions and Coro. With regard
to Provisions, the demand which was necessary
at the commencement of a War, fOr the outfit
of fleets, &c. must of itself be very great, but
independent of that; the exportation of that article
and Corn had increased so us to turn the balanee in
favour of Ireland, in the way he had stated. in the
parsent year the demand fur provisions, in conse,
ettlence of the War, would undoubtedly be great,
and though he lamented the cause of the demand,
yet as it was inevitable, he was happy that that
demaod could be supplied by Ireland, because while
die 'bore her share of the burtheos, and participated
the risque of Great Britain willingly anti heartily,
fee rejoiced that some relief was given by these means
to the less abundant means of that Country. In the
course of the peseta year he hoped therefore that
in the attielea of Provisions arid Linen he should
have much to congratulate his Country upon. With
repot to Corn, it it should please God to favour
cis with a favourable season, he hoped to have
touch to boast 'Of next year. It was with great
pleasure that. he. stated, that at no period was
there ever such a profuse importation of Flax
Seed into slreland, cur, such general means used
itt the cultivation of it. • lie now bcggrd leave
to say a few words with regard to the .Revenues
of Ir(!bo,d. I.n the course of the last year (he
was sorry to refer to any -thing which occurred
last year, but stiil, on the one lunal, he wished to
acceuotable to svh he had stared the year he.

, it he bored .`fin`
ineor7edly ; and, on

the ottsel TI-at he ti: t 1 t(7ol)tain their confiaence
it Itc ur4te it; I:if :,t4tements). He had staitti

• last year his' opinion that the Revenues of Iceland
would increase in comparison with the preCeding
year, he would nor now go into any detail upon'
this subject, because a Right Hon. Gentleman (Mr.
FORSTER) with whom he differed in opinion, Was
not now in his place, but he had stated the probable
increase in the Revenue it 800,0001. and-in fad it •
had increased nine hundred and odd thousand
pounds. In the present year however he was sorry
that he could not hold out hopes of a similar in-
crease; he could not even state that they would
keep up to three millions and a half ; he thought it
more safe to take then) at three millions, because
certain articles had failed in the Import, . particu.
larly Sugar. The arrears' of the Assesied Taxes
had also been colleted,- amounting to 150,0001.
It now remained for him to state the Taxes and
Duties which he had to propose ; his statement
upon this head would be short, because they
were not new in principle, or extravagant, in
amount. The first Duty which 'he had to
propose was an increase upon the Imports in
the Customs and Excise of rol. per Cent. This
Duty could only attach upon articles of foreign pro.
duce, because by the Comma of Union they could
not attach upon articles imported from this Country.
This he estimated at 140,0061. The next Proposi.
tion he had to make was for. an increase of Duty
upon the Exports. He thought it necessary to state
that it was not the sense of the Union Compad
that the Taxes of the two Countries should be, cer.
tainly nut equal in amount, laut not even common
or upon the same articles. The Taxes were to be
distind and several, and dependant upon the 'sower
of Parliament. But whenever it happened that
it was consistent with the interest of Ireland that
the Taxes, particularly with regard to Foreign
Trade, imposed .in this, could he adopted in that
Country, it.would :always he adviseable to adopt .
them, in order to go forward in the road of assitni.
-lacing the two Countries as much as possible. It
was therefore with 'great satisfaClion that he now
found that it would be consistent with the interest
of Ireland-to adopt. the. Tax which had been im.
posed-in this Country upon Exports. This Tax.
at i and 3 per Cent. would, . he was sorry to say,
produce not more than 17,0001.. The next Tax he
had to. propose was upon an article which was
well able ..to bear it, and which ought to be.
taxed to the utmost extreme, so.as not to af.
ford encouragement to the illicit dealer.--He,
meant a taxupon Home-made Spirits. This article
was One that was so destrudive to the morals, the
Industry and the Health of the lower Classes of
People in Ireland, ,that it certainly was a _ fair ob.
jest of taxation, as far as it could, be done without
encouraging the Private Distiller. The tax he
should propose upon this article was yd. per gallon,
which he estimated would produce I so,oool. As it
had alwayi been usual to lay a duty on Foreign
Spirits when a duty was imposed upon home
made Spirits, be should propose a duty of 9d.
a Gallon on Foreign Spirits, exclusive of the .ten
per cent. upon importation, and this he estimated
at 30,0001. With respett to the Imports, there
was one article which he proposed ,to exempt,. and
that was Tobacco, which had decreased in its im.
porration from'9,ooo,ooo to 7,000,000 lbs. Great
apprehension was entertained by the dealers in that
1 article, that an additional duty would be very pre.
judicial to that branch of trade, he had therefore
not .included it in the general increase of duties,
but w •til,l let it stand over for further consideration,
The last article upon . which he had to propose an
additional Duty was Malt. Malt was used to a
certain degree in the Distilleries ; it was supposed
that one half of the grain they used was malted.
The burthen would not however fall heavily upon the
Distiller, it would fall principally upon the Brewer.
',l'lie Brewery of Ireland had very much increased
since the Stoppage-of the .Distillery, when the
lower class of people had taken to drinking. beer in.
stead of spirits. If however the Brewer felt an ad.
ditional burthen, it would be some satisfaCtion to
know, that the burthen would be but small, for the
duty which he should propose of as. a barrel upon
Malt, would not be more than 9.1. a barrel upon
Beer. It had always been a principle of his to en.
Courage the Brewery' of Ireland. as much as possible,
knowing that the use of spirits was as injurious to
the moral's, as it was to the health of the People of
Ireland, and therefore no tax had been laid upon
Malt of late, „even in rinses of the greatest pressure.
The duty however, upon Malt was high, and unless
it were in cases of extremity, and when every ex.
ertion of the Country was to be called out, he
should 'be the last man to wish,to see the Brewery
of Ireland resorted to as a subjed of taxation.—
This Tax he estimated at 40,0001. The whole of
these additional Duties wooid, according to his
calculation, produce 380,0001. The Interest. and
Charge upon the Loan Mille for Ireland in England
would he 143,0001. the Interest and Charge upon-the
Loan iLI Irelanil'woutd be 65,0001. making togather
208,0001; -so that the amount of the Duties would

exceed the Interest anti Charges of the Limos by
.1 7 3 ,000 l . It might be asked him why,when he had

only zoii,oool. to provide for; he should propose Taxes
to flit., amount of 380,0001. His answer was this—,

in looking to the state of the Empire, he would take
for the ne.if year either of two alternatives, either
War or Pe:lce, ; if they should have Peace, the sur-
plus of duties on the present occasion wonld aff,rd
the means of reducing the duties upon some articles
which could nut he maintained in time of Peace,
such as foreign spirits, or tobacco, from the factli-
tics of smiggling—but if on the other hand the
Mar should continue, those duties would go in
aid of those exertions which he was sure the

wisdom, the vigour, anti the animation of the
people of Ireland would lead them to make,
after the example which had been shewn'to them by
this Couutry. Nothing could he more wise and
politic, than for a Country to avoid, if possible,
running in debt—Nothing could be more wise than

make great Exertions to—meet the pressure of the
.
momenr. He wished Ireland to look to the exam_

plc Which Great 'Britain had set her Upon this-sub.
jed. He wished heC to took to that illifstriuus
Finance Minister, who had established
.fitst the
Sii king Fund, then the Assessed Taxes, and then
•
the Income Tax. He wished-her to look also to them
equally magnanimous' elan poduceii byi his Right
Hon. Friend in the present Session. he wished
Ireland to consider. these subjett!, Ond fittre

she ww,il4 feel tic wiatiotn Atid the advai ;ge of

i emulating Great Britain (not in the 'extent or in
the amount of- her exertions, for that would be
impossible,) but in adopting the wise policy of
this Country as far as it was possible, in submitting
to great -Burthens for the moment, in order to
ensure her permament interests. It would require
some time to inform Ireland of the immensity of the•
danger
.with which she was threatened, and some
time to form ' Resolutions to meet that dan-
ger. But when the Gentlemen of that Country
had had an opportunity of fully considering the
subject, when they had had an opportunity of making
all the Investigations, and obtaining all the titres.
sary information, he should think it his duty to pro.
pose something in the nature of a Tax upon Pro-
perty in Ireland, similar to that which his Right
Hon. Friend had proposed for Great Britain. It
would be evidently improper for him to enter into
any detail upon this sullied now. If, however,
the War should continue, it would be for him to
Consider, on a future day, what would be the best for
the interest of Ireland to propose, if he should then
have the honour of filling the office he now held ;
upon that occasion, he should hope for the assistance
of the Gentlemen of that Country. He would not
now trespass any longer upon, the attention of the
Committee, but after thanking them for the indul.
gence they had shewn him, he shoild conclude with
moving his Resolutions.
44in LEE did not mean to oppose the Resolutions ;
he thought that great exertions ought to be made
in order to meet the pressure of the moment, that
the debt of Ireland might not be increasing while
that of England was either decreasing or stationary,
because whenever it bore to the debt of England
the proportion of t to 17, then Ireland was to be
taxed in common with England, which she could
not now bear:
Mr. IV. SMITH, after paying several compli-
ments to Mr. CORRY, for the clearness and accu.
racy of his statement, hoped he would not propose
a Tax upon Income, whiCh he considered as so ob-
jeCtionable. ' . .
Mr. CORRY, in'reply to Mr, tezi stated the
reasons why he had not proposed any strong measure
of Finance for Ireland this Session, Ireland might
not peihaps be inclined to, bear great burthens to
meet the exigence of the moment, though he was
sure that would be the wisest plan. Besides, there
were no immediate means to enable him to bring
forward such a measure. There was no Land-Tax
in Ireland, no Poor-Rate, no System of Municipal.
Finance, if he might so ex,lress himself, from which
lie could draw any aid,- or out of which he could form
any system ; when these circumstances were taken
into consideration, and that the War had not lasted
above four weeks, it was not extraordinary that he
had not prepared a more extensive system.' If the
Tax.upon Property should be adopted it would have'
one recommendation, that the absentee 3 would be
compelled to contribute. The absentee Landlords.
and Mortgagees would be forced to bear their share
in the burthen. He hoped that Parliament would also

lay their hands upon those drones, the middle men,
who preyed upon the Landholder and the Tenant,
and who were of no benefit to the State in any shape
or charaeler.

A short conversation then took place between
Mr. It BROWNS, Mr. D. BROWNED Sir MARCUS
SOM FRVI E and Colonel BAGWELL. The Reso.
lotions were agreed to, and the Report ordered to
be received to.morrow.
A number of Irish Accounts were moved for by Mr.
WICKHAM and Mr. ODELL..
INCOME TAX.

Mr. VANSITTART moved, thin the House resolve itself
into, a Committee upon the Bill laying a Dutron the Profit*
of Property, Pensions, Sce. -

Mr. WILL ilf SMITH said, that he rose on the present
occasion merely to state, that he should take another op.
purtunity of opposing a Tax which he considered in its
nature so oppressive anti vexatious as that now propos.
ed, and which he believed no modification could render
fit to he adopted. In consequence of the candid nianner
in which the measure was conducted through the House,
a candoUr on the part of Ministers, which it was the
duty and policy of the House to encourage, he should re.
serve himself for a future opportunitl, as he understood the
Bill was to he printed. He took occasion to reply to cheat).
servatimi of Mr. flawiu us BROWNS, that no txxshouldshould
at such a moment, be proscribed. He said that he was se
convinced, that any tax, like the present must be odious to
'the Public at large,and must tend to render them dissatisfied
with the War they might even consider just and necessary,
that with a view to calling forth the spirit and resources of
the Nation elli:cqually, he should consider the Income Tax,
however modified, as extremely detrimental to the Public..
Mr. H. Vicowet explained.
Mr. VANsITT ART, in moving to go into the Committee,
requested Gentlemen to keep their minds impartial —not to
allow themselves to be MiSICO by comparing the present with
any Tax upon a similar principle or of a similar name. He
&egged them to wait fill the measure appeared in a proper
shape.
The Bill then went through the Comniiitee pro frpfa,.the
House was resumed, the Report Wds brought up, agreed to,
ordered to be further yon:iiderixt thi; clay se'rinight, anti the
Bill to he printed.
The Hill for regulating the Corn Trade between' England
and I reliant was committed.

The Hitl for Granting 2,-)',0ool. for snaking Roads, rridges,
&c. in the Highlands of So.:otland, was read a second time,
and ordered to be committed to-morrow.

The Irish Militia Twister Bill was read a second time, and
ordered to be Lommitted to-morrow.

Mr. VANS ITAKT bra fight up a fill for granting to His
Majesty certain Ditties on the Profits of Protbssiorts, on
Money in the Funds, &c. which was read a first time, and
Prdered to he read a second time to morrow.

On the Motion of Mr. WICK H AM, the Bill for more ef-
tedually preventing Combinations at Workmen in I re-
Lmd, was read a tirst time. and ordered to be read a second

titne to•worrow.

The Militia Officer-a' Provision Bill was read a first time,
and ordered to be tend a second time t-morrotv.

The other Ordprs of the Day were then deterred, and the
!louse adjourned at eleven o'clock.

MAILS.

DU t.

ARRIVID.

French t ..
11.nrtburgh

THE SUN,

41101.1114 &LUIS °ICUS ?

L NDO N, 3 u E 21, ,'?a3.

OUR Readers will perceive by our P::rlinmentary
, Debate, that last night the Secretary at Wat brought
forward the Plan proposed by -Ministers, for raising
50,000 men to be added to our Regular Force for
the defence of the United Kingdom. Our Report
of the Secretary at War's Speech will be read with
much satiaaftion, tts it is particularly clear, and,
we believe, faithful ; and, we arc satisfied the Coun.

try will receive with approbation any Malt= 1.;"(
increasing our means of defence, which has the san:-_,
tion and'supprt of Mr. Prir. It becomes the thvy
of every man to unite, hand and heart, in preparing
the hest means for defeating the daring intentions
of the common Enemy.

SY urderstand that it is determined by Go- ;i
vernment, that the Foreign Mails which used t 0
be sent to Hamburgh and Bremen shall be forwarded
to Gotterrbsrg for the present. No certain aceoust°
have yet been received in this Country of the Dem
pation of Hamburgh by the French, but there cis
be no doubt of their being near enough to infante
the usual channels of Bridal Commerce.
Our Yarmouth Letter of yesterday states, 1114,
Capt. FLY N, of the King George Packet, with
of his men, arrived there yesterday morning. 'Xild
made their escape from Helvoet on TburstiaY 104
at it o'clock at night, in an open boat which thig
cut out of the Harbour. The four Packets wh 10
were stopped at liekoet bad been condemneda
their Crews were to be marched on Friday last fat I
France.

From a Passenger who came home in the Fr!%t"
Elizahrth Packet from the Leeward Islandstr
learn, that a great many French Vessels were /la
at St. Pierre's, Martinique, loaded :for Mil!'
but were in great want of hands to navigate tbClllt
The Inhabitants of that Island are so disgusted witil
the French Government, that on the appearance f
an English force,
,they would gladly surreol,o:l!

again to Great Britain.
Letters from Lisbon state, that General LAIII-1$
had requested permission of the Portuguese Gqien3;,
ment to march 25,000 French Troops into Poritir
as fries.*; to which the PRINCE REGENT
eti
bly answered, " that he would not permit them!
enter either as Friends or Enemies, as iong,.°!.he:.
was able to prevent them, and that it was hts
termination to silik or swim (with Great Br;10111".):'' •
, .f;!

SUN.OFFICE, Two o'(.LocK, P. IVI.—We hive., 31, 4
I°.
received three days Paris Journals to:the r9th inst. 'its° '.'' : A.
r.t itTE had rot left Paris. The Elbe an.l the We. are 11Ww ' '
against the English.
`Yesterday the ICING reviewed the 1 tth Regiment :-.i
oT_fhle)irraßg(o)oyns on Ashford Common. 1-114-Wi",illrift;
• i.
~
c itcame
iu:t:ToEonitNt
LI:
AecNgt
Di re,osuTtosdj
CHESTERFIELD
la:
I):EfuLtuD
Royal Highnesses the DUE Es of 'Yotto: • il
nth GW yNN I and GARTH. Thefatticissas AVS
GUST A and MARY, attended' by Ladies Arbota. ~
BURY and CHATHAM,. were in their carriages, r°
i:ho:31-yir is.etsitllk:rodiya.hyalirHtdhießglpelgsAieirmestsief:tltte:lif:oGura;ol::::ifiedvsierwori :.
witness the Review,
the Coldstream Guards in Hyde Palk At nine o'clock
to-morrow morning, and On Thursday at the kill"
and a number of 1:
.." Lottery, waitel upon the CHANCELLOR of the ~
Exc ttacitt aft to contra& for the. Lottery of Then
cieiit Lords
rOl3, 4 : Ancr,:h.
sent year. Upon opening the first paper gTs_
the parties declared that the other lists were IP°
same, as no Jingle patty could venture to rake the
of the Country, without exposing
whole Lottery, in the present state of the Financos
to great risque, and almost certain loss. Tito
CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER declared I hit rite
price offered was considerably below his expeOatiunt;
:xeaennady::::::::: at I en"' ,)# ' ~,
and that unless they would agree itioleirgiSvuebasirairt:er -
sum for the Lottery, he would raise the necessatil
• We are sorry
Supplies another way. It was then agreed to pea....:
pone the bidding till to.morrow, at eleven o'cloOn
The Lottery
riled to consist of So,ooo Ticke"' °I
which was ar fi f13:0,00°•
a pro t 0 upward
to the Public.
crew
Yesterday
sstveerrdeaayl lms::
Re:lila/ices of 36 guns, the Hon. Cyr. W.Datlastr
was totally lost on Cape St. Vincent, in'a thick fog;
early in the morning cf the 3 tst ult. Happol 11l
.
Church, by the Rev. CHAR LPS MOR DAUNT, tepee
Col PE A cog
was married at Mary.le-e •
. cocka, eldest son cal Sir iVfg°--g
Bart. to Miss Mo It R rs, eldest •ddughter of .s
MORRrs, Esq. of Clasemont, Glarno(goshire'
rytnoeicifs).gtate, lout
His
IVlaiell's Frigate

ntgert
DOVER, joss 20.--.71"1e Minerva hired arnle(,- ;41i t,
commanded by Lieut. TALBOT, captured last
Beachy head the Gab, 'elle Privarter, with 3,AC"re--00/‘
small arms and 16 trim, belonging to Fecamp ; a"" Lars'
the Glory Brig, or Chepstow, 'Capt. liat. roux iron f-ia4
drin for Bristol, laden with deals, ike. —The Privatccr
Brig ant both sent into this Harbour. pin#ss
LI FALMOUTFI, 'LINE —Yeaerlay arrived the
` or nap.
Elitabetki Packet, Captain Kirin, in 37 'Lips. from .‘ the
Passengers by her are, Lioutenant YoVt46' ;101
Navy, and I Areas Howl, F.sq. and 4crvanc. ,10$
the King George Packet, Captain l'Escomas, in
with a Mail from Lisbon. Passengers by h,:ralVt 14°11' Aft.
Et.Liorr, his Lady and Son, Mr. and Miss DiGUISt! Or,,
13,tousswALE, Mr. GLOBS and Son, Mr. GootPaillooll
Cqx, and Mr. Lssr&E. The King George left at
the Prince Adolphus Packet, Capt. VI stsr coatis. cote
Sailed this evening the Miranda, Letter of Mortjue,,
tit
WM. SNOW. She is the first Vessel of that deseripl,Wore
has sailed belonging to this Port; she is a rernartat';',.,,e4
last sailing Cutter, carries eight guns, and is well cluArocch
and manned; and from the number of French and roof
Vessels expeeLed from the West Indies, we hope sOOO .„,tbr
of a tew Prizes being sent in by her.--Sailed this evoll:for,
Venus Cutter, having under Convoy the Ship AaCnil
ROCLY, for Liverpool. Mint 001
Arrived the Brig lane, Trtour,:cr, from Du
P
with the loss of her foretop mast. •

PRICE OF
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143115 per cent. Omniuin 211}
41 er Cent, Con. 7sik tippet. ; pvi Cent. SS/
; Ilse Cent. keit. 5611) I quo Anti.
per L..
Con. shut Dank for July Acc.
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t.sik 1.. Ann. tfq 9.16 i Lune, tut Open. 5711041.''
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