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The Sun.
London, England, 1803-04-08

ROTTIRDAM, Arm& S.

,COMMON report; if not inual circumstances; seems
at, present ,to preponderate on the side Of war
paratory. to which, a beginning has been nude with
the marthing of French Troops into.this country, two
Battalions of whom are already arrived at Brecld ; and
for Xtaiy they are proceeding from all' quarters,
where, in case of a rupture, -.their presence will be
more immediately: necessary.

Spain seems' decided' to adhere .to her Ally' at'
all events; and it it more than probable•, that
Citizen DIII(Oc has Succeeded in. the objea of
his mission at Berlin. Should the issue'be also 1.1-
vourable at the Court of Petersburg 4 it, is not
likely that France will hesitite longer, the Freneh
Government beiog enraged, at what has rece;itli
passed at- the Cape of Good Hope. ' • -
The inglish, in the mean time, are making
•the
.most formidable preparatioOt against an eicpsfted
Nvasion; while 'there is no less attivity employing
in the Frencif Ports. As long, hdwever, ,as the
Ambaisadors of the two Powers keep their stations,
and the Isiegotiations contimke, hopes of an accoi'm.
modation still remain.

Sir •-# t,) "77 • •, .
Whether or Mo- 4111.41;011,,,SCOTT'S ohlec.
tion to the holding of gitipa4x
iunCrergytnen will be.
adopted in the Bill, noho3thspmegret that the prac.
rice' has prevailed, since it ,filtnaed the genius of
Ft E Lai xo with an opport unity of giving his admi.
'able Portrait of ParsoxTrulliber.

It may well be ranked amongst the wary things
of the present year,.., that a...Scotch/aim should have
been committed, to Neenair for refusing to come to
England !
A Morning Raper, among other strong indica.
tions of an approaching War, mentions the iinpor-
rant movement of the Enniskillen Regiment from
Derh to Loughbioitch-and Arbity.deiia.Zoirb.
London, England, 1803-11-16

£DINBOROII, Nov. tt.

THUKSDAY the first Regiment of Glasgow Vds
lunteers were inspeded in the Green by Genet.il.
WEMrss, accompanied by the Duke of Moktao,l:,
&c. The Magistrates of the City, who had ,prt .
vided, and were to present the Regiment with their'
Colours, came upon the ground about eleven o'clock,
The Colours were then consecrated with svienirt
prayer by the Rev. Dr. PORTSOW, Chaplain to,the
Regiment; and after a neat Address by AllCtita
BALD CAMPBELL, Esq. eldest Baillie, they were
delivered to the Lord Provost; as Lieutenant-Colo.
nel Commandant, who, after thanking Bailie CAmt.
BELL and the,other Magistrates fin this handsome
testimony of the patronage of the City, congratu.
fated the Corps, in appropriate terms, on the ma.
sion.

The Regiment made a fine appearance, anti gave
very general satisfadinn. Though the day ivas on_
favourable, there was a great concourse of Ladies
and Gentlemen present to witness the ceremnny.--,
The ground was kept by the GlasgoW -Voluneret
Light Horse.
London, England, 1803-02-02

NV REPORT.
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COURT; OF RlN''

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I;
BENJAMIN Nt c . brpugh I, up by rlabeil;
Corpus from the gaol, of Ely, •standing ellamed
with a rape, was brought intoCourt,for theluir
pose, of being bailed, pursuant to nor,ce.,„_,,.
Mr. Justice Gxose desired.the proceediogs,before
the Magistrates, as well as .the Affidavits., to be
read, which was done accordingly ;..but,parts of the .
Affidavit containing some things that were indeli.
care, ~the Learned Judge scope the readiaig of ,
and inspected them himselfrin order to be sati,iied,.
from_ the 'circumstances of the:Case, whether the
Defendant ought 'to, be _admitted to bail or. not.
Having done so, the Learned Judge asked Mr.
MARRYAT; Counsel for the Prosecutor, Whether he
had any' objectionitooffer to the bailing of the
Defendaht.-'• • • '

Mr. MARRY*T said, he had not had an opportu-
nity of seeing the Affidavits, nor had he heard them
read, and therefore he had nothing to say.
Mr. Justice GROSE said, that the Affidavitscon-
rained some things, which at present were unfit to
be heard, but they contained'also, what made up
his mind on.the subjea of hailing the Defendant. :-
Mr. MARtiyAr said, lie.did not wish.to hearthe
Affidavits, It was matter of discretion, well te..
posed in the Learned Judge, whether the Defendant
should be admitted to, bail or not ; no doubt that
discretion, would be soundly. exercised.,,,'. If it was
fit he should be adm)Xtte,4,,to Wilt he hopld
and if not, he would of course. be reminded; '
The Defendant was then ordered to .enter.into a
recognizance, himself in zpol. and four Sureties in
col. each, for his appearance at the next .Assizes
for the County of Camhriklge,.•. to take his trial for
the above offence; which being, done, he was set at.
liberty. 4 " •
London, England, 1803-02-02

HARWICH, FEB. t.

nits morning the Prince of Males Packet,.Capt.
HEARN, and the King George, Capt. Pima+
DEANS, sailed' for Scheveling ; the former with
eight Hambro' and Bremen Mails, and the latter
with two Dutch Mails on board.
London, England, 1803-02-02

LONDON, FEBRUARY 2, 1803.

On Monday evening Hem MAJESTY had a Card
Party, consisting of HE R MAJESTY'S particular
Friends. HER MAJESTY'S Band attended in an ad.
joining room, and played several pieces of Music
selthed by His MAJ ESTY.
Yesterday Hts MAJESTY gave an audience to the
Hanoverian Minister. •In the evening HER MA•
J ESTY had a select Card Party ; the Band attended
again, and played several Pieces seleCted by His
MAJESTY.

A Morning Paper says—" We understand the
French Ambassador, General ANDREOSSY, through
Agents in the City, has contracted with British
Merchants far a large quantity of Shipping, to con-
vey French Troops and Stores to St. Domingo."
This evening the performance of the Concert of
Ancient Music will commence for the season, which
will be honoured -by the presence of THEIR M.
jEvri Es and the 4INC assas.

Negotiations are said to have been opened between
the Ftench Republic and the new KING of SARDI-
NIA, the object of which is, the cession of the
LIAM of Sardinia to France, for the Dutchies of
Parma and. Placentia.

The Hereditary PRINCE of ORANGE is, it is said,
about to resign his claim to Fulda, to the LANU-
CRAVE Of HEM-CASSEL, who, in teturn, is to re.
sign to him the County of Berg.

The East-India Ships Windham and Walpole, now
at Gravesend, will sail in a few days, having on
board Detachments of the Royal Regiment of Ar.
riflery, and'Corps of Royal Engineers, for the Island
pf Ceylon.
London, England, 1803-02-02

ItIONY`HLY AGRICUL7tIR AL REPOlti':

Tit? severity of the weather in tho'present
monyli has not been very favourable for the °pc.-
rakrons of husbandry, unless for those of getting
out the manures upon the meadows; clover leys,
and land under preparation fOr early pea and
bean crops. The young wheat crops haV'e in
general a very promising asp a, except the very
late sown ones, which have scarc,ly had tinie to
fix themselves so in' the soil, and betome suffici-
ently vigorous, as.to withstand the severity of tiv!
frosts. The attacks of the grub-worm and other
sets upon them, liave, however; been comiderably
checked. The turnip-crops do not appear to be in
general so much injured as' might have been .sup-
posed, from the sudden and unusual intensity of the
fro-sts, and the want of snow to cover anti prate&
them. Rye and winter-tares have a good appear-
ance, are proMising crops in rnost distriFts 'where
they are cultivated. In many instances they are
this season so forard as to be in a state proi:er for
cutting, as green food for cattle or other animals.
Notwithstanding the warmth and unusual.- open,
ness of the 'weather, until the present month, -,the
prices of all sorts of fat stock continue high. .Pota-
toes are on the advance, probably from the late se-
verity of die- weather, as from +I. ros. to 71. per
ton. Horses of, the. go'cO kinds, whether for the
saddleor the cart, are high.
The quantity of rain fallen this month is equal to
2508 inches of depth. The weather has, upon the
whole, been mild,fOr the season ; we-carvreekon
but one Week's 'froSt during the month, and the.
thermometer was very IoW only part of two days.
On the rzth ac midnight, it stood at z 1 deg. and
before sunrise on the 13th, it wits at 2 o deg. The
mean heat is equal to 38 deg..
London, England, 1803-02-02

DEAL, FEU. 1.

Aft RIVED last night, the Vixen, Bloodhound, and
Censor Gun-brigs ; the former from Dover Pier,
and the latter from Portsmouth.

Sailed for the Note, the Thetis, but has since pu
back and remains.

Arrived from Portsmouth, the Leda Frigate, and

remains.

Came down from the River this morning, the
ship Admiral Gardner, for India, and proceeded im.
mediately on her voyage without anchoring.
London, England, 1803-02-02

EGY FPI ;4PI ANI'IQU IT lES-.

NorsrmasTANbmo all the importane.e th'at has
been, attached to the researchttof-the scavarn
longing to,the French Array .of Egypt, .something
was left for 'the curiosity of their successors to
glean, 'and for.' their ingenuity to develope.—
It appears by the inscription on the, Pillar, com-
monly callA POMP - that this con-
trary to all, former opinions;'was ereled in honour
of Di oc /1.11, by the. then Preldi -of Egypt.! For
this discovery>, the learned are indebted to Lieut.
DurioAs, of the •Royal• Engineers, and Lieut. DR.
strnE, of the Queen's German Regiment, Aid.
de-Camp to Lord CAVAN, who-accomplished it
with much perseverance and difficulty. The letters
were so much defaced by tune, that it was: only
during the hours when the sun cast a shadosi from
them, that any observation could:be !pack. In some
parts a few charalers are totally' incapable of being
traced. These characters have been filled up by
Mr. HALES, 'an English Clergytuan,.-at Naples,
employed in &cyphering the ancient mantiscripts
found at Herculaneum. These filled up charaftexs
are of course open to criticism ; but they accord so
well with the discernible parts, of the inseription,
and render the whole so clear and intelligible, that
sound judgment can find no good objection to charge
-against them. The most material part, the name
of the person to whom the Pillar is dedicated, is
quite legible. The copy of the inscription, with
the detail of the circumstances, have been given to
Sir Ron ERT WILSON, for the second Edition of his
History of the Egyptian Expedition. In that pub-
lication a far ritirile of the inscription and insertions
will appear. The following is a translation of it :
London, England, 1803-02-02

TO DIOCLETIANUS AUGURTUS,

MOST ADORARGE EMPEROR,
THE TUTELAR. DEITY OF ALEXANDRIA)
YON/lUS; PRPFECT •OF EGYPT,
CONSECRATES THIS•

At the General Quarter Sessions of the Peace fot
the West Riding of Yorkshire, the following mat-
terwasbrought forward.,

In the month "of 06tober hist, three Poachers
went on the grounds of Lord Rihblesdale near Gi-s.
burn ; having set their snares, they retired into a
barn, and were followed by some of his Lordship's
servants. The most desperate resistance was made
by the offenders to prevent their being secured, and
in the end they effeatd ,their escape, taking,
them a double-barrelled gun, with which Lord Rib.,
blesdale's butler was armed ; but not before one of
the servants had his arm brdke, another his finger
taken off; and a third much wounded by the acei.
dental discharge of the gAn, whilst the Poachtrs
were wresting it from him. Some days after 4
circumstance led to the discovery of these peoples
and application was made- to a Magistrate, whn.
issued his warrant, and committed them to the
House of Correelion till the. Quarter Sessions, when
they remanded them to prison for three 'months.—
The Recorder of Leeds., who condoned the prosecu.
tion, informed the Court that a ?Bill of Indilment
for assaulting and maiming Lord Ribblesdale's ser-
vants was then before•the Grand Jury, and Which
was afterwards found.
London, England, 1803-11-29

Hosea; bur Mit &eh ts t we& kit ledgth teincivedty
the discovery of a. fetter frOrtt-hil wife to the "Wok-
terer,- which-Oh:wed that'a criminal corinedion•had
lting Subsisted between them, and that while he was
absent the Defendant had every day visited his wife,:
and slept with her three or four tithes. Hisdistrac:-
'. tion, at ,the'assurance of her inconstancy was more-
, easy tube imagined than described. The Learned'
Counsel urged •tt) the Jury that the pecUniary.da,:
triage sustained by a person in thePlaina's situation
was far greater in proportion than when such an in,
jury was offered to a man of rank and fortune. He
remarked that the condba of the Plaintiff to, his wife
had avec,been most kind and affectionate. The Plain..
tifrhad two children, the offspritig,of his union with
his wife, and: he had indulged, the-hope that they
would have been pledges for the continuance of their
mutual felicity and affection ;- hut
_it was no small
'aggravation of the 'father's miserythat this infatuat.
ed and unhappy woman was far advanced in preg-
nancy, under circumstances which justified the
strongest suspicion that the adulterer;wav the parent
olthe infant she was on theeve of, bringing into the
world. The Learned Counsel concluded by trusting
that a case• so calamitous as that of,The
;would justify the Jury in giving-very exemplary
damaken- •

The brother-in-law of the Plaintiff., proved the
marriage in-1797 ; the husband was then 24. years
of age,. and the Wife 17 ; it was a match of uffec-
!tion, =with:the consent of their parents and friends;
tliey always appeared to •live.happily.i The Plain-
tiffwas; a man of an excellent disposition, pleasing
:manners, attentive to his wife, and remarkably food.
:of his children. Upon the receipt of the first in:
telligence of his wife's infidelity he was agitated to
such .a degree that the Witness thought he would
have lost his senses. •

A person at whose house. the Plaintiff and .his
wife lodged, and her servant, provedthat-the-De-
fendant was in the habit of calling almost everyday
upon Mrs. Davis, always chusing those hours at
which it was 'certain the Plaintiff's • duty would ex.
clude the possibility of his being 'at hOrne.' They
also proved that while the Plaintiff was altogether
absent, the Defendant slept several nights with his
wife. These Witnesses described the Plaintiff as a
kind indulgent husband never out• of temper, and
spending all his time with his wife and children,
except :when be was engaged in business.
Several other witnesses confirmed the charafter
given of the Plaintiff, with respell to his affeetionate
regard for his Wife.

The Defendant offered nothing in extenuation of
his offence, either by Counsel or otherwise.
The Sheriff summed up the evidence with
partiality,
,leaving the question of damages to the
cMisideration 'of the Jury, under all the circum.
stances of the case.
The jury, retired for about ten minutes, and re.
.turned a verdia for the Plaintiff.—Damages tool.
London, England, 1803-11-29

NAViL NEWS.

PORTSUOUTH, Nov. :B.—Sailed tLe L7rd Howe,
BAGGS, to I\florlaix, with French Passengers,; and
james, HON E ?MAN, to Newcastle.
Went out of Harbour to Spithead, His Majesty's
Ship .P;s=), Lieut. Wsiti E.
Arrived a Sloop of War from Burbatioes.

SHEERNESS, Nov. 26.—A Court-Martial WES
assembled and held on board of His Majesty's Ship
Winchebra, in this Harbour, consisting of the fol.
lowing Members, viz. Capt. W. MircHEL, Presi-
dent, Captains IVIANBY, VESEY, ELYHINSTONE,
BYRON, and RikTHIJORNE ; when they proceeded to
inquire into the conduet of Capt. CHARLES FEUD.
ING, his Officers, Pilots, and Ship's Company, for
the loss of His Majesty's late Ship the Circe ;
when the Court were of an opinion that the loss of
the said Ship was occasioned from the inaccuracy of
the Charts, aml that no blame attaches to Captain
FEILDINc, his Officers, Pilots, and Ship's Com.
Pally, and they were fully acquitted accordingly.
Sailed the Cleonne and Avenger.

DEAL, Nov. 28.—Came in the Mariner Gun•
brig, from a Ckuize. Put back the Merlin Sloop.
Arrived the Diligence Brig, and Drjorford Trans-
. ~
port, from Plymouth; and Discovery Bonet, from,
Margate. Road. . .
In the Downs—Monarch, Utrecht, Ralsonaltle Immord
talit6, Champion, and L'Smarantlic ; Vulture aild Merlin
Stoops; Perseut, Fury Zebra, and Discovery, Bombs ;
Mariner, Coithiti, Starling, facl:all, and Qmsor„L; tut-brigs ;
Diligence Brig, and Deptford Transport.
London, England, 1803-11-29

PROPERTY TAX.

"Mr. Alderman COM BE rose to put a question to
an Hon. Gentleman on the Treasury Bench, to
'Which he hoped a distint answer would be
,given.
The question he meant to propose was this, Whe.
Cher it was the intention of His Majesty's Mini.
atels to propose any measure for the purpose of situ.
plifying the- Property Tax Bill ?
Mr. VANSITT4Ia said, he had no hesitation
to state that he had received no intimation of any
intention to propose any alteration in the Property
Ad.
,On the contrary, he was assured that the
assessment for this year would be made upon the
Att as it now stood. It was thought better to
adopt this plan, because if afterwards it should be
found necessary to make any alteration, it might
be made upon a view of the whole etica and opera.
Lion of the MI.

Mr. Ho ui-tousE brought up the Report of the
Committee of Supply—which was agreed to rem.
ton.

Mr.. VANSITTART then moved the usual 'Esti.:
mates, viz. the Ordinaries of the Army, the Half.
pay of the' Officers of the Navy and Marines,
the Charge of building Ships, .Szo. the Charge
for Guards and Garrisons, the Charge of the
Office of Ordnance, for the Land Service, an Ac..
fount of the Services incurred and not provided
for by Parliament, and an Estimate of the•probable
Charge,of the Transport Office ; all for the year
So4..—These Motions were severally agreed to.
Mr. VANSITTART then moved, " That an humble
Address be scented to His Majesty, praying that
he would be graciously pleased to give diredions to
the proper Officers to prepare and lay before the
House the said Estimates and Accounts,"

Admiral BERKELEY wished to know whether the•
Charge for building Barracks was incluthd in these
Estimlttes ?

Mr, VANSITTART replied in the negative.
The Mution of Mr. VnustrrnaT was then'
agreed to, and the Address was ordered to be
presented by such. Members us were of the Privy
Council.

The SPEAKER then gave notice that all Gentle-
men who had any renewed Eletion Petitions to pre-
sent should deliver them at the Table. The follow-
Petitions were then presented, and were ordered
itp be taken into consideration the following days,
Vic Aylesbury, :4th *6th Feb.
-•--Carrickfergus, and Sudbury, 2 at Feb.—Mine.
head, and Hereford Town, 23L1 Feb.—London, and
Coventry, 28th Feb.—Stirling, Ist March.
Mr, Ao,sms,gave notice, that the vote of Seamen
for the ensuing year would be proposed on Wed-
nesday.
Adjourned at half past live till to-morrow.
London, England, 1803-02-05

ENGLISH ARMY IN EGYPT.

That Army, commanded by General Ss ti Ater, consists of
4430 men, They 'Wholly and exclusivelyoecupy Alexandria
and the neighbouring Forts. • The• Turks- who formed the
;Garrison of some or these Forts, have been reino4d. Lately
'the English General has occupied Demanhour with a hundred
Infantry' anti --a 'tundrad horse, under the pretext of• curbing
the Arabs. The English haVe made no newssary works for
the maintenance u the Forts; the PallisadeS are almost'
entire' y.destroyed, and the- breacites• Occasioned by the rains
.have very much damaged all- the new Fortifications, They
.ocenpy none of the works which are beyond the line of the
Arabs, and all the reiloubtl which e,isted at. the departure of
the French Army art destroyed. • •
The Pacha, of Cairo • furnishes to the 4nglish Army corn,
rice, wood, and provisions, without any payment. The eon,
stimption Is..treble what it shoUld be; they commit great
waste. A great misunderstanding reigns between General
T and the Pacha. ' [Eiere follows the detail of the!
English Army, which we deem it unnecessary to give.]

the Paella waits till the (ultra lairaltf Attack him. The
English wished to interfere as mediators between the Emir
and D Z R but the last refused their mediation.

The- Vorte at this moment little entincetioji with Syria.
(Signed) HORAeli SE d'ASTI.4I4r.

BERNE, JAN.: 22.-It is reported that GClle'r;ll
NEY will be replaced in the 'command. of the
French Troops in 'Switzerland, .by General CHAR-
PENTIER, who has hitherto filled the funaions of
Chief of the Etat Major of the- icrench, Army in
Italy.

CORIOU, DEC. 13.—A Frigate from Alexandria
bearing the French flag, having on board
_Colonel
SE 13 MITIANI,• anchored within these few days be.
fore the isle of Zante. His arrival awakened the
hopes of the French Party,. and the Russian Com.
mandant was obliged to have recourse to the Rus.
sian Garrison to repress the popular movement.
• SEBASTIANI on being informed of this, sent a
Letter to the Governor of Zante, in which he ex.
presses the wish of the F IRST CO lOU /., that form of
Government should be established suitable to the
disposition of the inhabitants.
London, England, 1803-02-05

PRIVATE TUTOR.
WANTED to attend a FAMILY, going in a
Public Situation to. the Continent, a PRIVATE
Tcrott: Whatever Prejudice may exist against this nude
of application, the present proposal will be found to he wor.
thy the attention of any one whom such a situation may suit.
Further particulars may be known, by applying to Mr.
Robson, Bookseller, New Fiond.street.
N. B. No Foreigner need apply..

WANTED TO PURgHASEI.
Tit any Part of England, not North of 't orkshire.
AN-ESTATE, with extensive Manorial Sights,
and a considerable Mansion-house upon it, of the
Viti.;e of from One Hundred Thousand to Two Hundred
Thousand Pounds.
Any Person having suelvan Estate to dispose of, may be
treated with, by applying to Mews. Witham, No. 8, Gray' c•

NEW INVENTED WATER-PROOF 'BOOTS and
SHORS.
D WAR') IVIOGGRIDGE, No. 44+ Ludgate.
hal, London, begs leave to inform his Friends and, the
Public in general, that after many years attention and expo.
xiance, he has to offer them BOOTS and SHO ES, WA TE It
P.ROO F, with petted confidence of their being tar superior
to any ever made. He makes the lightest dress Shbes and Boots
Water-proof, preserving the 'Leather soft anti pliable: He
is particularly induced to make it public at this season
of the year, when people of all descriptions have their
health Unpaired by txet or damp in the feet. He recom-
irltaS them on shooting excursions, as no water can.pene4.
6: Lt.:Attie!' prepared in this way, has the advantage of.
lasting twice as long' as Leather dressed in the common way.
An article of such general utility will no doubt attract the
atterniou of the Public,: and induce those who have a real'
'Fie value for their health to apply at his ManufaCtory, as above.
Iras no connexion with any other House in London.
N. R. A large assortment of Boots and Shoes. Waterproof
otheiwise, constantly kept for the Easi and West India
Irate. Merchants and Captains liberally treated with.

V[•
oRGAN SANDERS'i New -Invented'
Imperial Dining Tables and Portable Chairs ; the
Much ..admirecl sPatent brass-screw. Bedsteads, Sofa Beds and
Chair Beds,
with a general Stock of Upholstery and Cabinet
Articles, upon im
proved principles,for the furnishing Houses;
complete,
16 and 17 Catherine-Street,
The Imperial Dining, Tables are allowed totra bethe hand-
-smut:sr and most complete set of Tables ever yet invented ;
elegant Dome -Beds, with.new-designed Window Curtains,
VSuite ; new-irver t,A Niusquitto Couch Beds for Foreign
limates Mattrasses, and Bedding complete; every Article
in the Up'holstery and Cabinet Branches,_executed,in the best
and •Enost Modern stile of Fashion and Taste, and of the
choicest Materials and high-finished WorkmanshiP., -
v. By MORGAN and SANDERS,
.rurnishirig UpliOlstcrers ant: t.Aulitcl - Makers,.
No. 16; and 17, Catherine-street, Strand.
2'• B. To prevent mistakes, please to notice the NAM-
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London, England, 1803-11-11

Major-Gencr4l .13tr.1) and Suite landed at Fal.
;mud) on Monday last from on board the Mary
Cptter„ commanded by Lieut. WILNE, belonging
;o SirEt; TARP PELLLW'S Squadron cruiT.ing off
Ferrol. General BA tp,p,, on his passage from
*!frsdia on board the Perseverance, was taken by a
.I,''irichl'iiv.tteer, but fortunately re-taken by the
Sirius Frigate, of 36 guns, as he was entering the
1-I;arbour of Corunna. Sir ED W 4:al? PE!, JAW de.
taLl;(.ti the ll'lnry with the General for England. On
list patiSage. ,Slie fell in with Admiral C(4I3NWA.r...
)t-• I'kgt PR Ti.sh3or consisting of sixteen
Sail of the Line. The report in our Fleet was,
Opt twenty-seven Ships of the Line were lying in
besides Frizates and Transports. The num•
bcr of Ships of the Line, we apprehend must be
0,-,tggeratett; but at al, events; Admiral
siteeit sail, most of which are
throc.dicke C 3, we consider as sufficient to give a
-oo:1 account of the whole. }trench Fleet.
Ftencit Squadron at Ferrol was lying at sin..
7,1; ahchor, ‘eady to run out with the first fayoura.
We opportunity. hey would not &are to. venture
;Jut ill the Face of fir EQW Mt PELL II W.

Our Llockading Squadron ha;; been blown off its
tation by the strong Southerly and S. W. winds
which hair:, prevailed for the last two or three days.
We may rp,tke ourselvo, however, very easy : if
our 5hi1.33 could not keep' their station on, the French
Coafit, we may rest fa tis6o that the French Gun.
Insats would not dare to venture out. So heavy a
melt as a strong S. W. wind must bring up chan-
nel, mould inevitably swamp them.
We are sorry to add,. that a Vessel, stioposed'to
be a West Indianian, was wrecked on Wednesday
z.izht on the POOdwin Sands, and it is feared that
We whtAt; of the Crew perished.

Rio faire 1;
.Youiwalt were received
"ivi town, to the date of the 7th instant inclusive,
and which contain isiews to the 2d. They
are filled with articles relating to the Invasion.—
The French az,:ert, that they have now Boats enough
prepared for carrying their Plan of Invasion into
Oren, but they find, they admit,,,a great deal of dif.
15,,:uity in ersileaing them together in the different
forts from which the figredition is appointed to
sail. This is a difficulty' which, we flatter ourselves,
,they never will be able to get over. BONA.
I ART; MealiWhije amuses hirnielf with manccuvring
Wats on thP Serve, as if this could impart, either
to, himself. or his Solaers, any icie4 of the na.
sure of the Service on which they are to embark.
Thvy will find Invasion a very different kind Of
Pa tat, when they come to play it in reality.

The Dutch Government have adopted in 'sob.
titan e, the same modifying regulation lespeaing
NcutrAis to,:i•hing at English Ports, which the
Ereoch Givs:ronrot issued;
The accowir„, 1...-eived in Holland from Spain/
fqrcsecht t! ;hence Maya= a 8 ex:tram:ly
:q. There can he little doubt of
:1; ver in the Webt 'ratio, and
iinForted from thence.,
' 1 u twoti,c. :w:tde of Ow deOrture of the. Chit(
London, England, 1803-11-11

COURT Oi BLNCiY; Nov. to.

. ~ ,
TFI e whole. of the clay Wai taken opiri heasink
Moti.os En. New Trials, which atu u..Conirnnoly
nunvroUs, but hardly any of them interesting to tho
Public.

THE kItIC ,`.4. NOTTINGHAM.

. .
Mr. REEDER moved frig a Rule to spew Cause
why the Verdid ot-Gqi!ty, found in this case, shOuld
not be set .aside, and Not Guilty entered, This
was an Indidtnent which was originally to have
been tried at the. Sessions for the City of Lincoln,
but was removed by Cerikrar-i into this Court, and
so went down to be tried at the Assizes for the
County, where the Deferidant.Was fOund guilty
art Assault. The o`jedion to the Convidion was,
that it was illegal, because the requiSitioni of the
Aft of Parliament of the 3E th of Hi., present Ma.
jesty had not beeil eimplied with.. that Aft re,
quired, that if any Indiament
.was removed from
Any City or Town, Sce. in the 'County, the' party
moving it shoUld enter into a Recognizance of 4010'.
for the payment of what are called Extra Costs.—.
That Recogniiance had nor been entered into it
tl is case, and therefOre die Convidion was illegal.
He should not, however, insist on 'this ObjediOn,
of his Learned Friend, on .ther side, assured him
that they would not pray fur judgment upon the
Defendant:

The Court asked, what the,liattl.fe
was ?

Mr. REEDPIC said, that' the •Prcisecincir was
Master of the Ceremonies to a übs.Ci7)o„oPls4l;4:
and the Delendani one' of the Subscribers.. &Mier'
misundeotanding arose between them, and the Prm..
secutor desired th.4t the Defendantnot attenq i
any more. He did however attend: the !Ida
and he gave thie Prost:en:or a Sivito nag.
Mr. .B4ouT the case was not so
as his Learned
,Friend had stated it ; the Difci.ndath,',,
a r•oung man, had' written a very tiojustiable
ter to the Pitii:eCtitos, who was Master of thti
monies, 'and the Ijefelidant had'behaved aftertVardiC
very outrageously.,
.Mr. jostler: PRos`g Said, the Cause Wit triettbe:. '
fore Inn' at the last Assiies for,,the County of I,in..
boin. The .F.),:•fendant was a 'yOtink m and the
Prosecutor a personadvancedhl yi:!tr; aqd be knew"
not why he persisted in this Motion unless hc Want:,
td toexpose fttitnseltMore than he had been already,
for if this Rule was granted, tie case must lie tried
again, and there was no chance awl, other verdiEt,..
for it Nviis a very 'Clear case. There was do credit
to be gained. by a young Man beating an old due.
The Ctit EF Jos-rice said, that'a per Son in chits,
sitUatiln of Master of the Cerctdonies was a sort bt
arbiter of diEerences.between others, and to
serve decorum among others, so that this insult was
not like a common tnstilr. Btlt the objefflon *here
taken did not avail, for the ease did not write under
the provisions of this Aet of Parliament, whith did
not extend to cases removed to this Court.
Rule refused.
London, England, 1803-11-11

NORWICH, Nov.

Orr Tuesday afternoon, the Most Noble Mar-
quis TowNSH END (attended by Lieutenant-General
Lorrus), entered this City at the head of his
Norfolk Rangers, on their route to Yarmouth.
This Corps of Yeomanry Cavalry is the first in the
Kingdom in the date of its establishment, and is
the first that has undertaken Garrison Duty. They
are a fine body of men, and are mounted on capi.
tal, horses; their uniform is green, The Marquis,
General LOFTUS, Gen. Mr LNER, and several other
Officers, dined with Sir Roo FR KERRISON, and the
next morning the Squadron marched for Yarmouth.
London, England, 1803-08-02

SURREY MEETING AT' EPSONfi

~Atigutit 1, 403.
AT the mist numernus' and respeaable Meeting
of the Nobility, Ceiriry, • Chtro, Fireiiholders, and
4ither Inhabitants' of the County of Surrey, which W4s ever
held.

t was resolved unanimously, To present a Dutiful and
Loyal Address to His Majesty, for the purpose or renewing
to His Majesty their assurance of afreelion and atractunent to
His MAjesty's Person awl Government at' this awful crisis.
It was also Kes dyed, That the Address should. he signed
by the High Sheriff, and presented by him to His Majesty on
behalf of the County; and it was requested at the Meeiing,
that the Iligh"Sherillshould I c accompanied by the Lord
Lieutenant, the Members tor the County, and other Gentle..
men. .. .

----,
• JOHN POOLPV KENSINGTON, Sheriff
The High Sherif having gaited the Chair, the Thanks of
the Meeting were moved by 1.01-4 Les ie, seco:idni by the
Hon. Ur. lionverie, 'and unani,nously voted to hil`n fur the
ability with which he opened the business of the day, and for
his coothatt in the Chair. •

NEW `LOTTERY. • .
BEGINS DRAWING the sth of SEPTEMBER,
1803.
SCHEME.
No. of Prizes. Value °leach. Total value.
2 of ,C. 20,000 IS 4. 40.G00
1 --. 13,000 •-•
2 5 coo to.oola
.-- , 20;8:70
S—. 1 coo --
12 5 0 .r 6009
30 100 ...... 3000
4., 50 2000
bop 20 _ 121,00 p
-----

24,000 Tickets. 210000
First drawn Ticket 7th Day - _ 20.0.)00
First drawn Ticket last Niorning - scoo
Are pan of the above Capitals.
TICKETS and SHARES are selling at every LICENSED
OFFICE. .
And the PRIZES PAID on DEMAND.
P flee. —Ticket 4. 17 Z.
Half - 8 o f httt - 2 4 6
Quarter - 4 8 6 Sixteenth - r a 6
Tickets will gradually rise.

BEGINS DRAWING THE FIFTH OF SEPTEMBER.
MESSRS.- HORNSBY and CO. No. 26, Corn.
hill, .opposite the Royal Exchange, London, respeet-
fully acquaint their 'Friends and the Public, that they arc
,now selhnt..on the most inciderAte terms,. Tickets,• !Lives;
Quarters, Eighths, and Sixteenths, in the New .Etiglisli
State Lottery, wbich comprises only 24,,,J0 Ticket,. •
Schemes gratis.
London, England, 1803-08-02

ittiAREY` COUNDY AtAttING. Au°. t.

Titi High Bhetiff, J, P. kettsttsertots, Esq.
opened the business in a most able and impressive
nimnper, and then read the Address proposed, which.
was moved by
.Lord OttsLow, and seconded by
Lord. W. RmsELL. Mr. Famscts expressed his
assent and approbation. Sir THOMAS TURTON
dwelt, with some sharpness, on an expression of
Lord W. RussELL's, viz. that his opinion was
still that the War 'had been unnecessarily entered
into. Sir THOMAS also ridiculed the idea of
the Capital or Country being in 'danger. This
drew from Mr. SHERIDAN a most anitnnetV, and
forcible reply, which he commenced by. vinditacipg
Lord W. RUSSELL, although he differed with him
as to the sentiments he had expressed.' Mr. SHE.
IDAN concluded a Speech of uncommon energy and
impression, amidst the loudest bursts of. approba.
tion. Several other Gentlemen delivered their sen.
lithents; Mr. BOTH AM spoke with great force; he
highly complimented Mr. SHERIDAN. He wished
his speech of that day could have been heard
from one end of the kingdom to the tither.
The Lord Lieutenant, Lord OwsLow, said, that
Since he had .known Surrey, where party feelings
had so long existed, he had never witnessed so
happy a day as this of cordial and patriotic unani.
mity. Ile from his heart, concurted.in the praises
bestowed on Mr. SHERIDAN ; every word he had
uttered was worthy of being written in letters, of
Old, He wished every man, from the highest
to the lowest in the 'County, had Dien present.
The Address was. carried unanimonsly, and Thanks
to the High Sheriff, moved by Lord Lents, and
seconded by the Hon. W. BOUVERIE, passed with
equal unanimity. The Meeting then brnke up,
with feelings of the warmest 'and most patriotic
zeal, .in the great cause fur which they met.
London, England, 1803-08-02

WILTSHIRE Ai3IZES.

THE Assizes for the County of Wilts. ended at
Salisbury on Tuesday lasi, before Lord ALVANLEY
and Mr. Justice GRAHAM, -the former of whom
presided" at tho Crown Bar, and the latter at Iglu
Prius.

_
Five Prisoners were capitally convi6ted viz.
Liam Jones, for stealing a hay mare frotri Kington
Down, the property of Mr.
.William Holborow ;
Stephen Hood,fur stealing a black mare, the property
of Mr. Aaron Basket, of Melksham ; Jobe Phipps,
for stealing a mare, tic property of John flurtott, of
Tisbury ; Thomas Davis, for stealing a black mare,
the property of Mr. John EddolS, of Chippenham.;
and Wnt. Long, for stealing some mine), out of a
box in a dwelling-house at Warminster. Jones and
Hood were left for execution on Tuesday the 16th
inst. Phipps, Davis, and Long, were reprieved
before the Judges left the City.
lob/ Townsend, John Norval, anti Iratir Stephens
(the eldest nut more than nineteen years old), were
indided for breaking and entering the dwelling,
house of Isaac Clarke, in the day-time (no Iverson
being therein), and stealing various articles of appa.
rel, above the value, of five shillings, which Made it
a capital offence. They were daring offenders.—
The Prosecutor is a labourer. at Bradford„ and is tie.
serving of gicat praise fur his perseverance in de.
teeting and bringing theus , to, justice. The fats
were clearly proved aga mit .thein, and the 'Property
found an their persons ; but the Jury, having found
them guilty of stealing only, and not of 'breaking
and entering the louse, the pour man loses the re.
ward allowed by law, which would have repaid him
for his expenses and loss of lime, having travelled
upwards of sixty milesr he ore they were lodged in
prison, and more than that distance to attend the
trial. '

Only five venires were entered, One cause ex-
cited much attention it was an action brought by
Mr. Cane, farmer, of Milford,
,against Mr. Henry
Sutton, clothier, of Salisbury, fur infringing the
Plaintiff's alledged rigk of water from the canals,
which flow through the city, by diverging the course
Of one of the streams, and ereoing a waterwheel
tkereon, to, the injury of the Plaintiff in the irriga.
tion of his meadows. The cause was called on ;
but difficulty occurring in: the formation Of a Special
Jury,. the Plaintiff, objeding to
,Clothiers, and the
Defendant to Farmers, the Judge repeatedly re,
commended a reference, to 'which the Patties at
length agreed, and It was accordingly referred to
Mr. flobhouse,
London, England, 1803-04-09

SIIIP NEWS.

• YARMOUTH' APRIL 7.
Sailed—the Dave,. Smith, for London.; Exchange, Bly,
for Scotland ; Industry,, iaddoni, for Hull • Baltic, Dar:,
nell,. Betsy, Porter, and Meniel, Brown, for Memel; Per-
severance,. Steward, ter Dantiic.

CTAVESEND,,APRIL 7.
Sailed—the Sophia, Clifton, for Africa; Renewal, Cro-
martie, for }iarhadoes; Plimbe, Carpenter, Mr Dublin ; and
Ihe Paulina Sophia, Harker:llan.. for Ostend.
London, England, 1803-04-09

MONEY TO -ADVANCE 4UPON ANNUI

S

i,

K

j.

DEEMABLE. •
WEELY.ILLE. and Co.• rcsiie:*.lfufly . inform
.ILi Nobility and Gentry, -that brie oecasien.(4 tempo-
rary or peimaneot:SUMS of- MON V; by t4e 9: An"
nuities or otherwise, that . from. tlicr lon .trok-cskticts,CtAa---
nedion with Mo•:led Persons 'of The first -iespeCtatiLltri *ft
can always advance iminediaie Sums, from icol.•to
upon real Securities, arising trorn Lana. houses, or I
uncicw
Property, 'Clergymen's Livings, hlarriage Settlements, Wi-
dow's jointures, ere. No delay will arise, where the Sect,
city is real and not intriate,
with privilege of returning the
Principalat option. Front iat to_ twelve years -PtirebaS.c wiU
be given for, Annuities, according to the nature of the Security).
-
Apply persomilly, or by Letter (Post Raid) at No. 7; Cecil-
street, Strand.

•
LARQE OFFICE.PENS PECULIARLY WELL CUT,
THE evident Advantage of having Writing Pc..n4
well cut.and well shaped to the Figures, and of th'd
true elastic Mould, as Ripe and Seasoned-Quit lapnly are C,i•
pable of answering, and bearing that nice Exactness of Poi:1bl
which a clean and open Slit will render smooth and.fine, as •
to write any 'kind of Hand with perfect freedom ithd,
saraness. This circumstance must not onlybe very conve-
nient; but truly interesting to every' Nrsan in the habit of
Writing ; great pains have been takenoto seleit a proper Stock
ot.prirtle qualified and seasoned. Quills for this purpose. in
order to removethe evil of bad Tens, so justly and univer—
sally complained.of in this Country:
Made and sold by E. Williams (Successor to Mr. Riatnirem,
Stationer to the Duke and Dutchess of York, No. It, Strand;
London.
London, England, 1803-04-09

FALMOUTH, ArRIL 6.

SAILED the American Brig Janus, Capt. Far._
eta, with rice (last from Charlestown, AlnericA),
for tiavre.de.Grace; the Danish Brig Haa6a.
Capt./Also:cc, with fruit, wine, &c. for Runders
in Norway (she is last from Lisbon) ; and the Se.
Tern, IlAcitwooo, for Chichester,

Appeared off this Port yesterday morning, the
East India Ship Srdesby Cast/e, Caps. Ls Aamoirras
from London for the East Indies : the wind having
blown very strong all this day to the southward, it
is supposed she wilt be obliged to put into this Port.
Arrived the Brig Lithos Parker, jarsurts, with
bale goods, Bee. from Loriton "for this Port ;. the
Princess Riga', °warp, and the Irish Miner, NlO.
CIOLLI/4 from .London • for Liverpool ; also the
homeward.bound Weit India Ship Ponunicts, Capt.
CLAIM) from Jamaica for London, nine weeks pas-
e: she hiving some sick on board, it is expeded
that she Will go into quarantine ; three Revenue
Cutters, with Lieutenants, 4c. on board, are coma
to an anchor near her, to prevent the Crew lion'
getting off from being impressed,
The Duke of York Packet, D4mt e, with Mails
from Lisbon, is hourly expe4ed.
Remain the Prima Adolphus Packer, ji..)Nss,,
with Lisbon Moil of the 29th ult. by contrary
wind.

P. S. Since writing the foregoing, ve learn that
the ship Dominica is cleared from quarantine, an 4
all her crew pressed.

The Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty have
ordered the followings ships to be conunissionea with,
out deliy, viz.
*Dos. Ozw.
San Josef - - its Plyrnot:CA
vine de Paris - it* ..

• 1O)

Poit—sinouth.
London, England, 1803-04-09

DUBLIN, ArklL 2.

. „
A tits,' thin ago, Mr. Justice BELL, having,
roceived inkrmation that, a well.known Forger of
Bank-nntes, in this City, called by his associates,
Loss Kearney the Tailor, had been in the• habit of
sending large parcels of forgeries to one Roathe, a
Woollen-draper in Leighlin.bridge, went ro Car-
low, and applied to the Rev. Mr. Wit It.r y, a Ma-
gistrate, who accompanied him.' to Leighlin-bridge,
where they not only found the forgeries,
,bat also
implements for coining, Roache, after much pre-
varteation, confessed the whOle, and: that he had
purchased several parcels of 'forgeries from this
Kearney, %Ow is a „ native of that town, Itoarke.
was committed to CallOw Gaol, to abide his trial
at the next Assizes. •
We are concerned to hear that a certain Female,
of great •respeetability, has been mentioned 'by
" Loaf Kearney the Tailor," as one of the most
extensive dealers in forged Bank.notes, whom he
hai been in the habit of supplying. He observes no
delicacy, in mentioning her name, and boasting of
her. address in disposing of his bank-paper, parti-
cularly at card:tables, 'to which she deVotes no •
considerable portion of her 'time.
London, England, 1803-04-09

trentione,

fully I

lie

1
.utly laid down, t. nry, after retiri for staff an
hour, brought in a verdia for The PLantifF of
zool. damages., and 6d. costs. The Defendant call:4
no Witnesses.

Dr. SOLOMON'S CORDIAL BALM OF GILEAD is
now in the-highest repute, it is resorted to by the
Nobility and Gentry in' the 'United Kingdom, in
Nervous and Consumptive Complaint, nor has its
merit been leSsened by the hand of Volt, the test
of all things ; every day adds more encomiums. to
the virtues of this exalted iVledicine titan can be
published, yit those Cases which from time to time
have appeared in the:Public Prints, arc so convinc-
ing, well a'ttested; and extraordinary in their nature,
that that person 'must bG void of belief indeed, who
does not attach credit to them; if, however, there
should be. any who are interested in the truth, they
undoubtedly have an opportunity of enquiring of
the Patients themselves who have received the cures,
or the persons who.have witnessed them, where no
doubt thiy will receive full satisfalion of the vera-
city of each statement.
London, England, 1803-04-09

• . EAST INDIA HOUSE,
August ti, 18oz.
E COURT of DIRECTORS of the
UNITED COMPANY of MERCHANTS of ENG.
LAND trading to the East Indies, do hereby give Notice.
That it is their Intention to receiim,arplirations,• on or before the
30th September, from the Merchanis wanting Tonnage jor the
Export of G°°4l, to ladial for such Goods which are to be Ship,
ped in the ensuing Quarter ; and Oat .Or 6rfn.e the 31st December,
3tti March, and 3oth June, I,r such Cz.waes the Merchants art
desirous of Ship; ing in each Qaarter, Id/owing such dates ; and
that it is their intentionethq yA. furstisitTonnage for any Quantity
of Madeira Hine whirl) may be: rituired by' Persons willing to
Ship the same foe,lndia, upn applications.
Particulars of the Rates of Freight, for the first Ships of
'the &atm, are to be sten In the Office of the Clerk to the Committee
of Sqpiytg. •
AMSAY, SO. ;
London, England, 1803-06-03

This Day was published, price 'S. 6d.
THE SUBSTANCE of the SPEECH of . the
Right Hon. WILLIAM PITT. in the House of
Commons, on Monday, May a3d, on the Debate on the War.

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ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE,
May 15. 1103. .1
P-rHE COURT of DIRECTORS of t la. ROY AL
M. EX C AN G E ASSURANCE do hereby give notice,
That their. Transfer Books will be shin trout TuESDAY
Ott 2ISt of uric; to Tl/ I; SDA.Y the s of July next ; anti
that a GENE KA LCO U of the said Corporation %vitt be
holden at their Office; on the Royal Exchange. on WED.
NESDAY the 22(1 of tune next, at Eleven o'Citck., in the
Forenoon, to consider.ot a ViV della .
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Fire, and also for the A ssuranie of, and granting Annuities on
London, England, 1803-04-07

DIED.

In the East Indies, in the zsd year of his age; Beville.
Port, 'F.sq. of the r9tli Light Dragoons, youngest son of
John Port, Esq,' of Derby. "
On the 19th nit. at his.honse at,Stioud-green, Middlesex,
John Blackoll, Esq,. 'late 01 Great Moseley, Oxfordshire, who
had served the office of High Sheriff for that County, and olsc•
for London and Middlesex.

On the 27th ult. at Bath, Mrs. Lane, wife of Thomas
Lone, Esq. of Cancer, in the County of Devph.
On Sunday last,, at, Urentford,, Mrs. Trimmer, wife of
Mr. lames Trimmer, and daughter of the •Rev. William
Cornwallis, of kVittersham, Kent.
On MOnday last, at Wimbledou„in the Ltd year of her
agP, .Mts. Patrick', widoW of the late Robert Patrick, Esq.
cif Dublin.

The same day, Mrs. Sarah Haling, late of Featherstone
buildings, Holborn, aged 6g.
On 'Tuesday last at her house in WiinpOle:street, Lady
Frances Williams Wynn, in the 1316th year of her age.
On Monday the zSth ult. Vr. Gregory Grant, Physician
in Edilibitrgh.
On Sunday sc'nnight, at Champfieurie, -James Johnston,
Esq.- ofStratown.
At ArkloW, Captain, john Sinclair, of the 7 tst Regiment,
Grenadiers,. who served 26 years in that Corps, tg.of thern in
the East Indies.
At Armagh, Lieutenant `l4homas Campbell, of the Armagh
Cavalry.
On the zgth ult. at Aberdeen, in the 6zd year of his age,
Dr. George. Skene, Physician m Aberck.m.
On the 7th. ult. at Ennets, in the Parish of Kincardine
O'Niel, Janet Gaul, aged les:years.
Lately, at Brantford, witiun a short time of eaoh other,
Mrs. AlisclL aged x 6; and Mrs.
odrell, aged 7z: two sis-
ters, who had lived together near fifty years.

STOCKS,

RDAY.

Inaia Stock
South Sea Stock
Lxcheq. iiilis s. s. dis.
Fundable ditto ' prem.
id 14 Nchecluei dis.
itoniunt ist is
lwer. 3 ncr (-cot. 6iii
IJitto Ann. .
flank ftit•opening
India for Acc. '
Cons/for May 63R
London, England, 1803-04-07

TIIE SENATE.

WASH/NGTOIf. FEB. 18.—A Resolution was laid
before the Senate yesterday, for investing the Pre.
sident of the United. States with a discretionary
power to .c onstrua and equip, and to employ for
service on the Mississippii or elsewhere, a number

- .
of Gun-boats of such a Co- nstrudlon as may be deem-
ed necessitry for military purposes, and calculated
lot Cruizers on our Southern coast: The
,propo-
ition underwent various modifications, the number
of Vessels 'proposed being 8, ro, and at length ;5 ;
the Committee to whom this was referred, reported
in fayour of Ts, and an appropriation of 50,000
dollars ifor the service. The subject . was again
discussed this day, and the measure passed the.
Senate.