The Sun.
London, England, 1803-06-16 00:00:00

HIGHLANDS OF SCOTLAND.

Mr, 11. BROWNE said, he rose to move that
a sum not exceeding. 20,0001. should be granted
for making Roads and Bridges in the Highlands of
Scotland. It would not be necessary for him to
take up much of the time of the House in stating
the grounds up oi which this meastire was proposed.
It was. uniVcrsally known that the. Emigration from
that part of the Country had growl) to ari alaiming
height. One of the most effedual means of pre-
- venting this would be, to find some means of giving
them employment at home, And of improving , at
the same time the general state of the Country.
The making.of Roads and. Bridges would answer
both these objects; it would, in the first place,
give employment to a number of people, and,-
in the next place, it would ',produce many ad.
vantages to the Country which could not be
effected without the previoos construe-Ciao of roads
and`hricd es. Norbing would tend more;to improve
the: Fisheries than the opening, of these communica-
tions between the different parts of the country. It
was unnecessary to add to the general reasons upon
which this measure was founded, the advantage
this Country would derive in time of War from the
Men that the Highlands would supply for the armies,
who would continue to emigrate unless some plan
' was adopted to give the!» einployment at home. It
was not proposed that Governthent should be at the
Whole expense of making the roads and building the
bridges, because the proprietors of the land were to
defray half the expellee, which they would be very
willing to do, though they could not defray the
whole charge. He concluded with moving a Reso:.
lotion to the above circa.

Mr. BASTARD said, he ohj,:eted to giving away
motley at a time like the present, viditm ;he
Public weie odled upon to bear such enormous
borthens. He-thought it was wrong that roads and
bridges should be committed for people residing in
any part of the country at the public expence ; he
objected also to this measure, because Scotland sv?s
already favoured in the tax upon land, by paying.
only 611. in the pound, while in England they paid
9(1.

S;i• AORERT BUXTON said, he-Jail:red totally
cram The lion.Geolletnan who spoke last ; he con.
sidered this mu so much as a measure for making
toads, &c. in the Highlands, as to keep those people
hotr.r whose emigration W. 15 extremely injurious
to the S.,lte.

Mr. Will. SMITH said, that the Hon.' Gentle.
man (Mr, 13.1mskti), had opposed this' measure up_
on. three prounds, in
.every one of Which he was
wrong. The objea of this easure was to keep a
useful and industrious body of people from emigrat.
ing to. Foreign Commies, it was to, open coMmuni.
catiOns between different. parts of the country, it
wets •therecorc a national objea, and ()ugh; tcl be
carried into cilia at the .nstiiiii4 :expense. The
Hon. G:tntleman 'had comicaed this measure with
the duty to be paid by the .tenant of land in Scot.
land, 'with which it had really no more conneaion,
than it had with any Other measure before the House.
Mr. Ik% DUN DAS supported the Resolution, and
contended, that Scotland was not 'favoured in the Tax
upon Tenants 'holding land, 'The Tax was in fait
equal, because in the one country the Tenant paid
'.the l'Oor-rates, and in the Other' he did not, and
consequently paid a higher rent; and if Gentle.
men would sit down and ealculate, they would find

that tdo sixpenCes was not much less than 70 nine.
pencelt; for tl.e tenant in Scotland paid at the rate
of tool. 'where the Tenant in England paid 701.
because the former,did not pay the Puor.r.ites.
Mr. WILBERFORCE supported the Resolution,
which was agreed to, and the Report was ordered
to be received to-morrow.

The CHA Lyoa of tilt EXCHEQUER moved

the Order 1.4 the Day for going into a Committee
un that part of Ills Majwy's Speech in November
last,, which related to giving further aecumodation
tolifercantile persons.
The House having resolved itself Into the Com.
'rnittee,

EXCHEQUE R
The CIIANCE“,Off of the
said, he woul,.ltrespast, bur a' few moments upon
the.time of the committee. It was well known
-that share, was ni branch of'the Revenue of this
Country in which then. were a greater number of
intricate and complicated regulations, or with re_
spelt to which as greater number of Aas of 'Parlia.
ment had been passed. The consequence of this
was, that the Duties of Excite were divided into
► more fractional parts than any other branch of the
Revenue, except the customs, There was scarcely
any leading article that fell under the Excise Laws
that was not of itself a sullied of extreme' in.
tricacy and difficulty. Among all the Ofilegls
ployed in the collation of this branch of the Re
venue, there was not one that could possibly
be accrainted with all the regulations. it had long
that
been considered as 'a most desireable objeft,
some plan should be adopted for simplifying the col
Revenuer bit 4 the at. leakiit of this luanch of the
• tempt wits consickte4 as ineksso The task juld

:however been undertaken and accompli,heci by two
clentlymen, Mr. Burton, and one of the Commis.
'hiuners, Mr. Jackson, to whose knowledge, ta-
lents, and indefatigable exertions the Country was
highly indebted. They had framed a system, in
con,equence of which all the Duties were arranged,
consolidated, and simplified. It was not intended
by this measure, as it was in the one laid before
the House respeaing the Customs, to produce any
increase of Revenue. There were few cases where
,any alterations were made, except where there
were fralional parts to raise it to the next in.
tegral sum. He woull not go through the whole
detail, but would merely state those articles in
which there was any material alteration. It
would berecolletled, last year, when it was proposed
to raise the Duty on Malt and Beer, that the
Country Brewers complained of the disadvantage
under which they laboured, from the difference of
the charge upon them and the London Brewers ; the
tatter had three Barrels in 36 as an allowance, which
of course was a considerable advantage. It was
now, proposed to put them upon an equal footing, and
to adopt._a plan similar to that which had been

adopted with 'regard to Wine, by which the Dealers
in Town and Country were :placed in the same situ-
ation. It was intended to take something from the
charge -upon the one, and to add something to the
charge•upon the other, so as to make them both
equal ; that is, to take off Two-pence fiom the
Country Brewer and to add Fourpence to 'the Lon-
don Brewer, which would have that effea. The
equity of this plan must be obvious to every one.
—lt was proposed to make the Duty upon Paving-
tiles and 13t irks equal to the Duty on Coffee ao.d
CoCoa Nuts, which was robe reduced in a slight tie.
..gree ; but the relluaion upon these Articles,
when imported from the West Indies, was to
be greater than when imported from other parts
of the .world, in order to follow. up the system

which had -been adopted of giving a preterence to
Wed. India produce. The duties on Cyder .and
Perry were now extremely complicated; the lowest
duty was 18s. 7d. and the highest 19i. zd. It was
proposed to make the duty upon .tit kinds zos.—
There was to be a small duty upon Mead, made for
sale, in order to bear a proportion to the duty which
had been laid' upon home made. Wiwi. The duties.
uppra Tobacco imported froni Russia; Turkey, and
the Eait Indies, were to be placed tipOn the same
Footing. A 'Countervailing Duty was to he laid
upon Salt Provisions. imported from .Scotland.-,-
These. were all the essential alterations which it

was proposed to Make: If the Committee should
• agree to the Resolutions, he should move that they
should be printed, to give Gentlemen an opportuni-
ty of considering client :—but hoped that Gentlemen
would turn their attention to them with as little
delay as possible, because there were other mea-
sures of great importance, viz, the Tax Bills,
which could not be brought in until the House had
decided upon this measure. He concluded with
moving his Resolution.
Me. WHITBREAD said he did not rise for the
purpose of opposing the Resolutions; he wished, bow.'
ever, to ask an Hon. Gent. (Mr. \IMO MART) *he.
ther he had nut said on a former occasion that the
reason for laying an additional Duty upon Opium,
was because Brewers used it to.adulterate their beet ?
The Brewers felt them selves very Much aggrieved
by this assertion ; they thought it hard that such an
Imputation should be thrown upon them. He there.
fore called upon the Hon. Gentleman, it he knew
of any person using Opium in .the brewing of beer,
to take. such measures as the Law afr sided for making
him pay the penalties which the Law -imposed for
this offence.
Mr. 11/1114177 ART said, that Gentlemen must
be perfeElly aware 'that there were many things
which came to the knowledge of persons in offw.e
which. could not be made the subject of legal proof.
He did state that information had been received

that Opium was used by some personi in mdking

beer he was sure that no respectable person lit the
Trade would do it ; on the contrary, he knew
they would be happy to concur with Government
in detecting' such praelices. He thought it right
to add, that the infortnation that had been received
did not apply to the London Brewers.
Mr. WHITBREAD, said, that every step ought
to be taken to prevent such pranices, but ►he
Brewers felt it hard that such a general imputation
should be thrown upon the Trade.
Mr. VANSITTART said, he did not mean to
throw any general imputation, but information hav-
ing been .received that Opitim was used by .some
person concerned in brewing Beer, and that being
coupled with the inkrmation that orders had been
given for the importation of an unusually large
quantity of Opium, such a provision appeared to
him to he necessary.
L fiNGMEAD said, he had been a Country
Brewer for 30 years, and declared solemnly that he
never heard sf Opium being used in brewing Beer.
Mr: VANSLITARI' said, that the inforination
he had received did not apply to. the -Plymouth
Brewers.
Mr. SHERIDAN said, that if Government had
received information that Opium was used for this
;purpose, and if they knew that a large quantity .was
about to be imported, they ought to take more ef.
fetual measures to prevent its importation. than
'laying a Duty upon it, for that would be only
sharing the 'unfit of poisoning the Public.
The.o FIANCE LLOR.ilthe EXCHEQUER said,
that there were already very heavy Penalties for
using Opium in that manner.. Government had
received information, which was not however such
as would justify them in "adopting a legal proceed.
ing, bat, stilt it was such as rendered it incumbent
upon to adopt some measure to prevent the
continuance of this praCtice, which they had done,

by proposing an additional Duty on Opintn. It was
bat fair to state, that Governtient nem alum to

insinuate that the great Body of the Trade were
concerned in such pradices.

Mr. lioaliotrsz said a few words.
The report was ordered to be received tomorrow, and the
Committee to .it again on Friday.
On the question for bringing up the report ot the East India
'Shipping Bill,
Sir. Wm. Pus.rpatsY several observations' upon the
11111, which he considered as part of a plan for preventing
the Teak Ships from coming to this Country.
le,rde4S7LE,R;EdGif defended the Bill, and observed,
that rho system of Tesk -Ships reignited the-most serious
important that the employ-
consideration, as it ryashighly
Mtl4 of Shill built in 4ndial*houlitD9s opts-gyps a putty

upon them, and as discouragement to the building of Ship; •
in Great Britain. . .
Mr. Pat Nssi. complained that the Teak Ships remaine4
unemployed in India.
r. WA i.t.Aer defended the expediency of the present 1
B
Mr. C. GRANT stated that the necessity of the present
Bill arose from the desire expressed by
the East India Company should not build any more Ships
of taco Tons for Live Years, as in cOnSeqUence °illicit'
complying with this desire, it was Ibund necessary that the
'number ot velneti• for eat hS hip-should be- extended Iron
six years to eight. With resped to Teak. Ships it was of tlic
highest importance that privileges should--'not be grrted t°
persons winch would interfere with the tehxleclAuliiillveiraPitti'Yv'ilegth:
of toe East India Company. hit.
joakatti.sotern,soin.toerdfucrtiohetrigcroclagnvher,saataidotts.beir frenatiamMt.pPlirinitenciTOP. s i
Report was brought up,. read and agreed to, and the Dicier,
dered to .he react a third time to-morrow.
Me. %V tcxitast moved. for .-a Committee of the.whale • ' ,
House to-morrow, to consider of the Ad for regulating rIIC 1
Corn Trade between Great Britain and Ireland.
Mr. Ccialty moved for leave to bring in' the unix' le.
denmity Bill for I rcland.--Leave given. ,
T
Mr. CORR Y Drought up the Estimates of the Civilat
Coot
tingencies of Ireland, which was ordered to lie on the 01. •
He gave not:cc that ha should move, them. in theComnartce
of Supply on Friday.
leasin.
tes tiou.se resolved itself-into a Committee of Ways elld
;
Means.
Mr.,ColaY trOve4 that the charge of the pay and cloathil
of the Militia of Ireland for ISO 3, should he del/44'3'A°
i 0
the Consolidated Fund of Ireland, and:also the allowance,
Subaltern Otiteers out of the same fund, which weleseverogY
agreed 111. . .
Mr.Va..etsurri.ar. moved that the Allowances to
S4rge;4lt.
Majors of the Militia of 'England disbanded, aiii 41:41:1
Allowances to Subaltern. Otficars should- be detrAyett 00.4
the Monies zrising atom the Land' Tax.—AgNed to. ig
receTtvteedliZcniiitiairvonivg, reigdrill'xitli'e tCheontilliTtrete'vt: tifsitdc4r:'l:.°ll
Friday.' . - . I
Mr. CURRY postponed the Irish 13ullgettoVoilikr..1 d",e
Mr. Vit x 5 ITTA it T Drougilt up the Loan iiiil, Al, c
Customs Duty Bite, widen w;:e_severally re.d a iirat tall*
and orverett to be .react a second time to-morrow.
• ,Theilousti• :esolved itseif.in.o a COIDDI.Itve• on thec Cur,The
tonis Consolidation Bill. •
~, in the
Mr. VANS IT 1* AR r said, there was on Lni
e dte --- ' ,
Bill, which he tact not know whether it 'mid heart.soliicl/4
attended to; rte wouid tilerelorc state its „OJT-el,'viLlij 'c,.OP
to discontinue the All:m Alice, calla Drausiit tit. I'
toms I)wies. A tit
'l' tie Dill then passed through the Committee, 211" .;
How m House having. resumed, the Report WAS ordered to
1,0 I*. '
ceived to-tuthrow‘
Air. Ar.r.x.%l4:llFß brought up the Report of the M°iull'.
i La
Shootaig bi,l, w n ii.e was read and ..greed to, iivie tolc too.,
ordered to DC printed, and .to be re.sit a third time 4`liiiiS
Mr. At.sx4NDElt brought up the Report of the I risi.ll lii
Burning Bill, which was read and agreed to, and ie.°
orthaeti to be read a third time on A totality. 00
Mr. N. VA as t Et Aar Moved, that the.acCotintSprelha,.
144 t year re.spezting tate income T ax, should be te-Pww—
Lankrtd. . carol
Mr. N. VA NS 1T T ART ITIOYOGI, with a view to -g, of
bonding anti warehousing system, for an act:Enna i'aP'
cptantities of a variety at articles enumerated in tDO
ilit
(amongst others India Goods, Sugar, Rum, 'foblecot '''
Vine, Brandy, Drugs, 6re.L.imported into, :.rid ttccitit
freun the different Purrs of (a feat Britain, for tlir.. fog
ending the sth of January, 5793, and la four Yea* 4 OP
thestu of January, 18e3, distinguishing each year'
neren. ' ,th jai*
Air. CORRY repeated the notice which belQ7,,wfor-
or is intention to move, when it should befit`g",in to
ward, to extend the Bondini; and Warehousioo).*,,i'ila to
Ireland. 'file Papers lie
by
respeeting It:land, s% 11c7., in s
those just moved lot by the Hon. Gentleman, '' than,
state tat preparation, and he should shortly move r23,t.v,. with
- The Bill tor the etetter supplying His Majesty '4
~41:,,,, to-
Seamen, was Tad a second time and Golll'll.loo
morrow. dr Od 'LI
Mr. Coarty rose to state that the regulations regulations pia r ;
„ it
the present Bill were al ready sunsisting i 1 (ela, l'
tuc ot an Mt of last ,teSsiOn.
Adjourned at half past eight o'clock.
......... till to-morrow.

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OatitiVia•
French .s . - •
Hambutgh 2 • -
TwsLvi o'et.ocK•
.TIII3 DAY Al'
CORSO'S . PRICE'
57: :)IDC:DICI.:I^ " 3 °I"

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alctts f•LSVP4 AUDIAT ?

LoNI)OAT, 3UNE z 6, o°3.

thin!:
it:3,:k::
Yesterday a French National Gon.brig and 6.1
schooner were brought into ti.e Pown9, rlturc
zlit preceding evening in Cal iis Road by cis
'43.
i
jelly's Stoop of Wsrthe Cruizer. .'
ad al I
No accounts have actually been yet retell
the occupation of liamburgb by the French Ist°46
though from all we know upon this poin4'w!
dti
this
:II
aimglihodlrynci
ntp;ros
oblasb !fir
o thatperli.riyng thisi ::.. e. the!'
have entered it. Our Funds seem to experic°C...
gradual depression : Omnium this day at it IV'
.—......—. of the
received a French Parr - ,
lath inst. It contains a Letter from Corr
the Minister of the Interior, to the Prefett of the
Main and Loire, pressing earnestly the tiel'artl'ret
of the Conscripts. After inveighing bitterly t;;
this Country, he says, " this War is the cause 014
because it involves the French lionolir, and the l'icei
OUT National Commerce ; all ought therefore to Praksa
forward in support of the Government,anil i
Youth, who will more particularly reap its ft
ilit4
ought to be ambitions of the honour a rani4
themselves in the ranks of our brave Soldiers, tj
learn to conquer, and to establish the repose at),
prosperity of France on the ruins of the liriti'"
Government. Press then, Citiz,:n Prefe4l, the t/e;
part= of the Conscripts, preserve public order i
tranquillity, and endeavour to soften, by a firie
and paternal Administration, .the evils instpAob
from .a War the most just. 0 •
" citAtrrA
(Signed) l`f
[Arc we to 'infer fromthii, that the ConscriOs
are unwilling to march, and that the French A 0.46
has pressing need of them ? This is a
0116'314v
that•we think may be fatly drawn•from this Lc
ter.]
n utaTbheel. Potit.bitiicie Flit,thrii?i,iiot:tii,es.
ht.:Fy:targarrebecaroga: with 33 re;
I : n to
the Chief Consul, and express their tlaors°-
him, , J

! ,

k

It is now said that General BERNADOTTE will not
go to America, but that he will be superseded in his
Emba.sy by Citizen L.txssAr, Colonial Prefed of
Louisiana.

They write from L'Or;ent, that a Privateer of
St. Makes has taken a Prize, which she has carried
into Pai tnpul
The Privateer Impromptri, of Boulogne, Capt.
PiQuit, has captured in the Thames, a fine English
Brig, called the Sunderland, laden with Ship.
timber, and has carried her into Ostend.
[This is the Vessel, no doubt, taken last week
by two French Privateers, which appeared off the
North Foreland.]
, The French Fun& on the tith were at 49. 15.

THE CHANCELLOR of the ExCHEQ,unE, in bring-
ing forward the Supply and Nays and Means of the
.
year, has followed the example of his illustrious
Predecessor, and has she wn a determination to meet
.the difficulties which the times present to us. If the
People are sensible of their 'real danger, and alive to
their true interest, they will submit, nor only pa.
tiendy, but_ cheerfully, to the burthens which are
Iltessarily imposed on them. Ministers must be
aware of the difficulties with • which they have to
struggle. It is a deep sense of those difficulties„ not
a distrust of their good intentions, which has in..
duced 116‘ to say repeatedly, that we anxiously wish to
see, in the Cabinet, the Elements of Decision, of
Vigour, and of Energy. We wish the greatest
Talents in the Nation were aCtively engaged in the
administration of its Affairs, not from a predileffion
in favour of one Mal instead of another, but because
we know the times to be per ilous, and because we
are engaged with an Enemy, who, wish greater
power than any we ever had to contend with, will
employ every means to injure or' to destroy us.
With the principle upon which the Taxes are im-
posed, we are perfeltly satisfied. Every body must
see that the Funding System, iF resorted to, would

shortly crumble uEder our feet. Each addition to
the National Debt would depreciate Funded Pro-
perty, and we should at length be-fume:l to borrow
at so great a disadvantage, that every Loan would
become ruinous to, the Nation. If therefore, we
can raime so large an Annual Sum upon the Country
by War Taxes, that together with the present
Surplus produce of the existing Taxes, requires no
larger a Loan than what the Sinking Fund annually
pays off, to defray the whole.Expence of the year,
we shall then, at the end of the War, find ourselves,
with respeft to debt, precisely where we were at
the beginning. This we understand to be the system
which is adopted. We know it requires Fortitude
tO submit to the privations which such a system
renders indispensable, Init we will not believe that
there is not Public Virtue enough in the Nation to
submit even to greater privations than are at present
tequtred, should they become necessary, because
there is no alternative between submitting to them,
and surrendering every thing which a Briton so
justly deems invaluable.
Mr. PITT evidently did not think it necessary to
defend this system. Indeed there was no necessity
for any defence, no attack of any sort having been
made upon it. Mr. F'ox did not attend in his place.
Having opposed the War, he is very probably re.
serving himself • fur the purpose of obje6ling to the
means of carrying it on.

We confine ourselves in these remarks to the
S:yrient which lias been adopted. Much information
in the detail, we have no doubt; may be intro.
duced, It is surely well to try experiments with a
view of „rendering the Income Duty.as little vexa.
tious as possible—the attempt at least is laudable.
Whether any essential improvement can be effetled
We have much doubt. Ministers would clo well to
tirt every degree of inve,tigation, fur it is very
material to have no grilund for cavil hereafter to.
fasten upon. Many plausible schemes may be de.
vibedi by which Concealment, so desirable to
Nierc4intile Men, may be cft,:tled, but where Con.
cealmcnt is allowed, the means of dete4ling evasion
are given up. We forbear entering further upon
thi.subjea, until we ba,./e examined the details of
the Bills fur curyit)2, Case Measures into execu.

This day a :.:lelgsage, it is expected, %yin be de-
livered to both flou4es of Parlianient from His
MAJE',:TY, relative to arming the Country, and
making due preparation against Invasion.
Tuesday evening the ROYAL, FAMILY walked
on the Terrace at Windsor. tier Majosty's band,
and the Stafibrdshire Militia band ‘vere stationed,
there and played several excellent pieces of martial
music while the Royal Party were walking. On
c?ccOunt of the Ascot Races, Windsor was extremely
full, and a great •concourse of company was on the
Terrace.

At nine o'clock-the sane evening, His Royal
1112h'ness the DUKE of CANIURiDGE arrived with
his buite, On his Royal Highness's arrival being
announced, Their DilAi ESTI LS and the Pairrett;”3
hasteited'tn meet him at the entrance of the Lodge,
and the whole Family ngratulated His Royal
Flghness on his safe arrivaco l. His Royal liighness

left Hanover in such haste, that he was obliged
leave most of his luggage behind.
The Bells of Windsor rung on the arrival of the
ROYAL DUKE.
At eight o'clock yesterday morning the Royal
Family attended Divine Service at the Chapel
Royal, Windsor.
Soon after breakfast, His MAJcsTr, the Dukes

of COMB Lit GAM) and CAMBRIDGE, Princess 83.
and AMELIA, attended by General GARTH,
Colonel FITZROY, MajOr DESBROW, Sir W. and
Lady PITT, Lord VILLIERS, Lord HENLEY, and
Colonel CARTWRIGHT, took an airing on horse-
back in Windsor Great Park, and inspected the
different farms till near 2 o'clock.

HER MAJ F STY, and the PRINCESSES AUGUSTA,
ELIZABETH, and MAZY, attended bythe Countess of
AYLESBURY, Lady ISABELLA THYNNE, and Lady
MATILDA WINYARD, walked to Frogmore, and
viewed the alterations and improvements that ~re
making there, till about one o'clock, when the.
Royal Parry returned. to the Lodge in two coaches.
It is reported that the Royal Family. will go to
Lyndhurst instead of Weymouth this Summer.
Yesterday three Horses started for the Plate, at
Ascot Heath Races ; they ran two heats, and Mr.
DURAND'S Morgan Rattler proved vidor.
We understand that the principal part cf His
MAJESTY'S Plate at Hanover, and all the Horses
at-I Carriages were removed upon the approach of
the French to that Electorate. Had the Hanoverians
.hewn the determined spirit which their charader-
istic bravery as a people would have led the world
to expect, the DultE. of CAMBRIDGE would have
stood by them to the laq, but the plan for raising
the Country en mane, was not attended with any
portion of thi promised success. •
Yesterday afternoon M. SCR lISIMELP ENNINCK re.
ceived his Passports, and leaves town this evening,
on his-return to Holland. The Lady and family of
this Minister remain fur some time in this Country.
Mr. LISTON was accompadied from Holland by
Mr. JAMts CRAUFURD, His Majesty's Agent at
Rotterdam, together with Mrs. CRAUFURD.
• CRAUFURD, we understand, was to have been ar.
rested, by order of the French Government, at the
same time with Mr. SEVR lour, the Agent for
Packets at Helvoet, but escaped by taking refuge in
the Ambassador's home at the Hague.
When Mr. Ross the Messenger left St. reterl-
i.ure), which was on the z;th ultimo, the account
had just been received of Lord WHITWORTH 's de.
parture from Paris. Intelligence of this event
created a great deal of agitation at Petri-steer:b.
A detinand has been made on the part of France to
the Court of Denmark, that the North side of the
. Elbe shall he so guarded, that no Foreigners shall
be permitted to land on it ; and letters from Ham-
burgb go so far as to state, that the French even
want to garrison Copenhagen and Ehinenr, to
prevent the importation at those places of Goods
from England. In the present state of the Con-
tinent,.we must not be surprized at any length to
which French arrogance may soar, or to which the
most criminal apathy may submit.
Their ,Royal Highnesses the Dukes of CL AR ENC .
and CUMBERLAND, were amongst the Peers who
divided on Monday last in favour of Mr.
BR Y DGES'S Claim to the Barony of Chandos. .
Yesterday the First and Second Battalions of the
First Regiment of Foot Guards had a grand field.
day in Hyde Park. Also the Second Regiment of
Life Guards, commanded by Lord CATHCART, had
a 11,.1d.day. The Horse and Foot being near each
other made a very grand appearance.
The Honourable General Fox, Commander in
Chief of the Troops in Ireland, is appointed a Privy
Counsellor in that Country.
The Armoury in the Tower is at this time in the
highest' condition, both for the quantity and quality
of Ordnance Stores of every description : it contains
nor less than soo,ooo stand of Firelocks, ready to
be issued at an hour's notice.

Yesterday a Court of DifC6loll was held at the
East India HOuse, which adjourned at six o'clock
till this day.

Mr. T, we believe, has no intention of leaving
town ;it present. lie will attend the progress of
the Tax Bills through the House of Commons.

On Friday last Sir JOHN STUART, Bart. of Al.
lanbank, received his Commission as one of the
Commissioners of Excise for Scotland, in the room
of the late jouu GRIEVE, Esq.
On Friday the Senate of the University of Glas.'
gow eledecl ARCHIBALD CAMPBELL, Esq. younger
of Succoth, to be their Dean of Faculties for the
ensuing year.
The Chevalier, EDBLCRANTZ, from Stockholm,
has been elellecl Honorary Member of the Board of
Agrieultute. _ _

":Vesterday Mr. Si LyESTER, Common Serkant of
London, and Mr. CALDECOTT, were called to the
Bench f the Hon. Society of the Middle Temple.

a
SOUT!3WARK —A Ef.rCTIOWt the ohne of the
Poll yesterday (the Bth day), the numbers were—
Sir 'l' mAs Tu,to (including the disputed Votes) 1621
It Hon. G. Ti Sit NA tiding thettiSpUtett Votes) jscp;
Majority for Sir T: l'uvrox, . 26

R t Hon. G . Lx;: EY, (exchlsive orthose Votes) - 1559
Slf T 1,1 NI TtJ CXCitliilC of those Votes) 14E2

Majority for Mr. TIEANEY,

Government has sent orders to Plymouth to libe.
rate the Masters, Mates, and Crew' of the detained
liatavian Ships, and they may return home imme.
diately. Must of the seamen enter on board men of
war•or privateers.

Property coming, or which, is brought in by any
of our Cruizers, the produce of Berbice, Demerara,
Surinam, and the Colonies which were in possession
of the British at the close of the War, and now in
possessioo of Batavia, will be delivered to the owners
thereof, on proof being made that such property is
British, although the same may tie on board Dutch
ships, and bound to Holland, and on entering into
bail to abide adjudication within two months after
such delivery ; and if no roceedings within that
time, bail void.

Oft trial notice was received in Glasgow on Thurs.
day last, that all impediments to the departure of
Vessels belonging to the United States of America,
'Alen with cargoes exportable from Great tritain,
is Tctuoveci,