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London, England, 1805-02-07 00:00:00

LOYALTY LOAN.

The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQIJETs.
role, in confequecce of the notice he had given on a
former day, to bring forward his intended propofition
with refpett to the Loyalty Loan. The regular courfe
of the Houle, he was aware, would be to bring this
fubjelt forward in a Committee of Ways and Means;
but from the nature of his propofition on this °CC'S..
lion, he thought it woold.be better to bring it for-
ward in a Committee of the whole Houk, which he
now gave notice he fhottld do to-morrow. While he
was on his legs, however, it would be as well to give
the Houle tome intimation as to the prefcnt Rate of
that bufinefs. He had, therefore, to inform them,
that out of the 2 z,00e,0001. outflanding of that Loan,
en the clofe of the latt Seflion of Parliament, the
holders of t 3 millions had fubfcribed to the terms then
propofed ; and of the remaining fum, the holders of
four millions and a half only fignified their withes to
be paid off. For this fora, therefot e, provilion was
to be made, and he propofed to effect it by one of
two modes, viz. either by debentures, bearing an in-
tereft at three and a halfper ant. with a bonus of one and
a quarter for each hundred, or by debentures at three
per cent. with a Iona: of one and a half per hundred. But
of which of thofe two modes, or of any other more
eligible, the Houfe would judge when the propofition
lhould come regularly before them.

ELATE TRADE.

_ .
Mr. WILBERFORCE gave notice of his intention
to bring forward, on Friday fe'nnight, a motion for
the Abolition of the Slave Trade.

ORDNANCE SERVICE.

Mr. WELLESLEY POLE (fated, that in the eftimates laid
before the Iloute,therc were tome inaccuracies in the account from
the Adjutant General's Office upon the Rate of the Ordnance De-
partment. But as it was his villa that the Houk thould be In pof-
fcffion of as full and accurate information upon the fubjed as pof-
fable, in order to the full and effcdtivc Rate of the ordnance for ge-
In ral fervicc, he Mould now move that there be laid on the table,
an account of the number of privates, artificers, drivers, labourers,
&c. who have enlilted into the ordnance fervice, liable to the Mu-
tiny At from the firft of January, I&'4, to the fiat of January,
1805 ; for he Paid there was tu one defcription of thole perfons
who were not as ncceffary to the general and effrelive operations
of the ordnance, as the gunners were, and who were not jut as
liable to be fent any where, where the general fervice of the ord-
nance might require.
He moved alto, for" an account of the number of Officers, Non-
commiffioncel Officers, and (flea fie men, in the Artillery Service,
:is they refpeetively Rood on the iftof January, 1804, and the It
of January, 1805, fo far as the fame could be made up ; by which
the Houle would fee at once the full and &lodise nate of the Ord-
nance in the United King.:e in, Guernfey, Jerfey, mid on Foreign
flat ions."—Ordered.
Air. WINDIIAM moved, that there he laid before the Houle,
" a Lift of the Officers and Nun .coniro ifEoned Officers attached to
the department of Infpcetor-Gensral of P remits, t,r employed un-
der his orders, with the ezpences of the fame, for the years 1803,
1803, and 1804."—Ordered.
SPANISH WAR.

The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER pre-
fenced to the Hotife the Supplementary Papers on the
Spanifh Negotiation, purftiant to the IA motion of
Mr. Grey ; and informed the Houle, at the fame
time, that printed copies of the fame were ready for
delivery.— Ordered to lie tote the Table.
Lord TEMPLE tore, and exprelfed his with, that
if his Right Hon. Ft lend near him, could prevail on
himfelf to pcJilpone his motion for Monday next, to
a fubfequent day, the difeutrion on the fubjed of the
Spanifh Papers, which now flood for Friday, might
be pollponed till Monday. The fubjed was a moil
important one, and required the !twit ferious and de-
liberate contideration; but from the advanced period
at which the lalt Papers were brought forward, it
would he extremely deferable that Members lhould
have fu:ther time for their due confederation. The
(hors fpace of one day would not he fuflicient.
"[i:CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQIJER laid,
. that although it certainly was his with that the dif-

cuffion thould take place as freeiily as pntWde ; yet
if it was the with of Gentlemea to take farther t;nit
for the confideration, and that the Right 1-10.1. Gen-
tleman had no rb;c!tion to J. his motion fi,i• Mon.
day to Come he, for one, 11,.u1d not
oppore the further acijournment of this queftion till
Monday, provided it was to be underftood that Mon-
day was to be the day finally fixed for that
Ir was his carnet with that Gentlemen (honld have
e +cry reafonable time and opportunity for the fullett
poilible confideration on the fubjea, becaufe he was
confident the more it was conlidered the more the
Houle would be convinced of the jutlice and retitude
of the proceedings of his Majefty's Government in this
battlers.
After fome converfation between Lord TEA,
Mr. WILLIAM SMYTH, and Mr. WINDHAM, the latter
Gentleman agreed to defer his motion till Thurfday
next; and the CHANcs LLOR of the ENCH SQ2IER moved
to pottpone the order of the day for Friday, on the
Spanith Papers, until Monday.—The remaining or-
ders of the day were poftponed, and the Houle ad-
journed. •

LONDON.

CODSID BRIDGET'S EPISTLE IS received, and Lail appear tl.e

rut opportunity.

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 7.

P HOE OF STOCK'S THIS DAY AT ONE fromert
confou, money 581—for accour.t, a 4 —Reduced 39,1.
ICP. OF STOCKS I' ESTFROA :
3 per C. Red. Ann. 5Q Long Ann. 171 13-16
3 per Ceut. Conf. 59H* Short Ann. 21
Deferred 3 per Cent. Conf. 33 India Bonds,
4 per Cam 76t tt Imp. 3 prr Cent. 591 59 514
5 per Cent. Navy 9991 F 31,111113 i.ottery Tickets 141.35.
3 per Cent. 1797, toot Conf. fur Feb. 59i;}

It k reported that Intelligence has been received
by way of America, that Prince of Wales's Eland
has been taken by the fquadron under LINoIS, and
that the following EaR Indiamen, WiNcliesTEß, Cl-
RENCE3T ER, and C LA TT ON, are fuppored to have been
there, and to tara been captured.

We are extremely furry to announce the affli4liq:
news of the total ids of the A a PIRG AVINN v outward.
bound Indiaman, off Weymouth, with the Captain,
tit Maw, and about goo people, crew and paffengers!
This ddireffing information was received at Lloyd's
Coffee Houle epic morning in a Letter, of which a
Copy will be found in our Nautical Intelligence.

Yetlerday more Papers, relative. to the \\T:tr with
Spain, were laid upon the TAbh,s of both Houfes of

Varliment.

The difeufGon upon the Spanifh war hay b:cn again
deferred, but is now finally fixed for Monday neat.
Mr. WILBERFORCE gave notice IA night in the
Houfe of Commons of a Motion on Friel ty fe'nnight,
for the Abolition of the Slave Trade.

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Yenerday, about half pall twelve o'clock, his MA-
JESTY at rived at the (tteen's Houfe from Kew.
At two o'clock his MAJESTY held a private levee,
which was attended by
His Royal Meiners the Duke of York.
The Lord Chancellor.
The Duke of Montrofe.
Marquis of Hertford.
Earls—Weftmorcland, Winehelfea, Aylesfcrd, and Bucking-
hamatires _

Vifcount Sidmouth.
Lordik—Hlwkelbury and Midgrave.
Sir Stephen Cotten&
Mr. Fawkener ; and
Colonels, Howard, Aden, Fane, Boulden,and Fitzroy, who had
the honour of being prefented to his Majefty by his Royal High-
nets the Duke of York, upon their promotions.
After the Levee, his MA] Ern, held a Privy Coun-
cil, for the purple, we underhand. of picking the
Sheriffs for the enfuing year, &c. The Council broke
up at a quarter before four o'clock ; toon after which
Mr. PITT arrived, and had an audience of his MA!‘

JINSTY•
The Duke of MONTROSE, Lord BUCKINGHAM-
SHIRE, Earl WINCISELSEA,ViiCOUnt SIDNIOWTH. Lord
HAWK ESBUILY, and Lord MVI.Git AVE, had an au-
dience of his MAJESTY. _

Yefterday morning we received a feries of New
Yotk papers to the 6th of January. A great fire
had taken place at Norfolk, Virginia. Several re-
cent attempts had alto been made to fet the city of
New York on fire. Proclamations were iffued, of-
fering rewards for the difeovery of the incendiaries.
Thefe papers Rate the receipt of difpatches, announ-
cing the total failure of the expedition againft Tri-
poli. The Cambrian is Rated to have arrived at
Norfolk, but having received damage in a fevere gale
the Revolutionaire was to remain until the former
fhip was repaired.
It is Rated in private letters that a meeting of the
Black Chiefs in St.. Domingo was to be held, the
commencement of this month, for the purpofe of ar-
ranging tht terms of a Commercial Treaty with
Great Britain.
We hare forborne to notice reports which hare
been induftrioufly circulated, through the medium of
Come of the daily papers, of a want of cordiality in
the Cabi net, and particularly between Lord SIDMOUTH
and Mr. Prrv. We were inclined to believe that
their abfurdity would loon have buried them in obli-
vion, but we find that this dill continues to be the
theme of Tome of the 'diurnal publications, and there•
fore we think it our duty to caution the public not to
lend a ready ear to fuch ftatements, the drift of many
of which is to produce that very drynefs between
thefe two ftatefmcn which they pretend already to
exift. That fume of the warts and excrefcences, the
political fungi, which adhere more or lets to every
party, and who always prefer felfifh views to the
public welfare, may fancy their individual influence
leffened by the reconciliation which has taken
place, and in which the bell Eleads of the coun-
try rejoiced, we think extremely probable ; but
of the tincerity of the two great charafters chiefly al-
luded to, and meant to be affeaed by the bold after-
thins that have been made, we have no doubt, and
we are much mistaken in the opinion we have of Mr.
Purr's &ninth, if the clamours, that have been fo
zealoolly circulated about the increasing influence of
Lord SIDMOUTH, will have any more influence on
him than had the nnife that was made in the tame
vehicles about not taking Mr. Fox, and his friends,
into the Adminiltration, when he ret:l c.ed into ofsce.