form. The Sword of State was borne by Earl Spencer, and the Cap of Maintenance by Lord Viscount Hood. HOUSE OF COMMONS. Monday, Dec. 15, 1800. The bill for giving to the port of Amfterdam, in the island of Curacoa, all the privileges of a British port, was read a fecond time, and ordered to be committed. Mr Pitt brought in a bill to continue the act of the 37th Geo. III. for punishing perfons attempting to feduce our foldiers or failors, or inciting them to mutiny. The bill was read a firft, and ordered to be read a fecond time to-morrow. Tuesday, Dec 16. The Secretary at War brought up the accounts of the quantity of hay, ftraw, oats, &c. purchased for Government laft year. Lord Hawkesbury introduced a bill to prevent bread being fold until 24 hours after being baked; which was read a first time, and ordered to be printed. The House refolved itfelf into a Committee on the poor relief bill, and entered into a refolution to allow falt to be imported free of duty. The alien bill was read a fecond time and committed for to-morrow. The navy and army feduction bill was read a fecond time, and committed for to-morrow. The Houfe refolved itself into a Committee on the habeas corpus fufpenfion bill, and fixed the period of its extenfion to be fix weeks after the fitting of the next feffion. The report was ordered to be received to-morrow. Wednesday, Dec. 17. A bill for allowing falt, duty free, to be used in falting fish in barrel or in bulk, was brought in by Mr Rofe, read a firft, and ordered to be read a fecond time to morrow. Mr Ryder brought up the fourth report of the Provision Committee, which was ordered to be printed. The purport of it was to prohibit the fifting of four, except in cloth No. 2. or 8s. 6d. cloth, or in a wire machine, which fhould have a correfponding effect. By this procefs, as nothing would be excluded but the coarse bran, this would be a faving of 46 lb. in every bufhel; and that it fhould be prohibited by law to make bread of any flour which had not undergone that process. The report of the habeas corpus fufpenfion bill was received, and after fome converfation between Mr Jolliffe and the Solicitor General, ordered to be read a third time to-morrow. The land tax redemption and alien continuation bills went through a Committee. The alien bill is to continue in force for fix months after the conclufion of a general peace. In a Committee on the navy and army feduction bill, Mr Pierrepont fuggefted, whether it ought not to be made perpetual? Mr Abbott moved that it fhould, as in Ireland, continue for feven years; but the Attorney General obferving that the Houfe was then too thin for fuch a difcuffion, the Chairman reported progrefs, and obtained leave to fit again. Thursday, Dec 18. The Houfe refolved into a Committee on the Navy and Army feduction bill. Mr Abbott, according to the notice he laft gave, moved, that inftead of extending to the feflions, it fhould coincide with the Irith bill, and extend to the term of feven years. Mr Hobboufe oppofed the motion, and thought the common law, if carried into execution, was fully fufficient to punith the offence. Any man, he said, found guilty of the crime, was, by the common law, ordered to be imprifoned fix years, and to ftand twice in the pillory. Mr Tierney oppofed the motion; he faid he thought that under the circumftances in which the bill was paffed it was a very good and a very wholefome bill, and no Member made any objections to it; but now that there was no difturbances in the army or navy, he did not fee the neceffity of all at once paffing it for feven years. Mr York fupported the motion. The Attorney General did not think it at prefent neceffary to make the bill perpetual, but perfectly coincided in the motion of the Hon. Member. Lord Hawkefoury fupported the motion. Mr Pierrepont faid, it was owing to this law, and others paffed about the fame time, that they now lived to difcufs the fubject; and faid, that the law ought never to have been temporary, and and would with that, inftead of 1807, it was 1870. For Solicitor Genera faid, that a bill intended for the prefervation of the people could not be any burden on them; he did not fee any thing in the propofed object of the bill that in any measure went against its being perpetual. Mr Ellison fupported the motion. The question was put, and the blank was filled up to the 1ft of Auguft 1807. Friday, Dec. 19. On the motion of Mr Abbott, the amendments made by the Lords in the population bill, were ordered to be taken into confideration on the 31ft inftant. After which, leave was given to bring in a new bill for the fame purpofe. The hemp importation and alien bills were read a third time and paffed. Mr Long brought up the report of the army and navy feduction bill, which was agreed to, and, as well as that for allow ing falt duty free for the curing of fifh, was ordered to be read a third time to On the question being put, that the House, at its rising, adjourn to Monday next, Mr Robson oppofed it, and was proceeding to ftate various arguments against it, when he was twice interrupted by different meffages from the House of Lords, and the Speaker's going up to attend the Lords Commiffioners, The Speaker, on his return, informed them, that the Royal Affent had been given by commiffion to the Edinburgh poor relief bill, the other bill for the better relief of the poor, by diminishing the confumption of wheaten flour and bread, and the bill for the accommodation of the members of both Houfes of Parliament. After going through the other orders of the day, and the bills upon the table, the Houfe adjourned till the 29th inft. Monday, Dec. 29. A Meffage from the Lords informed the Houfe, that they had agreed to the coarse flour bill; barley, rye, and oats bounty bill; falt duty bill; Eaft India rice bill, &c. Mr Nicholls observed, that giving 100 fhillings for the quarter of wheat, might occafion the lofs of perhaps 40 fhillings a quarter to the country, efpecially if peace thould be speedily reftored. He doubted whether. the Houfe was aware of this. Mr Pitt faid, if that did happen, the Hon. Gentleman did not feem aware, that in any treaty of peace an article could be included, ftipulating that the high bounty fhould not be given. Nothing was more erroneous than to fuppofe that, even in a ftate of peace, any material fupply could be obtained from France. Mr Nicholls faid, he did not allude to France only, he knew that the Hon. Gentleman could guard against that difficulty by treaty, but that he could not guard againft it, with refpect to America. If the Right Hon. Gentleman faid he was certain we were not to have peace, he would acknowledge he was anfwered. Mr Pitt faid, his anfwer would not be, that it was certain we should not have peace, but that it was uncertain whether or not we should have it, for the reforation of that bleffing did not depend upon our own difpofition only, but on that of the enemy. The tendency of the Hon. Gentlemen's objection, were it to be adopted, would be to prevent the country from receiving any supply for several months unless a peace fhould be made. The report was agreed to. Mr Sheridan withed to know, whether the Houfe was to expect any communication from his Majefty respecting the fituation of this country with regard to Ruffia. Mr Pitt replied, that he had no commands from his Majefty to make any communication of that kind. Wednesday, Dec. 31. Mr Nicholls, after a few introductory obfervations obfervations, moved his promised motion, which was, "That an humble Addrefs be prefented to his Majefty, humbly requeft-' ing that he would be gracioully pleafed to take into confiderarion the unhappy condition of his fubjects, fuffering from famine, the confequence of thofe meafures which his Minifters have adopted in the profecution of the prefent war: that Peace alone can afford immediate and complete relief from this calamity; that he would take into confideration the decrease of the gold Coin, and the imminent danger of national bankruptcy, from the iffue of paper money. That his faithful Commons fee with much anxiety the profpect of new conflicts with other Powers. That they are penetrated with the deepeft affliction when they behold his Majefty's Minifters, alike regardless of the honour and fafety of the King, and the welfare of his People, obftinately perfevering to refift every offer of the enemy to treat for Peace. That his faithful Commons have therefore thought it their duty to recommend to his Majefty immediately to take meafures for opening a negociation for Peace with France." The queftion was immediately put on this motion, when the Houfe divided. For the motion, one! (Mr Nicholls him. felf,) againft it, 42.-Majority 41. Mr Windham prefented an account of the number of men raised for his Majefty's land fervice, the number killed, and the number disbanded, from the commencement of the war down to the preeft returns. He obferved, that this account must neceffarily be imperfect, becaufe feveral of the returns were made by perfons unacquainted with the bufinefs; and that fome of the disbanded men were afterwards incorporated into other regiments, which of courfe made the numbers appear greater than they really were. This account was made up at the Adjutant General's Office, up to the 24th of this month; but as the Houfe met but one day fince that time, he had not before an opportunity of prefenting them. The accounts were or dered to be printed. The House was then fummoned by the Black Rod to attend his Majefty in the Houfe of Peers, where the royal affent was given to a great number of bills, and the fpeech delivered from the throne, which the Speaker read on his return; and thus concluded the laft Seffion of the British Parliament. Monthly Register for January 1801. Interefting Intelligence from the London Gazettes. Admiralty Office, Dec. 20. Inclofe for their Lordships' informa tion, a letter which I have received from Capt. Lukin, of his Majefty's fhip Thames, giving an account of the veffels captured during his late cruize. Thames, Plymouth Sound, MY LORD, 13th Dec. 1800. I have the honour to acquaint your Lordship with the arrival of his Majefty's fhip I command, at this anchorage; and of her having, on the 30th of aft month, captured, fifteen leagues from the Tower of Corduan, after a chace of Ed Mag. Jan. 1801. fix hours, a French brig privateer called L'Actif, of 14 fix-pounders, two long brafs twelves, and 137 men; fhe is a particularly fine new veffel, coppered, and had been out only one day on her firft cruize.. I learn from the prisoners, that only two English veffels have been carried into any of the French or Spanifh ports within these three months; that one of them was carried into Rochelle, the other into Paffage. I conclude Captain Hotham will have acquainted you of our having captured, on the 29th of October laft, at night, a fchooner letter of marque, from Guadaloupe to Bourdeaux, laden with coffee, &c. having chaced her, in company with the Immortalite, all day. I am, &c. Earl St Vincent, K. B. W. Lukin. Downing Street, Dec. 23. A Difpatch. of which the following is an Extract dated Head Quarters, Muhldorf on the Inn, Thursday, 4th Decem. ber 10 has been received from William Wickham, Efq by the Right HonLord Grenville, his Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Foreign Department. The army marched in the night of Tuesday, and before day-break yefterday morning, towards Hohenlinden in three columns; the centre along the great road to Munich, which paffes through Hohenlinden; the right and left in the woods on each fide of the great road. The corps of General Kienmayer, which was deftined to take the enemy in flank, marched from Dorfen in the direction of Schwaben. The columns ought all to have arrived at their deftination a little before day break, or at the latest between eight and nine o'clock; but from a heavy fall of flow and fleet, which continued all night and the greater part of the morn.. ing, the centre column only was at its deftination at eight o'clock, whilft both the left and right were ftill confiderably behind, and the left, under General Rifch had, befides, loft its way, and marched to the left towards Ebersberg, inftead of turning to the right, in the direction of Hohenlinden. In this ftate of things it appears, that the divifion of General Richepance pierced between the left and the centre about nine o'clock, got upon the great road behind the centre, and fell upon the left flank and rear of that column at the time that it had formed in front, and had just begun to attack the enemy's pofition. I have not yet been able to obtain any accurate account of what paffed afterwards; but it feems that the diforder foon became irretrievable, and that the retreat towards the heights of Ramfau was made with very heavy loss, particularly in artillery. Generals Spaniorchi and Loppert are prifoners. I have not yet heard of the lofs of any other of ficers of the fame rank. Gen. Kienmayer was attacked on his march by two divifions from Aerdrag, and fuffered alfo feverely in his retreat, which he made upon Ifen in good order, on learning the difafter that had befallen the main army. I have the honour to inform your Lordship, that being off Oporto, in his Majefty's fchooner Milbrouk, under my command, early on the morning of the 13th inftant, we fell in with a French fhip wearing a pendant, apparently a frigate, mounting thirty-fix guns; and as I had at that time two brigs of the Newfoundland convoy under my protection, and several veffels appearing in the offing, which I have every reafon to fuppofe part of that convoy alfo, I determined, as the only means of preferving them, to give her battle, and made fail to clofe with her accordingly; at the fame time with a view of increafing our diftance from the convoy. It was nearly calm when the action commenced at eight A. M. and continued till near ten, when the enemy's colours came down ; but the Milbrook at this time having her mafts, yards, fails, and rigging very much cut, and ten of her guns difabled, I could not prevent his taking advantage of a light breeze fpringing up, affifted by his fweeps, to get from us. The bravery and fteady conduct of the officers and feamen under my command against such fuperior force, in the difabled ftate of the Milbrook, for a long time with only three guns opposed to the enemy's broadfide, and their activity in changing her pofition with the oars (not a fail fet,) whilst exposed to his raking us for fifteen minutes, merits my higheft commendation, and does them the greateft credit; but I fhould fail in my duty if I did not in the ftrongeft manner recommend to your Lordship's notice Mr Thomas Fletcher, the Mafter, who, wounded in the beginning of the action, continued on deck, exerting himfelf with the greatest bravery; as did al The King's Moft Excellent Majefty in Council. This day the Great Seal of Great Britain being delivered up to his Majefty by the Right Hon. Alexander Lord Loughborough, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain, the fame was defaced in his Majefty's prefence; and his Majefty was thereupon pleafed to deliver to his Lord hip a new Great Seal for the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and to direct that the fame be made ufe of (pro tempore) for fealing all things whatever which pals the Great Steph. Cottrel. Seal. BY THE KING. A Proclamation for a General Faft. GEORGE R. We, taking into our moft ferious confideration the heavy judgments with which Almighty God is pleafed to vifit the iniquities of this land, by a grievous fcarcity and dearth of divers articles of fuftenance and neceffaries of life; moreover, taking into our moft ferious confideration the juft and neceffary war in which we are engaged, for the maintenance of the independence of our crown, for the defence of the commerce, and of the rights and liberties, civil and religious, of our fubjects; and trusting in the mercy of Almighty God, that, notwithstanding the fore punishment he hath laid upon us and upon our people, he will, if we turn to him in due contrition and penitence of heart, not only withdraw his afflicting hand, but moreover graciously blefs our arms, both by fea and land, have therefore refolved, and do, by and with the advice of our Privy Council, hereby command, that a Public Faft and Humiliation be obferved throughout that part of our kingdom us called Scotland, on Thursday the twelfth day of February next, that fo both we and our people may humble ourfeives before Almighty God, in order to obtain pardon of our fins; and may, in the moft devout and folemn manner, fend up our prayers and fupplications to the Divine Majefty, for the removal of those heavy judgments which our manifold fins and provocations have most juftly deferved, and under which we at this prefent time labour; and for imploring his bleffing and affiftance on our arms, and for reftoring and perpetuating peace, fafety, and profperity, to and our dominions: And we do ftrictly charge and command, that the faid public faft be reverently and devoutly obferved by all our loving fubjects in Scotland, as they tender the favour of Almighty God, and would avoid his wrath and indignation; and upon pain of fuch punishment as we may juftly inflict on all fuch as contemn and neglect the performance of fo religious and neceflary a duty. Our will is therefore, and we charge, that this our proclamation feen, ye forthwith país to the Market Crofs of Edinburgh, and all other places needful, and there, in our name and authority, make publication hereof, that none pretend ignorance: And our will and pleasure is, that our Solicitor do caufe printed copies hereof to be sent to the Sheriffs of the feveral Shires, Stewarts of Stewartries, and Bailiffs of Regalities, and their Clerks, whom we ordain to fee the fame published; and we appoint them to fend copies hereof to the feveral Parish Churches within their bounds, that upon the Lord's Day immediately preceding the day abovementioned, the fame may be published, and read from the pulpits, immediately after divine fervice. Given at our Court at St James's, the first day of January one thoufand eight hundred and one, in the forty-first year of our reign. GOD SAVE THE KING. From the London Gazette, Jan. 17. At the Court at St James's, the 14th of January, 1801. PRESENT The KING'S Moft Excellent Majefty in Council. WHEREAS his Majesty has received advice, that a large number of veffels belonging |