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ment to the clause respecting the household, which by the Bill is under the controul of the Queen; but this amendment was also Jost: on dividing, there appeared-For the clause as it stands in the Bill, 209-For the amendment, 182 -Majority, 27.

Two other amendments were proposed to the same clause, which divided the House; on the first division the Ministers had a maThe jority of 22; on the latter, of 24. House in a committee got through the reSevemaining clauses on Friday the 18th. ral amendments were proposed, but none pressed to a division: the report was brought

up, and it was ordered to be taken into consideration on Monday the 21st.

On Monday the Lords met, but adjourned over till the following Wednesday, waiting The Report

for the Bill from the Commons.

of the committee gave rise to a long debate in the Commons, Mr. Ponsonby again proposing an amendment respecting the household, but it was rejected on a division, by a majority of 22.

Thus ended the contest in the Commons; for, on Wednesday, the 22d, the Bill was read a third time and passed, and on the same day was read a first time in the Lords, where certain resolutions moved by the Lord Chancellor, establishing the right of voting by proxy, were disposed of by the question of adjournment, which was moved by Lord Moira. The question of adjournment was carried by a majority of 2, proxies included.

The Bill was read a second time in the Lords next day.

On Friday, January 25, the Bill was discussed in a committee of the whole House, and respecting the time during which the limitations should continue; it was settled, after some discussion, that it should be for six months, dated from the 1st of February. The Marquis of Lansdowne moved an amendment on the household clause similar to that of Mr. Ponsonby in the Commons, which, on a division, was carried by a majo-rity of 10. The question had been previously put, that the original clause stand part of the Bill, which was rejected by a majority of 12. Monday 28th, the duration the restrictions was again debated. and an amendment proposed by Lord Grenville: lost by a majority of 17 in favour of Ministers, who contended for twelve months. Lord Liverpool moved to have the clause respecting the household restored, as it came from the -Commons, which was carried by a majority of 3. Lord Grenville moved the adoption of the clause in the Bill of 1789, as a substitution for the household clause, which, on a division, was rejected by a majority of 17. Lord Stanhope moved for the addition of the Duke of Bedford to her Majesty's Council, which was rejected by a majority of 18. And Lord King moved that Lord Eldon's name should be omitted, which

motion, on a division, was rejected by a majority of 85

On Tuesday, the 29th, the Bill passed the Lords; and on Thursday, the 31st, the amendments of the Lords were adopted by the Commons, and the Bill was sent back. February the 1st, Lord Liverpool moved for a Commission to affix the Great Seal to the Bill, which was agreed to by both Houses on the following Tuesday (5th,) and on the same day the Bill, in this manner, received the royal assent.

Tuesday the 12th, the Lord Chancellor took his seat, and notified to the Parlia ment, that his Royal Highness the Prince Regent had commanded the commission for opening Parliament to be read; and then read the following speech:

"My Lords and Gentlemen,

"In execution of the commission which has now been read to you, we are commanded by his Royal Highness the Prince Regent to express, in the strongest manner, how deeply he laments, not only in common with all his Majesty's loyal subjects, but with a personal and filial affliction, the great national cala mity which has been the occasion of imposing upon his Royal Highness the duty of exercising, in his Majesty's name, the royal au thority of this kingdom.

"In conveying to you the sense which his Royal Highness entertains of the great difficulties attending the important trust which is reposed in him, his Royal Highness com mands us to assure you, that he looks with the most perfect confidence to the wisdom and zeal of parliament, and to the attachment of a loyal and affectionate people, for the most effectual assistance and support; and his Royal Highness will, on his part, exert his utmost endeavours to direct the powers with which he is invested, to the advancement of the prosperity, welfare, and security, of his Majesty's dominions.

"We are directed to inform you, that his Royal Highness has great satisfaction in being enabled to state, that fresh opportunities have been afforded during the late campaign, for distinguishing the valour and skill of his Majesty's forces both by sea and land.

"The capture of the islands of Bourbon and of Ambuyna, have still further reduced the colonial dependencies of the enemy.

"The attack upon the island of Sicily, which was announced to the world with a presumptuous anticipation of success, has been repulsed by the persevering exertions and valour of his Majesty's land and sea forces.

The judicious arrangement adopted by the officers commanding on that station, derived material support from the zeal and ardeur which were manifested during this contest by the inhabitants of Sicily, and from the cooperation of the naval means which were directed by his Sicilian Majesty to this object

"In Portugal, and at Cadiz, the defence of which constituted the principal object of his Majesty's exertions in the last campaign, the designs of the enemy have been hitherto frustrated. The consummate skill, prudence, and perseverance, of Lieutenant-genera! Lord Viscount Wellington, and the discipline and determined bravery of the officers and men under his con mand, have been conspicuously displayed throughout the whole of the campaign. The effect of those distinguished qualities, in inspiring confidence and energy into the troops of his Majesty's allies, has been happily evinced by their general good conduct, and particularly by the brilliant part which they bore in the repulse of the enemy at Busaco. And his Royal Highness commands us further to state, that he trusts you will enable him to continue the most effectual assistance to the brave nations of the peninsula, in the support of a contest which they manifest a determination to maintain with unabated perseverance; and his Royal Highness is persuaded, that you will feel that the best interests of the British empire must be deeply affected in the issue of this contest, on which the liberties and independence of the Spanish and Portuguese nations entirely depend.

"We have it likewise in command to acquaint you, that discussions are now depending between this country and the United States of America, and that it is the earnest wish of his Royal Highness, that he may find himself enabled to bring these discussions to an amicable termination, consistent with the honour of his Majesty's crown, and the maritime rights and interests of the United Kingdom.

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"Gentlemen of the House of Commons, "We are directed to acquaint you, that his Royal Highness the Prince Regent has given his commands, that the estimates for the expenditure of the current year should be laid before you; and his Royal Highness great satisfaction in acquainting you, that although the difliculties under which the commerce of this kingdom has laboured, have in some degree affected a part of his Majesty's revenue, particularly in Ireland, yet that the revenue of Great Britain in the last year, though unaided by any new taxation, is greater than was ever known in any preceding year. And his Royal Highness trusts to your zeal and liberality to afford his Majesty adequate supplies for the support of the great contest in which he is necessarily engaged.

"My Lords and Gentlemen, "We are commanded by his Royal Highness to declare to you, that it is the most anxious wish of his heart, that he may be enabled to restore unimpaired into the hands of his Majesty the government of his kingdom; and that his Royal Highness earnestly prays, that the Almighty may be pleased in his mercy to accelerate the termination of a calamity so deeply lamented by the whole

nation, and so peculiarly afflicting to his Royal Highness himself "

On the 14th the Corporation of Lon don presented the following address to his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, Regent of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

The dutiful and loyal Address of the Lord Mayor, Alderman, and Commons, of the City of London, in Common Council assembled.

May it please your Royal Highness.-We, the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Commons, of the City of London, in Common Council assembled, most humbly approach your Royal Highness, with the warmest assurances of affectionate attachment to your royal person, and unshaken adherence to those sacred principles which seated your family upon the throne of this realm, fully convinced that those principles afford the best security to the honour and dignity of the sovereign, and the rights and interests of the people.

Whilst we offer to your Royal Highness our sincere condolence upon the severe visitation with which it has pleased Divine Providence to afflict our most gracious Sovereign, which has occasioned a suspension of the royal functions, it is with heartfelt consolation that, in common with all ranks of our fellow subjects, we behold in the person of your Royal Highness, a prince highly endowed, and eminently qualified to exercise the regal duties-a prince, who has so greatly endeared himself to the people, by his moderation and forbearance, on various trying occasions, and the attachment he has so uniformly shewn to their rights and liberties.

Had indeed the desire and expectation of the United Kingdom been realized, by vesting in your Royal Highness the full powers of the executive authority, we should have had just cause for congratulation; confident as we feel, that those powers would have been wi.ely and beneficially exercised, to enable us to meet the extraordinary exigencies of so perilous a crisis.

Deeply impressed with a sense of the many and great difficulties which, with powers so limited, your Royal Highness must have to encounter in the discharge of duties so arduous, and feeling towards your Royal Highness the fullness of that loyal affection, which in deeds, as well as in words, we have so long demonstrated towards your royal father and family, we would fain have forborne to cloud the dawn of our intercourse with your Royal Highness, by even a glance at our grievances, manifold and weighty as they are; but duty to our sovereign, duty to our country, the example of our forefathers, justice to posterity, the fame and the safety of the kingdom, all, with voice imperious, forbid us to disguise our thoughts, or to smother our feelings.

Far be it from us, insulted as the Corporation of this ancient, and at all former times re

spected,

spected, city, has recently been by the servants of the crow:1, far be it from us to indulge in complaint of grievances peculiar to ourselves; ready and willing as we are to share in all the ecessary butthens, and all the dangers of our country. It is of general grievances, giievances sorely felt in all ranks of life, of accumulated and ever-accumulating taxation, rendered doubly grievous by the oppressive mode of exaction, and of the increased and increasing distress and misery therefrom arising of the improvident expenditure of the immense sums thus wrung from industry and labour; of the waste of life and of treasure in ill-contrived and ill-conducted expeditions; of the attempts which, for many years past, and especially within the last three years, have been made, and with but too much success, to crush public liberty in all its branches, and especially the liberty of freely discussing the conduct of public men, and the nature and tendency of public measures.

Can we refrain from humbly expressing our complaints, when we have seen those ministers who have so long usurped the royal airthority, and who it is now discovered have, By practising the most criminal deception apon the parliament and the people, carried on the government during his Majesty's former incapacity, exerting their influence to degrade the kingly office; when we have seen measures adopted evincing the most un grounded jealousy and mistrust of your Royal Highness; when we have seen the prerogatives of the crown entailed and withheid;

when we have seen a new estate established in the realm, highly dangerous and unconstitutional; when we have seen power, inRuence, and emolument, thus set apir: to con. troul and embarrass the executive government; at a time of such unprecedented difficulty, when all the energies of the state are necessary to enable us to surmount the dangers with which we are threatened, both at home and abroad. We confess, that feeling as we do, the most unbounded gratitude to your Royal Highness, for undertaking these arduous duties at a moment of such peril, and ander such circumstances, we can discover no cause for congratulation; on the contrary, we should be filled with dismay and the most alarming apprehensions, were it not for the known patriotism and amiable qualities which your Royal Highness possesses, and the resource which, we trust, your Royal Highness will find in the zeal, ardour, affection, and loyalty, of a free and united people.

Numerous other grievances we for bear even to mention, but there is one so prominent in the odiousness of its nature, as well as in the magnitude of its mischievous consequences, that we are unable to refrain from marking it out as a particular object of our complaint, and of your Royal Highness's virtuous abborrence. The present representation in the Conimons House of Parliament, a ready instrument in the hands of the minister for

the time being, whether for the purpose of nullifying the just prerogatives of the crown, or of insulting and oppressing the people, and a reform in which representation is therefore absolutely necessary for the safety of the crown, the happiness of the people, and the peace and independence of the country.

Reposing the fullest confidence in your Royal Highness's beneficent views and inten tions, we can only deplore the present unfortunate state of things, fully relying, that under circumstances so novel and embarrassing, every measure which depends personally upon your Royal Highness, will be adopted towards extricating us from our present difficulties, and for promoting the peace, happiness, and security, of the country.

Thus to mingle our expressions of confi dence and affection with the voice of complaint is grievous to our hearts; but plating, as we do, implicit reliance on the constitutional principles of your Royal Highness, we are cheered with the hope that such a change of system will take place, as will henceforward for a long series of happy years, prevent your Royal Highness from being greeted by the faithful and loyal City of London, in any voice but that of content and of gratitude.

The Prince Regent's Answer.

"I thank you for the assurances of your attachment, and of your confidence in the sincerity of my endeavours to promote the welfare and security of his Majesty's dominions, by the faithful administration of those powers with which I am entrusted during the lamented indisposition of the king.

In the arduous situation in which I am placed, I can assure you that it will be the happiest moment of my life, when, by the blessing of Providence, I shall be called upon to resign the powers delegated to me, into the hands of my beloved and revered father

and sovereign.

example of my royal father, will make me at My own disposition, no less than the all times ready to listen to the complaints of those who may think themselves aggrieved, and will determine me on all occasions to regulate my conduct upon the established printciples of that ancient and excellent constirtion, under which the people of this country have hitherro enjoyed a state of unrivalled prosperity and happiness."

The season has been characterized by its tempestuous winds, and many ships of war and innumerable merchantmen have been lost, with thousands of their crews. Among others, the Minotaur of 74 guns, was lost on the coast of Holland, and two frigates on the coast of Scotland.

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a port of the Isle of France, which ran ashore in attacking a squadron of the enemy; but owing to the excellent management and good fortune of Captain Rowley, in a fourth frigate, he recovered his superiority again by captures from the enemy, even before he was reinforced!

In November an expedition sailed from the Isle of Bourbon under Admiral Bertie and General Abercrombie, and early in December made good a landing in the Isle of France. After a skirmish with some forces of the enemy, in which Colonel Campbell and Major O'Keefe were killed, the island and all its dependencies were surrendered, toge

ther with a fleet of frigates, and other vessels, in the principal port.

These islands are not only important acqusitions as affording relief to our trade from the enemy's cruisers, but also as being more defensible positions than our continental territories in India. The time must come when our only possessions in Asia will be the maritime positions of Ceylon, the Cape, and the Mauritius, and other islands.

Since the arrival of the above intelligence, it appears that another detachment of the British naval force has taken possession of Banda; and probably long ere this, of the whole of the Moluccas.

ALPHABETICAL LIST of BANKRUPTCIES and DIVIDENDS, announced between the 20th of January and the 20th of February, extracted from the London Gazettes.

BANKRUPTCIES. (This Month 129. †

(The Solicitors' Names are between Parentheses.) ADDS W. Lorking, linen draper. (Wilde, Warwick fquare

Aipfworth L. Withnell, Lancaffer, and P. Bennett, Wil. ton, cambile manufacturers. (Dewhurst, Blackburn, and Blacklock and Makinton, Temple

Allder W. Seward Breet, Golwell treet, foda manufacturer. (Hindman, Dyer's court, Aldermanbury

Andrews W. Glocetter place, Newington, paper hanger. (Watfon, Clifford's inn

Aplin G. C. East Budleigh Devon, miller.

Barnard's inn, and sexcombe, Exeter

(Palmer,

Bagnold W. Liverpool, brewer. (Egerton, Gray's inn fquare, and Spurrier and Ingleby, Birmingham Bagter R. Piccadilly, upholsterer. (Denton and Barker, Gray's inn Bainbridge G. C. and W. Cartwright, Liverpool, merchants. (Tarrant and Co. Chancery lane, and Manley and Cartwright, Liverpool,

Barber W. and R. Cheapfide, warehousemen.

Warwick fquare

(Wilde,

Barber J. and T. Hatton, Macclesfield, liquor merchants, (Norbury, Macclesfield, and sherwin,,Ct. James treet, Bedford row Beavan J. H. Kennington, four factor. (Reeks, Wellclofe fquare

Bethaw T. Manchester. machine maker. (Halfted and

Ainsworth, Manchetter, and Milne and Parry, Temple Bennet P. Downend, Glocefter, mealman. (Cox or Gueft, Bristol, and Jarpet, Gray's inn

Bennett T. Long Acre, remonger. (Annesley and Bennett, Angel court, Throgmorton freet Benwell J: Freffure, Someriet, innholdet. (Williams, Red Lion fquare, and Williams and Buih, Trow bridge (Simpfon and Rackham,

Berry J. Norwich, printer.

Norwich, and Windu and Holtaway, Chancery lane Berry R. Shoreditch, hop merchant. (Clutton, St. Thomas's freer, Southwark

Birkinshaw J. Newton upon Ouse, York. brewer. (Lambert, Gray's inn fquare, and Lockwood, Jun. Ealing wold, York

Btop G. C. Maid one, foap manufacturer.

Tutin, New Bridge freer

(Bovill and

Blage W. R. Great Grimiby, corn merchant. (Daubney, Great Grimsby, and Grey, Holborn court, Gray's Inn Blakely A. Dewsbury, York, cloth manufacturer. (Byinh, Dewsbury, and Crossley, Holborn court, Gray's ina

Blaylock J. Carlife, mullin manufacturer. (Mountey and Giles, Cartifle, and Mounfey, Staple's inu Bleafe J. Dover freet, Piccadilly, upholsterer. (Wedd and Day, Gerard Areet, Sono (White and Son, New

Blow W. Hertford, tauner. fquare, Lincoln's lon

Blowers T. Tottenham Court road, linen draper. (Sweet and Stoker, Temple

Rouman W. Yen. Queen Street, Southwark, victualler. (Johnfon, Charlotte Areet, Fitzroy Square

Bowen D. Neath, Glainorgan, skinner, (Cardale and Spear, Gray's in, and Powell Neath

Boyes . Pretton, Lancaster, builder. (Ellis, Chancery lane, and Dixon, Prelun Brade R., B. Nurcott, and J. Joel, Manchester, coach ma. 'kers. Winele, John treet, Bedford row, Maudsley, Birmingham, and Ford, Manchester

Brain J. Bristol, cooper (Whitcombe and King, Serjeant's inn, Fleat freery and Frankis, Bristol,

Bridgens, W. Great wild ftreet, Lincoln's In fields, vistualier. (Bovill, New Bridge Breet

MONTHLY MAG. No. 210.

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Flask J. Layftall treet, Liquorpond street, coach smith. (Hulley, Furnival's inn

Floyd G. Liverpool, liquor merchant. (Shepherd and
Adlington, Bedford row, and Plumbe, Liverpool
Foter T. Doncafter, butcher. (Pearfon, Doucater, and
Bleafuale, Alexander, and Holme, New inn
Fuller J Jun. grocer, Manchester. (Hewitt and Kirk,
Manchester. and Ellis, Chancery lane

Garman W. Bristol, merchant. (James, Gray's inn fquare, and Cornith, Briftol

Gates T. Robert ftreet, Christchurch, Surry, M&ualler. (Evans, Kennington Crofs

Gibbs J. A, Worthing, plumber.

Shoreditch

(Stratton and Allport,

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Gossing S. Bramhall, Chester, mußis manufacturer. (Baddeley Stockport, and Milne and Parry, Temple Graham R. Liverpool. merchant. (Cooper and Lowe, Southampton buildings, and Orred and Baiues, or Crump and Lodge, Liverpool

Granger T. Luig Acre, brafs founder. (Truwhitt, Lyon's inn

Greaves T. Oldham, Lancaster, groter. (Barlow, Oldham, and Milne and Parry, Temple.

Grobecker W. A. Great St. Helen's, hip owner. (Sertree, St. Mary Axe

Hainsworth J. Pudfey, York, clothier. (Upton, Nichol. fun, and Hemingway, Leeds, and Lambert and Sons, Bedford row

Waley C. Wigmore freet, watchmaker. (Kibblewifte,
Rowland, and Kobinion, Gray's in place
Hali J. Bletchingly, brewer. (Williams and Wilmot,

New inn

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Ingram B. Old freet, bedfead maker. (Colline and Waller. Spital fquare

Isherwood J. Manchester, manufacturer. (Willis, Fairthorne, and Clark, Warnford court, and Heflop, Manchefter

Ives J. Cawstoh, Norfolk. grocer. (Boyce and Deacon, Norwich, and Windus and Holtaway, Chaucery lane Jackfou W. Sherbourne lane, merchant (High.moor, Both lane, Canrun freet

Jefferies J. Sudbury, Suffolk, miller. (Stedman, Sudbury, and Meggifon and Fairbank, Hatton Garden Jerment R. Old Change, faftur.

lane

Jones J. Rochdale, oil dealer. fquare

(Hackett, Bearbinder

(Mangnall, Warwick

Jenes S. Wardour freet, grocer. (Blake and Son, Cook's court, Carey street

Jones C. and B. Loadfman, Sheffield, druggifts. (Lawlefs and Cruffe, St. Mildred's court, Poultry Jofephs M. Great Prescot freet, Goodman's fields, merchant. (Pearce and Sen, Swithin's lane

Joyce, A. D. Fordingbridge, Hants, tick manufacturer. (Kinley, Furnival's inn

Karby W. Stratford. Effex, plumber and glazier. [Stratton and Allport, Shoreditch

Keating J. Manchester, dealer.

(Hewitt and Kirk, Man

chefter, and Ellis. Chancery lane

Kelly J. Great Pulteney free Golden fquare, victualler Kent T. K. Cannon ftreet road, St. George's in the Eat, timber dealer. (Reeks, Wellclose square King J. Hamptead, fhop keeper. cont, Throgmorton freet

Kirk J. Leeds, tin plate worker.
land, Leeds

Knight W. Wells Areet, carpenter.
Bloomsbury fquare

(Bryant, Coptķa!!

(Atkinson and Bol

{Turner and Pike,

(Tarrant, Clarke, and

Krauis J. Manchetter, merchant.
Richards, Chancery lane, and Byfield, Manchester
Lay J. Oxford Areet, hatter. (Tuckery Bartlett's
buildings

Lee

and D. Payne. Cheapfide, fhawl printers land and Muun, Brunswick Square Leech H. Bury St. Edmund's, merchant

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Lewis, J. Worcefter, vintner. (Becke, Bream's buildings, Chancery lane, and Allen, Worcester.

Lewis W. Abingdon, hanker. (Falcon, Temple Llewillen W. Bristol, toy dealer. (Shephard and dington,. Bedford row, London, and James, Briftol

Lockley J. J. Tooley freet, dealer in fuap and candles, (Harding, Primrofe ftreet. Bishopfgate

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Mallefon J. K. Sweeting's alley, Cornhill, bill broker. (Withy, Buckingham freet, Strand afon J. Heywood, Lancaster, hopkeeper. Bury, Lancatter, and Wiglefworth, Gray's inn squace Mayers R. Mancheffer, grocer. (Ellis, Chancery lane,

and Johnfon and Londfdale, Manchester Mellor T. Burfem, Stafford, porter.

[Parker,

(Barber, Fetter

lane, and Fenton, Newcastle, Stafford Mettam J. Old Bailey, dealer and chapman. Walbrook

(Parton,

M'Guffie A. Liverpool. merchant. (Tarrant, Clarke, and
Richards, Chancery lane, and Maffey and Cartwright,
Liverpool

Midwood T. H. Bow lane, Cheapfide, warehouseman.
(Benbow and Hope, Stone buildings. Lincoln's inn
Mills J. Holywell Brest, Strand, merchant.
Symonu's inn

Monnet L. Spring Garden, tavern keeper,

(Evitt

Girdler's hall, Bafinghall freet

Morley J. Stewardtone, Effex, filk thrower.

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and Dixon, Angel court, Thogmorton Street

(Mayhew,

(Walton,

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Mofgrave W. Honiton, Devon, furgeon and apothecary. (Turner, Exeter, and Collett, Chancery lane Mundy A. Shrewton, Wilts, victualler.

Wilton

(Swayne,

Nicholson G. Queen freet, Bloomsbury, dealer. [Toofey, Warwick court, Ho born

Norris T. Mancheiter, merchant,

[Cooper and Lowe,

Southampton buildings, Chancery lane Pallethorpe j. Nottingham, merchant. [Blackluck mi Makinton, Temple, and Sanders, Nottingham Paine E. Dowgate hill, merchant. Bovill, New Bridge

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