Teas exceeding in value 2s. 6d. per lb. was read a first time. Mar. 3. The Bills for increafing the feveral Duties according to the new Taxes went through their refpective ftages, and the Loan Bill went through a Commit tee. 4. A Meffage was received from the Lords, ftating that they had agreed to the Marine Mutiny Bill, and to a private Bill. The Bill for granting 200,000l. to wards reducing the National Debt, was read a firft time. 5. Colonel Stanley prefented a petition, which he moved might be referred to a Committee, from the journeymen cottonworkers, weavers, and fpinners, in the counties of York, Carlisle, Lancafter, and Derby, praying for some regulations refpecting their wages. He prefented another petition from the matters in the faid occupations, of the counties of York and Lancafter; and it was ordered to lie on the table. Mr Parker Coke, after making fome obfervations on the exifting laws of mafter and fervant, and flating that it was neceffary to make fome regulations therein, moved for leave to bring in a Bill for the better fettlement of difputes between Mafters and Miftreffes of Families and their menial or domestic servants, which being granted, the Bill was immediately brought in, read a first time, and, to accommodate the Magiftrates, that they might be afforded the opportunity of confidering it at the enfuing feffions, the third reading was ordered for the 22d day of April next. The Loan Bill and the New Taxes Bill were read a third time, and ordered to the Lords. 6. The Bill for granting 200,000l. for the reduction of the National Debt paffed through a Committee of the whole Houfe. Lord Hawkesbury brought up the Report of the Corn Committee.-Referred to the Committee of the whole Houfe appointed to consider_farther of the prefent fcarcity. 7. The Bank Charter Bill was read a fecond time. Mr Baker moved for leave to bring in the following Bills, viz. A Bill for amending and explaining the 36th of the King, for regulating Mills; a Bill for granting a Bounty on the Importation of Corn; a Bill for regulating the Price and Affize of Bread; and a Bill to prohibit the making of Starch.-Leave given. Sir Charles Bunbury moved for leave to bring in a Bill to explain and amend the 36th of the King relative to the Poor Laws.-Leave given. 10. The Mutiny Bill was read a fecond time, the Bank Charter Bill went through a Committee, and the Bill for granting 200,000l. towards the reduction of the National Debt was read a third time and passed. This being the laft day for prefenting private petitions, a vast number were brought up, and laid on the table. 19. The Bill for extending the time for Bodies Corporate to redeem the Land Tax, was read a firft and ordered to be read a fecond time to-morrow. The Report on the Mutiny Bill was brought up, the amendments agreed to, and the Bill ordered to be read a third time to-morrow. The House refolved itself into a Committee on the Expiring Laws Bill—refumed. The Report was brought up, and ordered to be received to-morrow. On the Order of the Day being read, for the House to refolve itself into a Committee on the Bill for cultivating Potatoes on Common or Wafte Lands, A converfation enfued on the techninal application and meaning of the words "Common" and "Wafte" Lands, which ended in omitting the word "Common" throughout the Bill, and referving the word "Wafte" only. 20, The Report on the Expiring Laws Bill was received and the different Refolutions agreed to. The Mutiny Bill was read a third time and paffed. Mr W. Dundas, after noticing the preffing wants of Scotland, where ninetenths of the people, he observed, lived chiefly on oaten bread, moved, that the House should refolve itself into a Committee of the whole Houfe on Wednefday next, to confider of granting a bounty on Oats and Oatmeal imported.Ordered. Mr Dundas alfo gave notice that on Tuesday next he would make a Motion for granting certain Allowances to Adjutants, Serjeants Majors, and Serjeants of the Militia who had been embodied. Mr Baftard thought fome allowance fhould also be made to Subftitutes of the Militia who were ftill liable to ferve, though they were not now in actual pay. Mr Dundas faid that the prefent was not not the occafion to take the allowance alluded to by the Hon. Gentleman into confideration. Mr Dundas moved for leave to bring in a Bill to Exempt ALL perfons employed in Volunteer Corps, of every defcription, from the Hair Powder Tax, and to indemnify fuch of them as had neglected to take out a licence for wearing hair powder. He also faid, that it was his intention, that all horfes employed in Volunteer Corps fhould be exempted from tax; but when the owner had others, that the tax upon the reft fhould be proportioned to the whole num ber. 21. The Bill for prohibiting the importation of Lawns and Cambrics, went through a Committee, and was ordered to be reported on Monday. The Order of the Day for the House to refolve itself into a Committee of Supply and of Ways and Means, was deferred till Monday. Mr Hobhoufe moved, that there be laid before the Houfe an Account of the Expences of the Public Offices during the year 1798, and an Account of the Increase or Diminution in the falaries, emoluments, and expences of the Public Offices during the year 1799. He was induced, he faid, to make thefe motions from a claufe in the Report of the Committee of Finance, which ftated that it would be highly expedient to ascertain these circumstances, and he meant to make fimilar motions every fucceeding year-Ordered. Mr Bragge brought up a Bill for ren dering perpetual fo much of an Act which impofes, for a limited time, a Duty upon Glafs.-Read a first time, and ordered to be read a second time on Monday. Mr Bragge likewife brought up a Bill for indemnitying thofe ferving in the Volunteer Corps who had neglected to take out the Hair Powder Licence, and to explain and amend fo much of an Act paffed in the 35th year of his prefent Majefty, as regards the said perfons paying the Hair Powder Duty.-Read a first time, and ordered to be read a fecond time on Monday. The Corn Bounty Bill was reported. Lord Hanukefbury moved that a clause be added, enacting that the average price by which the Bounty fhall be regulated fhall be determined by the price flated in the London Gazette two weeks after the importation.-Agreed to. The Bill was ordered to be read a third time on Monday next, and to be reprinted as amended. On the motion of Mr Bragge, a Committee was appointed to estimate the expence of paying and clothing the Militia for the year 1800. The Bill for the Renewal of the Charter of the Bank of England was read a third time, and ordered to the Lords. Adjourned. THE MONTHLY REGISTER FOR MAY 1800. Interesting Intelligence from the London Gazettes. Downing-Street, Jan. 31. 1800. A DISPATCH, of which the follow ing is a copy, has been received from the Right Honourable Lord William Bentinck, by the Right Honourable Lord Grenville, his Majefty's Principal Secretary of State for the Foreign Department. Head Quarters, Borgo St. Dalmazzo, Dec. 4. fatisfaction that I announce to your Lordship the furrender of Coni. The batteries opened on the ad in the morning, and early on the 3d the Commandant defired to capitulate. The garrifon, 800 wounded, whom the French had confifting of 2,844 men, exclufive of pot time to remove before the inveftment of the place, marched out this morning prifoners of war. The loss of the Auftrians does not exceed fifty men in killed and wounded. The very short defence defence that has been made of this very ftrong and most important fortress, is to be attributed to the want both of provi fions and of ammunition. This event may be confidered the more fortunate, from information having been received that Gen. Championet has been affembling the whole French army in La Riviere de Genes, near Ormea, which was to have been affifted in its march by a reinforcement of 15,000 men that is marching from Savoy, and is probably a detachment from the army of Switzerland. So much fnow has fallen, that the roads in the mountains are no longer practicable; and it will not be poffible for the corps coming from Savoy to form a junction with Championet. The feverity of the weather has obliged the enemy to abandon the Col de Scade, where they left four pieces of cannon, which they could not drag through the fnow. I have the honour to be, &c. (Signed) W. Bentinck. The Right Hon. Lord Grenville, Se. [Here follow the Articles of Capitulation.] Downing Street, Jan. 30. A Difpatch, of which the following is a copy has been received from WilJiam Wickham, Eq. by the Right Hon. Lord Grenville, his Majefty's Principal Secretary of State for the Foreign Department. Augsburg, Dec. 13. MY LORD I am forry to have to inform your Lordship of the death of the Advoyer Steiguer, which happened on the 3d inft. after a lingering illness. He was interred on the 7th inft. with all poffible honours, in the Protefiant burying-ground of this city. The Swifs regiment of Roverea, and (by direction of Field Marthal Italifky) three Ruffian regiments, together with the British and Ruffian Minifters to the Swifs Cantons, feveral Ruffian, Auftrian, and Pruffian Staff Officers, and a Deputation from this city, attended the corpfe to the grave. I paffed an hour with him at his own defire, three days before his death, when he was perfectly fenfible; and I had the fatisfaction of hearing him, after recommending his country, under God, to his Majesty's fp-cial protection, pray most earnestly and devoutly for the blef fings of God, on his Majefty and on his fubjects. He is an irreparable lofs to Switzerland. I have the honour to be, &c. (Signed) W. Wickham. Right Hon. Lord Grenville, St. Admiralty Office, Feb. 4. Copy of a Letter from Vice-Admiral Sir Thomas Pafley, Bart, Commander in Chief of his Majefty's Ships and Veffels at Plymouth, to Evan Nepean, Efq. dated the ft inftant. SIR-Enclofed is a Letter which I received from Captain Bartholomew of the Havick, together with a Paper contain ing a particular Account of the Veffels mentioned in the said Letter. I am, &c. T. Pafley. Havick, at Sea, Jan. 30. STR-I have the pleasure to inform you, yefterday morning Capt. Wittman, of the Suffifante, made the fignal to chafe Northward; and soon after dife covered a Ship, Lugger, and Cutter, steering to the S. E. At two P. M. Í recaptured the American fhip Strafford, from Baltimore bound to London, mounting Sixteen Guns. She was taken by the Lugger and Cutter above mentioned; her Cargo worth from Thirty to Forty Thoufand Pounds. At half paft two! had the pleasure of feeing the Lugger firike to the Suffifante; and I have every reason to believe, from the Suffifante's excellent failing, that the Cutter is now in Capt. Wittman's poffeffion. I have the honour to be, &c. You will be pleafed to communicate to my Lords Commiffioners of the Admiralty, that his Majefty's fhip Calypfo arrived here the 21ft of last month, with a part of the English and Cork convoys, which had been difperfed by a Spanish fquadron off the Mona paffage. On the 23d ult. his Majefty's fhip Crefcent arrived with the remainder of the convoy, the General Goddard ftorefhip only excepted. Capt. Lobb's conduct on this occafion (as their Lordships will perceive by the copy of his letter enclosed) was that of a judicious Officer. Crefcent, Port Royal, Nov. 22, 1799. SIR, I am exceeding forry to acquaint you, that on the dawn of the 15th inft. the S. W. end of Porto Rico bearing N. E. 10 or 12 leagues, we unfortunately fell in with a (quadron belonging to the enemy, confifting of a line of battle Thip, frigate, and corvette. As the two former were directly in our course on the larboard tack, I made the convoy's fignal to haul to the wind on the ftarboard tack, made fail to reconnoitre them, and on joining the Calypfo, which had previously chafed, perfectly coincided with Capt. Baker that they were enemies, and made fignals to the convoys for that purpose. The line of battle fhip and frigate keeping clofe together, I was in great hopes of drawing them from the convoy, by keeping within random fhot to windward, and bore up for that purpose, making the Calypfo's fignal to chace N. W. the direction the body of the convoy was then in; at nine the enemy tacked, and I was under the neceffity of making the fignal to difperfe. The Calypfo bore up for that part of the convoy that were running to leeward. The corvette, which had been feen fome time before, was ftanding for the hips that had kept their wind; I immediately made fail to relieve them, and had the good fortune to capture her. The enemy were previously chafing the fhips to leeward, and I was happy to obferve them haul their wind, I fuppofe, on perceiving the fituation of the corvette; but this, as well as their other manœuvres during the courfe of the day, appeared fo very undetermined, that they did not take the neceffary fteps to prevent our taking poffeffion of her; nor had they brought to any of the convoy at dark, notwithstanding they had been near them for 12 hours; and their fituation was fuch us to give me fanguine hopes not any have been captured. The fquadron proved to be Spanish, from St. Domingo, bound to the Havannah, confifting of the Afia, of 64 guns, and 550 men, Commodore Don Francifco Montes; Amphitrite, of 44 guns, and 360 men, Ed. Mag. May, 1800. Netley, Lisbon, Jan. 28. MY LORD-On the 4th of last month I had the honour of tranfmitting to you, from the Tagus, copies of two orders, the one from Rear Admiral Duckworth, and the other from Captain Blackwood, with an account of the captures made by his Majefty's schooner under my command, during her laft cruize. Hard gales of wind prevented our failing hence till the 11th, and on the 22d, off Viana, we captured L'Efperance French lugger privateer, pierced for twelve, but having only five guns, with 36 men, formerly a privateer belonging to Guernsey. Having the next day fpoke the St. Fiorenzo, in the neighbourhood of Oporto, I was informed by Sir Harry Neale of the dif perfion of three convoys on the coaft, and the obftacles that had opposed their entry into the Douro for more than 20 days, from confiderable freshes, frequent calms, and adverfe' winds. As the weather was now favourable for the arrival of veffels from the S. W. and I conceived no time should be loft in endeavouring to intercept the enemy's captures bound to Vigo, I accordingly flood for the entrance of that bay, and on the morning of the 24th, retook the Hamburgh brig Catharina, from Oporto, bound to Limerick, laden with wine and fruit. At 3 D nights night, after a fmart chace, we came up with a fmall Spanish lugger privateer, called Felicidad, of two guns, eight fwivels, and 22 men; and, before the prisoners were all shifted, at midnight, another privateer and her prize hove in fight. We were enabled, at one A. M. (the 25th) to come up with the latter, the Duchefs of Gordon, a bark, from Newfoundland to Oporto, with 7,600 quintals of falt fish. By ten o'clock that morning, after a fhort chace, we brought to the St. Antonio y Animas, alias La Aurora, Spanish schooner privateer, of fix guns, and 46 men, and her prize, the Venus, from London, with hot, lead, tin, ftaves, &c. for Oporto. On the 27th, I made three more recaptures, viz. an English brig, called the Commerce, laden with falt fish; a Swedish brig from Stockholm to Viana, with iron and deals, taken by a French lugger; and a Portuguefe fchooner with falt. On the evening of the 28th, the weather began to threaten, with ftrong winds to the Southward. Our recapture remained with me till the 8th of Jan. when our vicinity to the fhore, and a heavy fea, obliged me to carry fail and abandon to herself the Commerce, that was deftitute even of one fail to fhift, and thofe bent were in the worft condition. Having the following day fpoke the Trojan Weft Indiaman, with the lofs of her maintop-maft, cross-jack yard, and moft of her fails, now bound to Lisbon to refit, but feparated with many others in the recent gales from the outward-bound convoy, I continued to attend her till the 21ft, in almoft a continual ftorm, and on the 27th had the pleafure to fee her fafe into this port. It is, however, with much forrow I have to acquaint your Lordship with the lefs of moft of our prizes and feveral of our crew. Of the Duchess of Gordon, which was wrecked near Lisbon, only one perfon was faved, the Pilot of the Netley being of the number who perished. The fate of the others is anticipated, though it is known that two brigs are arrived fafe; and two others took refuge in Vigo. The French lugger was ftranded in attempting the Bar of Viana, but I am happy to hear her crew were faved. I have the honour to be, &c. F. G. Bond. The Right. Hon. Lord Keith, K. B. Admiralty-Office, Feb. 25.. Copy of a Letter from Admiral Milbanke, Commander in Chief of his Majesty's His Majefty's Ship Amazon, SIR-I am to acquaint you, that his Majefty's fhip under my command failed from Cork harbour on the 12th inftant, and on the 14th captured the Bougainville, a French privateer of St. Malo, commanded by Pierre Dupont, mounting 18 fix-pounders, and carrying 82 men: but I am forry to add, that on the following evening, as the Amazon was brought to to found, the Bougainville ran on board us at the rate of nine knots, and rebounded off with the immediate lofs of her fore and main-mafts, and with fo much injury to her hull, that there was an inftantaneous alarm of finking. It was not without some risk, as the night was dark, the fea rough, and the wind high, that the boats were hoifted out of the Amazon, and all the men faved excepting one. The Bougainville, I am told, was at this time going down by the ftern, the water within-board being above the afterpart of the gun-deck. The injury done to the Amazon was nothing more than the carrying away the fpritfail, yard, and bumkin. I have the honour to be, Sir, &c. E. Riou. Copy of a Letter from Captain Peter Hal kett, Commander of his Majelly's Ship Apollo, to Evan Nepean, Efq. dated Madeira, bearing N. W. 1 Leagues, 25th Jan. SIR-On the 11th inf. in latitude 43 deg. 29 min. N. longitude 12 deg. W. a fhip of very fufpicious appearance was discovered at a great diftance from the convoy. The weather at the time being extremely hazy, after a chace of four hours, we got within fhot of her, when the brought to and furrendered; found her to be the Aquilla Spanish fhip we of |