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have fill remaining there an invincible 
army of 20,000 men; that they are aed 
befriended and affitied by the natives 
that their fituaiion is, in every relpest, 
fafe and comfortable. Bonaparte, it 1s 
not improbable, thinks his credit is jl 
fome degree at fiake with regard to the 
Egyptian expedition ; and we fhould not 
be furprifed to find him make fome ex- 
traordinary exertions to render permanent 
his conqueft of that country, with the 
view of ultimately difirefling the com- 
merce of Great Britain. 
IRELAND. 
On the fecond of Auguf the Lord Licu- 
tenant of Ireland put a final per iod to the 
Trith Parliament. His Lordthip, after 
thanking the gentlemen of the Houfe of 
Commons for their liberal fupport of the 
Union bill, faid he could not conclude this 
addrefs without conveying to them, and to 
the nation at large, his perfonal congratu- 
lations on the accomplilhment of the great 
work which had received the fanction and 
concurrence of our fovereign on that au- 
f{picious day which placed his illuftrious 
family on the throne of thefe realms.— 
‘© The empire,” he added, ‘ is now, 
through your exertions,. fo completely 
united, and by union fo frengthened, rhat 
it can Bid defiance to all the efforts its 
~ enemies can make, either to weaken it by 
divifion, or to overturn it by force. Under 
the protection of Divine Providence, the 
United Kingdoms of Great Britain and 
Ireland will remain in all future ages the 
fairet monument of oe reign, 
already diftinguifhed by fo many and fuch 
varicus bieffings, conferred upon every 
clafs and defeription of his fubjects.” 
By further intelligence, received from 
Treland, we are informed, that ever fince 
the Union with Great Britain has. been 
officially eftablithed, every thing points to 
a rapid improvement. Lands have in ge- 
neral, particularly in the fouthern parts 
and contiguous to the fea-ports, rifen two 
years purchale; and houfe-rent from one- 
fourth to one-fifth in value. A new {pi- 
rit of induftry feems to rife among all 
clafles of people, from a pre-fentiment, 
that, by their conneétion with England, 
opportunities will now offer to benefit 
themfeives and families in an extiaordinary 
degree. But we lament to have to add 
the continuance ot difcontent amongtt 
many of the lower orders of the people, 
who are refrained from enormities only 
by the firength of the government, and 
who avail themfelves of every temporary 
abfence of the military to injure thofe who 
are obnoxious to them, The 63d of foot 
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having been marched to Cork from Fer- 
moy, “where they are to be fucceeded by 
the 56th, the difaffected immediately at. 
tacked the houfes of feveral perfons whe 
had taken part againt them, and flogged 
moft of thofe perfons unmercifully, and 
one cf them to death. 
GREAT BRITAIN. 
The following is the chief parliamen- 
tary bufinels which has taken oe fince 
our lait number :— 
Mr. Pitt, on the 18th of July, rofe ta 
fay that it would not efcape the recollec-~ 
tion of the Hovfe, that fo early as the be- 
giening of, February bis Majefty lad in- 
timated to the Houfe his intention of en- 
tering into an intimate conneétion with the 
Emperot of Germany. In the commence- 
ment of this campaign events of the moft 
brilliant kind had taken place in favour 
of Auftria; though he was forry to be 
obliged te confefs that very difaftrous re- 
verfes had fince occurred. Whatever opi-~ 
nion the Houfe entertained of the expe- 
diency of this alliance previous to the 
events which*had taken place, he could 
not fuppofe they would be led to change 
their fentiments in confequence of what 
had happened. Ih the whole of the fup- 
ply for the prefent year there were two 
milions and a half which were fuppofed 
to be granted for the Emperor of Ger- 
many and the Ele&tor of Bavaria. The 
fpecific {um intended for the Emperor was 
two millions; and §00,000l. for the Elec- 
tor of Bavaria. The money for the Ruf 
flan troops would be about 545,000l, The 
whole fapply he fhould have to prepofe to 
the Committee to vote would be about 
4,500,000. He therefore moved, at pre- 
fent, that a farther fum, not exceeding 
4,500,000l. be granted to his Majetty as 
a fupply 
Mr. T. Jones faid, that the right ho- 
nourable gentleman nt his colleagues 
might contemplate a continuance of the 
bellum ad Dane ; but he could ne- 
ver agree tothis. The allies had been 
defeated in every peint; it was not in hu- 
man nature to bear it for ‘any length of 
time. He fhould therefore give his moft 
firenuous oppofition to the tuffering ano- 
ther guinea to go out of the kingdom. 
Mr. Tierney faid, he fhould think he 
was betraying the 
tuenis and of the whole world, if he could 
fubmit to give a filent vote on tie prefent 
occafion, as the right honourable gentle- 
man had the modefty to defire ; on the con- 
trary, le thought it his bounden duty to 
oppofe this meafure to the utmof of his 
power. If ever there was a moment in 
which 
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