1801.] 
‘held at ‘Weymouth about that time, to 
{wear in Lord Pelham, who fucceeds his 
Grace as one of the Secretaries of State. 
The Royal Affent has been given by 
Commiffion, on the 27th of June, to the 
following Bills:—An A& for extending 
the Period of Preference granted, and con- 
tinued by feveral Aéts, to Bodies Corpo- 
rate and Perfons, for the Redemption of 
the Land-tax, and to amend an A&t of the 
Thirty-eighth Year of the Reign of his 
prefent Majetty, for granting an aid to his 
Majelty by a Land-tax.—An A&t for re- 
gulating, until the zoth Day of May, 
1802, the Allowance of Drawback on the 
Exportation from Ireland of Britith Pian- 
tation Sugar, and for allowing certain 
Drawbacks on Sugar exported trom Ire- 
land, and for allowing Britifh Plantation 
Sugar to be warehoufed in Ireland. An 
A& to permit the Exportation of Tea 
to Ireland, withott Payment of any 
Duty, under certain ReftriGtions. An 
Act for transferring the Receipt and Ma- 
nagement of the Duties on Licences for 
ufing or exercifing the Trade of a Horfe- 
dealer, from the, Commiffioners for the 
Affairs of Taxes, and alfo for making 
further Provifions in refpeft to the faid 
uties fo transferred. An Aéct for allow- 
ang, until the rit of Auguft, 1802, the 
Importation of certain Fith from New- 
foundland, and the Coaft of Labrador, 
and for granting a Bounty thereon. An 
A& for the Relief of certain Infolvent 
Debtors. An Aé& for the better Regula- 
tion of Public Notaries in England. ‘An 
A& for making and maintaining a Navi- 
_ gable Canal from near the Town of Croy- 
don, iu the County of Surrey, into the 
Grand Surrey Canal, in the Parifh of St. 
Paul, Deptford, in the County of Surrey, 
and for fupplying the Towns of Croydon, 
Streatham, and Duiwich, and the Diftri& 
called Norwood, in the Parith of Croydon, 
in the faid County of Surrey, and the 
Town of Sydenham, in the County of 
Kent, with Water from ths faid Canal. 
An Aét for amending, widening, improv- 
ing, and keeping in repair, the Road 
leading from Paddington to Harrow-on- 
the-Hill, in the County of Middlefex. 
On the Motion of Mr. Abbott, an Ac- 
count was ordered to be laid upon the 
Table, under the A& of the prefent year 
of his Majefty’s reign, for afcertaining 
the Population of this Kingdom. 
On the 2d of July an end was put to the 
 Seflion of the Imperial Parliament by 
_ Commiffion. 
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The Lord Chancellor then addreffed the 
two Houfes to the following purport:— 
«© The brilliant and repeated fuccefles of 
his Majefty’s arms, by fea and land, ims 
portant as they are in their immediate 
confequences, are not lefs fatisfactory to 
his Majefty’s mind, as affording frefh and 
decifive proofs of that vigorous exertion, 
undaunted valour, and fteady perfeverance, 
which diftinguifh the national charaéter, 
and on which the chief reliance muft be 
placed for refpeét abroad, and fer confi- 
dence and fecurity at home. Events fo 
hongurable to the Britifh name, derive, 
at the prefent moment, peculiar value in 
his Majefty’s eftimation, from their ten. 
dency to facilitate the attainment of the 
great objeét of his unceafing folicitude, the 
reftoration of peace on fair and adequate 
terms. ‘They furnifh, at the fame time, 
an additional pledge, that if the fentiments 
of moderation and juftice, which will ever 
govern his Majefty’s conduct, fhould be 
rendered unavailing, in this inftance, by 
unreafonable pretenfions on the part of his 
enemies, the fpirit and firmnefs of his 
people will continue to be manifefted by 
fuch efforts and facrifices as may be ne- 
ceflary for afferting the honour of his Ma- 
jefty’s Crown, and for maintaining the 
permanent interefts of the empire.” 
We are forry to ftate, that on the gth of 
July the Ambufcade Dutch frigate, Capt. V. 
Vols was loft atthe Nore. Having got under 
weigh about 8 o’clock, witha ftrong wind to 
the S. W. by W. in order to proceced to the ~ 
Downs, fhe was obferved, by the fpecta- 
tors from the batteries, and fome remarks 
were made, that the carried a great deal of 
fail, and was too much by the head; fhe, 
however, carried fail till fhe came near a fand, 
called the Middle, which is about feven miles 
from Sheernefs, when a leak {prung; the 
water coming in at the hawfeholes, was dif- 
covered by fome women on the lower deck, 
{it is fuppofed a plank in her bows had given 
. way) they immediately gave the alarm, and 
ajliftance was direétly fent down, to put in 
the plugs; but it was too late, the water 
gaining fo faft, that in lefs than five minutes 
fhe was upon her beam-ends, and drifted upon 
the Middle Sand, where the now lies, with 
her yard-arms above water, and her head to 
the fouthward. Boats were: mmediately 
fznt fromthe different fhips to fave the people, 
and moit of them, we are happy to ftate, were. 
fortunately preferved. By What we can learn, 
the lofs is about twenty-two, who have pe- 
rifhed. The Ambufcade was an old frigate, 
and was going to join the other three Dutch 
fhips that are coming with convoy from Ire- 
land, 
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